The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-12

equally mad Otto. now dethroned. As
the Bavarians lived from 1854 20 1913
under insane kings. IL is sometimes
cynically suggested that II does not mat
ter whether a king is mad or not.
The greatest burden q hereditary in
sanity rests on the young Archduke
Charles Francis Joseph. nephew OF the
Austrian Emperor. who was named heir
10 the throne after the assassination of
Franz Ferdinand. that led to the present
war. lie has S53 insane persons in twenty
generations among his direct and col
lateral ancestors. lie Is married to his
cousin. the Princess Zita OF bourbon
Parma. who comes from the peculiarly
tainted Spanish Bourbon stock and Is
said TO be the only sane child OF nineteen.
\ large number OF them are certainly
under some kind OF tuteage. The out
look for the children of these two is ap-
palling.
No important reigning family In
Europe Is free from the faint Of insanity.
II has shown itself with great frequency
in the Russian Imperial family. suggest
ing that surroundings combine with
heredity to produce the defect Ivan the
Terrible. the first celebrated Gar muir
dered his only son, and was a maniac OF
cruelty.
Peter the Great. from whom the pres
ent Gar traces his descent. supplanted
an imbecile brother The whole history
OF the Romanoff family has been stamped
with madness and murder. Peters niece
Elizabeth. who continued the Romanon
line, was monster OF cruelty. He
grandson. Peter Ill. an imbecile. was
murdered nv his wife. Catherine the
Great, in order TO give her the throne
GATHERINGS son. Paul H.. a low type OF
idiot. was murdered with his sons con
sent
Since then We have found in every gen.
aN h. o.. IA.
such evidences OF degeneration as
epilepsy and tuberculosis and many posi-
tive cases OF insanity. The Cars father
died OF Kidney trouble an indication OF
mental weakness His next brother died
81 tuberculosis.
Gar Nicholas himself d. a weak minded
visionary who takes the advice ~ masi
clans and sOOthsayers fits wife Is
Violently a melanCho'lac. a condition that
iay be traced 90 thc defects or her own
nce4try combined with her terrOr-prO-
uo.nE surroundings In Russia.
Their only son suffers from q myster-
BUS disease which prevents him from
uanirc about. and whenever he appears
% public no is carried. The Russian
curt mas employed all is Influence 20
0nceai tle nature % the disease or in
ury anG p hundred different reports
bout 90 have been current.
The palaces OF the R0manons the
zap. '.IINN anu inc fHnNI NNNN NI'. NhNIN
lively ape1Finr. nlIed with old sprcfrcs Of
disease and madness that must come in
De uiEht and moments OF Weakness and
distress 20 mock trom with voices 81
loom.
Among rhr many insane royalties now
u seclusion one OF tHc most pathetic "a
ha OK Empress Clr'otta. widow Of Maxi
milan. the Austrian archdIko Who was
.ef up 1n The Mexican throne for brief
period and then shot Boy his subjects.
"ar.0tfa va. a sister ri the late King Leo.
l0ld ut Belgium. whose ueculi4rifles are
we'll known Her father. kim Leopold
bad married Princess of UOIrh0n or
leans daughter of kIrg Louis Philippe ~
france and granada .FHfrr ~ fHo amay-
uE Duke Of OrIenu.. tHr Philippe Egal-
.ic' 1f fho Revolution. Who voted for his
cousin. King louis NNlf death tn order
'u save bis own property klug louis
Philippe Intensified tine psycop1thic
Bourbon strain ht marrying cousin Of
.ho branch Uf H0urbuu.SicI,
Cariotta. therefore. bad much % account
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