The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-26

tressed at the loss of the Prince OF
Wales las king of fashion, 1t is now
said the prince "neglects his personal
| appearance woefully, his overcoat is
shabby. his hat is shapeless, and his
tie is so much on one side that his
shirt studs are visible"
Considerable interest is taken in the
announcement of the coming marriage
of Lady Edith Douglas daughter of
the Marquis of Queensberry, to Mr.. st.
George Pitt, who is head Of the Psy-
chical Research society and a great
authority on "spooks.
Sir Benjamin Stone, president of the
National Photographic Record associa-
ton, and the author of several books
of travel and articles on various scien-
tific subjects, has unearthed in the vat
lean library among the documents re-
lating to English history 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 love-sick swain,
and is signed with drawing represent
ing q heart.
The condition of county Mayo is caus-
ing anxiety at Dublin castle, and it is
expected that the crimes act will be
reapplied. Agrarian terrorism is being
revived, boycotting is rife and jurors
have been shot at.
INVASION OF ENGLAND.
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 des
DeuX Mondes, seriously outlining a
fresh scheme for the invasion of Great
Britain. 1t proposes that 1900 steam
pinnaces be built and collected in the
canals and rivers leading to the French
coast; that each of them be armed with
two quick firing guns, and that they
convoy an army of 10000 men and 500
cannon, with the necessary ammuni-
ton, stores, etc. The cost of their con-
struction is estimated at $50, 600
francs, and the pinnaces are to be pro-
vided with torpedoes to keep off hostile
ships, while the quick-firing guns are
to repulse torpedo attacks. The writer
of the article says there will be no diff
fculty in getting the boats across,
pointing out that Napoleon had far
more difficult task at Wagram when
he crossed the Danube in the face of an
Austrian army. The English coast de-
fenses are classed as being a neglible
quantity, and the operation is counted
on by the writer as being merely mat
ter of few hours.
Three divisions of 1850 men each are
to be landed in Ireland, and the Irish
are to be armed with the old Gras
rifles. The English papers pooh-pooh
the scheme; but the French newspapers
discuss it as being perfectly sound
The Petit Journal praises
the plan, declaring its chief merit is in
its simplicity and unity, and points to
the success of the Roman, Saxon, DAN
ish and Norman invasions as proving
the Feasibility of the project
The weather in Great Britain the past
week underwent a complete change.
Last week the weather was warm and
This week it has been
bitterly cold, with snow everywhere.
London participated in the wintry
but here it 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 chang
ed quickly to Arctic cold, and heavy
cut him off from communi- |
cation with the outer world. It will be
days before he is liberated.