Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-25
A SKELETON OF SCANDAL.
,ORITuARD'S MARRIAGE AT ST.
AUGUSTINE RECALLED.

reCusaI of His Family to Allow His
Vife's Remains to be Placed in the
Family Mausoieum--phe Widows
love OF Fast FIyers-COming Mar
riages in Top-Lofty Society-Busi-
ness in Wall street.-The Terrors
Of the Strikes.
NEW YORK. April 22.-The funeral
NJ Mr.. George l.. Lorillard, VINO
diad two months since at Nice,
vance. and who was buried here few
davs ago. has giveurs to lot of scandal
and talk. All New York TWO years ago
was electciued one mo ming al the an
rouncement that Mt Lorjllard had mar
yied Mrs. Wight at St Augustine, Fla.
HeNas IN the aabitofs spending the winters
IN the oldest ci " in America on account OF
his health. which had been for years very
vretched. Mrs. Wight had just before
neon divorced from "Ned" WIghs, a we'll
known New Yorker, and rumor had
coupled the names Of other members OF
the Lorillard family with her, AT all
events. Jake" Lombard, who was large
stockholder in the Iron Pier at COney
Island, procured Mr.. Wight the position
of Secretary to that company. Mr.George
Iorillard and his pretty VIE were appar-
emily yerv happy together, and when he
died his will left her legatee OF his large
fortune. 1t is said that he
had an interest of $LOOO,OOO III trust
fund, and that he bequeatbed only one
fifth of that particular money to mis- wife.
Snce then 1t mas been said that she has
resigned all right and title 70 it, as there
was prOYisO in the will that she should
forfeit it in case she married again. At
all events, the money AFFAIRS led to un-
pleasant family complications, and when
Inc question of the funeral came mp Mrs.
LOriIlard refused 10 allow her husband 20
be buried in the Lorillard vault unless the
family agreed to allow her to be also
buried there when her time came. This
request the L0rilards refused. 1t is said,
in very strong terms, and the body Of Mr..
George LOrillard was buried in the La
Fargo vault. that being MIS-. Lorlllards
family tomb.
Mr.. Lorillard's horses, of course, lost
Iheir engagements through his death, and
Mrs. LOullard had some OF them sold of
last week. But at the time of her hus-
bands death she telegraphed over that
she would run some OF them this season,
and if all reports are true she has, If not
much knowledge of the turf and its de-
viOus ways, great admiration for the
noble animal. 1t seems that on one oc-
casIOn last year she was at the Mon
mouth Park races when her husbands
horse st. Augustine had been scratched
In a race, and finding that he was not
anon the horses, she sent for AlcOck,
who then trained them, and ordered him
10 start the horse whether he had been
scratched or not. This of course could
not be done, and Mrs. LOrillard's grief
over the nOn-appearance OF the horse
bearing the name of the place where she
was married was very great. AS she sold
only a portion of the stable, 1t is still
supposed that she will keep the old LOril-
lara cOlOrs on the track.
Wall street business continues to be
alarmingly duh. and brokers cannot make
their daily expenses. Yet prices remain
very steady nd do not seem to be IN the
least affected by the untavOrabe news in
regard to the labor troubles, the decreas-
ing earnings OF the railroads, and the bit
ter fight between com peting companies.
The cliques loaded with stocks know that
they will break the market all TO pieces If
they attempt to sell themselves or allow
even an outside selling movement to set
in. They, therefore, stand by and give
helping hand to prices every time large
blocks of securities begin to be offered.
There is not much short selling attempted
in view of this, but European holders send
piles of stock back.
TIE selling of American securities in
London and the consequent renewed eX-
ports of gold from this country do not
prove that the English investor has been
frightened out OF Investments. The WELL
Known mismanagement OF American rail-
ways, the strikes. the rate wars and vari-
Gus other causes have made the English
shy of investing their money in our Sc
surities, put they have the money and
they practically don't know what to 90
with il. Tnls is proven daily by the sue
cess of all sorts of petty joint stock COM
panies at home. Quite recently, for IN
stance. a large number Of subscribers
have been secured in London for a new
company, with a capital of $5OOO0O, or
gained for the purpose Of making and
selling Army and Navy Sauce" Why
that amount of capital should be required
10 put a table sauce on the market is
more than any but the directors can say,
but the fact remains that the company IS
securing subscribers and is making
money. OF course the Investing public
Is well aware that the sale OF table sauce,
4 as the Worcestershire, for instance, has
hetted fortunes to the manufacturers, and
ON that account people put their money
Into a concern which, 1t IS stated in the
prospectus, twill soon throw all cOmpetls
tors into the shade" But there is no
doubt that had American railways been
as well and honestly managed as they
should have been, the Englsh investor
would much prefer to buy our railroad
securities than shares Of homemade
sauce company.
According TO a London contemporary
The first mortgage bondhoders of the
. New YORK, Pennsylvania and Ohio rail.
way held recently meeting in London.
which was by no means disappointing.
'ln the course of his Speech" the report
goes on, "the Chairman, Mr.. G. Il. Lewis,
who must be assumed TO have weighed
bis words carefully, accused the n0tor-
Gus Mr.. James MoIlenrY and Lord Bury
Of having obtained an injunction against
lhe line and a receiving order in most
1ls9rsceful wav. He said they selected a
petty local Judg re in Pennsylvania, one Of
whose boon companions was Lord Bury's
lawyer, and, having got MIN into coma
lose state Of semidruukenness, they then
goL the Injunction and order from MIN"
lnat there is no smoke without fire is
Proved by report in Mr.. LaOouchere's
paper, the Truth, OF a quarrel In the
carlton Club Ia London. the principals IN
which quarrel We're again Lord Bury and
mr.. Lewis. In a letter 10 the committee
D, the club, Lord Bury complains that
9r Lewis insuted him. calling him
Jackall," and saying several other un-
complimentary things. This came MI M
on account OF the differences ofopinlon as
y me management OF the New YORK,
pennsylvania ana ONO. 10 Lord Bury