The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-27
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clined the compensation and MADE tho
desired alterations in his plan.
Farther up Park Lane Mr.. j. b. Robin
son has settled down in Dudley house.
The lease of the mansion has only thir-
teen years TO run, and Mr.. Robinson paid
10000 for It for that period. AT the end
of the thirteen years the house, which
was built by the Dudley family entirely at
their own expense, will, under English
law revert absolutely to the possession Of
the Duke Of Westminster, who Is the
ground landlord. If Mr. Robinson desires
to continue his tenancy he viii either
have to pay IA rent to the duke or perhaps
that magnate may graciously condescen1
to permit him to repurchase the house,
subject to all the onerous conditions I'M
posed by the rules of the Grosvenor es-
tate
Mr.. Robinson Is Mr. Rhodes great rival
in South Africa. Their difference is of
long standing. When the De Beers mines
were consolidated Mr.. Robinson desired
to be made life director. Mr.. Rhodes
vetoed the appointment and ever since Mr..
Robinson has been a determined enemy
of his, doing all In his power to oppose
and thwaTt him in all his business and po-
litical schemes. Between them, Mr.
Rhodes and Mr. Robinson practically COM
mand the two sections Of the South Afri-
can press. During the recent troubles
MT. hODiHSOH mas lBuItu IdliNA hs hHN
partisan Of President Kruger as against
the raiders a line which has interfered Sc
riously with his standing and prospects in
London society. But "A man who com
mands eight or ten millions can afford TO
be Independent especially as Mr.. Robin
son Is more absorbed in the success of his
gigantic mining shemes than In pushing
his way In society.
But one of the most interesting person
al ~ tpf N
South African boom is that Of Mr.. Roch-
fort Mcguire. He is still under forty and
his antecedents were entirely different
from those Of the others. The son OF a
protestant clergyman having small liv-
ing In the County Limerick, Mr.. Rochfort
Mcguire was educated at oxford, where
he had a most successful course. In fact,
he achieved the distinction attained by Mr.
Gladstone among a comparatively few
other students Of that ancient university,
winning a double first" with the degree.
That is, he gained the highest marks for
classics and mathematics alike. He be-
came a fellow of All Souls and, having
considerable influence, he entered the dl-
plomatic service. He went out to Hong
Kong as secretary to Sir Hercules Robin
son and in a year or two was promoted 10
the position Of secretary to Earl Lytton,
then ambassador 10 Paris.
A curious story is related Of how he sew
cred this promising connection. Inc HISt
Sunday he was in Paris he accompanied
Lord Lytton TO the races at Longchamps.
The ambassador was wearing heavy fur
lined coat. which he threw off and handed
10 Mr.. Mcguire. That gentleman was
not accustomed to the Oriental manners
Lord Lytton had acquired as viceroy Of
India, and he flung the coat to funky,
rernarking that Lord Lytton must have
made a mistake IN thrusting II upon him.
This ended Mr.. Maguire's career In the
diplomatic service and he went out to
South Africa, where he Joined his college
friend, Mr. Cecil Rhodes
He made a large fortune, and as Mr..
Rhodes wanted a representative In par
lament, he got a seat for Mr. Mcguire
from Mr.. Parnell. At the TINE Of the Par
nell split Mr. Mcguire was loyal to the
Irish leader and was, In fact, named by
him one of the executors to his will.
with the bulk OF the Parnellites he lost his
seat in 1892, but he married the eldest
daughter Of the speaker of the House OF
Commons, now Viscount Peel, and is per-
soma grata in the most exclusive circles in
London society. He purchased the Earl Of
Warwick's town house, which stands next
to Stafford House, facing the Green park
For this he paid f37 900. He Is the only
one Of the new-blown South African con-
tingent who Is not merely I'm society. but
Of IT, This although he Is far less veal