New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-14
1NONG THE ia PSBTRGS.
MATRIMONIALAND OTHER GOSSIP ABOUT
THE NEXT EMPEROR

Paris. December %.
The falsely reported engagement Of Stcphanie.
the widow Of the late Austrian Crown Prince
Rudolph. and the present Crown Prince Francis
Ferdinand, cid EST sou OF tn. Archduk" Louis was
set about by parties Interested in having the
two imperial personaGes get married. One Of
those parties II the Princess Cicmentine. Others
the Archduke Joseph and his sister the
Archduchess Elizabeth, uncle and aunt on the
maternal side OF Rudolphs still young willow.
They would be glad TO secure Influence by scout
ing the throne To- her. As sh" has child. she
might If remarked expect again . be a mother.
and We're she To Civ, birth - a son. the scape
grace Grand Duke Otho would BE- loss likely eyer
10 Inherit the imperil! purple. one Of the great
partisans Of the projected mlrriaG" j. tre Grand
Chamberlain. Prince Hohcnlohc brother "f tha
German Ambassador 20 the Eiy'"e ami actual
Siailhaitcr Of Alsace Lorraine He II bothered
with the conflicting claims for precedence Of III"
widow Of the late h,ir apparent. ana oi hrT aunt
in-aw. the Archdurhe.s Charles Louis vit" Of
the heir presumptv" who now stands next in -"
order Of succession 10 he Emperor. bur VINO
Nigh, sll. agains, all probability, oe cri ou;.
II is possible thar the Empress Elizabeth might
die in. her husbands lifetime. and tnat the
Emperor Oh, IND ano'her WIFE If he did.
Louis family.
The ~. p Ink Francis Ferdinand is twenty
eight. and is wealthy H.. mad. his year 4 tour
around ,he world accompanied by some artists
who Illustrated his diary the manuscript Of
which. with ,hc drawings bound 20 in them. l."
presented To the Emperor on Christmas Day. II"
ia little eccentric. hajes to be- mobbed wnen
,r,y.,,ir. and ., H.. ,hl. - cross the Atlantic.
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ard secured As secretly another for himself, on
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h,e1 good deal FOR IT, and especially dS his
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