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The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-23
WAR AFFECTED MARKETS.
News From Greece Sent Stocks Down
Wheat Rushed Up.

News From Greece Sent Stocks Down /;
Wheat Rushed Up.
The Graeco-Turkish war struck this coun.
1y in two spots. One was the Board Of
Trade In Chicago, which is the great wheat
ypeculative whirlpool. Tho other was the
door Of the New York Stock Exchange with
Its millions upon millions in securities NOV
Ing up aud down In value under influences
from every quarter OF the globe. Wheat
went up In a %skyrocket fashion; stocks
dropped down In q heavy, dull way which
indicated a widespread fear.
Wheat went up under the manipulations
OF n group OF operators who argued that in
case Of wal large supplies Of bread stuffs
would be called for with local sources near
the seat OF war cut of. and that In the eager
ness to buy big prices would be secured.
There was a n advance of OK points In
half an hours trading. Later there was a
reaction. Speeulators are talking about
''doiIar wheat"
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cHILs,s SPLENDID FLEET.
She Bids Fair to Rival Thatof the United
States.

From Plymouth there has just set SAL the
most powerful naval squadron that ever
crossed the Atlantic under any South Amer.
lean flag. Its destination is Valparaiso, and
It constitutes the recent additions to the feet
OF the Chilean Republic. The squadron is
composed OF ten vessels, namely, the armed
cruiser Esmernlda of 1000 tons, the Ministro
Zentcno Of 1000 tons and the Admirante
Simpson OF 1000 tons; the transport Anda-
mos of 1000 tons, four torpedo d~estroyers,
capable OF making thirty knots an hour, and
a couple oflarge torpedo boats for ocean use,
with a speed of twenty-seven knots. The
Esmeralda is declared by naval experts IN
England to be one of the most powerful IRON
clads afioat. Besides these ships Chile has
still building 10 England an ironclad Of
nearly 1 1000 tons, which Is TO bear the name
OF O'HigRins, a schoolshlp and six torpedo
boats. With the feet that Chile has already
afloat, and the vessels now in course Of con
struction, Chile bids fair to become in time a
powerful rival OF the United States for the
naval supremacy OF the Western Henl'
sphere.
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The following storyis from the New Cru
SADIE: A lady who was a guest in the homo of
a'physician and somewhat troubled with In
somnia, asked him to give her something to
make her sleep. Is he h~anded.her q dose OF
bromidia, he said. ~ am sorry to start you
On the bromidia habit"
'But, doctor" she exclaimed, zone dose
OF bromidiu does not constitute n habit"
''No," he replied, ''but one dose consti-
tutes the beginning of a habit. You will
sleep we'll tonight, and Tomorrow night, II
you do not sleep well, you will remember
he effects OF the bromidia an ! will probably
yourself unable to sleep without IT, and then
by and by unable to sleep with it. So you
will be a victim of the bromidia habit, and 1t
is absolutely certain that II the first dose Is
never taken the habit will never be formeI."
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A LARGE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM.
The Average m of Messages Han
died on the Ii. and o. System.

