Show DESM athil 1 I Y A A princess of humme humble birth dies in absolute poverty Pov WK ONCE BT OT bah HEIM sha she at length ends her 1121 in a want anil and deprivation with her natural rights denied her special RF 5 F chronicle service I 1 PARIS sept 20 A t few days ago cc occurred currea tho fu funeral erl of a woman woma u whose career has been of the most remarkable and romantic nature of humble birth and origin she had been treated for many years by several of tho the crowned heads beads of europe aa as a near and dear member of their family but during tho the latter portion of her life she was pointedly ignored blighted slighted and even proclaimed as a au imposter by all her formerly BO so friendly royal relatives whose hose an animosity toward her went BO so far as to allow her to suffer downright want in the recent editions of or the almanac Alm inac de gotha her namo name figures as the baroness Barones von grutenstein Rut enstein she was the wife of prince price leopold of saxe coburg kohary while charging that the wife of king ferdinand of portugal wai nothing more than the daughter of a boston cob bier bler tho the consort of irinco prince lo leopold IMS wes only the child of a vienna sor of music named geiger and the daughter of a poor dressmaker in autumn of all vienna was startled almost out of its senses b by y the announcement that the popular and chivalrous prince leopold bad contracted a marriage with the attractive and captivating daughter of dree dressmaker amaker frau fran gelger geiger tho the dismay of his royal and imperial rat relations a was increased by the discovery that instead of marrying her with his left abandand band and thus thas rendering tho the bunian merely a morganatic one ho he had actually tendered her his right hand toe the ceremony being performed b by cardinal Rau delier leopolds wife become populate with royalty she made the acquaintance of and nd carried on correspondence w with ith qu queen a an victoria the koyal royal family or portugal and belgium and with tho the reigning duke of saxe coburg gotha although ehe rho frequently visited vienna I 1 yet she mostly resided in this cit city where there was less distinction male made between her rank and her husbands than at etiquette bound vienna and berlin amore A moro devoted couple it was impossible to conceive and their charming house here on the rue spontini near the baisde bois do boulogne was noted tor for ill its hospitality about fire five years ago leopold died like many other princes he had been thoughtless enough to neglect to make aily ady especial provisions for hi wife and only eon con francis being convinced that no one would venture t to contest her marriage right to his big fortune in that supposition however helas he was mistaken borths for tho last las breath had scarcely left bis his body when his effects and pr property 0 p erty were seized in behalf behal lio of I 1 hia his sister ter in law and nephew the royal relatives all deserted llis the poor woman the immense property of her husband nd went to princess clementina and his wife died in poverty THE ED EVO OF 0 il A LIFE count lippi lippe shoots flimie fatally Fatal lj STAN sita idalio DA ILD special F carick service Scry lOO benun sept 20 another suicide in high 11 life fe has just occurred here coant schaumburg lippe shot himself last night head at hia big rooms the count is of hibb birth as ho be is a cousin of his serene highness the prince of schaumburg lippe who waa was at one time reported to be engaged to princess victoria he ile was only twenty six yeara years old long time be he has been leading a fast life the count was wag a IL great theatergoer theater goer and some lime time ago he went with a party of friends to the freidrich wilhelm theater hero he became infatuated with a ballet girl engaged in that house ono of bis his friends was acquainted with the young lady who is known as Frat fraulein ilein llan ilan bon son and be he insisted that she should be invited to supper that evening as he wished to be do presented the countway count Coun was enchanted and bagged her bar permission to call which she gave they became close friends and for a time the count remained always ba bj the aid eide of bis his c charmer h a r but bat as 09 tho the novelty wore off t the desire or grew grow upon him to frequent the clab which he was accustomed to visit and be he used often to be out till late fraulean Fraul eln I 1 anson resented this treatment and gome me odd stories reached the count that ehe she was to bo be seen at aupper supper with some of his friends at length the evidence as to her fidelity brought by one of his friends was too strong to be dismissed dismie eed as before last night ho he returned to bis his room unknown to any of them the keeper of the apartment however the mother of the woman be adored heard him and this morning calling her daughter told her that the count had returned they went to his room and knocked but race received ived no reply entering they found him dead Every everything thi a g was in order and on th the table were found several letters ono of them was addressed to miss iian ilan son in which be he upbraided up braided her liar tor for her lack of fidelity to him a aal I 1 at the same time as assuring surbiR her thathy spite ol 01 all he will s ill loved her there were other lettera addressed to prince schaumburg burz lippo lippe and to several of his friends in which ho be repeated the story of his affection for fraulein n hanson and declared that her extravagance trava gance gauce which had involved him in lit heavy debts and her unfaithfulness were the causes of his taking his life |