Show t. t R H v rs- rs Between Life and Death Vienna Saturday Oct 1 U 12 1 30 a a. a in TIll m. The greatest anxiety I Js Is felt by the watchers at the time bedside of oC Emperor Em Em- peru Francis Josef whose condition condi condi- tion ion it is is- isnow now a admitted Is Ig extremely crItical The Tire court physicians are ale in inconstant inconstant inconstant constant attendance an and it is evident evi evi- evi dent that tho time greatest anxiety prevails pro pre valis vails amon among them The lime aged monarch monarch mon muon- arch is ij greatly exhausted b by tho ito fever fe which has lasted ten days s 's and amid there are increased symptoms of oC Inflammation tion tiomi of DC the lungs luns It is declared that the emperor hums has reached the point where it Is doubtful if it ho lie will live Jive another 2 21 I 1 hours At this hour there Is barely a breath of or life left len In the time feeble old monarch HIs Ills mental condition borders ers on the tue unconscious us an and he Is at times unable una una- ble ide to recognize the time anxious ones who stand fan about his couch Ills His hours are ale surely numbered J Joseph ole II Francis emperor king of ot Hungary and Bohemia etc wa was born August 18 18 1830 1820 and ascended ed time the throne of oC Austria December 2 1819 1840 on OIL the abdication of or his uncle Fer dinand inan 1 I I. I lie IIo was time the el eldest est son of the timo late lato Archduke Arch Francis Charles Charlea who stood next to Ferdinand I I. I In the legal or order cr of or succession and who who died March Marcim 8 S 1878 and of or tho the Princess Princess Prin Prin- ce cess g Sophia S On ascending the time tin throne one Francis Josef Joser found the empire shaken shakeim by In Internal internal in- in dissensions and his lila first step was to promise a free and constitutional constitution constitution- al government to th the people Tho The of events compelled him to close tho time national assembly an and amid to assume absolute power At the same time he abrogated the constitution of 0 I Hungary the th people being In iii le rebellion rebel rebel- el- el I lion Hon against him him and only brought to tu subjection b by the time arme armed intervention cn I tion iou of Russia while ho owed his hol holon hold holdon holdon on Italy Ital to time the skill of oC his veteran genera general IQ Having at last ob obtained ob- ob tamed alne internal peace and freedom for governmental and lesi legislative o action he promulgated the lie e edict lct of or Schon Brunn September 26 G. G 1851 in which he de declared de- de e- e dared the tIme government go responsible to lo no imo political authority other than the tue throne Assisted by Prince Schwarzenberg and anti after his death cath by Count Buol Bud and Baron Daron Bach he lw centralized the the government go of his heterogeneous nationalities na na- mia mia- at ut Vienna and al aided ed by y Herr Heir Heiron von on Bruck Inaugurated a a. sc se- se I ries Iles of financial and amid commercial re reforms re- re forms fornis lav favorable fa 01 able to the Interests of or the mill middle l cla classes s s. s la lu 1853 1 the emperor I 1 5 S 'S S. S i tS tL It r vi q 1 r 5 a.- a. 7 A f V L S S S though in vain aln to Induce tho tito C Czar ar Nicholas to aban abandon on his ambitious designs design against Turkey lurkey It Is probable able that ha had te emperor joined johH ll with witt the western powers Austria might not have havo lost Lombardy three years later In April 1851 Francis married tho the Princess 1 Elizabeth Amello Bug Eugenja of or the time Duke To Tn seph and cousin on her mothers mother's si aide o to the thc l king ot of Bavaria On September 10 10 18 1808 8 the Empress Elizabeth was waa assassinated at Vienna Vicuna by an Italian ann anarchist 1st In July 1890 tIme Iho Archduchess Val- Val Ionic daughter aug of time the emperor an and was v married to Archduke Francis Salvator Tho The emperors emperor's only son soil on the time Crown Prince Rudolph nUdolph havling hav hay ling lag ing met meL death undo tinder un cl mysterious cir clr- ll I t n f. f 1 r o o z luke duko Charles Louis became heir bu but t h lie lie- relinquished his rights o of succession jon ion In favor faor of his s on somi son the tho Archduke e Francis Ferdinand who WIIO thereupon became became be be- came camo heir apparent There have hav been mun many predictions prediction s that the tIme death of or Francis Josef Josof would woul d be followed by a break up of the Austrian Austrian Aus Aus- Austrian trian empire To fo a u great extent these thes e predictions have been based upon tim the thc e unpopularity of tho the heir hell apparent t Archduke Francis Ferdinand Ferdinan That Tha t this unpopularity exists cannot c. bo be denied denle de the tiled nied Whether it is is an arm another other matter I an-I |