The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-07-26
TO MARRY A PRINCESS.
England's Ex-Premlef Said to be
Engaged to the Prince of
Vale s. Daughter.

London. July 1.-THE r,ininr that Lord
Rosebery is to marry one of the Prince
Of Wales daughters is revived this week,
and il is said he may relinquish politics
entirely. 1t is understood that the Queen
would not offer any opposition to the
match. Lord Rosebery continues to be her
great personal fayOrite. as her bestoUal up
on him of the late Duke of Hamilton's Or
der OF the Thistle indicates. Lord Kosebery
already Possesses the Order Of the Gar
Yer and it is extremely rare for Anyone
out OF royal blood to hold both orders.
the only other instances Oh record being
me cases Of the Earl Of Aberdeen and
the Duke Uf Argyll
III Will he remembered that cuIItytaIa-
lively early III his career Lord Knsel"ry
said that he had but three ambitions in
llfe-marry the richest hrirpss in the
Kingdom. win tn" English Derby and be
come premier of England. Thu first Of
these ambitions was gratih.d in 1879,
when he married Hannah. the only daugh-
ter of Baron Meyer de Roths.hild. who
had i'll her own right an income of 500
WW year. She died in the autumn of
800 The second ambition was >ati.-
| tlpd by his winning the last two d-rbie+
The third: and as he said last. ambition
was gratitie1 when he Succeeded Glad
stone as premier. Now that his political
| reign Is over it is quite possible that lfs'
has taken upon himself a fourth ambition
an alliance with royalty
The Henley Regatta.
Commenting upon the possibility of an
international university athletic contest.
Lady Colin Campbel's Realm says:
The American universities have nothing
| like the authority in athletic matters that
ours have. The faser kind IF sport hangs
about the American tracks. from faIsify-
ing record to poisoning Il competitor.
Keviewing the prospects of the Cornell
crew at the coming regatta at Henley
W. X. W"odgats. the expert English nar.-
| man who has carefully watched the prog
ress made by all tn" crews whirh will
compete i'll the race for the grand 'haI
| ienge cup. predicts that the Lean'ler and
| New College crews will be first and sr'.-
| oni. MIR. W"rlgatr also expressed the
| opinion that the Cornell crew will not l,e
able to hold out after I,a>>ill. Fawlrv
court against the longer reach and swing
! of the English crews.
The Pail Mall Gazette. commenting on
the same subject. thinks that the Cornell
men have been doing the reverse Of i'm
proEement during the past week and adds
II mas been discovered that StalenesS is Il
thing to be guarded against as much as
insufficient preparation
u. II. Mclean. an old oarsman of Elton
present at the Henley rrgattas for TWEEN
~ years past. thinks that the Cornell MN
are undoubtedly very fine crew and tn"
best the t'nitel State< could produce. az
they have carried everything before them
| in America. He adds: They are sim
| ply an unknown quantity in the ,-,,nIrtI
| ton for the grand challenge cup and if
| they win we must reconsider our mos,
| cherished IDEAS of rowing
Mr.. Mclean also expressed the opinion
that the Canadians. with the crew IF thu
Argcnaut Rowing club of Toronto. have
for the Stewards challenge cnr.
Wbirl of Social Even..
The leading Ilostessps. in view vt the
waning season. the approaching disS.,lu
ton of Parliament and the fierce ,nitical
campaign which will follow. are doing
their utmost to rush their entertainments
in before election
Every night of the past week has been
| crowded with balls. dinners and parties
of various descriptions. and tho>" VIII,
cannot find night during the next f..w
days are being compelled to abandon tho
idea Of carrying out their social pro
gramme and will therefore postlrln. thti,
projected entertainments or give them VI,
altogether.
This years invasion Of London by
Americans is the strongest ever known.
They are to be seen at every turn nrt.1.-
pying the hest apartments in all lhD .n'l"l-
lar hotess and visiting all places If int. r.
est. The leading restaurants ar" la' k.I
with them and they half fill the th-ar, :,
nightly Finally. the Americans flock
in crowds to the big music halls and en-
JOY themselves generally. They arr COOL
customers everywhere, free with Their
money and content only with TIL. best of
everything. Therefore. it need hardly he
added. the London hntelkeepers store
Ee.,.v Il
srumhiins at the S',-calie'l American in
vaSion.
Independence Day Celebrations.
If proof was needed Of the presence
here of multitude Of Americans. il i
| furnished by the crowds of patriotic ,i1,-
zens of the United States who attend, {.
the several Independence day celebrations
in London ON Thursday last and strange
to say. the screechins of the eagle upon
| those occasions seemed to- give the lion a
certain degree of healthy satisfaction.
! The Daily News, for instance. com
menting yesterday on the banquet of til"
| American society at the Hollvrne res
taurant. said: The American I,;dep.ntl-
ence day Was celebrated i'll London nor.
| publicly than OH previous occaSinnS This
| is as it should be. The day brings no hit
terness of memory to the present S-n+1.i-
| ton of EngiiShmen. But for that lay
and its lessons our empire might Ep n";v
a thing Of the past. 1t is never 50 fitting
| ly celebrated as when Enslishmrn and
Americans meet i'll honor Of it at the
, same ceremony or ut the same >,.'.lal
board
Then again. during the banquet, IA
cordial message was received hy tn.
Americans from the past and present
members of Emmanuel college Cam
bridge. who We're dining in another part
of the building. which caused Wayne
MacNeagh. the United States ambassador
to Italy. who presided in the absence of
Thomas r. Bayard. the United States am
bassador to the court of st James. t.
remark that blood was thicker than wa
ter Not to be behind hand in courtesy.
the Americans sent the Emmanuel men
Il reply proposing as Il worthy sentiment
of the evening the memory Of John Har-
ward. son of Emmanuel college and
the father of liberal learnin: in the new
world
of vast throngs of Americans. it may lie.
added that at the Savoy hotel one night
this week half Il dozen famous dinners
were in progress. Mr.. Gould'S party was
at one table anil near them WAS the party
of NJ. H. rloung: proprietor of the san
Mrs Writ Dexter of Chicago was enter,
tanning Il number of friends. and there
were fully twenty more persons nf more
or less prominence at the various tables
in the room.
De Young Gets Some Antiques.
The registers of Loves and Gillg's
American exchanges show Il larger num-
Der of names entered than for years past
MIR. and Mrs. NJ. H. DeYoung arrived
from Paris a few days ago and they are
receiving much attention in society. They
nave been guests of Mrs. John W. Mac
Kay and other prominent people
The sixty cases of art objects which
ar. De- Dung purchased in France for
the California Exposition Memorial mu-
scum have arrived in London and will
6c shipped to the United States on
Wednesday next by the steamship Gu
thera. The collection is one of really
marvellous variety and value 1t includes
old tapestries, rare Sevres vases, plates.
etc. wonderful worries of the Empire
period: Louis Nv. and XVI furniture
and clocks and other admirable selections
from the best collections it is possible to
draw upon i'll Europe.
Ihcrc was considerable comment among
New Workers. who attended the reception
iNen ON the Fourth of July ny Mrs.
bavard. wife of the United States am