St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-10
GOSSIP OF LONDON.
Grips Rayages on the In
crease Many Notable
Victims.
PLAYS FROM THE ORIENT.
Celestial Thespians to Give
the Metropolis a Genuine
Novelty.
THE WILL OF RUB!NSTEIN.
Bible Story of "Salome" Pro-
duced on the Paris Stage
by Loie Fuller.

LONDON, March 9.-The weather
and epidemic of influenza have been
modera ting recently, although thou
sands of houses are still without wa
ter, as result of frozen pipes, and
many thousands Of people are suffer-
ing from the prevailing malady. The
present epidemic of influenza has
been more severely felt in London
than in any other part of the cOun-
try, and the death rate has risen
during the past week from q per
thousand, the normal rate, to $50
per thousand, a remarkably high
record.
Lord RoSebery, as it now appears,
has been more seriously i'll than was
generally imagined, and it is added,
he is improving very slowly. Among
the other distinguished sufferers is
Baroness Burdett-Coutts. The home
secretary, Mr.. Asquith, has recOv-
cred from his attack; Henry Fowler,
the secretary of state for Indian
affairs, is confined to his room; tho
Warehouses OF Salisbury, who has
been suffering from influenza, is now
able to leave her bed, and the
Duchess of Sutherland is down with
an attack of the same disease. The
queens drawing room, at Bucking-
ham palace, on Wednesday, showed
the effect of the influenza epidemic,
ha
siderably reduced. At the drawing
room, by the way, twas noticed that
pink and blue were the prevailing
colors in toilettes; mauve satin was
also greatly worn. The weather was
so cold that it drove the public away
from the Mall, and. generally speak
ing, the function was far from being
a brilliant one.
MANY RUMORS
have been circulated regarding the
absence of the Princess of Wales
from the drawing ROOM but the gen
eral opinion seems to be that the
failure of the princess to be present
upon that occasion was the result of
feeble health, and the fact that she
was DESTROYS of not exposing herself
to the cold, or of mourning the at
tendant fatigue.
The queen has granted letters pat
ent to Lady Sybille Mackenzie, elder
daughter Of the late Earl of Gro
martie, to be Countess of Cromartie,
in the same manner as was her
grandmother, the late Ann. Duchess
of Sutherland, who was Duchess of
Sutherland before the episode of
Mrs. Blair, the present dowager
Duchess of Sutherland, whose life
in Florida will be recalled by many
persons in the United States.
Lord WolseIy, commander of the
forces in Ireland, has issued invita-
tons to a fancy dress ball, which is
to take place next week in Dublin,
and at which the ladies must be
dressed so as to resemble some paint
ing by Sir Joshua Reynolds, George
Romney or Thomas Gainsborough.
The official correspondence be-
tween the Marquis of Ripon. secre-
tary of state for colonial affairs.
and the Earl of Aberdeen, governor
general of Canada, in regard to the
son, late premier of Canada, was
published on Tuesday last The
Marquis of Ripon referred to the pre-
mature close of the active and brill
liant career Of the statesman, marked
by solid, useful craftsmanship, which
made him feel that the loss was a ma
tional one. Continuing, the mar
quis said: The deceased was a
loyal and eloquent advocate of every
thing which tended to the
UNITY OF THE EMPIRE"
In club circles this week there has
been much comment upon the sepsa-
ton caused, first by the black-balling
of the Hon. Cecil Rhodes. premier
of Cape Ccinny, at the Travellers
club, and secondly at the fact that
the Prince Of Wales, the Duke Of
Fife, his son-in-laW, and Earl Grey
have resigned their membership of
that club, thereby giving a damag-
ing blow to its prestige The black
balling of Mr.. Rhodes, following
closely upon the refusal of the MARI
borough club to elect Mr. Belt, the
South African millionaire, and a
partner of Mr.. Rhodes in the De-
beers diamond mines, is giving club
men a lot to talk about The MARI
borough is the favorite club of the
Prince of Wales, and nobody is pro-
posed for membership there until his
name has first been submitted to the
prince. To make matters uglier. Mr..
Belt, it Will be remembered, was
proposed by the Duke of Fife. The
prince, when he heard that Mr.. Belt
had been black-bailed, offered to
have him renominated, but the South
African millionaire declined.
Following the suit brought by Sir
William Eden, in Paris, against
James Mcneil Whistler, the former
seeking to force the artist to deliver
Lady Eden's portrait and paw f4O
damages for delaying delivery, Mr..
Whistler has begun letter writing
on the subject. In the Pail Mall Ga
zette he says:
1T is curious, and in an un-christ-
ian way, pleasant to note how y
thrifty Maecenas, who, through life
surely, never gave anything away.
now at the sweet SINGING If an in.
sInuating secretary bird unreservcd-
lyand ungrudgingly gives away him
self"