New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-06
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UNCLAIMED FUNDS IN ENGLAND-By ord..
of Parliament a report has just been made our and
published concerning the unclaimed funds in the
keeping of the various Government departments AZ
The present moment. The Chancery Division OF IN.
Supreme Court OF Judicature has in its possession
over s3O0,OW"c, after paying during the last two
years Ss500J000 10 successful claimants The Irish
Court OF Chancery holds some sj0!oO0p9 OF I'm.
claimed moneys while the unclaimed Government
stocks and Accumulated dividends retained by the
Treasury Department amount to s2sOOlOoO Tn.
claimed dividends in bankruptcy are figured A.
$j.6OJ.DO. while unclaimed army and navy prize
m9 none ana aecumuiatlons OF pay exceed sSocoeD.
until claims thereto have been satisfactorily proved
An endeavor will be- made when Parliament meets 20
transfer to the State the custody Of unclaimed funds
IN the hands Of bankers ana others. These funds
ing the total amount of unclaimed money now IN
the keeping of the Government.
RARE PRAISE FOR QUEEN EMMA-rhe
Burgomaser of Dorrecht. which has just been Whit.
ed by the two Queens o' the Netherlands addressed
TO IT." elder Of the royal women the most extrao,-
dnary compliment that has been offered TO one
OF her sex. In the course Of pompous speech ne
compared her to William tho Silent
UNPLEASANT FOR AMERICAN TOURISTS
American tourists In Switzerland would do well TO
pay attention their dress when visiting the Cam
ton du Vaais. Three murderers have escaped from
the cantonal prison at Sion ard have taken 10 the
mountains in the picturesque sulphur and sepla-hued
costume Of the Swiss maofIctor Both the authori.
lies and the press are warning people in conse-
quence to DE on their guard and 10 mstrust appear
ances as with the closc-cropped hair kncker.
lockers and striped jackets. the fugitive murderers
may easily be mistaken for American and English
tourists excursiCning in the Vdlasan Alps"
GROWTH or ENGLISH TEMPERANCE.-whe
Queen Victoria assembled the throne there not
more than hundred abs.ainers among the min
listers OF the yIrious religious denominations in the
United Kingdom. no Bishops and only about dozen
members OF the medical profession To-day there
are according 10 returns Just issued. two Arch
bishops fourteen Bishops % English diOceses. many
thousand clcrgymcn of every denomination and
eighteen hundred physicians who total abstain
l. teetOtaller.
JAPAN REEVES AN OLD LAW.-Accorling to
dispatches received 10y the British Government, the
japanese Govercment. with the object OF restricting
the increasing flow Of emigration has revived
the laws which were in existence before the visit OF
Commodore Perry 20 Yokohama In iS59 and has
rendered the departure from the country OF any
japanese subject Wtnout having previously obCined
the permission OF the Government criminal offence
punishable by severe penalti"f.
CHIEF INSPECTOR JARVIS RESIGNS.-Ch'ef
Inspector Jarvis. the head OF tn" English Detective
Department at Scotland Yard has resigned from
the force. after twenty-six years service. No Br-
ish police officer is better known in the United
States, and he served for time the NcwYork
kerton. the head Of the American detective agency
Of that name. and has been until now the biggest
officer In the service o: scotland Yard
WHEELING DETRIMENTAL TO SOCIALISM
Socialism and bicycle-ridlng arc two forms q
pastimes that cannot he resorted TO at the same
time without danger. This is shown By the fact
DOmsla he ed OS
the Socialist party IN Holland and the editor Of tho
pitched from his wheel onto his head win such
force that he Is now suffering from ccncuss:)n Il
the brain, from which he is not expected 10 fecoyer
KAISER WILHELM OFFENDS HIS ARMY
At time since his accession to the throne has
Emperor William been more unpopular among the
officers and soldiers OF his army than at present.
II that at 81. Petersburg he
anxious to create agreeable impression upon the
Gar that when the Nlborg regiment. OF which he
Is honorary colonel; marched past during the re;
| give 10 have regiment In my army that could
march well and present MAGNIFICENT IN Gp-
pearance as my Russian regiment Of Nibo:g" To
make matters worse, this utterance has 1een re-
produced in the Military Weekly Gazette" wh;h
is the officially recognized press organ OF the Berlin
War Department.
MOsCOW's BOORISH MUNICIPAIITY.-Ths
only thing that has occurred to the success Of
the International Medical Congress at Mos 'ow.
which has been attended by seven thousand
delegates from all parts OF the world has been the
nhospitable refusal OF the municipality OF this the
moro ancient of the two capitals Of the Empire 10
take any part whatsoever in the reception ard
entertainment of the learned guests on :he ground
that II had no money 10 waste for such purpos':
MOSCOW; the Government in the person OF the Min
lister OF Public Instruction. and the population have
Gs SGhG Of I Fa The S sp
anese delegate. in the name OF his Emperor, fas
invited the congress to assemble next year al
Toxic.
MOBILES PREFER THE SWORD.-According to
official statistics just issued nj Berlin, the popula
ton of that city includes little over eight thou
sand nobomen. of whom forty-seven hundred le-
long 10 the army. six hundred form part OF the
civil Service of the Government, two hundred ere
I'm trade. and one hundred ana nity are einpioyeu
day laborers.
DESERT PROBLEM SOLVED-The most I'm
portant feature OF the present Anglo-Egypti1n eN-
pedltion against the Mahdi is the successful sink
ing Of wells I'm the desert between Wady Iiilfa ard
Abu- Hamed. The presence Of water nj such DIS
lance from the Nile has never been suspected
ci:hcr by Europeans or natives, and bi1s idlr 10
revolutionze not only the desert tribes but me
entire conditions OF desert life Indeed the problem
of converting the great African deserts into fertile
territory seems 10 be at length In a iair Wy
toward solution. not 10y means OF letting IN .ie
sea as proposed by Count de Iesseps. nut bE ts
sinking OF wells Water Is evidently TO be ;ound
everywhere in the African deserts. provIied one
diss deep enough.
RELIGIOUS CRANK BURNS 4 HOTEL-It now
turns out that the burning OF the Grand Hotel AZ
Zurich. the principal and largest hosiery 10.
only of the place but also Of Switzerland ana
much frequented by americans. was due TO IN
cendiarls The act was commliiss,d by ss1 an.
maid declaring that the Almighty had Gomman1eo
her to set fire to the place nat % b on IN.
iurod 10y the flames.