The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-22
Artist 0CR,ACY
IN IN. COURTS;
Each Month Produces Some
Cause Celebra.
FOND OF ACTRESSES.
Cavendish Inherited a Million Of Dol
lars and squandered Nearly All Of
it,Knew Nothing About Business
and Did Not Caresto Learn. II
FOND OF ACTRESSES.
10y PAUL LAMeERT.)

Especial Cable to the Times Dispatch,
Copyrighted, 1909
LONDON, March 2l-Not in years have
so many extraordinary cases involving
members of the arlstocracy been heard IN
the London courts
Each month produces It's cause celebra,
either in tho divorce court, IN the court
of bankruptcy-both popular tribunals or
tho British nrlstocracy-or the lower
courts
Following hard on the heels of the sem
sational disclosures in the squald SQUAD
Bile for the possession of the little daugh-
ter OF Lady Granville Gordon, London
was interested in the trbulations Of Hen
~ Sheppard Hart. Cavendish. a grand
son of famous British peer, an ameteur
| explorer and man-about-town.
Cavendsh was fond Of the company OF
actors and actresses. 1t was at one time
reported that lie was engaged TO the
| beautiful American actress, Edna May.
Last winter he married Miss Isabel Jay.
! the star of the Savoy Theatre.
Cavendish was fond of the company Of
an agreement he made with Major Strut.
1t appeared during the trial that Caven-
dish Inherited a million dollars and that
he has sutandered nearly all OF t.ft
He became Interested In splrltualsm
not long ago, and obeying the bchests of
q spirit transmitted through Il planchette,
or slate writing he signed away the
greater part Of the remnants of his for
tune W.
The young man calmly admitted on the
witness stand that he knew nothing about
business and dIdn' care to learn, because
gentlemen were not supposed to bother
themselves about the sordid details OF
the management OF their fortunes
Young Cavendlsh Is n fine tyne Of the
English ristocrat-physically at least. He
Is tall. well SGT up. clean shaver and thor
oughly well valeted. His cross exaMina-
ton disclosed tile fact that he possessed
the intelligence Of q boy or fouEteen,
His case Is interesting as explaining the
| "lnenicicncy" of the governing class OF
| England, which Is the arlst0cracy.
There are many Cayendlshcs In the army
and navy, which accounts for the per-
sistence Of tho costly system Of "red
! tape" maintained In all departments of
the government, the opposition to reform
and Improvement, the unfitness of many
generals and admlrais ana inc general
| wasterulness and extravaganza charac-
terstic of nearly every department OF
] government.
A typlcal sample. of War Office admin
istration came to light the other day.
Early IN the South African war n wine
merchant desiring to set an order for
| wine for uso in the medical department
Of tho army in tho field called at the
| War Office,
As vine is a medical comfort, he went
to the medical department to tender ms
| bid
Much to his surprise he learned theirs
that he would have to tender MS DID te
| the Ordnance Department Which con
rolled the purchase of wine for the medl
cal stores of the arimy
One of the most picturesque figures "
the British peerage is Sir Claude Cham
| pion dc Cresplgny, the. sportink baronet
| Sir Claude comes of "a pobe Norman
family, settled In lInglandffor centuries
He has had n moro varied and adyen-
! turous career than any her man OF title
| In England, Sir Claude is a sportsman
1 first of all as{f
At one time or another lie has broken
every bone IN his body-saYe his neck
lie has been soldier sailor and war cor
respondent.
l4Iie is now a sturdy, White-haired, While
| ml,stached rudly-cheeked man OF sixty
| with eyes as bright as q boys. He has
| done nothing all HIS life but seek adj
\ venture.
| 1t is to be snid TINT he has found IT In
! al corners of the world,
] He Is a noted halloonist and q cham
4 pion swimmer He tried once TO swim
the English channel.5 As q steep lechAse
4 rider he is without his match, considers
4 Ing his weight and age
Ills love Of balloonlng mas more thar