The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-05-08


and even whole volumes, have been
printed and published with the object
Of demonstrating the Identity Of the
prince with the Reverend Eleazar WIZ
Jams. who lived and died ~ q mission
airy to the Oneida and st. Regis tribes
Of Indians, much remarkable evidence
being adduced in support Of the con-
tention.
But even still stronger ID the testi-
mony in favor Of the identity Of the
DAuphin with the man who for time
bore the name Of Naundor1. but who
lies buried at Delft under q monument
In which he IL described n Charles
Louis de Bourbon, Due de Normandie.
Born At the Chateau Of Versailles on
9th March 1885. Son of his Late
Majesty Louis XVI, King Of France.
and Of Her Imperial and Royal High
ness Marie Antoinette. Archduchess Of
Austria, Queen Of France: both Of
them deceased At Paris. Died on Au.
gust 10, 1916 at Delft" When King
Louis Philippe Of France learned OF
this inscription and Of the fact that 1t
was embodied in the Dutch oh1cial reg
lister. in recording the death Of the al
legged dauphin, he addressed protest
to William of Holland, asking him to
cause the inscription to be obliterated.
1t is said that the Dutch ruler replied
Offering to comply with the request II
tae French government would furnish
evidence that 1t was false, with the re-
suit that the matter was dropped. And
as recently as i've years ago Queen
Wilhelmina at her own expense caused
the tomb in question to be repaired,
and to be surrounded by handsome
grating. thus indicating that she
shared the views Of her grandfather
about the matter.
The tomb has just been opened to
receive the remains Of the only sur
wing daughter Of the NauHaorfi
dauphin, who died the other day at
Arnheim. in Holland. at the age OF
nearly eighty. and whose demise has
been recorded In the Dutch onicial
registers, as Madame LIE Clercq,
widow of Louis LIE ClercQ. nee Prin-
cess Marie Therese de Bourbon,
daughter Of Prince Charles Louis de
Bourbon. Due de Normandie, and of
Madame la Duchesse de Normandie.
nee Jeanne Einert."
It must not be imagined, however
that the old lady was the last Of her
family. Her brothers son, Prince
August Jean Of Bourbon, who makes
his home at Paris. where he is in bust.
ness Is q wine merchant, is the head
Of his house, and is the heir Of all the
pretensions of his grandfather, the
Naundorff dauphin. claiming thus to
be great-grandson of the iltfated
Louis XVI. and Queen Marie Antoin-
cite. who persisted by the guillotine
during the days of the Terror. at the
close of the eighteenth century, on a
scaffold erected in that great square in
Paris ut the foot Of the Champs Ely
sees, and which IL known to every
American visitor to the French capt.
tai as the Place de Ia Concorde.
While the proofs Of the authenticity
Of these claims are said to exist In the
family archives Of the czar. of Queen
Wilhelmina, and at the Vatican, It is
known that the principal key to the
mystery II at Berlin, in the possession
Of the kaiser. and It is insisted that
were q monarchical restoration to take
place in France In favor Of the DUO
d,Orleans. he would be in a position
to hold over the latter's head as a
sword Of Damocles the threat Of dis.
closures which would prove that the
real heir to the French throne was
Prince Auguste Jean Of Bourbon, the
Partisan wine dealer.