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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-02
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and 1t was finally given out as suicide,
bIt as suicide was so abhorrent TO the
Catholic Church the Empress refused
to believe that her son had taken his
life. However, no effort was made to
find the murderer and the case is stin
known In Austria as 1.-The Meyerling
mystery"
The death Of the Grown Prince had
an alarming effect on the Empress
who was devoted to her son. She
never appeared at Court after his
death, but wandered from place to
place in her sorrow. The Emperor.
who was always devoted to his wife,
did all In his power to lift the veil Of
melancholy which seemed to envelope
her, but without avail, and to use the
language Of a noted Hungarian writer:
THE Borrowing woman in black wan
dered from country to country as
though dread shadow pursued her."
Empress Assassinatcd.
The Curse of the Hapsburgs was
destined to claim her in its clutches,
and this occurred while she was in
Switzerland trying to recover health
and strength to be present at the EN-
peror's Jubilee in 1898. Walking on
the Quail de Mont Blanc In Geneva,
accompanied only by her lady-in-wait-
ing. the Countess Sztaray, she was
stabbed by an Italian anarchist, who
used sharpened shoe awl as a
weapor,--driving 1t into the heart OF
his victim. By strange coincidence,
j. was very like the knife used years
before when Franz Joseph's life was
attempted. The dress worn by the
Empress at the time Of her death Is
one OF the relies preserved at the
Elizabeth Museum in Budapest. Only
tiny blood stain appears upon the
gown. the Empress having died OF
internal hemorrhage.
This seemed to be the browning sor-
row of the many which had fallen
upon the Emperor. and those who
know him best declare that he has
never been the same since the Geneva
tragedy" On the day of the funeral
the Emperor instituted in memory OF
the Empress THE Order of Elizabeth"
for women of all ranks who have de-
voted themselves to religious. human
tartan or charitable works or objects.
The first Grand Cross was bestowed
upon the Countess Sztaray. who was
with the Empress at the time OF her
death.
Other Sorrows.
But the trials Of the Emperor were
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once smitten by the charms OF The
beautiful girl and he determined TO
make her his wife. When tho Arch
duchess Isabella learned OF the turn
OF affairs she at once dismissed the
girl and sent her home to Bohemia.
The Archduke returned to Vienna and
announced his intention of marrying
the pretty Bohemian. TO his uncle. the
Emperor There was long stormy
scene at the palace, but In the END the
Archduke won. but only after he had
made an oath that children by TINS
marriage should not inherit tns
throne. The wedding took place very
auietly--not even the bridegroom
brother being present. However,
turned out happily, and three children
were born to the couple. In the mean
time. the daughter of the Archduchess
IsabeIla~-the young girl who had set
her can" for the heir TO the throne
entered a convent much to the sorrow
az her family. On learning this the
old Emperor In said to have declared
that although he ruled mighty nation
he was not master OF his own house
After a time. however. the charm
ing manners OF the wife OF the helr
apparent won the heart OF the ioheF
ruler and he conferred upon her me
title az the Duchess OF Honenberg.
She had great influence Win her mug
band and was gradually cnane'ns H4s
nolicv but before he was able 10 pun
her theories into practice the Surse o.
the House OF Hapsburg fell--the ftus-
$3.50 ard wife were shot to death =
posria the little country which NAG
Sal1an a nrey to the Austrian lana
grabbing propensities. ,
"conhie live for our children, &vers
tho Archduke's last words, as ne SANK
49, or.trst the cushions Of the car
r,aga DYING But the Duchess never
heard. for she became unconscious AT
er the first shot. =,
Tho children had remained al
ccboenbrun with the Emperor wa'ie
thetr narents were paying their ofiiciat
Wei, 70 BOSNIA and were playing IN
the garden beside him when the news
Of the assassination reached Inc
palace. The heart-broken old ruler IS
said to have gathered them IN ms
arms and told them OF the awfui rate
Of their devoted father and mother.
New Heir Popular.
This makes the Archduke Charles
Francis, the younger pioth0' "
Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the
throne. This young man VINO IS but
twenty seven years of age has always
been favorite with the Emperor and
Ia immensely popular throughout
Austria and Hungary. His tastes are
democratic. and he is said to be. az
mild and ingratiating as his uncle Is
