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Sl53 FOR 30 CENTS.
Iowa Man Has a Ray That Turns An
other Metal Into Gold.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, April A.-When II
was announced a few days ago that George
Lawrence Johnson, a farmer living near
Fairfield. had discovered process allied to
the X rays, and which he termed "Y'' rays,
by means Of which a base metal could be
TRANSMITTED into gold at small cost, people
treated the matter as a joke, but investiga-
ton puts a different light on the matter. 1t
is found that Johnson is graduate of
Columbia College, New York, well provided
financially and possessing a complete chem
ical and physical laboratory at his country
home. He simply claims that an ordinary
base metal which has been considered a
chemical element, is compound OF which
gold is the principal part.
After the publication of Professor Roent-
gems discoveries Johnson. in company with
Mr.. Minear, concluded to experiment on the
comparative transparency of several metals
to the rays. BY accident a block of one
the box in certain relation to the anOde
pole of the Crookes tube. After two hours
Mr.. Johnson observed that this metal was
the tube was covered to a depth of one
fourth OF an inch with a white powder. Be
meath this powder the metal presented un-
even surfaces of yellowish color More
metal was procured and like result fol-
lowed Rays of great chemical power must
have been thrown off and Mr.. Johnson
called these ''Y" rays.
Mr.. Johnson then sent a block of the
charged metal to a friend at Columbia Col
lege, John c. Hitchkiss. A reply has been
received in which preliminary results were
given. The yellow metal, DR.. Hotchkiss
says, els probably gold" The base metal
used is a secret. According TO Mr.. Johnson
1t is 6S.92 per cent. gold. and he can decom-
pose a pound in three hours at an expense
of 13is cents per hour. This means at
cost of about 30 cents to produce about $153
n of crrsIh hQva bnnV fol 70
abroad.
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HEIRESS TO MILLIONS.
How Fortune Came to the Door of
Nine. Eglan tine Gaudin

NEW YORK. April 24-afme. Byzantine
Gaudin. of woodclin. n. J., after years of
hard work. has suddenly found herself
heiress TO the enormous fortune of $1,000
900. The story of this marvellous turn in for
tunes wheel is surrounded by circumstances
OF most dramatic nature. Nine: Gaudin
was born In the midst Of the Pyrenean
mountains. some fifty-eight years ago. Her
maiden name was Byzantine Marie Emanuel
She left widow when quite young
and found herself almost penniless. Her
aunt and godmother at that time lived in
California, and by the aid OF an American
lady named Louise jackson the young widow
came to this country to search for her rela-
tives. She had not imagined what this task
would Involve. however, and when she dis
covered the great distance that INTERVIEWED
between New York and California she de-
cided to settle here. Nine. GaudIn had good
letters or Introduction and she soon estab-
lished herself as dressmaker. Age ani an
health at length overlook her, and two wears
ago she invested her savings in a piece Of
land at Woodclif ". j. The investment
left her without an immediate income. and
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TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

James E. Joyce & Co., wholesale grocers
at Little Rock. Ark, made an assignment
Thursday Preferred liabilities, $1,000; as
Cashier John A. Knight, of the defunct
Fifth-avenue Savings Bank, of Columbus
o., has been held TO answer for alleged
embeZZement. tr
At Huntington. W. Va, H. Gordon a
lumber dealer, Thursday assigned to Simms
& Enslow. attorneys. Assets $4,000. The
liabilities will probably exceed the assets
by $4,000.
Governor Morton has signed the bill per-
hitting New York racing associations TO
build Enclosures of their tracks where betting
may be conducted, and perfecting the racing
law in various ways.
Mash2ll Anderson, colored, was hanged at
Malvern. Ark, yesterday. He was convicted
of killing Tom Hanson, his wife's brother,
near Malvern, last September. He declared
that his life had been sworn away.
The Grand Army of the Department of
Colorado and Wyoming, which Is now hold
ing its annual encampment in Denver. has
adopted a resolution censuring President
Cleveland for his policy in regard TO the
pensions.
Rev Alberto Diaz. the Baptist missionary
at Havana, Cuba, viii attend the Southern
Baptist Convention. which meets in Chatta-
delegates will attend the convention and Dr.
Diaz will be the lion of the day.
Tue taking of testimony for cle defense in
the case of John r. Miller & Sons against
the American TOBACCO company was con-
cluded in Newark. ". j., yesterday. The
suit now goes before the Chancery Court. at
Trenton. where final argument, will be heard
on June 23 "a, % and %.
A dynamite bomb was exploded last night
on the window sill of the residence of Maj.
George Albe in Westville, Conn. The
shock broke all the windows in the vicin-
ity. Major Albe was formerly in the
United States service in Mexico, and is now
an inspector of arms at the Winchester Re-
peating Arms Company.
NJ. c. ID. Borden, principal owner of the
American Printing Company, at Fall River
Mass, has ordered the works TO be shut
down Saturday for an indefinite period The
works have been running snort for some
time and Mr. Borden says he has enough
finished goods on hand TO supply all present
needs. 1t is one OF the largest cotton print
ing establishments in the country.
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DIPLOMACY is SLOW
LITTLE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE
IN THE VENEZUELA NATTER.
Denial Of Correspondent SmalIcy's
Assertion that Negotiations Have
Reached N Critical stage.

