The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-07
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Notes of Interest Bv Wire and Mail From
Beyohd the Sea.

Notes of Interest Bv Wire and Mail From
Beyosd the Sea.
THE Prince Of Wales and his sons took
luncheon yesterday in the Khediye's kiosk.
Tux editor Of Madrid newspaper has
been created marquis by the Queen Of
Spain. II he was already a knight editor
this Is only IN the line OF promotion.
An enterprising publisher in Paris EN-
ployed large number OF sandwich men TO
advertise book by walking along the
bouleyards and reading IL with rspt atten-
ton. An inquisti'e gentleman discovered
that one OF them was reading the book up
side down.
The Car has written letter TO Natalie,
In which he assures her Of his sympathy,
and says he continues 10 recognize her as
the Queen Of seryia. IL is believed the let
ter will expedite the settlement Of Natalie's
iexpcdition.
lr shows the triumph Of libcrality as the
centuries have passed over England. that
the Lord Mayor-elect Of London is Hebrew,
and that he will be inaugurated on the
seven hundrcdth anniversary Of the acces-
sion Of fitz Alwyn, the mayor who pcrse-
as 10 make his name forever eXecrable
among their posterity.
DUFF HOUSE, where the DIXIE and
Duchess Of Fife are now staying. is an i'm
mense quadrangular edifce which was
built about a century ago. The style Is
Roman Corinthian. the principal rooms are
very large, and there is fine collection Of
pictures. The grounds, which are very ex-
tensiye, are undulaiing and well wooded
and are bOrdered by the Deyer0n, on the
banks Of which, one mile further up the
river, is Mountcofier, the dover house of the
Fife family.
In the play Of diplomacy the perpetra-
tor Of crime is detected through the dis
cOyery of w0man's glove which bears
peculiar perfume. A Partisan. not long
ago, found his room robbed Of all bis Jew
elry, and perceived that strange OdOr
scented his apartment Some days later,
while passing two women in the street. the
same perfume surprised him. He had the
women arrested and they proved TO be the
| thieves.
TTPPOo TTB, the great African slave deal
err is getting tired Of his wandering and
dangerous existence, and proposes 10 settle
down as a solid citizen on his estate at
tasingO. three hundred miles above Stanley
| Falls. where he has built for himself large
| and fine stone mansion. His son, however,
will carry on his fathers trade, in which he
has been already quite successful, rs ON his
last expedition ne returned with forty tons
Of ivory, worth $4,000.
Ir is asserted from an Anglo-German
source that Emperor William Of Germany
has a quite well-deilned notion Of visiting
the United States within the next year or
So lie has asked some questions recently
about the Worlds Fair scheme and the
dates, which led 10 the impression that he is
thinking Of making that the objective point
Of his trip. IL he makes up his mind 10
undertake the journey one Of the pslatal
German liners will doubtless be remsdelcd |
for his use, and Will be accompanied by an
imposing escort Of new iron-clads.
THE number Of paupers in England and
Wales, which continuously decreased from |
763,S $40 in the irst week in March TO GS2 234 |
ia the first week in July. 1uctuatcd some |
what during the latter month, in the fifth |
:, eek Of which there were I6J, 400 persons |
in oceipi Of indoor and ji2,I3i Of outdoor |
roliae This total Of go. yl represents "a |
nronorti ,n--the estimated population being |
30 6l5 an Of 23.J la every LOO inhabitants.
This repres, rts a lower average for the |
time Of the wear than at any period |
since the returns from when these Dgures
arc token--were frnt begun, thirty-threc !
vears 400 Last veT the proportion was /
3i4 and i'm 1868 il was as high ~ 4J.6. In |
tha METROPOLIS the number Of paupcrs re-
Iievod was ~. JG7, " hich means proportion
Of 2O.6 in the 1000 on an esllmaled poppia-
ton If i,3ji,I3S. This average was smaller
than in any year recorded ia 'he lapies' en-
'ept in 1888, when il was plec'seil me
soI.oe. Last year the number Was '"'0lO
and t. % average 2l.l IN the 1000.
THE H.. odon Times states that at New
castle-on-Tvne on Saturday last, Charles
Lowtber and W.1Lam Miller were charged
with cruelty to horses. Inspector Hush
said that two trucks loaded w.'h horses nao
come from Carlisle that morning. ihe ami
mails were in a shocking condition, bu. Inc
men insisted in putting them on board tht
Antwerp boat. A man on the quay told
witness that horses were sent every week 10
Antwerp for the purpose of beln. made
into beef" Inspector Alpin, Royal
society for the Prevention OF Cruelty 10
Animals, said forty-nine horses were
shipped that morning. lie was told that
when the horses arrived at Antwerp the
ones were made into beef" and
the sscOnd-class into 'sausagcs." What
became of the third-class was "a mystery.
Mr. w. ID. stephens. ex-Mayor, said he I'M
ierstOOd the horses were examined al Ant
werp by government inspector, and the
diseased horses were rejected. The two de-
pndants were each. fined twenty shilling ,
II d costs.
4 CONFLICT has arisen between the Rus
ian government and the Ecumenical Pa
riarch Of ConstantinOplc, owing TO some 1
creek monks having occupied the monastery
# NOv0 nerskoi, at Mount AthOs. This d
monastery il endowed from the revenue OF &
states i'm Bessarabia and the Russian gov .
.rnment lately sent VI. Jenerik its consul
Al SalOnra, 10 claim the monastery as Rus I
ian property. The Greek monks dis
Duted the point arguing that the en-
lOwment had been made for the
,enefit Of the Greek community at :,
! time when Bessarabia did NOT belong to
Russia. VI. Neidofi, the Russian Ambas-
;ados at COnstantinOple, has lodged pro-
est wnb the Ncumenical, but has appar-
,ntly received no instructions to accept his
Holiness arbitration, for the Russian gov
'rnment states that the case must finally be
emitted 10 the Russian synod. Meanwhile
he Greek monks have received notice That J,
he revenues of their monastery have been
TuE Emperor of Russia (says TRUTH is
N state Of panic which can neither be
imagined nor described. II was given out
hat he would be the guest Of the German
Emperor at the Marble Palace, Potsdam
md when all kinds Of expensive prepara-
ION, had been made there, he decided that :
Ne would be safer in Berlin, and large sum ',
vas ex, pended in arranging for his reception =
II the Sci.lOss. Finally, only one day be- ,
ore the Emperor arrived, Count schouvalon