Evening journal., 1892-10-03
ROYALTY IN a SCANDAL.
Secrets Of the German Imperial
Family to Be Aired in Court.
THE BONES OF THE HoHENzoLIEBEs

ldb bONhn VI I'LL hOhhN1ObLhhN
They win BE Removed, Eighty-oight Cof-
Ems Of Them. from the old Cathedral In
Berlin. which Is TO BE Pulled Down. TO
aron-Biiou Palace and Garrison Church.
BERLIN. oct. IA suit which involves
no less person than her majesty the En-
press Augusta Victoria and her near rela-
tives of Slesvig-Gluck sbourg viii De called
in the common law courts in a few days.
The late Emperor William, after taking
possession OF Slcsvig- Holstein In 1865, tried
his utmost to hefriend the deposed dynasty
In this spirit he sanctioned the marriage Of
his grandson, the present Kaiser William,
with the poverty stricken Princess Of Au-
sustenbourg, reyiled by Bismarck's agents
at one time as the "Countoss Pretcndern Of
Slesvig and that of Prince Frederick Leo
pold of Prussia 20 her sister lie did more
lie distributed the castles and crown os-
tates OF the Holstein family among its va
rious homeless members and thus put them
on their feet again
They are an comfortably well fixed at the
present time. Among the castles Emperor
William gave away was the Glucksbourg
schloss, which he turned over to Duke
Charles OF Slesyig, husband Of Duchess
Nilhclmine, the daughter Of the late Pre-
late VI of Denmark Both the duke and
duchess ere dead, and the present incum-
bent Of the title and heir of the estates has,
up 10 a few weeks ago. considered him
self the undisputed proprietor of schloss
Glucksbourg Then the specter Of q socrt,
scandal was flashed before his eyes 10y the
letter of lady belonging to the li mo-
hility I'm the country, who showed him deeds
and other legal instruments TO prove that
her daughter is the child of the late Duke
Charles, who She claims left her an his per
sonai property and selected Schloss Glucks-
bourg for her residence
Appealed to the Kaiser.
Duke Frederick Ferdinand. who. IKE the
rest of the family, always considered his
late uncle Charles a model of pruprioty, re-
fuses TO believe the lady's statements, and
says the documents are not sufficient legal
evidence The lady, therefore. appealed to
the kaiser. who. however, refused 10 inter
ferc i'm family affairs. An hopes of an
nmicable arrangement being abandoned,
the cnse viii now be tried in the opcn
courts, and a good deal of dirty linen viii
DE washed on that occasion.
The scandal connected with the late
Duke Charles recalls the fact that German
princes have shown an increased tendency
70 mix with the Clover order' of mankind
during the Last thirty OF forty years
There are now twelve living samples of
mor-anarc marriages among mighty po-
tentates. These are Prince Charles of
Baden, married TO an actress. now STYLED
Countess khena; Duke Lndwig Bavaria.
husband Of Frau Won Wallersee. so called;
Prince William Hesso, married to- n lady
VINO appears 90 have neither name nor title
in polite society; Duke George Alexander
Won Mecklenhurg, married Co Countess
Carlow; Duke b of Oldenburg, married to
Frau Ericsenhoi; Duke Constantine of
Oldenhurg. married To Frau Zernikau:
Prince Edward SaXe-Weimar. married TO
Miss lennox, lately recognized as princess
by order of Queen Victoria: the reigning
4l',Ac George OF Nigluingon to Bafoncas
Aeldburg. the actress etc
A Gigantic Royal Funeral.
Next week win witness thomost eipantic
royal funeral proccssion-mo gigantic in
rcspcct 60 tho number OF roval corpsoe-
ttat has ever been seen anywhere I'M the
world. On Chat occasion the eiehtv-eieht
collins containing the remains of old time
hohenzolorns viii be removed from the
vaults under the old cathedral. soon TO De
pulled down, TO Mon-Biiou palace and the
Garrison church respectively Some of the
collins are very interesting examples of
MEDIEVAL sculpture; others are chiefly re-
markabio for their size The late Crown
Prince Frederick William, afterward Ein-
peror Frederick, had the collins examined
some thirty years ago and stripped of am
historic valuahlcs. Tie gathered in q NUM-
ner OF curiously shaped coroncts, breast
pins ana breast plates, swords and spurs.