The Average m of Messages Han
died on the b. and o. System.
Superintendent Charles Selden OF the Bal
timore d Ohio Telegraph said the other day
thu the average number of messages ham
died every day on the Baltimore & Ohio sys-
tenn was 5000. exclusive of train orders.
The Baltimore g. Ohio has 22.252 miles of
telegraph wire, of which they use 1910 for
company's business and the balance is leased
to the Western Union. There are 354 tele-
graph offices on the line OF which 2Si are re-
porting Western Union offices. MIR. Selden
employs In his department $50 men, exelu-
siye of linemen. he also has charge of tho
Block Signal offices which east OF the Ohio
River average one to every six miles. The
service of the Company's plant Is considera-
bly, augmented by the use OF several multi.
plex systems.
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The hereditary consequences OF strong
drink are sometimes appalling. A specialist
In children's diseases, who bias for twelve
years been carefully notshgthe differenee.b be-
tween twelve families OF hard drinkers and
twelve families Of temperate ones, reports
that he found the twelve hard drinking FAINT
lies produced in those years hfty-seven chill
dren, and the temperates sIxty-one. OF the
drinkers twenty-five children died 10 the first
week OF life, as against six on the other side.
Among the children Of the drinkers were five
who were idiots; five so stunted In growth as
to be really dwarfs; five when older became
epileptics; one. a boy, had grave chorea,
ending in idiocy; five more were diseased
and deformed, and two OF tho epileptics be-
came by inheritance drinkers. Ten only OF
the fifty-seven were normal In body and
mind. On the part OF the temperates, two
only showed inherited nervous affects; five
died in the first week Of weakness; while
four in later years OF childhood had durable
nervous diseases, and fifty were in every
way sound in body and mind.
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Newsy GIeanlng,.


Ohio has 1900 doctors.
Greater New York has 1925 hotels. R
The Michigan Legislature killed the bill
to abolish convict labor.
A San Francisco capitalist was fined $50
for splitting in q street car.
Enormous iocks of wild geese have ap-
peared in some parts Of Kansas.
The Nebraska Legislature has repealed tho
sugar and ehieory bounty laws.
Pittsburg butchers want the city to cut
rental for stalls twenty per cent.
The proceedings OF the International
Postal Congress ateto be in the French Lam
guaSe.
Excitement has been created in Portugal
by England's alleged designs on Delagoa
Bay, in Africa.
A petition for n rehearing OF the Trans
Missouri Freight Association ease was lled
IN the United States Supreme Court.
The population Of ST. Petersburg, Russia,
has now passed the 1 ,000, 900 point. The an
nual increase since 1890 has been rs per
cent,
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LATEST FORM OF DnUxKEssrss.

The very latest sort OF drunkenness, says
the Chicago Journal, is that which, 1t has
been discovered, comes from the constant In
halation of s~meIling-salts. So great a hold
hos the s~melling-salts habit gained upon the
modern m that when she Is deprived oil
them she experiences all the cravings that
afiict the person who dearly loves liquor
md finds himself deprived OF 1t. Some OF
tho salts are OF excessive strength and pro-
duce a sort OF stupor most gratifying to the
victim. More than one mi has been sus-
pected Of drinking when really her inebriety
has resulted from a too liberal use of the
sm~elIing-bottle. Not long 9 O titled lady
was carried from the cloak-room at a grand
reception in London in n state OF helpless
ness. A bottle was found in the folds OF her
gown containing matter OF a strength suff-
eient to take away the breath OF an ordinary
person. The rumor spread with wonderful
precision hat my lady was a confirmed
drunkard, the smellinP-salts theory being
ierided by the majority. and the victim
found it necessary to withdraw from the
social circle she had long graced.
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a native Of hat country. His father Is the
owner Of q large sugar plantation near
Lima, Peru, and 1t was there that he was
born. While he was a lac his father sent
him to Italy for his education, and he on.
tered the navy as a youth. By hard work,
attention to duty Int innate capacity Cana.
vice until he reached his present high posi-
lion. He Is just 0ity-nine years old, and II
was owing to his seniority that he was
chosen by the admirals in Cretan waters to
command the combined feet.
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MoDocs ON VERGE OF STARVATION.

