Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-23
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London, October 22.-Social life in
London is not very exciting at the
present moment. Nearly everybody Of
note is away, visiting or entertaining
at country houses.
The Prince of Wales came to Lon
don during the week, and announced
that he intended to visit Newmarket
next week for the racing; but appar-
emily he received a hint that he is in
mourning on account of the death OF
his mother-in-law, Queen Louise OF
Denmark, so a statement was sent to
the papers denying that the Prince
was going to Newmarket.
A report from the United States to
the effect that President Mckinley
would invite the Prince of Wales to
visit the United States has attracted
attention. While the papers cordially
endorse the suggestion Of royal visit
to America, as tending to further ce-
ment the good feeling between the two
countries, it is thought improbable that
the Prince Of Wales will go. But an
evening paper points out that the Duke
of York has given a half promise to
go to Canada next year, and it adds
that there is nothing impossible in the
idea that if President Mckinley follows
the example of President Buchanan,
the Duke of York will follow in the
footsteps of his father and extend his
visit to the United States.
The banquet which the city of Lon
don is to give to General Lord Kitch
ener, of Khartoum, on November 4,
will be the most brilliant affair of its
kind in this generation. The Marquis
OF Salisbury, several cabinet ministers,
Sir William Vernon-Harcourt, the Lib
eral leader in the House of Commons,
all the field marshals and all the civic
dignitaries will be present. The prem
Ter will speak in honor of the Sirdar
and momentous declarations may be ex-
pected.
That the after effects of war are more
terrible than the actual fighting is
shown in the case of the Grenadier
Guards, who recently returned from the
6oudan. Almost third of their num-
Der are ON the sick list. Change of
climate was partly instrumental in
bringing about their illness; but ma
jority of the men are down with dysen-
1tasI, caused by drinking the Nile
water. There are two hundred of the
guards in hospital, and several of the
cases are serious. The officers of
the guards in no wise escaped. Quite
a number of them succumbed to enteric
disorders ON their return to Cairo or
London
The followers of Tod Sloan received
severe check at Sandown where, on
Thursday, with Sloan riding the ia
vorites, in five races he only succeeded
in getting a dead heat in one. The
check has come none too soon for
Sloan's head has been completely
turned by success. Hitherto, when
Sloan reached the unsaddling place
after a race, he did not himself unsad-
die, like other jockeys, but employed
an attendant, who handed Sloan his ac-
confinement when he took his place on
the scale. Lord Durham, one of the
stewards of the Jockey CLUB stopped
this practice.
Sloan was recently asked by a re-
porter about the circumstances of his
engagement by the Prince of Wales,
and he said:
II am not talking about them
things
Sloan added that ne was tired of hay
ing reporters running after lin.
The American jockey is extremely
dissatisfied with one or two of the de-