St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-10
LORD RANDY A HERO.
His Licensing Bill Affords the
Tories q Chance to CraW-
fish.
Queen Victoria's Niggardli-
ness in Her Deals With a
Noted Artist.
Irish Women Will Give O'Bri.
ems Bride a Valuable
Wedding Present.
Kaiser William Threatens to
Hoist Bismarck With His
Own Petard.

LONDON, May elf the opponents of
the governments proposal to compeii-
safe keepers of public houses for the
loss of licenses through the reduction
of their number have not scored vic
tory, they have at least escaped entire
defeat, and the probabilities are
that the contest will result in a drawn
BATTLE. Everything points to the GER
tainty that the government is now con-
sidering scheme whereby the ministry
may gracefully abandon its position in
regard to compensation, and adopt the
licensing bill proposed by Lord Ran
dolph Churchill as a substitute for
the measure introduced by Mr..
Goschen. Although Lord Randolph's
bill is open to serious objections.
many of them willprobably be removed
by amendments if the measure is ac-
cepted by the government. and the gov
ernment will thereby escape the antag
Onism and party detection which an at
tempt to pass the original bill would en-
tail. Another example OF the niggard-
illness of the queen is furnished in her
deals with the painter, Lockhart,
who had just finished q picture. eX-
ecuted to her maieSty's order, represent
ing the scene in Westminster abbey on
the occasion of the queens jubilee. The
picture contains 387 portraits aud repre-
sentS three years OF labor. The COM
pletion Of the work involved several
months travel on the continent
in order to obtain likenesses, and also
compelled the artist to hire town house
in which to obtain sittings from MEM
berS of the royal family and other per-
foDages whose portraits could not be
otherwise procured. The total expense
to Mr.. Lockhart has been many thou
sands of pounds, to say nothing of his
compulsory
Rejection Of Other Work
while engaged in this commission, yet
the queen has ordered the payment to
him of the paItry sun OF el.o00 in full
settlement of all obligations. For the
sake of appearances, if from no higher
motive, 1t is probable that some interest
ed person will see to it that the painter
is not left to mourn the loss OF large
sum, of money through his efforts 10
crafty the vanity of whimsical I'd
pepurious old lady, A movement 10 ON
foot among the women Of Ireland, head
ed by the wife of the lord mayor of Dub
lilis W plOoCilb q DCudlltui tuu COStfJ
wedding gift to the bride OF William
O'Brien, M. p, on the occasion
of his marriage to Mile. Raffai0yitch in
June. The queens drawing room to-
day was unusually brilliant. Several
American ladies and gentlemen were
presented to her majesty by Mr.. and
Mrs. White, the former acting as the
representative of United States Minis
ter Lincoln in the latter's absence. 1t is
stated in Berlin that Gen.von Caprivi, the
new German chancellor, has become so
thoroughly disgusted at the knowledge
he has obtained of the devious and ques-
tionable methods necessary to strict
conformity to the foreign policy Of Ger
many that he viii shortly retire from
ministerial life. 1t is asserted that he
has already intimated this intention to
emperor. The announcement that
Prince Bismarck is about to make
public the complete story of his
dismissal from the chaEcellorship, to-
gether with the events which led up to
it. has greatly enraged the emperor.
In order to prevent any such outburst
on the part OF the eX-chancellOr the
emperor has sent a personal letter re-
minding the prince that he is liable 10
severe punishment. under an amend
ment to the penal code of his own max
ing, If he makes public OF causes to be
published any knowledge regarding
state matters gained by him during his
official life.