The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-20
enough, the othmanod regard this sort

enough, the Othmanoi regard this sort
of injunction aus command of the Caliph,
and do not reflect that the 'Gfordfied
Nation of the Turks has done them moth
ing but mischief in the past, and it is not
likely to do anything else in the future y
Since the above was written the sheep
have become wolves and it is the Otho-
manoi who are now being hunted.
The Committee of the House of Com
mons that Is inquiring into the Jameson
raid and South African affairs generally
will resume its sitting on Tuesday. 1t
is expected that it will report to the
House towards the end of May Mr.
Rhodes, the star witness, expected that
after reading his voluntary statement to
the committee only a few questions that
would lead to explanations of the state
ment would be asked him. He was very
angry when Sir William Vernon Har-
court lengthdly questioned him as to his
veracity and motives. Mr.. Rhodes was
inclined not to return to the witness
stand yesterday and prepared a letter
to the committee to that effect. His
friends. however, dissuaded him from his
intention, and urged him to see the mat
ter through. Among the witnesses who
will be called in the Duke of Fife, SON
in-law of the Prince of Wales, Lord
Rosmead, Governor of Cape Colony, DR..
jameson and Miss Flora Shaw, the writer
of the Colonial article in the Times. y
She despatched the famous 'sTames'' tele-
gram which hastened the so-called
Johannesburg revolution Miss Shaw.
who is a clever Irish lady. is a niece of
Sir fot.y no,~ixr nA3
of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade.
United States Senator walcott returned
to London yesterday from Berlin. He was
in good spirits and looked as though his
trip to Europe had benefited his health.
He told representative of the United
Associated Presses that he was much
encouraged by the outlook for bimetal-
lism, which he implied was favorable He
had been we'll received everywhere. He
had always travelled in his private ca
pacity and had not seen anybody official
ly. Mr.. Wolcott and his family will re-
turn to the United States on Wednesday
next, sailing on the steamer Majestic.
1t is stated that the Hon. Thomas B.
Ferguson. American Minister to Sweden
and Norway, will retain his position un-
der the Mckinley administration.
1t Is considered highly improbable that
Great Britain will pay the sum of up
wards of s., 600, 900 asked for by the Boer
Government as indemnity for the Jane
son raid. She has a counter claim of
over S5,000000 arising from the costs OF
Sir Charles WarrenS expedition against
the Boer raiders into Sechuanaland,
which Transvaal has not yet paid
Lady Wallace, widow of Sir Richard
Wallace, who was a natural son and a
'favorite of the former Marquis of Hart
ford, has just died She left priceless
collection of pictures and works Of art
to the nation, in accordance with her
husbands wish. The collection includes
some of the finest works of the French
masters, which are valued at over G1 ,000,-
900.
The Prince of Wales has postponed his
departure for the Continent for a week
in order that ne may attend the first
drawing room of the season. He will ar
rive at Cannes on March /, and will i'm
mediately go on board his yacht Britannia
for cruise along the italian coast
The Queen has decided, In connection
with the celebrations in June in honor
of the sixtieth anniversary of her reign,
that a thanksgiving service shall be held
in the open air outside the west front of
st. Pauls Cathedral. The reason for
holding the service outdoors Is that her
Majesty Is too rheumatic to ascend the
stairs of the Cathedral and does not wish
to be carried.
Janos Rigo, the Hungarian gypsy musi-
clan with whom the Princess de Chimay
eloped, has written to a friend In Ant
werp stating that seventeen isnpressarios
have offered him engagements. He has
declined all of them. He added that he
did not lack funds and that he and the
Princess were going to the United States.