Show IRISH ARE SATISFIED British Local Government Bill Meets Their Favor THE AFRICAN WAR SCARE DID NOT LAST AS LONG AS THE CHINA WAR Pious Prince Oscar of Sweden As a Y IlL C A Missionary Sale of the American Cemetery at Jerusalem Jeru-salem Has Shocked Religious Britain Washington Birthday LeveeGossip London Feb 26 Copyrighted iSIS by the Associated PressThe West African war scare of a week ago has crumbled hardly leaving an echo If there is any fighting it will be on the initiative of the Royal Niger company which proposed that any French troops in the companys territories shall be ejected immediately by the companys troops which Captain Luggard commands com-mands The company unlike the government gov-ernment has a comparatively freehand free-hand being in the position of an individual indi-vidual ejecting trespassers from his property and the officials of the company com-pany say they intend to act vigorously IRISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT The Irish local government bill on the whole is received with general favor fa-vor by Irishmen in the house of commons com-mons so much so that the members on Monday seemed to be basking In the millenium Messrs Dillon Healy and Redmond find themselves more in accord ac-cord than for years past Mr Redmond in conversation with a representative I of the Associated Press said The bill so far as it goes is satisfactory satis-factory It places the management of all purely local affairs absolutely in the hands of the people Of course it Is not a substitute for home rule On the contrary if It works well it will be a powerful weapon in our hands tofor ward home rule It will prove that our people are capable of government themselves them-selves with good sense and toleration A conference of the Irish members of all parties on Tuesday unanimously decided to place the conduct of the question this year in the hands of Mr Redmond who has given notice of a motion raising the question of Irish overtaxation in the budget PIOUS PRINCE OSCAR Prince Oscar of Sweden second son of the king of Sweden and Norway made his first appearance on Sunday last asa as-a mission preacher for the Young Mens Christian association of Stockholm His wife also addressed the audience which numbered about 20DO people Both the prince and princess speak fluently I and simply The London social season was officially offi-cially opened with the Princess of Wales levee on Tuesday and the queens drawing room yesterday Her majesty as usual only received the diplomats ard a few persons having the entree leaving the rest to the Princess of Wales The Liberal newspapers are full of i denunciations of the doings of the Duke of SaxeCoburg and Gotha and his journeying from Malta to Alexandria on HMS Surprise when he donned his admirals uniform necessitating the I hoisting of the standard the fleet saluting luting and the duke being constituted I senior officer of the station to the great disgust of those who consider the auke to be a foreign prince with honorary rank in the British navy although he is Duke of Edinburgh and second son of the Queen of England The Sultan of Morocco In order to rearm re-arm his army with modern weapons is sending large portion of his unrivalled collection of guns tf > Germany and Eng land for sale SHOCKED PIETY Truth has been asked to expose what is said to be a scandal in regard to the sale of the American cemetery at Jerusalem Jeru-salem by the American Presbyterian board of foreign missions The sale is alleged to have been made in order to replenish the coffers of the board and secrecy it is added was observed because II cause the sale was contrary to Turkish I laws 1 I Friends of Englishmen whose remains had been buried there are said to have protested to the state department at I I Washington to the American minister at Constantinople and to the foreign I i office but it is said they have been unable i able to obtain redress and now ask the newspapers to ventilate the matter I mat-ter I terThe late Signor Nicolini left the sum of 100000 to his widow Adeltni Patti I and to his three children by his first marriage Madame Patti however has I renounced the legacy I The queen seems to be enjoying wonderfully I won-derfully good health She walks better I than she did at the time of her jubilee WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY LEVEE The American society held a Wash ingtons birthday reception at the Grafton Graf-ton Galleries on Tuesday Mr and Mrs Henry White In the absence of Colonel John Hay the United States ambassador and Mrs Hay received and many prominent people were In attendance at-tendance The change of weather to cold and raw with snow etc has not checked the epidemic of measles which has mainly attacked grownup people During the past week over 20 balls and receptions have been postponed in consequence con-sequence of the epidemic and several schools have been closed for the samE reason The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough Marlbor-ough will start in a few days on a tour of Italy which will last several 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