The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-18
ZEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE is PARTICULARLY SERIOUS

Railroad in the neIghborhood OF North
ampton. there have been several at
tempts TO wreck passenger trains For
midable obstructsons were constructed
across the track and one express train
had a most narrow escape from disaster
Il ploughed through a veritable barrieade
but did not leave the rails. The most
alarming feature OF the outrage Is that
the police have been unable 10 obtain the
slightest clue 10 the perpetrators, though
a hundred detectives have been securing
the district Consequently a panic pre-
walls one theory is that the crimes are
the work Of a band Of robbers looking for
plunder and emulatlng the FAR west hold
ups.
After passing eight weeks in an inval-
ids chair the Prince Of Wales this week.
for the first time. was abe TO walk few
steps with the aid OF a stick. He travelled
TO Balmoral from his yacht 10 Ports
mouth. Private letters declare that the
prince has lately been very irritable at
the enforced restraint. that he has even
declared that a permanent limp would be
cheap penalty TO pay for release from
his floating prison. II Is added that the
attending physicians finally yielded and
allowed the prince 10 journey to Scotland
IN order 10 appease their patient and also
to arrest the strong stimulus which rest
and sea air appetite had given to his in
creasing stoutness. The heir apparent
will still continue 10 wear for many weeks
to come the apparatus which has been
fitted to his knee.
The Duke OF Connaught has been the
hero OF the French army manoeuvers at
Mouline, which he attended as President
Faure's chier guest. He first dlstin-
guished himself by splendid display OF
horsemanship before the French stan,
when a borrowed horse. startled by the
firing. tried to bolt. reared and fell. The
duke skillfully disengaged himself un-
hurt The following day during a halt
he minutely examined a French soldiers
knapsack. He had one OF them emptied
on the ground. weighed the articles and
finally took the knapsack. strapped 1t on
his own shoulders and walked up and
down in front Of the president and the
generals in order to test whether the
straps hampered his movements. The
spectators were greatly amused and the
private soldiers loudly eheered him.
Yesterday the Duke OF Connaught Wis
ited the French camp kitchen and fol-
lowed the great Napoleon's precedent,
he asked to be allowed to taste the SOL
dier's food, remarking:
Il must take only tiny morsel. as l
am robbing somebody's share" Then he
forked out and ate u piece Of beef, which
he pronounced to be of excellent quality.
The duke also examined the mems over
coats, testing their weights and texture.
The incidents have made the duke very
popular among the French soldiers and
villagers.
At the hamlet of Ennomond they had
a great treat in seeing the thirsty presi-
dent OF the republic and queen Victoria's
son stop before a little public han and
call for and toss OF glasses of light beer,
while the hurriedly assembled oaSa
played God Save the Queen" President
Faure then decorated the duke with the
cross of the Legion of Honor.
The leading newspapers here scathing-
ly review Herr Moritz Busch's life OF
Prince Bismarck. which was recently
published. The general opinion is that
both the author and its idol suffered by
the general revelations made
The British. naturally. chiefly resent
the late Prince Bismarck's expressions OF
hostility to Great Britain and to tn,
queen and her daughter, the former EN-
press Frederick of Germany, with which
the book teens.
The Daily Telegraph says that If the
work reveals the real Bismarck, he low
cred the moral tone of the whole of Eur
ope, adding;
Every one knows he made unscrupu-
lous use of the press; but according to
Herr Busch he deliberately instructed his
hirelng to disseminate about falsehoods. f"
The Times remarks:
at was reserved to the sublime uncon-
sclousness of one of his sincerest wor-
shippers to expose all the meanness, du-
plicity and brutality which he combined
with so many admirable qualities
photograph of the czarina nursing
her baby recently appeared in an English
newspaper and when it reached the Rus
sian censor, the latter was a much puz-
zled official He consulted with the min
lister of the interior, who was equally
perpleXed, and then decided to consult
with the czar "The best thing l can dc"
said the Russian emperor, sis to show Il
to the ezarina and let her decide
In a few minutes. according to the
story, the czar returned and said with a
smile to the minister of the interior:
'Her imperial majesty finds nothing in
the picture contrary to the law. Let It
pass"
The heat is affecting the theaters.