The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1897, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1897. YULETIDE ENJOYED BY ROYALTY Queen Victoria Has a Merry Party at Osborne. Devon Ox, Wild Boar’s Head and Woodcock Pies in Array. Prince and Princess of Wales Purchase and Distribute Customary Presents. AN EXPLORER’S VOYAGE. Jackson Has Now Changed His Plans | so They W1ll Not Conflict With Lieutenant Peary. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Dec. —The temperature is seasonable, the yellow fogs in the middle of the week having given way | to comparative brightness. The week | has been the coldest of the season, ten to twenty degrees of frost being stered, and skating has com- | menced. All who could do so have gone to the country. Christmas house parties are more numerous than usual. | Of the United States Embassy Em- bassador John Hay and Mrs. Hay alone remained in town. Henry | White, secretary of the Embassy, and Mrs. White spent the first part of the | week at Hatfleld, where the Marquis | of Salisbury has been entertaining a | large shooting party. Thence Mr. and Mrs. White went to Blenheim, where | they participated in the Christmas re- | joicings, which included two balls and | the presentation of two playlets, in | which the Duke and Duchess of Marl- borough and Lady Randolph Churchill ‘ had parts. James R. Carter, Se(‘ondi Secretary of the United States Em- | bassy, and Mrs. Carter have gone to Biarritz and Lieutenant-Colonel Well, the naval attache of the embassy, and | Mrs. Well are in Paris. ! Queen Victoria has a merry party at Osborne. There was a Christmas tree loaded with presents for the royal children, the members of the house- hold and servants. The party in- cludes the Battenbergs, Connaughts, Lorn and Albanys. A royal baron of beef cut of Devon ox, fed on the royal farm at Windsor and roasted at | Windsor by cooks sent by a London caterer, was forwarded to Osborne on Frida; with the boar's head and woodcock pies, which traditionally oc- cupy the Queen’s board at Christmas. This year’s boar's head is a genuine hure de sanglier from the Coburg pre- serves in the Thuringian forest. The Prince and Princess of Wales | early in the week purchased presents, as customary, from the royal trades- men, who displayed the wares in an apartment of Marlborough House, which the royalties selected. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Victoria of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York, Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark, and the Duke and Duchess of Fife all assembled at Sandringham for Christmas, where the usual festivities took place. | The Earl and Countess of Craven (formerly Miss Cornelia Martin, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley-Martin), | are entertaining a house party at Combe Abbey. They gave their ten- ants a ball on Christmas Eve. Lord ‘William Beresford and Lady Beresford (formerly M Louise Hammersley of New York, and later wife of the eighth | Duke of Marlborough, who died in | 1892), are also entertaining at Deep; Dene Lord Alfred Rothschild made hls} usual distribution—6000 pheasants to | the omnibus dr rs and conductors, a brace of birds each. : According to the newspapers, the la- dies of uppertendom, married and sin- gle, are tired of the hackneyed Christ- mas cards and are sending their fa- | vored friends photographs of them- | selves, as attired for bed. The Chron- icle thinks that although such souve- | nirs are suggestive of a good deal, night dress plctures are less improper than presentments of the same flgures in ball dress. As soon as Jackson, the explorer, eompletes the work connected with his Franz Josef Land expedition, he will| start for the north pole. He informed a correspondent that his original plans | were identical with those of Lieutenant | Peary, but that he intended to make the most easterly end of the inland in- | stead of the west. But since he heard | the Pearylectures Jackson has changed his plans, considering that the Ameri- can has prior claims. Jackson now | purposes to proceed via Davis Straits and Baffins Bay up the west coast to Elsemere Land and Grinnell Land and thence across to the farthest point| reached by Aldrich in 1876, whence he will push north, making in the direc- | tion of any land visible from the coast. | The date of his departure is unsettled. | Jackson will have only one companion outside of his crew. Talking over his plans he said: | “I hope to push my ship considerably beyond Coburg Island, at the entrance to Jones Sound, and at the point far- | thest north with