Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-23
PAIL OVER LONDON SOCIETY
Death Causes the poStponcmcnt of
Many Functions of the
SVeli set.

| 'N'i'F i'NllI, lNHi ny Associated lltNSl
LONDON, April 22,-Usually. at this time
OF the year, there is a long list Of advertised
festivities but up to the present very few
dances and only one big ball have been an
nounced. The latter will be given by Will
liam Waldorf Astor in June and will be one
| OF the leading events Of the season.
The death of the dowaEer duchess or
! Marlborough, widow of the seventh duke
! OF Marlborough, was a severe blow to the
| social season. She never completely recov-
cred from the death of her son, Lord Ran,
! delphi Churchill. Her demise put lons
list of members of the peerage in mourn-
! ing, including the duke and duchess OF
| Marlborough, who have already had to
torego several engagements. political and
social The funeral of the dowageT duchess
took place on Friday afternoon at Blen>
/ helm.
Gossip About sloan.
| As result of the incident OF the EPSON
spring meeting, which resulted in the dis
! qualification of Tod" Sloan, the Ameri-
can jockey who was riding Ecu dor, the
stewards were careful to make it clear that
| they did not consider Sloan blameable. The
! course is extremely difficult to a stranger
and Eou dor proved practically unman-
ageabe. The sporting wiseacres deduce
| theretrom that Sloan's method of riding does
not give him great command of his horse,
and that he cannot get enough leverage IL
his mount is inclined to sweTve.
Sloan's defeat on Jolly Tar in the race
! Tor the Tudor plate was great disappont-
ment to his supporters. who are indignant
| at the manner in which he was treated by
| the other Jockeys One of the reporting cX-
| perts writes that the Tudor plate was "the
! most unsatisfactory race this year" adding:
| NO one watching the race with fair, open
mind can have any hesitation in saying Sloan
was hampered and knocked about in a series
| of pockets which annihlated all chance of
winning. and the sequel was that he eased
up seeing that all effort was useless
This means that the English jockeys have
begun repetition of the tactics of last year.
The same writer declares the tactics of GER
| tain jockeys towards foul riding should get
| them turned off the track.
| The Yachtsman believes that although
there will not be series of matches between
the cup challenger Shamrock and Valkyrie
| Ill, the former will undoubtedly take part
| in ordinary matches, as such racing will
enable the crew to get together and bring
the boat up to it's best speed.
American Industrial Competition.
American industrial competition has again
come prominently to the front this week.
Hardly day has passed without an article
on the subject in the London newspapers.
The Atbara bridge contract, which has al
most assumed the proportions of national
question, came before the House Of Commons
on Thursday, when the government was
asked string of questions the subject,
to which the parliamentary secretary of the
foreign office, Right Hon. ST. John Broderick
was only able to reply that he had no in
formation beyond what was contained in the
raTN
British agent in Egypt.
The Times has printed a lengthy article
on American competition in the iron trade
and called attention to Americas Jump in
imports of iron and steel, one result being
that English prices and exports alike are
not entirely fixed by home or continental
competition as they used to be, but by the
prevailing tone of the markets and industrial
situation generally in the United States. 1t
adds that notable case in point was the
combined effort Of the British rail manu-
faCturers to keep up the price of heavy sec
tions, which resulted in the partial ruin Of
that branch of the business, the Americans
taking the orders instead of the British.
Continuing the Times remarks: THE sit
uation is truly serious for the British manu-
facturers, who are asking two fundamental
questions: Whether American competition
must inevitably regulate in the future Brit
ish exports and prices, and whether it is
worth while struggling on under such an
overmastering incubus
Dealing with the imports of American
manufactures the Times thinks that the
prospects are rather brighter and says:
1.-The British manufacturers mind is some
what relieved by the fact that prices in
America are rising in manner which must
satisfy even the average American aspira
tions for a boom, the duration of which is
the uppermost topic of concern" The
article concludes with the hopeful remark
that there is less reason to apprehend
flood OF American imports of iron and steel
in 1899 than there was last year.
The newspapers in the iron working dis
tricts are taking the matter up. The
Darlington North Star says: The Ameri
can entry into British markets is a positive
danger. Every one knows it is never safe
to let a customer go elsewhere. There is
good reason for all interested in the iron and
steel trades in Great Britain to seriously
consider the question"
Fight on Sunday Papers.
The nom -conformists, in their churches
and organs continue their bitter denuncia-
tions of seven-day newspapers and 1t seems
likely that the agitation will develop into
widespread boycott The ministers are ap-
pealing to their congregations TO pledge
themselves to not read n newspaper pub
fishing a Sunday edition. The British
Weekly calls on the church to fight the
battle and advises that the boycott be
extended to every publication of the firms
involved. The Methodist Times urges
Methodists not only not to buy the news |
papers but to influence tradesmen against
advertising in them.
protest meeting was held in London on
Thursday. at which 1000 persons We're pres
ent, against the seven-day papers, Mr. !
sydney Webb, chairman of the Technical .
Education board and some time lecturer |
on political economy at the City of London !
college and Workingmens college and now
at the London School OF Economics and |
Political Science, proclaimed his opinion that ,
'the Sunday newspaper is dishonoring and
disgraceful to the name and fame of
America"
The theaters are busy, though there are !
no novelties. The Gay Lord QuoN' which /
has been so vigorously denounced in |
ecclesiastical circles; THE Tyranny OF
Tears" and "Robespierre' are crowdlng
their respective houses The booking at .
the Lyceum is so large that there is an /
absolute certainty of packed houses for the
next 100 nights. Even "Carnac SAND is