The record-union., 1899-04-30

unique glory of having had member
of the royal family as its architect
Princess Louise of Lorne having drawn
the plans for it's reconstruction. Inc
Marquis owns the inn, and recently
evicted the landlady, who was his ten
ant for thirty years, in order to trans
fer it to his late butler. The Licensing
Court marks its disgust at the Marquis
of Lorne's action by refusing to renew
the license for the Ferry Inn and by
granting the former landlady new IL
cense for new house.
Robert P Porter has returned to
London from his mission to Germany
He said to the correspondent OF the
Associated Press that he was entirely
satisfied with the results of his VISIT.
He has found great growth OF better
feeling in German commercial circles
toward the United States. He had also
found Baron Won Buelow, Minister for
Foreign Affairs, and the Minister Tor
Commerce and all other imperial func-
tionaries prepared to- go far toward
furthering reciprocity treaties, but the
AgrarianS are utterly hostile. While IN
Rome Mr.. Porter met Signor Forts, the
italian Minister of Agriculture, and
learned from him that the Government
intended to take full advantage of its
new markets opened up in Cuba ana
Porto Rico in the case of goods which
they manufacture equally with Spain,
and which, under the open-door policy,
Mr.. Porter thinks will eventually sup
plant those of Spain in the commerce
of the West Indies. Mr.. Porter will pro-
coed to Russia soon in order to study
Russian economic questions.
| Bishop Whipple of Minnesota, who all
the papers here describe as the most
striking figure at the church Mission
airy Centenary celebrations, has been
lionized everywhere since his stay in
England began. Bishop Whipple has
University, and is going to Cambridge
next week. In the course of an inter
view on his impressions during his Wis
1T, Bishop Whipple said that he had
seen all the leading churchmen here,
and, as a. result, viewed the ritualistic
controversy calmly There was certain
ly, he said, no necessity for panic. AS
showing the difference between Eng
land and America, the Bishop said he
could mention the fact that never, dur
| ing his episcopate of forty years, had
he experienced the disobedience of a
clergyman in his diocese. Bishop Whip
pie said that he thought it an absolute
impossibility that England should ever
go back to Rome and, as far as Ameri-
ca is concerned, there is no such ten
dency anywhere. Conversation with
the heads of the church in England and
America have convinced him that there
is a widespread desire for unity. Speak
| ing of Americanism in the Roman Cath
Ole Church, Bishop Whipple said he be-
lleVed 1t was passing phase without
permanent effect. Bishop Whipple eu-
loglzed Archbishop Ireland, whose great
efforts for good as a -neighbor he had
watched with great pleasure, and whose
liberal kindness toward other churches
could not be doubted
Adv1ceS from the Niger Coast Protec-
torate record the return of an expedi-
ton sent to the interior to put down a
rising. The troops bring back a ghastIy
story of fetish worship and sacrifices
among the native tribes They found
whole patches of natives crucified at
different places, the victims being most
ly women, who had been subjected to
revolving tortures
McCail's Life of William Morris
which is published this week. mentions
the two interesting facts that Mr.. Nor
RS was sounded on behalf Of Mr.. Glad
stone as to whether he was willing that
ne should be nominated Poet Laureate
IN succession to Lord Tennyson, and
tnat Mr. Norris thought and told
friends that the Marquis of Lorne ought
to be the Poet Laureate his view being
that the proper function of the Iau-
reate was that of a ceremonial writer of
official verse. and that the MARQUIS of
Lorne was best fitted for the post by
reason of his position and requirements.