The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-04-16

this side of the Atlantic, of S15O,OOO
yearly. Moreover, his two daughters
inherit all his wealth. Lady Eleanor
was formerly engaged to Bobby Peel.
The bridegroom is former Speaker
PeePs son, and was a recent recruit to
journalism. He acted as the DAILY
Teleprarh,s', correspondeflt in the
Turko- Greek war.
The Duke of Marlborough is doing
yeoman service for the Conservative
party in the active part he is taking in
the work of the Primrose League. He
presided at an important meeting this
week, while, with the Duchess, he will
hold a reception of the delegates of the
Primrose League on Tuesday next at
the Grafton Galleries.
Queen Victoria returns to Windsor on
April 18th. The stage and Waterloo
Chamber of the castle are now being
arranged for a performance of ''Lohen-
grim" which will be given before the
queen and royal family. On the occa-
sion of her eightieth birthday her ma
]esty will open the Kensington Palace
as a birthday gift to the nation. The
rooms in which the Queen lived as a
child and the audience chambers and
garC will be opened. The apart
ments will be hung with the same pic
lures displayed therein at the time of
her childhood.
The Prince of Wales is in Paris. He
and his brother, the Duke of Saxe-Co-
burg and Gotha, dined with James Cor
don Bennett, proprietor of the New
York Herald" at Nice early this week.
The Royal Academy and new gallery
are busily preparing for the coming ex-
hipitlons. The selection of pictures for
the former has not yet been finally con-
GUIDED. An interesting exhibit is a
moorland scene by a police officer of
Leeds, young, self-taught artist. 1t
is his first attempt at the Royal Acad-
envy.
Americans muster strong at the new
gallery. Sargent and Boughton send
TWO paintings and A. I. Hennessey, w.
Keith, A. Peppercorn, K. 1. Shannon
Homer Watson and Miss Stillman have
also entered. A fine bust of Lady Rol
lit, formerly Mrs Blair, and later Ouch
ess of Sutherland, in white Cararra
marble, by Count Won Gliechen, stands
on a magnificent pedestal at the en-
trance
American art will also be we'll repre-
scented at the Paris Salon. Bisbing
Smith, Lewis, Hitchcock, Macowen,
Pearce and Ridgeway- knight are all
exhibiting, chiefly with Dutch scenes.
Andrew Carnegie has accepted an in
vitation to dine with the members of
the Iron and Steel Institute on May 9TH.
Bertram Summers of Chicago, who has
high reputation here, read a paper
before the Iron and Steel Conference at
Manchester on 1.-The Most Recent Facts
Relating to Castiron and Steel"
The Easter season at the theaters
opened, on the whole, auspiciously. Two
genuine successes seem to be assured
Pinero has again asserted his primacy
among English dramatists. His 1.-THE
Cay Lord is the success of the hour at
the Globe. The advance booking is said
to beat all records.
charles Wyndham has also met with
such success with Haddon Chambers
The Tyranny of Tears" that he will
open his new theater with it. The GEN
eral press verdict on "Carnac Sahib'
confirms the report on the play cabled
TO the Associated Press on April 18th.
Attention is now concentrated on the
Lyceum's opening under its new man
agement tonight, when Sir Henry Irv-
ing will reappear. The cast of Robe
spierre' contains sixty-seven speaking
parts and countless supernumeraries.