Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-24
KTTCHENER'S ESCAPE.
GENERAL BATES IS INTERVIEWED.
q. =. Military Atiache speaha Of the
French soidisr--wen Trained bot
Lack Intelligence.

ain conanuca TO enjoy flne, though de-
cidcdly cooler weather. The rainfall ie |
SIN practically nil and the farmers |
are bitterly complaining q the impoa-
sitinty Of commencing au.umn OI,ra-
tons. owing to the state Of the ground.
The recent hot spell brought a plague |
Of mosquitoes TO several counties result |
Ing IN the Introduction % American !
mosquito nets The sheep fair az loves
ycreriay had 90 be Suspended owing
20 the swarns OF rnoaquiioa.
The soudan war correspondent, re-
turned to Londoa yesterday evening.
Tn > speak Indignantly Of the cavalier
treatment they have been subjected 20
by Gen. SIR Herbert Kitchener. They
say they were kept In the dark as %
everything shat WIS going on aud they
add thal thClr messages we're mutt
hited by the censor
IL leaked out this week that Gen.
Kitchener had a harrow escape fruin
dlafh through trachsry during me
battle 81 Omdufm1m. lie was riding
with his STAN Ia front ~ a SnudnncHe
| battalion. which was advancing, when
90 least a dozen bullets whlzEod past
/ his head. Gen. Kitchener gallop0d as
/ fafg ~ he could and word was sent 60
| the officer commanding the battalion.
/ There II NJ douSi the pcrpstratorH were
some of the rccrn'ly enlisted dotviah-
! a.. The city cmpprtion decdcd TO
/ preaoft Gen Kitchener WIKI the free
| Dom Of the city AMI q sword u honor.
The event Of the sporting weck has
/ been the rc-appcaIancc % TNl sloan
l the American Jockey. on the Manchea-
Scr race course. where he carried the
t.oriilard ntrcsford stlblcs coiors WIKI
/ grtgf EucccHH. he mot with HrcM
/ reception on his arrival NJ the Pad
dock aud crowds followed him every
whore. iiiH first victory aroused In
tense cfr,husaEm ana he was checred
10 thc echo
A comparison having bem made be-
| ftycn the riding Of the late Fred Archer,
one famous Englllh Jockey. anu Tod
Sloan. Lord VIM. uercsford has gwen
the 0pifLua thut sloan a distinctly
better Jockey than ever Archer was.
Mr. Austin. this week unveiled az
Whrhy. an angcllcal cross Ia memory
Of Engiand's nrs p9ci. the cowherd
C1admin.
General Bates. the United states mil
inry attachc here. has rCturned 10
London after following the frcnch
army mancuvers. lie sald IN an iuicr-
view.
u am profoundly impressed by all I
saw. The Frcnch officers showed more
Interest IN thor profession than any
officers have met elsewhere The men
were perfectly tinined and hardy but
aa with an other European soldiers
have seen. they hacked the Intelligence
and smartness Of ar American rcgu-
lars"
u WIS mu'h struck with uhe perfect
condition % troops ana the efficiency Of
o. she comHnlsslry hrt1ngcments ana
.HI 4 NaI n d
such close attention paid TO the small
tiii dotalls,
''Ihe infantry movementu. too. were
equal 10 those Of tho best American
roEularr."
IL conclusion Gen. Bates remarked
Tho Euuptan armies have now
solved tie problems % ne ofFtnl4l-
ton and management 81 armies ana y
would seen unwlTc for the United
fratea, In any contemplated military
reorganization not 90 take ndNamnHe
~ EuiaIfin experiences To rrofEAhltlhs
our army, l, u not - neces,.ary ~ me ne
United States TO invent AZ u u To- uH
b copy uud ndnfa what II bes, In the
armies Of Europe"
Milan. me former king of servia, IL
again heavily In debt AMI n threatened
with judicial procrcdinrs by no less
ehan seven money lenders.
The earl q Mimic, the new Eovernut
general ~ Canada, has appointed Major
pfumnond OF the scots guards, Who
has jur returned from the Roudnn 10
be his military secretary and he np-
pointed Lieut.. W. =. LahceneH OF the
SCOTS guards. and Lieut.. J. II. G. Ora
hlm, 20 the Cold~iream guards, 20 be
II IN announced thns Rear Admiral
Dewey has purchased here, through an
agrnt "a shakcspearsin relic In me
shape o. small box made frum n mul-
b,rry tree planted by Shakespeare In
his garden ~ Straford. The box FORMER
~ belonged 10 Gen. Sir Denis Faek, onc
OF welnngton'a comrades
The first section Of the elcUrlc rail-
rcad 30 the summit ~ The Juugfrau, the
famous mountain Of the Swiss Alps, has
been opening as Ear NJ The Asolger
Glacier and il II expected the road VIII
be finished by the year 1904. The IMPORTS
which have reached hrrc saying the
American cup defender WIN be built
ready to cross the Atlanic are warmly
applauded IN yachting crcles here. The
Yachting World says;
This II not bad poscy, There are
several international cups IN those
waters which require looking after"
More light has been thrown upon
tithd "Gulne, "" by an article In me
Critic. a fiDauchl organ, In which q
list In given OF peers VINO have been
made directors OF unsuccessful com
| lANNfHf II HilhufN 80 lNNiNl ~ "f'f
panlea and capital " ta2o,0OO,OOO on
t2ii 900 .0i0 OF which no dividends have
ever been paid. Many Of the peers are
directors In several companies. the NJ
II headed by Lord DonoughmDre, Win
II companies ana includes the earl OF
Essex and Lord Arthur Builder
The return OF Mr. ana Mrs Kendall
to the old 81. James Thoheer which
George Alexander has let them have
until his return. was the chief event OF
the theatrical week. The play selected
was. The Elder Miss Blossom, wa,h
which the Kendalls have been touring
THE provinces, on the whole 1t was well
received and rs likely 10 carry them
through their interim season,
on the same nlght, Thurfday' me
savoy Theatcr revived The soreerer'
Lillian Russell, Who - continuing hef
successful career Germany denies the
report that she IL going 20 Madrid. she
says she would not consider auch Z.
proposition nor moment and adds mat
She il going from Germany 10 Vienna
and fnom there TO England.
4. 3. willard has been ordered 20 take
complete rest until the sprlng and he
Is going 10 Italy
Troops for Chicago.