The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-21
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ny llA MARQUIS DE FuNFi;NOl.
- MPpI;OR FRANCIS JOSEPH. in
II potenttary at Peklng. is sending
IL from Tehcrap, to he his pleni-
potcntiary Al Pckin. is sending
this still young diplomat back 10 the
scene of those exploits by means OF
which he first won a celebrity shared,
Il not surpassed. by that acquired by
MS wife. For Nine. Won Ros thorn was
| The heroine or tho siege OF the icga-
! lions IN the Chinese capital eleven years
! ago She Is a typical Nicnnnse, bare
! ~ thirty years OF age, very pretty. of
\ n most sunny disposition. ways Smil-
Ing, and whose shyness. not to say
! timidlty. as e young girl, prior 10 her
marriage gave but little indication oil
the bravery she displayed at the siege
or the legations al Peking---a courage
| 10 which every writer about the
| eicge. from Pierre Lott to Putnam
Weale, has borne glowing tribute. ana
which was recognized by the Emperor
OF Austria with the Order Of E3li2a
beth, b. the French government with
The Order of the Legion OF Honor; In
fact Nine von l,osthorn has received
! decorations from almost every Eu-
ropean government. She is dnughtc!
OF the late DR.. Pichlcr, who was one OF
the leading. dentists Of Vienna. and al
the age of barely eighteen married
young Arthur Won Rosthorn
Son OF one of the government III
spectors OF factories In Austria. and
native Of Vienna, Won Rostliorn pass :
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his. own country, and then Went TO
Oxford, land took n degree there. On
the recommendation OF his fathers
friend Ior. Won Scheyr. the well known
explorer, who was 81 the time Austria
Consul General at Shanghai. he en- !
tered, at the age of twenty three, The
imperial Chinese customs service I'M
der Sir Robert Hart During visit
home on leave, he was brought into
contact with the Austrian Minister OF
Foreign Affairs. Count ciolouchowsiSi.
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ness, and by his Knowledge OF men and
conditions In China. that he urged him
TO enter the Austrian diplomatic SER
vice. promising him pid promotion.
the Austrian legation at Peking. and
a few months later. his chief being
transferred TO another post, he was
left as charge d'anaires.
His young wife. MOI even twenty
years of age at that time had just
quilted Picking for Shanghai TO take
shin for her fathers home in Austria.
where the birth Of her first child was
10 take place. Whom on the eve OF
her cmbarkation, she was made aware
OF the danger which was about T.,
connection With the Boxer insurrec-
ton. Absolutely refusing to leave her
husband alone to face the peril, she
managed at the last moincntto be dis
cd to Pclsing. arriving there just be-
fore the legations were shut off from
the outer world. She was the life and
soul of the defense. organized the am
bulancc arrangements, and even the
perilOuS service of keeping the de-
tenders Of tho outworks supplied with
ammunition. in which she, in spite OF
the delicate condition of her health
took AN aotiyo part
After the Siege was over. and after
Won l:osthorn returned home, with his
wife. 10 find themselves famous lie was
promoted to the post of Minister to
Persia. There. too. Won Rosthorn did
we'll, while young Nine. Won Rosthorn
distinguished herself by a still farther
feat Of courage during tho rcvoiu-
tionary troubles which Cor several
years past have rendered the Shah's
ca pital an extremely unsafe place Of
afternoon, with the wife OF the envoy
OF Russia from Il reception, a sentinel
on duty before one OF the government
departments. lcynlcd his rifle at the
Two women. and fred, the bullet strik-
ing the carriage, without, however
iniurng. Its occupants. Without mo-
nents hesitation. Nine. Won Tiosthorn
stopped tho carriage, jumped out rush
cd up 10 the sentinel, snatched his
rifle from his hands. and seized him by
by The onslaught that lie made littlo
attempt at resistance, until the janis
shry of the Austrian legation had come
10 her i,assistance. Fortunately, some
spot BY tho noise OF the shooting. ap,
| peared in time TO take tho man into
custody.
According TO the accounts OF the
had while onduty become imbucd with
| u sudden sense OF the misforttincs or
| his country. which In. his case took
tho form OF absence OF pay. ana The
consequent dostitution OF Ills family.
1 And, taught by the lower classes OF the
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