The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-27
LONDON NEWS.
German Emperor Will Visit
His Royal Grand
ma.
TOD" SLOAN'S HARD LUCK
The Bradley-Martins Attract
Much Attention in Eng
lands Capital.

holidays have occupied the public mind
this week. The celebrations went off
without hitch at Windsor, though the
festivities in the provinces were marred
by rain. The weather throughout the
week was extremely cold and unseason-
able in Great Britain, especially in Scot
land.
Queen Victoria started for Balmoral on
Friday evening and the royal party which
has been staying at Windsor Castle is dis
persed, the Prince and Princess of Wales
and the Duke and Duchess of York going
to Sandringham. The Court returns to
Windsor at the end of June and will stay
there a month. In August the Queen will
go to Osborne, Isle of Wight. The Cowes
Regatta has been fixed for the first week
in August.
Emperor William of Germany, is expect
ed to arrive at Cowes, on the imperial
yacht Hohenzollern, July 26, and to stay
there until August 5. His Majesty will
probably attend the Goodwood races on
Cup Day. The Quee-i will entertain the
Emperor twice at Osborne and the Prince
of Wales will entertain him once on board
the royal yacht. His Majesty will give
dinner parties on board the Hohenzol-
lorn and will attend the annual dinner of
the Royal Yacht Squadron on August 1.
The regatta of the Royal Yacht Squadron
will be the occasion for a gathering of
royalties at Osborne and will attract the
cream of society to Cowes. It is under
stood that the Emperor's trip is of a
strictly private nature and there will be
no public ceremonies during the visit.
Covent Garden Opera has been the scene
of brilliant gatherings this week and
| there was strong muster of wealthy and
titled Americans. The Duchess of Marl-
borough, Tuesday, made her first appear
ance of the season. She was dressed in
mourning lowing to the recent death of
the widow of the seventh Duke of MARI
| borough, Francis Anne Emily, daughter
of the third Marquis of Londonderry re-
| lieved by beautiful crescent of diamonds
and a wide collar of pearls. Lady Ran
dolph Churchill, who Occupied the same
box, was also in black.
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, their
| daughter, the Countess of Craven, and
| the latters husband the Earl of Crav-
| en- were among the fashionable assem-
| blage, including the Duke and Duchess
| of York. which witnessed the first APP
| pearance of Madame Melba as Juliet on
| Thursday. The BradleyMartins are
| staying at Claridge's Hotel with the
| Cravens until their town house, in Ches-
terfield gardens, which cost $500,000, is,
ready. Mrs. Bradley-Martin only wore
| a few of her jewels at the opera but
| her appearance attracted great interest
among the audience, in view of the ca
| Diagrams relating the circumstances of
| the family leaving America. Lorgnettes
| in all parts of the house were levelled at
| the Cravens' box, in the Grand Tier.
| The Duchess of Marlborough will open a
/ bazaar at Twickenham, June 8, in aid of
| the refugees for homeless children. Ac-
cording to advices received here theMisses
| Letter are about to star on short tour
of the towns in Upper India, embarking
at Colombo, Ceylon, in August, on -heir
way to Paris. to rejoin their parents. They
| have been visiting the Viceroy of India
| Gord Curzon of Kedleston, whose wife is
their sister,.
TOD" Sloan has had a remarkable run
| of bad luck. Up to Friday he had ridden
! fourteen consecutive losers. His form is
unexplicably bad, as although the quality
| of his mounts was generally poor he had
! one or two capital horses, such as Betty
| field, whose victory was regarded as
| certainty. His host of backers came
| cropper with Sloan's failure. The Ameri-
| can jockey takes his place this week in
! Vanity Fairs gallery of caricatures.
The short description accompanying the
| cartoon concludes
| she is a great little jockey, who is
popular, but he is hardly so polite as
good American should be-"
| Other papers express themselves in a
| similar strain.
| The United States Ambassador, Mr..
| Joseph H. Choate, and Mrs. Choate, are
visiting. the Earn of Leven and Melville at
| Holyrood.
! A new paper to promote Anglo-Ameriean
| friendship, entitled "The Anglo-Saxon,"
| appears this week. A number of letters
| from prominent men are published in the
| first number Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the
Secretary Of State for the Colonies, writes
| that he wishes well of every movement
which has for it's object closed union of
the peoples of the United States and
Great Britain.
Alfred Austin, the Poet Laureate, says
| the consciousness of the brotherhood
| among the English speaking communities
comes home closely to my heart" AL
gernon Charles Swinburne expresses
| cordial sympathy with any enterprise
designed to strengthen friendllnesS and
| promote reunion, for which. we must
hope for the two g at branches of our
race, that their principles and destiny
are identical and that there is most hope
full and trustworthy promise in the fu-
ture's Former Justice Hawkins and Gem
eral Sir Evelyn Wood writes in similar
| strain.
The reticenee of Captain Watkins, of
| the stranded American Line steamer
| Paris, and of the officials of the company
respecting the possible cause of the dis
| aster have caused unfavorable comment
in the papers. but there is nothing but
praise for the behavior of the officers and
men after the vessel struck. The papers
scout the magnetic current theory.
Vanity Fair Says
"rhe Parts certainly did not know
where she was One single company has
sent ships past the Manacles twice
week, each way. for nany years. II the
| current sucks or the rocks are magnetic
enough to affect the compass why have
| these ships escaped SO oftens"
| Captain Terney. formerly commander Of
| the British warship oheron, writes that
he spent winter steaming at fun speed