The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-03
LONDON SEASON OPENED.
William Waldorf Astor Preparing
to Entertain Largely.
THE RIVAL AMERICAN AMBASSADORS.
Mr.. Hay Not Formally in Charge I'M
iii Received by the Quccn-A
Scandal I'm Saxc-Coburg.

borough house. the opening OF the royal
academy and next weeks drawing room
in sight. the season has fairly begun.
The big houses are rapidly opening and
preparations for lavish hospitality are be-
ing made on all sides.
MIR. William Waldorf Aston is making
great preparations TO entertain. He has
taken Lord Pemberton's house for the
Jubilee procession. and has already issued
invitations for two parties in June and
big dinner on the 9Th, to meet royalty.
The arrival and departure OF the queen
to and from London in jubilee week will
be a matter of semi state occasions. On
Monday. June 81, the journey from Pad
dinGton station to buckingham palace will
be imposing and on June % the procession
from the palace to Paddington station. un
the return to Windsor. will be the occasion
for even finer display, The Indian and
latter occasion
Mr.. Thos +. Dayard continues his stay
mere. TO the slight embarrassment OF the
United States embassy. the situation being
complicated hy the absence of Queen Vic
toria. US Colonel John Hay is not really the
ambassador until he presents his creden-
tials.
1t is said that the action OF the consis-
torial court on Thursday, in deciding TO
make Mr. Bayard its accredited agent to
convey the so-Cailed log OF the Mayfower
| to Boston. was taken In response to MIR.
| Bayard's personal request: but 10 some de-
gree at the EXPENSE of his successor, and
the seeming rivalry between the ambassa-
doris has caused considerable gossip. Mir.
ta ard ti.,
solely due to his personal efforts. as the
papers he had from America were Of a ma
| turc calculated to cause the demand to be
refused If presented.
The situation will be relieved tomorrow
when by special arrangement the queen
VIII receive Colonel Hay at Windsor
| Letters have been received from Bishop
joseph c. Hartzoll OF Cincinnati from
Freetown. Sierra Leone. bearing date Of
| March 80. which gives interesting details
| of his work and the condition of tina,
| country The bishop writes:
have now been in Africa two months
| and over and thus far in my episcopal
| tour have given my time to Liberia and
| Sierra Leone made a thorough vista
| ton on the 400 miles OF Liberlan coast and
| the principal places. That republic needs
and deserves the sympathy and help OF it's
friends. Its commercial possibilities are
great. The work Of the Methodist Episcopal
| 'hh4NilNS III lslbtIia lNHluue tnrtN lnSlltn
| lions of learning. We have fifty three
ministers and twenty four lay helpers and
| teachers. or seventy seven in all
II shall shortly sail on tho steamer
Bona for thu Congo to visit cur missions
UP the river st. Paul de Loando. Angelo
and out $50 miles in the interior To hold
| the Congo mission conference at Ouihan
goa. Then TO South Africa and up the cast
coast TO study the condition and needs
OF mission in the zambezio region. My
plan is now TO continue up the east coast
| AID study the methods and results of mis-
sion work in eastern central Africa and
| along the Mediterranean. / expect to re-
turn to the west coast by next January
hold three conferences In Liberia and An
COLA again, and then return to America
and report the results of my observations
and the needs and condition of the work
Tho library Of the late Sir Augustus
| Harris, the we'll known theatrical man
ager, was sold at auction on Thursday
last The most important lots were some
hundreds of dramatic works OF all kinds
from drama to pantomime. some In MSS.
many Of them managers copies and others
in print. There were besides. many books
on subjects connected with tho stage in
England and on the continent
The position of tho British bicycle in
dustry is regarded with anxiety. Ameri-
can competition is increasing. while Tho
general demand is very duh. British
exports have fallen more than quarter
reduction Of the British output is inn
pending and the shares of the bicycle
companies are dwindlng.
The British and German courts are
agitatod over a scandal in The family
of the Duke of Sake Coburg and Gotha
the duke Of Edinburgh, The second
daughter Of the duke, Princess Nictorls
; Molita. refuses to live with her husband
J all,