I

Imace upon the government

.cr. Put the adminls-..rfect the credit of

.h whether it will.ry lapse for want-

of the peer-• it Napoleon, or if they will• by a legislative vote and erased from: \u25a0

Among tbe creditors of the State are these hold-Bl r ? a:.r;ui!ies conferred, alorjg with titles of

• by the first Napoleon, .-nd which are in-\u25a0Ctttai c-c~<rrliz£; to official parlance on the "GrandUrn d'? France"— that is to say. on the Grandledger of the State in France. Must of these pen-: \u25a0 thirty-seven r.< '".-s. who draw large annui-ties from ha nation. treasury, iire declared op-

I>r.r:«'r:ts of the republic, openly agitating for itsoverthrow ar.d Ear tiie restoration either of a Na-

ttupti* "rof :iBoorfMta kinpdom. for quite«-. large r.umbtr of tba aobtel who owe their coro-nets to UM r.rtt N.;poir-.j:; liave l>eccme Orleanistsrawing to t^io tad that for some years jiast royalismIs more rtlTlinnaWa than iior.apartism.

That Vt to sB :\u25a0 . The Frencn reputllc. which does: ' .. / retcgr.:ze litits of tiroers of r.obillty,and BfMefe is b;t?ed upon the doctrine of absolute<• -- " . pa> sea(s ea( h year large sums drawn from thetaxpcyerE for the support of thirty-seven Frenchdukes, princes and counts, who not only render no

artatsocwr to tl.e country, but are Btrivingto upset tta goven-.ment and who are the avowedfoes of the republic.

Of the near eight hundred titles of nobility ron-f-rred by *.^e first NEpoUcn bout one hundredyears ago th« rt- a: \u25a0 cr.iy thlr'.y-soven a-tber.tic onesrriU ir. \u25a0llrtsJllW

—tbmt :s to «ay, which have been

inherited in the male line direct, although there\u25a0-re a U"111HIT p

'Ibcß which have been as-

maOßß mUbUUI \u25a0lUtwnllf by cousins, nephews,-law. tic, or twra by the husbands of the

IHHMMUfjtIMIWat tr.e original holders of the titles.«'h:ie Napoleon 111 in a good natured way revivedTitles conferred :y Ma DOtda in Javor of equallynawsotja kinsmen of the generals and statesmen towhom they were granted b the fhst place. Th«Bnrt Emperor. Is creating dukedoms, princedoms

884 Other titles of DaUlltjr, ir.variably accom-panied tfasj booor ;\u25a0>• the. grar.t of an annuitypayable \>y the goverr.mect treasury as long asthe "Majorat" remsuiitd in existence— that is tosa\, as loaf! as There was kpitirrme descent !n themale Bdk, the ideA beir.g, cf eootas, to assure thepeople whom he hai thv:s honored and theirdescer.C^::T« Itaf tho-re s;:o id always be enough

ta rr;a:r.:a:r. UM v.ii- v::h the proper amount ofc:gr.;:y.

The :hirty-*«%^r duk<s. prfrtff and courts ho re-main, tr.d who have UsMxttad thtir dijrr.nies In therr.a:>: Baa direct fro^: :.r.cesiors ennobled and dow-

f Us* bat Napoleon a hundred years ago,rtillcraw to thit- tay ttea tb4 national treasury:fae ar.n-it'es given at tne time of the grant of thetitle.

atepea'.ed attempts have br«?n mad to abolish\u25a0test B:t the j»ropf..-al has almost invariably beenoppose .. by th« Minister cf Rnaaea for the timebeir.K. iiO matter what the shade of his political\u25a0H«i|ti.ii ,_;_ j_vie ,^-our-d that such action wouid in-jure EB a very serious manner the credit of thestate. Ob tr.e \u25a0eoaasteo of Qm "rst Napoleon, again•t the BeurLicn restoration in DDK at the time ofthe July UllJuttim Irs 1-3 '. vhich landed King-I.oui* PbStppaj on '.:.«. tl.rccie: !n Ibis, in tMSL whenNapoleon 111 w?ts praclslßWd Emperor, ar.d again-

:\u25a0" -71 on the ctr.stitution cf the pre.- re-;.\u25a0 one of the first actti of the legislature wasts If'ft the credit at the nation and thus facili-tate fir.;a:c:al operations of the national Treasuryby placing the creditors of the state "under the*ii.f*f:u«rdof the horror and loyalty of the Frenchr.atio:.."

Mr. Vilas was born in Ogdenrbur?:. N. V., InIM2. and spent his boyhood there. loiter h<» re-moved to N>w-York City. He was for ma-, yearsgeneral freight traffic manager '>f the Kr;e Rail-road, and Inter president at the New-York Air15rafce Company. Seven ya-rs ago he came her«iand became. president of CM Pyle Nriiional EtoetrtoHeadlight Cumpany. He leaves a \u25a0widnw four eonsand two daughters. The funeral arrangements willbe made to-morrow. The burial probably will beat Ogdtnsburg.

ROYAL COOPER VILAS.[BY TEUEGEAPH TO THE TEJBrNE i

Chicago, Dec. 25.—

Royal Cooper Vilaa, presidentof the Pyle National Electric lieaclight Company,died this afternoon at h!s hon-.e here. lie was takenillwith pneumonia last Saturday afternoon and h!acondition was so serious that a consultation ofphysicians was held. He Improved, however, andthe doctors were hopeful, but a turn for the worseset in last night, terminating fatally this after-noon.

DR. ROBERT BOOCOCK.I>r. Robert Boocock died on Monday in Fla:-

-ah^rt lie had lived for the last nineteenlie was born in York. England, and came

to this euuntiy with his family in 1870. He was ahomoeopathic physician, and ar. ordained ministerfor macy years in the Baptist church. Fur a

of years he combined t-ie two professions,churches in Tottenvilie, Staten Island;

llle Centre. Long Island, and Mount Vision,N. Y. In the last twenty-five years he conl^ed

y to the practice of medicine. Heleaves two eons and one daughter, William H. Boo-cock. pastor of the First Reformed Church, of

"-ederick R. Boocock. of Ynnkers, andMrs. \l;_-i\in Brandon, of MeadviUe, Penr,.

