Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-26
HIS AlLMENT is INCURABLE,
PRINCE OF WALES TAXES UP BICYCLING.


London, March -CCopyrighted,
1898, by the Associated Press) Next to
the probability of war the public is
I most keonly Interested in the condition
of Mr.. Gladstone, though not permitted
TO know how m he is. Perhaps 1T
should be said he is not so much IN as
that his powers are failing and that he
is apparently sinking under the weight
Of years and vital exhaustion. The best
Informed people admit that his ailment
is incurable and that his physicians
only hope to alleviate the pain he is
suffering. The Lancet says ON the sub
ject OF the surgical advice called in:
This can scarcely be interpreted 9TH
erwise than that there Is serious cause
for the symptoms from which he has
suffered for nine months. At his great
age the gravity of any surgical alment
is apparent, and the exhaustion In con-
| sequence Is prolonged. The severe neu-
ralgla is in Itself an unfavorable fea-
ture. His vitality, however. is wonder
full, and his general health is good"
An examination of the patient with
the use of the Roentgen rays disclosed
intlamed cartilage, but there was no
sign of cancer.
Although press paragraphs are
strictly kept from Mr.. Gladstone, It is
said he has bid farewell to several old
friends and knows his end is approach
| ing.
Referring to his illness, Mr.. Gladstone
said to friend:
| "a final lesson-a final trial"
The old statesman has been sensibly
happier at Hawarden than at Riviera
or Bournemouth.
a painful incident OF Mr. Gladstone's
| illness has been his bombardment by
| uninvited spiritual advisers. Not mail
reaches his residence without contain
! ing shower Of chapters of the old or
| New Teotaments, extracts from the
| lives of scriptural personages, or iso-
! lated texts, hymns, poems etc.
! The Prince OF Wales is energetically
! learning bicycle riding at the Riviera
accompanied by AN instructor and an
| equerry.
a curious effect of hard cycling is re-
| ported from France. out of the last
| batch of conscripts no fewer than eight
! widely known cyclists We're rejected as
being physically incapa BILE Of military
/ duty. Diseases of the heart were the
| chief reasons for their rejection. This
I causes profound establishment. all
! classes thinking them at least fit to be
| accepted as military cyclists.
The president Of the board of trade
| Mr.. c. T. Ritchie, has appointed a
| committee comprised of representatives.
/ Of the board of trade and the three
| great marine underwriting corpora
| tions, under the craftsmanship OF Sir
| Francis Jeune, president Of the probate
| divorce and admiralty division of the
] high court tnSttgg 10 consider thn
! long standing grievance of the North
] Atlantic ports against the Chesapeake
| ports. in which British ships during
! winter are allowed to load beyond the
North Atlantic winter line. The COM
mittee met this week to organize
The French line steamer La Bre-
taEne, which sails from Havre today
takes 100 carrier pigeons with the view
of testing the possibility Of establish
| ing communication with the shore in
case of accident II the experiment
| is successful all steamers of the
French line viii hereafter carry pig
cons. The experiment II viewed with
| great interest. though skeptically.
! Morltz Rosenthal, the PIANIST. Is pur-
sued by lll-luck He was engaged to
! play at the Philharmonic hall in Lon
/ don, and accidentally cut the middle
| finger OF his right hand with a razor.
/ He appeared I'm EdinburE last week
| and on Monday he appeared at Man
/ chester using the nail ~ his finger as
/ much as possible with the result that
he split It and has been Obliged to post
pone his London engagement. After
! leaving England Rosenthal goes to
| italy and switzerland and thence to
/ the United states in the autumn.
| D'Oyloy Carte has been unable to
find new operas suitable for the
/ Savoy Theater and win devote the sea-
| son to REVEALS on Tuesday he resur-
/ l,. "a npn 10
| introducing new star. Louie Henrie,
who has hitherto appeared in the prov
| inces.
Lawrence Irving whose Peter the
| Great and BARRYMORE engagement was
| n nine days wonder, has resumed act
| ing, taking the part Of swallow in
| revival Of Henry ", Mt Manchester
/ giving an artistic representation.