Arizona republican., 1899-06-08
NEWS AND GOSSIP
 FROff ABROAD

All efforts on the part of the Japa- j Rese government to secure for their
 young crown prince Q bride among the ma-riageable Drincesses of the blood in Europe having failed a match has
 rcw been arranged for him with enc
 of those native princessss who are re-
 motely connected with the reigning
 house in Japan. but who are not ac-
 corded the status of royal psrsonages.
 hear that the objections Of the Eu-
 roDean courts to the crown prince as
 a suitor for their princesses were
 based not alone on the ncn-Christian
 creed professed by he mikado and his
 heirs. but likewise on the peculiar dc-
 nestle arrangements of the ruler of
 Japan. The emperor maintains an
 inn srse harem of deputy wives. The
 crown prince rejOices in the name of
 Haruncmiya Yos1ihitO, and is asse-e-
 ed to be a very bright and intelligent
 lad, who has outgrcwn the delicacy
 which at enc moment .ed to reports
 being cabIed to this coun -ry that his
 death had taken place.
 A question for students Of phySiol- Cgy to explain is why there should he
 so very few descendants in the male
 and direct line from tho illustrious peTsonages who occupy 9 place in the history of Europe. save in Germany,
 where more cases Of Unbroken noble and royal descent are tc be found than anywhere else in the cid world.
 Emperor Charles V. for instance, when he instituted the Spanish grand ezza, created twelve grandees or peers. Of these twelve titles two alone are borne by descendants in the di- Toct nlaie line, namely, the duke of Ossuna and the mar quis of Astcrga, to whose fam fly William Valdcrf Astor claims, in his article in the current number Of the Pal Mall magazine, to belong In i all the other eases the mae issue has l become extinct. and the titles are | borne by entirely different families | than those upon which they were orig | inally conferred.
 Thus the patronyrlic of the dukes Of l Medina-Coeli, who are the premier ! peers Of the kingdom was formerly ! Lecerda, whereas today it is Cord0va, | while the family name of the dukes of | Alba is today Stuart instead of To- ! .elllo, as at the time of the creation. This is due to the fact that the titles in default of male issue on the part of the holders have passed to their and thTcfigh them to the attcr's husbands and children, acccrd- ing to the system which prevails in Spain.
 Incidentally ! may mention that the Astorgas are perhaps ths i2rcudest and most arrogant. Of all the noblas in Spain. T. viii De interesting, there fore. to see what they have to say to the preteEsionS of William Waldcrf AstOr to Oa descended from the found ar of their house, that is from one Of the twelve original gTandees created by King Charles v. instead of being content with his thoroughly respect able, If less aristOcratic German American ancestry. The first builder -f the Asror fortune in the United states was 9 man whom any sensible person would ba satisfied t0 have as his ancestor and as the founder Of his family, and 1t is difficult. therefore, to why Mir William Waldorf As50r should have exposed himself to -he ridicUle Of most people on both sides Of the Atlantic by putting for ward pretcpsiCns to membership Of 2 spanish family. which is ikC-y, nay certain. to rcpudiate his ela;ms
 Tn England this same pecuIiarity of absence of direct male descendants Of historical DersCnages is noticeable Thus, 10 begin with. tho crown itself 5 held by Queen Victoria through dc sCent i'll the female line the house of Hanover, to which she really belongs, 3asing it's rights to the British throne ,n it's descent from daughter Of King lanes l. There are no descendants in he male direct line Of the royal house )f Stuart, which became extinct with he death of that cardinal archbishop ]f Frascati. Henry Stuart. wnc was he younger brother Of the so-caIled Young Pretsnder. As stated in these etLers the other day Oliver Cromwell s nc'W UnreCrcsented by any direct male descendant The same is the 3ase with Sir Francis Drake, Nelson md Sir Walter Raleigh, the three most famous naval heroes cf Great Britain. The great duke of Marlb0r 'ugh left no aon and his title is borne -c !ay b. q dezcendant of on5 of hLs