The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-04
Presidents Action on
VECTORIA'S DEATH IS
Criticised by Diplomats
Especial correspondence.)

Special Correspondence)
Washington. Jan 30.-President Nc
Kinley's action in having the fiag at
the White House placed at half mast
on the day of Queen Victoria's death
has assumed an international aspect,
which. if not embarrassing to the ad-
mfnistration, is at least distasteful TO
the diplomatic Representatives OF CONT
mental Europe
II has caused comparison between
the conduct of the president on this oc-
casion and the course followed in the
past when rulers Of foreign states have
died. The flag over the White House
was not lowered on the day OF the as
sassinatiOn OF King Humbert of italy,
0 nor for the deaths OF n Faure OF
( France. of the Empress Elizabeth OF
| Austria. of President CaTnOt OF France
/ of Car Alexander of Russia or OF EN-
. peror William / of Germany
Members of the diplomatic corps con
! tend that failure TO pay similar marx
/ of respect in future on the day OF a TOT
eign rulers death viii be slgnlncanl
breach of etiquette, to which oHense
can justly be taken,
! be placed at half mast was given, 1t IS
claimed by administration officials, not
because Victoria was queen of Great
Britain, but because of her nobility as
4 a woman and of the many occasions
/ I1nOn which she showed friendship for
| the United states. 1t is added that a
precedent has not been created any
| more than her long reign establishes a
! precedent
Souvenirs of Late Queen.
There are several souvenirs of the
Iamented Queen Victoria in the posses
sion of WaehiRgtOnians which are
| highly priced. One OF these IS a steer
ieugraving u the queen rep. eSentlng nef
in her coronation costume, owned Dy
Mrs L. p. Cake. the mother of Proprie-
tor Cake of the NOrmandie hotel Inc
! engraving is about fifteen inches by
nine incnes in dimensions and hangs IN
a handsome gilt frame in one OF the re
ceptiOn rooms at the Nofnahule'
Around it is hung a black crepe band,
placed there by Mrs Cake, and since
the death Of the queen the picture has
attracted unusual attention as an eS-
pecially fine work of art. The picture
was presented personally by queen
Victoria sixty years ago TO FRANK
| Johnson, a noted musician of Philadei-
phia. Johnson at that time was the
leader of the orchestra at congress
hall, Cape May, place owned by MIS-.
Cakes relatives
a
England was invited to play before the
| queen in Buckingham palace. Inc
| queen was especially charmed with his
renditiOns and, before he left England,
presented him with a few words OF
/ compliment. MT. Johnson, upon re
turning to the United States, presented
the picture to Mrs. Cake. The picture
| IS an exact copy of one which the
/ queen had presented to her own moth
or The fact is signified by the engrav-
J NFnH
Royal Highness, the Duchess OF Kent.
Another Gift Due to Beauty
Another highly valued souvenir is in
II the possession of the family or COlOnel
Z. l. BIackfOrd of Cambridge street,
West Washington. Blackford IS the
son of Mrs. Mary Berkeley Minor Black
/ ford of Virginia. Sixty years ago she
was one of NirEinia's most famous
l beauties. AT the time of the marriage
/ of Queen Victoria to Albert the United
/ STATES minister to England was Andrew
Stevenson, Wen known personally at
! that time throughout the country
When the queen announced her ap-
preaching marriage 70 the world she
saw Mr.. Stevenson and asked MIN &c
extend an invitation on her behalI tc
| the two most beautiful women IN Am
erica to be present at the wedding. MT
stevenson knew and admired Miss MI
, nor, and she was Sc ected by him as one
of the two TO be invited. Her beauty al
that time was famous throughout TINS
United States and the invitation wa;
regarded universally as well deserved
The. invitation is still in the possession
p of Colonel BIackfordS family, and /;
. priced very highly
Bill to Stop Frauds.
It was undoubtedly a very wise ac
% for the senate TO adopt provision toI
. the appointment Of government counse
70 to look after the public interests II
claims brought before congress AS
( matter of course. the house VIII concur
in the action of the senate.
r No one can tell the number OF fraud
8 uIent and unjust claims which, by tn
Y various peculiar methods resOrted TO
r have been pushed through congress
u Senator SpOOner. who has seen lOni
= service on the committee on claims ant
at one time was chairman, said tina
5 within the last forty years S100,000,O0
{ might have been saved the government
q if there had been any means at han'
for a proper investigation
He cited one case in his own eX
IparienCe which is a sample Of thousand
of others. He said.
r. Il remember one case in which a bill
y involving S175.0O0 had been -severa
II times reported favOrably in the nous
N and had passed the house, and had sew
e eraI times been reported faVorably d
] the senate ana Ad4 NdS1ItA LAtE oc-AActL t
5 It came again bl.ore the committee Of
IS claims for investigation. I took it my
., self and verified the statements mad
p in a former report and submitted ia
he vorable report to the committee, whic
q ii adopted.
e That night my dOorbeil was runs
and when the door was opened som
"a one threw from the outside a note int
- the haIl which referred to this claim
IS 1t was signed Anonymous. 1t wa
" well written and called my attentiO
q to a source Of Information which COui
K not or would not naturally have bee
- thought of by d senator, which tn
next day I explored. I found that th
pr claim was an utterly fraudulent one
p that all pretexts on which it was press
" ed was without any substantial foun
"a datiOn whatever. 1 called the claimau
before me. and he admitted, to use hi
IN own language, that the jig was up "
-. Importance Of Gables In War.
9. Captain George O. Squier of the Unit
ed States signal corps has recently. pre-
in pared most valuable paper on the in
fe ftUcnCe of submarine cables upon mi
". ltary and naval supremacy.
He begins by emphasizing the fac
that the accidental non-delivery of tW
cable messages from the Spanish mir
.SteT of marine to Admiral CerVera III
joubtedIy largely changed the who
history of the Spanish war one of tines