The morning call., 1891-05-19
THEY DID NOT OBEY.
a Club Arrested for Attending
a Lecture.
Terrible Death Of a French Scientist in
Africa.
DsVOuTed by SWarmS of LOCaStS-GoSSipS
From European CapitalS-Mary An
derSOl Leaves the Stage.
Special to THE MORNING CALI.

New YORK, May 1S.-The Tribune's
special cablegram from London says: The
Emperor of Germany, in the midst Of his
wanderings. finds leisure to follow with the
keenest interest a number Of petty political
prosecutions. The club at Erfurt has been
indicted for attending an atheistic lecture,
to the scandal of true believers, and one OF
their number has been solemnly indicted
for advising the friends of a sick man to
remove sundry imperial portraits from his
room. The defendant sOlemnly pleaded that
he considered the dresses worn by Empress
Frederick and her daughter-in-law unduly
decollete, and insisted upon speaking in
support of his contention.
Dom Pedro, who has returned to his resi-
dence at Versailles after q sOjOurn of several
months at Cannes, is coming to England in
the middle of June for two months, ac-
cOmpaned by Comte and COmtesse Eu.
He will reside during his stay at Busrey
Park, which Due de Nemours has placed at
his disposition.
Nothing has been done half so much to
allay the existing labor agitation and gen.
eral political uneaSiness in Brussels as the
throwing open of the Laeken Winter gardens
to the public last week. The King and
Queen moved about unattended among the
guests, and entered into conversation with
several astonished and much gratifed vis-
itors.
The abdcation Of King Charles of POrtu-
gal may, l hear, be expected at any moment.
Although not yet 30he has grown so unwieldy
as to be almost unable to move, aud he
wholly lacks both the energy and the pecu-
liar tact which made Dom Luis, his father,
so popular. King Charles deeply offended
the Portuguese by what they describe as his
unseemy levity during the pompous funeral
ceremonies of his father. They entertain
deeply-ToOted belief that the present SOW
ereign is entirely under the influence and
sway of his near rela tive, Queen Victoria.
Julian Story and Miss Eamcs are TO be
married in New York in the autumn. Story
proposes TO take studio in New York and
paint portraits while Miss EameS is fulfill
ing her operate engagement
The DOwager Duchess Of Marlborough
has shown such vitality that her recovery
now seems certain. For three or fonr days
she was az DEATHS door, aud nothing but
tue tender care with which her four
daughters nursed her, pulled her through.
For nights they sat up and divided the
nursing.
Lord Randolph Churchill arrived at the
Cape on Friday last, when the news of his
mothers Illness and the birth OF his br0ther's
daughter will have met him. The DOwager
Duchess was extremely anxious at the be-
ginning OF her Illness to catch HIM ut Ma
deira and pehned telegram herself asking
him to come bark, but it reached Madeira
four hours after his steamer Sailed for the
Cane.
The trials Of the Sms-Edison torpedo at
Havre, which have attracted so much at
tention and have, indeed, been the subject
of investigation by the House. have caused
that excellent authority, NJ. Weyl. in the
columns of lie Yacht, to express exactly the
same opinions as have been held by all En-
glish naval men as to the value of torpedoes
driven and controlled by wires or cables.
They may be of great service for the de-
Tense of eStuarieS or narrow channels, but
are next to useless on board ships, The
point missed by NJ. Wey is that the rotary
movements Of ship in action would almost
certainly cause the wires to be entangled in
the screw propeller We paid handsome
price fer the Brennan torpedo. We know
all about its advantages and defects, and we
do not at present see any reason TO be
alarmed at the Sims Edison weapon.