The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-09-24
A PRINCE ABOARD
Count of Turin One of the
Coptic Passengers.
Making a Trip Around the World.
Victor in Famous Duel.
Kings Nephew.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IA
young man who may some day be
King is a guest at the Palace Hotel.
The distinguished visitor of royal
blood is Prince Victor Emmanuel of
the house of Savoy-Aosta, Count of
Turin. He is a nephew of King Hum
bert of Italy Should the sickly Crown
Prince die without issue, and should
he survive his brother, Prince Louis
of Savoy, Prince Victor may one day
sit on the throne of Italy. On that ac-
count he is a parsonage Of consequ-
ence, and his visit TO America has
been marked thus far with all the gay
cites and splendOrs that he would
accept at the hands of the most eXclus-
i've society of New York and Newport.
His visit to San Francisco would
doubtless be made the occasion for a
jubilee by the local Italian colony, but
the itinerary of the royal visitor Will
not permit it. He will sail for the Or
lent on the steamer COptic today.
The Count of Turin reached the city
shortly before midnight on the de-
layed Central overland train. Since
he escaped from the gayeties Of the
season at Newport a few weeks ago he
has been hunting in the wilds of Idaho
and taking in the splendOrs of the yell
lowstone. With him is Count Edouard
de CarpenettO, Major of cavalry and
first aide-de-camp to his highness. The
visitors were met on the other side Of
the bay by Carlo F. Sierra, Italian Con-
sui in this city, and escorted to the
Palace hotel.
The Count of Turin is of medium
height, but so 1.-THE that he looks tall
| in his natty, close-ftt1ng travelling
| suit. Aside from an Illuminated vest
| of the latest pattern, he was plainly
attired last night. He wore a straw
| hat He has black hair, a slight mus
| tache. the ends of which are trained
| skyward, and big black eyes. He is
not handsome, judged by the American
standard of masculine good looks, but
possesses the supple figure that one
would expect to find in clever
swordsman. And the Count is a clever
fencer His duel with Prince Henry
of Orleans established that fact. The
duel, which was fought a year ago, fol-
lowed a challenge which was provoked
by Prince Henry's insulting comment
on the Italian prisoners in AbySsinla.
The Count of Turin was the victor in
the duel, and all Italy celebrated the
result with enthusiasm Singularly
enough, the Count does not care to
talk of the event. He was quoted in
an eastern paper as saying that since
the duel had ended happily for both Of
the participants he saw absolutely no
reason why it should be mentioned
again.
Count Carpenetto is taller by head
than the young man of royal blood and
ten or twelve years his senior. mis-
face is wrinkled and brOnZed by the
service he has seen in Abyssinia. Both
visitors are ardent spOrtmen, and know
no enjoyment that exceeds the hunt
ing of big game. They have been en-
jOying rare sport of this kind in the
last few weeks.
The royal visitor is expected to
marry the Infanta Maria de las Mer-
cedes, Princess of Asturias. For the
brief period OF six months after the
death of her father, Alfonso XII, in
1885. she was Queen of Spain, and
would still be occupying the throne but
for the pOsthumOus birth of her broth
er. now Alfonso XIII. The Count Of
Turin was born in 1870. His tiancee
was born in 1890.