Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-16
THE Close Of PARLIAMENT,
Tim Healy the Principal Beneficiary
of the Session.
He Began as Follower, But Ends
as Leader-The American Theo.
sophical Crusaders Receiving
Great Attention in England and
Ireland.
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London, August l5.-Parl.ament clos
ed up to-day N a more lively and splrlted
manner than has been the case with
any session for years. In the whole Of
Parliament the man who has most bei-
tered himself is Tim" Healy. lie be-
gan the session as one Of DR.. Dillon's II
followers, and he ends i- as a lslde~ OF
his party and with abou, % followers.
1t is said that the Irish convention.
which meets in Dublin September !. il
destined TO be a fizzle. Neither The
Parnellites nor the Healyites will al
tend, so the whole objsc, OK The conyea-
ton is thwarted, and d.. Dillon expects.
if the Parnellites and ether factions do
not attend, that the latter viii be put n
an awkward moral position. on the
ground that when a reunion OF different
sections Of one irish party was attempt
ed, they stood out. Meantime Ireland
is perfectly tranquil and continues
steadily improving. For several years
there have been good haryesjs N Ire
land and the "peasanUy' are generally
satisfied. The release of the Irish po-
litical prisoners, Daily, Gallagher Devan-
ey and Whitehead, has, it is said, been
another disquieting feature Of the agita-
tors.
The Marquis o. Salisbury was to-day
formally installed at Dover as lord war
den of the Cinque ports, in succession to
a long line of distinguished men.
The little band OF American crusaders
for theosOphy is receiving considerable
attention in the columns of the English
newspapers, and has given the Irish
press an entirely new theme for dis
cussion. Shortly after landing the
Americans uttered a prophecy that Ire
land was soon TO become the ruler Of
Europe, and that the ancient glOries OF
that mystic island would be restored.
Also that the theosOphists proposed TO
establish u branch OF the proposed
American college Of occulusm there
The Irish newspapers are Identity
pleased with the idea, and some OF Tho
principal papers Of Dublin and else
where have thrown open their columns
for its discussion.
The crusaders have proved surprise
When il was first announced that eight
Adlltl AI1ilo WfAk hbAA6 ~
crusade which would not stop until the
globe had been girded, it was not recelV-
ed seriously But what the party lacks IN
numbers il makes up in theoS0phlcal
rtrength. Arriving at London. The lit
tie party engaged the Queens hall ana
held meetings there. The women sag
on the stage in flowing white robes and
the men in evening dress. Ine meeting
was followed by an invention called
brotherhood supper, held in tn Sums.
Socialists. Anarchists dock laD0.ers,
outcasts and the poor generally were
served with a hearty meal-the hrst
many of them had partaktn OF IN months
and then were aftearWard given a tdlk
on brotherhood" The same thing was
done in the slums Of Liverpool Inc
Rev. w. Williams, chaplain IN the
British army, joined the Crusade. y.
In Dublin. a convention OF the whole
tneosophical society in Europe was caSl-
ed. The society in Europe, IL appears
boasts of some distinguished adherents.
Among them is Prof. Crooks, the English
chemist who invented the Crooks
raw tube: Camille Flammarion, the
French astronomer, and. IL is SAID, MIS-
Benson, wife of the archbishop OF cam
terbury. VINO, with her two sons, il IS
statdi. joined the theoscphicai society
recently.
In few days the party will leave Ire
land for Amsterdam, Berlin ami PARIS.
The intention is to visit every European
capital. and Rome itself is 10 DC
"stormed." Leaving Europe the cruz
saders will go to Malta and Egypt j men
will follow Australia. New Zealand anu
Asia. The return is to be by way Oh oaH
Francisco in about March.
The annual summer quiet has ii...
upon the London theatres, but five OF .''
leading places Of amusement are l'"
open and the leading actors are
tered FAR and wide upon their summer
vacations.