The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 129, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 18, 1898 Page: 2 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL, SEPTEMBER 18, 1898— SUNDAY MORNING.
A HORROR OF THE HAPSBURGS
How the Fairest of Austria's Women Did Penance In
A Dungeon.
THE FATEFUL HAND OF MARIA THERESA.
OTRIKfcRS RESPECT SOLDIERS.
The house of Hapaburg seems to be
u pucullail/ ui: fortunate now as It
urns oncc successful In thone intrigues
a hereby the Counts of Hapsburg be
Mine the liukes uuU later the Euiper-
•rs of Austria.
It was by murder, treason, t roach-
•ry and perfidy of ^very knowu kind,
that the Dukes of Austria took on tbo
title of kings, and finally became thu
Inheritors and the representatives of
the Roman Empire. And In th 1b rec-
ord the woman of the llapsburg f*m
lly played a romantic part and not un-
Prequently that of a Jezebel or a Meesa
Una. We n«od not gu further back
than the time of Maria Theresa. Her
eharartcr as a Quteo-l£mpross Is well
known, but her character as u mother
hi not, yet It was Indicated from the
following cruel lncidotft. 11ct tffcilfh-
ters wero as unfortunate as they were
Mr, and that they were fair to the
point of enchantment goes without
laying, llnrke has left on record In
Immortal w< rds th«* Impressions which
ftne glance at the divine faco of Maria
Antoinette left upon his uiind. llut
more fair and more beautiful still wom
Maria Antoinette's slBter, the Arch
thiehMe Maria Josepha. The Ktnper-
Dr Idolized her and the Imperious Etn-
presa-Quern herself who had little
Urns or Inclination for lavishing car-
esses upon tho six fair daughters which
lbs had borne to Francis of Lorraine,
regarded Marlt Josepha with a swoot
and peculiar Indulgence. At sixteen
this ill-fated princes* was a girl of
ravishing beauty, with hair of golden
auburn, with the faco of a l'syche,
Kth a sinewy form, a peculiar, even
gallc sweetness of disposition and
kzqulstte manners. Just as she had
|urntxl her sixteenth year the Emperor
Francis died, and while she wns ou-
■aged to Ferdinand 11. of Naples.
The engagement was out* that
brought pride and joy to Maria-Ther-
esa's heart. It waa an alllanco which
extended the inlluence of the llaus-
burgs In that southerly direction
Which has keen the perpetual dream of
the house. The marriage treaty was
feigned and the betrothal of this be-
witching bride took place August k,
1767. The Court of the Hapsburgs put
aside tho mourning that it had as-
eumed because of the Emperor's death.
The Rmprena herself whs radiant with
amilee. Fetes and bails and a series
of the most brilliant entertainments
followed in raph! succession, in which
the Empress widow herself freely par-
ticipated. But suddenly t" Arch-
duct am in whose honor all these fe*es
were held began to grow sad and mel-
ancholy. She was the one person who
fthrank from the gayuty of the court
festivities. Day by uay that face, the
feeanty of which had formerly lighted
lip the court bocame more gloomy and
flepreaeed. From the air of sadnesa It
Jrore the face shrivelled to that of the
Krpee, with the same surprising rapld-
r as under the Influence of a similar
grief Marie Antoinette's hair became
within the cocipaa* of a single
Bight. Thoeo bewitching eyes upon
Which no courtier had gazed without
feeing ftrod with ardor, grew more lan-
guid and luetrelesa aa the gay and roy-
al revelry proceeded. The rose had
wilted.
i More thsn once the beautiful girl
declared that her marriage should nev-
er take place. It was evident to all
that there was some awful secret
Irelghlcg upon the mind of the fair
creature, and a da/k cloud at onco
eclipsed all the form«r sunshine of the
lady's life.
Finally Maria-Thoresa seemed to
lake offense at her daughter's despon-
dency. She did not press the Arch-
duchess to her heart nor look into
^er once fair but now lifeless eyes the
sweet and kindly smile of a moflier.
Uut on the contrary, the royal mother
ordered ^ the AreMuohita to repair
alone to the vault In which her dead
father lay, and there kneeling by his
coltln to pray for the repose of his
soul. The Archduchess regarded this
as the last and most dreadful blow.
She entreated hor mother to save hep
such an ordeal. Maria-Theresa, how*
ever, was little moved to pity and aa
little used to brook opposition In any-
thing; and least of all would she tol-
erate It in a matter where she ap-
peared to have a mystorlous personal
Interest. HUe, therefore, refused to
listen to her daughter's pleading and
Insisted upon her orders being obeyed
to tho letter. The Archduchess was
not Ignorant of the motive which ac-
tuated her mother but she dared not
disobey.
