Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-23

$50 WY pain, iuucu pain
er thah those exposed as advertise
ments in the windows of the under
takers shops. Upon each coffin is 8
plate inscribed with the name of the
owner, but his present address is no,
given. That is left for the inference
OF those who have read the history
OF Austria, and there is no doubt
where some of the kings have gone
The only monumental tomb is that
oil Maria Theresa, of course. She is
Always conspicuous. The good she
did lives after her, and her memory is
kept alive by monuments, tablets and
inscriptions. which can be seen in
every direction you look
Her tomb is curious structure, ex.
| quisitely carved from marble, which
has been allowed to lose its color and
looks like ordinary sandstone Upon
the top are the figures of Maria The
resa and her husband, half reclining
and looking as If they were engaged
in an animated conversation. The
guide explained that they were saying
'auf wiederschen." The figure of
the empress is draped in fashionable
SN'A ''NhtS, III Vic SIlt has h IAN
and in the other sword. and her hus-
bands attire is equally inappropriate
Tor tomb. The old Capuchin monk
who conducts strangers about the
place explained that the tomb was
erected 2G years before the death of
the empress, and that the design was
suggested by herself She watched
its construction with great care. and
was well satisfied with it.
The collins OF her sixteen children
lie around her on the cellar floor
and with them is one containing the
unst OF Miss Fuchs. their governess,
ne only person of common birth who
Hes among the Lords anointed. She
taught their A b C's to all of Maria
lheresas sixteen children, presided
over the imperial nursery for. 81
years, and the empress. who respect,
ed and loved her like sister, deelar-
ed that after death they should not
be separated.
At the other end of the cellar in
sort of recess where there is an eff
iigy of tho Holy Virgin, are two new
looking, handsome bronze caskets al
most concealed by palm leaves and
fowers. They contain the bodies of
the late Empress Elizabeth and the
Archduke Rudolph. The latter, you
will remember. committed suicide
with his mistress, the Countess Vetch.
era, la 1889 Their secret having
been discovered. and further relations
forbidden by the emperor, they fed
tn littla hnntir, i, hn
borhood Of Vienna and there died
together reeiing that death was bet
ter than separation. When asked
how the body of suicide happened
to be buried in that consecreted place,
old Capuchin frair explained that
it had been permitted by special
dispensatiQn of the pope.
Only today there is published III
the local newspapers a sensational
story (Which I am told upon good
authority is Incredibly that the skel-
eton of the Archduke Rudolph was ac-
cidentally disinterred by some lab
orers who were laying the founda-
tons for an electric tramway last
week in the public square called
Neusmarket, upon which the Capu-
chin church faces. According 70 the
story the monks objected to receiv
ing the body of a man who had dis
honored his wife. child, father and
mother and brought disgrace upon
the throne to which he was the near
est heir. and refused to permit 1t to
remain in the vaults with the rest of
the imperial family. Rather than
make public remonstrapce they al
lowed the grunge casket to remain
under the floral decoration. hut re-
moved the body, which they buried
in the adjoining square without sup
posing that it would ever be discov-
cred. 1t is said to be true that
coffin containing the body af a sold
Ter which could nat have been buried
more than twelve years, was actu-
ally found under the pavement OF
Neuesmarket Square, but the authori
ties are SO confident that they are
not tNa remains OF Prince Rudolph
that they have made no investigation.
The emperor has never recovered
from the sorrow and shame suf-
fered because Of his sons tragic end,
and Rudolph was an only son.
Stephanie, his wife, a daughter of
the kiRg sr Belgium. whose es-
capades have made talk for all the
courts of Europe, was married again
last year t. 6eurt Lenyay de Macy
a Hungarian, who holds high posi-
ton In the Austrian army, and her
daughter Elizabeth, who is now Is
years of age, is 'heF4thed to the
Arphatke otto her second cousin.
The emperor has two daughters, the
Archdunhess dazilia, wife OF Prince
Leopold of Bavaria, and the Ar n
duchess Maria, wife of the ArchdHkA
Franz of Tuscany, p" We 70"
Toe emperor Ii now II years old
and quite vigorous for a man of his
years. He takes an active part In the
affairs Of the goyerhmept reviews
his army regularly, and only recent
ly returned from a visit to Hungary,
where he endured the ordeal af tbs
| nftipial atr0ndtnu tho