The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
TOPICS IN PARIS
7, grounds the Humbert Case.
 Marriage of Keubelik, &1
BY PlERR E RosIER.

Paris. sept. 12-That there is an un- fathomed mystery surrounding the Hum berts Is a notion deep-seated in the minds of well informed Parisians men or character and good judgment, men who are not given to building up fantastic fancies or men easily swayed by the im- agination More than ever, l believe there is a mystery. Old, Gustave Humbert, who gave legal advice to Therese and her husband, could not have started on mere chateau en Espagne, the creation of semi-gipsg brain. There must have been something tangible, and the Craw- ford will device for hiding it, until pre- scription wiped away any illegalities or Hisdeeds connected with the simulated treasure It appears to be certain that Regnier, of Metz notoriety, entered into the life of Mime. Humbert' and, what is more into the life of Mime. Daurignac. The claimant of the Crawford millions may even claim near blood relationship to Regnier without losing sight of proba- bility. She certainly is his parallel in in- ventiveness and push.
 The Humbert case will go to Cassation on technical point. Should new trial be ordered, and the second jury prove more severe than the first, this will not render the penalty greater. The president, following custom, will commute the sec ond sentence from ten, fifteen or twenty years to the original five years. A new fact may then be discoy@ed, and a third trial claimed. Meanwhile, the Humberts would be only in detention. To me 1t seems certain that Labori holds a strong card of some sort in reserve.
 The marriage of the vlolinist Kubelik and the Countess Czaky Szell is, I sup pose, an international as well as artistic and romantic event. Kubelik is a Czech, and the son of a market gardener; his bride, Magyar the daughter of Count Wolfgang Szell Berseneyi, a near rela- tion of the Hungarian prime minister. She married at the age of eighteen to Count Czaky, nephew of the late Monsignor Czaky, who shone here in the early years of the empire as a brilliant viveur, and then became converted, entered the church and returned to Paris as Papal Nuncio. The countess took proceedings in divorce against the count few weeks after her wedding. She Is now twenty one, and Kubelik twenty-three. They fell In love at concert three years ago. and kept up thenceforth a romantic corres- pondence Count Czaky served as her wit ness at her second wedding; her family standing aloof. But 1t seems they are reconciled to the marriage. She is beau- tiful; Kubelik is a beau laid, and he and she are the image of each other. Since their engagement he had made profess sional tour of Germany, France and the United States, and it appears is booked in these countries for endless concerts.
 
 The ex-regent of Spain will hasten back to San Sebastian as soon as she has re- ceived her share of the late Archduchess Elzabeth's fortune. Alphonso XIII has gone to the sulphur springs in Aragon to keep off the malady which carried away Alphonso XII.
 Christina is still in deep mourning. She has with her the Infanta Teresa, who is still consecrated to blue and white, and dresses accordingly in blue costume, a