DR. AUGUSTUS D. RUGGLES.

Dr. Augustus D. Ruggl»-s, who died on Sunday,willbe buried to-day, the funeral services being heldat his home. No. 330 West Fifty-sixth-st. Thaburial will b«s private. Dr. Ruggles was graduated

from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1562. andwas a raemlier of the New-York Physicians' Mu-tual Aid Association.

W. D. BISHOP, SR., ILL.Bridgeport. Conn.. Dec. 29.— William D. Birhop.

ft., «-La!rma.n of the board oJ directors of the New-York, W«W ITlTaal and Hartford Hailroed. Is in acritical condition at hla home here, suffering from

Itrouble

RECEPTION FOR IRISH POET.A r<ceptioa was riven yesterday for William

Butler Teata tne Irian poet, at the New- YorkPrasaClub. President W. J Arkell of the club Intro-duced Mr. Teata. and he made a ahort address. A

n and sonjs In Gaelic followed.

JEROME SYKES.Chlcagrj, Dec. 25.—Jerome s>iies. who had been

playing the leading part in "The Billionaire," died

from pneumonia to-night at the Stratford Hotel,

after an Illness of four days. Mr. Sykea contractedpneumonia while thinly clad during an amateur

theatrical performance at a dinner which he gave

for the members of "The Billionaire" company onfhristmas Eve. The funeral arrangements havenot yet been made, but the body will probably bet»ken to New-York for burial.

Bcficr Salmercn. the Spanish Republican leader.•xho ir. response to a request from a kadir.jr news-paper at Berlin for the expression of his hoped for

the future, declares ttat he "longs for a speedy

IVJVStattfla at Madrid to clear away the presentrepne tbarvV which, he .-aye 'Is an uninter-

ru^itd n-r:t-s of accidents, disorders, outrages and•suppressions," has been President of the SpanishIttputllc, ar.3 is the most eloquent and eminentiawycr cf tie entire Spanish tar. as long; asEae^sta, the enrewd Liberal leader, was alive hesjucctfcded la kt-tping fialmtrcn, ar.d through him

the entire Heputiican party, from any anti-dynastlc

\u25a0itnHTTI and aiT£r*«slon, fey promises of liberal re-

Jorms. ar.d co friendly were in those days the rela-

tions bttxreen Salrneron. the recotrsixed Republican

l«*4er. exd the rein^n*; family that until threeyea!« ago he actually had cnarre of all the legalInterest; la Spain of old Queen Isabella, whoJTiaiea her home in Parts, drawing her civil list

from the royal treasury for her and acting in herb»».a!f in all Questions with the royal family, withth» state and In 1 nil—ll with her private prop-erty m th« kingdom.

a:; tills has ceased tar.cc the death cf Eagasta.•nd the advent to office of Befior Maura, the moatresvrtionary cf the Conservative party, who 1* ab-solutely iifpnaMil to every kind of reform, political,

administrative and financial, has bad the effect ofconverting Befior e«Jm«ron Into a declared foe ofthe monarchy, and ha* stirred him and bis follow-ers to ::.*ugurttß a very avctlve warfare againstthe throne.

Seficr Salraeron declares that "the monarchy andtoe Churtii are blamable for Spain's decline. Theywork together hi tjcJcJng the people dry. It wast« keep the throne above water that th« war withthe United State* was bexun."

J*«wtr before «ir!f-e the restoration of the lateKing Alfonso to tie throno has the latter beenIn such peril as it present. Set or Maura's appoiat-raeci m Premier end his declaration that, far fromrtfiiidnr OM n*val »uk 3military «zpez>diturM, J*«

Jerome Sykea had been identified for many years

with prominent musical comedy productions, with

the Bostonians. with "Foxy Quiller." and for th«last two a< mm with "The Billionaire." ll* wasa man of largo physical proportions that contrib-

uted to the unction or his low comedy vela ofjunior.

The following official record from the Weather Bureaushow* the changes in the temperature for tie last twenty-

four hours, ia comparison with Urn corresponding data of

Jmsl year!Ustyear:1903. 1002! 1803. 1902

8 a. m 1* 23 4 p. m J» 2aa a. m 18 28 rt p. m 23 37y a. m \u25a0& 80 9p. m £5 an

12 „> 25 R-:!ll p. rr. 31 37• p. m » Wi:^ m—

toHighest temperature yesterday. 36 degrees; lowest, 18;

average, 23: average for corresponding •'ate last year, i;2;average for corresponding date last twenty-five years, 82.

Local forecast—

Partly cloudy to-day; variable winds,becoming wtsurly and fresh;

-Thursday fair, withrilingIgsjaßantlMk x

TftIBTTNILOCAL OBSXRVATIOKS.

For Eastern Pennsylvania, fair In south, clearing In

north portion to-day; colder; variable winds, becoming

west and fresh. Thursday fair, with rising tenapora-

ture.For the District of Columbia, fair; colder to-day.

Thursday fair, with rising tt-i:iperuture. Freak nortU-

wes 1. winds to-day.For New-England, snow to-day. Thursday fair; vari-

able winds, becoming west and fresh.

For Western Pennsylvania, fair in south, snow innorth portion today: colder. Thursday fair, with rta-Injr temperature: fresn wtst wir.ds. b*-comlr.c variable.

For Western J.cw-YorH. snow iir:d noldar iu-tiay.Thursday snow, with rising temperature; fresh .\u25a0\u25a0•_•<:

wind*, becoming variable.

