The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-10

must be interesting. for the lieutenant con.
siders himself heir apparent to the crown OF
Spain, and the colonel believes that he Is
either the rightful Emperor of France, or.
at least, heir apparent to the throne Lieut..
De Bourbon secretly believes that he should
have both France and Spain, but at press
Into that country JAMES father, Don
Carlos. the old pretender, is sending arms.
preach his cause. and there he firmly be-
lieves he will die a king in the capital of his
ancestors Lieutenant Jamie is twenty
seven years old, and is an intelligent and
popular young man. He is much more inn
bued with modern ideas than his father
(who is reactionist Of the most medieval
type. and it has often been stated that il
Don Carlos recovered the throne of Spain
he would abdicate in favor of Jamie.
There is only one fault that the enemies
and critics of Prince Jamie attribute TO
him. They say he drinks too much. He was
booze is attributed by by the spaniards to
that fact. Intemperance in the matter OF
drinking is not failing # the Latin races.
They have so many others that for the
northern vice they have no time, as a rule.
Aside from this little non-Spanish 'ailing,
however, Prince Jamie is very Casiilian,
and is anxious to play for his father (only
TO play ii more successfully the part played
by Bonnie Charlie" when he raised his
James of st. Germain.. TO prepare himself
for such part he has been learning he art
Of war in the Russian army. He received a
school days were over in England.
The prince has Ave first given names
They are Jamie, John, Charles, Alphonso'
land, in 1870. His mother, who died about
four years ago, was the Princess Of Bour-
t6on 1;, After the failure Of the last last
los were poor, and his manner of living kept
them so. But when, in 1893, Don Carlos mar
ried the Princess Maria Bertha If Roman,
times of financial prosperity dawned again
for him, for the princess, though not of
royal blood; was wealthy and brought her
husband a big fortune Since Prince Jamie
has had a stepmother his allowance has
been increased, ard he can now keep up his
end with any of the gay young officers OF
the Cars army.
Col Napoleon Bonaparte is more solid
and dignified officer than Jamie He is
wild oats, apparently. He is the second son
of Prince Napoleon son of the great En-
peror's brother, Jerome, King of Vest
Charles BOnaparte, of Baltimore. When his
father. Prince "Plon-Plon," died he APP
pointed this SECOND son by NH as his n nSd
est son, Prince Victor. The Bonapartists.
however, acknowledge Prince Victor as the
head of the Bonaparte family.
AS Prince Victor has never been married
this Prince Louis Napoleon is at least heir
apparent of the Bonaparte claims even IL
his fathers will is ignored. He, like Prince
Jamie, has been studying the art of war in
Russia against the time when he hopes to
be called on to draw sword for the No
He is a good officer, and at the recent re-
view of the Russian army before President
Faure he led a cavalry division by the re-
viewing place. The President offered him
the cross. of the Legion of Honor. but he
refused 1t. Several reasons were alleged
for this. One was that when he was q
baby his cousin Napoleon H. had made
him commander of the Legion. so he was
already entitled to the cross: So these two
cavalry officers are each wal. ling anxiously
for nation 20 call them to reign over it;
but the days and nights are long while
they listen for the voices which they have
little chance of hearing.