The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-02
A CHAPTER OF MEXICOS PAST


! last ul the Corsican ,mpsrors. IN att
ter Yeats his only son the prince .m-
psiiJl u' France, was slain pN o.
LuNcd warrior In "a Wild dash in Zulu
land EIpCnc. the widow OF Napui-
con draus the cup Hf sorrow &" iiH
ilst dIrs~ OF WormVuud DO allen lands
and uuccr alien Haas 4 cap!egram
from Vienna cunVvy- the news thfi
the end ot the aged Emperor Fran2
JOSEF is drawing near He "a reign
90 longer shan any OF his pr'dt. es-
tuf- add I- imperial munur'hs go. ne
has made "a fairly lust ruler o. b.
beloved ns hts people. His SON was
slain lu % row over GO woman. His
empress WAS a-slz.inafud by AN Hn-
HI.hI-t. tits life has |,tu t ,uutiu-
uuu- trI-rug.
Iu mldhuusc near brussels Char
Iutty survive. she became reason
l,tcu after The Gcusuu ut Louis Ma
poI,ru To- her husband th, Ian uf the
Mexican empire % the death OF hti
royal uuus'It b hHs never nt'n
4 Violently insane, she Ias INfh
through AN these years, fondly imus
iuiug herself Gated ou tuH throne uI
Mexico with urr royal lover bN her
side a4d surrounded los The DUuIilHf>
and men aud women iu waiting, Wh"
came .Tuu Europe in their train.
Generals EIHuIf Gunner died at
HHNNN"" E'' hHH.
escaped from Vera Cruz Too l'h r
when hc Wt- tu.i that his patron Wta
200 30 bloody srHN, lie raWu tu Texas
led a. ptoe1r.uu- existence Tor "a time.
uually p|rYsu..eI and raised q large
family under fu. Lone star flag.
Rudolf conner. Macmillan aud
Leopold ui E.'-,Im were classmates
n the lup,rlI Military academy of
Austria Gunner was a highly cdu-
Gated gentleman of distinguished
bearing re r.miudod OF The de
s,riptiun oi fold marshals who were
created hy the sruat Corsicln in has
many wars.
Du his departure Tor Paris as the
escort OF queen Charlotte this Aus
triHn gtucr. ...,ltcd as o. souvenir
from MaNiuIIIau one of the hand
soonest watrhcs ,ser manufactured lu
the pld World DO was diamond stud
dcd and must Do s been worth 81 300
TO SO. 900 ON hiss landiug in TeA-s
this uks of .H..sdshlp aNl priceless
heirloom was H sole possession Boz
the way uf Wur'... goods. lie needed
muutN Co ur.f. he expense Of sell
and wife. uUa ned the watch fur
a sum of m.u. Tid|lculously small.
4 hon small IuI..lc attended him out
OF his mvan wings ne tuuk tho
amount due, tn. twnbrokcT and Nis-
tied the pltO, business OF that
worthy "lh. tch had been st0!-
en- su no wa. I'D. He was broken
hearted but Hs pleadings and pro
tests were u' avail lie was "a
stranger in BE- -'. y land He spoke
the lnuauagc bis adopted country
hrokeulE, HiiH. % a finished scholar
and 20 uEulHI . note.
This NtlIa.|. mepieCe was never
recovered On. .ier years its owner
spent money I. ~ 10 obtain % trace
0f hiH lust are, but ala 10 no
avail
General G.... was q most dee
Ngh ful Comu .'Du. He was an aus.
tetc muu Don, Md aloof from the
multitude. . ne chosen few who
won hls couI.. .re pronounced him
without frfH r" without rcproHch,
the greet IfyHrd pronounced "a
man uf THE $500. the gentleman par
cN"ellrusc.
Mrs Gunner a a large family OF
,hlldTtn sul.... Her husband was
thr chutu uf i.u HmperoTs iu hOyhOod
ANA manhood He had huuofH thrust
upon him hl .iHH ned heads lie died
t titlfrU OF IHN uited States. me ht
sleeps hts It.i sep under the blue
sky of TeNHs Yrs Gunner b. Aus
TRAN BORN. Hrr ftther was q dlstiu-
suishcd lTisn ilcT OF fortune, who
-tW service under many flags and
WAS one ot tUr lost noted duclists oi
the agc DOB which lac lived. He finally
gave his allie Iu e and his sword a.
thc house oi It. ushurg and he died a
'itlzen 90 rH. .npire. Her mother
was tho dauEI..- uf "a noted Austrian
family. q remarkable coinci-
ucuce chat $500 a GcuUful Gunner
sons are rDsuIH" army officers. and
Tot ala the write. knows these Amer
i%euu-horu Australians who came ol
uHhtlus stock tre on their way a.
Mexico t1 fiUe fue son Of the soldiers
led bog juarrs lnd Escohedo. who on
qhcred MaNnnIIHu and his men and
reared o. rrpnHlt upon the ruins oi