RUSSIA.
A FAMINE RELIEF SCAYDAL. (Freai Association— By. Talegraph.J Copyright.) ST. PETERSBURG, Saturday. M. Gourko, the 'Assistant Minister? for the Interior, is a son of the famous Russian 'General of that name. He has been fiercely assailed in connection with a contract alleged 'to have- been ig>iven fcr many millions of roubles Jto tho proprietor of gambling houses for the supply to ' fitarving peasants of bread. M. Gourko alleged that he) acted under the influence of a dressmaker 'in giving; the contract to Lidviaal, the proprietor of gaming tables, and that these were not connected "in any way with the grain business. It is stated that he 'merely pocketed, a commission, and that. Sottkis, the actual purchaser, disappeared. The Czar has 'appointed a Committeo consisting of Senat>rs and others;' -inGhiding tKe Pros) lon t of Ithe St. 'Petersburg Bourse, to mpko instant inquiry.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 306, 3 December 1906, Page 2
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