Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-09-08
BADEN'S RULER IS
80 YEARS OLD
ToMoRRoW'S CELEBRATION OF
BIRTHDAY WILL BE ON A MOST
ELABORATE SCALE.
Special to the Herald

Special to the Herald
Berlin, Sept. S.-Advices from
Carlsruhe state that preparations OF
a most elaborate scale have beer
made for tomorrow's celebration o
the eightieth anniversary Of the reign
ing grand duke. of Baden. Frederick I
The celebration will be genera
throughout the duchy. The advices
further state that the grand duke is
particularly pleased and gratified by
the visit of a delegation from Pitts
burg, bringing with them a message
of congratulation from the grand
dukes former subjects, now residents
OF America.
The grand duke of Baden is in a
way one of the most notable figures
among the rulers of Europe. Few
people have played a more important
role, not only in the constitution of
the German empire, out also in the
maintenance of its integrity. 1t was
he who, as one of the independent
sovereigns of Southern Germany, con
Quoted all the negotiations that led to
the election Of King William Of Prus-
STA as German emperor in 1870. And
it is he, too, who since then has been
the principal factor in smoothing
away all those many differences.
some Of them Of very acute charac-
ter, that have arisen between Prussia
and the other states of the confed-
Grafton.
It is something of a coincidence
that the present week marked the
fftieth year of the reign of the grand
duke. He owes his throne in the first
place TO the insanity Of his elder
brother, who died under restraint
after being deposed, and secondly to
the romance in connection with the
son Of the Grand Duchess Stephanie
of Baden. Stephanie, an adopted
daughter of the first Napoleon, was
a devout Roman Catholic and a
by birth. She bore to
her husband five children. three
daughters and two sons. One of these
sons died in infancy. Concerning the
other son there always has been a
mystery. She herself went down in
the grave firmly convinced that her
little boy had been stolen by the adj
herents OF the now reigning and
Lutheran branch OF the house OF
Baden. True, an infant was carried
to the grave with all the honor Due
to the ruTUST1s' q 4 7irr7'1,
the blood. But the grand duc1c
ways insisted that the little corpsts
was not that OF her child, but was
that of a little boy who. moribund.
had been substituted by her enemies
for her own healthy offspring.
Years after a young man was found |
Of hunger at the gates of
Nuremberg. and was taken to the po-
Ice station. He was entirely unable |
10 communicate with anybody, having
no power Of speech and no acquaint-
lnce with either reading or writing.
He fell into charitable hands, and |
gradually was taught and educated.
he by degrees became
lble to give some account of himself.
From this it appeared that he had
Jeen kept like a wild beast in a dark
Dom. This existence continued from
he time he could remember until the
lay he was placed, blindfolded, in
art and driven to the spot at the
rates Of Nuremberg where he was
found. The memories
which he recalled of his childhood
we're of such a character as to give
Use to the belief that he was no other
han the missing son of the Grand
Duchess Stephanie A meeting was
arranged for them, the mother being
convinced that the youth was her
Missing son. But within a few hours
# the time appointed for the inter
Jew he was mortally stabbed by
ONE unknown individual.