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+, DEATH OF LOUIS NAPOLEON. :
His Career - an AASeatarer, Rresf-
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Charles Louis Napoleon Bona
parte, or Napoleon III, Ex-Emper-
or of the French, whose death 1T
his residence in ChiseIhurst, Eng.
land, occurred ON the9th inst, was
born in Paris, April 20, 1905, and
was thus nearly sixty five years
old, He was the. son, of Louis
Bonaparte, King of Holland and
Hortense, daughter of the. EN-
press Josephens. The great En-
peror and Empress Gsere HIS sp6ns
sors at baptism, and he early be-
came a faT0fise with his uncle. frlv
His fatherand mother had been
haIienated for some Lime previous
to his birth, and shortly after sen,
arated entirely. Indeed, It. was
stated at the time that tJwas only
by command of the EppeTpr khEC
Joseph consented to acknowledge
the child as'his son--aad q doubt
as to his claim to Bonaparte blood
has always existed. Hrs no Ehsrl
resided in Paris until after the;
battle of. Waterloo, when she re-
moved to Augsberg and afterwards
to Switzerland. The education of
the boy was by his mother. and
after reaching more mature years
he was placed under the tusorSliip
of NJ. Lebas, q man Of decided
Republican principles. He was
also for time at the military
school of Thup, where he showed.
most proficiency IN artillery tactics,
and but little as scholar.
In 1880, when the revolution
broke out he asked to be allowed
to return to France, but Louis
Philippe refused. He then re-
paired in company with his broth
er to Italy, and took an active
part in the revolutionary move
ment OF 1881, but France and
Austria having interfered in the
interests Of the papal authority,
the disturbances were suppressed
and the brothers banished from
popal territory. His older broth
er died at. Pesaro in March, 1881,
and Louis Was also prostrated by
sickness, at Ancona, was Joined
by his mother, and having in vain
applied for admission into the
French army; he spent short
time in England, eveptually re-
turned to his mothers chateau at
Arenburg in Thurgau.
The Duke of Reiehstadt, Son of
the Emperor, dying in 1892, left
him the successor of Napoleon,
not by legitimate descent, but by
the edicts of 1904 and 1906, which
set aside the usual order of de-
SCENT, and fixed the succession in
the line of the fourth brother OF
Napoleon, Louis, instead of that
of the older brother, Joseph. This
opened . new career to his ambi.
ton, and he, seems from that. time
to have set his heart upon the
throne of France and the Empire,
leaving no opportunity unimprov.
ed to win his way to tie affections
! of the French people. He wrote
a : book, ReUeries EoOlitiques, the
object of which was to show the
necessity of an Emperor to the
true Republican organization Of
France. This was followed by
larger work, Tdees Nepoieoaten
mes, which was . eulogy mainly
upon the policy and plans of tho
Emperor, and their importance tc
France.
! In 1856 he conspired with Col
Vaudry and other military officers
at Strasbourg, and on the Both o.
October Of that year proclaimed 9
revolution. But few OF the sol
diers could be induced 10 Join fht
movement, and it proved sigma
| failure. He was arrested and ban
] ished TO the United States, where
be lived idly and obscure for some
time and then went to South Amer
ica. The illness Of his mother re
called him to Arenberg, where
he arrived IN time to see her die
| October 9Th, 1637-aftef which III
| published 3 defense OF his Stras
bourg conduct, and his extrsdifior
from Switzerland being demanded
by the French goyernment, he I'm
ally voluntarily Withdrew to Eng
land-from which asylum he dc
voted himself 20 efforts for auotn
er revolution.
! In August, 1S40. accompanied
by CoHnt Monsholon, and aboz
fifty others, he eaiIed from Mar
gate in August, and carrying
tame eagle, landed ct Boulogre
marched with his followers TO ths
barracks and called upon the sol
diers to surrender and join hi
cause. This they refused. q 'fev
shots were exchanged, and will
his eagle, which proved q yer,
tame bird, retired to 3 hill and va
arrested In an attempt to reach ~
vessel.
He was then tried for treason
before the house of peers, va
eloQuently defended by BerzEei
|, IconVicted aud sentenced 70 pei
petual impEisSnmAnsin ts.e 1SxEsss