New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-26
WHATLONDON TALKS ABOUT

,,o,,D,v FESTIVITIES.-The temperature ~
1h, the yellow fogs OF the middle OF the
ueel having given way to comparative Drsh'ne
Tho week has been the coolest OF the season ~ ~
% degrees OF frost being registered ana ska'ihs mas
| 80, u, ,rho could do so have gone TO the couh-
~ whore Christmas house parties are more "u
~ .hon usual OF the United States Embassy
49,, I-n,,od states Ambassador. Colonel John hay
,d Nrs Uav alone remained in town iie"'!
uIt,. co,ro.ary of the United States Embassy
ord Nrs White spent the first part OF the week a'
IIa,ocId where the Marquis of Salisbury has been
| o,,.r,,inIrr a large shooting party Thence MT
! and Mrs White went TO Benheim. wherc 'hey VIII
| or,c,no.e IN the Christmas rejoicings. which In
| c,ule two balls and the presentation OF Two play
| let's in which the Duke and Duchess OF Marioo-
| rough and Lady Randolph Churchill nave parts
lanes r. Carter Second Secretary OF the United
! s.atos rn,bossv and Mrs Carter have gone 10
| Barri,z and Lieutenant J. c. Colwell. the Naval
| A,.acb4 OF the United States Embassy and Mrs
| Colwe are in Paris.
Oneen Victoria has merry party at Osborne
! There was a grand Christmas tree loaded with
nrosan,s for the royal children. the members OF the
| household and the servants The party includes the
Ba;tenbergs, Connaughts. Lornes and Albanys. A
royal baron Of beef cut from n Devon OK fed on
! tho ROYAL farm at Windsor, and roasted at WINDSOR
by cooks sent by London caterer. was forwarded
| 10 Osborne on Friday, with the poaf $ heau ana
poodcock pie which additionally occupy the queens
]
is genuine hurc De sanglier from the ConnrSs
preserves IN the Thuringan Forest.
/ The Prince md Princess OF Wales early IN the
| week purchased presents. as customary. from the
| roval tradesmen. WHO displayed In an apartment OF
! Marlborough House the wares when the royal
| ,ies selected The Price and Princess or ares,
| PRINCESS Victoria of Wales the Duke ana Duches,s
OF York. Prince and Princess CndrlTS onhad ~
! Sandringham for Christmas. where the "sua' res
tlxeS lo1A Pc Co,r.oee y. Craven formerly Miss
CorneIia Martin. daughter OF Mr. and MIS- 6pau,Gfg
Martini are entertaining nonfs ba on Christ
mas Eve Lord William Beresfori and Lazy b e
1 Yr snd aier wire Of the eighth Duke OF Mari
no Lord Alfred Rothschid made his usual
d,stribution OF six thousand phcasants to me ON
nibus drivers and conductors. every Dus"u' seF
ting a brace Of birds
JACKsON's ARCTIC PLANs.-As soon as Jack
SON the explorer. has completed the WORK con-
nocted with MS Franz Josef Land expedition ne Will
star for the North Pole lie informed representa-"
tive OF the Associated Press that his original plans
were identical with those OF Lieutenant Peary eN-
cent that ne intended 20 lake the east coast OF the
island instead Of the west. mapping ont uldls-
covered land on the way. Blu; since ne htaiu
| Lieutenant Peary's lecture jackson mas changeu
his plans. considering that the American had prior
! claims Jackson now proposes 10 proceed VIA DAVIS
Straits and Bafins Bay up the west coast to Files
| more Land and Grinrell Land. and thence across
n tine furthcst point reached by Aldrich III No
whence he will push north. making IN ihe 9hcC C ION
Genariure is unsettled jackson will have only one
| companion outside Of his crew. Talking over ms
PEI si hope to push my snip considerably beyondd
CoburE Island. at the entrance OF JOINS SoufI ana
| M The furthest navigable point shall establish
base and thence push north with sleISes aoHs aid
! ponies and with one companion expect TO DE
| absent two years
| MONACO FINANCES. The alleged attcmp; OF the
! Prince OF Monaco to bleed" the CASINO company
| las led TO the publication OF pamphie' by
group OF shareholders. full OF interesting reading
! While everybody IL aware that me Casino con-
trlAutes largely 10 his revenues few people kiio"
tina, besides the subsidy OF the Prince. the "stao-
lishmont keeps up the judges police Lighting "a'e''
! postonice. clergy ana charitable Institutions Last
seasons expenditure o.. the prncipaliy apart from
| the maintenance OF the Casino, which was fS34."V
amounted 20 il3OCO) Of which sum the Prince had
| 5000; the courts police etc. $4,000; clergy ana
schools 70 5000: charities, 5000; prizes for sports
f11oo and the postofflce and losses. 600. The
| dividends on shares absorbed fJ16.g0O; making a
total revenue Of f.5ioc0 which the fools Of the
| world" left at the Monte Carlo gambling tables
An interesting item Is Press Su3ventions TO
| ga" The pamphe, remarks that f. s absolutely
necessary 20 explnd large sum in securing the good
| half the stories Of suicides are only bids upon the
part OF Riviera newspapers for a share OF the
II appears that the Prince Of Monaco attended a
recent meeting Of the shareho1ers and offered TO
renew the concession for fifty for gradual In
crease Of his personal subsidy until the sum reches
flJlyo annually; new port 10 be built at the cost
OF f320Oc) opera house. to be built. costing
$4,000. and various other items. making iotal on
$1,000 additional annually. Although the Frincc
has signed the concession IL remains TO De
seen whether the forthcoming meeting Of the share
holders viii approve accepting these eHorDitaht
terms.
MURDER DOES NOT PAY-Paris police stalls
ties Just published cNectually prove that murder
does not pay from a financial point OF view. They
enumerate twenty-oue murders by which the as
sassins averaged SIC. and all the criminals were
| gunotincd. The statistics also cite cases Of over
one hundred more or less famous murders Welding
| in many cases but few cents. The biggest haul
was So. although IN many cases large sums were
overlooked.
| ANTI-SUGAR BOUNTY LEAGUE.-An Anti
Sugar Bounty League was formed Wednesday,
under the presidency OF Lord S,anmore with the
object Of aboishng or neutrallzng bounties. All
! the prominent firms in England connected with
sugar renneries and the chief proprietary ana mer-
| camille interests connected with the colonies have
Joined the league. one speaker cmpnatically de-
clared that unless something done speedily the
! West Indies would raise the Stars and Stripes.
PERSONAI.-King Ilumbert recently received in
audience Rcinsen Whitehouse. OF New-York, and
accepted book on Prince Amadeo. the dead broth
er OF His Majesty
William Tcrriss the murdered actor. left n fort
Lord Russell has taken Lord Denblgh's house al
Kensington, formerly occupied by Robert T. Lin
coin
back the stage after long illness. She played
Anne Carew. in revival of Tom Taylor's Sheer
IN Volts Clothing.
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