Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-17
scores OF Impoverished Foreign
NobIcmcn in Colorado.

scores of ampONertsheU Foreign
NobIcmcn In Colorado.
Eastern people have little idea of the great
number of younger sons of British and
European noblemen who have settled in
Colorado either TO seek their fortunes or
avoid the ignominy their poverty might
bring upon them in their native land. or
escape the consequences of youthful indis-
cretions to which the sons Of great foreign
families seem to be prone.
Down at the entrance to Cheyenne
canyon, three miles from the lonely spot
writes a correspondent of the Buffalo Ex.
press, there is an estate of hundreds of
He came here to increase q fortune which
was beginning to dwindle IN the old country
been a leader in the most fashionable
society in Germany and was noted for her
retirement. There were plenty OF social
functions, at the springs, bu, they did not
, With Several ee1ii business as e no men bu III 't the big
B~roadmoorc casino on his domains, and
attached to il, a gorgeous restaurant, parlors,
magnificent building. built entirely. of
wood. with broad porehes along the front
in the shadow of the mountains, and the
Mhite.eapped peaks were rejected In itf
p waier It, and Ms h Pen hired ne el 4 German Sar band os td
play on its banks. People could sit on the
rorches Of the casino and listen to the
ltSlC gnu MtttU III u VII VIC. N
1t was. a delightful pace. Then. after 1t
vas all completed; he admitted the public
he was more shrewd, energetic, far,sighted
and fortunate than most of the noble for
%eigrers. He was only one out of 100 of
them or their sons or relatives who attained
much success financially.
In Colorado Springs there are two or three
Usually do not Wish to be known as having
titles. One of them, at east, is known on.y
to very few people as a nob,eman; They
time away playing polo.
But the spot where the impoverished no
most numerous is a few miles above here in
Wet Mountain valley. OF late years It has
Il ptV IS literal iiterally s'f fl,led Wit With b degenerate tts asqHa' noble SfIs.
men and their sons and relatives. Only the
poorest of them have come to this valley.
They live the same kind of lives as the
r%snchmen round about them, chop their own
E netins 81 ci They , haye p TbeS w W.an o aiI
clothes and big sombreros and 1t is hard to
tell scme of them from the ordinary UNI
couth mountaineer. A stranger. goes into
these second sons. or, it may. be, a nob.e-
II an himself, and, after making his ac-
h informai wa and VIII! trsa1 WhFch him he m lmi she S irsst
any Of the ranchmen thereabouts is greatly
surprised TO learn in some roundabout way
that his new frierd is a. person of such
distinction.
The memory of the eccentric Lord Ogilvie
still myers. among many OF the cattlemen.
and then he descended sssn the, plains,
where he dwelt for a time Iamong the COW
i eGys a at his sh stra angen %ays. Y44 VIZ gf had n never
known or seen a lord before. They had
not one of them had ever read of, a loro
such as he or even pictured one such as he
in L shs S oEiivie f hsd a If his, ln,nsins when he
took up his abode on the banks of the
square house. He painted itswhite, There.
We're no blinds on the windows. There was
out with great prominence on the barren
plains, the only house for miles around.
s as inV Of the N ho eaa..e to a"d death aifle and i Smashed
all his wagons. His money went rapidly.
But still he managed to hang on to a little.
ing bags. He went t. the best hotel in the
the people in the house were awakened by
the loud GROWING, of a cock. The clerks and
h bel tracked s,a; E the 1nrd noise sed TO ,h ahe r sPonne o.
puzzled. 1t surely seemed to them as If
the growing were being done in the room,
Scottish nobieman would allow a rooster it
his bedroom. But finally. when the noise
f & sIsepT Voice 5hey ca aappffT from on Within shs nof and then
the lord appeared in his nightclothes. He
didn't look a bit like a lord then. His hair
wac lussSu an ' bio "a MS - 70 "N'N
epitihets at those Who had disturbed his sleep.
c'erks and boys in the hall were astonlshed
at a fighting cock perched on the foot of the
bed growing Justly; -, 30 ,,o o,o,,,,
but 1t isn't customary In this hotel for
guests to bring ROSTERS TO bed with them.
house. I'm afraid wen have to ask you to
allow us to take him down cellar"
mot by a ID sight" shouted the lord.
ar that bird goes down cellar. go down.
/ kept him here SO he'd wake me up II time
UP here pounding, on my door"
mained in the room until the .ord was ready
to leave. They added something, to his bill
on the BIRDS account, but the lord didn't
II has become quite a common thing for
impoverished noble families In England to
tain valley. There are 50 many of them
here already that 1t must seem almost like
home HON s to then ,hsv an,ey q life. " p Mest o, lot ise of
are having a much better time in the lonely
spot in the mountains than they ever had
yersation with the writer, once said: This
is the best thing IN the world that could
Country copnt, we would never have amounted to
anything anyway and we wouldn't have half
as good a time. rs a perptual vacation
and are in a fair way to be pretty well-to-do
in a few years. There are a great many
opportunities for speculation here that we
would never have found n England. !:
500, 900 since coming here a few years ago.
/ had only $500 in my pockets when / got
here, and an allowance Of $50 a month from
home. / think l am safe in saving that
there is not a single Englishman in this
valley no matter what soHt Of q life he has
left behind him, who Is not glad he's here"
KirsebOm's Shortage Grows.
LIE MARS, Ia, Feb. I6.-Gpecial Tele-
gram.)-An additional shortage Of 1900 has
Just been discovered in the ACCOUNTS of Treas
urer Kirsebom Of Plymouth county. being
liquor taxes collected since January l.. The
liability Of Kirsebom's bondsmen expired
January l, and this sum willrbe a dead loss
to the county. y ilo0'
Burned Gard Room.
RAwLINs, Wyo., Feb. 1f,7tspecial Tele-
gram)-At s o'c'ock this evening a fire
broke out in z small frame building used
as q card room in the srI9f o'Connor's
saloon. on Fourth street, There was no
ing. which was destroyed Loss about $500.