Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-25
FOREIGN NOTES
AND COMMENT

press as 1SklDO, the IA me borne by
the old Gray family. Who for centu.
ries were lords of Skibo and owners oil
the castle of SIlibo. serves to recall the
fact that a blood-curdling curse rests
on this selft-same castle. Every one
north of the Tweed is now asking
whether this curse will work agains;
the new American owner of Skibo in
the same way that the curse pro
nounced against Lord Byron who
made IA drinking cup of the skull OF
one of the old-time dbbots of New
stead abbey, and which continued to
blight not only all The descendants of
the Lord Byron in question. but like.
wise the WciS6 family, who for the
laSiJ forty years have owned New
stead. The ban resting upon SkibO
dates from the early part of the last
century. when, by some foul wrong,
the Gays. who had owned Skibo for
several hundred years, were deprived
of their ancestral possessions by some
people of the name Of Doul Misfor-
tun54 overlook the latter. and since
then Skibo has passed through many
H-NAAtifo- IA4NAtiN tAlb->c 81 'Nne
the GOrdOnS the DempSters. the Clirn-
sides. and several Others. iH-luck pIlr-
suing them all until the place was ac-
quired by Andrew Carnegie. Since the
Grays We're ousted. nearly two hun
dred years ago. no family has pos
sessed Skibo for more than one gener.
alton. Mr.. Carnegie, however. has tbs.
good wishes of all the people of the
IL
much nlOpey. and he is adding to tho
castle in such u way, regal LESS OF
cosi5 that it promises sire long to be
one of the finest castles north of the
Tweed. The only fault that people FIND
with the multi-milliona.re is his chop
Ping down of so many of those rugged
patriardls of the forests about Skibo
which for generations have been the
pride and glory of the entire country
side.
l would not have referred to this
curse lad il not been for the fact that
Mr.. Carnegie himself assured his eF.ll-
ants ard neighborS the other day that
he intended Skibo to be the home of
his family for many generations He
at any rate. is not Superstitious
Emperor William has issued orders
of the most rigorous character with
regard to the equipment OF the officers
taking part in the great autumn man
euvei'S of the German army. The kais-
er proposes that the naneuvers shall
be as much like actual campaigning as
possible, and is especially determined
shat the officers of the crack regiments;
SHAH rot, Us heretofore, eXci,e the
envy of their less weii-tp-do comrades;
by the perfection Of their wines. and
of their table and by the presence of
al SORTS of Injuries which are within
the reach of their own purses. but be
yond that of the means of their Ies::
fortunate comrades. There is TO be
no Champagne drinking. French cui-
sine, private tents, or private car
riages.
There is &n extravaganza in many
European regiments of which people
in this country have I'D RTea. Tins
in some cavalry corps it is imperative
that each officer should keep up
racing stable. in others That the of
ficers should keep a number of huY-
ers and contribute to the expenses of
the regimental pack of hounds, Willis
again, in other corps. all the officer.
are expected to play polo. and no one
is permitted to Day less than 4 certain
stipulated amount for his stud of polo
ponies. Young officers who do not live
UP o these requirements are pro
uncCrgeniaF and as deficient
in esprit de CORPS" and ''hazed'' I'M
Ill they leave either the regiment OF
fhe army in disgust.
WiIile the Russian minister of war
Gen. KurapOtkia. is partly responsible
for the cars recent injustice toward
Finland, there is no doubt that he is
achieving extraordinary success in
the dishonesty and corrup-
ton which is so great a curse of
everything connected with the service
IF the crown in the dominiOns of the
;ziiT. Thus, a Gen. de HOwalski com
a division of the CoSsackS.
and belonging to one of the most il
usrriGUS houses Of the aristOcracy of
he Don. having -Ibeen caught devoting
TO- his personal use and to that of his
'eEow officers the money assigned to
hem for the equipment and payment
IF the men. has now been sentenced
with his confederateS. fourteen III
to fifteen years penal servi- |
iude. TO the loss of mobility, and to
solemn military degradation At the
of their sentences at hard
abor. they Will b. forced TO re-en'er
inc regiments as ordinary privates |
md to serve several years in that ca
,acity before obtaining their military |
discharge. The severity of the sen
encaS. which We're approved by the
gar i'll spite of the tremendous infiu- |
nee eXerted ait court in behalf of the
men. has spread conster-
'ation and alarm throughout the high |
r ranks of the Russian army Where
Iishones,ty has been The rule rather |
han the exception.
While NJ. de Ressman lay dying the
Their day at Paris his apartments were
lvaded by members of the Italian en-
assy. who seized all his papers and
arried them off, q French commissary