The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-13
doey Chamberlain
Offers Us Taffy
Says England's House Of Lords Should
Copy Our Senate.
LORD ROSEBERY AS A SPORT
Novelties at the rheaters on the Other
Side-Iving Does u Character Sketch.
Queer Win or Woman Who
Was Very Fond Of Cats.

this honor upon him was Dornock. or
course, the affable premier made
speech, a speech that treated more of
golf than qolitics. He even went so
far as to praise the golfing ability of
the leader Of the opposition-Mr. Bal
four to wit! He referred to the Scot
tish coal and mining strikes and as
sured his hearers that although the
amount Of misery produced by them
was terrible, still he looked forward
more to good than evil as result. Lord
Rosebery is a very manly fellow and
takes every opportunity Of indulging in
exercise, or, in fact, anything in the
way OF sport. After leaving Dornock
he and the Duke of Sutherland rowed
themselves over the ferry and then in
dulged in drive to Tain, where both
Lord Rosebery and the duke were pre-
sented with the freedom Of yet another
burgh! 1t is fortunate that freedoms"
are not heavy heads to carry!
Joseph Chamberlain, NJ. p, is an en-
ergetic man. He has been visiting
Leeds, and in the course of one day
gave two tremendous speeches. He di-
rected the greater portion of his first
speech to Ireland, and referred in
scathing terms to the defeat Of the two
home rule bills. He ridiculed the Irish
party generally, and said that since the
home rule bill they had been chiefly
engaged in blackening each others
characters. He is a clever speaker, Is
jolly,and catches up any chanceremar
In manner which always goes down
SO well at a political meeting. In the
evening, ,befoie an audience Of over 1900
people Mr., Chamberlain gave his other
peroration. He said that he had been
subjected to 'whirlwinds Of abuse"
and had been held up as monster of
all that was dangerous and wicked,
but" he added, lit Is absolutely inn
possible that any human being can be
as bad as Mr.. Chamberlain is depicted.
he was there before them without
horns and tail and could not, therefore,
be as bad as he was painted" Again
he devoted long time to Irish politics
and also discussed the question of
the abolition of the house of lords. He
asked his hearers to bear in mind that
our constitution was unlike every other
country on the face of the earth, mas
much as our constitution has very few
checks upon the power of parliament.
What the government proposed was
that the commons should be absolute,
that the majority should stand
alone and arbitrary, in fact, it should
have everything in its own hands. He
denounced (and Joey Chamberlain can
denounce) the system as one fatal to
the best interests of our country. He
paid tribute to the States when he
said that he would view with favor
any reasonable proposal that would add
an elective element to the composition
Of the house Of lords, which would give
1t representative authority such as
that which Is given to the senate OF
the United States-a power greater
perhaps, than is exercised by any other
legislative assembly in the world" This
last sentiment is really so pretty and
complimentary that we will herewith
take leave of Mr.. Chamberlain and his
matchleSs orchid, for Mr.. c. never ap-
pears in public without one of those
beautifully eccentric flowers in his but
tonhole.
The cheque of f10O sent by Mr. Glad
stone to the Irish party has been re-
turned to him, owing to the amount OF
quarrelllng than has taken place over it
one section wis ing to retain 1t as gift
given by the al Ind Old Man to honestly
help them. and the other section hold
ing that 1t red ees them to the form OF
beggars. They by that they should not
allow themselves to be patronized OF
put themselves Under any obligation te
any English statesman.
Last year has been a very bad one
for the railway companies, the receipts
haf Of hxy tbA
strikes. Until last year there had beer
no actual decrease in the gross receipts
of the railway companies for sever
years. The reduction last year, al
though it does not actually stand alone
is without precedent in regard to its
amount. The falling off is due en-
tirely to the decrease Of the goods traf
fic. AS regards railways 1893 stands ou
as the worst year on record.
An old maid has just died and her will
proves that she has not forgotten Lore
Randolph Churchill or her pussy cats
She has left Randy" an estate in Ok
fordshire in recognition of his "com
manding political genius" and also II
acknowledgment to the Marlborough
family for favors and benefits derived
from the Marlborough estates by hel
late father. She gives her pussieS, TT
items, Tabby Rolla, Tabby Jennefee ant
Ursula, to Ann Elizabeth Mathews
and directs her executors to pay her fl
year for each cat as long as said pus
sizes live. Other midnight chorister!
are bequeathed to other people with tn,
f12 q year added to each. The balanc,
is to go to Ann Mathews again dt doe!
not say how many and Ann get ye
another f150 yearly to look after them
besides a cottage, but 1t is interesting
to note that this does not extend t
kittens afterwards born"
New pieces are coming out at thu
theaters with wonderful rapidity. FRS
and foremost is q new sketch produced
by Henry Irving. 1t Is called "A Story
of Waterloo" and Is one act charac
ter sketch Of DR.. Conan Doyle. There
Is little in the fragment, the main OBJ
| ject being to give Irving chance o.
showing how much he can do with
character study. He represents an ole
soldier on the verge Of the grave, who's,
| remaining memories are centered OF
| the famous battle in which he took part
New weapons of warfare puzzle hin
dreadfully, and he will believe no gooC
Of them. He dies as his niece-beauti
fully played by Annie Hughes-passeI
from girlhood to womanhood and be
comes the affianced bride of brigh
young soldier. The old man rises ex
citedly from his chair, crying, 9TH,
guards want powder, and by God the!
shall have itv' and falls dead. Irvini
received a tremendous reception for hi
fine rendering of the part.
Arthur Roberts has produced anothe
variety piece of the "Gaiety Girl" order
The piece is just Arthur all through
albeit Arthur in new disguise ever.
time he comes on the stage. Mr.. Beer
bohm Tree and company have been dis
tinctly honored by her Majesty at Bal
moral castle. The royal command wa
received on Friday evening whilst tn,
company was at Edinburgh. Specia
scenery was painted on the Saturday
and the company gave two perform
ances in beautiful Edinburgh on tn,
Monday before they performed befor
the Queen, and left Ballater after a 10
mile drive at 1.45 a. m. Holyhead wa
reached at 2.55 and Dublin at ITO. TIL,
entire company appeared at the thea
| ter at $50 and were enthusiastically re