sledges, dogs and | ponies and with one companion. I ex- pect to be absent two years.” The Times editorial, expressing sat- | isfaction at the Bering settlement and | protesting against the “loose insinua- | tions of bad faith on the part of the United States Government which have been thoughtlessly and unqualifiedly made in England” and Japan's with. drawal from the attitude she had as- sumed in Hawali, intimated they were indications for a desire for an Anglo- Japanese-American alliance. The alleged attempt of the Prince of Monaco to “bleed” the Casino com- pany has led to the publication of a pamphlet by a group of shareholders, full of interesting reading. While everybody is aware that the Casino contributes largely to his revenues, few people know that besides the sub- sidy of the Prince, the establishment keeps up the judges, police, lighting, water, postoffice, clergy and chari- table institutions. Last season’s ex- penditures of the principality, apart from the maintenance of the Casino, which. was £834,000, amounted to £130,000, of which sum the Prince had | £50,000, the courts, police, etc., £20,- 000; clergymen and schools, £9000; charities, £6000; orizes for sports, £11,000, and the postoffice and losses, £2000. The dividends on shares ab- sorbed ' £576,000, making a total reve- nue of £1,540,000, which the “fools of the world” left at the Monte Carlo gambling tables. An interesting item is ‘‘press subventions £25,000.” - The pamphlet says that it is abso- lutely necessary to expend a large sum in securing the good will of the Continental press, and it is said that over half the stories of suicides are only bids upon the part of the Riviera newspapers for a share of the “‘boodle.” It appears that the Prince of Mo- naco attended a recent meeting of the shareholders and offered to renew the concession for fifty years, the terms being a gradual increase of his per- sonal subsidy until the sum reaches £100,000 annually, a new port to be buiit at the cost of £320,000, an opera- house to be buflt costing £80,000, and various other items making a total of | ! £190,000 annuallly. Although the Prince has signed the new concession, it remains to be seen whether the forthcoming meeting of the share- holders will approve of accepting these exorbitant terms. Paris police statistics, just published, actually prove that murder does not pay from a financial point of view. They estimate twenty-one murders by which the murders averaged $16, and all the criminals were guillotined. The statistics show an increase of over 100 more or less famous murderers, in- cluding in many cases but a few cents. The biggest haul was $65, although in many cases large sums were over- looked. An anti-sugar bounty league was formed on Wednesday, under the presi- dency of Lord Stanhope, with the ob- Ject of abolishing or neutralizing du- ties. Prominent firms in England con- nected with sugar refining and the | chief proprietary and mercantile inter- ests connected with the colonies have joined the league. One speaker em- phatically stated that unless something was done speedily the West Indies would raise the stars and stripes. King Humbert recently received in | | audience Remsen Whitehouse of New York and accepted a book on Prince Amadeo, the deceased brother of his Majesty. Lord Russell has taken Lord Den- bigh’s house at Kensington, formerly occupied by Robert T. Lincoln. Mrs. Bernard Brice has been cor- dially welcomed back to the stage, af- ter a long illnes She played Ann Carew in a re al of Tom Taylor's “Sheep in Wolf's Clothing. WANTS T0 BUY THREE SLADS Senator Lodge of Massachusetts Has the Territorial Dis- ease Badly. He Is Now Preparing a Bill to Pur- chase the Danish West Indies. Special Dispatch to The Cail. CHICAGO, Dec. 25.—A speclal to the Times-Herald from Washington says: Senator Lodge is preparing a bill fa- voring the purchase of the three islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John, owned by Denmark in the West Indies. The Senate passed a resolution a year ago asking the State Department to ascertain whether the islands were still for sale, at what price they were held ard whether any other country was after them. Denmark has replied that she is still willing to sell and that two European Governments are now negotiating for their purchase. These | are supposed to be Great Britain and Germany. The United States has been discuss- ing this purchase for mnearly thirty years. In 1868 negotiations went so far that a treaty was negotiated for the purchase by which this country was to pay $8,000,000 for the islands, but it failed of