Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-19
CROWN PRINCE OF PORTUGAL
AND THIRD SON o. KAISER
TO WE'D.
WARSHIPS PREPARE
Europe Selecting Vessels fer Expo-
sition ~ Jannestosn-The Dead
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VI the kaiser. TO Princess Alexandria
Victoria. IL not the only wedding 10
place In European royal fam.
ilies this year. according 10 London
court gOsSip. Although no official
announcement has been made. Il is
generally believed that Prince Luiz
duke of Braganxa and
crown prince Of Portugal. will with.
In o few months take as his bride
the Princess Augusta Victoria. eldest
daughter Of Prince William OF HOG.
e%nI0llern, The visit Of King Fred.
Augustus Of Saxony 10 King
Of Portugal is said to have
for the purpose OF arranging
the royal match. An Official an.
Of the engagement In ex.
within a few weeks. The pros.
pective groom win be 90 years of
age day after tomorrow. March q,
while Princess Augusta Is only
sweet sixteen"
II Is announced that the marriage
OF Prince August Wilhelm. king of
Prussia. to Princess Alexandra Vic.
toria OF Observation-Disclosures Sender.
bury" Glucksburg will take place In
May and elaborate preparations are
now being made for the happy event.
The wedding VS. originally set for
June and the haste of the kaiserin
to get her favorite son safely mar
ried is said to be responsible for the
change In plans. Prince August, who
Ia only 10 years of age. Is a most un.
willing groom and enters upon the
preparations for his wedding In n
manner lacking In enthusiasm. He Ia
wholly lacking in the strenuosity of
his father and Is what the distin.
guished chief executive of the United
States would probably call a molly.
coddle." since he datests athletics
and military life and finds almost his
pleasure in reading and study. II Is
said that he has repeatedly begged
his royal parents to be allowed to
spend two years more at the univer-
sity prior to his marriage. but the
request has been refused.
Warships to jamestown.
Great Britain will be well repres.
entcd at the naval display to be held
in connection with the jamestown
exposition. Five armored cruisers
have been designated by the admiral
ty office for this duty, including the
flagship Argyle. the Roxburgh, the
Maystead and the Good Hope. The
fleet will be in command OF Rear Ad-
miral Neville, n of the most dis.
tinguished of British naval officers.
While all the ships to be sent are of
the cruiser class. they are nearly as
large as the ordinary battleship and
will fittingly represent the proud
mistress of the seas"
France twill send three srmored
cruisers to the exposition, including
the Victor Hugo. the Kleber and an
yet to be decided, commanded
by Admiral THEORY. Austria will be
represented by two cruisers, Sweden
by a warship, Italy by one armored
cruiser and one protected .cruiser,
and Portugal by the cruiser Dom Pc
dro. one Of the best vessels in the
navy.
The Dead Rat"
The testimony of Evelyn Thaw in
regard TO the Dead Rat"-the Rat
MOrte of the Paris boulevards-has
a great deal of laughing com.
ment among that portion OF London
given to frequent trips to the
gay French capital.
AS a matter of fact, the Dead
is merely one of scores of SINH.
ar cafes frequented by Bohemian
artists and literary men, women of
the demi monde and tourists from
America and England-respectable
people freed from the restraints of
home. who visit the Rat Morte, the
Rouge and similar resorts in
the fond expectation of being shock
ed and scandalized and are usually
disappointed. Many famous men. in
Alphonse Daudet and Fran
co.'s Coppee, were once among the
of the Rat Morte and at
time 1t enjoyed a certain vogue
among fashionable Parisians. Now 1t
has become a common seeing Paris"
depending for its existence
upon the shekels of wealthy tourists.
IF the insinuation of District Attor.
ney Jerome that Evelyn Thaw Is ne
cessarily declasse because of her vi