The Portland daily press., 1896-02-25
THE ENGLISH CONGRESS-.
Sir ]. s. KinIoch Wants to Know
About Cattle.
AND INTERROGATES THE BOARD
OF AGRICULTURE.

He Doesn't Get Much Satisfaction-Sir
| Michael Hicks Beach is Asked About
| the Money in the Budget and What the
Government Intends to Do With 1t.
London. February 24.-In the Commons
today, Sir j. 8. Kinlooh, Radical,
asked Mr.. Long, president of the board
OF agriculture, whether, in view Of the
enormous loss to the farmers of Scott
land. resulting from the exclusion of Ca
madam steer cattle, from Great Britain,
there was any prospect of reopening the
| British ports to snoh cattle. He did not
| expect an answer to this question, he
said, IN view of Mr.. Longs statement
! in the House last week in introducing a
bid amending the diseases of animals act
of 1894, making restrictions placed upon
| the Importation of cattle permanent, in
stead of leaving them to the discretion
| OF a board Of agriculture. He wished to
ask Mr.. Long whether he believed pleuro-
pneumonia in cattle really existed in
Canada.
| Mr.. Long said he could not answer
that question upon such short notice;
the department. of agriculture certainly
thought pleuro- pneumonia could be in
troduced into England from cattle i'm
ported from Canada.
| Sidney Gedge, Conservative member
for Walsall, asked Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, chancellor of the exchequer, that
in view of the high price of oonsols and
intended heavy expenditures on the
navy, if the government would imme-
diately bring in the bill enabling the ex-
pected large surplus In the budget to be
used for naval purposes, instead Of apply
Ing it to the reduction of the national
debt by the purchase of consols
| Sir Michael Hicks Beach said he was
unable as yet to state the intentions of
the government in regard to the disposit-
ion of the surplus.
IN THE LORDS.
Lord Salisbury said the case of France
showed that protection afforded a real
relief to owners and occupies of the
land, he declared not one of his speeches
oould be construed into an argument in
favor of protection.
| London, February pa representative
of the United Press obtained today an
interview with DIR. Jameson's troopers
who arrived at Plymouth yesterday
morning. The man. whose name was
O'Dea, said he spent eight months in the
Matabelan as a member Of the mounted
police. About the end of December he
was In state OF con valescehce from
violent attack of fever, mis- temperature
being at one time as high as 105.
| He had been almost without food or
water for week and was lying in his
to Mt in a greatly debilitated condition,
when sergeant came to him and asked
ham if he wanted to lose his place in the
mounted troop. O'Dea replied in the
negative, whereupon the sergeant ordered
him to appear on parade with his COM
radeaat once, which he did. Prior TO the
start OF Jameson and his followers for
the Vransyaaa, " hich took place at night,
O'Dea did Eot hear DR.. Jameson read a
letter, as he alleged to have done, but says
he gathered the. purpose ofsthe expedit-
ion was to protect the women and chill
| uE6u VI JuuduueSUuIS.
OUea belonged to the advance troops.
He did not see DR.. Jameson, after the
night of leaving Mafeking. He supposing
Jameson rode in the middle of the troops.
The men hurried forward, riding ten
miles an hour, with not more than five
hours rest in two days. They were
somatime able TO get snatohes of sleep on
horseback. They had sufficient rations
to last the m until the evening OF the sec-
ond day
Fifty Beers met them and began a
desultory fire upon them. to which Jane
sons followers replied They had several
skirmishes with the Beers before they
succeeded In entioing Jameeons' forces
from sheltered hilitops into the open
plains, while they remained under cover
O'Dea expressed the belief that DR..
Jameson orderedo hoisted white flag, If
he did not persinally hoist it. The fla g
party surrendered O'Dea had ten rounds
OF ammunition and many others had not
exhausted their supply.
After the surrender he said the men
were fairly well treated. They were tax
en- to Pretoria where they were oorraled
on the Pretoria race course. They were
allowed loaf Of bread and quarter of
= pound of meat a day for each man. At
nrst he believed all the officers Of the
e1pedltlon and non-comissioned officers
with the rank and file were to be shot.
He afterwards heard the Volksraad re-
Jecsed the proposal TO shoot them by
majority of two. Eventually the men
were taken to Port Natal. where they
were free from the moment they went on
board the Harlech Castle. O'Dea said it
was his intention to return to the SER
vice OF the British South Africa Compa-
ny. o'Dea gave his address as 1913 Centre
street. Boston.
Like all the other troopers who arrived
in England on the Harlech Castle, he
received $22 before landing and expects
to receive 100 pounds in addition from
the British South Africa Company.
Nobody on board the Victoria knew of
the destination of the steamer when she
left Devon Port and Plymouth TODAY. II
is expected she would be met at sea to-
night when DR.. Jameson would be taken
off.
Yet another daughter Of revolution
airy soldier has been discovered in Now
England, where three or four have been