Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-06

and has abolished electricity I'D REIN
stated gas for lighting at San ]. lam
According to several papers Earl
of Cadogan has decided to resi- 8 lord
lieutenancy of Ireland owing ealth.
The earl, however, has been q ed to
postpone the tender of his 9. nation
until after the Duke of Yorl = ,mised
visit to Ireland. The Earl 9 raven.
1t is said would be design IS sue
cessor to the Earl of Cadog
Lord Curzon gave it to b - erstood.
when he accepted the vcei , of In
dia, that he did so because he thought
that the climate would improve his
health. Private advices, however. inti-
mate that the contrary has been the ef-
feet and that Lord Curzon has been
suffering from i'll health ever since his
arrival in India According to Today. the
Curzons have been rather OVERRIDING the
dignity Of the viceroyalty in contrast to
the ways Of former viceroys. The publi-
cation mentioned says that the present
practice in Simla and Calcutta is all on
the lines Of the most rigid etiquette. In
! formal gatherings the hosts always cn-
| tertain and when the dinenr is an
nounced they go first in together, through
long lane formed by the guests and an
obsequious retinue. They sit facing and
address each other according to Today,
as .'your excellency." Old hands, it is
added, are inclined to snigger at all this,
which is a bad imitation Of Windsor or
other royal residences. but" concludes
Today sarcastically, ut must be very
pleasing to pretty Miss Letter and her
sisters, all republican born"
The agitation against Sunday news
papers has had a splendid inning this
week. The Earl of Rosebery, in the course
of public speech, took up the matter
on Tuesday and declared strongly against
the system, appealing for "a truce Of
God" between the Mail and the Tele-
graph, whose proprietors were sitting on
either side of him at the time. His lord
ship intimated that each was desirous
of ceasing the publication of his Sunday
paper if the other would agree to do like
wise. The evidence points strongly to the
fact that neither Sunday paper has been
the success anticipated and other news
papers are jubilant at the position In
which the two rivals arc placed. both be-
ing willing but ashamed to withdraw.
Mr.. Harmsworth, proprietor of the Mail,
has written a letter saying that he hopes
the propretors of the Daily Telegraph
will accept Lord Rosebery's proposition
and agree to truce. Mr.. Harmsworth
adds that the Sunday newspaper devel-
opment is quite as necessary In England
today as it was in the United States 80
years ago, when it commenced there.
One by one the most conservative news
papers of the United States were forced
into the Sunday market Mr.. Harmsworth
concludes by saying that the present is a
golden opportunity to stop the increase
of Sunday newspapers. Mr.. Harmsworth
has evidently had enough of Sunday
journalism.
An interesting event in connection
with the Russian Easter festival was the
czar's reinstatement of the grand duke
Michael Michaelovitch, as staff captain
in the Caucasus rifles. The grand duke
fell into disgrace with the late czar Alex.
ander III. owing to his morganitc mar
riage in 1891 with the beautiful Countess
Won Meranburg, granddaughter of the
celebrated author, Pushkiov. The czar
deprived him of all military honors and
eXiled him. His present appointment
means early and rapid promotion.
There has been a decided Improvement
in the social aspect OF the season this
week. The drawing rooms on the tenth
and sixteenth of this month will bring
many notable people to town. The queen
herself is to hold the second of these
drawing rooms and consequently there
will be a great rush for 1t and it prom
ises to be an affair Of the most brilliant
character.
Much interest is taken In society and
artistic circles in the exhibition of inter-
national art in which Mr.. James Mcneil
Whistler is the prime mover which opens
next week. All fashionable London has
been invited to Mondays private view.
There is a special curiosity to see Mr..
Whistlers exhibition as it was such a
success last year and the academy and
new gallery exhibitions which have been
open week are reported worse than
usual.
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