St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-24

arms are beautifully carved.
The balloon society have present
ed Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon,
eldest son of Lord Scarsdale, and NJ.
P. for Southport division of Lanca-
shire, with a gold medal in recogni-
ton of his notable achievements in
Asia. Mr.. Curzon, it will be recalled.
is engaged to be married to Miss
Mary Letter, daughter of L. z.
Letter, the Western millionaire. Mr..
Curzon was formerly private secre-
tary to Lord Salisbury, and is the
author of the Lothian and Arnold
history prize essays Russia in Cen
rral Asia and Persia and Persian
Question
The Duke of Fife, who has been
learning to ride a bicycle in the Sc
cluded streets of Brighton, with
man servant On one side and a page
boy on the other side of his wheel.
seems to have set the example to
other notable persons.
The Duke of Portland, master of
the horse and late colonel of the
honorable London Artillery com
pany, and Mile. Yvette Guilbert, the
lively French singer, are now follow
ing the Duke of Flies example. and
Lady Campbell has just patented an
improvement in bicycling wallets.
cardinal Vaughan. Roman Catho-
Tic archbishop, has accepted an in
vltatlon to preside jointly with the
archbishop of Tours, France. at the
Joan OF Arc fetes, which are to take
place in Paris in May.
Charles Wyndham, lessee and man
ager of the Criterion theater. on
tuesday night last had a fainting
Mt In the second act of 1.-THE Case of
Repelllous Susan" and was Obliged
TO reiinquish his part. In consa-
quence, the Criterion will be closed
tonight. Mr.. Wyndham's sickness is
ascrlbed to weakness, which followed
an attack of influenza. His condi-
ton is causing alarm amone his
friends.
Inc prospectus of the Court Theafer
company, with a capital of SIC. 600 has
been issued. Pinero, the plavwr;ob,
Is chairman of the new company and
Sir Arthur Sullivan is one of the al
rectors. The company will take o,,a,
the present Court theater. for which
the sum of 100000 will be paid.
PETER JACKSON,
the Australian pugilist, will shortly an
pear IN the London variety theaters
Ill sensational sketch by Fred Bow
yer and one of the scenes will rep
resent the celebrated London SPORTING
c1up during glove contest.
"A gigantic and singl1larlv narfao+
black pearl is to be exhibited here in a
fortnight. 1t was discovered in Tos-
mania and is three-quarters of an inch
long. 1t was reported that an African
diamond magnate will buy If if II is
as perfect as represented, to be set with
some special diamonds in his coIlac-
ton.
The run of 1.-The Fatal Card " which
terminated last Saturday. was really
Aliieu by the cold weather and the in
nuenza, misfortune for William Ter
i,ss' VINO PAID $1,000 cash for all rights,
.iie hight the play was originally pro-
ouced. Easter Saturday will see the
premiere OF It's successor, the Ameri-
can neiodramaa, THE Girl l Left Be-
nlnd Me, In the cast will be found Mr.
Terr1ss, F. HI. Macklin, w. l.. Abing-
doh, CHARLES Fulton, E. w. Gardiner
Richard Vurdon, G. Cockburn. Ethel
Matthews and Miss Will Ward. Mr.
Terriss, who is having a play of the
sea written for him by w. Clark Rms
sell, may at no distant date be inter-
ested in a financial way in the Adel-
PM theater, which so long has known
the undivided ownership of the Broth
ers Gatti
Inc Independent Theater society is
nothing, If not Independent. The di-
rectors have concluded negotiation
with the Theatre de Louvre of Paris
the company from which place of
amusement will open at the ODera
Comlque on Monday next for a six
nights engagement The PLAYS to no
produced Tin French) will include
Il lntruse" by Maurice Maeterlinck
the "Belgian's Shakespeare; ..PeIIa
ct Melisande" by the same hand. and
losen's "Soleness'' the Master Build
er' and "Rosmersholme." Maeter-
hnck Will personally supervise the
production of his own works.
HIS EXCELLENCY,
was withdrawn from the Savov nm
saturday last and "The Chieftaip 3,