The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09
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l LONDON. July A-When Mr.. Joseph
Choate, the United States ambassador, de-
clared At the banquet here July that
-xha Dresence Of thousand American la
Geo At the reception leid al the embaSsy
during the afternoon was the most I'M
1 pee4sive evidence he had yet received In
| regard to the importance Of the amhassa-
/ dorship 10 the court Of ST. Jaxnes. he gave
| only faint idea Of the crowds OF Amer
tcans now In London. So great il the
rush that tho steamship companies admit
their inability to cope with IL. All the
| Transatlantic companies have ordered
| from one TO four new ships. but X 10 TIM
possible for many OF these TO be ready in
| 1Soa
WoRkiAg o1 New SteaneEs.
The American and North German lines
| are pushing work on their new vessels to
| the utmost possible. but they hardly hope
| to have them ready for the Paris EXPOSE
ton. The Atlantic Transport Company
has four vessels. averaging i2o0o tons. in
course OF construction. They viii be 600
feet long. The new Lyland liner Wini-
fredian. for the Boston trade. had her
Al
constantly increasing their passenger ac-
commodations. with the view Of meeting
! the growing demand for passages. The
Winifredian viii accommodate 40 saloon
passengers.
Hotels OvsrerowdeA.
The scenes at the Hotel Cecil the Metro
pole and other hotels on the arrival here
Of the Majestic and st. Paul passengers
at midnight Wednesday were the most ex-
citing Of the season. Many Americans
awaited DeWoif Hopper's arrival at the
Hotel Cecil. His towering form contrast
ed strangely with the jockey. Martin. VINO
was carried on by Tod Sloan. who had al
ready secured Martins license. An idea
of the pressure may be gained from the
fact that DeWoif Hopper was unable to
enter the Hotel Cecil. and was compelled.
at o'clock In the morning. to seek tenn
porary quarters elsewhere. while patches
Of chorus girls were still riding about at
In the morning In q hopeless quest for
shelter.
Sloan II Rejeice1.
Sloan was greatly rejoiced at the arrival
OF Martin. He says the English Jockeys
who have been using every device to pre-
vent him from winning. will now have two
Americans to look after. Sloan thinks he
and Martin viii keep them busy.
Confessional In Churches.
A parliamentary return. issued in regard
to tho number OF Church Of England
churches In which there are confessional
boxes, seems to show that the accusations
Of the anti-ritualiAts in regard to this spe-
cific alleged lawiessness are practically
groundless, as all the dloceses except five
say not ono exists. The Ave exceptions
are London. Chichester, Exeter. Oxford
and Southwell. At the same time there are
scores OF churches. especially In London.
where confessions are heard at the altar
rails or In chairs placed In defined POSI-
tions, in order 10 avoid possible scandals
upon hearing confessions in the vestries or
rectories.
Disturbance In Tea Trade.
There IL great excitement In the tea
trade, owing to the decision OF the In
| dian and Ceylen sellers to abolish the
practice of allowing q pound extra In
every hundred az q compensation Tor
waste. The dealers In London are IN
arms and have resolved TO boycott tho
Indian and Ceylon teas. As counter
| blast to this IL the decision Of the sellers
at Calcutta yesterday. who withdrew all
| their teas. refusing to sell for London.
| Twenty thousand chests were Withdrawn
| at Calcutta alone. and the auction was
stopped. Out OF 240o0o.o0o pounds re-
ouired for Great Britain. planters and
| exporters representing .ls.00o.ooo pounds
| have promised to stick to the abolition
| resolution. Thirty-four planters are
| starting for England Immediately to open
| agencies In this country for the sale OF
| their teas. In the meantime the doors
have been opened for Chinese teas OF a
| lower grade.
English Polities.
| The double Liberal victory at the Old
ham election. July 8. IL taken. In con-
| junction with other recent bye-elecKons
| and votes In the house of commons. al be-
| ing most humiliating to the ministry Tia
| lAoegala are exuitng and even 30 to the
| extent oe predicting an early dissolution.
| 1t IL rumored that the cabinet meeting
| Of Tuesday WAS stormy, and that many
| differences developed, but so long a. the
ministry can adjust Its differences. Il II
| probable that the disDotution VIII not oc-
| cur before the autumn of 1900
why Kipling - Litigating.
| Ths Author has pslbiished letter from
| Rudyard Kipling which ends By settling
| forth explicitly the grounds On which his
| case against certain American paolishers
/ rests. He says:
They have made me responsible before
| q public to whom owe peculiarly the best
1 and most honest work I can turn out for
| an egregtous padded fake. and all these
! things they did, taking advantage Of that
| public interest In my Illness. when hy At
| the point Of death. do not see how can
| permit their action TO pass without chai-
| ienre II establishes too many precedents
| which will do evil 20 the honor and infeg-
| rity OF the profession that % far has
| given me countenance and profit"
TAE pACClNG 1kRONG.