stern and forbidding, Then. too, he is
happily married to the Princess Zita
of Parma, and their children may in
herit and thus the House OF Hapsburg
may be preserved.
The Emperor Franz Joseph IN the
course of nature cannot live much
longer. Will the terrible Karolyi
Curse, which has so relentiessly pur-s
sued the Hapsburgs, have spent IT.
force at his death2
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not over, for few years later his
favorite sister-in- law. the Duchess
d'Alencon, lost her life in the great
fire which swept over a charity bazaar
in Paris and only snort time after
ward one of his nieces was burned to
death at the Palace OF Schoenbrun.
Then his granddaughter. the
Princess Elizabeth, daughter OF the
lead Crown Prince fell In love with a
young army officer OF the House OF
Windesc hi graft, who was serving with
a regiment quartered at Vienna Art
err a stormy scene with her grandfather
she obtained his consent to marry the
Young man. The young man then be-
came Prince Otto OF Windeschgratz.
and on the day of the marriage the
entire Junior branch OF the house to
which the bridegroom belonged was
given the rank of Serene Highness.
But even this marriage was destined
to bring disgrace. for only short
time after the wedding the Arch
duchess fired shot at an actress or
whom she was Jealous. Her mother.
the Princess Stephanie, in the mean
time had created a scandal at Court
by marrying Count Louyay and had
caused the Emperor no little humili-
alton by her extraordinary behavior
at Court.
The Emperor's grandchild, Princess
Louise, of Tuscany. astounded both
Vienna and Paris by the life which
she led and when reprimanded for 1t
Haunted her escapades in the face OF
the royal family by publishing SEN
sational account of her mad career.
Still another granddaughter was des-
tined to bring sorrow to the venerable
Head OF the Hapsburg5 when she
eloped with an army officer and lived
with him for some time before her
family forced her to marry him. The
Archduchess Louise was the next to
create scandal. for she deserted her
husband for a music teacher.
Archdukes Cause Scandals.
The male members of the family,
too, added grief to the declining years
OF the Emperor. The Archduke
Leopold after a career OF debauchery
married a second rate actress and was
deprived OF his titles and exiled. Arch
duke Louis Victor, another brother
who was known as the greatest roue
In Europe, had to be confined in an
insane asylum. Archduke Otto was
dismissed from. the army owing to a
scandal which he had caused. and the
Archduke Ladelas was killed while on
hunting expedition by peasant In
revenge for cruelty pracsiced by him
on this class.
Francis Ferdinand Marries Beneath
Him.
Even the man who up to short
time ago was the heir to the throne,
the Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
caused the Emperor no little trouble.
This young man paid visit 10 the
home OF the Archduchess Isabella, who
expected him to marry her daughter.
Among her ladies-in- waiting was
Sophie Chotek, a young bohemian OF
good family. The Archdukc was At
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garians.
For a time the couple Led an exist
ence OF unclouded happiness. Four
children were born as the result of
their union. The oldest. the little Arch
duchess Sophie. named for her grand
mother, died of typhoid fever in early
childhood. The disease was contracted
from drinking water sent from q
Vienna spring. In some way It became
uncorked ana spoiled. but the nurse
did not discover It until the child was
taken Ill.
The second child. the Archduchess
Gisela. is now the Queen OF Bavaria.
The other two children were the Arch
duchess Marie Valerie. who became
the wife OF Franz Salvador. Archduke
of Austria Tuscany. and Prince Ru-
dolph. the heir to the throne.
The Empress lost her health after
the birth OF the Crown Prince and
had to spend much OF her time away
from the Emperor at the different
spas" OF Europe,
Then the Archduke Macmillan was
persuaded to go 10 Mexico to rule over
that restless land. He was urged to
do this by his wife, the Empress
Charlotte. and his mother. the Arch
duchess Sophie. the latter being most
insistent In her demands--declaring
that she wanted to be known as the
mother of two Emperors. But the
Curse OF the lIapsburgs fell once more
for Macmillan was executed by the
ungrateful Mexicans and his wife, the
beautiful Empress Charlotte, ended
her days in q mad house
Death or The Crown Prince.
The hopes of the Emperor now be-
came centered on the Crown Prince,
who grew to manhood universally be-
loved by all his subjects. Always of q
shy and retiring disposition, the young
prince spent much of HI time In
shooting and became taxidermist of
no mean ability mounting up the re-
