The morning news., 1894-11-25
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had become exhausted and her lady tried
to palm off on her pair once worn, she
became so violent that medical aid had
to be quickly summoned to subdue her.
OF course, as in the case Of Sultan Murad,
there are stories current to the effect that
she has long since recoveredher reason
and that she is merely kept confined by
her brother, King Leopold, because he
has squandered her fortune, of which he
is the trustee, in Panama speculations and
in his costly and unproductve Congo
ventures. While ther2 is no reliable
basis for these tales, yet It cannot be de-
MED that there is something strange In
the kings refusal to permit any of her
American or English relatives to visit her.
King 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 extraordinary measures with
the object of combating these tenden-
cies Among other things, they have
actually forced her to perform the hard
est kind Of menial work. such as scrub
bing and sweeping floors, digging in the
garden laundering, etc, in the hope that
physical fatigue might afford rest TO the
sadly tortured mind.
Queen Elizabeth Of Roumania's lunacy
and the causes that led up to it, among
others the scandal between her maid Of
honor Mile. NaCarescO, and her nephew
the Crown Prince Ferdinand, are too we'll
known to require more than passing refer
ence here. But few people are aware
that during the last two years Of his reign
the King IF Holland was a complete men
tai wreck, his idiocy having assumed a
most disgusting 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 men
tally afflicted, and during the latter por-
ton Of his life absolutely declined to
wear the neither garments appertaining
to the raiment Of the sterner sex, wear
ing quilted petticoats Of bright yellow
satin, I'm one Of which he was buried in
accordance with his express Instructions.
King otto Of Bavaria's predecessor was
under restraint when he committed sui
eide Ina Lake Staremborg I'm 1856, and the
Empress OF Austria's sister, sophie, whom
hls majesty had jilted on the eve Of the
day appointed for the wedding, was af-
fectcd TO such AN extent by bis death
that she has spent most of the time since
in mnatlc asylum at Gr1tz She now
bears the tide OF Duchess OF Alencon, haY-
Ing become the wife Of "a younger son OF
the orleans Duke Of Nemoura. Among
her fellow patients at Gratz are The moth
er-ln-iaW of lhe Emperor Of Germany,
the widowed Duchess Adelaide Of Schlea-
wlR-Holstein. She too. Ike me Duchess
of Aleucou. has lucid intervals during
which she resides with her youngest
daughter iu the utmost privacy at Drca-
den. ono ~ Emperor Williams uuolea.
old Prince Alexander of lrussia. De- as
mad as MareH hare and although c0u-
aIlcrabIy over 1I gears of age. continues
t0 propose mafHaRe to every woman he
meets. no matter f fhe be princess ~
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