| Show THE LONDON SEASON Preparations for Lnish Hospitality on All Sides AS ISTLUS TIOXAL CIIEbS OAHE jlojalConn Agitated Onr a famlj fcandalNotpi ou 1lajs and 1 nyfrj LONDON May 1 t 0PTr8hlelii 1897 by the Associated Prots With ho return of the prince of Waiei and bit family lo Marluouroujh house the openlnit of the royal academy and Ibo nextwoekj drawing room In sight tbe sesBtn baa fairly begun The big houses are fairly opening and preparations prepar-ations for lavish hospitality are being made on all sides Mr William Wilder Astor Is nuklnc great prtpar atlons to entertain He has taken bard Normiutonj boom for the Jubilee proceec ion and has alrtaly limed Invltatloaa for two parties lu June and a big dinner on the Otb lo inrel royal II Tbu arrival and departure of the queen to London on Jubilee week will be 1 a matter 01 semlstatn ou Monday June 21 Ibejourney from Paddluif Ion station to llucklngbani house will Imposing and on Juno 24 lo Pad dlngtou station on the return ti Windsor will bo tbe occasion for oven finer dliplay Tbe Indian colonial troops will tram the escort of the latter ocololl TUB U S EMBASSY nitBMUtASSED Thornta M IJayard continues bis utay been tn the alight embarraisment of tbe United Slates embassy the situ ntlon beiotr complicated by the absence ol Quo Victoria as Colouel John Hay is not really Ibo coo belie dor until be presents his credentials itt Is said that Ibe Action of the con tutorial court on Thursday In deciding to make Mr Bayard Us accredited agent of the tocalled log ot the Mayflower May-flower to Boston was taken In re sponsa to Mr llayardi personal Itqutst but lo some degree at the expense of bin ucceesor and Ibe oiuilm rlvelry betwtea the embasta tiara has caused considerable gossip Mr Bayard cage the recovery of Ibo logic solely due lo hit personal diane as the papers be had train America were ot a nature calculated lo mare the demand < lo te reiuied II preseulej The situation will be relieved on Mon day next when by special srrani menl tkn queen will receive Colonel Hay at Windsor UBEH1A AND EILI111A LEON Letters have been received < from Bltbop Joseph C Marital of Cincinnati Cincin-nati Irom Tieitowuf Hlerra Leant tearing date ot Moron lIt which gIn lnlatentieg detail 01 bla work and the condition of that country The bishop wrllcit ° I nave now been In Africa two months and over and thus far In my episcopal tour have given mr lime lo Liberia and bierra Leone 1 made a tuorougb visit over dub rullea of Llbtrlau ujasl and the principal places That republic needs and dcaerveeiheeympeiby t and help of Its trlends Its commercial poMlbllltka are gloat The wok ot tbe Metbodlit church lu Liberia looludes thiuo I call milan ol leariilut we havo 53 mlcUlers and 24 lay bat pare and tiaokte or 77 lu alt I shall ehmtly rail on the steanur flown ire tbu Congo to visit our mltsloni up Ibo river Bl Paul de Lsous Angola and out 250 miles In the Interior to bold tIle Cuago mlloa oolrno at Julbaogea Then ta Boulh Africa nod up the canal to cindy the needs of the mission lu tIe Zimbzel region My plan Is now to continue up Ibo east coast and study the milboda an I results of mission work In eattern central Africa and along the MeJItsrrauuean 1 expect to return to Ibe west coast by next January bold three con laeeacae In Llbetla and Augoly again und Ibo return to America and report Ibe results 01 my txploralljLS and the crude uud bait lion at the work A DltAUAllO LlBUAllV The library of the late Bir Augustus Ilarrlf tin well known theatrical manager was sold at Auction on Thursday tart I The most Important lots were some hundreds 01 dramatic work of all kinds from drama to pantomIme come lu auanouerlpl many ol Ibom managers copier and olha In print There were besides many books on subjects connected with the liege In lluglind nut ou tin continent u CUL UAYB BEGUETAHY Bpccce Kdily of Chicago lone arrived here and has taken up ills duties ua eecralary lo Col Jobn Hay Till QUEENS HTJJltAltV TAngo The