The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-23
KINGS NOT CROWNED.
Royal Pretenders, From the
Count Of Paris Down.
SOME ARE RicHAsD sosaE POOR.
Ch,e.e, Hev.,d.s Pro- rseasr.

wealth uobteman, such as the C0wtD dc
Paris. to Oresie, ths seif-styisd king Of
Araucania, who is sort u gsnteei dead
beat. and francesca. the titular king Of
Armenia, whose royA predecessor pas .
waiter IN Milan, who himself pursneE the
same honest if mot kingiy occupation h >
restaurant II Versailles. Az rule neaSiy
every king nowadays. outside Of the dark
ct part Of the Dark Continent.
has snug sum to his credit in
Engiish or American securities, % thst.
IN the event Of being put ont Of = JOB,
he may have the Whefewifhal 70 keep The
volt OF poverty from the door. Even Queen
Victoria, ruler over the solidest empire IN
the world. whose nag, q she goes BY, has
bfaved for thousand years, and consider
ably longer. the battie and the breeze. IL b.
ieved 10 Be the owner, through trustees, Of
real estate in New York and Chicago, and
ID said 70 have an ample balance 70 her
credit IN leading New York financial In
stitution- The personal wealth OF Queen
Victoria has been very much exaggerated.
but there Is no doubt that she Is the richest
widow In the world.
The Comte de Paris, bourbon pretender
to the throne Of France. and now m exile
in England. i worth about 8, O0O, 900. The
bulk Of his fortune il in British consois.
and he also draws interest on United
States bonds. While always asserting his
right to b king OF France. he would not
risk sou in any revolutionary movement,
and Is apparently content with his attitude
Of digniied pretender.
Prince Jerome Napoleon, the leading
representative Of the imperial house of
Bonaparse. lives in luxurious exile at
Prangins, Switzerland He has splendid
residence there. and owns among his
treasures various relics of the Bonaparte
family, including IN Egyp tian sabre which
the great Napoleon carried in the f5Tst of
his Italian campaigns. Prince Napoleon
Is wealthy and ambitious. The Bona
circumstances. and tine purse of Prince
Jerome Is taxed to keep his friends and
relatives from need.
The ex-qleen of Spain. Isabella, takes
life comfortably. even iuxuriously, resid-
ing in fashionable sryie in Paris. with oc-
casional trips 70 Nice and Boulogne.
Iiaiy has host OF pretenders deprived Of
ian peninsula OF these the house of
Tuscany is the most fortunate, ~ Austria
takes care Of them, and the Archduke
Francis Salyator has recently married the
flower of the imperial family, the Arch
ducess Valerie. The heir of Bomba's
crown Of Naples is quiet, harm
less young man, strictly devoted to
religion, and without any apparent design
upon his ancestral dominions. Indeed,
the deposed Italian princes generally &C
quiesce in their fate, IS hopeless Of any
change. Ali. without exception. are fairly
well provided for.
Dom Pedro. the deposed emperor Of the
Braziis, IS the most unhappy OF ex-rulers.
the death Of his xife VAS 4 terrible blow TO
back 70 Brazl TO die. As he has never for
mally renounced his claim to the crown, he
can fairly be called pretender. Dom Pedro
is far from wealthy. While in circumstances
that should dictate close economy, he Is 20
tender-hearted that he hesitates TO dismiss
the re'inue that is eating up his substance,
and consequently he grows poorer every
DAY. L would not be surprising should
the old gentleman be compelled to accept
the generosity OF republican Brazil.
Few have heard Of that other and rather
amusing American pretender. resident in
Paris, Orelie l., king Of the Araucanians.
Orelie Is . Frenchman, cheap lawyer,
with . taste for adventure. His travels
brought him TO Chill, South America
There he made his way by acciient or de-
sign to remote section of the republic,
where the Araucanian Indians have for
ages maintained their independence. He
lived among these Indians and won their
good will to such . degree that the chief
tains elected him king of Araucania, and
he was formally crowned with that title.
As king, Orelie led the Araucanians in
forays. more or less successful, against
their Chiiian neighbors.
When he got tired of the masquerade.
which involved some peril. rs the Chilians
followed the new king up sharply, he
started for the coast, reaching it by the
way of Peru, and returned to Paris. Here
he still calls himself King of Araucania.
and he has instituted two or three orders
of nobility. which he confers for
consideration. the validity of these
orders and his right TO 6estow them
came up not long ago befure q
Paris tribunal. the point at issue really
being whether Oreiie was q king or
a swindler. The court decided that mas
much as he had been accepted as king by Q
community which exercised independent
rights. and which would probably be will
ing TO recognize him again if he could get
there he was JUSTIFIED in using the roval
title and exercising the royal prerogative
OF comforting orders of nobility. Since
this decision the kings business has
hourished more than ever, and his decora-
tons 60 off like buckwheat cakes and
maple syrup.
The king of Araucania Is a good deal more
fortunate than poor francesca, of A rmenia,
to whom have before alluded. His full
name and title is Francesca, king of Ar
mrnia, prince OF Jerusalem, and hereditary
guardian of the holy sepuichre At pres
emf his majesty is head waiter i'm one Of
the small restaurants that dot the vicinity of
Versailles. 1t is many years since Fran
cesco's ancestors were driven ny the Turks
from the throne OF Armenia. but there can
be no doubt of the antiquity and purple
blood of the family. Descended from .
bold Crusader, they held their kinely rank
for ages. until the renewed aggressiyeness
OF the Mohammedans and the decline of
Latin power in the East made them fugi.
tives.
Russia for long time afforded them an
asylum and gave the tiiclar prince q pen-
sion. But this was dropped about lorty
years ago, and since then the royal house
OF Armenia has had to take its chances with
the multitude The late king was a waiter
at Milan; the present king is a waiter at
versailles. Singuiarly enough the restau-
rant Is one favorei by the radicals. and the
waiter OF Inc oiuest blood is called on to
serve vine and refreshments to the ardent
opponents OF thrones and titles. Few visit
ors. however, are aware that the sous they
hand TO the waiter are than kfuliy accepted
by sing, for francesca does not parade
either his pedigree or misfortunes
lou may see here IN Paris q prince of
Georgia driving cab. and one of the best
police agents in q scion of the royal house
OF Poland. To go through the roll of ROYAL
pretenders would occupy much time and
space. Ii is probably longer than that of
monarchs who have crowns on their heads
Few countries but have at least one
and France and Italy each has several.
Paris Is the Mecca of all of them except the
French who are excluded by the pretend
ers' expulsion law from plotting against
the republic within the republic II their
numbers keep on increasing an asylum of