Yesterday's Record and To-day's Forecast.Washing-ton, De<:. 29. A1l that remains of the Laka

Superior disturbance of Monday night Is an Irregular

moderate depression over the lower lakes and west

Ontario. It has. however, caused general snows in the

lake region, upper Ohio Valley, the north portion of

the Middle Atlantic States and New-England States.Elsewhera throughout the country the weather hasb*en generally fair with high pressure. Temperatures

have risen 4 to 18 degrees in the Atlantic Slates and

lower lake region, and have fallen 10 to 26 degrees in

the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys and the

Northwest, except Montana. Over these districts they

are 5 to -6 degrees below the seasonal average. In the

extreme West they have changed but Uttla.There willbe snow Wednesday in the lower hike re-

gion, New-England, Interior Nsw-Tork and the north

portion of the Michigan Peninsula- Snow Is probable

Thursday in Minnesota and the greater portion of the

lake ret.on. There will also be rain or snow in theNorth Pacific States. Elsewhere the weather willbe

generally fair Wednesday and Thursday. It willbecolder Wednesday in the uj'per Ohio Valley, lowerlake region and the Middle Atlantic States and warmerir. the Northwest and the upper Mississippi Valley.

It wi-1 bs warmer Thursday in tho lake region, the

Ohio valley and the Middle Atlantic States. On the

New-England Coast the winds will be variable, be-coming west and fresh: on the Klddla Atlantic Coast.fresh west to northwest; on the South Atlantio Coast,fresh and mostly west: on the Gulf Coast, licht andvariable, and on Lake Michigan, fresh north to east.

gteamara departing Wednesday for European ports

will have ar able rah becoming westerly, with gen-era! ly fair wrj.tiier to the Grand Banks.

FORECAST FOR TO-DAY AND THURSDAY.For Eastern New-Yor'.;, partly cloudy to-day; snow

In the Interior, colder in west portion; variable winds,

becoming west and fresh. Thursday fair, with rising

timperature.For Delaware and Ncw-Jirse-. fair; colder to-day:

fresh northwest winds. Thursday fair, with rising tem-

perature.

THE WEATHES. KEFORT.

M. ROUVIER TO RESIGN.Paris, Dec 30.—"Gil Bias" announces that M.

Rouvier -willshortly resign the portfolio of Min-

ister of Finance in the Combes Cabinet, to re-

sume the presidency of the Bank of Commerceand Industry.

December 28—

The Dixie, tram League Island for Colon;the Cuijf^a. fioia Port of fcpain for Colon; the Petrel.from Acapulco, for Pana:i,a; tr.e New York, fromban Fraiicisco, for Panama; the Hull from Aanapoiis.

for Norfolk; 'he Mohican, from San Diego, lor SantaBarbara; the Solace, from Honolulu, for Guam; theLeunidaa. from Lambert Point, for Baltimore.

MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS.— The fol-lowing movements of naval v-.-s-'ils have been re-ported to the Navy Departing- t:

ARRIVE! \u25a0

December 28—

The Olymsta, a: r. r; 'he Lebanon, atBaltimore; th* B-it^iu. the 1. e^a or the Chauncey,the Liale, the Balcbrtdge and liM Barry at banJU£JI.

December—

The Minneapolis, the Hartf>rd and theYankee at Pensajoia.

SAILED.

Rear .Admirals G. W. SUMNER and C. T. FORSE,placed c retired list.

Lieutenant L. R SARGENT, detached the Dixie; toBureau of Navigation, Navy Department.

Passed Assistant Paymaster F. R. HOLT, commissionedpassed assistant paymaster m navy, with rank of.lieutetar". Junior grade.

Chief Engineer K. R. GAYI.OR, detached navy yard,"orfoiK, January 5. IS*v4, tv naval station, New-Lon-

don, inconnection extension of naval coaiir.g plant.Lieut.Hint Colonel P. ST. C. MURPHY, commissioned

lieutenant colonel, and First Lieu -cant C. T. WEST-COTT, ccduniejilonfcd first ;ieuter..ait in marine corps.

Secon.l Lieutenant CHARLES H. FULTON. PhilippineScouts, to Hot Springs, Ark., to army and navygeneral hospital, tor treatment.

Captain CHARLES C. BALLOU. 12th Infantry, from

general hospital. Washington Barracks, to Join hiscompany.

First Lieutenant WALTER COX. assistant eurir»on, <3e-tatleU member examining board at Fort Banks, viceKir*iLieutenant George M. Ekwurzel. assistant sur-geon.

Mai ROBERT R. STEVENS, quartermaster, to Quar-termaster General' oDce.

Contract Surgeon EDWARD T. GIBSON, from Philip-pines, horns, Minneapolis, for annulment of contract.

Contract Surgeon EDWARD W. PATTERSON, fromPhilippines, to Fort Washington.

Contract Surgeon M. liANLJEY WATERHOUSE, toPhilippines.

Resignation by MaJ^r FRANCIS H. SCHOEFFEL, Jutfgeadvocate, of commission as captain of Infantry (l«tnRegiment; only, accepted.

Major FRANCIS H. SCHOEFTEL'S retirement an-nounced.

NAVY.

TO BE MADE GENERALS AND RETIRED.—It was stated at the War Department to-day tuat

with the promotion of General Chaffea on the re-tirement nejet week of General Young, a certainnumber of officers will be promoted to the grade ofmajor general and retired, and nhers to the gradeof brigadier general and retired.

ORDERS ISSTED.— The fol'.owins; arm" and navy

orders have been issued:ARMY.

[rBOMTH» THJItrNB BCRKAr.IWashington, December 13.

WANTED—SEWING MACHINES.— ofScla'.sof the Military Academy are In the market forsome sewing machines. Captain Thomas Franklin,commissary and quartermaster of cadets and treas-

urer of the academy, is anxious to buy five tailors'sewing machines, with Individual electric motors

for their operation, estimated to cost In the neigh-

borhood of $500. Captain Franklin, in his appeal,says: "Additional sewing machines are necessary

in order that the tailor shop may be equipped torall the demands made upon It. At certain periods

of the year it is necessary to hire additional tail-ors in order to keep up with the vast volume ofwork, and the present equipment of machines 13insufficient in number. The stencil machine cutsstencils very rapidly and cheaply out of a specially

prepared paper, and will he very useful to makestencils to make the many packages shipped byfreight or express to the cadet store, also for mak-ing name stencils for the use of cadets to marktheir clothing, bags. etc.. in a uniform manner."

