The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-21
THE GOSSIP OF LONDON.
Colonel Macdonald Was Not Given uec .
ration He Had Earned.
HooItys MONEY MAY Be RETURNED HIM
n,uc Of Westminster Scores Emper-
xv,,,,,m for Accepting the Hos-
pitnIity OF the sultan

| anon rnrdens are full or tioWors' Whis
orc blooming In profusion. One oil inc
mas, dense fogs in many years noWeVe''
| onvo,oned london on Thursday last, great
10 ;,,nsdlng railroad and street tratiic'
The quaint spectacle of pedestrians ieei-
ing their way with flaming torches at noun
| ,,as seen In the London streets, where a
number of accidents Occurred.
| ~
opeen Victoria will shortly hold an In
vss,iture ct windsor castle and VIII pre-
ton, tie soudan decorations. She VIII
personally invest General Lord Kitchener
of I;hartoula with the Grand Cross OF the
Bath 49, 49,. 81 nav
mark intends to come to England IN
| January and that he viii stay with tne
Prince of Wales at Sandrlnsnam. lhe
| prince will afterward go to Coma IN cruz
| to attend the celebration OF the SILVER Meu-
| ding of the Duke and Duchess OIL SaSe-
| Coburg- Gotha which occurs ON January
| % The festivities will last for several
| DAYS. and it Is expected Emperor Wiiiiam
will also be present
~
The queen OF the Belgians has issued
| rescriut to her sister queens and en-
nresses. asking them TO form an alliance
| for the purpose of helping the lace makers
| OF Europe. She has appealed to them 10
forswear wearing Imitation lace and TO
| bind themselves TO wear only handmade
| lace pointing out that the inachine-made
fabric threatens the extinction OF artist'c
handwcrked lace. The number oil lace
makers in Belgium and France has dlmin-
isbed since the advent of lace machinery
by 10 900 persons. The queens appeal mot
with a ready response, and the queenly al
lance has already become fact.
~
Intense interest has been aroused by the
FuritanIcal decision of the licensing COM
mittee of the London county. council to re-
fuse licenses to halls where Sunday con-
certs arc given for profit. This will prac-
tically mean the abolition of Sunday con-
certs which have Frightened the London
Sunday for the past few years and which
even the opponents admit always cons st
of first-class music. The newspapers are
unanimous in denouncing the decision and
demand that the London county council
refuse to ratify it. The queen gives a
snub 10 the opponents of Sunday music
by having the Guards band play on the
terrace at Windsor castle every Sunday
afternoon while she resides there. The
public is then admitted TO the castle
grounds. and on Sunday last, for instance,
large concourse of people listened 10
the music.
There is some comment on the fact thai
Colonel Macdonald, who saved the battle
Of omdurman by his promptness and skill
In requesting o Dervish onslaught which
General Kitchener overlooked, was not in
cluded among those who have received
Soucan decorations, although he has been
promoted to be an aide-de-ca of the
queen. This is high distinction and is
considered in some quarters TO be a Pc
culiarly appropriate recognition of one who
rose from the ranks Colonel Macdonald,
who has served through seven campaigns,
was barefooted lad when he enlisted. He
served ten years in the ranks and won a
commission In the Gordon Hlghlanders by
his splendid conduct during General Lord
Roberts Afghan campaign. He was one of
the officers who survived the Majuba Hill
disaster OF the Boer war; but he was taken
prisoner by the Beers who returned him
his sword, which had been presented to
him by the men of his company with whom
he won his commission, saying that a man
who had earned such sword should not
De separated from 1t.
~
The duke of Westminster has written
letter In which he says: "After what ha.
been said and recorded in blue books about
the misdeeds of the sultan and his COM
piioity in the murder of 100000 of his subj
1ects, feel that Emperor Williams ac-
eepiance of the hospitality of monarch
who, by series of unparalleled crimes bas
placed himself outside the pale of cviliza
uion, must be deeply regretted and de-
plored."
This letter ELECTED a vehement attach
on the duke OF Westminster in Mr.. Will
Nam Waldorf Astor's Pail Mall Gazette II
Is Known that Mr.. Astor ana the duke are
the reverse OF friends. owing to a squabble
over the possession of the famous VISITORS
DOCK and ether personal articles which Mr.
chase OF Clveden. '''
Ernest Terrell Hooley's Carleton club
exposure has rNated much excitement
and heartburning in conservative circles.
ana number of influential conservatives
nave resolved TO make an effors In re-
Lneye the scandal by returning Mr.
iooiey's 10000 pounds $3.50, 00O) contributed |
% party furiaLs for the benefit of the bao,,-
Iupt creditors. Mr.. Hooley's statements |
re already doing considerable harm In th.
prospects in the country. and
Nr, q. j, Balfour the conservative header
n the house OF commons and first lord NJ
ne treasury, Is said to have urged Thai
ne MONEY be restored TO the donor
MT. Hooley was quite sangliine that h.
'3uIi get barorEtcy at the time of nc
uohee, and in fact he issued inyItatinr
ARDS TO seats which he rented on inc ton
Lndgate Hill. overlooking the ceremanp
st. Pauls cathedral, in the nan,as =,
or Ernest and Lady Hooley.n II is rn5eu
- that the queen ard the marouis q,
alsoury vetoed his baronetcy. which no
ohsersatiye wire pnllers did their hot
I, secure They Only returned Mr. Hoo,s,
Is check. which was for 20 oon ronnas
, ,hl after the jubilee honors had been
~
truth accuses Tod Sloan of unfair r,dirn
the race for the Palatine plate nm the
r'aay before he sailed, and SAYS tina, %
. objection had been lodged Sloan wou,d
nave been disqualified as b,
eariy sent the horse ridden by Welann
rot i1 a