Arizona republican., 1900-09-26
LATE GOSSIP OF
 FOREIGN CAPITALS

Lord Fortarlington's death. removes a picturesque figure from the house cf lords and from Ireland. landlord who enjoyed in an altogether exceptional degree the good will and regard CT the tenants on his extensive estates. The news of his demI:e comes as surprise, for he was still relatively young man, being only a little over forty. From the obituaries which have been published of him, and which have been evidently written on the principal of de nor tuis nil nisi b1num." one would ima- zine him to have been a shining light. But he was nothing of tne Kind. In deed. the mental calibrs of this big voiced, big bodied and turbulent Irish earl was about the same as that of his father. the fourth earl, who died about eight years ago. This fourth Lord Por- darlington was pCpularly known in London society as "Hippy," nickname due to the fact that he made his so- cial debut in London a6oi:; the time the hippopotamus was first shown in the geological gardens, and that beth the peer and the animal had much in com mon with each other physically.
 'Hippy" was not bright, and was famed for his difficulty in rea-ern 6erir 2 either faces c" names. It l. related of him that on m maeting Queen Victoria at ore of the Marlborough house garden parties, and receiving a most gracious bow from her he advanced. proffered his hand and most genfally remarked: 'I am awfully pleased to see you: your face is perfectly familiar to me. but for the life of me l can't racollect your nGme.'
 It is only fair to add that at the time this incident took place "Hippy' had but recently recovered from q severe illness that had somewhat impaired his mental faculties. His son, the late earl, had no such excuse for his lack of in telleCtual brilliancy.
 The now widowed countess of Por- darlington was at the time of her mar riage celebrated for her beauty. and still remains a very lovely woman in spite of the fact that she has a son of eighteen in the person of the new earl. She Is a daughter of Lord Nigel Kenne- dy, who himself was a son of the Mar quiS of Ailsa.
 I may add that the Earl of Portar- lington is the head of the ancient hous- es of Damer and Dawson. The Damers hail from Devonshire, while the Daw- sons are indigenous to Ireland. where one of them collected revenue in the time of King Charles II. The first Da- mer of note was one of Oliver Crom- wells commanders of cavalrv. and subsequently, acted as the protectors envoy to France to carry on negotia- tions with Cardinal Mazarin After the restoration he betook himself to Ireland for safety. and there his family became merged in that or the Dawsons. one of whom. now military attache of the British embassy at Paris. has been Repeatedly mentioned in print as a suitor for the hand of Mrs Ogden Goa- let.
 The proceedings in the bankruptcy court in London in connection with the insolvency of the> young Duke CT Man. chester, who only came or age three years ago. furnish the mos extra 1rd- mary reading. and suffice to explain why the relatives of the many heirsss- es whose hand he has sought in mar riage should have been reluctant to fa- vor his suit. Indeed. he absolute rack- iSSSLSSS Wlll Wnlcn 'Lne CIk9 seems to have signed acceptances and promisza- ry notes leads to the conviction that he can at no time have dreamed of ful- filling these obligations.
 In one instance he gave promiss lry note of 5000 to q man who gave him no cash, but what was asserted to be S2,OOO worth of jewelry which. however. when sold only produced $25O. half of which the duke had to gay away in ex- penses to the man who had with difi- culty effected the sale of the jewels. That Is to say the duka got little over S1OO in return for engaging himself on paper to pay e sum of $5.00O ID an- other man, a company promoter. the duke gave promissory notes to the tune or S30.0OO, receiving in return a promise Of S50C00 worth of stock in a $jOOO. 900 company that was to be floaJed two weeks la:5r. The company has not been foated ySt. but the promissory notes of the duke remain in existence
 A remarkable feature of the dukes liabilities Is that none of the well known recognized money lenders, such as Sam Lewis, the late Isaac Gordon, or Jay. would consent to touch his pa per, and that most of it seems to have