Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-19
OUR LONDON LETTER.
Many People Arriving for The Great
Jubilee.
SEAT SPECTATORS HEAVY LOSSES.
Colonial Troops Arrive and Find No
One TO Meet 1hcm-1heaIri-
cal Matters.

dOn ls In the midst oil tnt luDliee
fever. The streets are impssssble, re-
sembling q mixture OF carpenter shops
and country fairt. They are crowded
with excursionisis from all parts OF
England who are coming in at all
stations on special trains. Everytbing
seems 10 have been half d one anu in.
complete. Many OF the decorations
are already seedy from this days.
storm. Nothing, however, seems to Oe
lacking In enthusiasm, unle,s 1t is In
the Case Of the syndicstes aud specu-
lators IN jubilee seats, who at all
places, except st, P9ul's cathedral, are
accepting any reasonable offer. Tho
combined losses OF the four largest
speculatora exceed 100000, aud on
every hand are inquiries as TO "where
are the Amerlcans?"
Considerable disgust or even resent.
ment 10 expressed AT the fact that tho
Americans have not bought up all the
available seats at the epeculalOr's price.
Much sarcasm IL directed against the
stand holders. Wbietler, In Friday's
Daily Chronicle, has sketch Ia
which Nelson, epeaking from the top
OF his monument in Trafalgar square
is supposed to say: "Boarded at last.
| England expects every man to be
| ridicultus."
In addition, st. Martin Is depleted
as putting 10 d sign on his church
reading: protestant house Of the
Lord to let. Apply to the money
changers OF the vsstTy."
A strange tale Is vOuched for by one
OF the London papers. Ii says that a
| n ri
has paid $50 pou ndn Isl ,750) Tor room
on 81. James street. He Is suffering,
1t 10 alleged, from the hideous NAL.
formation OF the counteDnnce, will
arrive late on Monday night, will
spend that night In the room referred
10 anu Will witness the procession with
isattendant, all other people being
excluded from the room. For twenty.
seven years, 1t is further stated, only
two people have seen his face. The
unfortunate man srivee every night
alb ut London, and, ON entering aud
leaving his carriage, according to the
newspaper he covers his head with u
hood.
SHABBY RECEPTION OF COLONIAL
TROOPS.
A discordant nete Of the festivities
ia the shaDby WAY = In which the
col0nial soldiers have been treated.
Again anu again various detach msnts
have arrived at noon but nave met
with no intimation as to where they
should 10 and they found no foou
ready for them when they finally
reached their barracks. The scandal
was at last taken up by the rre.e,
especially by the Pail Mail u zmte,
the Globe and the Daily Mail, a.. . the
Prince OF Wales himself brought the
red tape officials to their senses. There
was marked change when the
Csnadinns arrived. Though It YVES
midnight, large number OF Off ,ers
were III waiting on the platform ami "a
band OF music played the Canadians 10
their barracks where they found their
quarters and supper all ready for IT, EN-.
noon ,,,,s,,,,..., ,,,.,,
roo" noSiNhs' fo" 'hEAfhhs'
For the present the ihesters are do.
ipg poor business but II is probable
thai tbis "sIump" which 10 the chief
topic OF conservation in theatrical
ciroles will END with the jubilee cele-
UratioD, which Ia doubtluss its chief
cause. Secret Service 10, however,
an exception TO the general rule and 10
doing as well at the Comedy theater,
to which 1t was transferred last Mon.
day as 1t did during Its Jour weeks ran
ut the bdelphi, where Mime. Beri :
bardt made her appearance Thursday,
June II, In "Lorenzaocio."
On Wednesday afternoon bensfi.
was given to Lawrence Harris, for nierly
OF tue {, era Comique. The program,
besides d misce laneous entertainment
by msny popular theatrical and vsrie-
" artists, included new farcial com
edy by Abilene Voiierrl, entitled The
Syndicate.
1t has long bsen an open secret that
a quarrel exists between Mme. N
dica and NJ. Jean de Reszhc, sufil.
ciently serious 10 prevent The two
eminent singers from appearing in the
same opers. Colonel Mapleson has,
acting as m0uthpieoe for Mime. Noi-
lics, msde public an explanation u.
the origin OF this misunu ersta nuing
winch, he says, began during the last
season In Americs. AT that time
Nine. Nordica, IL seems, maize some
remarks @ ,mplainisg OF the opposition
OF which abe thu ug ht she was the OBJ.
ject at the hands OF NJ. de R,sgke.
These remarks, In an exaggerated
form, found their way into the papers.
anu made M. de R,szke go angry that
| ,uhan M,,. No,dt,. ~ rot., ia IA a. IL, ~