The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-18
FRANCE
Has Fears THAI Russia Will
Pre- dominate in thina.

ms the !. O-t dpNoi blA DC III PII"1
Britain
n, view - the general Irtjc's concern
and the dispatches from China it Is rath-
err remarkable to learn nat the boxers
appear to have but little affected the vol
I ne Of to 'n-ss between Cl ma and Eng
land. The largest house m London trad
ing with the far east cororations, COM
mission houses and merchants are un-
,nimous In saNtg heir mte. eits are not
interfered with.
July will witness a pan-African con-
ference in London, with the object Of Sc
curing increased recognition ol the rights
Of Great Britain's colored subjects. The
idea originated with II. s. WalIams a
native of Trinidad, whose appeal met with
an encouraging r, sponse from South Az
rica, and the West Indies They, and it
said the United States, will send repre-
sentatives with the view of looking after
the general interests Of the colored race.
The demands will include thorough sys-
tenn of education and representation and
peasant propretorship with special rerer-
ence to South Africa and the West Indies.
The resumption Of parliament after the
Nhitsuntide recess was not marked by
any noticeable feature.
On all sides the death of Mrs Gladstone
has called forth genuine expressions of
sympathy and admiration such as would
| scarcely have been written about any
other woman in the kingdom The tren O.
! of them is that she was the ideal wife.
the great commoner. Though their grand
son comes into possession Of Howarden.
it will remain a kind Of family house.
Herbert Gladstone and his sisters being
as free TO come and go as they weSe
during the lifetime of their parents. The
young master of Howarden who is not
yet of age is a pleasant merry looking
youth, who will leave Eton this year ana
then go to oxford.
London county council passed a reso-
luton giving it power to pull down every
illuminated sign shown on the streets.
over half the brilliant devices which now
make London gay at night will probably
be condemned on the ground that the
flashing lights frighten horses and en-
danger life. Sveral firms have $4,000 to
$4,000 invested in these devices.
The London streets are being torn up
by the laying of the wire of the tele-
phone system to be run by the govern
ment. Continual complaints of over
charging and inefficiency Of the monopoly
led the postoffices to take this step.
Preparations are being made for 10000
subscribers. 1t is expected to begin to
operate this year. The cost will be over
| s., 600 600 and the rates will be so low that
! the smallest store will be able to have
a telephone.
Rev. c. NJ. Sheldon, Of Topka, Kansas,
has received a hearty welcome in Eng
land He was the guest at Liverpool Of
Rev. c. f. Aked, who has resided in Am
erica. Large cr' wds heard Mr.. SHIELD IN
recount his experiences at Topeka, which
led up to his writing IN His Steps"
The total value of the seventeen events
secured by five American jockeys 25,9H
pounds, while the English jockeys won
| only 13,0S5 pounds. Altogether the eight
Americans who rode had sixty-nine
mounts in twenty-six races getting places
forty times. Sloan, out of nineteen mounts
has six firsts, four senconds, and five
thirds. L. Rein, out OF fourteen mounts,
has four firsts, and two thirds.
NJ. Drake, the owner of one of the fin
est horses run in the last weeks event,
is one of the best poker players in the
world. 1t was said of him that he played
in a game on a train out of Chicago,
with several men who were interested in
and, that several hundred thousands of
dollars changed hands in the course of
the game.
Reviewing the racing of the past we K
in the Sporting Times, John Corbett says;
Again the great feature was the ex-
traordinary success of the American Jock.
ey, winning out by their own merits. And
If a horse has the material in him they
will bring it out as they ride with their
heads as well as their hands
PARIS, June 16.-News of fghtinl
between the European troops and tn,
boxers has enhanced the interest in tn,
situation in China which is forming tn,
leading features of the leading news
papers The diplomatic world is ma
turally very much stirred, especial,
owing to the contradictory reports re
garding the attitude taken by the EN-
ress dOwager.
Even the Japanese and the Chimes
legations appear doubtful as to the ex
act condition of affairs. At the Chin
: ese legation much uneasiness prevails
The explanation goven by the officer
e there is that the government are III
t treating their own countrymen as we
2 as the boxers. Boxers are simply out
laws who receive no countenance fror
them.
. Members Of the legation whose con
n stant intercourse with the European
= has brought them more into line wit
d the western idea admit guardedly tina
that the general situation in China 1
hardly satisfactory and there is ROOF