ratification. On this occasion the people of the islands voted on the question and decided almost unani- mously for annexation. The Danes do not want any Buro- | pean power to secure possession of them. A most liberal offer would be made to the United States to purchase at a comparatively small figure—al- most nothing—for it has been prac- tically determined by Denmark to either sell these islands or to renounce them. Most of the residents of the islands are British immigrants, and their first move after securing inde- pendence would probably be to pe- tition England for a protectorate. The present expense of maintaining a gov- ernment on the islands reaches $150,000 a year. Considering her position in the European concert, it is not thought necessary for Denmark to maintain a station in the West Indies, hence her willingness to sell. St. Thomas has a harbor enough to accommodate the navies of the whole world, and in view of the ! advantages to be gained, Senator Lodge is sanguine of securing an ap- propriation that will enable the islands to be transferred to the jurisdiction of the stars and stripes. The three islands have a total of 100 square miles of territory and a popu- | lation of 40,000. St. Croix is the big- gest, with sixty square miles and 23,000 population. The island is very fertile, and gives an excellent crop of all trop- ical products, especlally sugar. e HOLIDAY FOOTBALL GAMES IN CALIFORNIA TOWNS. Ferndale Defeats Eureka and Berkeloy’s Team Goes Down Before the Woodlandites. EUREKA (Cal), Dec. 25.—There was a large attendance at South Park this afternoon to witness the return game of football between | the Ferndale and Eureka High School teams. The game lasted two hours and was one-sided from the beginning, Ferndale winning easily. The score was 18 to 0. The first game, played at Ferndale on Thanksgiving day, was also won by Ferndale by a score of 30 to 4. WOODLAND, Dec. 25.—The game of football between Berkeley and Wood- land resulted in a victory for Wood- land by a score of 8 to 4. McDermott and Castelhun played with Berkeley. SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 25.—The San Bernardino High School eleven defeated the Los Angeles High School at a game of football to-day by a score of 6 to 0. This gives San Ber- nardino the championship of high- school teams in Southern California. STOCKTON, Dec. 25.—Stockton foot- | ball players this afternoon defeated the Modesto team by a score of 16 to 4. Superfor team work added to greater weight carried the day for the home players. A i Found With a Fractured Skull. COVINGTON, Ky., Dec. 25.—Charles 8. Weaver was found last night in an unconscious condition near his resi- dence and locked up. It was found that his skull was fractured and that he had no doubt been murderously as- saulted, and he was transferred to the hospital, where he dled. Weaver was foreman of a planing-mill. As he never regained consciousness there is no clew to the murderer. 2 large | DISTRESSED BY THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE Greatly Hohenlohe Enfeebled by the | Sad Blow. Anxious to Retire, but Stays in Office by Re- quest of the Emperor. Heavy Taxes Appear to Be the Only Way to Increase Germany’s Navy. CHRISTMAS IS OBSERVED. | | The Imperial Family Passed the Day | at the New Palace and Distrib- uted the Usual Presents. Special Dispatch to The Call. | BERLIN, Dec. Prince Hohenlohe is much distressed at the sudden death | | of his wife on Tuesday last. He spent | the previous three days at her bedside | without sleep, and his octogenarian | frame has been greatly enfeebled thereby. His physicians are urgently advising him to retire from public life, | at any rate temporarily, but the Em- | peror relies upon Prince Hohenlohe's patriotism to remain in office in the present critical time. The remains of the Princess will be interred on Sun- la The body was consecrated on | Friday in the presence of the minis- ters, military dignitaries, followed by the Prince Bishop of Breslau, Dr. Copp, in the conservatory of the Chancellor’'s palace. The Emperor and Empress of | Germany sent floral wreaths. the members of the opposition intend to make much of the fact that accord- ing to official figures just obtained, the imperial treasury receipts for the cur- rent year show a decrease of 20,000,000 marks. They will point out that in view of the naval increase and the re- large additional funds needed can only be raised by new taxes, contrary to the promises of the Government. | The Government will introduce at the | reconvening of the Prussian Diet, on January 11, another