New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-16

| Dominican who enters with his shovel hat In
hand and wearing his white robe and black
cowl He has grand. deep-toned voice that
visibly affects the jury swears to tell the truth
and nothing but the truth in the presence OF
Christs image that hangs behind the Chief
Justice Well. he declares that Rose is not the
murdercss But he knows who is. However,
as he was told in confession. he must give no
cew to Justice. Rose nearly faints from the
violent revulsion of feeling she experiences
After being on her trial for ten hours, she is
in the prisoners room, when lady asks to be
allowed to speak to her. The Judge orders, for
the convenience of this person, that the prisoner
be brought into his own apartment. The lady
| il the Countess in q suit Of mourning more
taking. il possible than the other dresses in
which she was in the first and second acts but
somehow more tragical Stung by remorse
she confesses to Rose that she herself Is the
assassin of the late Count, who outraged her az
= wife and mother. She shot him in a fury OF
indignation for holding vile revel in his house,
where she still resided. She had no remorse
until Father Jacques aroused her conscience by
his Lent sermon But conscience fell asleep
az ain, and was only rcawakened By her hearing
that Rose Morgan was sure to be convicted
The Countess then determined to denounce her
self Rose, tired OF q sinful life, i resigned to
the worst and tries to dissuadc the Countess
Sho is at this point hurried into the court to
hear tn. verdict, which is one of not guilty.
| There is now no need for ile Countess to
deliver herself Up. She is overcome with all she
has been going through and sinks into the arms
of an officer who has taken tender interest in
hor OF course they will be married. The
| audience is brought to absolye her, as ti!e
curtain falls
There are weak points in this drama, and
find fault with the moral it inculcates. Yet it
is pognant from first to last, and there is not
q character in it that does not tell Were 1t
brought out in London it is in Paris, the
whole town would rush to see it. Ellen Terry
would lie delightful Rose Morgan OF Madame
de Veran.
Tho suicide OF NJ. Hector Cremieux has come
with startling suddenness on the financial ana
theatrical worlds Of Paris, but does not surprise
those who knew him well. Ho was an Affection
ate man, and his heart was bound up in his family.
Only few years ago he was bereft OF wlie 10
whom he was fondly attached, and short time
ago he lost the companionship of his daughter
through her marriage All this coupled with
money losses connected with the failure Of the
Societe de Depofs ct Complies Courants, with
which he was closely connected and 10 which he
was managing director, plunged him into state
OF gloom that he unable to shake OF. lie
left of going TO all places OF amusement latterly,
and retired altogether from his club, where he had
many old friends who shared his literary, musical
and other artistic tastes. One Of them told me
somc DAYS ago that he felt uneasy about him, and
never before saw such case Of sudden alienation
from human interests without madness. Sew
eral times this friend proposed TO make a tour
with him 70 get him out of this morbid state, but
I, -, NJ Cra,pi ipta ba
suicide took place under these circumstances: NJ
Crcrueux feeling last night that his servants
were watching him, told them all save valet TO go
TO bed When they had gone he said TO the
man: 81 feel so thirsty. Do into the
diningroom and bring me tumbler of cold
water The valet had been away only few
minutes when he heard pistol shot. He rushed
into the study where he had left NJ. CremieuX.
and found him fallen f0rward with the revolver
still in his hand He had just lodged bullet In
his brain and was dead.
NJ Cremieux was brought up TO the bar and en-
tered the Ministry OF State o clerk in 1882 lie
and his brother who was also Government clerk
with little TO do, set about planning Tragedy
initiated from Schiller. 1t came out under the
name OF Fesque,7 and was sufficiently well re-
ceived to make Hector devote himself entirely 10
theatrical work lie was prolific and sparkling
writer and catered TO the taste Of the Second En-
pire He may be said to have burned the Seine
with "Orphec aux Enfers"--of which he and
Haevy were Joint authors, but which Cremieux
alone signed, because the other writer was still
clerk in ministry where there rule against
Young fellows in his situation using their pens for
Journalism or theatrical authorship. He made
n rapd series of great hits. lie Pied de Mouton,
m eXtravaganza in twenty tahelaus, Ma Iante
bort Geneveye de Brabant.' bouife opera in five
acts lie Petit Faust boufe opera in three acts
La Jolie Parfumeuse, comic opera III three
acts. La Carte Force" n comedy in three acts,
"Autour du Marriage" comedy in five acts, and
lastly Liable Constantin,' were among his
numerous works for tho stage. Having an ear
for music what libretti he wrote went pat to the
scores Of Ofenbach and other composers OF bouhe
and comic opera and operetta. with the fali
Of the Empire his vogue dwindled. though
since that time he wrote some comedies that were
highly successful One of the most 50 was
Liable Oonstantin," adapted from Halevy's
novel Feeling the tide flow from him, he went
into finance.
NJ lola has been making a tour IN Italy.
country TO which his father belonged He was
At Genoa when the fetes were going forward there
and has his notebook stored with the Impressions
no iottcd down during n visit TO Rome. lie had
intended 10 have written a novel having Lourdes
for its name. BIT his journey through Italy has
coused him 10 modify his plan Tho book will
be a trilogy and he named Rome Paris-Lourdes,
and will be- NJ. Zola hopes, history well
grounded on fact Of the religious movement of the
prcscnt day all the world over Il not this
like getting the ocean into quart pot Rome
will be the root and Paris the cause of a neuross
which, owing to Roman Catholic surviNals and
atavism. will bloom out ut the miraculous spring.
The question Of socialism will be also gone into In
connection with that of religion. l.. {.