The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
HE NEWS OF LONDON.
The Ascot Meeting and the Oppres-
sive Weather Empties the
Metropolis,
Copyrighted, 1906 BY the Associated Press

II London, June 2O.-The Ascot races
and the oppressive weather emptied the
metropolis of the majority Of it's fashion,
able population during the week. Tie
mercury dubbed up to the vicinity of so
degrees during the greater part of the
time, Very exceptional showing for this
city, and there were many sunstrokes
and prostrations from the heat reported.
The Ascot meeting was an unusual sue
cess as n fashionable function, in spite
of the restrictions imposed by the Queen
out 81 respect to the memory of the late
Prince Henry of Battenberg. The
weather permitted the brightest and
sllghtest costumes and the Princess of
WINES with her daughters and large
party We're OH the royal stand and the
Duke of .Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who
has been staying at Cliveden with Will
ham Waldorf Astor and numerous other
members OF the royal family. were pres
ent, put not one of the royal party went
into the so-called royal enclosure.
Prof. Elliot Gets Curiosities.
Alyyices from Berbera, dated May 25,
say that Prof. d. G. Elliot of the Field
been for three weeks previously on the
Gohaii plain and at the foot of the Golas
mountains, securing rare specimens of
snb-troplcal animals for the museum, had
then returned to Berbera, where he was
forming d large. caravan with which to
penetrate into the interior. Prof. Elliot
had already obtained fine specimens of
boons and was going first to TtyU plain
and then via Horgeisa and Milhlil to the
Webbo river. All the members Of the
American expedition were we'll when
those advices left Berbera.
Sit George Baden Powell, the we'll
known member Of Parliament and Brit
ish tdinmissibAer to the Behring sea in
1891 aid at the commissions, at Wash
ingtQm in the same year and iii Paris
mers to Northern Siberia iii his yacht to
witness the eclipse. The party will then
search for the Manson expedition.
Several of the newspapers announce
that the Duke of York will shortly visit
Canada and Australia.
p. r. Sherard, writing from the Au-
thors club, says that lie has visited Os-
car Wilde in the Reading, prison and
that the prisoner is completes physical
and mental wreck.
Queen Victoria is expected to arrive lit
Windsor on Tuesday and the old castle
is being made as bright as possible in an
ticipation of her return from Scotland:
There has been much complaint at the
number Of ladies' who visit the House of
Commons and Sir Henry Fowler, mem
Der for East Wolverhampton and late
secretary of state for India, has made a
formal proposal to limit the members to
average is about five for each ipeiHber
per day and the tea parties on the ter
race of the House of Commons are be-
coming a serious item of expense for
those who receive the fair visitors.
Dread Famine in Italy.
A letter from an Englishman who has
long been resident i'll Italy is pub
lished i'll Truth, and gives a serious pic
ture Of the situation of affairs in that
country. He says that a revolution is
only question of time, that the taxes
are go per cent. OIL all incomes and that
the starving state of the peasantry and
the French before the revolution. In
Sardinia. he adds, mothers are feeding
their children OH grass and weeds by
the roadside and that i'll all parts there
are deaths from starvation. The woman
stray workers Of Tuscany it appears,
ire Iii open revolt and everywhere the
meil did W0inrit are reduced to skeletons
aild are to be seen carrying their last
rags to be sold for taxes. In Lom-
hardy atd other northern districts, where
the le6pfe live OIL insufficient Indian corn
the horrible disease known as pollagra
is iiit teiisihg and more thah 10000 per-
soils are, affccted of which about 1000
die tearlN. Il good part Of the victims
die }nsb;iiiG:
The shtiitnet styles of neckwear ure
of a prGioiinced tlatterl and the win
doWs Of fashionable lia berdashets on
Bond street present ii striking afray of
color. Among the many patterns is a
lavender colored tie. which is crossed by
naff6W black lines. Others of the sailor
knot type ;,te Of reddish brown color
though rather too striking for most per
sons.
Sinis Reeves; the veteran English tenor
Che was born iii 1922, who was recently
married to Il voting lady, is the happy
father Of ii bouncing baby:
visit ST Massachusetts Artillery.
Great preparations! afe. being made. at
the armOFy hbiise; Finsbtiry; this city,
where the headquarters Of the ancient
and honora bic artillery company Of Lon
don arc situated. for the reception and
entertainment of their comrades from
Boston. the Ancient and Honorab bic
The PRINCE of Wales. who IS captain
general and celontl of the London COM
pany, is. taking Il very great interest in
the visit of the Massachusetts artillery
company and has. obtained from the gov
eminent permission for the American
visitors to enter this country as an armed
body. It is noteworthy that this COM
pany will be the first military body TO
come to England from Il foreign country,
privileged to parade the streets Of Lon
don fully armed as when passing through
their own country. The committee has
also made arrangements for trips through
Switzerland between July II and q.
bob Fitxsiinm0hs iii L8ndon:
Bob Fitzsimmons has been the rage in
London for the last fortnight. With his
family he is st6ppiiig ut the Adelpni
hotel and his appearance on the strand
or in Piccadilly makes a sensation of &,
mild sort:
To Il representative of the Associated
press Fitzsiminoiis said: II ain over
here to look for Il match. This niealls
that l will meet any man in the world,
barring Corbett and color. | have CON
ft1 M n sttea et to Syh h4fd ,a fren1s that
siderati0n until he has first MET the men
whom ! have NAMED lind suggested to
him. When he has, made a record. per
haps l will oblige hi i'm with d fight.
have met William A. Brady; C5rbett's
manager. who is also in London, and
do not care to. Whatever he MAY say
about arranging a fight between Corbett
and myself in England is all nonsense.
He knows better than anyone that
never will meet Corbett until he has done
something more than talk"
Fitzsimnlols expects to remain in Lon
don for some time and it is his inten-
ton to give sparring exhibitions both in
this, city and in the provinces. He is
using the stage of the National Sporting
club as an exercise grounds.
At the Theaters.
A matinee benefit performance will be
given at Crotin theater on Tuesday on
June 30 under the auspices of the Say
age club. 1t will be given for the benc-
fit Of Bond Andrews, the well-knOwn
and composer.
With the exception of Days, the Duke
of Yorks and the Criterion theaters, the
theatrical presentations have failed to
draw during the past week. mainly owing
to the hot weather.
The new musical comedy "On the
March will be produced at the Prince
of Wales theater Oh Monday night next.
It is by w. Yardley, B. Stephenson and
Cecil Clay. and will be given to the
public under the management of Cissy
Graham.
A. Harvey James has written a COM