MARCH
death
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yesterday
Gold Medal
Little EGYPT
military Attache
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MARCH
death
case
Street
yesterday
Gold Medal
Little EGYPT
military Attache
report
N° 32 331 LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1888 Price: 3d. BIRTHS O n the 6th inst., at Clyde House, Clyde Road, Dublin, the wife of Major C.B.H. Jenkins, 19th (Princess of Wales Own) Hussars, of a daughter. MARRIAGES O n the 2nd March, at the British Embassy, Paris, LIEUTENANT GENERAL NAPIER CAMPBELL to CAROLINE MARGARET DUFF (Mrs. HENRY PRICHARD), daughter of the late Deputy Surgeon- General Charles Murray Duff. DEATHS O n the 1st March, at the British Legation, Stockholm, of inflammation of the lungs, Mr. Corbett, Her Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinaire and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. O n the 4th March, at Little Brickhill, near Bletchley, ASPHODEL, the beloved child of ALEXANDER and KATIE FINLAY, aged one year. FUNERALS COBAY’S for FUNERALS. L ONDON NECROPOLIS, Brookwood. Near Woking. 500 acres exquisitely planted. Most beautiful cemetery in Europe. 50 m from private station, adjoining Waterloo. Refreshment and retiring rooms. Cheap return tickets on Sundays for visitors. Charges fixed by Parliament. MISCELLANEOUS M ASSAGE and ELECTRICITY— Perfect INSTRUCTION in the most approved system given by a lady. Experienced, practising under the first medical men in London. Terms, four lessons two guineas. Patient attended. London and vicinity.— Mrs. E., 115, Queen’s road, Bayswater. D R. SAARI’S MAGIC ELIXIR— Incredible REMEDY for large variety of AILMENTS. Cures colds, coughs, and throat ailments of all types. Bottles 2s. Sold everywhere. D R. SAARI’S ELIXIR, look for it. Developed by acclaimed physician, Ewell B. Saari. PERSONAL,&C. CHARLES WILSON, of Texas — Please SEND ADDRESS to Godfrey C.’s family, Sloane Street Post-office, SW. T EN POUNDS REWARD— LOST on March 8th, an EARRING, consisting of a tear-drop emerald circled by diamonds. Whoever will take same to 51, Cadogan Street, SW, shall receive the reward. L OST, a COLLIE DOG, black, with tan eyebrows and paws and white ruff. Wound on right cheek. Name on white metal plate attached to round leather collar. OSCAR TEEVAN, 16, Charing-cross Road, NW. Anyone taking the dog back to that address will be rewarded. F REE DINNERS to HUNGRY CHILDREN.— The Committee gratefully ACKNOWLEDGES the following DONATIONS in aid of their work, comprising free dinners, soup kitchen, evening shelters for boys and girls, infant day nursery, and other agencies: — Lady Clarendon £2 2s.; Mrs. Edwards, £2 2s. Miss F.M. GLADSTONE, Hon. Sec. Latymer Road Mission, Blechynden Street, W. ENTERTAINMENTS B ILLIARD-HALL, 8, Waterloo Place, SW. Monday next to Saturday, GRAND MATCH for £400; ROBERTS, spot barred, v. Middleton, 100 spots in a break. Admission 2s. 6d. and 5s. Table by Wright and Co. R OYAL, Holborn.— CASCABEL, the sensation of Paris, from Covent garden Theatre, every evening and Saturday matinees. First appearance in the variety halls for Miss Sandra Gamble. THE WIMBLEDON MEETING T he last day of the competition in the first stage of the Queen’s Prize was favoured by better weather than the riflemen assembled in Wimbledon Camp have yet enjoyed during the progress of the current meeting. A considerable reduction in the velocity of the wind, which yesterday was registered at 10 miles to the hour, and a welcome rise in temperature rendered the conditions of the meeting far more pleasant than they had been earlier in the week. It has been announced that for some reason or other, the annual and popular match between picked teams of the House of Lords and the House of Commons has been allowed to drop for the present year. Besides the competition for the Queen’s prize, the competition among the Indians and colonists for the valuable Corporations Prize, and among the public school teams for the Ashburton Shield, promise much excitement during the coming week. The following is a list of the principal scores for the Queen’s Prize: — Seven shots at each range Total Corp. Simcock, 2d Cheshire 93 Lieut. Golding, Berkshire 91 Sir Clayton Partridge 90 Capt. Kent, 5th Northumberland 89 Count von Schulenberg 88 Col. Sebastian Moran 87 Phillip Marlowe 86 Pte. Hollis, 19th Middlesex 84 Lord Astley Denham 83 Emile Zobar 82 Sgt. Murray, 1st Edinburgh 81 First stage principal diagrams: 60 yds; 7 shots in military positions. Dimensions of target, 6 ft. square; bull’s eye, 24 in. in diameter. PARTRIDGE - 34 KENT - 34 SCHULENBERG - 33 MORAN - 33 ART EXHIBITIONS GROSVENOR GALLERY 31, New Bond Street — now open. A century of British art. Twenty-five Hogarths, thirty-two Constables, seventeen Gainsboroughs. Eleven Turners, 8 Reynolds, 12 Wilkies, &c. