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SALISBURY RESIGNS HIGH OFFICE ;
BALFOUR NOW PHIME MINISTER
Lord Salisbury litis resigned the
premiership of Grant Britain nnd hta
nephew, Arthur J, Ualfour, Is now
prime minister
Like Gladstone, Lord Salisbury
Kt the duration of his four admin
uAratlons was nearly fifteen years,
. whereas his great rival held the
premiership only a little over twelve.
Lord Salisbury first became premier
in June, 1885, Gladstone having re
signed office In consequence of hi?
defeat In the house of commons on
the proportional duties on beer and
Fplrlts. Tho conservative minister
remained in ofllco until the follow
ing February, whan Gladstone entered
upon his third administration. After
an existence of only 178 days tho lib-
LOPD JALM3UJ?T-
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Member of parliament since
Enters cabinet as secretary of state
Chnncollor of Oxford University
Returns to cabinet as secretary or
Special ambassador to Turkoy
Minister for foreign afllalrs
Attends Herlln congress
Elected leader of conservative party
First term as premier begins
Second term as premier
Third term as premier
Regan last term as premier
Retires
eral party was badly beaten on tho
second reading of the Irish home.rulo
bill, in the largest division on record,
666 members out of 670 passing
through tho division lobbies.
Then camo 1jrd Salisbury's sec
ond term of office, which lasted from
August, 188G, until August, 1892, when
tho house of commons gavo Glad
stone a majority on tho homo rule
question. Lord Salisbury resigned
and Gladstone became premier for
the fourth and last time. Tho second
borne rule bill was thrown out by the
house of lords In September, 1894,
and In March of tho following year
Gladstone resigned tho seals of of
flco in favor of Earl Roscbery. The
ARTHUR J. BALFOUR, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER.
Born 1848
Entered parliament 1871
Privato secretary to Lord Salisbury 1878
L Employed on special mlsBlon to Germany 1878
2? Elected a privy councilor , 1885
Secretary far Scotland, with scat In cabinet 18SG
Elected lord rector of St. Andrew' University 18SG
Chief secretary for Ireland 1887
Elected chancellor of Edlnburg University 1891
Leader of Houso of Commons 1892
Leaddr of the opposition 1894
First lord of tho treasury 1895
Premier 1902
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llboral cabinet wns reconstructed nm
remained In power three month
longer, when It wns killed by thq
famous Cordite division nnd Salisbury
became premier a third time, with n
olid majority of 1S2 In tho housa
of commons. Thoro wan n general
olectlon In Soptember, 1900, and union
ists were again voted to power, with
a majority of 134 In tho commons.
Salisbury for tho fourth tlmo toot
up tho premiership, but he left tlui
foreign secretaryship to Lord Iaua
downe nnd beenmo lord privy scnl.
At tho time of tho death of Queen
Victoria he wished to resign and only
remntned In offlco at the urgent re
quest of King Edwnrd. Hut he has
gradually lost touch with the nffalrs
of the nation, und the official an
nouncement that the king has nt last
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accepted his resignation docs not
cause any surprise.
It is significant that Balfour In
terviewed Chamberlain before con
sulting tho other members of tho
cabinet In regard to tho situation.
Many people think that Chamberlain
must eventually reach tho premier
ship, and It would give great satis
faction throughout tho country if tho
king had chosen him to step Into
Salisbury's shoes In tho ordinary
course of events. Ills chances of ob
taining premier honors aro now con
siderably minimized, as ho is mnny
years Balfour's senior. Ho will, how
ever, bo as loyal to his new chief
as ho was to tho old one.
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PEOPLE dD
EVENTS
MAKE CHANGES IN PRETORIA.
Transvaal City Beginning to Take on
an English Aspect.
Pretoria Is beginning to tnl.e on an
English aspect. Tho bronze llgurcs
of the typical Voortrokkcrs, which
were Intended for the bnso of the
Kruger statue In Government Siun
Pretoria, have been presented to Lord
Kitchener, who has hnd them shipped
to England in order that they may
grace ns a war trophy, tho Itoynl En
gineers' quarters at Chatham. On the
site of the Kruger Htatuo Samuel
Marks, who hns given the bronze
figures, has offeied a large sum to
place a statue of the king, nnd It Is
further stated In a letter to the London
Telegrnph that this royal British sub
ject Is willing to place a statue of tho
late queen on the opposite side of the
square. Already the fnceu of the gov
ernment bulldlrgs display the royal
arms cut In the solid stone. New
York Tribune.
AN INDIAN MILLIONAIRE.
Unveiled His Own Monument and
Spoke the Farewell Words.
Prolmbly the most unique Fourth
of July celebration In any part of tho
country wns that witnessed by the
people of BlnekweJI. Okln. Col. Black
well, who prnctlcally owns tho entlro
town, had United and paid tho rail
road faio of friends from nil parts
of the territory to assemble near his
prospective grave In tho Blnekwell
cemetery. Here he not only unveiled
his own monument, but also delivered
a farewell nddross, during which ho
read lil? will, the contents of which
would denote that much of his wealth
will go for charitable purposes.
