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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-7-16, Page 2THE WINDSOR 11 ENING. Another Granddaughter of the Queen Marries a German Prince. NUPTIALS OF LOUISB AND ARIBERT The Baal Wedding a acetic or Daiezling splendor—The ihade's Superb Wedding outfit—Something that interest the Ladies. A London cable eays ; Prineess Louise, of Schlessewisellolstein, granddaughter of the Queen of °England, was marrted at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, shortlsr after 4 o'clock this afternoon to Prince Ari - beet of Anhalt with goat splendor. The ceremony took phsce in the presence of a brilliant eompany, including Queen Victoria and the members of the English loya,l family and the Emperor and Empress of Gerrnansa Thousands upon thousands of people thronged, into Windsor to -day, As the hour fixed for the ceremony -4 o'clock in the afternoon—drew near, Windsor Castle and its neighborhood were fairly alive with people. Not since the marriage of the late Duke of Albany has the castle been mrowdecl with so many distinguished people and not since that event has St. George's Chapel been so crowded with members of eve!. families. The decorations of the Ohapel were grand The stalls of the Knights of the Garter were set aside for some of the most important guests and the Bray a,nd Rutland chapels were fitted as retiring rooms. The route fol- , lowed by the procession was the same as that taken at the wedding of the Duke of Albany. This route was lined on both sides with troops, and at the castle „guards of honor were mounted at every available point. The Royal standard of Great Britain, from the highest tower of the e.astle, floated proudly over the whole, while here, there ancl everywhere were dazzling einiforms, gorgeous staffs, and state car- riages containing diplomats, statesmen, generals, admirals, prance* of minor degree, and high church dignitaries. 'The .Archbishop of Canterbury officiated. The Dean and Canons of Windsor were the only clergymen besides the Primate within the chancel rails. There were six brides- maids : Lady Edith Ward, Lady Emily Cadogan, Lady Mabel Egerton, Lady Esther, Gore, Lady Elizabeth. Meade and Miss Bridgeman. The Anhalt family are the guests of Prince and Princess Christian at Cumberland Lodge. Most of the outlay in connection with the wedding is to be paid by the Queen. With respect to the "fortune," the Queen settled $500,000 upon Princess Christian on her marriage and. Princess Louise will obtain 0,000 Of this sum after her parents have ied Loran's WEDDOG OUTFIT. Cousin Madge writes in London Truth : "-The wedding , dress is ,lovely. The ma- terial is the orthodox white satin, very rich in texture, and in a beautiful shade of white. The front is covered with fine Honiton—the same lace that Princess Christian wore at her own wedding. It was designed by the Prince Consort for the Queen's wear, and is therefore highly prized by the family. Two deep flounces cover the front, and more of it is very prettily arranged upon the bodice, which is low, and has elbow sleevea composed of laee lined. 'only with chiffon, so that the arms are -s,.divined through the two airy fabrics. Little epaulets of the lace, lined with. chiffon, adorn the shoulders. The veil is to be of the same lace. Princess Christian wore it also on.he.r wedding day. "The going -away dress is, like that of the Duchess of Fife, made of white sicil- lenne'trimmed with ostrich feathers and a little lace. The bride is to wear a sweet - little white bonnet with it, also trimmed with white feathers and lace. "There is a deliciously •pretty dress prepared for the occasion of the young bride's arrival at her husband's home in Gerinany. It is made of the finest cash- mere, than which there is no more beauti- ful.material, in a lovely tone of golden fawn. color. The skirt, which is hung quite plainly, without drapery, has a band of beautiful embroidery on fawn silk net,very wide in the mesh, through which a lining of prawn pink silk is visible. The embroidery itself has an applique of circles of the cashmere buttonholed with fawn silk, the connecting brides being in raised satinstitch of the same. Th.e sleeves are made entirely of this embroidery over pink silk, and the -upper part of the bodice is principally com- posed of it. The back is quite plain. There is a sweet little cape to match. The hat has a wide brim of drawn pink lisse. "The Queen has given the bride some splendid old Venetian point, and this has beeia cleverly adapted to axi evening dress of Gobelin-blue brocade in wide panels down the front, and a band round the border of the skirt. The bodice is an instance of peculiar skill in the arrangement of the lace. Bands of it pass up from the waist and the shoulders on either side of a small, pleated vest of the brocade and on the ehould.ers the lace forms epaulettes filled out -with chiffon, the rich, creamy tint