Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09
tcOpyright. Associated Press,

Copyright. Associated Press,
LONDON, Sept. S.-The week has been
prolific of discussion. but. though tho
main questions of International and
national interest appear to be profting
by the general desire for peace. which
remains the strongest factor Of lnterna-
tional politics and appears to be ap-
preaching solution. they have not yet
= .ched the point OF finality which
Great Britain so earnestly desires IN
order that she may attend to her pri-
vate concerns. Among the latter stand
out most prominently the South ART
can question and the general election.
BY help OF the desire for peace dolni.
mating all nations, Great Britain has
been enabled to achieve without hind-
rance the formal annexation Of tina
South African Republics, which. as q
cabinet minister declared last year.
would be an ''unmitigated MISFORTUNE.
Lord Roberts proclamation, however.
has not advanced matters much. The
Jingoes pretend that the annexation OF
the Iransvaal is tantamount 70 the end
of the South African war, but the Boer
view OF the question differs, and, as a
matter of fact. there are no signs thar
the British are
Masters of the Country Anywhere
except in the case of strips or land
along the railroads. However, iii spita
~ diCpnnnapfi I'M atuf ~ -
burghers, the British government. ap-
parently, has determined TO carry out
the scheme for an early appeal TO the
country. Everything appears to DO
shaping for an October election. and
the return to England OF Lord Sails
bury during the coming week will
probably be speedily followed by deli
mite pronouneement OF the date OF tho
dissolution, as well as British views on
Far Eastern matters. -
Among the interesting i8ainres O. lie
election news is the movement on tho
part of the Liberal Unionists to return
10 the Liberal fold and 10 be again
What Sir william Vernon-Harcourt de-
scribed himself to be in his speech Of
September A, Liberal without any aa--
Jectives."
Mr.. Anthony Hope (HawkinsD. the
novelist, is again a candidate for scar
in Parliament He has been adopted
az the Liocial champion for FaIklr1
Burghs.
Special dispatches from New York
have surfeited tho reading public herd
with more or less circumstantial details
of the acute crisis in the AFFAIRS OF the
Carnegie Company and its rcorgoniza-g
ton, etc. But Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
characterizes the reports AZ
Devoid of Foundation I'm Fact.
In a telegram 20 the Associated Press
70 says:
I'VE are a Harmonious, happy family,
No changes are desired or contemplate,
ed"
Mr. Charles s. Smith, OF New York,
who Is returning TO the UEised States
this week, after an extensive tour of
Europe, has just completed a fort
nights visit 10 Skibo Castle. the Scotch
estate of Mr.. Carnegie. Mr.. Smith
said:
'Mr. Carnegie Is going to have ona
Of the finest castles in Scotland when
the repairs are complete. He had two
hundred men employed on the castle
and grounds all summer, doing wopd-
ers in Transforming the estate. play
ed golf nearly every day with Mr.. Car
negie and know that the stories OF dis
sessions in the Carnegie Company are
utterly unfounded. We knew PrssI-
dent Schwab was in Europe but no
was not at Skibo Castle.
Iron is low but Mr.. Carnegie ig
hopeful. concerning the future CONNER
cial outlook in the United States. do
is going % the United States in c.
tober.
Il never. knew so many lmproyidsnt
Americans in London" said United
States .ce-Consul Westacott to rap-
resentaslye OF the Associated Press.
Eat this time OF he year you are sure
TO find many who have oyertaxed their
financial resources But, the applna-
tions for relief here outnumber any
thing n the history OF the Consulate.
OF course, there are no means in our
hands 10 finance stranded travellers,
and IL there were they would long
since have been expended. Guests q
the leading hotels say they cannot 60
into the streets without being
BesieEed for Financial Aid
by impoverished compatriots.s
The visiting members OF the Kansas
City Fire Brigade are entertaining
crowds at the Crystal Palace. Tho
srnartness of the american dremen has
called forth unstInted praise from the
London newspapers.
The report OF the British Commep-
cial Agent at Chicago, printed conspic-
uougfy in the London Times. attracts
attention as being further evidences OF
the skill and progress OF American me-
chanics The report extois Americas
methods. the use Of labor-saving ma
chinery and the rapidity and excel-
lence Of their product.
THE WEATHER.