The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-01
ROYAL BLOOD IMPURE.
Only One of the European
Crown Princes Vigorous.
The ~CZARowlTCH NEARLY DEAD.
Prince Ferdinand Of Austria a Con-
sumptive-The Prince of Naples Has
Genelal Debility.

The recent death % Prince Luciea Bona
parts calls attention 20 the decay or the
family 20 which belonged the great Ma
poIeon. The emperor had four brothers
Sad q sister. ali strong. healthy Cersic.Ds.
There is now living no male descendant %
Joseph. Napoleon or Louis S~onaparte.
and the few miserable princes that bear
the name OF Bonapsvtc and Murat would
make Napoleon blush for his family. The
only reputable Bouaparte now living IS p
Republican leader in Baltimore. Md, a
descendant OF Jerome B0uaparte and
Elizabeth Patterson. whom Napoleon COM
PEELED HIS brother TO discard. The Euro
psan Bonapartes married cousins and
member OF feeble arlstocratic houses Of
Europe. Thus the late Prince Luc.en's
parents were fun cousins.
The New York World saws ~ the de-
crepit royal families Of Europe:
Europe's heirs apparent seem "a he In \
very bad way. In at least three of the
great powers the men who stand next by
right OF succession 10 the throne itself
are enfeehled. suffering from very present
diseases. and one is on the brink Of the
grave. In several other nations the princes
next in line 10 the crown are sickly. and
IL is only by a careful suppression OF the
real truth that distressing runners are not
circulated about them. 1t is truly a most
remarkable state of affairs for the royal
families Of Europe.
The most serious the most potent
danger hes In the Russian empire. George,
grand duke and c~zarowitch. IS now diving
IN a villa in a remote corner Of the eau
casus of consumption, breathing painfully
with but a single lung.
In Austria the Archduke Ferdinand
Francis. heir p~resumptiVe. IS in a most
precarious state of health. he too being a
victim Of consumption. For years past,
gNaF GfnrA thu AAafh nF Rsdatnh CROWN
prince. in 1883. the hope OF Austria has
centeTed In this young nephew OF En-
peror Francis Joseph. His father is the
heir apparent. IL is true. but Archduke
Charles Louis. text In line 10 the throne.
is now an old man. having been born in
1879. older and with far less hope Of liv-
ing, so feeble is he. than the emperor him
self.
King Humbert. of Italy. does not find
in his son an heir and a man Of an iron
frame and a masterful viii like his. Of
an entirely different caiher is the young
Prince Of Naples. a slight. delicate hoy.
yet In the early twenties. who has SO de-
hvered himself over 10 the obsequious Hat
terry and the cajolements Of the foreigners
in Naples and Rome that he has weakened
his frame by dissipation. and bids fair 20
have a very short lease Of life. indeed.
His condition is even more serious than ia
limited at in the italian news Of the day.
II the remaining royal families are care
fully investigated, a strange fact may be
n~oted-that there is. with one exception,
no heir TO a throne In Europe who is
strong and lusty and gives promise of n
vigorous reign after the present ruler
passes away. The possible exception IS
Prince Royal Gustavus, of Sweden.
q young man Of 81 wears NJ
age, the son Of King Oscar H..
who married Princess Victoria. or Baden,
Z. ara -4I.r,m f.r aF 3br r.R.-t,a rf4 wan
lam J.. Of Germany. and who has de-
Veloped no vices and acquired no mala-
dies. This prince is an energetic. athletic
young man. has literary tastes. and viii
IA all likelihood enjoy a long life.
For years the king of the Hellenes,
George l.. has been "A victim of a disease
Of the kidneys. a hereditary complaint.
and he has uusuccessfully visited Aix-les-
Baius for treatment. There Is little ques-
tion that Prince Constantine. his eldest
son, is in the incipient stages Of this dis
ease, though there is nothing very marked
or serious as vet.
The little Crown Primo William. OF
Germany, despite the military regime his
enthusiastic father. William H.. has made
him undergo. is wonderfully delicate.
Though tho oldest OF that big family OF
boys that makes Up the first household ~
Germany. this ~13-year-old has not nearly
the vital force. the dash and the audacity
that his brother next in age. Eitel. pos
sesses. Eitel Is his superior in general
health. weight and height. and the gen
eral impression I'm Germany is that Eitel
viii be the next emperor.
1t is noticeable among those who have
seen the boys playing together that Eitel
quite appreciates his greater power of
body. He Is a splendid specimen Of young
Germany. tall. vigorous and strong Of
arm and leg. while young William Is al
most weak and puny beside him. hin and
narrow-chested and easily tired.
Belgium Is ruled over today by Leopold
H.. born in 1885. a still vigorous middle
aged man. He shows no signs Of break
ing down. and IS one Of the heelthiest
sovereigns Of Europe. Prince Philippe,
Count Of Flanders. his brother, and two
years younger, has for a score OF years
been incugably deaf, and is the most of