New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
sulate in this city yesterday. The consul-Generai
was not In town.
ELIZABETH OF AUSTRIA'S CAREER
CIS'S FAMILY TO DIE 4 VIOLENT DEATH
THE EMPRESS,S FINE CHARACTER.

THE EMPRESS'S FINE CHARACTER.
II is Austria's Emperor who the first TO
describe himself as Francis Joseph the Tn
lucky" and convinced is ne that the mis-
fortune which has relentlessly pursued him ever
since he assembled the throne amid OF
blood just fifty years ago would continue to
hound him with undated cruelty that he has
repeatedly in the last few months given express
sion to his conviction that some untoward event
would occur 10 mar the festivities in honor OF
the Jubilee Of his reign. and to convert the ma
tional rcjOicings into national mourning.
Now his fears have been realized. and the
Dual Empire has in the height OF its loyal cele
bration been suddenly shocked and stricken with
horror and grief by the news that its Empress
has been laid low by the hand of an assassin,
and that their dearly loved Kaiser after having
been robbed of his only son by a violent death.
has now been bereft Of his consort in an equally
appalling fashion. sympathy for this deeply
tried monarch will be universal, and II Is upon
him rather than upon his dead Empress that
popular attention and pity will be centred.
And yet the murdered Kaisern leaves behind
her memories OF one Of the most romantic and
Interesting figures OF the present century. a
Diana during the first part Of her life and a
Niobe during the closing years Of her career
She was in fact. figure so out OF the common
that 1t Is almost Difficult: to realize that she has
lived In this prosaic age. Her childhood was
passed among horses and dogs. like that Of her
sister. the heroic ex-Queen Of Naples. and OF her
other sister the even still more heroic Duchess
q Aencon who met with such brave death
In the flames OF the Charity Bazaar al Paris.
DILIGENT IN HER STUDIES.
Married when little more than sixteen. she &C
the reputation OF being a woman OF rare accom-
plishments and learning after she had become
an Empress. and how anxiously she strove to
make up for the deficiencies Of her education as
a young SRI has been placed on record by DR.
Falk the learned editor Of the "Pesther Lloyd"
whom she selected a. her tutor. in spite OF his
opposition to the Government. after she had
made up her mind TO acquire the Hungarian
language. Speaking Of the lessons in Hunga
rian which he gave the Empress he says:
"A more dnieent pupil cannot be imagined
Trarslations were written out for me on blue
ruled paper so correctly and In such a neat
hand that my pupil would have the first
prize at any public school. only once did
catch her tripping one day, al the beginning
OF her lesson when she was In the habit OF lay
ing her exercise before me she handed me the
page OF an almanac. which neither very
clean nor very nice 10 look al. both sides be
ing written upon in pencil | suppose looked
astonished. for Her Majesty nj orce exclaimed.
Yesterday ! was engaged the whole day with
all sorts Of Cour; receptions. and In the evening
there was a state concert which fatlgued me
so that | had 10 go 10 bed. But. remembering
that had not done my lesson tore this sheet
OF paper from an almanac. which was on my
bedside table and wrote On II the translation
OF one Of the stories in the almanac. SO you
see. II | did not DO my duty, had at least
good Intentions"
FRIENDLEss At THE AUSTRIAN COURT.
The insane Jealousy OF the Emperors mother.
Archduchess Sophia an extremely ambitious
woman who dreaded that her daughter-in laws
influence might supplant her own as far as the
Emperor was concerned. ed 20 she formation y
all sorts Of cabals. both NJ Court and IN society
at Vienna. against the young Empress. who was
surrounded by foes on every side and who
found but little sympathy even I'm her own
family whose membe~s resented The fact that
the Emperor had broken Of his engagement
with her eldest sister Helene in order to wed
her before she had even made her debut In
fact Ter first long gown was her wedding dress.
and she was little more than "A child when she
first came 20 Vienna ~ Empress. II vas this
sense q frlendlessners. this feeling that both her
husbands family and people considered him 10
have made a mtsallianco In marrying her. that
led the Empress t. devote herself 10 the friends
Of her childhood. namely. to horses and 70 dogs,
and she became famous as one Of the most
magnificent oqu, striennes In the world. her
feats az a rider exciting the admiration Of the
entire sporting worlH
Not the least remarkable feature about her
fondness for horses was the extraordinary In
fuence which she possessed over them. and It
was a sad day for her when her physicians In
sisted that she had ruined her health by eX-
ccssiye riding and that she must abandon all
idea OF ever sitting again IN the saddle From
that time forth she devoted herself with equal
energy to p,dcs'rianisn. and. until few months
ago. when the doctors discovered that she was
afflicted with heart disease OF an exceedingly
acute form. she was wont TO indulge in walks
OF twenty and even thirty miles day her step
being as elastic and her carriage as alert and
as graceful as that Of "A young girl in her teens
instead Of being the grandmother OF several
children.
OVERWHELMED BY HER SONS DEATH.
Always averse 10 society. as we'll as to all the
pomp and empty ceremonies Of Court life. she
withdrew still more from public view after the
terrible and mysterious death Of her only son.
Crown Prince Rudolph, at MeyerlinE. She was
forever on the wing always travelling under
the incoRni,o name Of Countess OF Hoheneines
in tot the-way places. being heard OF at one
moment I'm the wids Of Scandinavia and the
next moment as cruising among the Islands OF
the Hgean Sea in search apparently. OF an OBJ
Nvon for that grief which always with her
From the time that she lost her boy, to whom
she was deeply devoted, she never wore any
thing eXcept black and absolutely declined to
take part in any kind OF festivities. her aversion
to the Crown Princess Stephanie being very nat
urally Increased by the lack Of delcacy which
the latter had displayed In long ago casting her
weeds to the winds and becoming renowned as
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