Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-06
OUR LONDON LETTER,
The Screams Of The American ElglB
Pleasing 10 the British Lion.
NICARAGUA CANAL QUESTION.
Cabinet Minister. and Near Relatives
Rostbery Rumors-Iheairlcal
Notss.-Litlle Bilioe.

Associated Prcsp. The leading host.
osscs, In view OF the waning season,
the approaching dissolution Of PArlia'
ment aud the fierce political campaign
which will follow, are doing their ut
most to rush their entertainments in
before election.
Every night OF the past week has
been crowded with balls, dinners aud
parlioa Of various descriptions, aud
those who cannot lind night during
the next few days are being compelled
10 abandon tho Idea Of carrying out
their social program and will therefore
postpone their projected entertain.
ments or give them up altogether.
AMERICANS IN LONDON.
This year. invasion OF London by
Americans IL tho greatest ever known.
They are to no seen Mt every turn, oe-
cupying the bVst apartments Ia oil the
uDpuIAr notes and Visiting oil places
OF iutotest. The leading tesiauranu
are hacked with them and they hAI
MI the theH,ors nightly. Finally tho
| Americans II lck Ia crowds 10 the Dig
| music halls anu enjoy Themselves geu'
orally In every way possible Ihty
arc good customers everywhere, Tree
| with their money aud content only
with the best OF everything. Therefore,
n need hardly bs added, the London
/ hotel kpspefs, store keepets and public
| entertainers arc not gTumbllng at the
| ,o.oalled American "invaulun."
| II moot was needed OF tue pteaence
| bern Of the multiludee Of Anistlcans, ~
was furnished by the crowds 1! palri'
otIe oItiEens OF the United states VINO
attended the several lndcpendenre Jay
celebrations In London ON Thursday
last, and strange 90 say, the sctee'hing
of Inc eAgio upon these OCCASIONS
aeeniod to give the Hon oef1sin de-
RtUs Of healthy sstlhiaclion'
The Ddty Nous, for instance, com.
meutiug yesterday on the banquet OF
the American Society At the hol'2fh
restaurant, sayt:
"Ths American Independence day
was celcbfRtoi In London more lub-
licly than gu previous ocentlOns' rms
IL ms II should be. The Jay brings NO
bitterness Of memory TO tho pftsent
generation OF Engiishmen' bu' i1t
that day and it, lessons, our empire
might by now be- q thing OF the past
u m rsyer 70 nltingly ct'ch'si.h ss
when the Engllshmen anu Americans
meet In honor OF II nj tho same cefe'
mopy or At the same social board"
Then again during the banquet a
cordial message was received from tho
ptcsldsnt and members Oi Emanuel
college, Cambridge, who were diuing
In another part Of the building, which
caused the Hon. Wayne MacNsagh,
the United States Ambassador TO lIaly,
who pfrsidpd In the absence OF tue
Hon, Thomas BRyarJ, the United
Biatoa Ambassador to tho court OF 81.
Janles,to remark that blood was thicker
than water. Not 10 be behlndhAnd In
rCuttefy the Americans sent the
Emanuel men reply, proposing as a
worthy ssuIlmsnt VI the evening the
nemory of John Harvard, son Of
Emanuel college, aud the father u
liberal learning In the new world,
AsaprUoi Ot ths presence here OF
vast thfoLgs u Americans, II may be-
added tnat ~ the savoy hOtol one
nIsht this week halt JoZbn dinners
were In progress. Mr.. George Could
marty was nj QUO OF the ts0les, ana
near them was the party OF MIR. NJ. ii.
De Young, proprietor VI the San Frau
cisco Chron.cio. Al another table
Ms. Vert Dexter, OF Chlc'go. wac
entertaining number Of friends and
there were fully twenty persons oil
more or less prominence nj tue various
tables In the room, ~
The register, OF Loves aud Glddlgh's
American exchanges chow = largei
number VI names entered than iol
years past.
rived from Paris Tow days ago and
they are resolving much attention IL
society. They have Teen ths guests o
Mrs. John ". Mackay aul othsi
prominent people.
MIR. DE YoUSd's ART COLLECTION.
The sixty cases Of art objects which
MIR. De Young purchased la France FOL
the California exposition memorial
museum have arrived In London ant
will be shipped to ths United States Oh
Wednesday, by tho steamer Cuthers
The collection 10 one Of really marvel
Gus variety and value. IL includes OLE
tapestry, VRses, plates, ETC.; wonderful
/, worries " the empire period, Louis Nv
! and XVI furniture and clocks an,
other admirable selections from th'
, beat collection It lie possible 10 draw
upon In Europe.
There was considerable commen
among tho New Workers who attends,
; the reception gwen On the Fourth o
July by Mrs. Bayard, wife OF tn,
United States ambassador, upon TN
fact that Mr.. william Waldorf Aator
who WAS among those present, hA
aged greatly since the death OF hi
, | wife.
Bret Harte created much amute
uent at the reception by displaying
I great anxiety that the English butle
should announce his name correctly
The butler announced "BrethaTte,
whoreupon the novelist called GU
, Bret harts" at the top OF his voice
three times anu SIT everybody laugh
4 ing.
! The Hon. Wayne MacVsagh de
: lighted all by the happy manner II
! which he presided at the banquet o
! the American 6Ociety. He 10 beoOm
, ing IA great iavoTite In London an,
was one VI the few Americans nj tn,
garden party anu the duchess OF SAKE
COburg. GotnR at Clarence house oil
= Wednesday last.
Q CARELESS ABOUT THE MAILS.
There IL much dissatisfaction at tn,
careless manner In which the mail
are dispatched TO the United States