St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-07
Curious Gossip Concerning
the Former Mistress of
Dixie, Fanny.
American Papers Mix Up Mr.
Bupdett-Coutts in a Di-
vOrce Suit.

partial collapse of the McCarthyite mis-
sion preparations. The McCarthyites
at first arranged to send Messrs. Abra-
ham. Kenny and Flynn to act with Mr..
L. z. OCOnnor. Mr.. Abraham refused,
Messrs. Kenny and Flynn were super
seeded. and L. P. OCOnnor packed up
his traps to come home. Now a single
ambassador, Mr.. Fox, goes to represent
the failing faction. The frmest Eng
lish friends of the McCarthyites are be-
ginning to despair of their ability to
make Roadway against the vigor and
virile activity of the Parnellites. Mr..
Parnell has shown his usual skill in the
selection of his emiSsarieS. All except
ing Mr.. Harrison are trusted National
lists and can appeal with confidence
based upon past personal history to
The IriSh-Amerfcans.
Mr.. Parnell's speech at Clerkenwell
was pointed bid for the labor vote. 1t
was also meant to entice Mr.. Davitt
but only stirred up Mr.. Davitt'S bile.
Writing to the Labor World, Mr.. Davitt
predicts that MI. Parnell will not hum
bug the workmen: denounces him for
making hypocritical profession of in
terest in labor whilst actively fomenting
INNldA lCuNio DClh CCtl TIC 1@ISllSll dllu
Irish demOcracieS, and accuses him of
being ready to wreck the home rule
movement to pave the way for a Tory
Parnellite compact like that of 1885.
When Fanny" the mistress of Sir
Charles Dixie, vanished between the
first and second trials of the Crawford
divorce case, Sir Charles Dixie was
credited with knowing something of
her whereabouts. Before her disap-
peaIance she signed statement for the
queens proctor. While denying every
thing Mrs. Crawford Swore to, yet,
when the time came to put her evidence
to the test in court, she became in
visible to friend and foe. Mr.. Craw-
fOrd's detectives vainly tried to find her.
The public press daily advertised for
her. The popular call, "Where'S Fan
ny?' became so strong, prolonged and
general that it might have echoed down
the ages. The pretended revelations in
the pamphlet published yesterday in re-
gard to the old puzzle do not bear
scrutiny. Mr.. Stocks,
'.Fanny's'' Husband,
is said to assert the integrity of his
wife. Mr.. Stocks is not heard person
ally in the pamphlet, but only by hear
say evidence. 1t the trial it was dis
closed that Fanny" was a servant in a
house of doubtful character kept by
Anna DessOulayy. 1t has been since
ascertained, according to the pamphlet,
that she lodged in strict privacy with
the landlady, who states that Fanny
never went out nights or received visit
Ors. Next, it is stated, she got place
i'll the country, where she first had a
groom as a sweetheart, and then an
artist, to whom she says she became en-
gagged. She is reticent upon the rupture
of this engagement and so is
Stocks, who succeeded the artist in
Fanny'S affections. Obviously, if
Sir Charles Dixie aims to prove
himself long suffering victim of the
conspiracy of vindictive woman, and
the Incompetence of his advisers in eX-
parte settlements, the pamphlet will not
suffice. This line OF rebuttal of sworn
evidence is not new. Three years ago
when he accepted the presidency of the
Forest of Dean Liberal association, a
fly sheet giving similar details was
privately circulated, and influenced the
Liberals in their selection. Now that
Sir Charles is seeking a reelection to
parliament his friends venture to make
a semi-public statement.
The Radical Majority
inIthe Forest ofIDean is so strong that Sir
SIItlICS 10 ldli W De ClCCleQ cfGH IL
the social purity set contest the district
against him and run candidate of
their own. Editor Stead will issue to-
morrow pamphlet yehemently de-
nouncing Sir Charles Dixie, recalling
his promise not to return to public life
till his character was cleared, analyZ-
ing the Dixie pamphlet as an addition to
his otfense by piling up falsehood, and
invoking combination of the Liberals
to prevent the reelection of Sir Charles
lest disgrace fall upon the cause of
Liberalism. The friends of Sir Charles
urge that their position be kept doubt
full, because they cannot reopen the
case by a direct appeal to law. His Llbral
opponents now challenge him to take
the only course open for legal vindca
tion-to prosecute the persons charged
in the pamphlet with conspiracy and
perjury. Monday Sir Charles will
speak in Forest of Dean, when his op-
ponents will ask him to step down or
prosecute.
Careless Gossip.
Philadelphia papers have been re-
ceived here in which Mr.. Burdett-Coutts
is named as defendant in divorce suit.
and frank illusions are made to the
parties concerned, (which have been
common property for weeks" Even |
have associated Mr.. Burdett-Coutts with |
the scandal in England, where his char |
acter and mode of life have placed him |
above suspicion. The mistakes made |
by the American papers have been as |
great shock to the Baroness Burdett- |
Coutts as to her husband. The |
latter tonight writes to the Asso- |
Grated Press to state that the report in |
some papers in the United States that |
there is probability of his being i'm |
plicated in divorce suit IS absolutely |
untrue; that there is not a shadow of a |
foundation for any imputation of the |
kind. The spirit of fairness which al |
ways animates the American press Will, !
he feels sure, secure for this refutatiOn !
of cruel scandal the same publicity |
that was given to the original report |
cabled from London. With reference to
the affair as linked with another name,
it is now known that no publicity is
probable.
Mackay's Libel Suits.
Since the San Francisco fracas when
Mr.. Mackay indicated his own Wife's
honor, the other party, instead of pros
ecuting Mr.. Mackey on the spot, has
done nothing in the way of vindica-
ton unless inspiring suggestions in
some American and European papers,
that Mr.. Mackey assaulted him from
behind. Mr. Mackay's London solicit
ors in prosecuting an Anglo-French
paper for libel, believe that they have
hit upon the origin of the Indictment to
the llbelous article, and it will add adj
ditlonal interest to the proceedings if
proof is produced connecting the San
Francisco incident with the press at
lacks in Paris. The billiard celebrity,
William Cook, formerly champion player
of England, was in the divorce court
to-day in the suit of his wife for inf1del-
ity, drunkenness, cruelty and desertion.
He made no defense on a decree nisi.
Several members of the London county
council have subjected themselves to
public rebuke for their rash methods of