The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-13

season and is greatly pleased that hef
daughter-in-law and social representa-"
tive has emerged from her virtual retire
ment and assumed her proper place in
the royal function. The coming ball
viii be much less exclusive than such
At recent drawing rooms several pres
entations We're privately cancelled, where
upon protests were made by interested
persons which reached the Queen. Her
Majesty took these protests under con~
sideration and her Investigation of tha
matter led to them forwarding of offs
cial expressions Of regret to the party
aggrieved- The Queen has now decided
not TO allow Court officials to act upon
their, own responsibility in revising pres
entations, and has ruled that persons
who undertake TO present others must
be held responsible for the ladies or
occurs in the character of the presenta-
ton the offending indorsers may be
altt9gethes e 1srs eSei1Ssd @ fT9n 1 S9qTt woA
According to Vanity Fair" the Queen.
speaks scathingly Of the New Woman,
IN IN the heve aoVe S She Is Tep4rled
1T is pity that educated women will
allow their pens to run riot and 1t is q
to buy such books. If there were no pub,
lie demand the authors of them would
quickly cease writing
The death of Francis Clark, the sue
Scotch "Gillie" who was carried off by
cancer on July T. is keenly regretted by
the eueeH anu IGE uOuSeHOlu III COA@-
sequence of his death, Her Majesty has
countermanded the performance of Ital-
ian Opera which was to have taken place
at Windsor within few days. Clark
spent twenty-five years in the service
of the Queen and at the death of John
Brown. succeeded that functionary as
Her Majesty's personal attendant. Ie
was much better liked than Brown. He
was never insolent to the Queen en-
foHTage bY Bfown B ret Ta aaa aad mans
irg manner. He was buried at Crathie,
and upon his coffin was placed wreatfs
sent by the Queen, Prince and Princess
Battenberg. Prince and Princess Chris
tian and many others who appreciates
his good qualities.
A prominent figure in suit for divorce
brought by Mrs. Tasker from her hus-
band, Joseph Tasker, is Mrs. Joseph
Rhodes, widow of a wealthy mine owner
in Colorado. She was called to the wit
ness stand yesterday and in her testi-
mony gave abundant proof that the plain
tiff's charges against her husband and in
cidentally against the witness were We'll
founded. Tasker was recently made no
torious in a connection with a dlsputee
the famous Agra diamond from we'll
known jewelry firm, he having brought
suit against the firm on the ground that
he was over charged for the gem While
under the influence of drink. He inheri-
ted "a, 600 900 and has since been extremely
liar tendencies and almost from the day
of their marriage they fought drank.
gambled, and plunged into all sorts OF
excesses. Tasker met Mrs. Rhodes IN san
Francisco in 1898. Mrs. Rhodes testfied
that she was introduced TO Mr. IaSker
by a Captain Templeton at the Palace
Hotel, in San Francisco. Her husband
| committed suicide in Denver. He LETT
could not be induced to state the
amount Her cousin managed the es-
tate She admitted that she came to
| England 18th Tasker. Captain Temple-
| ton was a buyer of notes and drafts,
some of which Tasker cashed. She lived
| sterdam nursed him through long
Illness She had also lived in the Hotel
| Metropole and other expensive places,
but she could not recall the amonnt @
Geclared, 81 snf amid 9fPsH1 the smiles of the
habitues of the court that she had never
had any improper relations with Tasker:
He was a mere acquaintance. she nag
never asked him about his wife and had
never given her a thought aIS: 1s hnoosS
woman and had no difficulty in parry
| ing the thrusts of her examiner. The
duel between her and the opposing eoun-
| sci will be renewed next week IN the
| THE WALTI AAGSTOW MONSTER.
| The police authorities have received
an unsigned letter purporting to nave
been written by the monster who has
| outraged and murdered number OF httie
| Girls near Wathamstow within the last
few weeks. In the letter the writer says
| he will be in the neighborhood again
| shortly. He laughs at the police and tells
| them they are on the wrong scent anu
| never will be able to find him. He ao,
mits the commission of the oulrages aIiu
| murders already done and announces ms
| intention to commit more. The recelpt
| If This letter has greatly intensified the
| spare in the Walthamstow district.