The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-05-22
7EE EIILED QUEEN.
,,,..,io,s Loyal Friends Hid Her a
S''''D' fearful Farewell.
gF2 MOST ROMANTIC HISTORY.
c,nso of the Trouble with tho
4h ,s,as..ucr Great Beauty and Noble
n'"r DcscrlDed-AN Notable E1-
',,oi,..sympathy from Russia.

p,c,,,prsr, May 2l.-The exiled ex'
D',AS natalie is on her way to Jassy.
queen 2. sani t1 she was given fearful fare
At Ss sn5 several women who had gather
Sen- ,"nnd her at the dock. with the
students 81 kissed her hands 5 and mar :. /.
''G Queen Natalie is the daughter OF q
H H,;aea.s stourdza, who possessed large
i,.a,s, in Bessarabia, and LETT to their
. S,,Dn children great wealth. When
,',,;o Won Kechko married Prince
; S1'r,' in 1875, she was only sixteen
: .u''r.'' old and endowed with great
y ysarI enhanced by fascinating man
Ds. .. and a good Municipalities which
n '..,s MI much appreciated by her subjects
@I she became their Queen IN !SsI y
W.. lent new luster to the court a. BEL
Sls w., and by her superior Intelligence
E'~ty n" lead in Servian politics. The
sgo.' mi ~nse OF discord between King
iiFi' and and his consort was of strictly
Mt,",, nature and had nothing to
Sa With politics, although Queen Nata-
Io never denied her predllectlon 1or
~ pSs .s while her husband leaned to-
. Mu+S Austria. Russia was not loath to
y ""i,s political capital out OF the dis,
h,ass between the royal couple, and
' s%aniy sided with the Queen. The
T TpSn Alexander offered her Llvadia
G fr in the Crimea, as a residence,
o 'iscsj n man-oi-war at her disposal to
sn'Sore thence with the Crown Prince
',iwauder, then eleven years old. Sew
an o,tempts at reconciliation subse-
Cnsptly failed, and Queen Natalie still
jiyes separate from her husband.
SsaIie is described as an exceedingly
beautiful woman. Her figure, it is
coimel, rivals the marbles of antiquity,
While her lace is illuminated by the
dame Of sweet affection and superior in
,rllirence. Tall and graceful, modest,
and vel with the bearing OF q queen, she
NJ The same time has the attractions OF
"l5ycIy Young girl. Her broad fore
head is shaded with soft, silky waves of
ink hair. and her brown eyes beam
With kindness and interest upon all
who approach her.
A NOTABLE EXPLOIT.
The manner in which Queen Natalie
was able to check and mysteriously
orr,s, the onward march OF the victor
ions Bulgarian army on Belgrade in 1885
reads almkt like the Old Testament
gtory OF Judith and Holofernes. 1t was
tbe Queen herself who had egged on the
war which her coward husband was
moved to declare against Bulgaria. Rus
sia, confident OF the Servian success,
was naturally willing to see Prince Alex
ander lone OF the Battenburgs) destroy
ed. Contrary, however, to eyerybody's
expectation the Bulgarians were victor
ions and the invading Seryians were in
full retreat, when suddenly there rode
into the camp OF Alexander an Austrian
oihigh rank who verbally informed the
Prince that ii he continued his march
on Belgrade an Austrian army would
enter that city at his heels. A hint
from such source was enough. Ac-
coriingIy Prince Alexander brought his
victorious army to halt and withdrew
from Seryian territory, creating thereby
the most intense surprise. The agent
who was able to effect tltsr was the
handsome Count Rudolph Won Kheven-
huller Austrian Ambassador at Boil
grade, with whom the fascinating Queen
was known to sustain the most intimate
relations. s5Ia
FLIGHT TO GERMANY.
Natalie fled to Germany, taking with
her the little Crown Prince. King Milan
demanded the surrender Of the boy, but
the Queen was obstinate. In July an
officer, attended by twenty policemen,
entered Natalie's villa at Wiesbaden and
shorlyaiterwardreap with young
Prince Alexander, the Crown Prince,
and a lady OF honor OF tho Queens suite.
The two were bundled into u closed car
riage and driven to the railway station,
where the Prince was handed over to
the Chief OF the Servian police, who
placed him in train and in a few min
utes they were on their way to Belgrade.
When the Queen received notice from
the police that she must part with her
sen, she telegraphed to King Milan, i'm
porlng him to allow the boy to remain
another month. The King, however,
was inCGnSed at the abrupt manner with
which the Queen had refused his pro
posal Tor mediation, and telegraphed
back to the Crown Princes tutor that
The boy must not remain day longer.
The Queen had planned to flee the boy,
and with this intention had ordered q
special train. She failed to state her
destination and the authorities refused
togiye her the train.