The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-12-07
Emperor, Princely Monarch.
Blackened By Scandals and Intrigue

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Often II has been said OF this man that
only the care that he exercised held the
dull monarchy together.
Idol Of People.
Francis Joseph was the idol OF his peo-
pie, and especially of the inhabitants OF
his capital city. Vienna. HE tall, gaunt
hgure was familiar TO every Viennese He
rode through the streets unguarded bow
Ing gravely to the salutattons OF his low
ing people, If 1T became known that he
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the railroad station to see him drive by.
He was imperial, yet democratic, for years
he held weekly audiences with the com
Jects could appeal to him for the righting
OF a wrong. He would speak TO the Vien-
nese in their beloved dialect. and they re-
site today that in the intimacy OF his
,Iwn family II was his pleasure to use the
language dear to them. Not one of his
subjects but knew the sorfows and at
hict,ons OF his family life, and OF recent
years as the people realized his austere
loneliness, hedged about by the extreme
etiquet OF the most eeremonious court Of
Europe, their hearts went out to him ana
when they. spoke Of the old mar as 'our
Francis" the appellation was sympathetic
and sincere. 1t has been the custom OF
the emperor, on the occasion of certain
religious festivals, to march through the
streets OF Vienna, from the Hofburg to
the church Of st. Stephen. Ten years ago
his people would greet, the dignif1ed figS
ure with cheers and more or less v~ocifer-
Gus evidences of their loyalty and love;
commented upon the weight Of his years,
the noisy salutatious ceased and in their
stead came a silent bur heartfelt greeting
to the noble and venerable monarch. He
was still the same imperious ruler; but the
people said "he is bowed with years and
perhaps this is the last, time we viii see
him. And after he had gone by they
turned away sadly and quietly. Francis
Joseph was beloved for his kindness, his
amlability, his modesty and his rectitude,
His determination and ability had saved
the empire from a hundred dangers, and
his. high moral courage had made II pos
sible for him to hold In leash the fretting
and threatening aspirations OF Chech,
Pole. Magyar, Serve, Ruthenian and Bull
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The dead monarch suffered long and un-
complainingiy, and In a sense his people
are glad that death finally has brought
him a surcease of earthly strife and sor-
than that OF any sovereign OF today the
maxiIm that uneasy lies the head that
wears q crown"
l. Born in 1880. l
Francis Joseph l. was born in the royal
palace of Schoenbrunn, Vienna, August 1S,
1880. He was the eldest son Of Archduke
Francis Charles, second son of Emperor
Francis l. of Austria and Of A~rehduchess
Sophie, princess of Bavaria. Ferdinand
[. abdicated, the crown was renowned by
FRANCIS. Charles, ana. FRANCIS Joseph ce-
came emperor Of Austria on December .,
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Francis Joseph's marriage took place on
April "a, 1854. His bride was princess
Elizabeth Amalie Eugene, daughter OF
Duke Macmillan Joseph, and cousin on
her mothers side to the king of Bavaria.
Four children were born to the royal
couple. They were the Achduchess Sophie,
born in 1855 and dying in infancy two
years later; Archduchess Gisela, born in
1856, who became the wife of Prince Leo
Bavaria: Archduke Rudolph, born in 1853
and died I'm 1889, and the m~Archduchess
Marie Valerie, who was born in 1868, and
who in 1890 became the wife of Archduke
Francis Salvador. -.