The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-17

Al The instance OF the Grand duchess Of
Tuscany the grayshalfed mother OF captain
Johann nth. the austrian Ministry pf Ma
rlne has gwen an official opinion as IL Inc
whereabouts OF the some time Are duke
he Ministry believes II possible mat 'fin
,til lives. perhaps on sOme SOutn sea J. IHhd'
TO which he was driven 10y wlnd ara ocetn
currents. In ihis suppos non lies me only
n ne Of his survival. aud. should II he true, no
eSs of 'irih VIII ne hat for months 10 come.
rhe Ministry also reports at The Argentine
eXpe II Ons on lard a"d ter In search OF
Dth promise little or nothing
Nr Withers saw body floating in tie
Thames and sent a man from mis- yacht IN a.
rowboat TO fetch il in The sailor tied rope
ID II aud tOwed II ashore, a IN sdlca lllh'
rouounced il dead, HOWeY r, TWO other
follows began e. rub II. ana atter TWO hour,
f tuce, SAINT work, discovered that II "ns not
llfelees but sill John HuJsOn, VINO u a Oeeh
capsiz from a sailbOat, ana VINO Is hVW .
gOcd nealih. Ii Is the most remarkaDle case
If recovery from suppose drowning known
Gas. Russian periodical. directs atten-
fion 10 ,he act that a discovery OF b'ci'lus
was mad some two Thousand years ago ny
NJ Terentius NarrO. Ihirty-seven years o.
fore Christ be spoke IN his Heium tustico-
rum of "inVisible little creatures that IN
,wampy regions oil the AIR, ana, being
breathed into the human organism, cause
seyeTe Illnesses"
The publ, may haye stronger hope OF
Koch's remedy when IL considers the result
ID
smallpox. 1he last report In England shows
mai last week ~ for many weeks, there was
not a single death from smallpox IN any "
The twenty eight large tQwns OF Engilhu ana
Wales. Not so long ago II was a constant
scourge.
LADY Caltbness. puchesse de Pomar, has
,nnlied 10 the French authorities for permis-
lion To erect a statue OF Mary queen OF Scois
on n site adjacent 10 her house at the angie
of the Rue BremODtier and The Avenue ne
in
The sculptor Ringel 10 execute he Statue.
The Osservaiore Romano. the organ Of the
Vatican. shows indications that the Papal
prohibition keeping Catholics from The polls
viii be withdrawn. The Pope has not yei
,pproved the plan, but II is said that ne VIII
not oppose IL.
A monument 10 Gustsve Flaubert, father
4 modern realism and author OF Madame
Soyary," was unveiled in Rouen NoVembrr
l3I Flapbert was born in 1921. ana died III
1880 ~ ms home. few rods from the spot on
which the new monument stanOs.
,he German Emperor has given orders
that the schools In Berlin SHALL close al noon
an NOrdavs during the skating season, 50 as
to enable the pupils TO indulge In the sport.
IL Is needless To say his popularity among MS
Younger subjects has greatly increased.
rhe bishop Of Nancy has had an interview
9th the Pope, in which His Holiness ex-
dressed his high approval OF the policy adVo-
cated Inv Cardinal Lavigerle lookins TO a
union OF the Church and state In France.
Herr otto Devrient, director OF the Royal
Theatre has been dismissed. Emperor VII
I'm mas frequently shown his dissatisfaction
with the management OF the Boyal ihealre
Dy attending private theatres.
More than 100 writers in England, male
and female. have written the lie OF giad-
stone. and have the manuscript all ready 20
that they can rush 10 q publishing house
with II the moment his death Is announced
Nine. Carnot has required the Mayors o'
the twenty ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF Paris eacn 70
draw up list OF twenty widows having the
largest number ofchidfen, whom Nine Jar
NOT desires 10 help on Now Years day.
The Colombian Government and the liqui.
dators OF the Panama Comany have signed
an agreement providing for an extension OF
the period for ioe completion OF the Panama
canal.
stringent orders have been sent TO the
Russian Government officials In the Cau-
casus for the expulsion OF all jews VINO are
moi au horized 10 reside there.
A cable dispatch from Paris states that the
seine Is full OF drif Ice. ana the river steam
ers nave st0ppea running.
A local bank In Gera, Reuss. Schleifs. Ger
many. hiss suspended It's Liabilities amount
70 S5uO,OOO.
A meeting IN bebelf Of the Russian jews u
a. being organized ia Vienna, with baron
Uirscb as its most active promoter'