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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 1895. COUNT ITO TO RETIRE, With Him Will Go the Other Japanese Ministers. NEW CABINET IN ORDER. Yamagata Requested to Select the Next Set of Officials. TROOPS BEING WITHDRAWN, When the Trouble Is Quleted In Formosa the Mikado Contem- plates Many Changes. TOKIO, Jarax, May 19.—The popularex- pectation of ministerial changes in Japan grows stronger every day. Although noth- ing has yet happened to prove that Count Ito contemplates an immediate retirement, his early disappearance from the political stage is regarded as a certainty, and the at- tention of the official class is directed chiefly to questions bearing on the succes- sion. Reports are receiyved from Kioto that Count Yamagata w e requested to form a cabinet, and that the position now heid by Viscount Mutsu wili be tendered to Vis- count Aoki, the present Envoy to Germany, or to Count Okuma. As regards the heads of other depart- ments, no curiosity is displayed. Every one feels that the interests of the nation will for some time mainly depend upon the management of foreign affairs and that the selection of a competent minister | for this branch of the administration is of first importance. Viscount Aoki has once before had charge of the Foreign Office, which he conducted prudently, but with- out winning high distinction. He is by no means considered the equal of Mutsuin ability, but he would be content to serve | as the Prime Minister’s actual as well as nominal subordinate, which would be es- sential to the smooth working of any cab- inet led by Yamagata. This, however, could not be expected of Okuma, who is one of the most powerful men, intellectu- ally, in the country, and with whom no member of the existing cabinet, except Mutsu, can be at all compared. If Okuma joins an administration he will rule it, no matter who is the titular chief. Tt is not probable, therefore, that be will take the foreign portiolio, unless a Prime Minister is appointed who will ac- cept his guidance and carry on the Gov- ernment as he may direct. It is unfor- tunate in the present condition of affairs that Viscount Mutsu should be compelled by any stress of circumstances to abandon his post. His colleagues, one and all, may retire without injury to the public service; but his talents are especially fitted for the duties which will soon devolve upon the Foreign Minister, and his recent experi- ence gives him advantages in many re- | spects over even Okuma. In demanding his withdrawal, the heedless populace will deprive the state of one of the few servants who are qualified to deal with the impend- ing international complications. The Emperor’s return to Tokio is ex- | pected before thie end of May. The Cabi- net Ministers now absent will accompany him. Until they areall back in the capital no decisive movement will be made in any direction. The disturbed condition of Formosa will, perhaps, render it necessary for Governor- General Kabayama to carry thithera larger military force than was intended. The Chinese troops on the island have risen against the civil authorities and every gar- rison town is'in a state of anarchy. Ad- miral Freemantle has landed guards of marines in the most dangerous districts and ships of war are on duty at the several open ports. The Chinese commissioner ap- pointed to transfer the island to the Japa- nese has not yet started on his errand, which is the cause of Kabawama’s delay in taking possession. Japan 1s already pre- paring for rapid communication with her newly acquired territory. A cable is to be laid immediately at an estimated cost of 8,000,000 yen. ‘The greater partof the Japanese army will return from China early in June. Portions of the Second and Fourth Grand divisions wili remain on the Liso-Tung Peninsula for -garrison service, and a brigade of the Sixth Division will occupy Liu Kung Island, in Wei-hai-wei har- bor. These troops are to retain the po- sitions specified until China shall have fulfilled the conditions of the treaty. The Russian authorities announce that torpedoes have been laid at Vladivostok, and that vessels will be permitted to enter the harbor only in the daytime and in charge of pilots. As to whom the pre- caution is directed against nothing is known. ZTURKEY CANNOT DELAY. Must Answer to the Powers at Once on the Armenian Question. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, June 1.— The Turkish Government has asked per- mission to delay making a reply to the proposition of the powers looking to re- forms in the administration of Armenia until after the Bairim festival, which com- mences on Monday. The representatives of the powers have declined to grant the request of the porte and insist upon having an immediate answer. e R Drove Off the French. NEW YORK, N. Y., CaL., June 1.—A special from Rio Janeiro says: The Official Gazette asserts that a fight took place be- tween French marines and Brazilians on May 15. Lieutenant Lumier ordered the imprisonment of Gabriel. The latter resisted and shot Lumier, The French force burned the village of Oabralo, but the Brazilians returned and compelled the French to retire. The Bra- zilian Government declares that the French had no right to invade neutral territory. SRR War in Ocean Freights. - COLON, Coromsia, June 1.