Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-03

CONDITION OF LORD WILLIAM BERESFoND


LONDON, Jan. 2.-(New York World
Cablegram-S Telegram.)-it is ar open
secret that among Baron Hirsch's papers
were found several II. o. us" for very large
sums he had lent to leading English aristo-
Gratis. His executors were vested with dis
cretion to call in or cancel these obligations,
as they might think best. AS most Of them
were debts owed by persons incapable of
repaying the sums lent they have been
celei. But one young nobleman,' leader
OF English smart society holding
place in the present government, and
generally supposed to have not only large
income, but great accumulated wealth, has
bean called upon to repay a loan of fl5O,OOO
($75O,OO0 which he obtaiued from the baron
during his minority. As a result Of this de-
mand he has been obliged to close his great
country mansion and enter upon course
of rigid retrcnchment of all of his expenses
for several years to come. 1t should be
mentioned to his credit that although very
easy terms of payment were offered to him
b, THE executors, he elected to mortgage his
income for a long period in order to raise
the sum required to pay off the debt imme-
diately.
Sir Joseph Lister. who was raised to the
peorage yesterday, is the first English physi-
clan ever accorded that honor, although there
are baronets, like Lord Leighton and Lord
4 Kelven, representing art and science. This
peerage probably will expire with Sir
Josephs death. He is widower and child
less. Surprise is expressed that Herbert
Spencer gets no recognition. Prof. Huxley
was a member Of the privy council
MAKES MILLIONS IN A PUB.
William Prince the proprietor of a small,
dlngy wine bar on the Strand, known
as Shoots" has just died, leaving personal
property valued at f40O, 900 (S2,000,O00.0 He
made his fortune in thirty years, solely by
this bar. although, unlike other public
houses, it was never open on Sundays or
holidays. This suggests the vast sums that
are made by the London pubicans, and ex-
plains how the liquor interest is powerful
enough to give the conservatives, its special
protectors, so firm a hold in all the great
centers of population. strange authentic
story of Mr.. Prince, which has not been
published by any paper here has
come to my knowledge. He be-
gan life as the manager of
large public house in the east end of Lon
don. 1t became his duty once to eject
noisy, intoxicated customer. The man, on
being thrust into the street, fell, hitting
his head on the curb and sustaining in
juries from which he died This mishap
preyed on Mr.. Prince all his life. He al
ways dressed in black and provided well
Cor the wife and children OF the man he
accidentally killed from the time his means
enabled him to do so. One secret OF his
amassing so large a fortune may be that
he never quilted the money table at his bar
except for meals from the time it opened
= In the morning until it closed at midnight
naval captain Commander Heugh with
a splendid record for efficiency and gallantry
was dismissed from his ship yesterday. A
court-martial found that in an attack of de-
irium tremens ship board he had many
hallucinations, among them that there was
an organ playing in the torpedo fiat; that
he saw Satan come along the ship in steam
pinace; that the row of boots he had were
s. dancing, and moving about and one pair
especially would not keep time with the
} others, and that he saw a bottle of seltzer
water dressed up in cooked hat.
The fortune left by the prince of Fursten-
berg in personal property amounted to more
than $4,000 900; his real estate to $SOOOO,-
600. 1t all goes to an Austrian relative.
The prince was a pronounced liberal in poll
tics, and for several years had stayed away
the kaisers autocratic policy.
CONDITION OF THE BERESFORDS.
The Worlds society correspondent tele-
graphs tonight from Deepdene, where she
went to get the latest intelligence OF Lord
William Beresfords condition: Lord VIII
liam Is out of danger He has been con-
scious since last night and is cheerful. The
doctor says he will be in bed three months
Lord Williams brother is with him. A
bulletin issued today announces that the
patient passed a better night and was suf-
ferng less discomfort. He is selling all
his hunters His wife was hysterical on
Wednesday. She sat up two nights and
was somewhat i'll today. The duchess eX-
poets to become a mother next week Her
nurse has been at Deepdene more than a
month, possibly because the duchess is ter
rbly nervous on account OF her health and
her age (she confesses to 40, but looks
older) but with her delicate health she
has suffered a great deal from nervous
ness Once she resorted to morphine for
relief but OF this habit Lord William has
done much to cure her that she might live
through the ordeal. When she was Mrs
Hammersey she had expectations and now
has all the little baby clothes, caps and
laces prepared so long ago. All the house
.. hold sees how she longs for an heir AL
~ though at court she is only Lady William
Beresford her cards read Lily, duchess of
Marlborough and all her servants wear
Marlborough llyeries.
Some such casualty to Lord William was
not unexpected by those acquainted with
him. Deepdene, near Dorking, is approached
by fine sweep OF carriage drive. which is
exceedingly steep. One of Lord Williams
suite once remarked confdentially to the
| writer, when driving up from the station,
that he expected that some day Lord VII
liam would come to grief, According to
this servants account II seemed that even
In driving pair down hill his lordship