Show WHAT PArS T G A O It Costs Her a n Year to to Keep This Class Alone Going BUT CZAR HAS POWER They Thc Cant OI t Without His Is Con Consent sent Some Remarkable loe Lc Sto ties aes nr lias Drought Brought to l ht r Cor CorST July 4 Among moM 1 the war has hu brought ST S other to tl the th knowledge of or the gentral America la lathe 1 public In Ind the tle tuel th thO I not the only only royal persona no in It I ho re revealed I the tha existence of n It holl batch of ot grand rand duKer lII who wr almost un unknown In known kno previously to people Jepe outside of ot Russia n lla Th male mile relative of ot the c CIU af con t of a ono brother tour four tour four rl lt cousins ten tan of nC the second degree thirteen of ot the third erN degree de e and ant one Ill U broth brother er pro hi uncle hit hi uncles and his hil cousin of o the tle and second degree delreo are all al rand dukes luk with wih the Imperial while tho th iou n of oC th the third degree nn only ly princes o of HUIa with the thu Thin makes mako a I of thirty thren mill of r ill II inn 11 11 it house hou I in addition I II tit 11 m Z II 1 li li if who am ama a Inn 11 d I u I i i n lull c i li I i Hi I an 11 his hll an 1 I i n L or 1000 0 01 approximately n f fr m the Ih h 1 les th light nf Ir th world 0 r II till h of f hU hi d ath The sum SUll paid paU tu t th dukes dukeR and ami prince o of ot tho Im hn penal house hUlle thus thu J to a 11 total tola of at PIT par annum An As A it n 1 mutter of ot trot tot however the 11 aurl dull dukes Uil t hale no new need of ot feeding nn on public tax for tor In hn the course lit ot tiff moat Inns Im Imi i mud royal they thy have mv to tn Immense v IH emi nil 1111 over ocr the country Det ci them these thelle grand dukes duke And own square flure mites o oland ot nt land or about one port part of ot tin ti entire territory in Kurop European an Besides those they thy s sno no loss lase then au i anal rustle employ some Homo domestic servants and retainers It U ts I n a traditional rule rut that every male member of at the Iho house be trained ac 1111 H nn an Um III Ii the army or navy mill and that he ha shot hall In ono one or the other of ot them MIGHTY The grand dukes enjoy ninny many legal J and social in III Thy cannot be bo arrested arrester they cannot ho bo sued lIuell In III ii it I law court nor liar aw ran they shay bo he to five evidence In III Inu Inn u n 1 public trial U Jt any one to bring HII nn notion at law against a grand duke duko ho he must lay IllY hili case saes before u a 1 special tribunal constituted d exclusive ly Iy y for Cor the lire purpose of ot d with Ration gallon In hi which members of ot tho the Im m family are arc Involved If It the tho eI lInce of or u tt grand Krand duke be required d in ht a n public trial a n commission lon of ot judicial officials must wait unit upon him Mm In Isle hla hi private yale vate ate residence re and hake down his hla teat runny mony Inon there A grand duko duke Is he not ro roo to to the tho truth of ot Ms hl de depositions positions e but but his hie simple Rives gives the evidence the tho same came weight and value OH lie statements made on oath by b ordina ordinary ry I folk Calk CalkIn In society tho iho grand dukes receive a as their due duo many mark of ot respect re and honor lionor equal to enjoyed ly I by hy monarch mOlln In other othOr European J u in the tho army nail ami navy nay too they occupy a n position which doge does not depend nn on their rank but Jut which Is IB their th lr birthright It If nn an oven even If It his hili rank Is to the thi highest meets a n grand duke duko In III the street he hO Is IB obliged to take three steps make nl ko half hult a n 1 right or orLett toft Lett turn about as no the tho ease enao may bo bl And stand at n a salute In a perfectly rigid position until lint I hi his hie imperial highness li Iff liten daten ten tOil away On the tho other hand han tho the grand to submit to certain disadvantages