The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-23

Lord Graves nnds the heritage to
which he has Just succeeded OH. the
death OF his father sadly impaired,
through the latter's unfortunate con-
nection with Klondike gold mine
the very name of which should have
warned him against having anything
to do with 1t. For II was entitled
The Last Chance"
The late Lord Graves put no less
than 100000 into the mine, which
came to grief; and what was still
worse. backed notes of Captain Flyers
10 the tune of $4,000 more. to enable
the captain. nephew OF the Earl OF
Galloway. TO raise loan to that
amount for investment In the mine.
The captain was unable TO take up
the notes OH their maturity, and to
repay the loan to his bankers, and the
consequence was that tho late Lord
Graves had TO pay the amount of the
notes as we'll.
He then obtained n judgment for
the sum against Flyers, and when he
had to invoke the assistance of his
son. the Hon. Clarence Graves, to
break the entail Of the family estates
In Ireland, so as to admit Of tho
raising OF sufficient money to meet his
losses. he assigned to him the judg-
mcnt which he had obtained against
the captain.
Clarence Graves, who has now sue
ceeded to the title. sought to turn the
Judgment in question to account, and
to force Captain Flyers to mako some
settlement, and. In pursuance OF this
objecS, landed him in the bankruptcy
court
Lord Galloway thereupon ospoused
his ncphew's cause. not to the extent
OF helping him out OF his financial
difiiculties. but by nssailing both
Clarence Graves and his father with
reproaches. contained in insulting let
tcrs, intimating that IL was the late
Lord Graves who had inveigled the
captain into putting money into the
mine ut tine when hc must have
known that II WAS insolvent
Lord Graves at once brought n suit
Tor SANDER against the Earl OF Gallo
way, during the course OF whicl, n
good deal of family linen was washed
In court, to the satisfaction OF tho
public. and which terminated in favor
OF Lord Graves. who was awarded
Sj,uoo damages, Lord Galloway being
ordered, moreover. to pay the extreme
~ heavy costs OF the case
Another thing which served TO do
plete the fortunes of the late Lord
Graves was the very heavy expenses
10 which no was put In order to prove
ms right TO the barony OF Graves or
the death of his cousin and lmmcdiat to
predecessor in the family honors.
Curiously enough, none OF tho pre-
Vious holders OF the pecrage, which is
an irish one, ever took the trouble to
demand and secure Il vote in the cleo
tion OF representative peers of Ireland
IN the House of Lords ut Westminster
Consequently. when the late Lord
Graves, shortly after his accession to
inc title, applied for permission to
vote. lie was compelled to submit to
inc long and very costly procedure or
establishing his right to the barony
before the Committee OF Privileges OF
the House of Lords before he received
Tue necessary warrant
me peeraSe dates from 1894. when IL
Wis bestowed upon admiral Sir
THOMAS Graves. for his services in
commanding tho van OF the British
feet in the great naval victory or
ushant. Lord Howe being In CHER
command. The Irish peerage bestow
Ell upon Sir Thomas Graves was that OF
graves of Gravesend. the Gravesend I'm
question being not on tho banks or
the Thames, but in the irish County or
Londonderry.
1t vas by the merest chance that
nc lived to distinguish. himself I'm tho
Dattlo or the 1ft or June, in 1894
or if 1907, OH tho very day that Adj
lnirai BynE was sentenced to death at
portsmouth. Tor refrainlng from at
lnckinS the French iloot off Minorcn.
Thomas Graves was being tried M
Plymouth by court-martial for "an
error OF Judgment" I'm not engaging n
FRENCH ship. IIo escaped with CEN
sure. and the view taken In his case
demonstrated that the decision adopt-
ed by the court-martial at Portsmouth