Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-12-11
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London, December 10.-The weather
in Great Britain is still marked by ex-
ceptional mildness and plentiful rain
fall.
TIE event of the week has been the
centenary of the cattle show at Isling
ton, which was opened by the Prince of
Wales with record entry. Tie Queen
won several first prizes. Viscount
Portman, the Earl of Coventry. Baron
Rothschild and Lord Rosebery were
also among the prize winners.
The council of the Royal Agricultur-
al Society has brought maledictions on
its head by what the newspapers char
acterize as a discreditable resolution
resembling the recent rule against
docking horses tails. The Royal fam
lily and the leading members of the
aristocracy and army have set a good
example against this so-called barbar-
Gus custom, but many of the smart"
people refuse to purchase unlocked
horses. Much opposition to the rule
has thus been aroused among breed
ers and pressure was put upon the
Agricultural Society to rescind the
rule. The newspapers now demand
that parliament intervene and abso
lutely prohibit docking.
The Queen mother of the Neither
lands has written to Queen Victoria
privately definitely announcing her
daughters betrothal to Prince William
of Wied. An official notification on
the subject will be made shortly. The
question of the status of Prince Will
lam has not yet been settled, but it is
now believed Queen Victoria's prece-
dent will be followed.
Miss Weston, who is we'll known for
her work among sailors, has just had
an interview with The Queen al Wind
sor, who is keenly interested in her
laborss Her Majesty recently gave a
cabin" to the Sailors Resi- at Devon
port, and Miss Weston related to the
Queen an
INCIDENT OF A SICK SAILOR
who, after having been placed in the
cabin, asked il the Queen really gave
the cabin out of her private pocket.
When told it was true, the sailor said.
Il would not have believed it unless
| had seen it. She has been my queen
always. Now she is my friend"
Miss Weston says the Queen wept on
hearing this simple story.
Her Majesty has contributed $3.50 to
the Gordon Memorial College fund,
which is now fully subscribed.
Gen Kitchener, who resembles Mr.
Cecil Rhodes in several ways, is IL
sisting that he should have only young
unmarried men with him. He called
at the foreign Office before he left Lon
don. and said he wanted somebody 70
take over the financial department of
the Soudan. When he was asked
what kind of a man he wanted, Gen.
Kitchener replied: Il want man
thoroughly up in all finance problems
and not over twenty-five years old y
Gen. Kitchener is still waiting for his
financial prodigy.
Rudyard Kipling has published in the
Times a poem supposed TO be the trans
lation of song by Sikh infantryman
on hearing that Gen. Kitchener is about
to establish the Gordon College at
Khartoum. The last verse, speaking
of the English, runs:
eThsv do not consider the meaning of
things. they consult no creed or clan.
Behold, they clap the slave on the back
and behold. he becometh a man.
They terribly carpet the earth with dead
and before their cannons cool.
They walk unarmed by twos and threes
to call the living to school"
Kipling has accepted the vice presi-
dency of the Navy League and pro-
noses to take an active part in the
movement to which the present effic-
iency of the British navy, it is gener-
ally admitted, is in a large measure
III utDISu.
A letter from st. Petersburg relates
that the Car, who is rather proud Of
his tenor voice, which is sweet and ad-
mirably trained, though not of great
volume. was in very gay spirits and
in excellent form at recent musical
marty at the imperial villa at Livadia.
He sung a couple of arias particularly
we'll and was SO pleased with himself
that. turning from the piano TO an ap-
nreciative court audience. he laughing
ly exclaimed:
We'll, my children, my enemies say
many harsh and unkind things OF me
and accuse me of being destitute Of
many capacities. But 1 defy them to
saw can not sing as well as the best
of them"
The United States embassy was recent
rv asked TO make known the fact that
Mrs. Kelly, Of Los Angeles. Calf, died,
leaving $500 to heirs unknown The en-
basey officials published this and ever
since they have been inundated by thous-
ands Of letters from persons claiming re-
Iatfonship with the deceased or asking