Daily inter mountain., 1900-01-27
Past Week Has Had a Most
Gloomy Closing.
WAR IS THE ONLY TOPIC
In the British Capital-Tw0 Well
Known WOmen'S Names Are Post
ed on the Stock Exchange as Being
Unreliable.

London, Jan. 27.-(Copyrighted 1900 by
the Associated Press.)-The week, which
opened full Of high hopes. is closing
gloomily. The result of General War
renfs Spionkop action has had almost a
more depressing effect thar would an
out-and-out reverse. so keen is the re-
vulsion of feeling after the short lived
jubilation. Death, too. has been very
busy in high places at home. 1t is sell
dom that in one week the names like
Ruskin. the Duke of Teck and Richard
Blackmore are brought before the public
mind in death.
From the English point of view there
is not cloud on the sky of international
relations. The war is far too engross-
ing to permit people to pause and con-
slider the effect on Great Britain of the
apparent change of regime in China
while congressional action on the Nicara-
guam canal or the proposed increase in
the armament in the United States
scarcely causes ripple Of comment
The foreign office has not the slightest
belief that the Clayton Bulwer treaty is
in danger Of violation and so far has
taken no steps in the matter. Neither
do the pro-Boer or other me etings in the
United States any longer attract serious
attention or comment. for the majority
Ol lIS bTlllSu nave lldO0 up
that the United States is friendly to them
and they put aside any manifestations
to the contrary as due to local political
causes which cannot be taken as in any
way representing national opinion.
The Beatrice'S cargo is still held pend
ing the arrival of details by the South
African mail But as the Beatrice is a
British ship and apparently. only small
percentage of her cargo is American, the
delay is not considered important:
pnx,fn -inor 1r,ci ~ &1,.,
Times says: THE fact that in the Unit
ed States the expansion Of business COM
menced about year later than else
where. seems to explain the fact. which
must be admitted, that American expan-
sion is not so far advanced, relatively. as
that Of the United Kingdom and Ger
many and may consequently be expect
ed to continue for while after the busi-
ness o. the two latter countries shows
signs Of contracting. That advantage
however, may Be conceivably nulified
by the occurrence this year of another
presidential election"
A curious exception to the general pa
triotism which prevails among the peo-
pie of all classes occurred the other day.
When the Gloucestershire volunteers re-
spectfully asked Lord Sherborne for
rifle range on his estates, they received
the reply that if the people of England
wanted rifle ranges they must be paid
for.
According to the private letter from Sir
VIM. MacCormich. president of the royal
college of surgery, there is excessive i'll
feeling between the army medical off,
GERS in South Africa and the female
nurses at the base hospitals. some of the
former urging the sole employment Of
male orderlies. On the whole, however,
especially at the front, the medical ar
rangements seem to be giving the great
est satisfaction.
A sensation has been caused in society
and stock exchange circles by the recent
posting on the stock exchange of names
of two women, clients of we'll known
brokers. The brokers requested other
brokers to communicate with them be-
fore carrying out any transactions with
these women. who were declared to be
unreliable: One of these is Lady Eliza
beth BERTHE, sister OF the Earl of Lind
sey, one of the oldest peers in England.
while the other is Mrs. Manly whose
antecedents are little known. 1t appears
they speculated heavily especially in
rands and when the slump came they
were unable to meet their losse Neither
but were dazzled by the prospects OF
making fortune easily and succeeded
IN getting introduced to some brokers
who, on the strength of the ancient name
of Lindsey, gave them free hand with
out making any Investigations The
subsequent action of posting their
clients names has given rise to consid-
cradle criticism as 1t is an unprecedent-
ed action and in the street the brokers
are almost as much blamed as the women
for al owing matters to reach such a
stage.
new 14-pounder semi automatic ran.
i'd fire gun, made by the Vickers-Maxim
company for the navy department, was
tested this week in the presence Of the
United States naval attache, Lieutenant
Commander Cowell, and the admiralty
officials. Twelve rounds We're fired salts
factorily and $500 feet initial velocity
was secured with II tons pressure. Thu
weapon will now be shipped to the United
States.
Sporting circles continue agitated lest
Flying Fox should go out of the coun.
try. The Man of the World says: '"The
only chance, so far as can see, of Fly.
ing Fox running into a very fancy price
is that an American society man ma,
desire to win the Ascot gold cup. 1 dt
not suppose for moment that Sir J
Blundell Maple would want him for sucl
much richer than Sir Blundell Maple and
is connected by marriage with the Page
family here. AS it happens, however
the sporting sections or the Pagets viii
not be seen at Ascot. as most of then
are out at the war. With another buyel
than Mr.. Whitney or with the reserv,
reached, We may take it that Flying Fo:
will not run for the Asco cup. For tha
reason l hope the reserve will be a yer,
stiff one, as it ought to be. Such
$ horse ought to belong only to a West
minister"
Sydney Low is editing the Anglo -Saxo]
Review during Lady Randolph Church
ills absence in South Africa. The thir,
number appears to-day in undiminish
ed splendor. the binding being a repro
duction of a volume made for Kim
Charles at Munich. Stephen Gran
and Gertrude Atherton are among tn
contributors.
Only q few theaters are drawing payin