Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-19
THE WILL OF 4
LORD ABINGER
SON OF FIRST AMERICAN TO
BE MADE A PEERLESS
SOME BITTER LITIGATION
Expected in the British Courts-If a
Catholic Title Lost TO Fine
Estate.
SOME BITTER LITIGATION

London, January 18.-Lord Abin-
ger (the son of Lady Abinger, the
first American to become a peeress),
who met with such sudden and
tragic death in Paris, has left will,
not yet published in detail, which may
lead to many complications.
Mr.. Shelley-Scarlett, the late Lord
Abinger' s second cousin, who has now
succeeded to the titles married a Ro-
man Catholic, and in the will it is
particularly stated that should Shell
ley-Scarlett's heir be q Roman Catho-
lie the fine family property Inver-
iochy Castle in Invernesshire, Scot
land shall not come to him.
Inverlochy has been made beautiful
by the late Lord Abinger, who, with
all his faults, had wonderful taste,
and Lady Abinger, his devoted moth
er, is much attached to the place. The
castle is surrounded by heather-clad
moors, and the shooting and fishing
are magnificent The estate, however,
is mortgaged, and by curious pro-
vision in the will the property which
is not entailed, will nominally belong
to the Dowager Lady Abinger, as she
now is, who can reside there until her
death.
The Shelley-Scarletts, who are now
the new Lord and Lady Abinger, may
very probably contest this strange
will, as they have never been on good
terms with the Abinger family.
Another curious thing which is dis
clssed Is that Lord Abineer has not
left a penny to any Of lis three mar
Iried sisters, who are none Of them
well off.
The youngest of them, the Hon. Mrs
Surge, IS very happily married to one
LOT the bandsomest men in the service.
Her husband, who belongs to a very
Idistiacuie family, IS living IN
South Africa on a very small income,
! bnt Ella ScarIett, as she used to be
known before she married Captain
Smge, Is earning LOGO pounds . year
as a lady doctor under the Govern
mant at Bloemfontein.
Besides leaving Inveflochy 10 his
nother for her lifetime Lord Abinger
managed to leave her al the money
he was able to. a big slate quarry in
Wales. which IS only just beginning to
do wen. IS also left to the dowager,
who should find herself great deal
better OF than the new heir and his
wife
TIE Dowager Lady Abinger is one
of tie leaders Of Christian Science
in London, and has host Of friends.
A romantic though somewhat unu-
sual MARI e has just taken place IN
wales between a daughter Of the late
Dean Of Ilandaf, who belongs to the
GOOD old family Of Lsneh-Blosse, and
the door-porter at Cardiff infrmary.
Miss Ivnch-BIosse was trained at the
infrmary and had lately been pro-
noted to the position Of ward sister.
She has q comfortable nome Of her
own and has taken a farm in Somer-
setshire for her husband, who went
through the South African war as a
trooper. She IS inclined to think that
the late dean would turn IN his grave
at the idea Of his daughter marrying
hall porter, but the couple seem
very happy and have settled down
to farming, out of which they hope to
make a good thing.
Every one who knows London at all
knows that dingy-looking relic of
Egypt's ancient glory cleopatra s
Needle" which has always looked 50
out of place on the Thames embank-
ment.
The needle was set up quarter of
century ago, and it was then de-
cided that an appropriate inscription
should be put on the modern pedestal
which supports the monument, and
for this purpose a panel was carved.
The inscription was decided upon, but
the matter appears to have dropped
and all interest was lost in the
wretched thing. The other day the
London County Council woke up and
asked for the inscription, owing to the
fact that somebody had been worry
ing the public press on the subject of
descriptions generally.
Then it was found that no one
could remember what the inscription
was to have been. so man with a