The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-10
MONACO.
Soon the Great Gambling House Will
Shut Up.

Soon the Great Gambling House Will
Shut Up.
Ten months hence, namely, on the 18th
of April, 1892, the great gambling estab-
lishmt at Monaco will close its doors for
ever. On that day the agreement between
the government of the prncipaiity and the
world-famed hell of Monte Carlo expires,
and there il not the remotest chance of its
being renewed. 1t WAS the knowledge OF
tho present rulers determined attitude in
the matter which has alone prevented the
French government from availing itself of
it's position as suzerain power TO take i'm
mediate steps toward the suppression Of
this plague-spot of E~ufope-steps which
both President Grsvy and Presidents Car
not have repeatedly been urged to
but also by nearly every one OF the
great monarchies of the old world. Russia,
Germany, Italy and Great Britain have
been particularly pressing in their applica-
tions to the Paris government to put n stop
to the scandal; and it may safely be averred
that Queen Victoria would never have con-
descended 20 pay such marked and gracious
attention during her recent stay at Grnsse
to the prince and princess of Monaco had
she not received satisfactory a%ssuranoes
concerning the approaching close of the
gambling palace at Monte Carlo. On the
OCOHB1CH XII . " buhyo III GAS hOubu
of France the strict and stern old lady had
Indignantly refused the bouquets and
baskets Of flowers sent to her by the lato
Prince Charles III, whereas this spring
she not only received the ~reigning
prince and princess at Grasse with all
| the honors due to sovereigns, but even
| won't no far as to send, frat, hcr ambsssa-
dor. the Earl Lytton, and a day later her
daughter. Princess Beatrice, with Prince
| Battenberg, to return the visit at Monte
! Carlo.
Prince Albert. who's. marriage a couple
of years ago with the enormously wealthy
widow, the Duohesse dc Richelieu, = daugh-
ter of the New Orleans and Partisan banker
Heine. has enabled him to dispense with
the 5000 600 annually contributed toward
the civil list of the sovereign of Monaco by
the management of tho Monte Carlo casino,
has already notified the latter that he has
nj intention of renewing the lease, and
| brothers.in-law, prince" Roland Bona
parte and Prince Constantine Rad
zivoile, who are the principal
| shareholders of the Casino company, have
| already perfected their arrangements for
the transfer OF their operations to Andorra,
the little Pyrenesn republic on tho Franco
| Spanish frontier line. Under their au-
spices u company entitled Cercle des Ell
rangers d'Andorra (the Strangers Club of
Andorra) has been successfully fioatsd al
,"fia' anu ~ 'ess tnah 4o,oV Tiuo suares
hive already been disposed of at a heavy
premium. All tho plans for Tho new build
ings at Andorra have been perfected. and
to those who arc acquainted with tho
Frcnoh Riviera II may be OF int rest TO
learn that the new thestsr designed for An
dorm 10 an exact reproduction Of tho thea
ter Oh the jetty promenade at Nice.
1t was not until after much hesitation
that tho syndlonto owning the Monte Carlo
Casino concession decided upon Andorrn AZ
tho scene OF their future operations. They
had previously endoavored to secure ali
abiding place for their roulette, their
rente-et-quarnnte. and their rouge-et.noir
tables in several other rarts of Eu'ope-in-
! Guiding Valduz. the capital OF the little