of the lace contrasting beautifully with the pure -white of the chiffon. A band of the lace is arranged upon the bodice an inch or two below the waist. "There is a lovely ball dress in butter- cup -yellow Irish poplin, draped with chiffon in the same glorious color, the daughter of light,' as the Chinese call it. The bodice is; truly sweet, the chiffon being laid on it in berthe-like folds, which meet in the centre in a dainty rosette, looking like a flower for freshnees and a cloud for softness. The sleeves are also in chiffon, brought round the arm from beneath and caught up on the shoulder with tiny rosettes of the chiffon. "A handsothe evening dress is in brocade, the ground flame color, the design in golden cream color. ThiS is trimmed with velvet in the color of the ground. The front is covered with Brussels lace, the sight of which made me break the tenth command- ment. "Among other of the trousseau dresses is a very pretty blue and silver brocade, a charming evening gOWn of apple -green poplin and ehiffon, and a white ribbed -silk - ball -dress trimmed with deep coffee -colored lace and large yellow buttercups. The biscuit4int of the lace looks particelarly wellon the white skirt " A little striped tennis -dress, in sea -Tillie and sepia, has charms of its own. Even more attractive is a navy-blue fancy ma- terial, with a plastron of cardinal satin, a few tiny tuelre crossing it juet under the chin, and the bodice being completed just below the waist by a fOlded band of cardinal ribbon." 4 Underclothing was not on show, and the number of theme was not great ; but there were enongh of furls, pieces; of silk, satin, lace, moueseline de soie, etookinge, and gloves to set up a small universal pro - The Royal Sehool ofArt Needlework,saare London Exchange and .iltart,lias jug turned out a train for Princess Louise It is three widths of satin, that is white of pear ly tone and the work nut upon it is three groups of life-sized white IViadonne lilies, with pearl stamens, and soft green perianth and stalks, the latter tied with loose open Kaufmann bows of narrow pink -and -blue ribboile cleverly simulated by the needle. The largest group—of three stems bearing flowers and buds—is at the base of the train on one corner, and slants a, little that the topmost heeds may mark the centre. THREE TIMES, JAIL. The New taw as to Drunkenness Takes Effect in Massachusetts, A Boston despatch says : Massachusetts' new law regulating drunkenness went into effect on the 1st. The law briefly is this : When an officer arrests a man or woman for drunkenness, it is his clay when his charge becomes sober to ask him if he has been drunk twice during the lest year. If the answer is in the negative he is required to make an affidavit to that effect Then the prisoner must be released and the affi- davit is given into the hands of the pro- bation officer, who investigates the case, and if it should be found that tho man arrested was up for drunkenness more than twice a warrant can be obtained from the judge. According to the new law no fines can be imposed for the offence, and the only punishment is imprisonment, the sentence varying from one day to one year. Officers were in a quandary on Tuesday night as to what should be done with the arrests made, as they would have to act under the old law in arresting and under the new in prosecuting. The result was that 54 men and 8 women, held for drunkenness, were let off scot free on Wednesday. One old Irishman how- ever, was apparently oblivious of this revo- lution in the laws, and so, when called to the bar, he shouted "Guilty." "Have you been arrested for the same offence twice before this year?" asked the judge. "1 have, your Honor," said he. The judge imposed a sentence of six months, and the first case under the new law was entered on the records. There is a feeling that the new law will not continue in force more than a year or two. WHITECAP BRUTALITIES. An Old Man and a Young Wontan Cruelly Beaten By Maskers. A New _Albany, Ind., despatch says:. There was another brutal whipping by Whitecaps in Crawford county Sunday-, in which a woman of 18 years was one of the victims. William McGuire and his 18 -year- old step -daughter live near Leavenworth, the county seat of Crawford county. They were suspected of living in adultery, but there was no proof of this charge. On Sunday morning 29, masked Whitecaps, all armed with revolvers, went to the McGuire residence, broke down the doors, and seiz- ing McGuire, who is about 50 years old, and the step -daughter, they dragged them to the woods and tied them face foremost to the trees. Then the Whitecaps commenced their cruel work of switching them on the bare backs. The young woman shrieked for mercy at every blow until she sank fainting from the pain. She received over 50 lashes, and her shoulders, back, and hips are frightfully lacerated. McGuire was given about 75 lashes, he also fainting under the