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OPERATION OF TEE nA1vEs Law.
Comparison or Results In stnts ana City Under
the Ola aud New Act,

ALBANY, Oct. 2l.-Statc Excise Commissioner
LYMAN is much gratined at tho results of the
operation OF tho Raincs Liquor Tax law this year.
In answer TO inquiries for statistics covering tho
operation OF tho law since its enactment up to
the present time, Commissioner Lyman to-day
ESno gay h ,he ioiowng comparison Of results under
law in the state of New York:
NUMBER OF LICENSES OR CERTIFICATES ISSUED.
Ihuer oll Excise law during the twelve months -
Under Lildor Tax law from May j. 1888, to
r SU' ,ST1 ithc liquor tag yesrof 1880 o2o''oo
pircd portion OF the liquor tax year Of
i'"'0D
,NorE-lhe above Includes increase Of 1851 Ger.
tncatcs issued To bother and alcohol dealers pro-
vined tor In the amendments, and pharmacists Ger.
uncates IL lsh7.S over ie0H'97. on account OF re-
uuctoh OF tax Tor the latter 70 nominal rate OF 80
REVENUE AND EXPENSES.
Collected under old Excise laws during
inE twelve months ending April 80, - -
period NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. u",s Qb2.7s9 ~
Net revenue under old law ...,.... S2,0i8.oe3 81
Collected under Liquor Tax law from
liquor tax year OF 1895 7l."......el l.2ls9ss OIL
Het revenue after payment OF rebates -, nan ,,o
Collected from May l. 1891. to oct, 10.
liquor tax rof year Of ,gS7S g12n OF .no laOsllsi 20
"A comparison tf results In the city OF Now
York shows that during the last year under the
Old law 5000 Licenses wore issued, During the
| 1897, there were 7,i3i certificates issued. and
| 6.!22 from April 30 to Oct. 15, 1897. Tho net
collections in the city during the first year ui-
| der the new law were $4,000, 467, and during
| tho last ycNr under the old law 81 ,056,O13
The states one-third Of tho revenue under
| tho now law was Sl,G35.l55. max ing The net
! Increased revenue to the city under the new
law S327O.3l2. The net revenue from April 30
to Oct. Is, 1897, was $5.los ,O7i, and the state
onethird, 81 so2, ,69l. leaving S3,605, 1853 to the
city, or total since the law went into effect OF
S6,S73 6g5.
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RAMMED sPUrrEN DUryIL BRIDsE
Two Tugs Damage II 81 .OOO-Thres Fishcr,ne = n
In n BoHt Get IA DucLInE.

Two tugs, the r. \. Coffin OF the Westchester
Tow ing Company and tho Mutual OF the Mutual
Towing Company, with two loaded scows In
tow. crashed into the drawbridge over spuyten
Duyvll Creek yesterday morning at 1890
o'clock. Oscar Walls, his uncle and his cousin,
all OF Spuytcn Duyvil, were fishing in tho creek
likely TO he run down, tho fishermen pulled up
their anchor and tired TO row out Of the way.
work with the oars. the boat was carried up
against the bridge abutmeni and smashed. All
three men wore Thrown into The river. Ono of
them caught "A mic uu, vas hbhed out by James
Maluney, thu bwIE, tender. Walls aud his
uncle We're carried uu%n stream and were finally
rescued by men named HallaRer and Joseph
Sheehy. The damage done 10 tho bridge WAS, 1t
10 estimated. about $1,000.
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JOHN +. SMELL MISSING.
He Has Not Been Heard From by His Wife
since Last WednesdaJ.

