Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-01-06

or all the sensational and tragic &C.
currences that have taken place within
the hoary walls OF Windsor Castle, there
is certainly none more dramatic than
that which marked the fall from royal
favor of Lord Randolph Churchill. 1t
happened about seven years age. Lord
Randolph was at the time Chancellor OF
the Exchequer and leader of the House
of Commons, the most influential and
popular mem Der of the Salisbury Cabi-
net. and on the high road to become
Prime Minister. Indeed, his prestige
and influence with the people were i'm
measurably greater than those of the
Marquis, who looked upon him with i'll
disguised jealousy and fear, as destined
within a short time TO supplaDt him.
Particularly high did Lord Randolph
stand in the estimation of the Prince
OF Wales and of the Queen, and very
marked was the graciousness OF Her
Majesty TO both Lord and Lady Ran
dolph Churchill on the night of that
eventful dinner party at Windsor Cas-
tie. No couple seemed more closely
united by bonds OF affection and mutual
confidence, and both displayed most
cheerful bright and genial demeanor
throughout the wait in the long corridor
which preceded the dinner, and at the
table. 1t was only after the repast had
been concluded, and the Queen had re-
tired after conversng most affably with
Lady Randolph Churchill and her hus-
band, that the latter happened to over
hear a remark certainly never intended
for his ears, and which can only be
described as one of those many malevo-
lent SANDERS which are circulated con-
corning all prominent people, no mat
ter how perfect and irreproachabe
their conduct.
A DOMESTIC sQUALL.
The remark led to dispute with his
charming and popular wife, who was
the daughter of the late Leonard Je-
rome, OF New York, whose worst sin can
only be described as harmless feminine
coouetry, more Gallo than English In
it's brilliancy. What particularly stupg
Lord Randolph was the implication that
his phenomenally rapid rise was attrib-
utable, not so much to his own personal
merit, as to the management OF his
wife, who had pushed his fortunes most
cleverlY, and as only clever woman
can, among those her wit and beauty
had attracted around her. Among
these was the young Duke of Clarence,
the eldest son of the Prince OF Wales,
now dead, and whose sobrIquet OF "Col'
lars and Cuffs" aboat described the in
tellectuality of his makeup. She had
pushed his admiration aside with great
tact, but that did not avail to comfort
Lord Randolph, who was an egotlst
pure and simple.
Ii is not believed that Lord Randolph
for one moment doubted the innocence
of his wife, but he did blame her strong
ly for her coQuetry, and in such mau-
ner as 10 cause temporary estrange-
ment. They left the castle on the fol-
lowing morning before breakfast, and by
separate trains, and when three months
afterward, Lord Randolph departed
from Paddington Station for South
Africa, among all the friends assembled
on the platform 10 bid him farewell, his
wife was conspieuously absent.
Previous to leaving the castle on that
night, Lord Randolph had indited two
lotters, one to the Queen and the other
to Lord Salisbury. Both were curt
even to the point of discourtesy and
they contained Lord Randolph's resig-
nation of his Office of Chancellor OF the
ExcheQuer, OF his seat In the Cabinet
and Of his leadership in the House of
Commons. The Queen was especially
wroth az the slight to which she con-
sidered herself subjected, while Lord
Salisbury's relief at being thus dis
embarrassed of a colleague VINO was
forever opposing him in the Cabinet,
and whose prestige overshadowed his
own. was couuterbalanced by the shock
which his Administration received by