The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-20

Salisbury. as his weakest point, his
foreign administration, had threatened
to become an all too prominent tonic.
The news that Russia has secured a
coal depot at Corea, as announced May
Is in a dispatch to the Times from Pc
kin, has raised a storm of indisna-
| ton. and many of the conservative or
gans have declared this is merely an
other unfortunate instance of the pre-
mier's utter incapability to instruct
British interests in the far east. Among
those who study Chinese questions, the
belief obtains that Russia's latest move
is a direct breach of contract with, and
blow against Great Britain. and Ja-
pan, which brings these nations face
to face with a grave crisis which pusil
linamOus disloyalty will neither amend
nor destroy.
The Globe, for instance, openly adj
vocates Immediately sending Il power
| full fleet to Corea, and bluntly demand
| ing that Russia foregO the advantages
she is alleged to have secured in con-
| travention with the agreements of 1881.
| However, though the important organs
are in bad humor over the matter, il
! is said on good authority that Lord
Salisbury has much too keen an appre-
citation of Great Britain's present trou-
bles to take any alarming action in
the immediate future, and that he only
contemplates diplomatic inquiries and
| passive aid to japan in the protests
! she will doubtless make.
Indians Sad Condition
| The secretary Of state for India. Lord
| George Hamilton has granted the AS
ISOLATED Press permission to inspect the
unpublished official correspondence uD
| to date in his department dealing with
the Indian famine. Now and again
| there is revealed by reason of the very
/ strength of terse verbiage and official
reticence a wealth of pathos and world
! of suffering which columns of vivid
| description could scarcely convey.
| What, for instance. could better tell
| the tale of sorrow than the following
report of the commission of Kherwesa,
| in Rajpootana? With careful regard
| for the regulation governing commune
cations, he abruptly commences:
! -CrOps-Practically nil.
| 'WateT-Hardly any.
| "Cattle-All dead.
''FOdder-None.
| ''Peopie-Thriftles class dead. Peo-
pie with small means at end Of their
! resources and either on relief works or
! dying.
| AIlInG-ADuOIulds.
| From all the commissioners of the
! native states the same cry goes up.
| One resident of RajpOotani reports that
the Dewan of Si1hoi state, with a pop
| ulation of $4,000 tells him that only
| eighteen persons died of starvation in
| March.
In the course of CHEEKY report, the
resident Of Western RajpOOtani ex-
presses regret that he is obliged to re-
. n- IL.
| famine camps, and poor houses in the
] during March, while another resident
| supplements this CHASTITY record of
| wholesale mortality by remarking that
| at Dhaulers out of 1000 persons con-
gregated around the relief works, 1,719
have died between February % and
| March Is and this has no bearing on
! the inroads of the plague or cholera.
| From the latter cause, 81 died at
NaghpoOre during March.
Millions in Jewelry.
It is estimated that $4,000, 600 sterling
| $3.50 900, 000) was represented in jewelry
among the audience at the opening
! night of Grau's opera. Yet, the most
| brilliant night of the week so far as
costumes and enthusiasm are con-
cerned, was the one which was made
| notable by Nine. Calves first appear
| ance this season as Carmen, Friday,
May Is, though many Of the royalties
were detained at Windsor by the chris
tening Of the son of the Duke and
| Duchess Of York The Duke and
Duchess of Fife. Earl and Countess
CadOgan. Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Mar
tin, Lady Randolph Churchill, Mr.. j..
Pierpont Morgan and many other
prominent Americans were. present
The presence Of the Princess of
Wales at a performance of "Quo
Vadis' this week seems to have the ef-
feet of turning the tide Of fortune to-
wards that production, in spite Of the
press attacks.
E. S. Willard to Reappear.
Franklin McLeay, a young Canadian
/ long identified with BeerbOhm Tree S
successes, has the support of the Can
adian high commissioner, Lord
Strathcona and Mount Royal and many
other prominent colonials in a matinee
which McLeay is arranging to take
place at the Drury Lane June 10, for
the benefit of the Ottawa fire sufferers.
Sir Henry Irving has cabled his inten-
: ton to participate and z. S. Willard
will reappear for the first time in two
years, on the same occasion. Leay and
Tree are to do the third act of
"OtheIlo."
David Belasco has secured the Amer
; lean rights of Ibsen's latest play
when We Dead Awake" which has
been such a success in Berlin and
Vienna. He will present the play in
New York in the fall with Mrs. Leslie
Carter in the leading role.
"'Bobs' Wants bath divers"
According to the latest story going
= the rounds "Bobs" fights on Bath
divers" These are not a new tangled
form of compressed ration, but simple
looking biscuit made at Bath, the first
recipe for which is credited to the cele-
brated DR.. Oliver. a friend of the pope
and other eighteenth century nOtabili-
ties. "Bobs apparently took out a
large supply of these and since has
sent for more, which were taken by
Lady Roberts.
Butler Gets Castor Oil.
Regarding General Butler and his
supplies, there is also an interesting
anecdote current. Butler, it appears
! telegraphed from Natal to some wine
merchants to send out fifty cases OF
champagne, marked Castor OIL
: About the time the wine was due, Bull
Ter wired the officer in charge of the
, case, notifying him that he expected
fifty cases of castor oil. which he wish
|, ed dispatched without delay The Of
ficer at the base replied, regretting the
cases had not arrived, but saying ne
had procured all the available castor
, oil, twenty cases, which he had for
! warded in the hope it would suffice fol
, the present. General Buffers remarks
are not recorded.
5 Wonder at Carnegie's House.
The Highland people are wondering
, hugely at the amount of steel Mr.. An.
drew Carnegie is using in the erection
Of his addition TO Skiho castle Thesa