PERTH ANNOY. y. j., Oct. 24.-John p. Smell,
a marble dealer and a member Of tho Perth Am.
boy Board of Trade. is missing from his home in
this city. He left town on Wednesday,. ostensibly
to 90 10 New York on business. and his wife has
not since heard from him. On Monday Smell
premium on ~ 900 life Insurance. policy. She
told him that he had better uso for the money,
but he refused To accept IT, remarking: " We do
not know what might happen"
The same day he went TO tho County Clerks
office in New Brunswick and recorded a mort
named Freeman, OF Railway. Smell had marble
and granite in his yard worth nearly ~, 900, but
IT ia believed that he had it to sell on COM
mission,
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Electricity to BE the Motive Power for the
BattlesbIps' TurretA-

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2I.-Electr city has been
deci ed upon as the mo I've power for tho tur-
re on the new bal leship Ala'a n, bui ding o t
Cramps. and the Illinois. building ut Newport
No~s, instead OF h drnulic power. as tho orig-
nal ans "a lie for. Tho lister ship wiscon in
bu ng on tho Parih' c asst. M also p, fitted
W tn @ III mcchani ". Contracts have
been aw;r I'd by the Navy q artmen by
W ich ca h lip win be upp d wit the ro "r
gear fr work ng tho 'urrets a G not to cx-
cetd 10000 each 'c J. The 'onside ed
rmer est ma having pl ,ed amount as
high ~ $4,000. Q rooklyn Is Il ted with
eectr gear, VIII ch work BEAUTIFULLY
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G. l.. U. NOT AFRAID OF PRIME
Il Vsto~s n Proposition TO Keep The Names or
spenLcra Out OF the New.phners.

At the meeting OF the Central Labor Union
yesterday Delegate Pr nee Of Cigar Packers
Union No. 25l announced that his organization
had directed him to move thatthe names OF
delegates who took part in debates should nos
The press must not be muz1lcd." said del
cgatc. =,
I'm not afraid OF my lame appearing,
shouted ano'h I'm no, in favor Of the ldeA
myself" said Prince. My organization SIM
ply asked me to MAKE tho motion, AS some work
ingmcn arc liable 10 be d.ryhaTgrd by inr!T ,4'
plOycIs If thc.r names appear" The {. L. I.
sat on the motion.
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Lake PAs,enE.r steamer Hurned.

ROCHESTER,. Oct. 2i.-rhc passenger steamer
Island Queen, which was built for tn, lake trado
and which was lying at The dock al the mouth
OF she Gcnesce River, WIS burned at an early
hour to-day. The fire Is thought 10 have been
set by tramps. vino have made trouble for some
time in The vicinity OF Ontario Beach. The tiro
WAS dsCOl cred by railroad employees. who sum
mOned the Charlotte Ere Department. but they
could do nothing. The boat WAS owned by
ltoehcaLcr rArl los. u was not nsnruu.
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same time; manual labor ssfs and brain work COM

same time: manual inD0r anu brain work COM
bincd here have made this result.
ENGLAND hold that place Mt tho beginning OF
the century for tho same reasons. Invention
and manual labor. II our mon OF science had To
spend cay, two hours n day, in the sewers OF
tbia CITY they would have inverted or would
very soon Invent, something to make that work
quito pleasant. -,,,,
"why were the works OF medieval art so ad-
mIrnbicl because they were tho work OF
mneons. not merely architects men who chiscled
in the stone who worked with their hands and
their br aims together, and so made the examples
"Tostoi is carrying on splendid propaganda
in Eussia advocating non.rcsistnnrc: hut ns /
have said TO ali his followers to whom rvs
talked that policy can only be effective when
they got an Overwhelming majority Of tho world
to think rs they do-tO think that resistance to
evil Is wrong"
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IT WAS WILLIAM MULLER.
The Man Found Dead Near EaEIo Rock Identts
ned-Diod OF Poison.

ORANGE, N. j.. Oct. 24.-The body found yes.
terday afternoon in the woods near Eagle Rock.
West Orange. was identified last night as that
of William Muller. the manager of an East
Orange bicycle agency. Tho fact that q loaded
revolver. with all the chambers filed, was found
in Muller's pocket, and that no bottle or paper
was found in the vicinity led at first to the be-
lief that he had been murdered.
An autopsy was made this afternoon by
County Physician Washington, and he declared
that tho man had undoubtedly committed sui
eide by taking poison. What the poison was he
could not determine, but he believed 1t to be
either corrosive sublimate antimony, or arsenic.
Muller was IL years Of age and unmarried.
For several weeks he had been somewhat do
spondent, and in letters to his employers and
his landlady few days ago he intimated THAI
he was about to commit suicide.
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JOHN II. ADAMS FOUND DEAD.
Agitation Caused ny a Fire In His House Ag-
Eravated Heart Disease.

