The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-18


London, Sept. 1.-THE drought con-
tinues throughout the greater part of
Great Britain. A temporary fall in the
barometer early in the week raised
hopes which were doomed to disap-
pointment. The temperature has again
risen, and London continues bathed in
sunshine. The outcry in the east end
Of London, where the supply of water
has been reduced to dangerous limits,
is taking the form of influential public
meetings, which violently denounce the
East End Water company for neglect
ing to take proper measures to assure
a supply of water, and calling for mu-
nicipal control of the waterworks.
In the meanwhile, sanitary conditions
are so bad in some districts that there
IS serious fear of epidemic.
The north of London is also suffering
under undeserved martyrdom in the
shape of a street car famine, due to a
strike of the hoStlerS on account of the
dismissal of a couple of agitators. The
many thousands of business people who
rely upon cheap conveyance to the city
have been seriously inconvenienceds by
the sudden stoppage of traffic which
occurred on Wednesday last.
Public sympathy inclines TO the side
of the company, which has taken the
bull by the horns and has dismissed all
the strikers, engaging outsiders to take
their places.
TRAIN
The whole of Great Britain has been
startled by an epidemic of railroad out
RACES. On the Northwestern and Mid
land railroads, in the neighborhood of
Northampton, there have been several
attempts to wreck passenger trains.
Formidable distractions were con-
structed across the track and one ex-
press train had a most narrow escape
from disaster. 1t ploughed through a
veritable barricade but did not leave
the rails. The most alarming feature
of the outrage is that the police have
been unable to obtain the slightest clue
to the perpetrators, though a hundred
detectives have been securing the dis
trict. Consequently, a panic prevails.
One theory is that the crimes are the
work of a band of train-wreckers look
ing for plumber and emulating the Far
West hold-ups.
TRIBULATIONS OF A PRINCE. :
After passing eight weeks in an inva-.
lids chair the Prince of Wales this
week, for the first time, was able to
walk a few steps, with the aid of a
stick. He travelled to Balmoral from
his yacht at Portsmouth. Private let
tiers declare the prince lately has been
very irritable at the enforced restraint
that he has even declared that a per-
manent limp would be a cheap penalty
to pay for release from his floating
prison. It is added that the attending
physicians finally yielded and allowed
the prince to journey to Scotland, in or
der to appease their patient and also to
arrest the strong stimulus which rest
and a sea air appetite have given to
his increasing stoutness. The heir ap-
parent will still continue TO wear for
many weeks to come the apparatus
which has been fitted to his knee.
CAPTURES THE
FRENCH.
The Duke of Connaught has been the
hero Of the French army maneuvers
around Mouline, which ne attended as
President Faure's chief guest. He first
distinguished himself by a splendid dis
play of horsemanship before the French
staff. when a borrowed horse, startled
by the firing. tried to bolt, reared and
fell The duke skilfully disengaged
himself unhurt.
The following day during halt he
minutely examined a French soldiers
knapsack. He had one of them emptied
on the ground, weighed the articles and
finally took the knapsack, strapping
it on his own shoulders, and walked
up and down in front of the president
and the generals, in order to test
whether the straps hampered his move
ments. The spectators were greatly
amused and the private soldiers loudly
cheered him.
Yesterday the Duke of Connaugbt
visited the French camp kitchens and,
following the great NapOleOn's prece- !
dent. he asked to be allowed to taste
the soldiers food, remarking: L must |
only take d tiny morsel, as I am rob- |
bling somebody's share" Then he fork !
I'd out and ats a piece of beef, which /
ne pronounced to be of excellent quail /
~. The duke also examined the mems /
1vercoats, testing their weight and tex
-ure.
The incidents have made the duke !
very popular with the French soldiers !
and villagers. AT the hamlet of En- |
1omond they had a great treat in see
pg the thirsty president of the re-
public and Queen Victoria's son stop |
before a little pubic hall and call for
md toss off glasses of light beer, while
he hurriedly assembled band played
God Save the Queen" President
Taure then decorated the duke with
he grand cross of the Legion of Honor.
LIFE OF BISMARCK.
The leading newspapers here scath-
ngly review Herr Moritz Busch's Life
f Prince Bismarck which was re-
emily published The general opinion
S that both the author and his idol
Uttered by the revelations. made. The
British, naturally, chiefly resent the
ate Prince Bismarck's expressions of
ostility to Great Britain and to the
ueen and her daughter, the former
Impress Frederick of Germany, with
mich the book teens.
The Daily Telegraph says that if the
York reveals the real Bismarck he low
red the moral tone of the whole of
Europe, adding: Every one knows he
lade INSCRIPTIONS use of the press;
ut, according to Herr Busch, he de-
berately instructed his hirelings to
disseminate falsehoods."
The Times remarks: 1t was reserved
D the sublime Inconsistencies of one
f his sincerest worshipers to expose
II the meannoss, duplicity and brutal
V which ne combined with so many
rilliant and admirable qualities.
RUSSIAN COURT PUZZLE.
A photograph of the cz&rina nursing
err baby recently appeared in an En-
fish newspaper and when it reached
ne Russian censor the latter was a
luch puzzled official. He consulted
18th the minister of the interior, who
as equally perplexed and VINO de- {
ded to consult with the car.