Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-19
LETTER
Kaffir Village Is Causing
Much Talk.
IT MAY BE CLOSED UP
England Cannot Afford to Retrace Its
Steps in The T%ranSvaal Natter
Husband ofLily Langtry Will Pro-
duce a New Play.

LoiluoH, Aug. 1879. Dy
the Associated Fress.)-The earl of Ben
bigh, speaking at a Primrose meeting
during the week, voiced the general feel
ing of the governments supporters by
saying: "if the breakup of the British
empire is wanted, all we awe to do is to
show a weak front in South Africa. Great
Britain has to win the next trick there,
whether by diplomacy or other means"
Mr.. William Stead, in the Review Of
Reviews, makes a startling insinuation
against Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, the Sec
rotary of state for the colonies. He says
that if the liberal leaders, Sir William
Vernon Harcourt and Sir Henry Camp
bell-Bannernan, two years ago had not
made themselves parties to a most scan
dalous fraud, in the way of whitewash-
ing, ever perpetrated upon the public.
Mr.. Chamberlain would not be in the CO.
lonial office today" Mr.. Stead refers. APP
parently, to the Jameson raid into the
T%ransvaal and intimates Mr.. Chamber
ain is entirely responsible for the pres
ent crisis, adding: What is now de-
manded, almost avowed, is the destruc-
ton of the domination of the Boer oil
garchy.' Continuing, Mr.. Stead berates
Sir Alfred Miner, the British high COM
missioner in South Africa. and says if he
was away from the Trar,svaal there
would be no threatenings of war in South
! Africa.
A. matter of another kind has raised a
storm of Indignation in London. At the
earPs court exhibition Of a Kaffir kraai,
somewhat similar to the Dahomey camp
at the Chicago worlds fair, in spite of the
fact that the kraal is managed by an
influential company, called the Save
South Africa, limited, it is alleged that
the vilest orgies take place there. But
the greatest storm was raised by the in
nocent and worse attentions showered by
Englishmen upon these h~alf-naked KAT
frs, i~nstigated by curiosity. kindness or
other motives. Fashionable women go
into the black mems huts and give them
presents. The Kaffirs put the worst pos
sible Interpretation Upon feminine adora-
ton. The extent of this black worship
has been brought out prominently by the
marriage of an alleged prince, a former
inmate of the kraal, to an English girl
who is we'll connected. The papers de-
nounce the show and publish long ed
itorisls upon the evil effect it will have
upon the status of white women living
in South Africa. Among the sharehold-
ers of the concern are Earl Grey, Mr..
John Hays Hammond, Lord French, Ma
jor Barton and several intimate friends
of Mr.. Cecil Rhodes. One of the most in
fluential directors is reported to have re-
signed on account of the candal. 1t is
! probable the kraal will either be closed
or better regulated. This little band Of
savages has brought home to the English
people for the first time the seriousness
of mixed marriages.
The dean and chapter of st. Pauls have
concluded not to have the cathedral light
ri l, r1a-*. ~, n ~De~- TIA=@-r
penSeS of the installation of the electric
plant have been offered by Mr.. J.. Pier
pont Morgan. But as the chapter had to
pay up for Mr.. Holly's free gratis COM
munion plate, the authorities of st. Paul
fight shy of the electric light proposition.
The redecoration of the cathedral, which
is now progressing, also makes electric
lighting an artistic impossibility. The
Daily Chronicle significantly says: IF
it hould eventually be decided to install
electric light then there should be no diff
ficulty in securing adequate funds in the
ordinary way"
William Waldorf Aston intends to put
his son into the household cavalry. He
was educated at Elton and Oxford. -
A representative of the Associated
Press learns that following the American
lead, a whisky trust is to be formed in
Ireland. 1t is also announced that the
wall paper manufacturers of the United
Kingdom are forming a corner to put uE
prices. Other industrials are showing a
desire to consolidate.
Mr.. Victor Christian C~avendish, the
member of parliament for West Derby
shire. and heir of the duke of Devonshire,
speaking during the week at the agricul-
tural show at Blackwell, Derbyshire,
said: II recently visited the United States
and Canada There is nothing to be
afraid of there so far as stock breeding is
concerned. A gentleman connected with
the American government told me there
was no doubt that the next few years
would see a large importation from En-
gland to the United States of stock for
breeding"
| Congressman Loud of California, chair
man of the house committee on postof-
fees and postroads has been here dur
ing the past week, examining the rail-
road mail system. Every facility has
been afforded him by the duke of Nor
folk, the postmaster general. But Mr..
Loud said to a reporter of the Associated
Press: 1.-The result so far has been some
what disappointing. Statistics as to
weight and distance are not kept here. a
comparison of the cost is thus impossible.
l am going with Mr.. Bradley of the New
York postoffice to examine the systems
of Berlin and Paris"
Theatrical interests center in Mrs. Hugo
de Barthe's coming venture at the Hay
market theater. The marriage of Mrs.