Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-05
A VARIED CAREER.
DEFENDANT IN a DAKOTA pl.
VORCE CASE
Whose History Roads Like q Chapter From q
Blood and.Thunder NovelAn 40
oomplshed Man.

The publication OF Mime. Lloyd Lo-
| puAH attempt iO gct "a divorce FROM her
| husband, General Enrique l'upe1, VA the
| Mouth Dakota courts, calls tu nhud q very
/ interesting story having to do with tho
| generals cnwor aud with that uf bis
| father. whose name figures more con.
/ NhvuouHly iu South American history,
| or 90 be- more eXuct, iu Pnrnruoynn hlH.
| tory, than that OF uny other family.
/ General Lup,g, who Is being nled la this
/ ctsp has u beautiful llomc IN Buenoa
| ANrcH aud is worth, or SUPPOSED Go hr
| worth % great deal of money. lite wiiV
/ u famous beauty, whose iniut ~ known
| throughout all south AmoricN was for
! mVrly u New York pirl
General lupcE h. granddaughter of
! General Frunchl, who served for twenty
| eight Years az president Of Paraguay,
/ aud WHO iH known Va South American
] history nH the "Pcfpriunl PRECEDENT lie
was Huccpodod 10y Don Carlos Lopez.
| whose mother was nn Indian, This man
| In turn was succeeded hy his son, Fran
! cisco lopez, Ia HOG Having been edu.
! pntod in France whore lac became IN
| trresmd In gnginoeting prospects ON
/ great sGnlo frnnciHco Lopez heNnn hia
] rnver M president swith conspicuous
rurrW aud Ecnl Unfortunately for tho
| republic Hills zeal took most obnoxious
! furm and he so0u hecumc known pH one
| ot the worst deFputs That ever ruled,
| lie required every male IN the couutry
| to stand for service in the army aud he
required cnch soldier to devote his ilmu
! tn the building of enormous palaces
docks. aud other public improvements
| aud to tile deepening Ot the hnrhor iu
and about Asuncion Hundreds OF lln'
gliHh mud French engineers were I'M
| ported ca Hupriintend this work
In 1870 having secured u firm hold
| upuu every branch of the government,
hp declared war against Brazil, the Ar
goutinc republic and Uruguay, This Wnt
| lasted i've ycnrs, and was Ia the strict
penap NJ the word q war ol oNtrrminn.
| ton When hostilitiuH were declared
| Paraguay WINS tulrrnhy prosperous
country, continuing 100000 people, who
| wore Engaged for tile most part in uEri.
cultural pursuits aud IN Inv raiHlnH OF
cattle Five ycnrH lniot, me country
having been devastated 10y the combined
nuuipn at Hru7il Argentine and lm
quay. prosperity was paralHcd, und nh
official ronHus showed tile punnnton to
be- hut 10000 Those pmninng few
were I'm most instances those who had
boon driven from their homes tO take up
their shelter la caves nnd mountain iaW'
noHnprH.
mo atrocities prnctlced 10y Lopez dur
Ing this remarkable war have lrw pnrnl.
lbs m history His soldiers were sub
ioctcd tQ inhumnn gNlo7ur ahd phulHh
mput lolEz put hia own mother uuh
brother "a death II w Il matter of iiH.
tor, m pnrngnny thni Ia onp rusr hn,
iur captured prAuucrH from the opposing
army be- inclOscd ilom 10 green skins
aud hung them before hNlt uull lhr
skins, shrinking from The uitrctH ui the
heat crushed thom to death,
| funllN lOnpl. Willie making his last
stand nrniust the combined armies, WIS
killed ono ui Ids SONS was struck dead
beside him.
/ 1 ....s ,4st. thuf the tNUtuur UI flp fuuulV
was brought to nm end. Enrique i0prz,
| the remaining nOu, md tho man who
| figures la thiH divorce ease, was oniy
i3 years old when his father died.
Despite hiR tender yenrs, hc was thrli a
| lieutenant in the pHmguAynn army la
the general demolition OF the PnrnNnyun
army following The death Of his father,
| Young Lopez was captured and bnnished
Il France. The purpose ~ his capture
being 90 I'D the country Oi the last vest
ige of the fnmily bearing hls name la
Paris Young Lopez was educated on u
spmdid rrnlc and onyruned with every
! luxury. lie became a great student Anu
| IA phnrmng companion II 10 said TINT
lac speaks Hoyen lnpgunpes nuently lie
hns Travelled everywhere ana ih familiar
with engineering and scientific matter,
! thc world over, Several years of travel
following The completion Of his education
| found him in NuW York whore lee mar.
| rcd "a MiHsi lloyd, an English fdrl, who
subsequently accompanied blu 20 Bue-
nos Ayres.
A we'll known Young naval officer al
tuchrd 20 the old haRship Richmond, mes
Lopez Ia Bncn0H Ayros u few years ago
nnd learned from bis own lips that he
was even then contemplating several
schemes for the capture of The Para
guaynn capital Lopez visited the ltlch-
mond one dny nnd requested lhe officer
bon question 10 explain Ia him the moclian.
ism oi the tintling gun mounted W board
the ship, The description 40 pleased him
thnt ne suhseuucnty requested the officer
10 dino with him aud following the
dinrcr he requested bis guest 70 take
charge of an expedition against the capl
u six Gatlmg guns and foree az
1000 men were to be- provided aud AlOO,-
900 w cnah was to be- given do leader Of
The expedition NJ u were sUccvasful
The preiise terms OF lac Eonlfnct were
$1,000 conditional up0n ~ Immediate
resignation OF the officer hyn The tulied
States service $4,000 when he eSpe-
dillon started and the remainder upon
the anrccsafll completion VI hlh work.
Thie nst0unding proposition was not nc'
oupted. although, iii these days aiuu.'
90 ~ d sufficiently largo sum 20 attract
the serious attention Of almost ANY o.hcer
In The United STATES service. The oilicor
Nh question, whose remarkable cHpeiience
by he WAY, has h0en related Ia The ward
r0oms Of half tho shops 1 the service,
] n said ~ have declined lGpezH oner
| principally FOR the REASON that the man
/ had u dangerous eye, u attn more dhp-
ger0ue purpose, and very bad ancestors.
The wife ui General Lopez alleges Ia
her action for divorce that Lopez has,
squnbdercd his fathers ostste aud that
| Of hrf mother who belonged 90 a dis
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