The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-25
House Of Hapsburg|
GAIN fate has dealt a heavy blov

A GAIN fate has dealt heavy blow
k to the house Of Hapsburg and
Wittelsbach. aiding another sor-
| row to that heavy burden which has
borne down 10 despair the ancient rul-
ers OF Austria and Bavaria.
The fate OF the empress OF Austria
a but the climax OF life OVERLOOKING
with heat burning and tiugedy.
/ The fate OF Prince Rudolph is a story
Hin itself
Another cruea blow to the Hapsburgs
WIS the death of Max milan ! OF Mex
leo, who gave up the command OF the
Iemperor's navy in order TO found an
Imperial throne. The overthrow OF the
ALLEN ruler ami his execution by those
whom he had tried to subdue are mat
tiers OF history.
Added 10 this was the insanity of his
wfe. the Empress Ca,fo,ta. and the
*scsndal attaching TO the spending of
4her fortune by the king Of Belgium.
q The disappearance Of he Archduke
HJohn after he had contracte6 a mar
#riage with pretty little Austrian
&stnger was another cause Of grief. He
chad been one of the brilliant members
9of the Hapsburg family. but his way
#wirdness led to the taking away of
his titles. He would not bow to the
8emperor and finally, when he had
3bsen banished from the court, he
IA
8out In life for himself. The vessel is
4supposed TO have been lost at sea.
n kindred soul was Archduke Henry,
&youngest son OF the late Archduke
&Rainier. yceroy OF Lombardy. He was
&s general in the army, and while sta-
Kf,oned at Gra&z he made the acquaint-
vance Of Frauletn Hoffman, a singer OF
#the theater with a monthly salary OF
*Ifsty forns. She was by no means
#grel. Singer, but she was pretty,
55puick wltted. the very type OF Wen
&Pese girl, ard, above all. irreproach-
&able IN her conduct and manners.
# The archduke paid court 10 her ami
ssfwhen he was obliged to take the field
IN Italy he promised he would marry
&1er if his life was spared, and this
&promise he faithfully fept. The en-
&peror ftormed. fumcd and did all In
Shis power TO reclaim the prodig3l, but
ELL his efforts were in vain. Archduke
Henry had vowed to be true to Frau
&4eir, Hoffman, and not all the powers
an Christendom could persuade him to
ssA bandon her.
*# All Francis Joseph could do was 10
Deprive the archduke of his military
5I4ank and expstriate him. The marriage
look Place on February 4, 1868, and not
81 Until 1889 did the emperor show any
r. gns OF relenting In the latter year
Re allowed the archduke to present
lis wife and daughter to him. and thus
$Ahe family quarrel was ended.
y,} In Spain has been found another
'&1ause for gloom. There the queen
'a4egent daughter of the Archduke
&F Ferdinand, Il cousin of the Emperor
III francis Joseph, has been compelled TO
%Nee the fairest portion of the heritage
isf her son taken away aad has lived in
that the Spanish people themselves
|$SxFoula rise against her and sweep her
&Nnd her child from alt power.
Sxk These are some of the things which
S4mbittered the days of Francis Josephf
2&&nd which brought into The life of the
Empress Elizabeth much OF the sorrow
S| s5 h'oh weighed her down in her late
22eaIs
H# The beautiful Lake Starnberg, on the
9hores of which the Empress Elizabeth
Xras reared was destined to be tine thea
E1er Of much tragedy In the lives Of her
Rmily.
Standing out most strongly is the
nici6e, on June 13, 1886, of Ludwig,
ing OF Bavaria. He had loved
Z Princess Sophie, the youngest sister OF
be Empress Elizabeth, but was con-
in,ed that she had not been loyal 10
i'm, and so in 1865 he broke his en-
agement TO marry her T'ls event
battered her mind AMI also led to the
alicide later Of the king. Ludwig left
lehini d sorely afflicted sovereign, the
lad King Otto OF Bavaria. Otto was
lot bern a mad man. although he I'M
cubtedly inherited the faint and ten
G. ency. The two boy princes showed no
1sposition to madness when they were
III fung. II anything, they were trained
%f&p in too serious u manner, almost as il
he.r future was to be devoted 10 the
furch.
15k The queen mother. wishing to incul-
~ in their minds early the virtues Of
implicitly denied them most OF the
litle Injuries and pleasures that arc
Pc birthright Of boys, whether princes
H22r pea. ants.
En- Otto, released from the leading
3& rings. determined TO taste the Joys OF
Pc 20 the fullest extent. When he vas
his early youth. and was sent finally
IN complete his military education, he
f his fiss.res lead him whittier they
puld. He kre VINO restraint. AID the
HI ms of the malady developed in him
4 lat soon carried him through paresis
madness.
QUO was never a handsome youth.
pc Ludwig. He was turbulent and in
passions unbridlei Ludwig tried
curb him, but in vain.
When the Franco German war broke
ha asked for and obtained an inde-
ind Ii