The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-05
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM TOWN.
HIS RICHNESS OF WALES AND MIR.
GOELETs FRIENDSHIP FOR HIM.


The Vanderbilt ImpOstOr Miss
sIOane's Preparations for the Great
Wedding TO COme-GirIs who Carry
Canes-Mr. MOrtOn,s Ambition.
New York, May 4.-The possibility that
the Prince of Wales may visit the Uni
ted States for the sake of such aquatic
sports as Newport may afford during the
coming summer is by no means out of the
range of possibilities. 1t is well known
that the prince has long wished to pay
another visit to this land of ours. He
is very popular with all Americans who
visit London. He hates a snob. and is
himself a perfect gentleman. He likes
Americans, too, and has been very kind
to not a few men of our nation at a time
when kindness meant salvation from rum
Now, If he comes. Mr.. Ogden Goelet
will be his host. AS every one knows.
Mr. Goelet is the warmest personal friend
he has among Americans. The prince
and Mr.. Goelet have long known each
each other but only within a compare
lively few years has their friendship as
sumed a warm character. Mr.. Goelet
has been the recipient of the princes
than any living American. He has hunt
ed. shot rode and talked with Wales
for days together, and this is by no means
the first time that the subject of a visit
to this country has been prominently
brought forward in connection with their
intimacy.
Meanwhile, the young lady, who is oc-
casioning the family reunion is up to her
is a tremendous affair only IN the item Of
trousseau, which cost over 100000. The
gifts to the bride in tewelry will amount
to half a million dollars Miss Sloane is
the best liked and the most able of the
young women of intellect in New York
society. She was for a time prominent
in the aesthetic movement initiated by
members of the Ruskin Society. These
fair maids practically revolutionized do
nestle life for a time, expending small
fortunes in the equipment of boudoirs in
swaying urns of perfume Life to them
was all soft tints and damask cushion.
Some of the greatest heiresses of the me
tropolis were enthusiastic In this move
But she soon abandoned the cult and is
now a very practical and demure person.
1t will not be long, probably, before
Senior de LONE, the new Spanish minister
to this country, gets into serious trouble
and is pronounced persona non grata. AL
though barely off the water. the diplomat
of remarks hardly calculated to conciliate
the people of the country to which he is
accredited. De LONE is additionally dis
liked by his advocacy of a policy in his
own country which is alleged to bear very
heavily upon Spanish American trade The
diplomat In the politics of his own coun-
try. is known as the ostrich, on account
of his vain efforts at secrecy when he has
a policy to pursue.
His arrival and policy are thus eagerly
awaited. Already there are rumors of
l. f,.. hn min ar Go cot ka.,ro
certain demands of his own to make, and
these demands in themselves imply that
we have been more or less remiss in put
ting down buccaneering expeditions from
this country to Cuba. Senior de LONE is
one of those clustering yet naughty old
grandees who think the glory of Spain
a thing contrived especially for the world
to tremble before. Members of the diplo-
matte corps who have met him anticipate
an exciting time, and therefore. his recep-
ton by the President Will attract rather
more attention than such affairs usual
" do.
1t now appears that the supposiuon that
Levi p Morton had an eye upon the next
republican national convention is a very
erroneous one. The governor himself has
not said any thing upon the subject, but
he is understood to favor any good man
from the west. He has already effectively
killed the scheme to send a solid delega-
ton to the next convention pledged to him
self This delegation, II is now said, will
include Chauncey NJ. Depew, Warner Mil
Ter. r. G. Piatt and Mr. Fish. If 80 they
certainly will prove most important
acknowledgements enough, if they unite
to force the nomination of any man. The
original idea was to have the delegation
solid for some favorNc son, but Il has
been Abandoned evidently. The reason for
this is that the woods will be full Of
favorite sons, and New York, by refrain
ing from this political weakness, hopes
to be in fine position to take advantage
Of all parties. The governor of the En-
pire state is very averse to being looked
upon as a scrambler amid this horde, and
no one " ill have any authority from him
to use his name in connection with the
preliminary nominations. The governors
scarfpin or, rather, one of them, is
.iezyeled ly and has given rise TO a with
cisnn that it is inappropriate on aim, an
assertion which this new resolve of his
seems to render pointed as well as pithy.
A spurious Vanderbilt was symmarily
elected from the front door of Mr.. Gerry
in his absence recently. This habit ac-
ouired by needy adventures of claiming
relationship to the Nanderbilts has as
sumed very formidable proportions, and
has on more than one occasion proved
verv embarrassing to the victims. One
swrindler is widely known in this way,
and has made at least $4,000 in recent
wears by this sort of in1persOnation. Now
he turns up in the west again he Is heard
from in New England. He appears 20 have
no trouble in deluding hotel proprietors,
cab men and people Of means generally.
on one occasion last summer he made
away with a tray full of jewelry.
But Europe is now the golden field Of