New-York tribune., 1885-02-17
THE DEATH OF DIR. DAMROSCH
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL.
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE TO BE UshD-
SYMPATHY AND SORROW.

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So. 90 1eaih to those most nearly connected with
him in his profession that they seemed yesterd,ay ,ay
to have hardly realized that the dar "u 8" that
little time was given for calm reflection Vhe ada .ha
all however. expressed themselves as ieeiiie .no
loss of the more than that OF tne is9., ;t
so closely had his ovable qualities drawn hm ,noo ao
their affections In the afternoon MOTIFS helV % vac
in his private office at tne hnrns gpi was sitting
wceping ptifully. Mr.. Reno himself was VlsiDiy
Affected by the shock Il cannot make up my n,'nu ~,
fIaf ho is gone said he left here TOR Boston on
Satnrdav night receiving first an assurance rom
the physician that there was no lmmedate uansGn' G
though he admitted that the Doctor was very a ~, m
dred. About midday Sunday | received telegram M
s.vino that he MAS worse and that should hear
further at O'clock. / assure you went u % omo
telegraph office at least score OF times 30 @
WAS l. At last word came that there was only a ray
hope and rushed for the tram 0a mo' gnne there
You know the rest There is no doubt Ia my MIND ii
that the Doctor literally worked hmseii 10 oeiin. aii
lie would get up IN the midde OIL tle nls' M E % donc
sheet of paper with memoranda OF things 70 pe uono
next day and from daybreak to nishtiaii he hao no
unOccupied moment" go ;, .n u..ro
pohtan. including Messrs. Roosevelt, Havens and
Tillinglast, met in the directors room anu autnoI-
ized Secretary Stanton to represent them az meet
ing of the societies with which the Doctor was Som
nected which called for the afterno on my iSys
also agreed that if t'were thought deslrabie tne
Opera House should be given up tOT .s as hS ac
uuaintance with DR.. Damrosch had Deen, no nuu h
learned to esteem him highly that he had ielt ms
the BOARD of Directors, said: IL only knew Ut:
Damrosch in business way but the moie saw S} 3f
him hs the OrS saw ~ evenS to WaS h
In the afternoon meeting was held at Hborne
/, Roosevelts office The Symphony Society was
Spephsn SnoSs Ss .s anc Hyde
field and F. Roosevelt; the Oratorio Society by tne
president the RSy " Il GSNke j. | a. MatTonotan Mas0m III
Opera House by Edmund &. stanton, who also repre-
sented the family of the dead musician ana s tne
HTeHssrIa &SEssr and U RUSSELL It Was decided that
services should be held at the metropolitan Opera
House at 96s2a Ts bodV will met by the
directors of the Opera House and the directors OF
the symphony aud Oratoro Societies az the Upera
House at 3:45, and carried into the audltoriuih
The following is the programme OF exercises
1. The sicgfried march from the Gotterdsmerung.'
by the SYM hony Society Orchestra .rrv and Restr
(st. Paul..
T. Chorus by the male chorus Of the Metropoanl
Opera House Rasch tritt der Tod den Menschen au,
a. Weber,.
g. Chorus Close to thy Grave" Bachs st. Matthew
i :. Committal, by the Rev. W. H. Cooke.
s. Choral "To Thee o Lord" (St. Paul.
Admission to the Opera House will be by invita-
in the hands of T. +. Hyde and +. E. Dlehl
rehearsal will be held tomorrow in Association
MAS to the future conduct of DR.. Damrosch's vari;
Gus enterprises little yet be definitely sald All
symphony
cietes are postponed until further notice aud no
action vii be taken by the directors until the end
of the week at tho earliest AT the MetropoItan
Opera House for the remainder of the season herr
Lund. the present chorusmaster. VIII conduct the
opera. When the company goes upon the ROAD
Walter Damrosch will take his fathers place, III ac-
cordance with the atters las, wishes, and with the
hearty accord of the orchestra and company. A
meeting of the directors of the Opera House VIII be
held to-day but 1t IS not at all likely that anything
will be decided upon as to next season.. The con
tract with DR.. Damrosch only signed last Fri,
day. and no contracts have therefore been signed
with any of the artists.
