The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-05
ARMY FOR TRANSV AAL
England Preparing for a Cam
paign Against Beers.
INTERESTING LONDON LETTER.

Ioseph Tarte Considered Being Almost
without backbone on Manitoba oucs-
tion-The Strange Life and Death of
Miss Isabella Murphy Much Discussed
Father smuIlen Says He VIII Not Con
fest the VIII of the Deceased Woman.
london. April S,-[Copyrighted. 1897
nv the Associated Press The prepare
lions against eventualities in Transvaal |
are being steadily pushed forward a
conservatives of the Associated Press
has learned from war Office sources that |
a general to command the British |
forces has been selected and has been |
asked to prepare a plan for the cam |
paign against the Beers, including the
number and description Of the troops
of different branches of the service, etc,
which he judges will be necessary TO
bring the military oppostions to sue
cessful conclusion.
The speech Of Joseph Israel Tarte,
minister Of public works at Ottawa re-
Gently, has been considerably discussed
in Catholic circles. A representative
of the Associated Press was informed
by a high church authority that MT
Tarte is considered as being almost
without backbone" in the Manitoba
question The authority referred said:
Had he been a man Of greater courage
the question would have been settled
long ago"
Issues Are InseparaSle.
Regarding the statement attributed
TO the Conservatives Of Quebec that
Mgr. del Val the papal delegate to
Canada, is powerless to take up the
question Of interference of bishops IN
elections, it is pointed out in Catholic
circles here that Mgr del Val viii be
unable TO settle the Manitoba school
question without settling the question
of bishops interference in elections as
these two issues, il is claimed. are real
ly inseparable and the papal delegate
has the most ample powers TO settle
both questions.
The farewell banquet tn Mr.. Bayard
will take place May at the Hotel Ce-
ell. upon which occasion he will be
presented with gold loving cup worth
more than $500 by members of the
American colony in London and else
where i'm the United Kingdom. Mr..
Bayard was last heard from at Rome.
The consstory Of the court of st.
Paul's Wednesday last drafted the deed
of gift of the so-caled Mayflower log
or beck of registry of the Mayilower pill
grims preparatory to turning ii over 10
the United States ambassador, Thomas
Il. Bayard. j. =. Carter, the tnited
States charge d'affaires was present
number of Americans claiming de-
scent from the Mayflower pilgrims nave
applied to see the log, but they were
referred to the Photographic copy
Life and Death of Isabella Murphy.
The strange life of and death of Miss
Isabella Murphy, daughter of the late
Daniel r. Murphy Of Murphy, Grant <
Co. of San Francisco Is much discussed
One Of her sisters, Anita, Is the wire O
Sir Charles Michael Wolseley, baronet
a justice Of the peace and deputy lieu
tenant for Staffordshire and another
sister is the wife Of Don Florence l.
Dominguez secretary Of the Argentine
legation in London
Father Smullen, at whose residence
in High Ongar Miss Murphy died from
the effects of alcohol and narcotics, mrs
met the decedent at the convent a
Islewortb where he was a chaplain
They left the convent at about the sam
time and went TO live at Westgate
After the lapse Of n year Father Smul
len returned to Isleworth and he wa
visited daily by the lady. The mothe
superior eventually objected to Mis-
Murphy's visits and soon afterward ia
Their Smullen ceased to be chaplain
the convent. =.
Father Smullen and Miss Murphy aft
eryyard lived in the same house at Hlgi
Ongar. Miss Murphy, who was apou
27 years of age, appears to nave pee
entirely under Father Smullens lnnu
ence and she beuueathed him her fort
me estimated to amount to $3O0,Oo
Refused to See Doctor
They both INDUCED immoderately Il
alcohol and Miss Murphy when she DC
came sick persistently refused 10 see
doctor. although she took morphine pre-
scribed for her by Father Smuiien 10
neuralgia and insomnia Ihey Ni'''e
America together in 1892
Father Smullen had charge OF MIS-
N,,rnhv.s check book and business mat
tore and although she made VIII
b,s favor as already stated, there wa
not LAWYER present and the documen
was witnessed by Father Smulieh
servant A few days before her deat
the decedent left Father Smuiien
house for her own, because Caruin'
Vaughn came to visit the priest
Father Smullen, in an interview w
mics that he had to leave lsiewor.
ON account of her INSISTS or that ne nd
designs on her fortune. He further u q.
clared that he would not contest u
will, adding that she had ben mo mo-
kind to him in illness and IN o.n'
y ways. and that her sad death haa co',
pletely upset him. A representative
the Associated Press saw Caruin
Vaughn on the subject, but ne ueeilu'
TO say anything except that the SUIT
were much exaggerated.
Important Michigan Legislation
Lansing. Mich, April Bills we
passed in the legislature Friday prom
ting circuit judges having law par'ne
from practicing in any court Oh
state. and authorizing suburban sure