Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
WEEK IN LONDON
Queens Eldest Daughter Afflicted
Like Her Late Son.
THE NOVELTY OF RAPID TRANSIT
Omnibuses Being Deserted for
Modern transportation.
D DIN s OF RICANS


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Copyright, 1900. by the Associated PressD
| LONDON, August 4-The Kings EVIL
of George II seemingly taints all the tan
over blood The death of the queens most
accomplished son, the Duke of Saxe-Co-
bourg and Gotha-for he could lead an or
chestra, play the violin, catch salmon with
| Scotch expert, or sail ship-has caused
| much solemn talk at court about the mala-
dies Of other members Of the royal house
| Notwithstanding the denial issuing from
| Berlin it is quite certain that Impress
| Frederick, the queens eldest and most be-
| loved daughter is afflicted with cancer
| and that great specialists consider her life
a matter of months. She is too i'll to leave
| the castle at Friedrichshof, near Homburg,
! for her customary summer visit to Eng
| land. Queen Victoria, knowing her desire
to possess an English home, gave her the
White Lodge at Richmond last year, but
she will probably never be able to occupy
| it.
Scotland Yard, in averring that Bresci,
! the assassin of King Humbert of Italy
| was never in England, is understood to
| allege that the instigator of the crime is
| probably man who made no secret of
! his intentions concerning high Italian
| months ago. He was so closely watched
| while here that he departed for the United
| States. and he was last heard of in Fater-
| son, N. J. King Humbert during a. pri-
| vate 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 Napoleon III with
| bomb and the cars assassination. While
visiting one anarchist resort his majesty
noticed a flaming picture, designed by the
proprietor of the place representing an
h,,r1 two 1oy rh,,rn by,,f.,
| statesmen and capitalists into hades. The
| proprietor gave the king copy Of this
| picture, not knowing who his visitor was.
| The London editor of an Italian republican
| journal. who was standing by, suggested
| to the kings guide what a strong resem-
| blance his friend bore to the King of
| Italy. His majesty also visited at night
| several of the most wicked resorts in Lon
| don, incognito and accompanied by one
| companion.
| Rapid Transit Through n Tube.
| Londoners have been reveling this week
in their first experience with modern rapid
| transit as furnished by the now Central
| London Electric Underground System, 1.-The
| two-penny tube some of the papers
call it. Eighty thousand persons have
| daily learned for the first time that it is
| no longer necessary to waste two hours
| on an omnibus in order to reside five
six miles from their place Of business
| England never seems to have recovered
| from the primitive idea" said an American
| electrical engineer, that a railroad train
| is not a stage coach. Their methods in
| regard to rolling stock construction have
never, till within the past few months.
| departed one iota from those in vogue
1 when stages were the only means of trans
portatioa. Pullman cars are in use, or
at least an English edition of the Pullman.
! many roads, but until last Monday
archaeological and electric-propelled corri-
dor train, running through porcelain-lined
stations, was as great an. innovation to
/ the London public as AladdiRS lamp was
| to the Arabians.' .-.. .--.
| 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 a few days ago:
! 81 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 l see blockades In the streets an
hour after the. theaters have closed. it
seems a shame that these crowds should
! not be relieved. The modern electric car
can go anywhere in London that bus
can. l will guarantee that American con-
! structors could deliver these great crowds
| TO their distant homes by electric railways
| hours before they are able to reach them
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 termni of the lines are in
| creasing and the public are riding in cars
| well lighted and well ventilated for the
| first time in history
Movements of Prominent Americana.
| Mr.. w K. Vanderbilt is understood to be
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 and country houses Amer
lean yachts which had been cruising in
Norway waters and elsewhere are arriving
at Cowes, among them being the Norma
with Mrs. Goeet aboard; Mr.. Eugene Hie-
gins Varuna and the Alfredo owned by
Mr.. Joseph r. Widener, will be at Cowes
next week. Sir Thomas Upton is cruising
on board the Erin whereabouts.
Mr.. and Mrs. George j. Gould were at the
last opera performance here. Mrs Gould's
jewels caused something of a sensation es-
pecially her rope of diamonds.
Sir Roderick Cameron and daughter of
New York at Hyde Park Court Sir
Rodericks health is much improved
Victimizing Hotel Guests.
The robbery Of American guests of Lon
don hotels is causing many petty annoy
| ances well as financial losses For in
stance. Mrs. w. w. Farr and Miss Cole
man of Philadelphia, occupying adjoining
apartments at the Wasingham, who were
recently robbed of several hundred pounds
worth of jewelry, now find themselves I'M
der $50 bonds to remain to prosecute the
thieves. The United States embassy is doing
all possible to expedite the case, and has
succeeded in having it made first on the
Middesex general sessions calendar Au-
gust 8. The ladies will be compelled to re-
main in England till the case is called
While the curtain has fallen for the sea-
in the majority of London theaters a
number of American theatrical people are
still in England. The Goodwins occupy a
pleasant country home. Ada Rehan is rus
ticating at the Cumberland seashore. Edna
May. who has not appeared in London
since the close of 1.-The American Beauty"
closed a contract yesterday to appear at
the Winter Garden, Berlin, during the au-
tumn season at 600 per week.
Messrs. Ernest and Hendric, joint au-
| thors of THE Elder Miss Blossom" and
Mr.. George C. Min have written a comedy
Of modern life, which will be brought out
in London in the autumn.
Surveys in West Indian Waters.
The Navy Department is making plans