The record-union., 1897-03-21

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LONDON, March 20 copyrighted,
1897, by the Associated Press).-The
celebrationof the Queens diamond jul
| bilee rivals even the Eastern crisis in
public attention. Preparation for the
.event are going on everywhere in Lon
don, and the Queens procession will be
rehearsed early during the morning of
Tuesday next. Sir Julian Goldsmith'S
house of Piccadilly has been let for
$4,000 for the day of the local celebra-
ton proper June 10th, and single VIM
dOws along the route to be followed by
the procession are bringing $3.50. The
| insurance companies are insuring
/ sightseers against loss, owing to the
| abandonment of the procession or a
change of route. Landlords are giving
! tenants of houses on the poorer por-
| tons of the route notice to quit, in or
der to ger higher prices for windows.
and the newspapers are publishing
| 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
being revived.
AT a meeting of the Parnellite menu
| bers of Parliament on Thursday last.
! 1t was decided TO request John Red
mOnd TO call a conference of representa-
| tive Par16llites from all parts of Ire
land 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 Har-
rington, and it is intended to make
vigorous efforts both in Ireland and
America, to strengthen the party
The Lord Mayor of Dublin has issued
invitations to meeting at the Mansion
| House, there to float Parnell fund.
Already a considerable sum has been
collected for the project, and it is ex-
| pected it will meet with great success.
1t is learned that not only Mr. ParnelPs
mother. but his brother. 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 1893. A central COM
mittee has been established in Dublin.
and it is expected that large numbers
of observation-disclosures will participate.
Mgr. Merry Del Val, papal delegate
to Canada, sails from Livernool for
New York to-day on board the Cunard
| Line steamship UmbTia to settle the
Manitoba school question Mgr. Del Val
goes to Canada in complete touch with
the Pope's ideas He is a distin-
guished looking man. about 81 years Of
! age, and is evidently q man who will
hear all sides, and when he reaches a
decision he will put his foot down in
the frmest manner.
In conversation with a representative
of the Associated Press the Monsignor
said: Il have a great mass of docu-
ments and information placed at my
disposal to which l am giving the
closest attention in the sincere hope
that my work will contribute to the
good of Canada. I shall probably go
first to Montreal from New York and
| shall, of course, 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
|
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 rep
resents the interior of butcher shop
with fine display of meats, but close
examination of the picture shows it to
be an allegorical Bismarck, and the
carcasses exposed are human corpses
and representing victims of the Chan
cellors ruthlessness. Strong pressure
is being brought to bear on the commit
tee with the view of prevailing upon it
to reconsider it's decision.
The largest diamond in the world has
arrived in London from Kimberly,
South Africa. It is said to be worth
$2500,0 900, uncut
| IN the Court of Sessions on Wednes-
day last the hearing of the divorce pro-
ceedings brought by Lady Ross against
Sir Charles Henry Frederick Augustus
Lockhart Ross, on the ground of adult
| terry, was commenced. A counterac-
| ton of Charles against his wife on a
| similar charge will be heard in May.
Lady Ross testified that her husband
went to British Columbia in 1896, and
that owing to information which she
obtained during his absence she began
| proceedings for divorce.
James r. Roosevelt, the retiring First
Secretary of the United States En-
bassy, whose resigna tion was an
nounced this week, viii shortly sail
for America. He has been absent since
last October, and since his return the
relations between himself and the En-
| bassador have been very strained.
/, Recently, while excavations were be-
ing made in the vicinity of the Bank Oh
England the workmen came upon an
Interesting find. At depth of about
eighteen feet several articles of Roman
times were discovered. These included
a small, beautiful vase of glazed red
samian ware. having the makers name
lstamped in the bottom of the vessel
| There were also the necks and handles
of some large wine bottles. These rel
les have been placed in Guild Hall Mu-
scum.
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