The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-03
AUSTRIA'S SKAME.
Scandal Connected With the
Dead Prince.
TINE rKUrH CLOSED oskE.
Amietien ef the Feeble Old Ez-
Psror-Gsrmau Concern over the
Heir Prs~ampssve,s Policy.
TINE rEUrH CLOSED osEE.

SEw YoEx. Fer THE Es<aine Sxa
prints Berlin special which II says comes
from source Asore SUSPICION The spec-
lal says Grown P-faes RudolpA vas
killed In duel Tuesday By caans Franc
Clsngsliss- TIE crown peinress witnesses
were counS Hoyos and Prince Cobnrx. hts
brother in-law- The counts witnesses
we're Prinee Ferdinand Eineskev aud
another nshiemsn. The dess was fous f,s
81 = Fa. in little wood nezr Ra6en. The
crown prince wxs wounded and transport
ed % the leaFesz castle n NcyeriiHg aud
died tate In TIE evening. inst as sfe hour
when his coming was aaxionsiy awaited es
state dinner Ia tie Hosburg.
The crown prince had been paying at
seut5ons 10 he Countess Claraxaflss for the
past slx Incntss. and fs is eiasmezs that re-
Gently. willie on q shooting excursion on
the estate ct the lady 3 rscther-ia-las.
Count Eiangsllss surprised his wife In D
compromising Situation. Tie suaas at once
enalaengssi tue crown prince. me latter.
after consideration. accepted and the duel
occurred, The wheie affair has been
largely suppressed by the Austrian court,
but leaked cat through some ariss0erats
wbo were compromised in the ss&ir. and
had 70 leave the country. The emperor.
who knew os the whole affair. has il Is
said. fully approved Of his son beha iar
EAIE IS El<MAEFES FEfEEu-
NEg YoEE Feb. the TrSAssse rab-
fishes significant intsrview wish presn-
ineut diplomat ar W ashingfon. which IS ia
hEe With the Paris diseafcA 10 thc asso-
,eiased Press last night. in Which the Sasr
points out the singular coincidence Of the
mysterious deaths Of Prince Rudolph.
Ganibetfs, gen. skobslef, King Ludwig.
persons that Bismarck had occasion 70
fear. The intervizw points oct that Rn
doiph was opposed 70 the ascenseDey of
Germany IA the triple alliance
that upon the seeessioIs 70 the throne he
would doubtless be made king of Bohc-
mia, and that the fact of his friendship for
ClenieDceaa and Bou1ange- are well knwn.
ls points out that fate has worked to Bis
marck's advantage through the most ex-
uaossiluary series of fufneidences, and de-
csares that bismarck knew eight hours in
advance OF the stternpf on the lie OF
Chefebu when with Louis Napoleon IN
IsS7. but allowed il to be done. knowing Il
waaid promote the alliance Of France aud
Russia, which would hare rendered the
Franco Gerucan war Impossible.
THE ExPgEoR SUFFERS TERRIBLY.
VIENNA. Feb 2--The 0Ecial Ga-ests CON
firms the statement that the funeral of the
crown prince win be simple and that the
only members of any friendly royal family
who viii be present are the king and queen
OF Belgium. Emperor Francis Joseph APP
pears 10 have aged % years since the tragic
death. The body OF the prince is dressed
IN the uniform Of a general. Priests pray
alternately before the body.
When Prince Philip OF Coburg and
Laschek. the valet, returned To the room Ia
which the body lay after Count Hsuss had
left for Vienna 10 announce the death Of
the prince to the emperor. they found that
. burning candle had set fire 70 the cuff on
RHdolph,s right wrist
The emperor has sent the following reply
to President Caruoss message OF cordoi-
ence.
Il am greatly fonehe5 BY your assoeiat-
ing yourself with me N my grief, and I
beg YOU te accept m. grateful thanks for
sharing 50 sinserely in The sorrow caused
by the cruel loss With which providence
has afflicted me-
Formal announcement that the Arch
Duke Francis Is the heir apparent will
probably be delayed for legal rcasons and
on account Of the possibility Of the post
b lmos1s issue OF an beir of Rudolph
The pest uaartern medical report IN the
the ease Of Crown p fnce Kusiefph sets at
rest the rurnors OF murder. The public Is
less agitatesi, the theory Of disease being
generally accepted.
The emperor gave audience this morning
to the AEchduke Francis. The interview
is understood 10 have been in relation TO
the succession. The body viii lie IN state
in the private chapel Of the Hofhurg from
Monday morning until Tuesday neon,
when il win be taken 10 the CapueAin
church in Neaenafkes.
The court surgeons. in their official re-
pcFs on the death of Crown Prince Ru-
dolph, say they found peculiar fattiress
Of the internal depression Of the cerebral
folds and an enlargement OF the ventriele
of the BRAIN These shnornal conditions,
the surgeons say, justify the belief that
the crown prince was insane.
Few persons were permitted 20 view the
remains to-day. The coifiH Is covered with
black. white, aud gold cloth. Palms are
grouped around Ehe head of the coffin.
The king and queen Of Belgium and
Prince Baldwin arrived tonight. The pub
lie were excluded iron the station