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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 932, 27 September 1910, Page 2

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LONDON'SUMMARY. . "THE LADY WITH THE LAMP." London, August 19. The obituary for the -week-is a long and heavy one, including; as it does, Miss Florence Nightingale, Earl Spencer, Mr. Justice Walton, Earl Amherst, and Sir Fleetwood Edwards. Hies Florence Nightingale, the heroine of the Crimea, died somewhat unexpectedly from heart failure at. the age of ninety. It is more than half a -century since she did the great work—which, .placed her among the greatest women of lier age—of organising the Army nursing. service in the Crimea. The sum of .£50,000 which slie was presented with by the nation as a token of gratitude for her services was devoted by her to the foundation, of. the Nightingale .ome for the Trainng of Nurses.- Jung Edward .made her a member of the Order of' Merit-in 1907, and a'year/later the City of London gave her its freedom. She was a Lady. of. Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem,

■ ABBEY FUNERAL -DECLINED. /' •' The public generally has received with regret the.--.decision of the;.' executors of Miss Nightingale's will to decline the request o£.the Dean of Westminster '■'that the burial should be in the Abbey, for it would, have been the universal, wish' "hat 1 -the remains of Florence Nightingale should have found a resting-place in the national sepulchre of ; the great.. "The: clause in her will, however, was so explicit in the request for a private, and simple .funeral: that, much as the executors would shave, liked , to have' a.cceded to; the; public sentiment in/ the matter, they felt that- they would have been entirely disregarding her wishes if they had consented to the change. . The fact that the honour was • offered, however, is -in itself a matter for satisfaction, and the Dean and Chapter are to be congratulated on their prompt action.

■ . THREE NOTABLE. DEATHS Mr. Justice Walton; who died suddenly ait his residence, Shingle : Street. near Woodbridge, Suffolk, had a distinguished career at Iho Bar, and .was. a-great. authority- on; commercial law. The death also is announced- ;of'Earl : Amherst, a Crimean .. veteran, who, as Viscount Hblmesdale, sat as a Conservative in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1880.: Another, notable death to be chronicled is that of Sir Fleetwood Edwards, • who was the Sergeant-at-Arms in- the House• of Lords. ~Fot; some years he was Keeper bf the Privy Purse and Groom-in-Waiting to, Queen Victoria; . .The , Grand :Cross of the Royal Victorian, Order was conferred upon him in' 1901'iiv recognition of nis devoted services.

. THE LATE.. EARL SPENCER. Earl Spencer, :the veteran' .statesman, 'died at Althorpe Park, his seat in Northamptonshire, after a. long illness on Saturday. Pew. statesmen can' claim so long a record "of public service as Earl' Spencer,' "who was . undoubtedly : one of the' most, prominent political leaders nf the Victorian Era. Ilis official life .extended' over -.tha' greater, part, of. the last half of the/nineteenth; century; his most distinguished'.services to his countrv. being 'rendered in the offices of Lord lieutenant of Ireland aid First Lord of tho Admiralty.. His tenure of the,-.lrish" office' .was. tought. with the" greatest .'anxiety, and difficulty, ; and -he-" was,an eye-witness bf the Phoenix Park.murder. 1 ,: When Mr.. Gladstone'' retired', from tho Premiership in,lB9A Earl Spencer. was regarded as. a Eossiblo- successor, but the mantle fell on ord Roscbery. -■ :•• •

. KING EDWARD . MEMORIAL. V ;Abiong .thb many:'interesting proposals mad-a for tho King Edward VII. memorial ito be erected in: London,• none.' perhaps is' more interesting; than: the scheme put .forward'by C. E. I). Black,-formerly of the, India Office. Shortly, Mr." Black proposes to build an Indian: museum on ■the site adjoining .that- for' the'new-'County.; Hall.' At the present ho, Indian museum exists as a.separate'entity,''and'th'c:schenie ! would make good a,lamentable i deficicncyj The building, . according: to. the, drawings, will 'he of/the; Gujerati "style, of' architecture,? and' it: is "suggested, - that .'the. external, portion should be /executed- by; Indians with "Indian materials,, while the shell -would be constructed by Englishmen. The length of the building would be about 870. feet, tho brtadth 210 feet, tho height 130 feet, and tho area 157,251 square:'feet, exclusiveof' Corridorsand staircases. The .cost of the'-.: Indian .Museum would be:: between. .£700,000 •;. and XSOO.OOO. . ;' V, : : - v

