Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30
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copyright, Associated Press)
LONDON, July 2.9-Though the at
tendance at the Goddwood race meeting
this week beat all records it was large
ly made up of faces familiar at previ-
Gus meetings, such as the Prince of
Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York,
Duchess of Marlborough, the Duke and
Duchess of Devonshire. the Duke and
Duchess of Richmond, Lord and Lady
William Beresford, Lady Randolph
Churchill, the Duke and Duchess of
Portland, the Earl and Countess of
Aberdeen, and the Earl of Rosebery.
Among the newcomers were the Count
and Countess Boni de Castellane. The
quality of the racing matters little, and
certainly this weeks card was below
par, both as to the number and quality
of the entries. The pleasureseekers
made the usual fine show on the lawn,
and there were the usual picnics under
the trees, the participants enjoying
themselves to the fullest extent. This
was almost the closing big function of
the season, only the Cowes Regatta re-
naming before the final disintegration
of society until late in the autumn.
THE WEATHER WAS TYPICAL
of Goodwood meetings and furnished
occasion for the display of toilets al
though colored muslin gowns, the sim
plicity of which was noticeable, were
generally voted the most attractive.
The male members of the royal family
wore tweed suits and low hats. while
many of the best known men were
dressed in flannel suits and wore straw
hats, which was quite a new departure
at this meeting.
The disgrace of General De Negrier
has created a profound impression not
only in France, but all over Europe,
and has brought into prominent notice
the depth of the civil as we'll as the
military courage possessed by the new
French Minister of War. General the
Marquis de Galliffet. Before him the
pasteboard patriots who threatened
terrible vengeance with the army if
they were thwarted by the Republic,
double up and fall to pieces; and the
public is beginning to realize that at
last the right man bias been found to
suppress the real traducers of the army,
those who degraded its honor and
shamed it's uniform by chicanery and
intrigue. 1t is symbolic of the change
in the situation to see General De Pei
lieux, who i'll full regimentals, at
tempted to bully the jury into the con-
viction of Zola, now whining pitifully
for a pension from the position to
which he has been disgraced. When
General De Pellieux searched Colonel
Picquart's rooms he found q
BUNDLE OF LOVE LETTERS
from a Madame M, the wife of
well-known judge, to Colonel Picquart.
General De Pellieux read the letters
carefully and sent them to the woman's
husband. who upon the evidence they
furnished, obtained judicial separation
from her. When asked by General De
Galliffet if he had sent the letters,
General De pellieux denied on his word
of honor thaE he had done so; but the
Minister OF War found that the General
had been lying, and hence the punish
ment imposed upon him was in even
greater degree than it would otherwise
have been The removal of General De
Negrier tends to the salvation of the
Republic as, If his fragrant insurbordin-
alton had been overlooked. the dlscip-
lire of the army could scarcely have
been maintained.
Details Of the interview between Gem
eral De Galliffet and General De Ne
grier show how misplaced was the con-
fidence of the public in General De Ne
grier. When taxed with issuing Sc
ditious circulars. instead CT boldly
sticking to his guns. the General equiv
coated. Drevaricated and behaved like a
paltroon until
FORCED INTO A CORNER.
General De GalIiffet then treated him
like a whipped schoolboy and ordered
him to go forthwith and fetch the orig
inal documents. Even then General De
Negrier had not the courage TO return
until General De Gaiiiffet sent him a
command TO come and not forget the
circular.
General De Galliffet's communication.
issued yesterday. in which he avowed
full responsibility for the disciplinary
meausres adopted towards the generals.
contrasting so strikingly with the
pusillanimity of previous French Min
! iSters Of War. will add TO the respect
both of the army and the nation for
him. and fully justifies Premier Wal
Il
ing him to prescribe for a grave poll
teal disease. No member OF the gen
eral- stan has dares to lift a finger
against General De GalIifset General
ZurIinden left Paris without a MUIR
muir; General De Pellieux, who He'd TO
his superior, only asks Tor money: Gen