The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1894-01-27 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE PRINCE OF  BULGARIA.  -. The trial of Luke Tdoff andltts -brother who were concerned in, a plot to murder Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria at the time of Wince 4lezander of Battenberg's funeral, is shortly to take place in Sofia. Tbe indictment ,states that three years ago Ivanoff while in garrison at Ruit3huk embezzled 4 030 francs of Government money and fled to Roumania, wh-re he was helped to 0 iessa. Here the rondo Ofßce agent Putiata gave him • monthly pertaiou of 20 rlahlo__,r and he itved with • Bulgarian suft.tienteuant, Karbj (lariat Both address. d peti. ions to the Cz.r tor admiskion into the Russian army, and Ivanoff was appointed to an ints.utry regiment in Moscow. Ivanaft gives det.its of a number of afteMpts upon the Prince's life, of which nothing has hitherto been known. The Bn ,tat int Captain Tjankoff was paid 2,000 roubles tor buying bombs in Warsaw, which were afterwards brought to Rustchuk by Armenians. Then the well-knovrn revolutionary Dintitri Rizoff had 3,000 roubles to buy bombs in Paris. Tuf.ktcheff, a Macedonian euspected of having killed it. Beltcheff, received LOCO roubles' to go to Paris and Marseilles, and murder the Prince as he returned from London. A certain Hosts Gerdschikltata was offered 2,000 roubles for Organising a band with which he was to attack a train and capture the Prince and M. Stambouloft. At first Ivanoff was liked and respected by the Bulgarian emigrants in Russia, but when they found out he had stolen money they turned their backs upon him. Inspired by his Russian Landlady, he resolved to do something great to regain their sympathies. He wrote to Gruj4f at St. Petersburg, and offered to kill the usurper on the Bulgarian throne. Grujeff praised his intention, sent him 220 roubles and begged him to parrevere. He also seat the draft of a letter whitth he was to write to the Craw. He wan to say : "The only obstacle to the natural ties between Bulgaria and Russia being the illegal Prince of the former country, I have resolved of my owe intention.to , do my best to put him out of the way." The landlady was to post this letter when site had teard from Bulgaria that Ivances plot had succeeded. He left by Odessa, Warsaw, Vienna, and Belgrade, where he arrived on November Bth. On the 14th he was in Sofia. Here his brother, a student, joined him in his plans, and both went to Philippopolis, where the Prince was staying at the time. Ivanoff warn to fall upon the Prince with a Circassian dagger. His brother Stojan was to threaten the suite with hie revolver. They waited in the Simeon Park one evening where the Prince was wont to pass, but that evening he was poorly and stayed in his room. A few days later they went to Sofi,., feeling certain that during the Battenberg funeral there would be an opportunity for carrying out their scheme. The journey to Sofia was fatal. It was here Luke met all bedfellow of Odessa, who recognised him. On leaving the train in a suspicion manner at the station before Sofia was reached he was pursued and captured as well as his brother.  Kosts  fandL heard