Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-08

LORD ROsEBERY.
This is the fourth time that Mr. Glad
stone has laid down the premiership.
The first time he held tn. Office
of premier was in 1868, when he
succeeded Benjamin Dsraeli on De
cember o. His government lasted five
years and seventy-four days. He again
succeeded DisrarH on April 2S, 1880, and
this term of Office lasted five years aud
fifty-seven days HIS successor was Lord
Salisbury whom Mr.. Gladstone followed
on February 8, 1855 This third term of
office was only rs days. M. Gladstous
then remained in opposition for six years.
He won in the general election OF 1892,
taking Office on August 1S. Mr.. Glad
stones first prominent appearance in
cabinet was in 1852 as chancellor of the
exchequer under the earl of Aberdeen.
He held the same position in the Palmars-
ton administration of 1855 and 1859, tha
Russell administration of 1865, and in his
own administrations Of 1868 aud 1880
When a ministry resigns it is the fuuc-
tion of the sovereign to call upon some
person to form another administration.
There is no restriction upon the royal
choice, but the statesman usually Sc
lected is the leader of the opposing party
| in one of the two houses. In this case, as
it is the premier and not the ministry
which resigns, the choice falls, Of cour4e,
upon one of the same party II the indt-
vidual chosen undertakes the task of
forming ministry he commences by
nominating his cabinet, taking himself
the principal position, which is variously
designated as head of the government
or first minister, or prime minister or
premier. The Offices which invariably
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, first lord of the treasury, lord chancellor,
lord president of the council, the secre-
taries of s ate for the home department,
foreign affairs the colonies, for war and
q for India, chancellor of the exchequer
and first lord of the admiralty. The
4 prime minister may be first lord OF the
4 treasury and chancellor of the exchequer
& or first lord Of the treasury and lord privy
n seal.
d Refuses the India Secretaryship
e. erals and Unionists May Reunite.
T. LONDON, March THE United Pres
- correspondent has obtained official con
"A frmation of the report that John Morle
y had refused the India secretaryship be
" cause he did not wish any Office whic
:, was isolated from the cause of Iralaut
~, Sir Algernon West, Mr. Gladstone's init
~ mate friend and companion at Biarr,l
~ has been appointed to the privy cOunc
y John Cowan, ch arman of Mr. Gladstone
10 election committee in the Midlothian dis
- trict, has received a baronetcy. G. w
VI Spencer Lyttleton and G. H. Murray, pr
vate secretaries to Mr.. Gladstone as hr7
lord of the treasury, have been made com
,st panions of the Order of the Bath
is- The st. James Gazette is authority TO
O. the statement that reunion of the libeT
A. ais and the liberal unionists is probable
a. Lord Rosebery having already entere
Mt into communication with the unionis
as leaders, Joseph Chambcrlin and the Duk
el of Devonshire, on the subject.
O. The German and Russian Treaty
~ BERLIN, March 5.-There is genera
ha feeling of relief at the conclusion of tn
A., debate on the first reading of the Ger
"a mani Russian commercial treaty in tn
a reichstag. When the discussion was nc
40 wearisome, as it often was, it was merel
u, interesting and seldom rose to the dignit
4. of importance. With the sole exceptio
~, of the stand taken by Chancellor vo
70 Caprivi and the mastery way in whic
~ he handled his subject, not anothe
in speaker for or against the measure su,
ceeded in making the impression h
sought. The chancellor's argument
without doubt helped to strengthen th
mt prospects of the final adoption Of tn
,ra measure especially in the encourag,
he ment he gave to certain supporters of tn
treaty, who were weak lneed becaus
all they feared that agrarian oppositio
he would prevail. These deputies have nov
MT been supplied with the courage they nee
ms and no longer fear.
ar Thirty Died Together
I'M CAPE Town March A trader fror
'GeS Shangani River district, who has arrive
N at BuluwayO, states that he found within
~, a radius OF fifty feet at Il point where tn
oJ party under command of Captain Wilson
ie' is supposed to have made their Inst stant
ts before being massaored by the Matabeles
.si iu the bones of thirty-three men. The trade
nv nv and his party gathered the bones togethe
eo and buried them. Late advices stat
W. that King Lo Bengula died January %
'e' HIS followers, it is said, are trooping t
Buluwayo with the intention of layint
down their arms Great anxiety is ex
ry pressed by them to know where tbev ar
as to live and who is to assume the burdei
lo le of the support of the late kings wives ant
oo' children.
~ Colonna Wants Cash.
at PARIS, March Upon informatio,
er given by Prince Colonna, John w. Mack
or avs son-in-law, Paris officials have seizst
he all copies of the New York World, of Feb
90 8, which were offered here for sale. Prime
al Colonna declared that an article pub
40 lished in the World of that date wa
III libelous The paragraph to which he OBJ
Iected most strenuously, said that he ha
been expelled from the Jockey club il
Rome for cheating at cards HIS lawyer
% have served writ upon Joseph Pulitzer
m of the World, claiming 100000 frame
re damages Maitre Desjardins, the prince
,st chief counsel, says that his client vii
~. divide the amount of damages which h
er, expects will be awarded him, among tn
ID public charities of Naples and Paris.
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