The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-23
THE HousE o. RouRRoN.
Duke Of Orleans Younger Brother
DAY Aspire to the throne.

I
Prince Henry. who died few days ago
in hospital at Saigon. the capital of
/ Cochin China that people are apt TO Tor
get that the late prince ana AIS klnsIleu;
the r0valfst pretender to the throne OF
France. have been the most insisnlIicdiit
and least reputable sclons OF the ouiy re-
manning Gallo branch Of the historic
house Of Bourbon which still occupies
the throne of Spain. and in times gone
cy enjoyed the possession Of l1e CLo~ ~
of France. of Naples, OF Etrurla ana o.
other petty states . the italan PENN
sula. The Duke Of orleans IS SO IN
favOrably known that while II IS lInpos-
sible to say anything in his FAVOR noun
ing can be added to the long record %
foolish speeches and still more foollsh
guised contempt of both Franch people
and foreigners. and have rendered MN
nothing more nor less tnan an oItSsst'
since no country seems OeSirous OF ny
ing him establish his permanent aDoue
within it's borders OF Prince Henry the
less said the better, more especially IS
before he had attained the age OF % anu
may the record of the dangers Whlcn ne
science in central and southeastern asia
serve 70 obscure the memory Of all those
unsavOry indiscreuons which won tor
him SUCH an unenElabIe nOtoflety IN ms
own country. neCessitating an application
/ by his father to the French courts for
his subsection to judicial control, and
which likewise led to his being disinher-
tied by his grand uncle and godfather,
the late Duke of Aumaie. who al one
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greater part of his immense fortune.
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OF far different caliber is the father
of the late prince. namely, the univer-
sally respected Duke of Charities, who is
well known in the United States. having
served on the staff of General Mcclellan
during the civil war A son Of that bril-
liant Duke of Orleans who lost his life
IN a carriage accident at Paris shortly
before his father. King Louis Philippe
was driven into exile by the revolution
or io4S, he received his military education
IN llaiy, ana II was as graduate of the
military college Of Turin and as sub
altern of the Sandman army that he took
part in the war of 1859 against Austria
behaving with such conspicuous bravery
that he was decorated by King Victor
emmanuel on the battlefield with the
cross Of the military ordsr OF Savoy. and
he would doubtless have been offered the
cross Of the Legion of Honor by the
KING French ally had not Napoleon III
mad some mixing of the identity OF the
young soldier who was fighting under the
name of Robert LefOrt." On the out
break of the war with Germany in 1870
the duke FASTENED to France. and in spite
Of the fact that he and his family had
naG their property cOnfiscated by the i'm
peIld! e0EsIihlent ana decreeS or exile
ISSUED against them offering his sword to
Napoleon III who. however declined to
accept the services Of the duke. and
caused him to be expelled from the colsn-
try. Later on. after the battle of Sedan
and the overthrow of the empire he re-
turned TO France, this time under his old
----o7--aN! ~ ANo5I- IL DAt
He made no attempt to secure a com
manG, but enlisted as a common soldier
in an infantry regiment. the captain of
his company being a young tanner named
Felix Faure. who was subsequently, to
become president Of the French repub-
lie. SO splendid was the eallantry dis
played by Robert Iefort that before the
war mad been brought to an end he had
not only won promotion TO the rank of
MAJOR put otherwise the cross of the Lee
vested on the battlefield. After The res
tOratiOn of peace, and the repeal of the
decree of exile against his family. the
government of the republic in recognI- /
ton Of his services during the war gave
MIN the active command of a crack cav
airy. regiment: which he held with salts
eminent was led by the monarchiaI
agitation tnaugurated against the re-
publ c by his elder brother, the late Count
OF Paris, TO drive the prince once more
into exile, and to deprive of their COM
missions IN the French army all those
princes who formed part Of families that
at one time or another had reignsd over
France
This was a great blow to the duke.
But he bore it with dignity and silence, /
ana mas lived quietly ever since at Paris
anq az ms country place at Chantilly, en-
irrespective Of their political leanings Al
InOugh he recognizes his nephew. the
Duke Of Orleans, as head of his house
having expressed his strong disapprovai
OF the insult offered by the pretender to
the late Queen Victoria soon after the
moreover unable to forget the shameful
way in which his daughter Marguerite
was Tilted BY the Duke of Orleans on the
very eve OF the date set Tor the wedding
Inc princess in question subsequently be
came the wife of Colonel Macmahou. (
commanding the One Hundred and (
the death of his father Marshal Macma-
non. one time president of the French |
pa LOT sci
Duke Of Magenta
Another daughter Of the Duke of Char
tres is welded to Prince XValdemar of I
Denmark, the sailor son of old King
Christian, and is regarded in the various /
european capitals as having been the !
principal agent in bringing about the I
withdrawal by the late car from the /
Ihree Emperor'E alliance. and his under /
standing with France in the place there !
o. Alexander III was devoted to this 4
French sister-in-law of his. who is 2 !
woman of great bTillisncy and talent. and 4
during his annual summer stay at Copen-
hagen, he was wont to seek her compan-
l9nship in his long daily walks Indeed. /
II friendship of Russia is of any import
Slce 70 france, the latter owes a proper /
daughter of the Duke of Chartres. The /
duke has but one son left, namely, Prince /
John, Duke OF Guise. who received his |
military training at Denmark. holding a /
commission of captain in King Chris !
tian army. He is married TO his first ]
of the Duke of Orleans, q very beautiful /
and fascinating girl, whom the press /
both IN this country and in Europe per- /
sisted In declaring as about to become /
the second wife OF Emperor Francis Jo- /
Seph OF Austria a monarch more than 1
half century her senior.
The Duke Of Orleans. while he has sew |
eral sisters, has but one brother. the now
l1-year-old Duke of Montpelier. who is /
receiving his education in Spain at the 1
naval academy near Cadiz fnasrnuch a s
ms elder brother is childless. young /
Montpelier is destined, in course of time
10 succeed to the chieftainship of the /
French branch of the house of Bourbon /
and likewise to whatever rights the pre- |
tender may possess to the throne of 4
France He is the hope of the rOyalist |
party in France which has long since /
come to the conclusion that there is /
nOLnlng 70 expect from the Duke of Or /
leans Young Prince Ferdinand is a /
handsome manly looking lad, tall and /
well set up. and who. being the PRINCIPAL /
late Duke of Montpelier. is enormously 1
rich in his own right, altogether aside [
from any money that he may inherit from
his mother, the widowed Countess of /
EdrlS, ana his brother the Duke of Or /
leans. DE is high-spirited and full of J
mischief, and few months ago was the /
ring-leader in some pranks at the naval /
academy at San Fernando which would /
have entailed expulsion and possibly a /
c0urt-martlal in the case Of a cadet of /
less exalted rank.
His eldest sister is the queen of Portu-
gal. a woman Of great cleverneSs and en- /
lightenment. who alone among the prfn-
quired by hard study the right to use
the letters n ID. to her name q s a duly 4