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OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. (TAILLADE TCHERNAIEFF.) 



Vyner, an actor and manager of Melbourne, Aus- 

 tralia. Mr. Stirling continued for many years to 

 be associated with the Adelphi Theater and the 

 numerous melodramatic productions at that play- 

 house. When "The Ticket-of- Leave Man" was 

 revived at her Majesty's Theater, April 14, 1884, 

 Stirling played the part of Hawkshaw for the run 

 of the piece. He then became associated with 

 Henry Irving and the Lyceum Theater. In Miss 

 Mary Anderson's presentation of " Romeo and 

 Juliet," at the Lyceum, Nov. 1, 1884, Stirling was 

 Friar Laurence. Subsequently he played Colonel 

 Damas in "The Lady of Lyons" and Master 

 Walter in " The Hunchback," "in support of Miss 

 Anderson during the same engagement. On the 

 opening of the Shaftesbury Theater, Oct. 16, 1888, 

 by Miss Helen Wallis as Rosalind in " As You Like 

 It," Mr. Stirling played Jaques. When Mrs. 

 Langtry produced " Antony and Cleopatra" at the 

 Princess's Theater with Charles Coghlan as Antony 

 to her Cleopatra, Mr. Stirling was the principal 

 actor in their support. Having a sufficient compe- 

 tence and a good home in London, and being a pop- 

 ular member of the Garrick and other clubs and a 

 social favorite. Mr. Stirling did not care to leave 

 London, and he therefore continued as a subordi- 

 nate member of Sir Henry Irving's company at the 

 Lyceum. His last appearance was in the part of 

 Cranmer in the production of " Henry VIII " at 

 that theater. 



Taillade, Paul Felix (Tailliade), a French 

 actor, born in Paris, Jan. 15, 1827; died in Brussels, 

 Belgium, Jan. 26, 1898. He was a protege of Mile. 

 Mars, through whose interest he was admitted to 

 the Conservatoire in Paris in 1845. Previous to 

 that Taillade had been a teacher in a private school. 

 After studying fifteen months under Prevost he made 

 his debut at the Theatre Frangais. For some unknown 

 reason he was not able to keep himself in the ranks 

 of those selected for the first theater of France, but 

 in 1850 at the Gaiete he created the role of Bona- 

 parte in " Les Premieres Pages d'une Grande His- 

 toire," a part which brought him into popular 

 favor at once and established him in a very success- 

 ful career as the best romantic and melodramatic 

 actor of his time. He played a great number of 

 parts and was associated with almost all the Parisian 

 theaters except the Theatre Frangais. In 1852 he 

 was playing the leading roles at the Ambigu, in 1853 

 again at the Gaiete, and then for many years at the 

 Odeon and the Porte Saint-Martin, of which he was 

 an associate manager. In 1863 he played Macbeth 

 at the Odeon and created much admiration by his 

 virile and intense rendition. In 1868 he repeated 

 this effect in his performance of King Lear. In 

 order to present more fully the English idea of 

 these parts Taillade studied the English language 

 and read Shakespeare in his own tongue. Taillade 

 was the author of some indifferent plays and was 

 the original representative of a great number of 

 parts, among which was that of Pierre in " The 

 Two Orphans." His death occurred suddenly 

 while he was leaving the theater in Brussels after a 

 performance. 



Tai-Wen-Kun, ex-Regent of Korea, died in Seoul, 

 Feb. 22, 1898. As the father of the present King he 

 acted as regent from the time that ne came to the 

 throne in 1863 till he reached his majority in 1874. 

 During this critical period, when forces were press- 

 ing from every side to open the Hermit Kingdom 

 to foreign intercourse, the regent with an iron will 

 preserved its isolation and independence. In spite 

 of his cruel tyranny he enjoyed extraordinary pres- 

 tige in Korea and several times after his downfall 

 he partially regained his former power. When 

 his son shook off his influence he intrigued against 

 him and was the instigator of some of the sangui- 



nary crimes that have marked the recent history of 

 Korea. Although he was the chief instigator of 

 the anti-Japanese outbreak of 1882, he afterward 

 joined hands with Japan. His share in the con- 

 spiracy of 1896 which resulted in the in irder of the 

 Queen has not been fully revealed. 



