Daily inter mountain., 1900-08-04
LONDON GOSSIP
TAINTED BLOOD OF THE HAN
OVER HOUSE.
RAPID TRANSIT IN TUNNELS.
New Underground Railways Revela-
tion-Electric Cars for First
Time-Robbery at Hotels.

London, August 4.-(COpyrighted, 1900, by
the Associated Press.)-The ''kings evil"
Of George III seemingly taints all the. Han
over blood. The death or the queens most
accomplished son. the Duke of Saxe-Co-
burg and Gotha-for he could lead an Or
chesttca, play the violin, catch salmon with
a Scotch expert, or sail a ship-has caused
much solemn talk at court about the mala-
Notwithstanding the denial issued from
Berlin, 1t is quite certain that Empress
frederick, the queens eldest daughter, is
dying with cancer, and that specialists con-
slider her life matter of months. She is
too i'll to leave the castle at Frederichshof
near Hamburg for her customary sum-
knowing her desire to possess an English
home. gave her the white lodge at Rich
mond last year. But she will probably
never be able to occupy it,
Scotland Yard. in averring that Bresci,
the assassin of King Humbert, was never in
England, Is understood to allege that the
who made no secret of his intentions con-
cerning high Italian personages," while
in London several months ago.. He was SO
closely watched while here that he de-
parted for the United States and was last
heard from in Paterson. N. ]. King Hum
bert. during a private visit here in, 1892,
took extraordinary interest IN the slums
and in the anarchist haunts where had been
planned Orsini's plot to kill Emperor Ma
poleon III with bomb; and the czar.s ,, as, IS,
resort his majesty noticed flaming pic
ture, designed by the proprietor of the
place, representig an anarchist hurting
lawyers, churchmen, statesmen and capi-
talists to hades. The proprietor gave the
king copy of this picture, not knowing
who his visitor was. The London editor OF
standing by, suggested to the kings guide
what q strong resemblance his friend bore
to the king Of Italy. His majesty also Wis.
tied at night several of the most wicked
resorts in London, incognito, and accom-
panied by one companion
Londoners have been reveling this week
in their first experience with modern rapid
transit. as furnished by the new central
London electric underground system--the
tube some of them call It.
learned for the first time that it is no
longer necessary to waste two hours on an
omnibus in order to reside five or six miles
from their plac of business
England never seems to have recovered
from the primitive idea," says an American
electrical engineer, m that railroad train
to rolling stock construction have never.
till within the past few months. departed
one iota from those In vogue when stages
We're the only means of transportation.
Pullman cars are in use, or at least an
English edition Of the Pullman, ON many
roads. but until last Monday an electric
light and electric propelled corridor train
running through pOrcelain-lined stations
was as great an innovation to the London
bians.''
Mr.. Albert l.. johnson of New York, who
has built electric railroads all over the
United States. said to a representative OF
the Associated Press before leaving here
for America d few days ago:
II see no reason why electric railways
should not be as popular in London as In
New York and Chicago. 1t is evident that
many of them must be underground but
when see blockades in the streets an hour
after the theaters have closed it seems q
shame that these crowds should not be re-
Heved. The modern electric car can &c
anywhere in London that bus can.
will guarantee that the American con-
structors could deliver these great crowds
to their distant homes by electric railway
hours before they are able to reach then
now. Patrons of the London Central dis
covered this week that omnibuses which
a week ago were packed to their capacity
are running now empty. Moreover, house
rents at the termini Of the lines are in.
well lighted and we'll ventilated for the
first time In history
MIR. w. X. Vanderbilt Is understood to bt
in Europe for the purpose of establishing
an extensive racing stable. He Is going
to AK next week.
A number of prominent Americans are
still in London. American yachts which
had been cruising in Norway waters are ar
irving at Cowes, among them being tht
Norma, with Mrs Goelet aboard Eugene
Higgins Varkna and the Alfredo, owned
by Joseph E. Widener. will be at Cowes
next week. Sir Thomas Upton is cruis
ing on board the Erin thereabouts.
Robbery of American guests of the Lon
don hotels is causing much petty annoy
ance and financial loss. For instance Mrs