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JEW DIT DE MOUCHY Strain of American Blood in Veins. jpoo by who at the age of nineteen succeeded his grandfather as the seventh t0 -f5f 5t Moo and in the of the grand old palace In the Departw 2 tf tlie distant about an hour from the Duken of Richelieu, of of Villornbrotia and of Chaulnes. i in his veins; for mothers 39 rtC the late Vlcomtesse Coun-al. was- a of a family which has many ss 'jj York. Washington and St.

Louis. 1 of the first New York girls to marry aristoeracf. Then. too. the new cfaaCmotlier.

on his father's namely. de ls a native Cfclted States, and was bom as Princess at Bordentawn, N. of an Ameri- i Miss Caroline Fraser. of Philadelphia. had previously occupied the position -Irsess family of ex-King Joseph cf Erain at Bordentown who was not merely the chosen bin likewise something akin to an Center, of Empress Eugenic, with practically lived until her marriage in rtC: aiy t(1 to husband their union was very far from being a most of the members of the a Crusade house of de Noaiiles.

he held the Court of the Tuiie as a young Vecrtnirig to recognize In any way He very wild, however, when he a from his was constantly petting from the of which he was the police at Parts, acting under the Pf Napcieon 111 in the who tft the old aristocracy, and who realised that scandals among the to law and order among the I Tgearair.t to which might have been forj-ten It not been for" their preservation in taeniolrs" and the Em- Zgr en being notified one night by Ms chief of Hyrrolx. that the Due de Mouchy was mi to trouble and that the affair was of a more I ordinarily serious character, caused the nobleman to he brought Into Ma presence Tileries, end. after Furiously remonstratjjTitSi him apont Ms conduct. him immgg for -what had Just occyrred If be would that it to say. turn over a new Irf.

Ktpoleen that the way of man- that was to marry, and suggested that he iSsslfi become a suitor for the hand of Prircees Uom. Murat. In fact, he was riven to understand Alt if he did not marry the princess he tsuJi no further Indulgence on the part of ror ak to face rrlth the of grave consequences of his latest i f- on the one hand, and marriage with a yt-y taadsome and fascinating cirl of Identically i ens the a pirl who was the flaurht-r of Empress, a favorite kinsi of the Emperor, and certain to be har.d-bjbtlt lowered by decided to brave the of family and to marry the that is the graiiddaujrfcter or the stable lad who tv raised by the First Napoleon to the rank of a cf France and to the throne of Naples. The -were furious at -what they desjaaeea as the terrible mesalliance Into which the Dae Meacfcy had been trapped, and as as tSit lasted 4eellnea to hold any communlcafitn -Kith him or with his wife; But. as mentioned the proved the making of Antolne KwCles.

He entered politics, became a member tke Nattona: Legislature, a director of the Great JCpnbmi RaCrtad of France, and took a leadar the turf, beoomiug in course of tee one tie of the Jockey Club and of the rnior. the war of he managed r.y lever.ai taterreatum at Versailles to secure from tit Emperor a reduction of the heavy exacted by the; victorious Germans own Department of the in which Sis and ancestral home were situated, and idT a -umber years tTter the establishment of republic represented not royallsm, but Bonattrtism la Paraanent. In fact, having once given ka alieglaace to on the occasion his marriage to Anna Murat. he remained true a tfeeir cause, in evil as well as In good days. STEE AXGERS EMPRESS EfGKSIE.

TUt ir.tiTiacy between the de and The Tzzprrm listed until the time of the Baring smash. Witn the Empire was overthrown, and more after The death of M. Rouher. toteaJt confided all her extensive real estate sr.i property In France to tht Duke and de Mourby They became terribly la the Baring crash. Not only did the topNM experience the utmost difficulty In extaiiisr her out.

affairs from the disaster, but 'iikttrlae compelled. In addition to her own Bate, id ferrieh a sum to the de Mouchys herder to Msit them ID meet their most Ist SUSIti merits and to protect them from rute it wan. they compelled to to sort? of Farrtficcs. including the pursuer ta Ayer. one of the known Ameiitai rtiWecUi in Paris, of their beautiful town sasston.

which had been one of the favorite of the crest world of France, the scene S6 cany brilliant entertainments sine" their and where Empress Eua-enle was always when she visited the French after the of her husband and son The very unary with the de Mouchys Barter smash, held that they had grossfrsMtmsasged her and for severai years wae mo bitter that the hold no communication with the duke and Mi las when she came to France. Eventually, on occasion cf an illness of the a partial took place. But the oldtime xrtre never entirely restored, for the extremely In money Many. accuse her of avarice, and if there is thac another which she finds it difficult fcftatlra it it rarVesenet-s or that have ber In financial loss. OSIGIN OF THE aiOUCHT DUKEDOM.

