The herald., 1897-09-19

make her change her mind seem to have
been unavailing, and it is generally ad-
mitted that her separation from the
Duke Is again looked upon as almost
inevita BILE.
MINOR MATTERS
Lord Rosebery is preparing to re-enter
public life. He has recommended maxi
ing speeches and has round of autumn
engagements. He visited Mr.. Gladstone
Tuesday with the view, it is suggested,
Of getting the Grand Old Man to start
him on the right road to secure the sup
port of all factions of the party.
A curious suggestion has been made,
with the object of emphasizing the
union of the British empire, and it is
meeting with considerable favor. The
idea is that in place of such distinctive
names as Canada, Australia, etc, the
designation of the British Empire should
be applied to all the countries under
British rule. Under this plan Great
Britain proper would be known as the
British Empire; Central Canada would
be known as British Empire-North-
west" ETC., etc.
The appalling number Of cycling acci-
dents is leading to demands for legisla-
ton to abate the public danger. There
were ten deaths and score of danger
Gus injuries among bicycle riders during
the first half of the present week.
The Marquis de Luville, it Is an
pounced, has gone to Paris, with the OBJ
ject of ciialle nging all the detractors of
Prince Henri of Orleans so long as the
Prince is unable to WELD sword in his
own defense.
The King of Siam has returned to Tap
low Court from France and will remain
there until October 1st.
A royal residence in Ireland now ap-
pears to be within reach, since the
Queen seems to support the proposition.
In a long letter to the Duchess of York.
congratulating her upon the success of
her recent tour with her husband in Ire
land. her Majesty asks if she would like
to spend part Of each year in Ireland.
On the other hand. Mr.. Michael Davitt
declares the Irish do not want royalty
in Ireland, and he asserts that the Duke
and Duchess Of York mistook Irish hos
pitality for loyalty.
Mr.. William Waldorf Astor is about to
erect huge Neapolitan marble foun-
tain at Cliveden, his magnificent estate,
formerly owned by the Duke of West
minister.
1t is understood that a syndicate has
cornered all of Whistlers future work
in this city, securing exclusive control,
and that a gallery exclusively Whistler
ian will be opened shortly.
About the middle Of October an exhibit
ton will be opened at the Royal Institute
of all the Jubilee gifts and addresses to
the Queen during the celebration of her
Jubilee. Half Of the proceeds will go TO
the Prince and Princess of Wales hos
pital fund, the contributions to that char
ity having fallen far short Of expecta-
tions, reaching only total Of 225.000.
The latest developme ent in the use OF
waste is q scheme to produce hot water
at cent per gallon from the waste heat
Of the street gas lamps. A machine for
this purpose has been exhibited and ap-
pears to work effectively The various
parish authorities of the poorer dis
tricts Of London are considering its
Introduction into the streets.
The Paris Municipal Council Is debat-
ing scheme to furnish cheap baths in
small buildings erected on the side
walks.
An agitation which has again as
sumed proportions in Paris is proposal
for the Municipal Council to raise the
octroi duties from 10 to so centimes on
each bottle Of champagne. The wine
growers declare this extra tax will ma
terially affect the consumption of cham
pagne.
The unclaimed jewels and curios, to
the value Of s15O,Oo0, which were found
in the ruins after the fire at the Charity
Bazaar in the Rue de Goujon, which oc-
CURED on May 4th last, have been sold
at auction. The money realized is to re-
main bonded for thirty years, after
which all the money unclaimed goes to
the State.