"1 am going down to my tomb,-
whispered the Archduchess In tho ear
of one of her maids of honor, as she
proceeded to carry out the Injunction
laid upon her. The Archduchess now
descended unattended and alouo Into
the vault, where shortly bofore the re-
mains of oue of the princesses of tho
House of Heps-burg, Maria Josephine,
wife of the King of Saxony, had been
Interred beside that of Francis of
Lorraine. The Queen of Saxony had
dltd of MBlllpOZ. To send the Arch-
duchess to pray In such a place was
virtually to pass sentence of death up-
on her. Accordingly upon the day fol-
lowing the Archduchess bersolf took
ill of Htnallpox. Maria-Theresa order-
ed masses to be celebrated In all tho
churches of Vienna for the recovery of
the Archduchess. Hut as the coffin
that contained the remains of tho
Queen of Saxony had been pried par-
tially open thero was no chance for
Josepha to encape the catching and
terrible disease. She died upon tho
very day fixed for herself and King
Ferdinand to leave Vienna for Naples.
There was weeping at the Court of
Vienna In consequence but the eyes of
the etuproBB-queen wore dry. No
motherly lnetinct of grief overcame
the fierce fires of Jealousy that blazed
In her queenly heart. Marls-Theress
never gave the slightest proof of ro-
morse, and after the court of the Haps-
burgs had solemnly goue Into mourn-
ing for the young Penelope whom the
head of the House of Hapsburg had
placed in the path of death. Maria-
Theresa secured the Neapolitan al-
liance for her next «tuughter. the Arch-
duchess Caroline. Not a breath of sus-
picion was aroused. Not a murmur of
proteet arose. Not ono cringing cour-
tier dared to give utterance to the
stifled feelings which he entertained.
But one sad and stricken soul stgh-
1 cd and sobbed in tho secrecy of her
! chamber amid all the sine and revelry
i of that putrescent Court. One break-
ing heart was ready to bunt. It was
, Uiat of the faithful maid of honor Into
whose ear the Archduchese had whla-
| pored, "1 am golug down to my tomb."
! In these few awful but prophetic
1 words wo have recalled a tragedy as
romantic in its way as that when
Marie Antoinette's head was struck off
| by the guillotine In the days of the
French revolution, or when tho blood
lot the beautiful and Ill-fated Mary,
j Queen of Scots, was lapped by oue of
i her pet dogs In o-dor to appease the
j tlgerly Instincts of her cousin. Ellza-
i both. Vice is terrible enough In or-
dinary natures but under the law of
i he/ dlty it runs to appalling extremes
i In royal ones.
TurknWml rorrlcusn Maldum Show Be-
•Iftsuc* to m Military rorve.
1 It fa a great pity that national char-
acteristics and influences cannot be
tuken into consideration in dealing
with labor disorders In this country.
Our system is on desVgned to agree
with the nature aad purpose of a re-
1 publican government, but there have
been many Indications that It In de-
! foaled in its workings by the utter
lack of ability on th« purt of foreign
laborers to understand the spirit of
republicanism. Our sywtera calls for
the exercise first of r.toril authority in
any riotous outbrsbii. When the
©;>urity, which po«M*tes only civic
force, has exIKlusted all Its power* and
has failed to quell the disorder, it nails
upon the state, whlcb Is armed with
military authority arid which forth-
with proceeds to exerid It. Tble sye-
tem would work adm wahly in a com-
munity of persons educated from
childhood to a comprehension of "gov-
ernment of the people, for the people*
, by tho people." Such I persons are to^
erably ready to bow to the will of au-
thority which they themselves have
1 created. They understand that their
own welfare and the general safety
depend upon such submission. But
| with a community comijoeed largely of
unasalmHated foreigners the civic au-
thority has little influence. They are
accustomed to seeing tho crowned
heads of their nations arrayed in mili-
tary garb. They are used to hearing
military titles prefb ed to the names
of their ministers. They are familiar
with the parade of military force In
b 11 times of disorder, and to them the
military- uniform la the symbol ot
m m ' - ■ « « « MSB.* « V, I ^
A RARE CHANCE business. I will
SELLA! LESS THAN INVOKE
My entire stock of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS AND SHOES. The stock
is located in the best business room in Guthrie and has been established eight years.
This is a snap for some one, to step into a good paying business. Fixtures also for sale.
W. H. SMITH, Guthrie, Okla.
An English woollen manufacturer
has begun niukiug clothes from old
ropes.
It is tmpossinie to ron at nn altitude
of 1.1,000 feet above tne sea*
1
Do you take an outside
paper for war news? And
why? You ret it all In the
State Capital, iui Oklahoma
enterprise.
rinfa n«m.
The health of a pig !• indicated b;
It. tall. When tha tall hang* loosely
the pi* la not well, and I la food should
be changed. When tie tall la tightly
railed the animal la healthy, happy,
and frisky.
MarlaHtjr kmmm| Mutan.
Since 11*7 fourteen United States
aaaatoru have died Id office and twelve
after leaving It. It Is the heaviest mor-
tality la the records of tha aenato.
TO CURE~A COUTHTONE DAT.
Take Laxative Brumo QuljUn. Tablet*
All drusftets refund the nuxuey If It fatla
cure. 3&c. The genuine haa L. B. Q.
each tablet.
TUB .•ItCHDITHESS !X)!SG PENANCE,
(ttearawn from an old Print.)
