Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-02-10

The princes and princcSseS Of central
( Europe seem suddenly 10 have develop.
"a n mania for opponents love in
trigues and general scandal. Their be
I haVlor is causing no eud of anxiety TO
/ Emperor William, the Selt-appointed
/ censor Of royal morals and etiquette,
at he very time when he has little
[ leisure left from his conflicts with the
/ high tariff nobility OF Prussia. The en-
perOr believes that these are rouhlous
/ times for royalty, ana that royalty win
I be able 10 hold It's own against the
umultuous democracy only by proving
/ itself more moral, more farsighted and
more charitable than the rest of the
| world. Every irre-ularity in a royal
/ household, therefore, is regarded by
/ him as something of a personal atliic-
ton. He grteved deeply over the Afey-
crling tragedy, in which Crown Prince
I Rudolph of Austria lost his life. He
was shocked when the Austrian arch
duke, Johann Salvador, east aside all
his royal hOnOrs 10 marry chorus
! girl and become 4 sea captain, He was
ZOO young to know much about the
/ first marriage of the Bavaran royal
I duke Ludwig to an actress, but when
this aged sinner recently took 10 him
self as a wife the youngest ballet dan.
Ger at the Munich court theate1, the
emperor made known his opinion of
such scandalous matrimonial freaks to
Prince Regent Luitpold. The elope-
ment of Princess Elizabeth and Baron
Otto Won Seefried constituted another
imperial grievance against the behav-
ior of Bavaria's royal house but this
has already been half forgotten i'm the
The Vienna court is, as usual in such
cases, the center Of interest.
Several weeks ago Archduke Otto,
second son Of Archduke Karl Ludwig
ana brother Of Archduke Franz Fer
dinund, the presumptive heir to the
throne, who has returned recently from
tour of the world, shot himself in
the shoulder while near Oldenburg,
The newspapers said the shooting was
accidental; then they said it was not
! IL
all until a few days ago when they
announced that Archdukc otto was
about TO visit the holy land, Egypt
and India In other words, the arch
duke has fallen into disfayor and has
been cXiled for many months, Mt the
command of Emperor Franz Joseph,
from Austria Hungary. He win 80
without his wife, a Saxon princess.
Only court chamberlain and two ser
wants will accompany him, and the
StricteSt inCognito will be observed.
The only possible conclusion from all
this is that the archduke tried TO kill
himself and that the attempt was so
suggestive of the killing Of Rudolph at
Meyerling that the Austrian emperor
was moved by his horror to swift and
summary discipline This conclusion is
being drawn guardedly by several
journals which comment upon the arch
dukos departure today on his com
pulsory tour
Strangely enough the cause of this
scandal is the ArchduchcsS Stephanie
widow OF the Crown Prince Rudolph
She is a handsome, graceful, sprightly
woman, whose love for all the pleas
urcs of life seems only to have been
Increased by her domestic mhappinesS
She was neglected by her husband
for every other handsome woman at
the Austrian court and after his death
she fastened to Lay aside her Widows
weeds as soon as the bare demands
Of etiquette had been fulfilled. Since
then she has been as free in her be
haviur as only an Austrian woman
of high birth knows how to be. Svy-
eral men have fought duels over her,
and not three months ago she para
lyzed even the proprieties Of HOfbTg
society by taking a midnight ride on
horseback with an officer of the court
circle Similar instances Of her friski-
ness might be multiplied. She charmed
the Archduke Otto, and despite the
rumors of her approaching betrothal
to his brother he made no effort to re
sist the charm. He already had the
reputation of a harum1scarum fellow,
not less addicted TO The reckless hunt
after pleasure than was the crown
prince. He pleased Stephanie and the
trouble began, for the archduke's wife
had no idea of letting herself be neg
lected without protest An appeal to
the Archdulle Kari Ludwig accom-
plished nothing, so the case was car
ried TO the highest family court, the
HOfburg itself Archduke Otto was
found guilty and was reproyed bitterly
by the emperor Then he went to Old
enburg, brooded over his wrongs, and
resented the decision which was to
take Stephanic from him and give her
TO HIS brother. His wife was threaten
ing in the meantime 10 leave him. He
found the load Of scandal and reproach
too heavy and tried 10 kill himself
As his wife win not accompany him
on the tour to keep alive their domestic
quarrels, and as Stephanie Is expected
10 find other cavaliers not less agree
able to pay her court while he is hunt
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