New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-05
THE DECLINE OF THE GREEKS
WITHOUT FOREIGN ATHLETES THE
OLYMPIC GAMES WOULD BE
FARCE.

A FARCE.
RICHARD CROKER AND Ills MoNTAUK-THE RE
LEASE OF MCULLAGH. TIE DYNAMITER-
PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON.
London April 4.--Lord Dunerin. the British AM
bassador to France the Marquis of Lorne. son-!n-
law of the Queen. and host Of other notabes VIII
attend the Olympic games at Athens. According TO
English athletes now at Athens. there Is no promise
of anything like records being made private let
ter says that unless the foreign athletes lend inter
s es to hf with i King and and
5000 of the populace looking on. could not DO any
The man who did a high jump Ave feet two inches
applauded. and the athlete who covered three
yards In two hops and a jump excited enthusiasm
Ecclesiastical circles awaiting with Intense IN
teres the Popes delverance relative to the validity
of the ordinations of Protestant priests Cardihai
Vaughan is eager to obtain Papal denouncemen,
thereof. affecting the Anglican orders II Is re-
ported that the Pope is reluctant to Issue fulmna-
ton that will tend 10 retard Anglican conversions.
while accelerating rapprochement between inc
not hasten his encyccal He has appointed com
mittee of Cardinals and minor eccesastics. incud-
ing three Englshmen, to examine into the question
Monsignor Merry Delva is the secretary of the
committee.
The Derby price of Richard Cookers Montauk has
sh ortened to 30 to l. THE Sporting Times" says
horse has been befreaded in such earnest as 10
show tina; he is expected TO emulate lroquo!s ana
take another Derby. Americans 1t adds do not
usually throw their money away. They have
n MeT9n who is not key to ga ,ns
form Is feeble but IL will not do to be rreludced.
Mr. Cookers Americas is entered for the Jubilee
Stakes, the for which will be April -.
| The Duke Of Argyll and the Duke OF Westminster
| will send circular to the American and Canadian
press appealing for funds for the relief OF the suf
Qan
been expended for this purpose. 10000 is sti
CURED TO feed and clothe the $1,000 persons who
| destitute.
The death Of Sir Edward Cholmeey Derng. who
first elected a Member OF Parliament IN $780,
when he returned from Wexford caves living
only three men who in the House Of Commons
before the passage OF the Reform bill 49, Henry
| n; Dering at present British Minister to Mexico.
| VIII succeed TO Sir Eiward's title Mrs Bernarl
Beere. the we'll known actress is the widow OF Sir
| Edwards eldest SON She would have been Lady
| Dering II her husband had lived.
| McCulagh the dynamiter who was sentenced 10
Imprisonment for life for connection with the plot
| which resulted In the destruction OF part OF the
Tradeston Gas Works in 1888 been released from
Portland Prison. the physicians certifying that his
death would result II he was confined longer Nc
! Culagh states that several OF the dynamters who
are confined In Portland Prison have become weak
minded. DAILY, he says. is gray. and Is utterly
broken-down AZ an instance Of the treatment ac-
Pentonville Prison. before he was taken to Port
| land. an officer asked him what hts sentence was
He replied that he had been condemned to life i'm
prsonment The officer responded: That won't take
you long and kicked him in the back The crime
for which McCu.agh and others were convicted &C.
CURED shortly aIten 10 o'clock on the night OF Sat
OF the Tradeston Gas Works from which the grcA
| part OF the south side Of Glasgow supplied was
done within NTH the vailed of the "rk
| also 10 several private houses in adjacent streets
later an attempt was discovered to have been made
to 9oT up the aqueduct carrying the Forth and
suburb OF Glasgow.
1t Is reported that Queen Victoria has arranged
with Lord Salisbury at Nice. for the creation OF.
her daughters Princess Christian, Princess Beatrice
and Princess Louise duchesses in their own
! right. 1t was reported shortly after the death OF
the husband Of Princess Beatrice Prince Henry Of
Battenberg. that the Queen would make the Prin-
cess Duchess Of Kent. The earldom and duchy
is of the oldest in English history. During the
half century before the Conquest 1t had formed
one Of the great Saxon eardoms. and had been
ruled by the house OF Goodwin. 1t continued to give
It's name TO a succession OF great Norman lords az
ter its inhabitants mad proffered their fealty to
bre,her 10 the Condition Wa the rt Norman nm
and his immediate successors were William Of
Ypres and Hubert de Burgh--thc gentle Hubert
Of Shakespeares King John"-whose life was one
long romance. and whose resolute defence Of Dover
V.
| in all probability from the accession Of a French
| dynasty. The duchy was first created by Queen
Anne as reward for the political services OF
| Henry Grey but II lapsed with him. and IL has
only subsequent occasion been revived as
| ttuar designation for the son OF George Ill who
| became the father of Queen Victoria
| Charles Wyndham. the welknown actor, is
| Ill and has gone to Monaco for the benefit OF his
| health
George Henry Boughton. the American artist.
| ,ho ceufiy cte1a bar oft ,,,.i
| Academy, has received great number OF con-
| gratuatory letters and messages from the United
States. His principal picture. which will be hung
| at the approaching Academy exhibition. Is called
| "Cancook Water" IL Is an exquisite bit OF Scotch
| burn and hilsides
| MATTHEW ADAMS CAUGHT IN ENGLAND.
| HE WAS COUNTY CLERK IN DENVER AND rs AC-
/ CUsED OF EMBEzzLING 500 900
| London April 4.-Matthew Adams, hfty-two years
| old. arraigned in the Bow Street Police Court
| this morning, charged with having embezzed 500 900
| in Denver. Col. and remanded. pending extra
| diton proceedings. Adams arrested in South
| ampton on his arrival from America He had in his
possession tickets to Cape Town for himself and