The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-08
Count Pappenheim's American
Wife Refuses to Pay the
Spendthrift's Debts.
Endeavors to Preserve the Confidence Of
Russia and also to Force 3
Social Ref0rmS.

poeudtous We OukuI I'd nave mAEkgIdv0
of Bradenburg to remind us of the great
elector, a duke of Silesia to recall the VIC
tories of Frederick the Great, and perhaps
also grand duke of Rhineland and West
phalia to keep in remembrance the fine, if
not dazzling, virtues of Frederick William
ILL.,, surnamed the just who acquired
these provinces for the Fatherland.'
An American who has just returned from
Kissingen, where he had frequent opportu-
mites of seeing Prince Bismarck, tells me
that the ex-chancellor rather courts the
''vulgar crowd" than otherwise nowadays.
Every morning at II o'clock he appears at
the Saline Baths, where he graciously &C
knowledges the greetings of the crowds who
assemble to meet him. His life is extreme
ly simple. He rises at nine o'clock punc-
tually, takes light breakfast, consisting
alternately of eggs and fruit; bathes at II,
and lunches at one, the luncheon consist
ing of roast meat with German champagne.
There is no tea; at six o'clock dinner is
served, lasting generally till eight, and at
nine o'clock the prince retires.
The notorious Pappenheim marriage is
taking another development. It seems that
almost Immediately after the recent revela-
tions the countess bolted, being unwilling
to pay off the mortgages which rest over
her husbands ancestral halls. Conceive
the CONSERVATION of the unhappy creditors
First of all, Count Max contracted the
debts which made the mortgages necessa ry;
then he repudiated his birthrights, which
passed over to his younger brothar, promis-
ing, however, TO pay off his debts with the
fortune amassed by his wife's industrious,
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position of majorats herr, which makes
his debts an entirely personal affair, and
his wife, who holds the purse strings ab-
solutely declines to pay. Of course she
will have to suffer a great deal Of annoy
ance from the creditors, but as she is a
shrewd American girl and can hold her own,
it is not likely that these gentlemen will
get much satisfaction.
Henry George is coming in for good
deal of abuse from the aocialistic papers,
who declare that he made himself ridicu-
lous i, Australia, and was unmasked as q
blooming demagogue over there. His land
policy is denounced rs an American local
frightful crime of having omitted to read
Karl Marx. Unhappily, Karl Marx is rest
ing calmly beneath ground, or George
would certainly have to write him letter
of apology.
uoAU WCch OAc VI tuo CAcVclcst IOkuc6 WHO
has ever vexed the souls of German detec-
tives. His name is George Riembach, and
till about six months ago he was in the
service of a certain Baron Won Baum, an
elderly Berlin beau, who is possessed of an
expansive heart and large bank account.
For some reason he was dismissed
and went to Hamburg, where he
endeavored to get a situation. Be-
ing unsuccessful. he bethought himself
of an ingenious method of raising an
income, and thereupon wrote pathetic
letter in disguised hand under the name
of Gretchen" to his late master, saying
''she' was in ''trouble;" and would the
baron make good his promises and send
along Immediately 100 marks to Posts
Restante, Hamburg. The baron, who has
very extensive female acquaintance, and
in his character of gay youth was quite
proud of his latest achievement, sent along
the money at once. Emboldened by his
success, Reimbach continued to imperso.
nate various lady loves of his master, and
WAS reaping quite nice little golden har-
vest. when somehow the suspicious of the
baron were aroused. This gentlemans
vanity was pretty largely developed, but the
extent of his conquests began to surprise
him, and on carefully examining the hand
respondents he discovered they were
the services of a detective and Master
George Reimbach was arrested. As how
ever he knew rather too much of his late
masters delicate affairs, the baron suggest
ed he should try the American climate, and
not only gave him his passage but few
twenty mark pieces to start with on the
other side