—The war in {reights between the Pacific Mail Company and the Cojombian line tommenced to- day. No more through bills of lading will be granted the Allianca of the Colombian line, which is new loading 20,000 cases of €California fruit. R President Diaz Il CITY OF MEXICO, Mzxico, June 1.— President Diaz is confined to his bed with a very serious inflammation of the eyes. Dr. Lopez, director of the Medical College, has made an exhaustive examination of the case, and reports the condition of the President as threatening serious conse- quences, He has been confined to his bed for four | the road. days, and his sight is greatly interfered with. No Ministers or other official visit- ors have been received in three days, and there is apprenhension among those fully acquainted with the gravity of the Presi- dent’s physical condition. g DESTROYED BY FIRE. Two Hundred Houses at Port Said Are Wiped Out. PORT SAID, Ecypr, June 1.—Two hun- dred houses were destroyed by fire in the native quarter of this town. The com- mander of the British gunboat Dryad landed men and pumps to assist in quenching the flames. Many natives were hurt. pran g The Big Petroleums Fire. HAMBURG, GerMANY, June 1.—The great petroleum fire which broke out at Harburg, six miles from here, at the works of the Bremen Trading Company, destroying five tanks of oil and a great deal of other property, has been mastered. The damage is estimated at 2,000,000 marks. Sl T Appointed for Sweden. STOCKHOLM, S8wepex, June 1.—Count Ludwig Douglas, Governor of Upsala, has been appointed Foreign Minister for Sweden ia succession to Count Carl Lew- enhaupt, who has resigned. The latter was appointed October 12, 1889, Killed by an Explosion. VIENNA, AvstrIA, June 1.—Six persons were blown to atoms to-day by an explo- sion, which occurred at Mayer & Roth’s gunpowder factory at Felixdorf. il T Fatal Fire in a Colliery. EDINBURGH, ScorraND, June 1.—A fire broke out to-day inthe Fifeshire main colliery. Nine men were killed while try- ing to quench the flames. PR Earthquakes in Austria. VIENNA, Avstria, June 1.—Two sharp earthquakes were felt at Labalch, the capital of the Dutchy of Carniola, yester- day. FEARED THE CAMERA. Why the Old Mountaineer Didn’'t Want His Picture Taken. An hour before noon I overtook a young man with a camera who was making snap- shots by the wayside. A few minuteslater ‘we met a mountaineer on a mule with a sack of corn behind him, and after salata- tions had been exchanged the artist said he would like to take his picture, says a writer in the Detroit Pree Press. ““Is that thing fur takin’ pictures?” ““Yes—takes a regular photograph.” “Would it look like me?” “0f course.” “And the mewl?” X es “Then I'll hev to disappintye. Thar’ was a feller up yere with a squintin’ masheen like that and he met my brother Bill. He sot Bill on a rock and squinted at him and jogzed along. When he got down to Knoxville he fixed the pictur’ up and was showin’t around when a feliersays to him: “‘Whar’ did ve meet this yere critter?’ ¢ ‘Up above the Cumberland Gap.’ ‘“ ‘And mought his fust name be Bill?* *¢ I reckon.’ “ ‘And his last name Scott?’ ‘¢ ‘The same.’ “That's about all they said, butin the co’se of three days a lot of révenue officers | came alongand gobbled onto Bill, and he’s | in the Albany Prison doin’ time yit. They | dun reckoned he was in Texas till they | saw his pictur.” ” | “‘But as the revenue officers don’t want | you that removesthe objection,’” explaingd the artist. \ *It *pears to, but it don’t do it,” replied | the old man, as he looked up and aown | “You take my pictur’. You go | down to Chnton. You show it around. Purty soon a feller cums along and says: o '%urn my hide, but that looks like ole Jeb Scott up in the hills!’ ¢ ‘Yes, it’s the ole cuss hisself.” ‘Whar'd ye meet him?’ ¢ Over on the Clinch River.’ ¥ ‘“*The dear ole critter! How pert he's lookin’ on that ole mewl of his! T'd gin a dollar to shake hands with him I’ ““Wall,”” continued the old man, “in about three days I'd be roostin’ in jail and hev only myself to blame for it, while them revenue fellers would be jest tickled to death.” . “But I thought they didn’t want you!” | protested the artist, “No, I reckon they don’t, but they would as soon as they saw the pictur’. Some of ’em would recognize the innercent ole crit- terwho locked seven of ’em up in a stable while the boys were totin’ a moonshine still out of a ravine and over the moun- tains, and as T hain’t much of a hand to talk I’'m afeared I couldn’t explain how I happened to fall asleep and leave ’em thar’ till they cut thar’ way out through the roof. You can sfluint at the old mewl and the bag of co’n all day if it will obleege ye, but don'cLFull triEgcr ’till ole Jeb Scott gits down and hides behind a log!” CAUSED A DUEL. It Was Merely the Way He Helped His Neighbor to Wine. Austria’s aristocracy and officialdom are much startled by the announcement that Count Henry Coudenhove, now represent- ing Emperor Francis Joseph at the court of the Mikado, has married a Japanese lady of noble birth who, it is believed, was pre- viously converted to the Roman Catholic faith, This is the