The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-11
CLEANINCS AT THE
BRITISH CAPITAL.
The Splendid Weather Prevailing
During the Past Week
Has a Tendency to Encourage Fashionahles
to 60 10 the Parks.
Almost Everyone Now Looking
Forward to the Racing Meet at
Ascot-The Coming Bazaar at
Albert Hall One Of the Features
Britons Are interested In.

Albert Hall One Of the Features
Britons Are interested In.
copyrighted, 1899, by Associated Press.)
LONDON, June 1O.-The splendid
weather for the past week brought
fashionable people to the parks and
streets, and has given London the gay
est appearance. The heat of the early
part of the week has been tempered by
cool breezes during the last couple of
days.
Everyone is now looking forward to
the Ascot races, where very large at
tendance is expected, although few
houses around Ascot have been taken.
The Prince of Wales will entertain a
bachelors party at Heath House and
the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
will be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ru-
fus Beckett at Ascot. The Duke and
Duchess of Westminster, the Duke and
Duchess of Portland and the Duke and
Duchess Of Devonshire will entertain
big parties.
Ascot, however will be shorn of it's
leading feature by the omission Of the
royal procession up the course each
day. The Prince of Wales and the other
royalties will drive to the course pri-
vately, the Queen having prohibited
the procession in order to mark the
family mourning for Prince Alfred of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and the Queen
of Denmark.
Society is intensely interested in the
great coming bazar at Albert Hall and
Of the Charing Cross Hospital. which
is expected to net at least $25O,OOO.
People moving in the highest ranks of
society will give their services at the
various stalls, Mrs. Arthur Paget and
Mrs. Ronalds being the soul of the af-
fair. The American stall, which will
be decorated with American colors, will
be attended by Mesdames Choate,
Bradley Martin and Ronalds, and Miss
DreXel. Colonel Arthur Paget visited
the Stock Exchange and sent his hat
around to defray the expenses of board
ing over the floor of Albert Hall and
netted $4,000, and the Earl and Count
ess Of Craven and Mrs. Bradley Martin
levied contributions of unique and val
liable pieces of silver among their
friends for sale at the American stall.
Lady Randolph Churchill has definitely
secured the services of Mesdames Patti
Melba, Nordica, Nevada and other
stars of the concert which is to be held
on the first day, and Beerbohm Tree
has secured Sir Henry Irving, George
Alexander, John Hare, the Kendalls
and others for the second days enter
tainment The Queen is patroness Of
the bazaar. 1t is the first time she has
cd rofr nf a f,o IN iyfv
six years. She accepted upon this occa-
she was only Il years old, was given for
Charing Cross Hospital.
The Society for the Amendment of
Criminal Law met this week under the
Presidency Of Sir Charles Cameron
The members are keenly interested in
the case of Mrs. Maybrick. They in
clude Lord James of Hereford, Chan
cellor of the the Duchy of Lancaster;
Augustin Birrell, the famous chancery
barrister and author; Justice Vaughan
Williams and Matthew Wright. Sir
Charles Cameron, who is well known as
a prison reformer, said to representa-
tive of the Associated Press: 1.-THE May
brick case is one of the planks of our
society's platform, and now that Sir
Matthew White Ridley, Secretary Of
State to the Home Department, is re-
viewing the case by Lord Salisbury's
direction and through the pressure Of
the American Government exerted
through their excellent ambassador, It
will only be matter of very short
time, in my opinion, before her uncon-
ditional release. Until then this strong
society will never ceasesto back up all
efforts in that direction
Joseph Choate, the United States
ambassador, and Mrs Choate, Henry
White, Secretary of the United States
Embassy, and Mrs. White and James
r. Carter, Second Secretary of the Unit
ed States Embassy, and Mrs. Carter, at
tended the reception and dance given
by the Marquis of Landsdown, the Sec
rotary for War, on Wednesday which
was one of the most brilliant events of
the season
Mr.. Choate has had an exceedingly
busy week with the Alaskan negotia-
tions. Incidentally a publisher named
Sands announced his intention to col,
lect and publish Mr.. Choate's bon mots
and anecdotes as "Choate's Jest Book"
But Mr.. Choate expostulated, with the
result that the book was suppressed.
Charles Russell tells the Associated
Press all work on the cup challenger
is proceeding very smoothly, and that
fine craft is emerging from Flies
ideas, which are being faithfully adj
hered to, and that whatever her racing
merits may prove to be, the Shamrock
will be as perfect model yacht in con-
struction as ever entered a race.
Hon. Rupert Cecil Craven has been
fined in the Marylebonne Police Court
for kicking a lawyers clerk out of his
house, Bingham Lodge, where he
served the petition of Craven's. wife,
against whom charges are made, pend
ind a divorce suit Craven allowed the
clerk to serve the petition and then
kicked him out of doors. Craven is a
brother-in-law of the Countess Of
Craven and he was his brothers best
man OF the wedding.
/, Richard Croker made his first ap-
pearance on a race course since his
arrival in England to witness his horse
run at the Brighton meeting on Thurs
day.
Tod Sloan has given the newspapers
letter he received from New York.
signed S. A. Decker, demanding $3.50
under a threat of exposing the Jockey
as using the writer's invention of an
electrical battery to win races on bad
horses. The writer said: I'VE are