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,..-OUR LONDON LETTER. .
OUR LONDON LETTER. (From Our London Correspondent.) The Alexandraj the King's new turbine yacht, which is being built on the Clyde, ds making such good progress that she will in all probability be launched next month. By August she should be, ready for a visit from the Queen, to whom ail details or furnishing and decorating in the apart- ments of the Royal family and their suite will be submitted. But it is scarcely likely <that the Alexandra will be used before next spring, although she will be ready if needed. The vessel is not intended to sup- plant the Victoria and Albert altogether. The old yacht will continue to serve on the long Mediterranean cruises, for which, indeed, she da comfortable enough. It was;, the short trips across Channel or to Copenhagen .that the Victoria and Albert- was found so lmhandy, while her great beam and mast height put her at a disadvantage in the Kiel Ca-nal, and to some extent in Aberdeen har- hour. It is for what may be termed the home service that the Alexandra has been specially designed, and one particular point in the vessel will be the various quick and .easy means of embarking and disembarking motor-cars, for times when the Royal pip-ty want to take a little drive.- The Dowager Empress of Russia-is said to be greatly enjoying her visit to London—find for one particular reason, that she can move. without the trouble of police protection., Ever since her Majesty came to our capital she has been free to go and come just as she pleased, and on several occasions she is said to have driven out" from Buckingham Palace, accom- panied only by a lady-in-waiting, in an ordinary. ihansom cab, and to have gone shopping in the West-end without any police vigilance, and without the public and the shopkeepers knowing who she was. When the Empress arrived in England no fewer than fifty mem- bers of the Russian Secret Police were in her train, but the majority of these have already gene back to Russia, while several of the London police-officers who were in attendance on her Majesty have now been dispensed with at her express desire. It is stated that the Empress has been victimised by many begging-letter writers during her visit, and she has received some 1,200 letters appealing for help in the course of a single week. It is a well-known fact that the Empress, though she is not at ail wealthy, never refuses an appeal for help. In Russia her charities are very extensive, and in Denmark there are many aged people, whom she knew when she was a Danish Prin- cess, to whom she has continued to act as a good fairy. The begging letters in London, however, became such a nuisance that the Empress has been obliged to put an end to iher -giving, and two members of her suite lhave been inquiring into the cases of the applicants. The Empress had been widely distributing gifts, and had parted with notes and other gifts to a total of nearly £ 1,000. It has now been discovered that. a. large num- ber of the recipients were professional-mendi- cants, and steps have been taken to prevent her Majesty being further victimised. A magnifice-nt, reception awaits the Colonial Premiers on their visit to the metropolis. A ilong list of festivities has been arranged--a list which includes entertainments by the King and the. Prince of Wales—and not since the King's Coronation festivities have so many engagements been crowded into so small a spa-ce of time indeed, so many have been the invitations that it. has been difficult to fit in even the chief ceremonies. The Ministers will be lodged as the guests of the country at the Hotel Cecil during their stay in Lon- don, each Minister with his own suite of rooms and a motor-car. This standard of hospitality was set at the Diamond Jubilee and Coronation. As on those occasions, Royal carriages and ser-vants in scarlet; livery will be at their beck and call night and day, and, as a speoial mark of honour, soldiers will be oil sentry at the approaches to the hotel. From the picturenquo point of view the grandest of the receptions given to the Pre- miers will be. the luncheon in Westminster Hall on Wednesday, April 24, at which the Prime Minister will preside., Twelve hun- dred members of both Houses of Parliament with their friends will be present, and the affair will be among 'the most noteworthy public functions of the last few years. Another entertainment that will be magnifi- cent in its way will be tie 1900 Club ban- quet at the Albert Hall, over which Mr. Bal- four