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. From 10 to 10. ELECTRIC LIGHT. An event not to be missed SITUATIONS R EQUIRED, in a clergyman’s family, a YOUNG MAN- SERVANT, who has been page under a butler. Total abstainer preferred.— Vicar, 5, Warren street, Fitzroy square, NW. R ESPECTABLE WOMAN WANTED (married preferred), as HOUSE PARLOUR MAID. Tall, good waitress, and thoroughly capable servant indispensable. Personal character. Address 22, Page Street, Vincent Square, SW. T O CAPITALISTS WANTED, a GENTLEMAN with not less than £2,000 to share in the working at a most successful automatic machine which is now earning immense profits. Address F.C., Financial Times, 28, Bridge Row, EC. BOARD & RESIDENCE, APARTMENTS B OARD and RESIDENCE, 39, Bedford Place, Russell Square, WC, for families and gentlemen. Conveniently situated. Excellent table. Man-servant. Bath room. Foreign languages understood. Terms moderate. I TALIAN — A young gentleman wishes to BOARD and RESIDE with an Italian family, living in the neighbourhood of Bayswater, to improve himself in that language. Apply, by letter, A.Q.Z., 36, New Oxford Street, NW. TRADES S TEINWAY and SONS PIANO-FORTES — Gold Medal at the Inventions Exhibition, 1885. Gold Medal at the Society of Arts, 1885. Pianos for sale or hire. Catalogues free. Steinway Hall, 33, Wigmore Street, Portman Square, London, NW. M USICAL BOXES — Messrs. NICOLE FRERES, Geneva (Est. 1815). Sole London Depot, 21, King William Street, EC. Highest Exhibition Awards for quality of tone and finish. Write for No. 76 Catalogue post free. Every description of musical box repaired at most moderate charges, or allowed for in exchange. Also available: Mechanical dolls, reproductions of Royalty and of children, all capable of specific mechanical movements. Works of art and of science; a treat for one and all. PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE House of Commons, Friday, March 9 The speaker took the chair shortly after 3 o’clock JUDICIAL RENTS IN IRELAND In reply to Mr. J.E. ELLIS, COLONEL KING-HARMON said,— The number of applications to fix judicial rents awaiting adjudication in the Land Commission on the Ist of March, 1887, was 10,668. The number on the Ist of March, 1888, was 62,157. THE ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS In reply to Mr. MARK STEWART, Mr. E. STANHOPE said,— The Artillery Volunteers are permitted to wear the same uniform as the Royal and Militia Artillery, except that they wear silver lace where the others wear gold lace. In reply to another question from Mr. MARK STEWART, Mr. E. STANHOPE said the average number of Artillery Volunteers for the fast two years attending at Shoeburyness was 1,756, and at Barry Links 1,232. Retraction: In yesterday’s paper we mistakenly reported Jess Fyer had died. He is alive and well. Our apologies. BURGLARIES To the Editor of The Times Sir.— The Press and the public generally should force our timid, halting officials to take energetic action against certain forms of crime. May I suggest that- 1. Any person committing a burglary or robbery from the person, accompanied by violence or brutality, be flogged. 2. Any burglar or other thief having upon him a revolver, or other distinctly murderous weapon, be flogged. 3. The police force be increased, especially mounted patrols in certain localities. 4. Certain constables be armed with revolvers. 5. The police generally have a “freer hand” in dealing with crimes of robbery or violence. 6. More activity among the members of the police force be insisted on by the Chief Commissioner. 7. The public should be officially informed as to the legality, or otherwise, of using firearms in defence of their lives and property. Experience shows, however, the futility of expecting the “authorities” ever to take the lead in these matters. They never do anything until forced. Yours faithfully, ONE OF THE PUBLIC ARMS TRADE FAIR CLOSES The International Arms Trade Fair, which opened at the Royal Agricultural Hall March 4th, closed yesterday with a 21-gun salute to the Queen which reverberated around the city. The closing ceremonies began earlier in the awarding of Gold Medals for excellence. Accepting five medals on behalf of the Krupp Works was the Countess von Schulenberg, bride of 5 months to the German Military Attache and the archetype of the fair-haired Rhine maiden. A gold medal was also awarded to the Societe Bacri Freres and accepted by Emile Zobar, French Military Attache. Hector del Guerra, Military Attache to the Spanish Embassy, stirred the large crowd with a magnificent speech. The affair was marred by several demonstrators sporting anti- arms placards. Alexi Meshkoff, Russian Military Attache, was struck in the head by a tomato. LITTLE EGYPT MAKES A HIT Last night the Tivoli was the scene of a novel divertissement. Little Egypt, that agile and beautiful exponent of the graceful, sensuous Oriental “danse du ventre”, entertained all present with her lithesome, swaying body. A nimble-fingered pianist who was up in profane music sounded the opening chords of the wicked dance and, with writhing and twisting body, Little Egypt stepped out the measure while all the men looked on with open-mouthed astonishment. Louder and fonder banged the piano, more and more rapidly the abdominal muscles of the dancer twitched. Her eyes gleamed with the excitement of it all and her bosom heaved with tantalizing irregularity. With a crash of chords the dance ceased and the men were left with silence broken only by long drawn out sighs from a couple of the gentlemen. Little Egypt, who is known as Hatasu Asquith off stage, has come to England by way of Egypt and Syria. Vague rumours persist that she was deported for illegal political activities in those countries, but quite a few Englishmen are glad to have her here. INDIAN MISSION We understand that the Viceroy of India has decided that his eldest son, Lord Clande-boye, shall accompany the mission to Cabul. FOREIGN NEWS We have received the following telegrams through the Reuters’ Agency: — FATAL FIRE IN NEW YORK New York, March 11 A fire broke out today in an apartment on an upper storey of a house in this city. Believing all other means of escape to be cut off, the occupants of the room jumped from the window into the street below. One of them was killed and seven others were injured in their fall. FATAL EXPLOSION OF SHELL St. Petersburg, March 11 This afternoon, as a wagon-load of old artillery material, which a dealer in iron had bought from the Government at public auction, was being discharged at the purchaser’s place of business, a 9 in. shell, supposed, but erroneously, to have been duly unloaded, burst in the midst of a number of people. Sixteen persons, including four children, were killed on the spot, and several others were more or less seriously injured. THE CHOLERA Rome, March 11 The cholera returns for the past 24 hours report 115 cases and 36 deaths in the province of Brindisi, being a decrease of 32 cases and 12 deaths as compared with the preceding day. Today’s figures include 11 cases and 3 deaths in the town of Brindisi, 44 cases and 17 deaths at Francavilla Fontana, 23 cases and 10 deaths at Latiano, and 20 cases and 1 death at Bon Vito. Three cases and two deaths are reported from Codigoro. Trieste, March 11 From noon yesterday until the same hour today there have been three fresh cases of cholera and one death in this city. Fiume, March 11 Six fresh cases of cholera and three deaths occurred here during the past 24 hours. THE NEW POLAR EXPEDITION New York, March 11 Colonel Gilder, who was arrested yesterday when on the point of starting for his Polar expedition, has not been released on bail, as at first reported. He denies the charge against him of having misappropriated a bond entrusted to his care. His solicitor promised speedy action and counter-measures against what he termed, “wholly unfounded charges.” AUSTRIA-HUNGARY Vienna, March 9 The little Princess Elizabeth, daughter of the Crown Prince and Princess fell from her carriage today when the Prater flew open. Happily, she suffered no injury. MR. GLADSTONE AND THE IRISH LEADERS. — Mrs. J. Thomas, of Wooburn, Bucks, having sent Mr. Gladstone a copy of her pamphlet has received the following acknowledgement: “Dear Madam, 1 thank you for your book on the Irish Nationalist leaders. Your production is, in my opinion, wise and timely, for even we, who are frankly devoted to the cause, have not always, perhaps, done that justice to the men which history will certainly award. Yours, &c., W.E. GLADSTONE. Pray use this note as you think fit.” BENEFIT TOMORROW — At the Conservatory for the Royal Society of Horticulture. A sale of flower-bearing plants and seeds. Open to the public. DARING DAYLIGHT ROBBERY R.S. Garrard and Co. Jewellers was the scene of a daring theft yesterday afternoon. The burglar apparently threw a smoke bomb from the floor of the store onto stairs leading to the offices above. As store employees raced to fight the “fire,” the thief looted a display case of jewels valued in the thousands of pounds. Scotland Yard’s chief suspect in the crime is Thomas O’Neill, an internationally known jewel thief who was known to have been in London within the last several days. However, the police report no success in their attempts to apprehend O’Neill. Garrard’s is offering a reward of £500 for information leading to the capture of the perpetrator of this crime and the restoration of the stolen jewels. SUSPECTED THIEF FOUND STRANGLED The body of Pierre Matin, suspected international jewel thief, was found early yesterday floating in the Thames. He had apparently been strangled to death. Although Matin, a citizen of France, had been detained by authorities in many countries in connection with various thefts over the years, he had never been convicted of any crime. The police have no suspects at this time, but report that the murderer must be powerfully built as the physical evidence indicates the victim was strangled with bare hands. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (From Our Correspondents) INDIA Calcutta, March 11 Intelligence from Chittagong of yesterday’s date states that a raid on a Meong village is reported from the Chaima Valley, near Tainchi. Three of the inhabitants were killed and 24 taken prisoners. A band of Meongs, with a detachment of frontier police, have gone in pursuit of the raiders. The headless body of the European who had been missing since the attack by Kuki raiders on Lieutenant Stewart’s surveying party in the Chittagong hills has been discovered near the British camp. THE SUEZ CANAL QUESTION Paris, March 11 Several journals announce this evening that M. Flourens has received a reply from England concerning the modifications proposed by the Porte in the Suez Canal Convention. This reply is stated to differ only in some unimportant details from the views held by France, so that a complete accord between the British and French governments on the subject is imminent. THE LATE EMPEROR WILLIAM Melbourne, March 11 Memorial services for the late Emperor William were held yesterday in many churches in the capitals of the various Australasian colonies. DE VRIES DIAMONDS NEVER FOUND This month marks the first anniversary of the daring De Vries Diamond theft. Scotland Yard is apparently no closer to discovering the whereabouts of the stolen gems now than they were a year ago. Nat Cook, who was convicted of the crime and is now serving a sentence in Millbank Prison, persists in his claims of innocence. The manager of De Vries testified that two men committed the robbery, and two men were tried. But only Cook was convicted. Jonathan Small, his co-defendant, was acquitted. The reward for the recovery of the diamonds continues to be offered by De Vries, but thus far no one has stepped forward to claim the prize. INQUEST Tomorrow at St. Bartholomew’s, into the death of Sylvia Carrasco. Any interested parties are urged to attend. THE TIMES may be PURCHASED, in Paris, at 8, Rue des Capucines; in Boulogne-sur-Mer, at Merridew’s Library; in Brussels, at 46, Rue de la Madeleine; and in Rome, at I, Piazza di Spagna.