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+. R. C0UDER1, SR., DEAD.
EXPIRES IN WASHINGTON
He Had Gone There to Escape the
HmdShips of This Climate.

Washington, Dec. 20-Frederie r Coudert
sr-. the we'll known lawyer. of New-York died
here to-day from heart disease, with which he
had suffered for several years. He was attacked
last summer at his home on Long Island and
was then not expected to live. He was seventy
one years old. MIR. Coudert with his wife and
unmarried daughter, was spending the winter
here to escape the severity of the ~I'-eto No the
more northern city. In addition TO the members
of his immediate household there were with him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
ENos N. TAFT.

Enos y Taft. the well known lawyer. whose
death AT his home No I34 St. James Place Brook
ivn on Saturday was briefly mentioned in The
Tribune YESTERDAY was born in Menden. Mass,
severtv-eight years ago. on being graduated from
Yale In 1851 he took up the study of law in New
York and became member Of the firm Of Mead
Taft For Taauv years ne was associated with
Erastus G Benedict and Robert d. Benedict in the
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Se Ia Vile Florence; Hotel De FHermttage. Monte
CARO-. Monaco, Hotel ROYAL. Rome; Krafts Grand
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Hotel Gala. Cannes. Hotel Cannes.
Hotel &etropoIe. Monte Carlo; savoy Hotel. san
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Hotel Bristol Naples; Hotel Savoy. Rossauigo.
Naples, Grand Hotel Victoria Sorrento. Bay OF
BELGIUM-Ls Grand Hotel. Brussels.
GERMANY-Nas Hof Hotel. Wtesbaden: Kaiser
Hof and Auguste Victoria bad Wiesbaden -Four
Seasons Hotel, Munich Hotel Strauss, Nuremberg
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The PRESIDENT TO ATTEND.

When the new Maritime Exchange is opened, on
January g. President Roosevelt, Leslie NJ. Shaw,
Secretary Of the Treasury; Governor Odell and
many city officials will be present Preliminary TO
the opening of the exchange dinner for the mem
bers will be held January D. The new news
room is in Broad-st.. near Beaver. The exchange
at present is quartered in the Produce Exchange
Building
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HIGHEST temperature yesterday, 60 lowest
average -; Tor corresponding date last
average for corresponding date twenty-five years a.
Local forecastF'atr ana colder to-day. brisk 10 hgh
west winds diminishing by evening TUESDAY lair.
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FORECAST FOR TO-DAY AND TUESDAY.

Fer Delaware. New-Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania,
fair and slightly to-day, brisk high west
northwest winds diminishing afternoon; Tuesday
For Eastern New-York fair and colder to-day. brisk
10 high winds, diminishing BY evening Tuesday
For Western Pennsylvania. fair to-day except snow
near Lake Erie brisk high TO southwest winds
diminishing by afternoon: Tuesday fair.
For District Columbia to-day diminishing north
west winds: Tuesday fair.
For New-England. rain in north, clearing in
south portion day colder high southwest wines
Tuesday fair.
For Western New-Yorz. to-day, except fair in
portion; brisk high TO southwest
Tuesday fair.
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CHARITY OGDEN MuLFoRp.

Elizabeth. n. J., Dec % (speciaD.-Charity o.
den Mulfcrd, a well known woman OF Union
County. and widow of Judge Dav milford, died
suddenly to-day at her home in Roselle in her
eighty-third year. She wealthy. She leaves
a and three daughters
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
SPEAKER GULLY TO RETIRE
Pf12efghters Grandson to ReceiUe q
Peerdge and Pension.

