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A Female Spanish Infriguer-The Cause Of
General OrteEa'b Execution.

General OrteGaB Execution.
The last news from Europe included an
item stating, that General Ortega, having
been duly sentenced, was shot at Madrid on
the 18th of April, for conspiracy against the
crown Of Spain. The incidents which led to
his death are interesting as being one of the
expiring efforts of the Oarlists TO revive those
claims which involvedthe Spanish Peninsula
in a disastrous and bloody war. ...
For the last ten or twelve years, says the
New York Epening Post there has resided at
Rome, generally in the palace of the Spanish
Embassador, in the Piazza d,Espagna, a
portly lady, not young, but still very hand
some, with a keen black eye, and grace and
elegance of manner which even her some
what unwieldy degree of corpulence can not
dspel. She is personal friend of Plus TX,
faithful and devoted daughter Of the
Church, sCrupulously exact in her attendance
on the ceremonial festivities Of the Catholic
Church, and withal as shrewd a railway
financier as any of the Wall-street men who
dabble in Erie, Central and Michigan South
ern. She owns most of the Spanish rail-
roads, and is altogether a most remarkable
| lady. ....., H
BY birth Neapolitan Princess, she became
some thirty-fve years ago the fourth wife of
| Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, and since then
| has been generally known as Queen Maria
| Christina. She was, when she married, young
| and beautiful, and readily gained a greater
| ascendancy over her husband than any of his
previous wives had done. She was ambitious,
and as the King had no children, she nat
urally determined that the crown should de-
scend to her offspring. .N
| King Ferdinand and Queen Christina had
| two children, but to the disappointment OF
! the parents they were both daughters, and as
the Saiic Law had been introduced into Spain
in l7l3, there was every prospect that the
the crown, on the death of Ferdinand, would
| rightfully revert to his brother, Carlos. 10
avoid this, the Queen prevailed upon her hus-
band to make a special WILL bequeathing the
| crown of Spain to their eldest daughter, Is
| abella. ..ri..,rs ..l re'rT oHl'
In 1888 Ferdinand died, and isabella then
only three years old, became Queen under
the regency of her mother. Carlos, the
brother, who by the Salic law was entitled to
the succession, claimed his rights, and with
his partisans, composed principally of the
old aristocracy, prepared to enforce his claim
The Queen Christina gathered around her
the liberals, and, supported by England, sue
cessfully repealed the Carlist party, and after
suppressing the rebellion resigned the re-
gencyt Espartero taking her place. In 1856
Don Carlos, after having some ten years ago
resigned in favor of his son, died in exile al
Trieste. ...... .. I
This son was born in 1918, and bears th,
title of Count de Montemolino, which,
literally translated would mean Count Hill
mill. Probably very few persons in tn,
United States were even aware of his exist
ence, for he has been very quiet since hi
father ceased his active efforts to reach tht
, Spanish throne.
By some means or other General Ortega
unfortunately for himself deemed the presen
favorable opportunity for creating a revo-
luton in Spain, and reyiving the Carlist
claim in the person of the son and represen.
tative of Don Carlos. 1t was rumored thai
Queen Isabella would abdicate this spring
for what cause does not appear-and 0rtegi
thought he could reinstate the heir, who
, according to the Salic law, is really entitled
! to the crown of Spain. He induced tn
!, Count of Montemolino to acquiesce in hi
|, plans, although that prudent person did no
venture into Spain himself. He let Orteg
:. take the lead, but the latter had probabl
. . misinterpreted the present feeling in Spain
for when he raised the Ca-list flag he foun
but few adherents, and was easily overpow
cred by the government troops. He wa
: tried at Court Martial, the Queen, who onl
had power of pardoning him, refused to ex
ercise that power, and poor Ortega was she
: for high treason. r a .I.e4