Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-23
Extent Of Richard Croker's Intimacy
With the Prince.
LONDON WINTER SEASON OPENS
Mrs. Langtry's Benefit by Her Hus-
bands Death.
NEWS OF THE THEATERS

Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated Prcss.l
| LONDON, October 23.--There was sud
den influx into town during the past week,
| ard most of the large London residences
are Tow reopened for the winter season,
| while the hotels and restaurants are crowd
ed nightly. The Princess of Wales and her
daughter, Princess Victoria. arrived from
Denmark on Wednesday, and the Prince Of
| Wales returned 10 town from shooting in
| Norfolk On Thursday. They will all remain
| at Marlborough House for several days.
The Prince of Wales is building large
riding school at SandringEam. and around
| it's extreme circumference is cycling
| track.
The Greater New York election amenities
| are followed here with considerable inter
| est, especially the presentation of Mr.. Rich
ard Croker crony of the Prince of
| Wales The London Figaro on this subject
| says:
| THE impudence of the New York poll
| ticfans Is laGghable to those who know the
| extent of the Prince of Wales acquaintance
| with the Tammany chief. When Croker
| brought his race horses here he was intro
| duced to the Prince Of Wales in the char
| ac;er of generous supporter of the turf
| Immediately. however, the running of the
| American horses fell under suspicion and
Croker was dropped from the royal circle
| like hot potato AS it was, Croker never
progressed further in intimacy with the
Prince of Wales than on one occasion to
offer him light for his cigar.
Annual Dog Show.
| The annual Kennel Club show opened on
! Tuesday at the Crystal Palace, with $500
| entries, beating the record. The exhibitors
include the Prince and Princess of Wales
| the Duchess of Newcastle and the Mar
! chfoness of Conyngham. The principal at
traction was the eighteen dogs used by
! jackson, the explorer. in his recent arctic
expedition. ard "a Schipperke, with a set of
| false teeth.
Another exhibition which has attracted
| many people is the dairy show at Islins-
Ton. Among the exhibitors there are the
| Duchesses of Newcastle and Marlborough
| the Countesses OF Craven, De-La-Warr and
| J.ohsdal- :, Baroness Eurdett-Coutts and Sir
| lno1naS Hesketh. " no married a daughter
| OF senator Sharon OF Nevada There was
much interest in the milking competition.
| IN which the mikIuaids were most charm
| inGly attired. like the bridesmaids repre-
| sented t. picture books.
| Ihere has been one more case of foolish
| persons being exploited in the United
| States by being made to believe fairy tales
| OF wealth awaiting heirs in England Mrs.
| Nolan and Mrs. Rafferty, OF :;47 East 18th
| street, New York city arrived here a fort
| night ago and called at the office of Mr.
| Charles Russell, son of the lord chief JUS
| ice, saying they wanted to collect f4oO 900
S2.oooooO) belonging to the heirs of the
| v Neal estate adding that they wanted 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 informing 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 Eng
| land. Mr. Russell paid their passage back
| to the United States, and they sailed for
| home en- Wednesday.
| Nobility Shopkeepers.
| During number of years past many
members of the British mobility have OPEN
| ed shops in London and have been selling
| anything, from bonrets to milk or pota-
| toes. The latest addition to the list has
| just blcssomed out in an advertisement in
| serted in leading church paper, in which
| the enterprising nobieman says:
| "A lord will supply. post free, chickens
| at IS. "a ducks. As. I'd; rabbits at Is. I'd.
per pair; turkeys from Us, and geese from
Is. I'd; trust for the table"
| Lieut.. Winston Churchill of the 4th HuS-
| sars, son of Lady Randolph Churchill, for
merly Miss Jennie jerome, daughter of the
| late Leonard jerome of New York is act
| ing as war correspondent for the Daily
| Telegraph in India, Lieut.. Churchill in 1898
| visited Cuba and watched the opera lions of
| the Spanish troops against the insurgents.
| He was decorated by the Spanish govern
| ment with the Red Cross of Military Merit
Mrs. LunEtry's Inheritance.
! LiS l-dIl6py USlSHlS 10 the extent
| of 600 Isl 500 yearly by the death of her
| husband
The Hon. Ella Scarlet, Oldest daughter
of Baroness Abinger, widow of the third
Baron Abinger and daughter of the late
| Commodore Magruder, L. S. N, is COM
| pleting course Of medical studies at Dub
| lin.
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 Duchesse
d UZeS, who attained considerable notoriety
| by giving very large sum of money to the
| BoulanglSt campaign fund. Mile. Faure
| visited the ducheSSe because the Grand
| Duke and Grand Duchess Vladimir of Rus
STA had accepted the invitation of the
| Duchesse dues to a hunting party, which
Is tantamount to a full political dissolution
for the Boulangist escapade of the duch-
| esse.
| presentation in England November 6,
although it has been running for some
| week in the United States. Mr.. Barrio has
been anxious to have London his play,
but the success OF "A Marriage of Con-
venience." at the Haymarket, has kept it
in the background. Finally, however,
Sydney Grundy has himself offered to with
| draw his piece in favor of Mr.. Barrio, and
the offer has been accepted.
| At the Strand Theater. on Thursday last,
a play by John 7. Day, entitled The Fan
| attic presenting a temperance enthusiasts;
| who prefers that his wife should die rather
| than take a glass of wine prescribed for
her by physician, impressed the audience
as being much funnier than the author in
| tended
Charles Arnold intends to go to America
soon to produce a musical melodrama,
| Paul O. the Alps of which he and David
Christie Murray are the authors. Samuel
| Potter the composer of Tommy Atkins"
has furnished music for the piece. In the
| play Mr.. Arnold takes the part of a lost
| English boy, who is adventuring on the
| Alps and saves the life of an old nobel
| man. who makes him his heir.
| Instructions to Col. Randall.
By direction Of the Secretary of War, the
| adjutant general of the army has informed
Col. Randall, 8th Infantry, commanding
| Fort st. Michael, Alaska, that the Secre-
tary of the Interior has given instructions