Remnant of the Once Powerful Tribe in a
Pitinbfe Condition.
The remnant of the Mo loo Indians, now
living in Modoc County, California, in the
n~eiehborhood OF the scene of Captain Jacks
treacherY and General Canby's death in 1872,
are in a pitiable condition ,verging on actual
starvation. In all there are about two hum
dred families OF the tribe. The winter has
been severe and the Indians have been un.
able to obtain the necessities of life. II is
reported that their number has been reduced
one half by deaths due to starvation and eS.
pesure. The Indians do not occupy a reser-
Walton, and as a consequence an appeal for
aid cannot be made to the United States Gov
Arnmant.
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN sEReA. OHIO,

rhe Business Portion of the Town Burned
by Tramp.
The business portion of the town OF Berea,
Ohio, was nearly wiped out by fire. The
wind prevailing made it almost impossible
10 check the flames. The heaviest losses
were on the Shumway block and the Miller
block, which will aggregate 100000 each.
The total loss will reach CSC, 900. Bsrea has
no w~aterworks. A detachment Of the Cleve-
land (0h1o) Fire Department, with fourteen
men, secured water from a branch OF the
river about a quarter Of q mile from the
town. The contents of most of the stores
were saved by the heroic efforts Of citizens.
The fire was attributed to tramps. To add
to the excitement a dog went mad and bit
several people before 1t was shot.
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clIApMAN MUST CO TO JAIL.


The Supreme Court Decides Against the
New York Broker.
In the matter of ElvertoD R. Chapman, tho
New York broker who was convicted In the
District Court at Washington and sentenced
to Imprisonment for thirty days and to n
ane OF 300 for refusing to answer certain
questions asked for by the Senate Com
mittee investigating the charges against the
alleged Sugar Combine in connection with
the passage OF the Wilson Tariff bill In 1894,
the Supreme Court, in an opinion read by
Justice Fuller, affirmed tbs judgment OF the
lower courts, n the broker must go to
Jail.
Under this decision, Messrs. HavemeyeI
and Searles, OF the Sugar Trust, and Messrs.
Edwards and Shriver, newspaper eorrespon.
dents, who have also been indicted, are sub
iect to prosecution and punishment for theii
refusal to answer questions in the same In
quiry.
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FROST LEFT RUIN IN ITS PATH.
Fruit Crops Worth Perhaps Millions OF
Dollars Destroyed.

DoiiarS destroyed.
A destructive frost swept through the
section around Norfolk, Va, and wiped out
hundreds of thousands OF dollars In the
shape of growing crops. Half of the berry
crop was killed, while the potatoes were
badly damaged. Beans, peas and tomatoes
also suffered.
Two of the large5ttruckers made estimates
Of the aggregate loss 10 Norfolk County.
One suid it would foot up 81, 00O,0 900 and thu
other said 1t would not be far below that
figure. The North Carolina crops also-suf.
ferCd, especially in the eastern section, and
the frost extended through into the north
ern part Of South Carolina.
Dispatches from all parts OF Maryland in.
dictate thai the recent cold snap has played
sad havoc with b~lossomine fruit trees md
vines. In the Maryland and Delaware
Peninsula a careful investigation shows that
nine buds In ten have persisted, trees nearest
tidewater suffering least. Advices from the
western counties OF Maryland indicate fruit
crop injuries in u slightly less degree.
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PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Cornelius Van Colt Made Postmaster o.
New York City.

Cornelius Van Colt Made Postmaster OF
New York City.
The President nominated Cornelius Van
Colt to be Postmaster of New York City,
vice Charles W. Dayton, resigned; John A..
Merritt, of Lockport. N. Y, to be Third
Assistant Postmaster General, and Frank
n. Moore to be Collector o. Internal Revenue
for the BROOKLYN district. Messrs. Van Colt
and Merritt were Mr.. Platt's own selections.
Mr.. Moore was an original Mckinley man,
indorsed by the other nnti-Platt leaders OF
Brooklyn,
Cornelius Van Colt is a native New Yorker.
He was born in the Fifteenth Ward In 1888.
In 1887 he was elected State Senator andtwo
years later President HARRISON made him
Postn, ester. Frank Il. Moore is q teacher ir
the puslic schools Of Brooklyn.
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ELECTRIC CHAIR USED IN OHIO.
Two Murdcrers Killed in a Manner En-
tirely Satisfactory.

tlrely Satisfactory.
William Haas and William Wiley, murder
ers, were killed by electricity in the peniten-
tiary annex at Columbus, Ohio. This was
the first time the electric chair was used in
Ohio.
The execution in each case was entirely
successful. death being apparently painless
and practically instantaneous No burning
or abrasion OF the skin by the electrodes
could be seen. ~Sixty-flve persons saw the
executions.
William Wiley shot his wife in Cincinnati
on July 20, 1896. William Haas killed Emma
Brader, wife OF his employer, at her home
In CINCINNATI on July 5, 1895. He had first
made an assault. Wiley was twenty-siS
years old and Haas only seventeen. Both
confessed their crimes.
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DUAL MURDER IN A CARRIAGE.


A Mysterious Crime Perpetrated ut Sack.
ett's Harbor, n. Y.
The village of Sackett's Harbor, N. Y, was
the scene early Friday morning OF one of the
bloodiest tragedies known in the history OF
northern New York.
Mrs. Wilbur Crouch, q woman who had
separated from her husband, and Miss Mary
D.Iiley were shot and almost instantly killed
while riding in Il carriage with JAMES Allen,
o soldier ofthe Ninth United States Infantry.
Allen received five bullets in his body.
Wilbur Crouch, divorced husband OF Mrs.
Crouch, is under arrest for the murder.
Mrs. Crouch aud Mary Daley were en-
ployed as servants iu the officers quarters
at Madison Barracks, where the Ninth In
tantry is stationed.
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Hunter Has Withdrawn.

DIR. W. Godfrey Hunter, the Republican
caucus nominee for Senator, formally with
drew from the contest at a caucus Of the Re-
publican members Of the Kentucky Legisla-
ture. DIR. Hunters withdrawal came In tho
form of a letter, in which he said he recog-
nized the fact that no could not be elected,
and, as a loyal Republican. desired to make
way for Il party man who could succeed.
DR.. Hunter, who is the Representative in
Congress from the Third District, iminedia-
tely left Frankfort for Washington.
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TEMPERANCE.


THE D~RuNKARD's LAMENT.
!The following poem was written by tb
members Of the New Orleans Bar" and 1t
said to be the pathetic story OF his ow
ruined life.1
lhave been to the funeral of all my hope
And entombed them one by one.
Not a word was SAID,
Not a teal was shed,
when the mournful task WINS done,
Slowly and sadly turned me round
And sought my silent room,
n there alone,
By my cold hearthstone,
l wooed the midnight gloom.
And. as the night winds deepening shade
Lowered above my brow,
wept. DER the days
When manhood's rays
We're brighter far than now.
The dying embers OF the hearth
Gave out their Pickering light
As II to say,
b Is the way
Thy life shall close In night.
| wept aloud, in anguish sore,
Ger the blight Of prospects fair,
While demons laughed
And eagerly guaffed
My tears like nectar rare.
Through hell's red hall m echo rang,
An echo loud and long,
As in the bowl
l plunged my soul
In the night Of madness strong.
And there, within that sparkling glass.
i knew the cause to lie;
This all men own
From zone to zones
Yet millions drink and die.
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Frost DOES Great Damage.

Great damage was done BY the heavy frost
which fell throughout New Jersey and
Southern New York. Ice formed IN inch
thick and ice was reported in many sections
OF New Jersey. Early Strawberries have
been destroyed, while much damage has
been done In the peach belt. The tempera-
ture fell on an average OF AZ degrees. Gar
den truck and flowers, as we'll as e1rly fruit,
suffered. In scores OF cemeteries and parks
the flowers had been set out for the season,
and all were DESTROYED.
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nlcreles nnrt the nallroads.

