Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-02

the presumption being, of course, that she
either had fallen or jumped overheard.
The late Earl of A berdeen, elder brother
of the peer who is now viceroy and gov
ernor general of Canada, disappeared in q
most mysterious fashion years ago on
voyage from New York to Brazil from n
sailing vessel on board which he was serv
ing before the mast, and which reached
port in safety but without him. He was
very eccentric and had been roaming
around the world for years without let
ting his relatives know of his movements,
hence 1t is not beyond the bounds Of pos
sibility that he may be still alive some
where or other. notwithstanding all
efforts to discover traces of his fate and of
the manner in which he quilted the ship
while at sea, no clew has ever been OBJ
tanned thereto, nor is there any absolute
certainty of his death Indeed, he Is just
as likely TO turn up some day as Archduke
John Of Austria.
The archduke, after having in the most
romantic fashion Invested himself Of all
his honors and titles as a prince OF the
reigning house of Austria Hungary and
Assumed tie name of John Orth sailJti
some four years ago on board his good
ship, the Marguerite, from La Plata for
Valparaiso. The Marguerite was spoken
half way between La Plata and Cape
Horn, but after that passed out of human
sight forever and was never heard Of again,
all the efforts made by the Austrian, the
Chilean and other South American gov
ernments to find some trace of the arch
dukes fate proving futile.
Nor is the Earl of Aberdeen the only
English peer who stands in danger Of
being Invested of his title and estates at
any moment by an appearance of the right.
full lord There is, for instance, the pres
ent Lord Belhaven, who succeeded to a
peerage only in consequence of the late
lords younger brother having disappeared
while on "a trip from San Francisco to
New Zealand. Two claimants TO the peer.
age have recently appeared, one hailing
from India and the other from New Yea
land, each asserting himself to be the
missing brother. This Belhaven peerage
Is particularly unfortunate in this respect,
as in the last two centuries tedious and
costly litigation has attended the success
sion in almost every instance.
Had not Sir Roger Tichborne disappear
cd at sea while on journey from Val
paraiso to Australia, the English govern
ment would never have been compelled tn
spend $500, 00O in legal proceedings against
the impostor Orion, who declared himself
to be the missing baronct. His claim was
one of the most clever and impudent swim
dies OF the century, even the mother Of the
real Sir Roger being taken in thereby.
Then there Is Lord Edward Sc. Msur,
son Of the Sheridan" duke OF Somerset,
who vanished at sea OH his way from Bonn
bay to Alden at the close OF a hunting eI-
petition in the northern part Of India.
His disappearance resulted in the ancient
dukcdom passing into the possession Of the
twelfth dukes younger brother, with
whom his grace was at daggers drawn,
and upon whom no vented his spite by
leaving every stick Of prope-ty With, his
power to divert away from the title. There
have lately been reports Of the appearance
In the counties in which the ducal estates
are situated of an elderly man who claims
to be the missing Lord Edward St. Maur.