New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-29
CANARDS ABOUT THE CAR
SENSATIONAL STORIES FROM THE CON
TINENT DISCREDITED IN LONDON.
ENGLAND CATTLE SHIPMENTS
LITERARY AND Personal.


fropvright 1902: BY The Tribune Association)
london. Nov % / a. m.-Many sensational
-anorts about the health both of the Car and
ia Czarina have been published here and on
.bs Continent, and the contradictions have been
ouallv voluminous. These reports have not
been credited in diplomatic circles here. and the
,eDspapers have not discussed seriously the
possibility of the Cars abdication, divorce or
death The best information which l can OBJ
rain here confirms the semi-official assurances
from ST. Petersburg that the Cars health.
mile delicate. is not causing anxiety at court.
On dthat neither dynastic change nor domes-
tic separation is impending. Prominent diplo-
-,a+ists here are strangely misnformed if these
continental canards are warranted by the facts.
THE order issued yesterday by the Board OF
Agriculture prohibiting the importation of cat
Gle from the six New England States is based
rnon the action of the American authorities
against the foot and mouth disease. and is not
regarded by officials here unfriendly in any
respect. but simply a scientific sanitary pre-
caution The order does not apply TO shipments
NJ cattle from New-York nor from Canadian
ports where there is no evidence of the exist
ence of disease. About 10000 beasts have been
imported from Boston alone during the present
wear. This trade will be temporarily suspended
and the effect hardly fail TO be a rise in
the price OF meat. Portland will also be included
in the official order. The German authorities
will probably follow the British example, since
they have been enforcing rigorous laws of sani-
tary inspection against Russian cattle.
The clear and decisive statements of Sir Gin
ton Dawkins respecting the payments for the
White Star Line have tended TO steady and
strengthen the American market.
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was entertained by Mr.. Choate at luncheon yes
terday. He may go to Paris over Sunday, but
in any event, will leave London the middle of
next week for Vienna before starting for ST.
Petersburg.
The controversy between Sir Edward Clarke
and Edmund Gosse respecting the decadence Of
English literature is increasing in liveliness
The fact that Sir Edward Clarke finds leisure
for literary criticism while he is taking a lead
ing part in a society divorce case OF exceptional
interest indicates that there is some one behind
him working up the points. Mr. Gosses first
protest was made against the mischieVous
effects Of amateur criticism when recklessly
employed against men of letters who are trained
for their work precisely Sir Edward Clarke
has been equipped for successful practice at the
bar. Sir Edward Clarke, coached by literary
solicitor has shifted the ground of the contro-
SSAiNOAA N1A4~
issues, and sought to impugn the accuracy OF
Edmund Gosse's scholarship. Mr.. Gosse in to-
days Times" gives effective reply 10 these
diversions of the willy advocate, and attempts to
bring back the discussion to the original thesis
The coronation choir dinner TO Sir Frederick
Bridge in Kings Hall last night was a unique
tribute to conductor Of singular nobility Of
mind It was a large company of musicians
III 1na nd
of the Abbey Earl Lytton. Sir Hubert Parry
Dr. Stanford and many other distinguished
guests musical grace and God Save the
King" were sung with splendid effect by this
great body of trained musicians Chairman
George wyndham. while processing to speak
for the unlearned, delivered a most thoughtful
and brilliant address music, laying stress on
the support which musicians had received from
monastic institutions, from cathedrals and
court and even forecasting municipal patronage
in the fuIness Of time. Sir Frederick Bridge
made most delightful response. in which dry
wit cracked in almost every sentence. One of
the most amusing passages was a confession
that a bad blunder made at the coronation
service owing to a false signal. and Sir Hubert
Parry's anthem was sung prematurely. inVolV-
ing the necessity for repeating it when the King
actually passed. This he described as the first
instance in which an anthem had received an
encore Sir Frederick Bridge gave full credit
10 his fellow musicians and the choir, and de-
lighted the company with his enthusiasm over
the trumpets and drums. Sir Hubert Parry also
made a most amable speech. and told an ex-
cellent story about Tennyson. The evening was
a triumph of good fellowship among musicians
The ST. Petersburg correspondent of The
Morning Post" sends the interesting intelligence
that the first sale of building lots at Dalny, the
al
way. has been successful beyond all the ex-
pectations Of the Russian Government. Two
British firms reported TO have been the
largest buyers at the recent sale. which would
seem 10 indicate very clearly that British mer-
chants have come to the conclusion that there
is a much brighter future before the port
than they were formerly willing 70 admit. If
the demonstrations of The Morning Posts"
Special correspondent, H J. Whigham who Wis
there is a great future before the port
and the growth of this wonderful city will be
watched with ever increasing interest by the
whole world.
DR.. Parker. who passed quietly away last
evening, was the most popular preacher in Lon
don since the days of Sturgeon, and his place
az the City Temple viii easily be filed.
England is poorer by his death and. although
he was pillar of Nonconformity, he viii be
mourned by the nation large.
NE.
BROOKLYN NAVAL BRANCH OF TIE Y.