At the annual meeting OF the shareholders
Of the Grand Trunk Railway OF Canada, in
London, England, Sir Charles Rivers Wilson,
the Chairman, referred TO the disastrous Ell
&ect OF bicycles, OF which, he said, lO,O99
4yere used in Toronto alone, on the railroad
kecelpis. Referring TO the antitrust decision
M the United States Supreme Court, Sir
fCharles said he believed the railroad man
4 accrs Intended to maintain the rates under
\ ali circumstances.
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DIVERSITY IN FARM PRODUCTS.
1t viii Be Encouraged by Distribution
of Seeds Free.

initiated a new system OF seed distribution
in his department. His ain is to diversity
so far as possible, the farm products ofthe
country, and to this end lie is making a
specially of selecting new and valuable seeds
from all parts of the world and putting them
in the hands OF farmers likely to use them to
advantage. Such an undertaking, the Secre-
tary ia aware, cannot be accomplished
quickly. He has begun the work with
sugar beets and leguminous plants of all
sorts. While sugar beets are nov widely
cultivated in the West, the best seed at pres
emit comes from abroad, where scientific i'm
the French aud German Governments for
years. A large supply OF these high-grade
seeds has been ordered.
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The NEWS eprToMIzEo
Washington Items.

Senator Mason, of Illinois, led an assault
upon the Senate rules which permit Inter
minable discussions upon every measure De-
fore that body.
Secretary Long left Washington for Bos-
ton, SO that Assistant Secretary Theodore
Roosevelt became Acting Secretary OF the
Navy on the third day OF his incumbency OF
office.
The House met and Immediately adjourned
as a mark Of respect 10 the late Representa-
|, tive Milliken.
A delegation from the American Fedora
ton OF Labor, headed by Samuel Gompers,
called on Speaker Reed and presented a
memorial asking the appointment OF Repre-
sentative Gardner, OF New Jersey, TO the
Committee on Labor, and also suggested
amendments to the Eight-Hour law.
q Friends of Sugar Broker Chapman, con-
victed OF contempt for falling to answer 1ues-
tions OF United States Senate Committee,
decided to ppeal to President Mckinley Ia
pardon him.
Important nominations sent to the Senate
were MS follows: William A. Jones, OF Wis
c%onsin, to be Commissioner OF Indian Affairs;
William Y~oungbiood, of Alabama, to be Au-
ditor for the Interior Department; James L.
Davenport, of New Hampshire, to be First
Deputy Commissioner OF Pensions, and Mel
win NJ. Conklin to be Postmaster at Ell
MI 40 Co.,
The Senate passed the Agricultural Appro-
priaticn bill.
A bill to pension the daughters Of General
George G. Meade-Margaret b. Meade and
Henrietta Meade-at 800 per month each,
was introduced by Senator Penrose, OF
Pennsylvania
Sealing experts representing the American
and British Governments will again visit
the Boring Sea islands to investigate the
seal question.
United States Army officers sympathiZe
with Greece, but expect Turkey to win the
war. No neutrality proclamation is likely
to be issued by the President unless the
necessity arises. The War Department will
permit Captain Scriven to accompany the
Turkish forces. President Mckinley is tax
ing deep interest in the war.
W. A. Jones. of Wisconsin, has been NOM
mated for Commissioners OF Indian Affairs.
Theodore Roosevelt assumed his duties as
Assistant Secretary OF hi Navy.
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MASSACRE IN Asy5sINIA.
An italian Expedition las Been Ami
lnted In ManeIIk,s Land.

Ar italian Expedition Has Been Annihi.
lated in MenelIk's Land.
The Paris Temps publishes a story saying
that IN Italian expedition, under Major
Bottego, has been annihilated in Southern
Abyssinia.
1t appears that the Ethiopian General COM
manding at Baro requested Major Bottego to
halt until the expedition was authorized by
the Negus to proceed.
The Italians, it is further stated, fired on
the messengers bearing the flag OF truse and
killed them.
In the fight between the Abyssinians and
The Italians which followed only two OF the
latter succeeded in escaping.
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Must Have i License to Drink.

