Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10
Copyright, Associated Press. ].

lOINLON, december IA TepTeSeu~
tative Of The Associated Press has dis
covered the whereabouts of Mr.. Mon
tagu White, the former Boer agent
here, who, after spending the recent
weeks with DR.. Loyds, at Brussels,
has returned to his home in England,
where he is living quietly. While he
has no official connection with the
Transvaal, Mr.. White keeps in touch
with those who sympathize
with the Beers. He has been
invited to lecture in the
United States, but declined. Mr.. White
intends to return to Johannesburg,
where he has much roperty when the
war is over. But he doubts if his
holdings the are worth much, believ-
ing the Beers will wreck the town and
mines before surrendering.
I'VE no longer" said Mr. White,
have cable connection with President
Kruger, so / ann unable to speak def
nftely regarding Boer opinion of the
progress OF the war. do believe, how
ever, that after both sids have had
mort fighting they will grow tired, and
an offer by President Mckinley to ar
nitrate will be accepted. President
Kruger will not surrender until the
last ditch, and that will not be reach
ed before battles are fought far harder
than have yet marked the campaign.
Even if President Kruger wished
To Make Terms
he could not do so. The women alone
would prevent it, for the Boer women,
though usually phlegmatic and taking
little part in the affairs of men, when
reused to the present pitch are, per-
haps, a more serious factor than the
Boer commands. The British public
is only just beginning to realize the
extent of the disaffection in Cape Col
ony. When the fighting is all over,
nothing will have been accomplished,
for the Dutch, though sullenly obedi-
ent, will take no part and no interest
in internal matters, harboring, with
racial tenaciity, the memory Of their
wrongs and instilling hate of the Eng
lish into their numerous offspring, thus
laying the seeds of continual unrest"
The removal Il Irish magistrates
exhibiting tendencies to sympathize
with the Beers continues at a lively
rate. Mr.. Conner 0'Kelly, chairman
of the Mayo County Council, is the
latest victim. while it is said that a
number of other magistrates in the
West have been asked by the Lord
Chancellor for an explanation of their
speeches, which is a probable prelimi-
: nary to their removal
Mr. James Bryce, Liberal member
of parliament for the South Division
of Aberdeen, has been challenged to
resign his seat, 10y one of his leading
constituents, and test the feeling of the
voters on the stand he has taken on
the South African war.
Colonel Herbert Eaton, Of the Gren-
adler Guards, who has been promoted
daughter of the late F. o. French, Of
New York.
General Eaton's Mother
is also an American. He had seen no
active service and commanded the
Grenadier Guards when they were sent
in disgrace to Bermuda.
AS a sequel to Emperor Williams
ria has intimated her intention of con-
ferring the Order of the Garter on the
German Crown Prince The ceremony
will probably occur during the Queens
visit to Potsdam in 1900. when the re-
client will be eighteen, the same age at
which the Emperor received a similar
decoration.
The Prince of Wales viii be the guest
I'll D,-1.o IS
New York, from December II to Deem
Der 10, at Houghton Hall, which Mr..
Bishop rents from Lord Cholmondeley.
Elaborate preparations have been made
to entertain His Royal Highness.
It is announced that the Bull Hotel,
at Rochester, so much associated with
the late Charles Dickens, is to be sold
at auction during the present month.
1t contais a quantity of Dickens fur
niture. One little sitting room is en-
tirely furnished with things formerly
used by the novelist
H. c. Lehman has again been chosen
to coach Cambridge for the inter-
varsity boat race. Associated with
him will be H. Willis, who was at
Harvard with Lehman. The latter
says next years race will probably oc-
cur April A. and he expects to do most
of his coaching in March. He does
not contemplate
Another American Cup.
1t is said that Mr.. Pierre Lorillard
will race again in England next sea-
son and that Mr.. w. C. Whitney will
have a lot of horses here, which in
dicates, according to an English rae
ing authority, that more money will
go to America than before.
A question as to the eligibility of
Lord William Beresford's Democrat.
now the favorite for the next Derby,
has arisen, the race being officially de-
scribed as for colts and FLIES, while
Democrat is a gelding But this is not
likely to prove serious obstacle as
other geldings have run in previous
Derbys. But. it might result in regu-
lations on this point, governing future
entries.
Montauk, Don Alonzo. Blondin II,
and Dakota, the steeplechase winners
this week, were all bred in America.
Lord Cottenham and Lady Rose Ne
will were married before registrar a
few hours after her husband. ]. Blum
dell-Leigh, had an absolute decree nis'
granted him, Cottenham being the CO.
respondent.
Demetrius constantinidi. a London