Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31


take among her passengers Michael H. De
Young, proprietor of the San Francisco
Chronicle, Mrs. De Young, G. e. Egan of San
Francisco, and Commander Belknap.
The Grand Duchess Xenia of Russia has ar
ranged to visit America during the summer.
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SIXTEEN WILL DANCE A GAyOTTE.
Mrs. Arthur PnEet's Bal Foudre Will
lie Select aud Pretty.
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LONDON, Jan. 3O.-(New York World Ca
blegram-Speclal Telegram)- Arthur
Paget's bal poudre February is exciting
great interest because it is to be so very Sc
lect and pretty. A feature of the entertain
| ment will be a gavotte of sixteen people
danced in costume. All the women will wear
! Louis XIV dresses and have powdered hair.
| All the men will wear red coats and black
| silk stockings. Forty guests will sit down
| to dinner; afterwards about 100 more will
| arrive at midnight, when the gavotte will
| be danced.
! Among the latest bits of gossip is rumor
that Lady Randolph Churchill is engaged
to marry Mr. Warrender, the second son of
Sir George Warronder, a wealthy "parti,'
though not much older than her eldest son,
| James Burke Roche, who married Miss
| Work of New York, has obtained this week
! from the court of chancery a perpetual in
| junction restraining the printers and pub
| fishers of Burke's Peerage from again stat
| ing in that publication that he was divorced
! on his wife's petition. The suit was insti-
| tuted by him because when he was returned
| to Parliament for the Killarney division of
! Kerry as a nationalist the Dublin Inde
| pendent, Redmond's paper, accused him of
| having been divorced by his wife. He relied
| on the fact that the English courts refused
| to recognize as legal the American divorce
| obtained by his wife
| Prince and Princess Radziwill have left
| for New York to remain until June. The
| princess, a sister of Mrs. Eugene Kelly Of
New York, bought in Paris necklace of
beautiful pearls. In London she has been
buying her china and glass, all simple
| enough but the best, with her crest and
| eagle, surmounted by crown.
! Mrs. Tom Kelly purposes remaining in
| England for the present and has struck up
great friendship with the duchess of
| Somerset, with whom she is going to stay in
Leicestershire.
! Lady William Beresfcrd, formerly the
duchess of Marlborough, had looked forward
| to maternity by January 10 at the latest
END OF A COURT QUARREL.
The appointment of Lord Charles Beresford
| to be naval aid-de-camp to the queen marks
| the termination of one Of the strangest court
quarrels in Victoria's long reign. At the
| naval review in celebration of the queens
| jubilee ten years ago Lord Charles, who was
| on the royal yacht, had the audacity to
signal to his wife who was on another craft,
that he could not join her at dinner at the
appointed hour. The queen was tremendously
indignant that any one should signal from
her yacht while she was aboard without her
express permission and her indignation was
heightened because she was told by some
enemies of Lord Charles that his signal eX
cited the laughter OF the entire fleet. His
name was struck off the guest list at Os-
borne forthwith and despite his brilliant
services and his proved ability he has been
repeatedly passed over for this appointment
of royal aid-de-camp
Society has been agitatel this week by
the more or less secret marriage of Mrs.
Guorney and Major Jack Stracey of the
! Guards, whose sister married Lord Hatfield.
Mrs Guerney was once a fashionable beauty.
She Is the mother of the young Countess
Dudley, For many years she has not been
much in society. partly on account of her
husbands proceedings. While for years she
was head woman at Nine, Ellises millinery
shop in Regent street, her daughter always
lived with Adelne duchess of Bedford, but
Mrs Guerncy was invited to her daughters
| wedding with Lord Dudley, though Mr..
Guerney was not invited. Since then his
wife has been to America To divorce him.
Mrs Guerney and Major Stracey were mar
rled quietly this week. only few of their
most intimate friends being aware Of their
intentions, Among them was the prince
of Wales, who gave them luncheon party,
having borrowed Lord Marcus Beresfords
house for the purpose. The luncheon was
very gay rather a Bohemian affair. Lefty
Lind danced and sang to amuse the guests
In tho afternoon.
WILL WHITEWASH RHODES.
That Cecil Rhodes and the British South
Africa company will be whitewashed by the
House of Commons committee to inquire into
the Jameson raid Is regarded in parliament
airy circles as a foregone conclusion OF the
committees seventeen members twelve are
regarded es certain to condone the raid, the
synpathies Of three are doubtful, while the
remaining two Mr.. Labouchere and John
His are hostile to the Rhodes party. The
inquiry in all probability will result in the
adoption OF two conflicting reports; that OF
tho majority, in which the raid and all con
cerned in 1t win he treated with benevolent
criticsm and that of the minority, in
which Rhodss, Jameson and the admiuistra-
tion OF the chartered company viii be ruth
lessly condemned. AS the minority report
win have no force Rhodes will return to
South Africa rather more OF a popular hero
than ever Tha; will be the end Of a gigantic
farce. BALLARD SMITH.
Rejects vi. Jnurcs' Amendments.
PARIS, Jan. so The Chamber OF Deputies
by vote OF 252 to 24l has rejected the
amendment OF NJ, Jaures. socialist TO the
hrst clause Of the bill granting 2 per cent