New-York tribune., 1908-05-01
CALL TO THE FRASERS
Lord LoUdt Summons His Clou tn
Meet at Quebec.

Lord Lovat, in his capacity as chief of th. great
can OF Fraser has issued an appeal to all of its
members on both sides OF the Atlantic to take part
With him during the tercentenary celebrations at
Quebec next July in q monster muster of the clan
on the Heights Of Abraham &. the CAPTURE of
"inCh me Hrasers played so peculiarly gallant a
role l99 years ago The Fraser clan is one OF
lse Oldest and most historic Scotland and WELD
ing TO in point of antiquity is believed %
be not Of Gaelic, but OF Scandinavian origin the
name Fraser being a corruption OF Frfsei Be that
as II may, the Frasers are on record as owning
vast possessions in the South of Scotland in the
reign OF Malcolm III. surnamed The Great Head"
and who reigned prior to the Norman CONQUEST of
England. and married Margaret sister of King
EDWARD Atheiins AS TO the Importance OF the
Frasers. better illustration can be furnished
than the fact that Sir Alexander Fraser the head
OF the clan in the early portion of the fourteenth
century, was Chamberlain of Scotland and married
10 Mary, sister OF King Robert Bruce. Hugh
Fraser. OF lsovat. one OF the hostages for
King Jarnes's ransom when he returned from cap
tiNlty in England, and the of the first Lord
1ovat. or Fraser of Lovat, fell with many Of his
clan in the battle of Flodden Field.
There is no house in Scotland which has a more
sensational history than that of the lords OF Lovat
who are chiefs Of the Frasers. Abductions. elope-
naents. murders. rebeljons. forgeres and all
figure in its annals. Numbers of its members have
succumbed to violence several of them having per-
ished the scaffold the last one to lay his head
the block having been Lord Lovat. surnamed
The Traitor Of his three sons, OF
whom was General Simon Fraser of the American
Revolutionary War, left any male issue. the vast
passed at their death, early in the last
century to the senior descendant of the fourth Lord
Fraser He The grandfather of the present
peer. Queen Victoria conferred upon him Eng
rsh peerage under the title of Lord Lovat. and
subsequently he secured from the Crown and Par
lament the removal of the attainder that rested
upon the patent of the Scotch barony Of Lovat ere
ated in 145S and attainted the time Of the trial
and condemnation Of the eleventh lord, namely,
''The Traitor"
There have been many claims put forward by
people on both sides Of the Atlantic TO the Scotch
barony Of Lovat and TO the Fraser estates,
among others being John Fraser. recently debt
collector OF Winnipeg. Most of them base their
pretensions alleged descent from Alexander
Fraser, elder brother of The Traitor, and who
was persuaded by the latter TO disappear, in order
that he might usurp his rank and property. The
Fraser very large those in Inverness
shire alone extending over some three hundred
thousand acres The principal country seat of Lord
I.cvat Beaufort Castle, which has been rented
in 10 the late Cornelius Vanderbilt and 10
Henry Phipps Lord Lovat, who, like his father,
is a Roman Catholic. and who, moreover, is un-
married and good looking did good service during
the Boer war, raising exclusively from the mem
bers Of his clan large of mounted infantry.
equipped and maintained at his expense, who were
known Lovat's Scouts, and who rendered them
selves most useful during the campaign
DEFENDED PRESIDENT WITH PARAsOI.
Countess Lydia Rostopchine, the well known
Russian authoress and playwright, who was TO
have visited the United States this month, has
been placed in mourning by the death of her
brother-in-law, Count Tornielli. Ambassador of
Italy in Paris, and dean of the diplomatic corps
II will probably lead TO the postponernent of her
trip the Atlantic. much to the disappoint-
ment Of her many American friends She and
her sister, the widowed aInbassadress are
extremely clever and brilliant women, granddaugh-
Of Ia
trusted with the defence OF Moscow, set fire 10 1t
in order drive out Napoleon and his army in 1872
While Countess Lydia Rostopchine is extremely
active and energetic. her sister Countess Tornleln
has IN spite of her marked tendency embonpoint
and the shortness Of her sight which compeIs her
10 use glasses, given one notable occasion evi-
dence that she has inherited some Of the decision
Of character, not TO say combativeness of the
famous general II occurred in connection with
the memorable attack Of the Baron Christiani upon
President Loubet at the raCecourse at Auteuil. It
may be recalled that number Of Royalists had
availed themselves Of the presence of the kindly
Old President TO make an angry demonstration
against the republic and its chief magistrate Anna
Gould, who long been married to Boni de
Castellane, took enthusiastic and noisy part In
the affair while Baron Chrstiani became so ex-
cited that he made way the Presidential
stand and started TO bring his cane down with all
his might and main the head and shoulders OF
n Loubet. Some moments elapsed before the
police had hurried the spot and seized the man.
during which time fat Countess TOrnielh with the
utmost valor endeavored TO parry the blows OF
Christiani with parasol, the stick of which, ow
Ing to need Of its support was Of more than
ordinarily stout proportions, and not only did she
succeed In shielding the President from any very
serious damage but she even managed 10 land sew
eral good whacks on the head of Christiani. who
had barsained for so Tedoubtahle a feminine
defender OF object of his outrageous assault
Neither Papa Ioubet nor his wife ever forgot the
pluck and the presence Of mind she displayed on
that occasion. and as long they remained at
the Flysee there was no one so welcome there as
rhe Italia Ambassadors: IN fact, il is no eNas-
eerarjon 20 state thai the Countess Tornlellis
BILE defence Of the President Of the republic
~ the AuteuiI races contributed in no small degree
tc the very cordial entente between Italy ana
France which has now taken the place Of their