New-York tribune., 1901-10-16
ALBA DIES SUDDENLY.
SPANISH NOBLEMAN EXPIRES AT THE
HOLLAND HAD BEEN ILL
WITH THE GRIP FOR
A SHORT PERIOD
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Without extreme junction. although he was a
| Catholic and while all except the attending
physician thought he improving in health
| Carlos Maria Isabel Stuart FitZjames Y Porto
carrero Palafox, Grandee of Spain, Duke of
Alba and Berwick, nephew of the Empress
Eugenie, and descendent OF the royal house of
| Stuart, died yesterday afternoon in the Hol-
| lard House. No friends were at his bedside in
| the last moments. Only the attending physician
| and the valet of the duke present when he
/ breathed his last. He had been sick since last
/ Thursday. and since Friday had been confined
| to his bed on the advice of DR.. Holbrook Curtis,
/ of No. 11S Madison-ave.. to whom the duke had
| appealed for medical assistance when he was
| taken with his last illness.
The duke enthusiastic yachtsman and
came to this country to see the races between
| the Columbia and the Shamrock During the
races he guest of Sir Thomas Upton on
! the Erin. That vessel he made practically his
home while the races were in progress When
the races were ended he this city and
registered at the Holland House. The history of
his illness is best told in the words of the
physician who attended him, and who was pres
ent when he died.
THE DUKE SUFFERED FROM ASTHMA
The Duke" said DR.. Curtis. had long been
sufferer from chronic asthma. He contracted
cold last Thursday and came to see me at my
office He had fever with the cold and l
diagnosed tho trouble grip rather than a
simple cold There high fever. so put the
patient TO bed Friday ia compel the rest that
necessary The fever persisted for three
days. with continuous attacks Of asthma and
the patient in a very weak state Yesterday
afternoon the fever and asthma left him and he
able to several friends including Don
Juan Riano. the First Secretary of the Spanish
Legation at Washington. who had come TO this
city 10 see him. The DuAe told me that he felt
stronger than he had before in many a day
The apparent Improvement continued through
the night but this morning the patient suffered
somewhat from a recurrence OF the asthma At
o'clock in the afternoon. however. he was so
much improved that his nurse Miss Golding
from the New-York Hospital. left him to obtain
two hours OF His temperature was then
30 degrees and his pulse was 120.
Il called again at $40 and the Duke informed
me that II fatigued him very much to expecto-
rate. He felt tired. However he took a small
glass of champagne and 100 of grain Of
nitroglycerin. which promptly relieved him.
asked his permission to call in DIR. DelafeId and
DR. Janeway for consultation. and he acceded TO
my request
Il telephoned to DR. Delaheld's office and
found that il was impossible for him TO call
once / AT once drove TO tne once or Dr. Jane
way to find that he had been called TO Brook
lyn On the way TO my office as l was return
ing | called at the Holland House. Upon
tering the dukes room found the dukes valet
sitting beside the bed and the duke apparently
asleep. I perceived a marked cyanosis of the
hands and the face. and moved him into what
| thought would be more comfortable posi-
ton With two short hreaths he passed
away at 800 o'clock. The valet said that the
duke had apparently fallen into quiet sleep
a while before and he did not suspect that the
end was near He said the duke had prior to
this time. had several of these attacks. and
that he was not, therefore, worried about his
condition.
GRIP THE CAUSE OF DEATH
II have ascrlbed the cause of his death to
bronchial pneumonia. AS a matter of fact. IT
grip. and his heart unable TO overcome
the trouble. 1 learned that he was always well
enough when at sea. but a great invalid
on land. For that reason he stayed the
water as much as possible. He q member
of the Cowes Yacht Club. The duke lived in
London and Madrid. I have telegraphed to his
aunt the Empress Eugenie that he is dead. 1
believe he was over here with the Infanta Eu-
lalia. when she visited this country at the time
of the Chicago Exposition"
To Senor Riano who had returned to Wash
ington. believing that the duke was recovering
from his illness. a telegram sent imme-
diately after the death. He replied that he
would come to New-York the train that
would reach this city about midnight. but later
sent word that he could not arrive until about
7:30 a m. The body will be sent to Spain on
the earliest steamer. The Duchess of Alba and
Berwick is at Dave Belgium.
Carlos Maria Isabel Stuart Fitz-James v Por-
tocarrero Palafox, ninth Duke of Berwick and
sixteenth Duke of Alba and of Tormes, Duke
of Liria and the bearer of dozen more other
titles including that of Count of Montijo.
born at Madrid December 4. 1919. His
father died in 1881. His mother Maria
Francesca de Sales Portocarrero Palafox y
Kirckpatrick de Glosburn. Countess del Mon
tijo who died In 1860. He twelve times a
grandee of Spain. and a Senator. He married
in 1874 Maria del Rosario Falco V Osoria des
Duuues de Fernan- -Nunez Countess of Siruela |
a lady-n- waiting to the Queen Regent The |
widow and three children survive him.
The children are Jacobo-Maria del Pillar Carlos |
Eugenia who born in 1880 and Fernando |
Carlos born in 1882. The family is one of the |
Oldest in Spain. They are descended from |
James Fitz-James. the natural son of James |
Stuart Duke OF York. afterward James III. The |
seat of the family is Palacio de Liria, in Madrid
$50 by New York Central and 500 by the |