Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-20
Stone COFFIN is
EXPOSED TO VIEW
Special Cablegram to The Star.


GLASGOW, August 2O.-A Glasgow pa
per. after calling attention to the fact
that even the Last Trump will have diff
ficulty with a scientifically built sepuI-
chre that has cost over $4,000. declares
that no matter what the millions of tho
late Russell Sage may do it Is pretty
certain they will not keep his memory So
green as that of the deceased John KnilI
of ST. Ives. Cornwall. The Glasgow Her.
aid then goes on to explain: by the
purchase OF an annuity yielding $50 Mr.
knill. who died at the beginning of the
last century, has succeeded in associatinc
his name with pretty custom which, for
all one can tell, may last as long as st.
ives itself. Every year ten little mafdens
and two widows assemble at his mauso-
people, as they did the very day that Rus
sell Sage was buried
Johns stone coffin is exposed to view.
and all the ladies who want handsome
HUSBANDS drink of the water gathered in
the -capstone. Then, after the singing of
the Tooth Psalm. the maidens. 6ay-i
ing. danced around the tomb are present
g Wlsh - s3 tS each, the widows with s1e
late Mr.: sage had only known of the late
Mr.. Knflls recipe for secure, resting
place he might have saved by far the
larger rart Of his funeral expenses and
gone down to posterity as a benevolent
old gentleman, who. in spite of his mil
lions, possessed that touch of humor
which makes the whole world kim"
Interest In Things American!
The newspaper which appears to take an
especial interest in things American. at
present, perhaps because thousands OF
Americans are now travelling in Scotland.
after expressly stating that 1t has no bust
ness to interfere in the domestic politics of
America. says that Mr.. Bryans action in
connection with the international arbitra-
ton or mediation in all causes of quarrel
whatsoever, as proposed before the inter-
parliamentary union. says that 1t will go a
long ways toward preventing the revival in
the next presidential election Of that preiu-
dice against him which his ''cross of gold"
and other speeches excited in 1896 and 1900
The paper then adds that-it appears to
have escaped notice everywhere that in
fathering the idea Of international arbitra-
ton or mediation in this way Mr. Bryan
has revived a proposal which but for the in
tervention Of the United States Senate
would be binding at the present moment on
Great Britain and the United States The
paper concludes:
Arbitration Treaty Arranged. : =
During = Mr.. Cleveland's administration
and Lord Salisbury's second premiership
Secretary Olney and the late Lord Paunce-
fote had an arbitration treaty arranged
which provided for mediation in the case
Of practically all kinds of differences be-
tween Great Britain and the United States
The treaty just failed to secure the requi-
site majority In the Senate, partly for the
same reason that the Senate hung I'D all
Mr.. Hays arbitration treaties partly no
doubt for Irish reasons But 1t expressed
the disposition of the governing classes of
the two nations, and it will be recalled
that the Alaska boundary was settled by a
tribunal similar to that contemplated In
the Olney- Pauncefote treaty. 1t Is hope
full, to say the least, to find a democratic
nominee for the presidentship serving him.
self heir to the ideas of Mr.. Olney and Mr..
Cleveland. widely as his politics differ
from theirs"
The announcement that. the Prince OF
Wales Is to visit Glasgow in the spring OF
next year has aroused widespread interest
Nearly nine years. strange as 1t may seem,
have elapsed since his royal highness was
in the city. The principal object Of the
royal visit Is to open two of the buildings
forming part of the scheme OF extension,
which for several years has engaged the at
tentfon Of the principal and of all Interested
In the university.
The end of the holidays has brought with
it a depressing outlook for the miners of
Cuilhill, Kirkwood and Rosehall in conse-
Quence Of a volume Of water breaking
through the subterranean passages and
flooding out the pits in most unexpected
quarters. The management of the Lock-
wood Coal Company is hopeful that the
water will not reach its workings, but 1t is
running no risks. and dam of concrete
has been erected.