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Show THE PRINCE'S BIRTHDAY. Lultpold of llavarla Is Seenty Years Old Today. Special to the Times. Munich, March 12. Prince Luit-pold, Luit-pold, regent of Bavaria, celebrated his 70th birthday today. The movement to proclaim him king and depose Otto, who is a maniac, is gaining strength aud is approved by the newspapers. news-papers. It is believed that the royal family and the council of state will also-agree also-agree to it. The favorite amusement of Otto now is to stand at a window of his castle prison under the watch of an attendant, and shoot at a peasant with a gun which is supposed to be loaded with ball, but which, of course, is not. Peasants are kept under regular pay to lie shot at. They come within gunshot and the king tires and at the sound they fall, pretending to be killed. Leit-pold Leit-pold has proved himself a statesman of capacity. |