The evening world., 1901-02-21
Would Not settle.

/, VOtSc court DaT mas Ueeu retainer III
behalf o: the petitioner.
W"uId Not settle.
The case cannot be aired In court Mt
{. any rate for some months, and possibly
not before the autumn. and the friends
OF the lust married Duke may yet sue
coed In compromising the matter and
preventing a trial. But as Major Attn
rrton Is reported TO have already re-
fused a check for 10000 ms compensa-
lion for the injury he Is said 10 have
sustained the task ahead of those who
are trying 10 arrange settlement.
among whom Is said TO be King Edward
himself. would aeon In~uperable.
rTh. respondent. Mabel Louisa Ather-
ton, is u SITTER Of Sir Aubrey Paul. Bart.
she married the Major In lsse. They
have one son. born In 1879. Mrs. Ather-
ton i. :, Good-;ooking. siy!srh woman.
about phirty-iivc years OF age. She he.
longs 10 i.ondons smart set. When MEs.
| Anterior wen; 10 South Africa her huh-
bands regimen; was win Lord Meth.
uen's command a, the Modder River,
aud she proceeded there.
scandal In Camp.
Mrs. A,hcrton was At the Modder
River camp with other women when DR..
Trevcs denounced the plague OF wom-
en-" at the from, IN South Africa. The
Duke o. Westminster. then Lord Bei-
grave. and the brother OF weli-known
South African millionaire. whose name
has also been mentioned with that Of
Mrs Arherton. were At the same camp.
FOR a Ions time Major Athcr;On re-
Inalncd In ignorance % the camp gossip.
biit finally some OF hS brother officers
notified him OF the facts In the ease.
Mrs. Athcrton returned 10 England In
October. and stopped of AZ. the island
q. Madeira. There she took passage
on u steamer which was taking the Duke
OF Westminster home. They arrived N
London Nov. J
0Ancc the return 81 Mrs. Athcrton the
drosvenor family uhc Dukes name ~
Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvcnorp has
been, engaged In an attempt to prevent
the case getting Into the courts. The
Countess OF Grosvenor, the Dukes
mother. invited Mrs. Anterior to her
house. This move stlenced the xossipe
Tor some time. Then came the repor,
Of the service OF a citation on the Duke
OF Westminster the day Of his marriage.
which was dlsprovcd by the fact that
the suit was not then filed.
No Defense.
II II said that the evidence which
vii! be presented II the case reaches
court II OF such n character that no de-
tense can ne offered. and that 1t must
resolve Itself into a question OF COM
ponSat.on.
The Duke of Westminster was married
at 81. :Hkui's Church. knightsbridse.
london, last Saturday. to Miss Sheiagh
West. Sa1E;, liter OF Col. William Cornwall.
lis West. under romantic circumstances.
The Dukes grandfather. the wealrhie.t
Duke In the United Kingdom. opposed
she marriage. He died Dec. g. 1899.
while the present Duke. then Lord Bel.
grade. was In South Africa, and the new
Duke hurried home.
During his absence. however, Capt
Gordon Wood. an officer OF the Shrop-
shire feomanry. which fought under
Lord Methuen. had succeeded In winning
Miss Vests heart. Tho young Duke on
learning OF this state OF affairs returned
TO South Africa. In tho mean time his
rival was killed In an engagement. iast
October. With the Bocrs. lie was hand
some. of good family. popular In fashion.
able London society. hut almost spcnnl-
less.
!, Tas puks asaia ~sat home aaA NJ
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