Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-22
FROM OVER
THE OCEAN
Wedding of the Daughter of
Earl Rosebery.
RIDING OF TOD SLOANE
The American Industrial Competition
Causes Worry in England--
+ Sunday Newspapers

London, April 22.-(Copyrighted 1872
by the Associated Press)-The ostenta-
tious display at the marriage of the Earl
of Crewe to Lady Margaret Primrose,
| second daughter of Earl ROsebery. at
! Westminster abbey on Thursday comes
oprortune as a sufficient reply to the in
vidious distinctions. drawn here between
| British and American society methoos.
The Vanderbilt and Sloane weddings
! called for TRADES from the press against
Americans for f1ashiness and millionaire
] extrayagance etc. But Lord Rosebery
certainly capped the record by the ar
arrangeme to have the bridal party
! cinemate eographed on entering and leav-
ing the abbey. For this purpose he had
the awning at the entrance removed and
the party on leaving the old edifice
marked time" in certain degree that
the pictures might be a complete success.
The bridal party drove to and from the
abbey in open carriages and everything
was done to insure the widest publicity
to each detail of the arrangements and a
description of the nuptials.
AT this time of the year long list OF
advertised functions occur, but the pres
+, ent few dances and only one big ball have
| been announced. The latter will be given
/ by Mr.. William Waldorf Astor in June
and will be one of the leading events of
the season.
The death of the dowager duchess of
Marlborough, widow of the seventh Duke
of Marlborough, was a severe bow to the
Ln oNy n1nt q o.
covered from the death of her son, Lord
Randolph Churchill. Her demise put a
long list of members of the peerage in
mourning, including the Duke and Ouch
ess of Marlborough, who have already
had to forego several engagements. plans
and socialss. The funeral of the dowagel
duchess took place on Friday afternoon
! ait Blenheim.
As a result of the incident of the EPSON
spring meeting which resulted in the dis
qualification of Tod Sloane, the American
jockey. who was riding Fou dor, the
stewards We're careful to make 1t clear
that they did not consider Sloane blam-
able The course is extremely difficult
to a stranger and Fou dor proved prac-
tically unmanageable. The sporting
wiseacres deduce therefrotn Sloane's
method of riding does not give him great
command of his horse and that he cannot
get enough leverage if his mount is in
cnnad to swerVe. Sloane's Jolly Tar
in the race for the Tudor plate was q
great disappointment for his supporters
who are indignant at the manner in
which he was treated by the other jock
eye. One of the experts writes that the
Tudor plate was the most unsatisfactory
race this year, adding:
mo one watching the race with fair
open mind, can have any hesitation ir
l,r,,, \ Il ooh
ed about in a series of pockets which
took ain chances of winning away and tht
result was that he eased up seeing that al
efforts were useless
This would indicate that the English
jockeys have begun repetition Of tht
tactics Of hast year. The same writer de
! clares the tactics of certain jockeys to
ward foul riding should get them warned
off the track.
The Yachts1nan believes that although
there will not be a series of matches be
, tween the CUP challenger Shamrock ant
Nalkryic Ill, the former will undou bted'
ly take part in ordinary matches, as sucl
racing will enable the crew to get to
ge.her aud bring the boat to her bcs
speed.
American Industrial compet tition ha
again ccIne prominently to the front th
weak. Hardly a day has passed withou
an article or a letter on the subject IL
the London newspapers. The Atbarf
Bridge contract, which has almost asFum
ed the proportions of a national question
came before the house of commons OF
Thursday, when the government was ask
ed n string Of questions on the subject, t.
which the parliamentary secretary of th
foreign office, Right Hon. VIM. st. .Toh,
Frederick. was only able to reply that h,
had no intimation beyond what wa
contained i'm the report recently issued b,
Lord Cromer, the British agent in Egypt
! The Times has printed a lengthy articl
on American competition in the iron trad
, and called attention to Americas price
, and exports alike are not entirely fixed b!
home or continental competition, as the,
used to he. but by the prevailing tone o
the markets and industrial situation gen
orally in the United States. It adds tha
notable case in evidence was the com
: bined effort of the British nail manufac
turers to keep up the price of heavy sec
tons, which resulted in the partial ruiz
of that branch of the business, the Amer
leans taking the orders instead of tn
British.
Continuing the Times remarks: 9TH
? sitlIa ton is truly serious for the British
manufacturers who are asking two fun
, damertal Observation-Disclosures American
competition must inevitably regulate il
the future British exports and prices an,
whether it is worth while struggling oil
under such an over-mas steTing incubus.
D Dealing with the imports of Americans
the Times thinks that the prospects ar
: rather brighter and says: THE Britisl
manufacturers mind is somewhat reliev
ed by the fact that the prices in Americ:
are rising in a manner which must salts
fy even the average mans expectation