New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-18
"BY ACCIDENT"
r,rus THAT BRING HAPPINESS TO
SURVIVORS.

,nouiry on the part of his little boy as to
" adherence between accident and 'un
,,our,, (nisfortune) explained that If his surly
-. cantankerous cousin. "Plon P,on.' were to
:, into the Seine ii would be an accident"
..roas II any one fshed him out. II would most
oalv be a "malheur.' 1t would be inter-
-, IN discover to which of these two cate
49,, belong those fatalities which are the
rs NJ bringing rank. fortune and happiness
o-sons who otherwise would be condemned
life of toll. deprivation obscurity anxiety
o,,en downright misery. | would not for the
I'D insnuate that Lord Percy Douglas was
,rise than deeply shocked and grieved
.,,re the news that his elder brother with
u, no was on most friendly terms. had acct
'-.ouv killed himself while out shooting. But
"a, ., the same time. making due allowance for
49, sorrov. II is difficult to believe that the grief
MT 10 certain extent assuaged by the re-
o,.,;,r that the loss which he had sustained in
49, Elections was cOunterbalanced by very ex-
. " Improvement of his material prospects.
. transformed him from a penniess younger
- brrdenci with an equally penniless although
s.rmjng wife and with no prospects whatso-
,r in view into pee of the realm 0or he
,beri,s his brothers recently created barony Of
va,beaO. and into the heir to all the entailed
states Of his father. the present Marquis Of
orosnsberry He is all the more in a position
- anpreciate what this means. as for the last
.,or or two he has been literally digging for
ling He tried his h md in turn at soldering
md sailoring but without success. Douglas and
ascinlne although possessing the same initial
,o,,er helm. words that are the very antithesis
- ono another 1t was after leaving the army
,,a, he married the daughter OF country
o,,rgvn,au. and. his allowance having been
ao,ked bv his father with whom he had quar-
rolled he emigrated with mis- wife TO Australia
There he tried sheep-farming for time on the
"r,,n" belonging to his chum the Hon. David
C,rpeeie son Of Lord Southesk. but soon de-
sor,ad this profitable branch Of farming for the
so,dfelds Il Coolgarde. where ever since he has
boon delving for nuggets and. If we are TO
cred,t the statements of the West Australian
occasionally acting as referee in the
,r;ze6ehts that seem t. constitute the principal
form, of relaxation and entertainment among the
miners.
Two wears ago Lord Robert Kerr was con-
vor,aj by a somewhat similar fatality into an
Far Of Ancrum and into the heir in tan 10 'he
orea, possessions of his father the Marquis OF
Latham Until then he had no future but that
81 2 Younger son-and the lot of younger son
in England is not precisely pleasant. since he has
all the luxurious tastes and habits OF MS eiue'
brother without the means Of gratifying 'hem'
But a shooting accident modified the whole course
Of his life His elder brother the late Loiu
Ancrum. who attached to the stan OF t"e
Governor of New South Wales as aide-de-cafhp'
went out shooting one day with party oi
friends Everybody was mounted ana all were
returning home after good days sport "he"
Suddenly the horse ridden by Lord Ancrum's host
began buckng This caused its riders gun TO go
NJ. the charge lodging in the base of LORD An
,run,'s skull. who was riding few yards ahead
silling him instantly
Still another case Of the same kind is that OF
,oung Lord Dalkeith. the heir 10 the two duke
IONS, the marquisate. the four earldoms' the
three viscounties and five baronies OF his fa'her'
the Duke Of Bucceuch. than whom there Is 10
more magnificent more influential moore III
Great Britain Lord Dalkeith was serving III the
Navy as Lord John Douglas-Scott. win ho'"i"s
n look forward 10 but career IN the nav! anu
the nittance Of a younger son. When MS eiuei
brother the late Earl Of Da.keiih. was kiiled pE
the accidental discharge of his gun whne deei-
s,,lk,nc on the shores Of Loeb Arcaid. in Scot
land. In that instance the shot lodged IN 'ns
,,o,,rg noh,eman's side, infiicting fatal wound
and he died within half an hour with no con"
nanion beside him save his Highland gillie when
he breathed his last.
Lord Cante'upe. too, the son ana her oi '"'
Earl Delawarr. was earning his living as an en-
r,o,.a IN tho service of the London dealer in
precious stones Mr.. Street. experimenting the
Iatter's pearl fisheries in Australasan waters
when his elder brother. Lionel was oro"heu
while Yachting off thu coast Of Ireland. vi
course as soon as he received the lhleHse"Ve :"
the fatality which transformed him from the
Hon. Gilbert Sackvle into the Niscoun' Cahte-
lime he threw up his appointment with Mr..
Street and returned home. He has since pee"
,sading tho life Of man Of leisure. devoting his
attention chiefly TO hunting, and incideh'aiF '"
ouarrering with his father, who 1t Is unders'oou'
was anxious that he should adopt some ot"''
courtesy title than that borne by MS oeau
brother
Not less by accident was the accession u Inv
reerage of the present Earl OF Aberdeen Wv
ernor- General Of Canada. He was Heio'S ''
younges, Of three sons. But his secoiu pio'"'''
James inadvertently shot himself "hi'e d"
at Cambridge University WIN
the elder brother. George persisted IN "ES'r''
Gus manner a voyage from bo9'o" ~ wv
bourne Georges career was most ro"i'i'''
one Having quarrelled Win his i"'
on the eve of becoming Of age. he disappeahl'su
from England and for a time an ud,e Vi .,
was lost In 1864 his father dled anu NJ -"
ceeded 10 the title He could not. however pe
found anywhere. and for seven or eisht ycai1 wv
carbon remained unrepresen:ed ~ tne horsss
OF Lords and the large entailed estate uncialheu'
II wac orI,. after researches costly ana as eX-
tensive as those instituted to discover Sir roger
Tichborne and the missing Archduke John OF
Austria that 1t was finally ascer;aineu u'a' ~
had snen, a number of yeas as sailor be
fore the mast and that he had disappeared ON
his ship while on a voyage round cape if"'n,
II Is believed that. having been sen, "Igit ~
secure a sail in gaze. he fell overheard iiu wa
drowned There IS however, no really a1th'htIo
Information on the subject. ana II j. ,,,r
Ing under the circumstances that no aus'i, ,e
the niss,ne ,rar, and TO contest the right OF tne
present Viceroy of Canada to the ia"iiIy
estates and honors This is what happened III 9n ~,
Tchborne case. and may yet occur WIZ 80 I,