The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-16
COnsuelo Vanderbilt Now Ouch.
ess of Marlborough.
VIII Be Presented at the Next
Queens Drawing Room.
TO SEE ABOUT SILVER.
Perry Belmont is in London on
A Mission.
Having Some Connection With
The Silver Question.

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London. May 16.-Great interest cen
ters upon the next drawing room upon
which occasion Lady Blandford will
present the young Duchess Of Mari
borough Gormerly Consuelo Wander
bilD and Lady Henry Somerset will
present her daughter-in-law formerly
Lady Catharine De We're Beauclocki
daughter of the Duke of St. Adams.
Many other notabilities viii be pres
ent on the same day. The Princess of
Wales, it is expected, will represent
the Queen. The florists, dressmakers,
etc, are loudly complaining at the fact
that the drawing room in order to OBJ
viate this extra Inconvenience and Ia
Dor for those called upon to furnish the
fnery and other features of the draw
ing room.
The Duke and Duchess of RIarlbor-
Ough have taken up their residence IN
Audley square, and We're much sought
after for the various functions Of the
week The Duchess is being critically
inspected by society, which is much
struck by her simplicity and absence
of jewels at the opera, etc.
One newspaper said; "She is so
young and simply dressed that you
scarcely notice her in a crowd" An
other paper remarks: "She IS con
tented with small town house on ac-
count of her determination to some day
restore Marlborough house to the fam
lily"
The inference being that when the
/ Queen dies the Duchess will be able to
buy it.
A series of remarkable divorces,
3 +1-fa a
at present occupying the law courts
The chief interest, however, centers in
l a romance which was unfOlded before
Justice Hawkins. It was the case Of
Briggs versus the Emir Hafiz, an
Arabian prince, who has paid several
visits to America and who has resided
/ ia princely style for years at various
London hotels.
/ Briggs. who is a lawyer, testified that
/ he met the Emir when the latter was
/ youth under the guardianship Of Miss
/ Burton, a sister Of the famous traveller.
/ According to a letter from Miss Bur
/ ton. Emir Hafiz's father was d prince,
the ruler of Mecca and a thirty-third
/ descendent of the prophet. Hafiz
claimed that his family fortune
/ amounted to e2O.000,000 CS100 000, ,00), of
which he was entitled to One-quarter
In 1888 Hafiz summoned Briggs to
/ Oxford and informed him that his fam
] lIX was coming TO ElDSItluQ TO invest L1le=
/ fortune which had been melted into
gold bars and packed in salt, in order
| that they might be carried more cas-
lily.
On the strength of this story. Briggs
/ lent Hafz money and afterwards on
/ various pleas and upon the Enir repre-
senting that it was necessary, sent
/ messengers to Arabia to communicate
/ with Hafzs parents to send ships to
( the coast to meet the treasure cara
van, etc. Briggs also furnished other
| sums of money amounting to So, 500
S17 500.
The lawyer admitted writing a let
| ter to Hafz to the effect that the ad-
| Vances We're made out OF love, but,
/ he explained that this letter was writ
! ten at the dictatiOn of the Enir. whom
l he described as excitable. Counsel for
I Hafiz said that the latter lived an
/ income furnished by his tribe and
amounting to form 1000 to 10000
pounds ($35, 900 to $6C,OO0) yearly He
/ added that the Briggs family had for
years lived with Hahz. dominated him
and hoped to profit ultimately when
Haiz ruled over Mecca. Hafz, accord
ing to this counsel had given Mrs.
/ Briggs sums of money aggregat1ng g.
GOO pounds (S30. .000) in addition to
clothes. jeWelry, etc Ultimately the
Briggs family and Hafz quarreled and
the suit to recover the money ad-
vanced followed
The trial lasted five days and result
ed yesterday in a verdict for Briggs
and costs.
The successes of Mr.. Pierre LoriIard
at Newmarket have been exceptionally
we'll received The Globe, which is us
ually anti-American, says: The pop
ular feature at Newmarket was the
running of Mr.. Lorillard's horses.
Seymour Hicks threatens Yvette
/ Guilbert with a law suit unless she
stops singing the American song, 4
Want Yor. Ma Honey" to which Mr..
Hicks claims all rights.
1t is reported that Mr.. Perry Bel
mont is here on a mission connected
with the silver question. He had a
long conference at the United States
embassy yesterday and has inter
viewed Lord StaIbridge, who has been
prominent in the movement. today.
Mrs. Calvin S. Brice and her two
daughters. and Mrs. Douglas Grant Of
! New York are the only Americans to
be present at Mondays drawing room