New-York tribune., 1904-09-14

nesh seH'elceo 10 term at tsrd labor in Eng
az - 10 u..t a"ains hotelkeepers is undoubtedly
/ - oN III and breeding, and While 1t was
/ Asserted oy Eer counsel in court that she
the daughter oc peer vet +bArs is no foundation
IoE AeF eiaitns TO be daughter Of the sixth Lord
/ efloh' OF Foynton. and q sister, therefore, of
.u0 1ii'n aA9 late Lord Vernon who married
MISS RANGES Lawranee Of New-vork and of the
| Ron NlIllana Nenable Vernon who married a
ST LOUIS Miss Louise Frost daughter OF General
Il. VI frost l. s. a. Four sisters survive the
l@te Loid vernon all OF whom well married.
and not one OF whom answers the description of
the unfortunate woman now IN jail; one OF them
is the wife Of captain IN the Royal Navy.
aho'HeE IS married 10 son OF the fifth Earl of
St-hnope the third 10 a landowner in Derbyshire,
ana ne fourth to clergyman Under the cir
CuHnstances IL Is rather unfair that the Eigsh
press should have given publicity TO tne woman's
STORY Implying that it we'll founded. without
haVins taken the trouble 10 investigate it before
hand. One of her daughters is an actress who
mas been playing with Mrs Pat Campbell at the
aooeVlAe in London. Her two other children
nave oeen taken charge Of during her fnprison-
Inent ny Lady Jeune. ana placed by the latter in
one OF the homes for motherless children which
she has founded
so Intense is the dread which Prince Ferdinand
OF Bulgaria entertains for the number thirteen
that the other day. when delivering a speech at
Sofia, ana wishing TO refer 10 some incident which
took place thirteen years ago he actually made
use OF the eXpreeion that the incident in question
nad occurred 'tWSlTs years and twelve months
previously.
The twin islands Of CoIonsay and oronsay. on the
coast Of Scotland which have lust been purchased
by Lord Strathcona formerly belonged to the late
General Sir John Mcneil. Y. c. who entertained
King Edward and Queen Alexandra on Oronsay =
year or so ago. shortly before his death. These
Islands are endeared to every patriotic Scot. For
1t was there that st. Columbia landed from his
coracle, when. in expiation of he sin OF his
feud. he was banished from Ireland Of which a
glimpse can he obtained fine day far down
on the horizon line. AS Iona and on other
isle's on the western Of Scotland the monks
Of the earliest Christian ages had a settlement
there. and there ara interesting ruins OF chapeIs
and pTfories, with a curious scuptured cross which
Is considered of the precious archaeolog-
ical treasures OF Scotland
Sir John. who never married. and who lost his
parents and two of his sisters in the wreck Of the
Orion AZ Fort Patrick. IN the summer Of ISO was
descended from the chiefs Of Castle Sween. who
shared with the McIeans Con the Iordship of the
Inner fIeoI1des He made his home on Oronsay
The sIaalls- OF his TWO islands on which vas situ-
ated hillorsn. a weatherbeaten low stone house
standing Iour square against the gales which sweep
in from the lmitlaSs ocean. one Of the features
Of KiIloran. which now becomes the home OF Lord
StratheOna, was the famous deCanters OF Sir John
which ended in points. that ths the wine. when
started around the table could never rest until it
reached the gallant old host. 70 repose for an in
slant II the socket holes cut into the solid ma
hosany at the end q the hospitahle table. almost
black with age.
MARQUIsE DE FONTENOy