will preside. On April 16, the freedom of the City of London will be conferred on the Premiers, they will be entertained by the Lord Mayor and City Corporation at the Guildhall, and golden caskets are now being made to hold the parchments for each Pre- mier. The Premiers will be the guests of the Eighty Club, at dinner, when between seven hundred and eight hundred guests are expected. Some difficulty is.being experienced in finding a. hall large enough to accommodate so many persons, and it is likely that Drury-lane Theatre will be chosen, and that after the dinner a reception will be held a.t the Foreign Office. The British Empire League is arranging a banquet for Thursday, May 2, and the Imperial Institute,' the Im- perial Industries; Club, and other bodies are anxious to entertain the Premiers as well. Beside the public banquets and luncheons, partie6, balls, and receptions will be given for the Premiers at many of the London ■Blouses. On April 15 the visitors will be the guests of Lady Beauchamp, and two days later they will be entertained by the Prince iand Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. The ball-room at Stafford House will be the venue of an evening party given by the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, and Lord and Lady Derby will entertain our visitors at Derby House, in St. James's-squ'are, so sel- dom 01 opened for any but Royal entertain- ments. Lady Lansdowne has arranged a jgroafc reception at the mansion -in Berkeley- square, and Lady Wimborne-, Lady Crewe, Lady Portsmouth, and Lady Haversham are among the Government host-esses who are or- ganising functions in honour of the Ministers. Lord Strathcona is to entertain the visitors for a week-end at Knebworth, and other 6at urday-to-Monday parties are under con- sideration at Mont-more, Canford, Nuneham, and many other country houses. London's latest in the musio-hall- world is the Tvrol-ese giantess, Mariedl Fiss- ftiaiier, eight feet highland broad in propor- tion, who appeal's at the Hippodrome. London, she thinks, is very beautiful, more jbeautiful than, Berlin, than Munich, than the Tyrol. She likes it because it is so big. At her home, up on the top of the mountainsr the houses are tiny, and she hits the roof. But here there are plenty of places in which sho can stand upright. She was surprised that iin London they can make her a dress in a few hours, whereas at her home it takes more than a week—two peop:2 working all the time. One man, who would be facetious, called out to her, Is it cold up there?" Mariedl did not- know what he meant, and thought. it very curious. The giantess is only 27, and does not pretend to be beautiful, but she claims to stand higher than anyone else of her sex. Her voice is a deep baas, sound- ing like a man's- S. J.
secretarg's Indigestion
secretarg's Indigestion The Result of Irregular Meals. Distracted by Pain. No Energy; Completely Run Down No Fears of Indigestion Now. Made Strong b I Dr. Williams' I Pink Pills When the Blocd becomes impure, health gives way rapidly; but Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People mean the best of health for both men and women, for they actually make good rich blood that strengthens the vital organs and nerves and imparts new vigour. Mr. Charles H. Gledhill, of 18, Commercial-road, Dews- bury, is to-day a man with a remarkable store of energy. A printer by trade, he occupies his spare time as secretary to a large recreation club. I am never tired in working in the cause of outdoor sports," said he, but some months ago my time was so much occupied that I did not allow myself proper time for; food. and par- took of hasty, irregular meals. The result was that I became a victim of acute indigestion after eating I experienced an uncomfortable feeling of.' fulness, followed THESE WERE by agonising pains in the His SYMPTOMS, chest and, back. I always felt languid) and did not seem to possess an ounce of energy. I was dis- pirited, and had no inclination either for work or sport. But although I felt tired and worn out when I went to bed, I could obtain scarcely any sleep; after restless nights I rose in the morning feeling heavy, did!, s wretched, and unfit. for anything. Fits of dizziness attacked me at work, when I tried to read any print the words seemed to dance before my eyes, and I would have to rest for an hour or so before I could continue my occupation as a printer. My appetite de- serted me almost entirely, and even when I felt I could eat a little I dreaded to do so on account of the