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Show ACTRESS TO GET DAMAGES Marquis of Northhampton North-hampton Promises to Pay Daisy Markham $250,000 and Costs of Suit as Result of Breach of Promise Suit London. July 2. Two hundred and tiUy thousand dollars and all the costs of Ther1t Iff " me -price the Marquis of Northampton has agreed to pay to settle tho suit lor breach or promise brought against him by the actress, Mis;. Dais .Markham, whose real name is Miss Violet Moss. The costs Mill Dmnnnl tn i nnnviHnriKl, cum aii account of the number of distinguished distinguish-ed counsel engaged. The marquis, better known as Earl ( ompton, only recently succeeded to the title at the age of 27. The plain-tift plain-tift is both well known in the United States and the British Isles, under her stage name. The settlement was announced when the case was called In the high court of justice this morning in a court room crowded with fashionable women and actresses who had come in anticipation of listening to interesting inter-esting evidence. Sir Edward Carson appearing In behalf of Miss Markham explained that Bliss Markham met the Marquis last year when he made a promise of marriage to her which was not denied. de-nied. Subsequently at the desire of his father the Marquis broke off the engagement In doing so he wrote Miss Markham that he wanted her to believe his action had been taken from a Bense of duty., genuinely believing be-lieving it best for both parties When her father talked to him the Marquis wrote he "faced me with the same thoughts I told you of when I first loved you. which I have ever since been trying to suppress." The marquis further wrote: "Yon do not know how these so-cnlled so-cnlled ladies will treat you and I really real-ly could not bear to see you suffering suffer-ing H Oh! if I could but escape from ! my position! You will always be my) ideal' My beautiful dream!" The letter concluded "Your broken hearted Bim." This was the Marquis of Northampton North-ampton s nick name oo |