Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-03-29
THE QUEENS JUBILEE.
Shopkeepers and Householders
Along the Route Of Pro-
cession Get Ready.

attention. Preparations for the event
are going on everywhere in London and
the Queens procession will be rehearsed
early during the morning of Tuesday
next.
Sir Julian Goldsmith's house on Picca-
dilly has been let for $4,000 for the day
of the celebration proper, and single
windows along the route to be followed
by the procession are fetching SAoU.
The insurance companies are nsurlng
sightseers aginst loss. owing to the
abandonment of the procession or
change of route.
Landlords are giving tenants OF houses
on the poorer portions of the route, on
the south side of the Thames, notice to
quit in order to get big prices Tor WIN
dows, and the newspapers are puDnshlng
a special column of advertisements OF
windows to let along the route. Finally
the fashions of 1887, the year OF the
Queens accession to the throne, are be-
ing revived.
Parnellities to Meet.
At meeting of the Parnellite mem
bers of Parliament on Thursday last 1t
was decided to request John Redmond to
call conference of representative Ear
nellites from all parts of Ireland to meet
in Dublin during Easter week for the
purpose of considering the position and
prospects of the party, This step was
rendered necessary by the recent attitude
Of Timothy Harrington, and it is intend
ed to make vigorous efforts, both III Ire
land and America, to strengthen the
party. Mr.. Redmond and his colleagues
are confident of success and propose to
submit the conference complete scheme
for the reorganization of their forces in
Ireland.
The lord mayor Of Dublin has issued
invitations to a meeting to the Mansion
house there to float Parnell family
fund. Already a considerable sum has
been collected for the project and 1t is
expected it will meet with great success.
1t is learned that pot only Mr.. ParnelIs
mother, Mrs. Della Parnell, but his broth
err, John Parnell, are in pecuniary want
and but for the prompt action of Mr..
Redmond and others they would have
lost the family estate in Wicklow.
Preparations are already on foot in
Ireland to celebrate the centenary OF the
rebellion of 1898. A central committee
has been established in Dublin and it is
expected that large numbers OF Irish
Americans will participate.
Mgr. Merry del Walls Mission.
Mgr. Merry Del Val, the papal delegate
to Canada, sails from Liverpool for New
York today on board the Cunard line
steamship Umbria, to settle the Manlto-
ba school question. Mgr. Del Val is dis.
inguished-looking, about 81 years Of age,
and of courtly manners. lie is evidently
man who will hear all sides and when
he reaches a decision lie will put his foot
down in the frmest manner.
Mgr. Del Val goes to Canada in com
plete touch with the Pope's ideas. In
conversation with a representative of the
Associated press yesterday Mgr. Del Val
said: II have had great mass of docu-
ments and information placed at my dis
posal, to which | am giving the closest
attention in the sincere hope that my
work will contribute to the good of Cana
da. My plans on arriving in New York
are undecided upon. | shall probably
visit Manitoba. The expenses of my
mission are not borne, as stated in some
newspapers, by any of the parties to the
controversy. They are borne absolutely
by the Pope. who is very particular in
such matters"
Considerable excitement has been ere
ated in the artistic world of Paris by the
refusal of the hanging committee of the
salon to accept picture of Jean Weber,
''First Sight, The picture represents
the interior of a butcher shop with a
fine display of meat, but close exami-
nation Of the picture shows the butcher
to be an allegorical Bismarck and the
carcasses exposed are human corpses
and representatives victims of the chan
cellor's ruthlessness. Strong pressure is
being brought to bear on the committee
with the view of prevailing upon it to
reconsider it's decision.
Comment on John Hays Books.
An English edition of the spike
County Ballads of Col. John Hay, sue
cessor of Thomas f. Bayard as ambas-
sador to the Court Of st. James, was is
sued this week and is being everywhere
quoted by the press and reviewed in the
most favorable terms.
The largest diamond in the world has
arrived in London from Kimberly, South
Africa. It is said to be worth $780,
600 uncut.
In the Edinburgh court Of sessions on
Wednesday last, the hearing of the di-
,vorce proceedings brought by Lady Ross
against Sir Charles Henry Frederick Au-
wan, on the ground of adultery, was
commenced. A counter action Of Sir
Charles against his wife on similar
charge will be heard in May. Lady Ross
testified that her husband went to British
Columbia in April, 1896, and that owing
to information which she obtained DUR
ing his absence she began proceedings
for a divorce.
James r. Roosevelt, the retiring first
secretary of the United States embassy,
whose resignation was announced this
week, will shortly sail for America Mr.
hOOSoVelC mas D6en absent from the EN-
bassy since last October and since his
recent return the relations between him
self and the ambassador have been very
strained.
Recently while excavations were being
made in the vicinity of the Bank of Eng
land, the Workmen came upon an inter
esting find. At depth of about eight
cen feet several articles of Roman times
were discovered. These included a
small, beautiful vase of glazed red
Samian ware having the makers name
stamped in the bottom Of the vessel.
There were also the necks and handles
of some large wine bottles. These relics
have been placed in the guild hall mu-
sum.
Gossip of the Theaters.
Arthur Pineros new play, .'The Prin-
cess and the Butterfly; or the Fantas-
tics" will be produced at the St. James
theater next Thursday night.
Elizabeth Robins intended round of
Ibsen's plays will commence in May with
the production Of "John Gabriel Book
man. There will also be brief series
of representations of 1.-THE Lady from the
Sea- "a Dolls House." and 'sThe Wild