savage punishment. After the whipping the Whitecaps notified their victims that if they were found in the county 20 days later they would be hung up by the necks and left for buzzards to pick. This infamous whip- ping of a helpless, defenceless girl has created the most intense excitement. A BIG "TREE." • — Boers Invade Mashonaland and Set 11» the Republican Standard. A Cape Town cable says: A body of armed Boers, composed of about 100 men and their families, crossed the Limpopo yesterday, thus raiding Mashonaland and taking the first steps towards the founding of the Republic of the North. These men were the pioneers of the "Big Trek," which has long been talked of, and to prevent which President Kruger promised to use his utmost endeavors when he was informed that the British Government would consider such an invasion as an act of hostility against the Queen. The pioneers of the "Big Trek" seem, however'to have met with. a reception somewhat different from what they expected. They were no sooner in Mashonals,nd „than they were met by the police and treein the employ of the Brit- ish South Africa Company, who drove the Boers back and arrested their leaders. VERONA SHAKEN. Earthquakes inItaly Damage Houses and Cause Much Alarm. A Rome cable says: The inhabitants of a, large portion of the Province of Verona were thrown last night into a state of wild excitement and fear, caused by a series of severe earthquake shocks. The people were so startled and alarmed that they rushed out of their houses in the middle of the night into the open fields, expecting their dwellings were upon the point of falling upon them. Houses were so shaken that in several cases the walls collapsed and in others chimneys fell through the roof or large cracks appeared in the walls. In spite of the damage there was no loss of life, but some time elapsed before the ter- ror-stricken inhabitants would return to their homes. Tender Hearted. Judge Q , who once presided over a criminal court down East, was famous as one of the mostcompassionate men who ever sat, upon the bench. His softness of heart, however, did not prevent him from doing his duty as a judge. , A Man who had been convicted of stealing a small amount was brought into court for sentence. He looked very sasia,nd hopeless, and the court was nuich moved by his con- trite appearance. "Have you ever been sentenced to im- prisonment ? " the judge asked. " Never—neverl " exclaimed the prisoner, bursting into tears. "Don't cry—don't ery," said Judge Q --- consolingly.. "You're going to be now Youth's Cionripanion., What Chicago Reads. Rochester literals/ : Last year there were 1,290,514 bOoks taken from the Chicago Public Library for reading. And what do the Chicago people mostly road? Why, "English fiction and juveniles" figure in the report at 62 per cent., or 800,119 out of the 1,290,514 books • while " Poetry and drama" was represented by 41%297, or less than 4 per cent., and " Science and art" by 80,000, or a trifle over 6 per conk "Fic- tion and juveniles" claim the attention in Chicago. —Athletes say it is easier to jump a board fence than a board bill. --Members of a boating club should al. ways be true to its setillers. Dion Bouciceult's yeting son is a, frequent figure it New York society of a certain kind. It is a well -made and rather hand- some main with dark eyes and dark, bushy hair, ELOQUENT AND POPULAR. But lee Pell Into Ways of GNU WieltedileSS, ltev. A. E. Staples Before the Court at Amherst, N. S., Under the CharltOn Act. An Amherst, N. S., despatch says: The seneational trial of Rev. A. 13. Staples ended to -day in acquittal of the peisorter. This was the most exciting ease ever tried in this fiection of the pro- vince, For two years Staples was the element and popular aseietent pastor of the Baptist Church, the most important in town. Last summer he became engaged te Miss Trerric, the beautiful and accom- plished daughter of one of his wealthy parishioners. He gave his age a,s 23, and she was under 21. -Under the promise of marriage and by quotations from Scripture, he succeeded in accomplishing) her ruin. Finally matters came to a crisis and ex- posure became inevitable unless he married the girl. This he promised to do, and procured a license, but when the parties assembled for the ceremony he refused to be married that night on the ground that hie relations with another woman were such that it was necessary to be released from an engagement to her, but he peomised to marry his victim next morning. The second woman was the buxom widow of the sti- pendiary magistrate and a prominent poll- tician. The charmer had the reputation of not being unacquainted with the ways of the world. That night the preacher and the widow skipped the town end were married. Then Miss Trerric's friends instituted pro- ceedings against Staples under the Charlton Act for criminal seduction. Under this law seduction of a girl under 21, under promise