The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-02

latter is much annoyed and mortified
at being utterly ignored at court The
Duke and Duchess of Orleans have gone
to Austria They had desired to stay
at Brussels and Turin previously, but
received strong hints from King Leo
pold and King Humbert that their pres
ence was not desirable The fact is
that the absurd and elaborate fuss q
handful of the Dukes followers persist
in making when he is in Brussels or
Turin has caused great deal OF trouble
to the respective Governments.
Extraordinary interest was taken IN
the sale of the Marlborough gems at
Christie's Thursday as cabled to the
Associated Press at the time Three
of the most costly canoes went to deal
ers, viz: a head deified, of Augustus.
for f2,350. a Claudius Caesar. t3,1-N,
and pair of imperial heads, f3,3OO. Mr..
Talbot. who is understood to have been
buying for the Boston Museum, secured
a number Of canoes. including the re-
nowned cameo representing the hyme-
neal procession Of Eros and Psyche, for
which he had to pay f2OOO. The sale,
as already cabled, realized f34, 1853, OF
within f238 of what David Bromilow
paid for the entire collection.
Senator Hanna is attracting mucn
attention in the London papers. The
American King Maker" is what the
DAILY Chronicle styles him. In regard
| to Presidential products, the Senator
said:
eff you wait year I shall, perhaps.
| be able to tell you who will be the next
President That is about all most any
body could say. But as to Admiral
Dewey, why I do not suppose he is
likely to walk on the carpet"
| The papers publish with all serious
ness a story of Senator Hanna's visit
to the House of Commons Tuesday. He
was taken to the House by Henry
White, Secretary of the United States
Embassy, and after listening to ths
opening speeches of the debate, the Sen
ator is reported to have said:
| How much will a vote on this bill
be worth?'
| The "St. James Gazette impertinent-
ly comments on this version of the Sen
ators visit to the Commons, saying he
was merely applying the standard OF
Washington to Westminster adding,
1T will be understood by those familiar
with the scandals of Congress that he
put the question quite seriously"
The news from The Hague is regard
ed as quite discouraging. Senator-elec
Dr. Chauncey M. Depew, talking with q
representative of the Associated Press
voiced the general opinion of observers
saying:
| Il am sorry to be obliged to think
what most practical men told US would
| be the case that the peace conference
will most probably end in failure al
present"
| With the view probably, it is said, OF
reviving the waning interest threaten
| ing to bury him in Oblivion, owing te
the unsportsmanlike suspiciousness
with which he withholds even the sim
plest information about the Shamrock
/ Sir Thomas Upton now announces he
has assumed a coat of arms of his owr
/ device, based on his business career
For a crest he has adopted two horny
hands of labor" one grasping a Tea
plant flower and the other a coffee
blossom. The shield bears a shamrock
| in memory of his native land, and 3
| thistle in commemoration of the fact
4 that he started in trade in Scotland. His
motto is Labor conquers all things"
|
latest inquirer regarding the Shamrock
He has closely, though futilely, ques,
toned the British yachtsmen at Kiel as
to her build and the likelihood of bring.
| ing back the Americas cup.
| While the newspapers are generally
| full of praise for Lady Randolph
| ChurchilPs Anglo-Saxon review, tbs
| Daily Chronicle" eyes it askance and
says:
| Notwithstanding the gorgeous bind.
| ing, it is nothing but colorado imi-
! tation of the yellow book, with the same
writers, the same make up and the
same kind of contents
The Times says: Lady Randolph
has planned her quarterly with daring
and originality and has carried it out
with remarkable success
The birth of third daughter to the
Gar and Czarina is regarded as an
event of great political Importance, be-
cause strong party in Russia was only
awaiting the event to resume it's mis-.
chievous intrigues against the hated
Princess of Anglo-German blood The
influence of the Empress Dowager,
whose relations with her daughter-in,
law are not of the most cordial descrip-
| ton. is expected to increase.
The book publishing season is now
practically over. No book of import,
ance will be issued for another two
months. The successful writers are al
| ready preparing for the holidays. Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Parker start for. Carls-
| bad early in July, and Samuel Clemens
| Mark Twain) and his family go tc
| Sweden.
| Mr.. Clemens while in London has been
| much benefited by the treatment of q
Swedish doctor, and he is going to a
remote town in Sweden to take the reg
ular Swedish cure.
| A limited edition of Mark Twain's
writings, which Chatte and Windus will
publish, consists of twenty-five vol
umes. They will be especially Illus
trated and will contain matter not in
| cluded in any previous collection of his
| works.
Anthony Drexel has taken Lord Amp
thill's seat, Norrie Castle, Cowes, Isle
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