Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-11-01

MWM bastian Marie de Bra.
0M@I ganza. the eldest son OF
Prince Miguel. the pre-
tender To the throne Of Portugal. and
grandson Of the man who actually
reigned as king TO that country from
1928 20 1884
That question is being asked re.
peatedly today. now that the dynasty
Of Braganza- -Coburg has been over
thrown by the revolutionary move
ment and King Manuel and the queen
mother have sought safety in flight
But. interesting as are the complica-
tions which confront one when he un-
dertakes To investigate the history Of
the royal family of Portugal. the con
tingencics which might admit of the
accession Of an American queen are
rather improbable Of occurrence. and
they are not much more improbable
now that the republic has been pro
claimed than they wero on September
Is last when the wedding took place
I'm Scotland
The assassination OF King Carlos
and his eldest son, the heir apparent,
brought the present boy kins To the
throne. and made the pretender and
h'p sons rather unwecome in English
court circles King Edward acquaint-
ed the Austrian emperor with his dis
pleasure that Portuguese revolution
should be fomented from Vienna and
revolution which, by inference at
lerst. might be identified with the
tragedy at Lisbon. The Duke OF Bra.
Ganza thereupon was allowed to re-
sign his Office in the hussars, but his
sons were dismissed from their posts.
Il was said that Prince MIGUEL was
looking for an heiress whom he might
marry. The story runs that he first
saw Miss Stewart when they were
fehcw.p passengers on a channel steam.
or crossing from Calais to Dover. She
Attracted him lie compassed all the
wiles known to the expert in the ef-
fort TO get an opening so that he
m'T M speak. None came. The young
lady and her mother kept "A very
hguFhty attitude. But the mother and
daughter became very suspicious as
to the identity OF the handsome young
man shadowing them. They asked
that the guard lock them into their
railway carriage But the persistent
prince took the same train for Lon
don. and when the ladies entered
their motor brougham he paid well n
chauffeur who kept in sight OF their
carriage until 1t reached its destina-
tlon.
Then all became easy. The car
riaEe stopped in front OF a house I'm
Grosvenor Square, The Identity OF
tho Americans was quickly ostab-
lished. The prince induced a friend
10 take him to the house and perform
the necessary introductions. He made
hls apologies for following them with
cleverness and suavity. He wanted
so much to know them" He called
at the house a number Of times. The
mother did not think OF intentions"
until too late When he declared them
there was prompt refusal. The
daughter must not enter upon the
life Of political intrigue to which the
wife of tho prince would be destined.
But the affections OF the young wom-
an were already engaged. At length
the consent of the moher was given.
Then I'm his turn the young prince
two weeks after the engagement 20
Mss Stewart was announced made a
public donunciation TO all claims TO
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 a very distant possibility.
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
quceu-if the family of the pretcndcr
win be called 20 the regal palaces OF
the BraEanzas. Il is conceivable al,
ways that the people will tire OF the
newly-instituted form Of government,
that they will decide not to allow
King Manuel H. to rule over them.
ana AlAA NlNt VIII AA AhN AlAt IlNNfllltI
TO assume the throne which was re.
nounced by his father It would not
be the FIRST time in history that one
branch OF family has been exiled
and another put into power
That wedding in the nttle Scottish
church on September 10, 1909, was
hailed as the first royal wedding
which Scotland had known since tho
marriage Of the Inflated Mary Queer
Of Scots The people OF the region
of Dingwali made the occasion q
semi-public event. The town wa.
gaily decorated, and as big a bonnr,
40 ever blazed on a Scottish beacon
hin was lighted on the slopes OF BeI
Wyvis. and around IL danced th'
young people Of the neighborhood 4
the music OF bagpipes.