trod drawback arming from rom their thole high rank Tho rho czar lute has absolute over them no so that with nil all their thell rights and privileges they really live 10 in n a con call ot of glided gilded bondage 8 They cannot s choose e their own place of ot they cannot leave Husla on n a tour of ot pleasure and II lid they cannot marry mairy mill ry without the tho consent of ot the tho czar If JC they the disobey Mill and defy the oMra ozare wishes he cnn can Imprison them con their estates and banish then them from tho the country according to his hili un unrestricted restricted Imperial pleasure TO TIlE TUB THRONE thor there Ire arc In the tho Imperial family for tor nt lit present thorn are nrc seven pawn II or eight grand Brand dukes who have either married In lo to the czars wishes or who desire lo to be bo wed wedded wedded ded lied to women of ot whom the tho czar disapproves disapproves proves t these IH la the tho Grand Irand Duke Duko tho the oldest cousin of oC tho the degree Grand Duke Duko matrimonial Intentions ii u Importance owing to the probability ability that ho will succeed to thin the th HUH Him alot tin throne one lit nt a 1 not lIot very tm din die tent At the present moment three lives hes stand between him and tho the crown those of ot the czar cZaJ tho the czars czar brother oho Mho Is lit the heir apparent amid ind own father Grand Duke Vladimir The czar himself line has not only u Ii tee fee feel bel hel constitution lord and extremely poor health but he Is In to the pert per permanent manent danger of ot n a 1 sudden lIu loath death by hy His brother land Duke HUke Id III n II weakling wp who Is II No life liCe Insurance corn com puny filmy In lit the tho world would do business either with the tho czar or the out jilt of ot Grand Orand Duke grits fath fathi father er e Is 61 years old end and enfeebled out of ot nil all proportion to 10 his years ye us by lifelong Ho Orand Duke Cyril lw Ime Imea n a good chance nf ot rising to the throne Now the tho grind grand duke Is Ic to marry the divorced grand II I Inches duchess of ot otORO llodo Russo ORO who ho before her hel woe Princess Melila of at Hue Khe IH is 1111 a of ot i Edward of at Great delita 1 wn vies married to thin Iho Grand Duko Duke of ot Hesse itemise lIe se when she RIll won was only 17 years old timid find the th was wa a n failure allure The Ho gruel duke is a I cold Het thus man eau who s IM Ia II as ne high hl 6 h and OK me o ho Imo Is IB uninteresting Melita IH is I gay ga oral overflowing with life lICo and When the tho crand grand duke wanted hula hll IH wife not yet out of ot her teens Icons to bo be bou bon beto u n mother to his tubo people 1 to visit I lt the IlIe sick In the tho h hospitals ho to in superintend snap kitchens kitchen for tor the thc destitute referred dorrell hunting riding and other kinds III of ot healthy health amusement Truth lruth makes lonke It necessary to record the th fact that she Mho preferred tho the company compan of o young oung of ot the families of or nobility to the dry diy old tOM foe HU die of ot both Hexes who were her hums hus husbands bands courtiers courtier Trouble arose and nn increased from faro of ot tom tein After A oven jeven Oen y of ot mar I Lingo a 1 divorce wun pronounced lit III It DI De D 1901 The rhe Grind Duke Duk of ot Itemise agreed to pay IJ to hits his divorced wife an allowance of ot end their only orly daughter was wan to upend spend half halt the year nr with each earh parent AM ArI SORTS Oil Ol Grand Duke Cyril had made no secret nf ot his admiration for Cor the tho Grant Grand Dutch Duch Duchess eec ess before her tier divorce rod no sooner Hooner had bud She sho left her hel hone home and gone back to live Ike with her mother At lit Urn than Cyrll made her a I for formal or mal Inal offer of ur marriage This Thill was WR ac tuc accepted conditional on 01 the Ml roost rl e IOU con content tent sent which however was WaR cm refused rend Grand Duke C wa given to