The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07
ND A NEST
Nj CONsP|RAT0RS
..... Of Bavaria 10 Head Of Plot
10 Put King Manuel Back
on the Portuguese
Throne.
Or A WIFE FOR HIM
,,nIty Is Increasing 50 Rapidly in
Germany That Il Has Be
come an important
Question.

m Karl H. Won Wiegand, Berlin Cor
respondent OF the United Press.]
BERLIN, Sept. GA nest OF conspir-
tors has been discovered In the beau
ta castle of Possenhofen, the home
Duchess KarlTheodor Of Bavaria,
the Starnberg Lake, off Munich.
khe Duchess, cousin of the prince
xent lost her husband, a son and
no daughters by death In the last
kree years, and apparently has only
buud solace in plotting to replace
v Eing Manuel on his throne. That she
princess OF Braganza may par
|hlly account for her interest in the
sstoration of royal power in Portugal.
HE Duchess is not endowed with
heat fortune but her friends and all
Hose belonging to the Bavarian Court
Ee extremely wealthy.
The Munich papers have occasion
Lb limited at the conspiracy, and de-
spite official denials everyone believes
he story is true. A fund was raised
' NJ the duchess last year for the pro-
Imyalist campaign by means of a lc-
|tsT, which is contrary to the Bavar-
= In laws The tickets were sold at
lncy prices among the duchess's en-
|harage, and 1t is said that the scheme
| letted 100000. The leading royalists
~ Portugal who have been exiled by
|tAe republican government have round
| refuge in Mulch and war councils"
| irs often held under the chairmanship
| ., The duchess. to whom ex-King
Manuel appears to have given free
|haad. Six months ago, two of these
/ srles We're sent to Portugal by the
duchess in disguise and under false
names In order to ascertain the atti-
tide Of the population toward a pro-
ruyalist movement. When the spies
ietuned to Munich they reported to
me duchess that royalist Portugal had
slath In royalty but none in King
Manuel, whom they considered more
'of less irresponsible youth. Hearing
.las, the duchess Immediately reached
the conclusion: Manuel must marry"
But It was hard job to get him a
tuitable wife. Crownless. moneyless,
and prospectless, he was anything but
desirable catch for princess. More
oyer, the prospective wife had to be
! Catholic, and this condition left most
Of the German princesses out of the
question. But. the young and charm
ing princess Augusta Victoria of Ho
nenzollern, cousin of the German
haser and Of the King of Roumania
happened to be in Munich, on a visi'
% relatives, at the time. The duchess
invited her to Possenhofen, and with
out any preamble abruptly asked her
DO you want to marry Manuel o.
Pcrtugal?"
The young girl flushed but gave nj
reply Several weeks later the en-
gagement was officially announced
Inc consent of the Kaiser, the heat
Of the Hohenzollern family, hat
% be considered; and it was only OBJ
Hined on condition that Manue
would not conspire in Germany, a
dermany maintains the most cordia
relations with the republican govern
ment Manuel agreed. with sigh
and faithful to his promise. when
ever he now wishes to meet with hi
Political friends he goes to Zurich
switzerland. The duchess Karl-Thec
uor however, quietly continues he
plotting.
Manuers marriage was celebrate
win great pomp in Sisgmarins er
September 3.
The recent terrible butchery in tn
srls school at Bremen by the mac
man Schmidt was only one of lon
series OF similar crimes that have OK
vupled the attention OF the German pr
nee and medical experts in the pas
'eW months. The most natural col
ciusion Is that either the number c
criminal insane Is increasing in tn
empire or the measures taken by tn
authorities for safeguarding the publ
ssainst such persons are Inadequate
me latter theory is graphically SUI
ported in the case Of a peasant farme
VINO the other day killed his wife an
laughter while they were asleep. fra
Turing their skulls with a, hammer
then went to the parish priest an
confessed the deed. Police invest
cation revealed the fact that 20 yeai
ago ne was arrested and tried for Xii
ing his two infant children, "wishin
70 make angels of them" as he sail
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