WASHINGTON, April 24.-The report that
the Venezuelan question had again reached
a critical stage owing TO inaction amounting
10 termination OF negotiations has developed
two facts which are stated positively. name
~. that the United States government has
not offered suggested withdrawal of
the present Venezuelan commission and that
negotiations toward general arbitration be-
tween the United States and Great Britain
are proceeding satisfactorily. although there
has been little progress yet toward hay-
Ing the Venezuelan dispute included in the
general scope of arbitration. Aside from
these two material points the general status
OF the subject. II is stated. has not changed
OF late. and there is no apprehension or un-
easiness lest the negotiations lapse or fail
1t Is the general understanding that the
Venezuelan boundary commission VIII not
report until December next At the regular
weekly meeting Of the commission to-day
number of documents were presented in be-
half OF Venezuela to supplement her case.
Among them was a pamphlet on the Linn
its of Guiana" comprising a number of
special articles from the pen of DR.. Sejas.
the Venezuelan expert and statesman which
have been published from time to time and
are now gathered together and reprinted.
MIR. Scruggs, the counsel for Venezuela, sub
mitted a long brief analyzing in a critical
and controversial spirit the British blue
book There was also placed in evidence a
mass OF translatiOns OF documents coming
from Caracas The commission finally de-
cided to-day TO send one more representa-
tives 10 The Hague 10 examine the original
Dutch manuscripts in the royal archives
bearing on the Venezuelan boundary ques-
tion. but the persons have not yet been
designated. Similar action was not taken in
the case OF the Spanish archives for the
reason that the Venezuelan government has
supplied number Of certified copies of the
Spanish records and until these have been
examined by the commission IL cannot be
known just what additional copies from
Madrid are required.
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Deadly Tornado I'm Yirginin.

ROANOKE. Va, April 2i.-This afternoon
about 4:SO O'Clock tornado, accompanied
by hail and very heavy rainfall. struck
the city of Salem. seven miles west of here
and, besides blowing down several barns,
unroofing outhouses and uprooting trees.
demolished two houses. in one of which a
family OF eight colored people resided ali
or whom. and three others who we've in
the houke al the time OF the disaster were
injured. Jane Harris and her five-year-oId
son were taken dead from the ruins. and of
the others four were badly injured one a
four-year-old girl, being fatally hurt sur
gical assistance was promptly rendered ty
physicians, and the wants of the homeless
were also attended to. The cloud-a dark
funnel-shaped one-came up suddenly from
Inc southwest. cutting a complete swath OF
about 15o feet wherever il passed While
considerable damage was done TO property
in other places in Roanoke county. no
further loss OF life is reported.
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Movements of other steamers.

SOUTHAMPTON, April 2i.-Sailed: Spree
from Bremen, for New York; Columbia
from Hamburg, for New York.
MOVILLE April 2i3Sailed: Circassia
from Glasgow, for New York.
GENOA. April 2i.-Arrived: Kaiser Will
helm H. from New York.
QUEENSTOWN, April 2t-Arrived: Etru-
ria, from New York
NEW YORK, April 2f.-Arrived: Britain
mic. from Liverpool.
GREENOCK. April A.-Arrived: Grecian,
from Philadelphia.
LIVERPOOL, April 2i.-Arrived: Cufc,
frcm New York.
LONDON. April A.-Arrived: Maryland,
frcm Baltimore.
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MURDER AND ROBBERY.
Two Women Killed and a Man Bound
and Left for Dead.

LA PLATA, Md. April A.--The dead
bodies of Mrs. Joseph Cooking and Miss
Daisy Miller, her niece and the unconscious
form of Joseph Cooking were found early to-
day in the village store kept by the Cock
ings at Hilltop. hamlet near here. Rob-
berry had been the incentive for the murders.
store and were killed with a blunt instru-
ment, supposed to have been an iron bar.
Cooking was left for dead in the cellar. He
had been securely bound with a heavy rope
and brutally treated. suffering from fright
ful wounds about the head, but probably
will racover
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Costly collision at GnIlitzin Tunnel.

