The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-08
COndit Ons in Tramsyaal
are Unchanged

(Ccpy wright 1900. the Associated Press)
London, Jan. 6-rhe passing of another
week has apparently effected no change
in the condition Of the war I'm South Afri-
ca. l certainly has not been productive
Of any serious development In England
the yeomanry are manfully contendlng
with the dinicultes of the riding school,
which IS putting their patriotism in the
test OF fails on the tan bark and other
such Inconvenience.
Coal Is getting daily dearer and the
funds for the absent minded beggars"
and others are swelling by the thousands
into proportions Of unheard OF munihci-
ence while the papers, when notm agnify-
ing indeCisive skirmishes into brilliant sue
ccsses devote casual attention to the diff
nculties which have arisen over bhe seiz-
ure Of cargoes bound for Lourenzo Mar
ques. in the latter respect the Bundles
rath incident almost monopolizes the at
tention, the seizure OF American -four be-
ing relegated to very subsidiary posi-
ton and not being taken as having the
slightest possibility Of producing intera-
tioal friction. on the whole the British
press has taken a calm view OF the Ger
man seizure matter and has refused to led
into replying IN Kind 20 the bitter com
ments telegraphed from Germany. In
this the papers merely voice the feeling
OF the government. for at the foreign Of
fee not the slightest anxiety is felt re-
garding the action so far taken against
the alleged contraband. though that ques-
tion in abstract causes no end of cogita-
tion, but more regarding the effect the
present decisions will have upon future
events than by the press OF contemporary
eous difficulties. The British govern
ment belives It has a good case against
the Bundesrath. But both in this instance
and the American -four. the government
holds that nothing definite can be done
until details can be learned Even then
the fine points OF law involved must be
settled by careful deliberation Of experts
In the meantime it Is possible the govern
ment may deem II advisable to make dec
larations regarding contraband. especial
ly. food stufs. But such a case is quite
problematicaL To quote an American dip
lomat in London, who, after reading the
cabled account that the the United States
insistence upon her rights might cause
trouble. said:
How IN the wOrlu do they think that
such a complicated point of law can be
settled or cause any serious disagreement
between people so friendly as the United
States and England"
Commenting upon the Aemrican feeling.
the Saturday Review says:
eve fear no accurate presentment OF
the real feeling Of the United States re-
garding the war until more reliable re-
ports reach this country"
Admiral Melville writes to the Globe
it on it's efforts to secure
higher pay for naval engineers. saying:
I'VE have had the experience in thi
country OF the loss of some OF our very
best men among the engineers for the
reason that private firms are willing to
pay so much better compensation. Since
the passage OF the personal bill ther'
have been very few designations In our
country ! wish your friends every SIC
cess 10 get their pay properly adjusted
/ can say, as a result OF our own exper-
fences, thai patience combined with per-
sistent effort, VIII be rewarded az last
It was a long time before the personal
bill passed but we finally secured what
we wanted
The scarcity OF coal continues to such
an extent that four Scotch pig iron fur
naces have shut down. Iron has reached
record prices 1t is believed the strin-
pency win be somewhat relieved when the
railroads become less consested with hol'-
day traffic The continued calling out OF
the reservists has effected the railroads
rs well as the colllers. According TO one
large coal merchant, the miners thor
ourhy realize that restricted output
Increases wages for less work and they
are hy no means anxious TO relieve the
situation In the meanwhile the war con-
tinues 10 increase the demand and coal
goes up The gas companies are reaping
large profits as a result
AT a cost OF $4,000. Birmingham has
bought from private corporation the
oity's supply OF electricity In 1886 the city
sold il, but now believing that even at
such advanced figures Il will yield a large
substantial proht, Il has bought It back.
cardinal Vaughn has notified the Cath
olic bishops OF England 70 keep January
Il as a day OF special prayer for those
engaged IN the war.
Instances 0f private benevolence in be-
half OF the soldiers are herd everywhere.
In one of the most fashionable houses
on GrosvenOr square, occupied by the
Misses Keyser. the whole ground noor
has been htted up as a hospital. II viii
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