The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-23
FOREIGN NOTES OF REAL ISrAssss.

FOREIGN NOTES OF REAL INfssRssA
A monastery Of servits Fathers has been opened
nj Begbroke, near oxford. Il Il called ST. Phiiip's
College.
Major aubbins has taken the place OF Lord Henry
prudoneii Somerset in Queen victoria's Honorabls
Corps Of Gentlemen at Arms.
IL will be known a. the Diamond Jubilee Of
Queen Victoria. The Prince OF waller has settled I,
by using the phrase in public speech.
Great Britain cannot nnd enough tall men for r..
Foot Guards tho standard or height has been 70.
duced half an invh, to feet ~ Ia ,hes
Kaiser Wilhelm has selected Lortzins's "Undine"
for the performance at the Opera House on his uer,
birthday. Tho opera has never been given In Der.
liz. DR.. Muck will conduct
A welsh collier named Thomas declares that he 4,
the heir TO the Drymma estate, which I, worth
$50 900, ovo and to sIo. o00 900 lying In ohancery
and has begun q suit to recover the property.
Mr.. Justice Chtty has Just been made q Lord Ju.
Ice of Appeal. in place OF Lord Justice Kay. who
resigns on account of III health. Justice entity
rowed stroke OF the oxford crew in three with
Cambridge.
Oranges Roman Theatre has been completely
restored ana is now the nnest ancient theatre IN
Europe. Next summer performances Of the Anti.
gone and the Erinnyes will DO given. and President,
Faure will be present.
Kaiser Wilhelm has designed tho tower for the
German Protestant Church at Jerusalem, which will
be completed by tho end Of tho year. II will cos,
$4,000. and Is built on site granted by the
Sultan TO King William I. In the sixties.
Mr.. Herbert Spencer. who has consented TO let Hu.
bort Herkomer paint his portrait. the money hav.
ing been raised by public subscription refused eight
years ago TO let Miais paint him. wishing TO pro.
test against the abuse OF subscription portraits.
.
deem Journal boasts that it was founded by fellow
apprentice of Benjamin Franklin. The nrst number
contained an nc Of the battle OF culioden Tho
Journal was o weekly till 1870. when u became q
Conservative daily.
Emin Pasha's viii. leaving his property to q
daughter by his Ably ssinian wife, has been declared
valid by the Supreme Court of Berlin. II was con.
tested by q woman who had bought up the rights q
q Turkish woman claiming to DO Eluin's nrst AMI
only Legitimate wife.
A queer Partisan commemorative IL that OF the
anniversary OF Paul veriaine's death by mass Ia
the most Aristocratic church OF the Faubourg At.
Germain. sainte Clotide. There is nothing In com.
mon In the place and the works or the wretcked
life OF the Bohemian poet.
England 10 about Ia change the system Of carrying
the gunners OF neid batteries by mounting them on
the on side horses instead OF seating them on tss
timber boxes OF the guns. THIS system In use
forty ycnfb ago anu was conucmucu ~ consequence
OF the experience IN the IndAin mutiny.
A British gunboat. the Landraii. recently ran
down merchant steamer At Portland. The Al.
miraity refuses to pay damages the ground that
. court.martial having found the ofncer Of the
watch on the gunbost responsible for the collision.
compensation must be sought for from him
An epidemic OF madness has broten out In the Ia
Roouette quarter OF Paris. Nine patients In the
Tenor Hospital were seized with the mani. OF great,
ness In two days, imagining themselves the orr,
Napoleon L, the Angel Gabriel, &C.. while eight per.
outside the hospital were taken into custody
a. iunaiics By the police In one dAy.
Everything IL being made ready in England TO
smooth away the conflict between Mr.. ChaneerlAin
and Cecil Rhodes. Mr.. Fairfield. the Under secrs-
sry 70. the Colonial Department. who. By his time
~ warning. led Mr.. Chamberlain TO interfere with
the Jameson raid. 10 announced IN be down with
nervous prostration. and unable. therefore, 70 sp-
pear before the South Africa Commission
Heinrich oktke, who In fleeing from Prussian DO.
iitcai persecution In 1s<e wrecked Hsliso-
lAnd and spout the rest OF his life there marrying
q native. painting marine views. and watching The
flights OF birds the isiand, has JUS died
are OF IS. His collection OF migratory birds 10
the South Kensingtou nuseum. He held the place
OF Governments Secretary until the Engiish gnvs -
HeiigolAnd-
n. DeiAcour. . keeper OF the compa<nis rrsasst-
antiques landing stage at Hsvrs. has juss sssn
made knight OF the Legion OF Honor, having a
the decree declares exh husted the whole ssriss Of
rewards given by the Department OF Marine for ss~s
ing ifc." He Is - Of age and has sav.d fory<
six lives. the nrst IN 1870. He had already received
second aud nrst class medals and the Grand esld
medal OF honor.
saint George for Merry Abyssinia" WIN take TIE
place OF the older war cry. A Russian painter haa
Just completed for Negus Mensiik picture OF The
k.NNN
charger 10 represented helping the AbyssniAns to
rout the Italians The story OF the Saints appear.
anee has arisen from the fact that the Italians
turned church dedicated TO him the IN int
. cavalry stable.
Russia Furnishes offending oficials. The Governor
OF Mohiiew recently sentsn .ed q man TO nfIy
strokes OF the knout. though corporal punishmeut
has been aoolished, aud the district President In
creased this to 100 strokes The man complained
and the President was sentenced to six months
imprisonment. This sentence has been set aside as
being too light, and both officials are TO be tried
for ~udanserns tho mans life.
In eontesting the will OF Partisan old lady recent.
~ evidence was put In thar abe In the habit Of
putting fresh nx leaves the statues In her garden
every day In summer. and In winter OF providing
them with cotton drawers. She was fonu OF being
drawn through the country town where fer summer
residence was In awheelbarrow. distributing pen.
MES to the children that cheered her. She WAS
shrewd enough, however, to increase the fortune
left 70 her 70 5000. 900 francs.
France has 3s.6ls.975 Inhabitants, according to
the CENSUS taken at the end OF last March. an in.
crease OF only i76. oa7 since 1891 and OF 2qe o7s
since 1885, The population of Paris is 900
increase OF $4,000. The Increase In towns OF over
$4,000 Inhabitants Is sa7. 900 since 1871. The
Der OF foreigners has declined, being ,oe7 900 A.
compared with i.ilo,o0o In 1855. This IA partly
due to easier alton laws and partly toths
I'll treatmsnt OF foreign workmen.
auiEots three great. grandsons have been expelled
by the German Government from Alsace. where
they were spending Christmas with their srand.
father, N. schlumborger, at ouebweiier. Inc
young men had made visits previously without
moiestation 10 n. schlumberger, who Is a rich man
ufa"turer and who accepted the German rule
Tho measure 10 believed to be a stupid act OF spite
on account OF the youngest boy having chosen
French nationality recently on attaining the age
OF 10, as his brothers had done before him.
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