Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-30
LONDON LETTER TODAY.
GERMANY HAS AN ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER


London, Oct. SO.-[Copyrlght 1897 by
the Associated Press. 1.-The weather
here and on the continent continues
almost as mild as in summer, but Lon
don on Thursday was visited by a reg
ular midwinter fog lasting nearly "a
hours. Traffic was greatly delayed
thereby, and there were numerous ac-
cidents.
Owing to the death of the duchess of
Teck, all the great social arrangements
have been cancelled at court and gem
eral mourning will be ordered.
The newspapers are making n great
deal of fuss over the death of the
duchess, appearing with turned rules
and printing pages Of obituary matter.
Her royal hlghness was undeniably a
good woman, but certainly she was noe
the idol Of the people which the papers
make her out to be. and her great vir-
tues We're not recognized until. by the
marriage of her daughter to the duke
of York, she became the mother of a
future queen of England. Prior to
that the Tecks had for years been in
great financial difficulties and occupied
an unenviable position among royal
ties both here and on the continent.
The story of the charge of the Cor
don Highlanders across the free zone
at the storming of Dargai Ridge, which
has come in from India, reveals many
instances of great personal heroism
and has produced an extraordinary
wave of patriotism throughout Great
Britain. At the music halls and the
theaters everything which can be pos
SHY construed into an alluson to the
bravery and dash of the Highlanders
is rapturously applauded.
A painful scandal is agitating one of
the minor courts of Germany closely
connected with the British royal fami-
ly. The Oldest daughter of the heir
presumptive Is reported to he in deli
cate condition of health. the cause of
her trouble being a lackey Of the court
whom she insists upon marrying.
The czar and c2arina yesterday con-
cluded their visit to the grand duke
and grand duchess OF Hesse at Darn
stadt. While there his Russian ma
iesty strolled about the streets and
forests. but two Russian police agents
always kept him in sight.
The German postoflice Is experiment.
Ing with an invention. an electric
typewriter apparatus, which, at cost
of S125 can be connected with n tele-
graph wire. which types n message Off
at the other end.
A curious echo of the famous
telegram OF Emperor William OF
Germany to President Kruger of
the South Africa republic, after the
capture of DR.. Jameson and his fol-
lowers. was heard In the courts on
Wednesday last, when a German mer-
chant attributed his bankruptcy to de-
crease OF business owing to the preju-
dice this Geographic message of SYM
pathy with the Transvaal created in
London against Germany
At St Paulschurch, Knightsbridge.
today, there will be n fashionable as
semby at the wedding of Miss Nora
Meggs to Mr.. Herbert Allfry. The
bride Is a daughter of a prominent
American, Mr.. John G. Meiggs, who
has been long u resident in London.
The wedding will be attended by n
number of prominent English and
American friends of the couple.
The Criterion, st. James and Drury
Lane theaters have been the chief the
atrical centers of attraction this week.
The run Of The Fanatic at the Strand
theater has been closed abruptly.
Charles Frohman's manager was
thrown into panic by the censor on
Thursday, who returned the curtain
raiser for The First Born, entitled A
Nights Session. with his disapproval,
commenting that 1t was too Frenchy.
Lestereq, the author, rushed TO the
censor and requested him to point out
the obnoxious passages, which proved
to be too numerous. Lestereq then re-
wrote the play over night, set COM
pany at work rehearsing 1t, and the
censor withdrew his veto.
There has been quite a war on n
small scale over the rival Chinese
plays The First Born and the Cat and
the Cherub, Messrs. Brady and Froh-
man having led the opposition forces.
Early in the week Brady announced
that The Cat and the Cherub would
be produced here on November /. and
on the following day Frohman adver-
tised that his entire American COM
First Born on November I, and that n
week later 1t would be transferred to
the Duke of York theater. But i'm
mediately afterwards Brady announced
| that The Cat and the Cherub would be
produced on Saturday, October 30. SO
| as to forestall Frohman.
Adyices from Berlin say that Miss
Rose EttinRer, an American, sang be-
| fore Emperor William at a concert
early this week and that his majesty
conversed with her and compllmented
the singer upon her voice.
There was stormy episode in the
Potter Bellew company this week. Ell
wood. an English actor. "quarrelled
with Miss Potter, attempted to dictate
to her, and called her liar for which
Bellew threw him out of the theater
Elwood now threatens to horsewhip
Bellew and. MS williamson and Mus
grave, themanagers OF the company,
refuse to discharge Elwood. he is APP
pearing nightly with Mrs. Potter and
Below.