| Show AmmL IN I RUSSIA OUn CUSTOMS PENETRATING THC GREAT UMPIHS An tmerleenlrl 1Ih IM 1nllN C hare nr Iiarrrmet Itati0r 1nlee prlrs II I 110 Iwo c estw5 In leesot tia lireelnt Idealleat 1IB portrait given II herewith la I thai of J r Prince Michael i > Ivanovtteh Khll j 4 boll recently ap ixilntod by 1 the Ctar e l Minuter of Ways I coil Coramunlca Zf lions which meana that on him will de a olre the tk of completing the Rl 1 fianilc railroad enterprleee Inaugurated during the reign of Al xander 111 Including In-cluding that greatest of them all the Trans Slbf rlnn line Aa hla Ice somewhat some-what indicate Prime Khltkott le In many re pect an Amerlcantted Uus alan and one his present iiodllon 10 the prartlrnl rxprrlence be obtained while working many years ago In the humblest capacity on the rallronda of this country stiles V llrlbayedorf In Leslie Weekly Prince Khllkol cttntea nf an old Itunlan noble family Itorti hale In the thirties he entered the Corp of Imperial Iagei In hula Irene and In lr3 1 receltH Ills appointment In the iiunl After sewing several eart he tartnl on a trip around tho world accompanied by his former tutor tu-tor II r Zimmerman It was on till orcKlon that he Riot lilted the Unllnl Slalea and no profoundly rat ho Im prataeit by American ln lltutlon Mint I hen upon hla rHurn to HiiMla ha found the family fortunea seriously Impaired Im-paired 1 aa a remit of the emnnclpMlon of the serf > be decided to croaa the Atlantic a accond time In aearcli of Iho opportunities denied him at home 7lteeearly aliuggtea n atrnnge land this language of which was unfamiliar to Mm he has palhellrall dcMrlbed an autotlogrphy published aome years ago lie first aecureil work sail fireman on the Erie I road and presently rose to be uilalant engineer While In this capacity he learned of the demand for locomotive hands In Houth America and succeeded ht obtaining passage to Pent on a South American conttcr lie met with many disappointments at the outset of Ihll now cnturo but III course of tine by dint of perseverance nnd fidelity fi-delity was promoted from llremnn to aislslint engineer from that to chief engineer and finally to superintendent of the rolling stock He now bothourht himself of the old country wllli Its huge area and paucity of rallrondi and determined de-termined to return and devote his set Ices b Its welfare Ktlll with the Idea perfecting hula knowledge In the pro fMHlon ho hid adopted ho stopped on hubs taasy back for n whole year at Liter t sithtiswswtt t 47 t 9 r ri n M1CIIAUL I KIIILKOFr pool working ns nn ordlnar trtchanlo Iri a locomotive inacliln shop The story nf Khllkolta brave light ngalnit adversity preceded lilin to Hits ala and his return was marled by an Immcdlato appointment PA atipcrlnton dent of the KurskKlort Itnllroad He flllnl thin post honorably for general > eara and vat nflerwnrda trannfirrcd to Iho morn Important Moscowlllnzan lino Vhen the ItussoTurklsh nnr broke out he was placed In char g e o f the Impieass special lied Croud train KhllUofla 1111 tout ier lro to Ills country eonslstcd In his supirlnten rnre of the ronntructlon of n short linn of railroad extending from Mlrhnolovsli on the Caspian Hen 10 KlillArat whIch cnnblctl General SkobolelT to transport the Huulati forces to look Tpe the great AkhulTtircorjnn stronghold strong-hold It was thin that tho foundation was tall to the TransCanplan railroad now an aoeampllsiied fact tlulFarla was Khllkoff next field of nctlvlly Ills ability ns an exeoutlvo caused him to he Invited by Irluoe Uoopolls governmtnt In 1883 to nc Cit the portfolio of Minister of Ways and Communications and of Commerce and Agriculture He performed his onsroun duties In n manner to win the regard of all political partloo and when In common with other Russian oiaclili he sum ndered hla post filter the coup detat IhUlpolls the regrets of the entire Uulgnrlun people followed him Into retirement Tho Prhioo has slnno dlstlngulihed hlmrelf In many warn notably ai Anuenkofts right hand man In the extension of tho Tram I Caspian Hallway to Bnmarcnnd and he haa also held the position Inspector general of the entire Hussion railway system All Recounts agree that ho la n nmn of broad views and untiring energy and Iho prospects are Mint he will do hula utmost to hasten the completion of the TrnnsBlberlan Ilallroad From this to true establishment of a lino of steaincra between Vlndlroitoek and San Krnnclsco there Is but one step In the opinion of many modern Itusslans who thereby hope to tea n tightening of the bonds of sympathy that iinlta their country to the United States Klillkort la said Indeed to bo nn rnlhualait In faror of n ItUMoAmerlcan alliance but feels that such a result can only bo attained through the development of the commercial relations of the two countries and the creation of common Intrrceti |