John r. Adams, n retired cracker baker, &c
years old, who lived with married daughter
Mrs. Ellen ID. Brant at 74o Myrtle avenue,
Brooklyn was found dead in bed early yester-
day morning. There WIS a slight fire late on
Saturday night in lhe cellar of the house. This
agitated the old man TO such an extent that
after the fire had boen put out he sank eX.
haustcd His daught er advised him to lie down
Adams went TO his room and two hours later
when Mrs. Brant looked at him she found that
ho was dead. A doctor said that heart disease
aggravated by the fright had probably caused
dnath
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A fire was discovered on the tuEhont Oracle.
lying at Pier !. Empire stores, at the foot OF
Main street, Brooklyn, shortl, before o'clock
last evening. Capt. john Morris, who owns the
tug. estimates his loss al ~ 900. The cause OF
tho fire is unknown. The nreboat Seth Low
went to the GTat iC = assis.aH John Tramp, n
fireman on The seth Low, got mis- loot caught In
n coil Of rope. and Was Injured so badly That tho
foot had to bc dnputatcd.
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Raisln Crop Badly Damaged.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, OF. 24.-Fr N 90 to 80
per cent. OF tIc alsin op of Fresno. the ch ei
rusi growing drstr ct N Calf II ia. h been
mayed ~ hO heavy ra nso tn list f. W days.
The dam ged + ism es the trays will
have b sold brand mauEfac urer, q
from 81 t. 50 per ton. 4 loss is cs ina ed Il
rescnt at 900 roads o. tn ons each,
Rais y hay be l. sci ing at from $50 S15
prtun, with all nv, rage Of 500 In Sacramento
Valley late crap are raj d. Tn 30 are
main tho T kay and Curnichon varieties
which w re b ing ip. ed east at the rate Of
fifteen ca 10 ds daily.
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TOM HAWKINs UILL REC0yER.
Tho MAu who WAS kuocLed senseleSs In
Ten-Rouud 90 bJ Fred Whitman.

The surgeons AT the Norwegian Hospital In
brooklyn said yesterday that Tom Hawkins, tho
fcatherwcight who vas knocked out in ton
touud 40 al the Greonwood Athletic Club. at tho
foot OF Twenty .lnh street, IN saturday ,ght 10y
Fred Whitman Was suffering from ooucussion
OF tho brain, but would probably recover. Whit
mru wHs arrnign"t y, ore Just. 'e BrItOw in tho
Butler street Polo" Cluri .e-tc.lnS morning
and WAS release! on s.! 600 hlil. ruc referee.
Iumekcrpcrr. hnu seconds, MHO we're arrested "
Police Captain kcuncy On saturday night ~
participating in the ALTAR, were p.E0Iei.
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sWINDLED THE FARMERs.
They Cave 81 Apiece for Mexican so Cess
Dollars

TOPEKA. Kan, Oct 2L-A practical illustrar
ton OF the Bryan financial policy has been given
to he people In half dozen counties in southern
Kansas. A gang OF sharks has worked of So 900
OF Mexican silver on the unsuspecting farmers
Of that section. Many OF the deuded farmers
who sold horses to the sharpers believed the
merch ants and bankers would take the Mexican
money Mt face v lue. but thoy were given nfty
cents II the dollar.
This little experience has proved n valuable
lesson and the victims OF the swindlc say that
IL Mexican money is the kind the Bryan party
promises they viii hereafter record their yotcs
for tho party that advocated Il l0O-cent dollar.
The sun., 1897-10-25
Catholic slavs Disciplined.