anti-Socialistic bill, but not so comprehensive as the one introduced last summer. It will | merely apply to lectures which have been brought under Government super- | vision. The imperial family passed Christ- mas at the New Palace in the usual | way. The two eldest Princes arrived Tuesday. The distribution of gifts was more lavish than ever. This part of the celebration took place In the shell ptall. Most of the gifts were purchased )y the Empress personally at various Berlin stores. They included hundreds of presents for the servants and court | officials. At a secret session of the Municipal Council on Tuesday a New Year's ad- dress to the Emperor was adopted for the first time in many years. This ad- | dress deals largely with national pol- | itics, and is couched in patriotic terms. Voluntary collections for naval pur- poses are taking place among the pupils of many of the public schools. The influenza, in a severe form, has been spreading in Berlin. There have been thousands of cases, and the death rate is rapidly increasing. Negotiations are proceeding in Berlin between Germany and Austria with a view to holding an international con- | ference at Brussels on the subject of | the abolition of the sugar-export boun- ties. The organ of the agrarians, the Deutsche Tages Zeitung, freely attacks Baron Thielman for not declaring war on the United States. The Vossische Zeitung, however, | thinks that the present moment is not | propitious for such a demonstration, and Great Britain would alone profit by a tariff war of that kind. | "To the intense amazement of the suf- | ferers from the floods the Government | has presented a claim for payment to all villages and individual owners who were aided during the floods by the | military. The village of Plaun, for in- | stance, received a bili for 400 marks. Clifton R. Breckinridge, the former | | the holidays with his family at Dres- | den. There was no Jjoint celebration of Christmas by the American colony of Berlin. Several American ladies had Christmas trees and distributed gifts to the poor children of the neighbor- hood. The Agricultural Society has mem- American fruit of every kind imported into Germany is infected with the San Jose scale, which is a constant danger to German fruit-growers. They want 2 strict examination of all American fruit, trees and shrubs, and a refusal tected. 3 The Emperor has presented the Em- press with a beautiful bracelet consist- | seven children set in diamonds, | center, is the portrait of Princess Luischen, and below it is the Em- | pleror's portrait in a heart-shaped set- ting. | TURKS FIRE A SHOT AT A GREEK GUNBOAT. So the Ottoman Government Will Be Asked to Permit Vessels to Leave the Gulf of Ambracia. ATHENS, Dec. 25.— As the Greek gunboat Actium was leaving the Gulf of Ambracia to-day a shot was fired at | her by the Turks at Prevasa, at the en- trance to the gulf. The Actlum and several other gunboats which were fol- lowing, were compelled to return to their anchorage. The Governor has wired to Prince Mavrocordato, Greek Minister at Constantinople, to instruct him to ask the Turkish Government for a friendly permission to leave. —_——— Movements of Warships. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—The Ter- ror arrived at Norfolk to take pro- visions and coal preparatory for leav- ing for Key West. The Montgomery sailed from Pensacola, and her destina- In the At the reconvening of the Reichstag | organization of the field artillery the | | United States Minister at St. Peters- | burg, arrived here Thursday to spend | orialized the Government, claiming that | to admit them wherever the scale is de- | ing of miniatures of himself and their | POLICE OF HAVANA PUT DOWN A RIOT Swords Freely Used| Upon a Maddened Mob. Festivities of Spaniards End inScenes of Wild- est Disorder. Two Hundred Arrested ,Among Them Being Officers of Volunteers. ACTIVITY OF INSURGENTS. Towns Ralded With Impunity and the Grinding of Cane Prevented by Force. Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, Dec. 25.