Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-06-19

r DEATH o9 THE DUpHEss OF Or
LEANS n Incident IN har life.
1t was briefly arl1ounced YES
ttrelay that the DncEess Of Orleans,
widow Of the late Duke Of Orleans,
Louis phi]lipe's oldes@ son, who
came to sGch q lamentable ond IN
1912, died OF, the 18tl Of May, at
CIIremo11t, England, where the ex-
lied royal family have resided every
since the calan2ities ofI848. The
world will receive this announce.
ment with some emotions, for tbs
,art5tla Duchess Of Orleans has
filled in = history.s;s an interesting
Tone. The philadelphia Bulletin
says - =
l. The Duchess. Helena Jo,,iag
Elizabeti, was born January 24tb, i
1884, SO thatsI1e was IN the forty.
fifth year Of lzer.age. She was tie
daughter Of .tle late Frederick
Louis, Grand I1l1lze Of MeokIen~
=Ionrg scIIwe1in, did was married
to the Dnke Of Orleans, May 3Oth, is
1885, She made an excellent.
faithful and devoted wife, and al
though differing in religion from the
family Of her husband, she attached
them all to her by her many admir-
able qualities. ~~s
The most remarkable incident IN
the, life Of the deceased lady was
that Of FEBRUARY 24th, 1848, wlen',
France was in the midst Of revolt
ton and the throne of Louis Philip
Pc had been verturned. There had
been two days OF barricade and
slaughter. The 1'nilelias had been
sacked by mob; the throne had
been carried through the atrea1a
aud burned the king had Hed--to
n Neul5ly, as was stated, but really.
to the coast, whence he waste es~.
cape in disguise to England. ar;ss
vas IN a]Isthe The frenzy otfanarehy. 8
The Chamber Of Deputies was sur
By q vast and excited rnul-
;itude, and within its walls thsra
was scarcely less disorder1Y than
here was outside. The Deputies
we're ii their places, and a crowd fill
I'd every part ofthe hall. Through
he tnnlult Ctf the aris streets, the
Duchess Of. Orleans, accompanied
y two Of E:or brothers~in-law and
Ter st;ro sons--the Count of Paris,
,ged.nine years, and the Duke OF
lhartres, aged seren-watit bravely
nd vent!sred into the interior oftha
xc!ted Chamber Of Deputies. sha =
ook her seat between her two sons
n the full view Of this tu:nultuous
sae1nblage, who we're awed info
IN parativa silence by the sight Of
le heroic mother coming into such
presence to assert the rights Of
e. son. Then II Dupin arose,
nd amid a stiffness almost awful
~ ounced that the. King Louis
philippe lad abducted in favor of
IS grandson, the Count Of. P aris,
nder t17 regency Of the Duchess
f Orleans. There was brief
alse, broken by s. single voice from
le spectators gallery, which utter
4 the words, sto'st trop taad,, Ii
too late, and those words became
le verdict Of France. The Ducla~
$ and her children retired, the
royisional' ' governu1 ut was organ
ed, and in s. few days she left.
rance, never to set her foot On It
zaitI, takiag with her, her two ssns
I'd sharing the fallen fortunes Of
ar hnsUand's .arlily.
During the last ten years ths
'uchess Of Orleans has resided chief
on the continent, devoting her
:ltsto the education OF her two sons
I'D =to be young men Of promise
he is tile. fourth prominent mem.
sr Of the ex-roTal family Of France
a has died since the revolution of
34s, the others having been the
ing, Louis Philippe; his daughter,
ueen Of the Be|gians. end his
the Duchess Of
IL ale. -.
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