The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-28

WHIRL OF LONDON.
Americans Who Are Find
ing Rest and Amuse-
lnent Abroad.
VICIssITUDEs OF TRAVEL
Railroad Thieves Abroad Doings
of the Theatres-Alpine
Romance.
VICIssITUDES OF TRAVEL
rRv cab,a 10 The ASSOCIATED Press.

and the Continent during the week HdNe
greatly interfered with pleasure at al
the seaside resorts, from many OF whlcn
the visitors are returning in large num-
bers.
The Rev. w. H. Mi1burn, chaplain OF
the United States Senate. delivered lee
ture at Aberystwith. Wales. on Monday
last in which he contrasted the "aristo-
cratic hesitancy' of the English public
speaker with the ''spread-eagle bunkum
oratory'' of the American politician. The
Globe thereupon says
This is just the kind of thing we wish
,ur American friends not to say. 1t may
be true and Mr.. Bayard said something
like it; but we want our American
friends to have influence on the other
side. and if they say these things they
lose it altogether
Senator Cullom of Illinois, Mrs. Cullom
and their daughter, Mrs. Ridgeley, and
Senator Gray of Baltimore, and the lat
ter's family have ben travelling in Eng
land this month. The Grays sail for
home on Tuesday next from Southamp-
ton, on board the American line steam
ship New York. The Culloms have gone
to the Continent Both Senators declare
there is a surprising lack of interest in
American questions in Great Britain, ex-
cept N the case of the tariff. Senator
Cullom said
There appears to be great rejoicing
among the British over the prospect that
the tariff bill may not yield sufficient
revenue to support the Government.
They do not realize the law has not been
in effect long enough for judgment to be
pronounced on it's effectiveness as a
revenue producer.
Il have heard no opposition to the an
nexation of Hawaii expressed by the
British, for they realize that American
rights there are paramount; but there is
general jealousy because the United
States sees fit to incres Sc its territory"
Senator Gray, referring to the tariff, re-
marked
1T is most mortifying for Americans
travelling abroad to find that we have
erected a barrier against trade with for
eign nations, which provokes the iH-will
of nations which would otherwise be
most friendly
Continental travelling this summer has
been the worst for many seasons past.
and there has been quite panic among
the travelling public of Austria, in con-
sequence of the frequent railroad disas-
ters and the continuous robbing of pas
sengers on through expresses. During
the past five weeks there have been ff-
teen accidents on Austrian railroads.
Belgium, Sweden and Denmark have
been infested by a large gang of expert
railroad thieves who have been robbing
trunks in transit The losses which travel
ers have suffered in this manner recently
have greatly increased over the amounts
of any previous year.
Captain Obcrtin M. Carter, the recently
appointed Military Attache of the United
States Embassy in London, is represent
ing the United States Government at the
National Engineering Congress in Stock
holm, whittier he went soon after his ar
rival at his post.
Captain Carter will return to the United
States in September to enter upon his
duties as a member of the Nicaragua
Canal Commission, as he is holding two
special commissions from the Govern
ment, and does not expect to settle in
London within year. He says that the
commission will charter a small vessel,
probably the despatch boat Dolphin, and
proceed to Nicaragua to examine the
works. s'We will enter upon our duties
with our minds a blank SO far as the ap-
proval or disapproval of the plans of the
existing company are concerned" he
said.
The Bimetallic Commissioners who re-
main in Europe are enjoying a holiday
while waiting for the reply of the British
Government to their proposals. Senator
and Mrs. Edward o. Wolcott of Colorado
are in Carlsbad, and ex-Vice-President
Adlai E. s. Stevenson of Illinois and Miss
Stevenson are sojourning in Paris. Cen
eral Charles Jackson Paine of Massachu-
setts is on his way home, but will return
here in September.
News from the Anglo-Egyptian expedi-
ton up the Nile comes slowly and un-
satisfactorily. largely owing to the abb
surdly stringent and l1umiliating regula-
tions of the British Commander, Sir
Herbert Kitchener. The newspaper cor
respondents are not allowed to mess with
the officers of the expedition and are
forced to take with them six months
supplies and sign the slurring regula-
tions drawn up by Lord Wolseley during
the previous campaign. They are not al
lowed to go to the front, but are kept
we'll to the rear and are furnished with
just what information the authorities
please.
Captain Henry Arkwright, who was
<1ltG-dC-S-cliAP " tiC Lulu 11iCulCielHt VI
ireland, a guide named Michel Simond
and two porters. Francois and Joseph
Tournier, We're killed by an avalanche on
the Grand Plateau of Mont Blanc, in Oc-
tober, 1866 The bodies of the guide and
the porters were found after a week;
but Captain Arkwright's body was only
recovered from the ice on Sunday last,
5000 feet below where he died. All ex-
cept the feet and head were recovered.
The right hand was marvellously life
like. The ice had preserved in it the
red tint of blood; from the pocket of his
gray waistcoat was drawn a white blue
bordered handkerchief as good as new,
with his name on it.
The deceased officers collar had in it
gold stud and in his shirt front was
larger one with a diamond star. The
debris of a silver cigarette case were in
his pocket, and his gold watch and chain
were on the ice near where the body was
found. The Justice of the Peace, the
Mayor, a doctor and the local gendarmes
held an inquest over the remains, found
after lapse of little over thirty years,
In the shadow Of Mont Blanc. They will
probably be buried at Chafnounix
The theatrical year Of London has
reached the lowest level Of its ebb tide