The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-22
WAR WITH THE Beers.
Que Il u Guild Re um3 Government
Ct III, Transvaal.
NO WAR DE(LAj ALTON.
III; Ab.oI b:nE itp,t
Carne@i,', YaciI'.

ing the events that would in.:ll"diattiy
proceed" and follow hostilt,45 with th:
Transyaal continues to occupy public. at
tcntion. II appears that ~ de Iaration
Of war is n"ceasary.4sagsiiil process a.
ror'!in: to 2uc'l authority "o''l! T." Il
pro lanation by the British high com
nissi',n. Sir Alfred Miner. Rating th,t
the convention Of London il lnnu:lt4. a;n;
that Queen Victoria kas r.suu!e, the
government of tn" country knrwr AZ III
South African Republic. The general
commenting the Brit sh ,Xi,": H. ionaiy
forces would t.;tn be in$irr.f.,h t. occupy
tn" Tr"llSlInl ana held II iil1il fresh
;,"'rrnHI: j. r-;abiisill. Nh"n iii"
roHhtry * i'a.i:c! Il rp"li,:i->irn. doui1-
less representing all classes Of tn. in;;aI,-
ithhfs Of tn lraESyHal. would be alp
pointed t.: draft new ronstitut on
mat al this Is easier sid ii, tn done
Is nr't" l;:iplil r,,.l t. IT,. ,l"st Ell
thusI"sli" EnGliSl,E'cIr. H. iinHt's Of the
strength Of the !.o"rs willy diyerg".
John Morley referred to hen! ;,s able. /,
y" IA army Of 5000 i,n.n in the field.
Wh:!" the war riij"c SEQ: : t., think thar
-1.HH Is al they could i,,l~t.r As Il
ni'ltir Of fact their strength entirely
depends upon til" ass>tAi!:r they receive
from the Orange Free Stat" and the Ia
lives Whr Is llnp,Ssill" to gauge Tn"
L!"uSiy stimulated army recruiting.
crowds OF young men surround the Of
noes anu daily large patches take the
Queens shilling.
The Drama at Renues.
In Belgium the Dreyfns excitement
mas resulted in the distributing of pic
torial cards bearing portraits of the prom
lnent figures in the Kennrs drama and
even reproductions Of the handwriting Of
Dreyfus and E>terhazy.
Inc Queen has been dragged into the
churrh hight. She is quoted as saying to
| a clergyman: regarding the archbishops
ue'lSioh: Surely if incense is illegal
now It must have been ~ fifty years
| as% age. W, My did they not discover it soon
| 81: His announcement by the head of
the church delights the ritnal<t>
commenting upon the difficulty r,,e-,,,r,-
t'leu III nndlng a successor aS a1ni,ISSa-
dor to Washington. to Lord raurccfotc,
a weekly paper says it is more than like
| ~ that Sir Thomas Henry Sarlrr>nn
~. L. g.. permanent under secretary Of
| state for foreign affairs since 1884. will
receive the appointment to Washington
| as reward for his long services in the
permanent undcrSerretaryship
ne nlted States military attache at
n'lH!l' No!. SalllHel , sumner. Is accouI-
panying Emperor William at the mill
Lieut.. Merwyn c. Buckley. United States
army.
Andrew Carnegie'S yacht Sea Breeze.
| with her owner and several titled com
| moners and their wives on board, broke,
down Off the coast of Scotland several
days ago. Distress signals were made
ana the party was eventually taken off
and landed By a fishing smack and had
! to spend the night i'll the little town of
| Cromarty.
Fortune in Chewing Gum.
r. +. Harvey Of Chicago. VINO made 4
fortune recently i'll the rhrwing-gum
| continuation has been staying in Ireland,
| where he was born. \ section of TIL.
Irish party has offered him one of their
sure seats at the next election. Mr..
| Harvey will not make decision until
he returns from his forthcoming visit t"
America. He has been on intimate terms
with the leaders of the various sections
| while, in Ireland and said to Il represent
| tative of the Associated press: Il be-
| llevc the prospects are good for reunion
of all the elements and once more pre-
sentine a practically solid Irish front
| against English conservatism.
William O'Brien's newspaper. the 1riSf,
People. made its first appearance in Duh.
lin this week. The S"!f-''e>rri,eri organ
Of reunited Ireland maintains that all the
| Irish forces must he reca$t and rtcreatrd
to ensure success.
r, ferring to y Halifax dispatch regard
in" the strengthening # the E>uHiuanit
garrison. the (;lche says it j. gratifying
that Espuinault is beginning 90 receive
appreciation as a >trategica position.
which it entities "tl!r Of these imlrtria!
cognS of vantage which have suffered
| from systematic neglect The paper
also says that Il couple of years az"
British engineer Of Chicago sent to- E>-
quimault to investigate the plac" and
adding that it was announced that he
saw the futility of StrenSthenin: the for
LITIGATION thoroughly manned.
Correspondents Of leading London pa
pers start for South Africa today. incud
ing Messrs. Melton Prior Stevens and
other wcll-known newspaper men. Gen.
Sir George Stewart White. Y. c.. former
uuartcrmaSter-s general whose appoint
ment to the Natal commahd was gazet
ted last night. also sails today with his
staff.
| Attack on Weak Nation.
At the Manchester peace meeting last
night the Rt. Hon. Henry Courtnay.
Liberal formerly deputy speaker nf the
| House Of Commons. read Il letter re-
ccived from Herbert Spencer protesting
against the idea that the national honor
would be enhanced by attacking weak
nation, lamenting that age and illhealth
prevent him from aiding the peace move
ment. declaring it is undcnia!'ie hat the
| Jameson raid was an attempt to H>urls
the TranSvaal and asserting that what
the Outlanders bullets failed to do ther,
they now hope to do by vote.
| Continuing, the letter read: 1T is sad
to see our government backed by those
whose avowed policy is expansion. which,
| less politely expressed. means aggression
and for which there is a still less polite
| word which is readily guessed"
While many individual decisions to
boycott the Paris exposition continue to
he expressed. there is no sign of any Off
cial expression on the part of any coun-
try.
The Spectator forcihly AVS: The
trading classes implore the governments
to withdraw from the exhibition. which
is impossible because it implies nterfer-
encc in the internal affairs of an indie
pendent state. and they also threaten to
withdraw their own exhibits. which is flu
tile. as their competitors will Immediate
lv accept tho Vacant places
NJ. A.li:.e far PRIMER.
NJ Mrline. the former premier. contin-
ucS his agitation for the convocation Of
the French chambers. He has not yet
obtained sufficient adhesion to attain his
object. but tho support obtained seems to
point him ont rs likely to head the next
government.
The treason trial now proceeding in
Srr,ia. in which nearly thirty members
of the Ea,i"a! party arc accused Of CON
spring to assist kneZevich to kill former
King Milan. is disclosing Il terrible pic
tire of governmental corruption No
,ruahle evidence has yet been given
against the Radicals. evidently the trial
is Il mere p"rtsXt to destroy the Radical
party by i,,pr;<on;n- its chiefs. There is
no doubt that hut for the interference of
Austria and Russia. several of them
would have been executed.