The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-08
BOURBON HEIR DEAD.
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the great unknown In the presence Of all
the Princes and Prncesses of the royal
houses Of Orleans and Bourbon.
Then the watchers left the DEATH
chamber. and upon the gates Of Stowe
House was posted the following bull
| letin:
THE Comte de Paris gradually sank
during last night. He suffered no pain
and quietly passed away In the presence
of his family and the Princes and Prin-
cesses at 7.40 this morning"
The remains of the Comte de Paris
will be buried at Weybridge, Surrey, but
the date of the interment is not yet
definitely decided upon. The last sacra-
ment of the Roman Catholic Church was
administered to the Comte de Paris
by Mgr. Ahulst, Rector of 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 despatched from Stowe House to-
day, after the death OF the Comte de
Paris, to distant relatives and friends.
1t was at first reported that the body
of the late head of the House of Or
leans would be inferred in the mauso-
leum of the Orleans family, built by
King Louis Philippe, in the chapel at
tached to the ancient castle at Dreux.
twenty miles from Charities, in the De-
partment of Eure-et- Loir.
Il was announced this afternoon, how
ever. that the burial would be at wey-
| bridge, Surrey, and from this 1t was in
ferred that the French Government was
unable to grant the necessary permits
sion for the interment at Dreux.
most of the leading officers on the Fed
eral side during the rebellion, having
served with distinction as an aide on
Gen. McClellans staff. On the occa-
sion Of his visit to this country in Oc-
tober, 1891 he was shown every posi-
BILE courtesy by the commanders Of the
Gen. Butterfield and other distinguished
old soldiers, who had camped and fought
with him many years before.
Louis Philippe, Albert d'orleans, Comte
| de Paris, was the oldest son of the Due
dOrleans, the brother of Louis Philippe,
last King Of France. who died chi.dless.
The Comte was Due d'Orleans, but he
resigned that title in favor of his son.
As the head of the House of Orleans he
claimed the crown Of France; but during
the latter part of his life he disavowed
all intentions OF any EFFORTS 10 OBTAIN I.
The Comte was born in Paris, Aug. "a.
1888. and was ten years old when the
revolution of February, 1S4S, broke out.
| He was educated at C.aremont, England,
i HS his mother who died there May 49,
The greater part of the Comte's life
was spent in exile. He married his cou-
sin. the daughter of the Due dMontpse,p1,
daughter married the King of Portugal.
On the breaking out Of the civil war In
this country the Comte de Paris offered
Government When he arrived here he
was twenty-three years of age. tall and
strongly built and of gallant presence.
the rank OF captain on the staff of Gen.
Mcclellan, then in command of the Army
Of the Potomac, and served with him
ane hs poson nnd
England on account OF the brewing trou;;
bic between France an and tn the United q
Of S nos by the In e yean
OF active service the Comte de Paris
smelled gunpowder more than once, and
in several engagements ACQUITTED him
at Lees Mills. near historic Yorktown
Va. was the first serious engagement in
which the Comte took part
paign was with Gen. Hooker, and his
first exploit was at the battle of WIN;
iamsburg. A few days later the Fedora
troops needed TelnIOTCeTnents, ana the
Comte de Paris was sent to McClel'
Ian at Yorktown to demand them
The expedition was a very dangerous
one. The young Prince. nurtured in ease
and elegance, never finched, but &C
complished his mission with extraordi
nary success and despatch.
The Prince at Gaines's Mill.
Fair Oaks was the next battlefield. bu
Gainess Mill, which occurred some
weeks later, was the field upon which
the young French Prince nobly wor
his spurs. In this encounter 5000 Fed
eral troops met the attack of twice the
number of Confederates.
This was probably the last active war
fare in which the Comte de Paris was
engaged Many evidences of his bravery
are related, among others his insisting
in riding out almost in full view of the
Confederate pickets at Yorktown ir
order to obtain a view OF the Union gun
boats taking up pontoons Off Yorktown
He seemed not to know fear, and was
the admiration of the army.
The Comte resigned from the Fedora
Icons trouble with Mexico in order tc
be in a position to offer his services to
France.
| or late years he had taken but little
part in the affairs Of the world, interest.
Ing himself mostly In his family. and
leading a quiet secluded life in England
His death leaves his son, the Duo
d'Orleans, the representative Of the Or
leanists. The Due dOrleans is twenty
four years Of age. His escapade in re.
turning to France, after having been
sequent imprisonment, created the i'm.
| precision among the French people thai