The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-10
ARISTOCRATs IN PRISON.
Members of European Nobility Who
Have Served Terms


The sentence of Lady Scott recently In
London for circulating libels concerning
her son-in-law, Earl Russell. calls atten-
ton to the fact that there are at present
in Europe quite number of other people
of title and rank undergoing more or less
lengthy terms of Imprisonment, says the
New York Journal.
Lady Cunning, widow of Sir Henry Gun
ming, and granddaughter of the second
Lord Churchill is serving a term of sew
eral years penal servitude for having
forged the name of her brother to a num-
Der OF notes, on which she subsequently
raised money from London note discount
ers ana tradesmen. She might have es-
capped with punishment less severe had
tHe tact not been brought to light dur
ing the trial that her frauds extended over
humDer OF years, and that the financial
necessities which had prompted her to re-
sort TO this means of obtaining money had
peen caused by her recSlessness in bet
Another lady of high social standing
VINO was recently called upon to undergo
Imprisonment with hard labor was the
W1e or Capt. Osborne of the crack cav
airy regiment of Scots Greys Mrs Os-
borne. who belonged by birth to the aris-
tocfatic mousse of Elliott, and who had in
heflted IN her own right a little fortune of
ABOUT $SVD year, had purloined the pearl
necklace of her dearest friend Mrs Har-
steaVe, while staying at the latter's cas-
tiles
Equal severity was extended to Gwyn-
neth Maude, granddaughter of the Earl of
Monttait; who was sentenced to a couple
OF years Imprisonment with hard labor
tor obtaining goods under false pre-
The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland.
more fortunate, was exempted from hard
I I1 ana convict garb. during the six
uoillhs imprisonment that she recently
underwent. She was convicted of DESTROY
ing, IN the presence of lawyers and Judges
a document which had been impoinded
py the court and which was stated to con-
IAN evidence that would have doomed her
her 70 defeat in a suit against her son-in-
law, the present duke. She completed her
eerm IN Holloway prison, where Lady
Scott is now undergoing her punishment
ana ike the latter was permitted MANY
httle luXuries beyond the reach of ordin-
airy everyday prisoners
mrs. Montague, daughter of Lord Rob
ert Montague, was convicted a wear or
neE chlldren, one of whom succumbed
thereto. The popular feeling was that
s si.o,0 deserved hanging. But, owing to the
tremendous influence exercised in her he
halt Dy all the relations of the ducay
mouse OF Manchester, to which she he
longs; she was let off with a term of TWO
years Imprisonment without hard labor
In times gone by an English duchess
namely, Her Grace of Kingston. under,
went Imprisonment for bigamy and forg-
cry. AT the present moment there arc acf
ualIy relatives of the queen who are do
ing. time" They bear the name Of count
ana countess Leiningen and belong to the
gIlHceiy ana sovereign house of that name
The first husband of Queen VictoriaSe
mother was a Prince of Leiningen While
the count is wearing stripes in an English
penltentlary, the countess is in iaii o.
Vienna for a long series of crime inc1ud
ing forgery, black-mail and swindIng
me Marchloness of Dougal. a peeress of
Great Britain, has time and again been
sent to Jail, generally for brief periods
following her arrest in the streets Of Ion
don Tor drunkenness and disorderly con-
duct O0'i-
American visitors to Baden-Baden con-
pie OF years ago were brought into contact
with Baroness Won Gleissenberg and her
great demand, owing to her MAGNIFICENT
contralto voice. She took part in many If
the charitable entertainments during the
season.
Both of these ladies are now serving a
sentence OF four years Imprisonment for
larceny and fraud During the course of
the trial II was shown that although they
belong to one of the Oldest families or
Prussia, vet for four years previous to
their conviction they had been living al
most exclusively on the proceeds of crime
Among their fellow inmates in prison Is
Countess Waldeck, a member of the reign
ing family of that name and first cousin
of that Princess Waldeck who married
Queen Nictoria's youngest son. She is I'M
dergoing punishment for perjury and for
gerry of so aggravated characte that not
all the influence brought to bear by her
princely relatives was able to exempt her
from the penalty
Italy enjoys the distinction Of possess-
ing two convict dukes. They are the
chiefs of the grand old Scilian princely
house of Nillarosa, and are undergoing a
term of penal servitude in the great peni-
Tertiary of Maddelena, near Naples, for
the cowardly murder of a young infantry
lieutenant named Leone, VINO was be-
trothed to their sister, the Princess Cata-
rina. The assassination took place at Pal
nero. in the magnificent NillarOsa palace
which they own there. They had invited
the young office to dine with them in the
most friendly manner After dinner the
two princes took his life by stabbing him
as he was about to leave the palace.
In the same prison is the Prince Carac-
ciolo sentenced 90 ten years hard labor
for the murder of his wife. very beau
tifu woman, she was VIGOROUSLY deserted
MIN, and when one day she was found
poisoned with arsenic purchased by him,
and leaving win In which her immense
property was bequeathed to him. he was
very naturally arrested as her murderer.
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Another use of the wonderful X rays.
which have done so much to advance the
science of surgery, has been discovered
BY an p-to-date woman, well on towards
middle age. says the Philadelphia Record.
This woman has as trim a figure as a
maid Of twenty, but she Is forced 20 resort
to artificial means to restore the flush Of
youth Painting Is vulgar but women
who are as careful OF their regulations as
of their Jocks are partial to the use OF
mustard plasters, a few minutes applca-
ton Of which makes a blooming blush on
the cheeks which viii last a day without
Cd IS that the plaster Is apt to leave a
well defined mark about its edge, and this
as where the application OF the N-rays Is
~ Interest to femininity. Scientists know
10 their sorrow that the rays irritate the
skin. but the woman In question has dis
covered and verified by experiment that a
Two minutes exposure of the face 10 X
ravs leaves a durable and charming blush
III is much more delicate and more nicely
blended than the mustard plaster flush
and IL will undoubtedly become popular
az a feminine beautifier.
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The strongest FOrtificntion
Against disease, one which enables us TO
undergo unscathed risks from hurtful cli-
matte influences, exposure overwork and
fatigue, Is the vigor that is impaired to a
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