The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-04
GOSSIP R O LONDON
BRITISH NEWSPAPERS pOKING FUN
AT WILLIE WALDORF ASTON.
He Is Said to Desire to Wed One of
the Prince of WaIes's Daughters
The Dynamite Conspiracy.


LONDON, Oct. 3.-The great dynamite
sensation is dwindling almost to the van
lshing point in public interest. The govern
ment, naturally, is chagrined at the failure
to secure the leading suspects and thus
work UP a sensational conspiracy trial.
Consequently, it is believed that Scotland
Yard will abandon the proposed arrests of
minor characters said to have been con-
cerned in the plot Those under arrest
here, it is thought, will be given short SEN
fences.
The newspapers continue to publish num-
bers of suggestions for celebrating, in June
next, the completion of sixty. years of the
Queens reign. A special review of the CO.
lonial and other forces in Hyde Park is
urged. The scheme will be presented to the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain, as soon as he arrives,
and it is stated that the Prince of Wales is
a keen supporter of the idea. 1t is thought
chat a review of a force including represent
atives of every colony and dependency of
the empire would afford an impressive
tribute to the imperial greatness charac-
terizing her Majesty's reign.
The clergy of London also propose to
commemorate a triple event, the compile
, ton of, sixty years ofsQueen Victoria's
reign, the thirteen hundredth anniversary
of the founding of the See of London and
the fourth meeting of the Pananglican
synod of bishops by making London an
archbishopric. The Archbishops of Canter
bury and York are said to be in favor of
the project.
The diversity of opinion among church.
men on the question of a state church was
evinced at an influential meeting here on
Thursday, of the Churchman'S Liberation
League, formed with the object Of bringing
about disestablishment and abandonment.
The Rev. DR.. ,Simonde, the secretary, de-
clared that both were a hindrance TO re-
ligion, and added that nothing could be
more harmful TO the church than the fact
that 1,1W of the clergy are SubSlSIing on an
income of only $3.50 yearly, While thirty-four
bishops receive an average of $4,000 a
year. There is considerable i'll feeling
among the clergy, 1T may be added, at The
fact that Professor Wa1po1e, of New York.
has been appointed principal of the Bede
Training Coiiege for schoolmasters, at Dur
ham.
The fact that the dreaded bubonic
disease has obtained a strong footing in
Bombay is established beyond question and
the situation is regarded most seriously.
Other towns have taken. quarantine meas
ures and the citys of Bombay has been
placed out of bounds for troops. The out
break is attributed to rats, which are
known to have been infected with bacilli
The Board of Trades report of railroad
accidents during 1895 was issued on Thurs
day. 1t shows that 1,024 persons were
killed, of which number eighty-three were
passengers, though only five persons were
killed through train smashes. The num-
Der of persons injured during the same
year was 4,021, of which number HOO were
| nASE0DQ9rSL The total nJlmhar of naccnn-
gers carried outside of season ticket hold
ers was 929, no, 909.
The newspapers are poking fun at the
report that Mr.. William Waldorf Astor has
sold his hotel in order to silence the criti-
cism to the effect that a boniface is not a
suitable husband for a princess. 1t is
pointed out that many peers are proprie-
tors of hotels, including Lord Walsingham,
Lord Norreys, Viscount Hardinge, etc. The
Norwegian newspapers announce the en-
gagement of Mr.. Aston to Princess Victoria
of Wales as a settled fact.
The greatest interest is manifested in the
experiment of the undertaking by the gov
eminent of New South Wales in introduce
ing oranges from that colony into England
in order to relieve the oversupply of Aus
tralia and supply England when the mar
ket here is bare of other oranges. A con
signment of 1. TAO boxes was sold this week.
and experts declare that the fruit was of
iAio CoLullioH.
There was a very large attendance at the
annual Catholic conference which closed its
three days session at Henley on Wednes-
day last. and the earnest views of the
speakers met with unstinted applause. The
bishop of Birmingham, DR.. Isley, Cardinal
Vaughan, the Rev. A. II. VilIiers. w. v
Craig, J. H. Matthews, Mrs. Crawford. Sir
Charles bikes niece, the Rev. Luke Riv-
ington, the well-known convert from the
ing paper was by Mr.. b. F. Costello. the
late Radical-Socialist member of the Lon
don County Council, who married a rich
American wife. 3 >
BY winning the Jockey Gu stakes of
$50, 900 at Newmarket, on Thursday last
the Prince of Wales's colt, Persimmon. has
brought its total winnings up to STA $50
apart from the considerable amounts which
his Royal HighnesS is understood To ia We
won in bets.
The filibustering days of Walker found
an echo at Liverpool. on Thursday. during
the hearing of the bankruptcy PROCEEDINGS
taken against Mr.. Joseph O'KeIl. During
the course of his examination Mr.. O'Kell
said he went to America in 1853, at the in
vitation of Commodore Vanderbilt. and
that when Walker seized the Commodore
property in Nicaragua. he (O'KelD. under
the name of Spencer, got a band of men
together, attacked Walker and recovered
the property. for which, he added, the
Commodore presented him with 5000, 900.
Continuing, Mr.. O'Ken said that he went
West under the name of Edward Evers,
started a barrel stave mandatory. and
eventually became known as the "Stave
King Later. he said, he went to Chicago
engaged in the commission business and
was ruined by the great fire. In 1880 he
returned TO London but, it appears, re-
turned to the United States in 1885 and
speculated in pine lands in Mississippi.
where he obtained a grant, he stated, of
seven million acres on the surrender of
State bonds issued before the war for
delta work. Messrs. Watson and Baldwin
of Chicago. OKell also asserted in court
were his partners in this deal. and have
since been suing him in connection with it.
The theaters have been doing an excellent
business during the past week. The big
gest success of the moment is Two Little
Vagabonds," at the Princess, and NJ. De
Courcelle, the French author of the piece.
has been commissioned to write a play for
the Adelphi.
MY Artful Valet" at Terry's Theater.
was withdrawn on Saturday, owing to the
| necessity of James WEIGH resuming his