Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-06

| ~ Hlcknamed, IS after the famous
horse, though not yet q, Is said to hav,
selected a wife, which disappoints socle
~ for he is the most eligible party II
the matrimonial market
The decision Of Mr.. Edward Corrlgar
10 bring over a great string OF Ameri
can horses is hailed here with Interest
ana pleasure. one sporting authority
writes that Mr., Corrigan never does
| things by halves adding that 1T Is SAT,
! betting that such q collection Of racers
as he VIII send has seldom, II ever. beer
gathered together by an American own.
| err"
Some confusion has been caused by
the various reports OF the relief OF
Lieut.. Com. Colwell. the United states
naval attache, and the name OF his sue
cess0r. The press statements annOunc-
ing Commander r. Clover's appoint
ment. considerably ante-dated an issue
OF orders from Washington and in some
unexplained way the admiralty went
astray and Commander Clovers name
was substituted for Lieut.. Com. Col
welfs on the list Of attaches. The mail
began arriving addressed 10 Command
er Glover, and II took no little trouble
ana explanation 10 eXtrcate the pres
llliOINtlllEIlttN.
II Is understood that Commander Glow
er will arrive here several months be-
fore he assumes his duties
From Melbourne comes the news that
Lord Brasser. on the eve OF retiring
from office as governor OF Victoria,
mounted an Episcopal pulpit and
preached a sermon to the congrega-
ton. Lord Brasser Is coming home on
the famous old yacht Sunbeam.
Both the theatrical and book worlds
are in a bad way on account of the
war Not more than three theaters in
London are making money and the
publishers are alarmed at the absolute
stagnatiOn Of their business.
Beerbohm Tree, Wednesday, replaces
King John" with "A Midsummer
Nights Dream" which will be treated
as a fairy play and beautifully staged
A feature Of the production, which is
awaited with the greatest curiosity and
interest, is the appearance Of Loue
Freear as Puck. Miss Freear is the
dwarfish and plain but very clever
actress whose greatest success was as
"Slavey' in THE Gay Persistence" and
VINO Is the creator OF the song Mary
James Topnot" She recently APP
peared In THE Man in the Moon" at
the New York, New York City.
Charles Frohman has engaged Charles
Hawtrey for tour Of America in
1900. Hawtrey is considered the clev-
crest comedian In London, where he
has long occupied unique position.
Edna May sails for home on the st.
Paul today.
De Wolf Hopper has engaged twenty
OF THE Belle Of New York" chorus to
remain in London in The Mystical
Miss"
Kyrl Bellewt is seriously III and has
been ordered abroad.
New York, Jan. GA dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
While Gen. French's adrot maneuv-
ers and gallant repulse Of the enemys
determined attack are OF superior in
terest as incidents of actual warfare
public attention cannot be diverted
from the impending battle at the Tu-
gela. Heavy fighting has been expect
ed from hour 10 hour by military men,
who could not be convinced that Sir
Redvers Butler would wait for the sin
gle battery and the small force OF hus-
sars which had been dispatched from
Capetown 10 Durham. but when the
official bulletin dated yesterday from
frere Camp and containing his thanks
I'm the name OF the army for the holt
day membranes from home was
posted. the impression prevailed at the
clubs that decisive battle would be
deferred until Monday. when he could
command every available man, gun and
horse.
This opinion was unchanged at
midnight. The censorship was screwed
Down 10 the highest notch so that on
y trial camp incidents were related by |
The news agencies.
The military writers for the press |
we're divided in their forecasts of the |
)lan Of attack One group held that |
he Inhlawe mountain would be the |
irst objective point, that the south |
m bank would be cleared before any I
Ittempt was made to force the passage
Il the river. The second group. undis-
mayed by the failure Of previous fore
asts, assumed that there would be a
unning movement a long distance
way with front attack at the other
nd of the line and vigorous artillery
re at the center. and they cited as
roofs OF their theory the reports of
ystematic scouting on the upper Tu-
ella, near Springfield. the massing Of
Varren's division at Estcourt, whence
could be sent toward Weenen, and
he organization Of the mule transport
ystem on large scale.
The last detail was certainly signlh-
INT, since the turning movement on
lie lower Tugela could be made with
~ mule transports but an expert
lced veteran who managed the trans
ort system In the previous campaign
South Africa said last night that
lis was hot conclusive evidence. since
ie mule train would be required at
ice between Colenso and Ladysmith
ter the passage OF the river. as the
ilway had probably been torn up by
e Beers. ]
Gen. Butler must have received yes !
rday strong cavalry reinforcements, G
Of the South African light
rise and the eighteenth hussars, and
hen the last battery afloat with a {