Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-03
NINE. YTURBIDE AND son.
a PATHETIC STORY OF MATERNAL
ANGUISH AND REGRET.
Grandson of the Emperor Yturbide
Adopted by Macmillan and Car
lotta-A Mothers Tribuia-
tions-Uuited mt Last.

The Yturbides, who have spent the best
part of their lives in Washington, are heirs
to the throne Of Mexico. The Emperor Au-
gustin Yturbide had been an officer in the
Spanish army when Mexico was depend
eL-y of Spain Having been cashiered for
cruelty to prisoners, he revenged himself by
heading the revolt which freed Mexico from
the Spanish dominion. This was in 1S2l
But being a man of powerful ambition as
well as extraordinary powers, he managed
to have himself proclaimed emperor CT Mex
leo. Revolution followed, and on the 18th
day of July. 1874, he was shot as traitor.
The Mexican congress exiled his fam
lily, hut remembering Yturbides services
in freeing Mexican soil from the foreigner,
settled a handsome annuity upon them. The
emperor's only son, Don Angel de Yturbide,
was sent to the United States to be
educated and while student at the
Jesuit college at Georgetown he fell
in love with and married Miss Alice Green,
a woman of spirit as well as beauty. They
had ono child, Augustin, who is now 81
years old At the critical point in poor
Maximilian's fortunes he thought it would
be q measure of Cancellation toward the
Mexicans if he were to offer to adopt the
grandson of tho Emperor Yturbide and
make him heir to the throne.
The proposition was, therefore, conveyed
to the family, who had been allowed to re-
turn TO Mexico 1t was coupled with the
promise of large grant off money to the
Yturbides, which was, however, nothing
but the payment of the pension due them
from the Mexican government, and also
that they should all leave Mexico at once
Dazzled by the brilliant prospect opening,
as she thought, before her children, Nine
Yturbide consented TO the arrangement
The young Angustin, then not years old,
was TO be treated as the child of Macmillan
and Carlotta, and Nine Yturbide felt that
she was giving him up to another mother.
The papers were signed and Mime. Yturbide
and her hurband set of for the United
States
ANGUISH AT THE SEPARATION.
But, from the moment she turned her
steps away from her child, she was possessed
with anguish at the separation Every
hour her distress increased. and when she
reached Pucbla she haitei and wrote a pa
thetic note to Marshal Bazaine, then in com
mand, begging him in eloquent words to
induce the emperor and empress to restore
TO her her child. She could not await the
marshal's answer to her letter at Puebla,
from her windows the diligence about to
start for the City of Mexico, she ran down
and hastily packing up a few necessaries
took her place in it for the city where her
child was Immediately on reaching Mex
leo she communicated with Marshal Ba-
zaine, who behaved with great kindness to
he:. and through him she addressed a touch
ing letter TO the Emperor Macmillan To
this letter n verbal answer was sent request
ing that Mime. Nturbide come to the palace
TO confer with the emperor and empress At
an appointed day royal carriage was sent
for her Nine Yturbide, elegantly dressed
in the Mexican fashion. with a mantila over
her head, entered it Instead of driv-
ing 10 the palace they turned into
road leading out of the city ''The
court, suppose, is at Chepultspec, said
Nine Yturbide TO the officer who accom-
panied her. But she was soon undeceivei.
IL was the road 10 Puebia A diligence met
them Nine Yturbide, on leaving the
royal carriage, sat down on rock on the
roadside and refused TO go further; but she
was taken up by main force, put III the dill
gence and taken TO Puebia. where her hus-
band Don Angel de Yturhide, met her But
Nine Yturbide could do something else be
side write touching letters She found out
that the arrangement she had entered into
and 81 bitterly regretted had no legal force
according TO the Mexican laws She inter
ested Mr.. Seward, then secretary OF state,
who made strong representations TO the
French government in Nine Yturbide's
favor The Empress Carlotta was on her
last visit to Paris, making her tina! des;,cr
ate effort for assistance from the Emperor
Napoleon Nine Yturbide went TO Paris,
where these two unhappy women had an
interview. The empress received her colby,
and the interview WAS very unsatisfactory
TO Mime. Iturbida