Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-05
THE RECENT DUBLIN CONVENTION
Not Likely to Promote Unity Among
the Irish.
MRS. MAY BRICKS CASE


ted by an impartial observer that as a.
means of promoting unity in the Irish par
liamentary party it was the biggest failure
on record, and only served to widen the
breaches existing among the various fac
tons. Even the liberal newspapers which
for years have had the cause OF Ireland at
heart admit this
The Westminster Gazette, liberal, thinks
that as a result of the convention money
from abroad will flow into the Golfers Of
the Dillonites for year or two. But the
Westminster Gazette adds:
There can be no permanent support out
side Of Ireland until there is united Irish
party, and of this there is rot the ghost of
a chance unless the bishops and priests
take the field
Society Topics.
Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark
princess Maud of Wales), wearied of the
dullness of Appleton Hall. are spending a
week in town, and have been enjoying
the rnselves in bicycling and visiting the
theaters.
The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
formerly Consuelo Wonderfully are at pres
ent al Blenheim, where extensive aIterA-
tons and improvements have begun. The
Prince of Wales has promised TO Visit them
on November %, and will remain at Blen-
helm for a week. A series of battues and
county ball have been arranged for his
entertainment.
The broken engagement of Sir Robert
Peel and Miss Ella Williamson daughter
of Lord Ashton. brought about by a letter
from lady who was a friend of Mrs
Langtry and Abingdon Baird. Is stlll dis
cussed and comment has developed the
fact that Sir Roberts projected father-in-
law. although elevated to the peeragc at
the instance of Lord RCsebery, has never
taken out d patent of the peerage-that is
l,. ,I..,
College of Arms. otherwise the Hera!ds
College, the arms and necessary docum6 nts
and he has not paid the necessary fees
amounting to 1900 G4.ooO). This is the first
case on record in which d peerage has not
been taken up.
The rumor that DR.. Jameson is to marry
the Dowager Countess of Dudley, daughter
of Sir Thomas Moncreiffe and widow of
the hrst Earl of Dudley, who dei III 1850,
is revived by the frequent visits which the
countess has been paying to the prisoner
in Holloway Jail. and by the fact that she
showed the keenest interest iii his trial
The United States ambassador, Mr.
Thomas F. Bayard, returns to London
from his Norwegian cruise on Monday
next and remains here until September
-. when he will start on a round of coun-
try house visits. His tenancy of the resi-
dence ne occupies here expires at Easter
Mr.. James X. Roosevelt. secretary of the
Monday.
The assistant adjutant general of the
New York National Guard. Stephen II.
DIN. has been attending the army naneuy-
erS at AlderShOt.
Prof. G.. l.. Burr. the historical expert of
the Washington-NeneZuelan commission
has arrived in London from The Hague
he called at the United States emba ssy
Will search the foreign office archives and
VIII then proceed to Washington, where he
Will deliver his report.
The American Campaign.
The political campaign in the United
States continues to be watched with ir-
tense interest. MIR. Henry Labouchera in
truth. deVotes three pages to the situation
during the course of which he says:
am one OF the warmeSt admirers of
the Cnted States in Europe. l am a DEM
ocfat OF democrats in the true sense of the
Word, and | believe that one of the great
est hangers TO The democracy of America is
that huge accumulation of CAPITAL is in
the names OF a few. But, as d democrat
ana one DESTROYS that the cause of temoc-
racy should everywhere prevail and as an
adlnirer oil the sterling common sense of
the Americans. sincerely trust that BRYAN
will be defeated"
truth also comments upon the rise in
price OF American securities on tho stock
exchange and says there are distinct sisns
that the large English capitalists are pick
ing up low-priced shares and are taking
their chances OF the election.
In Sporting Circles.
In spite of the belittlng in some quarters
Of Ref, the American jockey, the latter
had his first mount for an English owner at
Derby OH Wednesday.
According to the English racing papers.
Mr.. Pierre Lorillard does not intend to
race again in America until the per,na
nency Of racing there is better established
The congress OF sanitary institutes.
which has been in session at New,,asti,.
mas strongly Endorsed bicycling as being
the means of banshing a vast humber Of
arrangements CT women, and expressed tho
CONVICTION mat the average Standard of the
health of women bicyclists has unde.pona
an appreciabIe elevation.
MIR. A. Barclay Walkers cutter AiIsa
neads the winning yacht list for :s9G with
Oo starts. Il wins and II SEE 0nds She toolx
~ prizes OF the value of t2,J2O $50 1N0
The Prince of Wales Britannia had ~
starts. Won 10 first prizes. 10 seconds. and
mas - prizes OF a total value of II on, ~
32J). No'-
-Ir Howard Gould's 2O-rater Niagara ,as
io starts to her credit, won II crsts & c.
onas, ard 20 prizes worth f27O ts1 :,5m in
ADDITION to two cups.
Treatment of Irish Prisoner.
III connection with the assertion that
irish political prisoners have been driven
insane by the hardships of convict life If
Is interesting to note the report of the
government inspector of prisons, which no..
only fatty contradhts the assumntion b,t
SHOWS to his satisfaction that the prison
management has precisely the opposite ef
feet. The report quotes figures to show
that the number of insane prisoners do
Creases with the length of their imprison-
ment, and that of the average daily pon1l,a-
ton, 800, of the convict prisons for the
year ending March 81, there We're clever
insane &C nvicts and only twenty-six deaths
all from natural causes among them
British Trades Union Congress.
The trades union congress of Great Rri
tain will open at Edinburgh on Monday
rext and will close on September T. IT IS
expected that about $50 delegates will he
present, and the German trade societies
Will also be represented, their delegate he
1rg Herr A. Won Elm a member of tho
Cigar Sorters' Union, and manager of the
Workers Productive Association of Ham
burg. Tie American Fedora ton of Labor
has sent over two delegates. Messrs. Straes
ser and Sullivan. John Burns Keir Hardie
and Henry Broadhurst, the English labor
aSitators who caused SO much excitement
at Cardiff last year. will not attend.
Mrs. Maybrick's Cuse.
There are renewed indications of the
agitation for the release of Mrs. Nav
brick. The newspapers stated recently
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