The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-11-16
JOURNAL WEEKLY
LONDON LETTER

Lord Rosebery has received som,
very ugly blows in the elections. Hi
sole utterance during the contest wa
q letter in support of the Liberia
khaki candidate Captain Hampton. wb,
found himself at the bottom Of IN,
poll with an adverse majority of fv,
thousand on Top of him. Lord Roseberv'
Two friends who havs helped TO ''boom
MN IN the press Messrs. Cecil and
Hilderbrand Harmsworth, were botl
beaten Mr.. Hardane, Lord Rosebery',
leading wire-puller, had his maiorit,
reduced and little effort would wiped
1t ont. Lord Rosebery's young friend
Mr.. kochetort Maguire, was beaten al
Leeds, as was another, Mr.. Runciman
at Gldnam. Mr.. Pitchard Morgan wat
politically smashed in Glamorgan. Mr.,
cambridge lost his seat in Lincolnshire
80 did Sir Fred. Evans at Southam pton
so did Mr.. Allen at Newcastle, Stafford.
shire, no did Mr.. Woods at Walthaws.
tow, who took up alone among Labor
members Lord Roseburys views on
the war. Here and there there have
been what looked like Rosebery tri.
umphs, but II one examines a victory
like that OF Mr.. w. S. Robson, Rose
beryite, one finds that IL was due to
the candidates personal record.
II is evident, therefore that Lord
Rosebery stands to via nothing out of
this election, more especially since his
opponents, Sir William Harcourt and
MIR. Morley, are there with reduced but
still big majorities. The impression is
that Lord Rosebery will find it conven.
lent to keep 'on Lying low" althou Oh
his ill-advised s."boom" is being worked
with the most extraordinary .assi luity
The Daily News and Dr. Rogers have
been reinforced by two writer's who
have just turned out elves" of Lord
Rosebery, the most exaggerated funkey-
ite productions ever seen. One Of the
writer's, appallingly dull, actually pads
out his two heavy volumes OF 1000
pages with lists OF Lord Rosebery's
wedding presents. No wonder Lord
Roseberry finds It difficult to sleep at
night
Fereign labor is being introduced in
TO Scotland TO much greater extent
than formerly, The employment Of
Poles, men Of the lowest type, has long
been commo n in the mines and iron
works Of Ayrshire. A new departure
however, has taken place in the shape
of an importation OF Spaniards. Not
long ago number OF these foreigners
were started at iron works in Ayrshire
and another batch has just been
iniroducec at Lugar.
In no class has the average OF life in
creased more remarkably in the last half |
century than among reigning princes.
In lS4S there were fiity.one European
sovereigns, Of whom only eleven we're
over sixty, and Of these only one was a
OF the forty sovereigns
oi today, twenty.eight are over sixty,
and Of these seven are septuagenarians,
five are over eighty, and one (the Pope)
is in his ninety.frst year.
In most OF the rural constituencies Of
Ireland the electoral fight was really be-
tween the priests and the United IRISH
League, with the result that the former
were badly beaten nearly everywhere.
Even where the candidates were local
men and Of identicallY the same politi-
cal persuasion, as in North Meath, for
this was the case.
In the Fiintshire contest there voted
an old gentleman who in few days will
attain his l03d year. lie has been a
voter since the passing Of the Reform
Bill OF 1882. His descendants now mum.
ber. eleven hundred; sixty.six grand.
ninety-seven great.grandchild-
rem and eight great-great grandchildren.
A new clothing material has been
discovered. Wood pulp paper is, says
Science Siftings, being nsed by the jap
anese troops as military clothing. 1t is
tough and has thoroughly
workmanlike appearance. II holds
stitching uncommonly well, while its
warmth is undoubte1. Apart from the
question of warmth. the new material
ought be so cheap as to make it very
much used.
The searchlight is proving 70 be a new
terror to lovers in the parks, and re-
cent exhibition OF the penetrating lumi'
nant at Harlem is to be followed by
litigation TO prevent the dim secrets OF
from being brought into the
light. Professor Stoker and Juiroun
Dahmais, a young schOOlmistress, are
engaged to be married, and one evening
took a walk in the town park, whittier
Haarlem's lovers repair. Suddenly
ray OF electric light illuminated the
place where they sat. 1t had been pro-
jected by the owner OF a neighboring
villa who wanted 10 amuse his guests.
Next day the story Of the couple being
found embracing became the talk of the
town and as a result OF the scandal the
professor and the schOolmistress were
both dismissed. They are now suing
The owner of the villa for e., 900 damages
and there is inst chance that they may