Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-23
GLADST0NE'S LETTER
Calls Upon His Head the Wrath oil
All the Woman Suffragists.
THE QUEENS RELICS AT TIE FAIR.
Minister Smith Talks of American Relief
Work for Russia.
NEWS FROM THE EUROPEAN CAPITALS

IcoPYRIGHT 1892 BY n. Y. ASSOCIATED PREss.l
LONDON, April 22.-The political world
has happily been quiet during the Easter
recess. The only matter of interest dis
cussed during the week has been MI. Glad
stones letter on women's suffrage which is
bringing in foods of protests from its advo-
Gates. Mr.. Gladstone's own organ, the
Speaker, will say in its issue tomorrow:
The letter will strike a heavy blow at the
women suffrage movement, which has been
permitted TO attain rather formidable pro-
portions, chiefly owing to the reluctance of
politicians to express their opinions on the
subject This strong "whip' against the
women suffrage bill betokens distinct
awakening of our politicians Of all parties to
the danger of an agitation, the success of
which viii bring Us lace to face with new
order of society.
According to private advices from Costa
Belle, Queen Victoria is now in excellent
health and has quite recovered from the de-
preston due to the death of the Duke of
Clarence, which caused intimate friends of
Her Majesty the greatest anxiety. The
Queen, who thinks much of St Georges
Day, which occurs tomorrow, has had
supply Of red and white roses dispatched
from the Windsor greenhouses. With these
roses all the members of the royal party at
Costa Belle will be decked tomorrow.
The Prince of Wales in Frail Health.
The Queen is very anxious about the
health of the Prince of Wales The
Queen, it is reported, will send samples of
her own knitting and spinning. done when
she was girl, to the women's section of
the Chicago Worlds Fair, as well as sew
eral paintings
Mr. Smith, the American Minister to
Russia, and Mrs Smith have been fulfilling
social engagements since their arrival here.
To-day Mr. Smith said:
1t is impossible for Americans to realize
how much all Russians, from the CZar down.
appreciate the American relief donations
which are practically the only foreign as
sist9nCe so tar received The relief organi-
cation we instituted proved the most eff
cient and had the warmest approval of the
Russian Government. America has given
over $50, 000 roubles in food and money
We have paid much attention to Samara,
where the famine is the worst From that
quarter of the empire have just received a
report that we have saved the cattle and
horses Of l0G German colonies and Russian
villages; are feeding 1000 people and have
bought seed for 1900 acres. As for the
future, with the relief in sight from America
anc continuance of local relief think the
necessities of the distressed human beings
viii be provided for through the summer.
The Russians Are Going Their Part.
The greatest problem at present is the re-
STOCKING of farms and the furnishing of
seed. One point the outside world has failed
to recognize, Is the great work done by the
Russians themselves in helping the peas
artry- Several aristocratic families are
taking the sole care of enormous numbers
OF destitute people, and many women in the
highest st Petersburg society have gone to
the provinces and stablished immense soup
kitchens.
The Liverpool shipowners and news
papers have been smarting under the Lon
don Times assertion that the German steam
ship companies are taking more passengers
10 America than all the English lines COM
bined; but they are now jubilant over the
Unfayorable comments of the Vossische
ZSt,aqg on the North German LLOYD report,
showing that that company has already re-
ceived e9, 81, 900 of State subsidy. The |
Post asserts that a careful examination of
the figures given by the German companies
q. .264, 56S) as the number of passengers
taken TO America in 1891 shows that they
carried 714,00 more persons than were
landed that year.
The Remains of an Ancient King Found
The Dean of Gloucester has made an in
terestiEg discovery in the Gloucester
Cathedral He has found the remains of
Osric, King of North Umbria, which were
buried in the year 729 beneath the beautiful
shrine erected TO his memory. The shrine
has generally been supposed to be merely
memorial Dean Spence adopted the tradi- |
1ion until recently, when, in studying
Leland's notes. he concluded that the shrine |
was Osric's actual resting place. He had |
two panels taken out, when a long leaden |
coffin was disclosed exactly beneath the |
Kings effgy. Tie coffin's contents showed |
the remains to be of very ancient inter- |
ment |
The Hurlbert case is still causing agita- |
tion and promises TO be the subject of fresh ]
inquiries in the House of Commons. A |
correspondent of the society paper, Pelican, |
writes that certain officials " ho assisted in |
passing the extradition act between Great |
Britain and the United States, and who are |
fully aware OF all the provisions, ostenta- |
tiOusly asked an American official here, an |
intimate friend of Mr.. Hurlbert, as to the |
possibility of the extradition of MI. Hurl- |
bert; that the American official caused this |
interesting question 10 be cabled to Mr.. |
Huribert's friends in New York, and that |
Sergeant Bakers kilograms to the officials |
here we're also cabled back to Nh. Hurl- |
bert.
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