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Collins Brothers Undertakers for Colored People Til.pfciii 41 714 V. D*K*fc St. DEAD EMPEROR HAD LONG REIGN Francis Joseph Mounted Throne lo Middle ol Last Century. LIFE FILLEO WITH SORROW. T rayudy After Tragedy Culminated In Aseaeeination of Him Nephew and Hoir~Early Yea re Saw War With Other Natione and Lose of Territory, but Later He Averted Conflict Over Balkan Question. Fuancih .losicrii (en AKLt:s. I.. oiii|?eror of AiiNtrta. a|>o*|ol|e Ic iiiM ??f Hungary. kniK of Itohe III Ih. kilIK of ?JtTUsulrtll. u I'll 11(1 duke of Tuhciiu.v. duke f l<i>iniim?, etc.. wim horn nt Srhoenhmnti Auk l.s. the non of the AtiMrliiii Anhduke I'runrlH CharloM it lid tin* Archduches--* Sophie. Ills wife, who h iih h lia \ it rtatii |M'llit-(*ss Ills nrlKlli WHS of tin- tu^t) u.si . for In tlt.H veiua Mowed the hlood of tlu? I (npHhut'Ks iind' Lorraine*. who for ii thotiMiiiid yearn had lieen maker* of tdsiory. Ills ^ ra in I father. Frani-ln I Hon. Ili *ucc?odcd lu reconciling Lb? almost Irreconcilable Interest* of Aus tria nud Iluujuuy. consummated tbe compromise under which flu* dual kf dom Is sf.'l covertied nud hImmh uJdcb. . HTCe?e hi?M lately Ihhmi so much talk, promulgated u iikmi IIIhtuI coiiMtitU tJotl. it 11(1 oil J title M 1 StlT XV Hx crowned klltK of If II HUM I I lit I'est Of*t? U-ltli ureal pomp Mini ceremony From th/it tittle. t hoim li constantly tile center of u political whirlpool. he ruled hi* centric empire an nil a nl nut I titoier <?>n troln Ids mcmmcrle, uslnif alternately forcv nml diplouiac.x Domeiti? Trouble*. Ml* youth. Kn Hiiildt'iKi) h.v (lu* losses of territory which Ml* ancestor* had owned for iiki-s. wjis further embittered : ti.v tlu* clT?rl? of his political enemies I to <*HUHt* trouble l?et ween him mid IiIh beautiful younu wife, the i'rinces* 1011/. uhctli of Hii \ aria They did succeed lluttlly In effecting >i separation of the emperor and empress. hilt It whh oply temporary Throughout his life the "curse of the llapshiirK*" lit the form ? of domestic tragedy purtuied the |>roud emperor of Austria an a hunter stalks his prey Kroiu that terrible day when his Urotlier .Maxlinlliati. deserted by l ami Is Napoleon. wlu? tin d made him emperor of Mexico, was shot down like >i felon by the soldiers of Ju a res aud the lOuipross (,'arlotta came home a maniac Francis Joseph had been a man of sorrows, acquainted with iirlef His cousin, the Archduke Sal valor, ran off to sea. preferring the life of a common sailor to the exactions of the severest , |evo. lk>t?nlu. w?? tbe fourth tliaa ieatb fit her by eulcldt. ?????eluatlou er military execution ? truck at blm. Ik? loved by bU people. with a lor? arhteb 4>4 time* toe-Id tturopa from as perate war, the Mured heart of tbe 00 togeuarluu ruler held etreugtb euougb to aUStHllI ?'?Mil a ii.?( lii i blow i'ut lu tabular form and chronologl cm I order, theae were tbe four great tragedies of hi* life, tbe tragedies which have made the unuie of llupa burg <i ?v iitiu.vin fur misfortune: Mm xlinllhin. efiifwror of Mexico, ex. v.uted June ID. 18417. after defeat by revolution'.***; brother Crown Prince Hndolph. died Jan. HO, issn. h.v suicide or murder at Meyer ling; Hon Kllzuhet h. empress of Austria. .as sassinated Sept 10. I8PK, at Geneva hy anarchist; wll'e. Francis Ferdinand. crown prince, shut June *2M. Il?14. at Sarajevo with his wife; nephew Other misfortune* flowed from the**" almost without number. making tbe riH-ord of sorrow which marked the family of Francis Joseph one almost without parallel either In ancient or modern history. One chronicler likens the history of the fanllly to that of the Julio Claudlans of Home, known for their crimes and misfortunes. All of tills train of disaster In laid by the people of Auatria-il ungary to a curse laid on Francis Joseph soon aft er he took the throne as a youth fat ing the country torn with revolt. Fran els Joseph, the story runs, refused par TflE LATE EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH of A list rill, wns tho last Holy Woman emperor Kr:i nels Joseph was no O won Glendower. at whose hirth "tho front of 1 1 ?*9i \ ?*ii was full of fiery shapes." but Hie cannon which heralded his en trnm-e into life had hut lateh Iwcn trained against the great .Nupulenu. ;n,(l his cradle was rocked by storms which shook all Kurope Tho spirit of l!bert\ was abroad. and it was not a propitious horn- for princes to ho born I nsi'ontfut with tho government was rif>- in Austria, tho Italian provitioos w.t. ; ? ! ? m 1 wiili insurrection, am! Hun gar.