The Saint Paul globe., 1897-08-29
ALL LOYAL TO HE CHURCH.
THE UNITED STATES, WELL. REPRE-
sENTED AT THE CONFERENCE
OF FREYRURG.
ENGLAND FEARS FooL FRIENDS.
Blind Chaplain MiIburn Taken to
Task for Some OF His Public
Utterances.


Mgr. Hula, of Paris, has been in ses-
sion during the week at Freyburg,
Switzerland. Seven hundred delegates
representing all nations, have been
present. Among them was a notable
band of Anglo-Americans and Irish
Americans, including Dr. Zahn, the
Catholic evolutionist of Indiana; Mgr.
O'Connel, president Of the American
college at Rome, and five professors of
the Catholic university at WASHINGTON
and Baron Won Huertling, of Munich.
scores of papers were read, and they
We're conspicuous for their frank, mod
ern and advanced tone. At the same
time the delegates were absolutely
loyal to the church.
Rev. w. H. Milburn, chaplain of the
United States senate, delivered a lee
ture at AberystWith, Wales, on Mon
day last, in which he contrasted the
"arlstocratic hesitancy' of the English
pubic speaker with the "Spread-eagle
buncombe story" of the American poll
tClans. The G o b e thereupon saws:
This is Just the kind of thing We
wish our American friends not to say.
1t may be true, and Mr. Bayard said
something like it; but we want our
American friends to have influence on
IiiV oliSI Slue, anu IL Cney say these
things they lose it altogether"
Continental travelling this summer
has been the worst for many seasons
past, and there has been quite a panic
among the travelling public of Austria.
In consequence of the frequent rail-
road disasters and the continuous rob-
bing of passengers on through ex-
presses. During the past five weeks
there have been fifteen accidents on
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and Denmark have been infested by a
large gang of expert railroad thieves
who have been robbing trunks in
transit. The losses which travellers
nave suffered in this manner recently
have greatly increased over the
amounts of any previous year.
Capt. Henry Arkwright, who was aid
de-camp to the lord lieutenant of Ire
land, guide named Michael Simond
and two porters, Francois and joseph
Tournier, We're killed by an avalanche
on the Grand plateau of Mt Blanc
in October, 1866. The bodies of the
guide and the porters were found after
a week; but Capt. Arkwright's body
was only recovered from the ice on
Sunday last, 5000 feet below where
he died. All except the feet and head
were recovered The right hand was
marvelously life-like. The ice had pre-
served it in the red tint of blood. From
the pocket of his gray waistcoat was
drawn a white, blue-bordered hand
kerchief, as good as new, with his
name on it. The deceased officers COL
lar had in it a gold stud, and in his
shirt front was a larger one set with
diamond star. The debris of a silver
cigarette case was. in his pocket, and
his gold watch and chain were on the
ice near where the body was found
The justice of the peace, the mayor
a doctor and the local gendarnes held
al inquest over the remains. found af-
ter lapse, of about thirty years in the
shadow of Mt. Blanc. They will prob
ably be buried at Chamounix
IN STAGELAND.
The theatrical year of London has
reached the lowest level of it's ebb tide.
and the coming fortnight will usher
in the advance guards of a new sea-
son. There are but half dozen thea
ters of the first-claSS where doors are
open this week, but Londoners do not
lack for amusements, for all of the
four hundred music halls, great and
small, which the city supports, are un-
der full steam. The number of Amerf-
can performers on the music hall
stages is remarkable. but the most
popular features on the bills Of the
Palace and Alhambra are the Ameri-
..
and the cinematograph, displaying
photographs of the jubilee procession.
Despite the abundance of theaters
which strive for the entertainment of
LondOners, there are no less than g
dozen new ones in process of building,
to be launched into the stream of COM
petition this fall Most of the dozen
are erected in the suburbs, the most
pretentiOus Of them being christened
the New Grand.
The Harris memorial committee, or
ganiZed chiefly by theatrical people to
erect memorial to Sir Augustus Har-
r1s, has secured contributions amount
ing to f2,300 &11, 5000. One thousand
pounds sterling of the subscription will
be devoted to founding a ward in a
city hospital for the care of needy ac-
tors. The remainder will be expended
for the erection of a memorial in the
form of a drinking fountain, to be
erected beside the Drury Lane theater
The DoniZetti commemoration in
Rome on the occasion of the Tooth an
niVersary Of the composers birth and
the 50th of his DEATH will be made
notable by the performance of the ope-
ras Lucia" La Favorita" and s'L'EI-
isir d'Amore" by several of the great
est singers of the world Three of the
greatest sopranos, Patti, Melba and
Calve, and two great tenors, Tamagno
and Masini, will sing
DR.. Conan Doyle is engaged upon a
new play, which will be staged at the
Newmarket theater in the course Of
the season. The idea has been fur
nished him by an old story from the
pen of James Payn, the novelist.
CheVal1er ScoVel, the American ten
or, who married a member of the New
York family of Roosevelts, and who
has not been heard in his native coun-
try for years. is spending the summer
at Carlsbad, studying the part of iris
tran. He has for his teacher Jaus-
seek. the one-time famous maestro
The health of Nicolini has somewhat
improved since his removal to Lang
lands pay. and his friends have some
hope of his recovery.
May Guineppe, a london beauty
and an amateur actress of high stand
ing, has signed contract with Lon
don manager to appear professionally.
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