Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-22
Death of Francis Joseph, in
His Eighty-Sixth Year, Due
to a Cold.
LAST DAY OF HIS LIFE
SAW MONARCH AT WORK
Passed Away at 9 O'Clock Last
Night. With Daughter and Heir
Apparent at His Bedside.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. November p, 40
p.m.-A Havas dispatch from
Madrid says the Austrian en-
bassv has announced officially the
death OF Emperor Francis Joseph.
This is the first official an
nouncement of the emperor s
death to be received.
Francis Joseph died last night
at 9 o clock at Schoenbrunn castle,
according to press dispatch from
Vienna, by way of Amsterdam.
Death Due to a Cold.
| The death OF Emperor Francis Jo
7 seph, in his eighty-sixth year and
! after sixty-eight years on the throne,
was caused by cold which the mon
arch caught while walking in Schoen
brunn Park ten days ago with the King
of Bavaria, according to Zurich dis
|
| oped into pneumonia Of the right lung.
When it was realized yesterday that
the emperor's condition was serious his
daughter Archduchess Marie Valerie,
| and his nephews. the Archdukes
Charles Francis. heir apparent. and
Joseph Frederick, were summoned to
/ the bedside.
| Archduke Charles Francis. grand
! nephew of Francis Joseph, became heir
! 70 he of
/ the assassination of Archduke Francis
Ferdinand prior to the outbreak of the
war. He has been in command Of the
| Austrian armies on various fronts dur
ing the past two years.
New Emperor Born in 1887.
| Archduke Charles Francis was born
August IT, 1887. His wife was Prin-
cess Zfra- OF the Bourbon House Of
Parma His father was the Archduke
Otto, who was the younger brother OF
Francis Ferdinand
! That Francis Joseph's illness was
| critical became known first with the
| publication of the following bulletin
| issued yesterday by his physicians and
| photographed from Vienna via Amster-
dam:
| ."rhe seat OF the Inflammation i'll the
right lung, established yesterday, has
increased. The patients temperature
early this morning was 3s.1 Resumer; at
IL o'clock, 39.5, and this evening, 3S.6.
| Breathing had accelerated to thirty
Irespirations d minute. Appetite small
and vitality visibly lowered"
| - Shock to Vienna Public.
! LONDON, November %, 1870 a.n.-
The death Of Emperor Francis Joseph
has caused notable emotion in Vienna,
says the Exchange Telegraph Com
pan.'s Amsterdam correspondent. The
( general public was not aware Of the
serious nature Of his illness, accord
ling to these advices, because of the non
alarming character of the bulletins is
sued.
The emperor. the dispatch adds. was
feyerish Yesterday afternoon being un-
able to eat his evening meal. and retir- :
| ing at o'clock, assisted to his bed
chamber by his daughter, Archduchess
| Valerie. He found himself unable to
sleep and asked that his physicians be
summoned. complaining of pains in the
! throat AT o'clock the emperor ap-
peared to be in more restful state A
few moments later. according to the
details received, the doctors saw him
and he made a gesture pointing to his
throat. A second afterward he was
dead.
| were Immediately summoned as were
the officials of state. who prepared an
announcement of the death.
German Emperor Notified.
Emperor William was Immediately
informed of the passing of his ally, the
message being sent over the telephone
which links the headquarters of the
German army with Schoenbrunn Palace.
Nothing has yet been decided. it is
said, with regard to the emperor's ac-
| cession.
! The German emperor and King Ferdi-
inand of Bulgaria are expected to ar
rive at the Austrian capital tomorrow.
says telegram from Vienna. re
ceived by the Exchange Telegraph
!Company by way Of Geneva.
According to the latest details of the
Austrian emperor's death. the message
says. his maj ajesty became delirious yes
lterday afternoon, passing later into Z
4 fcomatose condition. and did not re-
recover consciousness.
Emperor Francis Joseph practically
died in harness. according to an Am
sterdam dispatch to the Central News
The dispatch says that the emperor
rose at his usual hour Tuesday and en-
gagged in governmental business. He
received his daughter, the Archduchess
| Marie valerie at s o'clock, and two
hours later gave audience to For
elgn Minister Burian. In the after
noon his condition grew worse, and in
the early evening his temperature rose
land the physicians rediized thdt oeath
was approaching
!. Emperor Grew Worse Steadily.
AMSTERDAM. November %, via Lon
don 2:22 pm.-Emperor Francis Joseph
on Monday evening. for the first time.
went to bed earlier than usual The first
, mart of the night to O'clock passed un-
) dis,urbed. Then attacks of coughing be-
1an During the daytime yesterday fever
ish symptoms showed threatening
change for the worse. and in the after
noon an aggravation set in which resulted
In the death Of the aged monarch
Archduchess Marie Valerie who had re-
, mained constantly at her fathers death
he'd had gone to the Western railway sta
lion shortly before o'clock to meet her
daughter, who was returning to Vienna
} from the royal chateau at Wallsee
The archduchess however Immediately
was recalled by court officials TO Schoen-
brupn as after her departure all hope of
the emperor living through the night had
disappeared. and shortly after her return
| his majesty breathed his last. Despite
the evening bulletin which left no doubt
about the emperors serious condition. the
tI ne6pie Of Vienna still maintained their