New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-18

PRINCE ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG.
The Bulgarian Government VIII send deputa-
ton to attend it, and Prince Ferdinand and
| Premier Stambuloff of Bulgaria. and Emperor
| Francis Joseph have sent cordial messages
of coincidence to the widow The Princes BODY
will be taken to Darmstadt for burial. HIS
widow before her marriage Anna LoisingeT.
| of the Darmstadt Court Theatre. will accom-
pany it from Gratz. She is half-crazed by
grief.
The personal property left by the Prince is es-
| timated as amounting TO 100000 florins.
In the reign of Car Nicholas. the heir-apparent
| to the Russian throne. afterward Alexander H..
| was married to Maria. Princess of Hesse ana the
| Rhine and that Princess going to make her
| home at ST. Petersburg accompanied by her
| brother Alexander. who intended TO make only Il
| short visit in the northern capital The winning
| ways. handsome person and gallant bearing OF
| Prince Alexander quickly mad. him, however. a
| favori.e of the Car. who urged him to stay In
| Russia and pressed many houors upou him. Alex
ander accordingly entered the Rusiah service
| was the hero OF the in the Caucasus. was en-
| Enthusiastically dubbed 'the Prince Eugene or Rus
| sia" and had both court and people at his feet
| Then the Car planned for him a marriage with
one of the most exalted Processes OF Europe which
brilliant offer he respectfully but positively de-
| clined. He had already fallen in love with one OF
his imperial sisters ladies-in-waitng. the pretty
| Countess Hauck. the daughter of the Polish ex-
Minister of War. Count Eauck. and granddaugh-
| ter of a hotel waiter Her the dashing hero welded
| in 1851 to the grief of many noble ladies' OF the
/ Russian court and 10 the extreme annoyance OF
| the Car. WHO at told him his resignation
| from the Rugsien service would be particularly ac-
| ceptable. But nercism not TO so begging IN
the middle OF the nineteenth century and Alexander
| and his charming bride were gladly welcomed mt
| Han cbttfV o
| army and in the campaign Of 1859 against the
| French and Piedmonese did gallant service. WIN
flag in hand he stormei the Bridge OF Monticello
and took the town. Again at So!fcrino ne com
| manded the rear guard and turned defeat into
victory by maintaining the field of battle and saving
| the honor OF the austrian troops by assuring their
retreat over the Mnc!o. The Emperor decked
| his breast with orders and tempted him with the
highest honors at the close OF the war TO induce
! him to remain al the head Of his troops when
| he had led to 30 many Victories. But he retired
in 1852 then returned TO take part in the disastrous
campaign OF 1866 when he like all the Austrian
| commanders beaten by the Prusslans. Thereafter
he lived chiefly at Darmstadt. in retirement. be-
| loved and honored. To him and his wife were
| born five children Ludwig. the eldest married the
| daughter OF the Grand Duke Of Hesse. and "A
younger SON. Henry. the Princess Beatrice OF Great
Britain Prince Joseph Is s, unmarried. while the
| only daughter is the wife Of Count Erbach The
third son. Alexander is the subject OF the present
memoir and. az will presently be observed. in
person. In disposition and in history bore strik-
| Ing resemblance to his father
Alexander Joseph OF Battenberg-a title conferred
| upon his mother at her marragc-was born
| April g. 1851. lie educated for military
career at Gotha. Dresden and Berlin. and then at
| twenty years OF age. followed In his fathers foot
steps and the urgent invitation Of his uncle the
car entered the Russian service. 1t may be
! added also that he like his father in being
| handsome witty and brave. He served at the
Russian Headquarters and the staff OF King
| Charles of Rumana fought at Plevna and crossed
| the Balkans with Gourko. and wor an enviable
reputation for wisdom and vaor. After the war ne
returned 10 Germany. and went on garrison duty NJ
fotsdam. He soon called thence. however.
| by the people he had helped to set free. The
| Assembly OF Notabes at Trnova on April ~. 1873.
elected him Hereditary Prince Of Bulgaria. and by
| a vote OF the Grand National Assembly. on July
| g. 1881 he was endowed with extraordinary egis-
latve powers for a term OF seven years. Before
accepting the proffered crown he asked Prince
| bismarck for his advice The lstter's reply is his
| toric "Oh. yes" he said, take 1t. 1t will be
| an interesting souvenir"
PRINCE or BULGARIA.
| The Prince entered upon his reign in the Balkan
| State with high ambition for the public good;
with the utmost zeal and earnestncss and under the
most favorable auspices. lie knew the Bulgarian
character we'll lie dill not belong TO a royal house;
he was no. rich; he has led a By no means luxurl-
Gus life as lieutenant in the Prusslan service and
by compa rison with this life the income and the
princely stat, which he found at Sofia were great
promotion Then lie had singuary handsome face
| and winning manners. end. to crown all. he had
| fought In the Bulgarian Of independence. and
had been placed on the throne by the Car Alex
ander H. the I.berator." This last fact Prince
| Alexander fully realized and appreciated. and he
strove to order his Government In harmony with
the pocy Of his Imperial uncle and patron But
| friction presently arose. The Prince had liberal
ideas and wished to give bulgaria the benefit OF
| them. even to the extent Of cngrafting upon the
| system OF that country certain principles bor-
| rowed from the American Constitution. This was
| an abomination to the Gar to whom American
| ideas are abhorrent as Nhilism Itself. And
| Alexander ILL., who the throne,
less tolerant Of his proteges liberal vagaries than
| Alexander ii had been. An open breach was
therefore seen 10 be. sooner later. inevitable.
| The breach came In 1856 For some years there
| had been a growing popular movement In favor OF
big Bulgaria; that .is. union Of Eastern Ru-
| melia with Bulgaria. Such a union was logical and
| desirable The people Of the principally and the
| province were of common stock. religion and in
| terests and the desire for such Union was. In
! both countries. wcil-nigh universal The Turkish
| element Of the population even favored IT, and
the Sublime Porte itself, 1t well known.
would offer no resistance. Prince Alexander had at
| frs. opposed II. because he knew IL would be
dspeasing Russia. But presently nc found that
Russlas OF position to the union solely due
| 70 the fact that 1t would be much easier for
her TO swallow the various Balkan princpalt!es and
| provinces by one than in lump. Realizing
| his and that the Car meant soon make Bull
garin n sccond Poland. Prince Alexander resolved
uron a brave end independent national policy. He
| made no effort to annex Eastern Rume!ia There
| WAS no need that he should But when in 1885,
| there was q revolution al Philippopolis Gavril
Pacha was overthrown and the popular voice
| OF the province asked for annexation to Bulgaria
| he accepted the situation and took possession OF
| tails great addition TO his realm
THE HERO or sLIyNITzA.
To this Russia objected most strenuousy. and the
| Gar with his own hand. struck the Princes name
| from the Russian Army list. Germany and Austria