LOGAN COUNTT
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
1. The republicans of Logan county
In convention assembled, hereby re-as-
sert their allegiance to, and pride in.
the record and principles of the repub-
lican party. No republican platform or
pledge was ever made which was not
fulfilled, to the greater prosperity and
happiness of the American people. In
the campaign of 1896, the republican
party said sound money was necessary
to national stability and prosperity.
The people, by a million and a half
majority, passed upon this question In
favor of sound money—and now we
have the stability and uniform pros-
perity promised by the republican
party. The same platform said a pro-
tective tariff and reciprocity were
noceasary to tht highest welfare of the
people and aa a cure for peace bond
Issues and democratic treasury deficits
and now we see the greatest exports
jjnd smallest proportionate imports in
the nation's history and the treasury
so full that almuly the old democratic
cry is heard, ' what will you do with
the surplus?"—something the country
was never troubled with under demo-
cratic rule.
2. Hard times, paralysis of busfness.
low wages, low prices for farm prod-
ucts, public soup houses for the poor,
a depleted public treasury, and in-
creased bonded Indebtedness of the
government in times of peace, are the
inevitable results of a democratic ad-
ministration. Experience has demon-
strated that the republican party is
the only party capable of properly
managing ami controlling the great
financial and business affairs and pol-
icies of this government.
3. We endorse the wise and states-
man-like policy of President McKinley,
in war and peace, as embodying the
most exalted patriotism, the most
beneflcient statesmanship, and the
broadest Americanism.
4. We rejoice that at the call of hu-
manity the valftr nf the American
soldier and the grandeur and unity and
strength of our country have been
firmly established at home and abroad,
giving this nation first place in inter-
national consideration and diplomacy,
and driving Spanish cruelty and sov-
ereignty from the West Indeas «uid the
Philippines.
5. We express our admiration of the
courage and bravery of the Oklahoma
rough riders and their associates on the
tlcia at Saullage, and palm to them as
rTmfi p i *
1 he rair. 1 he rair.
GRAND
Millinery Openin
Thursday and Friday Evenings,
September 22-23
from 7 to 10 O'clock. Come and
see the Elegant Pattern Hi s.
4
samples of the rugged and loyal citi-
zenship of Oklahoma.
6. We commend the bravery of the
9th and 10th cavalry at Santiago, as
evider>ce of the valorous loyalty of
the colored citizens of the United
States.
7. We are for keeping the flag of this
union on every foot of foreign soil won
by the blood and heroism of our
soldiers in the Spanish-American war,
and opposed to receding one tithe from
the demands of the peace protocol. We
are opposed to hauling down the
American flag anywhere its folds may
be rightfully spread, that the world
may have the effect of our exalted
civilization and superior education and
enterprise.
8. We are for liberal invalid and ser-
vice pensions for the survivors of the
rebellion and for the proper recogni-
tion of the bravery and self-sacrifle*
of our soldiers in the war with Spam.
9. We endorse the present territor-
ial and federal administrations of Ok-
lahoma and everything In the national
republican platform of 1S96, and the
territorial platform of 1898.
10. We endorse the republican ad-
ministration of Ixtgan county, as eco-
nomic, competent and thoroughly re-
publican—as the fulfillment of the
pledges of the party In this county, and
careful of the interests and rights of
every citizen.
It We are for a uniform assess-
ment of the property of the people,
and an amendment of the equalization
laws so all property will be assessed at
actual cash value, as now provided by
law. and make impossible and unnec-
essary any raise of the aggregate
HOff'S NEW SCHOOL.
The Practical Pen, Art Hall and Business Col-
lege. A School of improved Ideas and methods in
Fenmanship, Art, Shorthand,
typewriting and Bookkeeping.
This School is located in pleasant rooms over
SPENCER'S HARDWARE STORE, on the
corner of First Street and Oklahoma Avenue,
Guthrie, Oklahoma.
For further information address
W. A. L.
able
value
and statehood, of which he Is the
exponent. Wi dtclars his election at
this time to be of more importance to
the homesteader and citizens generally
than any other Issue before the people
• >f Oklahomif"
13. Wo pledge the nominees of this
of Logan convention to economic. Just and sup-
Hon. D. T. jerlor county government, and put them
12. We pledge the enthusiastic
ergies of the republics
county to the election
Flynn, and to the cause of free homes ^before the people as the representatives
of a party which always stands r -
sponsible f r the ac ts of its partisans
in office. We invite all the foes of the
fusion of greed and appetite and of
those nominees without party spon-
sors, political principles, honorable
ancestry or excusable progeny, to j Is not in the interest of the best super
unite with us In electing the repuhli- vl?Ion, and *h nld be •- rlnnu '1 as t<
can ticket. ! f .-.-i dlstr'.Ha niori
14. We stamp with our disapproval I form.
arrangement ' districts for the
,nse of partisan advantage when
t. the disadvantage of the
f and economical and efficient ad-
stration. The Gerrymander of
County's C> mr. sioners districts
y in sq u.>
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