New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-22


rcrniess Last year the Duchess was eiectcu
from her apartments for non-paymcnt of rent anG
tina whole of her furniture sol, AT auction iof
the benefit OF her creditors To save her chlidrcH
rom starvation. he begged their grandmother,
the !nianta Christina. 20 support them. ami the
refusal of the latter 20 do 80 iei TO the law
sui,. which was decided against the Duchess
rndc,crred by the result of the tril at Paris inc
Duchess il now SUING her mother-in-aw IN the
Spanish courts Although at first the Queen Ne-
GENT Of Spain was inclined 10 contribute 'o"ard
the support Of the Duchess and her children. u
i said that she has now determined not TO q"
So This decision u probably the result OF me
Duchcsss action II lie Spanish counts wW;h
will involve the making publie of much OF the
scandal IT, the private a!st,ty 0t the K'yai
Family.
Two notable DEATHS have ACQUIRED during ihe
last rc.,;-n1nolv. that Of III" novelist AlbeIt
Drpit. and that of Monsignor dc DIcnA-BIc"'
who has boon Bishop Of Mon,ins for fortE-three
years. The pr"lac was one Of III" few s'rVlV"s
Of the old French nobility who had embraced an
ecclesiastical career. and was son OF the Marquis
dc DrcuNBrcz", who was Grand Master OF '"'
Ceremonies b. King Louis XVI and Queen Marie
Autoinrt,c II was he who was COMMISSIONER
bv the King 10 summon the Tiers Etat In june
l13o 10 dlspcrso. a demand which drew forth
from Mirabcon the historical reply go ana
toll vour master that we are here by the VIII
Of the people, and that we Will NOT dlSprfS' cN-
cent we are driven ont AT the r)lnf OF the paNo-
pet Related to all the grhnd"-f iaml'hS III
France the late Bishop but rarely came - rams
and administered his diocese with 10" "' H"''
forcing his clergy 70 wear tho peculiar g'to WORN
by the Clergy at Rome. Moreover he n"vef APP
pointrd any one Of them to posi-
without cNa"ting beforehand an uh"h''"
better of resignation, 10 he uscd "'"h'
ever he uhc Bishop might 500 NJ u" WIS
a warm PARTISAN Of the late C)mtc DC 'ha1hpof'
and di.nl,vc1 tbc most undisguised hostility TO
the Bonapartist regime. sine" tir comic "' ia'iS
has become the representative cf the monaichlcai
rrinciplc in France hc withdrew altogether from
all nartlcipation in politics. His death reduces
20 seven th, number of French bishops who are
oC noble birth AZ ,lc beginning OF tins century
hcrc wore but ciqht ont Of 100 whO did not belong
90 tho ,ri.n,oracv | merely mention tins IN
,rIcr ~ show that tho tendency toward democracy
i making itself apparent in every walk ana pro-
icssion Of liz"
With rcearI 10 Albert D"pt, II the report
current on the boucvar'is Is TO re oe''Nc'' "''
dc,th is due TO tie abuse o; morphine lie "'N''
recovered from the failure ol TN "i'"'''''''''
~ enc of his works. entitled "PasSloncm'h''
which WIS mt on the stag" a coup" o. years
,.o a., fine Odnnn Extremely sensitive an" a.
cus,omcd 10 success. failure appeared 10 a"'''
IA. mini He saw therein disgrace sch'n''"'
which derived him Of sleep. AMI sr"m"l 10 para"
Two all In, mental activity. win VIZ" w
combating those feelings. he took t. the nS' VI
morphirr. A drug which gradually assumed sue"
, hold oy,r him that neither the efforts Oh Ms
friends nor tie watchful err" OF pfySci'hS an"
srcci,lis., were abb" 10 cure him oi the 'aS'''
,lthouph mi, celebrity ~, a novelist i 'h'l''N
rr,rrh and n" has been regarded rs one ~ '''
lr,.h,c,i s.ar, Of French ltcrltur" "i III" hG"''
kind vol ln retained ms citizenship 81 NV
Tinted state, until coupl" of years AGO IL
,,. h,.n at Orleans, and after lIis ''"'''''
ot P,ri, returned 80 America to take '"hI'' VI
lis f,thcr's tobacco business. lie dl1 NOT NM
mercantile pursuit. to his tlstr AMI soon r'tnt"'
to Tins city. where he began his literary carer
iv IN. contribution of several RENAL kahi' artlcP'
g. fine Revue de- DcuX Mpndrs. II" greatly
di.tincui,hcd himself during the frah'o|'rI'H'h
War and was decorated with the Legion oil Honor
mn ,h. field of battle