The South Carolina Supreme Conrt has
rendered a decision which afIlrms that no
man can keep any liquor In his house or
place OF business for a lawful purpose, such
az personal use. unless the vessel in which it
Is kept has a certificate upon 1t from the
| State Liquor Commissioner.
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William Hughes aud wife AMI two sons,
an entire family. living near Mifiin, Ind,
use freely of wild parsnips, which were mis-
taken for sweet anlse. Tho father aud one
son lived four hours, the mother and othe,
son died In forty-eight hours. All sun roo
great agony.
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Gsntrx Escnpes the Gallows.

The Pennsylvania Boarl Of Parions
voted the Communication OF the death SEN
'tence imposed upon Jamos D. Gentry, the
actor, for the murder in Philadelphia OF
Madge Yorke, the actress, TO imprisonment
for life. Gentry was to have been hanged
Anrfi %
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Victory for the Turks.

The Turks, having won a complete victory
in Milouna Pass, prepared TO advance by
forced marches upon Larissa, the Greek
army headduarters. Every man in Gre see
able TO bear arms was summoned to tho de-
tense of his country. MitYlene and Seio,
islands off Asia Minor, were occupied by
Greeks alter fierce fighting.
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Some interesting facts nave been published
respecting the teetotal collierY village OF Roe
Green, ia Lancashire. England. Twenty-Five
years ago the houses OF the village belonged
almost exclusively to the B~ridgewater trus-
tees. who employ mest ofthe nsen. To-day,
out Of 14O houses, sghty-one IRE inhabited
by their owners. 10
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GRATITUDE OF A WIDOW
Left $4,000 to an Editor Because He Once
Be.riended Her Husband.

Be.riended Her Husband.
P. @. Boyle, editor OF the OIL City (Penn.)
Derrick, while in New York recently received
a telegram to return home on urgent bust-
ness. 1t turns out that Mr.. Boyle's presence
at home was required that he might look
after the probating of the will of Mrs. Rose
Harrison, OF Pittsburg, the widow OF a
former employee. who had bequeathed to him
her estate valued at $4,000.
Mrs. Harrison was the wife OF Charles @.
Harrison, formerly on the editorial staff of
the Oil City Derrick. He died of Bright's
disease, and for a year before his death was
unable to work. During this time Mr.. Boyle
assisted him, and it is out OF gratitude that
Mrs. Harrison left him Der property.
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rarin vote IN the senate.

A tariff vote in the Senate at Washington
showed the Republican strength TO DO "a
against % on IL motion to refer Mr.. Vests
resolution declaring Illegal Secretary Gagets
recent order to customs officers In accord
ance with the retroactive clause OF the Ding
ley bill. Mr.. Mantle vote with the Republi'
cans, and Mr.. Chandler with the Democrats
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At THE HEAD OF THE POWERS FLEET
Admiral C~snavaro, in Command of thu
Ships B~lockadIuR Crete.

Admiral Napoleon Canavaro, the nava'
officer in command Of the joint European
feet engaged in the blockade Of Crete, II
one OF the high officials of the Italian nav
and one Of the most efficient commander
aflont. Although q trusted officer under
the Government OF Italy, the Admiral Is not
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crisis in Transvaal Affairs.

A crisis has been reached in Transvaal af-
fairs. An American representative OF the
Rothschilds. who claims to be in q position
to know, says that war has bsen decided on
by England. Seven British warships have
arrived at Durham, Natal.
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Some years ago q British ptk, when din
ing with tho Queen, was I'll 4 by a
Royal Duchess TO take vino HIM her. His
lordship politely thanked her ~. but de-
clinad the compliment, stating, JHAe never
took wine. The Duchess immAice. Btnrned
10 the Queen and iocularly Jna XPlease,
your Majesty, here is Lord |hndIeA declines
10 take wine at your Majesty'si Every
eye was turned TO the Qneeu}3@D little
curiosity was eylnced as toElkA tanner In
which tho total abstainer ~, uVbe dealt
with by royalty. With a snilN ND grace
full expression Her Majesty reJs, \ HThere
is no compulsion at my table,