Arizona republican., 1898-11-27
THE NEWS OF ENGLAND
An Unusually HiId WinIer-The
 Question of Sunday Concerts.

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 Question of Sunday Concerts. | London, Nov 25.-AlmOst unprece- | dentedly mild weathr for this time of the year is being experienced in Eng
 land. The open gardens are full of flowers, which are blooming in profu- sicn. One Of the densest fogs in many years, however, envelCEed London on Thursday laS-, greatly impeding rail- road and street traffic. The spectacle of pedestrians feeling their way with flaming torches at nOJn was seen in the London streets, where a number Of ac- cidents occurred
 Queen Victoria will hold soon an in
 ve5tftu-e at Windsor castle and will
 praserl@ the Soudan decorations She
 will personally invest General Lord Kitchener of Khartoum with the Grand Cross of tEe Bath.
 It is announced that the king of Den
 mark intends to come to England in January and that he will stay With he prince Of Wales at Sandringham. The prince will aftsTward go to Gotha, in order to attend the celebration Of the silver wedding of the duke and duchess Of Saxe-COburg- -GOtha, which occurs On January g. The festivities will lass for several days and it is expected that Emperor William will also be present.
 The queen of tho Belgians has issued a rescript to Der sister queens and en- presses asking them to form an alli- ance for the purpose Of helping the lacemakers Of Europe. She has ap- pealed to them to fOrswaar wearing i'm itatiOn lace and 10 bind themselves to wear only handmade fabric, pointing cut that the machine-made fabric threatens the extinction of artistic. hand-worked lace The number of lacemakers il Belgium and France has diminished since the advent of lace machinery, by 40,0 GOO persons. The queens appeal met with a ready re- spclse and the queenly alliance has ai- ready become a fact
 Intense interest has been aroused by the PCritarical decision Of the licens- ing Committee of the London county council to refuse licenses to halls where Sunday concerts are given for profit 1nis will practically mean the aboIi- tion Of Sunday concerts, which have frightened the London Sunday for the past few years and which even their opponents admit always offer a high class Of music. The newspapers are unanimous in denOuncing the decision and demand that the London county council refuse to ratify it. The queen gives 3 snub 10 the opponents cs Sum- day music by having the guards band pay Cn the terrace at Windsor castle every Sunday afternoon while she re- sides there. The public is then admit ted to the castle grounds, and, on Sun day last, for in1tance, a large con- course Of people listened .c the music
 There is some comment of the facs that Colonel Macdonald, who, some people claim, saved the battle of Om- durman by his proGptness and skill in Iepulsing a Gervish onslaught which General Kitchener overlooked, was not among those who have received the SoGdan decorations, although he has been promoted to be an aide-de-c2mp of the queen. This is a high distinc- tion, and is considered in some guar tars to ba a peculiarly appropriate rec ogritiC1 Of one WkO rose from the ranks
 Ernest Te-ch Hooley's Carlton club has created much excitement and resentment in conservative cir cIes, ard a number Of infiuenial con- seryatiTcs have resolved to make an effort tc retrieve the scandal by return ing Mir. Rooley's &10,000 (S50000), contributed to the party funds, for the benefit Of the bankrupt creditors. Mir. HCOley's statements are already doing harm to ithe conservative prospects in the country, and A. J. Bal four, the conservative leader in the house Of commons and first lord of the treasury, is said to have urged that the money be restored.
 MT. HCCley was quI-e sanguine that he would get a baronetcy at the time or the jubilee. He issued invitation cards to seats which he rented on the top Of Ludgate hill, overlooking the ceremony at St. PauFs cathedral, in t!ie names of Sir Ernest and Lady Ho0- ey." It is understood that the queen and the marquis of Salisbury vetoed his baronetcy, which the conservative wire pullers did their best to secure They only returned Mir Hooley his check, which was for &50,000 ($250,- )G0), af-er the jubilee hC2ors had been published.
 Henry Laboucnere in Truth con- esses that he was only surprised at MT. Iooley's non-success. He further de- ,lares that the liberals are just as bad, md that they do lively trade in sell ng titles. He asks: How much did Baron Stern pay before he bloomed nto Lord Wordsworth 9"
 MT. Labouchere Lhen tells a story of member of parliament, whose name le withholds, who was offered a baron 5,cy if he contributed G5 5000 1925 .OOO) o the party funds. The member of Iarliament declined, o1 the ground that t was too expensive.
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