The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-12-10
PRINCESS SHOOTS RIVAL
Beautiful Granddaughter of an Er..ne.
ror Flgues in a Scandal.

Beautiful Granddaughter of an Es..ne.
ror Flsues in a Scandal.
Vienna, Dec. 9.z-Princo Otto OF VIM
dish-Graetz. his youthful and i'm
mensely wealthy wife, Princess Eliza
beth Marie, whom he married only a
year ago, II a pretty actress OF the
Opera at Prague, are the central fig
ures in ar extraordinary affair. The
princess, who is granddaughter on her
fathers SIDE, Of the emperor Of AUS
tria, and on her mothers side of the
king of he Bclgians, and is only 20
years old, is the royal parsonage who
renowned her rights to the throne of
Austria In order to marry as her
heart dictated. 1t is asserted that she
shot and seriously wounded a hand
some young actress with whom the
prince is alleged to have had q rendez-,
Gus. The affair is said to have taken
place in the palace on the estate OF
the princes family at Prague.
Princes Attention to Actress.
1t appears that Prince Otto had beer
secretly paying attention to the actress,
whose beauty has been causing a SEN
sation in Prague. The princess was
presumably informed by a disappointed
sutton Of the footlight favorite that a
rendezvous had been arranged in the
palace and was thrown into a passion.
She hurried to the princes apartments
with a small revolver he had given her.
A valet stood at the door and re-
fused her admittance. She drew the
screaming at the top of his voice. En-
tering the rooms h princess confront
ed her husband, who attempted to hold
her arm. But she vas at the height.
of her rag and fret point blank at
the actress. who covered in a corner.
The woman fell, severely but not fatal
~ wounded over the breast, and the
princess fell in a swoon.
The victim was hurriedly carried to
her home. Her ervants spread the
story despite strenuous efforts to hush
it up.
Prince Otto is so years old and was
a lieutenant in the First regiment of
Uhlans. The Austrian emperor, whose
favorite granddaughter the princess
was, opposed the match but finally con-
scented to give away the bride, whose
marriage was celebrated in a magnifi-.
cent way at Vienna. The emperor
gave to the bride securities valued at
$1,600,000, and a yearly allowance of
S2a0,O0O, jewels worth 81, 100000 and a
gold dinner service and several resi-
dences. The princess is the daughter of
the unfortunate Crown Prince Rudolf,
whose tragic death at his hunting
lodge several years ago was the n
lion of the day.
Never did a sovereign have a ,nore
sorroWful family story than that of
a Joseph, emperor of Austria
and king of Hungary. Affairs Of the
heart have been the stumbling block
of the children of the house of Francis
JOSPnh[ InHthn II fnHnf tl,a "a q ~, So, n
peror lis has been especially notable.
Children and grandchildren, nephews
and nieces, nave brought scandal and
shame to blot the escutcheon of the
ancient house. Greatest of all was the
tragedy of the emperor's old age, when
his wife was assassinated by an
aarchist in Switzerland. Princess
louise of saxony, who deserted her
husband to run away with her chill
dren's tutor, was another relative.
Prince Rudolph of Austria, the ia
Their of the princess of today's story,
was a popular and talented young man
whom Austria expected one day to
reign in the seat of his father. Con-
corning his death there has been much
mystery and in the last year two con-
tinents have been deeply interested in
the story that he is not dead, but dis
appeared, to %reappear in America as
Dr.. Chas. Fl. Hoffman, now Of Des
Molnes. Concerning DR.. Hoffman only
this is known, that his real name is
not Hoffman: that he bears a striking
resemblance to the crown prince Of
Austria; that he declined to reveal his
real Identity. and resigned from a
chair in Drake university rather than
do SO land that he has manifested a
wonderful Familiarity with the people
and events concerned with the reign7cf
the H~apsburgs. In addition, some peo-,
pie who mysteriensly claim to know
more. Of his history have asserted pest
tiYely that he is he prince.
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