Arizona republican., 1898-09-24
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 world will be centered at Vienna, where, taking into consideration the emotional character of the people. the tragic character Of the death cf the en- press, the suprenely pathetic spectacle presented by the sorely stricken eIn peror, and the impressive majesty and solemnity with which functions of this kind are conducted in the Austrian capital, the scene presented will be in every sense Of the word uniqus. IL will be g scene never to be forgotten by these who have the opportunity of witnessing 1t, writes NarqUise De t'o2- tenoy in the Washington Post.
 Emperor Williams s presence is nat ural, fer he is very deeply attached to the good old emperor of Austria. But Go not think that Elizabeth would have relished the idea Of his figuring as one of the chief mOUrners at her Ob secuies. For she cordially disliked him, partly On account of his unfilial conduct toward his father, whom she much admired, and partly, too, by req son Of his quarrel with Grown Prince Rudolph Every one at the courts Of Berlin and Vienna knows well that in spite Of Williams inyariable references to Rudolph as his dearest and most in innate friend, they were net on speak ing terms with each ether during the two years which preceded the tragedy Of Meyerling.
 Empress Elizabeth made Q point of absenting herself from Vienna and from Pest wherever Emperor Willla@ visited her husband, leaving one of the archduchesses to do the h0nors in her stead, even when he was accompanied by his consoTt. And her action was rendered all the more marked by the fact that when the present czar and czarina paid their memorable visit to Vienna she puTposely returned to the capital to welcome them. and was most kind and cordial toward the young czarina.
 King Humbert, by the by has done wisely in reconsidering his deterHinG- tion Of going to Vienna to take part iii the funeral His presence at the obseQuies might have led to some Jln- toward and unfortunate demonstration. All the traditional and hereditary hatred On the part of the AUstro-Hun- garian for the Italians has been re- called into life by the circumstance that the assassin Of the empress was a native of Italy, and l, for one, should rot wonder if the condition Of poDu- lar feeling resulting from the crime were to bring about 8 rupture or the alliance between Austria and Italy.
 The empress disliked King HumbeTt even more than she did Emperor Will liam. She looked upon him, and upon the reigning house of Italy, not only as the despoilers of her favorite sister. the ex-GGeen Of Naples, but likewise a. the foes Of that Catholic church Of which she was so devoted a daughter.
 King HumbeTt besides occupying the throne of Naples, which his father had wrested fIGfn her sisssr and her brcther-in-law likewise retains pos session Of tAa large private fortune of the royal house Of f.-Naplef, owing to which Queen Sephia was often reduced to financial straits until the death oi her mother restored her to afjEence.
 Empress Elizabeth Cn more than one occasion gave more or less public tes- tinony cf her sentiments with regard to King .Humbert and Queen IarGueT- ite, by going to Rome to visit the pope and spending several days in the Ei3er- nal City without going near the tauici- nal, ignoring in fact both King Hum bert acd Queen Marguerite, 2s if they had never existed.
 am rather disposed to sdapticisIn with regard to the diratches from Ma drid which describe the queen regent as being overwhelmed with grief in consequence cf the murder Of the eEl- press, fer there has never been any kindly feeling between that branch of the house Of Hapsburg, to which the queen regent belonged, and the late empress. h fact ArchGuchess Eliza beth, the mother Of the queen regent, was precisely cne CT the leadeTs Of the species of boycott to which the eT- press was subjected by .he imperial family and by tte aristocracy when she hrst cane to Austria as bride. The empress neither forget nCr fer gave this. And although she has re- peatedly visited Spain in the course Of her travels during the last ten CT fifteen years, she has never once taken the trouble to call upon the queen regent CT to accord her tho slightest attention.
 An interesting fact not generally known concerning the young queen oi Holland is ker prcdiiccJion fer ths study CT natural history, and especially Or mineralogy, which ie'eter indeed may be described as her special fad and hobby. Her education in this respect has been of Q thoroughly sound, scien] tl3c order She passes much Of her time in the celebrated Leyden alissat,lfi, and her conversations with the experts thera give evidence O & knowledge and proficiency ill nlineraloSy far beyond the average. Among her most highly prized recent acquisitions is a superb microscope, for use in the examination Of crystals and mineral sections. It is rot unlikely before many years are past Queen Wilnelnina will figure among the contributors of scientific literature, and in other ways manifest her capacity fer original research.
 The duke of Abruzzi brother e the count of Turin, who is sSill believe, in this country, has net yet started on his Arctic ...ip, having been delayed by the non-c0mDletion of the alteratic1s il the vessel which he has acquired for the expedition, and which is now