Arizona republican., 1899-08-24


among its directors and promoters two
! members Of the aristocracy who are
E11adersto0d to have given the use Of
their names on the board CT manage
mert and On the prospectus on cOnd=-
ton that they should receive gratis the
number of shares necessary to qualify
them as directors. and should more
| OV6r get fat fees for their services on
the board. The two titled guinea
pigs in question are Lord Athlumney
Wh0 only three or four years ago was
forced by financial misfCrJunes, cul-
n2ilatng n = particularly bad case CT
bankruptcy. to leave the army. while
the other is the Hon. George Keppel,
husband Of the lady who is Sd greatly
admired just now by the prince of
Wales. Keppel is the brother of that
e2ti Of AlbemarIe who last year was
SO sadly besmirched as guinea pig"
CT questionable honesty in the pay of
Hooley.
The English war department has
Just made an appointment which is
calling forth a considerable amount Of
very natural and comprehensive crit
cism. Prince Francis Of Teck. brother
OF '.he duchess CT York, has been as
signed TO the duty of purchasing in
Ireland all the horses needed for the
English cavalry, and it is added that
he is to have "A very free hand Now
the young prince in question is head
over ears in debt. His notes of hand
are flying about all over London. and
the fashionable usurers have long
since declined to discount any more of
his paper Some three years ago.
while serving as a cavalry officer at
lT,blfn h W. O-cFla6 9nT ., ey711,,
$4,000 On a single horse Tace. and was
Of course unable TO pay. The whole
royal family had to club together to
avoid his being posted at Tattersall as
u Welcher. Under the circumstances. /
his selection for 6 Military post which
involves the disbursement of large
sums of government money is. to say
the least, most unfortunate.
Colonel Lugard. who has just been
appointed by Queen Victoria as gov
e1n0r general of Nigeria, a huge de-
Pandency in the west of Africa larger
tan half Of Europe, and which Ehe
crown h-G just taken over from the
British Chartered Niger company. 5
the younger son Of a fine old English /
cCunty family and a nephew of Gen I
eIal Sir Edward LuLgaTd who served I
with 50 much distinction in India /
At college Colonel Lugard was re- /
IS q Eoot ball player. and had /
not long Joined the army before ne I
had the opportunity CT seeing fight I
ing, first in Afghanistan under Lord /
and afterward in Burmah
Iny8Idod home in consequence OF !
cverw0rk and climatic uuplea5antness |
he selected equatorial Africa of ali /
places in the world as d sa1i.arium. |
The fstes led him 10 Uganda, in Cen !
trail Africa, where he remained for |
some years, schooling. Gliding and !
chaE.Gsing in turn its turbulent king,
and contributing mere, alone and sin
gle handed, to the foundation Of civil
liked life than there could have bsen
by an entire army OF mis-
siocaries.
Re is q man in whom General Cor
den, the hero CT Kha-toum, would
have delighted. Single minded, reso-
lutte, @ strong character. more feared
than loved, there is under the auster-
lily and gravity of his manner a wealth
Ct kind hsartedness. which. in spite
Of his efforts to conceal it, constantly
crops cUt il the pages Of numerous
bcCks which he has written on the
subjec.- Of his astonishing exploring
expeditions. There are fsw English
ren, especially since the death of Gen
sral Gordon, who exercise a more re
11arksble influence upon the dusky
aces Of Africa than this most Sue
eassful and distinguished Of Great
3ritsins empire makers, and in Eng
and people Of every shade Of pOlt tt
al opinion are agreed that no more
'Ortunate choice than Colonel Lugard
3ould have been made for the f-1t
luise de FOntency in Washington Post.