Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-02
WALL OF THE room TRADEsMEN.
Rises tp Long aud Loud from the
Enuiish CnuttnI.

Copyright 1898, b.! the Associated press)
LONDON, Jan. The year closed spring
like, with bright sun, and the papers note
many Instances In which flowers are bloom
ing in gardens of the south OF England. The
wall of the London storekeepers at the holt
day business is long and loud. The COM
plants, which are universal. are attributed
to the baneful influence of the jubilee fcs-
tivities The numerous country house par
ties also thinned the number of West End
purchasers.
The queens New Year gifts to the poor of
Windsor were distributed today at the Rid
ing school at the castle. There were nearly
1000 recipients and about 1000 pounds OF
beef and 100 tons OF coal were dispensed.
The prince and princess Of Wales and
Princess Victoria of Wales start on Monday
to pay weeks visit to the duke and duch-
ess of Devonshire at Chatsworth The prince
and princess will occupy the royal apart
| ments in the west wing and the mansion and
fountains and cascades will be Illuminated
! nightly. There will be theatricals. in which
| Lady Randolph Churchill will take part,
| balls and other entertainments.
The marriage OF Lady Anne Coventry. sec
| ond daughter of the eafl of Coventry, to
Prince Dhuleep Singh will take place on
| January 4,
The United States ambassador Colonel
John Hay, and Mrs. Hay are visiting the
earl OF Grove, who was thrown from his
| horse while hunting with the Cheshire
hounds on Monday last, sustaining a fracture
of the collar bone and injuries about the
| head.
The Daily Chronicle says the late duchess
of Teck left debts to the amount of 100000
! t$l5OOOO mostly household expenses. The
| expenditures at the White lodge. which was
| the residences of the Tecks exceeded, ii APP
pears the duchess allowance f5 600 CS25,0 ,000D,
| by f2,O00 (SlO,O0O), yearly. Whether the eff
| fects of the duchess will be sold to meet the
deficit depends upon whether the govern
ment Will apply TO Parliament for funds to
meet the emergency.
Judging from the new De Bretts peerage
the Britshers boasted contempt for foreign
| titles is only affectation, rs fourteen mem
bers OF the royal household hold foreign
titles, while those of lessee rank are thicker
! than blackberrics. In this connection, it is
interesting to uote that the jubilee VOC a
record year for the bestowal Of hunors, which
totaled To 517. The charitable bequests of
the year also topped the record, totalls
t2 100000 $50 O0OO,000). Without the Wallace
collection bequeathed to the nation seven
tostators aggregated IL 600 $4,000 ,000) in
| Clarity.
a great number of new comranes were
iloated during the last month, making the
total capital offered, in 1897 f15S 500 900
1892, 500 ,000), the largest amounts since 1889
The foreign government loans aggregated
roughly f10,00O,O0O (S50O0O 0O0); Indian and
colonial tl4.000,O0O $50 00O) breweries
and distileries fl7,500,000 ($S7 800 000); en-
re GNa N00 rs,o 0oo 0oOp. botai 90 CGo o0o ,s1E
900 OOo>. tflondile 81 75o GOO (sS 0OO 01Oi.
American railroads, G4,OOO,0OO $4,000, ,OOOy; !;
miues, fl325O 900 S66 $50, OOO), and industrial
| A Ch,ncerv Tone 1owyor contribute an a,,
nuaI lettrq. IN the rress in reyard to tha wind
falls of tbe vrar omonr thn missing beirs
and legatees, many of whom are believed to
be in America. Among ctaers fortunes are
fnrnia in 1ScS. TaS,os NIofr,tt who e,torod
the United states navy in IS65: the descend
Iants of Jchn White tho first attorney penrral
OF unner Caraf1. G Il Savles VIVA ,Scnt N
1 America in 1879 and Jo,eDh Pi7kuO of wis
ccnsin.
The will of tLe 1atc Alfred Neh=1 tba
Swedish chemist and expert in high exnIo-
sives who died at San Reno italy, en- De
cerber o 1SQ6 hos hoor ,rn,.eI Tba ,,r
sonality is valued at fI3A Cq3 ls2 no dG5l
Among the legatees is Alfred Hammond nf
Waterford TEX who receives 20 OOO (s1O :
OOO. About half the estate goes to relatives
and the remainder is Invested the Interest
annuallv IN he divided into five nrizes of
about e. OOO (s1OOOM each Prizes one two
and three are to he awarded IN tho noreors
making the most innortart discnveriss IN
nhvsirs chnmistr,, nhvsiology mr. p,n,I,,ino
priya four &c ~ ba oiyan 10 10 norso, ,,,,l
inc the hest literary co,tribmtian man Tho
sI,biect of nbysioiogy or ,,odicinr and rriae
6vn is IN ho awaT5oJ r. any norson who,
bos ocbiayo5 Tho ,HoSt ~. dora ibo LosI tbir"o
loo,fing to the nromotion Of the cause oC
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oop Vi ule lIst Vi "Ii'Ieis; "itl l9o'Vyo NFloo,
OVO). me n next Is the VIcoihIe ue liIrcOu' l.
tl','oO ISSo,oVol, @ tneh comes baIoh ochlchlt.
with tlo'Zoo $'o'ooo'' among the owners u
french stesplechasers, Nile, Me'sg' the ec-
Sir Thomas and Lady Hasketh formerly
! Miss Florence Sharon of San Francisco,
r have taken Barrdetstown, Kildare Tor the
remainder 0i tne sgasoh, hatS iiSHHeri KHH
hunt She fnished in the front rank and at