The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-20
MARK FOR ASSASSINS.
Five Attempts Have Been Made K
Take the Life of Queen
Victoria.

London, April THE scatterbrain
youth and his pistol gave England a.
thrill that has not yet been quite efaceI
by the instant knowledge that ahc
Prince of Wales was unframed. This
was the first time the Prince of Wales;
had been attacked, although the assas--
sination of the Queen had been attempt
ed five times, by Oxford in 1910, by:
Francis in 1912, by Bean in the same:
year, by Hamilton in 1919, and by Nc
Lean. at Windsor, in 1892. The life Of
no monarch in Europe has been in dan
ger so many times as has that of Queen
Victoria, though with the exception of
Emperor William, the hereditary ruler
of every principal power has had at
least one experience with assassins-
The Prince of Wales cool and gentle
demeanor, when he emerged from the
smoke Of the gunpowder and requested
not to treat him harshly is admired i'm
mensely. In perfect composure the:
prince returned to his carriage and sat
down to game of nap with the gentle
men attending him. He displayed SINH
lar impassiveness in the South of France.
at the. time of the terrible earthquake
several years ago. He was asleep when
the shock was first felt, but was awak--
ened at once and warned to escape, but
he refused to be disturbed of his rest
by so trivial thing as an earthquake.
1t is for such British qualities as this
that the Prime of Wales is admired as
we'll as for his uniform good fellowship
| in social life.
The attempt upon the prince has placed
in still stronger relief 1reland's chlval-
rous reception of the Queen.
=, Queens Gift to Lady Roberts.
A member of Parliament tells a
u - DIV
Roberts, When Lady Roberts visited
Windsor, a few days before she sailed
for the Cape, the Queen. handed her a
small parcel, saying: Here is some
thing l have tied up with my own hands
and that I2beg you will not open until
you get home" Lady Roberts found
that the parcel contained the Victoria
cross Won by her dead son by his gat-
lantry at Colenso.
George Wyndham, parliamentary I'M
der-secretary of war, appeared in the
House Of Commons this week with the
back numbers of several magazines con-
tanning articles about West Point and
with papers concerning the United States
system of providing for officers. He
sitting, looking for suggestions regard
ing the pay of British officers. Mr..
Wyndham is thoroughly awakened to
the need of making the profession of
arms possible to poor men. Everyone
here knows that either the army or the
navy suba1terns must have from $500 to
$500 yearly outside of their pay, which
| is scarcely more than enough to pay their
mess bills.
The vice-chancellor Of Cambridge.
| when inviting applications for commits
SiOns the other day, said the candidates
| would have to show that they possessed
means enough to enable them to hold
commissions, and the head master Of
the profession of rich men,"
| Mr.. Wyndham. who has the courage
to express his feeling that something is
| wrong, is working out plan to make
it possible for subalterns to live on their
| pay. Army men are divided into fac
tons on the subject.
F. Enjoy British Freedom.
| Joseph I. Tarte, the Canadian minis
ter of public works, who, while in Lon
don this week. addressed the colonial Sec
rotary of the Society of Arts on the sub
/ ject of French Canadians Under Brit
ish Rule" met DR.. Leyds. the diplomatic
agent of the Transvaal Republic Satur-
the French minister Of foreign affairs in
Paris. They had long talk.
"My dear DR.. Leyds, said Mr.. Tarte,
in effect, Il am the son of rebel. My
father rose with Papineaux against Brit
ish rule in 1887. See what we French
Canadians are under British rule. You
will, of course, be beaten. You will be
crushed. Why don't you accept the in
evitable and enjoy it? Enjoy the free
dom of your own institutions under the
British flag"
| DIR. Leyd's reply is not known.
London is apparently to be denuded for
! the next few months of certain more or
less distinguished persOnages. such as
confidence men and jewel thieves. for this
class of criminals are betaking them
selves TO Paris. 1t is computed by a
Scotland yard official that 200 detectives
are engaged at the channel ports of Eng
land and France in watching this migra-