Arizona republican., 1902-09-03

ney to London, the shah, a few miles outside of Portsmouth, stopped the train. complaining that it was going over twenty-five miles an hour, which is the highest speed he will travel or land. When he crossed the channel he only allowed a crack steamer to go at the rate of twelve knots an hour. This dislike of high speed is not due to nC.'- vousness, but to the fact that high speed causes a feeling of nausea.
 One of the most picturesque sights in connection with the coronation was wit messed yesterday in Dover when the maharajah of Jaipur, the most impor- tant coronation guest from India, em- parked on his return journey.
 The maharajah is a most scrupulous observer of his faith. He never under takes a journey until the state astrolo- ger has ascertained if the planets are propitious. Thursday was the day orig inally set for the maharajah to start but at the last moment his London en- agreements interfered so that his de- parture had to be made by a deputy Dhaupat Raj Bahudur, the mahara- jah's director of transportation, going to Dover. There the state astrologer decided that the journey from London to Dover had sufficiently propitiated the planets, and Bahudur awaited his lords arrival there.
 The maharajah arrived punctually at II 30 o'clock with thirty tons of per sonal baggage and 150 members of his suite, and immediately proceeded to the captains bridge. The manarajah per sonally superintended the authorization of his baggage, which was divided into two classes-secular and religious. The porters and a boats crew were allowed to help handle the former, but none except the members of his own suite were permitted to touch the lat ter. The most important items in the religious collection were the mahara- | jahs family god. which was packed in a large wooden box marked with strange signs in Hindustani, and
 with care" in English, and half a | dozen vessels resembling huge canteens | placed in two zinc tanks and requiring four men each to carry them. These | contained the sacred water of the Ganges. The removal of the family | god was the occasion of a religious cer- emony. The high priest. in full vest ments and jewelry, walked in front, muttering prayers. while four Hindoos carried the case. which was placed be- low and surrounded by a personal es- cort. The secular baggage included a strange medley of articles purchased | in London, such as several of the most | modern rifles. silver plated harness, l | tricycle., a number of children's me chanical toys, like a horse bicycle, clockwork engine and jumping-jacks. While the entire suite of 150 swarmed on the deck in handling the baggage they chanted a song describing their cordial reception, and how they i'm proved their physical health during the
 visit.
 The maharajah's devotion to his fam 1 fly god was responsible for a peculiar error on the part of several noble ladies | in London who wished to entertain him. The maharajah's cards were engraved in Hipdustani characters, and many | invitations which were sent to him ccuched in the third person, and ad- dressed to his residence, received no acknowledgment although his name
 was copied with careful accuracy. Sub sequently, it was ascertained that the mahara jahs piety was such that the
 name of the family god occupied the place of honor on his visiting card. and his own was placed below it. Conse-
 quently, the invitations were made to
 the god, who. apparently, did not deig1
 to notice such trivial things.
 Lewanika, king of Barotseland,
 Northwestern Rhodesia, the only other
 king present at the coronation of King
 Edward. sailed for Cape Town today.
 He took with him a huge pile of bag
 gage, including forty hat boxes.-Lon-
 don cable to St. Louis Globe-Demo-
 crat.