Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-21
Alexandra of Isenburg Married a
Rich Husband and Had a
Dot of 100000
BUT WENT THROUGH ALL THAT.
AT Least One Money Lender Has Com
mitted Suicide on Her Account
Warrants for Debt
snecial correspondence.

Special Correspondence,
Berlin, Nov 12--Announcement that
a warrant recently was issued for the
arrest OF Princess Alexandra Of lsen-
burg makes It permissible to unVeil TINS
lady's remarkable career. Princess
Alexandra comes Of one OF the Oldest
md proudest families of the higher
German nobility for the Isenburgs can
trace their descent back 20 valiant
warrior Of the tenth century, and they
were loaded with riches, honors and IT,
ties 800 years ago,
AT the age OF 20 Princess Alexandra
married her kinsman. Prince Adalbert
of Isenburg, who belonged TO another
branch of the family, and 1t was
thought that the young couple had ey-
cry prospecy of lifelong happiness.
Prince Adalbert was Immensely wealthy
and Princess Alexandra brought into
the marriage dowry OF $0,OOO,OO Ihey
were Young, possessed nine magnificent
homes and estates and had brilliant
social position.
Soon. however. things assumed diff
ferent aspect, Princess Alexandra grew
cold toward her husband and fell IN
love with an officer named Pagenhardt
in a regiment stationed at STUTTGART
where they lived. Lieut.. Pagenhardt
was of pebian birth, pennilcss and not
even good looking Nevertheless he
was able to fascinate the princess, who
deserted her husband to throw In her
lot with his. Prince Adalbert filed an
action for divorce, citing Lieut. Pagen-
hardt as correspondent and the decree
was granted Just two years after he
had led Princess Alexandra to the al
tar. one year later Princess AleXan-
dra married Lieut.. Pagenhardt, who,
through her influence, was enabled to
obtain the rank and title Of baron. At
the settlement of the divorce case Prin-
cess Alexandra had received back her
dowry of 5,0000 00 so that she started
her second period of welded life with
sufficient funds to live comfortably,
though she was not so wealthy as she
had been In her first marriage.
SPENT 81, OOO. COO IN FIVE YEARS,
Baron Pagenhardt and Princess Alex
andra began TO live In magnificent style
shortly after their marriage. They
maintained a palace mt stuttgart Cfor
they continued 20 reside there notwith-.
standing the presence In the town Of the
princess first husband), they had a
country house In bavaria, "A shooting
lodge in the Tyrol, "A villa in the Riviera
and a town residence IN Berlin. At
their various homes they kept several
hundred horses and employed a regular
army of several thousand domestics
and servants of all kinds
one winter they gave a banquet TO 100
guests on $50 evenings In succession,
and each one of these sumptuous feasts
at which the rarest dishes ana choic-
est wines were served, cost fortune.
Princess Alexandra never wore an eve-
ming dress costing less than $500, and
frequently appeared in theaters and
places OF public amusement with dia-
monds valued at $3.50, 600. They kept n
yacht almost as large as an Atlantic
liner and never made q railway jour
ney without their own special train,
made up of the most luxurious Sleep
ing, dining and saloon cars. Baron Pa
genhardt never smoked cigar costing
less than 81. nor did he ever offer a
guest a less valuable brand than this
one,
II would have been clear TO any ra-
tlonaI individual that even princely
fortune would not last long atthjs rate
OF expenditure, but Princess Alexandra
and her husband We're utterly without
any real conception OF the value of
money until II was all gone.
Alomst Immediately after their ex-
pensive style of living was commenced
It became evident TO them they could
not keep II up on the interest yielded
by the princess's fortune, so without
hesitation they began to draw freely
on the capital, Of course with dlsas-
trous results. Princess Alexandra