first time on record, says the Chicago Record, that a European Minis- ter Plenipotentiary has ventured to marry an Asiatic, and the innovation is one which does not commend itself either to his Government or to his fellow-diplomats. It will probably result in the immediate withdrawal of Count Coudenhove from his Pmem post, since the new Countess is ikely to be subjected to slights by the white races in the Orient, which might lead tw_serious complications in view of her rank. The Coudenhoves are one of the most in- fluential and ultra-Catholic families of the Austrian aristocracy, and the Count, who is now Envoy at Tokio, is closely related to the ex-Prime Minister, Count Taaffe. Some years ago he achieved considerable notoriety in consequence of his having killed a brother offjcer, a Count Rosenberg, in a duel. The quarrel originated in a dispute caused by the manner in which Count Cou- denhove had helped his adversary to wine at a mess dinner, Instead of pouring the bottle forward to the left he haa lazily bent it backward over his hand to the right for the purpose of filling Count Ros- enberg’s glass. 5 Everywhere on the continent of Europe, and especially among military men, this is considered as gross an insult as that of- fered by a Japanese samurai_or nobleman when, in showing his sword blade to an ac- quaintance, he turns the sharp edge in- stead of the back toward him. Didn’t Ymitate Fauntleroy. “I wish that some one,” remarked a young mother, ‘“‘would tell me why a child’s mind is instinctively and infallibly attracted to the naughty ratherthan to the nice. A yearor so ago Itook Bthel and Harold to see the hfhy of ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy.’ I rashly fancied that the example of the little hero's gentleness and goodness would have a fine effect on my own io\mgsten. “The day aiter the performance I over- heard Ethel and Harold saying, ‘Bully for ou,’ and ‘Cheese it, Cully,’ with an alarm- g ease and frequency.” ‘Where did you ever hear such expressions?’ I cried, only to receive the answer: ‘Why, at “Little Lord Fauntleroy.” Don’t you remember, mamma? Dick, bootblack, talked like , the that," "’—Boston Herald. IN WILLIAM'S DOMAIN Silver Questions to Be Considered in the Bundesrath. . ACTION OF BIMETALLISTS Ovations to Royalty During Reviews at the Gar- risons. KING OF SAXONY IN DANGER. Arrest of the Writers of Letters Who Threatened to Use Dynamite. BERLIN, GErMANY, June 1.—The silver question will come up for discussion before the Bundesrath during the coming week, at the instance of Prince Hohenlohe, the Imperial Chancellor, and with the co- operation of the Prussian Minister. The German Bimetallic Union bas adopted the following resolution: WHEREAS, The bimetallic movement in Eng- land is, according to our information, on the eve of victory; und whereas, public opinion in Germany is governed, even in Government circles, by the prejudice that i1t would be a doubtiul policy to attempt to carry out inter- nationai bimetallism with the co-operation of France, the United States, etc., 80 long as Eng- land adheres to the gold standard. it is Resolved, By the German bimetallists to make Germany’s action on the currency question dependent on England’s participation, always provided that the Government immediately take all the measures calculated to bringabout international bimetallism, including England, and urge the speedy adherence of England to this programme. Emperor William had a general popular ovation at the annual review of the Berlin garrison on the Tempelhof parade grounds on Thursday last, and at the Potsdam review on Friday. The Empress, accom- panied by Count Phillip of Flanders, brother of the King of Belgium, in a fine turnout drawn by six white horses, was present at the Templehof review with a number of princes, the whole of the diplo- matic corps, and the leading members of the aristocracy. Emperor William rode past the Empress with drawn sword at the head of the Second Regimentof the Guards. The American colony turned out in large numbers. Emperor William has ordered a zepeti- tion in his presence of Rubinstein’s musical drama “Christus,” which had just had 1ts first performance at Bremen. The repetition?will be given at the New Palace at Potsdam. The old 8ans Souci chatean will be again used repeatedly this summer for small imperial dinners, concerts, etc. On Monday last Emporor William, with his own hands, pulled out the first loose | tooth of tiny Prince Oscar, and the latter is making a birthday present of it in a handsome casket to his English governess. The little Prince was born July 27, 1888. The King of Saxony, during the past six months, has frequently received menacing and scurrilous letters, some of them threat- ening his near death by dynamite. The author of some of these epistles has been discovered at Dresden in a youthful laborer of unfavorable antecedents. His confession implicates others and the hand- writing in the letters indicates that at least six persons must have aided in their com- position. Three more arrests have been made since Tuesday. The Socialist press hasrecommended the publication of official documents marked “confidential.” One document printed is a circular last week by the War