Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-27
FOREIGN NOTES
AND COMMENT

/ me IS1NODI0 LCIU f1OWdIU dc WdlU-H.
who. through the death of his half
crazy and extraordinary mother, be
comes the largest owner of house prop
cry in the world and richer man
even tkan the duke Of Westminster
The late Lady Howard de Walden N
her.ted from her brother, the late duke
CT Portland, S75,OO0,00 in 1879, and
that was only part of her colossal for
tune. All her brothers and sisters had
qredeceased her, lea ving her nearly all
their fortunes. Especially was this the
case with her sister, Lady Ossington.
who bequeathed to her a fortune of at
leas'. $50, 900, if not more Indeed,
Judging merely from the various wills
proba,ted in Great Britain in favor at
the aged peeress, she must have been
at the time of her death. the other day
richer than any of the Vanderbilts or
the Astors.
And nearly all this wealth Is In
house properly. And in this manner
the BLACKLIST sheep of the British peer
age becomes landlord and tile owner
Of the homes of thousands upon thou
sands of his fellow citizens Indeed,
10y reason of the influence which he is
ab1a as such to exercise upon the hun
dreds Of thousands of his tenants. this
man is rendered the most Important
member of the house of lords, an her
editaTy legislator whose wishes and
caprices even Lord Salisbury and the
members of the government are forced
to consider with Difference I am no
socialist. but if ever the evils of th+,
accumulation off vast wealth, especial
ly OF territorial character, in the
hands of the few have been exempll-
fed, it is in the instance Of the DISCO
lutte Lord Howard de Walden.
These are harsh remarks to make
about the wealth: est peer of the Brit
ssh empire. But that they are not
cverdrawn or too highly colored will
ibe realized by even the. most curso-y
reference to the revelations in court
at the time when his unfortunate Wife
obtained divorce from him some six
or seven years ago. Previous to That
he had brought a suit of assault and
battery against his br0t;her-in-law. 4
Major Barkly CT the Seventh Hus-
sarS, who had publicly horse whipped
him in his own house for kicking and
beattng Lady Howard de Walden, his
wife, when she was about to become
\ mother He has likewise repeatedly
been arrested for drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct. He has invariably
sought mis- feminine distractions
among the very lowest of the low in
Whtechape1, the most evil district in
a. London. HIS coarse brutality has
only been tolerated in consequence Of
his great wealth. In fact, had it not
been for the latter he would long ago
have been deprived of his commission
in the army.
Although no longer in active service,
E2 IS still entitled to wear the uniform
OF q major of the Fourth Dragons,
ara SO SS-Cng is the esprit de corps
that old messmates of his are still to
be found who endeavor 20 excuse his
conduct on the ground of insanity.
some color is given to this plea by the
extraVagant conduct of his mother,
Who It's just died, and by the fact that
ne had, through her, in his veins the
same blood as the. eccentric duke of
Portland whose mysterious modes Of
life, aversion to being seen by his fell |
low creatures, and craze for building.
not above the ground, but beneath #.
have led to the Druse-Pogtland contro-
versy.
Although old Lady Howard de Wal |
den spent some of her months in build |
-ng churches toward .-he latter portion |
of her life, which caused prelates and !
either ecclesiastical dignitaries to fire. !
quent her society, yet she had much |
in common with her SON and heir, and |
some fifteen or twenty years ago, when |
already advanced in age, she under
took in his company a trip TO the far
orieE!. She travelled in great state
and with an enormous staff of attenG-
ants. and 10 this day the European
re1i'aents in China still speak with |
Oat6d breath of the insane eXtrava-
5ance of conduct md moral eccentrici-
lies Of which mI- ,.her and son rendered
themselves guilty on beard the steam
er which they had chartered for the
purpose of visiting Canton and various
)ther ports and r-Vers-extravaga nces
which were of 4 character to bring
bushes of shame even to the hardened
;heeks OF The Chinese coolies.
A less reprehensible form of eccen-
Eicity On the part of the old lady was
Ter lordly way of having roads and
PALACES built. For instance, she would
'e driving cut ard, she would sud-
lenly be seized with the idea that she
Wished to get to a certain spot by !
route. On beng tod that 1t
vas impossible to reach the place by
proceeding in that direction, owing to
hSre helng no road, she would order
road to be made regardless of ex-
'ense, no matter if II cut through
lC;.ses ard estates Money was never
llCswzd to stand in the way OF any ]
UGH W{im of hers, u1d around Nal ]
ern alone, during ,ne last two or !
hree years Of her life, she is known s
o have spent considerably over mil {
ION dollars in this way {
Lord Howard de Walden has an only {
on, now about 10 years cf age and /
tho makes MS home with his mother, t
he court having unhesi,otiEgly award {
d to her She Charge of the boy at the I
lime of this divorce proceedings in
$685. He will be, as soon as he comes
age, the greatest matrimonial catch !
I the present gersraticn, and VIII nat \
rally become quarry worthy of in
s5est on the part Of all mothers with
daughters. He stands
sill at court, for the Ellis family. 10 Y
hitch he belongs. and of which his F
lther is the chief, is one of those |