New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-06
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MISSING PAPERS sEwING-MACHINE DIPLo-
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IRON AN ocoAslosAL CoRREsPoSpENs OF TnE TRiBUSE.l
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Great CONSERVATION prevails among the mem
hers OF the Imperial family and IN Court circ9s
in consequence Of the unpleasant discovery tm''
the whole ,of the volumnous conhdental ana SEMI
official papers of the late Admiral Count Won
Bombelless have mysteriOusly disappeared. Inc
nobleman lin question, who died the other uay
very suddenly Of apopexy, Will he remempereu rs
having held the. post OF Chief Chamberlain ana
Grand Master Of the Household TO the lll-tatei
Crown Prince Rudolph. The son OF Count Henri
Bombellej who was the tutor and military gov
ernor of the present Emperor, and the nephew oil
Count PAIL Bombees, who was the thlrd husoahu
Of Napoeon is widow, the Empress Marie Louise
his whole life was spent in the service Oh inc
House of, Habsburg At the age OF eighteen he
was app6inted ade-de-camp TO the iathcr oil ue
present Emperor, a prince whe had peeh re-
duc.d nv epilepsy to such a terrible condition
that he twas held by family council 10 oe IN
copable tof succeeding 10 TIE throne in ls4S,
and was forced 10 abadon his nights 10 'he I'D
,eriaI dignity TO his son, Francis Joseph. the
nre.euH Emperor The fact that the young noble
man s,iould have begun his official life by attend
ance on so pitiable a mental and physical wreck
as the Archduke Francis appears to have IN
some ,,r,v, exercised an influence his subse-
ouent career. which is intimately associated with
bistorr OF the House Of Austria In 1893 ne De
came tbe Cham berlain and equerry Of the Arch
duke slaximilian, and on the latter's election to
the Immortal Crown of Mexico. he accompanied
him across the Atlantic When the Empress
Charlotte made her memorable visit TO Paris ana
TO Rome. in ls66-1s67. for the purpose OF In
vokir,g the assistance of Napoleon III aud the IN
Huenee of Popc Plus TX in behalf Of her husband,
she WAS attended by Count Won Bombelles, and
il WAS he who first became aware of her INSANITY
and who had charge of all the arrangements Tor
olac inc her under restraint. Returning to Mexico
in .brder TO convey the sad news 10 Emperor
Ma,timilian he arrived just in time to take charge
of The dead body Of his Imperial master, VINO
had been court-martialed and shot at Quere'aro'
ON the late Crown Prince Rudolph attaining
his majority. the Count was created High Chaih-
berlain and Grand Master of his newly formed
household. more unfortunate choice could
s,krcely have been made. For, while exceedingly
talented and accomplished in every possible way
he moral character Of the Count was scaicely sue"
SIS to fit him for the post of mentor TO rr!hce
kho had inherited the traditional iSli-
Ing of the Ilabsburg family "l'n
regard TO the fair SEX Indeed, when the Counts
will was admitted TO probate couple OF weeks
ago, il was found that he had bequeathed HIS en-
tire fortune including all the valuable IeweHeu
souvenirs and portraits which had been presenter
IN him by The various members of the Imperial
family TO a woman of the demi-nOnde here, VINO
for the past three years has been known 10 MS
friends and, indeed to the public at large, as his
" belle annie consolatrce" Under the clrcumstan-
ces il was scarcely TO be expected That he either
could or would do much 10 check or restrain the
intrigues of the Crown Prince. On the contrary
,l,aetf inn
he was even guilty of shielding and apettlhS
them,-so much so indeed that when the tragedy
of Meverling took place last spring he was as
missed in disgrace by the Emperor and banished
from Court No trace of his papers can be fouhd'
and donbt exists as TO whether they have been
stolen or whether they have been conhdeu by MIN
TO some third party for publication abroad in
spirit OF revenge for the treatment TO which he
had been subjected by the Court. People who
knew him well are convinced that he would have
been incapable of any such dishonor, ana that the
disappearance of the papers is due to a theft.
Meanwhile the epilogue Of the Meyerlin3
tragedy is being enacted in the Court OF Common
Pleas at Pressburg, Hungary. The late Baroness
Marie Vetsera left small fortune, the origin OF
which was due to the generosity OF the young
Prince, with whom her name was so Intimately
associated both in life and in death. The sur
viving members of her family, including her
mother and sister, have appealed to the tribunals
to be permitted TO enter into possession thereof
The law officers, however, while admitting the
validity of the claim of the mother and sister as
the nearest relatives TO the fortune of the ilaed
young Baroness, insist that before granting letters
of administration the court shall be furnished
with document of primary and indispensable i'm
portance, namely the death certificate. This
rivn and
Maries mother even went so far rs publicly 20
declare in court that the civil and ecclcSasticnl
authorities both at Meyerling and Vienna had
refused in the most absolute manner to grant her
nny official document certifying her daughters
death The Prrssburg tribunal has in consequence
addressed an official demand TO the local authori-
Ties at Meyerling for the certificate of the death of
Baroness Marie Vet,era, with full details to the
exact nature and date Of her demise Meanwhile
the mother. who lost her only at the time
when the Ring Theatre here burned down in
1881 has been completely ostracised, not only by
the Court, but also by society. The Countess
Larsh, on the other hand who is the daughter of
the Austrian EmprcsSs favorite brother by his
morganatic marriage with Baroness Walersee, and
who was banished from Austria last spring for
having permitted the Crown Prince and the young
Baroness TO meet at her house here, has been par
doned by the Emperor and allowed to return to
this city.
General Baron Thoemmel. who has Just been
apponted to the exceedingly difficult post OF
Austrian Minister Plenipotentiary at Belgrade. is
Indebted Tor much OF his diplomatic reputation
and fame to a sewing machine. In S4S he took
part in the hungarian revolution against Austria,
but few years later entered the army OF the
latter As simple priv ate. Having worked his
WAY I'D from the ranks he was in 1870 appointed
TO the post IF political agent at Cettne. The
court of the rcigning Prince of Montenegro, which
even at the present time Is somewhat of
rough-and-ready nature, was at that time even
still more primitive and unsophisticated. The
Princess had never even heard of such thing ms
a sewing ma hne, and, on being informed of the