excruciating pains I had to endure afterwards., Even liquid nourishment produced a burning sensation in my chest, with an inclination to sickness. My health and strength steadily declined. Sick headaches attacked me so that the pains across my fore- head and eyes were fearful; my nerves were unstrung, and I was completely run down. I tried various remedies, but in vain, until my wife insisted on my trying Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I followed her advice, and after taking these pills for some little time there was certainly an improvement in my appetite, and I could take food without agonising after-pains. I continued with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and the feeling of languidness left me. I ob- tained restful sleep at night rising in the morn- ing refreshed and invigorated, and ready for my day's work. I was now eating three good hearty meals a day without fear of indigestion, and soon put on the flesh I had lost. The dizzy fits no longer troubled me, and I improved every day, and until now I am in possession of my full health and strength, and I feel better than ever. For this remarkable change I have tj thank Dr. Williams' Pink Pills; they alone cured me." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People restore" tone to feeble digestive systems, and by renewing and enriching the blood supply assist them to derive nourishment from food; These Fills make Good Red Blood that is the secret of their wonderful success in curing Anaemia, Indigestion, Influenza's After-Effects, Eczema., General Muscular Weakness, Neu- ralgia. Rheumatism, Sciatica, and Paralysis also Ladies' Ailments. Sold by dealers (but look on every package for full name, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People "), or send 2s. 9d. for one box, Or 13s. 9d. for six, to the British Depot, 46; Holborn-yiaduct, London,
UNIONISM IN IRELAND. ;;..4-…
UNIONISM IN IRELAND. 4 t What the official ^Unionist policy in Ireland means can be gathered.from a speech delivered by the Eight Hon. Thomas Sinclair at a banquet in the Reform Club, Belfast, given to Mr. Walter Long, M.P. After referring to the pros- perity of Ulster—which the speaker forgot to mention was due, in large part to Government subsidies in the past-Mr. Sinclair issid:- There was still one dark feature in the economic conditions of Ireland-the continuous loss of population by emigration. Let it be theirs to investigate the causes of this drain of the nation's best, manhood, and suggest, if possible, the remedy. But not only was there a drain of men, there was also a drain of wealth from Ireland. Ireland, in fact, imported more than she exported, and the difference was paid for by moneys sent home from friends abroad, by the expenditure in the country of "British and American tourists, by freights of Irish-owned vessels, and other invisible assets. If to the present system of government in Ire- land we are to attribute the prosperity of the North, are we not inevitably led also to the conclusion that to the same policy we are to attribute the poverty and decay of the South and West? True -contentment cannot be ex- pected in a country labouring under the disa- bilities mentioned by Mr. Sinclair. England has endeavoured to govern Ireland for genera- J tions by men who have no knowledge of th>rv country and no personal interest in seeing the country prosperous. Thinking men have long since come to the conclusion that Irishmen should be given a chance of regulating their own local affairs.
FOUND IN A LOOK.'
FOUND IN A LOOK. A young woman named Ina Macfarlane, who was married a fortnight ago, and had just re- turned from her honeymoon, left her home at Dunoon on an errand. For over three days no trace of her could be found. Search parties scoured the country over an area of 20 miles, and swept lochs in the district. At last Mrs. Macfarlane's body was found in the Lily Loch, Dunoon, about a mile from her home.
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Dr. Strauss has written from Berlin to the organisers of the Welsh National Eisteddfod at Llangollen, expressing his willingness to adju- dicate in the musical contests for an honora- rium of £ 315. The authorities have decided that the fee is prohibitive. The unemployed question should be taken out of the hands of the Local Government Board and given to a departmental committee, with a Minister for Labour in the Cabinet, said Mr. O'Grady, Labour M.P. for East Leeds, address- ing a meeting on Tower Hill.
--,,,,,,, EDUCATION AND ftATES.