. ANGLO-GERMAN INSTITUTE. As a memorial to King Edward VII, Sir Ernest Cassel; : the famous financier, proposes, under the patronage" of " the. Kingi, Queen, and the Queen-Mother, aiid of the German. Emperor and Empress, to.', establish an Anglo-German Institute, -.with , tho 'object; of facilitating employment, for,, and'.'rendering assistance ito, workers .iof . English' nationality in 'Ge.rmahy and of German, nationality in;Eng; land. A fund of 000 will be provided to start iho .undertaking, the details of. which' are now'feeing elaborated. . Sir Ernest's most/celebrated work was, perhaps,.- the; financingof;-the' Assouan' dam iu 1898.. ■ '' - . .

; "EMPEROR OP- THE BRITISH." ' In connection 'with a proposal made recently in, the "Daily Express"; that tho. ■ shohld proclaim-himself Emperor of the British, th«e expressions of opinion havek beeiv :receired from' wellknown Canadians:—The Mayor of Montreal, Dr. Guerin: <f I heartily agree . : in this. proposal. I' think' the Coronation Oath should' be. changed. in a manner, that. it would: be;-necessafy for-:thfe- King to proclaim' himself King not\only, ;;of England, Ireland, etc., but pf.ohe and.all! of his colonics.. . -They should* named, and '.enumerated-just as England itself ' Jj" The of Toronto,-Mr. :G.- ;E.:; Geary j V "I am • sure such: action ;would not be contrary to the wishes";of 'the people, in. Canada.". The Mayor, of Halifax, Mr. J. A. Ctnsholm: "I am unable to see' any advantage in the cliange." : Tlie Mayor' of- St. John, _ N.B.y Mr. J. H. ! Frink": '"If. it is the King's opinion that (lie Imperial spirit can bo intensified; by the',' addition of 'Emperor of the British' to tha.t already proclaimed, I.'feel' that it will .be jnost. acceptably received by, his loyal subjects hero." .-' , r v '::r LOSS OP ~£3,000,G00. -•' British exhibitors at the.-Brussels Exhibition have suffered losses estimated, at i£B,ooo,ooo' through' the fire-' which-destroy-ed ..the British and Belgian sections .of the Exhibition. ' The fire, which took its rise in. the Belgian' section; is: believed: to have been caused by one. of the watchinen_smokihg whileon duty.. While'the Belgian' exhibitors, have sufcred badly,' it j is; the British .who have comb "'off the' worst. Carvings by ' Grinling; Gibbons, Tudor panelling, and antique furniture,' ancient tapestryj and.-priceless pottery,, jewellery, and editions de luxe have been utterly destroyed, The British Government has asked the Belgian Government to appoint a joint committee of experts to inquire into the: fire,: and to place, the responsibility with-a view to recovering the value of the property which has been destroyed. The British insurance companies, it is believed, will be heavy losers by the disaster. • .113 MILLION COINS MINTED. ; - According to the annual report of the Mint for t'ho year 1909 113 million coins were struck during the! year, or 13 mil-, lions less than in the previous year. There was an increaso in the number of sovereigns minted, as also iii the number of half-crowns, florins, shillings, and six-penny-pieces. Of pbnee and : hnlf-penco there was a considerably smaller number struck, but the number of farthings was inoro than doubled. The. total weight of the bronze coins minted was 250 tons. A now sc. coin was struck for Ceylon : during the year, and in order to; prevent confusion with 'tlio Indian coin of the same -weight fi square - coin with rounded edges was adopted. : Tho Mint inado a profit of ,£85,950 on the -year'sworking. ' • A : ROMANTIC JOURNEY. A romantic sequel to the death of Lieutenant Boyd Alexanddl', tho famous explorer, who was killed by natives in the State of Wadai, in Central Africa, in

