Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-21
HEAT IN ENGLAND
IT HAS BROKEN DOWN MANY rs
TABLISHED TRADITIoNs.
THE AMERICANS IN LONDON.
How Captain Towse Won tho Victoria
Cross Touching Incident Of
South African War.

0OUIu African war.
London. July 21~.-(Copyright, 1904, by
the Associated Press.)-'eWe are request
ed to state" said the Times on Thurs
day, that the tall hat and frock coat.
which had hitherto been recognized as
the costume for Sandown park on the
occasion of the Royal visit, may, be dis
pensed with tomorrow and Saturday in
favor of the straw hat and other CO.'S
tune more suited to the present tropical
weather" s
A few days of intense heat have done
more to break down the established ira
dltions Of England than would d dozen
reform bills. Long established rules of
state, social. business and political
have been swept to the winds,
or rather into the humidity which the
lack of wind produces. In q. word, where
a few years ago sunstroke was almost
unknown, the hospitals are now, crowd
ed with cases of that description. For
the first time in the history of parlia-
ment, on the front bench members, Her.
pert Gladstone has appeared at st. Ste
phens wearing a straw hat, to the amaze
ment OF the members of the house. Roy
atty, driven to desperation by the hot
test weather England has ever known
and Obliged to appear at public func-
lions, has completely discarded the
usual forms of dress. "m"
Lord Ronald Covers annual letter to
the Times, inveighing against the tall
nat, instead of being a useless protest,
his week voices public opinion with re-
unanimity. Well known men
OF fashion are frequently to be seen at
the West End wearing white duck or
t1annel trousers with Immaculate frock
coats and silk hats. This latitude of
dress extends also to servants. Bepow-
dered hunkies, thick with gold lace, may
be seen gravely sitting upon the boxes
wearing sailor hats of varying pattern,
ana fashionable nurses have given up
the hot veil and bonnet in favor Of the
light straw headgear. In brief, this
metropolis Of the world, with it's count
less arbitrary forms o. dress and pro
cedure; has, IN the shol space Of a
week been turned topsy turvy. The Sc
rious phase Of the matter is the rapidly
increasing death rate and the prophesied
~ntlnua OF the hot wave. The pa
pers never tire Of pointing out how ut
terly Inadequate are the provisions to
a luxury obtainable by the rich only, and
by them III limited quantities. For the
poor there is no alienation, not even the
opportunity to battle. The idea Of flood
ing the head streets has not yet dawned
ply of facilities at the hospitals to deal
upon England's municipality. The sup
with prostrations is absurdly Inadequate.
Hence it is small Wonder that business
rs practically Suspended and social func-
tons are cut short and made as Informal
as possible, to say nothing of all the
maneuvers at 'Aldershot being postponed.
Even the CHASTITY news from China
ELECTS but half hearted interest In a ma
ton which 1nds.itself suddenly traps-
zone. with all the disabilities OF SUBJ
Arctic clothes and institutions. Lon
don's method of transit, underground
trains. inside buses, etc, never Well ven
tilated, can now only be described as
sweat boxes.
What with the Christian Erndeavor
thousands permeating London this week,
the American invasion may be said to
have reached it's zenith. Scarcely any
event coupled with America enterprise
England as the proceedings at Alexander
park. The bishop of London, Rt. Rev.
DIR. Mundell Creighton, while facing the
thousands that waited to hear him speak,
turned to one of the Americans that was
on the platform and said: "How won
ica."
h transportation of such an immense
contingent, so many thousands of miles,
has tremendously impressed all promi-
nent Englishmen who have come into
contact with the delegates.
Another class Of visitors to London at
tracing att ntiOn on the streets is the
men OF the United States training ship
Saratoga, who have come up on leave
from Southampton. Commentinr on
these. the Chronicle says:
They go about in twos and threes and
conduct themselves to the admiration of
all, although there is no officer in
charge
This is a striking contrast with the be-
haVlor OF many English blue Jackets. The
Saratoga goes to Calais, when the APP
prentices will lave a chance to see Paris.
- English harbors are dotted with Amer
lean yachts. AT Southampton alone, are
the Josephine, Enterprise, Calanthe
n E~ndymion.
Prominent Americans are here in such
numbers as almost to cease to attract
attention. VIM. G. Whitney spent the
week watching his horses run at New
market. He will go to Paris later. Hen
~ Phipps, Andrew Carnegie's partner
has taken Beaufort Castle. Lord Lovat's
splendid place in Scotland, till October,
J, , when Lord Lovat, who is in South Africa,
expects to return. Beaufort is noted as
one of the finest deer stalking grounds
in the United Kingdom.
With reference to the published hint
that he had become naturalized as a sub
ject of Great Britain, Mr.. Phipps said
to the correspondent of the Associated
Press:
II nave not the least intention of be.
coming a British subject. I simply want
a nice place to stay until the summer Is
over"
}, In view of the wars in which the world
is engaged, a curious and almost pa
thetic interest attached to the meeting
this week of the parliamentary union fol
the promotion of International Arbitra-
ton. Philip James Stanhope, member
of parliament for Burnley presided
Forty members of the British legislature
expressed a willingness to attend the in
ternational arbitration conference in the
hall of the French senate July IL. Be.
tween 400 and 500 members OF. variou:
European parliaments will on that oc,
casion be received by President Loubst
h English delegation includes Lori
} Kinpiard and Sir Albert Rollit