of Mouehy strictly speaking, a cad first created In favor of the ef two eons that Due ie Noallles Francolee d'AuMgny. niece and heiress. Malntencn. the morgana wife of XIV of elder of the two sons Due de Inherited Mm'-. famous castle bearing her name, in flJSJSjtment of the Enlre-et-Loire.

and was the de whereas the Philippe, known as the Marechal assefejr. and became by his marriage to granddaughter and heiress of the last li te thjke of Arpajon. a grandee of Spate and of Arpajon. That title Wlte.lmuer.tiy transformed bt the King of 5 tale a tpanteh dukedom of Mouchy. Mouchy the same of the fine old eaxtle which the owned in France.

in the OUe. bourn distance fro Paris This Due de tSSMqseatly inherited from his aunt, the I Richelieu, herself the niece of the great N. the title of Prince de Polx. In on of the Napoleonic empire and the of the Bourbons, the then Due de and Prince de Foix created a peer of In IMS his Spanish dukedom of official cognisance and the part of the French Crown, he received 3 addition thereto, the French dulu-dom of Louii XVIII. Due de Moucny.

who Is also Fotx an Duke of ArpaJfri. as well as a the first class of Spain. hut, a brother of a a weter of eleven, bearing the Philippine. Until now all three their home with their widowed No Rue Paul Bauflry, In Paris. The Vars name of Princess de Polx.

"OT MENTIONED IN THE OOTHA. 1 French dukedom will be found in the am Gotha. An instance In that or La to which de Cau- ta and husband of Marie has succeeded through the rather. The latter, formerly In the ttrvtee, wmg of the' most popular French turf, was a not only FreorlT Jockey Club, but likewise of that of and mr oid'frlend of King Kdward. His hierk and white, were familiar on attnental jacecouree.

of La Force is one of, tM most Illustrious in France, and the first duke. Jacques Norr.par de Caumont, was one of the survivors of massacre of -St. Bartholomew. Covered with 'ho blood of his father and of his elder brother, who had been slain by the ringleaders of the the then nine-year-old boy had the presence of mind to simulate and remained prostrate until discovered by a who was plundering the corpses. This ghoul, with more kindness of heart than Is usually possessed by people of class, instead of killing the lad.

managed to smuggle him out of the city, and the boy was able to reach his uncle, the Marshal d. Blron, in safety. Growing up. be developed into a famous soldier, became one of the closest friends and adherents of Henry IV. and was in carriage with that monarch when latter was assassinated by Ravaillac in 1610.

For his military services he was In turn advanced to the rank of Marshal of France, and created a p-er and Due de la Force by patent dated May 6. 165 X. He was sticoeeded by his brother Henry, who was also a distinguished military commander. An even still more widely known member of the I Caumont family was Antoine Nompar de Caumont. Due de I.auzun, the favorite of XIV.

and who secretly married the royal Duchess of Montpensior. granddaughter of King Henry IV. On account of this marriage, according to one story, or else in consequence of having incurred the enmity of Mme. de Monte.opan. as others insist, he was thrown into the Bastlle.

where he spent a number of years. He must not be confounded, however, with the duke of the same name, but of a different family, who was the companion In arms of Lafayette and of Reehambeau in the American War of Independence. That Lauzun was a member of the house of Gontaut-Blron. About the time of the American war the descendants of the second Due de la Force became extinct in the male line, and Louis XVI thereupon authorized the assumption of the thle by the chief of one of the Junior branches of the family, descended from a certain Bert rand Caumont. This Duo de la Force.

Louis Joseph Nompar de Caumont by name, emigrated with the royal princes at the outset of the Revolution in 1792. but returned to France In MS, entered the army, took part in The various campaigns, and In the terrible retreat from Moscow attained the rank of general, and became a member of the Legislative Assembly. On th' Restoration he transferred his services to XVIII. and. as Koyalist Military Commanjjant of Montauban.

dlstinsvilshed himself by the gallantry and personal courage with which he rescued a number of Bonapartlst officials 'from the fury of the mob. In 1815 he was created a peer of France by Louis XVIII, as Due de la Force, and the present duke Is his great-grandson. If I call attention to this dukedom of la Force, it Is because Americans, when they do not find a title of this Importance In the Almanach de Gotha, are apt to set It down as deficient in authenticity. There are. however, quite -a number of the most Illustrious and historic of French titles of Indubitable validity of which no record be found in the of the Almanach.

but the correctness of which are nevertheless beyond question. MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. OBITUARY. CONGRESSMAN DANIEL L. D.

GRANGER. Washington. Feb. 14 Daniel D- Granger. of Providence, R.

1., who represented the Ist District of Rhode Island In Congress during the 5Mh 60th Congresses, died here at 7:15 o'clock this evening from, heart failure. Congressman Granger had been sick since last November, when he w.i» taken ill In Albany. He under care In New York City until December 33. when he came to Washington. Hie condition had been serious since Janairy 2.

and the end was not unexpected. While Mr. Granger was in London last summer, he suffered a severe attack of acute articular rheumatism, which developed later into valvular disease of the heart. The attack compelled him to abandon a European tour he had Just started. The funeral probably will take place in Providence on Wednesday.

Daniel Lamed Davis Granger, who was a stanch Democrat, was born in Providence in the son of the Rev. Dr. James and Anna Brown Davis Granger. He was graduated from Brown University hi I T4 In ISM the university conferred on him the degree of A. Mr.

Granger was admitted to the bar In 1877, and since that time had practised in Providence. Five years later he was admitted to the United States bar. Mr. Granger had been Treasurer and Mayor of Providence. He was a member of the Rhode Island Historical Society, president of the Club of Rhode Island, vice-president of the American Group of Inter-parliamentary Union for foe Promotion of International Arbitration, and American vice-president of the union.

Mr. Granger was treasurer of the Dorllton Corporation, or New York, and a member of the Pel I'psilon and the University Club of Providence, and the Manhattan Club, of New York. He was unmarried. A sister. Miss Grace Granger, survives him.

His home in Providence was at No. 32S Thayer street. WILLIAM B. GUILD. William B.

Guild, one of the oldest lawyers of New Jersey, died from paralysis at Newark yesterday. He was eighty years old. and three son? and Me daughters. Mr. Guild wns for three City Counsel In Newark, was identified with the Board of Health, and for many years was a Police Commissioner.

For years bo was recognized as an authority on criminal law. Mr. Guild eras born In Denvllle, N. and was the son of William B. Guild, who owned the defunct "Newark Dally Journal." He was a.

member of the class of '51 at Princeton, and received his legal training in the office of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen. He was admitted to the bar in 1859. The funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 8 :30 o'clock. H.

E. HOERRING. Copenhagen. Feb. E.

Hoerrlng. State Councillor and former Premier, died to-day. Hoerring was Minister of the Interior before he took office on May 23. 1897, as Premier and Mlni.t-r of Finance. He resigned Premier on April 27 19(0.

During the latter part of Herr Hoerrlng's term as Premier negotiations were opened between the United States and Denmark for the purchase by the United States of Danish West Indies. This aroused much opposition In Denmark, and It was -aid that downfall of the Hoerring Cabinet was due to the willingness of the government to part with that territory. This attitude precipitated the final struggle and forced the of the ministers. JOHN F. RUSSELL.

Springfield. Ohio. Feb. F. Russell, seventy-one years of age.

an Inventor of national reputation died Here to-day, following a stroke of apoplexy Mr. Russell was associated with William Whitely years ago in the perfection of the modern reaper and also possessed several patents upon devices in the development of the steam locomotive. GEORGE J. SEABURY. George Seebury.

president of Seabury Johnson of antseptlcs. medical and surgical supplies, with in the Seabury Building. No 59 Maiden Lane, died on Saturday from pneumonia at his home. No. 330 West street Mr.

was born in this city sixty-five year? ago. His early education was received in the public schools. Subsequently he ttudled medicine and pharmaceutical chemistry. He served through the battles of the Peninsula campaign in the Army of the Potomac, and distinguished himself in' the battle of Galnes Mil He was twice wounded in two of the engagements. Mr.

Seabury was) one Of the famous Committee of Thirty that organized SO.OOO Republicans In New York City into election districts, and was an honorary member of scores of scientific, benevolent and political societies. in all of which he had been elected to Important offices. DR. WULLNER'S RECITAL POSTPONED. The illness of Dr.

Ludwlg Wiillner, already noted in these columnr. has caused the Indefinite postpenemont of his song lecitai at the Academy of Music. Brooklyn, set fcr to-night under thy auspices of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. -THE KING OF SI AM." A comic opera. 'The King of will be given by the young men and women of the Church of the Immaculate- Conception.

in East 14th street, at th Grand Central; Palace, to-morrow evening. The stage will be under the direction of John Reed, and Professor Arundel will direct the music. A GEORGE WASHINGTON PICTURE. Handsome photogravure of the famous Stuart portrait of George Washington with next Sunday's Tribune. opening chapters of Louis Tracy's new story, "The Silent Barrier." NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE.

MOXDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1909. MUSIC NEW YORK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. The sense of intimacy is not Often in evidence at Carnegie Hall concerts, but It was agreeably present yesterday afternoon, when Walter Damrosch and the Symphony Orchestra, en the one hand, and an audience of moderate size, on the other, came together for two hours of masic. The suggestion of informality was strengthened by the absence of a specially engaged soloist, from outside, whose entry Into the scheme of a carefully arranged programme may ofttn bring a disturbing and unduly personal element.

Instead, Mr. Damrosch drew upon the abundant resources of the orchestra's own membership, and the result was a sympathetic performance by Paul Kefer. of the violoncello contingent, of an unfamiliar lied by Vincent dlndy, with'orchestral accompaniment. Mr. Kefer's tone was full and sonorous, with a fortunate freedom from roughness.

and he phrased the Frenchman's wistful and melodious song with judicious absence of sentimentality. The piece itself Is of not much Importance, but It was worth introducing here and it may well be added to the slender repertory of the violoncello. I The bone and sinew of the afternoon's musical doings were furnlthed by a consistently excellent i presentation Of Beethoven's "Eroica" symphony. The very recent performance of this work by the orchestra may have helped to pave the way 1 yesterday's achievement, but It was not only the orchestra's' responsiveness and skill that demanded recognition, but the Invigorating and markedly. ap: precis tive reading of the score by Mr.

Damrosch i himself. The first movement struck a keynote of lofty sincerity, which was adhered to throughout. The solemn march of the second division moved with a weighty tread that enforced its note of high significance. There was quick vivacity In the while the last movement, Instead Of mark! Ing a failing off in interest, as It does, maintained to the final bar the emotional potency that distinguished the work as a whole. There were balance, symmetry, power.

The same quailties shene through the orchestra's playing of the "Leonore" overture. No. 2, which replaced the d'lndy overture to "L'Etranger" that had been announced. There was also brought forward as a novelty Mr. Damrosch's recent transcription of Siegfried's adventure with the dragon In the second act of Wagner's Nlbelung drama bearing the forest hero's name.

The new arrangement dots not differ importantly from those already known In concert form, but it preserves the vital features Of the score and of this part of the drama, and welds them together with skill. Except for the first horn part, the performance was commendable, and the audience received It warmly. SMALL AUDiENCE AT METROPOLITAN. Under auspices which by no stretch of the Imagination can be qualified by the adjective "favoring." Albert SpaUlng, the young American violinist, played two numbers at the regular Sunday night concert St the Metropolitan Opera House last night. They were the Saint-Saens Rondo Caprtcciaeo and the Sarasate Zlgeunerweisen.

and In face of and In spite of the small which seems to dwindle most noticeably week after thl" young artist plnyed them and with a smile. His is not as yet the skill or the art to stir, a handful of hearers to audible expression of rhapsody or ecstasy. But, if he be not A genius. At least he shows always that he been well taught, and that, whatever th? circumstances under which he plays. he always tries to dc best.

He has sincerity and earnestness and a manner of doing his work that ingratiate here, as they must have done abroad As to the other soloists. Miss Frances AHa. the New Zealand soprano, who not been heard in opera since her last eseay sji Gilda in -Rlgoletto" several weeks ago, was disappointing In her singing of the jewel from "Kaust." number ever popular with Sunday night She started well, but got Into difficulties in the later part of the aria, but finished well amid great applause, and to several recalls, commanded by in which Mr. Rawllna L. Cottenet.

the only director of the Metropolitan Opera House to sit in the Erectors' box. enthusiastically Joined Some of the fire and vitality of the prologue from Pag 11-aeci" was lost, even with Mr Ameto's tine delivery, by the absence of the accoutrements with which this bit from Leoncavallo Is accustomed to Riven. The other soloists were Miss Ranzenberg. Mr. Grassl and Mr.

Note. Mr. Spetrlno conducted. CONCERT AT THE MANHATTAN. The concert programme at the Manhattan Opera House went askew last night.

onstan' tlno, the Spar.Uh tenor who was billed to sing In two numbers on the programme. was Indisposed, ami did not appear. There was a murmur of disappointment when the announcement was that Glllbert would sing a solo In place of Constantino and Taccanl would fill the gap In the quartet. Mile. Gervllle-Reache sang with great effect 'lyes Stances de Sap So." and Mine Marlska- AWrich was' liberally applauded for her rendition lof two Hungarian folksongs Mile Labla conj tributed two numbers.

Mlscha Elman, the violtn-1 ist. was the feature of the musical programme, which Included a number from "Rheingolcl" and the "Dance of the Water Nymphs." both con: ducted by Campanlnl. Taecanl also sans a solo NO CHANGE AS TO GERMAN OPERA. It Will Have as Prominent a Place tt the Metropolitan Next Season as This. Reports In a newspaper on Sunday brought forth the fnllowlnK lnst from Otto H.

a member of tho executive committee of the Metropolitan Opera I'ompany: The Metropolitan Opera Company desires to state most emphatically and unequivocally that German opera InGermnn next season will have as prominent a place In the repertoire as heretofore and that no change, whatsoever 1b contemplated In relation to the personnel engaged In or to the manner anil the matter of presenting German opera at the Metropolitan Opera Houee. Mr. Gatti-Oairazza. the general mnnagor of the house, and Mr Toscanlnl. had a lons conference yesterday with the members of the board who are most active In the direction of the Metropolitan Optra House.

At thnt conference, while It was considered desirable that the of Andreas Dlppe.l should be retained. It was believed It would be wise to outline his duties definitely. Hereafter, if Mr. lUppel consents or elects to stay at the Metropolitan, he will do so as a subordinate of 'Mr. Gflttl-Casaxzn, as was announced months ago In The Tribune.

PHILHARMONIC ON FIRM BASIS Mrs. George R. Sheldon Confirms Report of Success in Collecting Fund. The committee which Imp been working for sev-1 eral months past with a view to- putting the Philharmonic Society on a secure financial ba.ls has already received subscriptions totalling an amount which insures the continuation of the endeavors of the society en an entirely independent basis. Mrs.

George R. Sheldon, wife of the treasurer of the Republican National Committee, confirmed yesterday the statement made in The Tribune of Sunday that sufficient funds had been guaranteed to put the Philharmonic Society on a basis that It has never enjoyed before. While Mrs. Sheldon declined to make public the amount of the fund that had teen collected, she said it was sufficient to secure the services of an orchestra of one hundred men for a teason of twenty-five weeka. All this season the society has had en option on the services of Oustav Mnhler.

ho Is now one of the conductors at the Metropolitan Opera House. The Philharmonic Society, at present numbers forty- active members, but Mr. Mahler, who has accepted e.i|?a«oment to guide the artistic destinies of the society for two years, will have free rein In making up the orchestra of one hundred. The committee, which will have an active hand in the management and direction of activities of the society, is composed of Mrs George R. Bheldor.

Mrs. William H. Draper. Henry Lane Bqo. Ernest Scheillng.

the pianist; George R. Sheldon and Nelson B. Spencer, wlio is the counsel of the society. A amount of money has already been p'edged to' lnsure the future of the Philharmonic Society for three The society has consented to all conditions made by the committee, which has been busy raising the funds, and it has been arranged to give during a season extending throughout a period of weeks. During that lime each and every member of the orchestra will be responsible, flrnt of all.

to the needs of the Philharmonic. Subscriptions for the fund are still being received by Mrs. Sheldon. Richard Arnold, who has long been the vice-president and active manager of the organixation. will have a place of importance and responsibility ip connection with the of the reorganised society.

No attempt will be made to put the society on competing basis with any other organization, as it is felt that there is plenty of opportunity for the Philharmonic in the musical field New York. Most of its concerts will be confined to this pity, but Borne short tripe may be made to the larger cities in the East MISS MORGAN'S CHAMBER CONCERT. The last of the three concerts of chamber music arransed by Miss Geraldlne Morgan took place In the Stuyvesant Theatre last night. Miss Morgan has been wise and generous in her offerings, ami the spirit of her undertaking culminated in the concert last night tn the performance of Mendelssohn's octet for strings, in which she had the helc Of J. Lorenz Smith.

David Sanders. Samuel Grin-son, J. J. Kovarik. P.

