The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-13

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earns or high authority that everything
| is contingent upon the state OF the
| queens health. and she will act entirely
| upon the advice Of her physicians If her
majesty is not very well she will remain
at Buckingham palace, ard if she takes
part in the procession and shows signs
Of fatigue she viii al once leave il.
A final attempt to persuade the queen
10 attend a service inside ST. Pauls ca
;hedral has failed. owing TO her declin-
ing 70 be carried up the steps and to her
being unable to walk up.
II has been decided TO celebrate the
jubilee by simultaneously lighting bon
fires on the hills around the coast at 10
O'Clock on the day Of the sixtieth ami
versary of her accession 20 the throne.
June 20, 1887. This is a great improve
ment on the plan followed upon the &C.
CASTOR Of the jubilee OF 1887. when fiery
messages were sent in all directions from
the Malvern Hills.
The Prince OF Wales on his return 10
London from the south of France will
preside at meeting TO organize har-
monious plan for the decorations Of the
streets at the West End of London.
The Americans of this city have form
ed a committee to promote a jubilee
fund to endow hospital or for a similar
charitable purpose. William Waldorf
Aston, Bret Harte, Broughton. the
artist: James, the novelist; Lady Will
lam Beresford, Mrs. Bradley-Martin,
Mrs. John ". Mackay, Mrs. Samuel Col
gate and numerous other prominent peo-
pie are members Of the committee.
ALL SHERLOCK HOLMESES.
The authorities Of Scotland Yard have
finally untangled large conspiracy to
blackmail men in high position in the
West End, which has been successful for
years, owing to the fact that the victims
were unwilling to prosecute. In fact,
rumors go so Ear as TO state that the
biackmailers have not stopped at murder
and have committed many of the recent
assaults In the streets at night which
have been so frequent as to draw the at
tentiNn of parliament. An alleged men,
Der of the gang was committed for tria:
yesterday at the Old Bailey, and sensa-
tional developments are expected.
LONDON GOSSIP.
The Hon. Wayne MacVelgh, the retir-
ing United States ambassador to Italy,
will be the first Of the retiring American
diplomats 30 reach home. as he sails for
New York on April 10.
The next dinner Of the Eighty club will
be held at the Hotel Cecil Tuesday. Sir
William Harcourt will be the guest OF
honor and is expected to make a stirring
speech in reference to the Cretan trou-
bles. Sir George Trevelyan will preside.
The authorities Of the royal military
tournament have accepted the offer of the
cyclist corp. Of the Twenty-sixth Middle
sex Volunteers TO furnish team Of men
TO give displays at the forthcoming tour
nament in June, illustrating the POSSIBLE
tiles Of the cycle from a military point of
view, The performance will consist of
rising over and surmountirg obstacles,
firing both from ground and saddle. and
carrying wounded men.
Sir Donald Smith, the Canadian high
commissioner, IS to read paper on west
ern Canada at the Royal Colonial Instl-
tute on Tuesday next Sir Frederick
Young, vice president OF the institution,
vii occupy the chair.