The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-27

The proceeds will be devoted to the
Spanish fund for the relief of the
wounded and the widows.
At Cambridge on Thursday last Gen
eral Kitchener was accorded a great re-
ception, when he received the freedom
of the borough and was admitted to
the degree of doctor of laws, which
was the occasion for an outburst of
time honored, rollicking undergradu
ate spirit. The students mustered a
great force at the same house, sang
patriotic ditties and dangled a life-size
effigy Of a Dervish over the balcony in
front of the general, who, with the uni
versity big Wigs" had to undergo
good humored chaff. Later the students
celebrated the day with an enormous
bonfire in front of Market hall, the fire
being replenished with garden fences,
tradesmen's shutters and a recently
erected municipal bandstand
QUEEN WILHELMINA BETROTHED
The young queen of Holland, who re-
Gently displayed her strong will by re-
calling a whole issue of postage stamps,
because her portrait on them made her
look too girlish, is again showing her
spirit in the question of her betrothal
to Prince William Of Wiede an officer
in the German army, which has been
practically settled upon The official
announcement of the betrothal has
been Kept back on account of certain
differences in the protocol, the question
being whether the prince should be
vested with the rights and prerogatives
of prince consort, or retain his present
rank. Unless the former plan is
adopted, neither the laws Of Holland
nor the foreign courts will recognize
him as a member of the Dutch royal
family. The Wiede family insist upon
the title of prince consort, but Queen
Wilhelmina demands that Queen Vic
toria's precedent be followed, and that
the title of prince regent be not con-
ferred until eighteen months after the
marriage. 1t is expected, however, the
difficulty will be overcome before long.
The wedding has already been fixed to
take place at The Hague next spring.
1t has leaked out that the betrothal
of the queen to the Prince of Wiede is
romantic The older brother of the
prince married Princess Pauline of
intimate girlhood friend. Once, when
they We're staying together and in
dulging in dreams of the future, they
vowed, according to the story, that
they would only wed two brothers.
The Princess Pauline afterwards mar
ried the elder Prince of Wiede, Prince
Frederick, and Wilhelmina determined
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Prince William, who is four years
younger than Prince Frederick This,
it is added explains Queen Wilhel-
minaS Indifference to other suitors,
which has caused so much comment
Other reports, however, say that the
real reason for the selection of Prince
William of Wiede as a husband for
Queen Wilhelmina, is that his mother
is a princess of The Netherlands, and
that, therefore, he is likely to be more
acceptable to the people of Holland
than an entirely foreign prince
STORY OF CANNIBALISM.
Advices from Brisbane, Queensland,
contain a CHASTITY story of cannibalism
in the German group of the Sulu is
lands. It appears that a Queensland
trading cutter, the Sea Ghost, with
three white traders and a crew of seven
natives, was boarded by the treacher-
Gus natives of the island of Baku, who
murdered two of the whites and six of
the blacks. Their bodies it is asserted
were then dressed for a cannibal feast.
In the meanwhile the natives found
key of rum, and soon they were all
helplessly drunk. Before they recovered
from their stupor, the surviving white
man and the native seamen managed
to unloosen the ropes with which they
were bound, and escaped in a small
boat, from which they were picked I'D
by British ship.
Dispatches received here from Rome
say that the action of American pub
fishers in refusing to buy a book. lie
Pere Hecker, to which the vatican
had given its imprimatur, and which
contained alleged reckless statements
regarding Cardinal Gibbons, Arch
bishop Ireland and other distinguished