Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-14

Tue difficulties which stood In the way
OF Lady Randolph Chufc1AM'0 wedding
now seem to have been and The
event u liked for July 20. 4 win be at
tended by the CornwalNs West family
and Winston Church1M, who has started
from South Africa for England.
The affair will be quiet. The wedding
breakfast VITA be served Ut the Moreton
FTewena residence.
The announcement Of the wedding. the
departure Of the Aa&na Tor China. the
appearance Of the volume v Of her "An-
glo-Saxon Review" and her garden par
ty at the normal college for b blind.
Thursday, Lady Randolph Churchill was
very much Ito the fore this week. The
new volume of h "Anglo-Saxon Review
Is the best which has yet appeared. The
binding Is particularly beautiful, being
a copy of a prayer book printed In 1859
Inc bound by Mearne for King Charles
III. and given to the British Museum in
1853 by George III.
The London Trades council has adopt
ed a resolution formally repudiating the
convention Of English speaking democ-
racies called by the council of Ruskin
hall in the interests Of winch labor del
egates are now In the United States.
The council refers to the so-called Anglo
Saxon alliance as 't1at lingo question:"
When the Delegates return they will
have a good many questions to answer.
h coming of hot weather is not well
coined by the Londoners and a general
exodus is beginning. 1t is feared that
another spell like that of last yea Is
impending. Until b beginning of this
week London's death rate, thanks to the
cool weather. was the lowest in seven
years-only 1876 in a Thousand. The ar
nual mobilization of the British navy
preparatory to the passed Off
without incident. Judging from the man
euver plans issued by the admiralty, lit
tile more will be learned of this years
operations than was Learned from the
fiasco of last year. One of the main OBJ
jects is to decide on h suitable distance
to establish a temporary base for a
squadron blockading hostile ports and to
thresh out the old question of the ability
OF cruisers to sweep off and drive into
harbors the enemys' torpedo craft.
The meeting of the National Riffery
association as Bisley is attracting small
attention. Quite h most remarkable
competitor is Young Hyde, who is shoot
ing for Rugby in the public schools con-
test. He is just one n taller h his
rifle, yet he holds II steadily, shoots rap
idly and scores wonderfully we'll.
Among the visitors at Bisley is Col
onel Cary Sanger. United States army
(engaged in making a special investiga-
.tion of the military systems OF Europe
for the United States war .department),
who inspected all the details. He Is quot
ed as saying that the United States had
nothing to compare with that organiza-
tion, the National Rifle association. for
the encouragement of rifle shooting.
The features of the week among the
theaters was the production of THE
Casino Girl'' AIT the Shaftesbury theater.
1t bids fair to have a popular run, though
1T is scarcely likely to take London so by
storm as did it's predecessor, 1.-THE Belle
of New York"
The musical event of the week was the
first production in England of Puccinfs
LA Tosca' at Covent Garden, Thursday,
in THE presence of the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales, the Duke n Duchess OF
York and most of the fashionable Lon
don. 1t was originally intended that
Melba should play the part of La Tosca,
but neither the music or the character
seemed we'll suited to her, and 1T was
entrusted to Nine. Franterina. Both she
and Scotti, as Scarpia, won general
praise. The whole production WIS very
successful.