Depart- | out. ment to the commanders of the various army corps, directing that the Socialist re- cruits should be kept in the guard corps, and that all such conscripts should be care- fully watched in order to prevent them from making proselytes in the army. Itis significant that the Foreign Ofiice here has been obliged by circular to call attention to the fact that, in view of the willingness of the French courts of justice to assist the German courts or authorities in gaining information about incriminated persons in custody in Germany, it is better to request the aid of the German embassy at Paris, or of the German consulates at Havre, Bordeaux or Marseilles. The tablet which Emperor William has ordered to be placed on the Bismarck door in the precincts of the University of Got- tingen arrived yesterday. It is inscribed: “To the Great Chancellor—Wilhelm III.” The works in connection with the Elbe- Trave canal were inaugurated with much ceremony yesterday at Lubeck. The Im- verial Secrefary of State for the Interior, Dr. Von Boetticher, the Minister of Finance, Dr. Miquel, the Minister of Public ‘Works, Herr Thielen and General Count von Waldersee were among the officials present at this function. The annual international exhibition of art was opened in the Glass Palace at Munich to-day by Prince Luitpold, the Prince Regent. All the Princes and Princesses of the Royal House of Bhvaria were present. A meeting of the Rhenish-Westphalian syndicate of coal-mine owners, held at Essen yesterday, adopted a resolution to prolong their agreement for another five years. - Preparations are now being made for an industrial census throughout Germany on June 14, the first census of this description since 1882. The census will show an enor- mous increase in the industrial population and further shifting of the population from the east to the west. One item on which statistics will be collected is enforced idle- ness, its duration and cause. General von Caprivi, the ex-Chancellor of the German empire, removed perma- nently yesterday to his nephew’s estate near Krossen. ‘When the news of the death of Walter Q. Gresham, the Secretary of State of the United States, was received here, flags on the United States embassy and the United Btates consulate were half-masted, and the same ‘was done in the case of a score of buildings occupied by Americans here. Copyright. —_— ‘Watt and the Screw Propeller. In the case of most of the greatest me- chanical inventions—Watt’s among the number—it has not been the ideas or the inventions by themselves that have brought success, prosperity or even satisfaction to their owners. These resuits have had to infully and slowly evolved out of long and costly practical demonstration and ex- perience of the allei:d merits of the inven- tion. James Watt toiled, suffered and en- dured for more than twenty years aiter his discovery of separate condensation in 1765 before he could see that his steam encine would ever bring him anything but dis- appointment, loss and misery. It is hlghfy characteristic, however, of Watt’s fertile and original genius, and sig- nificant of what he might have done to de- velop the marine engine at the commence- ment of its history, had he taken the mat- ter up, that upon the two prmcig&l occasions we know of when heapplied his mind to the subject he made very pregnant suggestions. Thus, when Watt sent draw- ings of his engines to Soho in 1770 for Mr. Boulton to construct one for experiment, and had been told that it wasintended to make an engine to draw canal-boats, Watt wrote, ‘‘Have you ever considered a spiral oar for that purpose, or are you for two wheels?” and to make his meaning clear he sketched a rough but graphic outline of & screw propeller. This is, perhaps, the earliest suggestion of a screw propeller, except that it was proposed by Daniel ge:uomlh, the mathematician, in 1752.— ature, ——————— TENNESSEE'S HERB-DIGGERS. A Peculiar People Who Are Well Versed in Practical Forest Lore. Hundr_edu of people are engaged in Ten- nessee in digging roots and herbs and gathering leaves, barks, nuts and berries for the great pharmaceutical laboratories. They are known as the “diggers” of the State. The people who began the business were born in the backwoods. Farming af- forded them only a scant living, fishing and hunting were for sport, and every time they operated a still tne revenue officers swooped down upon them with handcuffs and warrants. A succession of jail sen- tences convinced them that it was better to buy whisky than to make it themselves. When they quit moonshiniug they had to discover some new way to make enough money to keep things goin¥ in backwoods style, which means store clothes, red-top- ped boots, tobacco and plenty of whisky for the men, and snuff, calico and feathers for the women. A druggistin trouble sup- plied the idea needed. The old women of the digger districts had always made decoctions, teas and bit- ters from Toots, herbs, barks and leayes to allay all sorts of ailments, but the idea of selling the roots and barks had never pre- sented itself. Long Tom Harper was a moonshiner in McNair County, and the Federal Judge sent him to jail for six months at Memphis once. ~Long Tom served out his term, and that jail sentence changed many ’shiners into digzers. Among other prisoners there was a drug- ist who had been incarcerated for a mis- lemeanor, The druggist asked Long Tom about the herbs in th‘sdistrict, and Tom told him all he knew. The dru%_gist pro-’| posed to go home with Lani om and gather roots and herbs for market. Moonshining with a jail sentence added was not pleasing to Tom, and he was easily induced to go into the new venture, for the prospect of hard work didn’t seem immi- nent. That was years ago. Long Tom and the drug man dug roots and herbs, stri}:fied trees of their bark, and haule bundles of it to the railway stations to be shipped away. Tom’s neighbors began digging, too, and now they dig all the year round in the best weather, for some things can be gathered in winter, although the greater part of their collections are made in the spring and antumn. The men and women engag:d in the business know very little about p armacy or the way science distills the secret juices of what they ather, but the business pays them.—Cor. New York Sun. — THE “HELLO” IN ENGLAND. It Takes Time and Ceremony to Use the Telephone There. The man had just come back from a year’s sojourn in England and had used the telephone to announce to a friend his presence in town, says the Chicago Tribune. “My, but that’s different from the service we get across the pond,” said he. “Over there it’s something like this: “Youring and say: ‘Are you there?’ “*Are you there?’ is the answer. ‘‘After assuring the young woman that you are there, she asks what number you want. You tell her. Then you ring off and go outrand transact some business. The same norning, if you are lucky, there comes a ring and then: ‘ ‘Are you there? “You assure the young woman, on honor, that you really are there; she thtanks you, and then says: ‘*‘There you are.’ “*Are you there?’ This time it is the man you want to talk to. “ ‘Are you there?’ This time you are answering him, for no self- respecting Briton will talk over the line unless all the ceremonious details have been fully carried ut. “When each becomes convinced that the other is present in person, why, business can proceed. But the service you get is bad, long distance and all. I have almost yelled my Iungs out trying to talk toa man in Paris, and results would have been al- most as satisfactory if I bhad stuck my head out of the window and simply hollered across the channel.” Now this story may or may not be true§ but the sequel is gosg:el fact. One of the men who heard the yarn had occasion to use the telephone. He Tang and then: ‘‘Are you there?” There was a moment’s pause; then in an uFologehc tone of voice, and with the air of a man who had been squelched, he said : l“I b'a;g your pardon. No. 999 South, please. —— HIS FATHER'S BUSINESS, Boy Gave Various Accounts, but Direc- tory Man Called Him a Politician. ‘When the man who canvasses for pames for the city directory knocked at the door on the top floor of a Harlem tenement- house it was opened by a small boy, bright-eyed and ragged, with that expres- sion of premature agedness on his face that makes the chlldren of the criminal classes look oid enough to be their own fathers. In reply to questions the boy gave the n]ame of his parents. Then came a puz- zler. “‘What's yer popper’s business?”’ in- quired the directory man. *‘Business ?"’ “Yes. What does he do for a living?” The boy laughed. “‘Oh,” he said, “‘he steals lead pipe off Toofs, and sometimes he breaks into houses. Say, you 2in’t a policeman, are you? Well, that’s all right. Popper ain’t got no regular business. Sometimes he lies along the water front and robs the drunken sailors and sometimes he sandbags people. To-day he’s trying his hand at vicking pockets on_the Bowery, but I fue:s he'll get pinched, because he generally does at that game, Don’t put him down as a pickpocket, mister, for he’s a regular greeny at that.” The directory man scribbled something in a notebook and moved away. The boy called after him curiously: ‘“What did yer put popper down as, mister?’’ The directory man said nothing, but held up the book, in which was written: JONES, JOHN, litician, 19264 av_ A, %}'ui fi;oved off to the next flat.—New York orld. Bicyclists Work Hard. A scientist has recently made some ex- senments which show the afimnntofi force eveloped by some of our bicycle cracks during a hard race. Some cyclists have maintained for two minutes a speed to continue which required the expenditure of energy represem?mg two-thirds of one horsepower, For six seconds they were able to exert the astonishing force of 1){ horsepower. This is equivalent to raisinga weight of 188 pounds one yard high in one second. This 15 & conservative estimate. Experiments are also being made to de- termine the force exerted by different sports. These results will be of great use for training and as hygienic data. One of the discoveries made during the calculation of the force exerted b{ bicyclists is that at high speeds the work of a bicy- clist in covering a s ed distance is as g:‘a.tn 2s that of a man running the same ce. At a moderate runner undergoes three fima:ga of a bicyclist, but the higher the speed the nearer are their exer- tions equalized.