New-York tribune., 1908-06-05
WHERE THE DUKE DIED
rorropersy About Zola's Remains
Sheds Nesc Light on History.

rs, ZOOS by the Brentwood Corpanyl
NJ. De MonteSellc's vain demand the
-, government for permission TO transfer the
ff ~ his fIlustrfous grandfather, Marshal
rehs .. the family tomb in the great metropol-
b--etery Of Pere-la-Chaise from the Pantheon.
US. ''H "a the entombment there yesterday OF Emile
hos had the curious result OF destroying one
1' -,ost cherished OF popular illusions. 1t had
o. - neen supposed until now that the first Duo
. .ro,tebello died in the arms OF his sorrowing
oe - - IN the battlefield OF Essing. after being
--.uv wounded by a cannon shot HIS death IN
- s.sA,on on the field of battle mas formed the
- -. NJ inuurnerable paintings by artists OF high
20 degree and this version of his death seems
q ,.,,e been ascepted by most of the historians
% " = ems foreign Of the Napoleonic era 1nves-
-.,o- has now placed beyond any question the
. .,st although the battle Of Esslins. in which
,gs-xhe1 I.annes received his death wound, took
- m May 2, 1872 the actual deTnlse OF the
fAo1 di6 not occur until o'clock in the
nl0-e , ~ Nav 81 that is to say. exactly ten
-. .fter the battle. On being wounded he was
,-s,ss TO the Donau Brauerei Danube brewery,
,nau inn in the village OF Ebersdorf, where ne
= ,.ssired on May o by the Emperor, and again
" Ng,v % Two days afterwards he succumbed
- she inn 10 gangrene. and the official record of
q so-,,se signed by the doctor in attendance. by
~ Generals Vignolle. Dufresne, Matthew Dumas.
E-l-e.--el and Frere. and, last OF all, by Marsha!
s.-4h,e- Prince of Neufchatel and the major gen
=, - r-incipal deputy Of the Emperor in the
=
- - This dsy among the archives Of the War
-1o--n,ent at Paris Il drawn up within an
.,,- after his death, and is an historic document
- contents OF which seem 10 have escaped all
ts-.or,ars ana artists until this recent discussion
-, ,be removal Of the marshals body from the
Pantheon.
-La reason nut forward by the present Duke OF
,..r,shele for the transfer Of his grandfather's
-. from the Pantheon was because he consid-
- that il would be contaminated by the entomb-
t there yesterday Of the body Of Emile Zola, the
,.lis+ whom he denounced one Of the V1lest
-s.-a-e and Interest enemies Of that French
--,y of which Marshal Lannes was one Of the most
so-iol,s figures II may be recalled that the decl-
io, some months since Of the legislature to inter
7oi. who died some six years ago in the Pantheon,
ts-6v recognition OF his services TO literature
en5 70 the cause Of justice in connection with the
T7,-+,s case aroused no end Of opposition and
ss-,ncstion resulting in bitter controversy The
1,uo de Nontebello took a leading part therein But
-be Prime Minister, Clemenceau, managed TO get
or+ n. the difficulty with his usual clever
ss He referred the demand OF the duke to the
rouncn Of State. The latter on investigation as
,sr-siued that the body Of Marshal Lannes had
hssr entorahed in the Pantheon by virtue Of a
sye-is1 law enacted for the purpose Of doing
,o,o- 70 his name and services. The Council Of
ste held in consequence that the government was
-oueress 10 authorize the transfer Of his body
s-o-, the Pantheon TO any ether place, pointing
o,- that new law, specially enacted. would be
-eo7,si-e II render possible the removal As il is
useless 10 expect that the same parliament which
,-ar4d the ertombmeut of Zola in the Pantheon
,rorl6 vote 4 Law permitting the removal Of Mar
sbs1 Tauness corpse lest Il should he polluted by
-be r-eserce n that Of Zola. the Due de Monte
ero has been obliged TO abandon all further steps
IN the matter
The Montehelos have a very pronounced strain
Of English blood in their veins which has served
IN measure TO tone down the natural exuberance
-, he of he mar
end his successor as second Duke Of Montehello
was Minister cf Foreign Affairs in the reign OF
King Louis Philippe. such opposing the abolition
Of slavery. and died as French Ambassador. after
-na-ry1ng Miss Eleanor Jenknson, niece OF that
gsrl Of Liverpool who as Prime Minister of Eng
land from 1Sl2 TO 1877 was the statesman chiefly
responsible for the coalition against Napoleon for
his exile Of all Elba, and afterward for his
Incarceration in St. Helena. The London Truth
ststes that the second Duchess of Montebello was
the daughter Of this Lord Liverpool. but the earl
,r ouestion had no children by either Of his mar
-sxes The present duke. fifth Of his line, is a
Younger son Of the second duke and OF his English
wife and IS an elder brother Of the late Gustav oe
yontebeIlo who was for so many years. like MS
.athe- French Ambassador at St Petersburg Inc
duk. Is married TO a French lady, Of mingled
Scotch and Irish ancestry. since. born at Cognac
hs- ~ den name was Therese OTard De Ia Grange
Keith while her son, Maurice, Marquis &c Monte
hello heir 10 the dukedom is married TO an Engllsh
woman born in Peru. named Julia Hay, and who
trhe-3tAd 2 very large fortune from her first hus-
hand Peruvian Of the name Of Dorado
Among those reposing in the crypt IN me
Pantheon which was formerly the Basica OF 81
c4ne15eve are Jean Jacques Rousseau, Noitalre'
Maroeau. General Lazare Carnot. his murdered
grandson President Sadi Carnot; a Tour q @Au-
verEne Victor -ylgo and the eminent scientist ahd
statesman. Berthelot The bodies Of Mrabeau'
the rsvolutiaOy statesman, and of MaTat 'he
Terrorist w-rh al time reposed fhere' nave
been removed and the families OF Lama'tlhe' the
poet n NIicbelet the historian and Of David, the
-sr-a- eclfned offers of the state for their sep