Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-12-09
Queen AmelIe.

vii not be subjected to some such
frightful indignities as those which
characterized the last revolutionary
outbreak In Barcelona, when the mob
having sacked the converts and mon
asteries, tore the dead monks and
nuns from their tombs. paraded them
about the city, either whole or piece
meal, exposed them to every sort o.
outrage, and ended by setting them up
In grotesque positions at the ruined
entrances of the sacred buildings
from which they had been taken.
Ever since Amelie's husband and
eldest son were assassinated she had
lived In utter terror lest her only re-
naming son, Manuel H., should share
their fate. For herself, her own safety
and welfare. she cared little. Those
who know Amelie realize that when o
cruel death claimed her husband on
that terrible afternoon in February
1906, her heart was quite broken, anc
the only interest left for her In life
lay In her son, Manuel. The domestic
life of King Carlos and Amelie was
utterly unclouded and the queen was
the happiest of wives and mothers
Nothing has hurt her more cruelty
. than the assertion made SO often thai
King Carlos was murdered by the PEG
Pile, especially by the Republicans, or
account of his thefts from the public
treasury and because of his immorali
ties. The truth is that Carlos was
free from any feminine entanglements,
IA hoanffa.1I
wife and that he was killed not by
reason of his thefts from the national
treasury, but because he was endeavor-
ing to stop the wholesale robbery OF
the national funds by the leaders OF
.. the two great political parties OF the
kingdom.
p Tried to Help the People.
! Amelie has been Obliged to submit
TO seeing the instigators of the muir
9 der of King Carlos and the crown
9 prince not only unpublished, but ever
J. occupying positions of influence and
rank. Indeed, she was brought face
to face with them almost daily anC
had to remain silent for the sake o
the young king.
She was debarred from rewardinl
It those who had endeavored to defent
her husband on the day of his assas
% sination and could not open a Portu
" guese paper without finding its CO.
umns filled with examinations of he
sr dead husband, which she was power
1t less to officially or publicly deny.
Since Amelie, then a slender youn
q woman renowned for her exquisit
n beauty, came to Portugal little owe
K, "a years ago, she has done nothin
,e but good. Out Of her own persona
e. fortune she has had built and ell
n dowed homes for crippled children, o
st phan asylums, homes for the blind an
CO public dispensaries.
Marie Amelie is possessed of a su
ca ficiently large fortune of her own I
ID, have rendered her wholly independeI
yo of the Portuguese treasury. Her ow
extrayagances consisted of her man
70. charities, and that from her ow
ar purse she returned to the Portuguese
ed government money which 1t was a
serted had been advanced to her hu
nd band, the late king, but which he d
nd not in reality owe. 1t will be realize
that Portugal has driven from her sc
in a wise, good and energetic princes
who spent her entire married life
ew working for. the welfare of her peop
ley "a woman toward whom they shou
be filled with feelings of gratitud