The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-20
uSH()N()RED N Old AGE
LORD DUFFERIN, THE Earl. OF
AVA, FACES RUIN AND
DISGRACE
LOST TWO SONS IN B0ER WAR
Duped and Drawn Into n Wildcat
Scheme by a Titled Adventures
and an American FI@@
nanciaI Crook.
LOST TWO SONS IN BoER WAF
Special Correspondence of the Enquirer.

Special Correspondence of the Enquirer
LONDON, Dec. A.-An author of much
matter that is read once wrote this of
Lord Dufferin, the Earl of Ava:
"A small, carelessly clad, gracious old
gentleman, whose mild pink counte-
nance had, with years of anxiety about
ways and means, disposed itself in lines
which produced a chronic expression Of
solicitude. A nervous affection of the
eyelids lent to this look at intervals. a
beseeching quality which embarrassed the
beholder.
All men liked him and had spoken
well of him throughout his .ong and
hard-worked career"
This man, one of England's most TO
table figures, is today in the throes Of
humiliation and despair, brought about
by the coils thrown around him by a
shreWd American. If not utterly dis
graced, Dufferin is badly smirched and
life of uprightness will end in gloom.
His tempter (for the noble lord is COM
paratively poor and financially unable
to bear the many honors showered upon
him by the queen, and through this fact
became victim), was Whitaker Wright,
or Philadelphia, who originated con-
Germ called the London and Globe cor
poration, and which failed with a crash
men and women from every class In life
all of whom lost their fortunes in a twin
king, besides Wrecking a score or more
Of mercantile London firms
LORD DUFFERIN THE CHAIRMAN.
To this wildcat scheme Lord Dufferin
not only lent his name as chairman
but was diligent in promoting its in
terests. He had been given 5000 shares
of the stock of the London and Globe
and 10000 shares in the Britisf-Amerf-
can. 1t was a saying in the smart set
Of the English capital that it would be
a good thing to go into Wright's schemes
| for the reason that ''Dufferin is in them,
you know" And they did go In. Such
men as Gen. Calthorpe, the Duke of
Newcastle and Lord Edward Pelham
Clinton put up their money in these con-
germs and all live to regret it. No one
believes that Lord Dufferin is responsible
for the disaster-they aver that he Is
capable of trickery, but that he was in
duced to favor it by becoming a chair
man, because as a figurehead it meant
for him an honorable way to increase
an income that was all too small to
support the dignity of his position. For
all that, it is impossible for him to come
out of it without being bedraggled in the
mire.
IGNORANT OF FINANCES.
Perhaps because he is a diplomat and
a scholar he knows no more about finance
than does an unborn babe, and thus be-
came the easy dupe of a slick rascal who
tempted him with sudden and great
riches.
With all his insight into the affairs
of individuals in mass and the worlds
great issues he did not know that he
himself knew nothing of the game they
NAV In Tlrea dneedle street
He was hoodwinked, blinded by the
man who knew how to use him. and
that man was clever enough not to APP
proach him as man to man. but to Sc
cure him through woman.
The Countess of Warwick was the
woman.
Another chapter in the history of the
"babbling Brooke"
Surely this beautiful, witty person will
go down into history among the famed
women of this century!
She and Whitaker Wright have been
friends in many financial ventures.
Mr.. Whitaker Wright has the entrance
into the houses of some of the great
names of London, ad Warwick Castle
was one 1t was a far cry from the
heir apparent to the throne of Great Brit
ain and India to Mr.. Whitaker Wright
promoter, but the Countess OF War
wick is as versatile in her friendships as
in her accomplishments, and she count
ed the Prince of Wales and the schemer
as friends.
THE WOMAN IN THE CASE.
She is very beautiful, lady Of high
degree, the leader of London's smart set,
the wife of an Garland it takes money
to keep these things going.
She and the earl hadn't much money
and Mr.. Wright gave her "tip" on when
to sell certain stocks she held and secur-
ed for her profit of 100000. He asked
for no return then, but she paid the
price Of such a favor later.\ When Wright
organized this banking corporation he
asked her to gain the consent OF Lord
Dufferin to become the chairman of the
committee; to put his name at the head