understand that he hEt would be he com committing an nn inexcusable folly Coli If It t f liu hu m mill mar the tho divorced grand duchess of oe First of ot mill all aims nhe Is his liU cousin of ot tho the lint degree his father mind and her liar mother being brother nn 1 Bister mister and marriage between h such HUch near relatives u M MN MI Is s contrary to the laws of at the orthodox state church chulch In Russia The Thie orthodox Greek church hurch moreover le like the Ro Ho uen Catholic church regards marriage K as ai and the eec ec ond union of ot a R divorced man or woman A grand duke oho ho In direct In 10 fundamental principles of ot ho the orthodox stale church chum ch would out outage age the feelings of or the time millions of at and Inevitably would weaken the he of ot the Imperial house The he committal of ot title error errol by Ity a 1 grand duke duk who stands so eo near neRI to tu the lire throne would he be from a I dynastic viewpoint vl l Joint Grand Duke Cyril woe wan wanli WU li Unformed Informed that It If he lie post would t l cd d In marrying Melita the czar would Bret of ot all 1111 declare the marriage to bo be bon n valid 1 In III Hu lt secondly degrade grit front from his rank as an tun r th third thirdly rd ly I y confiscate nil mull Ills his estates fourthly banish bit II him tram prom Russia forever and deprive him hint of ot his right lit fit f sue Russian throne II 6 1011 to the This formidable array of ot threats ap all apPears Pears earn to have alarmed Cyril nod Mell Melt tu to u for the idea Idell of at was drop led hued for tor a I time When Rhen Wh n tho the war with Japan broke out Iut Cyril hastened to t the tho front to do da hU lda duty ns as a u naval haval either and ROIl wit nos on in n bard Marll the when that thai was torpedoed and Inri sunk Hunk with nearly nil all hands Cyril re ro returned returned turned to tit t with a halo haloot of ot glory round his hili grand ducal head nd jl d the opportunity to renew re ro renew new hi hits hll application to 10 marry The c east ai appears to have hll VII conceded what lie hI refused before nt lit any rate rote had not mint l lJ been n In lu St SI Petersburg Ieter 24 f hours hour before he rushed oft off to see leI ee Morita at It wa was then that had hlll notified her former husband that she Iho would 1 no longer ac no accept hit annual allowance of at It U way was further announced that the mar marriage of or yell 1111 und anti Mellin Is ie to tl tuko take n place before the t oath end of lit this year nA It A remains to be seen whether Cyril ha has been obliged to renounce his right of ut lon In to order to marry the tho wo woman woman man of ot choice If It ho hue does not re renounce r renounce lH Ills hits rights and brings to St Ht Petersburg eburg as na I the lime wire wife of oe the pre Pe future emperor a u piquant sit Hit situation will viii be created crested The present czarina IH Is time the slater sister of ot the Grand Duke Duko of oe Reese Heine timid and clue would world hardly wel welcome we sumo OntO her hili former sl as the wife wHo of ot her husbands presumptive fu tu future future ture successor However this flute may be b pluck and amid tho the determination with which he ho IB is carrying his hll romantic love lovo ovo affair make muke him the most Interesting Ung mind and sympathetic sympathetic figure among the grand dukes of at GRAND DUKE PAULS PAUliS One of ot the uncles Grand Duke Paul has hA been In III exile OX lie two year years because he ha contracted a III In opposition to tho the lm Imperial Grand Duke Paul was wa a it 1 wid widower widower ower rawer nail and 4 42 years yearn old when he married attuned a n second time In 1302 1902 The hll lady oC of hi hie choice was wn 27 81 years elUI old and hud hind a n vii va varied ried career Her lien maiden name ovine one 1118 and she he wa was the daughter of at n a 1 prosperous lawyer ol In St Peters Petersburg Petersburg burg She Bho was wn a girl of