The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-01
STORIES oF ROYALTY.

While Emperor Francis Joseph lives no
one who showed mercy to the jll-starred
Macmillan or pity for his fate in that
land OF his hitter foes viii be forgotten.
writes the Duchess al Belimere. Every
year-the Austrian monarch never for
GETS the date-a Mexican SINGER named
Concha Eendez receives a generous
birthday gift from his majesty. With il
goes 8 note in the emperor 5 own hand
expressing his grateful remembrance OF
the fact that when such thing eldan-
gered her safety ard almost her life she
refused 10 ridicule the dead Emperor
NJ Mexico" Il was not long after the
execution of Macmillan that Concha
MeHcez, the popular singer Of the day.
was encored AT one o. her perform
ances in the City OF Mexico and asked
TO sing song vilifying tie late en-
peror and his unhappy spouse Al first
she smiled and bowed to the enthusi-
astic thrOng. Then. pretending TO mis-
understand. she began something quite
different. But the little ruse was not
successful She was interrupted By loud
demands for the other. in which the
name OF the hated Austrian was held up
70 ridicule. Then COncha Mendez stop
ped short and her black eyes flashed
NO, she said, I shall not deCry the
dead and the unhappy" then left the
stage before the audience had recovered
from the hush of surprise. The Emperor
of Austria's last gift reached her on her
eightieth birthday. for that was many
years ago. SO many years $50. in fact.
that the MeXieans have outgrown their
hatred for the well-meauing but inexpe-
rienced young man who was sent BY Eu-
rope to rule over them. Less than q
year ago a chapel was dedicated 70
mis- memory upon the spot where the
death sentence was carried into effect.
~ ING
Emperor Francis Joseph sent an official
10 represent him, commissioned 10 pre-
sent TO the church a valuable piece
which had been painted for the pur-
pose by one OF the most famous OF
Viennese painters.
Now that the Empress Frederick is
dead, the Castle Of Cronberg. with its
numberless treasures OF antiquity. viii
become the property not of one OF her
heirs, but the joint possession OF the
reigning houses Of both England and
Germany For such was the wish OF its
late royal owner. Both the house of
Great Britain and Of Germany, il Seems.
are descended from z common ancestress.
Anne Won Cronberg, who built the cas-
tie which bears her name. many centu-
ries ago. For years the Empress Fred
erick has had no greater pleasure than
in Graduating any sign Of decay in this
picturesque abode of her ancestors and
in filing it with every bit of furniture,
drapery or bric-a-brac identified with the
name of Cronberg. One by one with all
the ardor Of an enthusiast, she has
traced the families scattered posses
sions and replaced them in the castle. It
was no uncommon sight in Berlin be
fore the dowager empress became too
i'll to see her entering the most dingy OF
antique shops in the Jewish quarter ac-
cOmpanied only by one of her ladies.
once there q sharp and practiced eve
unearthed no end of dust-laden valuables
Of the past whose value was only half
guessed by the dealer. Thus in search
| ing for family relies the mistress OF
CrOnberg became a connOisseur of an
tiquities and an ardent devOtee OF the
art Of discovering them. 1t is no Won
der, then. that with an exhaustless purse
to aid her the empress transformed Crcn-
berg Castle into a treasury of antiques
scarcely to be matched in Europe. The
royal lady, be it said had one more great
advantage-she set about collecting be-
fore relic hunting became fad. and so
il is no insignificant museum which she
bequeaths to all the members Of her
own and her husbands family.
The announcement Of the, death of an
other French prince is not without inter
est beyond the Atlantic. Prince Edmond
de POligac. it win be remembered. was
once the husband of Winniretta Singer
daughter of the inventor of the sewing
machine which bears his name. She. by
one Of her fathers several marriages. was
the daughter of a young Parisienne and
was herself more French than American
both by temperament and training. The
prince now dead was the second husband
Of the Franco-American heiress. the first
from whom she was divorced. having been
Prince Louis de Scey MOntbenard. This
! lady, twice a princess. had also q titled
mother, for upon the death of the sew
ing machine magnate Mime. Singer mar
ried q duke. NJ Renard. her husband
was raised by a papal authority from the
concert stage To a noble title. The
whilom singer was known thereafter as
the Duke of CsmpOsilice, and his wife
thereafter. the mother Of Princess de
Poligac, became a duchess.
Leopold H., whose frequent visits 70
Paris make one wonder whether he claims
the French or Belgium capital for his
own has just left the gay city in a de-
cidediy bau humor 1t is all because Of
| his automobile. For over ten months
have been steering my machine in Bel
GUM, Holland. Germany and France. %
he was heard 70 remark at the Care du
NOrd. yet in all that time / have never
experienced one-Eundredth OF the ennui
it has caused me during the last five days
in Paris. The kings trials began even
before his arrival at Paris. Reaching
Chantilly late Saturday night he decid-
ed TO stay over for the races, and be-
tween times took a spin about the little
town. Now Chantiliv. out OF Difference to
its English colony. has adopted the Gus
tom Of driving on the left side Of the
street. but the king did not happen 10
know this. Pushing along much beyond
the regulation speed his majesty darted
10 the right 70 avoid vegetable cart.
the peasant turned TO the left. The re-
salt was q terrible crash. in which one Of
the cart wheels few of 10 "a neishbor-
ing hedge The furious peasant was on
the verge OF siashing the king with his
whip when happily an aide-de-camp ap-
pearcd on the scene Later in Paris the
royal chauffeur" succeeded in 0verturn-
ing q phaeton unloading a bakers cart
and running over valuable dog
The cables have been busy recording
the deaths OF uotabilties Of an shades
Of importance aad in many quarters 81
the globe. The death Of Pfuce Henri II
Orleans in q remote corner ~ COCHIN
China cheats Newport ~ a lion and
Ills said. one 81 the richest bellies ~
lauce. This Unmarried scion q French
royalty. cren though q member Of q de-
throned family. had announced himself
IS en- route for the fashionable American
resort. ana doubtless the dashing Trlnce.
known for bis fearless explorations in
Thibet and Ahgssinla. might have taken
hts pick among newport uillionairessee.
Once. however. Prince Henri was uns1c-
ccssflI In an affair - the heart After
having won e gold medal from The Geo
graphical society Of Paris and having fof
Tho good work DE- bad done been elected a
member of similar societies ~ London.
Rome. Vienna and Berue- the prince
s1ueht l vain thc hand ~ Princes Bier