New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-06


barred hearse passed by. ,
Tonight such theatres as are open are almost
empty and the large cafes on the boulevards are
practically deserted.
THE DUCHESSE D'ALENCON A VICTIM
HER plAcKENED AND MUTILATED CORPSE
RECOGNIZED BY HER DENTIST
Paris Nav among the articles picked up
in the ruins early in the day was ring inscribed
"Ferdinand d'Orleans-Sophe de Baviere'-the
names of the Due and Duchesse d Alencon. 1t
was doubtless the betrothal ring of the Duchesse
d. Alencon silver watch attached to a gold
brooch was also recognized as the property or
the Duchesse.
I'm to daybreax the Due d'Aencon refused to
Quit the scene and he vert home after daybreaK
only because he was physically incapabs OF tuf-
thar exertion.
The Queen of Naples and other relatives Of the
missing Duchessa SAT up all night at the hotel
of tha Due dAlencon. on the Avenue Frledlanc
awaiting news.
This afternoon the bodies Of the Duchesse
d'Alercon aad six others were Identified
The Duchessa dAlenccn was the sister OF the
Empress of Austria and the wife OF Prince FER
dinani Of Orleans. She was Duchessa or i'a-
varia and was born in 1S43 and married in 1865.
Her daughter Princess Louise. is married to
Prince Alphonse of Bavaria, and her son. Prince
Philippe is the husband Of Princess Henriette or
Bavaria The forme: Queen Of Naples is one or
her sisters The Duchessn was a woman OF great
wealth and one of the most prominent women OF
France.
The remains Of the Duchesse were Identified
by her dentist. who examined the teeth OF
charred body which believed to be hers
The bla ckened corpse was charred almost pe!on1
resemblance to anything human
Further particulars regarding the nndlng OF
the remains of the Duchesse Acncon sho"
that the secretary of the Prefecture accom-
panied by the maid OF the Duchesse and foot
MAI belonging to the household or the DUKE
searched the rem aims The two servants eventu-
ally stopped before a blackened and mutilate1
corpse They declared that il was the bod;
of their mistress, and the dentls. of the Duchess"
was SeDt for
The dentist, after examining the corpse for
half an hour declared it was not that OF the
Duchesse. He claimed that there was tooth
too many in the head. But the servants insisted
whereupor the dentist and two doctors operated
upon the upper jaw, and Their the dentist was
able TO identify the remains as those OF the
Duchesse dAlencon.
Vienna May J-The Empress has been weep
ing all day over the loss CT her favori;e sister.
and declines to receivs food or nourishnent
This morning none OF thu attendants dare place
a newspaper at Her Majesty's breakfast table
When she did not find it In its usual place she
called for 1t. ana opened 1t trembling WIN anA-
iety. She could not believe that her sister. the
Duchesse d'Alencon. was more than injured
After breakfast she went for her usual walk in
the deer parl. surrounding the fairy-like Castle
Lainz She went alone. Before she returned "a
her room she hal received a telegram from her
sister the Comtesse TRAM, who is In Paris. con-
frming the news OF the death OF the Duchesse
The Empress burst into soba. returned to the
castle and with her two daughters went to her
boudor which she has not lef: since.
London May Ga dispatch to The Times
from Nienna says: Not until this morning
had the EmLeror AMI Empress of Austria heard
that the Duchesse d'Alencon was among the
victims. The Empress was devotedly attached
10 her sister, and is completely overcome by
the bereavement. The dinner which was TO be
given to the Queen Regent and the queen OF
d Holland al the Chateau Lanz, where the En-
peror and Empress are staying. mas peen can
celled Nine Josephine Porges was near reia-
tive of the wel,-known banker. EpnruSsL
TALK WITH THE DUCHESSE DUZES.
HOW SHE MADE HER ESCAPE UNDER AN ARCH
WAY OF FLAME
London MAY 6-"The Times" publishes an IN
terview which its Paris correspondent han last
evening with the Duchesse Dues. She said:
The frs CLEAN Of fire came from spot but
a short distance from where l was standing
was daZzled so swiftly did the flames spread i
can compare ii only to the bursting of rocket.
There was such thing in my case as reaching
the main entrance; but near me was small