The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-16

| Civil War. Their Hyrnpathles are nulu-
rally with those Of the old soldiers or
their families. so1..e 81 whom were IN reg
iments OF which Miles was an otlcer-and
an officer self-created from tho ranks.
| or course there would be much less
said about the Miles incident here but for
the present vehement desire on the part
| OF certain editors to present an Things
what could give foreigners worse opln-
| Ion OF a nation than evidence that that
nation was studiousy. forgetful OF Its
best patriots
To Marry Aboard Ship.
Marcus braun, an Immigration inspec-
tor. who sailed for New York last week
| on the Moltke, had in his charge the
! heroine OF a particularly interesting ro-
mance-Nliss Margaret Neumann. OF Uns-
var; Hungary. She was to JOIN ner !lan zee
Hermann Nttelmann. OF No. 1853 SUFFOLK
a. raet New York, whom she has never
seen. :, i.
| fore his Intended wife was born, ana MS
mother picked her out for MIN. Ihey
exchanged letters and photographs ana
| became engaged.
/ Mr.. Braun consented to take the bride
| over with him to the United States, upon
| the condition that the marriage ceremony
| should take place on board the snip AFTER
| the arrival Of the Moltke in New YORK
harbor. - ia
yery beautiful, highly educated and OF
good family. Mr.. Mittelmann Is under
stood to be successful business man.
Russian @ osslp.
Gossip In and about the legation per-
sistentlv accuses tho Gear and shts minis
| ters of creating a4uniaue protest TO d.
1 vert the public mind in Russia from the
ever-increasing revolutionary sentiment.
/ This theory became prevalent'iWhe the
i Gear and Czarina left st. Petersburg re-
/ Gently for the Hermitage OF 6aroT, 70
be present at tho pilgrimage innhonor of
Prokhor Moshnin, the, hermit, who was
recently canonized as Saint aSerafin.
IT Is freely commented thatIthis Is not
a sufficient excuse for the long and diff.
cult journey which the sovereigns and
their court have undertaken. YER y
From the nearest railway station to
Sarofr there Is distance OF sthirty-seven
| miles to be covered by wagon. Only the
. most primitive comforts can be provided
4 for the Imperial pair They will have to
4 live in a wooden house during their two
days stay in the mlserab BILE little town.
Il unfortunately for His Majesty, the an
y ti-govcrnment party Is already spreading
reports broadcast that the stories OF the
miracles attributed to Saint Seratin are
nothing but fables invented by the clergy
in the service of the government.
Causes Scandal.
Disorderly scenes in the Hungarian Par
lament continue to create scandal.
whose effects are felt not only In Vienna,
but in Berlin. a few days ago the pro-
ceedlngs of that body had to be four
times suspended on account of the tumult.
Tho trouble begun when Herr Rapp.
one of the leaders of the obstructlonlsts,
stated that he had recelved bride OF
$1,000 from minister to induce him to
desist from, obstruction. The climax was
rca ched when Herr Rapp deposited the
money in banknotes upon the table OF the
House.
A free fight ensued. In x which the
| strangers In the gallery participated. Two
| duels have been arranged In consequence,
! It was eventually agreed to appoint a
| Committee of Inquiry.
| Later on when Count Khuen HederVary.
| tho Premier, rose to speak, he WAS greet
cd with such deafening shouts that for
ten minutes he was unable to obtain q
hearing.
i Since then the legislators have sat with
! closed doors-but this cannot long con-
tlnue without protest from the populace
and danger of a riot, The Hungarian
1 people arc in a mood to believe that
bribery OF Its legislators is the rule rather
/ than the exception
Spirit Of Insanity,
/ Beer-loving Germans are suddenly con-
fronted by u most terrifying spectre-no-
! thing less than the spirit OF insanity lurk-
| Ing in their favorlte beverage. Official
| statistics have Just been published that
| 667S lunatics were under detention on
lime 30th this year, as against 6,GO2 IN
1902, This increase of per cent, Is consider
i ably heavier than the growth of the cty's
porulatlon during the corresponding Pc
Rod. which was only 2 per cent.
| The German Association for the Inves-
tipaton OF Mental Diseases recently re-
norted that ntemperance was the most
nrolit1c cause OF insanity In Germany
# is stated that 7S per cent. Of all cases
Of mental disorder under treatment In the
state institutions are duo to over-ndul-
gence in beer and 'schnapps,"
i Want War.
German government officials who agree
with German editorial opinion that Japan
and Russia are about to fly ut each others
throats on China's account. are much dis
eusted to notice evidence In tho Eng
iish newspapers that English correspon-
7 dents in Russia have become convinced
. to the contrary.
. The last editions Of these Journals con-
tain ST. Petersburg dispatches declaring
thnt In M n md Russia are both willing to