The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-07

London, April Especial Cable,
London letter. Copyright 1895 by the
Associated Press. with the Wilde
Queensbury and Russell VS.. Russell
cases in the court. the burning to
death of a woman in ireland under
extraordinary circumstances by her
husband and other relatives on the
ground that She was bewitchezd, the
shooting of a girl by her lover in the
Streets of London and the mans sub
sequent suicide, enc would have
thought that the English press had
enough to do in correcting it's own
morals this week. But these events
nave not disturbed the usual self-suf-
ffcient tendency to lecture the UNITED
States. The Daily News and other
newspapers attribute the result of the
Chicago election entirely to the work
Of Messrs. Stead and Burns.
VIII Have = COON.
Naturally, the Wilde disclosures
continue to be the absorbing topic OF
conversation at the clubs, ETC. The
stand taken by the st. James Gazette
in refusing to print the details of the
case is attracting much attention and
the paper has been deluged with let
tiers of appreciation. The action of the
st. James Gazette is likely TO
prove a good stroke of bust
ness from the standpoint of the pro-
prietors of that publication. On
Thursday last, the second day of the
trial. IN place of the usual news pia-
cards which all nswsboys display, this
plaear1 OF the ST. James Gazette was:
'gThe only paper in London with no
details OF the Wilde case.
Mr.. Edward NJ. Carson. Q. c., NJ. p,
the case for the Marquis of Queens
bury, TTas a classmate of Oscar Wilde
at Trinity college, Dublin. The pre-
siding judge, Justice Collins, is also
an Irishman.
Wilde has been making immense
sums of money lately out of his plays
and books. His plays are now run
ming at two London theatres and
many companies are playing them in
the provinces. OF course, in future no
one will accept his plays.
His Name Stunned.
Mr.. George Alexander, proprietor
and manager of the st. James theatre.
stated last night that if 1t were not
for the fact that the withdrawal Of
Wilde's play, The Importance of Be
ing in Earnest" would throw 40 per-
sons out Of employment, he would at
once stop it. Therefore, unless the
theatre-going public manifests it's dis
pleasure of the author by refusing to
witness his works, the play at the st.
James will be continued as usual An
other of Wilde's plays. which is now
running at the Haymarket theatre,
will after this week be transferred to
the Criterion. The authors name, in
both cases, will be omitted from the
bills and advertising in future.
Mining Market Excited.
The mining market has been ex-
cited by telegram from the Earl OF
Fingall announcing the collapse of
the Londonderry gold mine. in which
Colonel North. the Nitrate King is
interested. The peculiar part of the
affair is that insiders have been
selling heavily for several days. The
decline represents a loss Of SS,500,O00
to the shareholders.
The movements and concerns of Mr..
William Waldorf Astor have not been
such common property in London as
Londoners would like. Mr.. Astor has
built himself for an office, a gem Of
a building ON the embankment, which
sports a Respondent gilded weather
vane in the form of an Old-time ship
similar to those in which Henrik
Hudson first passed the narrOws.
But beyond these externals, the pos
session OF CHVeOeH anu the L dill MANI
publications, London does not know
anything like sufficient ITO satisfy
London's curiosity.
The Pass Mall Budget has ceased
to Notwithstanding that it was
paying it's way and Mr. Aston had a
number of offers ITO purchase 1t. All
of these were refused and the reason
assigned by the press is that the
Budget was the late Mrs. Astor's
favorite paper and its appearance
was painful to the family.