New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-01
MR.. PHELPS COMING HOME.
MS DEPARTURE FROM ENGLAND AMID UN-
ExAMPLED DEMONSTRATIONS.
ss-xons ABOUT TIE DEATH OF THE. CROWN
sa1NoE OF AusrH1A-ITs POSSIBLE roLrTI-
CAL EFTEcT-MRs HENRY WHITES
JEwELs STOLEN.


JEWELS STOLEN.
fsr GABLE TO THE TRrBUYEl
so,yricht: 1889 BY The He,c- York Tribune.
rondou. Jan al.-The American Minister and
A. Phelps left Waterloo Station at ABS this
.ft.rucon for Southampton, there to embark on
80 Ncrth German Lloyd steamer Lain for New
york The platform wes crowded with Ameri-
can and English friends who had come to say
rocd-by to the two most popular--I might say,
speaking of them together. most beloved-repre-
sentatives Of the United States ever seen in
london The American colony was present in
the persons Of Mr.. White, secretary of Legation,
and Mrs. White; Mr.. Waller, Consul-General;
Lady Playfair Mr.. Howard Potter and Mr. Walter
Barns, two of the leading Anglc-American bank
ers; Mrs Burns, Mr.. Dana Horton, of bimetallic
fame; Mrs and Miss Meiggs, Colonel Cheese
borough formerly Secretary of Legation; Mr..
and Mrs. Davey, fellow-passengers with the Min
lister on the Lain; Mrs. and Miss Bonynge, Mr..
Stevens, the United States Dispatch-Agent; Mr..
and Mrs. Loomis, and many Others The diplo-
matte body was represented by Baron Solvyns,
the Belgian Minister, one Of its Oldest and most
respected members and by the Greek Minister,
one Of its youngest Royalty had its deputy in Colo
mel Colville. Among English friends were Theresa,
Countess Of Shrewsbury, their neighbOr in
LoWnoes square, OH Lyon HtayIdIf, NJ IllChs-
Beach, Archdeacon Farrar, the Rev. Henry White,
chaplain Of the Savoy Chapel Royal; Mr.. Ban
croft. the actor. whose interesting "reminiscences
you read last year. and who stood bare-headed
before the Envoy Of the United States as he would
before royalty. Mrs. Phelps was nearly hidden
behind large bouquets OF yiolcts from the Baron
ess Burdett-Coutts and hlies-of-the-valley and
other flowers from other friends Great numbers
Of the general public in the station filed the stair
case, which crosses it midway. The Hon Ralph
button, chairman of the South Western Railway,
and with him the genesal manager of the road,
were on the platform Mr. Dutton had provided
saloon carriage for Mr.. and Mrs, Phelps and the
large party of personal friends who went with
them to Southampton. including Mr.. White, now
Charge dAfaires, Lady Shrewsbury. Mrs. Loomis
Mrs and Miss Bonynge, and Mr.. Charles Phelps.
The latter has resigned the second secretaryship,
and goes home with his father.
Everything had been done here and at South
anpton to speed the parting guest The directors
Of the Southampton and Isle Of Wight Steam
Packet Company placed steamer at the Minister'S
disposal 10 convey him and his friends on board
the Lain. The Mayor of Southampton offered
him banquet, which Mr.. Phelps was Obliged TO
decline. special tram was provided by the
South Western Company TO bring back the friends
after the steamer had sailed
teflHpS
has such scene been witnessed as that at Water 90
Station this morning The crowd had become
dense. All hats were raised as the train moved.
Not few Indies were crying. and even men looked
grave. Friends and public alike sent cheers after
the rcsurrias Minister and 1irs Phelps as last
farewell. There have been indeed since the date
of Mr. Phelps's return became known such q
series Of demonstrationsin his honor entirely
without precedent. Everybody l have met since
came back from Paris tells me that the company
at the Lord Mayors dinner was the most dis
tinguished ever collected in honor OF any guest
Mr. Phelps's speech on that occasion will rank
masterpiece of oratory; as Lord RoSebery said,
dignifed, eloquent and pathetic. The press, with
perhaps two exceptions has joined heartily in
these tributes Feeling in private is even deeper
than in public Mr. and Mrs. Phelps might have
eaten half dozen farewell dinners day could
they have accepted all invitations. The Century
Club dinner to the Minister was another mark of
a!fectionate respect and there have been hundreds
of others to which no public allusion can be
made. The Queens invitation TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Phelps to spend Monday night at Osborne is
reckoned by social experts signal proof Of her
personal regard for both. 1t is not usual for
the Queen TO receive retiring Ministers as her
own guests. Lord Salisbury and the official
world may take what view they will of the
Sackville incident; the people of Great Britain
have not on that account abated one iot of their
friendliness for their American kin beyond
IT, however, there be in America any who wish
the people of the two countries to be enemies
they, and they only, have cause to reject and
resent these manifestations of goodwill to the
American Minister. They, and they only, are
entitled to condemn Mr.. Phelps's four years Of
honorable service abroad He has, from be-
ginning to END, done his country honor as well
as service. and no small part of the honor offered
him here is because the English know him, re-
spect him, and admire him as one Of the most
American Of Americans.
The rumors that the Crown Prince of Austria
committed suicide, which people in London per-
sist in repeating, have no other foundation than
yesterdays rumor from Vienna, that bullet
hole appeared in the body. This again is trace
able to the fact that for some time past the
Crown Prince had been suffering from melan-
cholia, and was supposed TO have taken his OWN
life in consequence The melancholia is, be-
hcve, adr ted The official bulletin roundly
asserts apoplexy to be the cause Of his death
met an eminent doctor to-day who said that
to his mind this assertion strengthened the sus-
picion of suicide. The Grown Prince might have
died suddenly from heart disease, said my friend
but cases OF death at thirty from first attack
of apop]cxy are rare There is no probability
that anything further will be known, and on the
whole. no sufficient reason for dwelling the
suicide theory.
Prince Rudolf was well known in London.
When here ten years ago he was admired in the
Marlborough House set as the only mar who
could stand more sit mp later and keep going
longer than the Prince OF Wales. His relations
to the last with the Prince of Wales continued
intimate, and they became moro so when the
English heir-apparent sided with the Austrian
heir-apparent in his quarrel with the German
Emperor II Prince Rudolrs death has any.
political effect it is likely TO be In drawing Aus
tria and Germany closer. Archdnke Louis, who
sncceeds Ia little lnnMn ontside bis own country.