The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-24
DISTRESS IN BRITAIN
MUCH DEsTITUTIoN USE BY THE
SEVERE WINTER.
La Grippe Losing It's HoId-Lord Rose
bery,s uIness-Thc "Heavenly
Twfnsr-varsity Crews.

LONDON. March e3-The epidemic of in
liuenza which has been causing so many
deaths and such widespread sickness
throughout the United Kingdom is de-
creasing in strength. In this city, as a re-
suit, the death rate has dropped from Az
a thousand last week to 33.4 for the present
week. The normal death rate is about q
in a thousand. But in spite of this fair
showing fresh cases Of influenza are re-
ported daily.
The general condition OF the metropolis
is indicated by The fact that 137, goo desti-
tute persons were relieved by the various
charitable institutions during the past week.
and the interim report of the select COM
1nittee of the House of which
was appointed to inquire into the existing
distress. has disclosed a state of affairs
which apparently can only be met by extern
sive relief works in certain districts.
Through the medium of the local govern
ment board a circular letter was addressed
to the mayors of towns and to the chair
men of district councils asking for in
formation on the following points:
"Ffrst-Whether there is any exceptional
distress in the district and how far this
is due to circumstances peculiar to the To-
caifty or to the severe weather.?
"Second-What is being done to meet the
distress by public authorities or by volun-
dry dSEHticS uIilS Tx Wcth AuiHS tcdt-
urday, Feb. 16?
Thirds an unemployed register main
'a aFoar aho M,ve w yoa a any suggestions to
tress?"
The replies to this circular letter came
in with promptftude, and the committee, in
its interim report, made an analysis of
these replies. In substance, the 1,9l4 replies
which were received from districts rep
resenting a population of over twenty mill
lion may be summed up by saying that in
56 localities, representing a population of
6.797,321, there is no exceptional distress;
that in 454 localities, with a population Of
10.3s1 900 there is exceptional distress due
that in 14 localities, with a population of
100000, there Is, apart from the want of
oeptionai want of enplovment owing to.
slackness of trade. depression of agriculture
or to particular local industrial causes.
that it Is abundantly clear that while over
a great part Of the country no lack of en-
might be expected as a consequence of an
unusually severe winter, there is and has
5 5istre aa a 4ee ann pr werRin glnser o mnGa Kray ie
regular work, as well az those whose en-
ployment Is always liable to intermittent
by this distress in many parts of the coun-
The conditio of the health of Lord Rose
berry is not sehanged; but there is no aues-
ton that he Is seriously i'll and that the
complications of the political situation are
such as to deprive the Premier of the
energy necessary to fight difficult and deli
cate questions. Under these circumstances
* Is not astonishing that the widest rumors
are circulated and that many people are
stone as likely to be the man who will
guide the Liberals once more out of poll
tical darkness and into the sunshine of
harmony. Mr.. Glandstone arrived in Lon
don tonight.
Mrs. Emily Crawford, the well known
Paris correspondent, in Truth, this week,
has drawn a painful picture of Queen
Victoria as she looked on her arrival at
Vice. 1t appears tha the Queen stopped
q great deal, was weary and unable to
under her eyelids as If lacking the strength
to look { otherwise. Her clothes were all
loose and much in keeping with her facial
expression.
The Hon. Cecil Rhodes, Premier of Cape
Colony. sometimes termed 1.-THE Napoleon
of South Africa" and by some of his friends
called the 'TUncrowned King of South
Africa after having been blackballed at
the Travellers Club a couple of weeks ago,
causing the Prince of Wales, the Duke
beship in that institution, has been elected
a member of the Athenaeum under the
ties annually. Prof. Victor Horsley and
Prof. Villers Sanford were concurrently
chosen. I
The funeral of Lady Mary Montague. one
of the daughters of the late Duke of Man
chester, who married Miss Consuela
Yznaga, of New York, who died on March
Is, at Rome. of double pneumonia, took
place at Kimbotton Church, Saint Meets,
on Thursday last, in the presence of a
large concourse of notable people. Lady
Mary was only sixteen years old and is
said to have been the ~prettiest girl in Eng
land. She and her sister were known as
the Heavenly Twins" Their portraits
have been painted for exhibition at the
next Academy display.
The Katherines of the United Kingdom
and America have just placed a beautiful
slab of Irish gray fossil marble over the
grave of Katherine of Arragon. in Peter
borough Cathedral. The inscription and the
arms of the Queen are beautifully carved.
The balloon society has presented the
Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon, eldest son
OF Lord Scarsdale, and member OF Parlia-
ment for the Southport division of Ian
cashire, with a gold medal in recognition
of his notable achievements in Asia. Mr..
Curzon, 1t will be recalled, is engaged to
be married to Miss Mary Letter, of Chica-
go. daughter of Mr.. l.. n. Letter, the West
ern millionaire. Mr.. Curzon was formerly
private secretary to Lord Salisbury, and
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