Blackwell Is an Indian nnd Is well
liked throughout the territory. Be
sides tho town that bears his nnme ho
owns n 12,000-acro coal field in Indian
Territory, and is said to bo worth
about 12,000,000.
Autographs at Auction.
A remarkably Interesting autograph
manuscript of John G. Whittler was
sold at auction in New York lntcly.
It consists of twenty-two verses of
four lines each of his beautiful poem.
Another interesting item in
the same sale was a flno
four-pago letter of Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, dated Dec. id, 1855, re
lating to his address to the 'New Eng
lnnd Society and discussing his views
of slnvery. Still another Item Of great
Interest was a letter of tbreo pages
written by Washington Irving to Dan
iel Webster In regard to tho former's
recent appointment as minister to
Spnln.
Courts Make Cut In Salaries.
Delaware courts hnvo treated somo
corporation ofllcinls to a somewhat
dlsagrceablo surprise. About thrco
years ago tho Thomas & Davis Wall
Paper company was formed. Jehn
Thomas, tho general manager, wns
voted a salary of 110,000 a year by tho
directors, other olllcluls also getting
handsome figures. Dissatisfied stock
holders in tho concern complained
against such extravagant snlarleS, nnd
now tho courts hnvo decided that Mr.
Thomas Is to have $1,500 a year, other
salaries being cut In proportion.
CAUSED SENlATION AT ROME.
Vatican Refuses to Recognize Mar
riage of Princess Rasplgllosl.
A sensation has been caused .
Home by the action of tho Vatican In
prohibiting a Cathode slatr- from at
tending tho Princess Rasplgilosl, on
tho ground that her mnrrlnge to tho
prlnco Is not reco mlzed :y tho
church, It having been n civil cere
mony, owing to tho prince's Inability
to secure church sanction, tho prin
cess having been divorced from her
first husband. She was formerly the
w(fo of Col. Pnrkhurst of Bangor, Mo.
Sho was born In Now Orleans and is
a granddaughter of Capt. Held, n
noted flguro In tho Revolutionary
war, Her marrlago to tho prince was
uttended by romantic features.
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Persons, Places
and Things
PROMOTION FOR GEN. YOUNG
Belief at Washington That He Wll
Be Head of the Army.
Major General S. M 11 Young, now
president of the War College bonrd,
will probably succeed Gen. Miles ai
the lieutenant genera! of the army,
Gen. Miles will icac: the ago o re
tiretueut In August, l'.Hi.'t, and the
president's plan Is belleed to bo to
name Gen. Young as his successor.
Gen. Young has been one of the
distinguished llghteis of the nnny.
and the piesldenl deslies to give liltn
this promotion before ho retires,
which will lie in It'll I.
GIRL WHISTLES CHURCH MUSIC
New York Innovation That Has Met
With Decided Approval.
"Whistling In church? Why not? 11
God gave mo the gift to emulate tho
birds, why should I not ubp It to his
glory?"
These were the questions propound
ed by Miss Loulho Thm, n charming
girl of lit years, who took tho congre
gation by storm In tho Lexington
Avenue llnptlst church at New York.
Miss Tiunx spoke ol her hopes and
ambltloiKi.
"Yes," she said seriously, "I intend
to make whistling the aim of my life.
I have studied method under the best
of teachers, have lecelved encour
agement from Mine. Schumann-Hclnk,
Miss Thursby and other artists of
that class, nnd hnvo refused an offer
of $S,000 a year to whistle with an
opera compnny. I do not wish to go
on the professional stage, but I would
like to whistle In churches. Tho day
will come when whistling in church
will bo no great novelty."
In tho Lexington Avcnuo church
from pastor down tho enthusiasm
over the notes from Miss Truax'H lips
as great. Accompanied by tho soft
est notes of tho organ, tho young wo
man whistled Schumann's "Trau
morel" during the offertory. After
the sermon tho congregation flocked
around her and beg jet! her to whlstlr
another selection. Sho gavo then
tho "Mocking Bird, nnd In tho even
Ing whistled "Tho Flower Song," by
Mendelssohn. Miss Trunx hulls from
Detroit.
Gererosity of Tammany Man.
John J. Scannell, former flro com
mlssloner of New Yon hns mado glad
tho heart of an. rid friend, Gen.
DuBols Brlnkorhoff of Flshkill Land
ing, N. Y by buying nt auction the
general's farm, which was sold tc
satisfy a mortgage. After his pur
chase Scannell snld to tho previous
owner: "Mr. Brlnkerhoff, that farrc
Is yours to stay on as long ns you
live. Order what you want to im
provo it nnd send tho bills to mo."
Bob Flush Lost $2,500.
In a gamo somo years ago In Lex
Ington, Ky., Henry C. White and ex
Congressman W. C. Owens, now prac
Using law In Louisville, wcro th
players. After tho draw, White tak
Ing two cards and Owens one, tin
former bet tho latter $000. Owem
raised White $1,800 and White calleO
tho big bet with throo duces. The
ex-congressmnn only had n bobtail
and White of course raked In th
money.