The Thalia company met upon the stage of that
theatre yesterday afternoon; committee Was
arrange for the attendance of the company at the
funeral floral design ordered and 1t was re
solved to drape the theatre In black.
REQUESTS THAT CODICIL MAY CHANGE.
JOHN +. DELAPLAINE's VILLA CHARITABLE IN
sTITU1IoN PROPOSED.
The will of John F. Deaplaine, formerly secre-
tary of the American Legation in Vienna, n led
Yesterday IN the SuIogates Court. That his name
md his buria- place NAV not soon be forgotten Mr.
Delapaine leaves 81 coo for a monument III Green
fers of his brother Isaac DcIaplaine, deceased. The
land and building at No. 1874 Bowery, three lots of
land at Broad way and kIghteenth-st also land in
One-hundred-and- sixteenth and One-hnndIed aud
nineteenth sts., in Hugs County and New jersey
together with his interest IN Nos. 273 tlfth-aye
So and 80 Monroe, 227 Rivington and 50 Pike
sts To his sister. Emma Louisa Dclaplaine
is left the decedent,s interest i'll the New-lork
Society Library and ~ 900 for charitable purposes
tlvcs and friends, Mr. Delaplane leaves $1,000 IN
trust TO be paid in sums of $1,000 each to the
Home for the Friendless, st. LuAe's Home for In
dIgent Christian Females, the Wonaus Hospital,
the Magdalen Female Benevolent Asylum, the lIO-
man Catholic Orphan Asylum and the Denilt Dis
pensary TO the American Board fOI Foreign Ms
sions and the American Home Missionary Society
are left 81 coo each. Mr. DelapiaInc next states
that his only relatives are his two nieces aud his
brothers and sisters and as they possess wealth so
that their happiness would not be increased bvthelr
receiving more than have already gwen to them
he therefore directs that " such real and personal
estate as may be necessary shall he applied 10 tho
establishment support and endowment Of a char-
table and ps5@9h ucS to be- located in tins
the Relief of the Friendless," tbs institution to be
similar to the Home for the Frendless. Should
thls bequeqt be declared Invalid, Mr. Delaplaine
directs that the resduary estate shall be sold and
equally dl Ided among the nlne religious and
charitable Institutions already namsd, and also
the American Bible Society and the AnencaD
Missionary society. In codlcil minor bequests
are made 70 relatives and friends
1t is SAID tba l. second cOdicil madein Vienna
Mr. Delapaiue returned to this country from
Vienna last summer IN charge of his rclat yes, and
their application was declared Incapable OF tax
ing care OF his property in consequence of mental
decrepitude. The estate is large one.
The arrival Of the Vienna c0dIcil expected daily
and 1t is Thought that this makes complete
change regarding the charitable requests The
will is dated December IL, s66, and was made be-
fore Mr.. Delaplaise's departure for Europe. The
executors are William Betts, Jonathan Thompson,
Philip H. kcarDcy, James w. Beekm2n, Stephen A.
Frost, James Cruikshank and Joseph /. Duryea.
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WRECKED TNyICE-WIrH A CAT.
Captain James II. Speacer, his wife, two small
children aud large cat formed an interest ing
group in the cabin Of the steamer Egyptian Mon
arch which arrived here on Monday from London
Yesterday they sat III tbs homc of a brother in
law, at No. 397 fifth-ave, brooklyn. They had
completed an eyentful voyage, wnich began nearly
q year and a half ago.
I've sailed" said the captain" that is, my
wife, two children and the cat, besides the crew
in the bark Minnie Allen from this port for Sydney
New South Wales, in October, 1883. Wo had