Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-21

fus affair The broad Arrow draws an
analogy between the system ~ the
conhdcqt reports Of the British army
aud the French secret dossiers. ana
says the British system Is n "gricvuus
blot on the military administration.
which results In confidential reports
being In many cases q mere travcsty OF
Justice"
The broad Arrow explains that COM
munding officers are empowered 10
make reports which reflect on Junior
officers and Influence tho war depart
mrnt In IT, selections Tor promotion,
without the sufferers being Informed
~ the reasons. aud says; THE cf-
feet Of prcjudiccd reports are often
disastrous go the officers prospects.
la Chose ItiWce II regarded na a fet-
iah. 4 particular ease In point has been
thus FAR amotheted. hut We ARE inform
81 that the facts viii sooner or later
be published In the press. which VIII
not leave u doubt that fragrant lnius-
tice has actually been committed. The
secret archives ~ the war department
could tn tales ~ careers blasted on
absolutely unreliable evidence. con.
Trajectory proof ~ which has been In
the hands ~ the nuthorltcH. who Ia or.
der tn avoid scandal. resisted all on
drnNurH upon the part of the victim Tor
a fair inyeHtigation."
NORTH POLE EXPEDITION.
Adviccs from Copenhagen Hay that
Duke OF Abruzzi. o. nephew ~ the King
~ ftlly. ia shortly expected there 10
personally supcrintend the preparations
Tor HE North Pole expedition lie viii
rail during the summer fpr Spitzhcrrrn.
win purs the winter In Franz Joseph.
land. ana hopes 20 rrnch the North
Pole 10y dog sieda iu August 1900. The
expedition Will cost about ci0vo0, most
II which has been subscribed by King
Humbcrl
a resident u San Francisco. IN.
charles Freye. died lntuHtato at Nicn-
ma IN july last Of apupicNy, leaving the
tum ~ ao.ooo pounds. It II said, de-
posltcd In San Francisco, No heirs
were discovered ana the State was
| about tn take over the money when two
poor Swiss named iioshafdt and May,
from Dubcndprff. near Zurich. arrived
IN Vienna on Tuesday and claimed the
Inheritance. They brought with thcm
docuincutr 20 show that they were the
deccarcd'H brother and bruthcr-in-law
respectively.
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
There are several interesting
new plays on the stocks. Marvin iiar-
vcy. one Of the foremost young actors.
/ has taken short lease % the ~
I
! drumntisntinn ~ 4 Tale ~ Two cities,
| by the Row Freeman wills. who wrote
| olivia aud charles Tor Sir Henry
! Irving. Harvey VIII take the part NJ
| Carbon and Robert Tabor viii play -,
] Fargo.
Louis NJ. pArkora Maynowcr, which
was played In the United States two
or three years aEo. II being r"hearHod
| by company Including Scntt- liuist
[ bernard Gould and Iona AHhwcll.
\ new manager has appeared IN Nor
man Forbes, q brother ~ Forbes Rob
] ortHon. lie has leased Gatti ANA frph'
mans Adrlphi thrnter 10 present d
mclodramn co-hendcd by W. a. Yer
non. uonovieVc Ward and Kate Rorkc
The Prince ~ Wales appears In IN,
role ~ "a patron of the opera. permit
tinE his name 10 head the list of share
holders ~ covcut Garden n also In
cludeH the name ~ N" Duchess nj
Marlborough. Adelina Patti. ana mum
ofouf nnAnclcrf and Titled persons, TIL
new upcrnn promised Include TN
Princess d'AuyctaFe by Prof Jen
nlock ~ the Antwerp conservatory
ana a PRISONER of War by Carl Gold
mark