The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-18
FROM LAB0RER TO
IPEER OF ENGLAND.
Waterman on Seattle Building
Elevated to British House
TT ...- of Lords. H.,

Seattle, Wash, Nov. IS From pow.
erty to. peerage and plenty. That, in
a line, is the story. Of William D. Moir,
who has been a citizen Of Seattle for
six months past. But he is no longer
William D. Moir. He is Lord Corrien-
land, and he can take his seat in the
British house of lords and rub elbows
with all the dukes, earls and what-not
that slumber on the benches of that
most august and INDECENT Of all legisla
tive bodies.
Mr.. Moir learned this week that he
was a peer of Great Britain. He had
always known that he was in line for
the title and estates Of the noble house
of Corrienony, but there were so many
between him and the title that he never
dreamed that he would live as its holder
plays strange tricks. One by one those
in line for the estates dropped off and
on Wednesday last Mr. Moir received
q cablegram that Donald r. MacPher-
son, the present holder of the estates
but not of the title, had passed away,
the estate. After that he got several ca
Diagrams the last Of which announced
that a solicitor was on his way out to
Seattle to acquaint the new lord with
all the details of his good fortune. He
will arrive some time next week.
i Estates Are Valuable.
/ The Corrienony estates net to their
owner something like 100000 a year,
or f40, 600, as the old country people
tate, farms and other investments that
bring a great deal Of money Mr.. Moir
/ gets the title thru his mothers family.
She was Grant and thru the inclina-
/ ton Of some Of the male members Of the
family to remain bachelors, the title and
/ estates went to the female branch Of
4 the family tree. Mr.. Moir-His Lord
i ship of Corrienony-win leave for Scot
i land shortly to claim his estates and
title. !. !
Mr.. Morris career reads like a ro-
nance. In Scotland he followed vari-
GUS lines of business and made and lost
large fortunes. About six months ago
he was in i'll health and decided to
seek change Of climate. He went to
Liverpool with a portmanteau and roll
Of money. He had not the slightest
idea where he was going. He saw big
ocean liner at one of the docks and
asked some one where it was bound for.
- America, : was the answer.
Il To Mr.. Moir, America seemed long
way off, but he decided he would 20
there. He bought ticket and went
! aboard, taking his luggage with him.
. Had he been an American he would
4 have taken his baggage. In course of
I, time he arrived at New York. He had
! an old friend in Philadelphia and head
). ed for that city. He spent some time
S there and then longed to get under the
British flag once more. {
Still an Englishman.
! The patriotic feeling prompted him
j, to 90 to Toronto. When he got to the
Ontario metropolis he looked at his
!. purse and decided that he should do
!, something to replenish it. But there
was no work in sight and after seek
: ing employment in vain, he bought a
i ticket for the Pacific coast and came
j west to Vancouver. There he encoun-
!. tered the same difficulty in getting
I work and so came to Seattle. IS
q weeks he was unsuccessful. At last
: NE Stirratt Of Stirratt n Goetz. him: