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Princess of Wales Gets Many
. Pine Birthday Presents.
OVER FIFTY-THREE YEARS OLD
JUsting u'wltml People Honor th« W'ife of
iBIw Mho \l Ito 11'111 Halo brent Britain
VVli.h Qii**on V ctorln I lie.—rhe Proul
l«Rory >oU hohom Much I'alk—AA-
•olUur My»terloUH Murder Announced.
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London, Dec. 4.—A1l the members of
'the family <of the Prince of Wales and
'several of the friends of the heir appar
ent, including the Duke and Ducbe-s of
‘Orleans, the Duke and Duchess of Port-
Hand and Earl and Countess de Grey,
have been at Sandringham throughout
the past week, where the birthday of
the Princess of Wales was celebrated
on Wednesday last with great hearti
ness. The princess, who was born Deo.
1, 1844, received many presents from all
parts of the world. The czar and czar
*< Ina sent jewels and Emperor William
-of Germany presented the princess a
large photograph of himself, in an Eng
lish uniform, enclosed in a costly frame
and accompanied by a cordial birthday
< greeting with four lines in original
"verse.
The revelations of the promissory
note case, heard before the lord chief
justice of England, Lord Russell of Kii
loweu, in the queen’s bench, division of
the high court of justice, this week,
have created a painful impression and
much sympathy is expressed for the
Marquis of Abergavenny, whose fourth
son. Lord William Nevill. has been
brought forward in so unenviable a
manner, whereas his father is generally
respected. It is now said that further
suits involving Lord Nevill are immi
nent.
society Cire'M Stirred.
The affair has been the talk of so
■ciety for a long time past and many at
tempts have been made to hush them
up. Olay, the officer of the guards,
against.whom the suit was brought, is
one of the wealthiest of the English
.Jeunesse D'Orne. The young man,
who has just attained his majority and
the control of a large fortune, met Lord
Nevill at his house party at Ascot,
where he was prevailed upon to indorse
notes. Young Olay owns a racing
.-■table, which includes among the horses
the well known racer Padisha. The
newspapers say that in the event of a
refutation of Olay’s story Lord William
Nevill must remain an exile and outcast.
Lord Nevill, about a dozen years ago,
was on the staff of Sir Henry Loch, at
Melbourne, when the latter was gover
nor of Victoria. There Lord Nevill was
. received into the Roman Oatholic church
. and later he studied for the priesthood,
but he returned to England and married
Louisa Maria Oarmen de Murrieta, eld
est daughter of Jose de Murrieta, Mar
wuis de Santurce, well known banker,
Set before the failure of his firm in
arch, 1896, owing to the depression of
South American securities. Lord Nevill
is tall, clean shaven and youthful look
ing. “Sam” Lewiq, the money lender,
has been a well known figure in London
for 30 years p.ist He had an office on
Cork street, and half the peerage has
been among his clients.
Royal House For Rent.
Hugh de Grey Seymour, the sixth
marquis of Hertford, has joined the
ranks of the members of the aristocracy
who have been obliged to quit their an
-eestral halls. He has just informed the
authorities of Alcester, Warwickshire,
near which his seat, Ragley hall, is sit
uated, that, owing to his decreasing in
-come and increasing expenses, it is im
possible for him to keep up the hall, and
therefore he will be obliged to pent it
Ex-Empress Eugenie is contemplating
publishing a life of her husband, the
late Emperor Napoleon 111 During
her visit to Queen Victoria this week
the widowed empress discussed the
matter with her majesty, but the latter
pronounced herself as beiifjj strenuously
-opposed to the project.
There has been another mysterious
murder in London. This time the vic
tim is an old shoemaker in Longacre,
with alleged nihilistic affiliations, and
the the crime has added to the general
dissatisfaction with the metropolitan po
lice. Within the past two years there
have been eight unexplained murders,
besides numberless burglaries in which
an immense amount of property has
been stolen.
LONG CLOAK WAS HIS RUIN.
