The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
Foreign Votes or Roai Interest.

British loyalty stops at the British pocket. A set Of
original drawings by the royal family. including
seven by Queen Victoria. SIX by the Empress Fred.
eick. and many others by tho Princess Beatrice and
other children OF the Queen. brought only $3.50 at
auction In London.
Some doubt having arisen a. to Martin Luthcr's
burial place, Prof. h6. tin OF Halle. his biographer.
asserts that the body has never been removed from
the Palace Church IN wittcnberR. and that It was
seen there in 1892. lying in . CONN. the wood OF
which had mouldered away. by the side OF Melanch-
thon's.
vice.Admiral Makaron OF the Russian Navy has
started for tho Arctic ocean. north of S!borf to try
the ea pertinent OF keeping the sea open TO navigation
by means OF ice breakers. which have been .ei with
success on the siberian rivers. Tho attempt is one
result OF Capt. Wiggins's endeavor to establish q
commercial route by sea from western Europe TO the
Obi and Yenisai.
Capt. sverdrup intends to clrcumnavigate Green.
land in tho Fran next year. Ho will 20 up the west
coast and try to work his way cast, and expects e.,
spend two years In the attempt. He will take dogs
with him and make n strike for the north II the ship
gets frozen in. Norwegian who Ie enthusiastic
over Nansen are subscribing the money needed. and
the ~storthing has already voted an appropriation to
put the ! ram in repair.
An ingenious form of blackmail, easily worked on
account OF tho mysterious ways OF French justice.
has JUST COM to light in Paris. Two clerks In the
Palais de Justice made Il a practice to ind out what
persons examined by the Ju0es d'instruction were not
to b prosecuted. They then. through q middle man.
offered TO use their influence to obtain q noiIe pr rose Qut
for money. They have been arrested. and a thorough
showing up OF corruption by Paris court oficials Is
promised.
JeEreelB temple. on Chatham Hill. In England, on
which $500. 900 was spent. has been sold for S23, 500.
and the sale probably marks tho end OF the JeZrcei'
ties. The sect was founded by a man named White.
who called himself JeEreel and proposed to gather 10
the temple l44 families OF tho lost tr!bes OF IsTa"L
He had wealthy hackers, and began the building
which Is 1874 feet square and has never been com
pieted, as Jezreel died before he had gathered in the
Lost tribes.
Some family portraits by Lawrence. Romnoy. and
RAeburn, that hAd never been sold before. brought
high prices In London recently. Sir Thomas Law
rence's "The Misses Fullarton " was sold for $1,000
"The Misses Hamond +" for 81. $50. "Ban1amIn Gott
for rs, $40, and " Elizabeth Gott. His VIE for $4,000
George Romney's Lady Hamilton as a Bacchant'
brought 90. y76; Lady Hamilton as Meditation, So.l4o
portrait OF q lady under . tree, q sketch for the pct
urs that sold for SiO.275 last year. S3.oO0; portrai
ot ]. W, Tempest. o.. 800. Sir Henry Raeburn's pOr
traits were all OF the Fl aser family Jane Fraser TytIe
.nld for So, $40, jane Catherine Fraser for S+,4lO. AM
seven male FraSers for prices ranging from Lies y
o., $50. Gilbert stuart's Duke and duchess OF queens
henry with their two sons sold for 81 .ov5. Sir Joshu
Reynolds's portrait OF George selwSn Tor $2,lOU
pub,ns's Arrhduke Albert OF Austria and the Infant
I,an.lla Clara Eugenia for $500. and J. Hoppner'
81 adv I'm a Green Dress" 81. 900. A small cattle pioc
Inv RosA Bonheur from the Baird collection was sol
for So,o76 and her portrait D. p1bufs for el.sUos