The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-14
cDD AUSTRIAN ARcHDUKE.
.o,d the RecIuse of sehioss Helm
leOP' lin. Who Lately Died.

r,.,m lie Chicago Tribune
.--iaI ..recluse of Schloss. Hern-
ll7 '.- -., Baden. in lower Austria is no
STEM r,s a man of eccentric habits,
i-o.- -.r.-. of the King of Italy and cousin
US r...ozror of Austria, bachelor ana
o Canned invalid during the last seven
'' NJ a long life. Subject TO the
Ten ... rrturning attacks of paralysis
-..,.3 with a disease he had con-
anu ..-.. out campaigning, MS imperial
-- .r.rn a gay cavalier was become
.nfs.r.55ae. He was born in Milan in
@. 5i- ua-,uts being Archduke Rainer
-.. .I.-es= Marie Elizabeth, daugh-
a"' D.r Charles Emanuel Ferdinand OF
tl IL, rf-n4u. His only sister by one
sa'o' ..r.5r was Adelheid, and became
NJ .t Victor Emanuel Leopold and
rS s-, ,-.rrg brOthers-named respec-
ms t,rr-i Rsiner, Sigismund and Helm
W. N fab. stand high in court favor,
M .,-il- are even afloat-althOugh /
slu an tbs.r 9,curacy-of their having pick
ugN -.,s,rsl with the Emperor and of his
e blrIshed Them from his court.
re- re- alone was restored TO imperial IA
a. The ite brothers, of whom only
- ana Rainier now survive, were men
1sTnrb brain. a commodity not too CON-
IN an,5fs the eighty old archdukes and
n-,5j1--ess5s Of the house of Hapsb burg
Tlr-sf7a Lo1Dold Ernst and Sigismund,
tssi5as remaining single. preferred leading
1,ist lives az their isolated country seats
y. dancing attendance on their archducal
}i,sfo'l5 As 90 Heinrich, he married an
a.trsss and went off with her 10 lead an
t5y1,o life which turned out to be lifelong,
N the Southern TyroL
The brolhers We're immensely wealthy,
reonold. The eldest the wealthiest of them
al His hermitage, Schloss Hernstein, rO-
rn3nric9Uv situated in in the Tristing val
iev he converted into a charming retreat.
ping possessed of great artistic taste, he
frAd his caareau. a fabric of rare Gothic
architecture with accumulatiOns of rare
on5 costly treasure he had picked up in
all D5rts of the world. To his lovely park
gnd mansion he admitted no one but his
brothers and his sister-in-law, Arcnd-
ucbess Marie Rainers wife. He actually
refused admiuanCe to his paradise to En-
rr4ss Elizabeth. who, dying with curiosity
10 penetrale the mysterious domains ay-
ing beyond forbidden walls, drove up one
dav and asked to be let in. The porter ex-
pl3ned that to his profound regret the
onlv lady be was authorized to admit was
Archduchees Marie.
But I am the empress, and 1 could make
Il worth your while"
Not for a thousand expresses can I
break my oath. 7 have sworn to admit
none but Archduchess Marie"
The imperial recluse had seen much
B service in his military career He had
fought in many a battle and retired as full
general in the cavalry. Being of an en-
ergetc turn, he invented several appli-
ances which were utilized in the army and
navy. hiss forte being engineering. He was
Il bold rider and an admirable Judge of
n hOrsefesh. His figure In the ever-memo-
rable imperial carousal held in the Span
ISL rding-school of the Hofburg at vi
enna in 1863, when he and the Magyar mag
rate. Count Tork distinguished themselves
n permanently When propped up among his
pillows, utterly incapacitated. in his din
i1g-room, his weary eyes would wander to
The sideboard and rest lovingly on the gol-
deu goblet he had won in recognition of
his extraordinary achievements on what
he was pleased to style the proudest day of
his life. And then his rolling chair would
b. wheeled to the window from which he
could watch his favorite Arabian horse
going through its Spanish schooling with
disciplinary eXactness and perfect grace
On sheet of water close by he would
follow for hours the maneuVers of a min
lature screw steamer of mis- own invention
Which invention had been utilized by the
navy. II was to that branch of the serv-
ice that he had been attached under Teg-
4 etthof IN The battle of LISA
NO sooner had this archducal hermit
breathed his last, after extreme JUNCTION
had been administered to him by the EN-
Il perors father cOnfessor as a sign of the
auiocrats complete reconciliation, than
N conformity with time-honored prece-
dent the archduke's solicitors rummaged
MS papers 10 find his will. This they sent
under cover by a special COURT envoy to
b4lapesi 20 place in the Emperor's hands
Al j 0ehg his majesty's prerogatiYe to open
"a MpHiaJe The last wills and testaments of
all adult members of the imperial family
Leopold was conveyed May % with high
military honors, to his final resting place
tle imperial vault Of the Capuchin order
"a III ue heart of old Vienna. Being a bach
slof' the six horses, attached to his scarlet
neafse were white, preceded by a knight
IN armor and court dignitary bearing
& ue archducal crown. Mounted halber-
uisIs with lanterns escorted the hearse:
n 1is master Of ceremonies with his insignia
U once and the Chamberlain TO his court
WIN MS Key also figuring in the imposing
tgl.ess The Emperor and all the availa-
~ members of the imperial family at
sI1eI lhe funeral services in the sane
a SaiS over the vault The cabinet minis
80 ue dlplomatic corps, the high court
-s, -'i'lldIles' some 200 generals in their
.ise coats and green plumes, a contin-
~. vi me aristocracy and municipal dig
were also in attendance,