Canadian Minister charged With shoplift
ing by It. Aid—l'emporarlly linmne?
Toronto, Dec. 4.—The Rev. William
W. Bates, rector of the Anglican church
I at Thornhill, near this city, was ar
raigned in the police court on a charge
of having stolen two dozen lead pencils,
four books a hair brush and a quantity
of stationery from a department store.
< The clergyman wore a long Inverness
cloak, and the store detectives allege
that the minister was caught secreting
articles which he had not bought, un er
this garment. He was taken to police
headquarters and the missing articles
I were found in several deep pockets of
the cloak.
When arraigned in court he secured a
week’s remand, and was subsequently
balled out by Bishop Sweatman. Mr.
I Bates is a graduate of Cambridge and
I one of the most scholarly men in the
church. His frienda say that he has
been eccentric for years, and that if
guilty he committed the act in a fit of
mental aberration.
To PreTßiit Lauding of China...
San Dikgo, Oal., Dec. 4.—The rev
enue cutter Corwin unexpectedly went
' to sea during the night. Her captain
•aid she was "just going for a little
cruise. ” She took Collector Fisher with
her. He, too, was reticent as to the
purpose of the expedition. It is the
current opinion that he has information
of an attempt to laud Chinese at some
point on the coast near here and that
the.Oorwin’B mission is to capture what
| «ver vessel may be caught attempting
to thus violate tne exclusion law.
Insure with Gaetchius Phone 169
CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS
B.pablle*am and G.ld lien will Try ...
On<t Several D«m<*crati«.
Washington, Deo. 4—The clerk of
the house has received notices of 20
contests to be made in the next house.
The list, so far as it affects the south
ern states, is as follows:
Second Alabama district—T. H. Clark,
gold Dem., versus J. F. Stallings, Dem.
Third Alabama —G. L. Comer, gold
Dem., versus Henry D. Clayton. Dem.
Fourth Alabama—W.F. Aldrich,Pop.,
versus Thomas Plowman, Dem.
Fifth Alabama—L. Goodwin, Pop .
versus William Bremer, Dem
Delaware (at large)—G. S. Wiilis.
union Rep., versus L. Irving Hanoy,
Dem.
Third Kentucky district—W. God
frey Hunter, Rep., versus J. L. Rhea,
Dem.
First Louisiana district —Armand Ro
main. Rep., and Joseph Gazin, labor,
versus Adolph Myer.
Third Mississippi district—O. J. Jone-,
Rep., versus T. C. Catchings, Dem
First South Carolina district—G W.
Murray, Rep., versus W. A. Ediott,
Dem.
Second South Carolina district—D G.
Chatfield, Rep., versus W. Jasper Tal
bert, Dem.
Seventh South Carolina district—
Thomas B. Johnstone, Rep, versa< J.
Williams Stokes, Dem.
Eleventh Tennessee district Josiah
Patterson, gold Dem., versus E. W.
Oarmack, Dem.
Second Virginia district—R. A. Wise.
Rep., versus William A. Young, Dem.
Fourth Virginia district—R. T. Thorp,
Rep., versus Sidney P. Epes, Dem.
Fifth Virginia district—J. R. Broom,
Rep., versus O. A. Swanson, Dem.
WOULD HELP THE SOUTH.
Postmaster General Gary on the Proposed
Postal brings Hauk System.
Baltimore. Deo. A—The Manufactu
rers’ Record of this week publishes an
interview with Postmaster General
Gary in which he sets forth his reason?
for believing that the proposed postal
savings bank system* will be of special
advantage to the south and west.
The most important of the new en
terprises announced are: Lumber mills,
coal mines, iron mines in Alabama;
<200,000 publishing company, -gold
mines, etc., in Georgia; $5,000 water
works, SIO,OOO ice company, 40-barrel
flour mill, furniture factory in North
Carolina; $15,000 manufacturing com
pany, 50-barrel flour mill in South Car
olina.
Among the new buildings reported
are a $37,000 asylum at Milledgeville,
Ga.; $5,000 reformatory at Tallahassee,
Fla.
ARE OPPOSED TO FUSION.
Tarheel Democrat* Issue au Address Re
affirming the Chicago Platform.
Raleigh. Dec. 4.—The Democratic
state committee held an important
meeting here.
An address was issued to the voters
of the state declaring that the Demo
cratic party is the party of the people,
reaffirming the Chicago and state plat
forms of last year, declaring that Wil
liam J. Bryan is the great leader of the
party, denouncing “Republican mis
rule” and inviting all Populists to unite
with the Democrats in regaining con
trol of the state.
The sentiment that the Democrats
must make a straight fight and that
there must be no fusion was ovewhelm
ing.
Will Sue Her Prosecutor.
Huntington, W. Va., Dec. 4.—Miss
Mary Jarrell, who was arrested here 16
days ago charged with luring Colonel
Lazarus Vinson of Kentucky to his
death, has been released from custody.
The attorneys for the state asked for
further time in which to procure wit
nesses from Kentucky, who, they
claimed, are now ill and unable to be
present. Magistrate Miser would not
postpone the hearing. Miss Jarrell says
she will now push her SIO,OOO suit for
damages against James Vinson, who
swore out a warrant for her arrest.
Drove Nail Into Hi a Head.
Wappingers Falls, N. Y., Dec. 4.
Francis Sidley, the 10-year-old son of
Anthony Sidley of this village, fell
upon a roughly made toy wagon and
drove a 3-insh nail into his head.
Neighbors were unable to extract the
nail, and the bottom of the wagon had
to be sawed off and taken along with
the child to tue hodse. A physician cut
the section of the wagon loose from the
nail before pulling it out. As the nail
penetrated the skull more than 2 inches
it is not likely that the iad can live.
Lynch May Be Lynched.
Raleigh. Dec. 4.—A special from
Southport says a notice is posted on the
door of the house of Joe Lynch, head of
the Lynches or sanctified band, telling
him if he does not leave in 15 days his
home will be burned,-and if that does
not suffice he will be lynched.
Morgan Not Vet L'Mught.
Cincinnati, Dec. 4.—A Ripley, W.
Va., special to The Times-Star says:
The story of the killing of Morgan, the
escaped murderer of the Green family,
by the sheriff, is not confirmed. There
are no advices that Morgan has yet been
captured.
Dr. John Whitefield Dead.
Anderson, S. 0., Dec. 4.—John O.
Whitefield, aged about 25, a prominent
citizen and dentist of this city, died
here after an illness of 30 days. He
leaves a young wife and a sou only 3
days old.
Oldest Kugineer Dead*
ILaLeigii, Dec. 4. Albert Johnson,
the oldest locomotive engineer iu the
United States, died here aged 88. He
was a native of Petersburg, Va., and
began running,an engine in 1836.
Misses Overshoes at W. H. Coker
& Co.
I’HE HOME TRIBUNE. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1897.
COLD HANDJOR CUBA
Present Congress Will Not Aid
the Struggling Patriots.
AGAINST ANY AND ALL ACTION
I'll ere Is a Disposition Aiuon* ths Sena
tors and Representatives Now Im Wasli
ington to Give the New Policies of the
Spanish Ministry a Fair Trial—Position
•f Democrats and Populists.
New York, Dec. 4.—A special to The
Herald from Washington says: Pro
Cuban sentiment is strong in both
houses of congress, but the disposition
of many of the senators and representa
tives to delay action pending the t> ial
by Sp in of the new policies of the Sa
gasta ministry and the influence of the
administration, and of the conservative
leaders in both houses will be able to
prevent any action.
These are the conclusions arrived at
as the result of the conversations with
practically all of the senators and rep
resentatives who have arrived in Wash
ington. The men .talked with repre
sent all parties and all shades of opin
ion, and their statements can be ac
cepted as fairly indicating the feeling
on the Cuban question. Out of 28 sen
ators seen, 14 are* against action of any
kind by congress at any time, six are in
favor of action, but do not believe it is
possible, and eight are unreservedly in
favor of immediate action.