Max Droge and Pa. 1 Morgim. Miss Mabel Phippn also took pert In tho concert, playing the pianoforte part of Schuber-s duo In minor, in which Miss Morgan played the violin. The duo fell between Mozart's string jintet in minor and octet and was most played, the entire affair evidencing the lovely intimacy and refined devotion to art characterized both its successors. LARGE MILITARY BAND CONCERT.

Since the announcement of Paul hand master of the 22d Regiment, of the military to be given Sunday afternoon. March 7. at armory, Broadway and 68tn street, many letters nave received from prominent vocal and instrumental solists volunteering their services The band will Include 208 pit-ces and will be the largest of the kind ever heard at such a concert. A meeting of the managers of the concert will he in a few days and a list of the soloists made ihttc. P.

MORGAN'S GIFT. Fine Chinese Screen from Sternburg Collection Presented to Metropolitan. A twelve-fold screen of the K'hang-Hsl period by the. artist Fong Long. Kon of Fatsnm.

Of the principal pieces In the recently dispersed collection of the late Baron Speck yon Sternburg, has been presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by J. Plerpont Morgan. The screen, painted to be given to a retiring magistrate In 1690, the summer palace In Peking, with the Emperor K'hang-Hsl sitting on his throne watching the dancing girls. A long legend In golden letters on the lack sets forth the virtues of a district magistrate, to whom the screen was presented by a colonel of Tsen Chow. Mr.

Morgan also has lent seven Chinese Celadon plates. Among the things acquired through purchase by the are a bronze group. "Brother and Sister," by Rodin; a landscape by Wilson Steer, and a portrait of Coslma de Medici, by Bronsino: a considerable collection of arms arid armor, and classical antiquities. Gold coins, plucques, have been presented to the museum by Henry R. lekelheimer, Edward Adams, Mr and Mrs Frederick S.

Walt. Mm. Margaret Crosby Munn and Victor D. Brenner. On view in the recent accessions room for the present Is Corot's Sommell de Diane." Its companion piece, the saluant la lumlere," was pitlnted at about the same time.

In 1866, and Is now In the potter Palmer collection. The "Diana" figured at DemldoHT sale of February. and was worked over then by Corot. The exhibition of contemporary German art at trie sum will end on Birthday The committee on art exhibits has determined to open he exhibition of art objects In connection with the Hudson-Fulton celebration next September The exhibition will embrace Dutch paintings of the time Of Hudson, and examples of American Industrial arts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It will last about four months.

BHUBERTS TO PAY AN ANNUITY. Leslie Stuart la to Give in Return an Option on All His Musical Compositions. The theatrical firm of B. end Lee Shubert hat made an offer for the American of all ot niiwsitiftns of Stuart. composer of the music In "Fiorodora" and of equally attractive musical comedy of "Havana." now at the Casino to the announcement.

Shuberts "offer to pay Mr. Stuart an annual specified of money for the rest of natural life In return for an option on the American rights of all the music he hereafter write." Thif Includes all the of any kind whatsoever that Mr. Stuart may compose, whether Individ. and Interpolated songs or. scores for pi tire productions Shubert do not f.

"1 Justified In disclosing the exact amount of the "annuity" which they have offered, but stats that It Is a considerable Income. The plan in to arrange now the payment of this "annuity" through one of the great trust companies, so that It could be discontinued only by an order of the court following a violation of contract by Mr Stuart This Is the first time. In theatrical history that a managerial firm has offered to guarantee a man an Income for the rest of his lire in return for a Ufa option on his work. THEATRICAL INCIDENTS. MtM Julia Marlowe will appear Duty's Theatre to-night In The Goddess of Reason." a drama by Mary Johnston.

The announcement Is made that the curtain will rise promptly at 8 and at 2 o'clock for the. afternoon performnnces that will be given during the engagement Hllnn has been engaged by Charles Frohtnan for the part of Thlbault In "Israel Mr niinn Is now a- with Mrs. Flske In Salvation Nell On Wednesday night. February 24. the one hundredth performance of "Mary Jane's Pa" trill be given at the Garden Theatre.

As a memento of the occasion silk stockings are to be distributed to the women In attendance. Elsie Ferguson will be seen to-night as Beth M- Bolt in Mr. comedy of "The Salesman" at the Gaiety Theatre. Miss l-erjru son was a member of the company playing The Battle" at the Savoy. Her place Will be taken by a French performer, has been added to the cast of "The Queen of the Moulin Rouge" at the Circle Theatre.

