The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-07-25
LONDON NEWS
OF THE WEEK
The Papers Now Discussing latem-
perance OF Society People.
GENERAL MILES AT CARLSBAD
Lady Somerset HAS hssl0ocd the Presidency
Of the British komnn's Tem-
psfanes lnion,

London. July a. According To Van =
Fair, tho London season, whieh n now
nearing its end, has been remarkable
Tor bringing into promlneee the 'in.
temperate habits of society Ia the
course OF long article. VANITY Fair
sayu tho women hrr 40 baI nH ihr men
Perhaps The length Of the i.ondol sea.
son 10 ohteny responsible for the evil
From the beginning of May to no end
OF July tho season Ia one stretch of
fatigue LonE boforg the first HiA weeks
are over pleasure has become Nothing
but pain The wotnen drug themselves
wrerily from house to house ana only
manage to do this by the aid Of In.
evHaant stimulanls"
Tho rife competitions "a Blulcy this
week havr provoked variety of opinion
among the experts. but they arr all
agreed as to one thing. ana that is that
tho shooting has boen too good "
Tho scores made woro the ishcHt
possible. repeating tho feat durtr tho
"fFFNfWH NAtH NfRAlAN Nfh fiiF fhf ~ OF
scoring 10 nov imperative
General Miles having nniHhed his In.
Noaisailons on the military system in
England, haA gone 10 Carlsbad. from
which poln, he viii 60 10 Russia. where
he will meet tho csnr 10 has asked
permission TO Inspect tho Russian army
In England General Miles has brsn af.
roniDd every facility ile has been per.
nlt'od To visit tho sruonaln and bar.
racks; TO sample the soldiers iatlons.
and 10 examine tholr equipments.
Although tho newspapers recently pro.
ton'rd against the granting Of such priv.
llcsca 80 foreign officers on the conu-
mont no reference has been made 20
General Mlies In this connection.
The development az the inques, which
followed tho terrible death Of Mrs Fran.
Co.'s Hamnslson. whose hair. willie In
th0 hands Of the halrdrosaor. to.,k nrc
0H the result Of tho petroleum hair wash
bving uaod In tbs dressing. have caused
tho mos, intense interest Il appears
hafHff fftsN HHHfN NANANfh ~ NaAAtFft NffNmlut
has bvsn very svneaiiy used of la,r ih
London T'he newspapers arr hilcd W.T..
lnerNiews on tho subject. and The ausa.
uon will bo asked IN the houre " com.
mons with Wow Of prohibiting tho
Importation Of The article
For tho derby OF 1859. Mr August i,el.
mon, has entered two horses Alf Rich
nri crookcr two Mr J. Il Reens lhrra
Mr. Pierre torillhnd two. and Mt Fox.
hall krcnr one For the Oaks OF iS9
Mr Croker has entered three. Mr. J. II.
ko"nc two and Mr. i,orlllari two
Lady Henry somervc, has resigned
tho presidency OF the British woman's
Temperance Association She recently
addressed circular To tho prrrldcn, OF
tho branch associations asking them no,
10 approve or sign petitions TO Lord
Hamilton becrvtafy OF state for India.
This branches almost without exception.
refused 10 be- governed by Lady Ilcnry'a
request. and she has consequently re-
tlgnod tho presidency OF the association.
Tho letters Of Mr.. Stevens thr Daily
Mail correspondent, now at BaYruth.
give an amusing picture OF discomfort.
Solemni,y and extortionatc prices during
the Wagner performance. He says:
As we cawlcd nearer the town we
aocmcd entering an outlying province
OF country town. All down the long
train buEEed tho American tongue Out
nf each window looked group OF Amer.
lean girls Four girls and woman
TO one elderly, wcary-ooking man was
tho proportion, and, ~ Il always hap
pens, the man was working away with
the baggage the portcrs and gunrGs get.
ting rcfrcshmcnia for the comfort OF the
girls"
II is announced that the Hon Winston
Cchurchill. eldest son OF the latu Lord
Randolph Churchill, win stand for par
lament In the conservative intrrcs, nj
next election Lori Randolphs younger
son, John Henry Churchill. now Il years
OF axe. viii study for the bar
Tile Earl OF Ros-lyn. who has been
prominent in the Prince Of Walc,f SET
and mixed up In private threhtricals and
sporting matters with the prince was
In court Thursday In a mony-l, nding
transaction, anything but orcdlta1lc to
him. The Judge, IN charging the jury.
snid there WINS only one word to describe
the transaction. and that was shady"
Earl Rosslyn had asked a money-lcndcr
TO 1et him have e5O0. The latter agreed
10 mako the advance II the earl would
give him due bill for ea5O ana pur-
chase pcrfumcry business for e6oo
This, continued the Judge, the noble
carl did, ana thought TO evade payment
of Coco because the perfumery was not
worth eco
"Tho noble enrl." continued the Judge,
has put himself In q very awkward