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the frivolous, pleasure-loving. highly
ornamental consort of an Emperor.
and reached out her pretty hands to-
ward the tangled meshes of politics
and diplomacy, she took the first
steps toward her downfall. IF he
Will not declare war, It Is our du.y
to make him do so" she is reported
TO have said to those ministers
whom she had gathered around her
in the momentous summer days Of
1870. All the world knows that
the conflict with Germany followed
and was lost On the third Of
the following September a member
of the imperial cabinet handed his
Empress that famous dispatch, THE
army is defeated and taken: I am
a prisoner" Sedan had come TO
put a definite end to those seven
teen years of glory and spIendor.
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Memorable Memories

1t Is a unique place which the ex-
Empress holds in the hearts of such
as still find time TO ;ook back upon
the romance and tragedy of her life.
Men think less now Of the unwise
meddling with dangerous politics
which put so sudden a period TO her
days of grandeur than of the brav-
cry which she since has shown in
the face of heaviest sorrows: less
Of the indiscretiCns and worldly friv-
olities which marked her early career
than Of the quiet blamelessness in
which it now is closing.
Few other lives have held such
extremes. Born in Grenada. of
Scotch adventurer and a harum-
scarum daughter Of a Spanish
grandee; educated scantily in vari-
Gus converts, and rather too care
fully in the ways and wiles of that
gay world which held the Garnet at
Madrid when Isabella the Bad" was
queen; raised suddenly to the acme
of success in a dazzling court. and
as suddenly cast out, after seven
teen years of glory; robbed by death.
first of her husband and then of a
son in whom her very life and soul
were wrappeG-eertainly there is
here much matter of deepest interest
to put into those memories which
sne now is writing.
As, page by page. these remin-
lscences are completed. they are
locked away; the volume is not TO
be published until the venerable
writer has been dead twenty-five
years. Nor is II without interest to
add that the writing is done with
the diamond-set penholder. with
which the representatives OF the
powers signed the treaty Of Paris,
on the last day of March, 1855, when
the war in the Crinlea was officially
brought to an end. In those days
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helped to ruin, and this bravery sup
ported her well during the four
nerve-racking days that passed be-
fore Paris had heard the republic
proclaimed. Then. disguised and by
night, she escaped from the Tuil-
leries, found refuge with the Ameri-
can dentist, Evans. and three days
later had landed in England. The
meteoric star OF the empire had
sunk. Empress was to be written
with the ex- before It. Eugene was
an exile.
Even in private life, however, the
halo Of her past greatness still shone
over her. Victoria still remained her
close friend, spending hours with
her, not only at Balmoral and Buck
ingham, but visiting her also at her
quiet home at Chislehurst. Then
came the death OF Napoleon (Feb-
ruary, 1S73)-and then once more
the ambitions of Eugene took on
shape and life. She began to plot
for the restoration of the empire. at
the head of which was TO stand her
son. the prince imperial, impulsive,
brave, handsome, and of the great
est promise.
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white founces alternating. a leghorn
hat with long white ostrich plumes.
and a six robe of mauye, then no+
0nIy a new color. but the new color,
hanks to Eugenie's own fondness
for it.
Speaking OF those mauve silk
gowns 1t Is interesting to know how
the TuiIeries sales Of such gar
ments came to be inaugurated. Like
most French grandes danes Eugene
was in the habit Of giving her dis
carded wardrobe to her maids, and
did so with her first supply cf the
r-Suve dresses, but Unere chanced to
be among her attendants one who
bore, in height and carriage and
figure, some resemblance to her i'm
perial mistress This maiden, wear
ing one of the mauve gowns. was one
day passing through the Empress
antechamber. when a young poet,
awaiting an audience, mistook her
for her majesty herself. His enthu-
siasm equaling his nearsightedness,
he flung himself at her feet and
was pouring out his petition when
Eugene entered.
The Tudor Elizabeth would have
had man beheaded who could mis-
take a servant for her sovereign.
Eugene merely dismissed both maid
and poet-and thereafter nothing
which had touched the imperial per-
son was ever worn by any other in
the Tuilleries. All were disposed
Of at public sale, and the proceeds
devoted TO charity.
As sovereign OF a court Of beauty
and love, herself contented with be-
ing the leader Of fashion and a pa
troness of art and letters, Eugenio
was throughout Europe lcoKed uPon
with genuine favor. But when she
thought to become more tnan Just
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The Triumph of Beauty

