Show PRINCESS SOPHIA OF SAXE WEIMAR I II SHOOTS HERSELF Suicide Result of Reigning Grand D Dukes Duke's s Opposition in Affair of Heart HEIDELBERG TT II EIDELBERG Germany Sept Sopt 18 IS- IS 1 11 1 Princess Sophia of ot S Sn Weimar Saxe-Weimar- e- e Weimar Weimar- Eisenach a beautiful young woman of sunny disposition and much courted by bytho bytho bytho tho officers with whom she sIte often otten rode to hounds at Baden court committed suicide early this morning Her bod body with a l bullet wound in the temple was found in her room in the palace of ot her father Prince William Tho rho death of or the princess was due toa to toa a lovo love affair Sho was engaged to Hans Von the eldest son of or the senior member of one of the most powerful banking houses in German Ger Ger- man many When hen the engagement eng was announced announced an an- flounced prematurely premature somo some months ago it was learned that the thc reigning grand duke luke Prince William Ernest strenuous strenuously strenuously ous prohibited tho union unless the tho princess renounced all her titles and dignities This she refused to do Princess Sophia and her parents were much beloved In Heidelberg for tho interest they had taken in the poor and the g general public welfare although the father was by no means wealthy wealth and was as living on an allowance from the reigning grand duke As head of the family the grand duke duko objected to the union of ot the tho princess with a man who occupied an Inferior station in life Her father it is said was in inclined inclined in- in dined to accede to his daughters daughter's wishes but was unable to tako take an nn In Independent Independent Independent In- In dependent stand owing to his financial relations with the grand duke While Whilo tho the princess had I Deen pro- pro vented from marrying Von der they thoy often had been seen together at It Heidelberg since tho the engagement eng was announced He studied for tor several sovera years at and so secured his doctors doctor's s degree last winter It is not known whether the pair had resigned themselves to the decision decision deci deci- sion of ot the grand duke but Von Bleich- Bleich roeder it is reported started for tor Hoi Hol- delberg yesterday esterday No statement of or oram any am kind relative to the tragedy has been given out and official confirmation confirma tion of ot the suicide could not bo be ob obtained obtained oh- oh tamed toda today from front Prince Williams William's palace But the townspeople have havo accepted ac ac- ac- ac the tho suicIde version and the pathetic pathetic pathetic pa pa- feature of tho affair has cau caused ed deep sorrow V. According to one of or the palace employees employees em em- the tho princess killed herself about t C o'clock in the morning and a maid entering her apartments soon SOOTh afterward came upon her dead bod body Tho The princess was only onh 25 5 years ears of ot age having been born on July 25 5 6 1888 A brother Prince Hermann resigned from th the Prussian arm army several years ago 30 lie lIo settled In London and ancl married married mar mar- ried ned an In Italian actress Compelled to renounce his title ho took the name nune of or Count |