The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-09

BY La MARQUIsE DE FoNTENOf.
! n = = Duchess OF Bedford,
land House. win her 'a ado no.
Ssa anis ter. Lady Dudley. on her way
ley ley has been, filling the ONCE OF Gov
! eFnor- General OF the Commonwealth.
Is the only sister of Lady Henry
in cerm SO well known in America,
, mas played in the temperance and
wUUInan's emancipation movements
~ IKE Lazy Henry. she Is a daughter
31 me last Earl somers. and. noted
.on neT beauty. married in 1876 the
.enth Duke of Bedford. Enormously
stout in his later years, he was Vic
s,," 10 heafi disease. and succumbed
rise TO ruTnors of suicide, for which
there was no foundation. however. He
Mas succeeded by his younger brother.
| Herhrand. the present duke, leaving
his widow abundantly Blessed WIN WIN
ms worlds goods. since she has not
pn!y the property which he left her.
but also that inherited from her faith.
devotes, to philanthropy. and has done
SO much good work among the female
, FOR their welfare after their Iteration,
! mat the government felt iInpelled to
show It's recognition hy creating for
f ner the office OF Lady Visitor TO the
United KINGDOM. Mrs Maybrick owed
much TO Adeline. Duchess OF Bedford,
ana II was largely owing 10 the lat
, ters advocacy OF her cause that the
at liberty. instead OF being compelled
| TO spend the remainder OF her days
behind prison walls as the convicted
| murderess of her husband
Catherine coweli stepney. whose
impending marriage to Sir Stafford
cestershire. has just been announced.
is the thirty three-year- old daughter
and sole heiress OF the late Sir Arthur
Coweil-stepney, who Just about. this
a village railroad station in Arizona
She inherited from her father all his
property Including about 10000 acres
Of land IN California. Sir Arthur was
very eccentric. Indeed. II was on the
strength Of aftidavits OF the late Mr..
GLADSTONE. Of Lord Currie. of Sir Robert
onial Department and OF Sir Percy
/ sanderson. OF the foreign office. with
which Sir Arthur had been connected
FOR number OF years) regarding his
decisions. that the Court or Chancery
made an order in 1891. granting the
custody of his daughter. then u minor.
to her mother. Afterwards. Sir Arthur
was under the treatment of the late
Sir William Gull. of DR.. Bordesley, and
of other eminent physicians and spe-
cialists for mental ailments. besides
| being In the custody OF an alienist for
more than a year. Subsequently he
came to this country. and gave vent
to his anger for the persecution to
which he considered himself to have
been subjected. by abandoning his Eng
lish citizenship and securing letters
OF naturalization as a citizen OF the
United States.
Sir Arthur was. very proud OF his
American citizenship. and in writing
10 his fellow members of the Travel
ers' and Brooks. two of the most i'm
portant clubs in London, to which he
belonged up to the time OF his death,
always begged that they should ad :
! dress him as Mr.. Arthur Stepney.'
since on becoming an American citizen.
he had dropped the baronetcy for
good and ALL" While over here he
was reported to have obtained a de-
cree of divorce in the State of Idaho,
with the object OF venting his dis
pleasure on his wife for the share
which she had taken in establishing