New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-12

nc rho victim was leaving his bedroom. and was
on his wov IN the study thick rug was suddenly
thrown over him by two masked men lie wv"
o. ,.si.t INIT was soon ovcrpowered. and after
ho;ro oogocd and bound was forced to hand over
hi, toys IN I'm, thieves. who dragged him to his
s,,dv ,,hore thcv were soon engaged in rlilin2
his dash Having stuffed their pockets with
bank notes and gold to the extent Of some ~'''o'
the burglars inquired where his lewelry was I" w
tourd and were then conducted TO the bedroom
,boro thcv possessed themselves Of a couple OF
.corfpins Of no great value and Of an antlduated,
moth-eatcn fur oyercoat. which one OF them I'M
mcdiatclv donned They then locked the oid
gentleman in n room. warning him that they wouio
kill him IL he made an outcrv. Atter shorV
time the latter made his way to the window ana
called for help and soon some of the chief onciais
of the Prefecture were on the spot. Inc OH
gentleman. although very much upset py ms ao,
venture. and still more afraid OF Delha suoIeo'"
20 a repetition thereof is in no way lncilhco ="
assist the police in their investigation ana appe'rS
in hurry to be rid Of them.
A Queen has died during the last week IN THIS
city. but ! regret to have to state that tie an
nounocmcnt OF her demise has given rise 10 hhr''
and laughter rather than grief No funeral honors
have been accorded TO her remains oy the "o'ein-
o,t nor hos any mention been made Of her de-
r,r,uro for another world in the Journal Ofliciel
In tbe Autographed and black-bOrdercd noflh-
co+ion which has been addressed 10 me J. ma IL
stated that the Minister Secretary OF State, Duke
~ Niacabel has the honor TO inform me- OF the san
loss which has Just been sustained by the roSa'
family Of Araucania, Patagonia through tho dea'n
Of Her Majesty Dona Maria Elisa Octavia query
Countess OF Ascna, and COnsort OF Ills MaJee'y'
Achilles T. The latter, who has never. 80 iar as
can he ascertained, paid visit to his Kingdom II!
South America. is French gentleman haneo
Achillc Iaviardc who succeeded the late ti'uiar
King OF Araucania, Orelie /, whose death Ill the
paurer ward of one of the Paris hospitals hau
occasion 10 record in the columns OF me Tribune
a year or two AGO. Orele was, like his SUCCESSOR
a Frenchman and a lawyer by profession am
NOT aware by what right Achilles l claimed
tho succession 10 King Orele's throne. but at any
rate no one disputed his right thereto. The lady
whose death has just taken place Is tie ua"s"'cr
of a near kinswoman of the famous Lefcbvre one
~ Napoleon Il most able and faithiul
generals. Tho Araucanians have now. l under
stand. adop,ed republican institutions. fact which
probably accounts for the presence Of King Achilles
I in our somewhat populous colony here OF Les
Cois on Exile II is hardly necessary for me to
state that there is no such namo as that CT
Niucabel among the list Of Dukes enumerated IN
the Almanach de Gotha, II being merely ono oil
those empty titles which King Achilles IL IN the
habit Of comforting among such OF his friends as
are willing TO pay for the somewhat doubtful
honor.
King Achilles and the Duke Of Nacabel are by
no means the only people here who have assumed
ROYAL and noble titles OF the most fantastic Kind
There arc here soidisant princes Of Lusignan' VINO
do not scruple 70 style themselves Kings OF
Jerusalem and as such TO confer titles ana
decorations. The numoer of fictitious Princes
Marquiscs Counts and Barons OF both French ana
foreign birth who are TO be- met at almost every
step is something absolutely bewildering, and the
strict control formerly exercised by the police ana
bv the Grande Chancellerie Of the Legion bf
Honor over the assumption OF noble titles and
names appears now TO laye ceased to exist.
While the Duke of Orleans is now once moro
with his parents, having landed few days ago
AZ Gibraltar whittier his sister. Princess Helen, pro-
cecdcd 10 welcome him home on his return from the
cast coast of Africa his cousin, Prince Henry Of
Orleans. son of the Due de Charters, is attracting
considerable attention here among men OF every
shade of political opinion by an article which he
has recently published in the "Revne Politiluc
Coloniale" on the condition of Frances possessions
in Cochin China. The travels OF this young
Prince who is infinitely more popular and re-
spcctcd than the Duke Of Orleans, in Central Asia
and in the far east have caused him TO he re-
pardcd rs quite an authority on ak matters con-
poctcd with those remote regions He charges the
Government with too passive and negative policy
i'm Indo-t hina, and urges il TO greater activity
and enterprise, asserting that. otherwise, Frame"
will assuredly lose those colonies on the acqusi-
ton Of which she has lavished SO mu"h blood and
treasure.
Every possible thing that goes wrong in France
AZ the present moment whether il he the weather
or politics. business or domestic matters. is sad
died upon the broad back Of the Panama crisis,
and il has oven been held responsible for tn"
cscapadr Of siNtccn.ycaro old schoolboy. who's"
dsappcarancc the other day attracted attention
throughout Europe. The lad is q son OF VI.
bourgeois. the Minister of Justice. For somc
weeks his life had been made a burden TO him
bv his school-fclows at the Iycer Janson dc
Sally lie was systematically tormentcd by them
and they acted rs il they desired TO make him
cxpiatc tho sins Of the Government and 10 punis'
him for the Iaxity displayed by the latter IN
prosecuting tho real culprits in tho affair. A
peculiar form Of their amusement was 10 present
the boy with what purportrd to be checks signed
by the Panama directors. At length he could
bear it no longer and having couple of hundred
francs in his pocket. decided 10 run away. For
three days no trace Of him coald be found. al
though he was sought high and low by th'
police throug hOut tlir country, the general I'M
preston being that he had be.n fidnapped. either
hy the Anarchists or by people implicated In the
canal frauds for the purpose Of being held as a
hostage, or else killed out of sent!men OF re-
vcnpe At the end of that time however. he
coolly returned home. minus his money and with
l..x tnI ,p1 pSh IA
face. Where and how he spent his three days ana
his money has not yet become known At any
rate his parents have vouchsafed no information
on the point, and he has now been sent OIL 70 8
school in the country.
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