Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
PORTUGAL s DEAD king
Personal Accomplishments of
Late King Carlos.
EXPERT SHOT AND ARTIST
Romance of His Marriage to the
Princess Amelie.
A LIFE SAVER AND A NURSE
Detection of the Crown Prince.
Frances Aim in Life and His
Failure in Achievement.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Star.
| LONDON, February 8, 1908,
Dom Carlos I, stricken down by the
assassin in the prime Of life, in his forty
| fifth year. was a remarkably gifted and
| interesting man. Two years before ne
| came to the throne he married the beau
| tiful and accomplished Princess Marie
| Amelie. daughter of Philippe. the late
| Duke of Orleans, Comte de Paris. The
| queen IS exactly two years younger than
her husband. They celebrated a common
birthday, September %.
! His majesty a man of many parts.
! His special distinction was knowledge of
| Languages. He spoke seven, and five OF
them fiuently With English he was quite
| familiar, and was a great admirer of Eng
| liSh poetry, especially Shakespeare. In
| this he resembled his father. King LUZ,
/ we translated THE Merchant of Venice,
! ''Othello'' and Hamlet" into Portuguese.
| In the reproduction of these works, it is
| said, the late sovereign took part.
| In addition his majesty painted in water
| colors, was clever sculptor and an &C
| complished musician. He rode we'll and
| could drive pair of horses through the
narrow streets of Lsgand with consum-
| mate skill. His fame as markSman is
| we'll known. 1t is still remembered here
| what execution he did in the preserves
| of the great park at Windsor when he
visited England in 1904. 1t is not given
] to many men to bag brace with right
| and left with unerring aim.
| King Carlos was only twenty-three when
| he married. and ne would have been
| married when even younger had his
| father. King LUZ. had his way-not to d
| French princess, though, but to an Aus
TRAN grand duchess He always insisted
| however that he must fall in love before
| he could marry. And not an archduchess
| could be found, although she was sought
| for diligently, with whom he could fall
| in love. Fortunately just when his rela-
| tives were in despair he encountered the
| eldest daughter of the Comte de Paris
| ana promptly announced that if he were
! not allowed to marry her he would not
marry at all.
Queen Amelie.
There were strong political reasons why
should marry, for his fathers health
| vas failing and there was a paucity of
heirs in the family. The match was
therefore arranged at once. although
neither King LUZ nor his ministers quite
approved of it. The nation as a whole.
however. approved of it warmly thanks
IN great measure to the halo of ro-
nance that surrounded it. and they gave
astic welcome when she arrived in Lis
bon. No sooner were the wedding festivi-
ties over than Dom Carlos was called
upon to act as regent, owing to the illness
of his father, and three years later-in
| iSS9-he assembled the throne
Queen Amelie who, with mothers in
| stInct, placed herself unavailngly be-
| tween the assassins and her son, was al
most English She was born at Twicken-
| ham September IS, 1863 and her early
i years We're spent in these islands. The
| princess was one of the most charming
and accomplished women in Europe, and
she received in Portugal the most enthusi-
aStlc welcome. Her majesty is famed
| throughout her dominions as a nurse In
nursing she takes a strictly scientific in
terest and to qualify herself for greater
usefulness she walked the hospitals in
| Lisbon and took a doctors degree
She is also known as a great authority
in millinery 1t is said that once she
| started a poor girl in business by virtue
of this quality. The young woman had
tainted in the streets of Lisbon. She
struggling to support her mother and
herself. The queen handed her three
| bonnets of her maiesty's own creation
| Take them as models. call them Bonnets
Amelie.' she said. land tell your GUS
| toners they are made after the queens
| designs" Within two months the girl
| took larger premises and soon became
| prosperous. Some years ago the queen
| won medal for saving the lives of two
children from drowning in the Tagus.
Her majesty is a strong swimmer. and
| seeing the children in peril. plunged into
the river and rescued them.
| The royal family dispute last Novem-
Der. which led to the Punishment of the
crown prince by his father was symp-
| tom of the trouble which pervaded the
| Kingdom. The young crown prince was
| but twenty years of age. and had for
| years been vastly petted by the corrupt
officials. against whom the campaign had
! been directed. He returned in October
| from a voyage to the Portuguese col
| onies, an experience which was calcu-
lated to increase his love for officialdom,
since he was feted and fattered on all
| hands.
End of Joao Franco.
Senior Joao Frances career is closed
He started political life as member of the
party: was a cabinet minister on several
| occasions under Senior Hintze Ribeiro,
and distinguished himself as a debater in
| the Portuguese cortes. But his strong
personality could not suffer other peo-
| party. but had very little, If any, follow
| ing. and consequently when the late king
called upon him to become premier and
| he accepted he could not rely on his
| friends alone to govern the country. He
had to seek the support of one Of the two
parties he Was supposed to replace. To
| attempt to fight both under such circum-
| stances was a naltogether hopeless task.
| Yet Senior Franco did not hesitate to
| embark upon it. This alone shows he is
| not lacking in audacity and confidence in
| his own powers.
| l have never seen Senior Franco, but
| was fortunate enough to meet at the
beginning of the Portuguese regime Of
dictation a diplomatist who has for some
| time been accredited to the court of Lis