May last, lias occurred. This is the roy< ago now being undertaken', by his fiascee, 1 ,the daughter of 'Sir Reginald : 'late Permanent Under-Secretary for Sc.ci-. land, and granddaughter of the late. Earl,7 • of Iddesleigh, with the object of niacins a memorial upon, her dead sweetheart's ■ grave. The mission ..which she has im- ,-; posed uppn herself, involving, as it. does '-ii a long journey to Lake Chad, seemed so hazardous that her' friends endeavoured . to persuade her to abandon it. ...Butno- : .j|thing could move her from her 1 • || and this week she set sail, .taking with • .'; her a handsome marble cross to be .erected : j . , over, the grave. If ; accomplished, - the :. *f; '. journey will be one which no white wo- V man has previously' achieved. ' . : : i ; ;

KING OF THE KIEURBS. V i The African explorer, Mr. John Boyes, :.'i who left his native city of Hull eight years-.-'i; >) ago, has.recently returned/ Leaving.. Hull -ji> to go to . sea at the age of thirteen. Mr. .-■'<}'. Boyes went to Africa for .the'first time in x 189G, and .he went'", through, the Matabelo campaign. Later, he was made : king:ovcr > tribe of savages,, called the; Kikurus,and reigned ..over ,them ■ fpr - three ■ years, . when he' resigned his regal jposition'be^ : .' cause of difficulties with the British Gov- ' - eminent. In .1902 ho. came back to England for a sliort holiday, and then, returned to: British East Africa, and tra-: vF veiled twelve hundre'd niilcs over desert-- : conntry between -Abyssinian and: British':?.; .. Last Africa, suffering: considerable, priva- , lack .of. water,. v He states v. that he is. the sccond white man to cross this region,', tho, first-beingT.-Lord Uelamere. 6750 FEET ABOVE EARTH '. \A new world's record-has been establish-• ed at Lanark by Mr. Drexel,.a young aviator, rose on his. monoplane to 'a - height of 6750 feet, or more thkn a mile • and-a quarter. After he reached a;height -' of 6000 feet, Mr. Drexel states,the air became intensely; cold, .but he 110. difficulty until, a .height'.of .s7oo'Sfeet ". had been recorded by his barograph. Thenfour.minutes..were* occupied"in ascending -;V .:. another. 50 feet. As liis stock of-.lubricat-ing .oil was almost exhausted, he. decided;; 1 , to descend., To his surprise,, he icould see-; nothing bnt clouds beneath him," although"; he turned ,in ;all . directions. ;.' de- .'; scending slowly for some, time,-he" saw;a lake, and he alighted-'on a.moof near its; - f. ■ shore. .'previous highest flight' was ' Mr.:Brodkins, at: Atlantic City-:. - U.S.A., who roso G175. feet.' • • .:.

BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY. V A distinct forward movement' has Beea ; taken at Kidderminster in-,'tiie-Establish-ment of a;beet, sugar factoy.- 5 The exp'Vri-; mentalj stage has been; passed,.' now definitely stated:that a ■ factory cap-' able-'of-dealing-with 30,000'!tonSv6ff ; .bbl?, rm. ■ '•■ season will 'at once",be 1 erected. v Ihav capital ; to- be ./raisedvis"" i £Bo,ooo,- ; of: ~wi]l;;be'needed' for, the: machinery,''which": will"include V;a 'dryinginstaUation;. - the buildings'will costand the'.remainder, of .the capital ■will be needed to work the.concern..'- The founders' company .'has': been': fully established, and many ; agriculturists' in tershire have , entered.' into ; contracts to' now the beet..-; Kidderminster will:thu3: take , the lead in England 'in establishing' a fully-equipped: beet: sugar'factorv. It is.. officially .declared that • the E'nglish climate will, produce-morei beet^per 'acre than in.-any pr.rt oL Gernvdny, and the-, yield of 'sugar is 'also, much greater, from 1 the roots.'.."