of marriage, is a penitentiary offence andthe first trial under this law in this Province is that of a minister. The deepest interest was manifested in the result. Staples was arrested in his father's house, where he was found secreted between the floor and ceiling. The court house wee crowded day after day by the excited people. The prosecution failed to prove that he was over 21. In dis- missing him the judge addressed the prisoner, and told him he was escaping the penitentiary only by accident, but he could not escape the remorse he would feel nor the retribution that would surely dog his steps. AWAITING THE DEATH SHOCK: itrs' A. Quartette of New York Murderers Facing Iang-Deferred Death, A Sing Sing despatch says: The four murderers, Smiler, Slocum, Wood (colored), and Jugiro, who are under sentence to die by electric shock next week, and who have not, like their two fellow -condemned, Me Elvaine and Trezia,, succeeded in obtaining further delay, are awaiting death with ap- parent calmness. Slocum, the wife murderer, says that his lawyer has only two days more in which to "get in his work," as he expresses it. Slocum adds: "1 guess it's all up this time, and I'm glad of it. I don't want any more fooling. I'd rather have it over." Jugiro, who is said by a New York news- paper to have gone insane, is apparently .merely low-spirited and dazed by the ap- proach of his terrible end. The prison officials say that there is no ground for a de- ferment of execution in his case on account of his mental condition. Wood, who killed an Italian fellow - laborer on the New York aqueduct, is, as usual, very;quiet. He ree.ds, smokes and sits thinking, but ritrelYlays a word. .1 Smiler, the Salvation Army officer, who killed one of his three wives ecause she left him on account of ill-treatment, talks con- tinually, protesting his innocence and com- plaining in a whining way of his fate. All is quiet at the prison to -day. Warden Brown is consulting with State officials at Albany about details. When he returns the machinery will be tested by scientists. Nothing can be learned as to whom invite. tions to witness the exeeution have been issued to. DREGGED AND ABDUCTED. — • Chicago Lady Spirited Off to Hide deuce in an Assault Case. A Detroit despatch says : Superintendent McClaughry received a telegram from the chief of police at Detroit on Wednesday ask- ing if Martha Simmons, 18 years old, was wanted here as a witness. Enquiry at the police stations showed that the girl is com- plainant in an assaultcase against Thomas M. Kerr, a boot and shoe dealer. The case was called yesterday morning in Justice Lyon's court. Kerr was arrested last week, and when he was arraigned for a hearing Saturday morning he asked for a continu- ance until yesterday. Miss Simmons did not return to her home atBlue Island avenue and Robey street, and on Sunday the police were notified of her disappearance. Nothing was heard of her until Wednesday. A letter received by the Chicago police gives the de- tails of the girl's strange disappearance. She says that upon leaving the Armory station last Saturday morning a man seized her and thrust her into a cab. Her ceies for help were stifled by the /11811, who Stuffed a hand- kerchief in her mouth. She was drugged and placed on a train, and knew nothing until she found herself in as Detroit hotel. Her captor kept her a prisonerulatil Tuesday when she escaped and found her way to police headquarters. Detective .Andy Bohan, of the Central Station, has gone to Detroit after the girl Kerr is owner of two shoe stores. A CHOICE OF STORIES. Balmaceda on Top by One Account and Defeated by Another. A despatch to the New York Herald from Coquimbo, Chili, dated June 28, says : The new President of the Government party has been elected. The provinces in South Chili, all under Balrnaceda's control, voted Satur- day. Balmaceda's candidate, Vicuna, was chosen as his successor. This is only the general report of the vote. The final result will not be made public till July 25. Be- tween now and then Balmaceda will remain in office and will hesitate at nothing to stamp out the revolution. Be is in the fight to the bitter end. There will be no com- promise ; either he must fall or the insur- gents will have to make an tinconditional surrender. All the insurgent fleet, except the Esmeralda, are in rendezvousat Caldera,, 200 miles to the north, the port where the Blanco Encalada was sunk. Their purpose is, without doubt, to attack Coquimbo at once. Mr. Moritt, the Congressional envoy here, to -day received a despatch from the Min- ister of Foreign Affaire at Iquique, stating that the Congressional army has occupied Huasce and that the army of Balmacecia hag fled. " Barriers Burned Away." Powell—I hear the teenager showed rare tact in preventing a stampede when the opera house caught fire HoWelle-Yee ; he announced that a fire was raging in the wardrobe of the corps de ballet, but it would not prevent the dance beginning immediately.