The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-01-16

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All Of these, however the princess
had had, so she was willing to discard
them for the still unknown quantity
love.
Months Of entrea;y at last won a
reluctant consent to the marriage
from the Austrian Emperor, and on
March % 1900, stephanie wooded the
man of her choice in the private chap
ell Of Miramar castle at the same time
renouncing in accordance with the
Austrian law all her titles, which we're
bestowed upon her daughter by Crown
Prince Rudolph, the Arch-duchess
Elizabeth of Austria.
The most notorious royal elopement
of recent years was that OF the Crown
Princess stephanles elder sister,
Princess Louise OF SAKE Coburg.
Princess Louise, oldest daughter OF
the King of the Belgians, was married
to Prince Phillip OF Saxe-Coburg when
she was barely II years old. From
that time until her elopement in 1897
she seems to have been a fairly good
wife to a man who maltreated her
so shame'ully that several times. she
fed from him to her father and moth
er, only to be told by them that 1t was
her duty to return to her husband.
From the interval 1t will be seen
that duty took the princess very far
But inthe winter OF 1896 she met for
the first time in her life a wayfarer
that thrust duty aside and took her
further and in a different direction.
She met at a court ball Geza Won
Mat.achich, an Austrian lieutenant Of
Hussars, aud the princess, as a royal
princess must when the man is Of
blood not royal, asked him TO waltz
with her. Whether later she stlll con
| formed TO the rigid requirements Of
court etiquette and asked the lieuten.
ant to elope or whether the sugges.
tlon came from the enterprising, but
not particularly noble officer Is not re-
corded Suffice It that February Of
1897 the couple disappeared together.
Later there was a duel between the
princesss husband and the lieutenant,
Later still, at Monte Carlo the prin.
cess paid her clamorous tradespeople
with notes to which she or her com.
panion had forged the Crown Prin.
cess Stephanie's name. The lieuten.
ant was arrested on a charge OF for
gerry soon after and the princess was
kidnapped and placed in an asylum in
Belgium, where she has been confined
ever since, Her happiness was Ger.
tainly brief
When the Crown Princess Stephanie
married Count Lonyal the most bitter
opponent TO the match was the Arch
duchess Elizabeth, her daughter.
Nevertheless the archduchess her
self later so far forgot the traditions
which she had thought Il 80 easy 70
her mother 10 remember, as to marry
beneath her rank. On January "a, O
this year, in order 10 marry the mar
OF her choice Prince Otto Won Wind
isch-Graetz, she renounced her rights
TO the Austrian throne and followed IL
the steps Of Stephanle
The sensation In royal circles IN
1896 was the elopement of Dona Elvi
ra, daughter OF Don Carlos, pretendei
to the Spanish throne. with Count
Folchi. an artist and a married man
Of Rome. The princess met Count
Folchl, and falling IN love with him
they ran away together.
On hearing the news Don Carlos
issued the following bulletin to his
supporters:
You are my family, my beloved
children, and therefore think Il my
duty TO inform you that another Of my
children. she who was Infanta Dona
Elyira is dead 10 us all May God In
His infinite mercy have pity on that
unhappy SOUL
And the Princess Elyira has been
daad 10 hin. aUar afpoo