The age-herald., 1900-12-26

From the New York World.
 News comes from Naples that the court there has granted decree of separation to the Duke of Avarna from his Duchess, giving to the Duke the custody of hds two sons, the Duchess to be permitted to see l them twice year, and of a two-year-old daughter, whom the mother may visit at any time. This suit was for separation and for legal disavowment under Italian law of the last child borne by the Duchess In the separation proceedings the Duke of Avarna, who Is the Italian ambassador to Greece, named Prince Ferdinand. The Prince belongs to the Naples branch of the famous Colonna family. Seventeen years ago he married Miss Eva Bryant Mackay, daughter of MT. and Mrs. John w. Mackay. The marriage proved an unhappy one, the Princess securing a legal separa- ton from the Prince five years ago.
 A bitter fight ensued for the custody of the three Colonna children It resulted in the courts awarding the control of the children to the mother.
 Charges Against Colonna.
 According to La Tribuna Giudiziara, the Naples law journal the court permitted the Duke of Avarna to submit testimony prov ing the intimacy between his Duchess and Prince Coonna.
 The Dukes complaint alleges that the Duchess of Avarna left Athens on April IS, 1899, on a visit to Italy, the Duke remain ing at his diplomatic post in Athens; that the Duchess joined her mother at Naples, where she daily received the visits of Prince Ferdinand Colonna; that in June, 1899, the Duchess, with her mother and Prince Ferdinand Colonna, went to Cava del Tirreni, where they lived at the Hotel de Londres until December 8. On January g. 1900, the duke left Athens and proceeded to Naples, where he had been led to believe his wife was still living He did not find her there. After fruitless visits to various cities the duke finally located his wife at the Hotel Eden Palace, where, it is alleged, she was living with Prince Colonna under the assumed name of Del d,Arco. The duke then secured the interven- ton of the chief of police inspector at Genoa, who called upon the couple and of- ficially interrogated the man, whereupon the man admitted that he was Prince Fer dinand Colonna, and explained that he staying at the same hotel with the Duchess to advise her about family affairs.
 A Gorgeous Wedding.
 Few international marriages attracted greater attention than did that of Miss Eva Bryant Mackay and Prince Colonna In 1883. Miss Eva was the daughter of Mrs. Mackay by her former husband Dr. Bryant. She married the prince when she was but 21 years old. This was at the out set of Mrs. Mackay's social career in Paris,
 
 match.
 When Miss Bryant was married her step father gave her no dowry outright but settled on her an annual income of $175,000. The young couple settled in Rome, and 1t is alleged that before the end of their first year of married life the princes passion for gambling asserted itself expensively and was one of the causes of the unhappi- ness which began to show itself In their relations. At that time his wife was called upon to spend large sums to satisfy cer- tain obligations, and in a short time her income and savings were exhausted.
 At that time Mrs. Mackay Is said to have given her daughter $20O 900, but the Princes expensive habit of life increased at rate which the Mackays felt they were not called upon to support
 Princess Quits the Prince.
 In October, 1893, the Princess refused to pay any more of those debts and wrote to her family that she had decided to live with her husband no longer. Her parents approved of her course and she came to Paris. One evening in Naples her husband left their palace for walk. When he turned the Princess and her children had fled. The Princess left behind her a note saying that she had commenced proceed ings against him for separation.
 In November, 1893, the wife applied to the courts in Paris for a legal separation. The prince contested the action on the ground that the French courts had no jur- isdiction The court granted him an order to see the children pending trial of the ac- ton. Later his attorneys came into court and said that this privilege had been re- fused him by the princess. Princess Colon na asserted that she had discovered that her husband was plotting to abduct the children.
 On February 15, 1894. the court dismissed her action for a separation on the ground that her husband was an Italian subject. and therefore outside the jurisdiction of the French court.
 The prince was actionable only in Naples, the judgment said.
 The children were ordered to be handed ovef to the Prince within twenty-fouf hours, and he was ordained their guardian.