Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-03-21
Death at Last Claims Plon- Pl0n,
Nephew of the Great
Napoleon
And Son of the Man Who Married and
Atterward Des serted Bal
timore Belle.
History of Romantic and Eventful
Career That Has Now Come
to n Close.

died today. Able Puejol, 1t Is announc-
ed, previous to the princes death, ad-
ministered the last sacraments OF the
Roman Catholic church.
A few days ago Princess Clotilde, wife
of Napoleon, brought Prince Victor, his
son, to the sufferers bedside Prince
Napoleon recognized Prince Victor and
said: 81 am going; all is over"
This afternoon, after consultation with
other physicians in attendance DR.. Ba-
celli informed King Hunibert 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
v lently
The funeral will be conducted with
religious ceremonies. The body will be
inferred in the crypt of the royal mauso
leum in the church of La Superaga on the
Colhna heights near Turin.
Able Puejel says the dying man told
him he did not profess the atheistie sonti-
ments attributed to him; that he was in
clined toward Rosseau's doctrines, and
would die like an emperor, adhering to the
principles of concord at and fully imbued
with the religious sentiments of the Bona
parties.
Prince JOSEPH Charles Paul Napoleon,
was undoubtedly the cleverest man of the
Bonaparte family since tke great NapO-
leon. but he was nevertheless a conspicuous
failure both in politics and in war He
had neither principle nor constancy in his
political dealings, nor courage In war,
and he inspired neither respect nor atfec-
ton among any section OF the French
people, The republicans and Orleanlsts
dispised him, while the Bonapartists
whom he aspired to lead hated him as an
intriguing disturber who was ready to
betray his party and his relatives for per-
sonal advantage. The nickname of 'Plon-
plon, bestowed upon him in contempt
by the wits of Paris on his inglorious re-
tirement from the Crimea without having
once come within range of the bullets, was
accepted by all France and stuck to HIM
through life. In personal appearance he
was like heavy German edition OF the
great Napoleon. He had the great Cor
sican's face without its animation of ex-
preston or the uster of the eye, and his
head sat ON his heavy shoulders in the
same fashion. There the resemblance
ended He inherited from his mother the
heavy physique of the Wurtemburgers
and their sluggish blood. All he got from
the Bonapartes was their bad qualities.
Joseph Charles Paul Napoleon Bonaparte
was son of Prince Jerome Bonaparte,
Youngest brother of the Emperor Napo-
con l., by his second marriage after the
emperor had made him discard his Amerl
can wife, pretty Miss Patterson, of Balti-
more His mother was the Princess Fred
erika of Wurtemburg, and he was born
Sept. 9, 1922, at Trieste His youth was
spent at Trieste, Vienna, Florence and
Rome, with occasional visits to Swltzer-
land, SPAN and England. His first visit
to France was in 1916, by permission of
the government of Louis Philippe, but he
was promptly expelled on the discovery
that he was carrying on politl-
cal intrigues. He returned, however, after
the great revolution of l84S and
was elected to a seat in the constituent as
sembly from Corsica, the former home of
his family. He affected extreme repubi-
can views and became leader of the
mountain" as the reds were then
called In the following year, however,
when his cousin, Louis Napoleon, became
president, he was sent as minister to
Spain, but was soon recalled for leaving
his post without leave. After the cup
'etat Napoleon H. who distrusted him,
tried to secure his allegiance by shower
ing honors upon him. He made him a
French prince in 1853 gave him a seat in
the senate, put him in command Of a di-
vision of the army and bestowed on him
the grand cross of the Legion of Honor,
although he had never seen any service,
and that decoration was only intended for
Iie4s,, ,r,,igl,aH conduct -, Tho Galb In
1854 he was sent to the Crimea and COM
manded a division of infantry reserves
during the battles of the Z lima and lnker
man. His too evident wish to keep out Of
danger brought him the contempt of an
army that had daily before its eyes such
hard fighters as Pelissier, Canrobert, Bos-
quet and MacMahon, and he soon retired
in disgust from an uncongenIal Oc-
cupation. After his return to
| France ne supplied the material for
pamphlet severely critlcising the whole
plan of operations and censuring the
council Of war which decided OF the ex-
petition. 1t was suppressed in Paris but
was repnblished in Brussels, translated
into English and made a great sensation.
The emperor placed him at the head Of the
commission Of the Paris exhi bitiOn in
100 WHICH tudDltu III III W lhdhc bub pilAy
success of his life. His politisa ability
was given fair chance by the emperor
placing him at the head of the newly
created ministry for Algeria and the
colonies in 1853, but he gave up the posi-
ton in few months.
Prince Napoleon was married Jan. 30,
1853, to the Princess Clotilde, daughter Of
King Victor Emmanuel Of Sardinia and
sister Of Humbert, the present king of
Italy. The marriage was intended to CO.
ment the alliance then secretly formed
through the influence Of Count Cayour, by
which the aid Of France was secured in
overcoming the chief obstacles to = e
unifcation Of Italy under the house O.
Savoy Ia a few weeks war was declared,
/ a French army crosse, the Ticino, the
Austrlans were beaten at Magenta
and Soferin0, and Lombardy Parma,
Modena and Lucca we're added TO
| the kingdom Of Piedmont. while the
/ French provinces Of Savoy and Nice we're
ceded TO France In all this work Prince
Napoleon played an ingloriols part. As
I In the Crimea, he was with the reserves
I during the fighting, while MacNahon and