The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-20

Danish King Coming.
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press)
London, Nov. 19.-Almost unprece-
dented mild weather is being exper-
fenced for this time of the year in
England. The open gardens are full
of flowers, which are blooming in pro-
fusion. One of the most dense fogs
in many years. however, enveloped
London on last Thursday, greatly i'm
peding railroad and street traffic. the
quaint spectacle Of pedestrians feeling
their way with flaming torches at noon
was seen in the London streets, where
a number Of accidents occurred.
Queen Victoria viii shortly hold an
investiture at Windsor castle, and VIII
present The Soudan decorations. She
viii personally invest General Lord
Kitchener Of Khartoum with the grand
cross Of the Bath.
1t is announced that the king of
Denmark intends to come to England
in January, and that he viii stay with
the Prince of Wales at Sandringham.
The prince will afterwards go to Gotha,
in order to attend the celebration or
the silver wedding of the Duke and
Duchess of Sake Coburg-Go which
occurs on Jan. %. The festivities Will
last for several days, and it is expected
Emperor William will also be pres
enI.
The queen of the Belgians has is
sued a rescript to her sister queens and
expresses, asking them to form an al
lance for the purpose Of helping the
lace-makerS of Europe. She has ap-
pealed to them to forswear wearing
imitation lace, and to bind themselves
to wear only handmade lace, pointing
out that the machine-made fabric
threatens the extinction of artistic,
hand-worked lace. The number of lace
makers in Belgium and France has di-
unfinished since the advent of lace ma
chinery by 10000 persons. The queens
appeal met with a ready response, and
the Queenly alliance has already be-
come q 6act.
Intense interest has been aroused by
the puritanical decision of the licensing
committee Of the London county coun-
Gil 10 refuse licenses to halls where
Sunday concerts are given for profit.
This viii practically mean the abolition
OF Sunday concerts, which have bright
ened the London Sunday for the past
few years. and which, even their op-
pOnents admit, always consist of The
highest class of music. The news
papers are unanimous in denouncing
the decision, and demand that the
London county council refuse TO ratify
it. The queen gives a snub to the op-
pcnents of Sunday music by having
( the guards band play on the terrace at
\ Windsor castle every Sunday afternoon
4 while she resides there. The public is
then admitted to the castle grounds,
and, on Sunday Aast, for instance, a
large concourse OF people listened to
the music.
A HERO OVERLOOKED.
There is some comment on the fact
that Colonel Macdonald, who. some
people claim, saved the battle of On
durham by his promptness and skill
in repulsing a Dervish onslaught which
General Kitchener overlooked, was Tot
included among those who have re-
ceived Soundan decorations. although
he has been promoted to be an aide
de-camp of the queen. This is a high
distinction, and is considered in some
quarters TO be a peculiarly appropriate
recognition of one who rose from the
ranks Colonel Macdonald, who has
served through seven campaigns, was
a barefooted lad when he enlisted. He
served ten years in the ranks, and won
a commission in the Gordon Highland
ers by his splendid conduct during Gen
eral Lord Roberts Afghan campaign.
He was one OF the officers who sur
vived the Majuba hill disaster of the
Boer war: but he was taken prisoner
BIZ the Beers, who returned him his
sword which had been presented to
him by the men Of his company when
he won his commission, saying that a
man who had earned such a sword
should not be separated from it.
The Duke of Westminster has writ
ten a letter, in which he says: After
what has been said and recorded in
blue books about the misdeeds of the
sultan and his completely in the muir
der OF 1000 of his subjects, 1 fee
that Emperor Williams acceptance OF
The hospitality Of a monarch who, by a
1series of unparalleled crimes, has
tbaced himself outside the pale of CIV
n fiization, must be deeply regretted and
deplored.
This letter elected a vehement at
tack on the Duke Of Westminster in
William Waldorf Astor's Pail Mall Ca
zette. It is known that Mr.. Astor and
the duke are the reverse of friends
owing to a squabble over the posses
sion of the famous visitors book an6
other. personal articles which Mr.. AS
tor insisted were comprised in the
purchase of CIeveden.
HOOLEYS DISCLOSURES.
Ernest Terah Hooley's Carlton club
exposure has created much excitement
and heart burning IN conservative Cir
cIes, and a number of influential con-
servatives have resolved to make ar
effort to retrieve the scandal by re.
turning Mr.. Hooley's 10000, contrib
uted to party funds, for the benefit OF
the bankrupt's creditors. Mr. Hooley's
statements are already doing consider
able harm to the conservative pros
poets in the country, and Mr. A. j
Balfour, the conservative leader in the
house of commons, and first lord OF
the treasury, is said to have urged thai
the money be restored to the donor.
Mr.. Hooley was quite sanguine thai
he would get baronetcy at the time OF
the jubilee, and, in fact ne issued in
vitation cards to seats which he rented
on the top Of Ludgate hill, overlooking
the ceremony at st. PauPs cathedral
III the names OF Sir Ernest and Lady
Hocley." 1t is understood that the
queen or the Marquis of Salisbury We
toed his baronetcy, which the conserv.
ative wire pullers did their best to Sc
, cure. They only returned Mr.. Hooley
h his check, which was for G5O,009 after
the jubilee honors had been published
Truth accuses Tod Sloan of unfair
riding in the race for the Palatin plate
on the Friday before he sailed, and says
that if an objection had been lodged
Sloan would assuredly have been dis
qualified, as he nearly sent the horse
ridden by Weldon ever the rails and
also palpably interfered with Lieben.
stein.
Great sympati,y is felt for. Mrs