—judge, STOPPED THE TBAIN TO Save a Girl's life and By So Doing Averted a Terrible Disaster. A Le Junta, Col,, despatch says : gngineer Roberts, of the Santa Fe, received a Shock, on his last trip which almost turned his hair grey. As his train approached a long trestle about fifty miles east of La Junta he saw a girl walking on thei bridge. The train was going at full speed, and it was impossible to stop until the bridge had been crossed. As the train dashed forward the girl looked back and with a shriek dis- appeared. The train was brought to a standstill, while the engineer and conductor hurried back under the trestle to pick up the body. A diligent search failed to thew a trace of her, and they were about to return when they heard a voice above them, and there, hanging to the trestle, they saw the girl. She had dropped through the floor of the trestle and had hung to the ties while the train passed over. The party made their way to the spot and rescued the girl from her perilous position. When the engineer got on his engine ready to pull out he noticed a dark object on the track ahead and started te investigate. After crossing the trestle the road ran into a small cut, and here there hacl been a landslide so com- pletely covering the track that, had it not been for the stopping of the train by the girl's misadventure on the bridge, there would have been a fearful wreck. VICTDIS OF VESUVIUS. -- A Brazilian Falls Into the Crater—Another Has a Narrow Escape. A Rome cable says: Despatches from Naples give meagre details of a terrible ac- cident which occurred yesterdry on Mount Vesuvius by which a Brazilian traveller lost his life and another Brazilian was rescued with difficulty. Mount Vesuvius has for some months been showing signs of activity at intervals, but within the last week or so it has been somewhat quieter. Yesterday renewed signs of activity were noticed, and travellers were warned that it would be dangerous to ascend the crater. In spite of this warning two Brazilian travellers, ac- companied by a guide, determined to make the ascent. They did so, and reached the top of the mountain in safety. There they were noticed to be standing near the crater gazing into it Suddenly the whole party was enveloped bya dense cloudof sulphurous smoke which so stupified the travellers that one oethem reeled about for a moment, then staggered forward, and fell headforemost into the crater. The guide who accom- panied the two Brazilians had in the mean- tiane caught hold of the second traveller, and half dragged, half pushed him into a position where the fumes could not affect thus saving his life. The names of the Brazilians are unknown. ONE JUROR SLEPT, And in Consequence the Court Set Aside the Verdict. A Indianapolis despatch says: Some time ago A. J. Kestlin secured a judgment against the National Accident Insurance Company for $3,000. Application was made for a new trial on the novel plea that Juror Norwood, an old and very feeble man, was asleep during the greater part of the trial, and did not, therefore, hear all the evidence. Norwood admitted that he slept a part of the time, and the court set the verdiot aside, granting the defendant a new trial. THE POPE'S LEVY. Spain and Portugal Must Delp' to Make .. Good 4Speculative Losses. , A Rome cable says: The Vatican authorities have requestedthe Papal nuncios at foreign courts to invite contributions to compensate for the speculative losses in the Peter's Pence fund. The Pope has d,ecreed an extension of the marriage tax to all Catholic States. This decree specially affects Spain and Portugal, which have hitherto been exempt from this tax. LOVE THROUGH THE TELEPHONE. One of Albany's 400 Captivated by the Voice of a Telephone Girl. A wedding to -day in a cosy home on Madison avenue'says an Albany dispatch, was the sequel to a story of love over the telephone wire. It was the marriage of Rufus King Townsend, whose family and friends are of Albany's social 400, and Miss Ida Jerone Willey, who up to a short time ago worked in the central office of the Hud- son River Telephone Company. MissWilley is a pretty and modest maiden, with a voice which in the summer novel would be termed silvery, and when young Townsend heard it a few times through the receiver of his telephone he became captivated. He requested her one day to meet him, where- upon she demurely replied that she would if he should be so fortunate as to obtain an introduction. Young Townsend's ardor was thereby heightened, and he set about obtain- ing in introduction. He secured it and was as well pleased with the personality of the pretty telephone girl as with her voice. In the usual way:acquaintance ripened into love and resulted in the marriage of to -day. THE FASHIONABLE TRUNK. It is of Rattan, and so light That a Child Can lift It. The fashionable trunk to -day is the rattan basket, safely tufted inside, lined