The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-11

change the imperial family would san
across the Channel. IN the meantime
the prince imperial had entered the
British army training school al the al
vice Of his father 1t became evident
that an operation was necessary 10 save
the Emperor. He passed the ordeal sue
cessfully, bat was unable TO rally, ana
died on the 18th Of February. 1913.
Eugene became a widow at the age OF
fcrty-siX.
De Cassagnac in the Chamber.
Paul dc Cussagnac was among the.
thousands Of FrenChmen who came 10
Chiselhurst for the funeral He re-
Eewed his oath OF allegiance to The En-
press and hailed the prince imperial as
Napoleon ~ He returned 10 France
and entered the field OF politics, deciar-
ing That his one ambition iu life was 10
STAY the republic. In 1876 he was re-
turned TO the chamber of deputies
where ne violently abused the govern
ment The next year so abusive did he
become that ne was sentenced 20 I'M
Erisonment and was only released on the
mteTcessiCn OF Marshal MacMahon. AS
soon as he was free he urged The mar
shall 10 overthrow the government by
coup d'etat and 10 proclaim the empire
again.
One OF the most daring advocates that
ever supported a lost cause. de Cassag-
nae used every means TO further the In
terests OF the Empress. The papers. first
lie PAYS and later ''IiAuor.te. %
which he was editor. he used as
weapon of onensc as well as defense. lie
wrote brilliantly and seathingly- IRE
quently lie was called upon 10 answer
for these denInciaions on the dueling
ground. But if he was quicS ~ riposte
on the fencing ground he was no less
quick with an answer in the chamoer OF
deputies He was an orator of great
ability ana his opponents were careiui
not to question his arguments "hile ne
was upon the floor. never knowing what
he might have up his sleeve. lie became
known as one Of the "enfants terTib!et
of the chamber and was a thorn ia the
side of every succeeding administration.
Re was profoundly affected by the sad
death Of the prince imperial. who was
killed ia Zululand. where he nae gone To
night for England. the country which
had given him an education and 2 home.
After this event the cause cf the impe-
rialists was deemed irretTinVably lost
but de Cassaenac .stin mai attained his
loyalty 10 that party. lie made visits
to mis- loved Empress and strove 70 cheer
her, but in vain.
Lies 4 MillionaiIe.
Paul Adclphe Marie Prosper &c Ora
nler de Casa gnac was born la 1873, just
seventeen years after Eugene. in spite
of this apparent discrepancy in years.
the Empress az the time he fell in l-.Te
with her seemed little the older and to-
day she stin nves. while he has been
la.d To- rest Although he always re-
tanned his devotion for Eugene, de cas-
sagnac was married and had three ch:l-
d1en, two soma and a daughter. lie
leaves them miilioaailcs. This IS due 20
The fact that about ten years ago a
cslossauy rich and childish soap manu-
factuTer by the name of Julien, az Mar
settles. left him his entire fortune, some
-.OJt 600 francs. 5Ulien's great adnifa-
ton for the intrepid BOnap9Ttist led him
20 take this course. But fearing that
de Cassaguac would spend al Of this
money in an attempt TO restore the En-
press 20 the chrome. he tied The fortuRs
up INA such @ way that only the income
could be used. Now The money goes 10
the children without restriction.
Few women. if any. have had a caree.
as remarkable as that ar the eyed En-
press Eugenlc. Hno is now quietly
awaiting death. having known wonder
fully great triumphs aud equally great
fnisfortunes The granddaughter Of "a
seotchmaa named Fitzpatrick. who was
driven out of his own country aud. com
ing 10 the United States. was later sent
To Spain as consul al Malaga on one
side. and the Count Dc Moutito on the
other. she mounted 90 the imperial
ihrOUe largely b.. her own efforts While
still Young, she and her sister became
known as the most beautiful girls in
Spain. Al one time the young Duke of
Berwick and Alya was paying marked
attentions 10 both sisters. Neither knew
which lee preferred. But he finally Of
fered his hand 10 Eugenie's sister. and
married her Eugene IS said 10 have
been 50 much distressed that she at
tempted 20 ken herself and did succeed
in making he-aeIf daugeFo Isly i'll. She
got bravely over this. however, before
she met the Prince Napoleon
What Her Enemies Say.
BY her enemies Eugene has been ac-
cJsed of al manner Of IN doing. II has