M'CREA TO srCCEED NICHOLSON.—der Reginald Nicholson, detail officer of the Bu-

reau of Navigation, will leave here next Tuesday

for San Francisco to assume command of the newprotected cruiser Tacoma. now receiving finishingtouches at the Union Iron Works. This vessel willbe attached to the Pacific Squadron, ami her firstservice probably will be in isthmian waters. Com-mander Henry MeCrea, 'recently detached fromcommand of the gunboat Maehias. has been de-tailed to duty as the successor of CommanderNicholson, and reported at the Navy Departmentto-day. f

ADMIRALEUMNER'S RETIREMENT.— The re-tirement of Rear Admiral George W. Sumner. re-cently detached from command of the South At-lantic squadron, and now on leave of absence atPatchogue, Long Island, was announced to-day.

He is a Kentuckian. He entered the navy in Sep-

tember -SoS. His retirement and the retirement ofCaptain Charles T.Forse and Commander CharlesA. Adams will r>:»u:t in the promotion of CaptainCharles ONeil. Chief of the Bureau ot Ordnance,to be rear admiral, and Commanders John A. Rod-gers, A. V. Wadhams and John D. Adams, to becaptains.

TO DEDICATE NEW ISELIN CHURCH.Archbishop Farley la to go to New-Rochelie on

Sunday morning to assist in the dedication of Thenew 4<,000 church and rectory which Adrian IscJinhas Just given the Italian Catholics of that city.together with fittings, even to the vestments to

bt» worn by un pricai. Father Manzello. The laelinfamily will probably attend the ceremony. It is thefourth Roman Catholic edifice whk-h has been builtby the iselin family in the last ten years. Mr. Ise-lin is a Protestant, but has deep reverence for thereligion of hli Wife, wav was a Miss O'DonneH, ofBaltimore. His gifts to the Rnmnp Iiathotte Canrchare bald to represent an expenditure of nearlyn,00».0u0. The new church was given by the bankerto the Italians to relieve Uio attendance at St.Gabriel's Church.

William Morris Leaves Two Others$0,000, withMarriage Condition.

The will of William Morris, of No. 161 East Sev-enty-fourth-st., who died on the steamship Vader-land en August 11,I1, was filed for •probate yesteerday.The will is dated June 26. ISC>3, shortly before Mr.Morrid sailed.

Mr. Morris cuts off his two daughters, Anna andJul.a. taying: "Igive to any daughters Annie andJulia the sum of (1 each, they .:hv.: betn tfis-obedient to me during my lifetime." Three thou-bund dollars each is left to Rode and Berenice,sometimes known as Bella, two other daughters,"jiruv,Ji::K that they marry in accordance with thewishes of (.heir beloved mother." To anotherdaughter. Birdie S. Wilkus. the testator gives (bemui.cy tnrested fur h. r In h!s business at No. (DGBroadway. The residue of the estate goes to thewidow, Mrs. Lena Morris.

Daughter of Jocelyn Johnstonc LosesLegacy ifShe Does.

The win of Joeelyn Johnstone. who waa private

sp^retary to Borough President Randolph Guggen-

hebner, and who was well known among Tam-many politicians, was filed for probate yesterday.

The value of the estate is unknown.The entire wtata. la left in trust to Robert S.

Johnstone, a deputy Assistant District Attorney.

With the exception of his library, which goes to Idason Louis M. Johnstone, when he reaches his ma-jority, the testator directs that al! the remain rof his property shall be sold and the proceeds beused to pay for the education of his son Lewia, at

Columbia Law School. Should the aum realized by

the pale be insufficient. Mr. Johnsior.e l!re.?'s thatthe deficiency shall be made up from royalties onbulks ami manuscripts in the hands of publishers.

The testator provides that tho rtsidtM of the *»-tntrf shall be paid over to his duiightf-r, Nora M.Johnstone, "who has always been dutiful and af-fectionatfl to me." The will provides, however,"that my daughter does rot con.mumcate or asso-ciate with her mother, whose inilut-nce. both morala.; religious, would be detrimental to her. inas-much as her said mother, my late wife, waa «ii-vorced (rona tot."

The will further directs thru $1 each shall bepaid to Alan M. Johnston*, a son. and Olive M.Johnstone, a dauc it(r, as their full share cf theestate. If the dansrhter Nora or th© son Lewiscommunicate or as-odate arith their mother theirshare In the tstate is to go to The testator's broth-er, Itoden Johnstone. of Doarnpatrick, Ireland.

CUTS OFF DAUGHTERS.

MUST NOT SEE MOTHER.

This important exhibition of mezzotints was ar-ranged Ly Frank Weitenkampf, curator of theprint department of the Lenox Library, and is freeto the public. The bibliographical side has not

been overlooked. There is a easeful of books onthe history and technique of mezzotint, on individ-

nal engravers, on engravings after Individual ar-tists, and books illustrated in mezzotint.

As most of the prints shown ar» portraits, thepersonality of the sitter contributes an Importantelement of interest Interesting, too, are matters ofcostume, customs, landscape accessories, tastes andfads, with pictures of child life, including thoseof children in action, as bathing ar.d buying fruitfrom a barrow.

Prints that attract attention are those of r^r-WWMy depicted in characters other than theirown. For example, Elizabeth. Duchess of Man-chester, with her son George. Viscount >ville. as "Diana and Cupid." by J. Watson, afterReynolds; Master Crewe. as Henry VIII.by JohnRaphael Smith, after Reynolds; Lady CarolineMontagua as "Winter." and Mrs. Siddons, in thecharacter of Zara, after Lawrence.

Together in one case may be seen a print ofCharles 11, Catherine of Braganza, Queen ofCharles 11, and Oliver Cromwell, all aft.r Sir PeterLely. Of American Revolutionary interest t3 MissSneyd as "Serena." after Romney. and lent byJ. Pierpont Murgan. Miss Sneyd waa Andre'sfiancee.

