New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08

Antarctic Committee, Is organizing an e~peoi
ton consisting of two ships. with which 10 pene
trate to the meridian Of Kerguellen Island. NE
plans include the erection OF an ooserVauo" s'a
ton on some yet undiscovered land where ne
and his scientific staff will remain Tor TWO Ant
arctic winters One OF the ships is 10 keep ~
communication with the outer world, while the
other is to explore behind the mysterious coas.f
Of wilkes and Victoria Lands. The cost OF tn's
expedition is calculated to be fo0OOO
The Vatican. including the Pope himself Is
actively engaged in a campaign to stimulate the
revenue from Peters pence. which SHOWS SER
GUS decrease. The chief contributor to this 1uno
has always been France: but the tendency OF lhe
Vatican to support Republicanisn has cooieo ."e
srdor O. the aristocratic donors and while the
gifts from America have increased. they do not
cover the French deficiency. The receipts are
steadily ahating while the expenses Of the Vati-
can are increasing. One Of the causes OF 'h's
aocreas co in the Pope's revenue is that foreigners
have got the idea that the money has been useo
On ejaculation. 1t is known that much OF the
peters pence fund has been lent TO specuia-
tive mobiles interested in building schemes wh'ch
have collapsed. and thus the Vatican mas us
hands full of unstable property
rhcre has been a veritable epidemic of suicide
I'm
hea. adding to the number Of cases. The TRACE
dies began with the sef-destruction on July
last Of the four young dressmakers in the fois-
sonnierre quarter Of Paris. who suffocated theh-
selves in small room with the fumes OF a
charcoal stove after dining together. Since
then almost daily. ore or more women nave
committed suicide and the suicides OF men nave
heen equally numerous. The bodies of men are
found daily hanging TO trees in the Bots de VIM
cennes In one alley six bodies of suicides were
found during the last week and the Morgue Is
40 full of dead bodies found in the River seine
that there is no further room for them
A long spell of hot weather was broken by
,.vere local thunderstorns on Thursday and
Friday in which several persons were Killed. d
number of buildings damaged. and the
crops sustained serious injury. The ther-
mometer registered 80 degrees on Wednesday IN
London. and at Cambridge the heat was eighteen
degrees above the average. which has only
thrice been reached during the last quarter OF
the century There were over two hundred
prostrations from the heat treated IN SIX Lon
don hospitals on Thursday. Only one-third OF
an inch OF rain fell in July; the crops are seri-
ously threatened and the experiences OF the
water-famne of 1896 in the East End or Lon
don are already looming up. The heat, whlch
has been unusually prolonged, has affected the
London death rate There were 2,023 deaths last
week. of which / 2O5 were of children bringing
up the death rate to 23.6 per thousand There
were many sunstrokes. and general discomfort
was experienced. The judges and counsel in
the law courts DOTTED their wigs and gowns
The waning season has been marked by
rather stupid Cowes week Only the most IAN
guid interest in the yachting was felt outside
the strictly fashionable circle, and the absence
Of Emperor William. though he is detested by
many members Of the Royal Yacht Squadron
deprived the week of the brilliancy OF 1896. the
presence of the Kings of Belgium and Siam
failing TO MI the void
The members Of the House Of Commons have
gone home after placing an unusual strain on
the Kitchen Committee, which reports having
served a total of &c. 100 meals. Tie postmaster
Of the House of Commons also records big
achievement. 515, 900 letters having been posted.
S66.37O letters received, and 76 10s kilograms
handed to members sent by them from the
House.
Referring to the reply of A. j. Balfour, the
Government leader and First Lord OF the Treas
ury. in the House of Commons on Thursday
last when he said that Her Majesty's Govern
ment would consider the advisability Of prose
cutting on the charge Of obtaining money by
false pretences the agents Of the so-called Ma
tional University Of Chicago for Offering to con-
fer degrees for S. EACH" Truth calls the at
tention Of the American public to the bogusness
OF the London Society of Science, Letters and
Arts" which is selling degrees, with "a gown
hood and rank of NJ. A." to unsuspectng Ameri-
cans and quotes The Churchman or New
York as saying that such degree with silver
medal for merit has been acquired by the Rev.
John Wright, of st. Paul. MINI.
Lord Reyelstoke the senior partner Of Barring
Brothers. who died on July IS, left $4,000 to be
divided among his children.
Much interest is taken in French naval circles
In the discovery OF composition which is alleged
TO have the marvellous property OF rendering
vessels invisible beneath the rays OF electric
searchlghts II is stated that at the naval
manpuvres off Brest torpedo-boat NO. 6l, rep
resenting the enemy. succeeded in traversing I'M
seen the luminous zone produced by the electric
projectors having been coated with the new
composition.
Though the other jubilee peerages have been
gazetted, that Of Sir Donald Smith. the Canadian
High Commissioner hangs fire. He desired TO
assume the title Of Lord Glencoe: but 1t is un-
derstood his intention caused lively Indignation
among the Macdonalds. who were owners OF
Glencoe centuries before Sir Donald Smith
bought the property These objections and those
OF the Argylls are causing Sir Donald to recon
slider the matter
Ex-Oueen Natalie of 'Servia has Joined the
ranks Of authors, publishing book of "Apho-
risms" some Of which are interesting. as they
were evidently learned from her own suffering.
She says for instance: THE dream of every
brave soldier is to die for something great and
live for something NICE I'm every country the
army is like angels before the throne OF God;
"A girl is an angel Take care that when she
b. comes a wife she is not changed into devil";