at striking beau beauty ty mind and dd 1111 II 1 tI II III and nut at nt atthe the time age of at 11 it i came the wife of ot n a 1 mid middle dle aged named Il who wn mot mon than 20 years yearn her hilI Thule This marring wn Willi evidently a n failure for tor niter litter three thine tim yearn a 1 divorce was vas granted amid Mme Mine soon Boon af at afterward I bei became aine Moss Ime tho the wife of lit 11 a land hand owner In tho the Proy Inee ince of oC She Sho left lett St SI Peters Petersburg Petersburg burg for tor same lame yearN years and returned only when tho the death nr M I had hued left lett her a widow Quite h b she attracted the at nt attention attention of ot the th Grand Duke Duk Paul when slue Bho he wan walking In ht the street and RII his imperial made re regarding reo garding the Identity of ot tho the beautiful I ng rag I woman He lie an nn introduction to 10 her hII In a anone I note none tun I ti conventional conventions way mind soon Hoon the widower was to so 0 desper desperately desperately Itel In love that he ho was determined to make Madame his wife at Rt nil III li costs He lit communicated his Ms n to tho the czar who threat threatened threatened ened him II Ith the u usual turn I list of ne dire penalties u II he e persisted in 1 hi hue IB intro lion limn Grilli I l Duke Dulle Paul loft left mid and took Madame rn to In Italy where he was IS to tn her according to all 1111 the tho rites of ur the ortho orthodox orthodox dox Greek reek church ch rth by h a n priest whom ho brought with him to perform time the mar marriage tage ceremony The Tho czars response re Will was n It decree ox ex expelling his uncle from the Russian army rillY a In which ho he held hold the rank of or ti IL confiscating his hili nU estates and forbidding g him him ever eer again to set sot foot toot on terri tern territory tory Cory tor Grand Duke Paul liven In terrI Parts Paris Par s now noli and according Recording to 10 all nil reports he Is I isso BO so happily married that his banishment and disgrace at nt court are matters of ot Indifference to him ROMANTIC RUNAWAY Grand Orand Duke Duko Michael a I cousin of at the tho second degree to the czar who was 20 when early In III 1801 he ask asked asked ed Od permission lon of o Czar Car Alexander III Ili to 10 marry marr a 1 girl well known In iii good society In St Ht Petersburg She Sho was not of at noble nohle birth but her fattier father was n state elate and the famous diplomatist Ignatieff was her uncle Alexander III hind had no sympathy with the tho grand dukes 10 to mantlo mantle Inclinations nod Ind promptly pro prohibiting prohibiting tho the match his hili majesty sent pent Michael rummy 1111 on Oil a Ii for tor foreign foru eign tour to forget his folly tol Inmost Almost tho place at lit which the grand gram i duke dul dt o stopped mopped on thus this tour tau IM na Wiesbaden where he become became Involved In another romantic lave lovo affair Ho lie liess was ss as walking near Wiesbaden when a 1 horse hor e came rushing toward him bear hear bearIng hearIng Ing lag on Its It back n woman who had lost lest till nil control over the animal and amid who VIlA In Imminent danger of ot death Ilea tho rho Tho grand duke duko seized the reins loins amid utter after being dragged for tor n a 1 distance succeed succeeded ed oil In III bringing It to a it 1 standstill flue Tho woman whom he thus thUA rescued tho time young and bountiful beautiful daughter of ot Coun Countess Counte Countess tess te Natalie the morganatic wife of or Prince Nicolas of ot Nassau a brother brothel of ot the time reigning Duke of at Luxembourg Within a 1 week w ek or two the grand duke made tho the yours young Coun Cowl Counte teen tea te lets hit wife The Tile czar tho the tact fact that the countess father wait was a royal prince pInce and only that her mother wits was the daughter of ot the time poet Push kin smith the divorced wife of ot u II plain citizen named lie He Is IR issued |