The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15

a battle in sixty.nihe years. while the
army has done much"
queen Victoria will arrive at Wind
eaa 9 hneees nes sedss s as
children OF the latter and the children
or the dukedand duchess of Connaught
her majesty will spend five weeks at
windsor, and will then go to Osborne
for two months. The prince and
princess of Wales, the duke and Ouch
duchess of Eonnaught and Prince and
Princess Charles of Denmark will be
| guests at Windsor CasteT during the
coming week
The crusade of the world, inaug-
urated by Mrs. Tingley and her six
markable success, according to reports
Nearly all the great cities of Europe
have been visited and in each, it is
| said, fieu1ishing theosophical organ
| lzation has been left behind. There are
now, 1T appears societies in London,
Dublin, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Paris,
Amsterdam. Stockholm, Vienna and
athens, besides numerous lesser cities,
and in England, Scotland, Ireland,
! Sweden, Holland, Germany and Greece
there were enough societies to necessi-
| tate the formation Of national fedora
lions. They attribute their success in
Athens to the practical identity of the
teaching of theosophy with the philo-
sophy Of Plate and Pythagoras and al
SO because the word theosophy was
| borrowed from the Greek thee sophia,
meaning divine wisdom. Before leav-
ing Athens the advices further state
Mrs. Tingley heard that 500 exiled Ar
menlanS were encamped on the out
skirts of the city. She visited their
camp and found them in a pitiable
state. The Greek government had sup
piled them with tents and some food:
but they had insufficient clothing and
almost no bedding So the theosophist
party raised fund with which they
purchased blankets and undertaking
which the unfortunates accepted with
tears In their eyes. Mrs. Tingley and
Mr.. Hargrove made short addresses on
Brotherhood" to them which were
responded to by S. A. Guardian. presi-
dent OF the Armenian relief society Of
Athens. The crusaders next visited
Eleusis, the site Of the ancient Eleu-
sinian mysteries and then left for
Egypt. There they visited the pyra-
mids, which all the members of the
party claim to believe they well knew
thousands of years ago. Claude Falls
Wright and his wife. especially, are
said to have found the surroundings
familiar, as sboth assert they bore the
same relation of man and woman in
Egypt 5000 years ago. 1t is also said
that the party there met with one Of
the brotherhoods of Adopts Of whom
the theosophists speak so much From
Cairo, Mrs. Tng1ey and her followers
left for India.
QUEENS NEW WILL.
1t is reported that the queen Is about
to make a new will. The one now in
existence was made twenty years ago
and has twenty-five codicils, necessi-
tated by changes in the royal family
1t is engrossed ON vellum quarto size
bound as volume, and is secured by
q patent lock.
The statement made by Lord Esther.
the master of the rolls, at the Guild
hall banquet, that it was his last ap-
pearance there, is supposed to indicate
that he intends to retire and the gos-
sips have been busy over his successor
1t is generally believed that Sir
Richard Webster, the attorney general.
will succeed Lord Esther, and that Mr..
r. B. Ftndlay, the solicitor general,
will be appointed attorney general,
though it is probable, but for his re
marks on Venezuela, in his recent
speech delivered at York, that Sir
Edward Clarke, Q. c., would have been
given Sir Richard Webster's place
! Charles M. Sheldon, the artist, is to
be married on Nov 25 to Miss Grace
Fitch, a native of Des Moines, where
they were children together.
The attendance during the past
week has not been very large at many
of the theaters, although some of the
managers are congratulating them
selves on the favorable opening Of the
winter season.
| With the departure of Willard, Tree,
John Hare and Arthur Bourchier all
OF whom will be seen in America this
winter, London is deprived of some of
its most popular actors. Interest al
ready centers in the opening Of Mr..
| Trees new theater, on which work is
| being carried forward in great haste,
and there is also much speculation as
to Americas criticism of the new play
| THE Seats Of the Mighty" which will
then be produced for the first time. Mr..
| and Mrs. Tree and company sail today
| on the American line steamer st. Louis,
| the business staff, with the exception
! of Mr.. Shelton, having preceded them
| by a week. Mr.. Shelton will continue
as stage manager at the new theater.
Sir Henry Irving. has determined to
| give single performance Of 1.-The
Bells on Wednesday evening, Nov.
| 20. The occasion Is the 25th anniver-
| sary Of Irv1ng's appearance in the play
which was the first stepping-stone in
his future London success. 1t is intend
ed to make. a special feature of the
event 80
DR.. Conan Doyle has had a new play
entitled 1.-THE Brothers Dawson" ac-
cepted by the management Of the Hay
market theater. The play is founded
/ upon novel of James Payn's, and will
| pIOOdOIy OS pTOUuC6U at
OF the run of, Under the Red Robe"
| A member of the Prince Of Wales
| party at Sandringham says that be-
fore lunch on a. recent morning 1000
partridges were shot. He adds that the
| days total was 1900 birds
The death of Mrs W. H. Vanderbilt
will not interfere with the gaities at
| the home Of the Duchess of Marlbor-
| ough during the Princess Of Wales Wis.,
| it to the palace. The only difference
/ in the programme will be the substitu-
ton one evening of concert for a
! ball. Mrs. John w. Mackey, who has
been Ill in Paris, has gone to the south
of France to spend the winter there
and In Italy.
In the theaters, "Old Glory and the
Union Jack are frequently seen inter
twined, and the audiences roundly
cheer every reference to English-speak-
ing alliance, and judging from the
warmth of these demonstrations, the
people here are most enthusiastic on
! the subject and determined that it be
an accomplished fact if possible.
Genevieve Ward has been engaged
by Sir Henry Irving for the part Of
| Margaret of Anjoh, when Richard
Ill" is produced at the Lyceum. Miss
Terry will not be seen in this revival.
Her part of Lady Anne falls to the
American actress, Julia Arthur.
! Pat DAILY, of America, and Walter
forfeit for a boxing match of twenty
rounds before the Olympic club, of Biz
mingham. The winner is to receive a
large purse donated by the club. The
Olympic theater has been entirely re-
! decorated and renovated for the nro-