The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-02-18
PARLIAMENT TO MEET.
Queeh's Speech from the Throne
will be the Most important
In MANY Years.
Copyrighted, 1858; by the Associated Press

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Osborne, Isle Of Wight, OH Thursday the
Queens speech, to be made at the reas-
sembling Of Parliament next week, was
approved. 1t will be the most important
pronouncement for years past. Her maj
| esty is following the events in the far
East very closely and has the keenest ap-
probation of the difficulties. She has
been most busy recently over dispatches
on the subject.
A Feeling Of Uneasiness.
1t will be idle to deny that Parliament
reassembles with the air charged with
uneasiness and with the prospect the ses-
sion will be the most important as re-
| interest is the Chinese question. 1t is
known authoritatively that the Marquis
Of Salisbury has disapproved strongly of
! the declaration made by Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, the chancellor of the ex-
! chequer, at Bristol, as embarrassing his
| negotiations with other cabinet ministers.
| The premier has also resented the viru-
| lence of the press attacks growing out of
| the so-called back-down Of the govern
ment on the subject of opening the port
Of Ia Lien Wan, and the revival of Count
Cortis' description of his lordship as "a
lath painted to initiate iron,'' has empha-
sized his irritation.
The opposition, however; has decided
not to unduly prolong the debate on the
! address in replying to the Speech from
| the throne; and to challenge on the In
| dian troubles later; but the opposition
| will try to get the government to unfold
it's session programme at the earliest pos
sible moment.
Irish Members will be in Evidence.
| The Irish members will be much in evil
dence during the coming session, the gov
ernment's local government and Catho-
lie university bills affording them great
battle ground: In regard to the latter
measure, the ,Dillonites. Redmondites
and Healyites have tinted for common
action, and with the exception of Messrs;
the Irish Unionists will oppose it. The
aforementioned bill will probably precede
the army bill, which wi be the feature
of the session and, which will also serve
to introduce the Dfeyfus question into
the House Of Commons, for Radical
member will ask, the government if it
has ever received secrets from the no.
torious prisoner:
Regarding this weeks rumor of the ap-
preaching resignation of the Marquis of
Salisbury, it should be noted that it
formed the subject of gossip in the in
ner circles Of the clubs some DAYS be-
fore it appeared in the newspapers. If
such an intention exists in the mind of
the marquis it is apparently not due to
his present state of health for though
his physician has advised him to tighten
bis work as much as possible, the ap-
pearance of the premier at Wednesday, s
foreign office reception belied the stories
circulated concerning his Door health.
He walked buOyantly and had ruddy
cheeks.
Germany's Fruit Order.
Germany's action in excluding Ameri-
can "affected' fresh fruits and live plants
and shrubs and packages containing the
same is laughed at by the authorities here
who have to deal with the American fruit
shipped to England. Il representative of
the Associated press is informed by the he
board of agriculture against American
fruit shipped to England. There was
some agitation years ago on the subject of
spraying trees with arsenic, but investiga-
ton proved that the practice did not
harm the consumers and that the same
method was followed in England, in Cam
ada and on the continent.
All the fruit importers of Coyent Gar
den made similar statements \ repre-
sentative of one of the biggest firms said
that in their experience only one package
of American fruit had reached Covent
Garden in unfit condition. Inquiries made
among the retail dealers show they have
never heard the slightest complain,
against American fruit.
Revolt of Liberal Unionists,
The most interesting feature in home
politics during the week was the revolt
of the Liberal Unionists of the Edba ston
mngham Post The Liberal Unionists
in this division outnumber the Conserva-
tlveS, but the next vacancy was promised
| to the Conservatives some time ago Now
a large section of the Liberals decline to
submit to this, though Joseph Chamber
lain, the secretary of state for the col
onies, is said to have "succeeded in brow
beating" the executive committee of the
Liberal Union association, which by a
good majority has voted that the Conser-
natives should select the successor of
George Dixon, Mr.. Chamberlain declar-
ing that if the committee did not fulfill its
promise its members practically denied
him as their leader. The dissenting Lib,
eral majority declare they will nominate
a straight Liberal.
The Pope Is in Good Health.
The Pope is pronounced to be in excel
lent health and to be busying himself
with a document to be addressed to the
Catholics of Christendom, thanking them
occasion of his jubilee. The document
invokes political and religious peace
throughout the whole human race. His
holiness will preside at the function at
st. Peters and will afterwards receive a
body of pilgrims, including numerous
delegation from the United States
Queen Victoria will visit the Indian
campaign wounded at Netley on Tuesday
and will start for Nice on March 8, going
there by her usual route, but by easier
stages than hitherto. She will spend two
nights on board the royal yacht Victoria
and Albert, presumably one night in Eng
lish waters, after embarking, and one
night in French waters, after arriving at
Cherbourg, where she will take the train
for the south of France.
The first drawing room of the season
will be held on February 20 by the Prin-
cess of Wales in behalf of her majesty
The second drawing room will be held GU
March 2, and there will be two drawing
rooms in May. The number of presenta
tons at each drawing room is limited to
200. There will be four levees this sea-
son, two before and two after Easter.
The Prince. of Wales will hold two of
them and the other two will be held by
the Duke of York.
The Duke and Duchess of Fife fort
night ago agreed to OPEN the new hack
ney town hall. and the vestry by large
tain them, but the minority in the vestry
protested against the expenditure and an
angry discussion followed The local
newspaper cuttings on the subject were
sent to the Duke and Duchess of Fife.
who then declined to open the town hall
At the meeting of the vestry at which
their refusal was read there was great
row, some of the members complaining
that royalty had been insulted. etc. The
chairman resigned and the majority, amid
the liveliest kind of scenes. sang 'God
Save the Queen The Duke of Fife is a
son-in-law of the Prince of Wales.
King Leopold's Yacht.
King Leopold of Belgium, the purchaser
of the late Ogden Goelet's steam yacht
Mayfower, will rechristen her Clemen.
tine, possibly after his third daugh.
ter the Princess Clementne, who
was born in 1872. The crow of
the royal yacht will be composed of
Belgians and English, in equal numbers,
with English officers. She will be reitted
at Southampton and from there will 60
to the Mediterranean.
Mr.. Hunsicker from the Carnegie com
pany of Pittsburg was in London this
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