The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-28
The Christmas Week Was
Mild and FOggy.
Distress Among Poor in Big
City Very Marked.
Article Rejecting on Services OF
Ambassador Bayard.
,co,,r,ss. 1896. by tn. Associated Press,


LONDON, Dec. 2s.-The Christmas week
has teen of the mildest description.
toggy and without snow. But the hoh-
dav trade has been the best In years,
especially In jewelry, fancy articles. BOOKS
and mechanical toys, which form tne
chief attraction OF shoppers. Last Mon
day, at one big cooperative store, the re-
ceipts we're G22. 400. Over 10o, 900 parcels
were handled daily at tho main parcel
Office, where l40O clerks have been WORK
Ing night and day.
ON the other hand, the distress among
the poor OF London Is equally MARKED
Over 700 persons were relieved py the
funds of the poor box at bow street
Police station in three days, some OF the
cases teing most pitiable.
'OHiciaI ana diplomatic circles arc In
futrer over an outspoken article on Mr..
Thomas r. Bayard, the U. 3. Ambassa-
dor, In the Chronicle OF thursday last.
Hitherto, 1t has bsen the custom Oh the
English press to lavishly praise him ana
ne has been every where hailed as the
man who, siagle handed. accomplished
| tbe Anglo A American entente. The enron
| icls upon fhe occasion referred to, gave
great prominence to a Washington letter
saving that instead of rendering either
country q servics Mr. Bsyard by minimiz-
| ing the gravity OF President Cleveiand's
| yenezeulau message to Congress, was
| most dangerous representative OF the
| United States during great crisis, and
the washington lettsr adds that 1t was
no thanks to him that The situation did
| not lead to the most serious consequen-
ces. The Chronicles correspondent
further claims to have the highest au-
thority fer making the statement that
! Pfsioeut Cleveland and Secretary Oiuey
were anxious year ago that Mr., Baysrd
should resign, that all the negotiations
we're taken out OF his hands and that he
has known nothing OF what transpired
between Washington and the foreign
Office here, but has been content TO be
pushed aside, without resentlng 1t.
The government Is busily engaged In
making inquiries into the systematic
divulgence OF confidential information By
persons employed in the department o'
State, and prosecutions will probably fol-
low. II is stated that foreign govern
ments are better informed regarding the
secrets OF the British service than Is the
case of any other power.
The Gar has sent TO King Menelek ol
Abyssinis l.rge collection OF musiea
instruments, as we'll as band OF musi
clans who accompany the imperial gifts
Rt. Rev. DIR. Fred Temple, the Arch
bishop OF Canterb try, and formerl,
Bishcp cf London, ba 10 farewell TO th'
clergy of that diocese on Wednesday IN
81. Paul's Cathedral. The Archbishop
I'm iuli robes preached an eloquent scr
mon. DIR. Temple was presented, In be
halt of tho ladies Of the diocese, with
, sat OF Cbippendslc furniture.
, Mr.. GLADSTONE, in letter just pub
lished on tho subject Of book collectors
. says; az have been purchaser in m,
, time OF about 35, 900 books. A book col
lector ought to possess six qualification
-apretite, leisure, wealth, knowlsdge
Discrimination -snd perseverance,. o
th.ss I have only the two frat and To
last is rest icied ne my visual power seri
9 ously disibles it. SpesSiug generally
!. have retired from the list OF purchaser
and am gradually transferring the bull
of my library to sn institution, the 81
: Denioles, Hswarden. The book longcst !
: my pcssossion Ia nSi icrsd Bramas." pr,
seated TO me by the suthores', Hanna
kIore, inscribed, "A- you nave just com
r into the world and am just going ot
. Of "a. sllow me-" etc.
:. Ihe British Museum has ottsiued a
ls important pspyrns manuscript OF the nr
century 'B. e. II was found In EgyT
n anu contains Lost works Of tho lyric pot
" Bacohylides. tte cont ,mporary Of Pinda
: rhe manuscript IL finely written, but
- Is mush mutiIistei. fif.esn to tscni
IoeDs are intlct.