The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
PLANS OF ROYALTY.
The English Court Party Which Cet-
ebrated the Queens Birth
day Disperses.

holidays have occupied the public mind
this week. The celebrations went of
without hitch at Windsor, though tn.
festivities IN the provinces were married
by rain The weather throughout the
week was extremely cold and unseascn
able in Great Britain, especially III Scot
land.
Queen Goes to Ba1mora1.
Queen Victoria started for BaImoral
on Friday evening, and the royal par
ty which has been staying mt Windsor
| castle is dispersed, the Prince and Prin-
cess OF Wales and the Duke and Dasb-
ess of York going to Saifdringhant. The
| court returns to Windsor at The end ut
June and will stay there d month. In
August the Queen will 20 to Osbofne
Isle Of Wight. The Cowes regatta has
been fixed for the first week in August
Emperor William of Germany is expected
! to arrive at COwes on the imperial yacht
HohenzoIcrn July 2G and to stay there
| until August 5. His majesty will proba
bly, attend the GOodwood races Oil Cup
day. The Queen will entertain the En-
peror twice at Osborne and the Prince
Of Wales will entertain him once OH
board the Hohenzollern and will attend
squadron On August ]. The regatta Of
| the Royal Yacht squadron will be the
| occasion for the gathering of royalties
| at Osborne and will attract the cream OF
society at Cowes. 1t il understood that
| the Emperur's trip il Of a strictly private
nature and there viii be no public ccrc-
monies during bis visit.
| Duchess of Marlborough in Mourning.
Covent Garden opera has been tn"
scene OF brilliant gatherings this week
| and there was a strong muster Of
| wealthy and titled Americans The
Duchess of Marlborough OH Tursday
| made her first appearance of the Seas.ij
| She was dressed i'll mourning towing t"
the recent death Of the widow OF the
| seventh Duke of Marlborough-Franc.
Anne Emily, daughter of the third Mar
quis of Londonderry, relieved by beau
tiful crescent Of diamonds and a wide
collar of pearls. Lady Randolph Church
| i'll, who occupied the same box was also
in black. Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Martin.
their daughter, the Countess OF Craven.
and the latters husband. the Earl Of
Craven, were among the fashionable as
semblage. including the Duke and Ouch
ess of York, which witnessed the first
| appearance Of Nine Melba as Juliet on
Thursday. The Bradley Martins
staying at Clardge's hotel with the Cra
vens until their town house in Chester
| field gardens, which cost $jOOODO. is
| ready. Mrs. Bradley Martin wore only Il
| few Of her jewels at the opera, but her
| appearance attracted great interest
among the audience in view of tho cable
| grams relating to circumstances of the
family leaving America Lorgnettes i'll
all parts Of the house were leveled at the
| Craven's box in the grand tier.
The Duchess Of Marlborough will open
| a bazaar at Twickenham June 9 in aid
| of the refugees for homeless children.
According to advices received here. the
Misses Letter start on short tour of
the towns in upper India. emharking at
Colombo Ceylon. in August. on their way
to Paris to rejoin their parents. They
have been visiting the Viceruy of India.
Lord Curzon of kedeston.
| "1od" Sloan's Bad Luck.
TOD" Sloan has had remarkable run
of bad luck. Up to Friday he had rid
| den fourteen consecutive l.scrs. His
form is eXplicaby bad. as. although the
| quality of his mounts was gelirrH!ly poor.
he had one or two capital horses. such AZ
Lille Field, whose victory was regarded
i cropper with Sloan'S failure The
American jockey takes his place this
week i'll Vanity Fairs gallery rf carica-
lures. The short description dcct;nit,alty-
ing the cartoon concludes: He Is
great little jockey who is popular hut b.
is hardly so polite as a good American
should be-
| angie american friendship.
A new paper. to promote Anslo-Ameri-
can friendship, entitled the Anglo-Saxon
| appears this week. \ number of letters
from prominent men are published in the
| first number. Joseph Chamberlain the
secretary of state for the colonies. writes
I that he wishes we'll of every movement
which has for its object Il closer union
Of the peoples of the United States and
Great Britain. Alfred Austin. the poet
laureate. says the consciousness of the
brotherhood amDlig the English king
| communities COMES home closely to nv
heart" Alsernoii Charles kwinEnrre cx-
presses cordial sympathy with any Ell
| terpriSe designed to strengthen friel,dIi
| ness and promote reunion. for which, we
must hope. for the tw" great hr;irclt"s ut
our race. that their principles and de -tiuy
| are identical and that there is most hope
| full and trustworthy promise iii the fiji
| ture. Former Justice Hawkins aii,l
| Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood write iii Il similar
| strain.
The United States ambassador, Joseph
Il. Choate, and Mrs Choate are visiting
| the Earl of Leven and Melville at HOLY
| rood.
Think it was Poor Navigation.
| The reticencc of Capt. Watkins Of the
| stranded American line steamer Paris.
and Of the officials of the company Ic-
| speeding the possible causes of thu .li>aS-
| ter have caused unfavorable comment In
the papers. but there is nothing hut
praise for the behavior of the ottit tr< and
men after the vessel struck. The papers
! scout the magnetic current theory.
| Vanity Fair says: The Paris certain
ly did not know where she was. One
! single company has sent ships past the
Manacles twice a week, each way. for
many years. If the current sucks or
| the rocks are magnetic enough to effect
the compass why have these ships c>-
| capped so often?'
| Other papers express themselves in a
| similar strain.
| Capt. Verney, formerly commander of
the British warshin Oberon. writes that
he spent a winter steamng at full speed
| up and down the channel to test Il boil
err and can most positively assert that
with attention. good lookout and sound
| ings the navi cation of the channel is free
from danger.
Magnetic Theory Nonsens;cal.
A representative of the Associated
| press saw the authorities of Trinity house
| on the subject Chief Pilotage Clerk
| Keigan characterized the magnetic theory
as utter nonsense and said the diSaS>
ter must be due to '.ineXplicahlc plumber,
ing He added: Il know every yard
of the British coast line and 1 can see
no satisfactory reason for the wreck
| Capt. Creak. head of the compass de-
! partment, said: However close the ship
| got to the Manacles, her compasseS could
not be affected more than mllionth part
| of degree. and even that could not be
felt outside of 800 yards from the shore.
No ships course ought to be nearer than
| two miles from that coast
Augustin DAILY contracted pneumonia
while OIL his recent voyage from New
! York, and landed in a serious condition
But he insisted upon being brought to
nv ST ~
riage, and is now steadily recovering.
At the levee on May 20, the United
States ambassador will present Col.
| Samuel S. Sumner. the new United
! States military attache here: Alfred Par
ish of Philadelphia and Frederick Lister
| of New York.
A Foretaste of the Millennium.
l do not remember in all my life more
exquisite sensation Of pleasure than
when, last summer, in the great and
crowded Central park of New York,