The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-23

ana devotion, to the reorganization of the
imperial cause. The possession of IL she
felt sure would strengthen her also in
last effort to keep Napoleon to his prom
lses. What must her feelings then have
been when she was met upon her arrival
at Brest by a communication which in
formed her that the control of her fortune
was in the hands of her brother, and that
he had fully made up his mind hand she
should not be allowed 10 divert it to the
object which she had at heart Worn out
with the long sea voyage, and exhausted
by the strain under which she had lived
for months before her departure from
Vera Cruz, the unhappy lady was unable
to resist this bitter and unexpected blow.
She broke down completely under it, and
rained curses and imprecations upon her
brothers head. She regained sufficient con-
trol or herself TO proceed in day or two
to Paris. but she was never really herself
again. She fell in a dead faint at the end
OF an interview with Napoleon at the Tuil-
cries. in which he told her that il was no
longer possible for him to aid her husband,
and little later while breakfasting with
the Pope at the Vatican. became suddenly
and hOpeleSSly insane, in the presence of
his Holiness again denouncing her brother
in the bitterest terms. From Italy, with
mind and memory gone, she was removed
in due time to Miramar, the beautiful
home near Trieste, in which she had lived
with her husband before his departure for
Mexico.
Meanwhile in the latter country the cur
tain was ringing down upon the drama in
which for few brief hours she had played
leading part. MaXimilian's i'll starred en-
plre was crumbling to its fall. In the end,
beaten at every point by the llDerdl forces,
with no possible chance of success or es-
cape and knowing that death would GER
talnly be the result of capture, he fled to
Queretaro and intrenched himself in the
ruined convent of La Cruz Here he suS-
tanned Siege against the liberal forces, re-
moving after a time to the convent of La
CapuchineZ There it was that through the
treachery of his bosom friend, Col. Miguel
Lopez. of the empress's regiment whom,
after loading him with wealth and other
honors, he had just made general whose
hand he clasped a thousand times in warm
est friendship and whom he had trusted
completely with his most delicate secrets,
he was betrayed into the hands of his
enemies and forced to surrender to
Generals Palacio and Escobedo on May 10,
1861.
DEATH OF MAMMALIAN.
Great efforts were made to save him from
the sentence of death pronounced upon him
by the court-martial a fortnight later. The
Princess Salm Salm rode on horseback to
San Luis Potosi, the seat of the republican
government to intercede with President
Juarez, but the latter, who, a few months
before had been willing to build the pro-
verbal golden bridge for flying foe, re-
fused to be moved by her entreaties. To
have granted her request, such was the
state of popular feeling, would probably
have cost Juarez his position and his own
life. And so, on June 49, 1867, three brave
men were led out from their little cells in
the convent of La Capuchinez. These men
were Macmillan and his two generals,
M1ramon and Mejia. They were conducted
to hill called Cerro de las Campanas, and
there shot. Three crosses now mark the
spot on which they met their fate Maxi
milan died as a soldier and a son of the
house of Hapsburg should. His last words
We're worthy of him and his race:
Mexicans! Men of my condition and
destined either to make the happiness of
a people or to be martyrs to it. No illegiti-
mate thought brought me into your midst.
1t was you who called me hither Before
dying, let me say to you that have en-
ployed all my energies with your good in
view. Mexicans! May my blood be the last
that you shall shed, and may Mexico. the
unhappy country OF my adoption, be happy
Vive Mexicon'
blonde beard, the better to uncover his
breast. Indicating with a finger his heart
and saying There he stood like "a statue l
were the last words that came from his
lips, and few hours before his execution
he addressed to her these touching words:
My Beloved Carlotta-If God grants that
one day you may be cured and may read
these lines you will know what cruelty of
for Europe. You took with you not only
my heart, but my good fortune. Why did
not give heed to your voice? So many
events and so many unexpected and unde-
served cataStrophes have been heaped upon
me that | have no longer any hope in nay
heart and | await death as an angel of de-
lverance. 1 die without pain l shall fall
with glory like soldier and a con-
quered King If you have not strength to
endure long such great Suffering-if God
shall soon reunite us-I shall bless His pa
ternal and divine hand, which has dealt us
this cruel blow. Adieu, adieu Your poor
MAX"
THIRTY YEARS OF MADNESS.
Macmillan kissed this letter, inclosed the
blonde curl which the jailer cut from his
head and sealed it. But poor Carlotta fas
never read those loving words. Tor thirty
years the poor little head that dreamed Of
the crown of an Empress has suffered what
madness brings in it's horrible train. Only
once was there hope of her recovery. At
Mramar surrounded by her flowers and her
birds, in the midst of scenes associated
with her past happiness, she was gradually
though slowly recovering the equilibrium of
her mind, when deputation came to Wen
ma from her brother with orders to insist
that she should be removed to Belgium.
The Emperor of Austria was thrown into
much trouble by this. His own medical ad
visers agreed with the personal attendants
of the Inflated lady that he removal
of course, of the intense evaporation
against King Leopold which had p1e-
ceded and accompanied the outbreak of
her mental disease and they feared
that the excitement of a r0ilWoy
journey across Europe, especially If the
Journey was forced upon her against her
inclination, might undo all the good that
had been done by months of Seclusion and
quiet at Miramar But the Belgian physi-
clans declared there was no danger the
instructions of King Leopold were peremp-
tory, and as the matter necessarily involved
some rather important pecuniary cOnSid-
erations, the Emperor Francis Joseph was,
naturally, loath to put himself under any
possible imputatiOn of being influenced by
any family or financial considerations OF
his own in such a case. He. accordingly,
at last gave his consent to the removal of
the empress. When she was informed that
she was to quit Austria and go back to Bel
GUM the worst fears of her attendants
were realized. Her malady came back upon
her with, tenfold virulence, and she
reached Lacken raving maniac,
UNI much might be told that would
move and interest, but this is not the place
in which to tell it. Suffice it that, although
she has received nothing but kindness from
her sister-in-law, the queen of the Bel
gtans, her aversion to her brother has
never abated. And if reports long current
be true, King Leopold has indeed played a
sinister part in the drama of his sisters
life. Some 50000,000 francs was the amount
of the fortune left Carlotta by her father,
keeping of her brother. How has the lat
ter cared for his self-imposed trust? For
years the world has been RECALLED
from time to time with pretty stories of
King Leopold's hgh-minded colonial policy
His Majesty, ii has been stated over and
over again, sunk his private fortune in an
enterprise by which he himself could not
possibly profit but which he furthered for
humanity's sake. If the truth were known
regarding the ways and means that were
able that public opinion on these matters
would quickly reverse. 1t appears that,
after obtaining the opinion of noted
physicians off Carlottas probable lease Of