Qjarterly Itevlew publishes an lutmuiiicg article on tbe quecnj Jllemry tatte written by some one well aiquilnled with ber m > Je > ty Her favurlte uovelllls It appears are JaueAustou Charlotte Uronto Mrs Ollpmut George iilot and Edna Ly all Nu mention Is I made of Marie Corelll COiOlIINQ EECUUIMI 1OPULAH Coaching ai a paitluio Innreaios In orulatlly lleglnulog on Monday there nlll be 14 regular coaches a i Ing to well known places around London against 11 ooachen In IbliO fAyLIAUEMTAUY C1IE83 1AUK Ihe fifth member of the Uouie ol I Commons chces teamlwhlch will com leI with a corrcspondlne numcer of cness players of Ibe United Stales Houss of lltpretenlatlviH will be Mr oav on llhe F W Wllsou M P for 1 tbe mid I die I division of Norfolk He Is I the author of 1 Our National I Debt eta and was president ol I tho I Newspaper toclrly of tbe United I Kingdom lu 1691 Acablemeieagt tent to Washington suggests May 0th lo Msy llth tuliabie days for the L of CornmoLS has arranged lor n special wire la committee room No 12 The telegraph operator delalUd I for Ihe pIII tr J I j Kivlut will bs a cracllcal cluia player tIle I iurjgeet that thu play begin al fi colock Greenwich lime wblh would ho nooo III AIDlo AXJrY ion TIlE DlOYCL IN lJUSTnY The petition for the Brltlib bicycle industry is regarded with anxiety American competition Is I Increasing I millie tbe general demand Is very dull llrltlib exports have Pollen more thau i quartar a reduction of tbo llrltlib utput Is Impending and tbttaharei ol ion bloyo e comjanlea are dwlndlltiR < SCANDAL IN A HOYAL I nAStILY The british and German courts are agllaleu over a icauuai lu tbe family fami-ly of 1 tbe Duke 01 Base Coburu Golba the duke of Edlnbuix Tile second daughter ol l the duke Irlncoaa Victoria Mlllta refuies u live with her buataand Urnest Louli nrjnu lube el llesae ti whoa ahe was married mar-ried iiu April 01604 lu tbe preic ct ol Umpeior Wllimui and Quton Victoria Vic-toria at Johurj and remain I wIlma blot b-lot 1rlhceiH Marie Alexandria Victoria who ol Prince Ferdinand ol HauniKil at bOo ooenral Inn Oo burgs Q lean Victoria and olliers all Inks thou pHI of tim UUitMud win la now staying wllb the Coburga al Ujlba PLATO AND ILAYritS Ibe only Ibealrltal novelty besides lleerbohmsTrtes openIng 01 his new theater was the 101 erformanco on lueidayuf Listdulen or Btrayed al Ibo Dune of Yors theater rue play Is I ooualdered lo bu a farce altOs outrageous out-rageous sort but Ibo monte li above the average tuneiul I and catcuy and the production was no well staged flint II will proosbly aojru a success TOe bluolc unite during the weak bavu bD dolDg au enurlDou bulu sct the other tnetlera have eu3yed fair attendance Ao uoulu1 elrall cool lone been secured for Ibo new play John Gabr el liorkmiu blob will be pro duCd an the HLrod by the Now Century Cen-tury Theater company begiuuing on next Monday Ills publ that tbe management nf the Bavoy theater may r vive I In Yeoman of Ion Guard lor Ibo ojmlug canasta ad < the preparation lor II are old tuba already under way Grace Hawthorne Is I a aln appearing at the Olympic ihiuttr I a revival 01 Leah or limo Jewish Maideu Iheproducilou of Bernard Bbaws Law comedy You Never lao loll will serve tuajalu bring back to tbe stage Mrandou Tbonias who baa not teen seen slnosheapi eared la Iran uyd Hawing the Wind Jamea U Glover and Arthur Blur gets of Ibo Drury Lano theater have written a comlo oera entitled Bug Hunt Jano II will bo pr dueed lu Lndou as upeedily as possible and venurea bave loan made < to Marie Lloyd 10 alum tbe principal role upon her return Irom dumb Africa The author la I now In Part In connection connec-tion With the now play dir ArlburBulilvau has determined compose another cantata or oratorio lor Ibe next Lard leallval to which eletenyeara ago be cojtricusd tbo Golden liniment The matttr li I ol ocurse conditional upon his eultable tutjiol tor lbs llbrttlo but on this joint i there Is not likely to bonny great dlfll cully |
