The herald., 1895-08-18
Old CATERS Startled With a
Guy Fawkes Plot
ENTENTE CORDlALE FIXED
Between Emperor Billy and His Old
Grandma
Little Bits Of News Gathered by ncans Of
Shears In the London Papers
and Wired
Associated Press Special Wire.

and others engineered such . scheme
but were deferred and hanged. the possi-
bility OF plot to blow up the house OF
parliament has been ono of the scxrcs Of
the British officials. and regularly year
after year ever since. the vaults OF the
house of parliament. previous to the re-
assembling Of the body. are formally
searched for powder barrels with old time
ceremony and minuteness. Thisj year,
however, there was some little show o!
cause for the apparently unnecessary
precaution taken, for with the opening of
parliament comes the discovery, real or
imaginary, of a scheme to send the COM
monersnnd lords Unexpectedly skyward
in q body. Whether the story bs true or
not, the afternoon papers yesterday made
quite a sensation out of the affair, and
the inhabitants of this great metropolis
have not done talking about It. Sim
mered down to cold facts. it appears that
there was some foundation for the report
and that it rested upon the following
basis of facts:
Some weeks ago the manager of local
printing and lithograchio company was
asked by a foreigner, described as,
ozark looking and mysterious" (of
course) to lithograph weekly paper for
q Turkish company. As no knowledge
of the Turkish language was necessary
for the job, the manager OF the English
concern undertook the contract and lith.
rographed thousands of copies OF the
Turkish weekly, the paper being mostly
sent abroad. few weeks ago, however,
two detectives from Scotland Yard ar
rived and called at the lithographio es-
tablishment and asked to see tho mana.
ger. The latter appeared, all smiles,
scenting some new business, but his jaw
fell and he truned very white when asked
If he was aware that he WAS suspected of
being implicated in plot to blow up
the house OF parliament. and that his
visitors hailed from Scotland Yard. In
reply to the unfortunate managers pro-
tests of innocence, the detectives ex-
planned that he: had been printing in the
guileless looking Turkish weekly a red
hot anarchist sheet, literature calling
upon nihilists and others to combine for
the purpose OF blowing up the house OF
parliament upon the occasion Of the
opening session. One article act ually
stated that sixteen men were already on
bAcll Woy w Gukt0nN lEoH NdElOuS
points to make necessary arrangem en- is
for sending the members of parliament
and peers of the realms skyward.
In spite of his protests the terrified
manager was escorted to Scotland yard
by the detectives. where he was con-
front cd and examined by the chief of de-
tectives and police com mmissioner. TO
these officials the thoroughly frightened
manager explained all the circumstances
OF the case, gave full description of the
dark and mysterious looking" foreigner
and established his innocence of any
completely in the reasonable publica ton
and won't on his way much relieved on
promising not to lithograph any more
Turkish weeklies without first ascertain
ing the Lature Of their contents. Accord
ing to the Globe, the police first got wind
OF the affair, owing to the boasting of
some London anarchists. But the story
of this latest ''gunpewdef plot" Is fai
from being the thing 1t light have been.
and there is a strong suspicion in more
than one quarter that the Scotland Yard
authorities nave unearthed mares nest
of the rankest description.
Facts which have now leaked out re-
spscting the meeting of Queen Victoria
and Emperor William of Germany at pri-
ate partie: given by her majesty at Os-
born during tine Cowes regatta week show
that tho cordial relations which had been
:uffled by the emperor's failure to consult
the queen regarding the present czaIina's
engagement to the czar have again been
restored and GOODNESS has quito vanished.
Queen Victoria has long been known as
the great matchmaker of Europe. While at
Coburg with tho queen and others in
April OF last year (the occasion OF the
marriage of Princess Victoria Melita OF
Coburg and Gotha) the grand duke OF
Hesse took upon himself without consult
ing anybody to bring to head the long
standing, but frequently deferred engage
ment of Princess Alix of Hesse to the
then czarewitch of Russia, and her mai
esty felt very much put out, as she fancied
she was the first person to be consulted
in such matters. This caused q GOODNESS,
but during the dinner at Osburno the
conversations OF the two sovereigns were
most animated and affectionate, those
present noticing especially the great ten
derness which the emperor displayed in
assisting the queen to arise after dinner
and the gracious manner in which she
accepted his help.
Considerable com ment has been caused
in certain circles by the announcement
that William Brown, nephew of the ia
nous John Brown. who ewas for many
years ths Highland attendant of her mai
esty. and for whom the queen had a high
regard, has been appointed the queens
personal attendant. William Brown in
herits to certain degree the somewhat
DruSQuc manner OF MS ulStlEyulShed
uncle.
As the date for the races for the Am.
erica's cur approaches, interest in the
ValkyIie Ill. and the performances of
the Defender increases. The brief cable
dispatches from New York published here
In the English. newspapers are eagerly
read and much discussed. There IS no
doubt but that the yachtsmen hsre are far
from feeling confident that Lord Dunra-
ven's yacht will .bring the cup back to
England, but it is generally admitted she
has better chance to do so than any OF
her predecessors. Naturally the greatest
interest of the experts centers in the
question whether the Valkyrie III. will
or will not have to allow the Defender
time and therefore there was much disap-
pointment when it was announced that
the measurements M of the cup defender
will not be known until shortly before
the first race.
Since the August bank holiday the
more important London theaters are
definitely closed. Among the houses CIV.
en.up to cleaners and decorators are the
Drury Lane, Covent Garden, the Lyceum,
the Garrick, Comedy. Court, Savoy,
Shaftsbrry and the Strand. This leaves
small margin OF fashionable West End
houses that are open for the derelict Am.
srican visitor now | n London.
1t is not long since the Strand and its
immediate vicinity was considered the
only location where theatrical perform
snces might be successfully given. Now,
however, the suburbs are all coming in
tor their separate houses of entertain.
ment., There is the Metropole, the Cam