Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-28
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eral Warren's Spion Kop action has
had almost more depressing effect
than would an out and out reverse, so
keen is the revulsion of feeling after
the short-lived jubilation.
Death, too, has been very busy in
high places at home 1t is seldom that
one week adds such names as John
Ruskin, the Duke of Teck and Richard
d. Blackmore to the obituary list. The
papers TEEN with expressions of sor-
row, anecdotes and panegyrics of the
great apostle Of art. who. 1t Is said,
though he inherited fortune, died a
comparatively poor man, living on one
pound ($5), day, which, he charac-
teristically remarked, was enough for
any man. His dwindling fortune was
undoubtedly due to Ruskin's indiscrim-
mate generosity. Like the Duke OF
Teck, he was occasionally mentally un-
sound in his latter years.
From the English point of view
there is not cloud on the sky of in
ternational relations. The war is far
too engrossing to permit people to
pause and consider the effect on Great
Britain of the apparent change Of reg
fine in China, while Congressional ac-
ton on the Nicaragua Canal or the
proposed increase in the armament Of
the United States scarcely
Cause a Ripple of Interest.
The foreign Office apparently has not
the slightest belief that the Clayton
Bulwer treaty is in favor of violation
and, SO far, has taken no steps in the
matter. Neither do the pro-Boer or
other meetings in the United States
any longer attract serious attention
or comment. for the majority of the
British have made up their minds that
the United States is friendly to them
and they put aside any manifestations
to the contrary as due to local politl
cal causes which cannot be taken as In
any way Representing national opin-
ion.
The Beatrice's cargo Is still held,
pending the arrival of details by the
South African mail. But, as the Bea-
trice is British ship and, apparently,
only a small percentage of her cargo
is American, the delay is not consid
erred important.
Reviewing the business of 1899, the
Times says:
"The fact that in the United States
the expansion of business commenced
iabout a year later than elsewhere
seems to explain the fact, which must
be admitted, that American expansion
is not so far advanced, relatively, as
that of the United Kingdom and Ger
many, and may, consequently, be ex-
pected to continue for while after
the business of the two latter coun
tries shows signs of contracting. That
advantage, however, may be conceiv-
ably nullified by the occurrence this
year of another presidential election"
Curious Exception
to the general patriotism which pre-
walls among the nobility of all classes
occurred the other day When the
Worcestershire Volunteers respectfully
asked Lord Sherborne for rifle range
on his estates, they received the reply
that if the people of England wanted
rifle ranges they must pay for them.
Only very few of the regulars are
left in England and these are bitterly
disappointed because they are unable
70 get out to South Africa. None are
more disappointed than the three reg
iments of cavalry at Aldershot, whose
departure was cancelled on the eve OF
starting. The shipment of raw yeo-
many to South Africa and keeping
these men home has given rise to fur
Their sharp criticism in military circles
According to a private letter from
Sir William MacCormack, president OF
the Royal College of Surgeons, there is
excessive ill-feeling between the army
medical officers in South Africa and the
female nurses at the base hospitals,
some of the former urging the sole en-
ployment of male orderlies. On the
whole. however, especially at the front,
the medical arrangements seem to be
giving the greatest satisfaction.
A sensation has been caused IN socl-
ETY. and stock exchange circles by the
recent posting on the stock exchange
of the names of two women, clients OF
well known brokers. The brokers re-
uuested other brokers to communicate
with them before carrying out any
transactions with these women, who
were declared to be unreliable. One of
these is Lady Elizabeth BERTHE, sister of
the Earl of Lindsey, one Of the oldest
peers in England, while the other is
Mrs. Mandy, whose antecedents are lit
tie known. 1t appears
They Speculated Heavily,
especially in Rands, and when the
slump came they were unable to meet
their losses. Mrs. Mandy is said to be
the instigator Of the business. Neither
OF the women had any large amount of
money, but they 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
a free hand, without making any inves-
LEGATIONS. The subsequent action of
posting their clients names has given
rise to considerable criticism, as it is
an unprecedented action, and in the
street the brokers are almost as much
blamed as the women for allowing
matters to reach such a stage.
A new 14-pounder 5emi-automatic
rapid-fre gun. made by the Vickers-
Maxim Company Tor the navy depart