Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-29


London, September 2S.-The extra
ordinary hot weather has eclipsed all
orhe topics in England this week. On
Tuesday the thermometer indicated SO
degrees in the shade in London, and 1873
in the sun. The record is 20 degrees
above the September average, and four
degrees higher than on any previous
day OF this summer. The weather since
Tuesday has shown little improvement,
the mercury on each day rising to 81
degrees or higher. There have been
numerous cases Of sunstrOke during the
week and several fatalities have result
ed in various parts of the country.
At Newmarket, where the first OctO-
Der race meeting opened on Tuesday,
the heat has been terrible, 80 degrees in
the shade having been recorded. This
had had a disastrous effect upon the
horses and has greatly affected the at
tendance at the races. Only a handful
OF people. witnessed the big race of the
meeting on Tuesday, the Jockey Club
stakes, in which last years and this
years derby winners ran. The major
ity of men on the grounds followed the
example which was set by Lord Rose
berry. and wore white flannel suits and
carried white umbrellas.
Throughout the country the suffering
from heat has been extreme. In many
large factories it was found necessary
to suspend work. In London there has
been a general abandonment of frOck
coats and tall hats, and straw hats and
suits of the thinnest material have been
adapted in their stead.
The great rush hOmeward of tourists
from the United States seems to be over.
None Of the steamers which sailed this
week were quite full. The Lain took
Mrs. William Walter Phelps. of New
Jersey; Mr.. Brander Matthews, of New
York; Mr. Norman Williams and fam
lily, of Chicago. and Mr.. Clifford John
son, OF Chicago The latter is return
ing after an absence of eighteen months,
which he has spent in making a tour
around the world. Mr. VI. II. De Young.
proprietor of the San Francisco Chron-
icle. and Mrs De Young and DR.. True
worthy of Los Angeles, sailed by the
Aurania. Mr.. De Young has secured
many additional treasures for the Cali
fornia museum, among them being the
throne chair of Napoleon the Great.
1t is rumored that Mrs. Langtry con-
templates marriage with Sir Robert
Peel in the event Of her securing a di-
vorce in the courts Of California It is
openly hinted in society papers that
Sir Robert, whose visit to New York
last year was the occasion of a great
deal of gossip on both sides of the
water, has little beyond his title. but
Mrs Langtry is still rich. Sir Robert
is Is years of age, while Mrs. I.angtry
is in her fOrty-fOurth year.
Many protests. more or less serious.
are appearing in the newspapers of
London on the depletion of the ranks
OF eligible noblemen by marriage with
American women. In connection with
the MarlbOrough-Vanderbilt engage
ment, Truth prints an amusing letter
signed "DOwager Duchess" i'm which
the writer says that she has converted
her home into judiciOus combination
music hall bUrlesque stage, gambling
rooms and club. and has her daughters
instructed in the most seductive steps
and highest kick They have been.
she says. encouraged to sing the broad,
est songs. and no restraint has been at
tempted on their conversation They
have dined at all the fashionable res
taurants and sat almost beside the
most notorious women of the town. vet
eligible men persist in marrying either
actresses or Americans. Truth SAYS
that men like good women, and they
like bad women. but few except fools
like a combination Of the two charac-
ters; beside with the pace set here for
wealth, above every other considera-
tiOn, there is no wonder that the men
of to-day have no greater ambition
than to attain it.
The Daily Press says that the en-
gagement of the Duke of Marlborough
and the milliOnairess, Miss Vanderbilt,
gives additional support to the theory
that the principle of equality is doomed
in America.
Tt has been decided by BeerbOhm
Tree to reopen the Haymarket Theatre
with "Trilby" on the evening of We'd
nesday, October 80. Meantime the
dramatic critics are striving TO induce
something of a "Trilby' boom in anti
cipation of the event. Mr.. Tree has
appeared i'm the play several times
during his provincial tour. having this
week been seen at the Court Theatre,
Liverpool The concensus Of opinion
i'm regard to the production is, that
while the play is interesting, it is also
week. and is only saved from medic
Gritty by the acting Of Mr. Tree.