BRDGEpoHr. Conn, Oct 24.-Eght mombers
OF tho st. Joha's SlavoniNn Church in this ci Y
have been deprived Of all the privileges Of the
Church They are the leaders in the recent re.
volt against inc assignment Of "a BaStOT to tUr
church by Bishop Iiernry. Though not eNcom.
muniCated. the action really uGiOunI5 TO that.
The action is ApeCted 10 quell the disturbance
Oral months.
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SCOTT NO FRIEND TO IABoR.
Cooperation Coansel Declared Its Kneny at .
q. j.. 4. Meeting.

Paper Hanger James p. Archibald, ex-warden
OF Ludlow Street Jail, was heard from again
yesterday at the meeting Of tho Central Labor
Union at Clarendon Hall. Open letters, ex.
change between the ex-WaTden and William
J. OSullivan, were roao by Delegate William j.
O'Brien.
In his letter Archibald ms cd II Corporation
Counsel Francis NJ. Scot was an enemy OF or
Ranised labor. The reply WAS in the negative
O'Brien declArod that Mr.. Scott had shown him.
self inimical to organized labor.
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say tho Strand Jury Was Packed.

ATLANTA, Co., Oct. 2i.-It is now almost
assured that the brothers OF DR.. W. L. Rider,
who was lynchod in Talbot county three months
ago, will conduct an investigation of their own
since the Grand Jury hns failed to discover tho
iyhthers or return indictments against them.
tney have evidence that tho Grand Jury was
The sun., 1897-10-25

DURANGO, Mox.. Oct. 24.-Advices have
reached here OF an outbreak of yellow fever at
MaZatlan. There are n number of cases there
and II is feared that the epidemic will spread to
other ports.
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gion next summer. 1t is already on the way to
the mines, but will larry at various dime mu-
beumS between here and the Pacific slope. and
Is now Oh view at llubcrs. 1t consists of tif-
teen women, avowcdly bent on securing
miners as husbands, and who. with the idea OF
WORKING their passage, have banded together for
snow purposes as the Klondike Brides. On tho
museum platform they are flanked at one s!de
oy painted canvas log cabin, on the other By a
beard!ess lecturer in dress suit of the vintage
of 81, and backed by pictures Of Dawson City
and congealcd suburbs whose realism keeps
the talking dog painting. Al the women but
their captain are In short skirts and legginra
the leaders rank being pointed BY flrrcd
trousers. Each woman Carrics IA broomsti III
wound wit. bright ribbons for an alpenstock
such glorious topic Is too much for the
museums salaried professor of oratory and
after few lines of doggerel he gives way to
tho troupes silyer-tongued and dress.coated
spouteF. With tho gentleness in appeal of n
truck stump speaker, he describes the magnifi-
cehce pt the enterprise and Tho magnitude OF
NeeutA ~. Then comes tho proof that the wo-
tro, noa are create? treasures than can be w..hcd
ward, put On tiny white aprons, and contest nt
lie naaHlhH. 4 wad Of dough, the real arti-
roliinSS TH n,Ds I" }aoie FOR each woman, and with
rIn r1S'.''E pihs ~ hand the fierce battle begins.
e srro woman talls seriously wounded at the
into io II S,%:g' 9at on being shown how 10 got
~ ~ ~ struggles desperately with her rolling
pm, which Ste us"s much as a payer handles a
ttas'thSE. tae %n There is some excuse for this, for
heroic c9nqucrs the apron and hcla6ors her
irr iM"'' 'r'A THi'A II a. Yielding granite Welding
HGr lu'!!lS lhu Ike "a billy, She makes a sIighi
tGinn'F "!nh- me SPECTATORS. Meanwhile Inc
hammer ISlH dciHo "' bns woH The dsh sr rE
has 70 nIt s.rr ,.norr lhan hall an inch thick. aid Dhe
lao pi"S'eF'a 1t Inside tin. trimming the
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1t 10 not supported by the state. You Will see
there what no man could have collected, but
Things no no AsIor could buy. Men who would
eHs given to those S i aarasrs Hppaase ManRnd
viii have reached the development Of its great
RS o nn
to work for those features of the higher lifo
th go to rom am nar.
them aV At tho close Of tbs address were these "
Does tho speaker believe in taking possession
of the Government by ball or by force OF arnsl'
what is the attitude OF the speaker on the
use Of violence In the propagation OF anarchstlc
III We had nc miIlionaires, who would build
| This Ia st q question wRs hissed vigorously, and
| the questioner said: I'm not in favor of p.u.
tocrats, but I'm for common sense" He was a
Prince Krapotklnes idea was. so 1t was an.
| nounced, not TO answer questions categori-
cally, but TO answsr all in bunch when the
| questioners had all spoken. What he did. by
way of response, was to expound further some
| OF the questions. In his reply no said
An gove.nmcSSs Sn,v have Uo, been based on prop:
government property rights being abolished
| that shall be simply hdmnIstrntiTui No. we
cannot. any more man we e co9ia maintain The
society. 1t ls impossible TO have communicate
| government under any form OF representatrv We
ae proposed G as possible M ateraStIye seheme
which was equivalent 70 tho referendum. and
lie declared that tho working classes were not
alone responsible for present conditions, he
| cause they were not tho only people OF the
| world. The people with more powers are re.
| sponsible," he said; those with education
| Herbert Spencer, he ID responsible. We don /
| want this division between brain work
| and manual work; not now, and Ger ainly not In
the future society. II lipNley, Tyndall and
Spencer were working wlth their hands would
they not favor invention more than nowi To
| my mind this country owes its preeminence In
the arts OF invention TO the fact that here men
4 work with their hands and their heaq u AZ the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-05-06

