The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-14
is EMPEROR MENELIK
ALIVE OR is HE DEAD?

stnmcnt. ltc IS I'm his sixteenth ysar
on, already great. strapping, dig fell
NV. manhood icing attained carly in
those CHIMES mas $4,000 well armed
.!oops. ooedtent 10 his bchest; has al.
rtody suppressed within the last few
n lioi 'hs rcoe!iion In the north, In a
p.an,,, outtle OF the most sanguinary
u.3ct lpton' never leaves the capital
unless surrounded by a picked body
.,"'iiu Ut several thougand men, and
! KEEPS a large hsrem.
Lord CrhnWorlh mad many talks vi q,
, nin. through AN interpreter. but all the
/ BLOOMINGTON tii.t lie could obtain from
HIal iudicuteu u desire that the crown
q .i'" N4su"u MIS- foreign visitor 20
bcIieve ;hat Emperor aicnei,is was
SIN alive. When MenelIk Was last
| seen by foreign doctors. now more
ciared that, completely paralyzed. at
tiicted with all sorts OF incurnblc NAL
aides, and hts mental faculties On
tl'eiy gone, he was. in their opinion,
probable that. although the Almannch
He t'otua Tor 1912 SIN records him
among the Using soveroigns. he >
! rosii% cong sine dead ana tndt u few
months hence, when the only ,c,. APP
parent ~ !2 Suowu by the .;tnc oi
Tie FOUNDER OF christianity fcels that
81 his grandtather's savascry any
coaiition OF rabclltOus provinces against
him. that he viii officially proclaim
Aleuslik's demise, and his own success
Lord Cranworth is only rcturuing;
home for Il brief visit, and is so de-
iisnted with Ito in Britiah East Al
rica that he Is determined TO make his
hom5 IN his place out there tor sev.
erhi years I" come. with hts young
wife. his seven yaar-oli boy. and his
thrcc-3eaE old girl. closing up I.etton
ltnil and Grundlsbursh iIall, his coun-
Try seats In Norfolis ana SUitolk
Though his peeraEc is Of modern
creation. having bean one of tho last
70 90 bestowed BY Queen Victoria. just
before her death. his family is an an
c.cnt one. and It's name OF Gurdon TAX
en- from Courdon. near Cahors on tbs
borders OF Parigord. in France, ns-
ures on the roll OF Battle Abbey as
having been represented by one OF
It's bearers at tho battle of Hastings.
under the Aus of William this Con
querot Sir Adam de Gurdou. lineal
ancestor of Lord Crauworth, was one
OF the leaders of the De Montfort re-
bei!inn. was defeated in single combat
In iha New Forest. by Prince Edward.
afterwards King Edward l.. who SUB
him with high oftico. The arms grant
ed by King Edward l. to his defeated
adversary are still borne BY tho
Guraon family, Of which Lord Gran
worth is the chief
Lord CranYorth's father received mis-
peeraSc largely through the influence
OF King Edward when Prince of Wales.
for Robert Gurtlon. as he was then,
vas ono OF tho principal county mag
mates of Norfolk the county in which
SnndTinsham Is situated. and therefor,
neis of the royal master and mis-
trcss OF Sandringham Hall. the chair
man OF their County Council. and OF
their Quarter sessions King Edward
used often TO shoot over the Lettou
liali estates of hts friend, Bob Gurdon
IN Norfolkshlre, q place which has
been in the Gurdon family since the
reign OF Queen Elizabeth when John
Gurdon obtained II through hs mar.
rage With the only child and heircss
OF William Brampton, whose people
had mnde thcr home there for three
centuries previously
Lord Cranworth served through the
Miss We're Ridley. niece OF LORD
Ridley. and ono OF the prctticst girls of
her season. and is Very popular among
the English colony out in East Africa
where he is very important Nom
her OF the community.