The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-11
[ RIED TO KILL KING
NOW AN ALDERMAN

and starting as salesman, did so we'll
! that he was able TO marry a girl Win
some money. and to establish n busi-
ness OF inc same kind or his own He
is now tweaty-eight years OF age.
prosperous. and, needless to add. has
neen able to command the SURFACES
, oil all the Anarchist, Socialist aud
Labor element in the district OF Rrus-
. sells in which he resides
or course King Albert's government
cannot be held responsible for his cleo
uon. But in view OF the fact that tho
independence OF Belgium is guaran-
;eed by Great Britain. which on two
occasions has threatened war II her
neutrality were cisregarded. and which
iast year virtually compelled the Dutch
government to abandon tho fortinca-
lion of the Dutch mouth of the Bel
eian River Scheldt-Holland acting in
the matter at the instigation of Ger
ihany-the BelSians may be said to be
Hylng In the face OF Providence by
aHrontlnS their Very best friend among
all the foreign powers. Edward VII.
was so afron,ed BY the acquittal Of
Sipido that he never visited BrusHols
again as long as he lived
ohcial announcement, has been mada
at Madrid or the fact that Queen VIC
toria Eugene expect. another addition
70 her family at about Christmas
time. She has three children, the
Prince of the Asturias. now In hia
NTH year: the infant Jaime. who has
Just turned three. and the Infanta
BeatriN. aged two. Last year, in mid
summer, she gave birth to q still-born
son. From now on. consequent upon
this Official announcement prayers viii
be offered for hor safety. and for that
OF the child 10 be born. in every church
In Spain. The young Queen ia now in
England. with her husband; and her
eldest boy and little girl have remained
with their grandmother, Quoen Chris
t'na, at San Sebastian
Old Dean Gregory. who has 3ugs
been gathered to his fathers, ct the ago
or ninety-two, after being connected
WITH ST. Paurs Cathedral. In London.
hrst as canon, and then Us dean. for
period of nearly forty-ave years.
introduced many improvements In tho
great Basilica OF Sir Christopher Wren.
intrusied to his charge Among Other
things. he inauguruted electric liebt.
ING. the expenses connected with
which were betrayed by J. Plernont
Morgan. HIS death followed by III
tic moro than a week that of his
daughter. Emily Mary Bachelor. wife
OF the Vicar of Letcombe Basse,t ana
VINO. herself wcll advanced in years
at the limo of her demise, was one OF
the earliest and most successful gradu-
ates OF that school OF nurses witch
was formed by Florence Nightingale
AFTER the latter's return from the Cri
Mea, with the money which had been
raised Tor her by popular subscription.
IN the nature or national testimonial
Her earliest activities wero in IN.
parish OF st. Mary-the-L Less. in Lam
beth and after that. in St. Thomas's
hospital. and in Edinburgh. When
s"e was thirty years Of age, she was
sent out TO Madagascar. TO start a
smallpox hospital There she found
state OF aqairs hardly conceivable.
since any one found TO be suffering
from the disease was driven into tho
depths of the forest, away from all
human habitations. to live or die. Miss
Gregory forced tho natives to throw
up some mud huts. to sorve as a hos
pitaL and to bring tho sufferers th!th-
or 10 heT, Instead of driving them away,
one dark night patient died, and no
one dared to bury him. But Nurse
Gregory. exclaipling. Arc you going,
to let tho white woman do it?" should
cred spade. and started to dig the
grave herself. This action OF hers
broke the spell. The panic was stillsd.
the man was buried. and the white
nurses reign established. Singularlyj
enough. she escaped the disease, al
though she spent several years in nurs-
ing. and eventually returned to Eng
land. with her comeliness unimpaired.
to wed the Vicar CT Letoombe Bassett,
whose vicaTage comprised tho garden
In which, in 1714. Dean Swift wrote his.
of Affairs"
Copyright. 1911. by the Brentwood
Company