The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-25

king of Gwaior. When the king
dom was brought within the
sphere of British influence. Perron re.
ceived large sum of money In considera-
ton Of his quitting India, which he did
with his daughter having meanwhile loss
his wife. AS in addition to the cash re-
ceived from the British government. he
has accumulated an enormous fortune
during his stay in India, having shaken
the Pagoda tree" as the saying is, to
some purpose, his dusky daughter found
no difficulty in securing a blue blooded
husband in the person of Count Frederic
de la Rochefoucauh
Incidentally, attention may be called ia
the little known fact that there is
branch OF the royal European house OF
Bourbon established in India. Prince
Charles of Bourbon. who died in Rome in
the sixteenth century as grand constable
OF France, left a son named John. who
after many adventures and vicissitudes,
reached India and became generaI-in-chief
OF the cavalry of the grand mogul Akbar
khap. Converted to Mahometanism he
married a Georgian lady and left two
sons. At the beginning of this century a
legitimate and direct descendant of this
Prince John of Bourbon held the Office
of regent of the native kingdom of Bhopal,
and at the present moment the name OF
Bourbon is honorably borne in India bv
the two grandsons of this regent. who
style themselves Theodore and Honore ds
Bourbon, and who, although dark COM
ple&loned, as are all the native races Of
India, possess the distinct facial features
of the Bourbon family and use. moreover.
the fieur de lis as their armorial bearings.
They speak French perfectly, profess the
Mahometan religion, and with their rela.
tives form an important clan in the king
dom of Bhopal, numbering above 5000
souls.
In conclusion, it may be stated that Rus
STA is following the example of the more
eastern nations of Europe in the way of
abandonment of prejudiceS against mar
I1ageS with Orientals. For, If gossip at St.
Petersburg and private letters from the
far east are to be believed. it is a Russian
girl, the daughter of the Cars envoy at
Seoul, who is about to become Queen OF
Korea. The king of that strange country,
which, in spite OF its being styled "the
land of the morning calm" has been tho
scene of more numerous and sangunary
revolutions than any other in the world,
is weak-spirited creature whose strong
minded consort was murdered in a par
ticularly shocking fashion by the Japanese
a year ago. On the night of her death the
king managed to escape from his palace,
and in lieu Of being conveyed as a pris-
oner to the Japanese embassy found refuge
instead al the Russian legation as an hon.
ored guest. There he remained for many
months, ruling his kingdom with the adj
vice of the Cars envoy, who, II is need
less to say, had and still retains the royal
ear. During his stay at the Russian mis-
sion the king became infatuated by the
charms of the daughter of the Russian
minister, who is, therefore, now about to
blossom forth in the position of father-in-
law to the King OF Korea. OF course this
marriage is equivalent to the subsection
OF Korea to the suzerainty of Russia a
fate which the king must have long fore
seen. BY marrying pretty Miss Weber, his
Oriental majesty probably hopes to sugar
the pill Of Mrscovite domination.