New Army Paymaster General.
Tho noxt paymaster general of th
navy will ho John Nlnlger Speol o)
Minnesota, at present fleet paymaster
of tho European station on tho Hag
ship Illinois. Speol is 49 years old, t
nephew of Alexander Ramsey of Mln
nesotn, formorly secretary of war, ant
has an excellent record In tho servlco
which ho entered In 187C
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MRS. O'MALLEY RELEASED ON BONDS;
FURTHER. PROCEEDINGS NOT LIKELY
Mrs Aline 12 O'Malley and William
Ilenrln both were held for trial .t
Philadelphia, the former on a charge
of larceny, the man to face arr no
euHutlon of conspiracy The wife
of the Notre Dnme professor was ad
mltted to ball In the sum of $1,200,
the bond being signed by Thomns M.
Daly, president of tho Continental Ti
tle fi Trust Company. Hearln's bonds
were placed at the same amount, but
no friend appeared to sign for him.
Ilenrln Is a handsome, boyish-look-
Matter Made Quite Plain.
A writer In tho Lancet.says the Chi
rago Hecoril-iierald, generously seta
himself to tho task of giving out vnlu
able Information us to the amount of
food one should ent. llo proceeds to
make the matter plain to tho masses
by saying:
"If you deslro to know how much
you ought to cat per diem you must
first determine whether you aro tern
peramentnlly anabolic or katobollc.
Then, taking Itrto account your age,
sex, size, tho amount of exerclso you
get nnd the temperature of the atmos
phere, you should calculato tho
amount of food necessary to maintain
tho minimum weight of your body
consistent with tho best health of
which you aro capable"
Hereafter there should ho no ox
cubo whatever tor overeating or
undorentlng. Tho annbollc should
ho nblo to Jump rrp nnd crack his
heels together nt least four times,
and tho katobollc ought to find It
easy to turn Mpflapj without tho uzo
of the hands. In vlow of tho simplic
ity of tho thing it is surprising that
this whole matter was not disposed
of long, long ago to tho best Interests
of nil concerned.
MINISTER. WU TING FANG RECALLED;
SIR LIANG CHENG HIS SUCCESSOR.
Sir Liang Cheng, formerly secre
tary to Minister Chang Yen Huang,
who wns beheaded In 1900 after bolng
exiled to TurkcBtan, has boon appoint
ed Chineso minister to tho United
Stntes In succession to Wu Ting
Fnng.
Tho new minister Is at prosent sec
retary of tho coronntlon embassy In
England. Ho probably will remain In
London for tho poKtponcd ceremonlos
nnd not go to WnBhlngton until the
fnll or winter, especially as tho presi
dent will bo away until Octobor.
New ministers to Russia, Franco,
and Italy have also been named. Tho
selections for these posts show that
lug young fellow pretty boy blond,
with regulai features and a graceful,'
Might llgure lie leaned over tho
rail and whispered eagerly to Mrs,.
O'Malley, talking with anlmntlnn, tul
If ho wore trying to conrfort nnd on-f
courage her, hut she listened with no
ardent smile and snt with her cyoa on!
the lloor, twirling an envelope around
and around In her hnnds
It Is not thought any further action
will bo taken In the matter, and trial
of tho eases Is unlikely.
Separated by an Obliglrg Man.
On a recent evening as an excur
sion train was leaving Mlddlcport for
Columbus nn nnrurdng sceno was on
ncte.l. A middle aged colored woman with
ii baby was at tho depot awaiting tho
train, her friends held her baby, In
tending to give It to her after she hnd
got abonrd, but before they could get
to her tho train hnd rtnrted. A whlto
man seeing tho predicament sho wan
about to get In stepped off tho roar
conch, grabbed tho infant and Jumped,
ubonrd again.
In tho meantime tho colorod woman
hnd got off tho train, nnd as It was atj
orrco under headway sho was unable
to get ubonrd again. During all this
time tiro gentleman wns holding tho
baby, nnd as tho train rounded the
curve ho was seen on tho platform
with his clrnrgo. Tho babe was left:
at tho next station and returned to its,
mother by another train. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
811k From Wood Pulp.
Silk Is to bn made from wood pulp
by n Philadelphia!), who will use
electrically made carbon blsulphldo
as a solvent.
the dowager empress continues to ro
gard tho diplomatic servlco ns unim
portant. Nono of tho nppolntces Is
of higher than tho bluo button rank,
nnd nono Iras held any Important of
fice. Liang Chen Tung's nppolntmont
pleases tho American state depart
ment. Tho newly nppolntod diplo
mat Is a gradunto of Yale university
and is nblo, dignified and honest. Ho.
Is tho first of tho body of students
sont to Amorlca In tho '70's to rccelvo
recognition befitting their accomplish
merits, tho Chinese officials having
disliked them because of their pro
gressive views.
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