Show FROM THE OLD WORLD doings in the capital of great britian PRETTY she came near giving up the A sensation in the ahnne of commons german politics LoN DONJune 25 awal the princess louise opened a bazaar this afternoon at sandown park in aid of the funds of the esber department of eeerg the bazaar will be conducted by the duchess of albany lady toley jadv emma talbott lady bretsc and lay butt an examination for Cadet ships at the military Culle sf sandhurst began today there aro to he awarded of which are for the tr fifteen for the cavalry and five for the west india regiment A limited number of commissioners in the royal marine light infantry are also offered for competition secretary whitnea who has been via atine his daughter mrs jooeph cham ber lain sailed to dav for ow york in the majestic of par diament li ament mr and mrs chamberlain will visit the united states oxford university to dav conferred he honorary degree of D C R upon henry M stanley the african explorer on going to her hotel from the theatre last sarah bernhardt unable to sleep decided to take chloral bv mistake she took physicians were summoned and found her apparently dying after four hours of hard work she was out of d ingar in the commons last night asked the speaker to rule on the anes tion whether there was any precedent for an carmark car mark licensing fund the speakers reply created a sensation he made a ions speech giving an opinion that there waa no precedent for nirh a fund to allor allo r an earmarking ear marking license fund to accumulate as the government proposed he was a crave innovation which the house itself ought to decide upon the ruling was re with opposition cheers afar further dehat ft fhe ministers re tirel to discuss the speakers decision lords hartington and chamberlain advised te cabinet to broo droo the clances cla N definite conclusion conc luion was arrived at j but it is understood that ritchie goschen have recognized the 1 of retaining the clauses and will allow them to he dropped while retain in e their portfolios on returning to the henap rath aken t ha c further consideration of the licensing hill he postponed to give the government time to consider the speakers ruling he promised a de casion next thursday baiges for li girls PARIS june 23 special the prefect of the seine announces that a sum of money amounting to francs has been bequeathed to the city of paris bp one pascal favale the interest of anich is to be used to furnish i dowries to young women from the ages i of 16 to 25 who must be of good repute and natives of paris the claims must be submitted to the mayor each year before october ast 1st A antl at anns lintn COLUMBIA S 0 anne 25 special dr william weston ray and mr frank H weston foucht a duel at arms length in the center of the principal street in columba his afternoon they are two as aa pro young men as there are in this section dr ray is a practicing physician and of excellent family weston is of the pame stand 1 ing ab the law partner of 1 0 marshall secretary of state and u one of the city magistrates the men are first cousin recently recent lv had a misunderstanding about a personal matter the feeling grew bitter and this evening they metin front of the city hall they drew self cock ing revolvers and exchanged shots then walking into the middle of the street each seized the other by the arm and fired until both weapons were empty dr ray was shot ne ir the temple and weston was shot through the left breast and in the thigh near groin the wounds are net dangerous the clothing if both men were scorched by fire from the powder jaffs A model constitution framed for the whole people similar to that ol 01 tie united stata rio maninno JA Ninno june 25 special the new constitution has been elaborated by some of the most notable jurist consult and specialists of brazil und erthe immediate of the minister who 1 erti represents in a fair measure the talent and experience f the conn try this constitution will be the fundamental law of the land onla after the constituent assembly shall have an it approval is not likely to be withheld lonar aa all ft el the necessity of legalizing the government just as soon as pos bibie after the decreeing of the there shall be an election for senators ann deputies sixty three of the form r three for each state and federal district binl of the latter according to aaion tha two chambers will meet and begin their legislative labors together in a constituent capacity imme after the first regular session ind election elic tion of presiding officers the provisional government will place in heir haidn the functions of government exercised latter since the change on november last and the assembly will at once select the new of plate who will then to a regular cabinet ci binet of min iteM then the assembly will revise the con n and afterward promulgate it as revised subsequently the two chambers will assume their respective functions as regular legislative bodies the following are principal ideas contained in taft constitution ceases brazil i loats the american of a re executive wilh re only to him and the people fhe first election of th president ill be in november next by congress bat he nest official will stab lyA that these 1 c iou subsequently shall be I 1 me ius of alie people seln el ciora in proportion to their delaga auns to cengr bs each sta e has parate of it electors on tl s ine lay and on the s ime hour if i 0 st shall abiam an absolute ni ity af the conegp coe gp then cou iese ddll elect choosing arm hi tareo persons who may leave the garses of votes after this in case m ne is yet elected Cony shall arain a rain vote dropping the thial nann and voting for the two who have the l agest number af buies so eliat th president elect shall have an absolu t of the buies cast the pread dent ahall be elected ajr and ahall be ineligible for the neat ten years succeeding succeed ins hia term c f office the secretaries of stats are ineligible for the presidency aurini their term of office the of the vice president of the republic in case of the absence or deach of the president his office friall be filled by the vice pres ident next by the speaker of the house t representatives next by the vice president of the senate and lastly by the supreme tribunal of justice A BIG STRIKE T trade entirely oa the illinois 1000 sen bait flork Cn CAGO anne 25 special one thousand freight conductors brakemen and switchmen of the illinois central last night followed by three hundred passenger trainmen this morning not is turning on the road here everything is quiet the strike is for the usi barge of an obnoxious superintendent Rus the ro instatement of two minor officials this afternoon ordered all branches of the road in sin aud iowa tied up it is said that not a wheel moving north of the ohio river tle men insist on the dismissal of russel whose tion extends over the lines in illinois iowa and wisconsin they have many grievances against him were discharged by him as mentioned in these dispatches lacot night the men did not wish to be held responsible for interfering with the united states mails or express matter and consequently attached a mail and express car to lie line of the new orleans m it train today to day the general super however refused to stan the train until passenger coaches were ati ta clied and the strikers warned him that he detained the mail and express at the companas comp anys lisk general manager beck and general superintendent sullivan had a conference with the strikers this afternoon the meu stated a determination not to return to work until kussel was dismissed the only concan rion arrived at was that the company would resist the mens d mands alie tie ap will cause serious not only locally local lv but j a large section of country west and south the suburban tha road Is enormous the largest in the united states trains run in and out of the city every few minutes from 5 in the morning until and are crowded all these people many of whom live bp yond rable car limits are now thrown upon their own resources for transportation butt is not this that will trouble the commercial world to stop the freight traffic of the illinois central means to present thousands of northern iowa southern illinois kentucky tennessee mississippi and louisiana from getting their products to market A gernia army bil BEBLIN barse 25 special in a spirited debate in reichstag today to day over the army bill chancellor von caprisi caprivi declared the federal government would neither drop the bill nor accept an amendment the federal government could not agree to curtail the service hut ne was authorized to say that a much larger number of men would be placed on the retired list in the autumn the empress augusta victoria who is now quite recovered from her attack of nett lerash left today to day with her family for deniso for stanley NEW YORK june 26 special sarah bernhardt according to a london special printed here has fallen platonically in love with henry M stanley being que tinned as to her infatuation she at to the feeling 1 I feel a purely artistic though intense for the hero of africa she said 1 I think him the greatest of dpn I 1 adore dimand have every pho of him that has been published in every possible attitude I 1 would jump at the chance to accompany him to the heart of africa and if he would I 1 only ask me I 1 would gladly go through all he has suffered if he kioes I 1 go also |