The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-13
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

Cardinal Gibbons is TO preach the SER
mon at the dedication In June, 1902. OF
the Westminster Cathedral which Eng
lish Catholics have been building for sew
eral years I'm London.
King oscar of Sweden is afraid TO
meet a funeral proce. sion ana wears al
ways a gold ring, supposed 10 have pow
or as a charm. which has come down from
his ancestor Bernadotte.
The Emperor OF China is now said Ia
be suffering from the effects of too much
tobacco. According TO reports he
smokes cigarettes continuously and as
many American cigars as he can yet.
President Hadley, Of Yale. favors the
formation of an educational trust en-
bracing all the larger institutions of
learning. I'm which the professors grad
yates and students should combine for
the common good Of learning.
John Aird. the famous English CON
tractor who is building the mammoth
dams across the Nile, Is also known as
collector of pictures. lie is i'm his sixty
eighth year, and is also member of
Parliament.
The Emperor and Empress OF Russia
will reside until the end OF May at the
Alcxandrovsky palace. Tsarkoe Selo The
summer palace OF Pcterhof, on tho Gulf
of Finland, Is TO be the headquarters OF
the imperial court during June and July.
King Edward VII, contrary TO widely
circulated reports. has not resigned
from any OF the London clubs OF which,
as Prince of Wales, he was member. He
has. however. retired from the committee
! OF the MARLBOROUGH on which he had
| been serving
Miss Ella Ewing, the Missouri giantess,
who Is eight feet four inches In height.
| recently completed house for herself In
\ the town OF Gown, in that state. Her
| revy house has doors ten feet high, cell
ngs fifteen feet high, with chairs. tables,
beds and everything in proportion.
Congressman IAttleGeld. OF Maine. him
! self a total abstainer. is telling OF tenn
perance advocate who recently onered
| a saloonkeeper $40 TO be allowed 90 hang
! "a temperance placard behind tho bar.
| "TlI give YOU the same amount, was the
reply, III you let me hang my 'ad' back
| OF your pulpit
Mr.. James NJ. Hamlin OF Washington
| county. Mo. owns an old watch once the
| nropertv Of Lafayette. The timepiece
| coat $500 and went through the siege OF
| yorktown. Lafayette presented IL to
| Augustus Samuel st. Mary, one OF the
! Frcnchmen driven from Canada by the
| English, ana "a Scttlet near N'iN NiH
cennes. Ind.
| L. 4. Austin. who succeeded james
PAYNE as editor of tho London illustrated
News in 1890. Is an American by birth
and was noted as a clever journalist "
! this country. lie r. the author OF the bi
| ography of Henry Irving. besides numer
| Gus ESSAYS ana stories. As an after-din
ner speaker nc ranks among the mos
clever IN England.
The DowaIer Empress OF Russia y
the possessor OF the finest collection o
Russian sables in the world. one OF he
mantIes. which she wears I'm winte
sledre drives and in travelling. has
lining worth $1,000 lt was made OF skin
| gathered for her by the governor OF tn
polar provinces where the taxes ar
p,id ia Kind With furs
Tn. portrait OF King Edward VII. ol
the new British coinage VIII show hi
profile turning 10 The right II II tradi
tlou that the head Ot the sovereig
should always turn in the reverse wa
from thnt 90 his predecessor. Thu
George III looked TO the right. Scorg
IN. TO the left. William ~. to the righ'
! s-s ousen Victoria 10 the left