New-York tribune., 1906-05-30
FLEA BITE CEMETERY.
Queer Name of Paris Graveyard
Honored To-day by americans.

Honored To-day by Americans.
To-day being Memorial Day, Lafayette's tomb
,n the Picpus Cemetery at Paris will be- as usual,
..,orated with flowers by patriotic Americans
while everybody has heard of the cemetery in
o.estion. few people are aware OF the origin Of
,ss odd name II that in the fifteenth CEN
,,-v an epidemic OF disease. characterized by nu-
r,erous small swellinss resembling flea bites pre-
vailed for some time IN the neghborhood OF Paris.
A monk who had made for himself considerable
-enutaton by sundry Of patients afflicted with
.hs nalady established a monastery with a few
brethren OF the order at a small nameless
,sr,sse on the road between Paris and Vincennes
s,6 there continued his practice. In course OF
,,-,e he and his fellow monks became popularity
Known as the "Pique Puces" CAnglice-fea bites).
>, sllusion 10 the symptoms Of the malady. above
-ner,ioned or 10 the monks practice Of puncturing
.ha svrellinEs and extracting the virus The name
.rus bestowed on the monks was extended in course
!, tine not only 10 their monastery but also to the
village and survives to-day in its modernized form
o, picpus
nuring the Reign OF Terror in 1898, when the
e,aBotlne was removed from what is now known as
ss Place de Ia Concorde 20 the Barriere (or Gafe)
A. Trsne where the Vincennes highroad enters the
rrv the bodies Of the aristocratic victims OF the
T,flotine were thrown into great pit dug in the
old cemetery OF the Picpus Monastery After the
establishment of the Empire Princess Anthony or
EohenzoIleru, whose brother, the sovereign Frihce
Of Salrn- -Byrburg had perished on the revolution
sry scanold in 1898, and had been buried N
the DIT, purchased its site. as well as CONSIDER
,h1e no-tion of the cemetery and erected a mohu-
-rent there 10 him 4 number Of noble fallllles'
ac.uated by similar motives, bought up Ho' oAis
the remainder OF the existing cemetery Dut an au
saoent piece OF land. so that when theE oie '"0s
might repose as close as possible TO the remains OF
,beir 6ecapitated relatives That IS why the MS
torical names Of de Montmorency de Rohan. oe
Peauharnais (the guillotned first husband of En-
press Josepr ae). OF La Rochefoucauld. OF Ialley-
ran6. etc. TO be found the tonlbstones Whlle
the grave end monument Of General the Marquis de
lafayette. who was washington's coulrade-in-arns
n the American War Of Independence, is separated
merely by an iron grating from the memorial of
Prince sana.
HALF BROTHERS OF DON CARLOS SUE
II would seem as If there were no end 10 the long
list Of scandals which Don Carlos's branch OF the
spaIish House Of Bourbon has for several decades
been furnishing 20 the annals OF old World royalty.
Don Carlos has been sued in turn by his daughter
Princess Elvira, who eloped with the Roman
rsi3ter Folchi and by his daughter Alice. who
vas divorced by her husband, Prince Schoenburg,
IN consequence OF her having run away with an
Italian cavalry officer 10 whom she is now NOR
eanaticsuy married. Don Carlos has also quar-
relied with his only son. Don Jaime; with his
daughter Beatrice married TO the Roman prince
Massirno. and has been at Law with his knsn1an'
he Duke OF Orleans, asking the tribunals OF the
French Republic to grant decree in his favor
acknowledging him the chief Of the entire House
Of Bourbon and alone entitled 10 use its arrnor-
Sal bearings plaintiff and defendant being repre-
sented by leading statesmen OF the present
republican regime in France.
And now Don Carlos has just had another actloh
Instituted against him. This time IL Is by ms
flegft.rnate half brothers, who claim share or
the large fortune left by his mother. the Arch
duchess Marie Beatrice. who died two OF three
rrontbs ago as Carmelite nun in the Convent OF
The Holy Cross at Goritz in Austria Married TO
Don Juan Of Spain. the archduchess left her nus
hand after giving birth 10 two sons nancy
Carlos the present legitiHlatist pretender TO the
throne Of Spain. and his younger brother Don
Alfonso now president OF the International Anti
Duelling League. Their union had not beeh
roneenial one For she a saint. while he
vas a bon vivant and fond OF the pleasures OF
We BY virtue Of q financial arrangement Win
Rim she Obtained his consent 10 her retirement 10
the convent at Goritz where she passed the re-
raainder OF her days. leaving her two sons 10 De
brought up by her brother-in-aw and sister, the
late Count and Countess de Chambord
The sons could not remain with their father, for
he lost no ;ime in setting himself up, en- meHage'
quite openly with an English lady, who for some
tine previously had monopolized his enectohs-
He wert 10 live with her in London. They had a
house in Regents Park. and there he spent the
rest of his life extremely happy with the Jour
sons she bore 70 him. and abdicating his position
81 80
eldest son by his lawful wife. Dependent upon the
latter for his income. he spent most OF ms lie IN
relatively straitened circumstances acquiring a
marvellous knowledge Of the cheap hotels and
boarding houses IN various parts Of Europe and
generally spending the alimony ACCORDED 10 MN
bv the archcuchess before 81 became due.
When he died he left his English helpmate ana
his Hleeitimate sons without any resources having
saved nothing nor made any provision for them-
But the archduchess. on learning OF this mt
mated that she would not only continue 10 them
the allowance which she had made 10 her nus
band but would provide for them in her viii, so
that they should not be left penniless after her
demise which took place few weeks ago.
Don Carlos and his younger brother. Alfonso
now have possession. not only Of all her property
bur also OF her will and although the fortune be
oueathe6 10 them by their mother is immense, and
they were very rich before that yet they have
refused 10 pay anything 10 their ilegitimate half
brothers OF 10 fulfil the pledges made 10 the lat
Ter by the late Archduchess Beatrice. The result,
o. course IS the present suit against Don Carlos
Lad Don Alfonso by their fathers natural sons.
NOW LADY PAGET.
Commodore Sir Alfred Paget. Of the royal navy.
being brother OF Lieutenant General Arthur
Psget, married the daughter OF Mrs. Paran Stew