New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-31
A WlLFUL BRIDE.
COUNT RHEDEYs STORMY COURTsHlP-
SUCCESS OF AN AMERICAN XIOLINISI.

Two centuries ago. King Jonn Soplosht vi
the saviour of Vienna raised the family OF hneaey
to the dignity of counts. direct descendant Oh
the nobleman who first bore the title today lig-
ures as the hero of romantic but dishonorao'o
tale. In the course of twenty decades the fa"iny
lost its Importance and wealth. and the present.
scion, to earn his daily bread, learned the ioch-
smiths trade. His other. whose light ltah"h
hand to the horror of the gentry and aristociao''
brought her before tho Rerlin courts more ,nA"
once, to answer the charge OF theft was NV"
honor to the name she bore. Her son. ihneri'."e
The maternal vices Offset By few virtues ""'0-
once we're the distinguishing qualities o. his ances
tors At the court of the Polish Kings, Vas also con-
victed of larceny and condemned to SIX non.u'
Imprisonment. Freed from the 81 ne, he shooh ,"o
dust of the Prussian capital rom DIS iee.' an" ~
to Hungary, where by the influence Oh h'' nom"
and ignorance of his antecedents. he became super
intendent of large estate IN the possesS'o" %
Count Karolyi While in this position he became
acouainted a few months ago. with Baron Lads
laus Podmaniszky. one of the weathiest OF .ne
nelghboring noblemen, whose daughter was tue
beauty of tae region The spirits of his ancestors
whispered ambition in the counts ready eur
and hopes of retrieving lost fortunes hred MS SOUL
He quickly fell in love with the pretty baroness
as the first step in the fulhlment OF his deS'ieS
His appearance ami manners, despite DIS carrier
history were in his favor and his suit rewarded
with the promise of her hand. The engagement
was published the 4th of last June. Dnt OH
July the baroness accompanied by her 1amiy
and betrothed husband. started Tor Savonla wne'o
she had purchased the immense estate OF kap-
toll She at once invested Count Rhcdey with
the superlntendenoe of the property. This DIS
pleased the members Of her family. and brought
an avalanche of troubles upon the head OF tine
unsuspecting groom. Baron G lbrel Rhedev, chez
of a Hun garian branch of the rrussian family, pun
listed "A declaration accusing the count OF uniawiui
assumption of his name. and branding MIN Is
false Demetrius" Tbs Podmanicszky fanIN'
excited by the insinuatons, demanded rclula''o"
from the prospective son-in-;aw. which the at'er'
however, completely ignored. Their suspicion
confirmed by this OMISSION the baron announced
the EN- gag cement broken. and compelled Rhedey 40
leave KaptoI, at the same time placing MS
daughter under strIctest guard. Rhedey reinaiheo
in the neighbornood, however. till the baroness
succeeded in eluding her sentncls; when, reuhiteu'
the pair fled to Budapesth. The relatives. not ex-
pecting this sent word to the infatuated couple rs
soon as their whereabouts were known. TO celebrate
the marriage without delay. that no further dis
grace mi pht tarnish the name The two repaired
TO the church. and standing before the altar were
about 10 receive the bishops blessing when Der
lin dispatch shocked the latter with the assefto
that Rhedey already had wife in Berlin, wilct
prevented his "ent'ring matrimony on such
reckless and prodigal scale" The reiterated asser-
tons of Rhedcy. who has perfect and indsput-
able right to his noble title, that he had been
divorced from his former wife, avaIlec nothing
and the baroness vas taken back to Kaptol and
placed again in confinement
But through the connivance of an old servant,
correspondence was continued with Rhedey. whom
...fnr Of hnr
uncomfortable situation and begging the iaterven-
ton of law she having attained her majority.
suit was the conse lnence which summoned the
family to Budapcsth where the truth of the daugh-
er's assertions was proved. she again declared her
intention to protect Rhedey and deed him the es-
tate to keep him in her neighbOrhOod. While walt
ing in the museum park, during the corrse OF the
trial so vital to his interests Rhe1ey surprised
by a policeman who conveyed him to prison as
- DANGEROUS indiy idual against whom charges
rested in Berlin" On the folio wing day he was
bapished from the city, and accompanied by the
baroness and detectives, set ont cor Berlin, where
the finale of the adventure is awaited with
interest
Amnsical event-of unusual interest to Americans
was the appearance of Arma SeDkrah before the
public as Interpreter of an American composer, Mr.
Arthur Bird, the first instance of the kind before
German audience. MT. bra mas met, Of late WIN
catering success and already ranks among the
nronrnent Berlin composers. Even the Pm har
monte Orchestra, under the direction OF Professor
Franz Maustadt, has bonored MIN ny performing
numerous selections from his compositions And
his Spa ash Dance" as played by Arma Senkrah
earned for the composer. as well as performer,
laundering applause. But Arna senkrah: by her
magic bow though a pretty New-lOrk glrl thirteen
wears ago has become a great favorite with the
Continental concert-public. Her name as IS well
known was Hardness, which she changed to
Senkr1h by reversing the order of the letters. at
rcauest of her first impresarlo. An amusing IN
cident is connected with this transportation Arma
hegged Hans Won Bulow one evening Tor his
autograph, which ne willingly consented to give.
But when the paper was returned to the Young
lady, what was her astonishment 10 read Snah
nov Wolub." Mystifed. the young lady asked an
exclamation and received as such the answer that
he had simply taken the same liberty Nth his
disputes with Teresina Tua the honor OF first lady
yioilnist on the Continent When only nine years
of age she left her home to stndy ct Bremen ana
Leip.ig and soon attracted the attention OF
prominent musicians. Weniawski impaired her
instruction until she lett for Paris to become
pnpil of the celebrated Vienxtemps. who has had
the greatest influence upon the Development OF ner
wers. He was charmed with the " child with the
musical soul" and cared for her as his own child,
CAV. her two hours daily and received herself ana
mother each night at tea. They parted In 1881,
when he left for Aglers, there to die on her Drth
day. the 9th of the following June. In the same
year she won the nrst pre- by recital Oh ner nsat
in London was the next advance, where she
became very popular as the heroine of the Saturda,
evening concerts in the Crystal Palace. Wolf. OF
Berlin encouraged by the English triumph',
secured her for her first tour through Germany aid
Scandinavia since which she has been decorated
by Emperor aGd Prince, and praised and h0nored
by all musical critics The summer of 1854 she
spent in Weimar, under the tu:Orship of List.
Readers of the Berlin papers have been shocked,
during the last few weeks, by the frequency OF
suicides. Scarcely a journal appears without
the bridges the garrett, the cellar, have all their
suicidal traditions which make the weekly record
,ook of crime. Yet even Prussia, DESPITE the
eDoruty of its self-murders, does not compare with
the state of Saxony, Ions known as the trysfing-
place of those tired of life 1t is strange anomaly
too for the Saxons, beyond all Germans are cell
ebrated for their good spirits But below the
mirthful exterior there is tragic, melancholy
mind, easily induced to end its suieringa Inc
rigors of the military service are often adduced as
tic canse of the snreadng Tendency. This is only