—Boston Globe. FROM GREAT BRITAIN London Society Swelter in a Very Hot Wave. THE GRAND STATE BALL Scenes of Great Splendor Viewed at Buckingham Palace. FEW AMERICANS ARE PRESENT. Troubles of the Princess of Wales Now Alred In the English Press. LONDON, ENcLAND, June 1.—Cablegrams received yesterday told of intense heat which has been prevailing in New York, and so it may interest people on the other side of the Atlantic to know that London has been sweltering in sympathy. This metropolis has had a full week of blazing sunshine and intense heat. On Thurs- day the thermometer registered 86 de- grees in the shade, the highest figure recorded on May 30 in twenty-seven years. But the heat has had a good effect upon certain lines of business, as ladies, in con- sequence of the torrid weather, have been wearing the lightest and prettiest toilets; the men in Hyde Park and other such places during the mornings have been try- to keep themselves cool in gray flannels and straw hats, which were exchanged in the afternoons for white duck trousers and frock coats. In fact, this cool costume was worn even in the sedate House of Com- mons, and hundreds of ladies might have been seen daily taking tea on the ter- race of the House of Commons. The House proper, however, has been deserted, while the terrace referred to has presented one of the gayest scenes indeed. The state ball at Buckingham Palace on Thursday last was the most brilliant affair of the kind in years. The local majority of the gentlemen wore very showy uni- forms, their breasts covered with glittering arders, while the ladies in their charming dresses and jewels formed a pretty con- trast to the picturesque Afghans of the suite of Nazrulla Kahn, whose gorgeous Eastern robes added additional luster to the scene. There was a wonderful display of gold plate in the supper-room. Many of the richest ana heaviest pieces were fixed, as ornaments, to the walls, while the tables and the magnificent buffet were coy- ered by some of the most valuable and highly prized specimens of the goldsmith’s art. Besides this remarkable display of gold ware, there were several Oriental show pices, which were displayed in honor of the Afghan prince. Among them was a peacock composed of precious stones ahd valued at $150,000. Two thousand invitations were issued for the state ball, and it is safe to say that more than that number of people were present. The representatives of the royal family entered the ballroom at 11 p. a. in a procession headed by the Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha, the great officers of state, with their wands of office, walking backward before the head of the procession. Directly after the members of the royal family were seated dancing began. There were very few Americans present, and it was notice- able that the published list of the persons invited did not include the names of Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Rich- ard Winslow, or, in fact, of any of the Prince of Wales’ Riviera friends. Lady Beresford (the Duchess of Marlborough) was one of the Americans present. She wore a dress of pale brocade, ornamented with beautiful violet fiowers and wonder- ful diamonds. Mrs. George Curzon, Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain and Mrs. Hearst of 8an Francisco were also present. The English newspapers are now openly alluding to the troubles and trials of the Princess of Wales, the substance of which was cabled to the Associafed Press at the time the Princess declined to repre- sent Queen Victoria at the drawing-room held at Buckingham Palace, when she was informeda that a certain peeress to whom the Prince has for many years paid much attention was to be present. Sketch, for instance, says that the Prin- cess is greatly worried over eertain private bothers and that she only remains in Eng- land in deference to hold the last drawing- room because she expected the presence there of a certain personage irequently discussed in the press. All who know Afghanistan were well convinced that neither the ruler nor his heir apparent would leave their native country. As a matter of courtesy the invi- tation was addressed to the Ameer and the latter accepted it, ‘‘health permitting,” but from the first all who are posted ‘on the subject were confident that the Ameer would not leave Cabul. It was, however, generally believed that the eldest son would represent his father, and it was somewhat of a disappointment when it was announced that the second son—who, by the way, is the child of a slave woman— would visit the capital of his father’s ally. Considerable difficulty as to the etiquette to be observed was felt, and until about a week before the Prince's arrival it had not been settled how he was to be styled. As everything, however, has been smoothed over, the authorities are seeking to impress upon the young Afghan the greainess of the British empire, and by this means to confirm the Ameer to his preference for Great Britain over his near neighbor, Rus- sia. From the moment the young Prince—he is only 23 years of age—set foot on British soil he was received in right royal form and with every possible distinction. Ad- dresses innumerable have been presented to him. He has been received by the highest officials