Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13
Mr.. CURZOl APOLOG|ZED.
The Secretary Started the Parliamen-
tary Session With Offensive Speech.
cries Of Shame Followed ~ The
Withdrawal of the Offensive Re
mark Brought a Good HUNDRED
Smile to the Countenance of MIR.
Davitt-Spain Asks Great Brit
aims Assistance in Raising a
Loan = King Menelik 20 Visit
Europe.

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London, February 12-Parliament
opens without anything in the shape
OF great sensation, but with a gen
eral feeling on both sides OF the House
that matters will take a livelier turn
later. Most of the prophets are of the
opinion that it will be a foreign policy
session, the position Of the government
depending very largely upon the ex-
tent to which it can justify its rela-
lions with the Powers. The general
tone of the lobby conversation show
ed that dissatisfaction with the action
or the Marquis of Salisbury was wide
spread among his supporters, particu-
larry IN regard to the Chinese loan and
West Africa. The Parliamentary sec
rotary for the foreign office, Mr.. George
N.sCurzOn, started the session badly by
making enemies All parties resent his
brutal taunt of Mr.. Michael Davitt
during thursdays dssentions over
slavery in Zanzibar Mr. Davitt asked
if some OF the female prisoners were
kept in irons
Possibly they were" responded Mr..
Curzon, land perhaps the honorable
gentleman knows that there are peo-
pie in this country who are not unac-
quainted with handouts"
Mr.. Davitt promptly replied:
Yes, | myself
Then there were such cries of
"Shamei" Withdraw" and 'Apolo-
gize," that even the unusual complac-
ency Of Mr.. CurZon was upset, and he
said:
q have no desire to be offensive and
am quite
READY TO APOLOGIZE
for having tempted the honorable gen
tleman's interruption"
At the end of his speech Mr.. Curzon
said he wished to repeat his apology,
and Mr.. Davitt raised his hat and
smiled coed humoredly.
The correspondent OF the Associated
Press at Alien, Norway, reports that
the expedition headed by the Rev.
Sheldon Jackson and Lieutenant D. B.
DevOre, military secretary Of the Uni
ted States Secretary Of War, has met
with great difficulties. Mr. William A.
Kjellmann, superintendent Of the gov
eminent reindeer herd in Alaska, who
started ahead of Messrs. Jackson and
Devore, has secured the country, with
six assistants. sledging 5000 miles
through forests, in arctic night. Train
ed reindeer are scarce; he had to pick
up lots of three Of four, which were
eventually concentrated into six herds
aggregating 500. 1t was difficult to
persuade the Laplanders to leave their
homes; but fifty drivers were finally
secured. Mr.. Jackson said the travel
necessary to collect the reindeer was
more dangerous than travelling In the
Chilcoot pass.
1t is understood that Spain recently
applied to Great Britain for assistance
in raising a loan, to which che Mar
Guis of Salisbury referred at the open
ing Of the House Of Lords on Tuesday
last, when he said that China was not
the only government
WHICH MIGHT WANT MONEY.
According to club gossip, the Span
ish legations in London and elsewhere
are suffering from long delay of their
remittances and that the diplomats
have been forced to defray the eX
penses of their establishments.
Prince Albert, of Belgium, the nep-
hew of King Leopold, Of Belgium, and
heir presumptive to the Belgian
throne, will accompany MS uncle to
the Riviera on board the steam yacht
Mayflower, formerly the property of
the late Mr. Ogden Goelet, of New
York, but recently purchased by his
majesty. The prince will then start
for the United States. From one Of
the aides-de-camp Of the king, a CORE
spondent of the Associated Press learns
that the programme Of the princes
tour is very long. He means to- see
almost every part of the United States,
from New York to California New Or
leans and Florida, and as far north as
Seattle and Portland and back through
Canada to st. John S. The prince has
already decided Just what he will visit
in each city. At Washington, for eX
ample. he will go to the Soldiers Home
schools. Fhe prince will also visit
Boston. Bar Harbor, Lenox. Niagara,
Chicago. Milwaukee, st. Paul, Minnea-
polls, Duluth, st. Louis. Louisville,
Cincinnati, Pittsburg Oil City, Salt
Lake City. Denver, Colorado Springs,
the Yellowstone Park and numerous
0ther clJleS. he T6pUII IUdl lHe prince
intends to consult President Mckinley
regarding Congo affairs is unfOunded.
KING MINILEK,
of Abyssinia, is preparing for a jour
new to the European capitals and is
collecting all the objects of special ar
tistic interest in Abyssinia, the most
valuable of which he will take as gifts
to the various rulers. His majesty in
tends to be absent about eight months
and the government of Abyssinia, dur
ing that time, will be entrusted to the
queen.
Quite a sensation has been caused in
Dublin by the extraordinary precau
lions adopted for the safety Of the cas-
tie. In addition to the regular police
force and soldiers. a large guard, fully
armed. and relieved every two hours,
is placed on the castle roof, ever The
chief secretary's library. The only
surmise possible is that an attempt to
dynamite the building is contemplate
ed
The list Of members of the Royal
Commission to represent Great Britain
at the Paris exhibition of 1900, as pub
lished by the London Gazette last
week. was drawn up by the Prince Of
Wales, the prince having rejected the
government list on the ground that it
was too cliquey and too Tory-union-
list, and demanding that if he was to
ton h4a