The record-union., 1899-04-23
The Crewe- -Rosehary Wedding Com
Inented Upon.
Death Of DoWager Duchess of Marlborough
a Severe Blow to Social Season.
American Industrial Competition
Again Comes Prominently to
the Front-The War Against
Sunday Newspapers Being Wig
orously Kept Up.

Sunday Newspapers Being Wig
orously Kept Up.
| Copyrighted, 1899, by Associated Press.)
| LONDON, April 22.-The ostentatious
display of the marriage of the Earl Of
| Crewe to Lady Margaret Primrose,
| second daughter of the Earl of Rose
berry, at Westminster Abbey on Thurs
day, comes opportune as a sufficient
reply to the invidious distinctions
drawn here between British and Amer
lean society methods. The Vanderbilt
and Sloane weddings called for TRADES
! from the press against Americans for
| fiashiness and millionaire extrava-
! gance, etc. But Lord Rosebery GER
tainly capped the record by the ar
| rangements to have the bridal party
! cineomatographed on entering and
! leaving the Abbey. For this purpose
| he had the awning at the entrance re-
moved, and the party, on leaving the
old edifice, marked time" in a certain
| degree in order 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 of
every detail of the arrangements and
description of the presents.
Usually at this time of the year there
is long list of advertised functions,
| but at the present time very few
dances and only one big ball have been
announced. The latter will be given by
| 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
blow to the social season. She never
completely recovered from the death of
her son, Lord Randolph Churchill. Her
I demise put a long list of members Of
the peerage in mourning, including the
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough,
who have already had to forego several
engagements, political and social. The
funeral of the Dowager Duchess took
place on Friday afternoon at Blenheim.
AS a result of the incident of the Ep-
som spring meeting, which resulted in
the disqualification of Tod Sloan, the
American jockey, who was riding Eou
dor, the stewards were careful to
make it clear that they did not con-
slider Sloan blamabe The course is
extremely difficult to a stranger, and
Eou dor proved practically unmanage-
! able. The sporting wiseacres deduce
! therefrom that Sloan's method of rid
ing does not give him great command
of his horse, and that he cannot get
enough leverage if his mount is in
cHned to swerve
Sloan's defeat on jolly Tar. in the
race for the Tudor Plate. was a great
/ disappointment to his supporters, who
are indignant at the manner in which
he was treated by the other Jockeys.
One Of the sporting experts writes that
/ the Tudor Plate was the most 11nsat
isfactory race this year. adding: NO
one watching the race with fair, open
mind can have any hesitation in saying
/ Sloan was hampered and knocked
about in series of pockets which an
! initiated all chances of winning. and
+ the sequel was that he eased up. see
/ ing that all effort was useless" This
means that the English Jockeys have
! begun repetition of the tactics of last
year. The same writer declares the
foul riding should get them warned off
! the track
The "Yachtsman" believes that. al
though there will not be a series of
matches between the cup challenger
| Shamrock and Valkyrie Ill. the former
will undoubtedly take part in ordinary
matches, as such racing will enable
the crew to get together and bring the
/ boat to her best speed.
American industrial conlpetition, has
again come prominently to the front
! this week. Hardly a day has passed
without an article or letter on the
subject in the London newspapers. The
| Atbara bridge contract which has al
most assumed the proportions of a ma
/ tional question, came before the House
! of Commons on Thursday, when the
| Government was asked a~string of
| questions on the subject, to which the
Parliamentary Secretary of the For
eign Office, Right Hon. William St
John Broderick, was only able to re-
ply that he had no information bevond
what was contained in the report re-
! Gently issued by Lord Cromer the
| British agent in Egypt.
| The Times" has printed a 1eno+bv
article on American competition in the
! iron trade and has called attention to
Americas jump in exports of iron and
steel, one result being that English
prices and exports alike are not en-
tirely fixed by home or continental
competition as they used to be. but bv
| the prevailing tone of the markets and
/ industrial situation generally in the
| United States. 1t adds that a notable
case in point was the combined effort
of the British rail manufacturers to
keep up the price of heavy sections
which resulted in the partial ruin of
that branch of the business. the Arner;-
cans taking the orders instead of th,a
British Continuing, the Times, re-
marks:
The situation is truly serious for. the
British manufacturers, who are asking
two fundamental questions-whether
or not American competition must in
evitably regulate in the future British
exports and prices and whether If is
worth while struggling on under such
an overmastering incubus
| Dealing with the imports of American
manufacturers the Times" thinks that
the prospects are rather brighter. and
/ says:
The British manufacturers mind is
somewhat relieved by the fact that
prices in America are rising in a man
ner which must satisfy even the aver
age American aspirations for a boom,