Show DEATH AMONG ENGLISH aristocrats THE old nobil itee of england has experienced quite a shock within the last few weeks two dukes and two earls died within a few days of each other and after a very brief illness on the part of toree of them all four represented ancient and proud families one was the duke of bedford whose ancestor r was raised to the alie peerage by henry VII bedford cepro represented ane famous russell family he committed suicide dej a very vulgar thing fr for a duke to do but he be did it nevertheless th eless fi by y blowing out his brains or whatever matter existed where the brahis ought to have been he leaves a bathe aon the marquis of tavistock who is said to be a very ee eccentric centric person the late ouke duke of bedford was both a rich man and a very learned one but he enjoyed the distinction of being the most unpopular man in england before ascending to the dukedom he be was known as hastings russell kussell the tyrant and bad landlord he is to bp the original ual of anthony Tro llopes pea ta genet 11 though the ideal duke is somewhat better than the original really was another of the nobles who departed this life was the duke of somerset Somer wt pet the coronet worn by him can be traced back bach to the early tudor kings the late duke owned four country seats and a town mansion yet he be lived a solitary life ina in a half empty house in berkeley square londoe and spent most of his time walking about its empty rooms he did not even keep a conveyance of any kind and his penuriousness urious ness was such that the london cabman cabmen all know knew him and would not drive him except when compelled by law one who died was the earl of lf eVoh known as lord bour courtenay at one time he was popular and brilliant but he be fell into vice and extravagance A few years ago he became a b bankrupt of late he bloused used to make h railway station in London ls headquarters and was an object of curiosity to many his title was one of the oldest in europe he traced his descent from the Plantage nets of taa land and he was silted allied by marriage w with itji a dozen oi of the english kings the last of this big four was the earl of baith caithness nem the family name was sinclair and his bis descent tra traceable eble to the oldest chieftains and rulers of scotland the predecessor of the late earl was well known to in the united states as lord berriedale Berr Berri ledale edale he ae bad a vast capacity for whiskey when he died he left his estates to a boon companion it w is thought the title would become extinct as rio no heir was known at the time A bank clerk was found in aberdeen who established hie bis title and became I 1 ath earl of caithness but there was only a few hundred a year to mAtin maintain tain the splendors of earldom the man was far happier as a poor quill driver than as bearer of all the glo too iles honors and weaknesses of the historic Sin clairs of tile past he died a very unhappy man after all the so son who is to succeed him as earl of caithness ca was a poor farmer in I 1 a dakota Dai Rota but it appears that he has cast th the mud of that state off his bis feet and is now on his way to grasp the strawberry coronet and to die unhappy sh ai rich lords and american millionaires generally do |