The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-26
PRINCESS F|ANCE MAY LOSE FORTUNE His Titles May Also Gs With
 the Property A CLAIMANT APPEARS Wants Dukedom of GalIiera and 20,- 100000 Francs Loaned to the
 Bourbons-History of
 Dukedom.

Vienna, January 25.-(special Cable)- Princess Beatric of Saxe-Coburg, who is engaged to marry Prince Alphonse of Bourbon the son of Prince Antoine and the Infanta Eu1alie, Is threatened with a complication that may shear her future husband of one of his titles and much of his fortune. The Princes father is also Duke of Galliera, but special from Triest says that claimant for the title of Duke of Galliera has appeared in the person of the grandson of the first duke The claimant says he is prepared to fight for his title, and at the same time he will sue the Bourbons for 100000 francs, lent by his grandmother, the first Duchess, to the present Dukes father, the late Duke Anton de Montpensier
 The present Duke of Galliera does not deny the financial transaction, but main- tains that the alleged loan was an uncon- ditional gift by the Duchess to his father, who died 10 years ago. The title, he says, was conferred upon him by the King of Italy in 1895, and according to royal diploma will be inherited by his eldest son, the fiancee of Princess Beatrice.
 To this the priest claimant makes an- swer as follows:
 "The first Duke of Gal1iera was my grandfather, the great Italian finaneier, Ferrari. who built and acquired an im- mense fortune by building the railway between Pals, Lyons and the Mediter- renean. Plus TX created Ferrari Duke of Galirea. My grandmother was a noble woman in her own right, a Marquise, member of one of the oldest aristocratic families in Italy.
 Shortly before my grandfather died he invited his wife to visit his library, a ,l,, proved to be vault-like apartment se- cured by immense fireproof doors. Upon shelves along the steel walls there stood some 300 volumes, all bound in black velvet, with locks of gold.
 The Duke handed my grandmother a bunch of golden keys, numbered like the volumes, saying to her, Will you please take down volume No. 120? l want to become acquainted with my books
 The Duchess opened the volume. The fly leaf proved to be 1000 francs bond, paying per cent interest And so were the 999 other leaves of the book. The volume she held in her hand represented 100000 francs.
 And every one of the three hundred odd volumes on the shelves contained bonds to the amount of 100000 francs.
 ''The Duchess, my grandmother though, of course, aware that the Duke was an extremely rich man, was dumbfounded by the immensity of the treasure, which was placed at her unconditional disposal by the Dukes death, which occurred shortly after the event described.
 My grandmother had always been noted for her charities, and thus sud- denly made absolute mistress of the worlds greatest cash fortune, the pleas ure of giving became a mania with her.
 "For school, hospitals Old Peoples homes. asylums, etc.. she gave away mil lions within few months after the Dukes death. She gave indiscrimnately to all who appealed to her, never allow ing the slightest inquiry to be made regarding beneficiary's character.
 "Among her grandest gifts was one of 25000, 900 francs for finishing the port of Genoa, on which her late husband had already spent 8o,0oO.0OO francs.
 When Leo XIII. celebrated his 10th jubilee as a priest, she brought him, in a gold strong box, 100000 francs in new gold pieces. In short, she gave away 150 volumes of her library, which means 150, 900 francs, in the course of a few years.
 "The Duke of Galliera left two sons, the elder of whom died quite young, and am the son of the younger, and only heir.
 My father, this younger son, was a simple man. caring nothing for riches and despisng titles He refused to take the name of Duke of Galliera when he became of age, and called himself plain Emilio Ferrari. As student he lived in furnished room in the Paris Quarter Latin, and insisted upon making his own living by literary labors and by giving lessons, and not until shortly before her death could his mother. the Duchess. per- suade him to accept an annuity of 100,- 900 francs, mere bagatelle. "Afterward he gave up his Italian cit izenship and emigrated to Austria, where I was born.
 "The Duchess of Galliera died in 1888, aged 73. As she felt death approach ing she asked that her cot be carried into the library and there, gazing at