Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-11
GEAR HAS QUIET BIRTHDAY
At Forty-Three His Majesty Finds
Himself in Good Health.
RULER Is NOT A MOODY MAN
High Officials of the Russian Court
Forge n WfII-DistfIIcry DemoI-
ished by workmen and sold
for Old Metal.
BY GEORGE FRASER

BY GEORGE FRASER
ST. PETERSBURG June Ie-lspeuial 70
The Beep-The car celebrated his forty
third birthday the other day very quietly.
His majesty is in better health and spirits
uan he has been for long time Practi-
eslly the only thing that gives him serious
worry nov is the preesrious health Of the
cEaritsa-
There Is a common impression that the
car is Of q rather gloomy. moody dis
position. This Is e mistake. He is really
quite the opposite.
II is the daily official work Of .be car
70 read and sign edicts. ukases acts and
reports Upon the margins Of these re-
ports he frequently writes his decisions or
impressions with a frankness which makes
these Jottings more Characteristic Of the
man than all his reported conversations
with his ministers and eourtiers. Not long
ago he wrote this d5sparAgtng remark upon
the margin Of a document prepared by his
own imperial council
The council thought 10 trick me, but
they Shan'L" As il is the custom 10 glaze
everything the car pens for preserTs alton
In the imperial archives, the members Of
the council were greatly indignant when
they heard Of this libel meeting was
held and a resolution PASSED: That your
majesty would be graciously pleased to
order that the words should be glazed over
lest they should be endowed with an in
vjdious species II Immortality" How
foohsh,' exclaimed the cEsr, when he
read the document However. III have
the words struck out" Thus the libel
disappeared and the council brssthed
again
High Officials Forge VIII
one Of the most remarkable cases Of
fraudulent Improvisation involving hiEh
officials has just come before the courts
Colonel Vladimir VonlJarljarsky. who be-
longs 10 the guards and WAS until his ar
rest master Of the horse AZ the imperial
court, and his adopted son, staff CaI1ain
Dmitl NOnl9srlJArsky. are the two chief
accused.
They are charged with forging q VIII
with the object Of obtaining for the latter
the title and immense fortune Of Pripcs
BogoAn Oginsky. 4 representative u oDs
Of the most ancient Of the Lithuanian no.
bi4ity. As II WAS represented 10 them that
The Oglnskys nationalist and religious
opinions were completely opposed 10 tbe
terms Of the vil produced by the Vonl-
JarlJsrskys and that IL was Impossible
10 conceive OF Prince Oginsiy leaving his
Polish estates 10 d Russian. the police took
action and raided the house u CAPTAIN
NonlsaTl9arsky he as said 10 have de-
clared. j am lost ! have ruined myself
10 save my father"
In his subsequent Statements 70 them.
the captain firsI q al denied and then
confessed ms cClpEblliIy. only 70 deny il
again IlId The police an amazing Story
q interviews ana iutrEaes in which rny-s-
FERROUS roman Catholic priests bishops
and generals we're concerned. he declared
that IN order 20 obtain q kn0wIedEe of
Prince OElusky-'s lestEmonlary intentions
be had even eudesguIed 20 penetrate the
secrets Of the princes father confessor. il
was from priest that he had first OBJ
lalned copy Of the Viii naming him as
heir, anu another mysterious lreIats VINO
rel cd 20 reveal has identity. had assured
him rEat lls welfare in the matter would
be the concern q the church, II only De
WC-id consent 20 become a Roman CAN
ole.
The police claim in their inquiry into
The case % have lnezrthea great con
spiracy Of fraud ana forgery and no les
tlau twelve persons EiIl appear for trial
AmOLS th=m are Iua noblsmen- lien
tenant, a Roman Catholic priest snd -four
lawyers.