Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1912 — BAVARIA RULER DEAD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BAVARIA RULER DEAD

PRINCE LUITPOLD SUCCUMBS TO BRONCHIAL CATARRH. Deceased’s Heart Is to Be Embalmed, Placed in Silver Case and Taken to Altoetting. Munich, Bavaria, Dec. 13.—Luitpold, prince regent of Bavaria, died here. He was ninety-one years old. The prince regent had been in failing health for several months. The immediate cause of his death was bronchial Catarrh, which was aggravated by the feebleness of old age. He passed away before his eldest son, Prince Ludwig, could reach his side from his estates in Hungary. Prince Luitpold had been compelled to cancel all public engagements for some time, hut he insisted until the

last moment on receiving the Bavarian cabinet ministers and his personal suite. Prince Luitpold was the oldest ruling prince in Europe in point of years. He was nine years older than Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. Emperor William telegraphed that he would attend the funeral, the date of which has not yet been fixed. In consonance with the wishes of the now deceased prince, his heart is to be embalmed separately, inclosed in a silver case and taken to Altoetting, in Bavaria.

Prince Luitpold.