The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-30
ANTON SEIDL'S FUNERAL.
II viii Take Place I'm the MetrOpoIi-
tan Opern Houre.

| New York, Mar. 30.-That Anton Seidl's
sudden death was Immediately due to
poison of a character that so far has not
! been and may never be determined is the
| opinion of the coroner's physician after
an autopsy, and also that of the late di-
rector's family physician. based on the
symptoms of his last illness.
In all probability the case is one that is
destined to battle medical science. for.
while the autopsy points to the presence
! of some irritant poison. possibly pto-
maines, there is little hope of determining
its precise character by analysis, the
stomach having been found to be COM
pletely empty, and other physical con-
ditions having developed which may have
! been the proximate, If not immediate,
cause of death
Members OF the most prominent music
al organization in the city met in the
dead leaders home yesterday to arrange
for the funeral. The following were an
pointed n committee of arrangement for
the public services, which will take place
at / O'Clock tomorrow afternoon i'm the
Metropolitan Opera House: Richard Ar
mold, Oscar b. Weber, f. N. Burkhard.
John Mitthauer. William r. Chapman.
David Lehman. August Spauath. Nath-
an Frankie, Edgar j. Levey, John Ed
erkin and w. T. Fink.
1t was announced that admission to the
Opera House will be by tickets. which
will be distributed among members Of
the various societies. subscribers TO the
Opera House and friends of the family.
1t is requested that all flowers be sent
to the Opera House.
Among the musical organizations whose
services have been volunteered for the
occasion are the AriOn, LiedeTkranZ.
Musical Union, Musical Art Society.
Seidl Orchestra, Philharmonic Society
and the Maurice Grau Opera Company.
In accordance with the frequently eX-
pressed desire of the dead leader, his
body will be cremated, at a date yet TO
be fixed. Herr Seidl was a member of
the Catholic church, and the services Of
that church will probably be conducted
at his late residence, but the arrange
ments for this have been left to his
widow.
kilograms of confidence were received
from hundreds OF friends and admirers,
among them Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dam
rosch, Frank Van der Stucken Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Herbert. Laura LangfOTl.
Edouard Remenyi and Robert IngersOll.
The SeidI Orchestra will not dishand.
owing TO Mr.. Seidl's death. but will re-
main intact. and fiji the dates booked for
IL between now and April q. when Mr..
Seid! had intended TO sail for Europe.
The only exception will be that Mr.. Carl
Loewenstein viii postpone the Sedl
concert. which was TO have been given
in the Astoria next week. M-. Henry
T. Schmidt. concertmaster of the or
Chestra. and Mr.. Xaver Scharwenka will
conduct the announced Seidl concert I'm
Chickering Hall next Tuesday after
noon.
Regarding the effect Of Mr. SeidIs death
on the permanent orchestra movement.
for which $4,000 had been subscribed
opinions radically differ. "SeidI's dem
Use will be the dea-h-blow to the move
ment,' said one Of the leading subscrib-
ers to the guarantee fund last night.
THE subscriptions were readily given.
because Seidl was to conduct" on the
Other hand. Mr.. Gustav KisseN vice
preslden- of the organization. and also
a subscriber TO the fund. thought Mr..
SeidIs death had created such a void
the necessity for permanent orchestra
was greater than ever.