The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22
EOFYORK'S WELCOME
NOT PLEASING TO RADICAL EN-
GLISH-HATING NATIoNALIsTs.
The Royal Visitor Given an Enthusi-
astic Reception at DubIin-He May
BE Created Prince of Ireland.

LONDON, Aug. 21.-The enthusiastic re-
ception which the Duke and Duchess of
York have met with in Dublin is said to
have greatly disappointed the Irish Ma
tionalists The visit has been managed
with excellent tact, in marked contrast to
the visit of the Prince and Princess of
Wales to Ireland. when it was sought to
make party capital out of the event. AT
Dublin the reception of the duke and
duchess was far heartier than at Kings
town, where the royal party landed. and
more general than anticipated by even the
most enthusiastic loyalists. The enthusi-
assn increased as the royal party proceed
ed from the railroad station through the
street and the occupants of the steps of
the City Hall, over which the flag of the
city of Dublin dehantly floated in place of
the union jack, were among the loudest in
welcoming the Duke and Duchess of York
to Ireland. 1t is not to be wondered at that
the suggestion is now regarded favorabiy to
create the Duke of York Prince of Ireland,
and make that title a permanent one for
the eldest son of the of the Prince of
Wales.
The permission accorded Prince Francis
Of Teck to join the lo-Egyption ex-
petition up the Nile is accepted proof
that he is restored to the favor of his in
flGential relations The prince was packed
off to India for mourning a heavy gam
bling debt, his friends being compelled to
find the money to satisfy it. This, how
ever, they only did on condition that the
prince Joined the district staff of Bombay,
where the conduct of the prince has been
most exemplary.
The Queen starts to Balmoral next
week, accompanied by Princess Henry of
Battenberg and their suites. Her Majesty,
who is in the best of health, is following
very closely the events transpiring in
India. So soon as the Queen gets to Bal
moral she will take up her project for
widows pensions, which plan will provide
every deserving widow of seVenty-tiVe
years of age and upward who is in want
with pension from state fund for that
purpose. y
The heir recently born to the Earl of
Craven, whose wife was formerly Miss
Cornelia Martin, only daughter of Mr..
Bradley Martin, promises to make a great
financial difference to the earl. whose es-
tates are extensive but heavily enoum-
bered and not very valuable. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Bradley Martin, since he
has become a grandfather, has been show
ing disposition to do something SubStan-
tial in the way of wiping out the mort
cages on the earl's estate.
Prince Max, of Saxony, after years of
missionary work in Whitechapel has re-
turned to Dresden. He says he awaits the
decision of his bishop whether to return to
Whitechapel though the members OF the
royal family at Dresden are exerting their
influences to withdraw him from such work
and install him in some court religious po-
sition. The prince however, is disinclined
to accept such an office
The Count and Countess De Castellane
are now at Rouvlle after an extended
cruise along the Norwegian coast in the
big yacht Walhalla-
The son of the late John Millais, the for
ner president of the Royal Academy, will
shortly publish life of his father
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland fatty re-
fuses to marry Prince Bernard of Sake
Weimar whom her mother, the Queen Re-
gent Emma. selected as the young Queens
husband. The little Queen declares she
will remain single until 1899 (she was born
in August. 1880, and will then select her
own husband.
Captain Kane, who commanded the Brit
I ish war ship Calliope at Samoa in 1889. has
been obliged by i'll health to give up his
appointment at the Admiralty as director
of naval ordnance.
The first real effort of horseless vehicles
in London was made on Thursday when a
company placed dozen electrical cabs on
the streets. They resemble coupes and the
accumulators consist of forty cells, capable
of propelling the mover fifty miles at a
cost of fifty cents. The rear wheels do the
driving and the front wheels the steering.
They have heavy rubber tires have uphol-
stored spring cushions, are lighted by cleo
tricity, are speedy and almost noiseless.
They appear to be giving every satisfac-
ton. The machines seem unGer perfect
control and thread their way wonderfully
through the traffic. The tariff is the same
as that of the cabs.
Henry Tanner, the American negro, who
has been studying painting in Paris for
some years, has won the greatest distinc-
ton that has come to a member of his race
in that field. He recently exhibited in the
Salon work entitled The Raising of Lag
arus, which received signal praise from
the critics and has been purchased by the
French government for the Luxembourg.
The artist is a of a missionary of the
African Methodist Church. He las studied
under Constant.