New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-03
RUDOLF LYING IN STATE.
MANY MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY RECEIVED
BY THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS.
RUMoRs OF MURDER SET AT REsT-FIvE LET
TIERS LEFT BY THE CROWN PRINCE
THE EsfPERoRs INTENSE GRIEF
THE SUCCESSION IN DOUBT.

THE SUCCESSION IN DOUBT.
Vienna, Feb o-The postmortem medical report
in the of Crown Prince Rudolf sets at rest the
Iumors OF murder The public is loss agtated, tho
theory of brain disease being generally accepted.
The "GazetteS confirms tho statement that me
funeral Of tho dead Crown Prince will bo simple, and
that the service Will occupy only hour Tho only
members of any foreign royal family who Will be pres
ent are the King and Queen Of Belgium.
The onice of the Crown Princes Chamberlain was
thronged to-day with visitors signing coincidence
sheets. Countless wreaths have reached the HoiouS
from all parts of the empire, and from France and
Germany. splendid garland, sent by Rndolfs CO.
workers in the preparation OF Austria Hungary In
Word and Picture" bears the motto To Our beloved
and gifted leader"
Tho "ofcial Gazette announces that great
consolation has been afforded TO their Majosties the
Emperor and Empress. and tho Imperial house. in their
sad bereavement by the heartfelt sympathy shown by
foreign royal houses well by statesmen and tho
general public at homo and abroad.
The court surgeons, in their official report on the
death of Crown Prince Rudolf say that they found a
peculiar hattening of the skull internally depression
of the cerebral folds and enlargement Of the venr
cles of the brain. These abnormal conditions, tho
surgeons say Justify the belief that tho Crown Prince
was insane.
Tho Emperor gave audience tbs morning to Arch
duke Franz Tho interview lasted half an hour, and
is UNDERSTOOD 10 nave Dcon IN relauOn 10 the buOOoS
The formal announcement that Archduko Francis
Is the heir presumpve to tho throne will probably DO
delayed for legal reasons and account Of the pos
sibility OF posthumous issue OF an heir Of Rudolf
Among the letters which Rudolf wrote when preparing
for death is long eplse addressed TO Archduke Otto
whom he appeared TO regard as the probable
heir TO the throne. lie left altogether five letters
addressed to the Emperor tho Empress, Princess sieph
anie, Archcuho otlo, and Prince Braganza The body
lies 10 state IN the private chapel OF the Hofburg from
Monday morning until Tuesday at noon, when IL VIII
DO taken 10 the Capuohin Church, In the Neuemarke
The body will be deposited I'm the vaults OF the
church. The heart incloscd in a silver urn, win be
placed in ST. Augustne's and the ntestines, in a
silver vase, in St Stephens Cathedral The funeral
procession, without pomp, viii go by tho shortest
route via Michaeler Platz, Augustlner strasso, and
Lobkowltz PatE. The only members of any foreign
royal family who viii DO present tho King and
Queen Of Belgium.
The Emperor Francis Joseph seems to have aged
twenty years since tho tragic event.
The body Of the dead Prince Is dressed in the uni
form OF "A general. Priests pray alternately beside
the body.
When Prince Philip Of Coburg, and Losoheck tho
valet, returned 10 the room in which the body las,
after Count Hoyes had left for Vienna TO announce
the death Of the Crown Prince 10 the Emperor, they
found that burning candle had set fire to me
cuff on the Crown Princes right wrist
Angeli has completed sketch of Rudolf lying IN
bed. with his head and brow Swathed IN bandages.
The sketch is not intended for public view