New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
December storm to witness his play

to face the December storm to witness his play
Nichols said:
Had / never been in America and witnessed tne
lavish Kindness bestowed on varaoa and 9bs
ment but you may be assured VIII never oT eeting
IN rasd Ensang on afu4day no who is personal friend
would not play another English links You may may
for know he viii be unable 70 stand this sort of Oi
thing after the kindness he has received IN 'he
The curious thing about it all is that America rTi,s
will outstrip England not only In gor piaylhs'
but in the manufacture of golf equipment
MRS MAYBRICK-once again Mrs. Florence
Maybrick spends unhappy Christmas In her
prison cell. In spite of the various reports her
chances OF liberty are no brighter than last year.
Secretary Hay has forwarded TO Mr.. Choate sew
eral private letters which will shortly be presented
to the Home Secretary, Mr. Ritchie. In ac-
cordance with the custom Of approaching eacn new
occupant of that office. but The Associated Press
learns there is no possible chance of anything be-
ing done long Lord Halsbury is Lord High
Chancellor. Were the Cabinet to discuss the mat
ter il did once before. 1t could only refer II 70
the Crowns chief adviser. Lord Halsbury, who ap-
parently made the Maybrick case the basis of a
feud with the late Lord Chief Justice. Baron Rus
now as before Lord RusselPs death. When new
Chancellor is appointed Mrs Maybrick Will nave a
who is reported to be especially interested in Mrs
Maybriek tells The Associated Press that she only
the prisoner in the course Of her regular visits
to Ayles6ury Prison not especially In the ansepes nv
opinion of her guilt or innocence.
TITLE FOR MRS. sMITH-BARRY.-Another
American woman is likely to be soon elevated TO
the British peerage. Lord Salisbury intends TO
recognize the Right Hon. Arthur Hugh Smith
Barrys services to his party by putting him in the
House of Lords. Mr.. Smith-Barry married the
widow of Arthur Post. of New-Yorl. whose sister
Others mentioned for peerage include Henry
Cosmo orme Bonsor, chairman of the Southeast,
q nd lam TnuT
Salisbury has already created nearly ninety Peers
soon be in numerical superiority over the Commons
CANADIAN INDEPENDENcE-w r. Hobbs.
head of the recently formed Canadian furniture
combine, now In London. has decided that the
Canadians have need of the assistance or
operation of English financiers which origi-
na nay pro1ecsea' & &sgnindsnt 1act showing Cah- an,
obtainable there. while the new law. coming into
tions 90
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. forty pantomimes viii be
produced in and around London during the holi-
days. Cinderella" being the most popular produc-
tion. no fewer than nine versions being presented.
Nearly all the theatres already doing
crowded holiday business
Phyllis Rankin had most cordial welcome on her
return to the English stage when she appeared in
Fl "Florodora.' at the Lyric Theatre, on Thursday.
much of the part of Lady Holyrood
trohman'S production OF Alice IN Wonderland"
at the Vaudeville on Wednesday. with Ellaline
Terriss Alice and Seymour Hicks as the Mad
Halter. was not successful from the critics point
of view.
"Mr. and Mrs. Daventry' continues to attract
fashionable audiences. The Prince OF Wales wit
messed the performance on Thursday.
FREEDOM OF UNIvERSITIES.-"Upw of
two years ago., says THE Spectator 'the Anaeri-
cans were scandalized by the dismissal of President
Andrews of Brown University" and proceeds to
draw long parallel with the case OF Professor
Ross OF the California University. In so doing
'The Spectator holds to the claim that moneyed
power endowing institutions control learning is
entirely fatal TO the very idea of university re-
marks that the wealth of the American universities
and the generosity of American public men are
splendid, says no doubt some OF the donations in
volved loss Of freedom. and adds:
A certain commercial atmosphere now enveiops
some OF the universities. We would rather see
oxford and Cambridge poor and free than rich and
shackled. If a few trust millionaires are to have
their way economic truth cannot be reached IN
some, at least, of the American universities 1t
would. indeed, be sad thing were America with
lectual tyranny to raise its head in her midst