Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-08

fortunate Marie NetSera was buried IN
secret at midnight in the Cistercian
Abbey at Heiligenkreuz,. her mother
was compelled to leave Vienna instant.
| ~, go to Venice and send notices OF
the girls death from there. The lodge
at Mereling was torn down, the en-.
tire topography of the entire park
changed and every physical reminder
of the dark incident destroyed.
The tragedy of Rudolph has always
been a mystery of death in the Haps-
burg family, but there is another trag-
edy more mysterious still that haunts
it and this is a mystery life. Archi-
duke John Salvador, the nephew Of
the Emperor, was 2 man quite as pro-
taising and brilliant as the young heir
had been, but like him too the ruin of
his life was due to his passion for a
woman below him in rank Ludmilla
Stubel. an actress. was directly respon-
sible for the mystery of John Orth. the
name the Archduke took, when mad
dened by the impossibility of recog.
nized marriage between them, he de-
liberately defied all the traditions OF
his royal birth, threw away all his
rank and titles, and boldly eloped with
the woman he loved.
He built snip in England and with
himself and Ludmilla as the sole pas
sengers, set out for South America.
In July, 1890, they put in 1T Monte
video for supplies. Shortly afterward
"a terrific hurricane dashed the whole
coast, causing great loss of life and of
shipping. The ship of the Archduke
never came to port, nor has the slight
est authentic trace of its passengers
or crew ever been discovered. Natur.
ally on such soil of mystery dozen
growths of romance have sprung up.
There have been John Orths" in
South America by the dozen, while in
New York. Chicago and Denver have
each produced claimant of the royal
honors and estates of the vanished
Archduke.
In spite of all the evidence Francis
Joseph has never, it is said. accepted
as final the proofs of his kinsman's
death, and has lived for twenty-five
years in a constant state of anxiety
as to his ultimate temperance. com
plicating factor, in the family. 1t is
said that he has had every fresh appli-
cant investigated, and that no rumor.
vague. reaches him without
being definitely run down. The es-
tates Of John Salvador were not allow
ed to revert to the crown, and were
held for years awaiting their owners
return
Unhappy royal marriages are not
GO RnI tn hn oft m nrsf :
dence of dynastic tragedy, but the
marriage of Francis Joseph and the
young Elizabeth of Bavaria, which
began as delicate lose romance and
ended in open scandal and assassi-
nation. stands out above even the
most unhappy
Elizabeth was only 16 and e great
beauty when the young Emperor saw
her and broke off his proposed mar
wed her. Although for a few years
they were happy together. yet imme-
diately on the royal brides arrival in
Vienna the causes we're evident that
later led to disaster The proud
Austrians did not consider the Ba-
yarian Duchess a proper match for
their emperor, and she was snubbed
as mach as they dared Her love
for horses and athletic exercises en-
deared her to the Hungarians but
still further alienated the members of
the court at Vienna. Quarrels with
the emperor soon became so FREE
quent and violent that they could not
be hidden. The charming capricious-
ness of the young girl became the
eccentricity of the
woman. She was exacting and sus-
picious,s and the life of the court,
with which the high-spirited young
surrounded himself. gave
her ample excuse for jealousy.
Shortly after the birth OF an heir
to the throne, the Inflated Rudolph,
Elizabeth defied all royal conventions
and left her husband. She fled to
Corfu. and thence. hearing that Fran
els Joseph was in pursuit, to Minor
ca and to Madeira. Here the emper-
or abandoned the pursuit For eight
years the royal couple were openly
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