New-York tribune., 1899-03-26

.'negIects his personal appear i aIoe I'D his tie Ia
oVerCOabb b on one side that his shirt studs are T,S
ibe." The gilded youth IT appears Is no"
another idol
LADY EDITH DOUGLASS MARRIA"h,- h,- ",.
cial interest was taken in the marriage ,. -
va ,o, - Iadv Edith Douglas. daughter ot
i, ,,ara,t ~ ouoensberry. to St. George PlI';
Who Is head of the Psychical Research Soc'o'S anu
an authority on Spritualism'
rnrc,TroNAT GROWTH IN ENGLAND.-Mr.
sIJnov-Webb chairman Of the Technical hd"c"
tion BOARD handled American institutions )" "
severe manner while lecturin6 recently pelo'e Wv,
school of Economies Among other thlhgs' n' 9"'''
.'Tammany is no worse than the KepupH'"" ~
oonization Of New-York II is rot to Dlane i''
tho c,rrun,ion The unrest city IN America is the
that a boss is a wicked man He docs ,b ,0e iVp ny
nonso 81 tho rich The bosses are the nine
century Robin Hoods. The cause OF nv tIo doers
not believe in government, and does not nave inc @
Tnglishman's delight in governing re Sn'n,9 any
politics to make money and cannot co"c''' " ''
IN connI1sIon Mr. Sidnsy-Webb remarked; e me
considerafe most polite individual living. But COZ
lcctivey. they are not yet success
tovE-LETTER OF HENRY VIII-Sir Ben
,.noir stone president Of the National Photo
granbic Record Association and a great traveller,
as well as the author Of several books Of raEe'
and articles on various scientific sup)ec's mas VI"
earthed in the Vatican Library. among me 1oG
ments relating 10 English history, an autoerap"
love-ictter from King Henry VIII 10 h,b the uT is
fortunate Anne BoIeyn 81, Ihe neToynS ep1SpS stye Of a
Iovesick swain. and is signed with drawing rep
rescnting a heart
DEATH OF THE COUNTESS GOZZADINA-
The Countess Gozzadina the last descendant o'
Dante and also the last representative OF tne ~
Mstrious House of Gozzadna. died recently III
Rome She led life OF excitement. abandoning
herself IN ol kinds of eccentrcity. giving rise to
piquant Incidents She fell IN love WIN t ot 81 M ,r ,
agents which resulted IN the uhsuccesS'" "''''
ventlon OF her family
TROUBLE IN COUNTY MAYO.-The condition
Of County MAYO Is causing anxiety at Dublin Castle
and n is expected that the Crimes act VIII 30 re-
annlied Agrarian terrorism Is being revived, BOY
coting rife and jurors have been shos al: iiI IRE
mediate steps to repress this state OF a1alrs are
contemplated
PLAN FOR INVASION OF ENGLAND-In spite
of tho signing Of the Anglo-French agreement
regarding Africa one Of the leading topics of the
week ON both sides Of the Channel has been an
article published i'm the "Revue des DeuX Mondes
seriously outlining a fresh scheme for the IN
vasion of Great Britain. It proposes that htteeh
hundred steam pinnaces be built and collected III
tho canals and rivers leading 10 the French
coast that each Of them be armed with two quick
firing guns and that they convey an army OF a
hundred and seventy thousand men and five hun
dred cannon. with the necessary ammunition
stores. etc The cost of their construction IS esti-
mated at 100000 francs. and the pinnaces are
10 he provided with torpedoes to keep on hostil
shps while the quick firing guns are 10 repulse
torpedo boat attacks. The writer OF the article
saws there will be difficulty in getting the boats
across pointing out that Napoleon mad iar more
difficult task at Wagram. where he crossed me
Danube I'm the face of the Austrian Army. / ne
English coast defenceS classed as being negl-
giho quantity. and the operation Is looked upon ny
tho writer as being merely a matter of few hours
Three divisions of 1850 men each are 10 be land
the old Gras rifles The English papers ridicule the
scheme but the French newspapers discuss II as
being a perfectly sound proposition The PETIT
Journal" praises the plan. declaring its chief merit
Is I'm it's simplicity and unity. and points TO the
success Of the Roman. Saxon, Danish and Norman
invasions proving the feasibility of the project
ENTERTAINMENTS FOR Mr.. CHOATE.-The
United States Ambassador Joseph H. Choate: the
French Ambassador, Paul CambOn: the Comms-
sioner Of Police OF the Metropolis, Sir Edward
Bradford and Lady Bradford were entertained
at luncheon one day this week I'm the House OF
Commons by Sir Charles Howard Vincent. Mr.. and
Mrs ChOate will move into the house on Carleton
House Terrace recently occupied by Lord and Lady
Curzon of keilestOn within a few days. Gilbert
Parker. the novelist and dramatst. whom the
Choates will have neghbor in Carlton House
Terrace will give dinner In honor Of the United
States Ambassador Monday, at which Sir Ed
ward Poynter. president OF the Royal Academy:
Lord Ronald Cover. John 5. Sargent. j. VI. Barrie,
Sir Henry Irving. Beerbohm Tree and others Will
be present.