The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-01
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London is greatly incommoded by
the cab strike. The drivers have
started a system of boycotting the
railroad stations, which has produced
scenes of confusion and evaporation
at the different depots. where huge
piles Of baggage are set down by the
roadway, and crowds Of indignant
male and female Britons, hampered
by bags, travelling rugs, packages,
etc, are frettting and Tuning, while
pushing about in a. more or less help
less condition, engaging messengers,
eporters or anybody at hand to help
them out Of their difficulties. In fact
the muddle and the trouble are so
great that the officials Of the railroads
have been compelled to apply for po-
lice protection
Sir John Millais, late president of
the Royal Academy, who died Aug.
Ii, left fortune of $250,000 entailed
to the holder of the baronetcy.
The so-called smart set is taking
considerable interest, for them, in the
suit for divorce brought by Countess
on the ground of desertion and adu1-
terry. The correspondent in the case
is a Mrs. Charington. The affair re-
calls that the earl, while Viscount
Dangan, was forced to heavily COM
pensate Phyllis Broughton, the we'll
known actress, for breach of promise
The dowager countess Cowley, in
August year ago, was sued by Mrs
Jaccby, sister-in-law of James M.
Jacoby, M. p, for SANDER, in charg-
ing the plaintiff with writing anony-
nous and Objectionable letters affect
ing the character of numerous per
sons in high society. The case was
finally settled by both parties swear
Ing they did not write the letters and
did not know who did write them
The divorce case has been postponed
until next session.
Now that the fetes in honor Of the
marriage of the crown prince of Italy
to the Princess Helene of Montenegro
are over, the extraordinary behavior of
ceremony is widely criticized The
clergy are paid by the state yet it,
appears, in spite Of previous dispatches
from Rome on the contrary, that when
King Humbert and Queen Margaret
entered the church Of Santa Maria
performed, they found that no prepar-
atoms for their reception had been
made, and they had to sit in the BODY
of the church. Mgr. Piszilli, who Of
ficiated, upon being asked to explain
said that the details were arranged
by the pope who considered their
majesties to be no part of the cere-
monial" It is added that the aston
ishment of the king and queen Of Italy
and the anger of the court was in
creased tenfold when the usual prayer
for he royal house was omitted. and
1t is said that long time will elapse
before the commotion caused by So
public an insult in the presence of for
eigners subsidies
The project to place the Solent un-
der the control of the war offices for
the purpose Of artillery practice has
yachting circles. Admiral Naught
In behalf of the clubs is vigorously op-
posing the suggestion, pointing out
that the project would make naviga-
ton almost as dangerous as an at
tempt to enter hostile port defended
by powerful batteries, as is already the
case with the mouth of the Midway.
Advices received here from Athens
state that the Greek government will
introduce bill during the coming ses-
sion OF the boule, or legislative body
Of Greece. providing for quadrennial
PRINCELY GIFT.
M. G.. Averoff, thh wealthy Greek
merchant, who In part restored the
stadion for the games Of this year, has
written to the crown prince of Greece
offering the sum of 3,500,00O drachmas
to reconstruct 1t in Pentelic marble
Jean Neuola, the American singer.
by the desire of the Infanta Enlalie,
was engaged for the winter season at
the Madrid Opera house. but the con-
tract. she has been notified. is can
celed. owing to the irritation in Spain
against the United States for the al
legged support given to the insurgents
in Cuba. 3h as
The director of the opera house said ::
IF an American sang, under the pat
ronage Of the court, 1t Would lead to
demonstration against the royal
family se'f1 sg I
Various paragraphs have appeared In
the English society papers during the
past few weeks. In regard to- the Bood-