Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-14
JERSEY LILY TO WE'D.
Prince ESterhazy de Calantha to ba
Mrs. Langtry's New Husband
Other Gossip.

London, July lot is stated from an
excellent source that Mrs. Langtry will
shortly marry Prince Esterhazy de Gal
antha. The prince is about 60 years Of
age and has been married twice before.
both his wives being dead. He is a great
sportsman and the purchaser of horses
for the Austrian government. Prince
ESterhaZy is related to the Earls of Jer-
sey and his attentions to Mrs Langtry
are reported to be most ardent.
A Parnen Demonstration.
Preparations are already on foot in
Dublin for the Parnell anniversary dem
OnStration in October and it is believed
this year it will be larger than ever. On
the day following the procession a con-
vention of Parnellites from all parts of
Ireland will be held to consider the best
way of spreading the organization indie
pendent of the league which is already in
ttourishing condition. John Redmond,
the Parnellite leader, expresses himself
as being confident Of the future. He
points to the dissensions between John
Dillon and Timothy NJ. Healy as proof
that the anti-Parnellite party is breaking
up. The election of John Hayden for
RoscommOn will be most significant OF
the success of the Parnellite protest for
the last few years against clerical influ-
ence. Mr.. Hayden has been for years
III ulIeCI COuulcI WlUu IDe BISHOP OF
Meath, who has published repea ted pas
torals denouncing him from the altar.
The bishop also forbade his flock, under
the pain OF mortal sin, to read the West
Meath Examiner, Mr.. Hayden's paper,
but In spite of all this the paper -four
lshes and now Mr. Hayden, himself is
about to be returned without opposition
as member of Parliament for ROscom-
mon, the Clerical party not yenturing to
run candidate against him.
Report on Sealing Criticised.
j. III. Leibes, the expert on sealing of
the American Commercial company has
sent John W. Foster, the United States
sealing commissioner, a severe criticism
of the report made to the British govern
ment by Prof. D'Arty Thompson. Mr..
Liebes says: Prof. Thompson is doing
everything in his power to assist in the
destruction of the few seals still remain
ing on the Alaska seal islands. Had he
been the paid attorney for the Canadian
Sealers he could have done no more than
he did in shading all the material facts.
Ills entire report is written in favor of
the few firms which are now so largely
engaged IN the pelagic sealing business.
lie quotes from American reports when
ever it suits his purpose and calls them
correct but cOntradicts all former Amer
lean statements when not favorable to his
views.
Referring to Prof Thompson's state
ments that the 10000 male seals taken
last year could have been taken as easily
as 100000 could have been taken TWEEN
ty years ago, he points out that the en-
tire male catch on both seal islands for
the last seven years amounted to only
11O,432 while the total number of seals
taken was 100000. :
Mr.. Liebes asserts that he can give
satisfactory proof that So per cent of the
seals taken are females, Notwithstanding
the sworn statements made by the Cana
dian Sealers that they capture mostly
males. He declares that Prof Thomp-
son secured from c.. NJ. Simpson & Co.
figures which were SO strongly in sup
port of the American contention that he
suppressed them.
Mr.. Liebes impeaches the accuracy of
the returns for 1896 of A. r. Milne the
Canadian collector of customs at Vic
toria, 3. c. These show that the years
catch amounted to $4,000 skins. credit
ing the Behring sea with $4,000. Of
which 10000 were males and $4,000 fe-
males. The collector was imposed upon
by masters Of vessels, he believes, with
false returns. Had he examined the
skins, as is now done in the United
States, and according to the Partisan
treaty, he would have found the returns
to be false as could be proven by Lon
don dealers.
Nine. Cellini's Concert.
Maudme Celllnl, the Well-knOWn Lon
don court teacher of singing, gave a CON
cert at st. James hall last Wednesday
evening under the patronage of the
Princess of Wales and many ladies of
title and other leaders of London society.
Among those who took part was Nine
Viola Campbell of Lincoln, Neb.. who
sang Goring Thomas "A Summer Night
and Schubert's ''Aufenthale" Mrs.
Campbell is the wife of David A. Camp
bell, clerk of the Supreme court of Ne
braska. Two other Nebraska artists,
Ethel and Alice Dewey, both quite little
girls, enacted in costume the balcony
scene from Romeo and Juliet, while in
Guided in the programme was an Octette
played on four grand pianos by the Coun-
tess of Marlborough Countess Evelyn Me-
taxa. Lady w. Gordon-Lennox, Lad
Beatrice Hare, the Hon. Florence Hene-
age, Mrs. Boyd Carpenter, Mrs WorralI
and Miss Sybil Pallisir, singing by the
Begun Armadee ian Indian princess of
Delhi and Madame Dora Roberts Pratt
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