Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-03
lcopyrlght. 1910 Press.l


LONDON, September with so
many material signs of the increase OF
American leayen in English life it is
small wonder that the press and peo-
! pie are paying special and, in some in
! stances, historical attention to this
menace to insular habits and traditions.
The heighth Of this feeling is perhaps
best illustrated by the remark of an
English jockey, who, seeing. last Thurs
day, at Derby, the American jockeys
securing all three places in one race.
muttered:
"Othello's occupation Is gone"
On the same order is the Globes COM
ment upon the purchase from Plttsburg
/ OF gondola cars for he Soudan railroad
1t says:
No imperative question of time can
be urged here, as in the case OF Atbara,,
and il is hoped that a full inquiry viii
be made as 70 the facts.
In reply to an evening papers query
as to why the government has now
promised 10 help the farmers by secsir-
ing the best American, instead OF Eng
fish machinery, an Anglo-AustralApn
writes
Nobody in Australia would think pf
using anything but
AMERICAN MACHINERY.
It is all American. from the reaper and
binder to the lawn mower and garden
trowel Many OF the implements are
unknown to the English farmer. j.
I Bull viii stick To the old groove"
Another sign of the times is the an
7 nouncement by one OF the largest firms
I of brewers in the United Kingdom that
they are going TO make lager beer,
which has caused articles 70 appear be-
! wailing the threatened popularity OF the
ancient national drink ale.
Drawing attention 10 the increased
use Of ice, the Standard says:
The recent hot weather inclined
/ Englishmen TO sympathize with the ir-
1 ritability usually displayed BY Amerl-
! can visitors at the difficulty in securing
4 il" "a
E Excepting the small ineursinn of
/ eiety folk Thursday 70 see Mrs. 1AAua
/ trys first night in The DegeEeratess
Z london remains in the social doldgBnle.
Partridge shooting commenced Friday,
Turing 70 the country tbe few who stfil
remained in the metropolis The birds
are reported TO be plentiful.
/ There Is such 8 dearth OF matters Of
internal interest that even the recent
special election IN the Eighth Missouri
district fer a successor to Congressman
Richard p. Bland. has been utilized as
7 the topic OF the day lengthy editorials
/ flores hadowing all kinds Of possible
political upheavals IN the United States.
THE ARRIVAL or RAIN
I during the week and the consequent
Punishment Of the hot weather afforded
I intense relief The recent hot SMELL was
apparently responsible for a consider
4 able increase in the United Kingdom
: death rate, especially among children.
/ A weekly paper again brings up the
Maybrick case, saying the injustice
I done 10 Dreyfus Is nothing when COM
pared to that done 70 MTs. Florence
MayDrick. tie American undergoing
penal seryitude for life after having
( been convicted Of poisoning her hgA-
band. basing It's remarks on the old
4 theory that she ought to have been
/ hanged or freed.
/ The prevalence Of the plague abroad
{ creates uBeasiness here and the au-
4 thorities have taken few regulation
precautions at the ports. But the bulk
Of the English are far too satisfied with
( their sanitary superiority 70 seriously
4 consider the possibility of an outbreak
I IN this country.
Many stories are current about the
Prince Of Wales's recent visit 10 Mar
leabad. where he vas most democratic.
( Il Is said that a Polish Jew, sitting on
d PARK bench next 70 the Prince not
/ knowing his identity. began 70 question
him about what he paid for his rooms,
doctors ctr. ending with digging Ills
Royal HighDess 10 the ribs ard telling
him be looked TO healthy to need liza
water cuge
An astonishing report is going the
rounds about TIE new gun, made at
Wo0lwieh, which IL said TO be 80 pow
erfaI that no range II long enough 10
test Il, so a new range Ii 70 be 5uiit.
II t. seriously stated that the first shot
went ont II sight aud tnat. thus, It Was
impossible 30 get the exact range. Bur
tie range was c0nserVatiyeiy estimated
al fifteen miles As the extended test
/ Ing grounds viii not be ready for soae
time. it Il said the gun IS being short
ened 50 that It can Be tested immedI-
ately.
PUBLIC INTEREST
( In both the Dreyfas c0urfmarfiai ard
the Transgaai crisis rather tagged dur
Ing the week, and Is not yet keen On
the yacht race. though the papers give
/ good accounts u the Snamroek's do
ings sanawiched IN between these II
the churen question. Letters from fiag
clergy and Others are constantly APP
E pearing Il the press. Lord Halifax. the
most prominent law leader Of the Ritz
3 aiists. has issued a manifesto COUNSEL
/ ling gnldging compliance with the Arch
Z bishops decision. IL Il Is insisted ~
the diocesan bishop. and declaring TIE
Rltualt viii fight to the bitter end
10 secure q repeal q the decision.