Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
SOME ROYAL BANsHEEs.
the Imperial alace mt Vienna
and Other Wraiths,
From the New York Herald.

and Other Wraith..
From the New York Herald.
At the time of the tragic death of the
empress of Austria it was recalled that
at the beginning of this year 4 sentry on
guard in the castle of SchonDrunn saw the
ghost of the White Lady slowly walking
in the room where he was. According to
popular belief in Austria, this apparition
is seen whenever any calamity is about to
fall on the members of the imperial house
OF Austria. | know very well, says a
writer in an English weekly, that men of
science exclaim, when confronted with
Hailucination!" But in this particular in.
stance there seems to be a very great deal
to be said for the popular belief as against
the sceptical judgments of those accustom-
ed to reason exclusively on facts Of the
physical order.
For instance, the famous White Lady,
emperor of Mexico. She was also seen in
1889, lmmediatsly before the death Of the
der the most mysterious and terrible cir
s9m UNI in the forest Of Meyerling.
the corridors of the same castle Of Schon-
brunn to announce another castrophe. the
shipwreck of John orth., the former arch;
voyage from Valparaiso.
Explain it how one will, by the principle
Of condolences or otherwise. there is un-
fortunately, much truth in the popular
tradition which connects the successive ap-
partitions of a phantom in the guise Of a
young woman yelled in white with the
The mind of the emperor himself was
deeply penetrated by this belief. since:
apparition of the wrath at schonbrunn he
remarked on several occasions that he was
very anxious for the end of the year to
come.
an important place. OF old they inspired
great terror both in the people and the
hardly a great Ge1man family Without its
white Lady, OF course the royal family
Of Hohenzollern has one of its own. 1t is
said that she appears every time that
death is about 10 strike one of the men,
bers of the family. The evening before the
death Of }bs W III Frsd l.; and Dr. also $40 the fstn night 1t
the present emperor, she was seen wander
ing about the rooms Of the royal palace at
Of the house 6us te of t Austria rMn and i thas Of 'f the
royal family of Prussia, do not resemble
one another. The first, the Austrian one.
lousy beautiful. with long flowing white
veil, whereas the second is of more terri
BILE aspect. There is something more gro
she appears, it is said. with a broom in
her hand, and is popularity known as
Nearly all the royal palaces of Europe
have their own familiar ghost. Windsor
castle harbors a mysterious lady draped in
black who was seen nj for ,e the first time 6I,c, two
ySoAo . uAuNh NhS wv
stances: A young officer on guard at tho
castle was reading one evening in the
in black. her head ca swathe d in a black lace
veil, passing before him and gliding into
q neighboring room. The room into which
three hundred years ago in the spacious
days Of great Elizabeth" The .oficer
fastened after the vanishing lady. but in
This uncanny event caused a great I'M
preston at Windsor castle. where most Of
the ladies in waiting were persuaded that
Indeed. according to an ancient tradition,
that part Of the castle where the. ghost
appeared has always been haunted by the
her most recent appearance. meanings
and wailings have been heard from time to
so that it is said that the night guards
have been doubled in that part OF the
castle.
Hesse-Darmstadt. From time immemorial
a white Lady has taken up her abode
The Tuileries also had their ghost. But
it was neither a white Lady" nor =
casheFine de NE Medis,; who Was most @am sn-
imagined that she had seen at the Tuileries
a RED Man who logged her footsteps
pe~rsistently. So she, made. haste to quit
the palace, which had only just been built,
for another dwelling. where the red spec
ter left her definitely In peace.
If We are to believe a historian OF some
repute, the Counte de Segur. the great
Napoleon, Just before his Russian cam
paign, underwent a similar experience to
that which befell Brutus before Philippl
and Crookback Richard before Bosworth
field. Seated in his study In the Tuileries,
the emperor beheld before him one night
the famous Red Man of the Catherine
de Medici. A long conversation ensued
between Napoleon and the ghost. Then the
emperor was heard to exclaim: 1T Is toe
late now. All has been decided upon
Some days afterward Napoleon undertook
the campaign in Russia. which ended. as Il
well known, by the awful retreat from
Moscow.
for many years over the Tuileries. The
Empress Eugene. who knew the history
of this phantom. did not like it to be
spoken of before her. Had she a PRESENT..
ment of the evils which were about t.
break over the devoted heads of herself
her husband, and her dynasty?