—The Christmas saturnalia was brought to a close by a serious riot, which was quelled by the police, who used their swords. In ac- cordance with their custom, the Span- ish population gathered last night in| the parque central to celebrate Christ- mas by dancing and singing songs pe- culiar to the various provinces of Spain. Almest all were armed with | knives and clubs, fights being frequent | between groups from different pro- + vinces. A large force of police was | present, but there was no interference | with the festivities until about 4 o'clock, when most of the crowd be- came frenzied from drinking aguar- | diente, and hostile cries were raised. | “Death to Americans,” “Down with autonomy, “Down with Blanco,” “Viva Weyler,” “Viva los voluntar- | ios,” were some of the cries. Then the | | police closed in and a squadron of mounted gendarmes drawn up in front of the German Club charged with drawn sabers. A panic ensued, the mob, in which were many women, | fleeing in every direction, but the crowd was hemmed in on all sides by | the police, mounted and afoot, who struck out savagely with their swords. This continued until the mob was thoroughly cowed, many being wound- | ed, and then the police formed a cor- don around the square and proceeded to make prisoners of the ringleaders of the demonstration. Two hundred pris- oners were marched to the prefectura. Among them were many officers of the volunteers. On four of the officers were found bundles of circulars declaring | Spain’s honor had been compromised | by granting autonomy and calling ou all loyal Spaniards to resist to the ut- | | most. Coples of these circulars were also found scattered in the streets this | morning. | No further details are at hand re. | garding General Pando’s operations in | Orient, but it is expected that a ser- | ious engagement has already occurred. | News of the result is anxiously await- | ed at the palace. | The Herald's correspondent in Santa | Clara writes that General Gomez is | again in the saddle and using all ef- | forts to prevent the grinding of cane. | Work on sugar estates is practically suspended. The proprietors of the Car- acas estate, the second largest sugar plantation in the world, have been no- tified that the slightest attempt to grind will be the signal for the total destruction of this valuable property. The Spanish troops are chiefly in gar- | risoned towns, and are unable to af- ford adequate protection. Six estates in Havana province were burned this week. The rebels raided Encruicijada, | a town of several thousand inhabitants | | near Saguay La Grande, on the night | of December 21st, and carried off all | the supplies they found. Five days ago | twenty-seven volunteers of Cumanaya- | gua went over to the rebels. Insur-| gents looted the town of Rodrigo on last Monday evening, carrying away a large sum of money in addition to| | clothing and food. In Santa Clara | Province trains are constantly derailed | | and trafile is practically stopped. | Local papers publish a report of the hanging of a prominent gentleman in Pinar del Rio province. He went to a | rebel camp with proposals of autonomy | and was executed. General Parrado, with his force, re- turned to Havana last night after a fruitless attempt to surround and cap- ture Colonel Aranguren, who is not of- ficially admitted to be alive. The rebels | had all fled to Pinar del Rio province | after the execution of Colonel Ruiz. | General Parrado will take the field | again in a few days. La Lucha, in an editorial yesterday, lamented the fact that there is no en- thuslasm among the people over auto- | nomy. The paper says nobody dares to state in public what he thinks about the new regime; confidence in it is more apparent than real. La Lucha adds that everybody is looking into the sky expecting something from an un- | known quarter. I. was assured by Captain-General | Blanco to-night that Cuba will be un- der autonomical government by Janu- ary 1. The new Ministry is now en- tirely formed. It will begin work with | the new year, with offices in the palace. As soon as autonomy is working smoothly General Blanco will take the field to conduct the most aggressive campalgn against the rebels remain- ing under arms. “Autonomy in Cuba,” said General Blanco, “will be an established fact by January 1. The Ministry is completed and will be at work by that time. Of course, there are some persons who are not satisfied, but there always is a mi- nority. “With an autonomical rule estab- lished, I will be to a great extent re- lieved of the responsibility, except as a sort of viceroy, and I then intend to take the field and conduct an active campaign against those rebels who re- fuse to submit, but I think that once Cubans see autonomy actually work- ing their doubts and prejudices will be overcome.” La Lucha has published a document claimed to have been authorized by United States Consul-General Lee, stating that Colonel Ruiz was executed because he proposed peace in contra- vention to a decree issued by General Gomez. Reports from Pinar del Rio to the authorities here say that two commis- sloners who were sent to propose peace with autonomy to