The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-22
TALES OF THE TINES.
Interesting Notes ON Matters That Are
Talked Of In Europe.

Talked Of In Europe.
Emperor williams rescript and general
order on the subject of dueling, just gazet-
ted at Berlin, far from giving any satisfac-
ton to popular sentiment in the matter,
has excited n considerable amount of ridi-
Guile, for, while it contains no provision OF
any practical value in the direction Of
modifying and checking practice that
has degenerated into public scandal, its
general effect is to make the emperor HIM
self the universal referee and arbiter in all
questions of honor. This Is regarded by
the majority of his heges as an altogether
unwarrantable assumption and as a too
literal enforcement of the antiquated and
obsolete theory according to which the
monarch is tho only fountain of honor
That the mustache is still regarded as
part and parcel Of the uniform of the Brit.
ish army is shown by the circular Just is-
sued by the secretary of state for war tn
the various commanding generals, calling
upon them TO take the necessary steps TO
secure the enforcement of the queens reg
ulations requiring officers 10 adorn their
upper lip with hirsute growth.
While there Is no prospect as vet OF any
dividends for the unfortunate shareholders
of the Manchester ship canal, yet the re-
port just issued by the management Of the
latter shows a considerable increase in the
traffic of that great waterway, the amounr
of cotton reaching the Manchester docks
direct from America during the last ~
months being more than seven times as
large as the quantity landed there in 1895.
1t was mainly with the expectation Of
cheapening the raw material for cotton
manufactures which led to the construc-
ton of the canal, and this object appears
to be in course of attainment.
Miss Helen Gladstone, who for so long
has been associated with the direction and
management of Newham college at Cam
bridge, has now severed her connection
with that institution in order to devote
herself entirely to the venerable ex-premier
and to her mother during the limited
time which that remarkable couple can
reasonably expect to remain with their
family.
1t has now been definitely decided by tho
British government that the command Of
the forthcoming operations against tha
mahdi will not be iitrusted to General Sir
Herbert Kitchener, owing TO the fact that
no is too low down in the list of field off,
GERS to be appointed to the control Of so
important and large force, causing the
employment of generals many years his
senior for the minor commands of brigades
of the division. The selection of leader
Is said TO lie among Sir Francis Grcnfell,
Sir Redvers Butler and Sir Evelyn Wood,
the first of the thrce--namely, Sir Francis
Grenfell-being the most likely appoint
ment, owing TO the fact of his having inn
mediately preceded Sir Herbert Kitchener
in the command of the Egyptian army.
London Ia threatened with the loss Of the
Crystal palace, which for nearly two gem
erations has been one of the most popular
and widely known centers of amusement
and Of interest in the vicinity of the me-
tropolis. The concern is hopelessly bank
rupt And although the government Is
manifesting an anxiety to prevent its de-
struction, yet there seems to be no prac-
tical means of preserving this memorial Of
the first of the great international exhibi-
tions OF tho nineteenth century.
In spite of her being descendant Of
those princes of Orange who were among
the foremost champions OF the refor1na-
ton, the young queen of Holland is show
ing an immense amount of consideration
TO the Catholic element in her dominions
and has just conferred the cross of the
Lion of the Netherlands upon the mother
superior of the Sisters of Mercy at Tilburg,
this being the first occasion ON which this
decoration has been conferred uron Q
woman.
An extraordinary End Of French and
English GrIcor dating from the time Of
the crusadcs has just been made at Con-
stantinople. The ar:no- was discovered by
mere chance in n hitherto concealed nicho
in the old wall OF tho city, wherc it had
lain through centuries. IL has now been
transferred ~ the sultan's orders TO the
disused old Church of St. Irene, In the Sc-
ragiio precinct, where 1t remains unsorted
and untouched.
In Difference IN orders receivod from the
colonial department. i'm London, cx-King
Prenpveh OF Ashanti and his family have
been removed from Elmina castle, where
they had been confined since their arrival
from Kumassi to Sierra Leone. IL Is ex-
pectcd that the dusky potcntatc Will even.
tually be transferred to the island OF 81.
Helena.
The last descendant in the male line ~
the celebrated admiral and explorer, Sir
Francis Drake, who played 80 grc0t role
in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, has just
died az the age of s6 in thc workhousc az
Bristol. New York Tribune.
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