Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-02-08
Guest of King Edward at Windsor Castle
Among the Other Functions
PAYS A VISIT TO BUFFALO BILLS SHOW
Meets There Several indians with Who He
Had Arguments in the Past.
WcKER-MAMM GUN WORKS ARE VISITED
while There He Witnesses Expert
ments with Two new Guns the
Firm IL Turning Out, One
Machine Gun.

Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Coz
LONDON, Feb 7.--(New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram) - General
Miles had his hands more than full with
his engagements here. The desire to do
him honor was 80 great that he was unable
TO accept a twentieth part of the invita-
tions. He found time. however. to visit
Buffalo Bill's' show at the olympia with
the United States charge d'affaires, Henry
White Captain and Mrs. Glover, Colonel
and Mrs. Maus, where most Of the party
went In the Deadwood coach. The general
met at the Wild West show Indians he
fought against in some of his memorable
campaigns, and they showed delight at
being permitted to shake his hand.
General Miles began the week by becom-
ing King Edwards guest at Windsor castle
on Sunday. as has been already cabled to
the World. Then Henry Whites dinner
to him at the Carleton hotel brought to-
gether a company of very distinguished
people. On Thursday the generals party
dined with the Clovers in Park Lane, after
ward going to Days theater to see the
"Country Girl"
1t may be noted here that there is a
good deal OF regret in a wide circle of
friends here that Captain Richardson
Glover, the naval attache to the United
States embassy in London, and his wife
are to leave London in April Captain
Clover's three years term of service is up,
and he will now take a term at sea. Mrs.
Glover and the children will return TO
Washington, but before leaving Europe
they will go to the south Of Frence for
several weeks, as Mrs. Glover requires
rest after an anxious time nursing her cid
est daughter through an attack Of pneu-
monia.
General Miles visited the vickers- Maxim
works Thursday to witness some impo--
tant experiments with an entirely new
Maxim gun. embodying many novelties, in
cluding a device arranged so as to be
worked as a wheeled, galloping carriage OF
for pack transport.
After a few hundred rounds had beer
fred at the rate OF 800 rounds a minute
the gun, in heated condition, was en-
tirely. stripped, the barrel and other parts
of the mechanism being removed In a few
seconds II was then reassembIed a
quickly as II had been taken apart, anC
the firing was resumed, in order to show
with what ease the mechanism could b.
either removed or reassembled withou
using any tool
The general then witnessed a series o
experiments with a mountain gun, tn,
equipment of which was dismounted from
mules, brought into action and fred nv,
rounds in one minute and forty-hve sec
onds, the time being taken from beginning
to do the unpacking from the mule Tn
shells we're set and burst accurately at 10
yards from the target.
Among the guests specially invited I
meet General Miles we're several ofncer
from the War once and others who re
Gently commanded British expeditions Il
east and west African campaigns.
General Miles travelled from Euston sta
tion by the special boat express to Liver
pool and there boarded today the steam
ship Lucania for New York.