The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-21
EUROPEAN SENSATIONS.
A Steamer Lost in the British Channel
Germany and ItaIy-Libelling Prince.
1Rat NnhLe To fhe TIn1ifoll preea


by Gable to the United Pressl
LONDON, May 81, 1ss9.-The steamers
Beresford, bound for Hartlepool, and the
German Emperor, for London, collided in
the channel this morning. Both vessels
sank almost Immediately 1t is believed
that over thirty persons were drowned.
Nine of the survivors have landed at
Dover
A despatch from Berlin says King
Humbert, the Prince of Naples and Pre-
mier Crispi arrived here today. They
were met ut the station by Emperor
William, attended by a retinue of Princes
and Generals and by Prince Bismarck. The
visitors were cordially welcomed by the
Emperor, who embraced King Humbert
and the Crown Prince. The party was
driven Immediately to the castle, King
Humbert sitting beside Emperor William.
Troups lined the route to the castle and
numerous arches had been erected under
which the procession passed. Every
building on the route was profusely
decorated with German and Italian
crowded with people who displayed great
enthusiasm at the sight of the two
monarchs sitting side by side.
The action of the Madrid Court of JUS
tice in passing sentence of four months
imprisonment upon Senior Rafael Cor
rome, the well known Spanish novelist
andajournahst, for writing and causing to
be published libel upon the Duke of
Edinburgh, creates good deal of talk at
the clubs. The article, which was written
while the Duke was with the British
squadron at Barcelona was filed with
scandalous statements concerning his
private life, and appeared :. in
large type in the leading
Prince was very anxious that the matter
should be hushed up, but the Public
Prosecutor thought differently, and the
unlucly journalist is now paying penanee
for his ''beat" Copies of the paper, how
ever, had, in the meantime, found their
way to certain club roysterers in London,
thing with salacious flavor, and so So
ciety is fairly reyeling in Senior Car
romer's revelations. No English paper has
so far dared to print, however, the current
rumor that the fever and at
tack of nervous prostration which
necessitated the bringing home of His
Royal, .Highness by special steamer. was
mon people, would be designated as the
Jim jams" The details, too, of the
Princes arrival at Portsmouth have been
colored by the Court Journal to meet the
usages of polite society. The truth is
that although the Duchess of Edinburgh
was waiting on the Jetty When the Alex
andra steamed into Portsmouth harbor
at ten O'Clock at night. She was not
allowed to see her sick husband. He
had suffered slight relapse, ;" so the
doctor said, and could not be disturbed
1t was probable, moreover, that several
days would elapse before he would be
equal to the fatigue of a railroad journey.
Yet, wonderful to relate, the next morning
this very sick man was so much improved
that he was able TO walk to the train and
make the entire journey to London with
out interruption The bulletins issued on
the morning after his arrival announced
that he was greatly improved" and in a
few days, thanks to the watchful eye of
the Duchess, he was as well as ever.