The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-25
The duo del Chaulnes Dies
 Suddenly.
WAS ON HIS BRIDAL TRIP
Duke Expires in His Young WHe's
 Arms.
Theodore shonts Has Cssisa srem .inericn That He wui s.il fer - Paris en the First
 Steamer.

Paris. April 24--In the presenee ok his bride of less than three monthe. Emmanuel Theodore Bernard Mare dAlbert de Luines d'Aiily, Ninth Duke of Chauines and of PicQuignyi and Mar quis of Dangeau. died suddenly from heart failure at Il o'clock Thursday night. In his apartments in the Hokai Langharr, in the, Rue Boccador. The physicians summoned to attend the Duke in his sudden seizure officially gave the cause of death as embIoism Of the heart.
 The Duke de. chaulnes and the Duchess. who was Miss Theodore shonts, youngest daughter of Theodore P. Shonts. of New York, were married in nzNew York, February i6. of this year. The wedding was q brilliant social function and the eud of the brief hon. eymoon was sudden and tragic. Since the arrival of the couple a month ago. they had lived comparatively quiet at the Hotel Langham. taking an oe- casionat automobile ride ins the after noon and in the evening being with ir- timate friends or gotng. to the theatre. Suffered With Weak Heart. The Duke for years has suffered from wsakeheart and for some time had been the subject of fAinting spells. Several times since lite ar rival here. he consulted pr. Henri la covescc. in an effert to obtain relief from his aiiment.
 $ Yesterday evening, the Duke ana the, Duchess. both in the best of spIr- It's, returned from drive in the Bofn de IsouiO@ne. Then diped fn their prG-
 vate apartf,aents, and an hpur alter dinrar. the Duke conpfafnsd nf sekl- ing lll and retired. About 1t oseioek he was suddenly etRicken. Nasnea for | breath and Immediately lost conncioua, ness. The Duchess was seized with
 panic and screamed for aid. maid who reapCrded tn her cry. was hur FfediyS uespatched for pr. Eseoyeaeo. 1 while fhe hotel fnahaseraent ausnGnoned anotliA Ar piiYsician. The tswo doctors ar- rived simultaneously At the bedsido of the safteFeT and administered the most powerful Of heart stiBiuiants. but fhelr efforts were in vain.
 The Duchess was holding the Duke in her arms when he expired She was overcome by grief and cosid not be persuaded by some of her Ameri- can friends who visited the apartment. tel leave the bedside of her daad has band and kept vigiI there throughout the night. '.
 Theodore P. shonts was notified by cable of his daughters Bereavement and message was received from hIIr today. saying that he would take tho
 first steamer leaving New York ana come to Paris. The Dukes family was notihed this morning and his sister tho Duchess dUzes. who was at Bfar. ritz, started immediately for Paris. 10. day Mrsd IT. Millington Drake and oth- CT friends did what they could to com. fort the distracted widow. whose grief nalmsd somewhat during the afternoon
 No Autopsy HeEa.
 When the death of the Duke de- Chauinea became generally known, d steady stream of the Dukes friends. including a number of members of tho French nobility. called at the hotel and left cards of condolence. The refusal of the hotel authorities during tho a9- ternoon to give particulars concernlhw the death of the Duke. led to reports that there was some mystery surround ing 1t, but these were compietAly dls- sipaked by, NJ. Jeanton, a police physl- ctan, who made an examinatiOn Of the body In the presence of other physI- clans, and officially certified that death was due to natural cause and that there was no necessity for an autopsy Tonight the body of the Duke was placed in double oak conn and to-
 morrow morning 1t will be transferred to q crypt in the church of St. Philippe 1arrangerserts for the funeral. which 1t Is expected. will not take place until after the arrival of Mir. Shonts from New York. Tn. accordance with tradi- lions of the French nobility. the fu- neral will he pretentious function and attract to Paris the representatives of the most ancient families in France. with which the Dukes family is allied.