The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-04


more severe test Said one of them to
the correspondent of the Associated
Press today; when England calls out
second and a third army corps, as [
believe is quite possible it will be time
enough to say whether the mobilization
system is excellent as at present seems
to be the cause. Should a third corps
ever be wanted. I think you will find
the percentages or reservists who an
swered the first call reduced by nearly
so per cent"
Although no orders have yet been
received for the commission of addi-
judging from the activity on board
them that the first class protected crus-
ier Amphitrite, Ariadne. Argonaut and
Blake and the second class protected
cruiser Charybdis wiz soon hoist the
flag. In addition to these there is now
at Chatham powerful reserve fleet,
consisting OF two battIeships, three first
class cruisers. six second class cruisers,
two third class cruisers. six torpedo
boat destroyers and seven torpedo
boats, ready for all eventualities
The efforts of his constituents to in
duce DR.. Gavin Brown Clark, liberal
member of parliament for Caithnesshire
to resign on account of his pro -Boer
attitude have thus far been fruitIess.
Meanwhile DR.. Clark publishes a let
ter received from the TransvaaI secre-
tary of state, written the day the Boer
ultimatum was presented, in the course
of which Mr. Reitz says that DR..
0ldEh ; DTOLeSIS against the BRUSH ac
tion has been like the voice of one
crying in a wilderness of Jingoisn, race
hatred and militarism.'
TRANSVAAL GOLD.
Lord Hilngdon, of the banking house
of Glyn, Mills & Co, in a recent ad-
dress before the institute of bankers
said that the increase in the TransvaaI
gold output for the year, ended August
81, amounted to more than 5000 900
pounds. He said he believed the world s
nTO6TlPfiQn he ~
would be nearly thrice as great as it
was ten years ago. Referring to the
enormous proportion of the gold fields
of the world now under British control
he congratulated the bankers upon the
face that the Venezuela boundary
award had added to Great Britain's
share almost the whole of the exten-
sive gold fields of that region.
Mrs Langtry on learning of the cir
culatiOn of reports representing that
she and her husband. Hug de Battle,
had separated, sent the following dis
patch to the Associated Press:
Such rumors are prepOsterous
Please contradict in both cur names
MY husband is taking the cure at AK
and viii return to London IN fort
night. We are looking forward to nv
American tour
Just previous to the close of nomina-
tions for the lord rectorship for the
University of Aberdeen the students
persuaded Sir Edward Grey liberal
member of parliament for Berwick-on-
Tweed and former under secretary of
state for foreign affairs to oppose the
candidacy of Lord Strathcona and
Mount Royal. the Canadian high com
missioner. Sir Edward now announces
his withdrawal on the grounds that the
contest should not be conducted on po-
litical lines. Mrs. Beerbohm Tree is
nightly reciting Rudyard Kipling's po-
EN-, THE Absentminded Beggar," at
the Palace Music hall, receiving 91O0
per week for her services and contri-
buting this to the soldiers fund. On
Thursday night her plea ''Pay-Pay-
Pay met with such a warm response
that she was almost driven from the
stage by the hail of silver thrown by
the enthusiastic audience.
THE PLACE OF HONOR
The place of honor in the Grafton
galleries is now devoted to a decorative
painting by Purvis de Chavannes from
the Boston public library. 1t repre-
sents the muses. raising a hymn of
praise to genius all the figures being
of life size. The work is favorably
criticised
The Prince of Monaco has issued an
order forbidding the lending of money
on jewels except by the ordinary Ii
censed bankers and pawnbrOkers. His
aim is to rid the Monte Carlo gambling
rooms of the shoals of usurious sharps
who have long been accustomed to take
advantage of half crazed losers by
lending sums. utterly inadequate upon
jewelry pledged with them and often
unredeemed.