Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-20
WILL THE WEATHER BE GOOD Is the Absorbing Question in Lon-
 don Social Circles. AMERICANS ARE POURING IN And Arranging for Places of Vantage io View the Proceedings of the Queens Jubilee
 Madeline Pollard Heard From.

London, June 19-(Specia1 London Ca ble Letter.)-Two questions are agitating
 London. The prospective weather on jubilee days, the procession day, Tuesday
 especially, and how to get to the seats from which to view the proceedings. The
 weather recently has been boisterous,
 but the latest reports show that today s
 disturbance Is passing away eastward. A storm on Tuesday would almost
 amount to a calamity and would spoil
 the entire show. The majority of the immense stands along the route are quite
 uncovered. The transport to the yeats is a serious question. There Is an abso-
 Tut corner in all kinds of vehicles. Since early this morning crowds of royal per- sonages and special foreign missions have been pouring into London, rom which date they are the guests or the country. fuIEous gale Is raging in the
 charGr,t, which is upsetting all calcula- tions. Ex-Empress Frederick, of Ger
 many, who started in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert from Flushing was obliged to put back.
 Americans generally are to the fore in jubilee celebrations Mrs. J. A. Mack eye will not entertain extensively on kc- court of being in mourning, but her sis ter Countess Telfner, and one of tue of fcers of the pope's guard. who accom- panies the papal nuncio, are staying With
 Mrs. Mackeye at her residence on Carl ton House terrace.
 William Waldorf Astor will entertain the visiting colonial Iramiers at C1iveden rext Tuesday
 The arriva's of the Americans here for
 the queens jubilee are: s. M. DeYoung, of the San Francisco Chronicle, who with and will witness the proceedings from the hotel stand; MT. Grub, of New Jer- sey; MT. Schultz, of New York; and MT. Rain. If California.
 The United States ambassador, Col.
 John Hav pear Admiral J. Millr, Com
 mander William Emerich, chief of Ad-
 miral Miller's staff, and Capt. Cook, of
 the United States cruiser Brooklyn, will
 be given seats in St. Pauls churchyard
 for the ceremony Tuesday. Lieut. J. C..
 Colv=ll, U. s. N, naval attachee of the
 embassy, will ride in the procession with the queens equerries. After the
 procession Col. Hay will entertain the
 prominent Am@ricanS. His official din- ner to Whitelaw Reid, the United States special envoy to the jubilee, is fixed for
 June 29. Many prominent English people and Americans have been invited, and in-
 vitations have also been sent to seteral foreign envoys Rear Admiral Miller gave a reception today on board ss the United States cruiser Brooklyn. Admiral Sir Newell Salmon, the British naval commander at Portsmouth, and many other British and foreign admirals and commanders were present.
 Gen. Nelson A. Miles who represents the United States army at the jubilee ceremonies, and his aide-de-camp, Capt. Auch, took up their quarters at the Buck ingham Palace hotel today. The Unitsd States embassy is besieged morning and night by visiting Americans who are strenuous in their endeavors to secure
 special privil ges for witnessing the cere- monies. Many of them had the idea that the United States ambassador had tickets
 to distribute and they were deeply disap-
 pointed when, informed that no special
 provision had been made to entertain Americans.
 Miss Madeline Pollard, who was the plaintiff in the sensational suit against
 former Congressman W. c. P. Rrecken-
 rdg., of Frankfort, Ky, and who disap- peared after the trial. which resulted in
 verdict in her favor for $15,000 damages, has been living quietly in London. She is apparently in good circumstances and is apparently studying with the view Of engaging in literary work. She intends to make England her home.