The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-03
London Takes a Plunge From
Winter Into Summer.
Milwaukee Woman Cuts a Dash
In Society.
AUTOMOBILE CRAZE.
Duke of Marlborough Trying
to Start the Fashion.
Americans Establishing a Fac
tory at Coventry.

copyright, 1899, by Associated Press-1
London, June 3.-England was plung-
ed suddenly from winter into summer
during the week Last week fires were
necessary. Now the temperature is
over 20 and the sky is clear and blue.
London seldoms seems so full of peo-
pie and Hyde park presented very
gay appearance, the light summer toll
cites and bright colored sunshades
making a brilliant picture daily. The
Princess sof Wales, accompanied by the
Princess Victoria, has been driving in
Rotten Row, this being their first APP
pearance for a long time. A number
of coaches were also out. One very
smart team. driven by Mrs Frank
Nackay of Milwaukee, was often seen.
Considerable interest is being arous-
ed in auto-cars. The Dukes of MARI
borough and Manchester are doing all
they can to start the fashion A great
automobile show will be opened on
June II at Richmond, by Prince Ed
ward of Saxe-Weimar. There will be
tests of hill-climbing and races between
fast trotting horses and automobiles.
An American company is estab lishing
works at Coventry for the purpose Of
building motor cars invented by son
of Hiram Maxim
Derby day is rapidly losing its char
acter as the peoples day, and judging
from the character of the attendance
at Epson on Wednesday it is becom-
ing as fashionable as Ascot A vast
and boxes on the grand stand and on
the Joeky club stand, were ladies well
known in society, while their bright
costumes made the paddock look like
garden party.
HOLOCAUSTE'S COLLAPSE.
The sensational collapse of the French
horse Holocaust. whose death repre-
scented a loss of 100000 to his owner, was
an intense disappointment to the large
French contingent which came over to
see what was confidently predicted to
H. -f.fr, f11ai1- fpf "a
The Paris papers are furious and blame
the EPSON authorities for leaving the
course in a disgracefully dirty condi-
ton, for it is gravely declared that
Holocaust slipped on a piece of orange
peeling.
There was a great rush for relics
after HOlOcauste was slaughtered HIS
ears. name, tail and hoofs were cut on
and the gypsies did a roaring trade in
selling punches of hair cut from their
own gray horses and palmed off as gen
uine Holocauste souvenirs. A well
known veterinary surgeon, Marcus
Stevenson, who witnessed the accident,
attributes, in a published interview, the
disaster to SlOan's method of riding,
declaring if the jockey had been sitting
in his saddle instead of crOuching on
the horses neck, he could have helped
Holocauste to recover after the hrst
mistake when he wrecked his ankle.
HolOcauSte, he adds, was then going
very we'll and fifty yards further Fly
fng Fox was only a neck ahead when
his pastern- Sloan, according to Stew
enson. has no control over his mounts
and his method EFFORTS speed by fright
ening his mount as Johnny Gilpin did.
Holocauste's owner, NJ. J. De Bremond,
certainly does not share the foregoing
views. He said emphatically to a re-
porter of the Associated Press:
.'Sloan's jockeyship was cOnsummate
and it is acknowledged on all sides
that he had the race well within his
grasp when the accident occurred. 1t
II n hoV fnfO
snatched from me. Moreover in Holo-
causte 1 lost a pet. The sympathy ex-
pressed on all sides will be extended
10 Sloan, whose disappointment as Sec
ond only to mine"
YOUNG CHURCHILL'S HIT.
Lieut. Winston Leonard Churchill,
eldest son of the late Lord Randolph
Churchill, Is making a distinct hit in
the political field. He has been elected
president of the Midland Conservative
club and at a meeting held at Birming-
made an extremely able speech dur
hng the course of which he evoked much
merriment, saying the expression of a
presidential address always reminded
him OF the high politics of a queens
speech, rescript of teh car, or mes
sage Of President Mckinley, or coming
TO lesser matters, of Emperor Williams
kilograms, former Secretary OIney's
notes, or other dignified styles of public
utterance.
Churchill also treated Lord Roseberv.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt Mr. John
Morley and other big leaders of the op-
position to dose of chatting but his
clever criticism and speech generally
attracted considerable attention The
Conservative Morning Post says: 1.-The
other politicians had better look to their
aaurels- ChurchilIs speech has a force
OF movement and humor that delighted
his hearers and discloses a sense of
form and consciousness that oratory
is an art, which will leave the public to
expect more in that respect than has
hitherto been supplied
FULL OF AMERICANS
The hotels are now full of Americans
senator Wolcott of Colorado, is staying
at Claridge's hotel on his way to Carls-
bad In conversation with a represent
fative of the Associated Press the sem
ator grew enthusiastic on the subject
of the growing prosperity in the United
states and the rapid increase in the ex-
portation of American manufactures
and predicted the triumphant re-elec-
ton of President Mckinley by an in
creased majority. He also said the
Democracy would not readopt VIM. T
Bryans silver platform but would make
the chief issue hostility to trusts and
expansion He was keenly interested
In the forthcoming report of the Indian
currency commission and hoped it
would not recommend a gold currency. |
as he thought an international agree |
ment on bimetallism would be reached
before long but with a change of ratio
Regarding the Anglo-American high
commission. Senator Wolcott said the
trouble was with Canada and not witt,
Great Britain.
The Canadians he claim, are not ey,sv
10 deal with. but he thought a solution
of the difficulty would yet be founSt
AMONG THE THEATERS,
Considering the advanced state of the
season, numerous changes ere an
nounced by the theaters: The Ameri-
cans are looking forward with interest
to Nat GoOdwin'S appearaI1c at the
Duke of York's theater on Monday At
Days the same night Geo rye Edwards