The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
Death of The Prince Imperial.


The mournful interest lis attached to
TIE peniing Zulu war by tine news of the
death OF the young Primes Napoleon at
tine Ihaniis of the savagea. 1t apnears
that he went out with scouting party,
and that, while resting, they were sur
ruunded by the Zuius--a fatality which
seenis to continually follow the English.
Tine party aprang TO their horses, and
succeefied in escaping, with the excep'
tion of the prince, whose horse got away
from him. He then started Oh the run,
hut was speedily over+aken and slain
with the numerous aszegais-Ipierced
with no less than seventeen wounds
Tine events of his life are very briet,
he was horn in the Tnileries, March, 16,
1856. Hiseducation was very thorough
one, and at the outbreak of the Franco
German war heaecompanied his tather to
Metz, and thence TO Saarhrnck, where, as
Napoleon autographed to Engenie, he TO
ceived q baptism of fire. Shortly after
wards he COINED his mother in England
and has remained with heruutil rscentiy
when he Obtained permission from the
Engiiah government to accompany the
army to its South African campaign
where the baptism of fire has over
whelmed him, and ended his ambitious
career in tine very flower of his youth.
Tine tieath0f the prince removes one OF
the most Formidable of the B0napartist
claimants TO the throne. BY the decree
of 1904, Napoleon 4. laft the throne TO
the descendants of 1onie, the third
brusher, and father of Napoleon ILL. 4
Tine CON of NapoleonI !, Napoleon, Joseph, 4
died ciiiitiless, and indeed his claim was
never recognized. Joseph, the oldest |
brother, renowned his claim, and the \
decree 10 which we have alluded barred |
out 1Iucien and his family. I,ucien
died in 1S46, and the throne descended
to the only surviving son, Louis Ma
poleon (Eapoleon ILL }, vino married the
beautiful and ill-fated Spanish Princess
Eugenie Marie de Montijo in 1864. Ellis
Two brothers, Napoleon Charles and Ma /
ip0leon Ionis died respectively in 1887
and 1881. BY this marriage he had one
son, Louis Napoleon, who has now fallen
"a victim 10 the Zulu savages. BY his
death the liineal claim now reverts to the |
family of Jarome, the youngest brother 1
of Napoleon L., who married. Elizabeth |
Patterson of Baltimore, Md, recently
deceased. 1f this marriage had been
recognized in France his American lchiIA I
iren would now be ON the direct line,
hut as tits, the descendants of the second
marriage are in tbs succession. The
Claimant now is Napoleon Jerome, sbetter /
known SIS Plon-Pion, who married a |
daughter OF Victor Emmanuel, and after 4
him his twosone, Napoleon Victor, born \
in 1862, and Napoleon L.onis, born in
1864. Whatever sympathies the reprib-
ilicans of France may have On personal 1
grounds for fhie mother, there will nn.
be q feeling of relief ON ipoliti. |
cal grounds that the most powerful \
Bonaparsiat claimant lis no more.
FOs the unfortunate princess, now
entering into the shadows of Lie. lbereit
of her only child lnpon whom abe foptily
hoped 10 lean in her declining wears, 4
there will he a widespread .tealing OF
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