The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-20
Celebration Of the Queens
Diamond Jubilee.
Meeting to Raise a Fund for
the Parnell Family.
The Suit Of Lady Ross Against Her
Husband for Divorce Tried.


(Copyright 1897 by The Associated Press.)
London, March 90 The celebration of
the Queens diamond jubilee, otherwise
the Goth anniversary of her accession To
the throne, rivals even the eastern crisis
in public 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 Piccadilly has been let for $l0,.
600 for the day of the celebration proper,
June 20, and single windows along the
route To be followed by the procession arc
fetching $3.50 The Insurance. companies
are insuring sightseers against possible
loss by the abandonment of the procession
or a change of route Landlords are Civ
ing tenants Of houses on the poorer por-
tions OF the route, on the south side of tho
Thames, notice to quit in order TO get big
prices for windows and the newspapers
are publishing "A special column of advrr-
tisements of windows To let along the
route The fashions of 1897, the year OF
the Queens accession 10 the throne, are
being revived.
At meeting OF the Parnellite mem
bers oS Parliament on Thursday last, IL
was decided to request Mr.. John Red
mond to call conference of representa-
tive Parnellites 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 MIR. Timothy Harrington, and 1t Is
| intended to make vigorous efforts both in
IVnln nd nd IN fn
party. Mr.. Redmond and his colleagues
| are confident of success and propose To
! submit TO the conference complete
| scheme for the reorganization OF the forces
| in Ireland.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, has issued
| invitations to a meeting at the Mansion
| House there TO float a Parnell family
| fund. Already considerable sum has
been collected for the project and IL Is
expected it will meet with great success.
| Ii il learned that not only Mr.. Parncll's
mother, Mrs. Della Parnell, but his
brother, Mr.. John Parnell, are in pecuni-
ary want and, but for the prompt uctfUn
| of Mr.. Redmond and~.others they would
| have lost the family estate at Wicklow.
Preparations are already on foot In lrc-
| land to celebrate the Centenary OF the
| rebellion Of 1897. A central committee
has been established in Dublin and II Is
Il
| Americans will'participate.
Several newspapers call attention to tho
Montreal Stars Indian famine fund.
The Daily Mail says: 1.-The Stars mag
nificent work in the cause of empire IL
| attracting much attention.
The Daily Graphic remarks: 'From a
political point OF view 1t is Significant
| testimony TO the development to the fra
ternal sentiment which we look for from
the firm welding together of the conpo-
nant parts Of the empire.
Considerable excitement has been
created in tho Artistic World of Paris by
the refusal of the hanging committed OF
the salon to accept picture OF i Jean
sents the interior of butcher shop with
| "a fine display of meat but a close exami-
nation of the picture shows the butcher to
be an allegorical Bismarck and the car-
! casses exposed are human corpses and
representative victims of the chancellor 8
alleged ruthlessness Strong pressure Is
being brought to bear on the COMMITTEES
With the view of prevailing upon IL To
reconsider it's decision.
An English edition of the Pique County
Ballads of Col. John Hay, the successor OF
Mr. Thomas Il. Bayard as ambassador to
the Court Of st. james, was issued this
week and Is being everywhere quoted by
the press and reviewed In the most favor-
able terms.
The largest diamond in the world has
arrived I'm London from Kimberly, south
Africa. 1t Is said to be worth ~, 5O0 0O0
uncut
In the Edinburgh Court of Sessions on
Wednesday last the hearing of the divorce
proceedings so,, brought nr by Lady ,o,aS;ss KGss
Augustus Lockhart Ross, Baronet of
Balnagowan, on the ground of adultery
was commenced. A counter action OF Sir
i Charles against -his-wiie- similar
charge, will be heard in May. Lady Ross
testified that her husband went to British
Columbia in April 1896, and that owing
20 information which she obtained during
his absence she began proceedings. for q
| divorce and refused to cohabit with him
, when he returned to England in October
of that year. Lottie Callioett an ac.
tress, testified that she stayed at q hotel
in company with the baronet in 1894 and
that she had afterward met him at in.
tervals The presiding judge decided
that the charge of adultery against the
baronet was proved, but his lordshil
could not give Judgment until he had
heard the case of Sir Charles against his
wife.
The annual Oxford and Cambridge boat
| rncc takes place on April 3. The OXFORD
crew are the same as last year with one
exception, Mr.. q. O. Edwards as No. 2,
has been substituted for II. Z. sherwood,
who occupied that seat in '96
Mr.. james r. Roosevelt, the retiring
first secretary of the United states en-.
bassy whose resignation was announced
| this week will shortly sail for America
| MIR. Roosevelt has been absent from tho
| ambassy since last October, and since hi.
| recent return the relations between him
self and the ambassador have bcen very
strained. This was evidenced by the fac'
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