The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-02
MAKING A STRONG fight.
An impending Election in England
Of Vital Importance to
Both Parties.
The Result Will Be Accepted as
Indicating the Fate Of
the Ministry.
Revival OF Fen ianism Not Teared-posl-
Revival Of enianism Not Teared-posl-
tion Of the Wives of German Prince
linGs IT EnEland's Court.

lCopyright. 1892, New York Associated Prossl
LONDON, Jan. 1.--No bye-elcction dur
ing the existence OF the present gov
ernment has approached in inte est
and vital Importance the coming contest
ineton. But parties are fully alive to the
fact that the loss of this seat will be ac-
cepted throughout the country as tho al,
most decisive test Of the fate OF the minis
try in the coming elections, and will strain
their resources in money and local influence
and be alert in the use Of every known
electioneering art in order to compass tri-
umph. Lord Harrington held the seat
partly in the family interest, partly on ac-
count OF personal popularity and partly aa
unlonist. Tho vote will decide whether
the electorate. which is fairly representative
OF the whole of Lancashire, is on purely
political grounds, Gladstonian or dissident.
Sir Thomas Brooke. dissident candidate, is
Lord Harrington own choice. The Glad
stonian candidate is MAIDEN,
"a young and fluent speaker,
In reality the unioists dread the issue.
rapid canvass Of the district already
made having disclosed n surprising Glad
stonian bias. Victor Cavendish, who will
succeed to the dukedom of Devonshire if
Lord Harrington does not marry, and who
was recently elected without opposition to
West Derby, vacated by the death Of his
father, Lord Edward Cavendish, was the
first nominee for the Rosendale seat but
his youth and the danger of risking his
present seat led to the withdrawal of his
nnmo. The report that the new duke will
now marry the dowagar duchess Of Man
chester is discredited in his own circle.
The explosion at Dublin castle yesterday
led to II revival of the reports that fenian-
ism is again in active force. An American
emissary is said to be re-organizing coun-
try circles and centers. McCarthyites have
attributed the growth of secret societies to
the promoting of Parnellites. but no
prominent Parnellite 10 known to be
associated in the movement. Regarding the
cause Of the explosion there is no official
decision. Workmcn who were repairing
the rooms are suspected, because they were
refused II rh0liGay ye9terday.@ 1.-The balance
Of the official opinion remains entirely
against tho theory of serious plot.
Mr.. Hastings, M. r, was again brought
the charge of fraud. Damaging evidence
from his own diary was produced to con-
tradict his defense that he never intended
to evade Justice. Mr.. Hastings. who in ap-
pearance has aged ten years since arrest,
was remanded without bail.
The death of Prince Victor. of Hohen-
lohe- e-Langenburg leaves vacancy in the
goyernorship of Windsor castle, which po-
siton is destined for another needy Ger
man princeling. The court circle is inter
ested in the position of the deceased's chill
dren. When he married Miss Seymour the
queen refused to recognize the wife as q
princess, but the two were admitted to
court as Count and Countess Gleichen.
Similarly, when the duke of Richmond's
sister married Prince Edward, Of
SAKE. Weimar, they were only recognized
as Count and Countess Dernburg. Tho
marriage of Princess Beatrice to Prince
Henry, of Battenburg, obliged the queen to
concede to the wives of Prince Victor, of
ohenlohe-Langenburg and Prince Ed
ward, Of Sake Vienna j, the rank of princess.
with the privilege OF standing behind royal
ties at receptions. The question now arises
MS to what position the children will take.
The children of Prince Henry, Of Batten-
burg, take his own rank, and it is contendei
that the children of Prince Victor succeed
to the privileges of their father.
The queens New Years gifts to needy
servants of Windsor castle, Osborne house
and other royal domains, consisted of beef,
clothing and coal. Princess Victoria, OF
Hawaii, who has been educated in England,
will go to Wellesley college, near Boston, to
finish her educntion