Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-15

the Government IN behsn OF Otto. w
summon BavariRns willingly and dutifull
10 acknowledge Otto az the rightful Sove:
sign, and to tender to him aud to rs IS Re
gent inViolable loyalty sn5 unsTervini
obedience. We command 81 officials 4
discharge their functions IS heretofore IN
I'll they receive more precise orders"
The proclamation Is signed "Leitpold,
and is eountsrsigned By Baron Won Lutz
the President Of the Council, and By tn
rest of the Cabinet Ministers.
An hour before his death DR.. Guddel
sent the following telegram to Baron Vol
Lutz: Drs. Hogen and Hudbrich hsye beeI
summoned for Tuesday at 3 O. m, TO gIvt
An opinion respecting Prince Otto. They
will probably be able to give their decision
on Tuesday evening. Here, sll Is going
wonderfully well A personal examina
ton, may sdd, has only confirmed the
written opinion.
THE DEAD MONARCH.
Otto Frederick William Ludwig H.,
King of Bavaria, was born at NYmphen-
burg, August 25, l845. BE succeeded to
the throne on the death of bis father, Max,
imiIian Joseph H., in 1864, but even at the
commencement Of his reign took little IN
terest in the management Of the affairs OF
his country, which at the time was dan
gerously complicated in the difficulty be-
tween Prussia and Austria. Instead, he
devoted himself almost entirely to art ana
music, the taste for which be had
inherited from his grandfather, Louis
l., in an exaggerated form. Louis |.
distinguished himselfin these 6leds, vss
was himself poet. aud was responsible Tor
the removal Of the University OF Landshut
to Munich, and It's subsequent growth. The
Odeon, Basilica, Pinskothek, Wslhalls,
and numerous other public works and
monuments, testify OF his inclinations and
9 continuation of such works, which noble
trait deteriotsted into monomsnis. chsrsc-
terizsd the life of young Ludwig, oud be.
came the cause OF his bankruptcy snd
downfall
The young King, on ascending the
throne, started out with noble aspirations,
and might have accomplished great
things, had it not been for his physical and
mental decentralization. The story goes
that
LOVE AFFAIR II HIS YOUTH,
which terminated BY the fslsity Of the OBJ
iect of his affection, brought on q brain
sickness from which ne never recovered.
Inclined toward ideshsm, his shattered
hopes caused HIM to ioIioT has taYorite
pastimes with frenzy which at 6rst made
him the laughing stock OF the world, and
3 uEiyerssl object OF pity. The
Of one made bin devoid OF
faith in woman kind, and be became a con-
:, ned woman-hster He disliked ali Eo-
1,en 6 IN his mother, with tie exception
4 The ar.S',-cress Eugene snd the Prin-
,ess Gisila wife ,>F bis cousin, Prince Lso'
oold. In his attenuC'"' to these iWo ne
vas eccentric, as in all L. si.lons; Snu
nearly cried his eyes olt when n 'ei' va
,olecn and bis beautiful cousort -
heir glory. To Princess Gisils he would
send bouquets in the dead OF the night,
md made calls at uulimely hours.
HIS FRIENDSHIP FOB WAGNER.
Richard Wagner, the great composer.
himself On eccentric, was trusted by the
King with such disgusting intimacy that
,oon after the Kings accession 20 the
hrone, the opposition Of the people was
aroused 10 su;h an extent that the king
vas obliged to send the great MUSICIAN
away from the court HIS idolstry OF
Wagner did not cease with the latter 8 de-
oarfure, however, snd until the composer 5
Heath, in 1882, that insane love formed q
prominent feature OF the King 9 demenils
After Wsgner's death, Ludwig showed him
self to his people with still less frequency,
and gave himself up entirely to a
solitude in his magnificent
palaces. His dresry life there was inter
-upted only By new forms of his eccentrlci-
lies. which soon proved the curse OF his
attendants. Thus,
SUDDEN MIDNIGHT INVITATIONS
% one of his ministry, to get up and play
billiards, were not rare. The Minister de-
.ested billiards, and since etiquette sbso-
utely forbade his ever winning, even the
slight excitement Of bona tide game Was
lenied him. Oiher eccentric actions, such
a having PLAYS produced for his own sole
lelects,iOu, have been frequently COM
nented upon.
ALLIANCE WITH PRUSSIA.
In accordance With q treaty of alliance
entered into By Prussia and Bavaria, after
The battle of Koniggrsiz, Ludwig joined
Prussis in the invasion oi France. After
The Franco Prussisn wsr, the Bavarian
became conspicuous in Europe
By its opposition to the UlIramontsne party,
ana its encouragement of DE-. Doelipger
and the sociely called "Old Catholics,
As Ludwig, however, always followed bis
own csprices, rather than any political
party, be can hardly be considered respon'
sible for this position of MS Government