The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-17
Sir Schomberg Macdonald Gets
Fortune Through Death Of
Mrs. Dugald Stuart.
BY i "a . MhItayisE pE roNrhNp,.

BY Ia MAtQUIsE DE EONyEApY.
n Tx SCilOAEERG MACDONNELL
10 younger brother of Lord Antrim.
~ has Just succeeded 10 Il vcry cX-
'cnslvc estate and to Il -ui,aitcr-
! nbie fortune. through the death OF Of.
Mrs. Duguld Stuart OF Lochcarrcn.
widow of Duguld :;tunri. ana dau:;i,-
ter-in-law Of the celebrated lawyer,
Sir John Stunrt. who was Niae. Chan
ccilor Of England. Th. estate en-
braces n great deer forest In Argyll
shire OF some 10000 acres. ANA which
IS one Of the Oldest game preserves TN
scotland, having been formed by <iui.
Jam IS ~. tor royal use
Sir Sohomberg Macdonnen succeeded
I'ord FISHER as secretary and perman-
ehl chief OF the Government Depart
ihent of Works. II post which carrie,
win II salary OF $4,000 "a gar and
has the advantage OF bringing It's
Hoiuer INTO constant touch with the
'oEai family, since he has. ny virtue
OF his Office, charge of all their pal
ices and parks. and all alterations, re-
pairs etc. have TO be referred 10 him.
lie was long tho private secretary of
the late Lord Salisbury. when The lat :
ter was Prime Minister, and was grant
ca lave by HIS chief TO take part in
tho south African War, where ne scrv-
ed with distinction. He is not UNI
| known In Washington. and while Lord
SH!sourE secretary occasionally used
70 VISIT his old friends. Lord and Lady
| Mimic. al ottawa, taking in Washing
ton on the way, and IT is nov known
I mat II was thanks to his advice that
LORD salisbury kept on Lord Pauncc-
,ote MS british ambassador ~ Wash
iHHton long after the date ut which
ne should have retired: indeed until
/ MS, that is, Lord raunccfote's. death.
Pom observation-disclosures being the
known to his friends-s a better tenn
per.d man than he looks and used 10
| be much devoted to sport although
/ s!nEuiarly discreet, not 10 say ieticcnt,
J nhu possessed In an altogether phc-
Hofhchai degrce Tho art Of Keeping his
Own counsel. He makes friends Vhcr-
ever ne goes and knows how TO keep
them although he has tho reputation
oi never forgetting an enemy. He is "a
frequently been mentioned as likely to
marry THIS or that American widow or
hrircss, and every now and then en-
h"rks IN llcmcric lights witE public
institutions. especially those which are
puhncrnd in buildings furnished in
Hari on IN Who'll. by tho state. and
over which hn has a certain amount
Or authority. IN fact. in recent con
fliet with tn" British Museum. he was
! heio mp 10 obloGuy IN the press as "a
p"f'lcuIariy miscellaneous variety of the
tGrt ana Intrusive tyne Of permanent
oiiciul. But then to b. denounced in
th!S fashion IL OF nature to com
mend him 10 the Treasury Department
,''''i ~ NiH XIV tE4lllltUl btnuEalN, since
/ II shows that he IS performing his
work without fenr or favor.
Princess Pauline Mottcrnich. nov
nearly eighty, but who appeared only
Inc other day at Il hal costume as on Z
OF tho most active OF the dancers mas
lost her chief rival for the Sovereignty
or the rcvclS at Vienna through tho
death of Countess Anustasln Kiclnen-
segg wife OF Count Eric Won Kiel,nnn-
ScgS who was for twenty-five years
Governor OF Lower Austria, '.mbraclne :;
tine metropolitan district OF Vienna
and who was for eighteen months
Prime Minister OF Austria. Al the time
when the countess first came upon thu
bccnc at Vienna, Princess Mcttsriiich
vas In deep mourning for the death OF
hcr husband. and then for her daush-
ter, Countess Walds tcin who died in
such tragic manner Afterwards the
princess herself was Frustrated By M
ncss. and when eventually she pre-
pared 70 resume the sovereignty of IN,
ict.s she found that she had Il com
peu'or In the psrson OF the wife OF
he Governor, who had. by virtue OF
n"r husbands official position. assuru-
eh the leading role In the organlza-
lion Of all the festivals, Of charitable
nature and otherwise. that endow with
50 much Saicty and hrilliancy the Wien
ncge season.
The Austrian capital gained b,- the
return OF Princess Pauline, Tor merry
war ensued between the two ladies,
each having her own set OF followers,