Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-18
Life and Career of the Man Known rs
"Blowhard."

i PRINCE NAPOLEON DEAD.
Life and Career of the Man Known n
"Blowhard."
! Prince Jerome Napoleon, whose death in
Rome was announced in Yesterdays STAR
passed away at $50 o'clock last evening. In
the afternoon, after consultation with the othe,
physicians in attendance. DIR. Bacelli informed
King Humbert that the end was near. The last
agony soon followed. Prince Victor, shortly
before the end, entered the room in which his
father was dying, but was SO overcome with
| emotion that he left the apartment sobbing
violently. The Able Pujol, it is announced
prior to the princes death, administered tine
last sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church.
The funeral of Prince Napoleon will be con-
Quoted with religious ceremonies. The death
chamber has been converted into a mortuery
chapel, hung with black cloth and with black
velvet. An altar has been erected against the
wall on one side. The body will be inferred in
the crypt of the royal mausoleum in the church
| Of La Superga, on the Collina Heights near
| Turin.
| PRINCE NAPoLEoN's CAREER.
Prince Napoleon was born in exile at Trieste,
| on the Adriatic, on September 9, 1922. His full
name was Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bona
parte. and he was generally known as Prince
jerome Napoleon, and more commonly az
"Plon-Plon." He was the son of Jerome Bona
perte. some time King of Westphalia and
younger brother of the great Napoleon. His
mother was Princess Catherine OF Wurtemb erg
whom Jerome Bonaparte was forced to marry
after his marriage with Miss Patterson of Balti-
more had been dissolved.
His infancy was passed in Rome and his boy
hood in Geneva, where Louis Napoleon, his
| cousin, and later the French emperor, was his
tutor. At the age of fourteen. thanks to his
royal relations of Wurtemberg. Prince Ma
poleon was admitted to the military school at
Ludwigsburg. At the age of eighteen Prince
Napoleon had finished his military education
and spent some years travelling. In IS45 at the
instigation of his father. Prince Napoleon OBJ
tanned from Guizot permission to spend four
months in France under the name of Comte de
Montford. He obtained leave to reside in
France and was elected deputy for Corsica.
The prince always voted with the democrats
He lived life of ease and splendor in the Palais
Royal and his many escapades with the fair
sex made him rather unpopular.
HIS NICKNAME ''BLowHARD."
He was soldier. but he preferred the
Establishments of immoral women to the dan
gers of battle, and so, when the Crimean war
broke out his weakness became known and he
was dubbed ''Plon-Plon,' title which is equiv
alent in English to 'Bombast or ''Blowhard b
In 1861, after the Crimean war, when all
France was laughing at Prince Napoleon for
his lack of warlike spirit. he quGrreled with the
Due d Aumale. who challenged him to a duel
The prince declined the challenge and for this
he was laughed at all the more. 1t was then
only short time after he had been declared
heir presumptive to the crown, created a gen.
eral and received the Palais Royal as a resi-
dence, with grant of f40, 900 year.
HIS VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES.
Prince Napoleon visited the United States in
July, 1861, in his yacht, the Jerome Napoleon
and, leaving the Princess Clotilde in New York
with the Duchess d'Abrantes, proceeded to
Washington, where Secretary Seward pre-
sented him to President Lincoln. He then
visited Gen. Beauregards Headquarters az
Manassas with a safe-conduct, and pushed on as
far as Richmond. escorted by the French min
lister.
A speech in which he bitterly opposed the
temporal power Of the pope cost him the good
viii of Emperor Louis Napoleon and he re-
signed his posts. With the Franco-Prussian
war he went into exile.
In 1878 he obtained permission to return to
France, and proposed in u journal, l. Aue,au
National a pact of alliance between the democ-
racy and the Napoleon to support the tricolor
flag against the white mag of the Bourbons
which had no place in modern France. Ihis
proposal fell fiat, and its only result was to
increase the discussions which had arisen
between the prince. guardian of the prince
imperial, and the other chiefs of the Bona
Partist party. He was again elected deputy tor
Ajaceio.
Having failed to obtain reelection in Octo-
Der, 1857. Prince Napoleon retired into private
life until the death Of the prince imperial
brought him once more before the public as
the cilei OF the Napoleonic family. The death
OF the young prince split the bonapartist family
up into Two camps, the Veterans and the
Jeromists. Ihe latter recognized ..Plon-Plon
as the heir 20 the throne. and the .orner ecog-
nized Prince Victor, eldest of Prince Napo-
leon, as the heir. Until their reconciliation n
few years ago, when Prince Napoleon babe
farewell to his son from his death bed. father
and son were ever afterward az swords points
be was excluded from France by the decree Of
June. 1856, which expelled from the territory
OF the republic the members Of the former
reignlng families, and since then resided chieny
III switzerland.
Prince Napoleon W as married on January 30
1859. TO the Princess Clothilde. daughter Of the
ate King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and sister
OF hing HGmbert. The princess regarded the
alliance with the utmost adherence and her
father was equally opposed to it. 1t was ar
ranged by Cayour for political reasons. She
was very wretched at frst but since their old
est son, the present Prince Victor jerome
Frederic. was born, on the 18th Of july 1867
his mother seemed to take 4 new interest in
life. OIher children followed-Louis joseph
Jerome. born on the 10th OF July, 1864 and a
The princess was passionately attached to all
these children, but the notorious scandals in
the fathers life gradually estranged her more
and more from him, and they had practically
lived apart from the birth of their daug liter.
THE AMERICAN BoSAPARTE.
Prince Napoleon's father married Miss Eliza
beth Patterson OF Baltimore in that city De-
cember "A. 1903. The ceremony WAS performed
by the bishop OF Baltimore, John Carroll.
brother of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, and in
accordance with the ritual of the Koman Cath
ohc Church. Jerome Bonaparte deserted his
wife at Lisbon, Portugal, in the spring of 1905.
AT CamberSeii, near London, July 7, 1905.
Madame Bonaparte gave birth to son. the
late jerome Napoleon Bonsparte. In November
1879. Madame Bonaparte's son married Miss
Susan May Williams of Baltimore. Col. jerome
Napoleon Bonaparte and Charles Joseph
Bonaparte OF Baltimore are their children The
son and grandsons OF Madame Bonaparte were
recognized by the Emperor Louis Napoleon.
Col jerome Napolean Bonaparre entered the
service of France and distin yuished himself in
the Crimea- Madame Elizabeth Patterson
! Bonaparte died in Baltimore April L. 1879, aged
I ninety-four years. Col. Jerome Napoleon
| Bonaparte and Charles Joseph Bonaparte. her
! grandsons, were present when she died.
silver Anniversary of the G. A. X.
Commander-in-Chief Veazey has issued n