Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-03-10


ands of houses are still without water
as a result of frozen pipes and many
thousands of people are suffering from
the prevailing malady.
The present epidemic of influenza
has been more severely felt in Lon
don than in any other part of the coun-
try, and the death rate has risen, dur
ing the present week, from y per
thousand, the normal rate to 3S.5 per
thousand, a remarkably high record.
Lord Rosebery, it now appears, has
been more seriously i'll than was gen.
orally imagined, and, it is added, he is
improving very slowly. Among the
other distinguished sufferers is Baron
ess Burdett-COutts. The Home Secre-
tary, Mr.. Henry Asquith. has recovered
from his attack; Mr.. Henry Fowler,
the Secretary of State for Indian At
fairs, is confined to his room; the Mar
chiOness of Salisbury. who has been
suffering from influenza. is now able
TO leave her bed and the Duchess of
Sutherlandis down with an attack Of
the same disease.
ingham Palace. on Wednesday showed
the effect of the influenza epidemic,
for the usual attendance was consider
ably reduced.
At the drawing room, by the way, it
was noticed that pink and blue were
the prevailing colors in the toilettes,
although mauve satin was greatly
worn. The weather was so cold that it
drove the public from the Mall, and,
generally speaking. 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 general opinion seems to be
that the failure of the Princess to be
present upon that occasion was the re-
suit of feeble health, and the fact that
she was desrous of not exposing her
self TO the cold or of incurring the at
tendant fatigue.
The Queen has granted letters
patent to Lady Sibelle Mackenzie, ell
der daughter of the late Earl of Gro
mart. 10 be Countess of Cromartie in
the same manner as was her grand
IlOlUeI. ~
Sutherland, who was Duchess of Suth-
erland before the episode of Mrs. Blair,
the present Dowager Duchess of Suth-
erland. whose life in Florida will be
recalled by many persons i'll the United
States.
Lord Worsey. commander of the
forces in Ireland, has issued invita-
tions for 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 painting by Sir
Joshua Reynolds. George Romney or
Thomas GainesbOrough.
The official correspondence between
the Marquis of Ripon, the Secretary Of
State for Colonial Affairs, and the Earl
of Aberdeen, Governor General of Can
ada, in regard to the death of the late
Sir John Thompson, Premier OF Can
ada. was published on Tuesday last.
The Marquis of Ripon referred to the
Drematurs close Of the active and bril-
liant career of the Canadian statesman,
marked by solid, useful craftsmanship,
which made him feel that the loss was
national one Continuing, the Mar
quis said;
"The deceased was a loyal and elo-
quent advocate of everything which
tended to the unity of the empire.
In club circles this week there has
been much comment upon the sensa-
tion caused. first, by the blackballing
of the Hon Cecil Rhodes, premier of
Cape Colony, at the Travellers Club,
and secondly, at the fact that the
Prince of Wales, the Duke of Fife,
his son-in-law, and Earl Gray having
resigned their membership of that
club. thereby giving a damaging blow
10 its prestige The black-balling Of
MIR. Rhodes. following closely upon the
refusal of the Marlborough Club to
elect Mr.. Bolt, the South African mill
iOnaire. and a partner of Mr.. Rhodes
in the de Beers diamond mines, is Civ
inc club men a lot to talk about. The
Marlborough is the fayorite 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..
BOlI. III Will Dt 4 AClAANAithNA NAs wac pa
posed by the Duke of Fife. The Prince.
when he heard that Mr.. Bolt had been
black-baned. offered to have him re-
nominated. but the South African mill
ionaire declined.
Following the suit brought by Sir
William Eden, in Paris. against James
Mon Whistler. the former seeking to
force the artist to deliver Lady Eden's
nortrait and to pay forty pounds dam
aces for delaying the delivery, Mr..
Whistler has begun letter-writing on
the subject. In the Pail Mall Gazette
he says:
TT is curious. and in an un-Chris-
tian way. pleasant to note how
thrifty man who. through life. surely
never gave any thing away, now, at
the sweet singing of an insinuating
secretary bird. unreServedly and un-
orndginely gives away himself"
Whistler also says;
"Tbe case goes TO show that a few
ancestors seizing upon odd droves Of
avan as set forth in Burke. is brt
moor lacking for modern baronet in
sl,,,rsv commercial struggles