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London, April 6. - With the Wilde-Queensberry and Russell vs. Russell cases in the courts here, the burning to death of a woman in Ireland under extraordinary circumstances by her husband and other relatives on the ground that she was bewitched, the shooting of a girl by her lover in the streets of London and the man's subsequent suicide, one would have thought that the English press had enough to do in correcting its own morals this week. But these events have not disturbed the usual self-sufficient tendency to lecture the United States. The Daily News and other newspapers attribute the result of the Chicago election entirely to the work of Messrs. Stead and Burns.

Naturally the Wilde disclosures continue to be the absorbing topic of conversation at the clubs, etc. The stand taken by the St. James’ Gazette in refusing to print the details of the case is attracting much attention and the paper has been deluged with letters of approval. The action of the Gazette is likely to prove a good stroke of business for the proprietors. Thursday, the second day of the trial, in place of the usual news placards which all newsboys display the placard of the St. James’ Gazette read:

"The only paper in London with no details of the Wilde case."

Edward M. Carson, Q. C., M. P., who so ably and relentlessly conducted the case for the Marquis of Queensberry, was a classmate of Oscar Wilde at Trinity College, Dublin. The presiding Judge, Justice Collins, is also an Irishman.

Wilde has been making immense sums of money lately out of his plays and books. His plays are now running at two London theaters, and many companies are playing them in the provinces. Of course, in the future no one will accept his plays. George Alexander, proprietor and manager of the St. James’ Theater, said last night that if it were not for the fact that the withdrawal of Wilde's play, "The Importance of Being in Earnest," would throw 120 persons out of employment he would stop it at once. Therefore, unless the theater-going public manifests its displeasure of the author by refusing to witness his works, the play at the St. James will be continued as usual. Another of Wilde’s plays, which is now running at the Haymarket Theater, will, after this week, be transferred to the Criterion Theater. The author’s name, in both cases, will be omitted from the bills and advertisements in future.

London, April 8.- The Sun, speaking of the Oscar Wilde case says that another sensational arrest is possible before Thursday, the day when Wilde's hearing will be resumed in the Bow street police court.

The Marquis of Queensberry has authorized the Globe to deny that there is any truth in the story cabled to the United Press that he had written to Oscar Wilde after the trial, saying: "If the country allows you to leave all the better for the country; but if you take my son with you, I shall follow you wherever you go and shoot you."

Naturally, the Wilde disclosures continue to be the absorbing topic of conversation at the clubs, etc. The stand taken by the St. James Gazette in refusing to print the details of the case is attracting much attention, and the paper has been deluged with letters of approbation. The action of the St. James Gazette is likely to prove a good stroke of business for the proprietors of that publication. On Thursday last the second day of the trial, in place of the usual news placards, which all newsboys display, the placard of the St. James Gazette was: "The only paper in London with no details of the Wilde case."

Edward M. Carson, Q. C., M. P., who so ably and relentlessly conducted the case for the Marquis of Queensberry, was a classmate of Oscar Wilde at Trinity college, Dublin. The presiding judge, Justice Collins, is an Irishman.

Wilde has been making immense sums of money lately out of his plays and books. His plays are now running at two London theatres, and many companies are playing them in the provinces. Of course, in future, no one will accept his plays. George Alexander, proprietor and manager of the St. James theatre, stated that if it were not for the fact that the withdrawal of Wilde's play, The Importance of Being in Earnest, would throw 120 persons out of employment, he would at once stop it. Therefore, unless the theatre-going public manifests its displeasure of the author by refusing to witness his works, the play at the St. James will be continued as usual.