The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-27

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the house and perform the necessary
introductions. He made his apologies
for following them with cleverness
and suavity. He wanted so much to
know them" He called at the house
number of times. The mother did
not think OF Intentions" until too late.
When he declared them there was a
prompt refusal. The daughter must
not enter upon the life of political in
trigue 10 which the wife of the prince
would be destined. But the affections
OF the young woman were already en-
gagged. At length the consent OF the
mother was given.
Then in his turn the young prince.
two weeks after the engagement to
Miss Stewart was announced, made a
public remuneration to all claims 10
the throne Of Portugal. which he
might have been supposed to cherish.
Before the recent revolution, there
fore, the American bride can have
thought Of the crown of Portugal as
but very distant possibility.
One Remaining Chance.
But now the republic has arrived
apparently. No one can say what the
future story of Portugal may be,
whether the republic will stay, or the
present royal family will come back,
or-and here lies the one possibility Of
the American girl becoming a queen
if the family Of the pretender will be
called 10 the regal palaces of the Bra
ganzas. 1t is conceivable always that
the people Will tire of the newly con-
sututed form OF government that they
will decide not 10 allow King Manuel
H. To rule over them. and they will
Invite the pretender TO assume the
throne which was renowned by his
father. 1t would not be the first time
in history that one branch of a family
has been exiled and another put into
power.
At the time Of the marriage Of Anita
Stewart and her prince there were
other questions that people were ask
ing also. In the event OF her husband
ever coming 10 the throne of Portugal
would she be regarded as a morganatic
wife? Prince MIGUEL was careful to
point out before the ceremony was
performed that the marriage would
not be OF mOrganatic character. He
said that he had himself renowned
all titles with equal right On the
day OF the ceremony there was handed
10 the bride a patent by which the
emperor of Austria created her a
princess or the empire
That wedding in the little Scottish
church on September Is, 1909, was
hailed as the first royal wedding which
Scotland had known since the mar
ri8ge OF the Inflated Mary. queen Of
Scots. The people Of the region of
Dingwan made the occasion a semi
public event. The town was gaily dec
GRATED and as big a bonfire as ever
blazed on a Scottish beacon hill was
lighted on the slopes of Ben Wyvfs,
and around il danced the young people
of the neighborhOOd TO the music of
bagpipes.
Since the wedding of this American
heiress the world has been called upon
from time TO time 10 notice the strug-
giles which the creditors of the duke
have made to get enough OF the wealth
OF the bride TO SATISFY their claims It
was understood at the time of the we'd
ding that a large sum was settled upon
the prince. II was stated also that the
mother OF the bride had settled upon
her daughter $1,000, 900 outright.
which would make her total income at
least the interest upon a million and
a half. as her stepfather Willed her
100000 in inteTest-bearing railroad
bonds.
Deeply in Debt.
The prince was deeply in debt at the
time Of the marriage. Last December
it was stated in dispatches from Buda-
pest that a syndicate of creditors was
suing the prince for a million. II was
said that the syndicate had advanced
nm large sum, payable when he
should have made a rich marriage.
Then last February in Vienna a
large crowd in the streets watched the
transfer OF bric-a-brac and other be-
longings of the prince from his rooms
10 huge wagon, some Of his creditors
having seized his furniture Lawyers
had paid of most Of his creditors in
the Austrian capital Immediately after
the wedding
The proceedings in this instance of
seizure were instituted by creditors
whose claims. amounting TO $4,000,
had been disputed. A few days later
word came across the ocean that in
Berlin the police had taken possession
of prOmissOry notes signed by the
prince which amounted TO a huge
sum.
To cap the monetary troubles of this
scion of the Br2ganZaS announcement
was published in Vienna on February
l6 last that the Austrian courts had
placed Prince Miguel under "curatel,"
which puts him in a much more hu-
initiating position than is that of an
undischarged bankrupt in England.
People are only placed under curatel
on the ground of insanity or reckless
extravaganza. One is deprived OF all
his privileges as a citizen, he is in
capable of contracting any legal obli-
cation. not even the mere witnessing
of a legal document. and he is at the
mercy OF his curatOrs or judicial trus-
tees. appointed by the court TO act
as his guardians and as the admins
traitors OF whatever property he may
have left.
It would seem then that the we'd
ding had not brought the American
girl any increase OF social prestige.
II is said that no reigning house has
taken any notice OF her since the mar
riage.
RELIGION CLASSES TO MEET.
In the Brigham Young Memorial