New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
A 100000 PRIZE
Probability of Its Award to the
Grand Duke Nicholas Of Russia.

,o,, IN. ,be brentwood Company
ND Duke Nicholas Michae'aI'
pc who will undoubtedly WIN 'll'
- :, 90 o0O 70 ne awarded ny ''e III
,,.,5o,,, Of Sciences fourteen He"l
-. co., the most meritorious hS'I.S
80 Alexander l. General Sou"'
,-.t,.cben who died in lNS4' 'ei'
ordinary will. and IL 10 undei NV
mos - viii that the grand duNe
terms o' -.,eive the award above men
toned 80. faithful and
.~,,,al agent Of the tyranny VI -.
D., from, 1875 to 1890. He was 'ie 80
. .,,o army nv reason of the SaNd7e
tsb-,ents with which he v'siteo '''e -.
ct oeence or the most u'ihne -,
r-t-ieue succeeded in securing ms I'M,
s-o-, about the person Of Car fa"i' anu y
-.os sbortlv afterward that the latter VIC
murdered The passionate sorr'"
which Araktcheff received the news '
row which ne made no EFFORT 10 COM 90
led % his being banished 10 siberia a.o'e
-,,.b o,ber confdantS and particular aoheI-
e,,s NJ the murdered monarch. bu' Sum
,.oa-s later. when Alexander / began 20 Ieei
ror,orsa regarding the circumstances ol NE
fotbor's death and under when ne h do
beor brought 20 the throne. ne recaIieu
,-ou+cboN and made him one Of his rrlh-
-i.1 sa,.isars Indeed. during the last ten
-. 80 Alevander.s reign Araktchef may
DO said 10 have been the incarnation OF lle
reaction which characterized that ep'oh'
an aroch which produced the Holy Alliance
against the United States and which cail'u
into existence the Monroe Doctrine.
The accession Of Nicholas I brought with
q IN. downfall of Araktcheff. FOR a.
,bouep we are accustomed TO look upon
Nicholas 7 as the type Of the autocrat. YET
.,ropared 10 his elder brother. Alexander l.
during the last decade Of the latters rrlGn
10 was a liberal indulgent and easy going
monarch. Araktcheh retired 20 MS estates
whore he survived for about eight years
longer. living a life Of the most profound
-ie.v and seclusion. and died with his eyes
+xed 10 the last upon the portrait Of Alex
.rd-r I. whom ne hoped TO relon IN
,..e,.p. Whatever else may be said about
.-. man and Of his extraordinary com
,o,,rd Of harshness and religious fanau-
.isr there was something almost pathetic
IN his love for Emperor Alexander. which
he carried beyond the grave. For when
his viii was opened it was found that
sum ~ $4,000 had been set aside under IT'S
-.rrs % accumulate at compound interest
-r OLD. Imperial Bank until 1925.
This sum-" 20 quote the words OF the
viii .Fs Intended as a reward for that
writer who a hundred wears after the death
~ his late majesty OF blessed memory shall
write the uest-that S. the fullest most
trustworthy and most eloquent-history OF
Alexander I. Car Of all the Russias. and
.ral ne awarded by the highest literary IN
srtt.tion IN Russia. under whatsoever name
then existing" and 20 the end that my
r0us. patriotic request shall not pass into
-9rcetfuIness, ordain that these provisions
of my viii with regard 20 this history shall
r. advertised In the London. Paris ana
Berlin newspapers every fifteen years
Vow. Grand Duke Nicholas Michaelaio-
witch. who has already won many laurels
I'D Russia and especially in France as an
historian and as a writer upon all sorts
If remarkable discoveries that he has made
r the archives OF the imperial house Of
R1manon and Of the Russian government.
IS husilv engaged in writing remarkable
work covering the reign Of Alexander L.
and inasmuch as he has AZ his disposal
sources Of Information which are open to
NJ other historian and is. moreover equipped
rv his past writings and researches IN
manner superior 20 that Of any other stu
dent of history II may safely be taken for
granted that no one will be- able 10 excel
ir value the great work upon which he IS
now engaged.
He is a very tall. striking looking man,
so liberal in his ideas that he is known at
ST. Petersburg as "the red grand duke.
and was warm friend Of the author
Tnlstov. who owed, indeed. 20 his influence
at 81 Petersburg with both the late and
the present Emperor the immunity which
be enjoyed from persecution by the gov
eminent authorities. He is through ms
father grandson OF Emperor Nicholas l.
an uncle # the Crown Prince Of Germany,
VINO is very fond Of him. and a brother 81
that Grand Duke Alexander Michaelaiovitch
who has translated all of Admiral Mahan's
works into Russian and has distributed
-ran free Of cost among his fellow officers
OF the Russian navy.
He is the president Of the Imperial Geo
graphical Society and Of the Imperial His
rorical Society Of Russia. added 70 which
ne has all sorts IF foreign literary honors.
including that of foreign member OF the
institute of France and Of the French
Academy # Science. In one Of his recent
works a compilation oi the letters adj
dressed by the consort Of Alexander l 10
her mother I'm Germany. he managed et-
sectuaHv to set al rest the familiar legend
according 20 which that monarch survived
IBIS ALLEGED death In 1875 for nearly forty
ears as monk. or. rather. hermit, near
Irkutsk. in Siberia.