The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-01-16
Influenza Spreading to an Alarming
Extent in London.
Unusual Number of Deaths, Especially
Among Elderly People.
MT. and Mrs. Bradley Martin Chat
fed Upon Their Alleged Love of
Title and Rank-England Has a
Taste OF Whitecap Outlawry-
Gladstone Well and Cheerful.

LONDON, Jan. 15.-(Special London
cable letter. Copyrighted, 1898, by the
Associated Press. 1.-The mildneSS of the
weather (roses are blooming and hun
dreds of butterflies have been seem is
increasing the spread of influenza to a
point unknown in London since 1893,
with more than the unusual number of
deaths. and especially among elderly
people. There have been several days of
the blacklist fog during the past week.
January is an off month for social
London. The doing of the smart set are
still transferred to the country houses.
Chatworth, the seat of the Duke of Dev-
onshire, is again the meeting place of a
big party, including Earl and Countess
Spencer. Viscount and Lady Chelsea,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain and
Sir William Vernon Harcourt and Lady
Harcourt.
Theatricals are SO prevalent in socie-
ty that the newspapers are suggesting
the formation of a theater with the Earl
of Rosslyn as manager, Caryll Craven
as the scene painter and Ian Malcolm
as dramatist, declaring that such a the
alter would pay by the attendance of
Americans and colonials alone.
Woodstock is still f1uttered by the
Blenheim theatricals, and there has
been endless gossip, because the event
buried the feud between the Vicar and
the Marlboroughs, the Vicar having re-
fused to ring a welcome on the parish
bells upon the occasion of the home
coming of the late Duke and Duchess
of Marlborough, who was formerly Mrs
Louis Hammersley of New York.
Vanity Fair" announces the adop-
ton by the Melton Golf Club of a pink
evening dress trimmed with gold lace,
due to a public-s spirited attempt to bring
Foxhall Keene to Melton. This gen
tleman," it is added, has given up
hunting for golf, as, being dressy man.
he finds the game affords more scope for
elaborate toilet"
The Marlboroughs have returned to
Melton.
Hunting papers are chatting Mr.. and
Mrs. Bradley Martin upon their alleged
love of rank and titles. 1t appears that
the door of everybody staying at Bal
macan bears a large card with the occu-
pants name and title The door of the
nursery of the baby of Lady Craven
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Mar
TIM has upon it "Niscount Uffington,''
the title of the eldest son of the Earl
of Craven the child was born July 81,
1S9D
The English press, which has fire.
quently condemned the whitecaps of the
United States. now has to record a sim
liar outbreak here. The 2arishioners of
Llanbisher Radnorshire, scandalized be-
breach of morality, recently organized
a gang of white caps, who, with black
faces, serenaded with tin pans, etc, an
unmarried couple who were living to-
gether, and compelled them in their
night dresses, to wade twenty minutes
in the river. They then logged the I'M
fortunate couple cut off their hair, and
marched them up and down the field.
The wealthy Lady Murray, widow of
the late Sir Charles Murray and sister
of Lord Castledown, is establishing a
home for poor authors at Antibes
France. Those sent there who are not
incurable, but who are likely to benefit
by the change. will pay FL per week.
Several Indignation meetings of
sandwich men" have been held as an
outcome of the innovation Of sand
wfch women" a procession of whom,
good looking, young and picturesque,
costumed in white, paraded the west
end of London this week The display
was successful for the advertiser, but
ii is somewhat unlikely that ii Will be
continued. as the women were chaffed
until their faces We're crimson.
The "Yachtsman," referring TO the
very large steam yacht which George L.
Watson is designing for James Gordon
Bennett, proprietor of the New York
Herald says the vessel is intended
TO establish a yachting record across
the Atlantic. According to the same
authority, she is TO be 80 feet long. be
fitted with quadruple expansion engines
having 1000 horse power, and excep-
tionaIly large hunkers, so as to enable
her to be driven at full speed for long
distances without coaling. The con-
tract, ii seems. calls for fifteen knots
speed the whole way across the Allan
tic.
In spite OF the usual amount of rain
along the Riviera and in Egypt, visit
ors are fiocking there in large numbers.
Many royalties are already on the Riv-
iera, including the Duke OF Cambridge.
the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland
and the Crown Prince and Crown Prin-
cess of Servia. The Queen of Rouma-
MIA has also taken villa at Nice. The
Princess Louise of Belgium is expected
next week with twenty horses.
Mr. Gladstone continues well and
cheerful at Cannes. The revelations
made during the trial of the suit of
Daniel JAY the money lender. against
Lady Nation Sykes TO recover money
loaned on promissory notes, which are
understood to be signed by her hus-
band have not surprised her friends,
who have long known of her passion for
gambling. Her ladyship was a mem
Der of a clique Of elderly ladies whose
high play astonished the men. They
were in the habit Of meeting frequently
at each others houses. A few years
ago one member of this set, who is now
dead. had apartments at kensington
place. and there was a great row when
the report OF the goings on reached the
Queen
There has been much good-natured
chaff in the newspapers at the success
ful claim of Henry White, Secretary OF
the United States Embassy. for .dipio-
matic exemption" in the case of his
con ]. F. White. and Spencer Eddy.
secretary to Colonel John Hay, the