Other noteworthy mezzoiints arc "Georgiana,

Duchess of Devonshire." a.'tfr Gainsborough: "TheBeauty Unmasked," by Philip Dawe. after Her.-yMorland; "Cupid aa a Ldnkboy," after Reynolds;"Mrs Elizabeth Billington."by Robert Dunkarton,after John Downraan, lent by J. Pierpont MGeorgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, as "Cynthia,"by Valentine Green, after Maria Cosway; "DavidGarrick," aiter Gainsborough; "John Beresforu,"by Charles Howard Hodges, after Gilbert. Stuart,

from the S. P. Avtry collection; Mrs. Jordan ir. tbecharacter o* "Hypoiita." after Hoppner, l>>r.t byJohn L. Cadwalad<-r: the Hon. Mrs. Tollemache. in

the character o* "Miranda," after Reynolds; MissSearle aa "The Careful Shepherdess," a lit-tle girl with a lamb in her arms, by Eiiza.-b«.th Judklns. after Reynolds, lent by J. Pier-pont Morgan; Lady Hamilton (Emma Hart)as "Nature." alter I.:mney; '"Children atPlay," after Beechey; "William Wycherley," afterSir Peter Lely; "The Fruit ParroV (Walton

family*, after H. Walton; Mrs. Billington as "St.Cecilia." after Reynolds, cf wfalck the originalpainting is in the New-Tort Public Library;"Children Bathing" (The Hoppner children), afterHoppner; "Samuel Johnson," alter Reynolds;"Frances, Lcdy Whitmore." by TIaMDM Watson,

after Sir Peter I,e!y. lent by J. Mwpoart Morgan;

"Mrs. Gwyn." after Hoppner; Mr3. ElizabethHartley, in the character of "Elfrida." after J.Nixon, lent by John L. Cadwalader; "Lady SarahBunbury Bacrtfldns to the Graces," after Rey-nolds; "The Nutbrown Maid." after F. Cotes;

"Lawrejice riterne," after Reynolds; "William Bur-ton Co'riyngham," after Gilbert Stuart, from theS. P. Avery collection; Mrs. Musters as "Hebe,"

afcer Reynolds; "C. J. Fox," after Ople, lent by

K. <;. Kennedy; "Shooting, 1'after Sartorious; "The

Earl of St. Vincent." after Gilbert Stuart, from theS. P. ATery collection, and "John. Lord Eldon,"

after Lawrence.

A Rare Exhibition of Mezzotints at

Lenox Library.A noteworthy exhibition of early English mezzo-

tints, which opened yesterday, may be enjoyed atthe Lenox Library. Itillustrates the developmentof mezzotint engraving in Great Britain, particu-larly during its great period, about 1770-1300. aad.Incidentally, the prints reproduce many famouscanvases. As most of them are portraits, the at-ures and costumes of numerous prominent and In-teresting personages are perpetuated in black andwhite. Delineation* of British types, child life,manners and customs add their notes of interest.

The mezzotints are ail after British painters,excepting a number after Gilbert Stuart, drawnfrom the portfolio full of reproductions of paint-ings by that American artist collected by S. P.Avery. and added by him to the Important collec-tion of prints presented by him to the LenoxLibrary.

—The British mezzotints are drawn from the col-

lections of J. Pierpont Morgan, who lent half ofthem; John L. Cadwalader. J. Harsen Purdy. E. G.Kennedy and Richard M. Hoe and from the S. P.Avery collection belonging to the library. Whilethe display is particularly rich in prints of thegreat period of mezzotint art in England, about17T0-ISOO. earlier work Is also represented.

The exhibition, opening with prints Blootellng,Van Somers ar.d others of the late seventeenthcentury. is followed by Simon and others of theearly eighteenth century, and leads up- to the groupof engravers whose work forms the glory of Brit-ish mezzotinting. There are Interesting examplesof the work of Dean, Dickinson. Groser. Jones,Valentine Green, James and Thomas Watson andJohn Raphael Smith, who has an alcove. to him-self, and among those who opened the last century

are John Young, S. W. Reynolds and C. Turner.The exhibition contains many fine impressions.

The study of British painters of the same period,whose works are perpetuated in these prints, issuggested by the consideration of this specialtyin British engraving. There Is a good representa-

tion of Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Lawrence. Hcpp-ner and norland may also be studied at the hi-bition, as well as other artists who aided in illus-trating the tendencies of British painting in theirfiar.

FROM FAMOUS CANVASES.

Blnlr.ger. Byroc. Pond. Mary M.B.etrcker. Catharln* A. Rugtlea. A. D.Board. Ben C. Ryan. Abraham H.Boocock Robert. Tainain. Gecrse >>.. Jr.Gray Elizabeth. Vtn Dosar, MaliR.Hoyt. .~AUiU«iB. Vila*,RayaJ C.Manierra, \.'aroUne. "Wood. U>uisa M.

BlNlNGEß—Entered Into rest on Saturday. December 54iyo3 llyron EliiinK<;r, son ai the late Josef U. andEsther 'Blnlnger. aged

--rears, at Arlington, N. J.

Funeral from hla late residt-nce. Xo. 616 Belcrove I>rtv«.on Wednesday th« 30th ir.st.. at 2.30 p. m. Carriageswillbe In waiting at Arlington station on the arrivalof the ICO train from Cnambers-st.. New-York. Inter-ment Ir Arlington Cemetery.

\ER—

At Pompton. N. J. December 28, Catharinea. Ble^ckcr. daughter of the late Antncny W. Bleecker.r\inerai services at residence. Pompton. on Thursday.December 31. at 2 o'cluok p. m. Carrlin» wui me«ttrain leaving Chamber*-»l. terry 13 o'cluck m. Inier-mtnt «•. Qraaarvaaa, Friday. January L.

BO\RD -At CTie«trr. N. V. on Uoclay. Pecember 3«.Ben Curry son of Josefh Beard, class of luOI, College

vt Physicians and Surgeons, New York. Funeral from

oil notne. Thursday, D«ctmber 31. IMS, at I.Mp. m,

BOCHXXTK—

On Monday. December 2«. iflf>3. Dr. RobertBoocock. at his late residence. No. 2 Uu6 Clarendcn

Road. Flatbush, Brooklyn. funeral private.

