The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-25
TRAGIC DEATH ENDS H2g$,< 2g$ 'NOON Due De (<F ds Dies Suddenly
 h .Ote| In Paris TERRIBLE BLOW ID BRIDE Duke Is Stricken In Room After Re- turning From Ride and Expires
 at once-Theodore Shonts
 Hurries To Paris.
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Paris, April 24.-In the presence of his bride of less than three months, Emmanuel Theodore Bernard Marc d'Albert De Luynes DAILY, ninth Duke of Chaulness and of Picquigny and Marquis of Dangeau, died suddenly from heart failure at Il o'clock Thurs day night in his apartments in the Hotel Langham, in the Rue Boccador. The physicians summoned to attend tn e Duke in his sudden seizure officially gave the cause of the death as em- bolism of the heart.
 The Duke De Chaulness and the Duchess. who was Miss Theodora Shonts, youngest daughter of Theodore P. Shonts of New York, were married in New York. February Is, of this year. The wedding was a brilliant social function and the end of the brief honeymoon was soon and tragic. Since the arrival of the couple month ago they had lived comparatively quietly | at the Hotel Langham, taking an oc- casional automobile ride in the after noon and in the evening dining with | intimate friends or going to the the 
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 rhe. Dske for yeAr 1a Pared from .9ea ssasss &4t enl asase,,s has been the subject of rainnles spel ;. Several times since his arrival here he consulted Dr. Henri Iscovesco in an effort to obtain relief from his ail- ment. ~--N Sudden Seizure.
 Yesterday evening the Duke and the Duchess, both in the best of spirits, returned from a drive in the Bois de Boulogne. They dined in their pri- vate apartments and an hour after din- ner the Duke complained of feeling i'll and retired. About II o'clock he was suddenly stricken, gasped for breath and immediately lost conscious ness The Duchess was seized with panic and screamed for aid. A maid who responded to her cry was hur- riedly dispatched for Dr. Iscovesco while the hotel management summoned another physician. The two doctors ar rived simultaneously at the bedside of the sufferer and administered the most powerful of heart stimulants, but tn cir efforts were in vain.
 The Duchess was holding the Duke in her arms when he expired. She was overcome by grief and could not be persuaded by some of her American friends who visited the apartment to leave the bedside of her dead husband and kept vigil there throughout the night
 Theodore P Shonts was notified by ca ble of his daughters bereavement and a message was received from him today ba ho fret steamer leaving New York and come to Paris. The Dukes family was notified this morning and his sister, the Duchess D' Uzes, who was at Biarritz. started i'm mediately for Paris. Today Mrs. H. Mil lington Drake and other friends did what they could to comfort the distracted widow, whose grief calmed somewhat dur ing the afternoon.
 Sympathetic Callers.
 When the death of the Duke De Chaul- ness became generally known a steady stream of the Dukes friends. including a number of the members of the French nobility called at the hotel and left cards of condolence.
 The refusal of the hotel authorities during the afternoon to give particulars concerning the death of the Duke led to reports that there was some mystery sur rounding 1t, but these were completely dissipated by M. Jeanton. a police physi- cian who made an examination of the body in the presence of other physicians and officially certified that death was due to natural cause and there was no nec- essity for an autopsy.
 Tonight the body of the Duke was placed in a double oak coffin and tomor- row it will be transferred to a crypt in the church of St. Philipe Du Roule where 1t will remain pending a funeral which will not take place until after the arrival of MT Shonts from New York
 In accordance with traditions of the French nobility the funeral will be pre- tentious function and wilt attract the representatives of the most ancient fam flies in France with which the Dukes family is allied.