all. Banker Spalding is included in all
indictments returned. and in fourteen OF
them he is alone. vi the latter thirteen
charges Spalding with embezzlement of
the bonds of the University of Illinois,
and one accused him of embezzling SILL
600 of the funds of the university. His
total bond foots up $4,000. The other
men ARE indicted ON fifteen charges, all
of them relating to the receiving OF de-
posits. Spalding is charged with EN-
bezzlement of state funds and with re-
ceiviDg deposits knowing the, bank to be
hopelessly insolvent The other men are
charged with the latter offense only.
Spalding was on the stand today, and
admitted that he had hyp0thecated bonds
belonging to the State University, and
said he had been advised to do so by
John w. Lanehart, now deceased, but at
that time law partner of ex-Goveraor
Altgeld. The report of the jury in re-
turning the indictments was very severe
in it's denunciation of the conduct of the
bank officials. A special grand jury Will
be called next week and the investigation
into the banks affairs will be continued.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-05-06
Race Truck Scandal.

Cincinnati, May 1.-The judges of the
Newport races, after a long session to-
night, rules r. Nj. G. Lord of Kansas
City off the turf, and disqualified Jockey
Soup Perkins from any mount except
for Bar & Co., his firm. 1t was also de-
cided that none of the members of the
Uncas club of Kansas City, composed OF
Bookmaker e. Wichman, f. S. Ever
hardt, G. S. Post. r. c. Kirke and f.
Reynolds, could do any more business at
the Newport track pending investigation;
Bob Baker testified tonight that Lord
offered his jockey. G. Reiff, 500 to pull
Simon w on April Z. Today Lord was
seen talking with Soup Perkins, who had
the mount for Abe Furst, the favorite in
the fifth race, and after comforting with
Perkins Lord FASTENED over to change
the odds to to 5. When Abe Furst
came in second the judges decided to in
vestigate the case. Tonight Perkins
testified that Lord offered him 5000 to
pull Abe Furst. Lord denied this, and
said Perkins was trying to borrow money
of him. Perkins admitted borrowing
$25 of Lord. The cases will be further
investigated
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-05-06
Saw N Large Body of Cubans.

