The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
trespasses. as forgive all who have will.

trespasses, as l forgive all who have will
fully or unintentionally given me pain.
l. beg that Baron Auguste Coffinet and
Count Eugene Hemicourt de Grunne will do
me the kindness to act my executors. In
doing so and in seeing to the scrupulous
fulfillment of my last will they will give a
fresh proof of their attachment.
2. / wish to sleep in the vault of the royal
family near my beloved son, whose death
destroyed my happiness. / wish to be just
as / shall be when / die, without being ma
nipulated, embalmed or exhibited at a
lying-in state.
1t is my desire that my little fortune,
arising from presents of my father, the
palatin of Hungary, from the heritage of
my mother and of my grandmother of
Wurtemburg, be, according to the Belgian
law, divided into four parts, one part for
each of my three daughters and the fourth
part to be disposed of as L shall determine:
According to my marriage settlement, /
have right also TO dispose of 100000 Aus
trian forms, which constitute my dowry. l
declare that / never drew or was able TO
draw centime either Of the interest or
principal of that dowry, All my attempts
Should it be forthcoming ii is my will that
the following legacies be paid out of the
$1,000 forms that / am entitled to dispose
of as in annexed list.
/ thank beforehand my executors for the
trouble they will be at, and | how say 10
them, not adieu, but au revoir.
NJ. DeJonkho, speaking on the same side
as NJ. Janson, asked what had become of
the little fortune the Queen mentioned and
of the 100000 Austrian forms King Leo
pold must know He could not have
dreamed of making away with these funds
had he regarded the marriage articles
binding. If he took liberties with the
Queen in her lifetime, he surely would not
do so with her executors and legatees.
The fact that no trace of the dowry could
be found since her death might be taken
as proof that he regarded the marriage
articles as being of no account in law. He
therefore kept for himself the gifts of
money the Queen had received in youth
from the Archduke Palatin, the heritages
of her mother and grandmother, plus the
200 900 florins, because, in his opinion, there
was lin law no sort of settlement.
ALLOWED WIFE A PITTANCE.
1t was not to be supposed for moment
that he could have made away with what
belonged to others but FOR this opinion. AT
the same time the learned counsel could
not but feel pain Belgian at the right
royal manner of dealing with the creditors
of the Princess Louise and the -despotic
harshness shown TO the Countess Lonyay.
In the middle class more scrupulous care
would have been shown for the honorable
repute of an eldest daughter, and more
heart for the younger child, who had stood
on the highest steps of an imperial throne
when she came TO pray beside the scarcely
cold corpse of her mother
1t came out in the pleadingS that Leopold.
on separating from his wife, allowed her
144Oo0 francs a year, miserable .pittance
considering her birth and official rank. and
his great income. He has civil list allow
ance of 1,250,000 francs, and this is nothing
like the half of what the domain or state
properties bring him. If he has sometimes
burned his fingers a Spectator he has
realized in Congo rubber and ivory one of
the largest fortunes in Europe. The bleak
heath he bought some years ago to the
north of Brussels has already brought him
enormous profits He has. been concerned in
the Chino Russian Bank for the develop
ment of Manchuria from the beginning
This bank sprang into existence under the
De Witte auspices, and TO secure the in
fiuence of the court of St. Petersburg the
shareholders elected its president Prince
Ouchtomsky, who Travelled up the Nile.
over India, in Japan and across Siberia
with the Car when he was czarowitz.
Prince Ouchtomsky is still the intimate
friend OF Nicholas and is the editor of a
jingo Russian journal which, with the or
gan of Prince MetcherSky and another
court faVorite. urged the Russian govern
ment to daily with the ''Japs'' and keep
the hour came for him 10 say: Russia Is
no longer going TO stand your insolence -
I have no doubt whatever that the object
of Leopold recent visit 10 Berlin was 10
interest the German Emperor in the affairs
OF the Chino Russian Bank. That financial
institution numbers among its sharehold-
ers the Emperor of China and three grand
dukes. 1t has secured forest, mining, water
fall and other concessions in Siberia and
Manchuria, and has developed Dalny, close
TO Port Arthur. The return visit of VIII
liam TO Leopold has been deferred owing
10 the death of Prince Henry. mis- nephew.
third son OF Prince Henry of Prussia.
whom you saw i'm his rapid conciliatory
run around. the United States
EMILY CRAWFORD.