The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-22

tn his costly and unproductive Congo
ventures While there is no reliable
basis for these tales. yet it cannot be
denied that there is something strange
in the kings refusal to permit any Of
her American or English relatives to
visit her.
Queen Sophie Of Sweden Is only out
of her mind at certain times of the
year, while at other periods she is quite
lucid. In her case the malady takes
the form of melancholia and excessive
religious bigotry, and her physicians
have adopted all kinds of extraor-
binary measures with the object Of
combating these tendencies. Among
other things, they have actually forced
her to perform the hardest kind Of
mental work, scrubbirSg and sweeping
floors, digging in the garden. laundry
ing, etc, in the hope that physical ia
tigue might afford rest to the sadly
tortured mind.
macy and the causes that led up to it,
among others the scandal between
her maid of honor, Mile. Vacaresco, and
her nephew, Crown Prince Ferdi-
nand, are too well-known to require
more than passing reference here. But
a few people are aware that during the
last two years of his reign the king Of
Holland was complete mental wreck,
his idiocy having assumed a most dis
gushing form and the kingdom being
ruled by his young wife as regent. His
second son, the late Prince OF Orange,
who predeceased him, was likewise
mentally afflicted, and during the lat
ter portion of his life absolutely de-
clined to wear the neither garments APP
pertaining to the raiment Of tho
sterner sex, wearing quilted petticoats
of bright yellow satin. in one Of which
he was buried in accordance with his
express instructions.
King Otto of Bavaria's predecessor
was under restraint when he commit
ted suicide in Lake Staremberg in 1886,
and the empress of Austria's sister,
Sophie, whom his majesty had Tilted
on the eve of the day appointed for the
wedding, was affected to such an ex-
tent by his death that she has spent
most of the time In a lunatic asylum at
Gratz. She now bears the title OF
duchess Of Alencon, having become the
wife of younger son of the Orleans
duke of Nemours. Among her fellow
patients at Gratz are the mother-in-law
of the emperor of Germany, the wild
owed Duchess Adelaide of Schleswig-
Holstein. She, too, like the duchess of
Alencon, has lucid intervals, during
which she resides with her youngest
daughter in the utmost privacy at Ores
den. One of Emperor Williams uncles,
old Prince Alexander Of Prussia, is as
mad as a March hare. and, although
considerably over seventy years of age,
continues to propose marriage to every
woman he meets, no matter II she be
princess or laundress, octogenerian or
young girl, married or single. All
sorts of amusing stories are related Of
him, including that Of his horse run
ming away with him on the morning OF
the battle of Sodowa. He was found
ct three o'clock on the following
morning seated on his horse IN
neigh boring wood. He said his horse
insisted on his going there, but il
had not occurred to him 20 alight or
90 return 20 the camp on foot His
mother was completely insane. her
dementia consisting IL a most ernbar-
Tcssing aversion to any kind Of
clothes The late Ming of Saxony died
mailman and so did the granduncle
of Emperor William, the late Hing
William ". OF Prussia. | have
seen the Duchess Elivira Of Bavaria
suddenly rise in her box az the theater
al Munich and throw her legs over the
balustrade, being removed from her
dangerous position with the utmost
difficulty By her ladies and gentlemen
II waiting. She is a member Of the
Spanish house Of Bourbon, which has
furnished several other scions II roy
atty OF unsound mind