GRAY—At her iaa*aajaaa, in sur.-.mit. N" J. DecemberZ*. ItHJ3. E:uabeth. wife of Edward Gray, aged 60years. Kuneral private.

HOTT—At Katonah, N. T.. on Tuesday. December 2ft,Samuel B. Uoyu in the 77th year of hi*age. Funeralservices at hi« late reaidenc« ou Kriiiy. January 1.I>.4, at 11 a. m.

MANIERKE—

On Sunday. December 27. 1900. at her resi-lience, ocaxborotich— -n-Uudson. Caroline, wire of Ben-jamin F. Mirarfrt, aged 71 years. Funeral private..\V».dn**iav-, I^C'-mber 3l>. Interment at Woodlav.n, atc. r».enienoe of the fslffftT.

POND— At Wareaaaar. Mass.. en Monday. December SIMe. y Matilda m£e Ml*piee). arM m of the late Charles11. i'^nd. in th- fcii >ear of her age. Funerai MrrteMat Worcester. Ma.*s.,ca Wednesday, rv.-^T!O»r 30, at 4o'clock p. ml, at r**id*nce of H. £1 iajraajaai lr.tr

—mer.t a: Ml'fjrii,ODBB-, Thursday. Deaaaasaf 31. a: 2.50o'clock p. m-

llllltlHII—

Obi Sundry, December 27. Dr. A. D. Ru#»'.es,tKru %n{ \u25a0<-».'». EUiatrvas and rrsends a-* lnvltaU toauend ths funeral. ttOCB h!j late rt-H.ddaVv. No. i'S>\V«*t s*Uh~tt.. co Wednesday -tnurnlng. t)«cember iJ.at 1ja/clBCk. l:;terair:.t prl\ate.

RYaN—

SuddetUy, at Kast Orange. N. J.. December 29.l'jua. ALraham IUH Hyan. in lha SSth year of his age.Funera. notice faaraatter.

TATUAM—At Philadelphia, on December IT. 19C3. Gears*North Tat ham. jr.. si>n of Catharine Louise and the La:*Geors* North Tatham. Funeral servtcra at bis lateresi^pr.ce. No. 1,114 Ssrucv-st . Philadolphia, «aWednesday, tna Sola tnst., at 11 o'clock. Intermentprivate.

VAN ULZEH—

At Newburj. OB December 27, Helah ReeveYon Duzer. In the flat yrax of his axe Kuneral 9*:

-v!c«n at his late residence on Wednesday, the 3o»h tii-f.ar:. at a p m. Carriages will meet arrival at 12 SjWest .^h!.T>: train from 42i-st.. N*w-Tork. Intermentprivate at iii«awnjCenaetrry. Uroosiya. It la ro-nuestad that no rl^werj be sent.

VU.A.- Tv-slay, Decembar 23, 1003. at his reaMaajsa.Nu. 2S>7 Ontario-st.. Chlcagti. 111., or pneumonia. RoyalCooper Vila*, formerly a resident of New-Turk Cityand Yoi&era, la the Oil *s*r at aia a«a.

Death notices apjx-aria* la THE TRIBCXE will tea

republisoetl in Tho Trl-Weckly Tribune without extra

cLarge.

Died.

Burnett's Vanilla15 pur*. Don't let your grocer work off a cheap anddangerous substitute. Insist on having BurnetTa.

GRAND OPERA IN PHILADELPHIA.Philadelphia. Dec 29.—The city's season of grand

opeva, under the management of Heinrich Conried,

opened to-night at the Academy of Music, with aproduction of "Rlgoletto." Interest centred in thePhiladelphia debut of the new tenor, Caruso, whosesinging has been so highly praised In New-York.

The other principals were Mites. Sembrich and

Homer and Messrs. Scotti and Journet. All wereenthusiastically received, and the opening of the

season was most auspicious. There wiU be twelveperformances, covering a period of two months,

wi:h extra performances of "Parsifal."

GRAND OPERA IN ENGLISH AT HARLEM.Last night, at the West End Theatre, there was

again a large audience, fillingthe entire house, to

hear Henry W. Savage's English grand opera com-pany sing. "IITrovatore" was the opera given.

and Miss Rennyson, Miss Dv Fou, Mlas Ives. Mr.Goff and Mr. Sr.ee nan were the leading singers.

Tlieir work ia not unfamiliar here, and they wererf-ceived, as in the past, with popular favor, at

times with much enthusiasm. Verdi's favoritetomes were redemanded, and the demands weregranted, wMcfc may cause the Judicious to grieve,

but which certainly caused the audience at the

West End greatly to rejoice. Elliot Schenck con-ductPd.

Curtain 11:30. Every thins worfestf perfectly. Ab-solute success. Congratulations. MORTON.

Beerbohm Tree, who produced "The Darling ot

the Gods" in London on Moniay, has sent a cablemessage to Mr.Beiasco as follows:

Congratulate you on triumphant success. Acceptmy aeknuwredgmenta for tnis beautiful play andfcr your own masterly statecraft, to which somuch of to-oight'a success ia due. TREE.

From Michael Morton. Mr. Tree's stage adviser

in the production at llis Majesty's. c;une the fol-lowing:

A special matinee performance of "Gypsy." anewplay ty Sydr.ey Grundy. willbe given at the Oar-rick Theatre Uiisafternoon.

KQss Barrymore Watches Her Brothers onthe Stage

—Congratulations for Bel&sco.

Hiss Ethel Barrymore. who ceases to be "CousinKate" at 10:30 o'clock -jvery evening, was in timelust night to see the last act of "The Other Girl,"produced at the Criterion, wltn her brother Lionelin a leading part. On Monday night she succeededIn reaching toe Savoy early enough to see the lastact of "Glad of It." in which her brother Joaa Isnakiag his Broadway detat.

NOTES OF THE STAGE.

Report That Russian Emperor Will HakeTrip to Eoiae in the Spring.

Rome, Dec 29.—It Is asserted that Prteice

Ourousoff. tha new Ambassador from Russia

to Italy, in presenting his credentials to King

Victor Emmanuel, announced that It wu theintention of the Czar to visit Italynext spring

in return for the Italian monarch's visit toRussia.

