The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-03

oonoeo Win the government
The total value Of stamped paper and
lstamp books issued during the year
was s104. 7S7. sS7. The issue of postage
stamp books is regarded as a success
full experiment.
Talk In England is over the appoint
lment of Canon Gore to the Lord Bish-
Iopric Of worchester. England. He is
lone of the fiercest clerical a~ssajlants OF
british outrages against the Beers.
His attacks upon the Chamberlain
South African policy has been bitter.
the camps of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
the women and children and old men
from their homes-as barbaric in the
lextreme. A writer in The Washington
Post says:
Lord Salisbury's consent to the ap-
lpointment may be ascribed to the fact
that the new Lord Bishop of Worches-
ter is a cousin n a member of the
same family as the premier's daughter
Iin-law. V~iscountess Cranbourne, who is
generally understood to WELD a good
IDEAL of influence over her famous faith
Ier-in-law; for the bishop is the young
est son of the Hon.. Charles Gore, who
was a brother of the fourth Earl of
IArran."
Canon Little was hot for the vicious
colonial policy, and he wanted the
~bishopric, but he failed. Canon Gore,
we believe. is not specially orthodox
according to the old standards.
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The tramps are marching n like
John Browns uneasy soul. They are
lpushing southwark early. The Rich
Imond Dispatch notes their arrival in
that city and says they "are making
Ia nuisance of themselves. n should
be run out of town at once. