New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-14
WINlJFAhL FOR DUKE.
Ifarch5stT's moons Increased by
So. 1000 a Yea.

Cr.0ml Observation-Disclosures
,he sixth Ike. She was the daughter of Conway
Dobls % Cos.le Dobbs, "a County Antrim and
married the sixth Duke of Manchester ,,Iet aftv-
seven years ago. Three years LATER she married
SIR Stevenson Arthur Blackwood. Secretary To Tho
General POstoffice who died in 1893 but she re-
.snea re- title ~ Duchess Of Manchester and
likewise the annuity Of $1,000 settled upon her by
tee sixth d-Ae at tlle t!me Of her marriage TO him
and charge1hIe On the estate = fact il was a
frs. charge on The ducaI property, and had TO be
raid before anything else Not that she needed st.
FOR SIZE lad inherited a very considerable fortune
<rrn har father and from her relatives and this
enar.cd her 10 show herself most liberal in her
contributions II the various funds of tie Meth
n6ie, persuasion. OF which she was most en-
rl..siasjic member. Indeed. she was a deeply re-
;eioUs woman, who may he said to have devoted
:he greater part Of her long life TO gelizaton
SIZE Was never seen in society. her appearance was
altogether unknown TO the London great world
md size possessed only the slightest acquaintance
ytth the wife Of her stepson. the seventh Duke of
Manchester, the woman now known as the Duchess
o, Devonsnige, and with Consuelo Duchess of Man
chester. the American widow of the eighth duke
both of these women extremely worldly and
llrra-fashionable, the antithesis, indeed, Of the
Ilobbs duchess. The latter had likewise seen little
a. the present duke and of his American wife who
was Miss Helen Zimmerman. while it IS doubtful
whether she had ever set eyes upon the present
dukes children; that is TO say, the ereat-grand-
children Of her stepson.
The increase to the dukes income resulting from
trustees Of the Manchester estates to charge the
latter with the payment or the late duchess's an
nuity viii in measure for his having been
compelled by the King To resign after a tenure of
only a few months his lucrative Office Of captain
and communicate the Yeomen Of the Guard He
IS now back his place in Ireland. and will not
be seen Al al in London this season As for his
wife, the young Duchess OF Manchester, there Is
rot the slightest foundation for the story again
published eXtensiyel. week ago. the effect that
she a lady in waiting the Queen. Aside from
Any other considerations, her foreign birth pre-
GUIDES her from any such office
HAAKoN 5 FIRST CABINET CRISIS
King Haakon and his government are showing
the utmost consideration for old King Oscar and
regard for popular sentiment in Sweden much
SO indeed. that the initiative of the Norwegian
ruler ris NOrsenen have decided to abstain from
any popular ceebration the anniversary % their
independence. What the sacrifice means can be
conceived by imagining ones self what il would
cost Americans 10 refrain from celebrating the
glorious Fourth for fear Of hurting feelings Of
the English people
The King * equally determined to sanction moth
ing in the way Of military measures that could be
possibly construed a. Stockholm being aimed
against the Swedes and rather than yield in the
matter has preferred 10 part with his Minister Of
War. General OLSON. The general has always
been q bit ii a Chauvinist. disposed % a sort OF
military agEressiveness and out Of sympathy with
the extremely conCiliatCry policy adopted by King
EaaEon ana me remainder OF his government tow
ard Sweden. That IS why he has been obliged
60 and hear that # has been decided that from
now the seals Of the War Department at
.Christlania Will. in the United States and in
Great Britain. always be intrusted to a civilian
instead Of heretofore, soldiers only.
This Is Klrg EIaakon's hrst ministerial IfFcultv
and Cabinet crisis and it Is pleasant to ind that
fl has .1een brought about Sy his efforts 70 pro-
mote good feeling with Sweden. and that he has
the SUPPORT Of the vast bulk Of his nation IN the
matter
AMERICAN FORTUNE FOR ENGLISH
PEEREss.
LADY Leigh. an English peeress though Of Aueri-
can birth. vas the principal petitioner IN the pro
ceedngs which have just resulted in the deoara-
zion by the VIce-Chancelors court at Newark
\. j. that Arthur BeckE:'h Egho has been miss
ing since lss4, Is dead. and shat his large estate
may therefore he length distributed among his
heirs. chief among whom = Lady Leigh, HIS sister,
a similar decision given few weeks earlier
by tae courts Of the State Of New York
Arthur Beckwith and his sister, Lady Leigh were
children Of that Nelson Beckwith, who was for
number Of years American Minister 10 France,
where Lady Leigh. then quite young girl, became
particular favorite Of Empress Eugene, and used
10 be known at the Tueries and ar St Cloud as
-Bebe" Beckwith a name which clung TO her long
after she reached mature wOmanhOod. arthur
BeckHith was an artist. making his home in New
York a. &o. IS Fifth avenue. He received in
5gries while driving pair Of horses up that thor
oughfaTe IN MAY, 1880 which cost MIN MS reason
For number of years he was kept closely con
fined his house in Fifth avenue under the care
o. domestlcs and I have sometimes wondered
whether he has been the only rich man bereft OF
his whom his relatives from motives or
mistaken sentiment have refrained from commit
ting 70 a ssnatorium and have imprisoned IN his
OF their house without the knowledge of the au-
thorities and more less at the mercy Of ser
wants without proper medical care and super
vision
Arthur Beckwith's insanity developed into homi-
cidal mania and he made so many attempts TO
escape 10 take his own life and to injure those
intrusted with his care that the police IN the end
became aware Of the affair. and insisted upon
his commitment in due form 10 DR. BueIs sana-
forum Al Litchield. Conn, in 1890; that Is TO
say. after he lad been prisoner for the space OF
whole decade at his house in Fifth avenue.
Toward the end Of 1892 lie escaped, and was
found Elk months sfterward in of the mountain
Businesses Of Cuba. living like wild creature al
most naked covered with hair and dirt. the terror
Of The neigborhood not for acts Of violence but
because Of his fearsoTne aspect. They brought him
70 the coast Of Florida. but he again escaped, and
was again captured. Then they put him I'm the
Sanford Hall insane asylum, at Flushing, y. Y.
But in April. 1894, he again escaped. This time
he made better showing. and cIew has ever
been found 10 his fate. But for many years after
ward whenever any Of the family heard OF a wild
man OF the woods In any part OF America Eu
rope, detectives were sent TO investigate as 10
whether he were not the missing Arthur Beckwith.
Strangely enough. Arthur's brother, Leonard
Beckwith. likewise became insane about ten years
ago, following a serious illness and while Arthur
was under the delusion that he was a compound
q Michael Angelo and of Raphael Leonard was
convinced that he the discoveTer of an air
mp destined 70 revolutionize the transportation
business Leonard died few years ago leaving
WIDOW ana several children, two daughters and
t"o sons who have been brought up almost en-
has