The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-26


London, Feb. 25-It is expected that
the new United States ambassador to
the court of st. James, Mr.. Joseph H.
Choate, who left New York on board
the American line steamer st. Paul for
Southampton on Wednesday last, will
be presented to Queen Victoria by the
British prime minister, Lord Salisbury,
on March Z, at Windsor castle, when
her majesty will hold a privy council,
prior to her departure for the south of
France
Vanity Fair, however, says it is still
possible that the queen will not go to
CimieZ, although every preparation has
been made for her departure. 1t seems
that it depends largely upon the course
OF events in France during the next
few days, and it is certain that many
Englishmen do not wish her majesty to
go to France just now. The queen at
present is enjoying wonderful health,
save for an occasional touch of rheu-
matism. She is exempt from the nerV-
Gus headaches to which she was for
merly a victim. her hearing remains
very acute, and even her sight is
stronger than that of most persons of
her age.
The decoration of Lady Curzon of
Kedleistone wife of the Viceroy of IN
dia, with the Imperial Order of the
Crown of India IS a high distinction.
as the order Is practically reserved for
royalties and the wives of secretaries
OF state for India, Viceroys. governors
and native princes. The Indian mails
just received show Lady CurZOn has
made a conquest of Anglo-Indian So
ciety. while the native papers pay her
glowing tributes.
AN ORIENTAL RHAPSODY.
The Bangabasi, q leading vernacular
newspaper of Bengal, in a truly Orient
al eulogy, declares all the 5Oddesses
of the HindOO Pantheon must hide their
heads in the presence Of the Lady Cur
ION, who IS like a diamond setting, or
full moon in a clear autumnal sky"
The paper adds: Her color Is molten
gold, its WhitenesS assuming a tinge
of red in the warm climate OF this
country. Her teeth are like u set of
pearls, her waist is beautifully slen-
der. ana her hair. ike raven tresses,
setting off her white complexion, max
ing her look young. Her Weil-Shaped
head is beautifully poised on a swan
like neck; her eyes, handsomely purple,
are ever restless and beaming intelli-
gence. Her forehead is small and mar
row: her neck is like the neck OF
swan, and her voice resembles the cry
of a cuckoo" This rhapsody concludes
with saying Lady Curzon has moral
and intellectual gifts seldom allied
with such beauty
a representative of the Associated
Press learns that Mr.. Pierpont Morgan
is to bear the entire cost. amounting
to about $25 900. of the installation of
electric lights in St. Paurs cathedral
DIVORCE COURT REVELATIONS
A sad story came out in the divorce
court this week, when the Hon. darcy
Lambton, seventh brother of the Earl
of Durham. obtained 4 divorce from
his wife. formerly an Australian ac.
tress. There were three correspond
ents. LambtOn's counsel said the ac-
tress had persuaded his client, before
their marriage, that she had $500 a
year. and was expecting a fortune
when she came of age. They were mar
ried in 1883, and returned to England
from Australia in 1890. Later, Mrs
Lambton attempted to commit suicide
in a hotel in Paris. Finally. counsel
added. the Earl of Durham heard I'M
pleasant rumors. and told his brother
The latter taxed his wife with the
statement, and she ran away from
her home. Afterward she wrote her
husband a pitiful epistle, which was
read in court, pleading for forgiveness {
for the. sake of their child. daughter, I
born in 1891, and the miserable life she /
led.
heard the truth, you viii not wonder |
why / have so often, tried to end my
life [ began with II lie, but l have /
suffered for it. We are nearly starry |
ing My confession Of guilt is the /
greatest punishment of my life. Like |
a coward. I was vile enough to tell /
lies ABOUT my mother, sister, and &
money they never had. ! am guilty /
of nearly all the vile things they say I
of me. What with drink and eXtrava-
gance, l have sunk very low. If 1 /
could only have the chance of being
good again. 1 would jump at it. Have
mercy upon me.
MARRIED ! LUNATIC.
The scandal recalls the painful cir
cumstanccs Of the Earl Of Durham's
marriage lie welded a strikingly
beautiful girl. The bride appeared
strangely at the wedding. and when
the couple went to the earl's country
seat she behaved in a most peculiar
manner Eventually the truth dawned /
on the earl. His wife was mad. Treat
ment was tried, but not successfully.
The earl applied 10 the courts TO nul-
lily his marriage but his application
was refused
The countess is now an inmate of an
asylum for the insane at Sussex. She
is a hopeless idiot but, the doctors de-
clare. she will live to an old age. The
earl was Dorm III 1922 anu WAS married
in 1854.
The Prince Of Wales hospital fund.
which started OFF with such a flourish
of trumpets, is now known to have
proved more or less of a failure. Natl
nees, concerts, balls and every such eX-
pedient have been tried, eliminating
in the ingenious hospital stamp idea,
which is also admitted to be fiasco.
Now an extraordinary scheme is pro-
jected-the creation of a new order to
he entitled the League of Mercy, in
which those who collect and promote
the collection of subscriptions for the
hospital fund are enrolled as members. I
The new order will be based on the
Royal Victorian order, and viii consist
of five classes the highest being
knights Grand Cross. There will be a
distinctive badge, ribbon and festival.
The motto of the orcer will be Christie |
Et Regina" The Prince of Wales will
be grand master
OUTSTANDING FINLAND.
Advices received here from Scandi- ,
navia say that the ears decree for
the classification of Finland has awak- /
ened a feeling of Indignation and sym
pathy. The Swedish papers character
iza the decree as a coup d 'etat II pro- {