St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-03
GOSSIP OF LONDON.
Ravages of Grip but Little
Diminished Many Nota-
BILE Patients.
LIE R0I La DIT AT WINDSOR.
magnificent Present for the
Queen From the ORR
emit.
FOXHALL KEENE'S COLORS.
Battenberg's Yacht - Sheila
Goes to Cannes--Stage
Gossip.
FOxHALL KEENE'S COLORS.

LONDON, March 2-The influenza
epidemic is still causing havoc
among the prominent men in and out
of parliament. The disease has
spread with greater rapidity than
any of the previous four epidemics
of influenza. Lord Rosebery, who
is among the distinguished sufferers,
was improving yesterday evening,
but the recovery of the Conservative
leader in the house of Commons, A
j. Balfour, is slow OF the other not
able patients, Lord Dunraven was
( able to leave his house yesterday,
and it may be said that he has al
ready completely recovered.
Henry Irving returns to the Ly-
ceum theater this evening, but
Charles Wyndham's company is so
badly weakened by influenza that
Mr.. Wyndham will be obliged to
keep his theater closed for another
week.
Queen Victoria has received from
the Chinese ambassador a beautiful
satin scroll, worked with gold and
silver, and bearing Chinese charac-
tiers. This scroll was sent to her
majesty by the dowager empress of
China in acknowledgement of Queen
Victoria's gifts to the dowager en-
press on the occasion of the latter's
birthday.
On Tuesday the queen and the
court were present at a performance
of Delibes' LIE Roi la Dit by the
students of the Royal college of
music in the Waterloo chamber of
Windsor castle.
Largely influenced by the Prince
of Wales, the English Kennel club
has made rule that no dog born
after March 81, 1895, can win a
prize at any show held under the
kennel club rules if it's ears are
cropped.
Prince Henry of Battenberg's yacht
Sheila' has been refitted at Cowes and
will leave that place on Monday next
Tor the Mediterranean in order to take
part in the regattas there. Mr.. Fox
hall Keene, of New York, has just
registered his racing colors here. They
are white, with blue spots
The will of the late Edward Solomon,
the composer provides that his per-
sonal estate, valued at f1OO, be given
to his widow.
Hall Gaines novel. 1.-The Manxman, {"
has been withdrawn from circulation
in the Ealing public library, on the
ground that it is not suitable for gen
eral reading, and, Grant Aliens 1.-The
Woman Who Did, is not allowed to
be exposed for sale on the railroad
book stalls of Ireland.
Joseph Austen Chamberlain. son of
Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, and
member of parliament for East Wor-
cestershire, in behalf of subscribers in
the Bahama Islands, has presented to
OF Ambrose Shea, formerly governor
OF those Islands. a service of plate, in
recognition of the services which Sir
Ambrose rendered to the inhabitants
OF the Bahamas during the terms of
his governorship
Joseph Tasker, the young spend
thrift, whose suits against Streeter &,
CO., the Bond street jewelers.. on the
ground or oVercharges to the amount
or SS5,009, has amused all London. is a
son OIL Countess Tasker who got her
ute from the pope. Tasker married a
daughter OF the queens butcher. at
Windsor.
Prince of Wales theater and the
Avenue theater will reopen tonight
with May Yohe Iady Francis Hope)
as the attraction at the latter. and
with Arthur Roberts as the star at the
FORMER place of amusement. The hid
dlng for seats shows that the keenest
rivalry exists among first-nighters who
desire to be present when May Yohe
appears at the Avenue in the character
OF Dandy Dick Wilmington" and all
most as many first-nighters are any
1ous to see Roberts as Gentleman
joe"
santa Claus" at the Lyceum thea
ter, finished it's run this afternoon
and ''The New Boy" at the Vaude,
vile, finished its run tonight
Nine. Albani is seriously ill.
Adelina Patti is renewing her old vo-
cal triumphs at Nice The receipts
amounted to over Fl 500.
Sunday concerts of not wholly sacred
music begin tomorrow at Queens hall
after much opposition, which has been
fought with great spirit by the SUNDAY
Philharmonic union.
Johannes Brahms, the German com
poser, has accepted membership in the
Royal College of Bologna.