Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

marriage OF Wilhelmina and Heinrich
Of Mecklenburg.Schw In the early
part of 1000. Kaiser wilhelm. having
second son with no matrimonial entan.
clements, thought he saw way Of
uniting the royal houses Of Hohen-
xollern and Orange. He Invited the girl
queen ana her mother TO Potsdam to
visit him and his family. At the same
time Heinrich Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
In was there with his mother. lie was
about ga well-bullt, good-looking fel.
low, with no end of uniforms ana with
the reputation Of being fine young
man. When the Hollanders arrived at
the POtsdam palace of the Kaiser,
Heinrich happened to be near the cOach
door as they came up, and opened 1t
ana handed the queen and her mother
out.
1t was a little after that-two days,
It Is sald-that In opening an iron gate
for her rs she was walking with the
Kaiser, Heinrich scratched his hand SO
the blood came. With a little cry. VIII
helmina ran to him and bound 1t up
rich looked into each others eyes. The
Kaiser saw the look and was wroth,
and arranged to have the duke cOntinu.
ally absent from her side after that,
but Wilhelmlna and he managed to
meet In the garden OF the palace In a
shaded place, and therc-the third time
they had seen each other-he confessed
that he loved her so madly that he
could not live without her.
"Well," said the young queen, &c.
cording to that tradition which, like
all royal traditions. Is fixed to make
the queen rs shy and humorous as pos
sible. "What about Prince Fredericl;
Of Prussia? He loves me, too"
Well. Of course, Heinrich. either be.
ing wise or loyal. would not run against
the prince, so he begged the queens
pardon and started to leave. but she
put out her hand and detained him,
while she said: II want to know thee
better"
The love affair progressed smoothly
and the two were married, after which
they started for honeymoon OF un,
alleged bliss ut Loo, near Amsterdam
They were hardly away from The
Hague, however before there were ru,
mors of quarrels because the queen re,
fused to pay Heinrich's debts. So vlo
lent We're these quarrels that the dow
ager, who tried to restore peace, was
made Ill by them. Wllhelmina had set
tied on Heinrich out of her private for
tune an annual Income of $l50,000, anC
she refused to be responsible for any
thing he had done before marriage
Heinrich took the money quickly
enough, with the title Of Prince of tn,
Netherlands which she gave him, bu
when he asked for extra spending mon
ey and she refused 1t he grew wrOth
He was not pleased either to learn thai
the queens husband was not recOg
nized In the Dutch constitution as OF
any more Importance than burgher.
Helnrich's creditors had become clam
orOus, and finally on May these usur
ers, who represented every capital II
Europe, decided to throw the notes Int
the open market In Amsterdam ana ge
what they could for them. At that vii
helmina was enraged. She ordered
Heinrich to make arrangements to pay
them out Of his own income and he re
fused. The notes We're dishonOred ant
the royal couple grew farther ant
farther apart. The dOwager tried to rec
Oncile them, and the quarrel was re
peatedly reported patched up. But 1
always broke out again.