The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-29
|CHEERED THE FLAG
William HoIloway's Letter
From His Brother
AZ TER TRIP ABROAD
Funny incident of Irish Jaunt-
ing Car.


brought the high diving horses to the
Wichita State Fair two years ago Mr.
! Holloway is brother of William Hollo-
| way OF Wichita. He writes his observa-
| tons in London, Dublin and Paris as fol-
| lows:
| 1 was invited to a banquet held at
Earl's court, London. 1 was treated very
fine. Every one had to give toast. When
my time came I braced myself with
little champaign and wens kl.it. did
| not say much, but when 1 finished up I
kindly asked them to sing God Save
the Queen" i hit the key note when 1
did so; everyone raised to his feet and
they sang finely. The president kept them
on their feet and called on them to sing
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" which they
did, and then they gave three cheers for
the United States of America. A few
minutes later I was asked to take our
flag and go to the right of the hall with
it and pin it up to the lace curtains be-
| hind the president, while their man took
the Union Jack and did the same and
pinned them together. Then they ap-
plauded loudly.
made many friends in England. The
buildings in London look very old, dingy
! and gray from age smoke and fog. They
/ have no electric lights. and no street
cars, but use all buses and cabs, and
they have a very poor system of rail-
roads. I met the prince of Wales as
you will see from my letter head. He is
very common and a nice man and took
a great interest in asking me all about
Iowa, etc.
Ny horses are a grand success. They
rest now until May 1, then they COM
mence for six months at e1O0 per week.,
which is nearly $500.
We went to Paris and spent eight days
there. We went by New Havre, took the
boat there and landed at Dieppe, France.
The channel was very rough and the boat
small, and three days later it bowed
up and killed six people 1t was on Sun
day we landed in France, and we had
about 100 miles to ride in the same kind
of train service, and we found every
body working in their fields the same as
| any week day. They do not observe Sun
day there. We arrived in Paris at 100
p. M, and found everybody going to the
tfleaters. of which Paris contains no less
than fifty-eight, at which may be seen
every description of historonic art from
grand opera down to low farce or melo-
drama. We found here large streets, well
lighted by electric lights, and the streets
are kept clean and<jn very good order.
There is very little English spoken. 1 was
lucky to have Captain Boynton with me,
for he talk French as well as they. and
he knows the city well. He served for
France in the Franco Prussian war. They
are very bitter against the Americans.
was at a. show when an American came
on the stage with some Indians to ex-
hibit and put up our flag and they Kissed
like snakes. They hate England worse
than America, and 1 predict trouble be-
tween them and England soon. Their
postal cards are very insulting to the
queen. We saw a great deal while there.
We went back to London and then to
Holly Head and took a boat across the
Irish Sea to Dublin, ireland. Stayed
there four days and took the Oceanic at
Queenstown for New York. While there
1 visited over Sunday. Was surprised
to find so nice a city. 1t is a place OF
over 100000 inhabitants and very much
like our American cities. They have
fine trolley system, and better railway
service than in London. We went from
there to Kildare and attended a large cat
tie show. and saw as fine cattle there
as I ever saw in Iowah Next we went
to Carbon, my fathers old home, also
fine city. but smaller, to find some rela-
III IN
country in an Irish jaunting car, which
rirde we enjoyed very much. We found
the people of the towns and large cities
largely in favor of Great Britain in the
Boer movement. I did not find as many
poor people in Ireland as had been repre-
scented by some former visitors. The
farmers told me they were being hurt
more by American produce being ship
ped in there than by any other cause as
we can raise it cheaper than they can
While travelling through Ireland I saw
five grist mills idle, caused by importa-
ton of American -four. found ireland
a better farming country with better soil
than any I found in France of England
In my opinion. the main cause OF The
trouble in Ireland is having 10 pay the
exorbitant rent demanded by the land
lords
1 viii here digress little and tell
little Joke on myself. When we landed
at KlngstQwn was told we had fifteen
minute ride TO Dublin. I placed my bag
gage in car and went out on the plat
form and approached an elderly and very
respectable looking man and politely ask
ed him IF this train went TO Dublin"
Re very stifly and politely says, 1t
dies" We Immediately got aboard and
along came the guaTd-we call him con-
ductor-and he asked me If ] knew who
had spoken to- I told him no. Says he:
That IS Lord Dufferin. whose son was
last week killed in the TrsnsvaaL
would not have approached him as. ycu
did for E10a I guess he knows you are I
an American"
While in Dublin learned OF the races /
TO be run Eve miles out and having ]
business al the geological gardens. I /
hired a haunting ear Fer the trip 70 the 4
races yia The zoo. For the benefit OF /
your readers who never saw an IRISH !
haunting ear. I VIII say they are q two /
wheeled vehicle with the driver in front /
and seat facing each side, hacks 70 I
gether; capacity seven people, including 4
the driver. Just after we had got well
started on ctr way we met another car f
WITH six in. al men. one especially a 1
typical TrisGman. short pipe ard al 4
had Just pointed them OFT 20 my wife i
and we were haying q Giuet smile 70 or 4
selves when their horse slipped on The I
rounded and slippery caohls stones and 1
down he went; broke a shaft and pstchs1 +
the entrs lead over his head. The little +
man with the pipe fell upon his lace