The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-25


ment bowed and at the second bowed very
low. Her eyes sparkled With tears, and
as the King sat down she bent over and
kissed him on the cheek and then sat down
herself, beaming with joy.
Andrew Carnegie paid a glowing tribute
to the memory of the late Queen at spe-
ciaI meeting of the st. Andrew Society in
New York yesterday. Mr.. Carnegie said:
Queen Victoria has occupied position
never before occupied by any ruler. or, l
may say. by any individual. Nor was she
great only as a ruler, and among those wbo
occupied the foremost position, but as
woman, wife. mother. grandmother, coun-
selor. / know of no name TO equal that
which she has made for herself. She stood
for everything a woman ought TO stand
for. First of all, she stood for that great
est OF ali womanly attributes-purity; sec,
ondly she stood for honesty. She also stood
for peace. We have reason to remember
this and be thankful for her conduct. When
this Republic was In hard straits war
sage that would have meant war between
us and our motherland. But she tore that
dispatch with her own hands and thus
averted sucn calamity. Standing, as We
can almost be said to stand, at her bier.
we should take the lesson of her life, and,
as her successor has announced he will.
strive to follow in her footsteps"
Wnen the BRUSH Parllament meets next
month it will be necessary to grant a new
royal civil list. the Old list expiring with
the death of the Queen. Probably the
Radicals Will endeavor to reduce the
amount, but the general feeling in Eng
land leans toward an increase, in view OF
the increased value Of the surrendered royal
estates. Renewed allowances Will also
have to be made for the Duke of Cornwall
and York.
Mrs. Nathanial p. Banks, aged eighty
one years, widow of the former Governor.
congressman and general is seriously i'll
at her home in Waltham, Mass, and her
death is expected at any time. At the time
of the Prince of Wales's visit to Boston,
Mrs. Banks was the first lady of the State,
her husband then being Governor, and she
danced with the prince, now King, at the
grand ball.
A dispatch to the World from London
says: Prime Minister Salisbury's absence
from Osborne House during the Queens
last moments has not been publicly ex-
planned and causes widespread specuations,
especially in the court and political circles.
According to information that has reached
your correspondent through sure channel,
Lord Salisbury remained away owing to the
strained personal relations between him
and the present King. The Times in
| editorial on the new King partly affords
| a clew to the mystery, where it says:
| We shall not pretend that there is nothing
| in his lengthy career which those who re-
| spect and admire him could not wish other
wise These warning words are said to
| refer not TO the Mordaunt case thirty years
ago. nor even to the Tranby Croft scandal.
| but to more recent episode concerning
| which the Marquis of Salisbury, on behalf
| of the Queen, read the Prince of Wales
| severe lecture, which accounts for their
now reported unfriendly relations. The
Sc &c &c hot dor
| such a condition of things Lord Salisbury
tenure of the premiership cannot endure
long. and then the Unionist government
will go to pieces.
| Another dispatch to the New York World
from London says: 1.-THE new King. al
though called to one of the highest earthly
places, has little real power. He will
choose his own personal attendants, but
no public officers. AT Queen Victorias ac-
| cession the entire public service was con-
trolled by the spolis system. All the Of
! ficerS at home, in the diplomatic and con-
sular service and in Great Britain's col
onies were within the gift of the ruling
political power in London. In 1854 the new
| civil service reform act changed all this
| Now only the responsible chiefs of depart
ments and their few confidential assistants
are removable n at the pleasure of the King
nor new Prime Minister can disturb the
| tenure of the great army of British office
| holders, numbering probably, including In
| dia and the colonies, at least 100000 men.
King Edward VII has less patronage at
his disposal than the average commissioner
| in the New York city government"
! XXX
| Johnny Ref. the famous American
| jockey who recently returned from England
| to visit his parents in Findlay o., has
| cabled to King Edward an expression of
\ for hn Of Nintar
| Young Reiff is we'll known to the King