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ATHEIST TO THE END.


rsnK March l7.-Prince Napolean Bo-
S ~ died at 7:1o this evening.
"A ~ afternoon, after consultation with
other physicians in attendance, DR..
m informed King Humbert that the
~ near. The last agony soon fol-
Prince Victor, shortly before the
uttered the room in which his father
diving, but was so overcome with
: 1ton that he left the apartment sob
violently.
e funeral win be conducted with re-
- ceremonies. The body will be
md IN the crypt of the royal mauso-
- a the church of La Sparga ON Coitin's
fhts, near Turin. The Able Puiol
I 2iI5 lie dying man told him he did not
- the utheistic sentiments attributed
Nm; that he was inclined towards
11eon's doctrines and would die like
6nperor. adhering to the principles of
Hlnoordat and imbued with the re-
;ous ssnnments of Bonaparte.
Ar fnjol, II is announced. previous to
- pEjncess death. administered the last
e1Donfs Of the Catholic church.
IcUDox, March 1.-THE Times' Paris
ondent, commenting on the death
II hFmce Napoleon, deals severely with
~ tt6ndant circumstances az the death
- BE says religious fanax5rism and
I f1n ambition met at the sick bea. where
no1aa science had prolonged for fort
uiehtn3te otherwise ended long ago. The
lkmhp the throne disputed for pos
seui166 the body, which each desired to
UupG Ito a trophy. Bigotry on one
~ - thirst for power on the other
- ftolonged horrors to the dying
aH Each had recourse to lying in
N1Gf1o Emulate success. Public opinion.
nl1pd BY the hideous zeal of those who
tnt1Fe the dying in order to make them
&it1lg Of the confessional, is revolted still
z1oue By the rebel son, who persists in re-
beLl1on IN order to secure ephemeral, use
~ power. Confessors, cardinals, nuns
- other religious people have shown a
willingness to revive all the horrors of the
{ 01ddle ages. The only one who leaves the
ko1ible scenes with q higher reputation is
- prince himself, who preserved intact
1is force, willing TO die as he had lived,
with horror of counterfeit in his soul and
With contempt for hypocrites on his lips.
Paris correspondent of the News says:
tfince Napoleon went to Rome to counsel
King Humbert on the dangers of the drei-
band to the House of Savoy aud to advo-
cate the plan of the Duchess d. Uxes to
baye the Prince of Naples marry the Prin-
eeD Helena of Orleans instead of the
Princess Letitia whom the duchess had
destined for the Duke of Orleans. Prince
Napoleon gave copies of his will and
nemoirs to several trusted friends, in
qder to prevent tampering, and ordered
nat his memoirs should not be published
turing the lifetime Of ex-Empress Eugene.
Able Pujol administered extreme junction
70 enable King Humbert TO give state
lhneral.
Prince Napoleon's memoirs establish by
written evidence the fact that he never did
oeree with Napoleon ILL.,, even on the
Day following disavowal of the Ajaccio
speech; that he always remained French
man and had nothing in view but the in
terests of France at the time. The me-
moirs include the princes correspondence
With Napoleon III. up to the latter's
death.
LONDON, March 17.-The Chronicles Rome
and the Faafafta news
paper both declare that Prince Napoleon
vas unconscious when the sacrament of
extreme JUNCTION was administered to him.
PARIS, March IA dispatch to the
Temps from Rome says the united strength
Of four men was required to keep the dy-
ing prince in bed, and that his cries,
caused by pain, were audible in the street.
Prince Napoleon Bonaparte was the head Of
the Bonaparfe family. He was son OF jerome,
the youngest brother of the Great Napoleon. He
was born September 2, 1872 and married In 1859
the Princess Clotiide, daughter of King Victor
Emanuel, of Italy. He leaves two sous. Prince
Napoleon Victor and Prince Napoleon Louis.
Prince Victor has been disowned by his father,
and the worthless youth refused for a time to
come to the deathbed OF the aged pretender.
Both father and SOU are exiied from Francc.l
PARIS, March i7.--Princess Marianne
Bonaparte. grand niece of Napoleon the
Great. died today at Ajaccio. Corsica.