The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-06-25

wln1s ~ me- Bsssnsrse Carssr ~ Tanano
Plupge late Lake sta rnhsrg. end 4 A.
eompaniea % literally ~ psls Faithful
rhys1c,an. Who vain1y Tried % Rsscna
uim-sems a. nlis "Eccsnsricltsss-"
LONDON, June IA dispatch frcm
Munich contains the startling iptslli.
Eence that King Louis, the recently de-
posed Bavarian monarch, who left the
palace yesterday for Berg Castle on Lake
Stenbcrx. committed suicide 1t that place
his morning By drowning.
LONDON, June ia later dispatch
says that King Louis succeeded In taking
his life while his attendants were mo-
mentarily on their guard. The King was
promenading in the park grouads sur
rounding Berg Castle. DR.. Gudden, at
tending physician, was also In the park
watching the patient. The King. await
ing favorable moment, made dash for
Lake Stcrnberg, on which the castle
| grounds are situated, and threw himself
| into the water. He was almost instantly
missed BY the doctor, who Immediately
! gave the alarm and dashed on after his
| royal charge. The latter, however, reached
4, the lake before any one could intercept
| aim, and when the doctor had reached the
edge Of the lake the King was struggling In
| the water. The doctor sprang into the
lake in hopes Of rescuing the drowning
sovereign, and in the desperate struggle
which ensued both the King and the
physician went down and were seen no
more.
ROYAL EccESTRICITIES or THE KING.
LONDON. June l5.-The attempt to
throw = veil Of romance over the crazy
antics Of King Ludwig, Of Bavaria, Is re-
garded as amusing by those who have
known Of his mad brutalities for the past
ten years He was no devoted student Of
art with his mind fully overthrown by the
excess Of his devotion. He was simply
man Of commonplace mind, whose god
was himself. 1t was merely the case o.
q man who, in addition 10 his absolute
egotism, had wealth and power enough
to carry out every selfish fancy of his
mind. The papers are full Of stories Of
his rascally exploits, hut the papers are
all under the pressure Of the monarchies
In which they are published, and the
hideous and selfish character Of the in
cidence Is CLOSED over.
One story that has never been In print Is
- follows: The King sent for new So
prano who had made wonderful success
at Munich. to entertain him with sing
ing ct his castle at Hohenschwangen.
When the singer arrived the King told
her he wanted to hear her singing on the
water just at midnight They proceeded
70 . shallow lake In the castle grounds,
and King Ludwig produced . gaudy
pleasure boat with model somewhat be-
tween canoe and gondola. He seated
the singer in the bow of the boat
and placed himself on q luxurious pile
Of cushions In the stern. The little craft |
was welded by the King. There he kept |
the poor artist singing for fully three |
hours. At last she begged to be allowed |
to stop, saying that she had already con-
tracted severe cold and was unable TO |
control her voice The King sternly or.
dered her to proceed, but she could not.
Then the King said he was going home,
and he supposed she knew the way |
ashore. He stepped over the side of the |
boat into the water, which was not more |
than three feet deep, and calmly waded
ashore and walked up to his castle. The
artistic remained In the boat. filed with |
despair. For the first hour she thought |
the King would surely send some |
after two hours OF waiting, she too waded
70 the shore. She went to the castle but
nobody there knew anything about her,
md she was turned away as an impostor.
She started 10 walk to Munich, notwith-
her clothes were soaked with
sater, and bedraggled with mud. Fortu.
lately she soon met q hackney coach
which took her to her apartments. She
summoned q doctor, but the
atal mischief had been done, and she
lied within a week Of pneumonia. The
King sent an extravagant sum to pay for
Ter funeral. All these facts were known
o theatrical and society people at the
ime, but the awe Of the King caused the
tory to be suppressed beyond those cir
les.
Another series OF his madcap brutali-
les was the riding ut midnight over the
now and mountains in . luxurious sleigh
lrawn by four Of the finest horses In Eu-
ope. He was snugly ensconsed In q
multitude Of furs and the sleigh was
brilliantly lighted with electricity. He
lways commanded his driver to drive at
'reakneck speed, and he took nc notice
4 the suRerings of the cavalry guard
which was always In attendance In their
6orts TO keep up, although their
ofses were no match for those
( the King, and the poor unfortunate
yards wore . shabby contrast TO the
Ling's furs. Most every night some
nan killed, but the King cared nothing
Or all this, 50 long as his craving for
clfish enjoyment was gratided. In the
anne way every act Of the King described
D the papers here, although spoken Of Is
oval Drauke and kiuOlv eccnnfricifiaa 1