The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-25
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
<SlRcHIsfs DETEsrED M MOST or
THE COMMON PEOPLE

Treres ufsewsefng HOW - Funish 1o""
Threvsr.-Nr. Astor Fints the Pusii.h-
Tag Bu.,,s.- Rather Expsrsive-Ths Next
Triu-,ph or Electrical seieree-A Mo-
toriou. woH.. Psitea with VoRetssies
.. the Paris stsxs-vietcris woodlands
ousrrsi with en-. British Museum-
surgsry :. the stone AGs-The omeih
Roms Chsrfet n Psris-cnbert snd
suiiivsn Fiannisg . New Opers-Ths
0..en'. Hox OF Jewsiry-Atinntis Linsrs.
Lorpos, Feb. 2k-Yesterdsy's dsmonstra'
ton n the funeral OF Bourdin has put English
public opinion prominently In line with the
Continental hatred OF Anarchists The Times
SAID truly to-day that but for the police Bour-
din,s funeral car would have been wrecked
aad Bourdin's body would have been torn to
pieeea Tho great force Of police was nscss-
ssry, not to suppress the Anarchist display.
but TO protect the miserable creatures from
the fury Of the mssses The attitude OF the
classes In whose interest the Anarchists pre-
tend TO be working so Disguised them that ten
leaders Of the foreign Anarchists left London
In high dudseon last night They will proba-
bly, find themselves out Of the frying pan into
the fire. for the police promptly notified the
Continental authorities Of their departure. It
would not be surprising II some irresponsible
member OF the dirty crew vented his anger In
the explosion OF another bomb In London II
20 the doom o. anarchy In this metropolis will
be sealed.
Continental opinion especially French. fs
freely arguing that tho penalty ofd death by tho
usual process OF law 10 an Inadequate method
ofdealinR with the really dangerous wretches.
Among these pests the chances to be promi-
nent figure In the public ere for O few weeks
before going to glorious martyrdom seems
to be tho real incentive to crime In their
added brains. The public fear OF vengeance
II also becoming so great In Paris that there 10
immense difficulty about securing . series
Of iuries OF sufficient courage TO impose the
death penalty. whom mere recommendation
to mercy saves tho prisoners life. Two plans
were discussed this week BY the authorities Of
Paris One 10 q military court martial and exc
cution within twenty-four hours OF the out
rage. The other IL special penalty for bomb
outrages such as . solitary life OF imprison-
msnt with dozen strokes OF the cat once
week. ALI who know the real Anarchist char
scter admit that It will be difficult to devise
more sfsctuai deterrent than the latter treat
mont
Next week will probably settle the question
Of the general election and the retirement OF
Mr. Gladstone. Everybody expects crisis Of
soma sort and some surprising rumors are
current The most interesting one. and 10
comes from high Unionist source. 10 that the
Duke Of Dsvonshire's opposition to Lord Sails
bury In the House Of Lords yesterday IL the
frst step toward new combination. Assum-
ina that Mr. Gladstone viii retire Lord Rose
berg u TO dstseh himself from the Radicals
and Join Chamberlain and the Duke Of Devon
shirs In reorganixlnE the Liberal party. This
weuid mean three parties IN the House. Con-
.seryatiyFsc Llherala and probably . eombina-
49, 6kaa,s and Henes nalsssv sx.iesnia-.
tsrsstine sohsuss posstbiA. but hardly probs-
BILE.
The political situation IL more critical than
II has been since Chamberiain's last dssertion
Of Gladstone. and the developments are pretty
sure 10 include big surprises
The United States representative. for the
frst time. took his place In the highest rank
this week ct ths royal social functions. Mr.
bsysrd stood last but ono in the small group
Of Ambassadors that nanked the Prince Of
wales ct the Queens lsvss- The Prince. on
formal occasions like this. Is no less strict
than the Queen herself In ali matters OF eti-
auetts. He prsseribss even the smallest de-
tails OF drssa Americans who wear ordinary
evening dress = lsvses were notified recently
% wear white studs and plain white gloves. In
stead OF with black braid His Royal Highness
IL quick to detect the slightest irregularity
He noticed some fault In the uniform Of Brit
ish army ofieer presented on Monday, and
embarrassed the man beyond measure By re-
msrking in . low tone when greeting him,
Nothing like that" indicating his meaning
By slight gesture
Mr.. Bsyard. By the way. succeeded In secur-
Ing an exception TO one Of the ironelad rules of
the Court which limits names Of foreigners on
the Court List strictly to those whose rank or
once entities them TO place there. Mr.. Bay
ard applied. some time ago. TO place the name
Of Lloyd Grisoom. his private secretary, on
this List. Griseom 10 clever. broad shout
dsrsd six-footer only 81 years old. and Of course
without ofncia standing. The request
agitatsd the State Departments and Court cir
slss quite deeply. for no such privilege had
ever been granted to the other embassies.
Finally Lord Rossbsry invited the young man
to dinner together with Mr.. Bayard. The
name has now been added to the Court list.
Nj. Astor 10 finding It fully as expensive ito
indulge in the luxury Of publishing Q good
newspaper as to maintain the finest steam
Yacht The financial result OF hisnrst years sx-
periencs - proprietor OF the Pull Mall Gaistts.
budget and AaoaztHs was recently put before
him A friend OF Mr.. AstoF tells me that ths
balance on the wrong side Of the account
amounted to about $4,000 When he had
examined the balance sheet few minutes 1t
y said that Mr.. Aston remarked;
~ Tue poianco AGAINST u noxtyoar exceeds
$4,000 shall think there II bad Management
somewhere"
Genuine progress Is being made toward the
next great electrical trtumph-tslsRraphinR
ana telsphoning without wirsL Tho latest re-
suns OF English experiments were described
IN lecture before the Society OF Arts on
tnursdAI oy W. H. Preees. copper wire. a
hAn mile long. was hung on poles
On ths coast near Cardiff. the earth
completing the circuit six hundred yards
sway another wire. 600 yards long.
ana parallel with the original line was buried
~ 'ns sand At the low water marx. More than |
hrss miies on. on Fiat Holms Island. another
wire also 600 yards Gndi parallel was laid |
aoSn' An alternating current. controlled BIZ |
= morse Key. was sent through the 1rst wire.
me signals were reproduced in the wire on |
,hs Island and read by pair OF telephones.
messages we're easily sent Similar expert
msnts at nys and half miles were partly sue |
Sessial The human voice was easily trans
mlttsd ~ the same means one Rnd Z quarter
mileA Freezes critics contend that the re- |
suits we're due to eonduetion through thu |
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