THE CZAE'S VISIT TO ITALY.

Newport Hears He Is Favored for Comman-der of the ArtilleryCompany.

[BT TEXJECRAFH TO THB THIBTT*!.]

Newport, Dec. 29.—Should he desire, Alfred G.Vanderbllt can become colonel of tha Newport Ar-tillery Company, one of the oldest active militaryorganizations in the United States. Its charterwas granted by King George In 1741. The com-mander. Colonel John D. Richardson, will retire laApr;!, after a service of twenty-five years, and ItIs said that Mr. Vanderbllt Is talked of as his suc-cessor.

Mr. Vandcrbilt has always taken a great InterestIn the company, and It!s thought that he will ac-cept the honor, as it would take little of his time.He has the question under consideration. Formercommanders of the or- ->pary Include Colonel Addi-scn Thomas and Co. >r.el John Hare Powell.

A. G. VAUDEBBILT MAY BE COLOffZL

"Now that Dr. Gre*r's election has been final-ly confirmed." said The Tribune's Informant,

"the consecration will be only a Question oftime and detail. a3. for Instance, the arranging

of a luncheon for a certain number of clergy."*

The talk of a rector having already been de-

cided on to succeed Dr. Greer at St. Bartholo-mew's was dismissed as absurd. "Various 'suc-cessors' have been mentioned In the columnsof the press for several months,"' said this man,"but you may be assured that no considerationwill he civen to the choice of a successor toDr. Greer until after he shall have been conse-crated.

"The vestry of the chnrch willdecide on thesuccessor, any suggestions Dr. Greer himselfmay make no doubt carrying: considerableweight in the selection." This man added thatIt was improbable that the successor would beappointed until at least five or six months.

Confirm Election of Dr. Greer as

Bishop Coadjutor.It became knoTrn yesterday that Dr. Greer"*

election as coadjutor to Bishop Potter wasfinally confirmed by the bishops last Sunday

and that his consecration will probably ta\k»place next month.

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ARMY AND NAVY ORDERSXEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 00. 1003.

A TITLED CINDEREI.I \.

CXaggTAKERa.

\u25a0ifpLm Marritt Enob'l'r i»«. CiHtertaJcara. U%-» W,23d &c TaL 529& or 33*6-1 Fran^ E. r^fi^i

'Rev. Stephen MrrrJtt. the •orM-wto^anown ob»

•artakar. aaly on- plac# of boatnesa. MM ara. md .ma.at.; Urtr«: ta the world TH 14-laali 1

COtZTTCRJUU.

Tn» Great Piaalawn Cemet»rr. larjr««t to wiiriiV\u25a0aaafetaaßt ataiiiialauin atm nnasd. OtSc*. 29 Broa4 at.

Th* ••d 1» w \u25a0 C•a •t• vr

la the meet aeeaaaftla aaaastarr at th*metroesetii by HarMa trains^ trolley or car.-.*.**.Thirty minute* from Grmnd Central. Lot*Mid as 113 as. Mtar Iliaill1 1 IBoo*-iat. or by r*£ueat *MVMBajOll *.li —\u25a0\u25a0

OFTICB, 90 EAST 2ST>-BT^ H. T. C2TT.

Died.WOOD— Diiiatfiay 28. IMA Leulaa M. Wood. ei4«st

dati«hMr of John and *»ran M. Wood. M th* Soth yearof har a«a. Funeral at har lata raaaaaaca. So. 14«East 4Ka-aL. New-York. Wadaaadajr. D«c«in!v»r 30. M10 a. m. Interment at CAiovenieac* aC ta* f*,ni'j>Kindly ©nut ncw.r..

Special Xutice*.

L*J>- Northcot*. who Is now on her way out tothe antipodes esldl her huabor.d, Lord Northern*.the new Govemor-Genrral of Australia, can boastof a Bliuruiarly romnntic career. In the various"p«era*es and «taa<lird work* of re/erenee theBam* of her family »iil be locked lor in vain.She Is everywhere flescrlb^d merely as "Aiicp,

adopted daughter c{ th« Canadian Lord Mour.t-Siepfcer.." Hal no other information ts vouclisafsdconoeniics her parentage. This Is due to the factthat her chUihood. ejx>at la Canada, was very furfrom happy. Baal was the Cinderella la amare family, th« oMai it. <ju^«iion and h!« wifelialUnc from VerciL::t. where their daughter Alicewas bore.Is. ~o way the late Lady Mount-Stephen be-

caiae e=GuaiEt«l with the pirU took a fancy to her.and. finding out that her Jife was not precisely rose-colored and that she «v mere or less the "souffredoaieur" of her fanUly. she incuced bcr to ependmore or le*« time wi'.h LorJ Mour.t-Stephpn andhcr»e:f. Aiic6'a parents raised ofcjectioas to this.

that it rearulted la her housework beingl<ft rmflnna. wtWUiiun L«4y Mount-Stephen•ULTt*d by providing a servart to take the girl'sj.iace la the clergyman's fami'.y. and ultimatelymade an arrangement *iith him to adopt the girln^tojre-ther on the •standing that his wife ar.Jthe remainder of the fani.;y renounced all furtherCfi-r.ection ai:d relationship with her.It is L>:;e-.ed that t*.e torms made w^re of a

niMTWTtoi character. At any r-*tc. iiresulted in th.;

"•BUM ot *:i Alice's lies with her family andher regular adoption by Lord and the late

*

Lady-Stephen, who settled a large fortur.e upon

her vbca she married Lord Northcote. She is avery good looking, immensely generous and uni-\u25a0ccaatly popular woman, and to-day finds herselfvirtually vicereine of the great continent of Aus-tralia.

Romantic Career of the New Pice-r of Australia.

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JEREMIAH M. ALLEN.

Hartford. Conn., Dec. 23.—Jeremiah M. Allen.president of the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspectionarc! Insurance Company, died at his home to-day,after a short illness. Mr. Allen was widely knowniii insurance circles, and was a member of severalscientific and historical societies, including theAmerican Academy of Political and Social Scienceof Philadelphia, the American Association for theAdvancement of Science, the American Associationof Mechanical Engineers, the American HistoricalSociety of Washington, the Connecticut HistoricalSociety and the Sons of the American Revolution.

