Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-21
McHUGH'S ADVICE.
He Says That the Irish Should
 Stay at Home.
KING EDWARDS CHRISTMAS.

Et Will Be Spent at Sandringham-A Shooting Party Will Gather There
 Monday-The Recent Storms Have
 Paralyzed England's Photographic
 System-The Loss to London by the
 Breaking of Wires is Two Hundred
 Thousand Pounds.
 London, Dec 21.-Patrick A. Me Hugh, member of parliament for the north division of Leitrim and editor of the Sligo Champion, who visited the United States recently with Thomas Redmond and John O'Donnell, also members of parliament, has been eel ebrating his return to Sligo by rather curious remarks about America. Speaking at a public meeting he de clared that the lesson he had learned from his tour was, simply, that the Irish should stay at home. This, he added, is the advice of one who had seen the dark as we'll as the bright side of life in the great American cit des.
 London, Dec 21.-The king and queen, surrounded by many members of the royal family, will spend Christ mas at Sandringham, where a shoot ing party will gather Monday.
 London is emptying fast of fashion able people. who are hurrying to the country to hold their festivities, and large parties are gathering at nearly all the great homes in the United Kingdom. The South African war andlthe courts partial mourning seem In no way to have affected the nations determination to celebrate the season with more than usual zest.
 London. Dec 21.-The disastrous breakdown of England's telegraphic system, which is still in a state of semi-chaos, due to the recent severe storms, has produced a widespread de- mand for underground wires. This system is already in use between Lon- don and Birmingham and is being ex- tended northward. The postoftice au- thOrities point to the tremendous ex- pense which will be involved in chang ing from overhead to underground wires throughout the United Kingdom, but those who are agitating for the new plan maintain that the loss caused by the recent storms would have gone far towards defraying the outlay which the postoffice dreads. It is es- timated that London alone lost G20O,- 900 by the breakdown of the telegraph wires, while the railroads calculate their loss from the same cause at about l&40,OO0. Another objection put for ward by the government is that under ground wires are slower and harder to work than overhead wires.
 Though the damage was inflicted over a week ago, telegraphic and tele- phonic standardization between Lon don and the provinces is still incom- plete and in some instances is not yet restored
 London, Dee 21.-At St Michaers church, Chester square, early this af- ternoon, Miss Elena Grace, daughter of Michael F. Grace, formerly of New York, was married to the Earl of Don- oughmore. The service was fully choral. The bridesmaids were Mar guerita and Gladys Grace, sisters of the bride; Juanita Eyre, a cousin of the bride, and Ladies Evelyn and Norah Hutchinson, sisters of the bride gronm1 The best man was the Earl of Malmesbury.
 Owing to family mourning the recep- tion at MT Grace's house. following the wedding, was attended by only the inn mediate relatives and friends.
 The Countess of Donoughmore will be the center of joyous festivities at Christmas on the part of her husband's $ Irish tenantry.