The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
Eerelrn Notes or Real ~Intere.t.

George Frederick watts's colossal equestrian statue
of Force" will be cast in bronze at the expense OF
the British Government and set up In Hyde Park. on
the terrace at the end OF tho serpentine.
Dublin amateur actors are in distress. as the pro-
prietors OF the three city theatres threaten to en-.
force the monopoly OF all theatrical performances
granted to them by an act Of King George III passed
In 1850.
Coomassie Is to he connected with the coast Of Ia
corady Bay by a railroad. Engineers and material
have been sent out already from Liverpool. The line
will run first to the Tarquah gold mines, a distance Of
forty miles, and then az soon as possible to the
Ashanti capital.
Brunswick, Germany, Is troubled over a peculiar
epidemic Of hysteria that has broken out In one OF
the girls schools. A few girls in one room started
the other'. Mysteries spread to all the classes, and
within three days the school had TO he closed. When
they got home all the girls seemed 10 recover.
Lawyers in England have no legal right TO get
their names In the pap according to a recent de.
cision OF Mr.. Justice Hawkins. The suit of a Dirming'
ham law yer. who had sued two newspapers OF that
city for conspiracy In purposely leaving out his name
whenever he tried cases. was dismissed before It went
to the Jury.
signor Crlspi's wife puzzled the octroi oficers NJ
Palermo recently by appearing at the city gates lead
ing q pet calf by q leash. They Insisted on her pay
ing duty on It as 30 many pounds OF veal. and she
refused to pay anything. The Mayor was appealed
TO-. and he allowed Slgnora Crispi to enter with her
calf on her promising that II should not DO consumed
within the city.
Scotch whiskey keeps on booming. There are l5s
disIilleries at work in Scotland, that find II difhcuit
TO keep up with orders. and more Government In
spectOrs are called for. The output last year was
%. 800. 900 gallons. an increase OF 80 per cent. over
the year before. There are n. 600. 900 gallons stored
away maturing. The increase in Irish whiskey last
year was l3. and that In English whiskey 10. per cent
EI.King Milan's appointment as General'ln'Chief
OF the Servian Army IS said TO he due to a domestis
revolution IN Belgrade. King AleIander's mother
eE Queen Natalie, set such a pace in dress and cou'
festivities that the pockets OF the Belgrade husbands
could not keep up with II. They demonstrated win
the King, and. az the surest way to keep Natalie out
OF Servia. her spendthrift husband was invited back
Herr Krupp OF Essen has given 10000 marks To the
Berlin Geographical Society for a gold medal TO 10
awarded yearly for geographical discovery. II VIII
he called the Nachtigal medal. after Krupp's friend
Gustav NachtIgai. the African explorer, and, where
the merits OF candidates are otherwise equal. will be
given In preference first 10 discoveries on the African
continent. and next to exploration In GermSnyis
colonies elsewhere.
Frances Court OF Cessation has decided in a test
case that money left to a school conducted by a
religious community cannot he diverted TO the uses
OF public secular schools. An old lady left 10000
francs In 1929 TO the town OF Aubusson for the pur
pose Of establishing q school under the direction OF
the Brothers OF Christian Doctrine. In lSsH the
Brothers were turned out and the school and endo"
ment "laicised." The Brothers brought suit ana
after winning their case In all the lower courts, no"
receive the principal OF the endowment. with the
accrued income and interest. By the deGtStOa 81 ~
supreme court Of apDsAL :