suits OF his shooting expeditions for
the National Museum. He married
the Princess Stephanie. the second
daughter of King Leopold III. OF Bel
GUM. There seems to have been very
little love in the matter for the Crown
Prince seemed to have been infatuated
with the Baroness Marie Vestera. In
1889 the Curse fell once more on the
,Hapsburgs, for the heir to the throne
was found dead at hrs hunting lodge at
Meyerling not very far from Vienna.
Beside HIM was the dead body Of the
Baroness. All sorts OF rumors were
afioat as to how the couple mat death.
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be exterminatcd; may you be
- smittcn ia the persons of
those you love best; may your chill
dren be brought TO ruin and your life
wrecked. and yet may you live on In
lonely. unbroken horrible grief, TO
trenbIe when you recall the name of
Karolyi!"
This was the curse pronounced on
the Emperor Franz Joseph by the
Countess Karolyl, whose son was put
to death by order 81 Tho Emperor for
participating in the Hungarian upris-
ing. The Countess IS said 10 have
shrieked out her curse al the Emperor
when he appeared Il a State ball in
Vienna
at will come 70 pass" she crted as
the attendants dragged her away.
Surely her words were proph
for death has come TO the EmpeCNs
best loved relations In most ttagiN
manner. To-day we End him tottering
with old age standing alone like some
great tree which IA storm has shoru OF
its branches
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Kaiser OF Austria, doing so AFTER DehE
compelled by Napoleon In 1906. to re-
nounce the imperial crown OF Rome,
which had been practically in the
Hapsburg family for more than three
centuries. BEFORE this he had already
coupled with his title OF Emperor OF
the Romans that OF Hereditary EN-
peror OF Austria. He was succeeded
by his son. Emperor Ferdinand /, on
whose abdication on December 2nd,
lS4R. the crown came to his nephew.
the present Emperor Franz Joseph /,
who is known as the Emperor King or
Austria Hungary The internaltonaF
relations Of these countries is called
the Austro- Hungarian monarchy.
1t consists OF two States-the Aus
trlau Empire and the Hungarian King
dom. The relations between the TWO
are regulated by the so-called com
promise of 1861. which makes Franz
Joseph the common head OF the two
nations and known in Austria as EN-
perUr ana in Hungary as the Apostolic
ESnR The present Emperor came
10 The throne in 1888. was crowned
King al Hungary and took the
cath Of the Hungarian Constitution
June 9Th. 1867. He was but eighteen
years Of age when his weak uncle,
Ferdinand .ahdieated The father OF
Franz Joseph. the Archduke Francis
Charles. would have been the next IN
line. but the royal family preferred
young Franz" who had already
made his mark as q student. Several
times his mother. the Archduchess
sophie. had given him hint OF me
honor which was to come 70 him and
by her orders he received instructions
in every branch OF Jurisprudence, He
also became an expert shot and fear
less horseman. The Archduchess ruled
the father as well as the son, and she
knew that the father was totally unfit
fer the crown. She finally worried
her husband into declaring that he
had seen vision while earnestly pray
ing for guidance In the matter He
then told the Court that the spirit Of
his father. the late Emperor Francis.
had appeared and laid his hand on
the head Of his youthful grandson,
Franz Joseph. This decided the fam
Nv ard young Franz Joseph became
the ruler
RcignS Over A Mixed People.
Austria received him with frantic
delight, and the day Of his accession
was one % Joy throughout the land.
The young Emperor even at that age
had a remarkable tnDception OF duty.
which has served him well during his
long and checkered reign. When first
addressed AS your Majesty" he turned
pale and murmured Farewell TO my
YOUTH Ills foot was already on the
thorry path which he has unainching
~ trodden for Nixty-six years. During
this time ne has reigned over more
than Fifty million people consisting OF
Austrians. Hungarians, Bohemians,
Bosnians and Her1eeoyinians. They
are his subjects. but besides these IA
large number Of Germans. Italians.
Russians. Swiss Roumanians, British.
French, Montenegrin. Turkish. Ser
Wan, Bulgarian observation-disclosures and
over three thousands Americans live in
his domain.
His troubles began early in his reign.
as few months after he came to the
throne discussions arose throughout
the land watch were followed by ex-
ternal sggressions
The Curse In 1858.
| In 1883 the list Of tragic incidents
= - #
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How the Fatal Curse Put Upon the Emperor Franz
Joseph Has Swept His Loved Ones Away In a
Tragic Manner The Most Pathetic
Figure In European History.

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Graham guardian., 1914-11-20
A BOYS IDEA

A youngster whose father was
editor of a small town daily, was
asked to write a composition on
Professional Men,"
When an editor makes a mistake
there is lawsuit and swearing and
a big fuss, but if a doctor makes
one, there is a funeral. cut flowers
and perfect silence. A doctor can
use a word a yard long without him
or anybody knowing what it means;
but if the editor uses one he has to
spell it. If the. doctor goes to see
another mans wife, he charges for
the visit; but if the editor goes, he
gets a charge of buckshot. When
the doctor gets drunk it is a case of
being overdone by the heat, and if
he dies it is from heart trouble;
when the editor gets drunk it's a
case of too much booze, and if he
dies it's the jim-jams. Any old COL
lege can make a doctor; an editor
has to be born.
Graham guardian., 1914-11-20
THE INCOME TAX

The officials of the Treasury De-
partment are planning a nation
wide campaign for detection of the
income tax dodgers. They claim
millions of dollars have yet to be
collected on unpaid taxes. We have
suspected for some time that the
millionares of Stafford were not COM
ing through with their just proper
ton of taxes on their incomes, but
the chances are favorable that they
will have to come over now and give
Uncle Sam a share of their easy
earnings. At the same time, we
hope the government inspectors will
discover our income, for we will
certainly be happy to realize it and
will be happier still to contribute our
share toward the fund.
Graham guardian., 1914-11-20
EDITOR GOES DIPPY

The City Editor sits at his desk,
His face is lined and gray;
His hopes for having an easy time
Have faded far away;
For in his hand he holds a sheet
OF "flimsy" off the wire
That states Szczebrzeszyn
Will soon be under fire.
"Oh, anything but that" he cries,
Przemysl was bad enough,
And Jedresjow and Opatow,
And Gropec, too, were tough,
But now those wierd peculiar towns
Seem very, very tame,
And to the copy desk he gives
The diabolic name.
But oh, the cries that now arise
From all the workers there;
They sneeze and cough and spit and
scott;
Their rawlings fill the air;
They choke and gnash their very
teeth,
Then wrap themselves in gloom.
And send Szczcbrzeszyn
To the poor composing room.
(Three minutes later-Voice from
composing room: Three linotype
machines busted tryin' to set Szcz-
cbrccszyn." City editor-"Set it
up by hand.")
(fhrre minutes later, composing
room, Three mel break their a. ms
lryin' to set Szczcb." City editor
-"Aw, skip it and gwan.")
And then he does song and dance
Upon the city desk.
And raves about the Russian towns
In words that are grotesque;
He tears his hair, he tears his clothes;
He tries to bite his ear;
And then he mutters crafty.
And this is what we hear:
Tckerngvtchitsy, ah, Radsvgm-
shki, rah, Hoch der Kaiser, God save
the King, Vive la France" etc, etc, =,
etc.
News item" The city editor of
the Morning Sneeze was stricken
with emotional insanity late last
evening. He was removed to DR..
Dippy's sanitarium at Bugville.
Graham guardian., 1914-11-20
FOREST NOTES

Wireless teIegraphy is being used
in Canada in reporting on forest
fires.
Six thousand bushels of lodgepole
pine seed are being collected this
fall on the Arapaho national forest,
Colorado, for use in reforeStalion
work next spring.
The Philippine bureau of forestry
has recently invited bids for the cut
ting of nearly 300, 900 acres of choice
timberland on the public forests on
the island Of Luzon.
Recent experiments indicate that
round umhprS Of ali the pines, of
EngeImann spruce, Douglas fir,
tamaraCk, and western larch, can be
readily treated with preservativcs,
but that the frs, hemICcks. redwood =,
and Sitka spruce, in the round, do
not take treatment easily. This IN
formation should be of value to per-
sons who contemplate pIeservativr
treatment Of round posts. poles, or
mine props.
Graham guardian., 1914-11-20

