Evening star., 1898-11-19
Unprecedented Mild Weather Pre-
vailing in England This Fall.
LONDON ENVELOPED In FOG
Hoo'ey's Carlton Club Exposures
Still Cause Excitement
LONDON NEWS AND GOSSIP

lot thls time or the year in England. The
open gardens are fun OF flowers which are
blooming in profusion. One OF the moss
dense fogs In many years. however. en-
veioped London on Thursday last, greatly
impeding railroad and street traffic. The
quaint spectacle of pedestrians feeling their
way With flaming torches at noon Was seen
In the London streets where a number OF
accidents occurred.
Queen Victoria will shortly hold an in
vestiture at Windsor castle and will pre-
sent the Soudan decorations. She will per-
sonally invest General .4orJ Kitchener OF
khartoum with the grand cross Of the
Bath.
IT is announced that the King of Denmark
intends to come to England in January.
and that he will stay with the Prince OF
Wales al Sandringham. ,'he prince will
afterward go to Gotha in order to attend
the celebration OF the silver wedding OF
the Duke and Duchess OF Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha, which occurs on January % The
festivities will last for several DAYS and II
is expected Emperor William will also be
present
Rescript on Lace Making.
The queen of the Belgians has issued a
rescript TO her sister queens and empresses
asking them to form an alliance for the
purpose of helping the lacemakers OF Eu-
rope She has appealed to them to fore
swear wearing imitation lace and to bind
themselves to only wear handmade lace
pointing out that the machine-made fabric
threatens the extinction OF artistic. hand
worked lace. The number Of lacemakers in
Belgium and France has diminished since
the advent of lace machinery, by 10000
persons. The queens appeal met with a
ready response. and the queenly alliance
has already become fact.
Intense interest has been aroused by the
puritanical decision Of the licensing COM
Inittee of the London county council to re-
fuse licenses to halls where Sunday con-
Certs are given for profit. This Will 'prac-
ticaly mean the abolition of Sunday con-
certs, which have frightened the London
Sunday for the pest few years, and which
even their opponents admit always consist
Of the highest class Of music. The news
Tapers are unanimous in denouncing the de-
cision and demand that the London county
council refuse to ratify ii. The queen gives
snub to the opponents Of Sunday music
by having the Guards Band play the
terrace at Windsor Castle every Sunday
afternoon while she resides there. The pub
lie is then admitted 10 the castle grounds
ard, on Sunday last. for instance, large
concourse of people listened to the music.
Col. Macdonald sIighted.
There is some comment on the fact that
Col Macdonald, who, some people claim,
saved the battle Of omdurman by his
promptness and skill in repulsing a dervish
onslaught which Gen. Kitchener overlook
ti' was bOl liICluutu dULtilS lllbst NHO HdNc
received Soudan decorations. although he
has been promoted to be aid-de-camp OF
the queen. This is a high distinction and
is considered in some quarters to be pc
Culiarly appropriate recognition Of one
who rose from the ranks. Col Macdonald.
who has served through seven campaigns.
was barefooted lad when he enlisted. He
served ten years. in the ranks and won
commission in the Gordon Highlanders by
his splendid conduct during Gen. Lord Rob-
orts Afghan campaign. He of the
officers who survived the Majuha HUI disas-
ter of the Boer war; but he was taken pris-
oner by the Beers. who returned MIN his
sword. which had been presented to him by
the men of his company when he won his
commission. saying that a man who had
earned such a sword should not be sepa-
rated from it,
The Duke of Westminster has written a
letter. ia which he says:
After what has been said and recorded in
blue books about the msdeeds Of the sui
tan and his completely in the murder OF
100 900 of his subjects, j feel that Emperor
Williams acceptance OF the hospitality OF
a monarch who by a series of unparalleled
crimes has placed himself outside 'he pale
of civilization must be deeply regretted
and deplored."
This letter elected a vehement attack on
the Duke of Westminster in Mr.. William
Waldorf Astors Pail Mall Gazette. 1t ia
known that Mr.. Astor and the duke ara
the reverse of friends. owing to a squabbla
over the possession of the famous Visitors
Book and other personal articles which Mr..
Astor insisted were comprised in the pur-
chase of Cliveden.
HooIey's Carleton Club Exposure.
Ernest Terah Hooleys Carlton Club eX-
posure has created much excitement and
heartburnng in conservative circles, and
a number of influential conservatives have
resolved to make an effort to retrieve the
scandal by returning Mr.. Hooleys f10,0od
(s5O,O00). contributed TO the party funds, for
the benefit of the bankrupts creditors Mr..
Hooley's statements are already doing con-
siderable harm to the conservative prospects
in the country. and Mr. A. ]. Ralfour, the
conservative leader in the house of COM
mons and first lord of the treasury. is said
to have urged that the money be restored
to the donor. d.
Mr. Hooley was quite sanguine that he
would get a baronetcy at the time of the
Jubilee, and, in fact, ne issued invitation
cards to seats which he rented on the top
of Ludgate Hill, overlooking the ceremony
at St. Paul's Cathedral in the names Of
Sir Ernest and Lady Hooley." 1t is under
stood that the queen or the Marquis of
Salisbury vetoed his baronetcy. which the
conservative wirepullers did their best TO
secure. They only returned Mr.. Hooley his
check, which was for 10000 s2ao, ,ooo), after
the jubilee honors had been published.
Mr.. Henry Labouchere, in Truth, confess
that he was only surprised at Mr.. Hool-
ey's non-success. He further declares that
the liberals are just bad, and that they
do lively trade in selling titles. He asks
how much did Baron Stern pay before he
bloomed into Lord Wandsworth?'
Mr.. Labouchere then tells a story of a
member of parliament, whose name he with
holds who was offered a baronetcy If he
contributed $4,000 5000 to the party
funds The member of parliament declined
on the ground that IT was too expensive.
Charges Against Tod Sloan.
Truth accuses Tod Sloan of unfair riding
in the race for the Palatine plate on the
Friday before he sailed. and says that IL
an objection had been lodged Sloan would
assuredly have been disqualified as he near
ly sent the horse ridden by Weldon over the
rails and also palpably interfered with Lieb-
enstein. Truth adds:
IF the stewards had done their duty
they would have suspended Sloan for the
remainder of the meeting. He has been fla
grantly favored by the authorities during
this visit, but it is to be hoped next season
the stewards will administer justice Impair
tally"
Adelina PATHS engagement to Baron Ralf
Cederstrom, a Swedish nobleman which the
singer has confirmed. furnishes musical cir
cles with a most interesting subject for con-
versation. The baron is young and hand
some and has been director OF the Swedish
Gymnastic Institute in London. The we'd
ding will take place in February at PATHS
Welsh castle at Craig-y-Nos,