The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-16
WEATHER IN ENGLAND.
Sudden Change from Necessity of
Crate Fires to Downing
Summer Clothes.

Crate Fires to Downing
Summer Clothes.
London, June 3.-England was plunged
suddenly from winter into summer dur
ing the week Last week fires were
necessary. Now the temperature is over
20 and the sky is clear and blue Lon
don seldom seems so full of people and
Hyde park presented a very gay appear
ance. the light summer toilettes and
bright-colored sunshades making a bril-
liant picture daily The Princess of
Wales, accompanied by the Princess Vic
toria, have been driving in Rotten Row,
this being their first appearance for
very long time. A number of coaches
were also out. One very smart team,
driven by Mrs. Frank Mackay of Mil
waukee, was often seen.
Considerable interest is being aroused
in antocars. The Dukes Of Marlborough
and Manchester are doing all they can to
start the fashion. A great automobile
show will be opened on June II. at Rich
mond, by Prince Edward Of Saxe-Wei-
mar. There will be tests Of hiil-climbing
and races between fast trotting horses
and automobiles.
An American company is csta blishing
works at Coventry for the purpose Of
building motor cars invented by son of
Hiram Maxim.
berby Day Loses Prestige.
Derby day is rapidly losing its charac-
ter as the peoples day, and judging from
the character Of the attendance at Ep-
som on "Wednesday, it is becoming as
fashionable as Ascot. 4 vast majority
Of those occupying the stalls and boxes
on the grand stand and Oh the Jockey
<.ft1 Of md lad
ciety, while their bright costumes made
the paddock look like garden party.
The sensational collapse of the French
horse. Holocaustr, whose death repre-
sented a loss Of $30,OW to his owner,
was an intense di appointment to the
large French contingent which came over
to see what was confidently predicted to
be victory for their representative
The Paris PAPERS are furious aud blame
the EPSON authorities for leaving the
course in Il disgracefully dirty condition.
for 1t gravely declared Holocauste
shipped OH piece Of orange peeling.
Rush for Ghostly Relics.
There was a great rush for relics after
Hol0causte WaS slaughtered His ears.
name, tail and hoofs were cut off. and
the gypsies did a roaring trade in selling
punches Of hair cut from their own gray
horses and pal med off as genuine Holo-
N""''e oou'eHliS. "A Well-knO"n Neteri-
nary surgeon, Marcus Stevenson, who
witnessed the accident, attributes, in a
published interview, the disaster to
Sloans method Of riding. declaring that
II the Jockey had been sitting in his sad
die instead of crouching on the horses
neck he could have helped Hoiocauste to
recover after trst mistake, when he
WRECKED his ankle. Holocauste. he adds,
was then gong very we'll and. fifty yards
further. Flying Fox was only a neck
ahead when Holocaust stumbled again
and broke his pastein. Sloan. according
to Stevenson, has no control over his
mounts and his method EFFORTS speed bv
did
Holocauste's owner, NJ. J. De Bre-
mond, certainly does not share the fore
going views. He said emphatically to a
reporter of the Associated press: Sloan :
| JockeyShlp was consummate and it is ac-
| knowledged on all sides that he had the
| race well within his grasp when the acct
dent occurred. 1t was indeed ill-luck to
have victory snatched from me. More
| over, in Holocauste | lost pet The
sympathy expressed on all sides will be
extended to Sloan, whose disappointment
is second only to NINE
Churchill in Politics.
Lieut.. Winston Leonard Churchill. cid
Churchill, is making a distinct hit in the
political field. He has been elected pres
ident of the Midland Conservative club.
and, at meeting held at Birmingham
ON Thursday to welcome him. he made an
extremely able speech, during the course
of which he evoked much merriment, say
ing the expression of a presidential adj
dress always reminded HIM Of the high
politics of a Queens speech, Il rescript
of the Gar or a message of President
Mckinley. or coming to lesser matters.
of Emperor Williams kilograms, former
Secretary Olney's notes or other digni
fed styles of public utterance. Church
| i'll also treated Lord Rosebery. Sir Will
liam Vernon Harcourt, John Morley and
dose of chatting, but his clever speech
generally attracted cheerful attention.
The Conservative Morning Post says:
| The old politicians had better look to
their laurels as ChurchillS speech has Il
| force of movement and humor that de-
| lighted his hearers and discloseS sense
| of form and consciousness that oratory
| is an art, which will leave the public to-
| expect more in that respect than has nth
erto been supplied
Americans in Evidence.
The hotels are now full of Americans,
Senator Wolcott of Colorado is staying
| at oliFluSe HOtel Ou Ills way " SdiiS
| bad In conversation with a representa-
tive of the Associated press. the senator
| grew enthusiastic on the subject of the
| growing prosperity in trade and the rapid
| increase in the expectation of American
manufactures. and predicted the triumph
ant reelection of President Mckinley by
an increased majority. He also said the
| Democracy would not readopt William
J. Bryan's silver platform, but would
make the chief issue hostility to trusts
and expansion. He was keenly interest
ell in the forthcoming report of the In
dian currency commission. and hoped it
would not recommend Il gold currency.
| as he thought an international agreement
on bimetallism would be reached before
long, but with change of ratio.
commission. Senator Wolcott said thu
trouble was with Canada and not with
Great Britain. The Canadians, he
claimed, are not easy to deal with but
he thought a solution of the difficult!
would yet be found.
At the Theaters.
Considering the advanced state of tn"
season, numerous changes are announced
| by the theaters. The Americans are
| looking forward with interest to Nat
Goodwin's appearance at the Duke Of
Iork's theater on Monday. at Days the
| same night George Edwards will revive
The Gaiety Girl" on Tuesday there will
| be Il revival of ''Pinafore'' at the Savoy,
! and on Thursday Sarah Bernhardt will
| open with La Tosca" at the Adelphi.
! Ducks that Can't Swim.
Charles T. Broadhead has introduced
at his handsome country seat ut Nyack-
| thn- nd nUI Infn