The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-10

hOHlc uU dAlS Mlili W t'ei Vi tho
French government, be eventually trans
ported to Dreux. At Weyhridge the re-
mains of tha Comtesse de Nemours, wife
Of the Due dc Nemours, uncle Of the
COME, are buried.
The last sacrament was administered to
the Comte de Paris by Mgr. Ahulst, rector
oil the Catholic institute at Paris. whose
mother was one of the ladies in waiting
upon the wife of Louis Philippe.
A very large number Of messages were
dispatched from Stove House after the
death of the Comte de Paris to distant
relatives and friends A telcgraphic mes.
sage was received from number Of
French Royalists, who met and prayed for
the then dying man in the old cathedral
Of Laval, capital of the Department Of
Mayenne, saying: present to Monsignor
10 Due d'Orleans and Madame la Comtesss
DIT Paris our respectful homage.
The wording of this message putting
the name of the Due d'Orleans, Oldest son
OF the Comte de Paris first shows: it is
claimed, that the Royaists Of France ai-
ready regard the Due d'Orleans as king
OF France. There are, however, two other
pretenders to the thrope Of Frauce-Don
Carlos, Duke of Madrid, and General
de Bourbon, Who styles himself Due d An
fon, and who claims the throne. Theii
pfetensions, 1t may be added, are ridi
4cpled by the press aud public Of even roy.
alfst France
The death scene was most touching
The Cemtesse de Paris closed her hus
bsnd's eyes, and all the princes and prin
bosses, in the order of their rank, stepped
forward and kissed the hand Of the dead
man.
The body of the Comte de Paris reposei
on the bed on which he died The trl
oolorlhag over the triu nphal arch at this
entrance of the park at Stowe House was
half masted shortly after the comte's
death,
The COmte de Paris was born August
d, 1888 When he was but years old his
father was killed in carriage accident
Ia early infancy his mother led him and
his brother into the chamber OF deputies,
only to he expelled therefrom amid great
confusion. Compelled to flee, they found
refuge at Esenaeh in II country house be.
longing the Grand Duke OF SAKE Weimar
They subsequently joined the exled
king and queen in England. On the death
OF louis Philippe in 1850 the conlte be.
came the protender to the French throne,
He wHs educated under the supervision Of
hia other, who died while he was in his
eeth year Visiting Spain soon afterwarti
he for the first time saw his cousin and
fGtllre wife, Marie Isabelle, daughter of
Due de Montpensier
Accompanied by his brother. the Duke
de Chartres, his uncle, Prince de join
sil!e, and his cousin, Pierre Philippe,
Dpe de PenthirYrc, the comic came tG
this country, landing Sept IA, 1861 The
rehellion was well under way and waiting
for herolsm. Although his intentions Of
.t..Rt H.. ITY,t.&
generally known he was received while
on tour of sight seeing with much
hsGmth and enthusiasm. Returning from
Tip to the chief cities of the Union, he
presented his sword to General Mcclellan,
copmander of the army of the Potomac,
aud he was appointed with his brother,
Dap de Chartres, on the generals staff
wSsh the rank of captain. Modcsty and
ohadencs marked the dukes service and
wua his chiefs respect. Associated with
him ms fellow aid was General Horace
Porter.
His life thereafter was uneyentful until
shs outbreak of the Franeo-Prussian war
tp 1870. True to his patriotic instincts he
offered his sword to France, but 1t was
declined. Late i'll 1871, however, he oh,
tained n seat in the national assembly and
was afterward commissioned colonel aud
PihSNi VI lnb ItLlEGl llsL ol lne army.
Two years later the count, as head of
che Orleans branch Of tho royal family
Vi France, met the Count de Chapbori
chief of the Bourbon branch, which is the
slider, and formally recognized him us
the head of the French royal house and
king, de jure, of France, Ten years after
ward the Count de chambord died, and
the Comte de Paris was recognized with
oct question by the LeHitimiSts as heir to
the throne,
During his exile in England aud Spain
the count devoted his leisure to historic
and economic authorship, his Spanish es-
tate becoming The center OF the family
otrcle of Orleans relatives. After tho
downfall of Napoleon one of the first acts
OF tho men who then controlled the des-
tines of France WAS TO permit the Orleans
princes to return to their native country
And to restore the estnte coniiscated by
Napoleon III. Some S., ,o9o, 900 was voted
TO them as an indemnity for the revenues
they had lost during their long exile OF
this sum the Conte de Paris got his full
share and he also came into possession of
his ancestral estate OF Eu near the sea-
port OF LIE 9'report, in Normandy. Later,
however, with his family, he was again
expelled.
The Comtc de Paris visited this c5un-
wy second time In 1900 to refresh his
memory on the old war sconcs. He was
received by Cnllsotor Erhafdt at the port
Of New i ork with a welcome in the name
ef the president of the United States En-
Ghusia5ttc demonstrations awaited the
visitor every where, especially In philadel-
phis. a touching episode was his visit to
the tomb Of General Mcclellan, at Tren-
son, whittier he was accompanied by
George b. Mcclellan, Jr. It WAS raining.
but seorning a preferred umbrella he
knelt with bowed head and olasped hands
at the foot of the grave. engaged in silent
prayer.
With his death his royal pratensions fall
TO the Inheritance OF his Oldest son. Louis
philippe Robert, Due d d'Orleans, who ac-
eompanied the count on his second visit
10 this country, and was arrested few
years age for returning to France in de-
nance Of the expulsion act His eldest
slaughter is queen Of Portugal.