The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-04

gal but all his efforts were in vain.
Archduke Henry had vowed to be true
to Fraulein Hofmann and not all the
powers in Christendom could persuade
him to abandon her. All Francis Jo-
seph could do was to deprive the arch
duke Of his military rank and expa-
triate him. The marriage took place
on Feb. 4, 1868, and not until 1889 did
the emperor show any signs Of relent-
ing. In the latter year he allowed the
archduke to present his wife and
daughter to him, and thus the family
quarrel was ended.
Probably the most unfortunate Haps-
burg of recent times was Archduke
Rudolf Francis Charles Joseph He
eldest son Of Franz Joseph, emperor of
Austria. He was carefully educated
and learned to speak ten languages
and also became VerSed in zoology and
the natural sciences. He was also a
great traveller and hunter He was
married in 1880 to the Princes Stepha-
ME, Duchess Of Saxony, daughter Of
Leopold IL, king of the Belgians. 1t
was one of the most brilliant nuptial
ceremonies of the century. The royal
ly welded pair did not live happily,
and the princess sought in vain for a
separation. 1t was said that she was
in love with an American when the
policy of the state forced her to mar
ry Rudolf.
Rudolf's sudden death, which oc-
CURED at Meyerling, near Baden. on
jan 30, 1889, astounded Europe and
was at first supposed to have been
caused by apoplexy Then the state
ment was given out that the heir to
Austria's throne had met his death by
being accidentally shot while on a
hunting expedition to Meyerling. Later
the entire civilized world was startled
by the news that the prince had COM
mitted suicide
The archduke was deeply infatuated
with the charms Of the Baroness Vet
cera, a beautiful young girl, who re-
turned his love. He wished to be unit
ed to her by morganatic marriage, but
his father would not allow such an az
rangement On the evening of Jan.
~ the crown prince met the baroness
in gamekeeper's house not far from
the castle of Meyerling and spent the
evening with her. In the morning both
We're found dead, lying side by side
upon bed. 1t was asserted that the
baroness had taken poison aad that
the prince had shot himself
Franz Ferdinand seemed to be the
logical successor to the Austrian
throne, but, if it be true that he mar
r1ed the other day in London "a mid
ulS CldSS lduy from hOhlSchefdt, near
Afx-la-Chapelle," his chances of obtain
ing the crown have certainly diminish
| ed. There is no aristocracy in Europe
which is quite as naughty or as pune
tll1ous ABOUT matters of etiquette as the
| 1a-Hungarian, and the members
! OF that body would certainly not be In
! clined to acknowledge as their SOW
ereign any one who had married be-
| neath him. Indeed such a marriage
! would derive the heir presumptive of
| the rights Of succession. Splendid no.
blemen these aristocIats are, and woe
| to any one among them who Willfully
proves false to the traditions Of his
| order For example, let the rumo1
spread that an Esterhazy intends to
| marry some one who is not of the
| purest blood, and straightway all DOS
sible obstacles will be placed in his
| path. These aristocrats are loath tc
| believe that the heir presumptive has
married middle class lady" and one
| who was formerly a housekeeper o1
| Herr Krupp.
| Those who assume the story to be
true think 1t very possible that the
| archduke was influenced by motives
| which seemed to him to be excellent
| He must have known, say these per.
sons, that his accession to the crown
| would not be popular owing to his deli.
| cate health, and in any case it is more
than likely that he has no desire to be-
come emperor. Being immensely rich
| he can afford to do as he pleases. and
| being a Hapsburg, he may prefer te
| marry woman of his choice and to
| pass his days in comparative seclusior
| rather than to wed some potentate's
| daughter selected for him by the Aus
| trian court and to reign as suzerain OF
| Austria and Hungary.