She will make her first Appearance to-night. liivl irt Eileen Kearney may be seen to-night in the beauty assemblage of "Miss Innocence at he New York Theatre. A song written by anT Jack Worth and called "Shine On. Harvest Moon," will be Introduced. THE WEATHER REPORT.

Official Record and Washington. 1 4 Since Saturday nleht the centre. ha. moved from Texts to the Onio Valley. with much intensity.

but connection with the string and cold high to northward It caused general rains and snow. wi th- with heavy In the south tb region, high winds over upper JajM rThe'entral lev. and the west Gulf Low iuTs- continue In the Northwest the plain, States. the lake rerlon and the upper Mississippi Valley. is colder In the.

lower an- 1 valley, and Southwest, with th. Interior of Southern It is ijo New England and the middle Atlantic and soiufcwhat warmer from upper Ohio throurh south Atlantic nates rh-re will bs rain over the south and over the northern district. of the Mississippi River on I generally fair on fue.day. except In eaet lower lake region and New England. where will probably continue.

In the We.i the weather In The fair. It will be decidedly colder -on Miir-av in the Gulf states, and the Ohio Valley, and night and Tuesday In the Atlantic It be aSmewhit colder on Monday In the lake in plains states, the Rocky Mountain re- Vir and the Ncrthwest temperatures will rise Col.l wax" warning have been ordered for the Oh and middle sn.i lower Mississippi the Bast Gulf an 1 the Southwest, through Texas. Forest for Special For the District of rain probably turning to colder much colder at night; Tuesday, fair and wilder winds becoming northwest and brisk to high FaMern Kew York, In north, rain or In nortlon to-day. much colder to-night Tuesday fair colder: incresslng winds, becoming north west and high Bl England, rain or snow In In north to-day Tuesday much colder, with fair weather and snow in north portion; brisk to high, winds becoming r.nrthwe.t during the night Western New York. to-day, colder to-night; TursialT lccai brisk to high north trial Oftlcial following official record from the weather bureau shows the changes in tile temperature for the last twenty-four In com'oariion with the corresponding date of la.t year: inoS.

10O9A 37 p. 44 5 a -m 40 p. 40 S9 ll p. 42 8S m. 4i 12 p.

4s 4 311 Highest temperature yesterday. ST average 42. average for corre.pondlnit date last rear, 42: average for corresponding last To-day, rain or much forecast: To-day, rain or mm-h -oiner at night- Tuesday, fair and colder. Increasing keccmini-' northwest and high Monday nifiit- THE NAVAL CONFERENCE i A Neic International Code for The Hague Prize Court. London.

February 3. The International Naval Conference, saved from shipwreck, seems, at the present time, to be entering, port with flaps flying in rainbow fashion. It grounded on the rocks at the ebb of lowest tide, and floated off when the stock of oWtlme precedents had beer. Jettisoned in order to lighten- the ship Each of the ten nations represented in this naval council had to abandon antiquated traditions, which were of no practical value. This has been done, and an agreement is in sight which will facilitate the establishment of a prize court of appeal at The Hague, with a definite code of international law behind It.

A good I many minor details are to be arranged, and Germany has Insisted that there must be. unani- i mous approval of the entire convention; but the I crisis has passed, there is general acceptance of the compromise scheme and the conference is approaching its end with a consciousness of having rendered important service to civiliza- tion. The delegates have been presented to the i King: the final complimentary dinners have been arranged, and the convention, unless unfore- seen difficulties arise, will receive the finishing touches in the course of a few weeks. The principal advantage gained- from these de- i liberations and compromises will be the crea- tion of a definite code of maritime law respect- i ing contraband, blockade, continuous voyages and belligerent and neutral rights. Whenever there Is a naval war.

shippers and merchants in neutral countries will know what they can and will not be forced to insure cargoes against extra hazardous risks. Under existing law each maritime nation has been a law unto itself, and has regulated its own prize courts, definitions of contraband and blockade practice. With an agreement among the ten leading maritime na- tions respecting a code for the court of appeal at The Hague, there will be a concentration of 'opinion and practice upon a common law. If the convention, as now seems likely, represents the unanimous action of America, Great Britain, Japan. Germany.

France. Austria-Hungary, Italy, Spain The Netherlands, the minor maritime powers can hardly fail to be influenced, and ultimately there wiM be uniform practice throughout the world. The appellate court at The Hague will "nave a higher moral authority than national courts or admiralty tri- i bunals. The law. which it will be upon to administer, will be a progressive, reformed code adapted to the requirements of modern warfare and to the interests of neutral trade.

