New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-09

the Emperor rescinded
In order to remedy the condition of affairs
created by this step the old Empress Dowager, who
is all powerful. the Emperor being mere obedient
and passive instrument in her hands, has ordered
that all eligible princes shall be presented at the
imperial palace this month. She will select three
four of the brightest Of the boys. will keep them
with her for a year or two and will then nominate
of them as the Emperor's successor and adopted
son, a nomination which the Emperor will tmmedi-
ately ratify by means of proclamation The eligl-
BILE princes restricted those belonging to the
generation nearest the throne. but Of a generation
below that TO which the Emperor belongs
The Emperor himself is an adopted child. In fact.
the succession of the Chinese throne. at any rate
in modern times. has very rarely passed direct
from father to son.
BONI DE CAsTELLANEs TITLE.
Count Bonf de Castellanes matrimonial difficult
ties and the probability that he will be compelled
to fight a duel with the husband of the lady to
whom his dispute with his wife is ascribed serve
TO recall the fact that previous occasion the
reignng Prince of Monaco whose French disnlues
of Duke of Valentnois. Duke of Mazarin. Duke OF
Mayenne and Duke OF Estoutevfle are absolutely
authentic and unassailabe. declined to accept
challenge from Bon de Castellane or to grant him
meeting field of honor. on the ground tnat ne
was bearing a and title to which he had no
right whatsoever Boni de Casteane under the
circumstances and according to Old World ethics
should have either smacked the face OF the Prince
of Monaco caned him, or else should nave sueo
him for libel, with view or dlsproVIls the az
cusation. But he adopted none OF these courses
and has accordingly remained ever since under the
irnputaton of having deceived the Gould famiy
when he induced them to consent TO his marriage
with Miss Anna Gould on the understanding that
he was a bona hde Count de Castellane
Without going any lengthy, learned disgust
ton on the subject it may be mentioned that. ac-
cordng to the most eminent psychologists in France
none of the Castellanes now living have any right
whatsoever TO the titles which they bear. since the
old de CasteIIane family which played so great a
role in the history of France from the time of the
twelfth century, became extinct toward the close or
the eighteenth century through the death OF the
last survivor that Marquis de Castellane and Count
de Grignan who was the son-in-law OF the FAMOUS
Nine. de Sevigne.
At the time of the revolution there was according
20 these genealogists. an untitled and extremely
bourgeois family at Toulouse. headed by lawyer
OF the name of Castellane, whose sons during the
Napoeonio in the early part of the nineteenth
century took advantage of the confusion reignlns
on the subject OF titles due to the execution or so
many MOBILES the flight and emigration Of others
and TO the wholesale destruction Of family archives
nobIliary patents and analogous papers coolly 70
assume the titles of marquis and count, belonging
TO the ancient and illustrous Provence family of
Castellane, which. I have pointed out above,
had become extinct. One of these Toulouse Cas-
tellanes distinguished himself soldier. and
being among the earliest transfer his allegiance
from Napoleon 10 the Bourbons after the restora-
ton of 1874 was permitted, like many other gen.
who had RATED, 10 retain the nobiiary title
which he had assumed Anna Goulds husband Is
a ereat-grandson OF this military Marquis de Cas-
tellane. who died field marshal Of France. The
Iatter's elder brothers followed his example. and
likewise assumed the title of Marquis de Castellane.
So that for a time during the first half of the nine
teeuth century there no less than five Mar
ouesses de Castellane.
The senior branch Of these Toulouse Castellanes
is the so-called Norante branch headed by the
MARQUIS Lionel de Castellane, who has two sons
III If Tha-1
Count Lionel de Castelane being engaged in the
wine business. Then there is the Esparron branch,
Of which the Marquis Hppoyte de Castellane is
the chief, and the Magastres branch, of which only
Mile Blanche de Casteane daughter Of the late
Marquis Jules de Castellane, remains. Boni de
Castelane belongs to the socalled NOvejan branch,
the junior.
II cannot be denied that many OF this lot OF
CasteIlanes have made brilliant marriages in the
way of allying themselves matrmonally with the
raaI old artstocracy of France. Thus they have be-
come related In this way TO the ducal houses OF
Broglie of Sabran. of De la Rochefoucauld and OF
Talleyrand, while Bonis mother. singularly
charming woman belongs to the grand old French
family of De Jugne The relationships thus formed.
and the possession of money. have contributed to
cause the old aristocracy TO close its eyes to the
questionable character of the title and ancestry of
, Count Boni OF his father and of his brothers.
BRITISH PEER WITH DAKOTA HOME.
Lord Caithness who arrived yesterday from Eng
land is one of those peers Of the British realm who
entertain pronounced a liking for this country
and for its people that they have established homes
in the United States. The earl owns large ranch
in North Dakota where he spends considerable
portion every year and he comes and goes so I'M
obtrusivelv that few his neighbors out in the
West or his friends in Chicago and New-York are
! made aware OF his arrivals and departures
The earl is the head OF the Sinclair family. which
is ancient origin tracing its descent back TO
the year So 1t figures prominently almost every
page of Scottish history. Indeed, there are few
names with more evil and sanguinary associations
than that Of the Snclairs. The fourth peer of the
line was perhaps the worst monster of his race.
With the assistance of his cousin Lady Isabel SIN
clair he cortrved to poison the Earl and Countess
of Sutherland supper which he gave in their
honor. and then cooy denounced his accomplice,
testified against her and witnessed her execution.
He next kidnapped young Lord Sutherland who
was only fifteen years old, and forced him TO marry
his daughter, Lady Barbara Sinclair, dame of I'M
certain age and more than questionable regulations
The present earl. who is unmarried is the seven
teenth OF his line has property in Great Britain.
his only landed possessions being in this country.
the fifteenth earl's extensive estates having passed
at his death without issue to Sir James Buchanan.
, of Cragend. and TO Murray MacGregor. an Aus
tralian great grandsons of the two daughters of
the twelfth Earl of Caithness. The sixteenth earl.
| and father of the present peer, was only very
moteIy related to the fifteenth earl, and
ceedlngly bad terms with him.
ODD SUPERSTITION ABOUT THY KAISER
Level headed as the Germans. and disposed
az thew are TO reason out everything and TO apply
scientihc research TO doctrines before consentins
~ accent Them they are nevertheless imbued with
90 which is which prevails in Prussia, and
which is almost matter of creed in the Prussian