The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-24

| cricketers showed an overwhelming super
iority to the English. the best amateurs
of England were being put out like chill
! dren by the Australian bowlers, when
Ranjitsinhji went to the bat and made
! hash of the colonials. If there had been
one English player strong enough merely
! to stay with him he would have won the
match by his own scoring alone.
| In 1896 Ranjitsinhji became the cham
! pion batsman of England, superseding
! the famous DR.. W. G. Grace The Hindu
! made 2,7S0 runs in forty-eight ennings in
! one season. Amos Rusie at the height of
| his glory never enjoyed a shadow of the
popularity of Prince Ranjitsinhji in Eng
land The American pitcher was only the
favOrite of a class, while the Anglo-In-
dian cricketer was adored by the whole
! nation.
The newspapers declared that Ranjit-
sinhji had done more to make the British
public look upon their Hindu fellow citi-
zens as men and brothers than all the
! statesmen who ever lived. He made
triumphal tour of the empire with a crick-
ct team.
On September 20, the Prince will arrive
in New York. His first games will be
with cricketers of Philadelphia, who have
! arranged for his visit. On October and
4 he will play on Staten island and show
| himself 10 his friends in New York.
1t is confidently predicted that Prince
I Ranjitsinhji will make himself more popu-
lar in American society than any foreign
Prince or Nobleman who has come here
| this year. Several of those who have Wis
tied Newport are soreIy burdened by their
! pasts. The Prince is very manly fellow
with the cleanest record
A report is current that the Prince was
! very much smitten with a beautiful
! Philadelphia girl, whom he met in India
| last year, and that he presented her with
the claw, set in gold, of tiger killed by
| himself. If this is true it will only add
to the interest felt in his visit to these
| shores
The other visitor whose prospective ar
rival divides attention with that of Prince
Ranjitsinhji is Miss Muriel Wilson.
She is coming to New York on the Ma
| jestic, accompanied by party which in
cludes her brother and sister-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Wilson, and several
| other persons.
Miss Wilson is a majestic, Juno-like
beauty. She has magnificent tresses of
waving dark hair large, dark eyes. and
full, red lips. Her coloring is rich and
warm. He rfeatures are fine and regular
and have a decidedly naughty expression.
The Wilson's belong to the set of British
society which most excites the envy and
q ,sy-a4s ,,, -, ~
pirations turn TO the other side of the
water. 1t is the Prince of Wales's or the
Marlborough House set. The Wilson's
have no family from an aristocratic point
of view. but they have barrels of money.
which they spend lavishly, and introduce
plenty of life. originality and fun into
their social entertainments The Prince
OF Wales prefers people of this kind to
dull, old dukes of the most ancient line
age
The parents of Miss Muriel Wilson are
known as the Wilson's of Tranby Croft, or
sometimes by rude people as the Wilson's
OF the baccarat scandal They derive their
wealth from an immense line of steam
ships. which run from Hull in England,
to all parts of the world 1t is said that
the father of Arthur Wilson was origin
ally dock laborer. At any rate he was
poor man, Of great intelligence and force
of character
Trabny Croft, the seat of Arthur VIII
son. is a magnificent country house in
Yorkshire All sorts of high links have
taken place there Nine years ago the
Proince of Wales attended a house party
there which promised to be exceedingly
pleasant. but which ended in a scandal
that has caused him more trouble than
any episode of his later life.
The Princess of Wales would not inin
the party. because the Countess of War
wick was TO be there This fact did not
worry the Prince Several of his favorite
companions of both sexes were in the
party. Every evening they had a delight
full little game OF baccarat. at which the
stakes ran up into thousands of dollars.
Among the guests was Sir William Cor
don Cumming. an officer of the Scots
Guards whose income vas known 10 be
insufficient TO stand the strain Of gambl-
ing al such a pace.
He was accused Of cheating at cards.
Mrs. Lysett Green. a daughter OF Arthur
Wilson. first making the suggestion that
he was doing so. A committee Of the OIL
der men present with the Prince Of
Wales at the head was formed. and after
/ inquiriing into the facts. they decided
that Gordon Cumming was guilty Of
cheating. and compelled him TO sign a pa
per that he would never play at cards
again
Soon afterward some Of those who were
al the party began 20 talk about the af-
fair, and in self-preservation Sir William
I Gordon Cumming was compelled to bring
libel action against them. The Prince
himself was put on the stand and so
were the Wilson's and the rest Of the
party The jury found that Sir William
I had not been liheIled. which was equiv5-
lent 10 sayin gthat he had cheated At
cards. As matter Of fact his guilt was
by no means clearly proved. for the Jury
accepted the fact that the Prince and his
fellow guests found him guilty. and did
not probe deeply beneath that. Among
the many who believed Sir William limo