The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-11

more characteristic of the man than all his reported conversations with his
 ministers and his couriers Not long ago he wrote this disparagng remark upon the margin of document prepared
 by his own imperial council
 ''The council thought to trick me, but they shan't." As is the custom to glaze everything the Car pens for preserva-
 tion in the imperial archives, the mem
 bers of the council were greatly indig
 nant when they heard of the libel. A meeting was held and a resolution pass edi That your majesty would be graciously pleased to order that the words should be glazed over, lest they should be endowed with an invidious species of Immortality How foolsh!" exclaimed the Car, when he read the document. However I'll have the words struck out.' Thus the libel disappear ed. and the council breathed again.
 One of the most remarkable cases of fraudulent impersonation, involving high officials, has just come before the courts
 Col. Vladimir Nonljarjarsky, who be- longs to the Guards and was until his arrest master of the horse al the imperial court and his adopted son. staff Captain Dmitr Vonliarjalsl1y, are the two chief accused.
 They are charged with forging a will with the object of obtaining for the latter the title and immense fortune of Prince Bogian Oginsky, a representative of one of the most ancient of the Lithuanian mo- bility As it.was represented to them that the Oginskys nationalist and religious opinions were completely opposed to the terms of the will produced by the Vonl- l iar ia rclxy nd hat 1a l 10 conceive of Prince Oginsky leaving his Paish estate to a Russian the police took action and raided the house of Cap tain Vonljarliarslxy. He is said to have declared. q am lost. I have ruined my self to save my father"
 In his subsequent statements to them, the captain first of all denied and then confessed his culpabilit only to deny it again. He told the police an amazing story of interviews and intrigues in which mysterious Roman Catholic priests, bishops and generals were concerned. He declared that in order to obtain a knowl- edge of Prince Oginsky's testamentary in- tentions he had even endeavored to pene- trate the secrets of the Princes father confessor It was from priest that he had first obtained copy of the will nam ing him as heir, and another mysterious prelate. who refused to reveal his identity, mad assured. nm that hlS welfare in the matter would be the concern of the church, if only he would consent to be- come a Roman Catholic.
 The police claim in their inquiry into the case to have unearthed a great conspira- cy of fraud and forgery, and no less than 12 persons will appear for trial Among them are two noblemen, a lieutenant, a Roman Catholic priest and four lawyers
 An individual at Tamesvar has surpass- ed the famous Captain Won Koepenick. In fact, the German shoemaker is mo- where. The Temesvar hero engaged a gang of 30 workmen, went to distilery, which was closed, and instructed them to dismarrtle it. Following this exploit he demolished a fountain, and then sold iy with the distiIlery fittings for old metal. Next he turned his operations upon an avenue, and cut down all the trees and sold the wood to a carpenter Then he vanished into space and the good people of Temesvar are still in a state of fer ment.