New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-14
RUMOR MONGERS BUSY
NOW IT Is THE KING OF PORTUGALS
VISIT THAT SUPPLIES THEM.
DR. PARKIN's VIEWS OF IMPERIAL FED
EEATION-ARTIsTs SEE HOPE IN
THE BANKRUPTCY COURT

IHE BANKRUPTCY COURT
SPECIAL 70 The New-York Tribune by French Cabie9
Copyright: 1902 BY The Tribune Assocstion1
London. Nov IA. ] a m.-The German En-
perors visit TO sandringham is approaching it's
close without the disclosure of any state secrets
There are evidences already of fresh outbreak
Of what Mr.. Balfour has described as news
paper inventiveness" respecting the next royal
visit but the only new fact is the painstaking
care with which officials connected with Delagoa
Bay have been rewarded with decorations. The
visit Of the King Of Portugal to Windsor will
be attended with more formality than has been
witnessed at Sandringham. and there will proba-
hlv be revival Of inventions about the ap-
proschlng annexation Of a large district in East
Africa The existence of a secret agreement
between Germany and England respecting East
Africa is not doubted in diplomatic circles. al
though The circumstances are not considered
opportune for carrying out its provisions.
King Edward is reported 70 he considering
the e1pediency Of reviving the old custom Of
always having a. member of the ministry AT
court except when he is in residence at Buck
ingham Palace. This change will make It nee
essary for some member of the ministry to he
a. Windsor or Sandringham, as well as Bal
moral whenever the King is out OF London II
Il be adopted il VIII be fresh proof Of the
active interest taken by the King in public af-
fairs There has already been so much evidence
Of royal energy in this direction that Mr.. La
bouchere is moved 10 remark in Truth that
Edward VII is as active in government business
as George III was century ago.
Dr Parkin. who is the academic manager Of
Mr. Rhodess Anglo Saxon scholarships has
been addressing the Oxford Union, and pre-
dieting that one OF the results OF this educa-
tional scheme viii be the establishment of an
organic connection between university life in
The mother country and the men of the future
n the colonies Imperial federation he asserts.
viii be brought about when the best young
brain Of the colonies is brought under the direct
formative influence Of Oxford. He does not ex-
plain what viii be done with the best young
brain Of Germany and the United States. Mean
while The British Medical Journal" has taken
Up the cry of an indignant American mother,
voiced in the columns Of The Times" and ad-
1ritted that there is urgent need for a thorough
examination OF the hygienic conditions under
which undergraduates live al Oxford.
The sale Of Frederick GoodalPs paintings and
furniture under the pressure of bankruptcy is
yielding returns so lucrative that his debts will
probably be paid and a good margin will
main His Snake Charner.'' Portrait of Mr..
brought good prices. and his sketches have been
eagerly sought by buyers. His antique fur
nture. with which the auction will conclude to-
day, contains many treasures, for which there
are always speculative buyers among the deal
ers Artists. who have been complaining Of
hard times and lack of interest in art at the
present DAY. grirnly assert that salvation lies
through bankruptcy proceedings.
1Ir. Choate's speech at the unwilling Of the
bust Of Bishop Simpson in Wesleyan Chapel
City Road, viii be a short one. The ceremony
win he conducted with the simplicity character
istic Of Wesley's followers
Colonel Calhoun and n. lie Roy Dresser, who
ere now in Manchester, are in active communi-
cation with Lancashire cotton spinners ana
bankers with regard TO the American scheme
ship canal at STAFFORD Park Mr.. Dresser will
sail for New-York on Wednesday, and report
10 those who are associated with him in pro-
noting the syndicate as 70 the result of his in
quiries in Manchester.
Tunbridge Wells provided on the opening day
uf the present century the first municipal tele-
phone service in this country, and now it has
decided TO sell its system 10 the National Tele-
phone Company. This decision gives a great
shock 10 the long desired scheme for combating
England's great telephone monopoly by means
Of competitive municipal undertakings
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