The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-03-25
PRINCE JEROME IS DEAD.
He ACCEPTED THE RELIGIOUS RITES.
The End Comes with Terrible Suffering
Preparations for n State Funsral-skstch
OF His Career-The Princess Ma
rinnne Dies In Corsicn-

ZONE, Marcn lI.-frlnco Jerome Ma
poleon died this afternoon. Previous to
his death the united strength of four men
was required to keep the dying prince in
bed and his cries, caused by the pain,
which he suffered were audible in the
street.
Prince Napoleon left his memoirs and
! his entire correspondence in the hands OF
Mr.. Frederick Mason.
This afternoon after consultation with
the other physicians in attendance, DIR.
Baceli informed King Humbert that the
end was near. The last agony soon fol-
lowed. 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 funeral of Prince Napoleon will be
conducted with religious ceremonies. The
death chamber has been converted into a
mortuary chapel, hung with black cloth
and with black velvet. An altar has been
erected against the wall on one side OF the
room. The body of Prince Napoleon will
be inferred in a crypt of the royal maus-
oleum in the church OF la Superga on the
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The able, in an interview, said he gave
the sacrament to Prince Napoleon at 8
this forenoon when the latter was in full
| possession of his faculties. The able had
| conversed with the prince on the subject
of his religious opinions, and the dying
man had said he did not profess the athe-
istic sentiment attributed to him;
that he was inclined toward Rousseau's
doctrines, and that he would die like an
| emperor. adherirg to the principles of the
Concordat and fully imbued with the re-
| ligious sentiments of the Bonapartes.
Able Pujol says he considers that this
statement justified him in administering
the sacrament to the prince.
| Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bona
parte, cousin of the late emperor, Napoleon
| I'LL the second son of Jerome Bonaparte by his
second marriage with the Princess Frederick
| OF Wurtemburg, was born at Trieste Sept. 9,
1892. His youth was passed at Vienna,
| Trieste. Florence, Rome and occasionally he
| spent periods in Switzerland England and
| Spain. In 1916 he obtained permission 10 visit
! Paris under the name of Comte de Montiort,
| but was soon after compelled to leave on ac-
| count OF his intrigues with the extreme demo-
Gratis. After the revolution OF Feb
ruGry, 1913, Prince Napoleon returned
| and the Corsicans elected him men,
| Der of the constituent assembly, in which
| he became the leader of the extreme republican
| however, underwent a change. and In lS49 be
| was appointed minister plenipotentiary ut
| Madrid. but shortly afterward recalled for
| having Quilted his post without authority.
He was made French prince with q seat in
| the senate aud council OF state Dec. %. 1893,
and at the same time received the grand cross
| of the legion OF honor and the rank OF gem
eral OF division. In 1854 he was appointed to a
| command in the expedition 10 the Crimea and
| commanded an infantry division of the reserve
at he hal Of a Inns nd nix IN
| count of his sudden retirement from his post
| Ill health being his excuse, the sobriquet Plon'
| Plon was given him by his countrymen. In 1856
he was named as president OF the
| imperial commission OF the universal exhibit
ton. In June, 1858, he was placed at the
| head Of the new ministry for Algiers and the
! colonies, hut soon resigned this position. He
| married the Princess CloIi.de, daughter of
Victor Emmanuel, late king of Italy. Jan. 80
| 1882 10y whom he had two sons, Napoleon Vie
| tor Jerome Frederick, born July Is, 1862 and
| Napoleon Louis Joseph Jerome, born July 10,
] 1864, and one daughle. Mari Letitia Eugenia
| Catherine Adelaide, born Dec. 20, 1865. In The
| Italian campaign of 1859 he commanded the
| French army of reserve in the north of Italy,
| but was not engaged in any of the great bat
| ties. In the senate in 1861 he made at attack
| upon the Orleans family, which answered
with spirit by the Duo dAumale. Prince
! Napoleon. 10 the disgust OF great portion
of the French army. declined to accept the
| challenge sent him by the duke on that occa-
sion. lie was president of the commission
to represent France in the great exhibit
| ton at kensIngton in 1862. In 1865 he was ap-
| pointed president of the commissioners for tine
| universal exhibition at Paris in 1867, but re-
signed the post in consequence OF a reprimand
| which he received from tho emperor for a
| speech delivered in Corsica at the Inauguration
| OF a statue OF the Emperor Napoleon /, May
| q. 1866. On war being declared with Prussia
! in July, 1870, Prince apoleon asked his cousin
to appoint him to military command. The
| emperor however, declined TO do so. After the
| fall of the empire he spent some months In
| Brussels and In other continental cities. but
| ultimately fixed his residence in England. After
| May D. 1873. he obtained permission o return
TO France. After the death OF the emperor
Prince Napoleon claimed to be the chief repre-
| sentative of his family and endeavored. though
| without success, to organize party of his own
| in opposition TO the adherents OF the Empress
| Eugene and the prince imperial. At the gen.
| eTal election of Feb. 20, 1876, Prince
| Napoleon came forward as candi-
| date in the reimbursement OF Aiaccio
against NJ. Rouher. Prince Napoleon was
| defeated the second ballot, but the cham Der
| invaidated the election OF his adversary and
on May IA the prince elected. He took
his seat on the benches of the left, though he
did not identify himself with any particular
group. On Dec. "a, 1876 he delivered a speech
In which he made violent attack on the
clerical party. At the election of Oct Is he
was defeated in the ACCOMPLISHMENT of Aiaccio
| by Baron Haussman. On JAM. TO- 1888,
manifesto by the prince appeared in the
| Figaro and was extensively plscarded on the
walls of Paris. In this document, which was
an indictment against the republic, he posed as
| a champion of the church and advised the
nation to hsve recourse TO pLe6iscite. A meet
| ing of the cabinet was Immediately convened
and the prince was arrested and imprisoned.
The chamber des misses en- accusation uuani-
mously decided, however, that the prince had
| in reality committed no offense and accord
/ fnOlu afta nnpfh "a data ha ooko
| liberty. lie was included in the expulsion law
Of 1856 and left Frrnce on its prOmulgation.
| Another Bonaparte Cine.