PrTTSBURG, April 2i.-By the collision Of
two trains on the Pittsburg division of the
Pennsylvania railroad at GallitZin tunnel
about IL o'clock last night three men We're
badly injured and number Of cars were
destroyed, the wreck taking fire. The in
jured men are: Fireman J. ID. McKendre, of
Altoona; brakeman r.. w. Carnahan, of
Youngwood, Pa. and Thomas Vincent. of
New York, a colored porter. The colliding
trains were two freights, number Of empty
Pullman cars being attached TO the first
train. Two of them were destroyed by the
flames. The accident was caused by one of
the trains parting and crashing into the
other. The loss was $S5, COO
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CHICAGO, April IA paper Of great In
terest TO an antiquarian was found by City
Librarian Fred Hid yesterday while looking
through some recent purchases of old books
1t was a note for $1,000 payable TO the order
OF Robert Morris and indorsed by the latter
The note read as follows:
July IS 1898. Three years after date |
promise to pay Robert Morris one thousand
dollars for value received-$1. 900.
M. NICEC LSON"
The note is indorsed on the back by the
great financier of the revolutionary times
but bears no marks of cancellation.
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there to prevent the execution of murder
Gus threat that the young woman should
be Killed before she became a bride. James
Wordsworth. of Syracuse, cousin of the
bride. is said TO have made the threats pro-
vided she did not marry him. TO whom she
had been previously engaged. A few days
before the time set for the marriage arrived,
Wordsworth. the rejected suitor. came here.
Thus far he has not attempted 10 carry his
threat into execution.
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Hail .as Large ms Eggs.,

FREMONT. o.. April 2L-Sandusky county
was visited by another terrific hail.. wind an6
electrical storm last night. Much damag,
was done. In some places the hail was a
large as eggs. In the oil fields numerous
tanks and derricks were struck and de
mo-ished and hundreds OF barrels OF OF.
consumed The residence os Charles Yetter
cast OF the city. was wrecked by .lghtnins
and the family seriously injured.
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Letter from Cardinal RampoIi..

CHICAGO, April 24.-The iong-looked-for
,ctter 10 the papal Secretary of State has
been received by the committee on relig-
.ors liberty for Protestants in South Amer
ca, and Ii will be read at the Chicago
Methodist ministers meeting next Monday
morning. The letter gives the result OF the
Investigations of Cardinal Rampolla, papal
secretary of State. concerning the mar
-iage laws OF Peru. Ecuador and Bolivia.
md also the religious liberty that Is ac-
Orded 10 the people In those sountr'es
Furthermcre. the letter announces what the
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MOB IN KENTUCKY.
Wires Cut by WOuId-Be Lynchers of
WOman's Murderer.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, April 24.-The sher-
iff has ordered in all deputies and is ex-
pecting an attack on the Jail tonight by a
mob from the up-country, bent on lynching
the murderers Of Mrs. c. H. GivenS. Civ
ems is reported to have been lynched at
cambridge. All wires are cut and nothing
definite can be secured.
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Dygert Released from Prison.

WASHINGTON. April Acknowledgement
Williams has cablei the State Departmen.
that Dygert, the Illinois young man confined
in prison at Guines. Cuba has been released
by order of Captain General Weyler.
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The Short Line for ST. LOUIS and rnB WEST

Leave Indianapolis Daiiy-73o a. m. $40
a. m, 12:40 noon, 90 p. m, ii 20 D. m.
Arrive st. Louis Union Sation-g12 D. m
300 p m, 200 D. m, "A a m. 700 a
PaTior car on 1910 noon train daily ana
local sleeper on IL 20 D. m. train daily for
Evansville and 81. Louis. open TO receive
Passengers at $50.
Ticket Offices. No. 43 West Washington
street No &C jackson place and Union
Station. GEO. E ROCKWELL. d. p. A.
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In.urrents Discournued.

MADRID. April 24.-Senor CaDovas del
Castillo has declared that the Cuban rebels
are convinced that they will not be recog-
nized as beiligerents. and that they are
therefore, greatly discouraged. He says
that 1,501 of them have recently yielded and
that III this course is continued at that rate
the government will offer them inducements
n Sai~re ler
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COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ia, April 24-It de-
sc.oped to-day that the quiet marriage .as-
ven:lg OF w. O, Pryor, of this city, an6
Mss He.en B. Whee.er. of Syracuse. con-.
called a rather sensational state OF affairs
Detectives, wei armed and dressed in ciii-
ems clothes. stood at the gate and scrutln-
Led each guest that entered. They were
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FAIR WEATHER TO-DAY.
Prediction and Observations of tn
Local FOrecaster.

