New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-04

London. Jan. Sit is nearly half century
since London passed such gloomy Wie''"''
Chx;,,n,oe v,oi, We have been living-morc
truly eyisting-in an atmosphere oi iIos' anu I"@
for month The thermometer has neeh "c'o"
the freezing point generally five to ten degrees anu
twice or thrice has exceeded twenty Sho" i
<o,r incbe. doom in the suburbs. 40 sun has
bcen seen in London for thirty-NiN days fIo's o'
ice pack the Thames opposite Westminster i"'
river is frozen over above Ieddlng'"h' ipVi'
;s sLatinc everywhere Thirty thousand people
are daily to he seen on the Scrpentine' uc' q"
r;s;rc n famine prices The theatres are hali-dc-
sorted Few people will leave home IN inc ms"'-
,ime and risk the appearance Of foGs, winch "rlNe
rabs from the streets and delay trains foI '"'
,ame reason dances and private parties are post
noned. On every hand the distress is greatly III
creasino The pinch is severely felt by nan INT
London unskllcd labor.
General" Booth is profiting by the oPp'I,"
ritv 10 boom his Salvation Army prolcctS "u' Wv
onslauchts Of Huxley. Commissioner on'''" an,
others are affecting public opinion ln' W.
,.s nroduced a wave of criticism oi "chF'"'
Ioo.L,s n,ars His treatment Of Mr. Frank Smih
d tbo 1o,ter's comments Genera hoo'h
a.,o,icro arc deriving the latter oi many on
,rierds Thcrc arc no accusations OF dlshohr>N'
hut General" Booths methods ol "'""''"N
fi,t,.i ~
money and Of controlling his vast ORGANIZATION "''
in sad contrast to tho frank and explicit m''h'"'
of the Church me Ar'hH anu ro,. l.
tons Sir Edmund 'ur'" az" ,lyo,
Kitto, two wrilRh'"h me" III ''' .. c.nor,l~ ~
thropy arc amo'I ''' .''' -. VII, pcnloe ,.ho
Booths Wild scncnl"s' i'V nv ohrrcrcs
was ore OF TIE hfS' 10 S.H,' 4" ''' ,,,r,l~ R,o,,
is 50 much dIs>'''S"'" "0''"N. .,;,,d.o,ro
rcfusa, 10 appoint trustees that lie has Withdrawn
81, ,,fSo pfS SOL
the nowsDarcrs are much occupied wi h '"''e p!
Roofb and the result is nowhere iaForahe 10 ''''
well-mcanirc crotist. The best part "l ''I-
erol- p,otb's propOsals for dealing With me S'"-
rrorced .enth" relates 30 the establishment o. 60
o,cr,.ivc farms This home meets with m"Ie
approval than tho pluDor-makIns p.occ'' Nh'"
"trueral" Booth h.> tied = toA' upon tie P''
vai ING distress The llo Ec Co on OF oo''
81 much approves tie farm system tha' al d i"'.'
i"g this week it, decided 10 ira S.er us i"''N'
some 5000, 20 sc 'rci er'l' on - '''', ""
that hc carry ont l' co-'P'Ta'lr ''' III
laid down by the Rev Her crt Mills. o' Ncn'a'
from whom General" Booth has S'och Ia" " o'
his thunder
.o;o;o;,,,. o,cr their i'm.
INC ""'''" ~, . .,,,;r ,,,,,r ,Ic la,t
Prov P'''l' 30 ;.i ~, or;,ns fo,,i.,,..
"ec"o VI =" .,.o,, ,ro eroruuiisly
'l"c''r oII ca,,.tro,bc Before the
mp ;I ,bo I-rionist. were getting
OShca hVofc" ,'i'i WV = s.,or,I
S'"r"" ,aI d;.Lcor,cncd rnouc pro-
recent ~ r, ,t;n..,o,i.l shin * nov. ,ailin.
v ''' " ,. ,-, ,,.l.ilc ,br {; lad rouiaus
'' ,:-,...,.,,od The ,,.rrcui story.
arc g. cloJ.,one cop,c,nplatcs issuin,
however ina, III "''..s,o f., n,,I,l;c Ufc g..
great A'"...,.. c-,. much ou, Of season
only pls
..ar. gl "a
,onchcd by such lo,:cIs rs @ir Dir'N's ""o "r
REGINALD Bretts D's"n'"is 40 Ho' ,."' ,T ''',
taunted with ohjcctng - Mr. faFncAS o"'N.r
a.ains the SrNentH 'oHi'l'i'''i'.'' ,t,
wink a. the ir'Sh N'1'n""''N ''"' D..
reS' of the dera1gHe. VIZ. ''''"''' nus
pclitiral \OncOmiorlnI't }nih'''''' '''H az 'F
answer these criticisms, hut ih'h'' " ''"'
The most notable Non' '"miofm'N' i"''
week has been iV the '"|' III ''"', c,i,,
who declining 10 take sl"'' ." ''"'''"-
with the politicians, n'''I''''SS r..I,
PRESENT strong "a c'N' against '." ''''' -.
agitation as anything from III" P'" " i... -,
or the Duke OF ATg>H III P''~ ,
day Mr. Rc.irah Brett, sDn "i i'iH IN'''' WV
Iord Haruneton's private se''c''IN' "N
70 ~Ih- Times admitting tha' '"" I"i"' '
beco in the right throughout concerning Inc 'r''n
parry. apologizins for A"lNh "oI', '" ''' I.d
ar,inS- The Times for NJ. Ic'' j. '''''
s'Hnian-and even "'s'' ~ -, r..,. ,,o,Io-
part = took on il1"'' ''''''N' ,,or
ses for the 'd"dN'"HIdh P'I'H '"""'
denng IN ia" w"crhc>>' N'"' 'P p..,,
ta"n's - ihI> communicating ,;., las
who IS regarded as man oi great pf'in'N'' mas
delighted on m'nf occasions ~ P''
"n"' i"' WI !" MA ,,,cs" has
did friend. For years Inc ''N|
freeI 'H''"" 'A '''"""'' 'P
Mr. Chambcrlans Birmingham sFcch "''
naturally full Of rejoicing at the improved pI"n
poets Of the rnonis party. HIS gl'c was '''''
exaggerated when he described Home huIe '.,oI -,
dead as Queen Anne, and when hc cohgTa'"'''
fle cnunf on having escaped disaster as CIF''h