Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-02-02
RUDOLPH'S REMAINS.
The Body Of the Austrian Crown
Prince Taken to Vienna-Par.
ticularS
of the Unfortunate Princes Death
Alarming Rumors, Apparently
UEfOunded.
Rupsurs of the Heart Said to Have Been
the Cause.-The Imperial Sue
cession.

VIENNA, Jan. 3I-Archduke Rudolph,
Crown Prince of Austria, was found dead
in bed yesterday morning by his valet at
Mierllng. suburb of Vienna.
The Gazette says: Fate has inflicted q
crushing blow upon the imperial home
and the people of Austria Hungary. Our
universally esteemed Crown Prince is
dead"
The Gazette then narrates that the
Crown Prince on Monday went on shoot
ing excursion to Mierling, accompanied by
several guests, including Prince Philip OF
Coburg and Count Hovos. He felt some-
what indisposed Tuesday and therefore
excused himself from attending the family
dinner party at Hofborg. When the
shoe ing guests assembled yes.erday
morn ng the Crown Prince did not APP
pear. Immediate inquiries were made
and the guests were overcome with the
terrible news that the Crown Prince was
dead from stroke of apoplexy.
1t is stated that official private kilograms
affirm that the death of the Crown Prince
was due to wound inflicted with rifle.
Many persons here refuse to believe that
death resulted from apoplexy and all
kinds of rumors or shooting bS accident or
design are current. Herr Weiien, VINO
was intimately associated with Rudolph
in literary work, affirns that he had felt
uneasy for some time about the Crown
Prince, WHO seemed 10 have a presenti-
ment of his approaching end. He always
slept wi his bedroom door ajar, but
Yesterday morning the door was found
locked, and this fact is the subject of muc b
comment. An Official inquiry has estab-
lisaed the fact that the Crown Prince
expire between the hours of seven and
eight yesterday morning.
Archduke Charles Louis, the Erperor,s
brother, l.; now the heir presumptive to
the throne. He has three sons, Francis,
Ohio Arthur and Ferdinand. Arcnduke
Ohio is the next heir. 1t is thought, how
ever, that + ancIs' resignation recently
was only conditional
The official announcement that apoplexy
was the cause OF death modified the alan m
of the police ar sing from rum rs that the
Prince had been killed whne shOOung
Large crowds traversed the main streets
and assembled in groups discussing the
event The bourse first learned the news
through the bourse commissary. A
para ysis of business ensued, members
rushing to the streets ami besiegisg the
telegraph Offices. The bourse was i'm
media tely closed and The committee de-
cid d TO keep it closed until Friday. The
Reichsrath also adjourned amid great ex-
element. The court theaters and all the
private theaters and places of amusement
gave no performances.
The Emperor and Empress were to have
gone ~ Pesth yester az, but the visit was
Of course abandoned. Yesterday alter
noon the burgomasier of Vienna waited
upon the imperial court marshal and ex-
pressed the sympathy Of the inhabitants
with the imperial family.
The Crown Prince had suffered during
the last few yea of his life from rheuma-
tism of the JOINTS. Tuesday evening he
had severe shivering tit. The Vienna
papers do not refer 10 sensational reports
regarding the cause o: the Crown Princes
death. One rumor was that he had been
accidenI ally shot, while another had it
that he had l-aen murdered by n peasant.
The body will be brought TO Vienna at
midnight.
When the news Of her sons death was
broken to the Empress she burst into tears
and went herse f to impart the sad inteili-
gence to the Emperor, who appeared to be
stunned by the news and unable to realize
the truth
The news was withheld from the Crown
Princess until one O'Clock. When told Of
her bereavement she showed the widest
grief Passionateiy clasping her child in
her arms she said she must go to Mierling
at once. but she was restrained. Tele-
grams of coincidence are pouring into the
OF "a from, Of he world o-,,onp
them being one from Secretary Bayard.
RUPTURE OF THE HEART.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-The Vienna CORE
spondent Of the British Medical Journal
states that the death of the Crown Prince
Rudolph was caused by rupture of the
walls of the heart with flow of blood into
the sac enclosing the heart
TAKEN TO VIENNA.
VIENNA. Feb. 1.-The body of the Crown
Prince has been conveyed to Baden by
road and was brought from there on a
special royal train. The funeral train
reached the station here at one O'Clock
yesterday morning. The remains were re-
moved to the apartments of the deceased
Prince.
RUDOLPH AND CLEMENcEAU.
PARIS, Feo. ]. = Austria's deceased
Crown Prince, Rudo pa, was very intim-
ate with II. Clemenceau, but at tRudolph's
desire the intimacy was kept a secret be-
cause Rudolph said that if the fact became
known at Berlin he should never reign.
Clemenceau says Rudo.ph's fear of Bis.
marck would have been amusing had
there not been such terrible seriousness
in his expression of it.
Suit For Seduction.