The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-15
Ludwig, the Mad King, Commits SUI
icIde by Drowning in Lake
Starenberg.
A Court Physician, Who Tries to Save
Him, also Loses His Life.
The News Of the Sad Tragedy Cause
Great Excitement and Grief
Among the People.
Emperor William Receives the Tid-
ings with Sorrow, and the German
Courts Will go into Mourning.
LultpoIe, the Dead Kings Uncle, to
Act as Regent Of the Kingdom.
Comments Of the Press on Clad
stones Manifesto.
King Ludwig Commits Suicide by
Drowning.


King Ludwig Commits Suicide by
Drowning.
MUNICH, June 14.-When on Saturday
morning, King Ludwig, the deposed Bayari-
an king, consented to accompany Councillors
of State Muller and Koppelstadter and the
court physicians to Berg Castle, on Lake
Starenberg, he doubtless had the idea of sui
eide in his head. If this was so he did not
wait long to carry out his intention, for be-
fore he had been at the castle thirty-six
hours he threw himself into Lake Staren-
berg and was drowned.
The cable dispatches do not give the full
particulars of the suicide, but simply state
that at o'clock last evening, while on a
promenade through the grounds of Berg Cas-
tie, accompanied by DR.. Gudden, one of the
court physicians, King Ludwig suddenly, and
without moments warning, jumped into
Lake Starenberg and was drowned. Or.
Gudden threw himself Immediately into the
water and did all possible to save the King,
but his efforts were of no avail, and he was
also drowned.
The New York evening telegram publishes
a cable special on the mad kings death, say
ing that tremendous and unparalleled SEN
sation has been caused at Munich by the fol-
lowing proclamation in reference to Louis Ii
Bavaria's mad king, which has been posted
through the town:
After the Kings arrival in Schlossberg he
quietly submitted to medical treatment, and
took last evening at quarter to seven
walk in the park with his medical adviser,
DR.. Won Gudden, from which His Majesty
and the doctor had not returned up to a late
hour. When the park and the shore of the
lake were reached, the King and Dr.. Won
Gudden were found in the lake. Both gave
faint signs of life, but the attempts Of DR..
Muller to restore animation were fruitless.
At 10 O'Clock last night the King was medi-
cally proved dead, ana the same was the
case with DR.. Won Gudden.
Sunday morning, at 4.3O, King Louis mad
consented to accompany Councillors of State
Duller and Koppelstader and the court ply
sicians to Berg Castle, on Lake Starenberg,
an hours ride from Munich. Despite the
early hour, many people witnessed the
Kings departure. AS he passed they sadly
saluted the distraught monarch, who return
their greeting with few mournful words
which brought tears to the eyes Of those who
heard them. The court physician said the
case was hopeless. Four warders and their
chief accompanied the King Two had al
ready acted as guards to Prince Otto.
At 10 o'clock this morning the generals of
the Bavarian army met and took the oath of
allegiance to King Ludwig's brother Otto,
who at once assumed the title of king under
the name of Otto /. He is three years
younger than Ludwig, having been born in
1Sa2. Otto, however, will be simply nomi-
nally king, as he is also mentally incapable,
and Prince Luitpold, his uncle, will remain
regent. The generals of the army have tax,
en- the oath of allegiance to Prince Luitpold
as regent The Bavarian troops took the
oath similar to that sworn by the generals.
There are evidences that a violent struggle
occurred between the King and DR.. Gudden,
in the endeayor of the latter to rescue his
f<rt ,1rs1a aNr In in
soil at the bottom of the lake, near where
the bodies were found, and there are several
bruises on DR.. Gudden's face, which were
probably made by the Kings finger nails.
The King, before plunging into the lake, di-
vested himself of his two coats, which were
found on the bank and led to the discovery
of the bodies. According to the constitu-
ton, Prince Otto, although deranged, be-
comes king. Prince Luitpold remains regent
and will administer the affairs of the govern
ment. The church bells have been sending
forth muffled peals throughout the day, and
excited and Sorr0wing crowds of people
thronged the streets despite the heavy rain
that has been falling. Thousands OF citizens
surrounded the palace, awaiting the issue OF
the proclamations in regard to succession to
the throne.
Otto Declared to be King.
MUNICH. June 14-A proclamation has
been issued, declaring Ludwig's brother Otto
W NC hlhs, WIFI hul1poiu, Mo unOiS, 40 ~
gent.
How Emperor William Received the
News of LudWig's Death.
BERLIN, June 14.-Both here and in Wen
ma painful impression was caused by the
news of King Ludwig's suicide. The En-
peror William was deeply grleyed. Inc
Crown Prince will go to Munich to represent
his father. All of the German courts have
gone into mourning for the dead king.
The Bulgarian Assembly.
SOFIA, June 14.-Prince Alexander, in
person, opened the Bulgarian -Roumelian AS
sembly. In his address he said he was hap
py to welcome the first assembly containing
delegates from both sides OF the Balkans.
He thanked the nation for rising as one man
in defence of fatherland. United Bulgaria,
the Prince declared, "has earned an honora-
BILE place among the nations. We are justi-
fed in hoping for a brilliant future" He
concluded by asking the assembly to vote
the necessary money to defray the remaining
unpaid expenses of the war between Servia
and Bulgaria
Comments on Ciadstone's Manifesto
LoNDoE, June 14.-The Times pronounceS
Gladstone's manifesto argumentatlvely and
historically weak. ''It does not offer" says
the Times, "a single argument to prove that
coercion is the only alternative policy to
home rule for Ireland. Chamberlain gave
one alternative other than coercion, and
John Morley suggested fourth by admitting
that it was possible to govern Ireland as a
crown colony. When worst comes to worst
it is always open to Englishmen to say they
prefer separation, pure and simple, to yield
ing to the intolerable demands of the home
rule faction. 1t must be made clear that
there is an alternative, to give Ireland local
control of her local affairs on the same scale
as it is given to England and Scotland, and
ON the same principle. au
The Scotsman of Edinburg says that Mr..
Gladstone, in his manifesto miSrepresents
the issue. Parliament, the Scotsman con-
tends, never voted on the question OF coer,
cion versus home rule. Ii it had it would
never have defeated the government on this
issue.
The Manchester Guardian says that of
Gladstone Salisbury and Chamberlain, Glad
stone alone sees the desperate circumstances
in which the country is placed by the mis-
taken policy on the Irish question and that
he alone perceives how these circumstances
can be best dealt with. eve are confident" !"
adds the Guardian, that the country will
endorse the premier's diagnosis and pro-
posed remedy, for they are based on vigorous
common sense"
The Conservative provincial papers bit
terly criticise Gladstone'S manifesto. Irish
papers criticise as a matter of course accord
ing to their party leanings.
The London Post, commenting on MI.
Gladstone's manifesto, says the document
bristles with transparent sophistries and is
based throught upon fallacies.
An offer from the Queen.
Qneen Victoria has offered the Comte de
Paris, during his exile from France under
the terms of the expulsion bill, the use OF
Claremont Castle, where Louis Philippe
found home and where he died. The Com
te de Paris has declined the Queens offer on
the ground that he does not intend to reside
in England permanently.
a Verdict of WilIfuI Murder.
The coroner's jury in the case of Mary
Reilly, one of the victims in the recent riots
in Belfast, Ireland, returned a verdict OF
willful murder against the police who fired
into the mob at the Bower Hill station.
Foreign Notes.
Dievdet Pacha will succeed Server Pacha,
deceased, in the Office of Minister of Justice
at Constantinople.
Delegates Elected.
ST. ALBANs, VT, Jan. 14.-At a largely
attended caucus held here tonight the follow.