The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-20

Paris, on April 10. 1t does not matter
that Diana has been almost conclusiyely
proven to be an inyen ton of NJ. Leo Taxil
and Dir. Batailee, alias Hackz. Her his
tory IN yth orfact hasInade such a sensation
in Europe as to induce public personation.
This Diana is to nafrate her life at Louis
vile, her initia ton to LuciflorianisIn
there, her subsequent affiliation to Free
Masonry qua diabolisrn at Charleston, s c.,
and her conversion to Catholicism. The
Louisville people. who say they do not
know, and those who, according to the
Louisville Courier, assert that they knew
her intimately, may have chance of test
ing the identity of this Diana, She is TO
give conferences in the United States with
"limelight productions" of her documents
and experiences.
Two years duration OF the inquiry by The
South African committee is the time al.
lowed them by interested actors and
spectators If the proceedings go on as ihey
are now doing. The committee can only
sit while Parliament is in session. differ
ing in this respect from royal commission,
which can sit throughout the year Or years.
The committee, therefore, expires at the
end of the present session. Its renewal
is more than doubtful.
The Pan Anglican conference, which
assemblies at Lambeth Palace in July, VIII
discuss oyertures for union from some
centers OF the Greek or eastern church.
The que stion is OF such vast Importance as
to necessitate more prolonged considera-
ton than the conference can give. 1t
willtherefore he referred to commission,
possibly q FONT commission OF the Anglican
and Eastern churches. The Anne rican
bishops should have an Influential voice
in this commission.
The racing season which starts next
week promises to be the biggest for many
years. Tie new patrons of the turf are
many and wealthy. Besides blueblooded
debutantes like the Duke of Marlborough
there are a group of South African gold
and diamond kings and some new-made
miIlonaires in the bicycle company boom.
The Duke of Marlborough and the Earl
OF warwick are the latest additions TO
heemployesat Egerton House, Newmarket,
where the Duke OF Devonshire is now
the largest patron with horses in training
Lord Wolvert on comes next and the Prince
Of Wales is among the others interested in
the stable. The Duke owns two promising
o-year-olds, bred by the late Baron
Hirsch.
The toadyism OF one of the cycle mag
mates amuses the sporting public consid-
erably. He bought yearlIng colt from
the Prince OF Wales for 5000 guineas,
which, at any ordinary sale, would have
brought certainly not more than $50
guineas. The purchaser has named IL
after well-known bicycle tire, and pos
sibly thinks the outlay justified as an adj
vertisrment and proper payment for a
horse bred by royalty.
There has not been any heavy piunging
by any of the royal family on the turf
since Prince Francis of Teck laid fl0. 900
to Ct 900 on a horse that was beaten at
Dublin. He was sent off on military serv-
ice to india after that episode. The Duke
of York rarely bets and cares little for the
sport.
Mr.. McCalmont, probably the iuckiest
owner on the turf, has his new house at
Cheveley. Newmarket, now ready. IL has
cost a quarter Of a million and has a pri-
yate race course attached