The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-26
EUROPEAN NOTES AND GOSSIP.

EUROPEAN NOTES AND GOSSIP.
Translated from German papers for the Indian
apolis Jour nal.1
writers in this country. for many years editor
of the Belletristische Journal in New York. and
in communication with the best informed circles
Of Germany. publishes piQuaut episode from
the inside history of the House of Bismarck, in
the Omaha German Courier, as follows;
1.-THE journeys of Count Herbert Bismarck to
England turn out to be, indeed, or private
character, since cable dispatch from Dublin
informs as that the noble Count is engaged to
klnswoman of the Marquis of Londonderry, V Ice
roy or Ireland. This opens new ana merry
chapter IN the biography of the Bismarcks. and
closes that great love romance in the life OF Her
pert whlch, some years ago, hanging ike tnun-
der cloud over his family, created so much SEN
satlon and was by many believed TO have not
yet reached It's termination The great figure
IN that romance as ia generally known, was
the Princess Carolath, Hatfield, who. sure
in her own mind to become the wife of Herbert
Blsmarek, obtained divorce from her aged
husband and retired to Venice to await further
developments. 1t was then that the iron Chan
cellor, who would not have accepted the
divorced Princess as his daughter-inl law
in the matter. He interposed his authority
ana TO the astonishmsnt OF everybody the will
full young Count, true of his father, who
generally believed to be i-retrievably in che
meshes OF his mistress, has suffered that younger
Ariadne at Venice to wait In vain for the return
of her fugitive Theseus since Count Was
lilo, In his reputed work on Berlin society, and
other enemies of the Chancellor. have of course,
lost no time in making capital out of this finale
and accusing Count Herbert Of overplus OF
fiiial obedience. But they do not know that his
father, after struggle of many months. finally,
in a fearful scene, gave HIM his solemn word OF
honor that he. Prince Bismarck, Chancellor of
the German empire. would kill himself on tha
day he Count Herbert married that woman.
This is a fact. and it made an end of the love
romance OF Count Herbert Bismarck with the
Countess HATFIELD, divorced princess of Caro-.
lath.n
The civil code of Germany is about to under.
go far-reaching changes concerning the legal
status Of husband and wife. The latter will, by
the proposed new law. be relieved of many re-
straints regarding her ability to take steps in
her personal interest There shall be
separation from table and bed" but only full
divorce by decree of court based on incontrovert-
IDLE evidence OF the guilt of one of the parties,
not, however, for incompatibility OF temper, in
sanity, or any incurable disease. Each party
to the conjugal union shall have it's
own separate estate, is now the law
in Saxony and Thuringia. but the husband 10 to
have the usufruct as long as the marriage rela-
ton lasts. Marriage treaties and other contracts
between husband and wife are binding upon
third parties only if recorded in the official
riage register.
According to official reports the population of
Berlin on the 18th of February last amounted to
AIS, 1913 souls, and increasing at the rate of
500 per week by accessions from all parts of the
empire and foreign countries, not to speak of the
large preponderance of Dirt hs over deaths. Con-
sdering season and weather, business was pretty
brisk in all branches, excepting the fortune
tellers. woman of that profession who
brought into the police court at the instance of
customer who complained that each of her SOL
emn predictions of good fortune had failed. aD-
Tn n he 9ndy he
ground that she charged only twenty pennies
five cents of American money! for prophesying
the best of luck in love aud finance. which was
certainly cheap, considering that she betrayed
the cost OF a fresh egg, from the yolk of which
she received her inspiration, from her own
pocket. Bui the monster of a Judge, who evil
IDENTIFY got his Inspiration from other
source. cared for neither yolk nor fortune and
sent the poor woman to the work house.
An eccentric young lady of Bremen Miss Ma
thilde Won Hahn, highly talented aud very beau
tiful, who had been sent to Won Quitzow's
boarding school for young ladies of noble birth,
at Berlin, had fallen in love with young Count
Reichenbach, who, however, remained ignorant
of her passion, and paid court to another hand
some sprig of the German nobility attending the
same school, 1.-THE inmates of which are. by the
way, not restrained from going into society,"
thinking, perhaps, that he had little chance with
the beauty from Bremen, who was constantly
surrounded by other cavaliers, though she
manifested great reserve towards all of them.
Miss Won Hahn, however, took the seeming
hopelessness of her love SO much TO heart that
she fell into state of profound melancholy, re-
fusing to reveal the cause to any of her
teachers or schoomates. merely thro wing out
some hints about 1.-The great disappointment of
her life" in letters TO her parents and friends
at home On March /, late in the afternoon,
she went all by herself TO the Geological Gar
den, and there, in remote corner fired three
revolver shots at her breast, int1ictng wounds
which have probably since proved fatal. She
was brought to the hospital n a very precarious
and now the two innocent causes of
her rash deed are inconsolable, and the young
Count, especially, is reported to be in a state
bordering on insanity.
Vienna papers of March make mention of
the death of Augustus Zang, a celebrity Of that
city, at the advanced age OF eiRhty-one. He
was the founder of the Vienna Press, and
most INSCRIPTIONS publisher. who has done
much TO corrupt the newspaper fraternity in the
Austrian capital and all over the empire. He be-
gan his in life as an officer of the army. but
with the nature of shark soon exchanged Mars
Tor Mercury went to Pari9 aud started a 'kpfel
bakery" in which he made considerable money
Up to 1S48, when the February revolution great
y impaired the demand for such Inquiries. Re-
turning to Vienna. he founded the Press, open
y declaring that It was to be money making
concern throughout, not ballasted with any
deal politics, and that he would not print a line
without remuneration. even il the Queen of Eng
and wanted to insert her speech from the
throne Many cynical remarks of like tenor
'tili circulating in Vienna as ''Zaugisms," but
ais Press became great paper. paying large
dividends until 1864, when all his editors left
him and founded the New Free Press. now the
most influential paper in Austria; whereupon
Tang sold out, and founded the ''Vereins-bank"
Union Bank. of which he president until
t went down in the crash, leaving
lang, however, strictly intact that he
,os the control of all the companya
.oal mines and now leaves hardly any friends OF
curse, but fortune of about ten millions of
lorins to his illegtimate son, DR.. Fels
That young man commits murder and rob-
,ery in order to get wine for his marriage-tabls
5 perhaps as rare thing could happen in
hese eventful times. but 1t did occur at the viii
age OF Amtrnannsdorf in Austria and is in