The herald., 1897-10-24

politicians is laughable to those who
know the extent of the Prirsce of Wales
acquaintance with the Tammany chief.
When Croker brought his race horses
here he was introduced to Wales in the
character OF a great supporter of the
turf. Immediately, however, the run
ming of the American horses fell under
suspiciou and Croker was dropped from
the royal circle like a hot potato.
LAS it was, Croker never progressed
further in is,timacy with the Prince Of
| Wales thar, on one occasion to offer him
a light for his cigar"
| The annual kennel club show opened,
on Tuesday at Crystal Palace with $500
entries, beating the record The exhibit
| ors include the Prince and Princess of
| Wales, the Duchess of Newcastle assd
| the Marchioness of Conyngham. The
princ cipal attraction was the nineteen
| dogs used by Jackson, the explorer, in
his recent Arctic expedition, and
Schipperke with set of false teeth.
Another exhibition which attracted
mary people is the dairy show at Isling-
togA Among the exhibitors are the
Duchess of Newcastle and Marlborough,
the Countess of Craven, De La Ware and
Lonsd,ale, Baroness Burdett- Coutts and
Sir Thomas Hesketh, who married
daughter of Senator Sharon of Nevada.
There has been one more case exploit
ed of foolish persons nj the United States
who were made to believe fairy tales Of
wealth awaiting heirs in England. Mrs.
Nolan and Mrs. Rafferty, of 347 East
Seventeenth street, New York, arrived
here a fortnight ago and called at the
of NJ pf he
lord chief justice, saying they wanted to
collect 940O 900 belonging to the heirs
of the O'Neal estate, adding that they
wanted the money the same week 80 as
to be able to return to New York on tbs
steamer which brought them here. nv.
Russell examined the documents, which
showed no evidence of being Of the
slightest value at the same time inform
ing his visitors that no such sum was un-
claimed in chancery. The two women
having spent all the money they had on
the voyage from New York to England,
Mr.. Russell paid their passage back to
the United States, and they sailed for
home on Wednesday.
During number of years past many
members of the British nobility have
opened shops in London and have been
selling anything from bonnets to milk
and potatoes. The, latest addition to
the list has just blossomedl out in an ad
vertiSement inserted in leading church
paper, in which the enterprising noble
man says: "A lord will supply, post
free, chickens at 3s 9dE ducks, As Cd;
rabbits, at rs I'd per pair; turkeys, from
5s, and geese from As Cd, trussed for the
table"
Lieut.. Winston Churchill of the Fourth
Hussars, son of Lady Randolph
Churchill. is acting as war correspond
ent for the Daily Telegraph in India.
Mrs. Langtry benefits to the extent of
$500 yearly by the deaf h of her husband.
The Hon. Ella Scarlet, oldest daugh-
ter Of Baroness. Abinger, widow of the
late Baron Abirger. and daughter Of the
late Commodore Magruder. u S. N.
is completing course of m edical studies
at Dublin.
The gossip of Paris is divided between
the reconciliation of the Prince and
Princess de Sagan, and the visit of Mile
Lucy Faure daughter of the president
to the Duchess Dues, who attained
considerable notoriety by giving a large
sum of money to the Boulangist cam
paign fund. Mile. Faure visited the
duchess because the Grand. Duke and
Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia had
accepted an invitation of the Duchess
d'Uzes to hunting party, which is tan
tamount to full political absolution for
the Boulangist escapade of the duchess