EDUCATION AND ftATES. At the House of Common* the Chancellor of ::I the Exchequer,$ith the "President of the Board of Education", received' a deputation re- presenting the Association of Municipal, Cor- porations, who wished to make an appeal for further IMperial LAubventions, for purposes with the view of relieving^the rate- PiLyer. The town clerk of Leeds explained that lately rates and grants had not been increased In'anything lik% a parallel rat^o. Thug be- tween 1901 and 1907, whilst the Board of Edu- cation's grants for elementary education had increased by ahbut 25 per cent., the amount which had to be raised from the rates had risen about 57 per cent. The local authorities also asked that the .period for the repayment ei loans for the erection of schools should be ex- tended beyond the presnt, ,,t!iirí-y,yearfJr limit. Mr. Asquith, after listening to other mem- bers of the deputation, aaid in reply that the whole question was one which would have to be dealt with from -a wider point view than that of Ioeaf administration. It would not be possible to deal with education as an isolated question, or to attempt to settle it apart from other services. The anomaly with regard to the period for the repayment of loans would be, taken into account. In connection with the nln training of teachers, he reminded,them that the Government had already sanctioned a grant of seventy-five per cent. of the capital outlay for training, colleges..? I I Mr. McKenna said he hoped that some of the financial claims, in regard to secondary education would be settled in. the course; of the next few' weeks. He would also undertake that the matter of the'repayment of loans should be discussed with -the President of the Local Government Board. ..„
SIX FARTHINGS FOR AN M.P.
SIX FARTHINGS FOR AN M.P. An action which Mr. W. O'Brien, MP, brought against- the "Freeman's Journal" for libel, claiming &500- damages, Concluded at Limerick with the jury awarding Mr. O'Brieh damages of six farthings. In charging the jury Judge Johnson said that it was a matter of history that Mr. O'Brien had given his liberty, and, having regard to his; de- licate health, almost his life, for the cause of the tenants. If the jury found that the lan- guage used by and reported in the "Freeman," which referred to Mr. O'Brien, suggested that he had been guilty of base conduct in betray- ing the tenants and the Irish party, it was foi them to assess the damages. After two hours' deliberation the jury re- turned. They found that the articles and speeches complained of were libels. Thereupon the judge told them they must not give con- temptuous damages. Mr. Ronan, K.C., protested, and the jury were informed that they could give any damages from a farthing to £ 5,000. After the, jury had. again deliberated they awarded six farthuigs- as damages for the plaintiff—a farthing on each count of the indictment.- Mr. Campbell, K.C., said that he wpuid not ask for judgment, but would. ",move to havetha. verdict set aside.
BOY'S ALLEGED SLAVERY. "i■'->…
BOY'S ALLEGED SLAVERY. i ■' > :;J. f ■■ A sad story of alleged cruelty was told at' Greenwich by a thirteen-year-old boy, whose. parents, James and Mary Ann Webster, 'of Lower Sydenham, were summoned for ill-treat- ing and neglecting him. s According tb 'thte ei^f'-i dence of a N.S.P.C.C. inspector, the boy'was sent before four o'clock every morning with & costermonger:s barrow to Eatst-lane,' Walworth, to fetch a load of salt, hearthstone, and bath- brick, weighing from -3bwt. to 5cwt. This he had to drag round Eltham, Shortlands, prom- ley, and even as far as Farnborough. 'If he sold his goods early he was sent back by his father to Walworth for a second supply, and had to go out and sell that.: r- The boy, giving evidence, said when he left home in the morning-he was given sis or seven slices of bread to last him all dy, and bread and tea for supper when he got home. 'this had happened daiiy, wet or fine, fot three or four years. His father had beaten him with a broom handle. He slept on the same floor on some rags with his sister, aged 17, and in the same rqom with his parents. After medical evidence, thei "father fefrdngly denying the truth of the story, the case was adjourned.,
LAD'S TERRIBLE DEATH. ,,-,....-",',¡
LAD'S TERRIBLE DEATH. ¡ A lad named Rothwcll fiester, aged fourteen, > of Bute-street, Bolton Woods; • Bradford, was cleaning the inside. windows at .Dumb Mill, Frizinghall, when, reaching over a portion of a window directly under a ventilating appara- tus, he got too near the! rapidly revolting blades of the fan. The result was that they caught his head, cutting the top clean off. The lad died before the doctor arrived.
DARING POST OFFICE ROBBERY.