Prediction and Observations of the
Local FOrecaster.
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for
the twenty-four hours ending IL p. m. April
&-Fair weather on Saturday.
General Conditions Yesterday-Low baro-
metric pressure prevails except over the Mis-
sissippi valley and New England. where the
atmospheric pressure Is moderately high.
The temperature rose and high temperature
prevails except in the lower Mississippi val
ley, the central Mississippi valley. from Ten
nessee southwark and on the northern At
fantic coast where the temperature fell and
local thunderstorms commenced again in
Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee. in
Pennsylvania and the Atlantic coast
from North Carolina northward. The thun-
der showers may advance eastward to In
diana. c. +. X. WAPPENHANS,
Local Forecast Official.
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES.
WASHINGTON. April 24-tFor Ohio-Gen-
orally fair: warmer in northern portion; light
westerly winds.
For Indana-Fair; northwesterly winds.
For Illinois-Far: possibly local thunder
storms in extreme southern portion; variable
winds.
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LA CROSSE. Wis, April 24.-Root river is
on a rampage, and is the highest il has been
since iSS2. large wagon bridge was
washed out near Brownsville Minn and a
section OF the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
tracks are undermined. The bottom lands
through which the stream flows, are all SUBJ
merged.
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Indianapolis. Ind. April .. 1896
The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Indianapolis a Vincennes Railroad COM
pany will be held at the principal Office
THURSDAY. MAY 14TH. 1896.
at O'Clock p. m, for the election or seven
directors TO serve for the ensuing year and
the transaction OF such other business as
may properly come before the meeting.
S. B. LIGGETT. Secretary.
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G. A. R. SPECIAL EXCURSION
South Bend, Ind, G. A. r., State Encampmsnt.
THE PENNSYLVANIA LINE

VIII run special train. leaving Indianapolis
at 1913 a. m, May IL, carrying the follow
Corps: Thomas Gordon, Rucl<le. Hovey and
others. arrive Lake Maxin,cuckee at 1So p.
m. for dinner and ride on the lake, which
Is one Of the largest and by far the most
beautiful lake i'm northern Indiana. Arrive
at South Bend forty minutes after leaving
the lake. Returning, special train will leave
South Bend on the afternoon OF May IL and
run through 10 Indianapolis inside OF four
hours. No change Of cars In either direction
All G. A II. people should take this train.
See Harry C. Adams, H. B. Snyder or ad-
dress. GEORGE E ROCKWELL. ID. p A.
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SCRATCH
SCREAM

Ny baby broke out with a rash. He woulo
scratch and scream. Ii would take two to hold
him. and one 10 put medicine on him. We had
10 hold him sometimes an hour before We could
get him quieted down. All said that they never
saw such face or body on any bahy on him.
/ had 10 tie his hands tight In q cloth, night and
day, for five months. Ny sister had used CUTI-
CUKA, and began to use il. dff>r only one
application, ne lay dorm and sksTtas he had not
for month, poor little fellow. lie has not a scar
on him now, and Is fair and his flesh IL soft
as any baby While he had this disease had TO
cut the sleeves out OF his clothes, and put gauze
underwear on him TO keep him COOL had to
keep pieces of soft cloth around his neck. IL was
SO wet with moisture from the sores, and had to
change the cloths sometimes ten or twelve times
day. Mrs. A. HAYNES. Lisbon, N. ID.
srsEry crkx TREATMENT FoR BAsr Hraons--
Warm baths With CrrrCuEA SoAr and g~ntc aPpiicar
tons of CrricukA (ointmentA the great akin cure.
Sold throughout the World f.rrra Dkvo AxD
CuSn. coRr.s sole Props Boston, T. 8. a. -
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FAST TIME BY THE ST. PAUL.
Reduced Her Westward Trip Record
Oyer Two Hours md n Half.

