New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-06

people should have been delegated by his brother
ln-Iaw the King, TO escort the body OF Isabella II
from her home at Paris her last resting place
the gloomy Escurial
The new Grand Duke of Mecklenberg-strelit is
sad faced, unhappy looking man. whose entire
ire has been clouded by the fact that when
young boy he accidentally blinded his father the
late grand duke, who familiar spectacle
10 the many American visitors Homburg, where
ne spent number OF weeks each year. The new
grand dukes mother who still survives, is Eng
fish princess. a sister of the late Duke OF Cam
bridge and a granddaughter, therefore. Of King
George III of England. which. of course. brings
her son into the line OF succession to the British
throne The Princess of Wales is his first cousin.
t4ls advent TO the throne means to him a change
from absolute perjury to great wealth, for the late
grand duke, who found the finances both of his
family and Of his dominion in great confusion at
MS accession set them in order. But the rigid
economy which he had 10 practise for q number
or years before his efforts crowned with sue
cess left its impress his character. and rem
dered him saving and close listed to the point of
downright avarice
Nor were monetary troubles the only ones which
weighed on the new grand duke; for the marriage
OF his younger daughter. Princess Jutta, TO the
Crown Prince OF Montenegro. q rather objection
able youth, unpopular in his own country and
abroad. has been quite the reverse OF happy, and
has remained chdless while the grand dukes
eldest daughter, Marie indiscreet that fur
Their residence in Germany became impossible, ana
she went to live IN France, where she has become
the wife of of the Infanta Eualie's former adj
mirers. the good looking Of retail druggist OF
the name of Jametel. who made fortune by
the invention of a patent medicine The title OF
count borne by young Jametel was obtained in the
usual fashion from the Vatican.
Inasmuch as the next Countess of Camperdown
will be a New-England woman. it may be of inter
est to mention that the present Earl OF Camper
down. who has just been appointed by King Ed
ward to be his Lord Lieutenant for the County or
Forfar, Is the great-grandson of the famous Ad-
miral Sir Adam Duncan, who raised to the
peerage for his splendid victory off Camperdowa
the fleet OF Holland Chen subject to Franco
taking prisoner its commander Admiral de Winter.
whom he brought back with him to Portsmouth on
board his flagship. The Duncans, Of Lundie are
of the oldest houses in Scotland. and there are
few North OF Britain names that figure more IRE
Quently in the naval annals of England
The present earl. who longer enjoys the pen
sion OF $4,000 year granted 10 the admiral for
three lives. was of the lords-in-wattng to the
late Queen. and is unmarried The next heir to
his earldom OF CamperdOwn and to his viscounty
and barony OF Duncan, is his brother, the Hon
George Duncan. who is married to Laura, daughter
Of John Dore of Andover. Mass. and widow or
John Adams Blanchard. of Boston. AS he has no
children by this union and there are no other male
heirs the Earldom of Camperdown and the two
minor honors Will. II he survives his brother, be-
extinct at his death
Young Count Ernest Treuberg. whose impending
marriage Mile. Kaufman. granddaughter and
heiress OF old Jacob Landau the former well known
Berlin banker. is announced. has the blood Of the
Hohenzolierns and OF the imperial house OF Brazil
in his veins The original name OF the first Count
Treuberg Francis Fischer. and he was tutor
the grandfather Of the present Prince Leopold OF
Hohenzollern and OF King Charles Of Ruman!a.
His pupil had an elderly and rather homely maiden
aunt the Princess Crescentia, OF HohenzolIern.
who became so infatuated with the young teacher
that her family had no alternative but to consent
to marriage with him. Previous 10 this he was
created Baron Treuberg. and few years later the
King OF SaXony advanced him 10 the rank OF count.
The born to this union married Il daughter
Of Emperor Dom Pedro I OF Brazil and Of the
Marquise de Santos. Dona Isabella de Alcontara
Brazliera half-sster therefore. OF the last ruler
OF Brazil and whilo still child she created
by her father Duchess OF Coyaz in the peerage OF
Brazil Young Count Ernest Treuberg. whose
engagement stated above. has just been
nounced. is the grandson OF this Brazilian Duchess
OF Goyaz. and a great-grandson. therefore, Of En-
peror Pedro 7. OF Princess Crescentia OF Hohen-
Eollern and OF the latter's tutor husband
There is one part Of the dorninions of King Ed
ward where the severe English law known the
Directors Liability act which has landed so many
dishonest hnanciers and fraudulent company pro-
moters in prison. does not have any effect namely.
the Channel Islands. Consequently. many hnan-
questionable enterprises register
them IN the Channel Islands before inviting the
public to subscribe.
Plus X though less witty than his predecessor IN
the Chair OF ST. Peter. IS credited with a rather
clever remark about France country which just
at present occupies his thoughts both by day and
by night. what a paradoxica! nation the French
are!' he exclaimed. Tho palace OF their Senate
bears the name OF city which longer belongs 20
them. namely the Palais du Luxembourg: the pal
OF the Chamber OF Deputies Ohe Palais Bour-
bonn that OF dynasty which they have expelled.
while the President Of the republic lives in q
palace dhe Palats de rEysee) bearing the name
OF a paradise in which the people no longer be-
ueye." MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
FARREL-GAINES WEDDING IN FALL.