Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-07

Special Cable Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR.
LONDON, Sept 7.-Ruskin's friends are
gloomy over the letters received from Brant-
wood In which forebodings are expressed Of the
patients ability to sustain the severe strain on
his constitution. Though it is asserted and he
himself believes that his sojourn at the Cum
berland lakes was very beneficial to him, yet
the relapse taxes his stamina to the utmost.
BoULANaER's OFFER MAY BE ACCEPTED.
From Paris comes the intelligence that
though Boulanger is already under the sen
tence Of the senate, Minister Tirard is seriously
considering the advisability of accepting the
adventurer's proposal to 60 to France and
abide by the trial of court-martial. Few
believe that Boulanger seriously meant to do
anything Of the kind, and that the offer was a
piece of bravado which is q striking feature
OF his methods. Being already under SEN
tence he inferred that proposal by him for
trial by court-martial would receive no atten-
tion. In view of the facts clearly proven of
his using for his own purposes moneys taken
by him from the funds Of the ministry Of war
court-martial could hardly fail to sentence
him to imprisonment for life. The attempt to
run Boulangist candidates in some depart
ments has proved a complete fasco.
FUNDS FOR THE ANTWERP suFFFRERs.
Funds are being collected here for the Ant
werp sufferers. There is general condemnation
OF the executive and municipal authorities of
that famed city for allowing the explosives in
the factory to be contiguous to petroleum
stores. The spectacle of the shattered bodies
10 awful.
In very many cases the dead are unrecog-
nizable and present a sickening sight that ap-
pals the beholders. The Sisters of Mercy and
the clergy are doing noble and arduous work in
comforting the bereaved and making provision
for their wants.
MR GLADSTONE IN PARIS.
Gladstone has excited much interest among
the notabilities Of Paris. and has been warmly
received by the Parisians generally. He has
been surprisingly active, visiting all parts OF
the great exposition and everywhere exciting
the eager interest Of the crowds. Not the least
eager to see the great English statesman are the
women-among them none more eager than the
Americans. He has been as urbane as usual
and has shown his interest in the great project
Of the exposition Of 1892 by many inquiries in
regard to its scope and plans
EDITOR o'BRIEN's HEALTH.
The health of Editor William O'Brien. N. p.
which was said to have been seriously impaired
by his last Incarceration. is better than was
generally supposed. All feaes of a fatal ending
are groundless.
Conservatives profess to regard Lord RAN
dold Churchill as politically used MP. but his
friends declare that he is determined to show
by the speeches he proposes to make during
compelled to include him in the next reshufiine
of the cabinet.
CROWDS OF AMERICANS IN LONDON
The London hotels, large and small, are
crowded with Americans homeward bound. 1t
will be impossible for the Transatlantic steam
ers during this and the next month, crowded TO
their utmost capacity, to carry over the throngs
now here and expected from the con-
tinent. The city of New York took
twelve hundred. Even the slowest boats
are 1ammed. People have to take such accom-
modations as they can get. Prominent Ameri-
cans were compelled to take passage in the
steerage of the City Of New York in default Of
room In the first or second-class cabin. MANY
despair Of q chance of returning before the
middle Of October.
GENERAL NOTES.
There is much complaint among Americans
of the high prices charged by the London hotel
keepers and tradesmen.
Jennie Chamberlain's marriage evoked little
interest. It was ''out of the season." and the
attendance at the famous matrimonial church
OF st. Georges, Hanover square, was small
In Paris the weather is superb and the city
is still crowded with Americans. The Hamii-
ton affair, of which details in starvation doses
have been dealt out over the cable here, creates
much excitement and more curiosity among
Americans here and in Paris, and full particu-
lars are eagerly awaited.
The general comment Of the English press
on the action taken In the United States and
Canada with reference to the great strike in
London IL that, while votes Of sympathy In
abundance have been adopted and cabled over,
very little material aid has been sent.
A rumor comes from Belgrade that the met
ropolitan Michael Of Servia is plotting TO
make Queen Nathalie regent for the remainder
Of King Alexanders minority. Servia continues
to be the 6rebrand of Europe.