The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-30

intruder, strong in the support Of tba
SION OF London, whom she took % 80 80
thlfd husband in 1895.
DAUGHTER OF A CLERGYMAN
This much married and much be-
/ goss1ped lady was born about ffty-f1vs
years ago. She is the youngest daue.b-
| ter OF the late Rev. Richard Mitchell
| u. d., principal Of Hartford college
LONDON, and was a mere girl when she
married Capt. Arthur Kindersley Blair.
| VINO mad charge Of the Duke Of Sutfer-
lands deer forests She was a woman
OF mature charms, however, when her
husband was killed by the accidental
discharge Of gun in the hands Of
his grace the duke
Now 1t was only natural that hjs
grace should take kindly sympathetic
| interest in the woman whom he had
thus inVoluntarily widowed PERHAPS
IT was feminine human nature which
prompted his grace's lawful wife to
resent the form in which that interest
expressed itself. At all events she,
with her children and grandchildren,
virtually abandoned Trenham. the
| magnificent country seat Of the fam
lily in Staffordshire, the duchess MAX
ing her headquarters at Stafford house,
duke, won a decisive victory Wife and
children once more left the duke in her
hands,.
VISIT TO AMERICA.
A fortnight later the convalescent
embarked with Mrs. Blair on board the
yacht Sans Peur
On April q the party arrived in New
York. Here and in Philadelphia the
duke was welcomed and entertained by
John Bigelow, Austin Corbin. George
W: Childs and others. But scandal
| followed him across the water. The
presence Of Mrs. Blair confirmed these
scandals. Perhaps the dukes uncon-
ventional moral code might have been
pardoned had he not added the graver
offence of violating the social conven-
tonaltties by appearing in q pea-jacket
at fashionable New York wedding.
This decided his fate and Mrs. Blair's
Society turned a cold shoulder upon
the pair. They went down to Florida,
where the duke purchased a fine prop
erty in Tampa and built himself a pal
ace overlooking Butler bay, which he
christened Sutherland Mansion Here
he learned of the death of his wife on
Nov 25, 1888.
In less than four months the duke
married Mrs. Blair. There was moth
ing wanting in cordial welcome from
his tenantry when the duke, a year or
two later, returned with his new Ouch
esS on visit to his ancestral estates
In speech returning thanks for their
spontaneous enthusiasm, his grace de-
cIared that he valued such friendship
more than all the smiles of royal favor.
Inc noble couple were not destined to
return to spend their declining years
IN their New World paradise On Sept.
Y, 1892, the Duke breathed his last at
1fentham, after a short illness. He
was s1Xty-nine years Of age Z
Inc property owned by the duke was
valued at f2,000000, or, say SO 900, coo.
1t &c consisted o largely. Aof real estate
and StaffordshiTe. ENGLAND. and half a
million acres in the United States. The
ouIk or this property, in so far as it
was not entailed, he left to his widow
He also bequeathed her the use of the
family diamonds during her lifetime
the very diamonds which form part of
the stolen jewelry
The new Duke of Sutherland, stepson
of the DoWager Duchess, contested the
Will on the ground that she had pre-
JUDGED her late husbands mind
against his children in order to gain
possession of his property.
THE DUCHESS IN JAIL.
During the progress of the trial the
duchess was arrested for burning an
important document which she had re-
ceived judicial permission to inspect.
On April Is, 1893, she was condemned
70 SIX weeks imprisonment in HOllO-
way jail for this fragrant contempt of
court
On June Z, 1891, the long drawn suit
was settled out of court by a COM
promise between the plaintiff and de-
feEdant. This gave the Dowager
Duchess 100000, besides an annuity OF
$4,000. In consideration of these
amounts she renowned all title to the
residue of the estate in favor OF the
duke, who thus came into undisputed
possession of fortune of fl 10000