Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
Tod Sloan Accused of Crooked
ness in Racing.
CROKER VISITS BRIGHTON
Copyright. 1899, the Associated Press. }


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. Rupert Beckett at Ascot. The
Duke and Duchess of Westminster, the
Duke and Duchess of Portland and the
Duke and Duchess of Devonshire will en-
terrain big parties.
Ascot, however, will be shorn of it's lead
ing 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 privately. the
queen having prohibited the procession, in
CIDER to mark the family mourning for
Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
and the Queen of Denmark.
Great preparations being made for
the big review of troops at Aldershot June
20, by the queen. The ceremony will take
place on Laffans Plain, and about 14,0o0
fourteen infantry battaliors and magnifi-
cent cavalry division. drawn from the
guards and other crack regiments.
Queen Sees Circus p .rformance.
Her majesty, this week, invited travel
ing circus, which was passing near Bal
moral, to give a performance in the park,
and the queen, the guests of the castle and
the tenantry and servants witnessed the
show.
Society is intensely interested in the COM
ing great bazaar, at Albert Hail. in aid of
the Charing Cross Hospital, which is ex
pected to net at least sou, O0o. People NOV
ing 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 affair. The American stall,
which will be decorated gOrgeouSly with
American colors, will be attended by Mes
DANES Choate, Bradley Martin and Ronaids
and Miss Drexel. Mrs. Pagets American
bar and flower stall is a most novel ar
rangement in PAPER mache. She has OBJ
tanned gifts of the choicest eXotcS from
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, Baron Schroeder
and other famous growers. Col. Arthur
Paget visited the stock exchange and set
his hat around to defray the expense of
boarding over the floor of Albert Hail, and
Melted $4,000. The Earl and Countess Of
Craven and Mrs. Bradley Martin levied
contributions of unique and valuable
pieces of silver among their friends for sale
at the American stall.
Lady Randolph Churchill has definitely
secured the services of MeslaInes Patti,
Mclha, Nordica, Nevada ana other stars
for the concert. which is to be he'll on the
first day, and Beerbohm Tree mas secured
Sir Henry Irving, George Alexander, John
Hare. the Kendalls and others for The sec
ond days entertainment. The queen IS
patrOneSS of the bazaar. 1T is the first
time she has acted as patrcness Of bazaar
in siXty-siX years. She accepted Ip0n this
occasion because her first patronage. when
the Charing Cross Hospital.
The Society for the Amendment of Grim
iral Law met this week under the presi-
dency of Sir Charles Cameron. The mem
hers keenly Interested in the case of
Mrs. Maybrick. They include Lord James
of Hereford, chancellor of the duchy of
Lancaster; Augustine Birrei, the famous
chancery barrster and author; Justice
Vaughan Williams and Mathew Wright
Sir Charles Cameron, who is well known as
a prison refoi Ter. said to representative
of the Associated Press:
THE Maybrick case is one OF the planks
of our society's platform and row that
Sir Matthew White Bridley secretary of
state to the home Department. is reviVing
the case by Lord Salisburys direction and
through the pressure of the American gov
eminent, eXerted through their excellent
amba ssador. it will only be matter of
very short time, in my opinion, before her
unconditional release. Until then this
strong society will never cease to back up
all efforts in that direction.
Mr. Choate at Social Function.
Mr.. Joseph II. Choate, the United States
ambassador, and Mrs. Choate and Mr.. Hen
ry White secretary of the United States
embassy. and Mrs. White and Mr.. James
r. Carte. second secretary of the United
States embassy, and Mrs. Carter attended
the reception and dance given by the Mar
quis of Lansdowne, the secretary of war,
on Wednesday, which was one of the most
brilliant events of the season.
Mr.. Choate has had exceedingly busy
week with the Alaskan negotiations. Incl
dentally, a publisher named Sands an
nounced his intention to collect and publish
Mr. Choate's bon mots and anecdotes as
"Choates Jest Book" But Mr.. Choate ex-
postu!ated, with the result that the book
suppressed.
view of the arrangement made for her TO
sail test races against the Americas cup
challenger, Shamrock, is being prepared for
commission at Cowes, Isle of Wight, with
all dispatch. Her mast was stepped this
week and the yacht Is now in dry dock, be-
ing recaulked and recoppered. Sir Thomas
Upton, who has been cruising on the south
coast in his steam yacht Erin, has taken
a number of photographs of the wrecked
steamer Paris.
Mr.. Charles Russell tells the Associated
Press that all work on the cup challenger
is proceeding very smoothly and that fine
craft is emerging from Flies ideas, which
are being faithfully adhered to, and that
whatever her racing merits may prove to
be, the Shamrock will be as perfect model
yacht in construction as ever entered a
great race
Kicked Clerk Down Stairs.
The Hon. Rupert Cecil Craven has been
fined in the Marylebone police court for
kicking lawyers clerk out of his house,
Bingham Lodge, where he served the petit
ton of Craven's wife, against whom
charges made, pending a divorce suit.
Craven allowed the clerk to serve the petit
ton and then kicked him out of the door,
Craven is a brother-in-law of the Countess
of Craven, and he was his brothers best
man at the wedding.
Mr. Richard Croker made his first APP
pearance race course since his recent
arrival in England to witness his horse run
a. the Brighton meeting on Thursday.
Tod Sloan has given the newspapers a
letter he received from New York, signed
S. A. Decker, demanding $3.50, under
threat of exposing the Jockey using the
writer's invention of an electrical battery
to win races on bad horses The writer
said:
I'VE are stopped here by the law, and
now you are reaping the fruits of our in
vention. l think 1t time to step in and cali
you down.
Justin Mccarthy had a cataract on his
right eye removed on Thursday at the Roy
al Eye Hospital, and is now progressing
satisfactorily.
Suit withdrawn.
Mrs. Bessie NJ. Wheatley has withdrawn
the suit for divorce she recently filed