The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-20
QUEENS SPEECH
Several Subjects That Have o.
cupied Public Attention y
Touched Upon,
Including the Turkish Massacres,
the Anglc-Egyptian Espe-
ditiOn,
And the Arbitration Treaties
Concluded With the United
States.

LONDON, Jan. 20. The third session
of the Fourteenth parliament was for
mally opened by royal commission at 2
o'clock p. m. The function was OBJ
served with all due and customary GER
emony. The queens speech is as
follows:
My Lords and Gentlemen-My rela-
tons with all the other powers continue
to be of a friendly character.
The appalling massacres which have
taken place at Constantinople and other
parts of the Ottoman dominions have
called for the special attention
of the powers signatory Of the
treaty Of Parts. Papers Will be laid
before you showing the considera-
hons which induced the powers to
make the present condition Of the Of
toman empire the subject of the several
consultations with their representatives
at COnstantinoplc. The conferences
which the six ambassadors have been
instructed to ho,d are still proceeding.
The action undertaken by his high
ness, the khedive of Egypt, against the
khallfa, with my approval and assist.
ance, has so far been entirely success.
fM. His forces, supported by my Of
ticers and troops, have re-wOn the pro-
vince of DOngola to civilization by op.
erations conducted with remarkable
skill, land Il way has been opened for a
further advance whenever such step is
judged desirable.
The Venezuelan Treaty.
My government has discussed with
the United States, acting as a friend of
Venezuela, the terms whereunder the
pending questions of the disputed from
tier between that republic and our col.
ony of British Guiana may be equitably
submitted to arbitration, and an ar
rangement has been arrived at with
that government which | trust will
effect an adjustment of the controver-
versies without exposing to risk the
interests of any of the colonies whose
established rights are in the disputed
territory.
1t is with much qualification that l
concluded a treaty for general arbitra.
ton with the president of the United
States whereby, l trust, all differences
which may arise between us, will be
peacefully adjusted. l hope this ar
rangement may have a further value in
commencing to other powers the ON
siderat OF of a principle whereby the
danger of Var may be notably abated.
The queens speech then refers to the
repression of the rebellion in South
Africa, and the appointment of a COM
mission to inquire into the sugar indus
try of the West Indies, and continues {:
The Ind an Famine.
1t is with much regret and feelings
of sympathy that l have heard that,
owing to the failure of the autumn
rains and scarcity, famine affects a
large portion Of my dominions in India.
After referring to the measures taken
to mitigate the suffering from famine
and making a reference to the bubonic
plague at Bombay. the speech says:
l have directed my government to
take the most stringent measures to
eradicate 1t.
The speech concludes, with referring
to the proposed bills for the relief OF
voluntary schools, employers liability
adding to the efficiency OF the military
defenses, to establish All Irish board of
agriculture, and various commercial
bills, including the exclusion of good,
manufactured III foreign prisons and a
bill to establish reformatories for i'll
GbrlatcS.
Carnegie iiny. Coal Lands
pTTSBURG, Jan. 2U.-Andrew Carne.
gle. together with other capitalists
from Pittsburg, Cleveland and Canada,
have acquired s. 100 acres of coal terri.
tory in the Monongahela, from 7. J.
Hayes estate and John ID. SOully. The
price to be paid for the land is $1,000.
600. Mr.. Carnegie and his Pittsbura
partners will have 81 per cen of the
property.
First Count of Russians.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. For the frs,
time i'll the history of Russia, an at
tempt is being made to count the in
habltants and an imperial decree rams