Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-07
En- GLlSH, ALL OVER, you KNOW
TO REvEL IN SCANDAL UP TO
THE NECK.
BUT TO LOOK OVER TO AMERICA
AT THE SAME TIME AND Lee
TURE Us-THE ST. JAMiG GA
zETTE MAKES A BIG HIT WITH
THE PUBLIC.
copyrighted. 1895, by the Associated
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LONDON, April G.
with the wilde-Queensberry and
Russell VS.. Russell cases In the courts
here, the burning to death ~ woman
In Ireland, under extraordinary cir
cumstanees. by her husband and other
relatives, ON the ground that she was
bewltched. the shooting OF a girl by
her lover in the streets of London
and the mans subsequent suicide, one
would have thought that the English
press had enough to do in correcting
events have not disturbed the usual
self sufficient tendency to lecture the
United States.
The Daily News and others newspa-
pers attribute the result OF the Chicago
election entirely to the work OF
Messrs Stead and Burns.
Naturally, the Wilde disclosures con-
tinue to be the absorbing topic OF con-
versatiOn at the clubs, etc. The stand
taken by the st. James Gazette In re-
fusing to print the details of the case
Is attracting much attention, and the
paper has been deluged with letters of
approval.
The action of the st. James Gazette
is likely to prove good stroke for the
proprietors of that paper
on Thursday last. In place OF the
usual placard which all the newshoys
display, the placard of the ST. James
Gazette read! THE only paper in Lon
don with no details of the Wilde case"
Mr.. Edward NJ. Carson, Q. c., NJ. p,
who so ably and relentlessly conducted
the case for the Marquis OF Queens
berry was olassmate of Oecl <sVilde
at Trinity college. Dublin The presid-
ing judge. Justice Collin, is also an
1rishman.
Wilde has been making immense
sums Of money out OF his plays and
books. His plays are running at two
London theaters. and many companies
are playing them in the provinces, OF
course, in the future no one will ac-
cept his plays.
Mr.. George Alexander proprietor and
manager OF the St. James thcater,
stated last night that II II were not for
the fact that the withdrawal of wilde's
play. THE Importance of Being Earn
est" would throw 100 persons out of
employment, he would stop 1t. II fol-
lows therefore. that until theater GO
ing public manlfests its dlspleasure OF
the author by refusing to witness his
Il a
be continued MS usual.
Another Of Wllde's plays which is
now running at the Haymarket theater
will after this week be transferred TO
the Criterion theater. The authors
name, In both cases, will be omitted
from the bills and advertisements in the
future.
The mining market has been excited
by telegram from the Earl Of Fingall
announcing the collapse OF the London
derry gold mine, in which Colonel
North. the Nitrate King" and Others.
are interested. The peculiar part of
the affair is that insiders have been
selling heavily for several days The
decline in prices represented a loss OF
SG.5O0000 to the Shareholders.
the movements and concerns OF Mr.
william Waldorf Astor have not been
such common property in London as
Londoners would like,
Mr.. Aston has built himself. for an
onice, gem OF IA building on the en-
Dankment next to the estate of the
duke OF Norf0lli) which sports a re-
splendent gilded weather vane In the
form OF an old time ship, similar to
those In which Henrik Hudson frs,
passed the Narrows But beyond
these, the eXternals. the possession OF
Cliveden and Pail Mall publications
Iondon does not know anything like 10
naNloAg isOHNpH cuFlpNllN. inc PAL
Mall Budget has ceased to be, not
withstanding that It was paying lis
way and Mr.. Astor had number OF Of
fers to purchase 1t. All OF these were
refused and the reason assigned is thnt
the Budget was the late Mrs. Astor's
favorlte paper and Its appearance was
painful to her family. Mr.. Aston.
therefore, as soon as he could termin-
ate contracts. allowed the naper Ia
disappear from London Journalism.
Alphonse Daudet has promised TO
write play upon the theme Of HE
latest novel. La Petite Paroisse." the
principal role in which is Intended Tor
Jane Hadlng and the directors of the
eymnase are to have the MSS. The
work VIII not however, be completed
this year and the play probably w4n
radically differ from the novel. which.
while charming TO read. is in no sense
dramatic and lacks situations. esne-
Gialiy situations suitable for Mime.
Hading's genius.