St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-13

1864, and rs the only brother of theDuke
of Newcastle. He Is heir prssumptive
to the dukedom of Newcastle. as the
duke has no children. The latter mar
ried in 1889.
Lord Francis Hope was originally
named Henry Francis Hope Pelham
Clinton, but in 1887, by royal license, he
assumed the additional surname of Hope
in order to acquire fortune left him by
his grandmother. the wife Of a rich
diamond merchant of Amsterdam.
Henry Thomas Hope.
For two years past stories have been
in circulation to the effect that May
Yohe was married to Lord Francis
Hope, and have been as strenuously de.
MED. 1t Is said the family of Lord
Francis Hope once offered him $1,000
900 if he would sever all relations with
the American burlesquer.
The register gives Miss Yohe's name
as May Augusta Yohe, twenty. five
years of age, spinster.
The residence OF both parties is ems
tered in tho registry as being at Cooks,
215 Maresfield Gardeus.
Miss Yohe has been flying very high
since she made a success in George
Dances "The Lady Slavey" at the
Avenue theater. William Greeley is
now III sole possession OF that theater,
Fred Harris having withdrawn from the
management by reason Of a quarrel
which Miss .Yohe had with Blanche
Barnett, Mr.. Harris wife. Miss Yohe
drives to the theater nightly in
the neatest of broughams, with a
coachman In livery and accom-
panied by her maid. She treats the
rest of the company with the great
est distance. She is said to be intensely
ioa nf
besides herself, and is reported to have
repeatedly threatened to leave the COM
pany. Lord Francis Hope has long
been the devoted cavalier of Miss Yohe.
He is constantly with her, and the pair
may be seen nearly every Sunday diu.
ing at the Savoy. There is no doubt
that Miss Yohe is great favorite in
London, and she has hustled 1.-The
Lady Slayey" into prosperous bust
ness at the Avenue. She made de-
cided hit in Mr.. Watson's song, What
Is a Poor Girl to Do?" song which
caught the town. and which has already
found its way to the barrel organs of
Oxford street and the Strand.
Miss YOhe is a lively, black.eyed
young lady who has already treated the
theatrical world with several sensa-
lions, and her name has been connected
previously with several men more or
less known in the United States and in
Europe. In England she is known as
"The Woman With the FoghOrn Voice."
and one of the managers described her
vocal powers, according to report, in
the following manner:
"She has only four notes in her voice,
but they are corkers."
Miss Yohe's native town is said to be
Bethlehem, Pa, where she was born,
according to the Homestead Register.
twenty-five years ago. Her first APP
pearance on the stage was as chorus
girl i'll one of Rice's companies. but her
first important engagement was at the
Chicago opera house in 1.-The Crystal
Slipper" in which she played the part
of Prince Preutiwit to the Cinderella of
Ida Mule.
In 1887 Miss Yohe, under the man
agement of George Lederer, appeared
in ~ and l." Later she went to San
Francisco, where she was reported to
have married a son of Gen. Williams.
From there she went to Honolulu. and
on her return became Il member of the
"Hoss and HoSs" company. In 1892 she
was reported TO have been married 10
senator from Massachusetts. About that
time Lord Francis Hope met Miss YOhe
in the United States, and she soon after
wards made her debut in London in
Little Christopher Columbus" at the
Lyric theater. She made a great hit
and was introduced to the Prince of
Wales. Soon afterwards her plantation
songs were sung i'll the parlors of the
British ariStOcracy.
The present Duke of Newcastle is not
looked upon as likely to have any issue,
and therefore Miss Yohe will, in all
probability, become in time Duchess OF
! Newcastle. The present duke has been
a cripple from childhood, this being the
result of fall, due to the negligence of
a nurse, when he was an infant. He
has frequently visited New York in
order to obtain the advice of the best
American physicians.