No nation will want to decline to rtfer its marl- time practice to so superior a tribunal for arbitration. Every country will seek to adapt its own prixe courts and naval orders to the re- 4 formed procedure sanctioned by the maritime powers. When every nation has had Its own definition of contraband and its own precedents for deter- mining seisure of ship or cargo, naval warfare i has been a standing menace to neutral com- The naval conference is dealing de- cisively, if not as comprehensively as is de- i sirable, with this highly controversial question, It has adopted the list of absolute contraband formulated at the last Peace Congress at The Hagur. This is restricted to navaj and military of unmistakable character. To this the conference Is adding a list of conditional contraband, including foodstuffs, coal and other mer- chandise, which Is ordinarily exempt from seiz- ure, but may taint a ship if destined for military or naval use by garrisons or fleets.

The conference Is also compiling a free list of merchandise Immune against capture and condemnation In any circumstances. The free list Is not so complete as it ought to be. and the catalogues of absolute and conditional contraband are open to criticism, but the three schedules are at least definite. Intelligible and practical. In time of war merchants will know what Is liable to seiz- lire and what they are at liberty to ship under International usage, which the court of appeals at The Hague will be under moral obligation to recognize If there were no other results.

these regulations respecting contraband would Justify the deliberations of the naval conference. There Is. however, an important gain for neu- tral commerce in the limitation of the principle of continuous voyage irrespective of trans- shipment. This was the oldttme British practice of seizure anywhere on the high seas if- the goods were destined for the enemy's ports. and during the American Civil War the principle was carried to an extreme point in the enforcement of blockade of Southern ports, cargoes being seized on the way to Nassau and other neutral ports, and even In Mexico, while in land transit.

The conference nearly went to pieces over this vexatious question, but a compromise has been effected by timely concessions made by the American. Japanese and British governments In the Interest of neutral commerce. The principle of continuous voyage has been restricted in operation to absolute contraband. Military and naval destined for the enemy will taint a ship wherever it may be or for whatsoever neu- tral port it may be heading. Otherwise there can be no Interference with a voyage of a neu- tral ship to a neutral port.

For example. if Germany and England were at war, coal, food- stuffs and other articles hot unmistakably in- tended for the use of a belligerent's army or navy could be shipped to Rotterdam or Cher- bourg and be exempt from seizure, although de- signed for transshipment across the Rhine or over the Channel. Operations whitfh were con- i ducted by American cruisers during the Civil War cannot be respected under the new interna- tional agreement. Cargoes, unless tainted by absolute contraband, will be safe on the high when the destination is a neutral port. The State Department, in authorizing the American delegates to agree to this concession, has abandoned an extreme and -no longer use! ful interpretation of the principle of continuous voyage, and has sanctioned modifications which will Impart security to neutral trade.

It would have been foolish to cling to traditions of the Civil War when they had ceased to have any value. It was much wiser to recognize the truth that American interests required the pro- tection of neutral trade and full facilities for transshipment in neutral ports. In like man- ncr Russia has consented to abandon the pro- cedure of seizing vessels at a long distance from the theatre of hostile operations, France has agreed to a new law of blockade at variance with its oldtime precedents, and other powers are sacrificing points of maritime procedure which they have considered important in past years. The progress of naval science, the creation of torpedo flotilla and the Increased range 1 of guns have rendered the oldtime system of I blockade obsolete. The conference may not provide a scientific method of effective blockade, but it will substitute for what is impracticable --j a System adapted to modern fleets, in radius, area and employment, of three or more lines of vessels.

Many of the questions discussed by I experts have been most complex, but unless all signs fail the conference will succeed in effect- I ing a settlement. What may be stated with confidence is that this conference, composed mainly of naval xperts, has not sacrificed any important belllger ent right. The blue water martinets may offer censorious criticism in swaggering quarterdeck manner when the text of the convention Is dis- closed, but the admirals cannot Justly be re- proached for surrendering any principle of pracj tical value. They are sweeping away a good I many obsolete precedents and doing much to simplify maritime procedure in war time and to protect the Interests of neutral trade. They art not restricting naval warfare to the fighting nor are they securing private property seizure under any Sag.

They are not visionaries singing in moonlight and ing with impracticable projects. are making code- of maritime la-jr which will an international court of appeal to smoothly and effectively and tend to minimize the risks and losses of commerce in time ot war. LN. F. SALE 6F PERSIAN RUQS" There will be placed on exhibition to-dar the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries.

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