Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-23
Court Publishes scandal.

DRESDEN, Saxony, Dec. 22.-By order of
the KING and crown prince the court cir
GUAR today announces the crown princess
OF saxony fed from her home on the night
of December IL
In state of intense mental excitement
she suddenly deserted her family at salz-
burg and went abroad" says the oficiaI
record. "The Saxon court functions for the
winter, Including the New Years reception.
nave been Cancelled" Rumors to this eff
rect have been current for some days. but
have been generally discredited, but It IA
now known that she has vanished so COM
pletely that the police Of every kingdom in
Europe have for ten days been unable to
trace her. The official announcement was
made In order to obtain the aid of the gen.
eral public, and because the court fiction
that she preferred to remain In retirement
at Salzburg rather than to return to her
husband and children at Dresden cannot
longer be maintained.
Goes to Austrian Court.
Accompanied by the crown prince, the
princess went to the castle of Emneror
FRANCIS Joseph, near Salzburg, a month
ago week after their arrival the prince
broke his leg while hunting and was brought
Dack TO Dresden. The princess, however.
remained at the castle. Why she did so
tne people OF the court did not know, ex-
cept that with gloomy tenacity the prin-
cess usually does what she pleases.
For a little while this explanation suf-
need, then fragments Of gossip began to
reach Dresden.
IL was said the princess had surrendered
herself to periods of nervous excitement
and that her eccentricities caused much
concern to her suite and to some of her
Austrian kinsfolk. 1t is now believed that
she was under surveillance and her dIsan-
pearance is therefore considered the more
extraordinary.
On December II the princess, who an
peared to be in an unusually Tranquil mood.
retired before i2. Three hours later. when
a maid looked into the royal bedchamber
something in the appearance of the bed
prompted her to go closer and examine Il.
instead OF the princess the maid perceived
dummy figure. She awakened the lady in
waiting and the latter, with other members
OF the princess suite, searched all the
neighboring apartments, then the entire
CASTLE and finally the ground, but no trace
OF the missing woman was found
AT dawn the police Of Salzburg were In
FORMED OF the disappearance and Inquiries
"NNN AHouS iOuBuOul inc WnOlo country
side' but with no tangible result. The in
quiry was gradually extended to all parts
OF the kingdom, and on authority from
Dresden, by the end OF the second day, to
all Europe. The theory of suicide was sug-
gested and fruitless search for the prin-
cess body has been made without result.
The disappearance of the princess doubt
less Will cause the circulation of many sto-
ries. and it is already reported that she
eloped' but inquiries made here have
brought out nothing to substantiare this
statement
Say Jealousy Was Cause.
VIENNA, Dec. 22.-It is Officially ex-
planned here that the princess disappear
ance is due to mental arrangement. There
Is little doubt that 1t was caused by domes-
tic discord, Growing out of her husbands
relations with an actress OF the Dresden
court theater. 1t is asserted that the prin
cess frequently threatened flight on this
account and that she was incensed at her