The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-17

company and bowing her acknowledge
ments, left the banquet hall The guests
at the dinner, besides the New York
delegation We're the secretary of war
the speaker of the house and secretary
OF the senate, Charles G. Bennett The
dinner was intended as a return COM
pliment for the farewell bachelor dinner
given by Senator Depew before he left
for Europe.
Most Famous Royal Yacht
The imperial yacht Hohenzoliern looks
more ike a warship than a pleasure
craft. Her bow runs out in an aggressiva
looking beak which looks not unlike the
ram OF a war ship, and she carries a
battery OF eight rapid-fire Krupp guns
Sne carries ships company like that of
Warship, consisting in its full connIa
ment Of 270 men. The Hohenzollern Is
famous among the royal yachts of Eu-
rope because of her speed, her size and
the magnificence of her appointments
Wherever she has cast her anchor. even
without the imperial ensign flying from
her masthead, she has always attracted
great amount of public attention.
american yacht owners have spent for
tunes in the fitting up Of floating palaces
Tor themselves, but none Of their yachts
II Is declared, can compare with that of
emperor William either in the fun lux
which have been spent upon them. The
Hohenzollern is in short the typical
yacht of an emperor. 1t is the yacht also
of one who demands that all of his sur
round1ngs shall render comfort and serv-
Ice rather than mere glitter and show.
s>SOIiierS of FOrtune''-
Richard Harding Davis has come to
this city to attend the rehearsal of the
new play that Augustus Thomas has
made OF his novel, Soldiers of Fortune
He is at his favorite hotel the GiIscy
house. Mr.. Davis expressed himself as
being much pleased with the dramatiza-
lon Mr. Thomas" he said s'has done
an excellent piece of work with the book.
ana the result, I think, is a great sue
cess. Nothing has been spared to make
the setting effective and true The uni
forms will be real uniforms, and the
scenes are painted most effectively. His
new novel will be much like Soldiers
OF Fortune. It will deal with a West
Pointer in a South American revolution =
Bishops Will Dine With Prince
Herman Ridder, who is making the ar
rangements for the dinner to be given
for the American press by the New
Yorker Staats Zeitung'' in honor of
Prince Henry, has received a telegram
from Bishop Potter, who had been asked
- say 6AclSC dI Lue Q1u06f, accepting The
lnVltatIon. Archbishop Corrigan has also
accepted an invitation to be present at
the dinner. Maurice Grau, who has charge
OF the general distribution of tickets for
the gala opera performance, said yester-
day that he expected a large demand for
tickets, and that great care would have
TO be exercised in the distribution to pre-
vent their falling into the hands OF
spectators. Mr. Grau would not discuss
any plans he had made.
For Cuban Reciprocity
In view of the marked interest mani
rested everywhere in the United States
relative to the question of reciprocity
between this country and Cuba, the Mer-
chants association of this city has sent
out more than 10000 letters dealing with
the subject Copies have also been for
Warded to the president, cabinet officers
and to all members Of both branches Of
the federal legislature. The letter is cap
toned as an Appeal to the American
people for the relief of suffering Cuba.
a duty imposed by humanity. and our
moral responsibility for existing condi-
uons. After describing the causes re-
sulting in the present state of affairs.
the communication urges recipients to
call upon their representatives in Wash
ington to support a measure of reciproc-
ity with Cuba.