the insurgents in that province have been hanged in con- formity with the decree of General tion is not stated by the Navy Depart- ment. Gomez. Senor Antonio Govin, secretary of the | Thomas. | zona miner named Bernitt. Autonomist party, who has for nearly & year past resided in the United States, has cabled to the Government his acceptance of a post in the colonial cabinet. In March last Senor Govin left Havana for the United States. On his departure it was understood that he was starting only on a short trip for his health and relaxation. Many friends went to the wharf and boarded the steamer to see him off. Once on board Senor Govin surprised his friends by pointing to Morro Castle flag and stating that he would not re- turn until the flag was changed. “Up to now,” he said, “I have had confidence and faith in the edifice of Spanish nationality, but now it is crumbling and falling down. I do not wish to perish in the ruins, hence I am going away.” Senor Govin's remark created a great deal of excitement. e, SYLVESTER SCOVELL NOT HANGED. Stories Circulated About the New York News- paper Correspondent Are Not True. HAVANA, Dec. 25.—Rumors which have been circulated here that Sylves- ter Scovell, a New York newspaper correspondent, had been hanged by the insurgents are untrue. It is re- ported that he and Senor Rafael Mad- rigal, the American Consul at Sancti Spiritus, were the bearers of an im- portant dispatch from President Mec- Kinley to “President” Masso and Gen- eral Gomez. Generally speaking, the condition of the concentrados is as pitiful as it was during the administration in the island of General Weyler, despite Captain- General Blanco's relief decrees. A re- lief fund of $100,000 will hardly give the sufferers 20 cents each. La Lucha demands that the amounts expended by municipal authorities for the relief of the destitute inhabitants | be published. During the last month numerous rob- beries and stabbing affrays are report- ed to have occurred in Havana. These outrages are ascribed to the return to Havana from Ceuta Prison of the “Na- nigos,” who have been pardoned for political offenses under recent decrees. A party of insurgents, it is reported unofficially, recently dynamited a cul- vert and bridge on the railway be- tween Sagua and Remedios. It is reported that in various engage- ments with the insurgents the forces of General Pando have suffered con- siderable losses. The column for sev- eral days was short of provisions, owing to the vigorous resistance made by the insurgents to the advance of the Spaniards and the many impedi- ments placed in their way., General Pando’s exact losses are not known, owing to the difficulty of communica- tion. Eighty residents of Bejucal, in Ha- vana province, while foraging a few days ago, were surprised by a band of insurgents, who stripped them of their clothing. ‘While a number of insurgents were carrying a case containing dynamite in the province of Puerto Principe the dynamite exploded, killlng seven of the party and wounding eight others. Heavy Indemnity Demanded. NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—The Sun's London cable says: A dispatch from Madrid to a news agency here says that the United States has demanded of Spain $8,000,000 as an indemnity to American traders for damages sus- tained through the war in Cuba. SUES HUSBAND FOR HER GEMS Fresno Wife Demands the Re- turn of Valuable Diamond Earrings. Strife Follows Closely Upon the Marriage of W. R. Thomas and Mrs. Bernitt. Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Dec. 25.—A suit for the possession of her valuable diamond earrings was commenced in Justice St. John’s court yesterday by Mrs. C. Thomas against her husband, W. R. Thomas. The earrings are valued at $299, and the plaintiff alleges that her husband will not deliver them into her possession. The suit is perhaps the first of a series of sensational suits, and it is believed some deeper motive than the mere recovery of the dia- monds is at the bottom of the proceed- ings. But a few months ago the plaintiff and défendant in the suit were mar- ried. W. R. Thomas, capitalist and money lender, wedded Mrs. C. Bernitt, a captivating grass widow with con- siderable means and the match was looked upon.as a favorable one for Soon, however, it became ap- | parent that the honeymoon of the cou- ple had passed more rapidly than is customary, and rumors of disagree- ments were circulated. It is rumored that Mrs. Bernitt had thought that her elderly flance had some financial at- tractions, but shortly after their wed- ding it transpired that he had trans- ferred