The record-union., 1899-01-22

LONDON, Jan. 21.-Judging from the
official returns, London might just now
be successfully doomed as a winner
health resort. Influenza has relaxed
its grip here, and the total number OF
deaths last week was only LOTS, being
over 100 daily below the average rate
of mortality, and being 10 per thousand
below the normal rate of the past de-
cade.
Vanity Fair this week publishes
an interesting article on the change
which has taken place in society OF
late years, owing to- the introduction OF
what is known as the money element
1t says: 1.-The great people of to-day do
not entertain as formerly. They do
not care to compete with the million
aire brewer, the Jew financier or the
American whose concerts or parties
cost $4,000, or even more. A quarter OF
a century ago all the great houses
were regularly thrown open each sea-
son. Now it is the exception when
big houses entertain.
Another unfortunate phase has made
its appearance in another set, i. e., for
a society aspirant to get a great lady
to ask the guests to her first party
and thus give her a start OF course,
very handsome douceur is given the
lady doing So
The Anglesy family appears to be
very unfortunate in its matrimonial
matters, the widow of the Marquis OF
Anglesy, formerly Mary Livingstone,
daughter of j. P. King of Sandhills,
Ca, is living in Paris, having sep
arated from her husband some time
before his death Now the present
Marquis, after less than a years trial
of welded life, has separated from his
wife, who is a daughter of Sir George
Chetwynd. The MarchionesS, it ap-
pears, has rather extravagant tastes
According to the arrangement of the
partition she receives fl 500 to pay heI
debts and $1,000 yearly, which will be
increased $1,000 yearly if the parties
remain separated until it is sf1O.OOU
yearly.
Even warm supporters of the Cars
peace appeal are astounded at the in
feasibility of several items which, ac-
cording to the circular of the Russian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count
Muravieff. published this week, will be
submitted to the congress, and they
predict a fiasco for that part of the
program which includes proposals to
veto the use of any new weapon or
explosive, to place a restriction upon
the use of existing high explosives, and
to put veto upon submarine boats
and rams. All those proposals are re-
garded as simply impracticable. The
idea of the exclusion of the use of sub
marine boats is secuted in France,
where the alleged success of the Gus
tave Zodo has caused a great elation,
and has conjured much visions of terri
BILE havoc among the British ironclads
in case of war, and the French papers
call for the creation of a swarm of
submarine boats. One paper, the
"Matin' of Paris, started subscrip-
ton to build second Gustave, and the
scheme has been enthusiastically taken
up The sum of 1928, 70S francs had
been subscribed when this dispatch was
sent
The British naval authorities do not
seem to be seriously alarmed by the
French invention. which, they claim,
has not solved the difficulty of direct
ing course under water. 1t is per-
sistently alleged moreover that in spite
of the glowing reports sent to the
French press, the French naval au-
thorities are not yet satisfied, and that
experiments lasting several more
months will have to be made before
they are justified in building a number
of these boats.
"A great sensation has been caused
in financial circles by a gross blundel
in the announcement of the dividends OF
the Southeastern Railroad, which, on
Monday, was given as 614. On Thurs
day it was announced that, owing tC
a mistake of the accountants the divi-
dend should have been 61b. Many
holders, however, on the first announce
ment, disappointed at the poor divi-
dend, sold their stock at JOS. Then a
strange undercurrent of buying set in
which was explained by a jump in the
stock to 1121a when the correction OF
the dividend was published. People are
now asking who were the mysterious
buyers who were aware of the blunder
and who made nearly 5 per cent on the
transaction
There are ugly rumors afloat and the
matter is regarded as scandalous. AS
an outcome of strong representations on
the subject, the Stock Exchange COM
mittee has decided to fully investigate
the matter. The directors of the COM
pany are acquitted of blame, but every
jobber will be required to produce his
book and disclose the names of clients
who purchased Southeasterns between
the two announcements.
The question of overcrowding street
cars has become quite as acute here
as in American cities. Breaches of the
police regulations have reached such
proportions that the authorities have
decided upon heroic measures. They
have organized systematic overhaul
of all the main routes with the result
that the curious spectacle was present.
ed this week of street cars loaded with
city men being held up and raided, one
after another by bodies of police, who
also took the names and addresses of
the passengers of standing with the
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