Arizona republican., 1899-11-08
FOREIGN NOTES
AND COMMENT

LOndon's new lord mayor. Alfred
Newton. can hardly be described as a
self-made man. Unlike most of his
predecessors in office, he inherited a
fortune from his father. who was one
of the wealthiest ship-owners in Hull.
While his grandfather was at the head
of the seal and whaling trade in the
same city, owning a large Arctic fleet,
Mr.. Newton himself has been conspic-
uous in London for the past twenty
years as its leading yeast merchant,
business which he has carried on in
conjunction with the steamship bust
ness inherited from his father No
less than ten of his liners were char
tered to convey troops to Egypt in 1882
while a similar number are expected
to be called into service for the trans
port of re-enforcements to South Afri-
ca. Mr.. Newton will assume the title
of lord mayor on November 9, and be-
come on that day the chief magistrate
of the most ancient municipality in the
world, a privy councillor to the queen.
a general of militia, an admiral of the
port of London. a judge, master of
the city fox hounds, a lord, and heaven
only knows what all besides. He is a
liberal-unionist in politics, a member of
the church of England, and a promi-
nent Freemason. He is married and
has two children, one of whom, a son,
has just been called to the bar
The two new sheriffs are Alderman
Trelcar and Alderman Bevan. the latter
partner in the great brewing firm of
Barclay. Perkins & Co. Both are men
of great stature and colossal girth.
This is particularly the case with AL
derman Trelcar. a carpet manufacture
er, and it is declared in the city that
the prominent part which the alder
man took in widening the popular
thoroughfare known as Ludgate Hill
was to allow himself room to reach
Guildhall. He is the alderman of Fleet
street. the headquarters of London
newspaperdOm, added to which he is
the managing director of Cooks tourist
agency.
in recording the death of Nine. Lii
mousin the other day. and recalling the
part which she played in bringing
about the downfall of President Grevy
through the Legion of Honor scandal,
1 omitted to mention that the latter
was brought to light by the skin of the
infamous murderer. Pranzini. 1t seems
that after being guillOtined and subse
quently dissected at the medical school
his body was hayed by direction of
Chief of Police Joron in order to satisfy
the within of a great lady, who still oc
cupies a very conspicuous position in
Partisan society and whose name was
at one time associated with that of the
murderer. After his capture there was
found among his effects a number of
compromising letters from this great
lady These were restored to her
through the Intervention of General
Boulanger, at the time minister of war.
in return for which she introduced him
to the count of Paris, to the duchess of
Uzes, and, in fact. to royalist society.
1t was Chief Of Police Goron who hand
ed her back her letters, and she took
advantage of the acquaintance thus
formed to express the extraordinary
wish to have a card case or pocketbook
made out of the skin of her former ad
mirer after his death. Eager to crafty
the whim and caprice of so influential
a lady, GOron, as stated above, had
sufficient amount of the corpse of the
murderer flayed to admit of the making
of several card cases and pocketbooks,
three of which he presented to the Wis
countess, who was once celebrated for
her superb voice, and who, of plebeian
origin, owes her admission to the aris-
tocracy to colossal wealth acquired in
the sugar refining business.
Unfortunately for Goron, the news
papers got hold of information about
the peculiar form of homage which he
had laid at the feet OF the great lady,
and a perfect hurricane of obloquy was
launched at his head. The press de-
nounced him as an even worse ruffian
than Pranzini. Goron realized that
something must be done at once to di-
vert popular fury. Suddenly he re-
membered that Nine. Limousin had
been anonymously denounced to him as
a person who was not only a German
spy. but who had likewise offered TO
assist people in obtaining nominations
to the order of the Legion of Honor. A |
hurried investigation enabled him to
procure sufficient confederation to war
rant him in sending to some of the |
leading newspapers anonymous articles !
alleging that Nine. Limousin was en-
gagged in trafficking in the Legion of
Honor. and mentioning the names of
Daniel Wilson. sOn-in-law of President |
breNy' Oh 1enerdl touhl Ndlldiei' chlel
of the headquarters staff: ex-Minister
of War Thibaudin. and of Senator Cen |
eral the Marquis landau as among |
her intimate friends and the habitues !
of her salon. The ruse worked like a |
charm. Daniel Wilson was already at
the time one of the most unpopular |
men in Paris, owing to the pecuniary |
and political advantages which he took |
of his position as son-in-Iaw of the |
president of the republic. The card |
cases of Pranzini's skin were forgotten |
and popular interest and public OBJ |
Ioquy were diverted in the direction of /
Nine. Limousin and her friends
There was far more in the Legion of |
Honor scandal than had been dreamt |