Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
LATE TOPICS
IN LONDON
La Grippe is Responsible For
Many Deaths.
NEW AFRICAN EXPLORER
Has Just Returned After a Most Dang
erOuS Trip--Leading Ball OF
the Winter Season.

London, Jan. 14.-(Copyrighted, 1899, by
the Associated Press.)-The opening Of
the new year has been marked by most
unreasonable weather, accompanied by
furious gales throughout the United
Kingdom. The recent mild weather
proved very unhealthy. The mortality
from respiratory affections exceeded that
Of any week since May. Seventeen
deaths were directly attributed to influ
enza in London, in which city the death
rate is the highest for several months.
Hurricanes have seriously interrupted
communication with the continent. Dover
harbor has been practically sable in
consequence Of the so-called improvement
works, and the continental mails have
thus been badly delayed. The authori-
ties Of Folkestone tried pouring Oil on
the water at the entrance of the harbor.
The experiment was very successful and
the mail boats were able to approach
with the greatest ease.
The leading ball of the winter season
was given at the Duke and Duchess of
Devonshire's seat, Chatsworth house,
Derbyshire, on Thursday evening. Every
thing was on a gorgeous scale The
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Van
derbilt at Blenheim early in the week.
There was an interesting ceremony at
Osborne house Isle of Wight, this week.
Queen Victoria presented medals for dis
tinguished service in the field to a group
of Omdurman warriors, most of them
ice iocf ~,
was wheeled into the green room, where
the soldiers were drawn up and saluted
her. Then each recipient knelt and the
queer pinned medal on his breast. She
also questioned the wounded concerning
their experiences.
Colonel Matthias, the hero of Dargai,
where, after stirring appeal to his men,
he led his Gordon highlan anders to storm
the heights, has been given banquet by
the CaledOnian club, at which the Prince
Of Wales was present and in a speech
warmly endorsed the admiration ex-
pressed by Colonel Matthias for the
Indian troops, saying he regretted never
having had the privilege Of serving with
the Indian soldiers in active service, but
had often seen them in large bodies, and
was confident that the queen had no finer
soldiers.
The cane with which Robert Pate, re-
tired lieutenant, attacked the queen in
1850, infiicting a wound upon her ma jesty
the scar Of which she still! carries, was
advertised to be sold at auction this
week but the owner received an official
communication from Osborne in cOnSe-
uuence of which he withdrew the cane
from sale. Pate, who was sentenced to
Transportation for seven years for his
assault upon her majesty, died in 1895.
Truth this week compares the diplO-
matte career of Sir Julian Pauncefote,
British ambassador at Washington, with
that of Sir Philip w. Currie, British am
bassador to Italy, in connection with the
latter's elevation to the peerage, to the
advantage of the former, and says it is
difficult to explain why a peerage should
be conferred upon Sir Philip while Sir
Julian is ignored, adding:
r"Sir Julian Pauncefote has now held
his present position nearly 10 years, dur
ing all of which he has exceptionally dis
tinguished himself
The painful litigation involving Sir
Tatton and Lady Sykes, which has so
scandaliZed London, owing to the charges
of forgery with which it brstled, has
come TO an end. The parties have agreed
d
is about to leave England for Mexico.
Rear Admiral Lewis Anthony Beau
mont, director Of naval intelligence, who
married Boston woman, will go out on
the WarSpite to relieve Admiral Henry
St Legerbury Pallister, COMMANDMENTS
chief on the Pacific station since 1896,
whose time in the Pacific will be up on
March 5.
Mr.. Inskip, secretary of the Boot and
Shoe Operatives union, who has re-
turned from his mission as a delegate to
the Kansas City convention, thinks
workers in Great Britain better off than
workingmen, in his opinion, have yet
much to learn from their English con-
ferees in organization. The feeling for
trade unionism he found so strong in
America, however. that he is convinced
that eventually at least 80 per cent of
the workers will enroll themselves
1t is announced that the British au-
thorities have just concluded a series of
trials of the use of American petroleum
as fuel for warships, and that the expert
ment has been failure. Russian petro-
leum will now be tried.
Mr.. William II. Stead's new paper, in
tended to be the mouthpiece of his dis
crusade, entitled War
Against War" made its appearance to-
day. 1t is not very striking production
its chief feature being communicat tions
from sympathizers, including some
an public men. Mark Twain has
written an article for the paper, opening
with characteristic humor. He says:
'aThe czar is in favor of disarmament,
and so am 1. There ought to be no diff
culty about the rest of the world
Probably there has been no such in