The suburban citizen., 1900-07-07
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

ne bledultI OIdlaNd d. Win LlVupa
for South Africa, returned to South
ampton, having been in collision with
the German steamer Bremen, which
was sunk.
The French Chamber of Deputies
adopted a clause of the naval bill pro
vidlng for the construction of six bat
tleships and FIVE armOred cruisers.
Philip NOrdlund. who killed seven
men and wounded five others on the
steamer Prins Karl, was sentenced to
death in Stockholm.
The tug Marion Teller was sunk In
Lake St. Clair and three of her crew
were drowned.
Nearly one hundred American engi-
neers attending the convention in Lon
don were guests at a dinner given by
English engineers at which Ambassa-
dor Choate, in his speech, referred to
the United States and England work
ing together in China.
Louis Klopsch, of the Christian Her
aid, on his way to New York from In
dia, stated in London that twenty mil
lion blankets were needed for the suf-
ferers in India, and that he distributed
one hundred thousand before his de-
parture.
c. 4. Richie, president Of the Lon
don Board of Trade, in an address to
the Association of Chambers of Com
merce, said the days of the strict Man.
chester free trade school were passing
The Khediye of Egypt arrived in
London and was received and embraced
by the Duke of York.
The Prince of Wales formally opened
new underground electrical railway
in London.
Colon and Panama, according to the
latest advices from Columbia are still
held by the government forces, al
though popular sentiment favOrs the
reYOlutionists.
Archdule Franz Ferdinand and the
Princess Won Hohenberg were married
at Reichstadt, Bohemia.
Persian Kurds raided Turkish terri
tory near Serai, ROumelia.
In a battle in the bush near Poassl
Gold Coast Colony the British lost six
officers and eighty-seven men, and the
Ashantis lost fifty killed and many
wounded.
Firmin Faure, a Nationalist deputy
attacked the Minister of War in the
French Chamber of Deputies, but the
minister's statement was approved by
the Chamber.
The Khedive of Egypt paid a state
visit to Queen Victoria and was cor
daily received.
oxford University conferred degrees
on a number of distinguished Ameri-
cans.
The fourth congress of the Associa.
J tion Of the Chambers of Commerce of
the United Kingdom was begun in Lon
don. Reciprocity was the subject un-
der discussion.
Prince Charles de Loos, a Spanish
grandee got a verdict for one farthing
damages in London from newspaper
that called him a swlndler.
Lady Henry Somerset was reelected
president of the Worlds Woman's
Christian Temperance Union in Edin.
burg.
Principal James Norton, Of the Lake.
view College, of Chicago, ILL.,, died at
Southampton, England.
The British ship Canada was dis.
masted in gale and was towed into
Freercartla England.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Theodore Roosevelt is FIVE feet nine
Inches in height and weighs lGj
pounds.
Henry Graves, the Chicago million.
nire, went there siNty-nine years ago
and for fifty years has lived in the
same house.
Dr. jameson. made famous by his
raid into the Transvaal in 1895, has
been elected member of the Cape
Assembly without opposition.
Former United States Senator James
w. Bradbury, Of Augusta. Me-. has
| just celebrated the nlnety-eighth an.
niversary Of his birth.
AS Lieutenant General of the United
States Army, General Miles will enjoy
! the privilege accorded to no other
Officer) Of prescribing his own uniform.
Captain Francis Martin. Of Detroit.
! Is the Oldest American naval officer
alive. He has just celebrated his Tooth
birthday. He got his first commits
sion from Andrew Jackson.
Sir Richard Webster, the new En-.
glish master Of rolls in succession TO
Sir Nathaniel Lindsay, was born in
1912, and is the second son of Thomas
| Webster, the famous lawyer.
Senator Beveridge said the other
day: Though 1t is true that have
been making life study Of the Malay
languages, l have as yet mastered but
one, and there are some ffty-eight
others yet to master"
Secretary Long has sent to Speaker
| Myers, Of the Massachusetts, House of
Representatives, handsome gayel
Its head is made Of wood from the
Olympia, and Its handle is part of the
rail- Of the Spanish gunboat Sandoval
ClOudburst At Mobile, Ala.
A cloudburst occurred at Mobile, Ala
All the streets were submerged, in
some places to a depth OF fve feet