with linen, and furnished with but one trap. It has a stout cover of waterpoof canvas bound with sole leather, with as little metal as possible used in the make-up. It is so light, that a child can lift it when it is unpacked. There is nothing more durable than rattan, as the Oriental nations found out long, ago. A pod trunk of rattan or wicker, covered svith, waterproof, will cost from $13 to $25. —New York Record. They Are Longidaveds "Do you know that the average life of a crow is 100 years 1" said an Atlantan, who poses as a naturalist, to a reporter. " It is se One was killed down in Doherty county a few weeks ago with '.37' branded on his back. He was well feathered everywhere except just between the wings on the back, where the figures "37 " could be distinctly seen branded in the flesh. I can see but one meaning to that, and that is that some atm caught him in 1837, branded the figures on his back and released him. But it is the first case of branding a bird I have ever known, Terrapins live even longer than crows. One is said to have been caught down in the Savannah River recently with the figures 1776 cut in its shell. And fish, There are fish alive to -day that are knowe to hose been in existence more than 100 years ago. In the royal aquarimn at St. Petersburg are fish put there 150 years age "--eitlanta Constitution. Living Skeleton ,only one in America, at dime museum)-- These folks make me tired. Sympathetic Visitor — In whet way? " Here I am earning $500 a week as the greatest living 8koloton, yet hour after hour, day in an day out, ono old woman after another stops an' talks and talks at me about the things I ought to eat to get fat." A'perfect cure for home sickness is to go home Isleinteopathy is hard to down. " ALLAH AKBAR JIB PRIED. Frenchy Convicted of the Shakespeare Murder, "i AM INI,q00PT 1 140 NOT KILL,' A New IrOl'k (10SpaPh. SUS ; Asleep]: Ben Ali, Ohm "TrencheeNo. w has Wee found. minty of sletighteriag the hag Shakespeare.' When the jury cense into oeurt, from the cage at the back of the ectertgoom ceme the elender, round-shouldered, ehemblizig Algerian. He was seared. He had been mumbling prayers since. the jury went out. People have a fashion of doieg this when in peril . of their lives. It Was a drereatic scene, The thunder was, rumbling Without and, the lightning spread its lurid light and was gone before one could think. Joseph Bartells, the foreman, announced the verdict, the 12 men standing together. He was pale There was just the suspicion of e tremoe in his voice as he said "Guilty, Guilty of murder in the second degree." There was no attempt to disguise the astonishment that all felt. Nearly every manpresent.felt certain that Feenchy would be felled guilty in the first degree or, failing that, be Acquitted. During this. time Ameer Ben Ali had been looking wilfully for scene explanatimi of the scene. Wes he to be taken out and bow - strung, or was he to go free 1 Interpreter Sultan went to French's left elbow and uttered something in harsh Arabic monosyllables of eyeful guttural saimd, "Allah akbar 1" exclaimed Ben Ali, throwing his long, skinny, brown hands aloft with his old d,espairing gesture. But he did not weep, nor did he Make any further outcry. He was committed and led back into the pen. Thence he came out again, hieright Wrist handcuffed to Deputy Sheriff Brown's left wrist, on his Way to the tombs. As he neared the door of the court room he threw his free left hand high aloft and exclaimed in Axabio : "1 ant innocent. I did not kill." At the request of Mr. Friend, the Re- corder remanded theprisoner until Friday, July 10th. .At thartithe a motion for a new trial will make. If that be denied, Ameer Ben Ali will be sentenced. The Inspector was not prepared to say whether Feenchy had committedthe White - Chapel murders. He said that he had been told that Frenchy was in Louden at the time those murders occurred and that he had documentary proof of this Statement ' GLADSTONE'S SON DEAD. An Operation for Tumor on the Brain Results Fatally. A London cable says : The deepest regret is felt at the death yesterday morning of W. H. Gladstone, the eldest son of the Grand Old Man, from an operation for tumor. The patient died at the house of his father-in-law, LordBlentyre, inBerkeley square. His condition was not considered unfavorable on Friday, but he had a relapse during the night. His mother, Henry and Herbert Gladstone'and Miss Gladstone were with him when Ice died. His father was at Lowestoft, a guest of Mr. Coleman, the mustard manufacturer. The news of his son's death was communicated to hini early yesterday morning. He received it quietly, and at once took the train for London. He looked very worn upon his arrival, and it is feared the benefit of the rest he had re- ceived will be wholly destroyed by the sad event. The dead man has been ill for years, his,last severe ilbiess resulting ;from para- lysis: His physi.cianen