The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-27
Holiday Trade the Best In
Many Years,
An ARTICLE AGAINST BAYARD.


chief attraction Of the shoppers The |
receipts last Monday at one big cooper.
alive store alone were f29,4OO.
An average Of 10000 parcels were
handled daily at tho main parcel office.
whore 400 clerks have been working
night and day.
On the other hand the distress among
the poor Of London ia equally marked.
Over ZOO persons were relieved out Of
the funds Of the poor box at Bow street
police court in three days, some Of the
cases being most pitiAble
Official and diplomatic circles are in n
fluster over an outspoken article on Mr.
Thomas +. Bayard. the United States
Ambassador, In The Chronicle Of Thurs.
day last. Hitherto Il has been the Gus
tom Of the English press to lavishly
praise him and he has been everywhere
hailed ~ the man who. Einglehanded,
accomplished the Anglo American en-.
tenie The Chronicle upon the occasion
referred 10, gave great prominence to
Washington letter. saying that instead
Of rendering either country service Mr.,
BayaFd. BY minimizing the gravity OF
President Clevdand's Venezuelan mes.
sage TO congress. was q most dangerous
representative Of the United States dur
ing great crisis. and the Washington
letter adds, II was no thanks 10 him that
the situatien did not lead TO the most
serious consequences.
The Chronicle correspondent further
claims 20 have the highest authority for
making the statements that President
Cleveland and Secretary olney were
anxious = year ago that Mr.. Bayard
should resign. that all the negotiations
were taken ont Of his hands, and that
he had known nothing Of what trans
pired between Washington and the for.
eign Office here but. has been content
TO BE- pushed aside without resenting It,
The government is busily engaged In
making inquiries into the systematic
divulgenoe Of confidential information
by persons employed In the department
Of state and prosecutions will probably
follow. lis stated that foreign gov.
ernments are better informed regarding
secrets Of the secret service than In the
case Of the secrets Of any other power.
The caAr has sent b King Menelik OF
AbyssiniA large collection Of musical
instruments, including u grand piano.
Mrs. Temple was presented In behalf
OF the ladies Of the diocese with So,
of Chippendalo furniture.
Mr.. Gladstone In a letter Just pub
lished on the subject Of book collectors
says;
Il have been n purchaser in my tim,
Of about 5000 books. A book collector
ought 20 possess six qualihcatiens-ar
appetite. leisure, wealth, knowledge
discrimination and perseverance,. d
these have only the two first, and IN,
last Is restricted. As my visual powei
seriously disablss H. Speaking gener
ally, I have resd from the list Of pur
ohAsers. and am gradually transferring
the bulk Of my library to an institution
S. Daniels, Hawarden. The books II
my possession are sacred dramas, pre-
sented 10 me BY the authors"
The British museum has obtained Al
important papyrus manuscript, Of th
First century. b. o. Il was found II
Egypt and contains Loaf Odes Of the ly
rio poet. BScchylides, the oontemporarl
Of PindAr. The manuscript is hnel,
written, but IL much mutilAted. Ni
teen to 20 poems are intact.
Truth prints a letter from r. @. Lell
man. the Oxford coach. In which he r.
cords the progress BY Harvard AM
the anxiety and willingnessof the crew
10 learn the English style Of rowing
comments on II thus; Already wese
the grand challenge cup sailing acros
the Atlantic"
A peculiarly Of the amusement worl
here lie the large number Of prominen
theaten watch are closed this weel
and incidentally Il has leaked out tina
the real reason Of Sir Henry Irving 70
closing the lyeeum theater until afte
Christmas is not an injury TO his lea
but because Saturdays production q
Richard III showedth the play needle
much cutting aud revision. The wor
must be superintended by Irving him
self.
Her majesty received from her grand
son, Emperor William II Germany, a
usual. a genuine hure de sanglier iron
the famous royal reserves Of Spring
Hanover, and another from the duke o
Coburg. besides = quantity Of Gcrma
cakes and sveetmeats
The annual performance Of Elijah
win Be given BY the Royal Choral soci
ETY. during the afternoon Of Friday next
Jan. I, At Albert hail. The sameorgan
iEatiOn will sing the Messiah On III
evening Of the same dAy.