Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-15

| cablel from Vienna of the sensational
suicide of the Crown Prince Rudolph,
of Austria, the last male heir 10 the
throna of the Hapsburgs. There were
| two daughters. Gazella and Valeria'
both Of whom had married below their
rank. and therefore lost all rights TO
| the throne of Austria.
One day when he supposed he was
alone he opened valise and looked at
packet the grip contained. one OF
the family in whose care he was saw
the packet Overcome by curiousity she
| took it from his hands. DR.. Baron
| wrenched the packet from her hands
but as he did so the wrapper was torn
Then the woman saw in the packet the
imperial golden fleece, which Is oliis
worn by members of the Austrian royal
house, covered with diamonds ana on,
or gems. Its diamond star flashed
brightly as DR.. Baron tried TO conceal
the contents of the packet. Dr. Baron
recovered and when last heard from
wrote from Chicago that ne was "
practice in Des MONIES.
Crown Prince Rudolph Is supposed 10
have ended his life fifteen years ago III
Vienna 1t is said that his supPoseu
suicide was caused by disappointment
in love. He was deeply enamored OF
young woman of great beauty. ths
daughter o fan innkeeper. He petl.ioli-
ed the emperor to allow him TO marry
the girl. For the blood of the Flaps
burss to mingle with that of innkeepers
was not to be thought Of and the EN-
peror refused his prayer with indigna
ton. Shortly after 1t was announced
from the palace that the crown prince
had killed himself, and it was under
stood that his suicide was caused by
despair at not being able to wed the
woman of his choice.
1t is stated, however. that his body,
which was buried with royal pomp, was
not that of the crown prince, but
corpse from a medical college where the
prince studied and which he found re-
sembled himself Prince Rudolph es-
caped from the empire and came to
America.
The crown prince was one of the
most skillful physicians and surgeons
in Austria, and had studied medicine
turnout his youth. 1t was well known
in official circles that he would have
readily bartered his princeton for
quiet practice. and his heart was wrap
ned up in his studies rather than in
| the cares of state.
| He came to America, according to the
story, and earned his living as a physi-
clan under the name of Hoffman In.
New York and other eastern states. He
came to Iowa several years ago and OBJ
tanned the chair of medicine in the
| Drake university medical department.
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man. who refused to talk about his past
| or give information about himself, but
he was popular with the students
Prince Only Fourty-four.
Prince Rudolph would be A years of
age, were he living at this time. DR..
| Hoffman vestc-scv said that the prince
would be q, f-,,st -. ae5s VINO had
discussed the question had said that
the heir to Apstria's throne would be at
least So. However, the fact Is he was
born August 81. 1853, so that he would
not be 40 until next August We're he
!! living.
DR.. Hoffman admits to 3S years. He
| is a remarkably we'll preserved man.
| Prince Rudolph was a scholarly man.
1 and nothing is said in the histories or
! the encyclopedias about him being dis
/ sipated The gossip concerning the
manner of his death, the only IN
timation that he may have been other
/ than model. Indeed. the Annual Cy-
/ clopedia says that he was man OF
/ active habits. of versatih talents. of
cordial manner, of universal popular
/ ity: that he had a deep attachment for
| his father and an intense patriotic love
| for the land and the people of his
/ country. He was graceful public
speaker. and. his extempore addresses
| were filed with aphorisms. He was a
/ linguist He astonded the Servian am
! bassador on one occasion by convers-
/ ing with him in his own tongue. He
/ had widely travelled. He had written
several volumes. He had written a
natural history and had planned de-
scriptive history OF his nation. of which
the associate editor was to be Jokai.
He had planned on volume devoted to
game and hunting.
All of which dispels the theory that
had been promulgated that the crown
prince pursued dissipation as his sole
occupation. Willoughby Werner told
soon after the crown princes death of
trips that he. himself, had taken with
the young man in the pursuit of game
and OF scientific knowledge. They said
that he was careless to the fact that he
was the heir to the throne, and thus a
parsonage of vast Importance.
Moreover, the prince was the president
of the Congress of Hygiene in 1888 at
Vienna.
The Annual Cyclopedia says that the
crown prince was carefully educated
/ and that his tastes ran more to liter
ature, the sciences, art and inventions
rather than to the military.
Strange Stories of Death.
Strange and sensational stories have
been told of the death of the crown
prince
An effort to make 1T appear that he
died of apoplexy was baked by the
physicians who refused to say 1t. En-
peror Joseph then consented to having
1t promulgated that the young man
died by his own hanod, ending his life
with a pistol.
Gossip has had 1t In many forms
One story is that he had fought duel
with a prince of the realm on account
of the latter's wronged sister but
fought 1t on the American plan. That
is, they shook dice to decide which
should kill himself. The crown prince
lost. The conditions gave him three
months to do the business. TIE story
which is printed one, as all these are
puts 1t down that he kept his pact. Blu
), it has been limited that he managed
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