\ w is c lamnriug for freedom Tho popular 1 1 1 ? > v ciuent k'row as Francis .Jo seph yrcw Mettornieh rot rented be fore i In* Austrian masses, and finally, when (he expulsion of I.ouis Philippe from France set. all the shsckled peo ple of the eoiitinent to rattling their fettorw in the face of royalty, the Km peror Ferdinand al>di<autcd. and his nephew. Kruno Is .losepli. whose father hud resigned his imperial rights. climb ?n] upon Austria's tottering throne, an emperor at eighteen. in IMS Inaugurated Important Reforms. The young monarch's first stop was to promise a free and constitutional K<>\ eminent, luit In this he was beyond his t Hue. The course of events com pulled him to close Ihe national nssern bly* he had cuiled and assume absolute power He centralised the govern ments of his heterogeneous national! ties at Vienna and inaugurated Impor t n tit fiscal and commercial reforms, which soon won him the favor of the Austrian middle classes. He effected n concordat with the pope which concil iated his lioman Catholic subjects. He put down the Hungarian revolt. In ISoO he had to fight France for his Italian possessions, and after the disastrous defeat of Solferlno. where he commanded In person with great braviM-y. he lost Milan and northern I/omhardy The Schloswtg Ilolsteln dispute following the spoliation of Den mark involved him with Franco again and with Germany. Sadowa coat Aus tria Venetla and eliminated her from German politics, lint these catastro phes ended Francis Joseph's foreign complications for the time and left him free to attend to his domestic difflcul court in Christendom. and never was heard of again. ilia only son. the Crown Prince Rudolph, committed sui cide In 1M.S0 as the result of an unfor tunate love affair. Then came the crowning Htroke of misfortune The Kmpres* Fll/,al>eth. adored by high and low as the Imperial embodiment of all the virtues, was assassinated by an anarchist during a visit to Swit zerland More recently the scandalous elopement of the crown princess of Saxony', who was an Austrian arch duchess. reopened the emperor's heart wounds, and the assassination of his | nephew and heir. Archduke Francis j Ferdinand, with the morganatic wife j of the hitter, the Duchess of riohen berg, broke him down completely Death of Maximilian. The tragic deatli of Maximilian was the one incident In his sorrowful ca reer that the einperor was unable to forgive. Francis Joseph ever regard ed Mexico ns his brother's murderer Ills gratitude to those who had shown ; mercy or pity to the ill starred Maxi milian was no less long lived Every year? the emperor never forgot the date ? a Mexican singer named Concha Mendez received a generous birthday gift from his majesty. With It went a : note in the emperor's y own hand ex pressing his grateful /remembrance of the fact that when Juch a thing en da tigered her safety ^ and almost her j life she refused to ridicule the dead "emperor of Mexico." It was uot lonu nfter the execution of Maximilian thnt Concha Mcndez. the popular singer of > the day. In the City of Mexico was asked to sing a song vilifying the late emperor and his unhappy Spouse Con chn Mendez stopped abort, and her black eyes flashed, *4No,'* she said: "1 shall not decry the dead and the un happy." then left the stage before the audience bad recovered from the aur prise. Outlined In the glare of tragedy Francis Joseph stood otit ft* the most Interesting and pathetic figure of Eu ropean royalty. Assassination of the Archduke Fran da Ferdinand and hie morganatic wife, the Duchess of Hotoeaberg. st Sara don to a son of tbe Countess Knrolyl, who was condemned for participating In the Kossuth revolt In 1848. At the very feet of the emperor Countess Knrolyi's curse was spoken Death. she screamed, should never come to the ruler until every one of his nearest and dearest should die by violence or In shame and disgrace, their lives forgotten unless the obloquy they gathered should keep their mem ory green. The Princess Elizabeth. daughter of the unlucky Itudolf and granddaugh ter of Francis Joseph. Insisted upon marrying Prince Otto of Windlscli Graetz. a mediatized bouse. The roar rlago was much against the emperor's wishes, but he would not refuse bis consent After a few years of married Itfo the princess, according to report current at the time, shot an actress to whom she found her husband paying attention. A Democratic Rfilar. The bead of one of tbe oldest reign ing families and master of the most conventional of continental courts. Francis Joseph, while never relaxing his Imperial dignity, was still the most democratic and kindest hearted of kings. Every year on Maundy Thurs day the emperor showed his humility by following the example of Christ in washing the feet of bis disciples. Twelve old men. paupers -ah, were brought to the palace on the Thursday before Easter, and the^arfced emperor personally served them with food and drink, then, attended by high military and church officials, proceeded to each old man in turn, wet his feet, dried them and dismissed them with gifts. Stern but kind ruler of a turbulent realm, a king made human by suffer ing* with all his faults he deserres the eulogy Mark Antony pronounced over tbe corpse of Brutus, "The elements were so mixed In him that Nature might stand np and say- to all the world. This was a man." During the Balkan yar crista tbe aged emperor's rolco was constantly for peer*, and it waa no donbt due In great degree to his Influence that an Knrope was not plunged into war. 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