everywhere, and his jour- ney here was one long series of Teceptions, The Prince, as already stated, brought with him a large suite and detachment of Afghan troops. Being a Mohammedan, the religious peculiarities of the Mosiem have had to be taken into consideration. Among his attendants are a number of ©ooks to prepare their leader’s food in ac- cordance with Moslem customs. He has also in attendance upon him Colonel Tal- bot of the Foreign Department of the Indian Government, and T. A. Martin, the Afghan agent. Throughout his six weeks’ stay in this country the Prince will be received as the Shahzada (son of a King). He is attended by royal escorts, has been received by the Queen, is received by royalty, and will, in fact, have a royal progress until his de- ure. The arrival of the Cornell crew on the Thames is eagerly awaited by the English oarsmen. These American visitors, im- mediately after their arrfval in England, will proceed to Henley in order to finish training. The coming regatta at Henley promises to be the most exciting event for years. Several of the English rowing clubs have been greatly strengthened in view of the visit of the Cornell crew. In spite of the reassuring statements re- cently made on the subject there are indi- cations of dissensions in the newly formed American society. One set of members who control the organization is charged by the others with conducting the society for personial advantage, and in trying to use their positions in order to obtain admit- tance to certain London clubs. The officers of these clubs claim to have lecters from the United States Em- bassador, in which he refuses to be held responsible for anything socially con- nected with the American colony. Joseph H. Manley of Augusta, Me., left London to-day fora tour of Scotland and Ireland. He has been all over Europe, and has been well received by the leading states- men of all countries, owing to the letters of introduction which he had from the late Secretary of State, Walter Q. Gresham. Mr. Manley says events are occurring so rapidly that no one can tell who will be the Presidential candidate of the Republi- can party until after the next meeting of Congress. At the Pioneer Club, where the new woman resorts, an international woman’s committee was formed for the purpose of raising funds to conduct a series of meet- ings to agitate the release from prison of Mrs. Maybrick, who is again ill. Mr. Claus Spreckels and wife, with 150 trunks, arrived at a prominent hotel here yesterday and engaged a gorgeous suite of rooms. Mr. Spreckels had no sooner set- tled down in his apartments than he acci- dentally heard that their former occupant had suffered from fever. Consequently he and Mrs. Spreckels hastily left the hotel with their baggage in the middle of the | night, | Francis Lynde Stetson, President Cleve- land’s law partner, is in this city in con- nection with the bond contract. Mr. Stet- son will dine with Embassador Bayard to- morrow. FORTY-ONE RESCUED, Continued from First Page. fore? I cannot help thinking, however, that the captain could have brought his ship up to the wind if he had put off his storm-anchor over the bow. Of course, the cargo, however well loaded, is liable to shift if the vessel is not got out of the trough of the sea, and that should be the firet thought of the vessel’s master. Look at iv as we may, it was a terrible—an ap- palling—thing. “As to the deck-loading, skippers some- times carry a top-heavy load on their decks, in order to facilitate unloading when they reach port. That is to say, they seek to economize on time. If that were | the case, it would have been easier for her to heave over. Beyond a certain angle the wind would have gotten a big lev- erage.” Harry Young of the firm of Allen and Young was unable to give an opinion as to the loading of the ship. “If she was overloaded,” he said, “I do not know how we can find it out. It is evident that she became unmanageable through some mysterious cause, and we have got to be content with that. As to the loading, I do not think Captain Taylor ‘was a man to take any chances, and I have known many cases where the braces in the hold have given way and allowed a cargo to shift, though it was well loaded.” Captain Howard, at the Oceanic docks, was non-committal. He averred that it was difficuit to venture an opinion. Though severe storms are almost unknown at that point at this season of the year, there may have been a blow and the ship became uncontrollable. Messrs. Hermann and Mills, A. F. Spear & Co., J. E. Whitney and otherstevedores, who were requested for their views as to the probable and possible causes of the disaster, were unwilling to express a de- cided opinion at this time, giving as an ex- cuse that it would be unfair to critcize the loading or handling of the ship until something more definite is known. As there has been much speculation and inquiry as to the nature and bulk of the cargo, the following copy of the manifest at the Merchants’ Exchange is printed in full: Flour, bbls. Whest, ctl 8 gule)’.‘clu AS ats, Ctls. Corn, ctl © 3458 Onions, sacks. 18 Beaus, ctls 93 Bran feed, o8 P , PKgs. Potatoes, pkgs. 1,598 8,000 100,000 13 12,000 ths, 6,000,000 Candles, boxes. 