The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
of 1887. when the Indian empire was

or 1887, when the Indian empire was
taken over by the imperial govern
ment as dependency OF the crown.
I Tho Macnaghtens are very ancient
Scottish clan. which Inquired with dis
tincttop at the Battle OF t-lodden claim
remote descent from the Pictish Kings,
and were for several centuries Thames
of Loeb Tay. Their ancestral home.
Dundaravo Castle, in Arsyllshire. Is
now the property of Sir Andrew Noble.
Tut the Macnaghtens who settled In
Ireland gave the same name of Dun
darave Castle to their new home in
County Antrim. 1t Is situated IN the
vicinity of Bushmills. n town enjoying
worldwide fame rs the real source
the headwaters. SO to speak. OF Irish
whiskey.
The present chief. Sir Edward Mae
naghten. one of the benchers OF Lin
coins Inn, and a Kings counsel, re-
entity succeeded to the family honors
and estates on the death OF his father.
Lord Macnaghten. The latter, like
Lord Russell. OF Halloween. was
only life peer. and his peernge.
therefore, became extinct on his death
his eldest son. however. succeeding TO
the family baronetcy, created nearly
a hundred years ago. Lord Macnagh-
ten was one of the most famous oars
men of his day, rowing twice for Cam
bridge in the oxford and Cambridge
annual boat race, while some sixty
years ago he won the Diamond Souls,
at Henley.
There is tragic episode in the
Macnaghten family history. Towards
the end of the eighteenth century,
John Macnaghtcn. high sheriff OF
County Antrim, brought himself TO the
verge of ruin through gambling. In
his desperation he tried To induce the
daughter and heiress of his best
fat. Il
Then he waylaid the coach. as the
family were travelling to Dublin. and.
losing his head. fred into the car
rage, killing the girl he had wishcd
10 marry. lie was quickly arrested,
tried, convicted, and condemned To
death, the relatives OF the murdered
girl taking part in the erection of the
Bnllows. The crowd, won by his cool
and unruffled bearing at the execution.
manifested sympathy towards him. and
when, after he had been launched
from the ladder into space. and the
rope broke. the spectators cntreated
him to run for his life. opening a way
for him. and showing plaSnly that
they would prevent his being pursued
But he refused to take advantage OF
their good will, reclimbed the ladder.
helped tho hangman TO adjust the new
rope round his neck. and then. cN-
claiming. Il Will never live to he
pointed at rs half-hanEcd Macnagh-
ten jumped Off the ladder OF his
own accord, and was quickly stran-
gled to death
1t was this that led his uncle, whose
heir he would have otherwise been. to
marry at the age Of nearly eighty. rte
became the father of two sons. from
the elder of whom Sir Edward Mac
naghten, the present owner OF the
family estates. is descended In
& 70 itrh ypn O1l fall<
considerably over hundred, attend
ing the celebration Of the coming OF
ago of his son. The Macnaghtcns
have always been longlive race.
and Sir Edward represents the htth
generation since the reign of Charles
H.. under whom his great-Ereat-
grandfather lived and nourshed, two
and a half centuries ago
Desert warfare against fanatic Arab
tribes. who regard lighting as their
principal calling. who consider the
killing of Christian as recon-
mcndation to divine favor, and death
in battle ms means of quick CON
veyancc to the sensual delights OF
Moslem paradise, is something so en-
tirely different from the campaigning
OF one civilized power against another
that the correspondents at the front
who have attempted to describe the
operations OF the French in Morocco.
and of the Italians In Tripoli, have
lRmentably failed in their mission, In
capable of grasplng the true state OF
affairs, the necessities OF the situation,
and the conditions of the conflict
one must, therefore, welcome the is
sue. by the general stan OF tho Italian
army AZ Rome, of a pamphlet of some
so pages, in which clear and lucid
story is told. in plain, unvarnishcd
language, of the recent Turko-Italian
War. by those very officers who
planned tho campaign and sow to
it's execution. There is no waste OF