The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
KING OF SIAM IS A BORE
LoNDONERs WEARY OF ENTERTAIN
ING THE REATHES POTENTATE.
ChuIaIongkOrn Angry Because He
Was Net Made a knight of the Gar
ter-The Marlborough Baby.

LONDON. Oct. 2.-Returning Americans
continue to fill the London hotels and
restaurants and all the transatlantic steam
ers during the week sailed with heavy pas
senger lists. The King of Siam has been
the lion of the week, lunching with the city
companies and dining at the Mansion
House. but the novelty of his visit has
worn off and Chulalongkorn II is gener-
ally voted a bore. His Majesty is reported
to be very angry at the fact that he has
not received the Order Of the Garter. He
thought as the Shah of Persia and the Sui
tan of Turkey were both Knights of the
Garter he ought to be equally honored, but
Queen Victoria is determined that only
Christian sovereigns shall hereafter receive
the Order of the Garter. as the knights
oath can only be taken as Christian
The whole kingdom is excited by the cpl
demic of typhoid fever, which is attracting
so much attention to Maidstone Kent. There
have been 1900 cases in the town and vicin-
ity and about fifty deaths have occurred.
The epidemic is spreading at the rate of
100 cases daily and the authorities are work.
ing night and day in their efforts to crush
out the fever. The town authorities of that
place are held responsible for the outbreak,
owing to the refusal to renew the appoint
ment of a Waterman for the water supply
at a salary of $500 yearly.
The Marlborough baby will be christened
at Blenheim toward the end of October, and
it is reported that the Duke and Duchess
of York, who will visit the Duke and Ouch
ess of Marlborough for the shooting season,
will be the sponsors of the infant.
Congressman John Dalzell. of Pennsyl-
vania, with his wife and son, sailed for
New York to-day from Southampton on
board the American line steamer St Louis,
after passing several weeks in England, Ire
land and France. To a representative of
the Associated Press he said that unques-
tionably there would be a famine in Ireland.
Mr. DalzeIl added: Indications of this can
be seen from the car windows. Hay stacks
are floating in the fields, the peasants are
unspeakably Wretched and the country
seems TO be more miserable every year
Referring to the new United States tariff,
Mr. Dalzell said: Il have had very little
opportunity to observe the effects of the
tariff, but judge it is fulfilling our antic-
ipations. and that it will give American
more to do. / say this from the fact that
all the busbess men | have met in Europe
are denouncing it and complaining that it
has lessened their business This is par
ticularly the case with the merchants of
Paris. who complain that their American
trade has decreased.
Truth prints a statement, said to emanate
from a prominent Spaniard, accounting for
the Cuban situation. He is quoted as say
ing that in Spain there is no such thing
public opinion, and that the government Of
that countryAis mere struggle between a
number of professional politicians, and that
with very few exceptions these politicians
endeavor to feather their own nests. Cap
tain General Weyler is credited With nav
ing amassed a fortune in the Philippine ISL
ands, and he is said, by the Spaniard
ferred to- to have increased it in Cuba al
though probably he has had to divide with
a good many politicians at home The
Spanish army is pronounced to be as rotten
as the Spanish civil-service system, and
still. according to Truths informant when
a Spanish regiment is sent to attack a force
of insurgents the Spanish commander sends
an emissary with purse who makes ar
rangements which provide that while the
Spaniards march one way the insurgents
go away by another route.
The British public seems to be convinced
that Americans are trying to lead Great,
Britain into a trap by including Russia and
Japan among the participators in the
Boring seal conference, and the newspapers
and government officials are fostering this
idea. Not only was the letter of the United
States ambassador of July 20 excluded from
the blue book on the Boring sea question,
but, with two exceptions, the newspapers
did not publish Colonel Hays letter it,
which was furnished to them by Reuters
Telegram Company, and not one of them
has commented upon it.
The comments of the Globe and Vanity
Fair on the situation are especially often
sive Vanity Fair says: lit looks as if we
must do something to suppress the Yankee.
Unless the constant annoyance of Washing
ton ceases, gunrowder may have to be used.
We hope the matter will be settled, we
do not want to see the United States put
back many years, nor are we anxious to
make history for them Vanity Fair fur
bor itself with belief that sfthn
eagles voice Is far stronger than it's beak
and bigger than its courage"
The Australian starting machine for race
tracks was used for the first time in Eng
land on Thursday last at Newmarket when
the welter handicap was run. Great interest
was manifested in the starting machine, and
the result is said to be most satisfactory.
The Prince of Wales and Lord Rosebery
were keen observers of it's workings.