Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-01
THE LONDON SEASON.
prsparatlons for Lavish Hospitality On
All Sides.
AN INTERNATIONAL CHESS GAZE,
ROYAL Cours Agitnted Over n Family
Scandal--Notes on Plays
and p layers.

the return OF the prince OF Wales and
his family to Marlborough house the
opening Of the royal academy and the
next weeks drawing room In sight,
tue season has fairly begun. The big
houses are fairly opening and prepar-
ations for lavish hospitality are being
made on all sides. Mr.. William
Waldorf Astor Ia making great prepar.
atoms to entertain. He has taken
Lord Normanton's house for the
Jubilee procession and has already
issued invitations for Two parties III
June and big dinner ON tue OH, 10
meet royalty?
The arrival aud departure OF the
queen to London on Jubilee week will
he matter OF semi-state on Monday,
June q. The journey from Padding
ton station to Buckingham house Will
be imposing asd on June "a to Pad
dington station ON the return t.
Windsor will be the occasion Tor even
fiuer display. The Indian colonial
troops will from the escort Of the latter
occasion.
THE U. S. EMBASSY EMBARRASSED.
Thomas M. Bsyard continues his
stay here TO the slight embarrassment
of the u niied States embassy, the situ.
alton beng com piicated by the absence
OF Queen Victoria, as Colonel John
Hay Is not really the embasssdOr until
he presents mis- credentials.
1t 10 said that the action OF the con-
sistoriui court on Thursday in uecidiDg
TO make Mr.. Bsynrd Its accredited
agent Of the eo.caiied log OF the May
flower to Boston, was taken In re.
rponse to Mr.. Bayard's personal
request, but TO some degree at the
expense OF his successor, and the
o,ming rivelry betwssD the embassa.
dors has caused considerable gossip.
Mr.. Bayard says the recovery OF the
Jog Ia solely due to his peraonal efforte,
as tho papers he had from America
were Of u nature calculated to eau 70
the demand 10 be refused n presented.
The situation will bs relieved on Mon
day next, when, by special arrange
ment, the queen Will receive Colonel
Hay at Windsor.
LIBERIA, AND SIERRA LEONE.
Letters have been received from
Bishop Joseph G.. Herlzel, Of Ciucip-
natl, from Freetowu, Sierra Leone,
bearing date OF Marcp 80, which gives
condition OF that country. The bishop
writes.
~ nave now been in Africa two
months and over and thus far In my
episcopal tour, have given my time to
Liberia and sierra Leone. 1 made a
thorough visit over 400 miles OF
Liberiau coast aud the principal
places. That republic needs anu
deserves the By mpathy anu help OF Its
friends. Its COMMERCIAL possibllitie
are great. The work OF the Meth odisl
church in Liberia Includes three iGsti-
iutiens OF learning; we have 53
ministers and "a lay helpers and
teachers or II In all. / shall shortly
sail on the steamer Bona tor the
Congo to visit our mission, up tue
river, st. Paul de Lsona, Angelo and
out $50 miles In the interior, to hold
the Congo mission conference at
Ouihsngea. Then to South Africa
and up the coast to study the needs OF
the mission in tAe Zimbzei region.
My plan 10 now to Continue up the
esst coast and siu1y the methods ami
results OF mission work In easter n
central Africa and along the
Mediterranean. 1 expect to rel urn to
the west COAT by next January, hold
three conferences In Liberia anu
Augoly again and then return to
America aud report the results OF my
explorations anu the needs AMI con1i.
lion OF the work.
A DRAMATIC LIBRARY.
The library Of tue late Sir Augustus
Harris, the well known theatrical
manager, was sold al Auction on
Thursday lRst. The most impor tant
-. =
works OF all kinus from drama Ia
pantomime, some in manuscript,
many OF them managers' copies, anu
Others in print. There Were besides
many books on subjools connected
with the stage in England ami on re
continent.
COL. HAYS SECRETARY.
Spence EDDY OF Chicago has arriv ed
here nuu has taken up mis- duties as
secretary TO Col. John Hay.
THE QUEENS LITERARY TASTE.
The Quarterly Review publishes al
interesting article on the queen.
literary taste written by some one
well acquainted with her msjss.y.
Her fAvUrite novelists, 1t appears, are
Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronto, Mira.
Oipuhuti 0eofge I-lot huu LUNA by.
NIL. No mention IL made OF Marie
Corelii.
COACHING BECOMING POPULAR.
Coaching as n pastIme inoreates In
Popularity. Beginning on Monday
there win be Ia regular coaches run
ning TO well kDown places around
London against IL ooschoa In 1896
PARLIAMENTARY CHESS GAME
The fifth member o! the House Of
Commons chees teamlwhioh Will com
Ieio with corresponding Dumoer Of
ohess players OF the United State,
House OF Representatives will be Mr.
+. w. Wilson, NJ. Pr for the mid
die division OF Norfolk. He II
the tauthor OF Our Natons
Debt, ETC., and was president Of
me Newspaper society OF the U nited
Kingdom In 1894. A cattle message
sent to Washington suggests May 9th
10 Msy ll;h Ms suitable days for tht
match. Postmaster Pike OF the Hous,
OF Commons has arranged Tor specia
wire To committee room No. IL. Tn,
telegraph operator detailed for tn,
'stvice viii b. q practical chess player