The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-05
Preparing for a War on
the TranSvaal BOerS.
Strange Life and Death of
Miss Isabella Murphy.
She Left Her Large Fortune of
$500, 900 TO Father Smullen.
Copyright, 1897. by The Associated Press. )

against eyentualities in the 1ransvaal are
being steadily pushed forward. A repre-
sentative 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 10 pre-
pare a plan Of campaign against the
| Beers, including the number and descrip-
ton OF the troops OF different branches Of
the seryi CO etc, which he Judges viii be
! necessary 90 bring the military operations
| 90 n successful conclusion. This general,
| who is familiar with African fighting. has
| replied 10000 British regulars Will be
| sufficient, rs he counts on the 40 600
native troops.
| The speech of Mr. Joseph Israel Tarte,
| minister of public works at Ottawa re-
Gently, has been considerably discussed
| in Catholic circles. n representative OF
the Associated Press WAS informed by n
| high church authority that MIR. Tarte is
considered as being almost without back
bone in the Manitoba question. The
authority referred 20 added " Had he been
man of greater courage the question
could have been settled long ago - Re-
garding the statement attributed 10 the
conservatives of Quebec, that Manager
Del Val, the PaDal delegate 10 Canada Is
poweress TO take up the question of the
interference of the bishops in elections, it
Is pointed out in Catholic circles here
that Manager Del Val will be unable to
settle the Manitoba school question with
out settling the question of the bishops
in elections The two issues il Is
claimed, are really inseparable and the
papal delegate has the most ample powers
To settle both questions AS 90 the
change in the plans of Archbishop Begin
of Quebec, in deciding TO go from Rome
TO Vichy, instead of home, it is believed
by prominent Catholics here that the
Vatican desires To exclude Archbishop
Begin from the Manitoba trouble, in
order not To complicate his appointment
to Montreal
The consistory OF the Court of Pauls
on Wednesday last drafted the deed
Of gift of the socallcd Mayflower log or
book of registry of the Mayilower pill
grims, preparatory to turning it over to
the United States ambassador, MIR.
Thomas +. Bayard.
Mr.. j. X. Carter, the United States
charge d'affaircs was present. A number
of Americans, claiming descent from the
Mayilower pilgrims, have applied to see the
log; but they were referred To the photo
graphic copy.
Postmaster Van Alphen, of the Trans
vaal, is visiting the continent prior to
sailing for the Unied States, on April 81.
to attend the international postal congress
at Washington.
The farewell banquet to Mr.. Bayard
will take place on May z, ut the Hotel
Cecil, upon which occasion he will be
presented with gold loving cup worth
( 5or S25t0 by members of the American
colony of London, and elsewhere in the
United Kingdom. Mr.. Bayard was last
heard from at Rome.
The strange life and death of Miss Isa-
bella Murphy, daughter of the late Daniel
4. Murphy, of Murphy, Grant ~ Company
Of san Francisco is much discussed. One
of her sisters, Anita, is the wife Of Sir
Charles Wolseley, haronet, a justice of the
peace and deputy lieutenant for Stafford
shire, and another sister is the wife of Don
Florence Il. Dominguez, Secretary Of the
Argentine legation in London Father
Smullen, ut whose residence in High
Ongar, Ess,x Miss Murphy died from the
effects Of alcohol and narcotics first met the
deceased at the convent at Isleworth where
lie was chaplain. They left the convent
about the same time and aWent To live at
West Gate After the lapse of n year Father
Smullen returned The mother superior
eventually objected To Miss Murphy's
visits and soon afterward Father Smullen
ceased To be chaplain of the convent.
Father Smullen and Miss Murphy after
ward lived in the same house at High
Ongar Miss Murphy, who was only
about % years of age appears to have
been entirely under Father Smullen's in
fluence, and she bequcathed him her for
tune estimated to amount to about $780,
600. They both INDUCED in alcohol, and
Miss Murphy, when she became sick per-
sistently refused TO see n doctor, although
she took morphia, prescribed for her by
Father Smullen for neuralgia and insom-
mia. They visited America together in
1892. Father Smulcn had charge of Miss
Murphy's checkbook and business mat
tors and although she made n will in his
favor rs already stated, there was no
lawyer present and the document was
witnessed by Father Smullon's servant.
The post-mortem examination disproyed
the existence of immoral relations. A
few days before her death the deceased
left Father Smullen's house for her own,
because Cardinal Vaughan came to visit
the priest The cardinal also paid her
visit. Father Smulon, in an interview,
denies he had To leave Isloworth on ac-
count of her visits or that he had designs
upon her fortune. He further declares
that he would not contest the will, adding
that she had been most kind To him I'm
Illness and other ways and that her sad
death had completely upset him. The
representative of the Associated Press saw
Cardinal Vaughan on the subject, but he
declined TO say anything except that the
stories told were much exaggerated.
Der OF colonial troops coming 10 take part
i'm the celebr. ON of the queens diamond
jubilee, IL has been decided that the
colonial procos ion will march separately
each contingent escorting It's premier i'm
royal carriage drawn by four richly
caparisoncd horses. This procession will
leave Buckingham Palace ten minutes
before the queen procession. At the
arrival at ~ paul's cathedral the force
will be withdrawn from the west front Of
the cdiiice and the wives of the premiers
will takc assigned places near the queen
Thus ON her majesty = arrival the colonial
visitors will have splendid Wow and will
DC allc 90 salute the sovereign.
MIR and Mrs. Bradley Mar In. of New
York. have arrived here ana arr receiving
plenty of attention from the London
newspapers. generally uniayurnblc. ono
papcr says: The Bradley Martins feel
that 10 H. necessary 20 live up 90 their rc-
cent expensive reputation in New York.
Royalties have been known 20 arrive In
England with a clean shirt i'm a handbag
and one attendant. hut your modern Re
publican millionaire and wife cannot
travel without half n shipload of servants
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