The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-07
President Loubet Upheld and the Roy
alist PIotters stismatized by
the French Senate.
DREYFUS READY TO RETURN
RECEIVED THE NEWS OF HIS DE-
LIvERANCE WITH PLEASURE.
Terms of the Agreement Between
Spain and Germany for the Cession
of Pacific Island Groups.

LONDON. June THE Vienna corre-
spondent of the Daily Telegraph says THAT
Rigo, the gypsy musician who eloped with
Princess De Chimay, while returning with
the princess to Austria died at Alexandria.
1t is now about three years since Clara
Ward, the one time Michigan lake captains
daughter and heiress in her own right to
several millions, set two continents gossip
ing by her sensational elopement with the
gypsy Janor Rigo. the leader OF one OF
the numerous Hungarian bands that played
in the Paris music halls. Since her deser.
ton of the Prince Chimay and RIGGS de-
sertion of his gypsy wife the doings OF this
notorious couple have been public property
Scandal followed scandal as the guilty
couple were driven from one European cap
ital to another. The influence OF the Prince
Chimay was such that they could find no
resting place in any first-class resort of the
great capitals. and their attempts TO appear
in public on the stage were likewise pre-
vented. They fed to the wilds Of Hungary
for a time. but 1t is said the gypsies drove
them from there and they then visited out
of-the-way places.
when the betrothal of Clara Ward to
Prince Chimay was first announced II was
an event In continental society. The history
paimy days of Florence and is interviewer
with that of the Bonapartes. She married
the prince May 30, $780, when she was re-
ceiving from her fathers estate $4,000 an
nually. She was born Feb. II. 1873 Her
father E. b. Ward. was a resident OF De-
troit and reputed one Of the wealthiest men
in the Northwest at the time. The family
history is filed with tragedy. She was the
daughter of her fathers second wife after
he had divorced the first without reason.
The marriage of Miss Ward and Chimay
did not bring happiness. 1t was all very
romantic for while, but the romance be-
gan to wear OFF for the princess Her na-
ture was opposed to quiet life. and the spirit
of adventure began to assert itself. much TO
the dlspleasure of the prince He began to
hear rumors OF his wife's infidelity, and at
one time threatened to bring suit for di-
vorce. but the fear Of scandal prevented II.
Not even the birth of two children could
bridge the chasm that separated the couple.
The capricious princess would stand no re-
straint, and as the leader of the circle In
which she moved she supplied not a small
portion of the episodes
The spirits of the princess romped on
Feb q, 1894, the anniversary of her twenty
first birthday. She gave grand dinner
and ball in Paris in honor of the event Hor
startling beauty and the lavish gifts which
nature had bestowed upon her made her the
idol of the hour. Meanwhile her subtle ma
ture was seeking for relief from the FASH
ionable world. She wandered among the
cafes of Paris incognito. trying to placate
her whin&. 1t was a hunt for happiness
Her nature had not found IT in wealth and
titles. Ii was the strange affinity OF con-
trast that drew her. She fastened her
fancy on Hungarian gypsy. who had moth
ing that she had except the keen spirit OF
adventure and the love OF song These were
the only ties that soldered the fate OF the
Princess of Chimay and the musical gypsy.
She heard him play one night in one of the
Partisan cafes. He is tall and well propor-
ticned. He played with skill all the roman
tic melodies of his nomandic race The
thrilling "Rokoczy March" charmed the
princess, and after few nights visits the
daughter of the king OF the Lakes" the
princess Of an ilustrious Belgian house. had
fallen victim TO the music and song OF =
strolling minstrel, Janos Rigo.
So 1t did not surprise those who knew the
Princess Of Chimay and Caraman TO hear
afterward that she had deserted her hus-
band and two children and had become rha
companion Of the Hungarian Tzigano.