Show olin BRITISH COUSINS Gossip Connected With the Social it Functions of New Year THE ADORATION OF TITLES II I 1 I I BBITISHEHS CONTEMPT FOR I THEM nrSINCERE Stupendous Capital Floated For Enterprises En-terprises Last Year Klondike Absorbed 8750000 Windfalls of the YearTrack Winners Health of the Gladstones London Jan LCopyright 1S9S by ths Ass iated PressThe year opened spLAl1ke with a bright sun and there is mans instances where flowers are blooming bloom-ing in gardens in the south of England Th > complaints of shopkeepers which ar > universal are attributed to the baneful bane-ful influence of the jubilee festivities The numerous country house parties also thinned the number of west end purchasers purchas-ers It queens New Years gifts to the poor of tt JHisor were distributed today at the rid s school at the castle There were mar i 1000 recipients and about 4 < WO pr L as of beef and 100 tons of coal were dispensed lh > prince and pnnces of Wales and Priiu ess Victora of Wales started Mon aa > to pay a weeks visit to the duKe and duchess of Devonshire at Chatsworth The nrince and princess will occupy the rojaf apartments in the west wing and thA mansion fountains and cascades will lu illuminated nightly There will be ti tricals in which Lady Randolph 14 hurt hill will take part balls and other entertainments The marriage or Lady Anne Coventry si ond daughter of the earl of Coventry I tj Prince Dhulep Singh will take place or Jan 4 Th Tnitad States ambassador Colonel JV 1 n Hay and Mrs Hay are visiting the earl ft Crewe who was thrown from his hjrs vhile hunting with the Cheshire ounds on Monday last sustaining a xriccure of the collar bone and injuries about the head The Daily Chronicle says the late due h ss of Took left debts to the amount of ij000 150000 mostly household exp ex-p ns The expenditure at the unite Ldg which was the residence of the Ti Its exceeded it appears the duchess llr T ane 5000 25000 by 2000 10000 farl > Whether the effects of the duchess will be sold to meet the deficit depends upon whether the government will apply to parliament for funds to meet the cmerirtncv cmerirtncvINSINCERE BOAST Juicing from the new Lebretts peerage the Britishers boasted contempt for foreign for-eign tide is only affectation as 14 members mem-bers of the royal house hold foreign titles while those of lesser rank are thick than blackberries In this connection con-nection it is interesting to note that the jubilee was a record year for the be stoxsals of honors which totalled up 577 The charitable bequests of the year also toppid the record totalling up 2000000 Si i ooo 000 > Without the Wallace collec tin bequeathed to the nation seven testators tes-tators aggregated 1000000 55000000 in charity STUPENDOUS CAPITAL AL great number of companies were floated during the past month making the total capital offered In 1897 1SSiiOOooo < < y > xu 000 the largest amount since lSSl The foreign government leans aggregated roughly 10MO000 S50000000 > India and colonies 11000000 70000000 breweries and distilleries 17000000 87500000 entertainment en-tertainment 200000 10000000 cycling s < 0000 10000000 > hotels 3oooOOO 15 8750000 Oft oiii Klondike 1750000 American railroads 4000000 rM000000 mines 23250000 66250000 and industrials indus-trIals and miscellaneous 32oOO000 iu BOuuOOi SOME WINDFALLS A chancery lane lawyer contributes an annual letter to the press in regard to the windfalls of the year among the missing heirs and legatees many of whom are beuVitd to be in America Among others fortunes aro awaiting W G Clement who went to California in 1SCS James Moffatt who entered the United States navy in ISO tile descendants of John White the first attorney general of upper Canada C E Savles who went to America in 1879 and Joseph Pickup of Wisconsin The will of the late Alfred Nobel the Swedish chemist and expert in high ex San Remo Italy on plo = i d who died at lf > c > 9 1SS6 has been proved The personality per-sonality is valued at 34093 2170465 Among the legatees is Alfred Hammond of Waterford Tex who receives 2000 iSiniOO About half the estate goes to relatives and the remainder is invested the interest annually to be divided into five prizes of about 2000 10000 each PHILANTIIROPHY Prizes one two and three are to be awarded to the persons making the most important discoveries in physics chemistry chemis-try physiology or medicine Prize fou is to be given to the person making the best literary contribution upon the sub I iect of physiology or medicine and prize mo is to be awarded to any person who has achieved the most or done the best thngs looking to the promotion of the cause of peace throughout the world These prizes which are all open to any nilsons anywhere In the world will be tf ov j ided by the various Swedish academics acade-mics except the prize for the propagation or peace which is left in the hands of a committee which is to be elected by the Ncr Gian parliament TRACK WINNERS The conclusion of the French racing se iv > n rinds M Menier of chocolate fame at the top of the list of winners with 36 I 10 1 The next Is the Vicomte de Harcourt 17 IllIG Then comes Baron Schickler with r > iJO Among the owners of French siernlechasers Mile Mars the actress leads with 14000 Sir Thomas and Lady Hasketh formerly Miss Florence Sharon ot San Francisco have taken Barretstown Kldare for the remainder of the season Lady Hasketh mnii > a brilliant debut with the Kildare hunt She finished In the front ranks pnd at the end of a Wminutes run i DRAMATIC SCENE There was a dramatic scene at the National I Na-tional Liberal club on Wednesday In the midst of the speeches the chairman called UJUIl 3Ir Gladstone to make speech ana a phonograph immediately gave an extract fro mthe statesmans last speech in tne house of lords The words were clearlv heard Mr Gladstone said IV Is not for the commons to pronounce I judgment on the subject There Is a higher authority than the commons It is the judgment of the nation which in the I last report must decide An immense outburst of applause greeted greet-ed the repetition of these memorable sentences sen-tences GLAD TOKES HEALTH There are disquieting reports regarding Mr and Mrs Gladstones health They > attended church at Christmas and app i I ap-p Ared to be most feebfe Mrs Gladstone I had to be led to the communion table while Mr Gladstone was compelled to cling to the choir stalls on his way there Mr Gladstones sight is worse On leaving leav-ing the church he failed to see his carriage car-riage which was only two yards off It is reported that Herr Richter the Weilknown conductor of Vienna exnects accept in 1S9S a longstanding offer of a tour of the United States |