The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-24

conscience as to the eXpediency OF cham
ging the succession. Time after time he
changed his mind until at last the queen
triumphed. According To the 'dtH-t
opiniO. the dying wishes of the KING Were
willfullv dsrogIrdod. and the documents
which would have established Don CAR
los right to the throne were suppress
by fraud or violence. At any rate upon
the death OF Ferdinand, in 1893, the BABY
Prince Isabella was declared queen OF
Spain under the regency 0f her mother.
Then rs when the trouble began Tor
the next five years the kingdom was
desolatod By civil war The Spanish iioer-
ais believed that the very duuuuu.hr'7 OF
Isabellls title would afford guaranty
for her inGdclity 90 the constitution, so
they supported her cause. France ana
England. too sided with the dynasty
which supported the principles of cousti-
tutional monarchy and after a warfare
of almost unexampled ferocity Don Car
los left Spain in 1889. defeated III the
new dynasty had conducted the affairs
Of tho monarchy with good faith ana
loyalty il might have remained firm in
control. with the Carlist preionders
vanishing quantity But the scandal of
Queen CHRISTIANS regency and various
other violations OF national sentiment
weakened the monarchy and kept alive
the hopes OF the partisans Of the pre-
tender.
Don Carlos. the first pretendcr, died in
1856 but q second arose in the person OF
his son Of the same name, in whose favor
his father had abdicatcd his claims five
years before In 1860 an attempt was
made I'm Valencia TO stir zap another
Carlist instruction. in consequence or
which the pretender and his brother
Ferdinand were arrested. They were
afterwards liberated on signing q rec
nouncement OF an claims 90 the Spanish
throne. The second Don Carlos bon the
line Of pretendcrs died IN 1SGL There
upon the present Don Carlos became the
oretendcr TO the throne Of Spain as
Charles VII. in legitimate succession. and
the loyalty Of the Carlistg has centercd
about him since that time.
The pretendcr who figures IN tho tcle-
grams of to-day is the nephew Of the
second and the grandson of the first lie
is the son Of his predecessors brother
Juan. and bears tho fun name OF Carlos,
Don Maria de los Dolores Juan lsadOr
Josef Francesca Quirino Antonio Miguel
Gabriel Raphael de Bourbon. On his bee
half Carlist uprislngs speedily repressed.
took place IN 1861 1870 and 1872, but the
insurrcctlon headed by him I'm person
after the abdcatiOn of King Amadoo in
1873 proved much moro formidable. and
opt the northor npart OF Spain, the
Basque provinces OF the pyrencos. in
great confusion tll the beginning OF
1876, when il was finally crushed. Don
Carlos himself crossed over into France,
and issued from Paris "a proclamation.
in which he declared that while patriot
ism eniOnnd upon him o. peaceful atti-
tude at that time, the same patriotism
might counsel a change OF opinion. and
he remained free 90 reassert bis rights at
any favorable moment
Don Carlos has been twice married.
His first wife was princess of the house
OF Bourbon and a niece Of the Comte de
ChambOrd. At the time OF the marriage,
I'm 1851 and for many years later the
couple were very poor. They lived az
Passy after the failure of their last at
tempt 10 gain the throne. and were in
actual destitution 40 times. Once Don
Carlos had 90 seu his favorite war horse
TO Sbtain food some Cariist friends
bought It i'm and presented IL TO the pre-
tender. who sold 10 again for the same
purpose.
The deaths OF The Comte and Comtesse
de Chambord, who Left the most OF their
great wealth 20 their fdvorito niece. the
wife OF Don Carlos. placed the pretender
in comfortable circumstances, but when
she died 80 was found that she had left
her money ln trust loI Htl 'hl'"l'"' "F-
ing but a small allowance TO her nus
band lie had neglected her shameiully.
and they lived apart for many years. Tie
cast about for means of relief, and In
less than a year married the wealthy
Princess Marie Berthe de ROhan. The
marriage took place April 20 1891 the
bride being just twenty years younger
than her husband She ia a member OF
the ilustrious house OF ROhan. which
alone OF al the noble families Of France
and Austria, has the right Of addressing
the sovereigns as cousin
Since the death OF the Comte de Cham
bord Don Carlos has been looked on
with a. new interest and a possible pre-
tender 10 the French throne. for by that
death he became the head OF the branch
OF the Bourbons which decends in direct
line from the second son Of Louis XIV
In the Comte de Chambord the male limo