Amador ledger., 1905-12-29

the late Emperor Napoleon, to give her
hand in marriage to Albert of Monaco.
The latter showed himself singularly
neglectful and unkind husband, and her
life at Monte Carlo became so intoler-
able that she took to flight, carrying
her infant child with her. She sought
refuge at Florence, where the Italian
police, acting on behalf of the Prince,
made sensational attempt to take the
boy away from her. The plot was frus-
trated by the Grand Duchess Marie of
Russia, who took mother and infant
under her protection and defied the
Italian authorities to cross the threS-
hold of her residence. Princess Mary,
after that, married Count Tassilo Fes-
tetics of Tolna. one of the magnates
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who
occupied an excellent position at the
Court of Vienna. Prince Albert of
Monaco married again, the next Prin-
cess of Monaco being an American girl,
daughter of New Orleans banker,
Michael Heine. His second matri-
monial venture, however, turned out
as unfortunate as the first, a divorce
breaking the ties between them.
One most important factor in defend
ing the rights of the Roman Catholic
Church, and adding to the perfection
of its wonderful and thorough-working
machine, is the order or society of
"The Attorneys of St. Peter" 1t is
safe to say that nine out of ten people
in this country have never heard of
this order of legal counsellors of the
Vatican, which, in this country, is rep
resented by some of the brightest legal
| minds. 1t is composed of eminent
Roman Catholic lawyers in different
parts of the world, with branches in
the various great capitals. The order
was founded by Plus TX, and the first
of the statutes of the order indicates
its object, restricting, as it does, the
membership to those members of the
legal profession who have given ade-
quate proofs of their unselfish devotion
to the interests of the Church, espe-
cially in legal matters. The only in
sigma of the order is medallion show
ing violet cross on a white enameled
ground. believe l am correct in say
ing that Cardinal Rampolla has charge
of the order.
Our Ambassador at the Court of st.
James, Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, has at
last appointed his chief lackey. He is
the Hon. William Walsh. The post
bestowed upon the Hon. Walsh is
that of controller of Mr.. Reid's house
hold, an Office quite unknown in this
democratic country of ours, but which
exists in many aristocratic families
in England and in all royal establish
ments, from the Kings down. In
reality, the comptroller is a species of
upper servant, ranking several de-
grees higher than a chief butler,
whose business it is to see that all
domestic matters run smoothly. Mr..
Reid is the first American ambassa-
dor to employ such functionary, but
no other American ambassador to the
Court of st. James has lived in so
much style as Mr. Reid maintains. AS
that is what Americans seem to eX-
pect of their representatives abroad
nowadays, when they pay for it out
of their own pockets, Mr.. Reid is
really to be congratulated on his sue
cess in obtaining the services of the
son of a belted earl as his chief
lackey. The Hon. Walsh is the third
son of Lord Ormathwaite. Third
sons of peers are usually no t well
off. The Hon. Walsh is to be COM