The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-16
CARLOTTA PASSING AWAY.
Mexico's Former Empress Dying In
Captivity Near Brussels.

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Mexico's Former Empress Dying Il
Captivity Near BRUSSELS.
Brussels, Sept. 10, Were 1t not for tn
fact that King Leopold fs charged at tn
court Of Austria with having squandered II
various speculatiops, notably his Congo ca
terprise, tile immense fortune which he hell
In trust for his DULY sister Carlotta. Arch
duchess Of Austria, and ex-Empress 81
Mexico. people would have long ago for
gotten all about this III -fated princess, VIII.
has been secludedfrom the view, not only ol
| the public, but even of her Austrian, Eng
lish and French relatives, for period Of
| just thirty years
| A Few months age rumors were in circI
latfon to t'c effect that the Empress wat
no longer insane, and that she was merely
kept under restraint by her brother in
consequence or his dread that she would de
mand an accoultingof her fortune. so per.
slstent were these reports that for for tho
first time since hef Incarceration in 1867
the King caused a bulletin to be issued con
corning the mental and physical condition
Of lis unfortunate sister, whose existenae
from the time when she became delirious
during the course OF an intensely dramatic
interview with the late Pope at Rome, has
been an impenetrable mystery, giving rise
to the most extraordinary stories
The latter were revived yesterday. when
it was officially reported here that the
ex-Ernpress was dangerously III, and that
her death was hourly expected. Since the
strange and unexplained destruction By
OF the GLOOMY chateauin which size wac
fnrg Iv W
rescued from the flames at the last moment
and with the utmost difficulty, she has
been imprisoned In the chateau OF Bou-
chart, within an hours ride Of Brussels.
the park being surrounded by lofty wall.
Queen Victoria, who Is her aunt; the late
Duo d'Anmale, who was her uncle; the
Empress Of Austria. who fs her sister In
law and her brother-in-law, the late Arch
duke Charles Louis, frequently made en-
deavors to see her, but were fnyariablyre
fused permission to do so by King Leopold.
Il course which natur ally excited much au.-
mostly against him, as we'll as distr1st at
the cour,s OF Windsor and OF Vienna.
The death Of the archouchess VIII leac
to stiIl further bitterness between King
Leopold and the regning house of Aus
tria, fer as widow OF the second brother
o: Emperor Francis Joseph, CarlOtta has
been member uf the Hapsburg family.
and such large share OF her vast
property should revert at once upon her
death toher husbands kinssGk. Indeed. an
accountin. ought Ia have been made with
the Emperor OF Austria at the time she
became Insane. since he Is one OF his
dead bictners trustees King Leopold has
ALWAYS a.pidpl ,lfipp this In, snifp of The
protests that ha We reached him from Vienna
about the matter. Indeed, at the present
moment there is 10 royal parsonage in
Europe who is in such bad oder at the
court Of Austria as King Leopold.
The ex-eInpress was an intensely 5mbi-
tious woman, and IL las this, coupled Will
her jealousy OF the superior rank of her
sister-iu-law, the Empress OF Austria, that
induced Der to- force her husband TO accept
tae offci Of the Mexican crown In defiance
of the wishes " his brother and of his
mother. He only yielded when Emperor
Napoleon III promised io assist him with
troops and treasure. Napoleon was forced
floI ever, To withdraw his army, under
Marshal. Bazeine. from Mexico by a threat
Of war on tsc part or the United States.
and tins deserted. Macmillan was driven
from hi : throne.
His wife FASTENED 10 Europe where she
invoked I'm vain the assistance of Napoleon
and o { Plus TX. 1t was while with the lat
ter that she received the news OF her hus
bands execution and temper arily lost her
reason, absolutely refusing TO leave tie
private apartments OF the pontiff until
T emovcd by force.