The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-27
THE NEWS OF THE
WEEK IN LONDON
African War Scare Has Collapsed
With Dull Thud.
IRISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT
nil Received With Favor Comments 90
American WailNa,s Social oea'on
Opsasd Cemetery ssAaisl
IRISH LOCAL GoyERNMENT

Wat scare ~ week hHu mas '"'""''''
hardly leaving AN echo u there u any
lighting IL viii bo on the initiative Of the
No,M Niger Company, which 'ropoaco
that any French troops IN the company
territory shnl be- riorlrd Immediately h)
The rumpanys troops which captain
t.uurafj rpmmoudn Tho company. uh'
like tho government. has comparatively
frvo hand brlnH In tho position ~ 'ndl'
Niduais rirsiing lrrHpannrrH from lh'E
property and the DIlclalb ~ the company
Say ih,y lntrnd 20 act vigorously Though
ih, s,,f,tar, ~ state fur hu colonies,
Joseph Chamberlain. announced nn FRI
day In tho house Of commons mat lh'
cabinet Nna unit ON th" question o'
West Africa. parliamentary gossip intls'H
that tho Marquis ~ Salisbury gained 'h"
deciding trlck ~ hla game With Mr Cham
u,flBm Boo announcing ihr diHpaieh ut ihr
ambassador ~ Paris Hlf Edmund fion'
nnn. iu tho house u lords on Tuesday. the
pfrmlrt both ir the manner ani hnll'i
taking great delight IN nuuIhlns MI
chamberlain THIS ia evident from tho
fact that tho dispatch, which ~ nuhn'hnrs
sst forth that france had mo- houul' 'h'
trntiun 10 West Afiica and had no Snnwl
edge uf French lfuopH In the Hok"tu coun'
to. was not communicated tp the mouse
af commons by tho parllamchtary Hrcfc'
tafy tuf foreign araira ucofgc ~ Cufaon'
for tho reason that no had not seen tho
foreign secretary that day 'ori'lnD
Mr Chamberlain was much annoyed. pat
uruiarly ~ ah many ~ the conservatives
h4,r expressed anger nt his false alarm.
rh, itish local government hill on tho
whole ls received with general FAVOR h'
tf.hmrn in thr house ~ rummDhH, ~
much sn. that tho members on Monday
scented tu br hapklns m thr millennium
Mr-sr Dillon. itralcy and Redmond nno
thrms,N,n more IN accord than Tor ; cara
tast Mf R,dmund Ia conversation Win
o. frrtt-,uilu,r uf the Associated Press
aaid
rThr bil poo far ~ a Eorn. 10 aauHfhr'
tors % places the management OF Hh
puf,i, .o.ai Affairs absolutely Ia tho
hands uf the people uf course ~ iH me-,
a substitute fur home role ON the con.
trarl. ~ o. wufku veil II will bo pow
,rm v,apnu In our hands tn forward
home tuit it viii prove thni our people
fis .spthlc uf governing ,hrm7yiNr" VT"
tupJ sense ana Inlrra,inn
A riufrfsuer ot tho lrirn mrmnrta 90
aii PARTIES un Tuesday unanimously voted
Go tlr,, th, conduct ~ lhy question this
.,,,, iu tho haada ~ Mr Redmond. who
hns given notice nf motion rniHlns tho
question of irish uycr,aNau"n h ~"
budget
t'r.u,s oscar OF sweden. acDund H"h oi
tbr king of sweden and Norway, made
ri. nfri appearance on sunday last ~
uis-ion preacher ot tho : 81. e \. %
EiaU khuim
TH. rmru hnB Just concluded thc pupu'
cation VI d .rrl,n oi Articles "h American
faiwu,a m which its correspondent hna
usi.w,i upr,mtcd pralsr upon ihelr
equipment and punctuallly aa "a con-
trast with thp hahltuul ardincaa here.
The rmrs correspondent thinks m,
American excellence ~ due {" one man
control Commenting on these facts. the
rim,a utara English railroad men To take
lesson from America, abolish the Hh-
surin weak locomotive hnd inrrcurc the
-..r ut trucks Continuing The Times says.
.Na tu the one man puWvr. We 40 mo-
.b4f,. uuf correspondence cuthuHnam. as
a nu usht Nhru the man h great man.
Iut Duforunato English investors have
bitter reason 10 rcRrct hnsH control
Th, london ru,td season was olh' lhliS
or,urd with ihr l'tlucoss of Wales lcvr'
,n Tuesday aud The qurcnr drawink
fuun yesterday. Tho queen Us usual only
received the diplomats aud "a Few per
snn. having the untrr. leaving the r,Ht IA
tho Princess ot Waich.
Tho liberal newspapers are mll ni de-
mu.atipna ui the duiugr ui the duke ol
S.Ar.toburg aud Gothn and his tourney
m. from Malta to Alexandria ON IT, NJ y
Smptlav. when hp duuucd hiN udmlrhl b
uniform. hcsltutng In the holgung ot th'
standard. the Hcrt nalutng, and the dus,
b,ug constituted avnior officer ol the sta
inn iu the grctt disgust OF those VII,
consider the duNr tu be- foreign prince
with honorary rank In the British navy
although hr is duke Of Edinburgh ant
a,,und son uf the quron ot England
IN, sultan at Morrocu IN order To arm
hi, army with modern Weapons, In scndint
a largo part of his collection Of guns &c
Germany aud England fur sale,
Truth has been asked to expose what Il
supposed TO be- scandal In regard to tbs
sale ut the cemetery ut Jerusalem by th'
American board OF foreign missions, Th'
sale IN alleged to have hccn made In ordci
10 rrpicnish the Golfers OF the board, an,
secrecy, 1t was saiu, was observed be
cause the sale was contrary TO Turklsl
law
Friends nr EnglIshmcn whose rcmuln
have been buried there are said to hay,
prutvptvd tu the state department al
Washington, to the American minister "a
EonStuntlnoplr aud to the foreign office
but It Is said they have boon unable e
obtain redress ana now ask thu news
papyrs to yrntllato the mater
rhu late Slgnor Nloolinl loft the sum u
SlvO.J0O to hs widow, Adelna Patu AM
To nus three children by his first mnrri
age Madame ratu, however has rc
nuun,od the legacy,
n, queen seems to bu enjoying wonder
iuliy god health, She walks better thu
she did ut the time of her jubilee,
The American Society held u Washing
tons birthday reception at the cratic
galleries ON Tuesday During tho pas
wy,il over twenty balls ANA reception
have been postponed In consequence u
the epidemic nnd several schools nav
been closed Tor the same renson
The Duke and Duchess of Mnrlboroug
viii start IN few days on tour q
Italy which viii last several months III
theatrical week has not been married b
the production of any new plays,
Mcssrs Wyndhnm and Hare two II
nucnza nbsentecs, have returned to the
respective theators.
The program for the Nellie Tarron boz
ent at Drury Lane on March II shows
most remarkable collection of notnbllltle
The east of Lord Lytton's Money II
cludes Messrs Tree, Hare Pawlcy, Wa
ring, Walter and Arthur Roberts and
"TrIal by Jury" not only the prlnclpa
hut the jury, bridesmaids and lady vi
itors In the court are all celebrities.