TITLED POVERTY.
A MAN named Romayer, had a bureau of matrimonial intelligence in San Francisco, Some of the letters addressed to Romayer by needy German fort urn* hunters have been published, ami in consequence several ollicersof the imperial Guaid were forced to resign. When the news of Romayor’s suicide arrived the anxiety of those who had Wiitten to him was somewhat relieved. (her three hundred letters have been returned to Berlin, but the Postoihre officials refuse to divulge their contents. Enough lias leaked out to prove that quite a number ol guardsmen and noblemen, some belonging to very aristocratic familes, were implicated. A certain count, who make-; a living as reporter for a low class newspaper asked £200,000 for the honour of conferiing his name upon any Californian heiress who could be persuaded to make a fool of herself. A Polish prince, a descendant, of kings, asked £200,000 for his title.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 40, 4 October 1890, Page 5
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151TITLED POVERTY. New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 40, 4 October 1890, Page 5
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