The record-union., 1897-04-04
Which May Soon Occur in the Trans
vaal Country.
The Story of Miss Isabella Murphy's
Strange Conduct the Subject of
rluch Comment at LOndOn-Fare-
we'll Banquet to be rendered Ex-
ambassador Bayard at London on
the Seventh Instant.

LONDON, April 3.-The preparations
against the eveEtualities in the Trans
vaal are being pushed forward. A rep
resentative of the Associated Press has
learned from the War Office sources
that 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 operations to
successful conclusion.
This General who is familiar with
African fighting, has replied that TO-
coo British regulars will be sufficient
as he counts on the 10000 troops, white
and black, which are already there,
while he does not consider the Beers,
even if able to do SO, will put 10000
armed men in the field, and one-half
OF these, he believes, will be required
to guard towns, forts, etc.
The speech of Joseph Israel Tarte,
Minister of Public Works at Ottawa,
recently, has been considerably dis
cussed in Catholic circles. A repre-
sentative of the Associated Press was
informed by high church authority
that Mr.. Tarte is considered as being
almost without backbone in the Man
itoba question The authority referred
to added: Had he been a man of
greater courage the question would
have been settled long ago"
Regarding the statement attributed
to the Conservatives of Quebec, that
Monsignor del Val, the Papal Delegate
to Canada, is pOwerless to take up the
question of interference of the Bishops
in elections it is pointed out in Cath
Ollie circles here that Monsignor del Val
will be unable to settle the Manitoba
school question without settling the
question of the Bishops interference
in elections, as these two issues it is
claimed, are really inseparable, and
the Papal Delegate has the most ample
powers to settle both questions.
AS to the change in the plans of
Archbishop Begin of Quebec in decid-
ing to go from Rome to Vichy, it is
believed by prominent Catholics here
that the Vatican desires to exclude
Archbishop Begin from the Manitoba
/ trouble, in order not to compllcate his
appointment to Montreal.
The consistory of the Court Of st.
Pauls on Wednesday last drafted the
deed of gift of the so-called Mayflower
log, or book Of registry. of the May
flower pilgrims, preparatory to turning
it over to the United States Embassa-
dor, Thomas F. Bayard, and Major J.
b. Carly, the United States Charge
n A fcci A nj
Americans claiming descent from the
Mayflower pilgrims have applied to see
the log, but they were referred to the
Photographic copy.
The farewell banquet to Mr. Bayard
will take place on May 9TH at the Hotel
Cecil, upon which occasion he will be
presented with a gold loving cup, worth
over $500, by members of the Ameri
can colony of London and elsewhere
in the United Kingdom. Mr.. Bayard
was last heard from at Rome.
The strange life and death of Miss
Isabella Murphy, daughter of the late
Daniel T. Murphy of Murphy, Grant &
Co., of San Francisco, is much dis
cussed One of her sisters, Anita, is
the wife of Sir Charles Michael Vols
ley, Justice of the Peace and Deputy
Lieutenant for StaffOrdshire, and an
other sister is the wife of Don Florence
l. DomingueZ, Secretary of the Argen-
tine Legation in London. Father Smul-
len, at whose residence in High Ongar,
Essex Miss Murphy died from the eff
fects of alcohol and narcotics, first met
the deceased at convent at Isleworth,
where he was chaplain. They left the
convent at about the same time and
went to live at Westgate. After the
lapse of a year Father Smullen return
ed to Isleworth, and he was visited
daily by the deceased. 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 afterward lived in the
same house at High Ongar.
Miss Murphy, who was only about p
years of age, appears to have been en-
tirely under Father Smullen's influence
and she bequeathed to him her for
tune, estimated to amount to $500 900.
They both INDUCED immoderately in
alcohol, and Miss Murphy when she
became sick persistenly refused to see
Il doctor, although she took morphine,
prescribed for her by Father Smullen
for neuralgia and insomnia
They visited America together in
1892. Father Smullen had charge of
Miss Murphy's check book and bust
ness matters, and although she made a
will in his favor, as already stated
there was no lawyer present, and the
document was witnessed by Father
Smullens servant.
A few days before her death the de-
ceased left Father Smullen's house for
her own, because Cardinal Vaughan
came to visit the priest The Cardinal
also paid her a visit. Father Smullen
in an interview denies he had to leave
Isleworth on account of her visits. or
that he had designs upon her fortune
He further declared that he would not
contest the will, adding that she had
been most kind to him in illness, and
other ways, and that her sad death
had completely upset him.
A representative of the Associated
Press saw Cardinal Vaughan on the
subject, but he declined to say any,
thing except that the stories told were
much exaggerated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Martin of New