50 Coal; tons. 18 n Raisins, hoxes Dried frut, 1bs. Salmon, case. Cod. cases. Bags, bales. @roceries, 1 Hops, Ibs. Honey, cas Rolled oats, ctl: Hardware, ibs Nails, pkgs Arms and ammunition, pkgs. Various, cages. 29 ; 10 ture, pkgs. 3% , bbls 7 Cinnamor 26 Varions, pkgs. 124 Quicksifver, flasks 150 Rice, ctl: 2124 Salt, ‘sac) 700 Soap, bo: 23 Paste, boxe: 150 Shooks, bdis 394 Wire. coils 178 Whisky, gais. 398 Various, pka: 9 Tea, Ibs 1,609 Wine, gais. 5,628 Mdse, pkgs. 15 Total value of cargo, $101,450. HAVE ALMOST LOSI HOPE. Anxious Relatives Atwait News, but Fail 0 Receive Good Tidings. The homes of those whose dear ones were aboard the ill-fated steamer were vis- ited yesterday by many sympathizing been with his bereaved friend from: the first as a matter of necessity, since the shock of the terrible news threatened at first to unbalance Mr. Brewer’s mind. Mrs. William J. Renwick of 447 }Brymt street has given up hope of ever seeing her son, William Jr., again. The father of the young man is also an engineer in _tbe em- ploy of the Pacific Mail St:cnms!_up Com- pany. This was the son’s first trip on th_e Colima and it is feared that it will be his last trip. “They say there was some trouble abont the machinery,” said Mrs. Renwick yester- day. “If there was the men employed about the engines would be the first to be overwhelmed. If an accident so bad as to sink the ship should occur it would be impossible for one of the engine men to leave the hold.” I am afraid there is no room for hope,” | said Mrs. W. H. Mahoney, whose husband was one of the cilers on the Colima. “We have received no news from the south and the company tells us nothing. This was my husband’s first trip on the Colima. He had served some time ago, but had aban- doned the sea, Work grew scarce on shore though, and he had to go back, but in- tended to make only a few trips. His brother James is also an oiler on one of the company’s steamers, the Acapulco, which makes the same trip as the Colima. He is now on his way back to port. ‘‘Had the captain and first officer not | been killed we might have hoped for more to be saved,” said Mrs. Mahoney. “As it was dreadful confusion must have ensued, no matter how the accident occurred.” BERKELEY TO PAY TRIBUTE. Memorial Services in Honor of the Whit= ing Family. BERKELEY, CaL., June 1.—Memorial services in honor of Professor Harold Whiting and family, who were lost in the wreck of the steamer Colima, will be con- ducted to-morrow morning at 11 o’clock by Rev. E. B. Payne, pastor of the First Uni- tarian Church, in Stiles’ Hall. Professor and Mrs, Whiting were mem- bers of the church, and a short time be- fore he resigned his position at the Uni- versity he gave $100 to be used toward the erection of their proposed new building, and ulso loaned §1000 for five years withowh interest. The deepest sorrow reigns over the many friends of the highly esteemed professor and his family, and the usual social events among the faculty have been postponed on account of their untimely deaths. POLAR ANIMAL LIFE. Many Specics of Birds Abound in the Frigid Zone. Lieutenant Beechy, who was on an Arctic expedition in 1818, declared that from mormng till night the shores rever- berated with the cries of the little auk, a diving bird, willocks, cormorants, gulls and other aguatic birds, while groups of walruses and seals bask in the sun. On one occasion a line of littleauks more than three miles long was in flight and so close together that fifty fell in one shot. { The column was estimated to contain 400,000 birds, and flocks of these creatures have been reported of such magnitude as to resemble clouds and to appreciably darken the air. At Vogel Sang the party met with reindeer and secured forty, some of the carcasses dressing 285 pounds, At the time the animals were in pairs, and when one was brought down the con- duct of the other was most pathetic, stand- ing by its fallen companion and bearing three or four shots rather than desert its mate. These creatures take rapidly to the water and freely swim from island to island. At this place were also found eider ducks, and, as it was their breedin, season, it was almost impossibleto wal without treading on their nests. Like our wild geese, these ducks made common cause to expel the intruder, and dia it with most determined resolution. When a band of marauding foxes or other large animals, among which the Arctic wolf is conspicuous, invades & breeding ground, these fowls hastily cover their eggs with the down of the nest and glue it with a yellow fluid, so that the warmth of the eggs is retained, the taint of the eggs so covered bein% s0 oifensive that the foxes will not touch them. A perfect shower of angry birds strikes the enemy, but, notwithstanding, each of the quadrupeds generally secures a victim. Bears were alsonumerous. Thesurface of land and water was a panorama of burgo- masters, malmouks, strontijaggers and kitunakes, while the amphibia enlivened both water and land. But while this is an illustration of life and animation at one point only of the earth’s area, no such spectacle can be witnessed at the other axial terminal. Here, all the life there is belongs to the water. 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