me fTIumDH OF Beauty
genie eyes" conquered Europe in a
day. as It were-eyes violet blue,
with lids dropping so low as 70 give
an arched look TO the pupils. with
their changing, ever-playng Hghts.
The mother. Countess de Monuio.
had been driven from Spain because
of certain affaires de occur. but the
watering places of the Continent
soon echoed with the praises OF. the
perfect beauty Of the daughtc-. The
Dukes Of Sesto and Ossuna. Senior
Rosas, Prince Jerome. and Louis Ma
poleon, then President of the French
republic, all sought the favor Of the
reigning toast, and when the last
named became Napoleon III, En-
perOr Of the French, this Mademoi-
selle de Montijo was called TO share
with him his new-found throne.
So began seventeen years Of pomp
and splendor. The most beautiful
woman in Europe" had become an
empress. and who shall say how
much that beauty had 10 do with the
instant victory which greeted her as
she came among those who were to
be her people" The head OF a
queen on the shoulders Of a god
dess," said the cheering crowds, as
the state carriage rolled through the
bOulevards from the solemn cele-
bration at NOtre Dame. She wore
no jewels, but those wOndrous eyes
had won the populace. Bourgeoise
and proletariat We'd with each other
in their ''Vive TImperatrice," It
had been a marriage of love such
as your true Frenchman Invariably
indOrses, and their idol was set up.
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Here Princess End figures

Death again interviewed. Seventy
nine brought the war in Zululand,
and the youth on whose destiny
hung so much went to the front.
A few weeks more and a recon
noitering party, Of which he was a
member, was surprised and ex-
terminated. Two days later his
body was found, stripped and mu-
tilated. while certain prisoners,
brought into the English lines to-
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Mistress Uersus Maid

Partial to such poets as Edmond
About. Octave Feuillet.i Prosper
Merlmee. Scribe, and the Russian
Prince Lubomirsky, Eugenhe was al
SO 1ond Of the drama, an d herself
rather more than merely a clever
actress. One Of her favoHite parts
was that Of leading lady'i IN Few
;llet's pretty little comedy Nof "Tba
Portraits CT the Marquise," 4 which
she figured invariably with her
beautiful hair arranged as ne sees
1t today in the Winterhaltei por-
trait. lace shawl OF blacA and
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4 Reiqn of Glitter

Later, Eugene was quite as sud-
denly to become the object Of exc
Grafton Of this same people. "Vive
llmperatrice" was tc Weld 10 a
mort PEspagnolel The Spaniard," ="
who had never had the tact to learn
TO speak and write correctly the
tongue Of the people over whom she
had been called to rule.
Long before that dark day. how
ever. were to come years filed 10
the full with eclat, pomp.l and fes-
t.vities, in a court of beautiful wo-
men and talented men. Eugene
had been taken up by Victoria, and
from parvenu had become as legit-
imately royal as If sprung from the
stock Of Bourbon or Guelph. The
court balls at the Tuilleries became
world famous-and it was at one Of
these that the Junoesque Countess
de CastigliOne. appearing as a Rom
an lady of the decadence. provoked
the displeasure of the empress Her
himsy draperies, divideh at her
thigh and held there bY a jeweled
heart Of rub.es. created dn immense
sensation, till the empress, gazing
abstractedly at that splendid orna-
ment, remarked:
Madame wears herl heart very
low"
ch II
the offended dignity of &leopatra
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AfONG

MONG the immemorial
elms OF an unpretentious
estate on the English
countryside Is being
closed today the last
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DEATH OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL

