New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-17
nd destination. Everywhere she


gave her name Of Count Sander de Way, and even
fought a couple of duels with mon VINO had in
suited her by casting her sex into her teeth. A
number of articles signed Sander Way appeared
in one of the leading Pesth newspapers, mostly
On snortinp matters. on which she is an authority.
and for the purpose of keeping up the illusion
~ ber manhood she even went so far as to spend
an immense amount of money on one of the most
charming diyas of the Hungarian stage purchas-
inc n bouse for her and horses and carriages.
besides loading her with jewels. Her latest &c.
contricity consists in having eloped and gone
through a marriage ceremony with the daughter
of an army contractor at Laybach. In Austria
proper for the sole object Of obtaining The young
girls large dowry, for Sander or Sarolta has been
in great straits for money since she was placed
"under ouratelo and thereby deprived Of the
use of her fortune Is is reported that exasperated
beyond all measure by his daughters mad freaks.
the old Count is about to take steps for having
her placed under restraint in lunatic asylum.
Prince Gregory Sturdza, the only son of the
late Hospodar or ex-reigning Prince OF Moldavla,
who is as well known and as popular in this city
as at Bucharest, has just astonished his friends
and given rise to considerable comment by marry
ing Madame Raluka, the mother of his eighteen
year-old SON. The Prince who, besides being
general in the army, is also one of the principal
members of the Senate, is seventy-one years OF
age, He inherited last year fortune of several
millions of dollars from his father, who expired
at the age of ninety-nine, and having no children
by his former wife, has done his best to legtimize
his natural son and thus place him in position
TO succeed to his vast wealth, by marrying the
young mans mother The latter is handsome,
stately lady of the name of Raluka, some forty
;aaf tba
Princes household, and has always been treated
by him with the most chivalrous and stately
courtesy. The marriage has given much salts
faction to all right-minded people, and the Queen
has already signfed to the Prince that she will
have great pleasure in receiving bis new Princess
In acting thus the Rumanian poet-Queen has
but followed the example of the Empress of Aus
tria. who not only received, but also caused the
Emperor to confer the title of Countess on, Madame
de Clinchamps, the mother of the Due dAumale's
two eighteen and nineteen year old sons. Madame
de Clinchamps has since been morganatically mar
ried to the Duke.
A couple of American gentlemen who have Just
arrived in this city from Berlin are loud IN thelr
expressions of Indignation against the courts Oh
justice in the Prussian Capital 1t appears 'iau
when the Emperor of Austria made his entry lnto
Berlin on the occasion of his visit to Kaiser VIII
helm, the two Americans above mentioned, 10
gether with four of their friends. instructed the
head porter of the Grand Central Hotel to obtain
for them seats on the grand stand in front OF the
ROYAL Museum for the purpose of viewing the pro
cession The porter undertook to attend 10 the
matter, charged them the trlie OF ST. apiece, anu
then instead of p 1viding them with tcKets ior
their seats, intrusrd them TO the guidance OF
messenger, who the porter declared, would con-
duct them TO their places. Instead, however, Oh
finding reserved places the grand stand, they
were taken to little side street, where by stretch
ing their necks out of "a second-story w1ndow near
the corner, they were able TO obtain the merest
glimpse of the procession as it passed along the
main thOrou ghfare Thoroughly indignant at the
manner in which they had been treated, the Amer
leans demanded the return of the money from the
hotel porter and as the manager refused TO Inter
ere in the matter, they proceeded to lodge COM
plaint against the porter at the court OF 1ustlce
Had they known what awaited them they would
certainly never have ventured upon so ndIaruouS
proceeding. For in the first place they were
bound over in heavy sums to appear when the case
came I'D for hearing, and this involved their re-
naming for almost ten weeks beyond their Ime
at Berlin. When at length the trial took place
last week, the hotel porter in defence explained
that the whole thing was mistake on the part OF
the messenger 20 whose guidance he had entrusted
them and further declared that 1t was ridiculous to
ina CINE that man earning an income OF s4,OOo,
like himself should wish to inJure his position |
and his reputation for the sake Of paltry SlOO |
The Court accepted his view Of the matter IN |
preference to that of the plaintiffs and dismissed
the complaint. The Americans have therefore |
been compelled to pay heavy costs, the expenses
legal advice and, moreover, have been forced TO
remain for ten weeks in Berlin wit hout even hav-
ing the satisfaction of having made the porter of
the Central Hotel refund the money of whiGh be
had defrauded them.