Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-09-14

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ness in finances, and made his inherit
| ance great fortune
Baked in her ambition for her only
son. Nine. Bonaparte turned to her
eldest grandson. He was named for
his father, Jerome Napoleon Bona
parte. He Inherited much of his
grandmother character. and early in
NE set out upon a career which pleased
her greatly and revived her hopes that
her issue might yet attain the rights
which She conceived belonged to her
and hers.
| Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte. second,
was born in Baltimore on November ).
| 1880. He was his grandmother's pet
from his infancy and early learned
from her lips the story of her wrongs
and Of the great future to which ne
| might aspire. For Mime. Bonanarte
would never admit that the children of
her husband by his second wife had
/ any rlghtful claims, aud there were
| many In EurOpe-and in France, too
who agreed with her. She believed
that When the time came her issue.
through this little grandson would sue
eeed to the dignity and the grandeur
Of the French throne.
| When the time came. That was the
phrase upon which little Jerome was
| brought UP.
He was educated with the purpose of
being soldier. To this his father con-
scented, and as soon as he could pass
| the examination he was entered at the
United States military academy at
! west Point He gave himself TO the
work there with all his viii and was
graduated well up in his class in 1852
lie was lieutenant in the United States
. army at twenty-one years of age.
i OF course he went into service. That
was part Of his grandmother's plans
and his ambitions were in the same
| line. He was detailed to the Texas
frontier, and there he served two wears
in garrison duty.
AS soon dis he was free TO do so
Lieutenant Bonaparte resigned from
the service and at once sailed for
france. His grandmother's influence
mad paved the way, and he found
j second Heutenancy awaiting him in the
imperial French army. He was as
signed to the seventh dragons and
! was sent on foreign duty. 1t was his
grandmother's purpose that he should
! WIN the hearts of Frencmen by deeds
of arms.
The young man was brave and ambi-
tious and rose rapidly. In the second
Crlmean war he distinguished himself
Tor galantry at Balaklava, Inkerman
and Ichernaia, and was accounted a
hero at the siege of SabastapoI. For
+ these services he received the unusaI
decoration of Medjidic from the sultan
I OF Turkey and the Crimean medal from
! the queen of England. He was also
made knight of the legion of honor.
All this was nectar to his ambitious
grandmOther's palate She meantime
was living in the courts of Europe and
laying plans for her grandson's future
greatness. She had secured, from :;
court under Napoleon Ill, the right,
denied her by Napoleon l., to The
name of Bonaparte
AS a result of his brilliant deeds.
Bonaparte was transferred to The
Chasseurs d'Afrique as a lieutenant
and was soon made captain. In the
Algerian campaign in 1857 he served
III several actions against The KabyleS.
and in the Italian campaign against
Austria he won distinction for bravery
i'll the battles Of Montebello and Sol
ferino. For this he received Fl ArIrl
and Italian decorations. In 1870 ne
was promoted to the raLk Of Chef
d Escadron and two years later was
transferred to the empress dragoon
guards.
Upon the downfall of Napoleon III
Nine. Ronaparte played her trump
cards. There was a large party behind
her who hoped to see her brilliant
grandson made regent and finally sue
coed to the throne. When all her plans
went to pieces she retured to America
broken hearted and died in 1879.
Jerome was at the bedside.
Colonel Bonaparte served in the
guard of the empress of France from
1867 to 1872. On the fall of the en-
pire he with difficulty escaped with his
life from the commune in Paris. At
the close of the war in 1871 he returned
to this country, and the same year
he married in Newport, r. l., Mrs.
Carolina RelOy Edgar, formerly Miss
Appleton, a granddaughter of Daniel
Webster
Colonel Bonaparte went to Paris in
1873 and returned in 1879, a few days
before the death of his grandmother
He lived here since a quiet life though
much sought in society. He leaves one
daughter, Miss Loisette Bonaparte,
prominent in seaside and Washington
society.
Newport society was not prepared for
the news Of the death Of Colonel Bona
parte, although it was known he was a
sick man. The Bonaparte cottage there
was rented this year to Sir Julian
Paunceforte, the English ambassador
and a personal friend of the family,
while the Bonapartes went to Pride's
Crossing.
SHE BELIEVES IN REST.