wa1eth q woman. 20 my Godr'
A breaking heart IN q broken breath.
A hopeless cry Ger her heart-hope's deathI
Can words catch the chords of the winds that wal
When loves last Hly Hes dead in the vale!
Let her alone,
Under the rod
With the infinite moan
o. her soul for God
Al! songI you may echo the sound ot pain.
But you never may shrine,
In verse or line.
The pang OF the heart that breaks in twain.
Waileth woman. 20 my God"'
Wind-driven waves with no hearts that ache,
Why do your passionate pulses throb?
No lips that speak-have ye souls that sob7
We carry the cross-ye wear the crest,
We have our GOd-and ye. your shore,
Whittier ye rush IN the storm 70 rest;
We have the havens OF holy prayer
And We have hope-have ye despair?
For storTn-rocked waves ye break evernors,
Adown the shores and along the years.
In the wh!test foam OF the saddest tears,
And We a ye. waves. gray wavesi
Drift over a sea more deep and wide,
For we have sOrrow and We have death.
And ye have only the tempest's breath;
But have God when heart-oppressed.
AS a calm and beautiful short OF rest
o waves! sad waves! how you flowed between
The crOwnless Prince and the exiled Queen.
q
Her hopes are withered. her heart IS crushed,
For the love OF her love IS cold and dead,
The Joy Of her JOY hath forever fed;
A s5arless and pitiless night hath rushed
On the light Of her Mfe-and far away
IN AfrIc wild lies her poor dead child.
Lies the heart OF her heartfelt her alone
Under the rod
With her infinite moan
my Godi
He was beautiful. pure. and brave.
The brightest grace
OF = royal race
Only his throne is but a gravsi
Is there fate in fame?
Is there doom in names7
All what did the cruel Zulu spears
Care for the prince or his mothers tears7
What did the Zulus ruthless lance
Care for the hope OF the future France7
Crieth the Empress, 20 my SON.
He her own and her only one,
She had nothing 20 give him but her love.
Twas kingdom enough on earth-above
She gave him an infinite faith N God;
Let her cry her cry
Over her own and only one.
All the glory Is gone-is gone
Into her broken-hearted sigh.
Moaneth mother 20 my child!'
And who can sound that depth OF woe7
Homeless, throneless, crownles-now
She bows her sorrow-wreathed brow
$50 fame and all It's grandeurs Eo)
Let her alone
Beneath the rod
With her infinite moan,
20 my God!'
-ABRAM J. RYAN Cat
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=
estate on the English
countryside is being
closed today the last
chapter IN a story Of love. riches.
honor, and power, though exile and
bitter grief have blurred the latter
pages Of the record whose opening
was so auspicious- Surrounded by
her beloved dogs and a few faithful
companions of her days of spIendor,
she who was once the Empress Of
the French-the most beautiful wo-
man in all Europe, most courted,
and most feted-is now, half forgot
ten, entering the Valley Of the
Shadow.
Marie Eugene de Guzman y Porto
Carrero. Countess Of Teba. March
ioness Of Moya, and widow of the
Third Napoleon, completed yester-
day her eighueth year.
The present-day world hears but
little Of her-once the source and
center Of its most brilliant court
Still active, in very spite of her four
score years. she is now briefly re-
ported as off for another cruise on
her yacht, The Thistle; now a pass
ing paragraph in a London daily
chronicles an expedition of the
somewhat whimsical-looking old
lady among the shops of dingy Ok
ford street. to buy shawl for her
self and sweetmeats for her young
friends; or, again, the social column
speaks of visit made by the Primo
ess Beatrice and her daughter,
Princess Ena (Queen-to-be of Eu-
genie's own SPAIN, down to the
Villa Cyrnos at Cap Martin, where
rules in quietest simplicity the wo-
man who. forty years ago. reigned
in the splendid Tuiller1es.
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Eugene was Empress; powerful and
very, very beautiful.
The strange beauty Of the ''Eu-
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Exile ard Tragedy

EugenIe had already shown her
bravery during the dreadful cholera
epidemic IN the land she had now
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-29
AFTER ENGLISH RECORD.
Sheffield, the Yale Jumper, to Take
Part In Games Abroad.

L. T. Sheffield. Yale's sterling broad
jumper, who has been an intercolle-
giate point winner in this event for
several years and now holds the Yale
record of % feet ~ inches. will leave
for a trip in Europe Immediately after
commencement. While abroad he in
tends to compete in the British cham
pionships. Sheffield is a consistent
performer, and will probably figure
prominently in England.
This year he won the broad jump
at both the Yale-Princeton and Yale
Harvard dual meets. In both meets he
established new Yale records. In the
former he won with jump of % feet,
lettering the old mark by three inches,
and in the latter meet he raised his
own record to % feet ~ inches.
Sheffield also was prominent in
terscholastic performer. The year
prior to his entrance at Yale he won
two first places and one second place
at the New York interscholastic meet.
Besides being Yale's ,mainstay in the
broad jump, Sheffield has been a
member of the one-mile relay team.
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BALL CHANGES
Hancock Gets New Manager
Transfer of Games From
Copper Country.
Special to The Evening r,m...

