New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-24
LORD rRAFALGAR.s DEATH.

Lord Trafalgar'e death from injuries sustained
by a fall down stairs brings John Eyre Nelson.
married 10 Miss Kitty Keel a school teacher of
Battle Creek, Mich, considerably nearer tho his
toric earldom Of Nelson, now held by his uncle.
the present and third Earl of Nelson, for Ntscount
Trafalgar the eldest son and heir Of the earl al
though married. has left no issue The earls sec
ond son also died childless; the third son. Thomas,
tF unmarried while the fourth son, Edward has il
IS true three young boys. After these comes tho
present earls octogenarian brother, like himself
clergyman and then John Eyre Nelson, who has,
as stated above American wife
The earldom carries with 1t a perpetual an
ruty Of s5 co. and the possession of the valuable
Trafalgar House estate, near Salisbury, in Wilt
shire The present earl is a very old man. consid-
e-ablv over eighty years old, and the only peer Of
the realm now living who has held his title in
three reigns namely those OF William ", Of Queen
Victoria and Of King Edward He is often de-
scribed as the grandson Of the famous admiral
the hero OF battle Of Trafalgar This is mis-
take. England's most celebrated naval chieftain
left no legitimate ISSUE but only natural daughter
bv LADY Hamilton. The present Lord Nelson is not
the grandson but the granddaughter, of the great
admiral He is the grandson Of the lattsr's elder
sister Mrs Bolton. whose become second Earl
Nelson the first earl having been the admiral 6
ps<Ron brother who died without male issue
Z nalgt be remembered that the victor of Trafal-
gar died as viscount Nelson, and that the carbon
created only after his demise. in favor Of the
brother with whom he barely speaking
should all the descendants Of the present earl in
the male line die out the peeTages and the pension.
vel the ownership OF Irafagar house
estate would pass to the women Of the family, so
that there lie prospect Of the carbon OF nelson
ever becoming extinct Admiral Lord Nelson 5
Italian dukedom Of Bronte and his valuable 6icll-
ian estates were Inherited by his brother. ana on
the latters death went to his daughter Charlotte.
married to Lord Bridport, through whom they
passed TO the present Lord Brldport.
WHERE TRENCK WAS A CAPTIVE.
spandau. by decision of the Kaiser has ceased
10 be fortress, announcement which recalls
q mind the fact that. formerly the favorite resi-
dence Of the Electors Of Brandenburg, II has for
than three hundred years been regarded as
the key to the defences Of Berlin. It has not only
been great fortress but also a place for the IN
generation Of prisoners Of state
One Of the most famous capttves ever confined
within its walls was Baron Frederick Won der
TTenck, who was cast into dungeon On the dis
covcry Of his infatuation for Princess Amelia OF
Prussia and Of the latter's reciprocation OF the
affection. The prinoesss brother. Frederick the
Great, regarded this romance not merely as IN
science. but as high treason. The baron managed
10 escape from Spandau In the most marvellous
and sensational manner, and on being recapthreo
some years later and confined in a specially con-
Etructed cell at 6pandau. with exceptionally
heavy set of irons for his hands. his waist and
his fact nevertheless succeeded in once more CIV
ing King the slip. It only toward the close
Of his reign that Frederick the Great, moved by
Princess Amelias constant appeals, removed the
ban against him and permitted him TO return TO
Prussia where he is said to have had an Affecting
interview with the princess few days before her
death.
On the outbreak of the French Revolution the
baron. Disguised with all the persecution that he
had endured at the hands Of the rulers OF Prussia
and Of Austris, espoused with enthusiasm the DOC