The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-27


OF swindiing were ai.eged 70 have been
committed In the club itself the victims
being inexperienced amateur gamblers.
Burgomaster Borden of Chaudfontaine was
accused of assisting in foisting this club
on a falacIous public on the plea that IL
was a good speculation for the municipal
ity, but really from motives of self inter-
est. These allegations were followed by
the serving upon lie Petit B,eu of writs
Ior pn libel by Burgomaster Bergel, by NJ.
Bansastreiber, one OF the presidents Of the
Chaudfontaine Club, by Romulus de Mar
cello, managing director of the club, and
finally by the English Chaudfontaine Club
claims 1000 francs damages and the 9TH
ers each 5000 prancs. There is good rea-
son to believe that before these actions can
be commenced before the civil tribunal
az Liege, where they have been set for
trial, Bansastreiber, Marcelli and the
others connected In the mana cement of
the. club will be in a prison for their Grim
inal actions, but Berdens suit will doubt
less oe tried In due course, and M. Harry
promises plenty of interesting revelations
AS for the English company. II is be-
yond doubt bogus affair, formed solely
70 enable the issue of 25-franc shares, a
gian or French law. The company has
never been registered in England and its
only London habitation Is a small room in
ever seems to use. BY way of a bluff,
however, the company has issued notices
70 lts swindled shareholders to attend a
meeting in London next Monday. This
meeting will be the first ever held by The
company, but the meeting place is not
stated. 1t can scarcely be held in the
small room aforesaid, because that is not
large enough TO swing cat in. Despite
thls uncertainty, however, a number of
the FRENCH and Belgian shareholders ar
rived in London to-day, apparently DOS
sessed with some vague hope of Getting
the directors of the company arrested on
@ @the spot, and then of wreaking summary
whom the infuriated shareholders are par
on, is a self-styled doctor, log n@H1s Vioz
tor Garbould, who has figured largely
on the prospectuses Of other club docu-
! ments 3 a distinguished English physi-
clan ana medical adviser to the Princess
OF wales. This has been varied OCCASION
ally and Garbould has been alternatively
described as the private medical adviser
70 the Princess Louise, Queen Victoria's
daughter. Garboulds name, however
does not appear upon any medical regis
ter In this country, and it is needless
70 say that neither princess knows any,
thing or him. Likely as not, he Is an
lmag nary person invented by certain
shady Belgians, who are the real promot-
ers ana owners OF the Chaudfontaine Club.
. AS to the position OF affairs in Belgium
itself the government has been moved TO
take action. Several cercles prves have
been summarily closed and their mana
gers are awaiting trials on various charges.
a number of foreigners of doubtful rep
utation have been expelled from the coun-
try, and there has been a demonstration
OF sauVe qulp peut feeling among the mu-
nicipal officers implicated in the scandal
who are anxious to rid themselves OF all
connection with these clubs. But good
deal more than this will have to be done
il Belgium is to be thoroughly purged
The independent traders of Liverpool
nave long been jealous Of the exclusive
trading rights enjoyed by the Royal Niger
Company on the west coast of Africa. This
Ieellng has found vent in various
, forms and the latest is a strong protest
TO Lord Salisbury against the formidable
expedition the Niger Company has organ
ized and which is now being mobilized at
sonny. This document reveals on au-
thorlty OF James P1nnock, former direc-
tor OF the Niger Company, the real OBJ
Ject OF the expedition, about which so
much secrecy has been maintained. He
declares that the goal of the expedition
is the Nupe country and though the at
tack is being made with the ostensibie OBJ
Ject or putting down slavery, It is more
than limited that the real object in view is
nothing short of a robbers raid, a repeti-
tlOn or the Jameson invasion of the Trans
vaal, only that instead of the Boer ii is
the despised negro who is to be attacked
Ihe Nupe country Is part of the great
SOckatoo empire in which the cavalry
force alone amounts to $4,000 men, while
the infantry are almost countless While
on the river with their armed boats and
maxims, the Niger forces viii be able to
take care OF themselves, but should they
attempt to penetrate the country and be
attacked IN broken ground then the COM
plete annihilauon of the Niger men is
clearly prophesied by M. Pinnock. There
are 20 English officers serving with the
expedition, and what Liverpool Is asking
is IL these men are wiped out which seems
quite probable is the English government
going to send an aVenging expedition to
bolster up the waning prestige of the
Niger Company? What some other
thoughtful men outside Of Liverpool are
asking is, if the British government can
lend itself to the game of spoliation at
the suggestion of this chartered company,
what amount of credence can be attached
to its reputation Of eompliclty IN the
Jameson raid? The attack is as unwar-
rantable In one case as In the other. 1t
is said that the political agent of the Nj
ger Company, one Wallace, was formerly
second engineer on board a small steamer
on the Niger, and It is solely upon this
mans representations that the raid has
II is announced from Newcastle-on-Tyne
that the Hon. Charles Algernon Parsons
tronomer, Earl Rosse, has invented q new
marine motor, which, as the phrase goes
will revolutionize steam navigation. Mr..
firm and an eminently practical man, and
he and his firm have sufficient confidence
IN the invention. 70 put their money into
il. The motor is an adaptation OF the
Turbine system, and It is already beyond
the stage of experiment. A torpedo boat
built and fitted with 4, and named Tur-
Tyne She is similar to a nrst-class tor
pedo boat She Is 100feet long over an ana
feet beam with a displacement of forty
two tons. Her engines weigh only four
and a half tons, and are placed right at
the bottom Of the vessel against her skin
She attained the enormous speed of 1916
knots, or "a miles an hour. and this was
obtained from only one water tube boiler
with LOO square feet of heating surface
and 42 square feet Of CRATE surface, with
furnaces fired fore and aft from two
closed stoke holds. The propeller was
driven at the rate Of 2,400 revolutions per
minute, which was more than three times
the highest rate heretofore attained in
marine propulsion. The Turbinla's boiler
pressure is 225 pounds per square inch.
and the pressure at the turbines. I'D
pounds. Some years ago the Hon Charles
Parson applied the steam turbine system
as motor where high speeds We're nee
essary, as in electrical machinery but II
has taken him years to overcome the
numerous difficulties I'm the way OF appli-
cation to marine propulsion. The New
castle Chronicle, IN an inspired article on
the subject claims for the new system
the following ten desiderata:
Increased speed.
2-Increased carrying power Of the YES
sci.
's-Increased economy in steam consump-
ton.
Increased facilities for navigating
I shallow waters.
5-~Reducod initial cost.
G--Reduced weight Of machinery.
7-Reduccd cost Of attendance on ma