Show I PETERS PEE FUND To Be Invested In Large Sugar Factory A WILLARD STATUETTE LADY HIDTRY SOMERSET EnGAGED EN-GAGED IN JiIODELrnG Severe Punishment of a Number of British Officers at Hythe School of MusketryRemarkable Utterance of the Kaiser Concerning French menAmusements In Metropolis Copyright 115S by the Associated Press London Oct 9Inlluenza has uade its appearance here earlier this season The number of cases this week is the I highest since last winter Fifteen deaths in London are otlichUy attributed attrib-uted to Influenza and there are some aDDrehensions that It will assume epidemic epi-demic form The racing at ewmarket was again the occasion for big society gatherings There was a record attendance at the Cambridgeshlre where lots of money was drooped on the Prince of Wales Nunsuch which was left at the post with Tod Sloan In the saddle The racing fever of the last few weeks called forth Drotests from various var-ious quarters Mr Henry Labouchere in Truth referring to Ted Sloan denounces de-nounces the naUseaous jockey worship which was such a discreditable and idiotic feature of the turf 20 rears ago Lord Russell of Klllowen the lord chIef justice of England In a s1eech has also decried this mania saying They worship this god to such an extent that if Ted Sloan supposing his natlonalty dd not stand In the way ere to become a candidate for Epsom it Is doubtful If the present member would have a chance GEORGE TO ABDICATE According to advices received from thE 5 court of Copenhagen where King George of Greece Is staying after attending at-tending the funeral of the qUeen of Denmark it Is believed there that he will abdicate next spring in favor of the crown prince Constantine and will return to Denmark and settle there per mencntl The birth of a son to PrInce Emanuel Duke of Aosta oldest nephew of the king of Italy was a very Im1ortant I event for the house of Savoy as unless a change of circumstances occurs he I will sit on the throne of Italy It has been assel ted that the crown prince v ittorlo Emanuele prince of Naples who was married Oct 24 1896 to Princess Prin-cess Helena of Montenegro may never have Issue and as the Duke and Duchess Duch-ess of Aosta were married relatively a long time without having children the enemies of the house of Savoy especially es-pecially the clericals diligently spread the idea that the absence of a direct heir after the Prince of Naples was the result of a curse of God nor the u3ur ration of the papal states Anxiety was I beginning to be felt In the royal family of ItalY and the Count of Turin the second nephew of the king was given to understand that he would have to I be married The project however has been stifled by the birth of a son to the Duke and Duchess of Aosta PETERS PENCE IN SUGAR JAn J-An interesting announcement in con section with papal finance has been made by a well Informed newspaper of Rome which says that the vatican authorities au-thorities have decided to invest the Peters pence fund In a large sugar manufactory and it is added there are some mIsgivIngs In Catholic circles as to the wisdom of the vatican again embarking in a speculative undertaking undertak-ing seeing that the last venture resulted re-sulted In the loss of several million lire General Lord Kltchener has been overwhelmed with social invitations I since his return to England but he is disposed to take a rest He has been asked by two English publishing firms to write a book and an American agent bas been trying to get him to consent I to a lecturing tour in the United States But the commander of the Anglo Egyptian forces has declined these propositions I The statement that General Kltch ener served In the French army during the war of 18iOil was confirmed thls I wek by an interview with his steo mother at Dinan She said she had I just reeehed his commIssion In the I British army and went to France on a holiday visit to his father who had settled at Dinan Young Kitchener In spite of the opposition of his father who feared he would lORe his BrItish commission joined the DInan mobiles and set out against the Germans t Laval he ascended In a balloon to reconnoiter re-connoiter the enemys position and caught a severe attack of pleurisy which compelled him to return to DI nan and cut short his career in the French army WILLARD STATUETTE I Lady Henry Somerset who Is living quietly at Eastner castle is occupied in modeling a statuette of the late Miss Frances E Vlllard The talk of military circles next to discussing the prospects of war with France has been an extraordinary affair af-fair at the H the School of Musketry resulting in the severe punishment of 18 out of the SC officers there It appears ap-pears that one of the officers incurred the disgust of his fellow officers by offensive boasting at the expense of a certain lady A number of the I other ollieers at first played a trick upon him as a warnIng and he complained com-plained to the commandant who reprimanded rep-rimanded the culprits The brother officers of-ficers of the objectionable officer thereupon there-upon determined to give him a severe chastisement They went to his room I destroyed all his uniforms and then after having stripped him inflicted corporal punishment Several of the officers who took part In the affair have been dismissed from the school i and others have been punished In va rlous manners The French papers declare that Emperor Em-peror Vllllam made the followIng ut 1 terance durIng hIs visit to Constantinople Constanti-nople The French are extraordinary people peo-ple When you see them separately they are charming hut In a mass they are unbearable They refuse to understand under-stand us If we two were allled we should run the world Never mind I shall end by forcing my friendship on them CHRISTIAN SCIENCE DEATHS The sad circumstances of the death of 11r Harold Frederick the London correspondent of the New York TImes has directed considerable attention upon the Christian Scientists and especially espe-cially upon the kindred sect known as the peculiar people The number of deaths of children among the latter has become unpleasantly large ThIs week a coroners jury found a member mem-ber of this sect guilty of the manslaughter man-slaughter of his son eight months old k i r c I A physician testified that the childs life could have been saved by an ordinary i o or-dinary doctor and It was shown that J Its parents had lost several others of theIr 12 children Inquests were held I on three of them At the theatres during the past week there have been no novelties but there Is great expectancy over comIng productions pro-ductions Henry Arthur Tones The Maneuvers of Jane will be presented at the Ha market tonight with Win I nlfred Emory Cyril Mautle Frederick I Harrison and Gertrude l1r3ston in the I cast Beerbohm Tree will produce The Three Musketeers on Thursday and I Charles jndham will give a new play by Louis Parker and Murray Carson at the Criterion a few days later for which Kyrie Bellew joins the Criterion company At Manchester on Thursday last George Alexander 11rfented Yni ten Friths new play The Man of Forty It vas enthusiastically received I re-ceived 11r Alexander Julie Opp and H D Irving were especially succe ful Sir Henry Inings Illness is more serIous than at first reported He has I already been confined to his bed at Glasgow for a fortnight |