The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-12

Itself, there being both impcrialists and
royalists among its inhabitants and a
considerable party which desired indc-
pendence. By representing that Napo-
leon had brought with him fabulous
sums the Austrian and English commits.
sioners easily won the Elbans to fer
vor Of loyalty for their new emperor,
Before nightfall Of the 4th the court
was established, and the new admins
tration began its labors Having mas
tered the resources and needs of his
pygmy realm, the emperor began IN do
ploy all his powers, mending the high
ways, fortifying the strategic points and
creating about the nucleus OF 400 guards
which were sent from Fontainebleau an
efficient little army Of 1000 men. His
expenses were regulated to the ininutest
detail both at home and ubroad. The
salt works and iron mines, which were
the bulwarks of Ethan prosperity, began
&C once to increase their output, and
taxation was regulated with scrupulous
nicely. BY that supercmincrt virtae OF
the French burgher, good management,
the island was made almost independ'
ent of the remnants of the Tuileries
treasure (about 8, 900. 600 francs) which
Napoleon had brought from France. The
same powers which had swayed world
operated with equal success in sphere
almost microscopic by comparison.
Before long the Princess Borghesc,
separated soon after her marriage from
her second husband and banished since
1910 from Paris for impairment conduct
TO the empress, came, according TO prom
Use, to be her brothers. companion.
and Madame Mere, though distant in
prosperity, came likewise to soothe her
son in adversely. The intercepted letters
of the former prove her to have been al
least as loose in her life at Elba as ever
before, but they do not afford suih'
cient basis for the scandals concerning
her relations with Napoleon which were
founded upon them and industriously
circulated at the court OF Louis XVIII.
The shameful charge has no adequnt,
foundation of any sort.
Napoleon's economies were rendered
not merely expedient, but imperative
nv the fact that none Of the money
from France was forthcoming which
had been promised in his treaty with
the powers. After q short stay kollel
frankly stated that, in his opinion, i
would never be paid and departed. Th'
island swarmed with Bourbon spies
and the only conversation in which Ma
poleon could indulge himself unguard
edly was with Sir Neil Campbell, tn
English representative, or with the II
tied English gentlemen who gratifiet
their curiosity by visiting him. Durini
the summer heats, when the court wa
encamped on the heights at Marcian'
for rcfreshment, there appeared mys
terious lady with her child. Both wer
we'll received and kindly treated. bu
thew withdrew themselves entirely from
the public gaze. Common rumor SAID l
va, the empress, but this was not true
Il was the Countess Walewska, VIII
the son she had borne to her host, WHOM
she still sdored. They remained but
few DAYS and departed as mysteriousi.
as they had come.
Base females thronged tho precinct
Of the imperial residence, openly strue
Cling for Napoleon's favor as they ma
40 Tar never dared to do Success to
frequently attended their efforts. Bu
the one woman who should have bee
AZ his side was absent. It is certain tina
abe made nm honest effort to come. an
APARTMENTS were prepared for her reoer
ton in the little palace at Porto Ferra
A Her father, however. thwarted lie
At every turn, and finally she was VII
tual prisoner at Schonbrunn.
So manifest wss the restraint thai ne
grandmother, Caroline, queen OF IN
.wo S;oilies. cried ont In indignation
"fs were in the place OF Maria Louisa
would tie the sheets of my bed 20 tn
v;ndow frame and fee. !" COMMITTEE
70 the charge Of the elegant and suotl
Neipperg, afavorite chamberlain wnoI
.hs had first seen at Dresden. he Pile
NO, with such insidious wiles that |.
Last her slender moral fiber was ensirei
hroten down and she fell victim
b,s charms. As late as August Napoleo
rsceiyed impassioned letters from bel
rher she prew formal and cold. At last
nnde, Metternich's urgency. she cease
a. write at ell. Her French Attenosn,
wcucvsl. managed TO convey the Who'll
al story to her husband, but the en-
..ror ~ ipcredulous and hoped aeaiii'
hons until December. Then only = !
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