The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-21

| by any route rather than through the globe.
What did this meau1 asked the Professor
| Obviously that something was now frozen out
| which had before enabled electricity to pass
across the vacuous space
A great meeting OF merchants, traders and
| manufacturers will shortly be held at Man
| chester for the purpose Of formally starting
a boycott against Liverpool ship owners
| who are accused OF organized efforts to
| hinder and delay the successful working OF
| the ship canal Tho bitter feeling is
growing In both cities aud q kind OF
Kilkenny cat war appears imminent Man
| chester IL certain to win because economic
laws are in it's favor and because Liverpool Is
nervous and frightened before the fight has
| actually commenced.
The Mersey Dock and Harbor Board 10 being
| loudly accused OF incom Potency. and the Liver
| pool Lnnd and House owners Association Is
| claiming the right TO place nominee on
| tho Board. In order to help save the city
| from threatened ruin. Liverpool IL certainly
having a run OF bad luck Just now apart from
the canal trouble Fighting In Africa and the
| French and German competition are playing
havoc with the once very profitable west
| African trade Southam pton is undeniably cut
| ting into the business that once belonged ex-
| clusively to the Mersey port and now the great
| Lancashire export cotton trade to Japan is
| seriously threatened by the reduction OF cot
| ton freiGhts from India to japan from II to ?
rupees per ton. This means that It costs the
Lancashire manufacturer more than twelve
| times as much to send his goods to Japan as it
| costs rival makers in India.
Great distress already prevails In Liverpool.
| which can scarcely be attributable to the
| canal com petition. and the Socialists are doing
| their best to utilize II to their ends. Meetings
| OF unemployed workmen are held daily. and
| in these m ceilings the local municipal author
tiles are denounced in language calculated
| to cause trouble. The Mayor Is particularly
obnoxious to these men because he has per-
| sistently declined to receive deputation and
| because he continues municipal hospitality
on q lavish scale. The other night he gave
a Juvenile ball. and tho next day
| the Socialists denounced him for gorging the
| bull pups OF aristocracy" with dainties while
| the children Of the poor are yng Of starvation.
| A curious dispute en- phasizing the existence
OF home rule within the United Kingdom has
arisen between the authorities OF the Isle OF
Man and the Imperial Government Manx
| militiaman failed to attend the annual
training OF England and the War once ap-
piled to the Manx magistrates for summons
| against the deiaulter. The magistrates re-
| fused on the ground that tho Militia act 10 not
| applicable to the Isle OF Man. and the i'm
| peral Government is now endesvoring to OBJ
| tain judicial reversal OF the decision.
| Nearly all the Hebrew leaders In Europe
have united on definite policy regarding col
onization in Palestine. They will not at the
| outset, seek to attract Hebrews to the Holy
Land. Their duty nrst will be to establish
order and discipline among the Jews already
there. The Rothschilds have already done a
| little to secure this by the initiation Of sys-
| tenn OF technical training and by establishing
| well-appointed schools. 1t Is comprehended
that IL the flow OF refugees from Russia be
directed there the difficulty will be Increased.
| As q preliminary step. therefore. an attempt
| will be made to regulate that now. or even
prevent 1t, until the present Objectionable fea-
| A Rome correspondent writes that the last
payment OF coupons Of the Italian debt show
only 5000 100000 lire OF tthe total OF H.
| 000.0Oo0O0 per cent bonds held In
Italy. Almost all Of the 2.OO0.OooOO0 lire
| OF three per cent. debt is held at home. While
the situation In Italy and sicily Is quiet Tor the
moment the crisis Is by no means past, and
all Europe IL awaiting Developments with
grave apprehensions
| Civilization will rejoice In tho fact that the
| Queen OF Afghanistan has decided to adopt
European dress. Afashionabls firm in Lon
don to-day forwarded to her Majesty four
/ costumes. which l hasten to describe.
| The material In each case IA wool Her
| Malestys lonuhess lot mowers mas peeh
respec'"d IN inc riinH'hg' ohe iuchsia
| dress mas 'elVet basque WIN Roin
fringe And taooeu skir. conVoNui cos
tune Is mAde up oi 'ens' ZouaVo
oodiee ana skirt u'mmeu win suIpure
lace STRIKING eharacteriStic OF heathee
costume ID an moreia skirt' WINE green SIX
and IVY leaves adu 10 the a'trac'iohs OF inc
fourth costume. All inc dresses are n,sh-
necEed' short'sKlrteu' ana SIX Ilneu, anu IN
appearance are sort Oh compounds between
EnGNsh simplicity ana o,,ehtal spiohuo.
some people hnu an huui'iohal s'kn o' haru
times IN inc 'act mat iewer Iien nien
dieu IN Ensiaho III i@ r 'an IVt
se'eral preceoins years mo AGsreEa'e
properly leit oS persons hanE estates
ABOVE Sooo'ooo was efO o' Tess
thah IN ioo-' anu e-='ooo'oO0 iea' ,nAn 'he
average OF the previous Tour years me aver
age age OF tWenty-nlne persons whose per-
sOnal estate amounted TO SoOUFO,OOO was II