New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-28
Paris. April IS.

-, 49, o.o,,,, - the French arisocracy We're
t,o1 tho dav before yesterday morning IN
a. ,hrrcb ~ 81 Francois Xavier To attehd the
60, ~ the MARQUIS. de Chanaeilles' VINO met
with her death In such shocking manner !" '''
great cemetery Of Pere I.achaise Few udS' "s"
The Marauise who was eighty-hve years "iu' "'
termined to visit the family mauSotu'h Oh sun
dav last H. offer up prayers Tor ne. huS"'" B. VIZ
died about eighteen months ago. SAe had Sc''''.
/ J., ,,oss.I tho threshold e the private chapel
/ b,vo tho vault when suddenly the large nag
stone ON which she stood gave way ana PIec'P'-
| tatad her into the vault. where the coiHhS ldE'
full twenty feet below: and. t. ana 10 'h' "'i''i
~. Two sit,otl,n several large nagsones then Yell
| upon her Her married daughter me M'''p'H- w.
uorceu vbo had accompanied her ana who We
! herself over sixty years of age in making val"
ottemnt to save her mother fell in as well. break
inc Io, and an arm Her screams brought ass
eietonca and the two ladies were quickly taken
ont h,. means Of ropes; but from the very hIst IL
,,ae annarenr that the case Of Nine De 'Aand-
lolles WAS hopeless. and she expired Withlh ""Ii
! an hour AT 4 chemist. snop near the cemetery on
| trance AdauChter Of the last Duke OF CrllIoh ana
| ~ Houfilers. who died In 1870 the Mafqu!Se was
| closely related to the duca. houser OF Foli'h'''
de Ia Rochefoucaud. Lewis MrepolX, Beaufort
| Clermont-Tondrre Caraman. Roman ana Mor'e-
| martial Of whom are placed in mourning oy h'r
| tragic death. and her loss must likewise p" S'-
! veroy FIT by at any rate the elder members "i
| ,b. house M bourbon Indeol. noticed both th'
| Du, de- Chartros and the Duo lie N"mourr a. TO-
! funeral the elder ~ them being apparently ov"'-
! c,-ne with grief-for h" had known the Marquis"
| since her earliest eirlhooi, ana had Subsequently
been brought into frequent association with hrr
when she WIS principal hiy-in-wait.ng T. tAt
| Duchess of orleans. mother 49, the ia'e '""h. 'l
! Paris.
The Marauise was with the Duchess from the
,f,,o = tho latter's marriage. and not only re-
manned with her after the Dukes death in "A car
rj,po accident. put was likewise with her on that
memorable dsv in February lSis. when. King
Louis Philipps's throne having been overturned
/ b,. the Revolution the widowed Duchess was
..nnnelleI - seek refuge in the Chamber u D"pu-
TICS with her two children. the Due lie Charities
/ and rha Count = Paris in whose favor the KING
| had inst abIlcate,. Thu Duchess had the four
vear-old Count Of Paris by the hand. while the
Duo dc Charities was in the arms ~ the Mariuise.
They had scarcely reached the legislative cham-
Der when the mob suddenly broke down all par
rl.rs and burst In. During the rush that ensued
tho Due do Chartres was torn out Of the arms of
IN. Nardulse and irampled On. while the Count ~
Paris was separated from his mother and only
s,vel hv 4 couple - National Guards from beInS
etrangled bv Il huge workman y ferocous aspect.
who had his hands around the child's throat.
Marvellous - relate. ,Aoth children escaped WIN
ont any serious injury and after their restora IN
:, the two ladies' the latter made their way first
q, the country house Of m" Comtr de- M1ntes-
o,,or near Rlignv. ana afterwlrd acr5ss the from
tier :, Eiscnach. whore they remained for iull
var rs the guests Of the Grani-duke of SAKE
2
German princoss and a daughter u the reigung
Grlnd-duke ~ Mcckleuburg- Schwerln. Both the
conn, 81 Paris and the Duo De Charities always
manifested a most arfectonate regard for the old
Naraul4.. knowing how devoted and loyal she had
beer :, their mother T. whom they had been =.
passionately attached.
The MARQUIS De Chanaleilles enjoyed in his
youth the distinction Of being a page Of honor
Of King Louis XVIII. and was educated AZ tn.
expense Of that King along with his fellow
pages all ~ whom We're members Of the most
blue-blood,d nobility. II was no joke. however
being 4 page To- King Lous XVIII. The latter
was so enormously fat that II was absolutely
impossible for him t. walk without assistan 20
The voracity ~ his appetite rendered 1t indls
pcnsable nevertheless that h. should take eXer
else for the purpose Of aiding his digestion WIKI
this object IN view carriage was constructe,
for him which was OnIy nunS III lFoH'' III"
which had no springs or straps behind. tha
, the joltlng especially over the cobbestones VIII
| which the streets Of Pari. and Versailles wrr'
paved IN those days. something terrific
While this shaking was very beneficial to tn
monarch. Il was n source OF terrible discomfor
TO those OF the pages Of honor whose duty it wa
10 stand on the footboard behind the roya
carriage and on the doorstep AT either side. an,
! 7 have often heard the old Marquis refer will
horror t. the fortunes which II" endured on sucl
|, occasions az these His sun"rlugs We're IN
measure mltigated by the splendor of his gold
e and-buc uniform. by the excellence of his far
| and by the elaborate character If the education
provided for himself and for his fellow page
by the King Indeed. 50 extensive was thci
/ schooling that besides being taught to fence
shoot. drive and ride. they even had sreciil
r riding school assigned to them by the kini
= at the Chateau Of Versailles.
e The an-absorbing topic OF III" moment hero
I, surprising In popular interest both the Concur
>, upp,oue and the Gingerbread and Ham Fair. is a
4 10 whether "A President OF the Republic is enttle'
= IN retain the Grand Cross OF the Legion of Homo
on quitting the Chief MaGlstracy. As soon as h
! IL elected to the Presidency he at once become
d ipso facto the Grand Master of the Nationa
! order. and the gold chain OF that dignity /
e solemnly handed to him by the Grand Chancello
:, | Of the order. This Is never worn. the Prosiden
d contenting himself with the star and bIoa
y ribbon of the order knight Grand Cross
S On leaving office he returns the chain To tn
: Chancellor FOR transfer To his successor. Hither
n to II has been questioned whether the outsoin
\ | President should not az the same time sur
r render his dignity as an ordinary Knight Gran
Cross since the dignity belongs 10 the ofc
+ rather than to the individual. After much DIS
cussion In the press. and we are assured. too
p. in the Cabinet 1t has finally been decided b
If the Government that. although the President be
% comes ex ofiicio a Knight Grand Cross of tn
d order vet having once received the grand COZ
=, don. II cannot be taken away from him. Thi
y simplGes matters very much. especially so ia