Show would buy Ab botsford alexander mcdonald of new york largely interested in the standard oil company Is endeavoring to buy ab botsford formerly the home ot of sir walter scott with the purpose ol 01 presenting it to the scottish people the place Is now owned y mrs max well scott a distant relative of the poet and novelist herbert W bowen the american who has become within a month a fig ure of international prominence through his relation to the venezuelan incident Is the subject of an intimate tc character sketch in the review of re views tor for january |