New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-09
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raOsTLY VISITORS THAT HAUNT THE
PALACES OF OLD-WORLD MONARCHS
AND GREAT MOBILES.

catastrophe prevalent at the Court OF
Vienna has been widely published in connection
with the description of the death OF that Ia
mented woman. and it is likewise on record mat
Emperor Francis Joseph was so imhued with
Cninous presentimcnts that he Is said TO nave
repeatedly exclaimed, "Oh, II only this Jubilee
year were at an end"' But it is rot so widely
known that these approximations or the part OF
the Kaiser and OF his encourage were due TO an
incident which took place on the night OF April
"a Of the present year. and which was OF sufii-
Cient Importance to be comprised in the regular
report made on the following morning TO MS
military superiors by the officer Of the guard OF
the palace Of SchOenhrunn. 1t seems that the
sentinel posted In n corridor or hall leading TO
the chapel was startled almost out OF his senses
by seeing the form of Whitehead woman APP
;roaching him soon after o'clock in the morn
Ing He at once challenged her. whereupon the
figure turned around and passed back into the
chapel where the soldier observed light HASH
ly summOning assistance, strict search was In
stituted and the chapel was explored. without
however any result
The sentinel in question was stolid. rather
dr.l-minded Syrian peasant. who was possessed
Of little power of imagination. and who was en-
tirely ignorant therefore. OF the tradition ac-
makes her appearance by night in the palace Of
Schoenbrunn, either in the chapel or IN the ad
Joining corridors and halls, whenever any mis-
fortune is about to overtake the imperial House
Of Harrisburg On each occasion this spectral
anpearance to the sentnels on duty has been
described in the report Of the officer of the
f-ua-d on the following morning. and is there
fore a matter OF Official record. The previous
yisj:ations of the White Lady have taken place
On the eve Of the shocking tragedy Of Meyer
ling n few weeks previous to the shooting Of
Erlreror Macmillan Of Mexico and Of the burn
ing 20 death of the daughter Of old Archduke
Albert at Schoenbrunn, while this same super
natural appearance at the time when Archduke
John vanished from human ken convinces the
immortal family that he is no longer in the land
of the living as so many believe, but that ne
really persisted at sea while on his way around
Cape Horn from La Plata to Valparaiso.
WHITE LADY OF THE HOHENZOLLERNS.
The writer does not know the origin OF the
White Lady tradition at Schoenbrunn, nor has
be ever been able to ascertain anything definite
about her history. But there is plenty OF docu-
,ncntary evidence as we'll as a worderful array
cf records concerning the White Lady OF the
IIohonzollerns who makes her appearance in
about to overtake a member of the reis-ning
house of Prussia. The late Emperor FREDERICK
in particular was greatly interested n the mat
ter and collected all the evidence that he could
upon the subject for the purpose Of deposiiinS
it in the archives of his family. Perhaps the
most important piece OF testimony in this con
nection are the sworn statements signed by
Prince Frederick OF Prussia ard number OF
be fellow officers. to all Of whom the white
LADY is declared to have appeared as they sal
tocether on the eve Of the Princes death at the
battle of Saalfeld in 1SG. Moreover. Thomas
Carlisle went to no lttle trouble 10 procure evi-
dence when writing the history Of Frederick the
Great that the White Lady had appeared 10
that famous monarch on the eve Of his death
Jnderd il is asserted that the King was on the
read to recovery from his Illness, wheh SUI
Ienlv one morning he declared that he had seen
the white-c!ad spectre during The night, that
his hour had come and that it was useless tc
tr, IN ward eff deIth any longer. So he re-
rueed to take anv further medicine. turned his
face To the wall ard died IT seems That ms
White Lady of the HohenzOMcrns was ollsinahy
the Countess Agnes Won OTlamunde. who muir
6cred her first husband. as well as her two emil
6ren in order to be enabled to marry TIE Bur
grave Of Nuremberg. the ancestor OF the hiec
tor Of Brandenburg ard Of the House OF Hoheh-
zollern. The Triple murder is asserted To nave
taken place within the precincts OF TINS palace
which was built 400 years ago, contains thou
sand windows and as many rooms as the mum
Ter Of years Of its existence.
The Winter Palace at ct. Petersburg the con
structon Of which entailed the loss of thou
sands cf lives, has likewise its White Lady, an'
50. too. has the palace Of the Grand-duKe o.