Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-30


have just come forth from the ancient
cathedral. Her head Is lifted as II In an
Impulse OF triumphant enthusiasm; the
legs are stiffened and Strengthened, as
IL she were half rising in her saddle. The
statue Is pronounced distinctly fine by
the critics, and yet one historical tault
Is found i'm IT, Jeanne dare almost al
ways bore her standard on public occa-
slons. She Is said 10 have held IL aioit
as she stood beside the altar In the ca
thedral at the conservation OF Charie5
VII. IL Is most probable that she would
stiII have had It in her hand after she
mounted her steed to ride away.
A woman called Mother 1brahlm died
recently at Vichy, aged 63 years. she
was rcputed TO have been cantiniere IN
the Second Zouaves and as such was
supposed to share In their renown, II she
did not contribute TO II. She was said
TO have accompanied the regiment to
the Crimea and Mexico under the empire,
and 10 Tunis and Tonkin under the re-
public Mother Ibrahim was given Inc
funeral. Military honors were paid her.
the regulation volley was fired over her
grave. and four regimental adJutants
were her pall-bearers. At the cemetery
a captain OF marines pronounced eulogy
upon her life i'm the name Of an associa-
ton of veterans. Mother lbrahim had
even possessed the Cross OF the Legion OF
Honor, and her glory seemed incontesta-
bic. But the Second Zouaves happen to
be In Algiers at this present time, and
TO them some one tecgraphed the fact OF
her death. The response was that Mother
Ibrahim was totally unknown in the regi-
ment. Further inquiry seems thus far
to have confirmed this denial. SO much
scandal has resulted from this story that
it is not improbable that an investigation
will be made by the French Government
10 discover how IT was that the reputed
cantiniere obtained the Cross Of the Lee
gion OF Honor, to which, II the de-
mails be true, she was not at all entitled
Miss Maud Come, the Jeanne Arc OF
Irish politics. is the pretty daughter OF
the late Colonel Come. She is a convert
to the Irish national cause from the camp
Of the Unionists. Before the death OF her
father she was the reigning beauty of the
vice-regal court in Ireland. She has just
been in the west u Ireland, where she
has been launching a movement TO cele-
brate the landing there of the French
under General Humbert.
John ID. Rockefeller, in an address be-
fore the University Of Chicago recently,
referred to the money he had given to the
university, and then remarked: ut is
DuL the DtBllulHb WHEN ne was IN
terrupted by frantic applause indicating
the impression that he was about TO an
nounce another magnificent contribution.
When he could be heard again, however,
he concluded. with a quiet smile: "And
you are going on to finish the work"
Mr.. Henry Somerset, the son OF
Lady Henry Somerset, the famous tenn
perance advocate, has been made secre-
tary TO the Royal Commission on Alco-
holic Licenses. AS this commission f.
chiefly useful in facilitating the issue OF
licenses 10 retail liquor dealers. and as
young Somerset-who. by the way, studied
ut Harvard University-does not share
his mothers temperance views, the APP
pointment may be regarded in the light
Of n joke on Lord S1lisbury's part
DR.. Guide, whose brochure on cali
gula" created n sensation In Germany
two years ago. has been sentenced to
three months imprisonment for lese-ma-
jesty. He had asserted that TO call VIII
liam the First William the Great was a
piece OF political shamelessness." This
was regarded as an insult 10 william the
Second. who had endeavored TO confer
this title upon his grandfather, and Dr.
Guide was criminally prosecuted with
the final result above stated. The Munich
"Allgemeine Zeitung' published an ac-
touut VI luc lIlJl as an Item or news,
and the editor was thereupon indicted
for lese-majesty in having quoted Dr.
Quidde's words. So great was the indig-
nation at this arbitrary action that the
prosecution was finally withdrawn.
Lady Beatrice Frances Elizabeth Butler.
one Of the most beautiful girls in Great
Britain, who is now just passing out Of
her teens, is truly the daughter Of a
hundred earls. Her father Is Marquis Of
Ormonde. Earl of Ormonde and Ossory.
and Niscourt Thurles OF Thurles in the
County Tipperary. Her mother was Lady
Elizabeth Harriet Grosvenor eldest
daughter OF the Duke OF Westminster
The house of Butler OF Ormonde is one
Of the noblest in Ireland and the Oldest
In Irish history. The Buffers and the
Gcraldines-rivals IN power and equals in
renown-have been at the head Of the
fine nobility OF Ireland ever since the
Anglo-Norman invasion. The first OF the
family 10 arrive on Irish soil was Lord
TheObald Fitz-Walter. in the reign OF
Henry the Second. He was chief butler
Of Ireland, whence the surname.