his property to his sons. This was an apparent shaping up of affairs for a separation, and a long legal bat- tle and sensational developments have been expected for some time. It appears that Mrs. Thomas, upon | learning that her husband had trans- | ferred his property to his sons, thought he did so for the purpose of depriving | her of the enjoyment of it, and she then deeded away her holdings. She was formerly the wife of Fred Han- stead, better known as Professor Young Dutchy. They were divorced, and she then married a wealthy Ari- They, t separated. e ita0, 0 SHOW THE STARS IN MOTIO Flammarion Sets His Fine Camera to W ork. Rather a Slow Process to Catch All the Sky. Eventually He Will Put the Picture on a Cinema- tograph. FROM SUNSET TO DAWN. The Beholder Will Look at the Won- ders of Heaven as They Pass. Copyright, 1587, by James Gordon Bennett. Paris, Dec. 25.— Camille Flam- | marion is applying the cinematograph | to the purpose of teaching astronomy. The well known astronomer has under- taken the task of cinematographing the sky. He is well satisfied with the results already obtained. The appar- ent movement of the celestial bodies is very slow, and M. Flammarion con- | tents himself with taking 2000 and 3000 | photographs of the firmament every night when the sky is clear. He con- tends that they will be amply suffi- | cient to show the motion of the moon, stars and planets, without any per- | ceptible break in continuity. The object glass he employs in his photographic apparatus' is such as to embrace 180 degrees, so that the whole firmament will be seen when the pho- tographs are put into the cinemato- | graph. He commences at dusk, when | the moon and stars appear as darkness | comes on. They appear one after an- | other in proportion to their magnitude and what can be seen of the rising of the sun produces the inverse of the phenomenon that is witnessed in even- | ing. M. Flammarion intends to treat the spots on the sun in the same way. | Much satisfaction has been caused | by the publication of statistics for 1896, | which show the population of France | to be increasing. In 1893 the number of | births only exceeded the deaths by | 7146. In 1894 the excess rose to 3978, | which was also a trifiing figure for a | population of 38,000,000, and which jus- tified anxiety as regarded the future. Nordidthealarm appear to be ground- | less in 1895, for the number of deaths that year exceeded the births by Figures for 1896 show that last year there were 94,000 more births than deaths. This gain has not been solely obtained by decrease in deaths, but also by a notable increase in births. Captain Baure, the officer who re- cently escaped from the military fort at Marseilles, where he was awaiting trial for varfous charges, was recap- tured, and committed suicide. On escaping from prison he remained, dis- | guised, in Marseilles, but was identi- | fled by two detectives. When taken before a police official Baure swal- lowed poison, supposed to be prussic acid, and died in a few minutes. The deceased had been in the Spahis and had done good service in the Soudan | and Senegal, but was ruined by ex- travagance. He was condemned to im- prisonment for two years by a Paris court, and was also to be tried in Marseilles for falsification of accounts. Leon Daudet will in a few days begin workupon a life of his father, in which he will pay less attention to the writer than to the man. There is every prospect of a consid- erable enlargement of Paris. The Min- ister of War has formally placed on the table of the Chamber of Deputies the draft of a bill for the complete disman- | tlement of that portion of the fortifi- | cations between Point Du Jour at An- teuil and the Gate of Pantin on the | eastern railway line. The work of de- molition will occupy about three or four years. The bastions to be pulled down extend circularly for a distance of a little over ten miles. It is pro-| posed by the war office to sell the ground occupied by the fortifications and with the proceeds to build a new series of forts farther off from the me- tropolita and to perfect in other ways the military defenses of the city. Neither the Dreyfus-Esterhazy case nor the Panama trial aroused much in- terest this week. Indeed, there have been no new developments in either. It i8 expected that Commandant Rava- ria, who is conducting the Esterhazy investigation, will hand in his report to General Saussier early next weelk. Mrs. J. W. Mackay, who has been stopping at Blarritz, has left for Rome. Thrice Attempted Suicide. 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