Havana, May 1.-Passengers on the
Matanzas train recently witnessed the
crossing of the track by a large force OF
insurgents. The Cubans are said to have
effected the crossing in the vicinity OF
Vincon. 1t is estimated that about 30OO
of the insurgents succeeded in crossing
the railroad track. .
Considerable sickness is reported from
various sections of the island. In num-
Der of the towns smallpox, yellow fever
and malaria are said to prevail.
Spanish regulars recently set ire to a
hut on the western trocha near Marriott.
The insurgents had previously placed a
dynamite bomb along the line of the
trocha, not far from the hut The bomb
exploded. killing and wounding several of
the Spaniards.
1t is reported here that Salvador CHS
neros, president of the Cuban republic,
was recently married to Miss Agnero.
The insurgents recently burned cul-
vert on the western railroad between Al
Quizzar and Nacas.
Capt. Gen. Weyler will devote his at
tention to military operations in the
province of Santa Clara. 1t is announced
Jose Cespedo, the insurgent leader, has
been released and expelled from the is
land
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-05-06
KENTUCKY SENSATION.
The Committee Investigating the
Penitentiary Has Discovered
Something.


Frankfort, Ky. May 2.-The senate
special committee which began an in
vestigation of the local penitentiary sew
eral weeks ago. will resume operations
with vim tomorrow. A big sensation
involving a number of as yet unknown
parties has been sprung at the prison to-
day. This time it is a money matter and
not scandal affecting the name of the
prison officials. 1t has been discovered
by state officials who have been paying
penitentiary accounts that the prison is
short million feet of lumber worth ST.
600. and that amount has been paid out
for which no returns have been made.
No arrests have been made, but it is
charged that n dozen men are involved
and the matter will be far-reaching,
though few underlings are charged with
guilt. The commissioners will talk but
little. though they admit something very
serious is wrong and they have been try
ing to learn by quiet investigation
wherein the trouble lies. The legislative
committee. composed largely of demo-
Gratis who believe that the republican al
ministration has honey combed more than
one institution with corruption, is pre-
pairing to go to the bottom of this par
ticular matter, and it is limited that others
of similar character may keep extend
ing the extra legislative session longer
than was expected when the senatorial
race came to an end.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-05-06
NEW CABINET WILL RULE.
TT PROPOSES TO ASSUME DIRECT
coNTROL OVER THE ARMY IN
THE FIELD.
GEN. SMOLENSKrS STIR ascending
Hero of the Hour ut Administrators
of Fighting Conflict Badly-The
Creek Retreat Mt Epirus De-
scribed rs n Panic.

Athens. May 2.-There are numerous
indications that the Rail- ministry In
tends to assume greater direct military
and naval control and no longer to DIVIDE
the responsibility between the minister
and The court.
The news of the victory at Velestlno
has increased Gen. Smolenskis popu-
larity, and he is now regarded as the real
hero of the campaign. A foreign oihcer
who saw the fight says that the TURKS
numbered 1000 and the Greeks SOoo.
1t is believed the decisive conflict VIII
be fought at Pharsalos, and probably to-
morrow.
A dispatch from Col. Manos. explain
ing the retreat of the Greek forces III
Epirus, says the morale of the army was
somewhat affected by the news OF the
retreat from Larissa. The entire loss
of the Greeks in. Epirus is estimated at
200.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-05-06
English Army Promotions.

London, May 2.-The Devon and Ex-
eter Gazette says that Adjt Gen. Sir
Redver Butler will succeed the duke of
Connaught in command at Aldershot
camp; that Gen. Evleyn Wood will sue
coed Gen. Redvers Butler as adjutant
general, and that the Duke of Connaught
will become quartermaster general of the
British army. These appointments are
likely to revive the criticism which ragged
at the time Gen. Lord Frederick Roberts
was passed over in favor of the Duke of
Connaught for the Aldershot command.
as Butler belongs to the Wolsley set.
Sir Redvers Butler and Lord Wolsley
were almost at swords points year ago
over questions of military policies in India
as well as of promotions in the service.
Both are very strong willed men and Bull
lier has the reputation of being the most
obstinate man in the army. 1t was
thought at that time he would resign, but
n, yielded to persuasion of the Prince of
wales, and has ever since been an out
spoken advocate of all plans proposed by
the commander-in- chief.