Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-17

| transferring his allegianC- 10 the BRIT
+ isl crown. lt is true that he recently
/ sold a portion of his real estate IN New
( York but this was purely in the line
of ordinary business.
The great channel tunnel scheme
which has been indOrsed successfully
bv Golden. Bright. Gladstone and Leon
Saw. and condemned by other states
men and an military and naval experts
+ has been abandoned AT a meeting OF
the company ON Tuesday it was decid-
/ cd 10 utilize the bOrings as coal shaft
and proceed TO develop the coal seams
discovered.
Alta meeting of the society for check
Ing abuses In public advertising. on
Thursday, the chairman. Sir Lepel
Henry Griffin who will be remembered
. ir America as one of Mr.. Henry VII
lards guests on the occasion OF the
opening of the Northern Pacific rail
road said that the government and
I Parliament must be told it is their
duty To- prevent the Disagreement or
places of natural beauty and historical
f interest. though 10 was hard, he added
To- utardict the farmers. who got more
from "a crop of posters than from a
crop of wheat.
The old established ticket agency of
Keith. PrOwse d Co. which numbers
among it's patrons some of the most
fashionable West End folk, have re-
comfy announced. by circular. that they
u-u conduct summing expeditions
through White Chapel and the west of
London. AS q matter of fact, the
WhtechaDe district is now eminent for
SIS resDectabiitv. Since the Jack the
Ripper" murders. the police regula-
t-uus FOR the district have been COM
u'etelv changed. and the streets there,
al AN hours. are as safe as the Strand.
THE numerous courts and blind alleys.
once dark and wildly suggestive OF
crime. have been thoroughly lighted.
Richard Holmes the librarian of
Windsor Castle. is preparing the ma
tzral for the authoritative personal
lilo Of Queen Victoria. 90 to be published
this year The letterpress Will en-
brace % consideration of her majesty's
position. first as princess and daughter,
then as queen. wife and mother, and
or her reign since the death OF the
prince c0usOrt. The writer has been
authorized TO correct certain inaccu-
rate statements frequently made re-
earIfne the queens childhood, educa-
ueu and early years ON the throne, and
The queen viii herself examine the
manuscript
A. chancerv suit which bids fair to
rival the famous one of "Jarudyce VS.
Trrudrce." viii shortly come before
tho court. In is claim for the sum OF
e40ool0. and concerns the right to
tho Drymma estates in Wales. These
have am annual rent roll of 100000,
and are capitalized at E6000000, be-
ing Ier out as colIeries. The claimant
fe Nathaniel Richard Thomas, a col
Eer. AS may DE expected there are
numerous claimants.
THE company engaged TO support
Florence Gerard. the widow of Henry
p. Abbey. at John Sleeper Clarke's new
theatre. the Strand, is strong one and
includes Charles COuette. Harry Paul
tom. Charles Nier and May Palfrey.
Tho NayG0Uer" has been secured
-rr London by "a wealthy syndicate. at
the head of which is the millionaire,
SIR. -. Lambert. who has always in
Guleol FRI theatrical speculation. NO
theatre has yet been secured. but the
principal part has been offered TO Eve
Ism Willard
"a Pierrots Life. the pantomime
which attracted so much attention in
Paris. is being produced at series of
matiuCcs at the Prince of Wales The
atre
one of the many suburban theatres
has already succUmbed tc the stress or
competition. It is the Empire Theatre
of Varieties 90 Blackpool.
Active rehelrsais of the new comic
opera at the savoy. for which +. G.
Buruaud and r. Leithman wrote the
book and Sir Alexander Mackenzie has
composed the music, began last Mon
day at the theatre.
For some time there has been talk
of new theatre to- be erected near
the AIhambra. which should form part
of the new improvements i'm Leicester'S
Square. The directors of the Alham-
hra. however became alarmed and pur-
chased the adjacent available property,
consisting of the building where Hawke
E Efvale carried ON their musical
agency.
A. r.. Mason. the actor and novelist,
has drlmarized his last novel, entitled
"The CourJsn.p of Morris Bucker ~
which has been accepted by Forbes
Robertson. who viii produce it during
his se~iug tour of the provinces with
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, in the character
of heroine.
The dramadzed version Of Thackery'
"gsmoud. which w. c. Wills left
m.oun,cted aJ his death, has been
finished bv his brother. Another pro-
posed adaptation is shortly TO appear
r America i'm which r. II. Sothern
win assume the leading part. 1t will
ne remembered that Mr.. Pemberton
was the b.ographer of the elder Soth-
erH.
FRANKLIN NcLcay the Nero of THE
S.n of the Cross" is 10 marry Grace
Werner. daughter of Charles Warner
who plays jn the same company. Mr.
1I.Ieay win have strong part i'm THE
Daughter of Babylon with Ny. Bar
r..t. Maud Jefues and Lily Hamburg
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