The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-29
LATE GOSSIP OF
FOREIGN CAPITALS.


Eel and who f. the original Of Conan
Doyle's Sherlock hJlmss.' Doyle was a
pupil in DR.. BeITs anatomy class during
his studies al the Edinburgh University,
and was TO such an extent fascinated by
his professor that he portrayed him under
the name OF Sherlock Holmes" For OLD
Or. Bell, besides being an eminent SUI
eeon. IL a born detective. and has carried
the powers Of deduction 70 an even stiU
greater extent than described in Conan
Doyle's entertaining books. DIT. Bell
might have had n title. as his father, the
late Sir Charles Bell. had before him, for
II is not so long ago that DR.. Bell &c
ceived the offer OF a baronstcy from the
crown In recognition Of his eminent serv-
ices as professor Of surgery and as one
OF the greatest authorities of the nervous
system. But he refused the dignity on
| the ground that he had recently lost his
only son. and that he had no desire Of
any hOnOrs for himself DIR. Bell Is be-
lieved 10 have inherited from his uncle,
Sir William Bell. the extraordinary ILL
sight into other peoples minds which IS
his most remarkable characteristic. and
which Conan Doyle had in view when re
wrote Sherlock Holmes" Princess
Louise has Known the good old doctor
since her childhood and there Is no one
whom she Is more pleased TO see when
she stays in Scotland.
The stories which are being told in thu
society papers about the probability of
the newly widowed Duchess of Argyll re-
sumins her place at court as one of the
ladies in attendance on Queen Victoria
are to the last degree improbable, for the
marriage five years ago Of the Hon. Ina
McNeill, relatively young woman, to
the aged Duke Of Argyll, more than sew
ehty-hVe years of age, and barely twelve
months after losing his second wife, ex-
cited 30 much Indignation at court that
| ali relations between the Queen and her
| former badchamber woman ceased. Morr-
| over, Princess Louise and her husband,
| the Marquis of Lorne. declined to recog-
| LIE in any way the old dukes third wife.
| The late duke had virtually been dying
ever since last Christmas, when he had
a stroke Of paralysis, which not merely
confined him to his bed, but likewise
| clouded his once brilliant mind. Yet, al
| though his eldest son and his royal
| daughter-in-law were living at Roseneath
which is only a short distance off, they
did not once visit Inverary Castle for the
| purpose of seeing him or inquiring after
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last farewell, and although they were IT
| the neighborhood, they neither attended
| his funeral nor his lying in state. The
| chief mourner was Lord Archibald Camp
| bell, younger son OF the duke and il
was he who undertook in the new dukes
| name all the arrangements in connection
with the obsequies, which were carried out
| without any regard for the wishes of the
| widowed duchess. She expressly urgsJ
| that her husband should be entombed or
the sacred island of Iona, where il would
| have been possible for her to have beer
| buried by his side alone, when her OWL
| demise took place. But the new duke
would not hear of any such thing, art
insisted that his father should be lai5
| to rest in the Kilmm churchyard on HOLY
| Lock, which, since the battle of Flodden
has been the buTying place of the lord'
| of Argyll, and should repose beside his
| first wife, that is, the mother of the new
! duke. The late duchess may be said tC
| have responded in kind by delaying tht
| funeral for close upon four weeks. wei
| aware of the custom which prevails il
| the United Kingdom. and more especially
| in Scotland, that the heir should not as
| sumo his title until after the obsequie!
OF his predecessor.
The new duke and duchess propose t.
| spend a good deal of time at Inverary
Castle superb place, but TO which they
have been strangers for a number o.
years. but propose 10 sell Argyll Lodge
the London residence of the late duke, II
the West End, which is SO surrounded b.
/ trees and grounds as to convey the i'm
| preston that Ii is situated in a rural dis
trict remote from any city. They will
continue 10 make their headquarters whe!
in town at Kensington Palace, in the suiti
of apartments which the Queen granted
to her daughter on the occasion of hel
marriage.
Prince Maximilian Egon Fuerstenberg
head Of the princely and mediatiZed hous'
of that name. is mentioned in court an,
political circles, alike at Berlin and a
| Vienna, as likely to succeed DR.. Won Kor
her as prime minister of Austria in tn
near future. Unlike his childless cousin
whom he succeeded. he is a particula
favorite OF the Kaiser The late Prime
Charles Fuerstenberg. it may be remem
hered, openly QuaTreled with Empero
William when the latter. ten years ago
asked the officers of his crack regiment
declaring that William had no right to al
tempt 70 interfere with their private lie
and already previous to the Kaiser's &C
cession. the prince had resented William
attempt TO stop card playing on the par
Of the officers of the regiment TO whicl
he. Prince Fuerstenberg, belonged. Clos
ing up his magnificent palace at Berlin
he resigned his commission In the arm
,DnarrpraH his iDrnnfi0n of set
ting his foot again in the Prussian capita
as long as the Emperor remained on III
thrcLe. Shortly before his death he Be
came reconciled however. TO William
who treated him with marked gracious
ness, His widow, a sister of the presen
Duke of Sagan and Talleyrand, is no.
married to Count Jean Castellane, brOtA
er of Boni de Castellane. who marie
Anna Gould.
The present head Of the house Of Fuerst
erberg is a man of about thirty-five. col0s
sally rich. holds commissions in the Ger
| man as we'll as in the Austrian army, an
| occupias seats in the House of Lords Q
Austria. Prussia, Wurtemberg, and Bader
in ali of which countries he possesse
great estates. Especially large and valu
able is his property in Bohemia, and h
has all along been looked upon as one @
the principal leaders Of the German part
In Bohemia. and IS a champion OF Germa
interests against the extortionate demand
: : of the Czechs. His appointment as Aus
trian premier would, therefore. be Sc
we're blow for the Czechs, who deserve 4
since il is their obstruction in the Reichs
rath. at Vienna, which has rendered IN
continuance IN Office OF the present prt
rnier. DR.. Ze KOerber, impog sible.
His mother IS that Princess Leontir
I Fufrstenberg WHO married hTst OF all th
: late Prince Max Fuerstenberg. and there
; upon Prince Emil FueTstenberg. and wh
at one time was famous from one end
Europe 10 the other by reason OF he
dark and almost swarthy style OF beaut,
and for her eccentricitles, as well as e
capades II is doubtful whether there b
been any woman OF her rank and blrt
: who has given cause for SO much talk q
Princess LSontine, who. in zen canaillani
: herself, did not. III e Princess Pauline Ne
: ! ternich. invariably remain the great lad
: ! Another point in which she differed frol
| Princess Pauline was in the possession