The age-herald., 1898-09-11

great neglect. They say they were without food and drink for hours or until civilians succored them.
 The tourist agencies are already plan ming trips to Khartoum, which this week has demonstrated to be less than nine days from London. Last Saturday Gen. Kitclf- ener dispatched Col. Hope from Omdu: man the former dervish stronghold on the river Nile, near Khartoum, to Cairo, and he accomplished the journey in eighty seven and a half hours.
 A long cabled interview with MT. Jo-e9h Chamberlain, the British secretary of state for the colonies, who is now in the United States on visit to his wifc's parents, has been received with incredulity by the Eng fish press. The Daily Chronicle says:
 That he should have talked of a rail- road through the Transvaal, from Khar- toum to the Cape, or have disclosed the Anglo-German understanding, or performed other feats of like description is beyond believing If these stories are true, then indeed Lord Salisbury's bazors' are quenched forever in the white light of MT. Chamberlain's indiscretions"
 Tropical weather continues here and on the continent. The thermometer in Lon don on Thursday last registered 90 degrees, which is the record for the summer, while the returns for the past thirty years do not show any previous record above S7 degrees for the month of September. The whole of Great Britain continues to be without rain and the almost unbreathable atmosphere in London is intensified by a sultry, white mist, which is so thick on the Thames that the steamboats had to stop running. There have been innumerable cases of -sunstroke and apoplexy and the iron works Of Sir m.ngham and the back country are closing on account of the heat. Tires are occur ring among the trees and In the grass on the commons.
 The conditions prevailing in the east end of London are specially pitiable. There has been the usual water famine and for three weeks over a million people, to say nothing of animals, have been suffering from the shortage. The situation is daily rowing worse, levers are breaking out and as the indications of rain are as scarce as the signs of snow, the supply of water has already been curtailed three hours daily and promises to be further shortened.
 The heat has also been very great in Paris, where an ice famine prevails, and the French soldiers have been suffering so much during the army maneuvers that they had to be abandoned. The Paris me neurological authorities hold that sun spot is responsible for the extreme heat
 It now appears that MT. George N. Cur zon, the former parliamentary secretary Of the foreign office and newly appointed vice. roy of India, will not be raised to the peer age before he goes to India.
 The health authorities have issued warning against the use of American chewing gum, which is becoming the rage among children fin the East End The au- thorities consider it more dangerous than the ice cream which the Italians sell in the street and against which there has been a rigorous crusade.
 To-day" which is now edited by Barry Payne instead of Jerome K. Jerome, de- votes pages this week to the exposure of the alleged "Klondike fiasco," and espe- oio ly fn ha randrtpd c0rrupriOn of Offi- cials. It publishes letter from promi- nent Englishman, who says:
 '"The police, land office postoffice, gold commissioners office and the mounted po- lice are all corrupt. The Americans are having the laugh over the Britishers about pure government. I would rather see the whole country handed over to the Yankees than to see such a shameful state of af- fairs under our flag"
 Yachtsmen here are delighted at the fact that "big ships" have again been chosen for the America's cup contest, as this class of yacht promises to be very strong here in 1899. MT. Charles Day Rose and the Duke of Abbruzzi. nephew of the king of Italy, have both ordered new ninety foot CTS.
 British society is still scattered over the country and continent. The prince of Wales landed on Thursday from the royal yacht and will spend a fortnight at Osborne.
 The queen, who is in excellent health, witnessed the Braener gathering at Ball. moral on Thursday. Unusual interest was taken in the celebration, as it was the fif- tieth anniversary of the occasion upon which the queen first patronized the games.
 The Doncaster races during the week at- tracted many fashionable people There were many large house parties at Tranby- croft where the Wilson's are again greatly to the fore They took a special train from Hull with a party which included Lady Randolph Churchill, the Earl and Countess of Essex and the Duke of Rox- burgh.
 With the reopening of the Haymarket theater with the Little Minister" last Saturday, and the first performance of the Kendalls' season at the St. James next Thursday, the London autumn season will have fairly begun. But the heat naturally is affecting the attendance at the places of amusement.