Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-01

any newsboy shouting his wares Is IL
able to arrest.
The almost unprecedented action OF
a cabinet minister giving up his Office
to go to fight for his country results
in giving South Africa not only Eng
lands premier peer, but three other
peerage, namely, the Duke of Marl-
borough. the Duke of Roxbury and
the Duke of Westminster, ranging from
Sc years old, in the case of the Duke
of Norfolk, to the Duke of Westmin-
sters' 81.
The United States cruiser Albany
remains at Newcastle. though her Of
fcers expected she would have sailed
long before this. Several weeks will
probably elapse before she leaves Eng
land. no opportunity having yet been
secured for testing her guns, and sew
eral minor changes are being made.
In the meanwhile her officers and crew
are having dreary time at Newcastle.
Captain Craig managed to get steam
heat put in for the crews, but the OFF,
GERS quarters are merely warmed by
couple of stoves, which arrange
ment, during the recent bitterly cold
weather, has not added to the happi-
ness of their existence.
Commander Glover relieves Lieuten-
ant Commander Colwell April 2, as
United States Naval Attache here.
The retiring incumbent has been the
recipient during the last few weeks or
MANY yaIedfctory Dinners
and on all sides there are expressions
of regret that he is leaving the naval
and social circles here. Both he and
Mrs. Colwell are very popular. The
Spanish war developed upon him more
important duties than ever fell TO the
lot of an American attache, during his
three years tenure. Over $l5,000,000
passed through Lieutenant Commander
Colwell'S hands.
Col. Cary Sanger is busy in London
collecting facts regarding the war and
is sending a special report TO the War
Department at Washington regarding
the lessons learned from transport
and kindred matters. Colonel Sanger
makes the United States Embassy his
headquarters.
Military circles here are somewhat
puzzled by the appearance of volun-
teer officer specially commissioned by
the United States War Department to
do what is generally considered to be
the peculiar function of the military
attache, which Post Colonel Sumner
still formally holds.
Mr.. Charles Frohman has made good
use of the few days he has been in
London. He has made contract with
Arthur Collins whereby he gets the
annual Drury Lane melodrama for the
next five years for America He made
a contract with D'Oyly Carte TO pro-
duce The Rose of Persia" now play
ing at the Savoy, in America, in Sep
TENDER. The cast will be made up from
the present company and will num-
Der
Sixty-Three Persons In All.
They will sail at the end of August.
Mr.. Frohman further arranged to pro-
duce Belasco's Madame Butterfly at
the Duke of York's theatre. with Miss
Hobbs" April %, with Evelyn Willard
as Madame Butterfly, and, finally. he
fixed the date of Mrs. Leslie Carriers
appearance in ''ZaZa" for Easter Mon
day.
Mr.. Frohman goes to Paris Sunday.
1t is not yet known whether George
Edwards will appeal against the de-
cision of Justice Kokewieh. who. on
March 90, delivered judgment in the
suit of the late Augustin Daily against
Edwards, giving the plaintiff possess
sion of Days Theatre. He has until
April IA to do so. The decision, as 1t
stands gives Mr.. Days heirs absolute
possession and they propose TO run
the theatre and not transfer the lease.
Edna May is announced TO reappear
here in April and the papers are TAX
ing up the New York story of the
alleged heirlooms of famous English
families which are said to have been
presented to her. The Star says:
IF they are legally heirlooms the
golded youth who have thus adorned
Miss May are likely to have family
lawyers after them"
In an interview concerning his ap-
pearance on the stage, Sir Robert
Peel said the one hundred pounds
week which he is to receive in no way
Influences His Decision,
adding that his affairs point to set
Element by which he will have 100
pounds yearly. He asserts he Is mere
ly going on the stage to I'LL time"
as he is going to Parliament at the
next election, three constituencies
having asked him to stand
In consequence of hearing that
Kiralfy intended to have a beautiful
woman competition with money prizes,
Lady Henry Somerset withdrew her
name from the list of patronesses Of
the Woman's Exhibition at Earl's
Court. but peace was patched up by
Kiralfy withdrawing the projected