The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-11
Foreign Notes OF Real Interest.

Both Adelina Patti and Emma Calve ars said -
have expressed the desire to take the part of TrLIbv
when Leoncavello's opera is finished.
After Luka JantJe. the Bechuanaland chief. had
been killed in the recent attack by the Cape forces on
his camp. his head was cut on by q British soldier a.
the order of his superior onicer.
A sacrilege has been committed at Southwestern
burg, In Hungary, where the ancient Kings OF the
house of Arpad arc buried In the crypt Of the cathe-
dra. Some OF the cofins have been opened and the
skulls and bones taken away. A Budapest do .tor u
accused OF the crime.
New quarters have been found for the Paris Co.'S
servatoirc in the Nouvelle France barracks in the
Rue Poissonisre near by. Tho barracks are over .
hundred years old. Hoche and Bernadotte were Sta
toned there in the days preceding the Revolution. be-
fore they had risen from the ranks.
Prince Hugo zu Hohenlohe- oehrineen. Duke Of
UJest. senior OF tho united house OF Hohenlohe, 10
dead at the age of 81 years. He was a General In the
Prussiau Army, had charge of the ambulance service
during the Franco Prussian war. aud was well known
rs q sportsman. having twice won the German Derby
at Baden. Baden.
At Baden. near Zurich. Switzerland, the remains Of
q Roman military hospital have been found, and in 10
. number of surgical instruments. Near by they have
come upon q villa containing objects OF art. among
them q bronze statuette OF a fawn and a three
branched candlestick. like those in Pompcii. The er.
c%avations have been carried as yet only one metre
from the outer wall.
Another important archaeological discovery has
been made In Russia. at Maikop. in tho northorn
Caucasus. where. In q burial mound. n great quantity
OF gold and silver ornaments has been found. prob
ably belonging TO some Scythian King. and dating
centuries before Christ. There are gold rings, ornL-
ments. 1ewolry. silver tankards. bronze axes. and
other interesting objects.
Pilgrimages through the public streets are being TO
ytved by English Catholics. In st. Mary's Church 40
Kings Lynn. Norfolk. n replica of the House Of Ld-
retto. the statues carved by peas.
ants. has been set up In a side chapel. and to this a
procession. with women In white wells aud priests in
their robes. was recently maio through the streets.
II Is intended TO repeat the procession annually.
Poor King Humbert will have TO sit through a fest
spiel at Wiesbaten. arranged by his host. Kaiser va
helm, to represent the fraternal relations existing lr.
tween Germany aud Italy. lie had arranged one tai.
leau OF Rome. In which all the famous buildings were
crowded into ono picture, with 81. Peters dome IA
the ctn!re. over the cross OF which the sun was rIs!nr.
but remembering the strained relations between no
Qu.rinal and the Vatican he hal tho sun painted out.
= Part OF the crew OF the Norwegian bark Ecl1dur.
which left Newcastle for Honolulu over a year ago
and had never been heard from, has turned aIat
Auckland. New Zealand, after u Robinson Crg,pe cNr
pcriencc. The ship went s.hor" On s],IrnIrk, an rn-
Inhabited guAno island OF the ManalHkI gTpip IA tho
south Pacific. In August Of last year. "a" ere" made
their way. after great hardships, TO Soi Ma Island.
where they were we'll treated by the natives, but
could not get on for ten months. The CAvtAin. mate,
] and carpenter died.