Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-14
Mamma Letter Evidently Wants the Best Of
Everything That's Going,
TWO OF cURzoNS AlDEs-DE.CAMP RESIGN
Ladies Of the Court Do Not Care to Be
snubbed By the Chicago Matron,
cURzoNS LIFE MADE QUITE MISERABLE
Hosebcry and the MARQUIS of North
nmpton Pass Some Caustic Crit
icisms on the Mig London
Daily Newspapers.

LONDON, May l3.-(New York World Ca
blegram-Special Telegram Private adj
vices from Silnla bring tidings of some
thing like a palace revolution in the vice.
regal household. Owing to the pretentions of
the vice regents mother Mrs. Letter, Cap
tain Meade, one of Lord Cur2on's aides-de-
camp, has resigned and other members of
the vceroy's suite are reported to be in
state of suppressed mutny. 1t was all be-
cause Lord Curzon gave orders when Mrs.
and Miss Letter were driving alone that they
should be escorted by an de-de-camp
There is no place on earth where etiquette
rules so absolutely as in this colony of An
glo-Indian oticialdom. Tradition prescribed
that sons, daughters or sisters of the vice
roy might have viceregal aide camp In
attendance, but such a distinction was never
before claimed for the viceroys motherin-
law. Captain Meade formally declined an
escort and then offered his resignation,
which was accepted. He is now returning
to England. The young earl of Suffolk an
other Of the vceroys aides, who is very
sweet on Daisy Letter has since attended
them, but not officially. There has also
been trouble and heart burning about the
viceroy's motheri in laws and sister-in-laws
precedence at viceregal entertainments. Mrs.
Letter insisted on being taken in after her
daughter which point was conceded reluc
resented by their wives The viceregal cir
Gle is being necessarily extremely re-
strcted. This unpleasantness is continually
cropping up in one form or another, max
ing Curzons life miserable. The worst is
that Mrs. Letter cannot understand what
the trouble is about and the intense enjoy
ment she derives from her Quasi-regal hon
ors is the most irritating feature of all.
Society Startled.
Society is astounded by the announce
ment of the engagement of the beau
tiful Mics Joan Wilson of Warter Priory TO
Guy Fairfax. a wealthy young Yorkshire
squire. Only a couple of weeks since the
duke OF Manchester was assuring his friends
thai .despite every obstacle and all reports
to the contrary he would marry Joan Will
son. 1t was even rumored that he had been
secretly married. No doubt this engage
1nent was FASTENED as the only effectual way
of disnosing of the canard The dukes
mother is strongly opposed to the match, be-
cause Miss Wilson has only a fortune of
$500 900 and her grandmother the duchess
OF Devonshire, was fearful of the result OF
his marrying until he had settled down and
did everything to prevent the match. One
of her methods +of pressure was an intima-
tion that If the duke married without her
consent she would claim payment OF her
tointure from the Manchester estates which
she had foregone since her husbands death.
The duke of Manchester. who has been pro-
NOTED to a captaincy in the Kings Royal
rifles, is having a course Of instruction at
Aldershot.
The Italian opera season, which opened
brilliantly. promises to be the most success
full on record Maurice Grau is ably assisted
by countess De Grey, who Is equally inter-
ested in the artistic and social aspects OF
the enterprise and all really smart people
may be seen nightly at Covent Garden.
Thursday night Jean Reszke, in Tristan"
had a tremendous triumph The prince of
Wales was present, and among others AM
bassador Choate, Lady Randolph Chur hill,
looking brilliant in black as usual; Pauline
Astor in white, with a chaperoue; Countess
Selkirk and Mrs. Ronads. The duke of
Marlborough has sublet his box owing to
mourning. Mrs. Mackay was in her box
with her sister, Baroness Telfner, who looked
very handsome in black tulle The house
has been greatly improved and will be de-
molished at the close the season and rebuilt
on a magnificent scale, with all the latest
improvements for next year.
More subterranenn Road.
The London county council is about to con-
struct a shallow underground electric tram
way from Westminster to the Bank of Eng
land on the same principle as in Boston
and Buda Pesth. Congestion of traffic in
London streets Is becoming an increasingly
serious problem, owing chiefly to the rapid
growth of the number of omnibuazs Plea
dily the great omnibus route b the west
ern suburbs is perpetualy blocked on
afternoons during the season with a tre-
mondous stream of omnibuses. cabs and car
riages. All efforts of the police are useless
to prevent long delays. The same condition
OF things prevails in many other thorough
fares and the county council looks TO a
great extension Of the underground railway
and tramway system as the only solution OF
tho problem. There are now five new under
ground railroads in course of construction
IN different parts of London.
Lord Rosebery's definition of the ideal
newspaper the Times without an edI-
torial page has found acceptance nowhere,
but other personages have been tempted by
his suggestion into describing their journal
istic ideas. The marquis of Northampton,
known as the original OF Rnmney Leigh, has
given his notion of what a newspaper should
bo as follows; II should like to find in,
struction with interest ! should also re,
quire a newspaper to stir up mems hearts to
realze what the wrongs of our country are,
to point out the means anl ways OF redress,
ing those wrongs, Another characteristic I
should require is sadly lacking in tho news-
papers OF today. It is one az the saddest
points In our national character az present
that wit and humor Gt all events In litora-
ture. seem to 6ave departed. ask in vain
for a book or newspaper that would make
mo laugh"
There is no question that Lord Northamp-
ton has hit the serious blot on English Jour
nalism,
Marconi Blaclslisted.
The Royal society. the premier scientific
body in England, is boycottng signor Mar
oani II has refrained from inviting him to
address II, as royal society Invariably does
any scientist who has made any valuable
inyeutlon Fellows Of the Royal society,
whiah include all the leading English seien-
lists, make no secret OF their objection to
Mareoni as he is attempting TO exploit his
invention for company promoting purposes