A STRANGE ADVENTURE. A curious-tale is told.by Mr. Adam :C Matthews,; a well-known- credit;':draper; -of ; Swansea,' who has just returned to , his . town . after a mysterious': disappearance, : : : which has'. puzzled 'all his - friends." Mr. '• Matthews; who. has; owned'; a - number • .of: celebrated-: to attend the'llorsoShowat Olympia.' : - whero ho won several prizes. One-night . .. . afteK-the show he. remembcred 'a business appointment at-a well-known cafe, where ' he came,;.into . .contact ;.with J some peopla ■ ho..lidd;,not.'mfe't.-prenflusly>siH6^belieV« , -:-;.'s'K ; --' ho was given • drugged wine,''for he has •' lost. ._an- of',tho.;evehts of -the- :;. : - evening; ' and' when helrecoyered himself y* '■ ' found" .that- he was>penriiless: bh. a lir.er. • •' bound,-for New York.. . In .the United ? ' Stateiihe ; .and ■ got j; .into',/ communication, jv^th' his::f? • ; . 'friends "at ■ hbme.-« "'firsl:''lett«rs : / ; ;ho received jwas, one, from tlie official ro- S-: ; ' ceiyer/ info^niihgOhim. that ;a ;mc£tjng' ofi £<•- his..cr^itors':WpWd:shortly' place.'.relation "had fortunately'sent r him'somemoney, and' ha was enabled, to return.'': ■ home to face his creditors. XI,OOO,OOO;A:MiLE;yv/-#■ ,/>V A quarter of;a niilo of "tube" railway; . is: about to be constructed from- tho Bank • to. Liverpool Street Station,; at a cost of.'- . ,£250,000, or at the rate of. a million J, pounds a mile. ;It is to bo ready, in':: eighteen, months; Tho; new lino will !»;'• .'••• an extension of the Central London Rail- . . way, and will .bring tho Great Eastern Railway terminus and;; Broad- Street i - tiori^sto.into':.dir^t-:touch'--"\ntt;tli6iwholei:>:'.'"i. v -v tube railway, system of London. : It is hoped : to substitute - moving' stairways fony. tho, lifts: at-, the ,Liverpool-.Street'-end tho tube. This would provide continuous - , descending and asccnding slides, on which, passengers would merely liave to: stand • in order to be taken, up or down. , - ;-' VICAR'S MARRIAGE. .: The Rev. Edward: Christopher Hudson^l/3'' vicar of Sutton Cheney, 'Leicestershire,J... . . has been inhibited by: the Bishop of ' « Peterborough for contracting a'scconcLf marriage'- in; remdrkablo ; The; facts, is-vunderstbod; low Mrs; Hudson left her' husband in./-;;-, ; .May, 1905, when he was a. curate at Sheffield.. He .married againrni the; Scottish;' , fashion at Hinckley last •mbritlt:">: ActionjK; v :: was taken, and . the Bishop's '-inhibition.; - : was therre'sult. : Mr.^Hudson,'iih;:a'.letteii"; r to\ the Bisliop, ,claims;the;right;td: many •'. • again because;: ho has endured 'desertion'■; ~ - for. more; ' than fivb; years, andliis .. boy.} 1 ' >y : needs one to;:take a mother's place. Ho ; says,: "The time has come when- f the ;in-:;'V: v.x . horeht.Tand: Scriptural' nghts;'of-:inanlandl:. :r: :■;> to -helpful and happy marriage; l fcrjwhich; ; end !it;was jOrdainei, must be no: longer '• denied. V No; human' being lias the; right to: force the continuanco of. an unhappy;...'.union upon his fellow creatures."—"Stan.'. : dard of Empire." '. . ;:"V: