The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-10

ham Crabb, late Of the Third and
Eighth Hussars, and now OF the Royal
Irish regiment, has been set for trial
on Monday next. Miss Duncan, who
is very pretty young woman, with
limited experience on the stage, asks
for $780, 900 damag es. She is only 13
years of age, and is the daughter Of
Adam Seymour Dickson Duncan who,
under the name Of Mr. Kileyth." for
merly owned the famous race horse
Euclid, and whose disastrous eXper-
fences on the turf induced him TO desert
his family, which eventually caused his
daughter to take to the stage as a
means of supporting herself On her
mothers side, Miss Duncan is related
to the earls of Breavalbane and Lau-
derdale.
Bishop Hartzen. Of Cincinnati. ac-
companied by DR. Fowler and Prof.
CamphOr and wife, sailed from Liver
pool for africa few days ago. The
object OF the bishops Journey is. first
the establishment of a hospital in Lii
IBERIA, where DR.. Fowler will be placed
III charge and where Prof Canphor
and his wife will engage in missionary
work. From Liberia, Bishop Hartzail
will proceed to the Congo, and. in fact,
make an inspection Of all the African
missions under the care of his church
Since he arrived in England. three
weeks ago, Bishop HartzeH has spent
over week in a hospital, where he
was obliged to undergo a surgical oDe-
ration. The operation was very sue
cesSfui, and he recovered RAPIDLY. and
left here in the best of health and spir-.
its. The party are taking a large guam
tIty Of hospital stores, which they
bought in New York and London.
A recent sale Of autographs held in
London was interesting as showing
the estimation in which various Amer
f.NlIe
connected with the history Of the
United. States, are held in England.
letter Of John Quincy Adams
brought 5s; Thomas Jefferson, 16s;
James Madison. 12s; James Buchanan.
5S. Andrew Jackson, 12s; Chester A.
Arthur, IS; Jefferson Davis, IS; E. f.
Lee, ? guineas; Willard Fillmore. IS:
J. y. Early, As; Stonewan Jackson,
guineas; Gen. Longstreet, f16 Gen
Forrest, As and Cd; John Hancock, Is;
Napoleon, Ito; Joseph BOnaparte Is
An autograph Of Dickens brought f.,
Carlyle, SIS; TennysOn, IS.
Much comment has been aroused by
the action of the board Of guardians
at BOurnemouth At a recent meet
ing OF the board, letter was read
from the manager of q local theater
inviting the inmates of the w0rkhousa
to visit the Christmas pantomime at
matinee specially arranged for their
enjoyment. The proposal to allow the
paupers to attend was rejected by a
vote Of 10 to s.
Inere are many impending changes
OF an important nature about the
once aristOcratic and now notorious
Leicester square. The site Of many
noble residences of a former day is
now occupied by the Empire Music
hall, and on the west side by numer-
Gus restaurants and French hotels Of
NnSaEOTV n-o 0F
the Hotel de L'EurOpe. and numerous
Adjoining houses, have been acquired
by the company known as Baker
Bros, and work upon the enormous
hotel and cafe which they propose to
build on the site will be commenced
Immediately. The large block at the
opposite, or the east corner of Leicester
square has also been bought by capital
lists, and another restaurant will there
be erected Another corner has also
been sold for f45, 900 ($225, O00). The
house around the corner. once occupied
by Sir Isaac Newton, will also be de
noished
An unusual sale has just taken place
at the Hotel Drouet, Paris, of all the
racing trophies, cups and shields won
by the stable of LefeVre and after
wards the joint stables OF Lefevre and
Baron Lagrange The finest piece
there was the Ascot cup, which was
PhlCIdSSO 10y MI. NJ. III. lie Y Dung,
proprietor of the San Francisco
Chronicle, for the midwinter eXposi-
ton memorial museum In San Fran
cisco. This sO-called Ascot cup that
Mr. De Young purchased, was in re-
ality large solid silver shield, won
by Lefevre's great horse, Ladislas, in
1883. 1t is two feet and eight inches
in diameter, and has six raised circu-
lar panels. The center panel is a beau
tiful piece of silversmiths hand re
pousee work, the subject being St
George and the dragon. 1t was the
work of Hancock, of London.
The theatrical noveFty Of the week
was the first performance at the Ave
nue. theater on Saturday, last, of
1.-THE Men About Town" which turned
out to be q dire failure. The managers
Of various London theaters following
the example of the American managers
are agitating the question Of large hats
in places of amusement. Several of TIL
British managers have been inter
viewed on the subject, They include
Sir Henry Irving, Charles Wyndhan
George Alexander and William Green
Messrs. Irving and Wyndham are both
of the opinion that the matter rests
entirely with the public and that any
reform must come from the outside Mr.
Green frankly states that he would la
glad to refuse admittance to- ALI offend
ers, but Is afraid to make the attef1p
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