Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1893 — IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE. [ARTICLE]

IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE.

The Dake of Vcragua Has Illustrious Ancestry but Lvcks Dollars. The friends and advisers of the Duke of Veragua in this country, having learned that his financial affairs in Spain are in such a condition as to betoken the loss of his entire estate, have decided to raise a considerable fund for the benefit of his family. Thomas W. Palmer has consented to act as chairman of a committee to Solicit funds, not only from the people of the United States, but of the Centra) and South American countries. The money will be invested in securities and vested in the son and daughter of the Duke, Letters from Spain state that the entire library, together with valuable works of art, were seized by the creditors of the Duke while he was in >Chicago as the guest of the nation.