Thursday removed altumor which hadi been pressing upon his brain. The patient, however, sank rapidly after the tumor had been removed. He was born in 1840, educated at Eton, entered Parliament in 1865 for Chester • from 1869 to 1874 he was Lord of the Treasury ; in 1875 he married a daughter of the twelfth Baron Blantyre. Many persons called on Mr. Gladstone to- day to condole with him upon the death of his eldest son. Mr. Gladstone has received telegrams of condolence from the Queen and the Prince of Wales. Mr. Gladstone man- ages to retain his health in spite of the se- vere shock caused by the news of his son's death. ACCIDENT TO THE SERVIA. Her Crank Pin Broken, She Will be Towed Into New York. A New York despatch says: The S. S. Eider from Bremen, which arrived here this evening, reports that the Cunard Line Steamship Serviti, hence Saturday for Liver- pool, is returning in tow of the Dutch oil tank Chester with her machinery disabled. The Servia broke her high pressure crank pin. When the Eider saw her she was about 140 miles. ea,stward of Sandy Hook. • The Servia, has on board a large number of passengers, including Prince George of Greece. Capt. Bauer, of the Eider, says the Servia signalled 22 times, stating that she was completely disabled. The Chester was eight miles off the Servia, when she signalled and asked for tugs. The. Chester is now on her way here at the rate of fiyekaots an hour. The crank pin that broke is 22 inches in diameter, and it may take a month for the Servia to get refitted with a new one as it may be necessary to send back to England for one. Tugs have been sent to the assist- ance , of the Servia, and she will probably arrive to -morrow afternan. A CARELESS CROSSING GUARD. Terrible Level Crossing Accident—A Street Car Struck. A Chicago despatch says: Early this morning a Northwestern freight train struck a street car on the Rockwell street crossing squarely on the side and knocked it several feet. The following were injured: An un- known man, who died later ; Patrick Mar- tin, hurt about the head and internally,may die ; Frank Becker, bruised about the head and. breast; F. P. Witt, head cut and bruised on left shoulder; Wallace Boyd, left leg crushed and internally injured. Everything goes to show the accident was due to gross carelessness on the part of the man in charge of the railway crossing. • Ottr Retiring Sea C issioners. A'New York despatch says : Sir George Baden-Powell, the English Behring Sea commissioner, appointed to arbitrate the sealery miestion, arrived by the Etruria to -day. He left on the 7 p. in. train for Montreal. He will spend a few days in Ottawa in eonsultation with Premier Ab- bott and Minister of the Marine Service Tupper, Thence he will peeceed to Van- couver, where he will be joined by the com- missioner on behalf of Canada, Dr. Dawson, and the course will then be direct for Behring Sea. —Soda fountains are a fizzical necessity. —Never ask a woman her age, unless you desire to witness her rage. Meringues should be put on puddings after they are slightly cool, as, if the pud- ding be hot, the egg will limiefy. —Diffidence is, perhapsquite as often the child of vanity as of self -depreciation. WILLIAM N ENGLAND. Germany's Emperor Received by his!, Royal Grandmother at Windsor CREAM PLEASED WITH HIS. RECEPTION. no vgsits the Victoria Barracks, Attent10•• Church, Dines with the ttiteen, Takes a_ Drive, and histeus to a Sacred Concert.•• A yesterday's Loudon cable says : Ern- peror Willitun of Germany arrived at Port Victoria near Sheerness yesterday morn- , ing. He was enthusiastically received by the crowds assembled to witness the landing; of the Imperial party. All the 13ritislhi worships anchored about,. Sheerness fired salutes of 21 guns. Soon after landing the. Emperor and his party left by special train for Windsor Castle. The Emperor received the Princes on the - lower deck, shaking hands with the Prince of Wales and saluting him with a kiss, the: latter part of the ceremony being omitted in the case of the Dulse of Edinburgh, but. included again in the welcome of the Duke, of Connaught. The Empress received the party on the upper deck, and luncheon.was. then served in the saloon, while the band played Prussian airs. The train started half an hour late. Wind- sor was superbly decorated with flags. • The Scots Guards were drawn up at the station to give the Emperor end Empress a military welcome. The Princess of Wales and the, other princesses were also ist the station and. were introduced to arid welcosned the Keiser,. who responded very simply : "1 am very much obliged to you for your kindness in coming here to welcome me to your old, town again. I am very pleased to find my- self here." The little procession of royalty then started' in about a dozen carriages, the Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Emperor and Empress occupying the first carriage. The Life Guards acted as an