The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-24
Among the exhibitors

at Islington. Among the exhibitors
there are the Duchesses of Newcastle
and Marlborough, Countesses OF era
ven, De la War; and Lonsdale, Baron
ess Burdett- Coutes and Sir Thomas
Hesketh, who married q daughter OF
Senator Sharon, of Nevada.
There has been one more case ex-
plotted of foolish persons in the United
States who were made to believe fairy
tales Of wealth awaiting heirs in Eng
land. Mrs. Nolan and Mrs. Rafferty,,
of SAT East Seventeenth street, New
York city, arrived here fortnight ago
and called at the Office of Charles Rus
SELL son of the lord chief justice, say
ing they wanted to collect 100000
($2, ,O00, ,000), belonging to the heirs of the
O'Neal estate, adding that they want
ed the money the same week SO as to
be able to return to New York on the
steamer which brought them here. Mr..
Russell examined the documents which
showed no evidence of being of the
slightest value, at the same time in
forming his visitors that no such sum
was unclaimed in chancery The two
women having spent all the money they
had in the voyage from New York to
England, Mr.. Russell paid their pass
age back to the United States and
they sailed for home on Wednesday.
During a number of years past many
members of the British nobility have
opened shops in London and have been
selling anything from bonnets to milk
or potatoes. The latest addition to the
list has just blossomed out in adver-
tisements inserted in a leading church
paper, in which the enterprising mob
leman says: "a lord will supply, post
free, chickens at IS Cd; ducks, As Cd;
rabbits at IS I'd per pair; turkeys from
5s, and geese from 5s Cd trussed for the
table"
LONDON GOSSIP.
Lieut.. Winston Churchill. of the
Fourth hussars, son Of Lady Ran
dolph Churchill, formerly Miss Jennie
Jerome, daughter of the late Leonard
Jerome, of New York, is acting as
war correspondent for the Daily Tele-
graph in India.
extent of $500 C$1, 500 yearly by the
death of her husband.
The Hon. Ella Scarlet, Oldest
daughter of Baroness Abinger, widow
of the third Baron Abinger and daugh-
ter of the late Commodore Magru-
der, United States navy is completing
course of medical studies at Dublin.
The gossip Of Paris is divided be-
tween the reconciliation Of the Prince
and Princesse de Sagan and the visit
OF Mile. Lucy Faure, daughter of the
president to the Duchesse d'Uzes, who
attained considerable nOtOriety by Civ
ing very large sum Of money to the
Boulangtst campaign fund. Mile.
Faure visited the duchesse because the
Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Vlad-
imir of Russia, had accepted the invi-
tatiOn of the Duchesse d'UZes to a
hunting party, which is tantamount
to a full political absolution for the
BCulangist escapade of the duchesse.
nfn orY.t1y of Ia Ayrn
nue. theater on Monday they found
notices posted to the effect that the
house was closed, Fitzroy Gardeners
career as manager having been disas
trous, financially. An attempt was
made on Saturday to strengthen the
bill by substituting The Lady Burg
lar" and More Than Ever" for "My
Lady's Orchard" Mrs. Oscar Ber-
tnger's play, in which her two daugh-
ters Esme and Vera appeared, but the
novelties proved rank failures
THE Vagabond King" by Louis N.
Parker, was produced at the Gambler
we'll theater on Wednesday and gen.
orally made a good impression. 1t has
been in America where it was played
by Richard Mansfield under the title
Of THE King Of Peru"
Sporting Life" the new four-act
sporting melodrama by Cecil Raleigh
and Seymour Hicks, in seventeen
scenes, 1ncluQlnS SeVefal very striking
sets. proves to be a blatant melodrama
with a race course scene, 1.-The race for
the guineas," the Earlscourt exhibi-
ton, a boxing match at the National
Sporting club, and the court of the
hotel Cecil, which will thrill the pro-
vinces. The hero of the piece depicts
the Earl Of Woodstock, of the Second
Life guards, and is played by Leon
ard Boyle.
1.-The Little Minister" will have its
first presentation in England on Nov.
6. Charles Arnold intends to go to
America soon to produce a musical
meIodrama Paul O the Alps" of
which he and David Christie Murray
are the authors. Samuel Potter, the
composer of Tommy Atkins" has fur
nished music for the piece. Charles
Frohman, it is understood here, is to
bring an American company to Lon
don in order to produce "The First
Born" at the Duke of York's theater,
fearing he will be forestalled by "The
Cat and the Cherub," the rival Chi
nese play, which has been offered to
London managers. Sir Henry Irving
has engaged Robert Taber for Peter
the Great"