Show SHE SHI REJECTED CZARS CZAR'S COUSIN Ida Von Van Claussen an Amer Amer- can Girl Refused to Wed Weda a Grand Du DuKe of Russia Recently ST. ST PETERSBURG Sept 5 Court G.-Court Cour circles s are arc gossiping about a lo love lovo stor story in which Grand Duke Boris Bori son lion ol ot of Grand Grond Duko Duke Vladimir undo of tho the Czar and Prince Paul son eon of i the Russian n to Austria fi fig ure nrc I OUrO has baR become engaged ed to to Mrs rn Ida von Clausen Claussen whose difficulties with Mr Mi Gr Graves eR United States Minister Minis tel for to Sweden furnished lively reading for a all tho the world a month Q ago O. O I If the marriage o follows s tho American I woman will bo ho tho wIfe of a member 01 of the tho oldest Ru Russian family in the rac racy Sho will be become omo a member of or the tho court After the tho imperial family o of Romanoff the claim the tho nex next right to the Russian throne Mrs rs von on Claussen returned to America Ameri Amen ca en after Mr Graves declined to present her at t the court ourt of Sweden S and tried to induce Pre President Roosevelt to take up her case Failing in her hor plans for re no vongo vengo she returned to Europe and mo motho met tho the young Russian Prince So fasci Lasel was he ho that at nt the end of nf a S week he proposed marriage The ensa engagement ement was kept secret The Prince hastened to Russia Russin to whisper the news to his kinsmen To tho the Grand Duke Boris ho lie told his secret whereupon the Czars Czar's cousin at once took train for Germany to pa pay his re respects respects to the tho bewitching American n. ct Ho lit found her entrancing and fell in love lovo with ith her hen He forgot all aU about Prince and made love lovo to her him self Mrs rR von on Claussen did dirt not kno know Boris Borisas I as a n Grand Duke for ho had taken the tho name of a Russian nobleman of lower de degree ree but she answered II Even E though you rou were a Grand Duko Duke of Run Bus sia ala I would not break my word wOld with ith m my fiancee To this the Grand Duko Duke replied Iam J I Jam I am proud ud that mv nw friend has such a brave brae bride and I r shall be with him though all 1111 his family oppose him T Tko Th o Princes Prince's father the dor in Vienna is an angry IJ over oer his sons son's choice and threatens all sorts of things thins Ho lie Hohag has hag asked tho the Czar to interfere As the Prince has left Russia his family fears ho he may run away awny with tho the American so soher soher soher her villa in Germany is being being be be- ing log watched by secret agents |