The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-09
REQUIEM MASS AT PARIS
FOR REPosE, OF SOULS OF THE
CHARITY BAZAAR FIR VICTIMS.
Impressive Religious Service in NOtre
Dame CathedraI-Career of the
Late Due D'AumaIe.

ANPO0G VI AllC SOuio VI LIN NtCtili4 VI AilC
recent fire at the Charity Bazaar was eel
ebrated at noon to-day in the Cathedral of
Notre Dame. The interior of the building
was heavily draped with black, relieved by
silver embroideries, and the main doorway
was draped with a huge pail, spangled with
silver, edged with ermine and raised on
either side by silver loops. Above the doors
We're escutcheons with the initials 'R. f."
(Republique Francaise). At an early hour
the square in front of the cathedral was
densely packed with people. An imposing
catafalque, covered with flowers and
erected in front of the choir, contained the
remains of the Comtesse De Jallin and
Nine. Julian. Conspicuous among the floral
tributes were magnificent wreaths sent by
the Emperor and Empress of Germany and
the Russian colony of Paris. President
Faure occupied a raised platform at the left
of the choir, and behind him were ranged
the families of the victims, the members of
the government diplomatic corps and other
notabilities. Mgr. De Lescalle officiated at
the mass and Father oliver preached the
sermon, taking for his text the words:
Blessed are they who have passed from
life doing good" A majority of the large
stores of Paris were closed during the
religious service at Notre Dame.
Mesdames Sue and Vlasto, who We're
among the persons injured in the Charity
Bazaar panic, expired this morning.
The Due d'Aumale, who fell dead when
he was told that his nephew's wife, the
Duchesse dAlencon, had been burned to
leans and a brother of the Duo De Ne
mours, whose son married the unfortunate
Princess Of Bavaria who persisted at the
charity fair in the Rue Jean GouJon. lie
was the most advanced of the proud family
of Orleans, and might have been high in
the councils of the republic had not his
royal blood placed him under a ban. French
republicans do not like the sons of kings.
DAumale was the fourth son of the late
King Louis Philippe. His mother was
queen Marle-Amelle ana the young duc
was EDUCATED, as were all his brothers, in
the College of Henry ~. At his death
dAumale was ~SeVenty-fiVe years old. He
leaves an immense fortune, the most inter-
esting and most valuable part of which,
his chateau at Chantilly, he has bequeathed
to the French people. The due was resid-
ing at Zucco, Sicily, when he heard of the
horror in which his niece, to whom he was
nervous system gave way under the strain.
His career was one that was mixed with
1910 he went with his brother, the Due
d'Orleans, to Algeria and took part in the
campaign that followed. He returned to
his country the year after and took up his
technical military education where he had
left off to go to Africa, and completed 1t
at Courbevoie. Returning to Algeria, ne
midst of the war, and was placed at the
head of the subdivision of Medeah. In this
war the young uuC QlSllIS ulSU6u llllIlSelI
nobly. The war records show that he de-
feated Abd-el-Kader and captured nearly
1000 prisoners, besides booty that was very
valuabl He was elevated to a generalship
for this service and placed in m OF
the Constantine province.
1t was while he was at the head of the
brilliant expedition against BiSkarah in 1874
that d'Aumale married. The bride was a
Bourbon-Marie Caroline Auguste, a daugh-
ter of Prince Leopold of Salerno. Three
years afterward the due became governor
general of Algeria, and made a successful
administration. But trouble awaited MN;
This revolution of 1S4S swept France and
he resigned his post in Algeria and fled with
his WHY to Egland, whittier his relatives
had esca>ed. His brother, the Prince De
Joinville, Issued a protestation against the
Punishment OF the royal family from
Francs an @n1i daAu ma 10 joined do him tat+ IN it, dd The
to enjoy life as best he might In O. foreign
country.
the advantage of being rich. He built for
himself a noble country house on the
Thames at Twickenham and thither he
repaired with his family. He wrote and
studied. and in 1861 made a. great stir by
publishing in Paris a pamphlet addressed
punished by the French authorities and
d'Aumale challenged young Bonaparte to
a mortal duel and was ignored by the i'm
terrupted only by a sensational speech at
a dinner given him by the Literary Fund
seat on the Thames and his fine farming
estate in Worcestershire, where he devoted
himself to agriculture.
When the Franco-PruSsian war came
d'Aumale freely offered his wealth and
person to the cause of his country, but the
aught to do with him. Then in 1871 he adj
dressed a proclamation to the people or the
Department of the Disc. He told them that
but would abide by and support a republic
if the people wanted one. He announced
MN hImse Wfs as s,e a q can6 6nt he t did f1d return nsSnTl0 to
France until June of 1871, when the ban
was removed from the royal family.
Honors came fast for the Prince of Or
leans. He was elected president of the
general council of the Disc department. lie
became a member of the academy with but
eral of a division in the army and in 1876 a
demand was made upon him to represent
time to the army of France:
But he was not to be left long IN ms De.
the members of the royal family was
passed and Boulanger, then minister OF
war. deposed the royal general, who re
When he had gone it was discovered that
he had willed his beautiful chateau at
the treasures in this country palace is a
painting. .Raphaeis celebrated Three
Graces,' for which he had paid the En-
glish Lord Dudley the ~stupendous sum of
$50. 600 francs. This discovery softened the
hearts of Frenchmen for the patriotic duke
but it was only after many years, in 1889,
that the decree banishing him was revoked
and he returned to live in his chateau, a
life interest in which he retained for him
self. 1t now becomes the property of the
French nation. D'Aumale wrote u history
of the princes of Condo, of which house
he was the heir. These volumes were pub
lished in 1869. The last volume appeared
eight years ago.
The old due died widowed and childless.
His consort passed away at Twickenham
in 1869. She had borne him two sons. OF
these the first, Louis-Philippe-Marie Leo
pold d'Orleans, Prince de Condo, died in
1866, aged twenty-one, and his second son,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES d'Orleans,
DUO de Yuise, died in 1872, at eighteen.
Another American Victim.
NEW YORK, May SIT is learned here
to-day through a private cablegram that
Miss Marie De Comeau, formerly of Staten
island. was among the victims of the Paris
fire. The name had appeared in an incom-
plete manner in some of the printed lists.
Miss De Comeau was the daughter of Louis
De Comeau, of the late firm of De Rhame
& Co.. of New York, who retired from bust
ness in 1884. owing to advanced years. Mr..
De Comeau died shortly after his retire.
ment, leaving six children. three sons and
three daughters.
A richmond Man Detained.