The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-01-20
MEDALS FROM QUEEN.
Scholars VINO Won Fame at omdur-
map Are Given Royal Dec
orations.

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man Are Given Royal Dec
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LONDON, 2 m, mere was an inter
esting ceremony ut Osborne house, Isle
Of Wight. this week Queen Victoria
presented medals Tor, 1Iistinguished sarr.
-. s. - = z. =. o,uuihian
warriors, most OF them nOneominissioned
officers. Her majesty was wheeled into
the green room, where the soldiers were
drawn mn and saIufed her. Then each
srefin;eut knaIt and fha 1,,ao,, r;nned !, .
e.. s,s
n a On ms pfeas she also quesstsohes'
Ile wounded concerning theiL. expers~
ences. Isl $3.50 z z 49,
Col Matthias, the hero Of Dargai,
where after stirring appeal to his men.
he led his Gordon Highlanders TO Storm
the heights. has been given a banquet by
the Caledonian club at which the Prince
OF Waies was preselh and in neat
apnrssaad ~ 2ni HIath;a. Tes, H., 1ad;o,
troops, saying he regretted never having
had the privilege of serving with the In
dian soldiers In active service, but had
often seen them in large bodies and was
confident that the Queen had no iner SOL
diers.
The cane with which Robert Pate, re-
tired lieutenant, attacked the Queen in
1850, inficting wound upon her majes-
ty, the scar Of which she still carries,
was advertised to be gold at auction this
week, but the owner received an official
communication from Osborne, in conse~
quence Of which he withdrew the cane
from sale. Pate. who was SENTENCED to
TRANSPORTATION for seven years for his as
sault upon her majesty, died in lS05.
prai.e for II = Tul;ar panncefo4e :
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ma4ie ,nas " Meek egmRapes ane dfpto-
British ambassador at Washington, with
that of Sir Philip w. Gurrie. British am
basSador to Italy in connection with the
Elatter's elevation to the peerage, to the
advantage OF the former, and says it is
difficult to explain why peerage should
be conferred upon Sir Philip while
Sir Julian is ignored, adding: ''Sir Ju-
lian Pauncefote has now held his present
Z position nearly ten years, during all of
which he has exceptionally distinguished
himself. = -.
The painful litigation involving Sir Tat
ten and Lady Sykes, which has SO scan
dalized London, owing to the charges OF
forgery with which it bristled, has come
to an end. The parties have agreed to a
deed of separation and Sir Tatten lis
about to leave England for Mexice.:
Rear ilmiral Lewis Anthony Beau
mont, director OF the Naval intelligence,
who married a Boston woman, will go
cut in the War Spite, to relieve Rear-Ad-
, ,nnai nasnx ~: heger DuTy lahiser'
ton since 1886, whose time in the Pacific.
will be up on March 5. - (: : %.
: Mr.. Inskip, secretary of the io6t-and
shoe operatives, union. who has returned
from his official mission as DELEGATE.
to the Kansas City convention. thi,ks :.
workers in Great Britain better off tS.,u
those in the United States. American
workingmen. in his opinion. have ref
much to learn from their English CON
ferees in organization. The feeling for
trade unionists he found so strong in
America. however. that he is conyineed
that eventually, at least. 80 per cent. of
the workers will enroll thems..iye.;
1t is announced that the British suthor-
tiles have lust concluded series of
trials of the use of American petroIeum
AZ fuel for warships and that the exneri-
ment has heen a failure Knss;an no
troieum will now he tried
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Mr. Stead's New Paper.
William T. Stead's new paper, intend
ed to be the mouthpiece of his disarma-
War, made its appearance today. It
is not a very striking production. it's
chief feature being communications from
sympathizers. including some american
public men. Mark Twain has written ar
article for the paper, opening with char
acteristic humor. He Saws. .sJhe. Gar
is in favor of disarmament and SO am +
There ought to be no dificulty with the
rest of the world, :" :. NC
The oDening of theznew- .yeai has t,aaxssn
marked nv most ,,nseasonahia waather
accomnanied nv furious paias tbro,ahn,.;t
the United Kingdom The recent mild
weather proved very iunheaithy. :. The