The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-10
LONDON CHATTER.
The Kaiser Cut a Wide
Social sWath at the
CoWes Regatta.
LADY COWLEY's PLATOAIC MARQUIS
LonsdaIe's House Party-The New
Parliament--Doings of Amer
leans Abroad.


it was as brilliant as ever. Emperor Will
liam. of Germany, who dominated every
thing, had the satisfaction yesterday OF
seeing the schooner Yacht Verena, owned
by his friend the Earl of Lonsdale. who
the Emperors Cup. The Kaiser has
shown the most marked favor for Lord
Lonsdale everywhere. For instance,
early Thursday morning he proceeded
on board the Verena. where he presented
to his Lordship scarf ring bearing on
it's face in enamel the standard of the
Hohenzollerns. Later in the day ne
again visited the Verena and went with
Lord Lonsdale for a cruise on board the
torpedo boat Vidette, on which his Lord
ship went to Kiel in June to attend the
ceremonies of the opening of the North
Sea Canal Upon their return from the
sail his Majesty and Lord Lonsdale took
luncheon together on board the Verena.
Lord Lonsdale has designed special
train for the conveyance of the Emperor,
who is to be his guest for some days,
from Southampton to Cumberland. The
train will start tonight and will reach
it's destination at $50 O'Clock tomorrow
morning. He has prepared an elaborate
plan of sleeping berths on the train for
the accommodation of the Kaiser and his
suite. and his other guests, among whom
are the Dowager Ladies Lonsdale,
Churchill and Dudley and the Marquis
of Worcester. eldest son of the Duke of
Beaufort. The last named has not been
at Cowes during the racing season, hav-
ing remained in London for the purpose,
it is said. of accompanying to court
Countess Cowley during the trial of the
action for SANDER brought against her
by Mrs Jacoby. The Marquis has
never married, owing. it is supposed, to
a romantic attachment for Countess
Cowley. Lord Lonsdale's guests, on the
18th inst will go on a great grouse shoot
ing expedition and on the following day
will make tour of the Cumberland
lakes. Sixty horses, besides railway and
steamer facilities, have been provided for
the party in order that the Kaiser can
be shown what different classes of seem
ery can be viewed in a day. On the
14th inst. similar trips will be made to
Windermere and Penrith. On the 18th,
the Emperor will leave Lowther Castle
for Leith, where he will board the
Hohenzollern for his return voyage to
Germany.
MET RUDQIPH's WIDOW.
The presence among the members OF
the British royal family, of the Arch
duchess Stephanie, widow of the late
Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria, at the
Emperors tea party on board the Hohen-
zollern, on the Sth instant, is looked
upon as disproving the assertion that
the Archduchess came to Cowes in op-
position to the express desire OF the
Queen, who did not wish that the Kaiser
should meet the widow of his old friend,
Crown Prince Rudolph.
Emperor Williams desire to vary the
society of pleasure seekers with that of
a statesman meant bad day today for
Lord Salisbury, who is notoriously a
poor sailor The weather happened to be
wet and stormy when his Lordship
crossed the Solent, and he evidently was
desperately i'll. Upon landing at East
Cowes he was unable to return the
greetings OF the members of the Queens
household or to acknowledge the cheers
of the crowd that had gathered upon the
pier.
THE NEW PARLIAMENT.
The Queens speech, for the opening
of Parliament, on August u, will be
bare and formal document unless refer
ence is made in it to foreign affairs.
Yet persons in a position to be well in
formed upon the subject say the speech
will not refer to Armenia or China, and
that if any foreign affairs are mentioned,
they will be those in connection with
Africa.
Debate on the reply to tne speech
from the throne will begin on August
15 and the time between the opening
and that date will be- occupied in ad-
ministering the oath to the members.
who will be sworn in in patches.
Hon. Charles f. Crisp, of Georgia, ex-
Speaker if the United States House of
Representatives, accompanied by his son,
has been in England for ten days.
AMERICANS IN LONDON.
Mr.. Crisp proposes to remain to wit
ness the election of the Speaker of the
House of Commons, and will then de-
part on the 18th for Paris, where he Will
sojourn for a week. Mr. Crisp was
born in Sheffield in 1916, during a visit OF
his parents to England, and this is vir-
tually his first trip abroad since his par
ents returned with him to America
Ex-Secretary of the United States
Navy B. f. Tracy. his daughter, Mrs.
Wilnerding, and Miss Wilmerding, are
now in London. after having made a
general tour of the Continent They
will GO to Scotland next week and will
sail for home on August q. The ex-
Senator is enthusiastic over the perform
ance of the American cruiser Column
bia. which was built and launched dur
ing his administration of the Navy De-
partment.
Ambassador Thomas f. Bayard, the
United States Ambassador at London.
has accepted the invitation to deliver
the annual address to the Edinburgh
Philosophical Society IN November.
The invitation to deliver the address in
the highest literary honor in Great Brit
ain. Among those who have made the
address in previous years are the Right
Hon. John Morley, late Chief Secretary
for ireland, and Right Hon. A. J. Bal
four First Lord of the Treasury.
Ex-Dock Commissioner Phelan of New
York. who is now here, denies the ru-
NOR that his accounts show that he has
ever received checks from steamship
companies He states, in the first place,
that no examination of his accounts has
been made, and further denies emphatic
ally that he has ever received for him
self, either directly or indirectly, any
money or checks from any steamship
line
Mr.. Robert P, PooIey, United States
Consul at Sierra Leone, who is on leave