The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-01-16
HOUSE OF HAPSBURG.
THE OLDEST IN EUROPE AND
FATED TO UNHAPPINESS.
Many Misfortunes Have Occurred
to It Since the Untimely Death
Of Archduke Rudolph-Franx
Ferdinand's Marriage.

nand of Austria, son of the late Arch
duke Karl Ludwig and Princess Annun-
ciata, and heir presump i've to the throne
of Austria Hungary has married be-
meath his station while it Will aSsureoly
/ cause CONSERVATION in the great courts
of Europe, will hardly surprise those
who know how prone the male members
of the Austrian imperial house have
been, at least during the present CEN
fury, to enter into matrimonial ALI
| ances of this kind. In this respect many
of the Hapsburgs have won much UNI
enviable notoriety. Love, indeed, mas
| played great part in the lives. OF many
| of them, bringing in too many instances
! oStraciSm and social ruin, and IN one
| instance at least a lamentable and I'M
| timely death.
Never singularly fortunate, the Haps-
| burgs have of late years been singularly
unfortunate. Study their history for
the past few decades, and how many do
nestle casualties and eccentric acts will
! you find recorded?
JOHANN ORTH'S LOVE MATCH.
Only a few years ago Archduke John
of Austria disappeared, and they say
that the old Emperor still mourns Tor
him. A brilliant fellow he was, but Won
derfully hot headed and independent
His teachers complained that he
seemed to lack a sense OF reverence.
He entered the army and at once inaug-
urated several sweeping reforms. The
State authorities checked him, and then.
in revenge. he published bitter pamph-
let, in which he inveighed fiercely
-
and claimed that the army was shame
fully mismanaged. The Emperor pun
ished him by sending him to CracoW, but
he was soon back in Vienna, writing
music, studying spiritualism and other
wise busying himself. The red tape or
officialism he constantly dehed, and at
last, in September, 1887, the Emperor de-
prived him of all his offices and forbade
him to appear at court. In disgust the
Archduke left Vienna, and the world
next heard that he had assumed the
name of Johann Orth, and had married
Emile Stubel. a pretty little Austrian
singer. 1t was a love match, pure and
simple. one day Emile met hand
some young man who said he was stu
dent, and with whom she fell in love, be-
cause he loved her so tenderly. Only
she thought he dressed much too plainly.
AT review of the army, however, she
saw her student lover in uniform so
fine that it almost took her breath away.
She asked someone who he was, and was
told that he was Archduke John OF
Austria" Johann Orth next became
Captain, and soon afterward the world
heard that he had lost his life at sea,
while sailing to Valparaiso from Buenos
Ayres. Not very long ago, however, the
rumor spread that he was still alive and
had been seen fighting on the side Of
the Congressionalists in the Chilean
war. Anyhow, there is no more typical
example of a rebel Hapsburg than
Johann Orth.
ARCHDUKE HENRY'S ROMANCE.
A kindred soul is Archduke Henry,
youngest son of the late Archduke RAIN
Ter, Viceroy Of Lombardy He was a
General in the army and while stationed
at Gratz he made the acquaintance OF
Fraulein Hoffman, singer at the thea
ter, with a monthly salary of fifty flor
ms. She was by no means great sin
ger. Her last role was that of Pamela,
in Fra Diavolo'; but she was pretty,
quick witted, the very type of a Viennese
girl, and, above all. irreproachable in
her conduct and manners. The Archduke
paid court to her, and when he was OBJ
liged to take the field in Italy he prom
Used that he would marry her if his life
We're spared, and this promise he faith
fully kept. The Emperor Stormed,
fumed, and did all in his power to re-
claim the prodigal, but all his efforts
We're in vain. Archduke Henry had
vowed to be true to Fraulein Hoffman,
and not all the Powers in Christendom
could persuade him to abandon her. Ali
the Archduke of his military rank and
expatriate him. The marriage took
place on February 4, 1868, and not until
1889 did the Emperor show any signs of
relenting. In the latter year he allowed
the Archduke to present his wife and
daughter to him, and thus the family
quarrel was ended.
The misfortunes of Charlotte former
Empress Of Mexico, form another sad
chapter in the history of the Haps-
burgs. Marie Charlotte Amelie Auguste
Victoire Clementine Leopoldine, former
Empress of Mexico and sister of the
King of the Belgians, is now lying dan
gerously i'll. She was born in 1910,
and was married in 1851 to MaXnil-
ian. who was placed on the throne of
Mexico, and was tried and shot on
June 10, 1867. Macmillan in the midst
of his troubles sent CarlotIa to Paris
to request some effectual aid from Ma
poleon III. Failing in her mission, she
proceeded to Italy, where her reason
gave way in consequence of her troub-
les and worry over the probable fate of
her husband. She was eventually re-
moved to the Chateau of Bouchant,
near Brussels, where. according to re-
port, she has employed herself during
her lucid intervals in writing memoirs
Of the Mexican Empire.
WHERE Is HER FORTUNE?
King Leopold of Belgium is now
charged at the court of Austria with
having squandered in various specula-
tons. notably in his Congo enterprise,
the immense fortune which ne held In
trust for Carlotta. Carlotta has been
secluded from the view not only or the
public, but even of her Austrian, Eng
lish and French relatives, for the last
thirty years. Some months ago rumors
We're circulated that she was no longer
insane, but that she was kept under re-
straint by her brother in consequence
of his dread that she would demand
an accounting of her fortune.
Since the report of the illness Of Car
lotta these rumors have been revived
The relatives of the former Empress
have repeatedly attmpted to see her,
but in vain. King Leopold has persist
emily refused to allow her TO be visited
by any of them, and this has excited
much animosity against him, as well