Mr. Gully. grandson OF that John Cull, vVho ms
so famous as prizehghter.. bookmaker raeeborse
owner and Derby winner in the early years OF
Queen Victoria's reign. has announced his inten
ton OF refusing to offer himself for recollection "a
Speaker OF the House Of Commons on the connie
ZION OF his present term. He has held office for
nearly nine years. and will on his retirement re-
ceive, as usual pension for the remainder of his
lie OF $4,000 year. together with peerage
which in the case OF ex-Speakers invariably takes
the form OF viscounty
II is possible that the First Con,noner in tho
Land" title which the Speaker of the House of
Commons holds by virtue of a statute enacted sew
eral centuries ago. may resign before the dssolu-
ton OF the present Parliament, and a good deal OF
Tory pressure is being brought in indirect way
10 bear upon him, in order induce him this.
For it would enable the Tories. who possess large
majority in the present House. elect of their
own party to the vacant chair II is singular
TACT that for the last seventy years the Speakers
OF the House of Commons have all been Liberals,
this being due to the fact that the Liberals
usually in office when the chair vacant. 1t is
a matter Of etiquette that long a Speaker
offers himself for reelection the opening of a
new Parliament he should be accepted without any
contest, even he belongs TO the party which is In
opposition that is say in numerical minority in
the House. In fact, contests for the Speakership
relatively rare. and the last five six Speakers
of the House OF Commons have IN each instance,
when first elected been chosen without any opposi-
ton. In the event of Speaker Gully resignng be-
fore the dissolution Parliament, Speaker
will be nominated by Conservatives, who are now
IN power, and would be Tory; whereas, if Mr..
Gully defers his retirement until after the dssolu-
ton and merely announces. when the next Parlia-
rnent meets that he does not offer himself for
election and II the Liberals were to carry
the day at the polls and to have majority in the
new House the next Speaker would undoubtedly be
once more q Liberal
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THE REV. :. l. suLLARD CALLED.

Saratoga, n. Y. Dec. 20 (SpeciaD-The Rev. F.
L. Billiard OF Pittsburg, has accepted unanimous
call to the New England Congregational Church Of
Saratoga Springs
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when the end came. Mrs. F. Benedict, Of New
York, widowed daughter. and Mrs. J. B. Bell
niger, married daughter. Frederic R COudert
jr., son is expected here tonight from the
South. The funeral will be at St Patrick's
Cathedral. New-York. on Tuesday morning, and
the burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Brook
Ign.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21

Il this dagrnra continuous white line shows the
changes in pressure indicated BY The Tribunes SELL
recording the dotted line shows the tenpers
tu-e as recorded by the .ccal Weather Bureau.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21
THE PASSING THR0NG.

Major Edwin T. Glenn, who recently returned
from the Philippines, after being acquitted Of the
serious charge on which court
MAJOR had convicted him. and is in
GLENN OK command Of his battalion in the
CLIMATE 9th Infantry. at P1attsburg, at
the Grand on Thursday. II have
Just returned from a visit Washington said
Major Glenn. prompted by the necessity for addi-
tionsl clothing for my men. Such weather as we
are having PIattsburg prompts the conclusion
mat the KHAKI that just the thing IN the orr
viii hardly DO in this latitude. AS matter
q fact however. Gibraltar with a
supply OF overcoats. Yes. I glad after four
years in the Philippines be again assigned TO
duty in the United States 1 am willing to say
emphstcally that I prefer service in this country
! expect TO feel the change from the warmer eli
mate more next winter than in the which
W have entered"
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By EAN-E NAIL IEsAI0-
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tOutsde boronshs OF Manhattan and The Bronxt
70 Cuha. Por.o Rico. Hawaii and the Philippines
without extra expense for foreign postage.
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Rurnett's Vanilla
Died.

is pure. Don't let your grocer work on cheap and
dangerous substitute Insist on having BUruetts
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Death notices appearing in THE TRIBUNE will be
rerubIished In The Tri-Weeky Tribune without extra
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21

The nine OF ten years which constitute the ordi-
nary duration OF Speakers retention Of the chair
before definitely resigning his post and accepting
his pension and his peeraee are very exhausting.
For a long as the House is in session the Speaker
must remain in the chair giving his whole atten-
-,on 70 every tiresome and Drosy twaddler who
happens to be on his legs, and careful to that
there is no violation OF the rules Of order, and
ouck 10 rebuke the speaker If he happens 10 touch
pon some other subject than that before the House
al the time. The Speaker cannot slip out TO the
smoking room or to the lobby, but must remain IN
the chair bored 20 death
The Office of Speaker has existed since the year
Yq-s when Sir Thomas Hungerford was elected as
e. Ars- Speaker OF the House Of Commons. and
- tho long list OF First Commoners who have oi-
-.cte5 the proceedings Of the House during the six
-4,,,4es that have ELAPSED since then are 10 be
s,,.4 many distinguished names The Speaker can
- M mart in debates, and. although member
- The House has 10 vote excepting in one solitary
Circumstance namely when the numbers are equal.
TIE, 10 has the casting vote, and IT is 10 d vote
- ,b,s Kind in 100 that King Edward owes the
,brone Of the British Empire
r-,reror Francis Joseph. now in his seventy-third
sr has lust shot his 2,CO0th chamois at Eisenerz'
IN stvria His total at Murzsteg, when the Car
as y.itb him in the late fall ran short OF the two
.no,,sand by eight and the sturdy old monarch has
been stalking diligently N the mountains on every
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21