NEW YORK, April A.-The American line
steamship st. Paul, from Southampton,
passed in at Sandy Hook at 11:50 tonight.
To have equaled her own westward record
six days, seventeen hours and fifiy-one
minutes-she was due to arrive off the light
ship at 2:2l a.. m tomorrow. She has, there
FORE on this trip reduced her record by
more than two hours and a half.
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Holy See proposes to do in the matter.
Rev. John Lee, chairman of the committee,
declines to state in advance anything fur
ther concerning the details of Cardinal
RampOlla'S communication.
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IoiiIs

1t is often difficult to convince peo-
pie their blood is impure, until dread
full carbuncles, assesses, boils, scrof-
ula or salt rheum, are painful proof of
the fact. 1t is wisdom now, or when
ever there is any indication of
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Plus. c. F. r. wAPPENHANS.
Local Forecast Official.
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FORECAST FOR THREE sTATEs.
Fridays Local observations.
Bar. Their. R.H. Wind. Weather. p

Z a. 'm..2997 66 25 South. Crdy. .01
z D. m. 5000 al 81 invest. Clear. 30
Maximum temperature, 70; minimum tenn
pearture IS.
Following Is comparative statement of
the temperature and precipitation April "a:
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HAVANA, April 24.-Details of an outrage
said to have been committed by the insur-
gents at Pinar del Rio have been received
here. 1t is alleged that the insurgent chiefs
gave an order for the execution of three
well-known, old-time SpanishN residents
FAMED Joaquin Barquin. Bias Peral and
Andres Delgado. The order was given out
that a mysterious disappearance of these
men should be effected They were decoyed
o Mantua, in Pinar del Rio. on some pre-
text by an associate insurgent leader,
Ramon Lazo, who took his victims TO the
woods on horseback, where they
saw the ropes prepared for hanging
Senior Baruuln then said to Senior Peral: II
fear those ropes are for u.s." Senor PeYal
thereupon fell from his horse with an attack
CT syncope and died. Senor Dalgado, mad
dened with rage. exclaimed: Il will not die
UNANIMOUSLY at your hands: He quickly en-
crcled his own neck with the rope and
strangled after shouting, Viva Espana"
senior Barquin awaited has fate more coolly
He thought the branch TO which he was to
be hung was not strong enough to bear his
weight and implored his captors 10 remove
the rope TO a stronger branch. His fears
proved well-founded, for the branch gave
way and he fell TO the ground half stranglei
He p.eaded for his life, but was strung up
A second time and this time died. his brutal
sxecutioners hanging TO his feet TO insure
his death Senior Peral's dead body was
hen hung up with the others The neigh
borhood is terror-strickea.
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blood, to take Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
prevent such eruptions and suffering.
81 had q dreadful csrbuncle abscess,
red, fiery, fierce and sore. The doctor at
tended me over seven weeks. When the
abscess broke, the pains were terrible, and
I thought should not live through it. I
heard and read so much about Hoods
Sarsaparilla, that decided to take it, and
my husband, who was suffering with
boils, took it also. 1t soon purified our
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-22
PERSONALS.

Car Nicholas will make his visits to
the sovereigns of Europe alone. as the
Czarlna Is making baby clothes again.
In England men OF title who. for u
consideration. allow their names to
figure In the directory of n stock COM
pany. Is called a guinea pig.
$. Takakura and ~. Sakurai two Off
cerH of the construction corps Of the I'm
perial Japanese Navy, are on q visit to
Washington. They are graduates OF
French naval schools and arc making
II personal inspection of the resources
OF the American ship building plans.
The Rt. Rev. John Williams. Bishop of
Connecticut Is III with sciatia a his home
in M.ddletown, and has been compelled
to cancel his engagements. He is the
Oldest Anglican Bishop in the world in
time OF consecra ton, and the presiding
bishop Of the House of bishops Of the
United States.
Lord Kelvin paid n tribute to his wife
ON the occasion of his recent jubilee in
the Following words: Prof. Story has
said well that owe n great deal to Lady
Kelvin, but he does not know how much
/ owe. No PERSON in the world except
myself knows how much of any results
for science that it has been possible
for me to arrive at is due to her CO.
operation"
Mrs. Victoria Woodruff Martin, who
stunned the United States I'm 1ST1-'72
as Il Presidential candidate. is now edi-
tor of the London Humanitarian, and
in her latest issue she rises to announce
that the cause of woman suffrage in
American is virtually won" The ia ct
that the women of Colorado are for the
first time To vote for President Is the
ground of Mrs. Martins startling dis
covery.
Prince Victor Napoleon inherited 10
900 frames year from his father; his
aunt. the Princess Niathilde Bonapsrte.
gives him an income of 10000 francs
and the cN- Empress Eugenie the sum
of 10000 francs yearly: but no Soth
these royal ladies are fond of France
and like to live there part OF the year.
they give their sums on the condition
that the Prince does not use any of ii
for political agitation.