Among the members of the house of
representatives seen, the proportion of
those in favor of action is rather larger
than among the senators. This is ac
counted for in a large measure by the
fact that a majority of those seen are
Democrats and Populists, who are op
posed to the policy of the administra
tion.
It must be borne in mind, however,
that the house of representatives is
practically powerless to act iu opposi
tion to the will of the speaker and the
party leaders if they are supported by a
large proportion of the membership.
The speaker and Chairman Hitt of
the committee on foreign affairs are op
posed to action. The Republican ma
jority of that committee is in accord
with Mr. Hitt, and the speaker, backed
up by this committee, can hold any
Cuban resolution'back indefinitely un
less the pressure for action should be
come much stronger than it is at the
present time.
NO OUTSIDE HELP NEEDED.
■pain Sav. she Will Provide For the
Want, of the Inhabitant, of Cnbt
Madrid, Dec. 4.—The minister for
the colonies, Senor Mora, has received
a dispatch from Marshal Blanco, the
captain general of Ouba, saying:
“I have today sent the following tel
egram to our minister at Washington:
** 'There is no need for foreign help
to provide for the wants of this is and
or its inhabitanta The government,
from its own resources, is endeavoring
to provide for necessities, the need ot
which, moreover, is diminishing daily. ”
The Spanish government, it is semi
officially announced, .has received de
tails of the landing of an expedition in
Ouba from the American steamer
Dauntless, and it is understood the
Spanish minister at Washington. Senor
Dupuy Deiome, will shortly present in
this connection a claim for damage from
the United States.
Commander Pillsbury of the Vesuvius
has written a letter to the navy depart
ment at Washington detailing the move
ments of the Dauntless and apparently
proving that the steamer has not been
engaged lately in landing filibustering
expeditions in Cuba.
RUMOR OF WHEAT CORNER.
Predicted In Minneapolis That the Cereal
Will Go to SI. 50.
Minneapolis, Dec. 4. —It is reported
at the chamber of commerce that the
Peavey Elevator companies have made
a combine with the Pillsbury companies
and secured-control of not only the
wheat in Minneapolis, but all the wheat
that is stored in elevators throughout
the northwest.
Mr. Pillsbury recently predicted that
wheat would go to $1.50, and this is
consistent with the rumor of a corner.
If the story is true Peavey and Pills
bury can sit back and let the price go
where it will. They would be inde
pendent of any price speculators might
make. The time for deliveries is sureiy
coming and the grain men must get
their wheat somewhere in order to
make their deliveries, and if it is con
trolled by the gentlemen named they
will have to nay fancy prices for it.
No figures as to the extent of the cor
ner are given, but a grain man. who is
known to be in the inside, says the
story of the corner is correct.
I'llo Alaska. Boundary Problem
Ottawa. Dec. 4. —Hon. Clifford Sit
ton, minister of the interior, has re
turned from an extended trip to the
Klondike. Speaking of the Alaska
boundary question he said: “Thereare
certain phases of the question which
have to be looked into carefully and
Mr. King, our chief astronomer, went
out with me for that purpose. As to
whether there will be a commission on
the question, appointed by ourselves,
I don’t know. The subject is a grave
one.” Mr. Sifton will cause the
mounted police force in the Yukon dis
trict to be increased, the present con
tingent not being sufficient.
Weyler Toasts the Queen.
Palma, Island of Majorca. Dec. 4
The Military club gave a lunch in honor
of General Weyler, the former captain
general of Ouba. Tne military gov
ernor of Majorca was among the guests.
When General Weyler entered the ban
quet hail the band in attendance played
the royal hymn, and the general, stor
ing the music momentarily, proposed a
toast to the king and the queen regent,
which was enthusiastically received.
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