The following ocal record from the Weather Bureau
shows The changes temperature the twenty
four hours In comparison with the corresponding e.
III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21

Everybody knows Of the terror which Field Mar
shall Lord Roberts the veteran commander in chief
Of the British Army and Victoria Cross hero, en-
tertans for cats the proximity of any OF these
animals producing not merely nausea, but actually
fainting spells. But few save Lord Wolseley's in
innate friends and associates of the fact
that this equally gallant soldier. who has been
wounded again and again. being battle Scared al
most from head to foot is similarly affected by the
sight of raw meat. Indeed, when in the back
woods Of Canada he found it physically impossible
to bleed the deer that he shot and TO either clean
fish or cut up any Of the game preparatory 10 its
being cooked for dinner. Even TO this day Field
Marshal Lord WolseIey finds it a trial to pass by
butchers shop and would be unable to enter one
without suffering from nausea.
Baron Won Brandt who for 5 many years repre-
scented the German Empire in Japan and in China,
and who was placed the retired list for having
married a foreigner, the daughter Of an American
missionary at Picking, without having previously
received the sanction of his government, as re-
quired by the rules and regulations of the Depart
meut of Foreign Affairs at Berlin. is affected pre-
cisely in the same manner as Lord Roberts and
Lord Woseey by horses and by ponies. Indeed
throughout his stay in the Far Orient he never
able to make use of a carriage being compelled to
restrict himself palanQuins and sedan chairs
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
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day since that he could snatch from his official
labors in order TO make UP the two thousand. When
ne finally touched the mark the event was cele-
orated in true hunters fashion by the mountaineers
of Syria. Tyrol and Lower Austria. among when
the Emperor is always at his best and happiest.
Chamois hunting. is we'll known, is one Of the
most difficult and even perious forms of sport the
game can be found only in the most inaccessible,
remote and lofty portions of the mountain ranges
of Austria, Northern Italy and Switzerland. and is
extremely shy. To be q successful chamois hunter
demands only sureness of aim. but also sureness
of foot and great powers Of endurance, powers
which il Is amazing to find in a man Of the age OF
the Austrian Emperor.
The latter's prowess as a chanois hunter is
surpassed by only one other sportsman of note in
Europe-naTnely. by Prince Augustus of Sake
Coburs, son-in-law of the late Emperor Of Brazil
and brother Of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and of
Prince Philip OF Coburg. He brought down his
2o0tt chamois some eight years ago. and may truly
be described as the king OF chanois hunters
For many years the Emperor's favorite cOmpan-
ion on these channels stalking expeditions was the
late King Albert Of Saxony. and all day long the
two old sovereigns. white haired and white whts-
kered, alpenstock in hand and short, stocky rifles
slung over their shoulders. would toiling up and
down the mountains along the edges of great procI
plces, tracing their steps along paths that TO the
uninitiated would seem afford no footho'd any
living thing save the chamOis. Sometimes they
would be overtaken by snowstorms while up in the
mountains and unable to see their way or to move
either backward forward for whole hours to-
gether. while at other times they would be forced
to lie fat their stomachs and to cling with
hand and foot any friendly bit Of projecting rock
in to avoid being blown down the precipice
into the deep crevasses by the terrible winds which,
without warning, sweep through the Alpine gorges
and valleys with force that only be described
cyclonic.
Everybody engaged in the chamois stalking expe-
ditions from the Emperor down 10 the humblest
Jaeger" wears the same kind of mountaineering
costume. consisting of of 'joppe,' or jacket
of gray homespun with green collar and facings
and buttons of undressed stag horn; homespun
breeches buttoned above the knee which is left en-
tireIy bare; thick woollen stockings rolled below
the knee. and heavy hob-naied lace boots The
headgear is that known in this country as the
Tyroese hat. and is usually adorned by a channels
beard fastened TO the ribbon.
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Eenigke
& NEAORI Al
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The Sneaker Of the English House OF Commons
is a very MAGNIFICENT functionary, and has
times been declared TO be the most powerful per-
sonage OF the British Empire. For the latter is
governed by Parliament. representing the will OF
the people and by Ministers Of State, representing
the majority OF in the House OF Commons,
AMI II is the Speaker who is the supreme authority
of the latter He can suspend member; he
stop the Prime Minister a point Of procedure:
he can close a debate: he can decide the most
nornentous constitutional questions by few words
spoken in private conference; he can overrule the
Cabinet on points which may be vital to its policy,
and which may either enhance or discredt the
authority OF the House, and it is he alone who de-
terrnines who is to speak and who is to remain
silent no Secretary Of State not even the First
Lord OF the Treasury who holds the title of Leader
of the House, or the Premier. II he happens to be
a member Of the lower chamber. being able
address a single remark in Parliament without
having previously obtained the permission of the
First Commoner in the Land by means OF the
peculiar process known as catching the Speakers
eye"
so important a part in history as the eye of the
Speaker. Its power and rights not based
any Written law but long established custom
and tradition. Very often several members rise
in their places at and the time endeavor-
ing arrest the wandering optic of the Speaker.
and IL is then free TO that august functionary TO
make his selection and TO indicate the member who
has permission 10 speak. While he generally con-
cedes priority 10 the newcomers, who are about
70 address the House for the first time yet he is
impartial IN the performance of this particular
duty that within the memory Of the present gen.
Grafton at any rate no Speaker OF the House OF
Commons has ever yet been taxed with unfairness.
OF course. this extremely Anticipated method IS
attended by many disadvantages. and ii often hap
pens that members prevented from addressing
the house for weeks together and debarred from
taking any part in the debate owing to the failure
10 catch the Speakers eye. Under the circum-
stances falling eyesight is almost insuperable
bar TO the retention Of the Speakership The First
Commoner in the Land is obliged TO have good
eyes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-21