DARING POST OFFICE ROBBERY. An audacious robbery wag committed at the Upper Baker-street Post-oflice, in London, where shortly before nine, o'clock at night a. man, who had. entered unnoticed, climbed on-to the edge of the counter, put his hand over the wire-rail, and snatched postal orders of the total value of about Y.350. Then he took to his heels and escaped. ? M tne time the only people present were the two lady clerks behind the -counter, who happened, for the moment, to be engaged; at one end of the office, some little distance from the spot where the postal orders lay. One of them, on looking up, saw the man in the act of reaching over the counter. She .screamed, and he promptly vanished with his booty. A man who was passing along Baker-street noticed the thief rush from the post-office, and attempted to stop him. He was, however, un- successful, and the thief was seen to disappear down, a tupping near the post-office, where he was lost to sight. The numbers of the postal orders are known, and steps have been taken to prevent. any at- tempt to negotiate them. They are valueless in any case. Those which had been paid in had been "killed" as mediums of exchange, and as thb new orders were,J of course, un- stamped, they could not be cashed at a post-' office even if the thief were possessed of a fno- .simile of the post-Office stamp. Every pofet- office in "the kingdom was advised of tile occur- rence immed ay.
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According to the calculations of a leading firm of coal importers at Hamburg, the total imports of British and Westphalian coal into that port last year amounted to 6,100,000 tons, of which Great Britain supplied 3,770,000 tons and Ger- many 2,330,000 tons. ( The cold weather which prevailed all over Europe this winter paade a tremendous demand for fu81.
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.-THE WHITELEY HOMES.
THE WHITELEY HOMES. The executors of the late Mr. Whiteley have issued a preliminary statement with regard to the Whiteley Homes, for which Mr. William Whiteley left £ 1,000,000. The trustees named in the will are: The Bishop of London, the Bishop of Stepney, Lord llillingdon. Lord Sandhurst; Sir Walter Greenwell; 2, Finch-lane, City; Mr. Wil- liam Edward Gillett, 5, Berners-street, W., soli- citor Mr. William WMteley, and Mr. Frank Ernest Whiteley (sons of Mr. Whiteley); When the homes, wbiqh are tot be on freehold land in the western suburbs of London, or in the adjacent country, are erected, they are to be used and occupied by aged poor persons of either sex, either rent free or; at such rents as the trustees may think proper. The trust funds, so far as not required for the purchase of land or the erection of buildings, are to be invested, and the income applied by the trustees in any manner which shall conduce to the benefit of the inmates. Particularly the testator recommends the trustees on Michael- mas Day to make some small gift, pecuniary or otherwise, to each inmate of the homes, that day being his birthday. The selection of inmates should preferably be given t6. persons:- Who have been engaged in 'commercial or ^Igrieuititittil pur- suits. ,-I..
[SH^KS. WONDERFUL JEWELS.
[SH^KS. WONDERFUL JEWELS. A message from Teheran says that a careful in-ventory of the treasures left by the late Shah has been made. The collection includes a number of unrivalled diamonds and other stones; the old crown of the Persian dynasty containing a ruby as big as a^hbii's egg. v'A belt studded with diamonds and worn only on great State occasions weighs 181b., and is valued at sevei al hundred thousand pounds. A, wonderful silver vase is decorated with a A ve a hundred smaragds, one of which is so large that it was found possible to engrave on it the Shah's numerous titles, and a sword with a diamond- covered scabbard is valued at many thousands. '%A remarkable feature of the collection is a square block of amber of 400 cubic inches said to: have dropped from.the^kies at the time ^f Mifhojiiet. v Ufgg^/tUa
A NOTE ON "WHEELS.".',,.,..…
