Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06
OUTSHONE BY ASTOR
Vanderbilt Efforts at Entertaining Royalty
Thrown in Shadow,
DUNRAVEN IN ANOTHER RACING ROW
obstinately Opposes His Opinion Against
Two Adverse Decisions.
EDITOR STEAD PROMISES A SENSATION
Will Give Joe Chamberlain Red Hot
Christmas Present,
NEW HISTORY ON THE JAMESON RAID
Intends to show that Cecil Rhodes
and the DashinE Doctor Were
Acting with Consent
at Least.
NEW HISTORY ON THE JAMESON RAID

LONDON, Dec 5.-(New York World
Cablegram-SpecialT Telegram) )-The Worlds
fashion reporter writes: while the duke
and duchess of Marlborough were enter
tanning royalty at Blenheim, Mr.. Astor was
entertaining royalty in London, and, | think
the latter's entertainment went off with the
most eclat. Two people who were at Blen-
helm have remarked in my hearing that
the party was a little dull, the concert being
especially depressing The duchess thought
II right to patronize local talent, and the
artists she brought from London were
scarcely equal to such an important occa-
sion Then, both the duke and the duchess
are rather new at entertaining and the
palace is so big the guests wandered rather
aimlcssly about. Some really lost them
selves in the long passages and suits of
rooms. All the guests seem agreed that
everything was beautifully done. Such
wealth of flowers has seldom been seen and
the house is decorated with pictures, tapes
tries and china worth the proverbial kings
ransom,
THE duchess bedroom is beautiful, in
deed The bed is raised on dais and draped
becomngly with pink brocade and real point
lace. while white skins are thrown about on
things are all gold AS for giving party,
while mourning, society may set its mind
at rest. for the duchess cabled to her father
for permission and got 1t.
WILLIE WALES DINNER PARTY.
"Mr. Astors party was only dinner, but
forty-four people were invited. The guests
included the duke of SaXe-Coburg uhe duke
of Edinburgh). Princess Louise and the mar
Anna n N
present we're Mrs. Adair, Mrs. Ronalds Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Higgins. Tho whole thing
was perfectly done. The dinner table
groaned with plates and was made lovely
with a mass OF orchids. Part of the red
drawing room had been turned into stage,
which was mass OF beautiful flowers.
Richenburg and Coquelin came over from
Paris specially to perform before the party.
The prettlest sight was to see Mr.. Astor's
young daughter dressed simply in a little
white chiffon frock. only just showing her
feet. with her hair quantity dressed on top
of her head. She is a pretty girl and will
make a great sensation when presented
season after next.
"Rumor says Mr.. Astor will not think of
marrying again until she is married. Some
people say he will never marry at all but
If he does, he will marry a very young girl.
The mothers of daughters hunt him shame
lessly, meanwhile One OF the young ladies
with whom his name has been last coupled
is the daughter of duke"
CoURTESIES AT CHRIST CHURCH.
A modified form OF lynch law was put into
execution this week at Christ Church col
legc, oxford without apparently drawing any
notice from the university or the public au-
thorties. The university paper Isis, pub
lished personal attack on DR.. Paget, the
dean OF Christ church, which was seemingly
resented by a large body of students. They
paid domiciiary visit to the authors rooms,
took him out of bed. hauled him to pond on
the college quadrangle and ducked him. They
rummaged among his papers, discovered
letter from the editor of Isis, containing in
structions on which the Paget sketch was
written, in which the writer was ordered to
"maFe as strong as possible without bring
ing us into n libel court" Descent was
made afterwards on the editors rooms, where
he was subjected to a severe moral cls.igation
by the outraged students and only spared a
duckng by reason of his extremely delicate
health. Not a syllable of condemnation of
this exploit has been printed by leading
English newspaper, except the Chronicle In
I.
otherwise not excluding even the eXamina-
tion and appropriation Of the Offending
writer's private papers
TELEGRAPH PUSHES THE GIFT
The Daily Telegraph continues to urge its
proposal for a national Christmas gift to
Ambassador Bayard on the attention of its
readers Its New York correspondent quotes
Mr. Coudert Gookin. Ex-Governor Flower,
Bishop Potter and President Eliot of Har-
ward as commencing the movement in more
or less guarded terms. The Telegraph an
nounces that among the Influential Amerl-
cans resident in London the proposed gift
has created the liveliest satisfaction" But
not a name is given to authenticate these eX-
pressIons of approval from London Ameri-
cans which follow
Sir Henry Irving sends a subscription OF
r gulncas. accompanied by a graceful letter.
Dean Hole of Rochester subscribeS 60 CS25l,
Charles Warner. the actor, gives | guinea.
These are the only well known persons who
contributed anything OF the f45 by which the
subscription was increased this morning. Its
total is now FIGS (SS40l. II cannot be said
that the project has yet received that repre-
sentative support OF which it's promoters
should have assured themselves before
launching II on public notice. The Chroni-
Gle reltorates its condemnation OF tn scheme.
The other newspapers maintain silence
which would be more significant but for the
tradition by which a London morning paper
almost invariably Ignores any proposal com
ing from rival.
DUNRAVEN IN ANOTHER ROW,
Lord Dunraven has been having recently
Characteristic quarrel with a committee
OF the Calshot Yacht club His twenty
rater Audrey won a race at Cash0t last
August. but subsequently was disqualified
by the sailing committee, on
protest OF ground OF irregular
entry Lord Dunrayen, OF course,
nouted the committees decision, arguing in
a long letter that the disqualification Was
utterly unjust. The matter MAS then carried