The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08

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I served 10 enter his cabin and TO close the
eoot, " nen the valet came that night
I az 10 O'Clock 10 undress his master the
Cabin was empty. and search in every
nook and Granny of the steamer revealed
no trace OF him. The general belief Is
mat during a moment Of temporary in
sanity, ne must have squeezed himself
through the large portfolio OF his cabin.
hut as the weather was calm and all
/ the passengers We're on deck, Il seems al
most incredible that no one should have
I heard the splash that must have been
caused by the TALL OF his body into the
Lady Brassey. first wife OF the peer OF
| tnat name, who Is now gOvernor-general
| or the Australian colony Of Victoria. dis
| appeared in almost identically the same
fashion and in almost the same latitude
ana longitude. while on a voyage from
BOMBAY 10 Melbourne. OF a very impress
sienable character. the gifted. II some
what erfauc, author Of The Voyage OF
the Sunbeam had been greatly upset by
the sudden death on board Of young Eng
lishman whom she had picked up at Be
mares and attached TO her suite en- the ca
pacity of private secretary. Three DAYS
after he had been buried at sea she conn.,
planned OF feeling m and remained IN her
cabin But when her daughter Muriel. now
countess OF Delaware. went below TO see
now she was getting on. in the dusk of the
evening, she found that Lady Brassey had
vanished, and nothing more was ever
heard for her. the presumption OF being,
OF course. that she either had fallen or
jumped overheard.
Aue ihte E1afl OF Aberdeen. elder brother
OF the peer who Is now NicerOy and COVER
nor-general of Canada, disappeared in a
most mysterious fashion years ago on a
voyage from New York to Brazil, from a
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 letting
his relatives know OF his movements;
hence il is not beyond the bounds of pos
sibility that he may be still alive some
where or other. Notwithstanding all ef-
forts to discover traces of his fate and of
the manner in which he quilted the ship
while at sea, no clew has ever been obtain
ed Thereto. nor is there any absolute GER
tainty 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 the name Of John ORTIZ" sailed
some four years ago on board his good
ship, the Marguerite, from La Plata for
Valparaiso. His vessel was freighted with
merchandise, and he had on board a
crew thoroughly devoted to him. The
Marguerite was spoken half-wal between
La Plata and Cape Horn, but after bhat
passed out of human sight forever and
was never heard Of again, all the efforts
made by the Austrian, tn Gillian ana
other South American governments TO
find some trace of the archdukcS tate
proving futile. That there exist doubts as
TO the death Of this mariner prince, who
is acknowledge to have been far and away
the most brilliant member OF has house,
is apparent from the fact that while the
supreme court OF the German empire has
admiteeeeett adv wOweeeee eeeee eeeevb
admitted the claim OF the insurance for the
loss Of his vessel, IL has, for reasons with
held from the public, ordered the policies
to be paid, not to the executors of his es-
tate but to a lawyer holding his power
of attorney. Moreover, the heavy insur-
ance policies upon his life have never yet
premiums are still regularly met by thls
same lawyer, who acts as the archduke'
representative in Europe.
Nor is the Earl of Aberdeen the only
English peer who stands In danger or be-
ing Invested of his title and estates at any
moment by an appearance of the righttul
lord. There is, for instance, the present
Lord BelhaVen, who succeeded to a peer
age only in consequence OF the late lord s
younger brother having disappeared while
on a trip from San Francisco to New Lea-
land. The last holder of the title mad no
son, but seven daughters, and spent a
large sum of money in placing the ances-
trail castles and estates in proper repair,
relying upon his brother and her presurp-
tive to provide for his girls, whose annW'
ties he left as charges upon the estates
Owing to the disappearance OF THIS broth,
| err the peerage and property have passed
| to a distant cousin, who has declined tc
/ do anything whatsoever for the girls, the
| latter being consequently lelt IN stIallehe,1
circums tances. Legal proceedings nave al.
| ready been instituted by the widow anc
| her daughters and matters threaten 70 DC
| still further complicated by the recent ap,
| pearance upon the scene OF couple OF
| claimants to the peerage, one mailing IRON
| India and the other from New zealand
| each asserting himself to be the mission
| brother. This Belhaven peerage is partic'
| ularly unfortunate in this respect, as N
the last two centuries tedious ana Costly
| litigation has attended the succession N
/ almost every instance.
Had not Sir Rodger TIchborne disap-
| peared at sea while on a journey from
| Valparaiso to Austria, the English gov
eminent would never have been compelled
| to spend 100000 in legal proceedings
/ against the mposter orion, who declared
! himself to be the missing baronet. His
claim was one of the most clever and
| impudent Swindles of the century, even
| the mother of the real Sir Roger being
| taken in thereby. OF course IT ultimate
| ~ came out that the claimant was
| nothing but an ex-butcher's boy of Wap-
| ping, London, and of Wagga-Wagga, Aus
| tralia, and he suffered a long term OF
| penal servitude for his brazen attempt &c
foist himself upon one of the Oldest and
/ Wealthiest families of the English arts
| tocracy. After his liberation he came tc
this country, and for several years KEPT
| Then there is Lord Edward st. Maur
| son of the Sheridan" Duke OF Somerset
| who vanished at sea on his way from
| Bombay to Alden at the close Of a hunting
expedition In the northern part of India
| His disappearance resulted In the ancient
| dukedom passing into the possession OF
| the twelfth dukes younger brother, witf
| whom his grace was at daggers drawn
| and upon whom he vented his spite by
leaving every stick of property within
| BIS power to divert away from the title
L<There have lately been reports of the ap
A pearance in the counties in which the du
| cal estates are situated of an elderly mar
| who claims to be the missing Lord Ed
| ward St. Maur, and, as such, the right
| full owner of the dukedom and it's large
| property. He accounts for his long dis
| appearance, which has lasted over thirt,
| years by the fact that he never reallJ
| sailed from Bombay, but that he wai
| first severely wounded by a bear up II
| the Hfmalayas and then detained in cap
| tivity by some of the fierce hill tribes un
til he finally succeeded in effecting hii
| escape.
Probably he Is an imposter like tn,
| pseudo Sir Robert Tichborne, but, not
| Wishing to incur the fate of the latter, h,
| has until now refrained from institutinl
| legal proceedings, beyond warning the va
u rious tenants of the ducal estates that the,
were paying rents Illegally, and might b.
called to pay them a second time to him
| self.
Should he ultimately pluck up sufficien
| courage to bring the matter into court, 4
| Is probable that several persons in thi
| country would be called upon to decid,
| against or in favor of his identity, VIII,
| hal inherited much Of the charm and come
| Illness of his mother. the celebrated Queer
| - De- Of 10 E,lafpfon Tours, ~