The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
SCANDAL Al BERLIN
x~ntriguins TO Ruin the wealthy Bar-
eness Won Hnsenburg for Marry
Ing mn impoverished Prince.

There is another scandal brewing In the
Kaiser's family. And this time 1T Is not
Princess Charlotte. The i'll wind blows
from another quarter. 1 allude to the late
Emperor Frederick's second and least at
t~ractive daughter. victossas wife of Prince
Adolph of Schaumburg-Lps, Major of the
Bonn Hussars.
The name of this young woman--born In
1866-was. you will remember, once before
ION the lips Of all Europe"-when the late
Battenberger, Alexander of Bulgaria, Tilted
her to marry a fascinating Vienna actress.
Tn Berliners said Alexander found on
nearer acquaintance that Victoria did not
make up for her lack of good looks either
by q sweet temper or even common sense.
So he threw her over, and the Princess was
q drug oil the matrimonial market for years
until finally the youngest SON of the Prince
of Lippe. cajoled by the promise of the
order of the Black Eagle, took her off the
Kaiser's hands.
The Empress Frederick was so elated
that she contributed to her daughters
trousseau a dozen pairs of black silk UNI
mentiorables, the first ever possessed by
a Prussian Princess as the Official Ga
zette gravely stated when enumerating the
wedding presents.
But IL her p~arsinonious Majesty, by this
unusual display of munificence, hoped to
permanently change her daughters mind.
she was, alas, mistaken, or else the novelty
of the thing has worn off. or. may be, the
things themselves-they were for riding
purposes"-are worn out. and Adolph is too
poor tn purse to replace them.
At any rate Victoria has been at 1t.
hammer and longs, with her new relatives,
the rather seedy .Lippes, for the last twelve
months, and being a spunky person she
nous courtier calls "a devil Of a row. and
she did all this, too. over the simple NOR
elder brother 5dhsr'a otto o. to 5s Anna A Won Ko asppes
lately created Countess Won Hagenburg.
The couple IS living at Metz, far removed
of the way even Of royal travellers, who
make 1t their business to shun the Reichs-
land.
Al sPITEFUL SISTER-IN-LAW.
But for their proud royal sister-in-law.
the Princess Victoria, these young people
would be too much in evidence il they re-
sided at the north pole. Victoria hates
commoners. and, though she was forced to
acknowledge Miss Won Koeppen as a rela-
tive last year, she vowed to break up the
unequal alliance as quickly as 1t could be
done.
To this end Princess Victoria employed
detectives to spy into the affairs of the Won
Koeppen family and her misunderstanding
efforts were crowned by success. She
learned that a certain army officer. Bau-
imam by name, had once been very dear
bb u that snno,,n w NOV 9 cq punt h@. ana tnao
the Russian frontier where he io,ned an
infantry regiment garrisoned IN Thorn.
Baumann, she further learned. had at
present reached the age when he might
expect to have the awful responsibility of
E son ms'9 shoaFd f ba with npaa from from; him df t eai1
shiv resign HE co r9sio n in Md1i se, and
return to civilized neighborhoods. There
ne would md his former intended bride at
hv eec = - z pr rans ~ mariaeu ~ eu ~ e.
did not resent the insult put upon him. and.
doing 80. he would make Anna impossible.
fTlncess vlctoTIa ls not without influence
major. nor did he receive q decoration at
the occasion of the Kaiser's birthday.
a ams1eup9 snr s sausra wea ne secured sn aeav rao OF
~ 70 heIIln. Al = ietler adaresseq 70 WI,
liam ne stated his case fully and claimed
70 MIN tnat II ne Fave up F'rauiein Won
no,,Id IN ] ms y n addv vans n IN ne /, army I
1919 = ~ oar aln ~ enn ~ Wy
~ puSS III "a H. rrort s,,,t ~ h Liz ioSS
The Kaiser, Il appears, refused to take
Holice OF me ietleI, aIiu wren DauniaIlII
AGAIN fenlnueu nina OF the aHair, pleadlng
that his dhe kaiser,sl family honor was at
the fellow who had dared to try and coerce,
oI.a s hls NAa2sssy putS II piachliaii nm;
Nov that Princess Victoria has all the
Iohen1oiierms anu l-iPpes qn tielr eaIs,
~ ca iah aMord 70 lean Pax smiilngIy.
anae pt0p ressltan slsls.-,n-lam NIL nay = gu,
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AND Wnat VIII the frlnce OF Llppe: VINO
married ner TOT ner money say w Inns!
BASIS o A FORTUNE.
tn unravaI tba mvstarv ~ tbase yn;nes
49,
anu counterIniHes idlu Dy royai nanus, IL
is necessary to inquire somewhat into the
family history of the nresent Countess
HasenDurg. Her grandfather was an orul-
nary everyday WeStphalian peasant, own
inr five or six acres Of land in the Osning
1.
mountain district. lie could neither read
nor write-he can't do 1t to this day, for he
is still alive-but knew enough to dis
rover coa, ,,raar b,s I.nd
SoAi W nus a."
AS soon as he had done so he bought from
his neighbors. by hook and by crook all
tha 1ard 49,, rsara n,;r,;rr - A.aa.'
and - vnonayod II w ~ n,u ~ utspose ~,
! iargs terrdtorx ~ = ~ " quass
ahnnt r,,nvincad tbat old Koanrsn ny y vas
~ n,s-,r,s that rna ulu nu.ppel MAS W.
~ ~ reiiii9na ,ra sh = was "a the roau
E,inaiiv oid Kaenna,, beoan ~ wor,, -.
mines and With s1nb s,,ccess tb9+ Ms nanS
enn, heca ne known ali OYER the nro,,;nne
and pr,,ssia osn
Az t,ts waa,th ;ncraa God his 1ova fr
tarnrtsa douhiad Prafa, : !. baSan
naniIfactfsrino On q largo 500 $50
then the LANDED nahiJitu az The S;s+rie+ GMras 5
took notice Of the n,nndsn, neasant Mnst
~ 1basa hjgh-hnr oatn ieasaLt: MosI
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