Special to The Evening Times.
Duluth, June 29-The board of con-
troll of the Northern Gopher Country
league met here yesterday and af-
fairs are found to be very satisfactory.
The Hancock trouble was adjusted,
Paul B. Wreath resigning, and the new
manager, Baer, taking his place.
The schedule has been re-arranged
so as to cause the transfer of num-
Der of games from the Copper river
country to cities in the west end of the
circuit. Poor attendance in the Michi-
gan end of the league is the reason
for the transfers made.
Saturday will be moving day and no
games are scheduled for the Copper
Country. Grand Forks and Winnipeg
play at Crookston on Sunday and twice
at Winnipeg on Monday. The same
two teams play two games at Grand
Forks on Wednesday, July 4.
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GRAFTON LOST
Marvel Defeated Walsh County
Superbs by a Score of
2 to 1.
Special to The Evening Times.

SReCAaA ~ AuG kzve0108 1lme0s
Grafton, N. D., June 28.-In the most
sensational game of the season the
home team went down to defeat last
evening. Marvel was the team that
scored the victory. Grafton scored in
the first inning and there were no
scores run in until the sixth when on
an error the Marvel team ran in two
scores. The excitement was at the
highest pitch in the last half of the
ninth when with two men out the
Grafton tetam succeeded in filing the
bases and johnson hunted out what
seemed to be q safe hit but the UNI
pire decided the man out. Both pitch
ers had perfect support but were
pounded some: Score: Marvel, 2;
Grafton l; batteries, Grafton Lee and
Mott; MARVEL; Curzen and Brown
struck out by Lee, ~; by Curzen, 3.
sa ssnys' a1ssssssss g 81 : Z
The Mimic baseball team passed
through this city on its way to Crys-
tay where they intend to play this
evening. Mimic has strengthened her
team and expects to win the game.
Grafton will play return game at
Marvel on Monday.
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York s, Brinsmade 1.

York, N. D., June 27.-The Brins-
made ball team came over this after
noon to play our boys a return game,
but although they strengthened up
good deal since our last game they
were not strong enough to win. Gay
lord was on the slab for York and
pitched nice game, letting the Wis
itors down with but two hits, striking
out three men and not allowing
pass.
The feature of the game was Rifles
work at shortstop. He played an er-
rorless game. getting ten men out of
ten chances. Southpaw Griffin pitched
for the visitors, and must have had an
of day, as the boys landed for eleven
hits, one a two-bagger. The day was
an ideal one and the game was snap
py and full of life all through.
The score by innings:
Brinsmade .......1 o o 0 o o o o o-1
York ......: ...2 o o o 0 8 0 0 Ks
Batteries: York. Gaylord and Enge-
bretson; Brinsmade, Griffin and Fuller.
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sYs0NBY WELL INSURED.
Mr.. Keene Had Policy Of 100000 on
His Great Horse,


James R.Keene, owner of Sysonby,
was deeply grieved at the loss of his
great race horse. He ordered a post
norton examination, and the physi-
clans settled conclusively that the
horse did not die of the skin disease
for Rhich he had been treated for
several months. The blood poisoning
which caused death, originated in a
badly bruised frog of the right front
foot The skin affection had been the
remote cause, 1t is surmised, for the
horse had stamped in his stall to ex-
press his distaste for the itching Of his
skin. The frog had been terribly bruis-
ed. There was q mesh of small blood
vessels there. An abcess formed and
the entire coronet was found to be full
Of pus. The spleen and liver were
found togbe greatly enlarged, but the
huge lungs and stout heart of the
horse were unaffected. 81
~ When Sysonby first showed symp-
toms Of the skin trouble, soon after.
training began this season. Mr., Keene
was dissatisfied with the progress
the horse was making toward recOYery
and had his own physician attend tie
horse. Everything possible, was done.
Sysonby's suheripgs were pitable, and
during part Of the illness the horse
was strapped up to prevent injury. E Z
EItswas stated last night that Mr..
Keene was recently offered 5000 900
for 8ysonby by an Englishman. He
carried 500. 900; insurance on the
horse. tsyt B u e
! The memory Of Sysonby will, in all
probability be perpetuated by the erec-
ton Of splendid monument near the
scenes Of his triumphs.
Today the members of the Coney H.
land Jockey club met in the rooms Of
the association ct Sheepshead Bay and
framed . scommunication to Sysonby'ss
owner, James r. Keene. -
In this communication the Coney Is
land Jockey club expressed the deem,
regret OF the Organisation in the PATS /
ing ofs'the great horse, and, offered .
plot on the property ct Gheepshead.
Bay to serve as his final. resting place.
In addition the ofneersS expressed the
desire Of the club 10 erect handsonie
monument with appropriate MbIetS
and inscriptions setting forth the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-29
TIMBER A GOOD COLT.
Whitneys Horse Easily Departed Rose.
ben at Sheepshead.

