The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-03-11
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+ London, Feb. 20.-The West African
war scare of week ago has crumbled.
II there is any fighting it will be OH the
Initiative of the Royal Niger company,
which proposes that any French troops in
the COmpAny's territories shall be elected
immediately by the company's troops,
which Capt. Luggard commands. The
company, unlike the government, has a
comparatively free hand, being in the po-
sition of an individual ejectng trespassers
from his property, and the officials of the
company say they intend to act yigor-
ously.
Salisbury Took the Rubber.
Though the secretary of state for the
colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, announced
on Friday i'll the House of Commons that
the cabinet was unit on the question of
West Africa, parliamentary gossip insists
that the Marquis of Salisbury gained the
deciding trick of his game with Mr. Cham
berain in announcing the dispatch of the
ambassador at Paris, Sir Edmund Mon
son, in the House of Lords OH Tuesday,
the premier, both in the manner and mat
ter, taking great delight in snubbng Mr..
Chamberlain.
This is evident from the fact that the
dispatch, which in substance set forth
that France had no hostile intention in
West Africa and had no knowledge of the
presence of French troops in the Sokoto
country, was not communicated to the
House of Commons by the parliamentary
secretary for the foreign office, George n.
Curzon, for the reason that he chad not
seen the foreign. secretary that day"
Certainly Mr.. Chamberlain was most
annoyed, more particularly so as many
of the Conservatives have expressed all
ger at his false alarm.
The Irish local government bill is on
the whole received with general favor
by Irishmen in the House of Commons,
so much SO that the members on Mon
day seemed to be basking in the mil
lennium. Messrs. Dillon, Healy and
Redmond find themselves more in ac-
cord than for years past.
A Lever for Home Rule.
Mr.. Redmond, in conversation with a
representative of the Associated press,
said: 'The BILL SO far as it goes, is
satisfactory. 1t places the management
of all purely local affairs absolutely in
the hands of the people. OF course. it
is not a substitute for home rule. On
the contrary, if it works well, it will be
a powerful weapon i'll our hands to for
ward home rule 1t will prove that our
selves with good sense and toleration"
~ conference of the Irish members of
all parties on Tuesday unanimously de-
cided to place the conduct of the cues
ton this year in the hands of Mr.. Red
mond, who has given notice of motion
raising the whole question of Ireland's
overtaXatlon on the presentation of the
budget
The Liberal newspapers are full of de-
nunciations of the dohgs of the Duke of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and his journey
ing from Malta to Alexandria on H. NJ.
$. Surprise, when he donned his admiral's
uniform, neccsstating the hosting of the
standard, the fleets saluting and the duke
being constituted senior officer of the sta
ton, to the great disgust of those who
consider the duke to be a foreign prince
with honorary rank in the British navy,
although he is Duke Of Edinburgh and
second son of the Queen of England.
Ihc Sultan of Morocco in order to re-
arm his army with modern weapons is
sending il large portion of his unrivaled
collection of guns to Germany and Eng
land for sale.
Scandal in Jerusalem Cemetery Sale.
Truth has been asked to expose what is
said to be Il scandal in regard to the sale
of the American cemetery at Jerusalem
by the American Presbyterian board of
have been made in order to replenish the
Golfers of the board, and secrecy. it is
added, WAS observed because the sale was
contrary to Turkish laws. Friends of
Englshnen whose remains had been
buried there are said to have protested to
the state department ut Washington, to
the American minister at Constantinople,
they have been unable to obtain redress
and now ask the newspapers to ventilate
the matter.
The late Signor Nicolini left the SUM of
100000 ($1O0, OO0 to his widow, Adelila
Patti, and to his three children by his
first marriage. Madame Patti, however,
has renowned the legacy.
Prince Oscar of Sweden, second son Of
the King of Sweden and Norway. made
his first appearance on Sunday last at
Copenhagen as Il mission preacher for
the Young Mems Christian association
of Stockholm. His wife also addressed
the audience. which numbered about
1000 people. Both the prince and princess
speak tluently and simply.
American Railways Praised.
The Times has just concluded the pub
LEGATION of series of articles on Amer;-
can railroads in which it's correspondent
has bestowed unstinted praise upon their
equipment and punctuality as contrast
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Times correspondent thinks the Ameri-
can excellence is due to "one-man" con-
troll.
Commenting on these facts, the Times
urges English railroad men to ''take Il
lesson from America, abolish the absurd
ly weak locomotives and also increase the
size of the trucks Continuing, the
Times says: "As to the 'onc-man' power
we do not share our correspondents en-
hl1Si + &c. oil ,;~-l,4
is a good man. but many an unfortunate
English investor has bitter reason to re-
greet boss CONTROL
The London social season was official
ly opened with the Prince of Wales levee
on Tuesday and the Queens drawing
room yesterday: Her majesty. as usual,
only received the diplomats and Il few
rest to the Princess of Wales. The
Queen seems to be enjoying wonderfully
good health. She walks better than she
did ut the time of her jubilee
The American society held Wash
ington birthday reception at the Grafton
galleries on Tuesday. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
White. i'll the absence of Col. John Hay,
the United States ambassador, and Mrs.
Hay received. and many prominent peo-
pie were i'll attendance.
The change of weather to cold and raw.
with snow. etc. has not checked the eDi-
dcmic of measles which has mainly at
tucked grown-up people. During the
past week over twenty balls and recep-
tons have been postponed in consequence
of the epidemic and several schools have
been closed for the same reason.
The Duke and Duchess of Marlbor-
ough will start in few days on a tour
of Italy which will last several months.
Dull Week at the Theaters.
The theatrical week has not been
marked by the production of any new
plays. Messrs. Wyndham and Hare, two
influenza absentees, have returned to their
respective theaters.
The programme for the Nellie Farren
benefit at Drury Lane on March II shows
a most remarkable collection of notabili-
ties. The cast of Lord Iytton's Money
includes Messrs. Tree, Hare, Hawtrey,
Herbert Warning. Louis Walter and Ar
thur Roberts, and in Trial by Jury not
only, the principal. but the jury, brides
maids and lady visitors in the court are
all celebrities, Lady Bancroft, Lydia
Thompson and Kate Santley being among
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