The mace which occupies prominent position
on the table of the House Of Commons when the
Speaker is in the chair which Is carried before him
by the sergeant at arms in his professions TO and
from the chamber, and which is ANONYMOUSLY
placed under the table in the House OF Commons
on the death or resignation OF the Speaker, as well
as at the commencement Of every new Parliament
until the Speaker is elected. is not as so many
people suppose an emblem of the authority vested
by the House its presiding officer, but is token
of the authority intrusred 10 the Speaker by the
Crown and the permanent presence Of member
Of the rovaI household in the person Of one of the
Kings sergeants arms. i'm attendance on the
Sneaker is a further indication of the fact that
theoretically at any rate the powers enjoyed by
the Speak are derived from the sovereign rather
than from Parliament and in this connection 1t may
be added that at the close OF every session OF the
house the mace is duly surrendered by the Speaker
TO the Kings sergeant at arms and deposited by
the latter in the Royal Treasury now known as the
Jewel House" in the Tower Of London
The Office of Speaker carries with IL magnificent
ofBcial residence in the northern towers Of the
Palace OF Westminster. the bright and lofty rooms
beinr lighted with great windows looking out onto
the Thames In addition to this residence. which
is furnished and maintained for him al puhHc ex-
pense the Speaker receives salary OF S""O0o a
year. besides most generous allowances. "heh the
bouse is in session the Speaker gives series Of
oA5cf.l barouets and of levees. These are very
stately affairs and the gentlemen VINO attend them
are expected 70 appear either IN UNIFORM or IN court
dress the ordinary evening dress oelng surety
forbidden The Speaker himself receives MS guests
in black court suit and steel hilted sword ana Is
attended by his trainbearer. his pursebearer' MS
gentlemen in waiting, his chaplain and by the
Kings sergeant a. arms. The Danquets take place
in the great dining room, the windows OF which
look cut TO the north. and from them may be seen
the long stretch of the Thames Embankment, with
i+e erfect farmland OF electric lamps and moving
TIGHTS The paneIled walls of this apartment are
o6orn.5 with full length portraits OF former Speak
ers in the robes OF office. The long table as well
as the huge sideboards. are loaded down with
superb old plate. the ex offlcio property Of the
Speaker OF the House Of Commons. some OF II con-
s+,.D-inP mart OF the loot taken from the Spanish
Armada during the reign Of Queen Eliza The
Speaker takes wine with old fashioned courtesy
with each OF his guests in turn and. OF course the
health Of the sovereign is proposed and drunk with
decorously sincere formality
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