Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-25
THE QUEEN is in FRANCE

One Englisnman's Views OH the Char
acter of the American People
glo-French Treaty
London, March 25.--(Copyrishted, 1899,
by the Associated Press)-The weather
in Great Britain the past week underwent
q complete change Last week the wealth.
er was warm and summerlike. This week
it has been bitterly cold, with snow every
where. London participated in the Win
try weather. but here 1t was tempered
by bright sunshine. The Duke Of York
has been showed up at Abergeldemains,
near Ballater. He went there for the
salmon fishing, but the weather changed
quickly to Arctic cold and heavy snow
storm cut him off from communica ton
with the outer world. 1t will be days be-
fore he is liberated.
The center of gravity of the fashion
able world has shifted to the Riviera,
where Queen Victoria is now sojourning.
There will be three more drawing rooms
this season, and the queen has private
ly intimated that she Will attend one in
May.
Her majesty has given two additional
Instances Cf her Womanly feeling TINS
week, which have made a Very pleasing
impression in southern France. While
out driving at the beginning of the week
she overlook a peasants walking fun eral
and had no room to pass. The mourners
stopped and stood aside. but the queen
requested the cortege to proceed and her
own carnage followed respectfully, at
! walking pace, for half a mile until the
! roads diverSed. Again, while driving
through Nice on Wednesday, the queen
passed a child which was crying bitterly.
She ordered her carriage to be stopped
and sent member of her suite to inquire
the cause of the childs distress and give
it a few coins. which had a magic effect.
| The little face brigh tened up, and the
queen dlCNe on, smiiingly remarking:
LAS long as nothing serious is the matter,
I thought few sous would straiShten
matters out"
The queen of Sweden and Norway mas
been a collector fow the Salvation Army,
a money box having been placed upon
the dining table of the royal palace.
A correspondent in Paris writes that
the young Partisan dandies are distressed
at the loss of the Prince Of Wales 'as
king of fashion" 1t is now said the prince
'neglectl his personal appearance VICE.
fully; his ovelcoat is shabby, his hat
shapelcss and his tie is SO much on one
side that his shirt studs ar visible"
Considerable interest is taken in the
announcement of the coming marriage of
Miss Edith Douglass, daughter of the
marquis of Queensbury, to Mr.. St. George
| Pitt, who is head Of the psychical re-
search society and an authority on
; "spooks."
Mr.. Sydney Webb. chairman Of the ma
tional educational board. handled Amer
lean institutions in a severe manner While
.ectu"in" before the school of economies,
Among other things ne said:
"Tammany is no worse than the repub-
liCan organization of New York. 1t is
not to blame for the corruption. The
pureet city in America is the Mormon
Salt Lake City. You must not imagine
that a boss Is a wicked man. He does
not rob the poor. but does good to the
poor at the expense of the rich. The
bosses are the nineteenth century Robin
Hoods. The cause of the corruption lies
in the character of the American. He
does not believe in government and does
not have the Engiishman's delight in
governing, He enters politics to make
money and cannot conceive of anybody
doing anything else"
In conclusion Mr. Sydney Webb re-
ma ked:
"Tne American, individually, is the
kindest and most consderate, most polite
individual living. But collectively they
are not yet a success"
Sir Benjamin Stone, president of the
National Photographic society, and the
author of several books of travel and ar
ticlcs on various scientific subjects, has
unearthcd in the vatican library among
the documents relating to English his
tCIy an autograph love letter from King
Henry VIII. to the unfortunate Anne
Boleyn The epistle which is written in
French is in; the improved style of a
lovesick swain and is signed with darw
ing representing heart.
The condition of Count Mayo is causing
anxiety al Dublin castle, and it is eX-
pected that the crimes act will be reap
piled. Agraran terrorism is being re-
vived, boycotting is rife and jurors have
been shot at.
In spite of the signing of the Anglo
French agreement regarding Africa, one
of the leading topics of the week ON both
sides of the channel has been an article
published in the Revue de DeuX Mondes,
seriously outlining fresh scheme for the
invasion of England. The writer of the
article says there Will be no difficulty in
getting boats across, pointing out that
Napoleon had a far more difficult task
at Wagram when he crossed the Danube
in the face of an Austrian army. The
English coast defenses are classed as be-
ing a negative quantity, and the opera
ton is counted on by the writer as being
merely a matter of a few hours. Three
divisions, of 14.500 men each are to be
landed in Ireland, and the Irish are to be
armed with the old Cars, rifles. The En-
gMsh papers pooh-hooh the scheme, but
the French newspapers discuss it as being
a perfectly sound proposition. The Petit
oIurnal praises the plan, declaring its