A NOTE ON "WHEELS." :1:' "<- It is kar,diy con(^iyabie .to jvhat gigantic pro- portions the cycle business has grown within a- handful of years. Many huge businesses hate, been built up,,$nd it is ,nj?W,possible tp. speak of cycle making as one of the Staple industries of the country. Coventry, of course, is, the real home of the cycle; and some facte which the firm of Edward O'Brien, Limited, publish are almost inconceivable. Mr, O'Brienj started business only twelve years ago in a mere room. The firm has now erected premises at at cost of £ 25,000, and it is reckoned that the average number bnetters received in & single day'Sti the season il quite 3,000. The principal of the firm created a sensation at the Stanley Cycle Show in November of' larit year by placifig thth a well- year kUcHvn fâbtory a. 'world's record drdet for 20,000 cycles, to be delivered during 1907. Astaff of over 400 peopled- including 50 typists al&ne—iife oontin ually emp 1 oy-od, and a' fifin that can show V record- like this has obviously wo»..and- de- served public confidence. d < "1
, IRISH MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY.…
IRISH MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY. t. A mountaineering accident hear Gleiviriffe, in County Antr-imj has resulted in tho death of three men, named Keilty, White, and Con- nolly. Accompanied by two others, named Millar and Smith, they started out on a ;hunt- ing expedition, and got lost in a fog on a wild mountain range^ Overcome by fatigue, Con- nolly was the first to collapse. Millar and Sriiith carried him until they became too weat to pro- ceed further. Then Keilty and White started in the direc- tion of what they took for a, light, ip -.jprder, to obtain assistance, but they were not agfain heard -of until their dead bodies wer<f 'found lying in. a.-deep mountain stream?; MeaYiwhile Millar and Smithi haying made thnr pow dyings companion Coppolly i^s- ie'ohifoilt#me as^ they could, struggled on, and at last reached a noiise, where they sank exhausted. Restoratives ^ere applied, and the two men havipg related fch&ir awful experiences, a search party was stafrted put to find Connolly. Tliey were too fata to save him. He wks found bodies of Keilty and White when found were also frozen.
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"Yes; Johnson won a prize at the amateur photographic, exhibition." "W'ha/t? Whv, he never took a good picture in his-life. All his. efforts I ever saw were nothing but smudges." "That is so. But he labeledgrey of them, 'A Foggy Day in London.' i Mr. Hardcash (after an elopement from a rural summer resort): "My dear, you told1 me the night I proposed that your father had retired from business; but I now learn he is a, peanut-vender." She: "No, I didn't any- thing of the 'sort." You temarkedabout half- post ten o'clock at night- that you supposed my father was in the 'city immersed in busi- ness, arid I said he had retired.' H^' alwava goes to feed at ten."
QUEERS AT THE TOWEK. ,.
QUEERS AT THE TOWEK. Queen Alexandra and her sister the Empresa Marie paid a, visit. to the Tower-of-London on Friday last, th$Empress desiring to refresh her. recollection of a former visit thirty-four years ago. They would have gone before luncheon,, but -the intention was abandoned on account of the meeting of the .unemployed on Tower-hill. The,, Queens ..werfei- in, no way anxious or, alarmed, iSJ»ut it was felt that it would be a little inconsiderate to drive down to the Tower at, such a time. Accordingly the visit was timed for the afternoon, and the morn- ing was espent in inspecting the artdreasurcs at tlw Tate" Gallery, where their Majesties drove attended by English and RUlSsianHmem- bers. of their suites. The visit, was purely a private, one, and the presence-; ef their Majes- ties was known to a few only of the general pub.lic in the building. After luncheoa- at Buckingham "Palace the Queen and Empress drove in a closed carriage to the ,City rah&'reached the Tower at four o'clock. They were received by General Mill- man,, whom the Empress at once recognised. She rpmiiided, 1-kixn of her former visit, and ex- pressed her pleasyre at seeing him still in occupation of his position 43 Major of: the Towerne which he had held for an unbroken period of thirty-seven yeara..General iVxaiman conducted the Royal visitors past Traitors' Gate and then to the Jewel House,, where they s were received by General Sir Hugh > Gough, the Keeper of the Crown Jewels. 