The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-11-22
To FRANCIS JOSEPH
OF AUSTRIA ~ TWFNTl-
NINE YEARS Old.
BEARING ON WAR
isecausc Of His Lack of Trimming In
Sfatceran and Diplomacy
New Rulcr Subject of
Much Interest.

Charles Francis Joseph, now 10 DC
emperor of Austria Hungary. was
today the center of European inter-
oat.
Special dispatches from various
sources have confirmed the death OF
Emperor Francis Joseph. though
official announcement at Vienna Is
withheld.
Austria-Hungary'a new ruler is
20 years old.
He has been in command OF the
Austrian troops operating in the
Carpathans against the Rumanians.
hut for the past few days he has
been in Vienna. Tnc prospects that
the new sovereign of the country
which made demands on Serbia and
rrecipitatod tho great war may have
somc bearing on the future OF the
country has resulted in his character
and disposition being tho subject of
study by Europe.
Charles Francis is known to have
good military education and has
achieved some success as COM
mandcr, but he Is lacking in any
training for statecraft or diplomacy.
Moreover, he is assuming the throne
at a time when the strongest men
would have great task Of main
tanning tho integrity of the empire.
Hungary Is growing in fear OF the
Hapsburg yoke. Hungarian leaders
fear the country will be swallowed
up by the Teuton empire and have
been working for the establishment
OF sopcrate kingdom.
The immediate result of the re-
noval Of the strong figure of the
aged emperor is believed to mean
increased Prussian domination by
the Central empire. Germany will
o. ohably find Charles Francis plant
in accedlng to Prusslan wishes.
Emperor Francis Joseph was APP
parently in fairly good health Mon
day night, twenty-four hours before
his DEATH He arose as usual Tues
day morning and went through the
customary program of busyins HIM
self about governmental affairs.
Later he received Archduchess Marie
Valerie and Baron Burian from tho
foreign office Late in the afternoon
he suddenly became worse. His
temperature rose a'armingly. 1t be-
came obvious that the end was near
The archduchcss assisted the aged
ruler to his bed room early Tuesday
night. He was unable to sleep and
kept complaining of pains in his
throat, but at 8 O'Clock he appeared
quieter and seemed to be resting.
Twenty minutes later he suddenly
Gestured to his throat. seemed to
strive for utterance and died in a
few minutes.
Archdukc Charles Francis. who
had been in Vienna some time, was
Immediately informed. A telephone
connecting Schoenbrunn palace with
the German headquarters in the
field was used to inform the kaiser.
II is expected that in addition 10
the kaiser. the cZar of Bulgaria and
the crown prince of Turkey will at
tend the funeral, though complete
plans for the interment have not yet
been made public.
A conference between the Aus
trian and Hungarian premier,.
scheduled at Budapest for this week.
has been postponed and the Hun
garian cabinet was called in special
session at once. The Hungarian
premier left for Vienna at once.
Sixty-eight years ago when the last
Hapsburg sovereign died his heart
| was placed in an urn and preserved
with fity-five others in similar urns.
each containing the heart OF a mem
ber of the royal family being placed
in the church at st. Augustine.
| Francis Joseph. terminated this
ancient custom by issuing an order
against i'll According to the em-
peror's wishes his coffin will be of
plain wooden oak and lined with
hite satin. 1t will be covered with
royal black velvet and will be plae-
ed finally in a large metallic sar-
eophagus in the imperial crypt. IL
custom is followed Francis Joseph
may not be buried for at least g
week
! The body will probably lie Ia state