Taschereau, Elziar Alexandra, a French prel- 

 ate, born in Sainte-Marie-de-la-Beauce, Feb. 17, 

 1820; died in Quebec, April 12, 1898. He was the 

 great-grandson of the first Seigneur de Sainte 

 Marie, was educated in Quebec and in Rome, where 

 he received the tonsure at the age of eighteen, was 

 ordained priest in 1842, and was immediately ap- 

 pointed Professor of Moral Philosophy in the Semi- 

 nary of Quebec, holding that post till 1854, when he 

 was delegated to obtain the Pope's ratification for 

 the decrees of the Provincial Council. While in 

 Rome he received the degree of doctor of canon 

 law, and on his return to Quebec in 1856 he 

 was made director of the minor seminary, and 

 in 1859 of the great seminary, becoming supe- 

 rior of the latter in 1860 and at the same time 

 rector of Laval University. After a third visit to 

 Rome in 1862, this time in company with the arch- 

 bishop, he was made vicar general of the diocese. 

 He took part in the (Ecumenical Council at Rome 

 in 1870, and on March 19, 1871, was consecrated 

 Archbishop of Quebec, succeeding Monsignor Bail- 

 largeon. On July 21, 1886, he received a cardinal's 

 hat, the first ever conferred upon a Canadian. 



Tayaststjerna, Carl August, a Finnish poet and 

 novelist, born in Annila, near St. Michel, Finland. 

 May 13, 1860 ; died in March, 1898. He at first 

 adopted architecture as his profession and went to 

 Paris to continue his studies, but in the Scandinavian 

 colony there he met Bjornson and Lie, who per- 

 suaded him to devote himself to literature. In 

 1883 a selection from his juvenile poems was pub- 

 lished, entitled " For Morgonbris," which brought 

 him at once into notice by its originality as well as 

 beauty. " Nya Vers," containing three long poems, 

 appeared in 1885, and in 1886 " Barndomsvanner," 

 a prose romance somewhat autobiographic. Among 

 his subsequent works are " En Infoding," a novel 

 (1887) ; " I Forbindelser," a eollection of novelettes ; 

 " Dikter i Vantan " ; and " Marin och Genre " 

 (1890). He was as popular a dramatist as he was 

 poet and novelist, " AffSrer," the best of his plays, 

 being very successfully produced at the theater in 

 Helsingfors in 1890. 



Tchernaieff, Michael (iregorovich, a Russian 

 soldier, born in 1828 ; died in Mohileff, Aug. 17, 

 1898. He was descended from an ancient noble 

 family, and was educated for the army in the staff 

 college at Nikolaieff. He served through the Cri- 

 mean War, and afterward on the staff in Poland. In 

 1858 he was sent to Orenburg and was intrusted with 

 the command of an expedition against the Kirghiz 

 tribes on Lake Aral. He carried on continuous 

 operations against the tribes of Tashkend ami 

 Khokand, and in 1864 accomplished a famous march 

 across the steppes to join a Russian force from 

 eastern Siberia, capturing with the combined forces 

 the fortress of Tchemkend, held by Khokand tribes- 

 men. After this he attacked Tashkend. and over- 

 coming in the end the resistance of the tribes, ex- 

 tended Russian dominion over all this part of Asia. 

 He was hailed as a conquering hero on his return I" 

 St. Petersburg. Retiring from active service in 

 1874, he became one of the most prominent leader-; 

 in the Panslavist movement, arousing by his jour- 

 nal, the "Russki," the sympathy of the Ku-sian 

 people for the Bosnian insurgents and the Servians 

 and stirring up the agitation that led to the Russo- 

 Turkish war. After obtaining by private subscrip- 

 tion large quantities of arms and supplies for the 

 Servians he entered their country in 1876 at the 