0 Having inspected the regalia, they were con- ducted .,to: ,:St- John's Chapel, which is ap- proached, by a' very steep flight of stairs, and from the chapel, they- proceeded to tho Ar- moury, visiting both floors and inspecting the ancient trophies with keen interest. The White Tower, contained many attractive features for them, and they asked particularly to see the- dungeon in which Sir Walter Raleigh was* con- fined. They also saw the block on which Anne Boleyn, and other victims were beheaded. The officers of the. Scots .G.uardB,: who are on duty at the Tower) sent an" invitation to the Royal party to take tea in their mess" but Queen Alexandra sent a reply that they were compelled to decline acceptance, as she had a tea-party at the Palace,, at which her grand- children were to be present, and she was moat anxious to get back to them. Queen Alexandra and the Empress Marie went from London to Sandringham on Monday afternoon, but the j.ourney was not accom- plished without ahxiety to the Great Eastern Railway officials. Nothing beyond the usual precautionary measures were adopted to ensure the safety;of the journey. The Empress is un- hsed to fast travelling, however, and found thafe the speed of the special train was, to 0'\ mijgh for her., At her,request, pace was cheeked- frequently, and, in con- sequence, the train,, did nqt reach ,-Wolfer- ton until fourteen minutes past' five, instead of twenty, minutes-to five. Their Majesties drove. to J^njdj-iijgiiapi in, a closed cgxriag^. ir.T ,1 T P~ r
THE FIGHT WITH THE LORDS.…
THE FIGHT WITH THE LORDS. A memorial to the Premier,t signed by a l^rge number of Radical members pf, parliament, askiAg him Id disclose ihe Government's inten-, tions with regard to the Hous-e of Lords, has been presented. The memorial states that the action of the Gpyernm^nt ip. awaited;yip^a,zgreat interest throughout the country, and that the delay in making known its extent and character is creating doubt* and difticulty. "ltl16 unusual Action has been prQmpted bv the statement that the Government's only action in the matter till be fthe passing of an academic motion of protest against the power of the.. Upper-. Chamber. Answering a question:-?" Whenr- shall we know whatj thp., government intends to do with t^he Hduse of Lords ?''—in the House of Com- mops, the Premier replied It does not rest ih me to do anything with the House of Lords, I am not endowed with such powera. I do not know that the actual course to be taken will be annoipiced before Easter, but it is pretty well known what that course will be." c
¡,' i -FAT]EIER'S VATN .^ACRIFIQE.
i -FAT]EIER'S VATN ^ACRIFIQE. t. With her-flag half-mast the steamship Prah arrived the dead body of John Watts, the, chief- officer. Buring the-voyage ofuhis chiddren,ia little girl,; Ml ..soa, fro,m, ,the thridge«.v deck, Where she had been playing with her brother. The father at opee, dived afWr. hia .child, but was too late to prevent her from being caught in the propaljei? and drawn under the vessel. The engipeg, were i reversed ',and' a boat, lowered and in ten minutes the ew were able to water, but hJ was exhausted -«ndt~al«iost- unconscious. His wijjfev who had rushed Qn .deck at tipje of tiie *larm, watcned-s?i £ h feverish ftlixiety the boajt'3 "crew engfged^- the -jvork j 0|f /rescu^e, She, -appeared' somewhat relieved" when her husband was lifted on-board,-but-coll^pged wljep jie died, a' little later. The ship 'crui^d round jor jibout an hour, l)ut failed sto Jpd the -bojiy of 0ie child:4'
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\J.i C2.MJ.L,tf";í LQIlt) vCtTR^ON FOR .aXFORB.M "¡t;}\.i-À: Voting for Chancellorship -of -Oxford Uni- versity, rendered vacant by the death of Lord Goschen1, took place at'the Sheldoniah Theatre, Oxford, the candidates being Lord Curzon of Kedleston'and-Lord Roscbefy, and resulted as follows: e;i, ,f. Lord Curzon 1,101 Lord Rosebery -440' The, elee,toroti) and 8,000, but as voting coultj pot be done by proxy .a, large proportion were unable to express .their opinion, it:i £ & gr^at jnany years since a con- test took place for .tlio Chancellorship, but the unusual event did not provoke much excitement in the university. Trains from all parts of the country brought voters, and during the voting hours there wsteady, procession of-clergy from the railway station to the Sheldonian Theatre, wher%.the polling took place. Amongst jt.hps$who polled were SirriArtuura Harding, j(rithe' Belgian Ambassador, who travelled sj^ly frgip B^ijissels W recoiH> hilir. vote,-thai Bishop of Stepney, ■ Lord ,Lansdowtie, the Holoe )Secretary (Mr. 'Herbert Gladstone), the Dukp, of Ab,eI'qorn,-the ,;]ish,öpcfReáding, Mr. S. Butcher, M.P., and the Bishop of Here- ford. H '.r ) >