escort. A halt was made at the Guildhall, where the, Mayor presented the Kaiser with the address of the municipal authorities, to which the Emperor replied . I am very much obliged for your kind Address," and made a few commonplace remarks suitable to the occasion, his reference to "My grandmother, who has been very kind to us, both before and since we ascended the throne," eliciting much applause. The route was -thronged with people, who showed considerable enthusiasm. On the arrival of the Imperial guests at Windsor they were met by the Queen at the State entrance, and Her Majesty warmly embraced both the Kaiser and Kaiseriu. Emperor William rose early at Windsor , to -day and took a short ride,_ returning to. breakfast with the Queen and the Royal family. Immediately afterwards he started in a carriage for the Victoria barracks, accompanied by the Prince of' Wales, the Duke of Connaught and the Duke of Clarence. The Emperor was in the undress uniform of the Corps Garde, bedecked with Prussian orders and wore a plumed helmet The orders, of Wales was in the uniform of a colonel of the Life Guards. It being a semi -state occasion only the military attaches of the German embassy and the English equerries attendant upon the Em- peror followed the royalties. The carriages of the royal party were preceded by - mounted police and, outrridors. ,Qaarriving at the barracks square the Emperor found the Life Guards drawn up in line with the k Scots Guards in the rear. He shook hands with the commanding officers and then in- spected the troops, passing upand down the lines and minutely scrutinizing the equipments of the soldiers. This business over the troops escorted the royalties to Trinity Church. The Emperor. entering occupied the royal pew iu the cen- tral aisle, the other royalties and a number of members of the Emperor's and Queen's, households filling the pesvs in the rear, anal the troops andguards occupying the galleries.. The interior of the church presented a bril- liant spectacle of diversified yet harmonious; colors, with the white -robed choir in front of the altar, and. the rows of glittering uniforms in the centre, with the sombre background. of civilian attire. The Guards" bands played Mendelssohn's march while the royalties were entering. The succeeding hymns were sung to the bands' a.ccompame ment. After the singing of " Onward Christian Soldiers," the sermonwas delivered by the Queen's Chaplain, Rev. .A. Robins; who referred to the self-denying lives of Christians, mentioning Gen. Grant,. Count von Moltke, Gen.. Gordon and Father Damien. The service over, congrega- tion stood while the royalties left, the Emperor and royal party driving back to. the castle. While the Emperor, was ats Trinity, the Queen, the Empress, and Prin- cess Beatrice drove to the private chapel at. Frogmore'attended by the ladies of the household. The Bishop of Ripon officiated. At luncheon,which was served in the banqueting hall in the castle'the German Emperor and Empress met the, bride and bridegroom of to -morrow, Prince Aribert of Anhalt, and Princess Louise,' of Schleswig- Holstein. The greattable eva,slaid with the massive gold plate, which the Queen pers.: tufts to be displayed .only on special oc- casions. After luncheon the Queen and the Imperial party proceeded to the east terrace of•the castle to listen to the Guards' Band.. Some 15,000 people had assembled there, among whom the Prince of Wales and ' the Duke of Connaught moved, the Emperorg looking on beside the Queen at the winde of the terrace. In the afternoon the Emperor and Empress and the Prince and Princess of Wales .drove to Cumberland ,Lodge to visit. Prince and Princess Christian, returning in time for the family dinner party. The day concluded with a sacred concerts in St. George's hall. 1VIadame Albani and the principal soloists received the personal congratulations of the Emperor and Em- press. It is reported that the Wimbledon reviesi has been re -arranged. The Emperor, grati- fied at yesterday's reception, has accepted" the programme without further cavil, Secretary of War ,Stanhope has vvritteis. a letter to the newspapers, in which he appeals to the patriotism of employers to give the volunteers in their employ a whole holiday in order to enable the men to make. a brave show at Wimbledon on the occasion of the review of the troops by Emperor - William. According to the Pedagogical Seminary in Russia, Servia,, Roumania and Bulgaria over 80 per cent of the population are illiterate Spain, 63 per cent. ; Italy, 48 per cent. ; Hungary, 43 per cent. ; Austria, 39" per cent. ; Ireland, 21 per cent. ; France and Belgium, 15 per cent. • Holland, 10 per cent. ; United States (whites), 8 per cent. sz Scotland, 7 per cent; Switzerland, 2.5 per cent, ; scene parts of Germany, 1 per cent ;,. in Swed) en Denmark, Bavaria. Wurtem- berg and Saxony only rarely a person cnn-- ilob write, Summee hotel and mosquito bills are due