Show Career of Insane S Empress Is Closed Charlotte Dies of Influenza at Brussels at Age of 86 Mind Was Vas Clouded Since Execution of Husband in Mexico in itt 1867 1667 Was Vas Kept in Ignorance of World Events BRUSSELS B Belgium Jan 19 H I By The Th Associated Press Press- Press Charlotte once empress of Mexico as the wife wire of Emperor Maximil Maximilian ian lan died at nt her chateau ch near Brussels at ot 7 o'clock this morning Thus came to to a close one of tho most tragic careers In European history for tor her mind had be been n clouded ever since sh she heard nf f the tho execution of her bor husband Maximilian at Mexico In un 1 t 67 Several times In the last few years her strong constitution enabled Charlotte to withstand lous serious Illness but when hen last Sat Sat- Saturday Sat Saturday she was as stricken with a severe ere attack of influenza the thO physIcians ph took into her ner advanced she age ace she was 86 and held beld out little hope for tor her re- re recovery to re covery coven DF IX P JA IO the At times over week-end week seemed to Improve then on Tues Tuesday day morning pneumonia devel el developed There was 1 a 0 hurried con con- consultation con consultation of physicians and Char Char- Charlotte's lottes lotte's nephew ICing Kin Albert and Queen Elizabeth and tir tho others of the th royal family were sum sum- summoned summoned summoned to the th sick room They were at t the th bedside when she h diM died peacefully the tho m- m Illness Ill Illness Throughout th empress ex-empress ness in fact through the years year of her retirement she sh had md II a a con con- constant con constant stant attendant In Baron Daron AU Auguste Goffinet who was TV a close do friend of her brother King Leopold II of BelgIUm Baron Augusto knowing that the empress was soon to die wistfully of his hi relation with the Belgian royal roal house of oC the benu and charm of Charlotte Charlott as aj a 0 girl before beloro she married narried the tho th Austrian Archduke Maximilian RECALLS PROPHECY It Is my sad d privilege ho he saId to bury the royal family Leopol I Iwas was Wall right when ten ho he told toll mo years cars I ego CO Empress Charlotte Is II to bury us all 1111 except yourself The Tho Th baron as aa administrator of 01 S Empress Empresa Charlottes Charlotto's property added dd d that thero there was no truth In Ic 1 I Ithe the tho reports report of her great treat fortune It was once one something II t gold cold francs he explain ed cd d that it dwindled considerably ly lytho the tho last lut fw tow years because of the depreciation of ot Russian and Ger Ocr German man shares On July 27 last I Icing Albert an and Queen 1 Elizabeth paid a special visit vitt to Charlotte at her chateau the tho occasion being b the tho th sixty ninth er annl anniversary ary of or her marriage to Maximilian She Sho Sh talked a long longtime longtime time with the th king and qu queen en lid ad- ad addressing ad dressing them as prince princ and princess as she had never been Informed of the tho th death of ot hot her brother Leopold It II Members Member of bet entourage said at the th time that she sh had entirely recovered 1 lh her r mental powers and that she sho h frequently r qu referred to Maximilian But Dut each time It was WM reported that she h had hod recovered cred her reason a a veil again descended over her mind KEPT KEIT FROM f To avoid old trou troubling her she sho h was kept In Ignorance of many events such as a the th tumbling o of thrones throne a and nd dynasties and even less hess ess Im- Im Important Im Important happeninGs happeninG's within the tho Belgian royal family Thus Thu she shedid did not know of the tho th marriage morrl ge of other her hee favorite favorit grand rand nephew CrOwn Prince Leopold to Prince Princess Astrid of Sweden or th the death last year yeu of Cardinal Mercier Her lIeI mind cleared for a few lew moments yesterday She w was ves l given extreme unction and was able abl to 10 talk rationally to member r of o the royal family Then ehe h lapsed Into unconsciousness and slept t fitfully until death dath came |