UCA ~ CuCCpSuCAQs
New York, June 29.-Harry Payne
Whitney's Timber went to the post
Monday for the first time as three
year-old, and the easy manner in which
he disposed of Roseben and Handzarra
was full of promise and indicated that
he will be worthy rival of Account
ant, Ormondale and Whimsical, which
are generally looked on as the best
three-year-olds shown this year. Tn
Der is by Ogden-Lola A, and Harry
Payne Whitney bought him last year
from John E. Madden, to the end that
he might have representative in the
rich Futurity. He ran second to
Ormondale in that race, and then fol-
lowed 1t up by taking second money
behind Yankee Consul in the Flatbush
Stakes. That was his last start as a
two-year-Old. He has filled out over
winter, and made good impression
on the experts who looked him over,
in the paddock as he was being sad
died for the race. John w. Rogers had
prepared him carefully for his first
start, and his work had been SO good
that he was heavily played at odds
on to win, in spite Of the fact that
Roseben and Handzarra were opposed
to him among others.
The race proved little more than
good gallop for the Ogden colt. Radt-
Ike, who had the mount, waited in be-
hind Roseben to the head of the
stretch with the utmost confidence,
and when he gave the colt his head
Timber raced by the big Ben Strome
horse in dozen strides, and, coming
away with the greatest ease, won hard
held by four lengths in the fast time
of 1913, which was within three-f1fths
of the track record of 1913 2-5, which
also stands as a worlds mark for six
and one-half furlongs. 1t was bril-
liant performance from every point
viewed,
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FARGO WON IT
Pulled Leaders Back Into Sec.
ond Place in Favor of
Maroons.
Special to The Evening Times.

Calumet, Mich, June 29.-McAIillan,
the new Fargo pitcher who has been
winning so steadily for his team
mates since immigrating from the
Three-I league, kept his record good
here yesterday, when he held the Aris-
tocrats down to quintet of hits, al
lowing his team to win by a score of
3 to 1. But for a walk given in the
ninth inning the score would have
been 3 to 0. Fargo found Grimes for
ten good ones. This makes nine out
of thirteen victories for the Fargoans.
The home team, by being defeated,
loses its hold on the top of the per-
centage column and is now in second
place, with Winnipeg in the lead.
The score:
Fargo .....o2 oooo1 % 70 70 = :
Calumet 20 o Q o Q o o 0 II s 3
Batteries: Fargo. Mcmillan and Ed
wards; Calumet, Grimes and Leahy.
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GENERAL ORDERS.
No Officer or Enlisted Man viii Be
( Excused From Attending G. A. r.


Excused From Attending G.. A. r.
General Headquarters North Dakota
National Guard, Adjutant Generals
Office, Bismarck, June %, 1906.
General Order No. "a
l. No o6cer or enlisted man will
be excused from attending the field
maneuvers of the North Dakota Ma
tional Guard at Fort D. A. Russell,
Wyoming, except on surgeons cer-
tificate; leave Of absence or furloueh
granted from the adjutant generals
Office. ~ ;,& III
~ Q. Company commanders are auth
orized to enlist recruits without phys.
ical examination. which physical ex-
animation will be! made in camp. All
men failing to- pass. the physical jex-
animation will be discharged on sur
geon's certificate of disability.
3. Company commanders will
make requisition Immediately for new
khaki uniforms, giving sizes required.
l.. Company commanders will have
their blue uniforms and blue shirts
carefully cleaned and repaired. is (
By command of
E. Y. SARLES,
Governor and Commander-in-C Chief.
OMcial:
H. NJ. creel. Adtutant General.