The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08
70 HONOR AMERICANS
Great Demonstration When Our
WarShipS Reach England.
FLEET WILL MEET THEM
DUKE OF YORK TO EXTEND A
WELCOME.
English Naval Authorities Discover
They Have Much 20 Learn In the
Way OF Workmanship = Results
of Target Practice-Duke of MARI
borough's Government Position.

of Target Practice-Dulze of MARI
borough's Government Position.
Copyright, 1899, by the Associated Press.)
London, Jan. People here seem to
have settled in their own minds that
an American squadron win visit Ports
mouth in June, and it is unhesitatingly
announced that the admiralty authori-
ties have arranged to have the British
channel heet, with the Duke of York at
its head, assemble in the Solent to
meet the American ships. One paper
presumes to know that the American
squadron viii consist Of all the best
types of modern warships.
The Portsmouth municipality is evil
IDENTIFY trying to boom the event for all
ii is wo tn, and a dispatch from Ports
mouth today says official information
Ion the subject is only awaited there in
order to prepare the arrangement to
give a fitting welcome to the officers
and men.
The splendid practice of the Ameri-
can gunnerS has galvanized the Brit
ish into a critical interest in the gun
firing of their own navy, and the re-
suits of the inquiries made are not
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the Mediterranean feet. supposed to be
the crack British feet. are far from
satisfactory. The results of the heavy
and light gun prize firing of 1898, just
published, shows that with heavy guns
259 rounds were fred at eight knots,
and the percentage of hits was 80.
With the siX-inch quick-firers, steam
ing twelve knots, the average was also
80 per cent, and with the Maxim guns
the average was 46 per cent. The six
inch Quick-tfrers are the most used
guns in the British service, and the
papers point out that it is evident that
even the crack squadron has much TO
learn regarding its use. In the case
of the smaller weapons the results
were still more disadvantageous and
this without the diSconcerting effect Of
hostile fire. The papers now ask if it
Is not time that measures be taken TO
make gun practice something more
than q perfunctOry exercise. as is the
case in many of the British shfus.
The Duke of Northumberla who
died on Monday. will be interTe- n st.
Nicholas chapel, Westminster Abbey,
where the Percy family have the right
of burial Some pressure was put on
the family to waive the right Of burial,
in view of the limited space now re-
naming in the abbey, but without
avail The income from the estate is
nearly e250, GOO a year.
MARLBOROUGH'S APPOINTMENT.
The Duke OF Marlborough. by his ap-
pointment as paynlaster general, in
succession TO the Earl of RCpetown,
VINO was recently made Lord Chamber
lain, becomes a member of the govern
ment. The Office, however. is only a
stepping stone. There is no work and
no pay, but the duke may occasionally
of lords. The appointment is a reward
for the dukes labors for the Conserva-
tive cause. He is an indefatigable
worker in the Primrose League. Hard
" a week passes without his having
presided at a meeting of the league
somewhere.
William Astor's Pail Mall Gazette
says: The duke is a young man who
has the good sense to take himself and
his position seriously. and not rest sat
isfied, like a beaumarchais nObleman,
with having taken the trouble TO be
born. In The age we live in, il is emf
nently desirable that men Of rank and
wealth should throw the influence Of
their position and personality into the
scale OF politics"
The Hogmenay, or New Years eve
festivities, celebrated at Glasgow, were
marked by the greatest exhibition of
intOXicatiOn in the streets seen even in
Glasgow. One account of the scene
says:
1T would need the pen Of lola to de-
scribe the state of the streets. The
most astounding feature of the de-
bauchery was the appalling number of
young lads rolling about the Streets
AN EXTRAORDINARY CRIMINAL.
Harvey, the valet who on Wednesday
pleaded guilty to stealing the Duchess
OF Sutherland's jewels, which were
stolen while the duchess was on her
way from Paris to London, in October
last. proves 10 be an extra ordinary
character. The judge has postponed
sentence in order to enable him to in
form the police as TO what became of
the bulk Of the jewels. of which only
$500 worth out OF e25000 contained in
the stolen satchel, were recovered, the
idea being that the prisoner Will get a
lighter sentence fO- the information
The prisoner. however, replied to the
judge that he would not split on his
pals" even if he get a life sentence.
He appears to be one of the most no
torious criminals OF the generation, is
of Eenteel appearance. and has a grand
air and a frank, engaging look. The
prisoner boasts that he has made TWEEN
y bigger -hauls" than in the case of
the Sutherland jewels, and claims he
has reduced robbery to a science, max
ing il his business to know everybody
of wealth and consequence in Europe
He further says that he rarely made
a mistake, OWNS to his cautious pre-
and declared that the only
serious mistake of his career was when
he robbed the Duchess of Devonshire,
some time ago. of a jewel case, and
found to his dismay that he had taken
paste.
Harvey the Valet" appears to have
made a great deal of money, for he
lost several thousand pounds in one
week at a Soho gambling club. He had
the lordliest tastes, and lived at a West
End hotel, where his bills were over
$50. Finally he was betrayed in the |
affair by his mistress, a |
former actress, who informed the police !
Of the share he had taken in that rob- !
berry. Otherwise, there is every reason |
to believe that he would never have
been caught, as the police had no clue |
to him. He was apparently devoted !
to this woman, as, while awaiting trial. |
he begged her to come TO his prison |
and give him one more kiss.
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