For a number of years he was a lecturer on in-surance topis at Slbley College. Cornell Universityard at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Hewas to have been a lecturer this year in the YaleInsurance course.

Mr. Alien was born In Enfield in 1533. His wife, adaughter. Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts, wife of C. E.Roberts, of Boston, and a son. William H. Allen,also of Boston, survive him.

Superior General of Pavlist FathersWas Gen. Grant's Roommate.

father arm Deshnn. superior general of theMl—tormry Society of St. Paul the Apostle, morefamiliarly known ;,s the Pnulist Fathers, died atmidnight last night In his rooms at the parishhouse attached to the church, at Columbus-aye.and Fifty-r.!r.th-st. Heart disease was the causeof death Father Deshon had been ill for aboutthree weeks.

Father Deehon caught cold about eight daysago. He had a congested lung and pneumonia wasthreatened, yet he persisted in attending to hisduties, and went about them every day untilChristmas Eve, when he had to go to bed. He feltso much better next day that he went about hiswork again, and kept at it until last night. Heoven then returned .-it the usual hour. But halfan hour afterward Father Deshon called his at-tendant to hi? bedside.

'•-uy heart is weak"

he gasped. "Itis becomingweaker and weaker."He was so feeble that the attendant called In

the other priests of the order, and all were soonfT his side. It was well known then that he wasdying;. There was plenty of time to administer thelast rites of the Church, and they were performedwhiie the priests knelt by his bed.

Th* body will be kept in the church till thefuneral on Saturday, and the burial will take placeor. that day. Like his predecessors. Fathers Hewitand Hecker. Us body will be buried In the cryptunder the church he did so much to build.

Father Dc-fhon has a sister in Connecticut, and anephew, a lawyer. Charles Deshon. in this city.

He has several other luphewa and two nieces. Hehad several brothers, one of whom went to Nica-ragua, while another was Giles Deshon, an Episco-palian minister, of Meriden, Conn.He was e'.ected to the -Generalship of

the Paulist Fathers for a term of nine years.He was bam in New-London, Conn.. January 20,

ISI3. He came of Huguenot stock. After a prepar-atory school education he went to the West PointMilitaryAcademy, in the same class with GeneralU. S. Grant and other men who subsequently at-tained fame Father Deshon was General Grant sroommate there. Entering the service afterward,he became a. captain In 1851.It was about this time that Captain Deshon be-

gan to inquire diiigtntly into religious views oflife, and his studies er.ded in his retiring from thearmy and entering the priesthood as a member ofthe Redemptorlst Fathers. This was in 1&55. Hewas engaged in mission work with Fathers Heck-er, Hewit, Baker arid Walworth, and with themorganized the congregation of St. Paul, or the Paul-tst Fathers. Tne Rev. Augustln F. Hewit becamethe superior general of the order, and on his deathFather Deshon was chosen to succeed him in Sep-tember, 1597. He was the last surviving memberof th«» founders of the community of the Mission-ary Society of St. Paul the Apostle. He was asfamous for his work. in many ways, as FatherHecker and Father Hewit. So liberal were thesemen that their order became known throughoutthe religious world as "The Protestant Catholics."

Father •\u25a0lion continued the work f his prede-cessors. H:s work was missionary, us was theirs,but he was a lighter by propaganda more than bydirect debate. He had stirred the missionaryworkers of the Catholic Church to greater zealthan ever before, so that his society became knownail over the world.

FATHER DESHON DEAD.

proposes largely to Increase them, and that he willnot tolerate any reduction of the enormous ec-clesiastical budget or administrative reforms, havesent down Spanish government funds with a run.and convinced the manufacturing, the Industrialthe mercantile and financial elements In Spain thatit is hopeless to look for the redemption of thecountry as long as the present dynasty remains onthe throne.

MARQUIFE DE FONTENOT.

F. H. ME. BIRCKHEAD.[\u25a0I TELEGOArn TO THE TRIBtrSJE. ]

Baltimore. Dec, 29.—Frederick Harrison McEversBirckhead. a descendant of the McEvers family, ofNew-York, known socially and in his clubs asHarry Eirtfkhead, died to-day, having undergonetwo operations for appendicitis. He was thirty-two years old. He was a son of I^ennox Birck-head. and a member of the real estate firm ofEirckhead &\u25a0 Co. He was a governor of the Mary-land Club and the Elk Ridge Hunting Club, and amember of the Bachelors' Cotillon Club, one of theorganizers of the Maryland Steeplechase Associa-tion, and a steward of the National SteeplechaseAssociation. His color*, pink and grehn. werefamiliar or; Eastern tracks in steeplechase events.

An.or.s the Napoleonic nobles drawing annuitiesEna (&\u25a0 (•\u25a0'venmer.t is the Duke of Bassano.\u25a0tNM grandfather, the first duke after the down-fa!!of the 's! Napoleon. ecld all the latter's pri-

vate papers, which had beer* intrusted to hiscr.ar*:e, to Emperor Alexander of Russia. Thankst$ this piece of altogether Inexcusable treachery, allth« private correspondence and confidential state

papers Of the Crs* Napoleon, fillingsome- twemy-

(rvrri bic ca»e«. are now preserved among theRussian imperial archives at St. Petersburg. An-other French duke drawing an annuity from thePrate :s the Duke of Rivoli. grandson of MarshalMacser^a. Then there is the Prince and Dok« ofV.'agTara. grandson of Marsh*.! Eerthicr. Thisprince -duke is married to Baroness Bertha de Roth-s'hi!d. erd if!t*"ljdoes not ne«»d the money.

Lrft me add that, la addition to these dowered1> Try-seven r>eeraprs. than are two others granted> ; K:.-g bOOta XVIII. They are the dukedoms ofDoesm p.r.d ~f Avaraj, the first wife of the present

Duke of Decazes having been Miss Isabella Ping-er,daughter of the celebrated sewing, machine maau-tmtuwa.

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