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Show HONORS CONFERRED HAVE BEEN WED Autocrat of All. the Russians Shows His Hatred of Count AYitte, , BY GEORGE FRASER. Special Cable to Tho Tribune. ST. PETERS nUKG. Jan. 22. That tho favor of princ-s is deceitful j3 fully appreciated ap-preciated by Count "Witto, ono time Russia Rus-sia h strongest and most powerful statesman, states-man, now out of favor and worse than powerless. AVheu the town council of Odessa decided to revoke Hie honor conferred con-ferred upon Count Wlite a. year-or two aso by naming one of Jlinlr streets for .lilrn they ehoie a. mighty name with which to obliterate that, of the groat statesman and former premier of Russia. Rus-sia. It may be some consolation to htm in his present humiliation to feel lhat ln-this ln-this matter he lias had to give way to no less a personage than Peter the Great. Tho count's fall was much moro rapid than his rteo to-power, and it mav bo that, correspondingly, it was lo.s merited. Count YVitte Is one or thoo many men who havo risen from humble station to positions of power, and this fact added to his popularity - whilo he enjoyed the czar's favor, which he had earned by service as able-as it was faithful. faith-ful. i!ut the imperial displeasure caused his downfall Is rclleete.d in the popular popu-lar mind, as Indicated in tho action of the Odessa town council. Imperial Sanction Given. H required tho imperial sanction to carry out the decision of the town fathers, fa-thers, who. in applying to St. Petersburg Peters-burg for permission to change the name of YVitte street and to cull It the street of Peter tho Great, staled as the reason rea-son for iho request that Count Wiltc had -unfaithfully served his must eij the czar. That the autocrat of all the Russians mu Mains his altitude of unfriendliness toward his former prime minister was Indicated In-dicated when the application wis submitted sub-mitted to him. Across it ho wrote in largo letters. "Granted Nicholas." Witto reached the zenith of his' power when. In the treaty of Portsmouth, ho deprived Japan of a good part of the fruits of her gigantic struggle against Russia, it is doubtful If any other man In Russia could have secured so. favorable a settlement for Uussla. Just how he has como to so thoroughly, lose the conlldence of his imperial im-perial master is one of t ho mysteries of Russian court life. Uo made many and powerful enemies, and. whilo ft took a long time, they Unally accomplished his downfall. "W. W. Roekhill, the new American embassador, em-bassador, having formally received his credentials, is now settling down to a period ot hard work. .Mr. P.oekhlll is well known to Russian diplomatists, with whom ho came iu contact during his slay In China. i hero are few Americans Ameri-cans so thoroughly versed In far eastern affairs, and his intimate knowledge of China, and Munchurla, will stand him In stood In tho negotiations with Russia concerning the neulralizallon of tho .Mun-churiau .Mun-churiau railroads- Sees His Own Wraith. General Sliulman. one of tho most active ac-tive members of thettnssluii Society for Psychical Research, introduced lately the young Count. Tryvdar-Bnrshliisky. who says that he sees continuously, his own "astrtil double." The count is a. normal-looking normal-looking young man of about lie alleges al-leges that sinco the ago of 17 ho has always seen bis own wralili. He first noticed it in a mirror, quite close lo himself, but later the wraith became much moro independent. During a- hall given by th governor general of Kleff the wraith, the count says, remained in a loom close by and seemed much interested inter-ested iu the dancing. Jt was noticed hy several of the guests. Count Tryvdar-Uursblnsky Tryvdar-Uursblnsky declares that he is riulic accustomed ac-customed to the society of his own wraith and Is not In tlx; least nfnild. Several members of tho Society for Psychical Psy-chical Research, among them Profcusor Fischer. Dr. TschecbloiT and Cohnl Gluchuvskl. are much interested in tho case and will closely investigate it. |