The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12
"LADBY" MAKES BAD
GUESS AND PAYS Up
Liberal Leader Loses 100
Pounds He Bet on
Election
Special Foreign Service

0ptSldl service
LONDON, March 11.-Labouchere
was noticed this week writing a check
at the desk In the corridor OF the
house Of commons. This is a pretty
thing / have let myself in for" Mr..
Labouchere said to a member who
was passing. In August I was fool
enough to bet a unionist member
100 that the present house OF COM
mons would not meet again. Lam
now discharging that liability. /
would not take 5 to 1 now that this
government won't be in power this
time next year."
Mr.. Robert Henry Hurst. recorder
of Hastings and Rye and formerly
member of parliament for the borough
OF Horsham, died at Horsham Park
this week at the age of 81. In Lord
Winterton's absence, Mr.. Hurst pre-
sided at the county council meeting
recently at Chichester and had an ap-
oplectic seizure on his return. In 1868
Mr.. Hurst and Mai. Aldridge tied in
the parliamentary election, and both
sat in the house OF commons pending
the decision regarding fifteen votes.
Mr.. Hursts grandfather represented
Horsham when Ii was a pocket Dor
ough of the duke of Norfolk and his
father was a member from 1882 to
1S47.
Amiens, the usually peaceful capital
of Picardy. where NJ. Jules Verne
lives in Franco retreat. is being
much disturbed by anarchists. This
week after a meeting in the Alcazar.
which was addressed by NJ. Sebastian
t'aure, of Paris, over five hundred
anarchists ran riot through the town.
They smashed the windows OF the po-
lice station, sang the "Internationale"
by way of serenade before the prison
In which the burglars of Abbeville are
confined and nearly killed a warder
who was coming out OF that estab-
hshment. Scenes of this sort are be-
coming frequent at Amiens.
Two prizes. one Of $500, another
OF $3.50. have been offered by DIR. Henri
de Rothschild to the Societe Scien-
tifque d'Hygiene Alimentaire for the
best essays in French on THE Proper
and Rational Food for Mans Con-
sumption" Papers must be handed
in before Jan. 1, 1906. and the prizes
will be awarded early next year.
Lewis Ball, one of the grand old men
or the stage, died at Teign Mouth this
week. Born at Builth, N S. w. in
1920. Mr.. Ball made his first appear
ance on the stage when he was only
years old. He acted as a child
with Nine. Celeste and Ira Aldridge,
the black tragedian. In later years he
played with Miss Faucit Lady Mar
tin) and G. " Brooke. and in 1852 en-
listed under the banner of Samuel
Phelps. at Saddlers Wells. where he
achieved a great reputation as a
Shakespearean clown. He Joined Ed
ward Comton's comedy company in
1881, and for seventeen years played
old men in old English comedy. Mr..
Ball retired from the stage seven years
ago.
The earl and countess OF Loudoun
have been celebrating their silver we'd
ding at Loudoun castle, their seat in
Ayrshire. The festivities included a
tenants and servants ball. and the
presentation of numerous gifts. The
large family party at the castle. which
included the duke of Norfolk, Lord
Edmond Talbot, Count Hochberg and
Hon. Bernard Howard OF Glossot and
his sister. has now broken up.
The new earl of Kenmare has three
sons and two daughters by his mar
riage with the eldest sister of the pres
ent Lord Revelstoke. Unfortunately.
his eldest son and heir, who bears the
family name of Valentine and now
succeeds to his fathers courtesy title
Of Viscount Vastlerosse. is at present
very seriously i'll, and his parents are
in great anxiety about him. He is In
his 18th year, and is a naval cadet at
Osborne.
Lord Ardilaun, In a communication
to the Cong reception committee
thanking them for the loyal and hearty
spirit shown during the recent VISIT
of the prince of Wales to the district.
quoted this extract from a letter re-
.eived from his royal highness since
his departure: 81 can assure YOU that
l was much touched by the heartiness
of the welcome given to me by the
people OF Cong and the district, and I
feit that they were really pleased to
see me-"
Old furniture is very popular form
or wedding present In London, and
Lady keith-Falconer has been very