to take away a very small and choice
part of Gila county, leaving the
larger, least productive and the
hardest part to maintain. More
over, a majority Of the voters came
to believe that whatever might be
the merits of the bill, it was mat
ter which should be left to decision
by the people of the county.
But the county seat removal and
division bills were of a general
character and sometime, if they had
passed, would probably have been
applicable to every existing county
in the State. Under the present
law it would be impossible to change
the county seats Of some of the
counties, though three-fourths of
all the people in the county might
desire it. Under the existing law
the county seat of Cochise county
could not be moved if every man,
woman and child in the county
should want it done.
The law requires that petitions
for the removal of county seats
must be signed by a certain proper
ton of the taxpayers, and that two
thirds of the taxable wealth of the
county must be represented in the
petition. The law also forbids the
listing of the property of corpora
tiOns in such petitions. More than
two-ihirds Of the property Of Co,
chise county could not, therefore,
be represented in such petition.
Thus, any attempt to take the
county seat from Tombstone to
Douglas, Bisbee or Warren would
fail to get even a start.
If the people of Tombstone, them
selves, were desirous of getting rid
of the county seat, and everybody
outside of Tombstone was trying to
help them do so, nothing could be
done about it. The county seat
would cling TO the neck of Tomb
stone like an Old Man of the Sea-
Arizona Republican.
Graham guardian., 1914-11-20
1t Really Does Relieve Rheu.
matism

Everybody who is afflicted with
rheumatism in any form should by
all means keep d bottle of Sloan >
Liniment on hand. The minute you
feel pain or soreness in a joint or
muscle, bathe it with Sloan's Lini.
ment. Do not rub it. SIoan's ppne
trates almost Immediately right to
the seat of pain, relieving the hot,
tender, swollen feeling and making
thc part easy and comfortable. Ger
a bottle of SIoan's Liniment for %
cents of any druggist and keep it in
the house against colds, sore and
swollen joints, rheumatism, neural
gia, sciatica and like ailments. Yom
money back if not satisfied, but it
does give almost instant relief.
adv. 3S-4t
Graham guardian., 1914-11-20
Misunderstood BILLS

The county seat and county re-
moval bills were defeated at the late
election, we believe, because of a
misapprehension concerning their
character and because of an associa-
tion of them in the minds of a large
majority of the voters with the
measure for the division of Gia
county and the creation of the
county of Miami. This bill had
been thoroughly exploited by both
sides throughout the State. 1t was
made to appear that it was proposed
Graham guardian., 1914-11-20
A TRANSPARENT GALE

She was young and rather pretty,
Fashionable, rich;
He worked somewhere in the city,
Poor, but bright and very witty,
Yet he missed this simple fact:
Needy suitors must have tact
Hence their little hitch.
/ can see through you," she said,
See you through and through. ~
But she turned the deepest red,
Turned upon her heel and fed.
When the youth with smiling eye
To the maiden made reply:
| can see through you"
What was it that made her blush,
Stamp her foot and frown,
Send her forth in such a rush,
Spurn apologies and gush?
Twas not something long concealed,
To his piercing sight revealed -
Twas her latest gown. D..
Cut exceptionally low,
Sunting not the view,
Slit quite high enough to show
Glimpses of her gartep's bow,
Sheathed, transparent-thaL is why
Deep she blushed at his reply:
| can see through you"
BY G. DOUGLAS.
Graham guardian., 1914-11-20
JAMES QUINN

The Hon Ralph Cameron prob
9bly realizes by this time that he is
a dead one. The people of Arizona
also realize that the best thing to do
with dead one" is to bury it.
Graham guardian., 1914-11-20
QUINN THANKS PEOPLE
KLoNDYKE, ARIZONA.
November II, 1914

November II, 1914.
EDITOR GUARDIAN the name
of the people of this supervisor S
district and personally, l wish to use
the medium of your popular paper
to thank the people of Graham
county for the splendid support they
gave me.
| hope that they will always re
gard me as a public servant for the
public good and | will endeavor t.
win their approval for good honest
service during my term of office.
Yours respectfully.
JAMES QUINN.
Graham guardian., 1914-11-20

The King of England has given
permission to have part Of the
royal estate placed at the disposal
of the school of forestry at Cam
bridge University for purposes of
experiment and demonstration
Graham guardian., 1914-11-20

Officers Of the Okanogan national
forest in the state of Washington
are installing powerful signal Ian,
terms for night use in reporting
forest fires from lookout peaks.
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