Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-07
Tha. Is, in Comparison with the
American Navy in Battle.
STORY OF HARRY THE VALET
How the clever Thief Robbed Eng.
itsi Aristocrass DECENTRALIZATION In
Glasgow Charitable schemes.

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1T may be said that London has been
dcrcr,cd by the society people. who are
n.ustly entertaining or being enter
taincd at country houses.
The duke and duchess ~ Dcvonshirc
intend 10 cap the season OF gaictics with
Grand bail at Chatsworth housc.Dcr-
bynhirc which In to eclipse the famous
DC, orstlre house fancy bali
The splendid practice OF the Amer.
lean gunncrs has galvanized the Brit
ish into critical interest In the gun
firing OF their own navy, and tho re-
suits Of the Inquiries made are not very
rcrAsIrlng. Tho performances OF the
Mediterranean rcct. supposed to be the
crack British fleet. are far from salts.
factory. The results OF the heavy nnd
light gun prize iring OF ihps. Just pup.
llrhcd show that with heavy guns so9
rounds were fired at knots and z. the
percentage Of hits was 30. Win the
Hix-inch quick nrcra. Htcamlng u knots.
tho average was also 90 per cont, ana
with the Maxim guns the average was
46 pr cent. The six-inch quick lrcrb
are the most uncd gun In the British
fcryicc. ana the papers point out that
II IL evident that even the crack squad
ron has much to learn regarding It's
use. In the case 81 the smaller wcap-
ona, tho results were still more diaad-
vnntnpcouH and this without the dis
conct rting eject OF hostile nr,. Tho
pnptfr now nhk " II ~ not time thnt
measures be taken 10 make gun prac.
ticcA something more than a perfume
tory exercise, 40 II the case ON many
of the British rhipn.
Harry the Valet" who. ON wcdncs-
day. pleaded guilty TO stealing the
duchess OF Suthcrlnnd'a Jewels, which
were stolen while the duchess was on
her way from Paris TO London. In oc-
tcl'er last. proves to be an cxtraor-
dinaiy character. The judge has post
poncd sentence In order to enable him
TO inform the police as To what boz
came Of the bulk OF the Jewels, OF which
only csOO worth out OF $4,000 con-
tuiRcd Ia the stolen ratchet were re-
toyrrd. the idea being that the pris.
oncr VIII Rct lighter sentence for the
information. The prisoner. however.
fcplitd TO the Judge that he would not
split on his pals" even II he got =
lifo Bcntcncc. He appears to be- one OF
the most notorious criminals OF tho
generation, IN OF gcntccl appearance.
aud has u grand air and q frank. en-
inRlnT look. The prisoner boasts that
y" has made twenty bigger "hnuin'
thrn In the case OF the Sutherland jew
Ella. am claims he has reduced robbery
W ~ Htl'ltff " NtN UuflfltNN 10
Know everybody OF wealth ana con-
sequence In Europe. He further says
that he rarely made "A mistake owing
10 his cautious prcliminarieH. and de-
clarcd that the only FERROUS mistake
OF his career was when he robbed the
ducheES OF Dcvonshlrc som. time ago
OF jewel case. ana found to his dlHmny
thni he had taken pnAte.
Harry. the Valet" appears TO have
made great deal OF money, FOR he lost
several thousand pounds In one week
nt Soho gambling club lie had the
ieril.nt tastes and lived ut "a West
End hotel, where his bills We're over
20 pounds. Finally he was betrayed In
the sutherland affair, by his mistress,
q former actress. who Informed the po-
lice OF the share he had taken In that
robbery. Otherwise. there IN every rca-
ron 10 believe that he would never
have been caught. as the police had no
clue Co him. lie was apparently dovot-
ga To TINS woman ~, while a.aitinR
trial. he bcgHrd her to come To his prln-
on and give him one more kiss.
The duke % Northumberland. who
died on Nor lay. viii be Inferred I'm 81
Nicholas chapel. WcntminStcr Abbey.
where the Percy family have the right
Of burial. Somc pressure was put on
the family 10 waive the right OF burial
In View of the limited space now re-
naming IN the abbey. but without
NNulls IN' lUtnfNt from tho "
nearly 10000 pounds n year.
The duke Of Marlborough. by his np-
pointment as pnymantcr general In sue
ccrhlon To the curl OF Hopetown, who
was recently made lord chamberlain.
Incomes "A member OF the government.
The Office. however. II only n stopping
stone. There In no work and no nay.
Hut the duke may oocarionally have To
nnrwcra question In the house Of lords.
The appointment IN n reward for the
dukes laborH for the conservative
cause. lie IN nm interchangeable worker
In the Primrose League. Hardly q
week passes without his having pre-
sided at meeting OF the league some
where.
VIM. Astor's Pan Mall Gazette says;
The duke IN n young man who has
the good sense 10 take himself and his
position seriously and not rest salts
fed. like n heaumnrchnis noblsnan.
with having been taken the trouble TO
be horn. In the age we live IN. II II
cminentiy desirable that men Of rank
and wealth should throw the Influence
" their position and personality into
the scale of politics"
festivities celebrated az Glasgow. were
marked by the greatest exhibition Of
lntoNlcntion In the streets seen even In
Glasgow. One account. OF the scene
says: "ft would need the pen Of Inla
10 ueNcflhe inc ftutt ot tnN t'l''lNi INV
most astounding feature OF the de-
hatchery was the appalling number %
young lads rolling about the streets.
Lady Horny Somerset. W. 7. stead
and other friends and admirers Of the
late Mrs. Hawcla, the nuthor OF chau-
Ger for the children, chnucer for
Schools. chaucrr'a Reads, Tales from
chnucer. has formed committee 20
nerpetuate her memory hy raising
fund to be called The Mrs. Haweis
Fund FOR Working Girls, the object ot
which II said 10 be 10 financially aid
English and American girls between
the ages " is and 20 20 learn n self
supporting trade or 10 engage In re-
mnncrntive trade.
There IN an cutlery among the dwell
crs IN the famous Peabody buildings,
which were established nv the Ameri-
can phlnnthrophist Geo, Peabody, who
died IN 1869, against the proposal ~ the
trustees 20 raise rents. Some OF the
tenants have written 20 papers com
nlaininR that the buildings are 10 be
lot 10 well-to-do artisans instead ~ 10
The poorer class. for which they We're
originally intended In behalf cf tho
trustees. II II pointed out that the
buildings are managed nj n very small
nroiit, only half the profit produced by
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