Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-30

Her Influence over tie Dom Fer
nsndo.
Ptris 4nsried IT,
The remarkable roubf an Ameri
can woman was callehind by the
cable dispatch some dsS announ cling
the death OF Dom Feo, Of Sake
Coburg- Gotha The wTho survives
him was o Miss Hebi Boston-R
singer Of great repute II ve years ago,
and now known in r as Countess
d'Edls. Dom FernaGth held the re-
Eeucy of Portugal a B offered the
throne Of 81 ain, bat d it, His pal
ace, known as the Cops Cintra, and
described by Byron L. opening OF
"Childe Harold, is orIhe most pie
turesque in Europe Is democratic
in his tastes. and whehis prime en-
ioyed life at the expsf some of the
rules of the strictest cChorshty.
Miss Hensler, OF b was q young
woman of many rare 4 ishmenrs aud
great beauty. She Tfiend of the
poet Longfsllow, and spected aud
admired by the foref kople Of her
native city. Having serb voice she
went to opera, and iajsang in New
York the role of Do Sisa in Don
Giovanni Aater shlpSred in the
Grand Opera House alb; Dom Fer
nsudo had been q VwI for several
years, and was then Iebt Portugal
be was enamored derpd had her
made court singer. lend her career
on the stage and sfFa,hever again
heard in America. 4oun there des'
cribes her first meetiIBitAiss HeHsler:
"In September, 1851 wdo on my way
to Spain, and when lve't Bordeaux
[ noticed that there Is Portuguese
msu-of.war in port. tharst day out
from Bordeaux | wsfigd the second
place at the table on fright the Cap
tain. as had been cmeuH to him as
the Brazilian coTrespt ent one OF the
leading London jouus. e hrst posi-
ton on the left Of thAptal was given
10 a fine looking lsdybOm judged to
be about 35 years olj Herianner and
her conversation werlsy aiiudicated a
person of educatio1nd ftion. We
we're in the first sale aud ternationsl
m;y,ure of FrepcAm Italia Germans,
En,i;sbmsn and ierica During
our FIRST stage of : dai from Bor-
deAux to Lisbo card this
Iady converse b ! fellow
passenger in the iouAnguai represent
ed by the rationale aforementioned
| On our second dsEt, WI conVerslug
With q fellow psssenb and tied on the
main promenade OFF steaT J fell into
a rambling talk sbf varlo persons II
the Old and New WI. Amg the lat
ter we talked much put LoielloW, and
while we were coming Deserved the
| Iadv referred to abo bet farou US bus
/ ily plying her needl OR NVersat!oI
had nothing to couHl, ande prOoaoiy
talked in rather ID yoieeF, after M
companion had gonI wsy, thhdy t9rne;
to me and said: i tidenta heard you
speak Of Mr.. Long lox. lIyou know
himY Upon my aAhatiVe ~ she toll
me that both he anMr. Thss Apple
ton were great frie1i Of hers America
He, further converS ou show, ne the
she was acquainted To the " best pao
| ple sf Boston and Unity.
Before we arrived t lisbo1 was N
formed that the lad questi lwas Mis
Henslsr, who yss ss to have lackno"
edged Gaison Of the bst intiue patqr'
with Dom Fernando he fAtkerfhe klni
of Portugal. Dom Feruapsas in tn
Portusele man.ofWl Rt Bordef. On al
irving OF Lisbon OF the Al barge
came for her, sad bsggss was e.
smnted tom custds and com hous
officials. Just rs shGas Gooqto lesV
tbs s,eame she exkded horn to So
good. hive. when | assd her: at shall
sov far Won TO yoifriends iAmerics
! She gave E;t psnsatDg onot oueh'
n lock, sad theI Was somipg in Il
tone Of her voice I'd seemed tpPiy tns
beautiful Sora'chsEy, and tdsh sal,
- ma. oh, CIV ESiag, toiey wOul
not and could nopndersternY pos
ton .,
Five ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | hSeturne
f,ona Rail and salMr. Lonll low an
Mr.. Tom Appleton. They 6o4Poke
me- in the kishet tkms OF AAspsleI
Mr.. Appleton df pc hesitate amir
from wbst he kewbf MISS Hler tbs
she WAS either bon FernandV vile
Wonld be
Whatever ms nave beenle trut
concerning the eNf relatlonpet"ee
Dom Fernando sDGpiss Hens 1t Is
historical fact that ! was pasGrpest
: and consistently dew I'd to herring d
latter years Of his Ii The epse OF b
refusal Of the Throne Spain wthe mo
signal proof of thAtI ls6sfter q
SpauiarSs had got riiot Isabel moth
OF the recently deoeasS Archaeological
ton Of grSndees vat sboubroul
the royal highway siAFope king {
somebody to place ou ysca thror
Thsy beihonsht q emsees of pun y
nsndo, Who was living sully at psla
Of Cinira. He had madA mosuccei
iul aud satisfactory ruieg ring regt
ey over Portugal from s5S lss
when they went TO th,
proposition he asked this rect Hes,iC
IF / accept the throne Of sin W sbC
mv wifsT' They said al SOP con
sion abe would stiI hs bis i VOL
sbe be his euesn1 No. Y settl
Il, The deprivation Of grAeesEent
To ItaIy and fetched up AasoI tho b
, ont two years and then s Isr
undertaking of bang Kin$t pain
despair. Dom Fernando nbsd
home With his American wife