The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-27
ONE OF THE THINGS WHICH HAS
BEEN UNUSUAL In
LONDON.
OLD ARCHIVES SEARCHED.
COMMISSION ABROAD ABOUT
CLOSED UP.
CALLING THE SULTAN HARD NAMES
Rapid Pace Set by Mr.. Gladstone
Has Put Other Englishmen
ON Their MettIe.


ON Their MettIe.
LONDON, Sept $3.50 far as the
metropolis is concerned, September
thus far has been remarkable for two
things. First, the exceptionally heavy
rainfall and the great gale of yester-
day, which, besides sweeping the
coasts of the British isles and doing
much damage to shipping, cut off
much of London's telegraph communi-
cation with the outside world. The de-
lay to business was great Secondly
the death rate was very light, falling
last week to 14.1 per 1000 inhabitants
in London, as against an average of
1871 for every 1000 inhabitants in thirty
three great towns in the country.
Mr. Burr. the expert, who is exam
lining the British archives on behalf
of the Venezuelan boundary commits
sion appointed by President Cleve-
land, and his colleague, Dr. Keen, are
still in London, though soon to take
their departure. In an interview with
a representative of the Associated
Press, Mr. Burr said:
''Dr. Keen and 1 will start for The
Hague today. We have finished our
work IN the British colonial Office. and
have seen everything they have bear
ing on the Venezuela boundary, the
officials in the Office producing every
thing for us we asked to see We also
finished up at the British Museum
Friday. We have had several discus
sions with reference to the validity and
| correctness of the facts adduced, even
| if they did not touch upon any cues
ton of Importance in connection with
the controversy. All the extracts from
the archives which were submitted to
us by the British officials were revised
AS result of our researches in Lon
don, we have obtained full information
on many points that are only limited
at IN the Dutch archives at The Hague
| We have seen, for instance. the orig
mails of important documents of which
only copies had previously been found.
The blending of London and The
Hague archives thus renders each more
| complete"
In reply to question as to what
light had been thrown on the so-called
Schomburgk line by their investiga
| lions. Mr.. Burr said
Many Of the documents examined are
| OI d Odt0 long prior TO Sir Robert
| Schomburgk's time"
AS soon as Mr.. Burr has finished his
researches at the Hague he will sail
! direct from Holland to the United
| States.
t Mr.. Frederic Coudert, the member Of
the Venezuelan commission. who has
been in Europe in behalf of the com
mission, will sail for home on the
steamer La Champagne
The rem ri h1a uioIopoo Of tba E,,orr
lish agitation which has been conduct
ed against the sultan is shown by the
I character of the epithets which have
been hurled at him by the usually mod
crate speaking English people Mr..
Gladstones epithet of the great as
sassin'' seems to have set the fashion,
the duke of Westminster following
with "tiend incarnate," Earl Spencer
preferrinS representative of a diabel-
ical and atrOcious government" The
term applied by William Watson, the
poet abdul the Damned in his Sc
ries of sonnets on the Armenian ques-
ton, perhaps finds the most frequent
repetition Of any Of them Others say
abdul the Bloody" while murderer
| incarnate." Organizer of massacres''
"Satans viceregent" ETC., etc. are com
mon on every hand. The press is in no
whit behind. in its sensational dealing
with the subject by the most lurid
I ntdAitiicS III liic HtWSpdpcISs anu post
ers to advertise them. The Chronicle
is printing a series of murder maps
on the subject.
The visit of the car to tile British
| isles has revived a romantic story
which was first published in England
| in 1854, and which has been periodi-
cally revived since. The old story AZ
leges that the Gar Paul, while once
visiting in London, became enam-
ored of beautiful Scotch woman,
whom he met here and whose family
name was McGregor The gar it is
said, took the beautiful Scotch woman
back to Russia with him. where she
gave birth to a son who became, in
time, the Gar Nicholas l., great grand
father Of the present car. The Scot
| land Yard detectives who are guard
ing the car during his stay at Bal
moral report that he is enjoying the
drives arranged for him there more
than anything since his arrival. All
accounts agree that the car is de-
lighted with the domesticity which he
finds at Balmoral. When he leaves
Portsmouth for France. which will be on
October 8. he will be escorted by Brit
! ish warships until they meet the
French warships, which will then take
UP the escort.
A new expedition on novel lines Ia
being organized al Glasgow under the
leadership of Explorer Murrie, the pur-
/
act location of the North Pole The
! proposed expedition is announced to
start for the North in May. Prof s.
A Andre, who waited in vain for
favorable conditions for the starting
OF his balloon this summer announces
that he will start again in July His
balloon house at Spitzenbergen, he
says, he left in such condition that it
! can be made available in three days
for the purpose of initiating the bal
loon.
The revival of "Cymbeline." by Sir
Henry Irving at the Lyceum theater
on Tuesday evening. was made so
cial function, drawing the a11stocratic
jewellers into town. All degrees of
finance, from Baron de Rothschild to
! Mr.. Barney Barnato, were present. as
we'll as artists, authors, dramatists and
all the lights ia the London armament.
1t il not expected that the revival will
make long run. The public do not
find the production very interesting,
and are inclined to agree with the YER
dict of the Times that 1t is ..only an
agreeable stop gap" a play. the pro-
duction of which. is concession TO
the genius of Ellen Terry as '.Imo-
gene"