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A gas exptofiion which partially 'wrepkeni Messrs. Leekhatt's premises ia City-road, ron. .xion, wa« caused by a gasfitt&r hunting for a leak with a lighted cafldfe.' I The Lonuoa County Council have abandoned 'the clause in tic r General Powers Bilj. of this Jsession for establishing sterilised and i>umaQise<i Municipal milk depots ia the country. ;1 j- ■- r
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BOY BTJJYL-LIGLARS MAKE X2 A WEEIK. In all 34 cases of theft against three Crickle- wood juvenile burglars were investigated by the police, but only three were formally proceeded with at Willesden Police-court. The delinquents, Thomas Turlow (18), Charles James Lawrence (14), and Eric Smith (12), occupied an "empty" house at Larch-road, Crieklewood, and filled it with burglars', tools, food, etc. The smallest boy watched for people leaving their houses, and immediately they broke J he houses open and took the money from the gas meters. The lads' "takings" averaged £ 2 a week for 16 weeks. They entertained their friends at the house, and in the mornings took the milk they wanted from the doorsteps. When arrested they had in their possession two big naval knives, a marling spike, 22 latchkeys, a glass-cutter, and other burglars' implements. Thurlow, the ringleader, was sentenced to one month's hard labour Lawrence was sent to a home and Smith was remanded with a view to being sent to an industrial school.
FIND IN AN IRISH CAVE.' C"r:':c.i]
FIND IN AN IRISH CAVE. C" r:c. i Much interest has been aroused by the discovery 6f a cave on the side of a hill at Kingsland, near Boyle. Some young men who. were making a fence accidentally opened a cavern, which was about 8ffc, deep and from 20ft. to Oft.,in length. There were about a dozen large stone slabs cover- ing the mouth, and on each of them were some in- scriptions and carving emblematic of historic battles in the time of Cromwell. The stones were Covered with moss, earth, and shrubs, and the place had thus escaped observation- On exploring ,the(ca.'Vg)a'8tône¡coffin wa.s ,found containing a skeleton over 6ft. in length, dressed in Lrustic armour. From the remains of rich mili- ry trappings adhering to it, the bones are sup- posed to be those of a Tamst, or chieftain of high ra«& whb ittet1 his deathUi!r ai frattle near by, and was taken into this retreat by-his followers. rj- —r rT^ '—-—:—
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CLERKS DISP--TA -MIY BY-GIRLS. ,:} Messrs., Allsopp have made a TK>vel depar- ture in the policy of administrative economy > at their breswary 'of&ees! at -Burton-oa-iTrent.7 At; the weeks-end several clerks were dismissed with salaries M advancer and on Monday it was notified applications would be received from girl, clerks to fill their places.; This- is the' first "known instanoe of girls appearing at brewery desks. Mr. Stewart, chairman of All- sopps, states that if the departure proves suc- cessful the,, principle of girl, labourl.may.be ex- tended. ":0. 1.. i" .n
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I' Alfred'^haw, the famous cricketer, wliti died at Gedling, ,Notts, on January 16, left £ 2,462. He was^a i^ember of the Notts county eleven for 24 > years, and toured Australia five times with English elevens. He finished his cricket career by playing for Sussex, and then went into business as an athletic outfitter with Shrewsbury, another famous Notts cricketer, as his partner. The University of Glasgow has decided to confer the honorary degree of doctor of divinity on the Rev. R. Waralaw Thompson, foreign secretary of the London Missionary Society, who is now vi-sitihg the society's mission sta- tions in In,dw '1' At Braintree, i George Gibbs, a butcher, and ex-secretary of a t)ruids Lodge, pleaded guilty to-applying to his own use £ 70 belonging to the p society. He was Ordered to make immediate restitution, and pay a fine of £10, or go to pri- son for three months. J. §> V'- 1 t
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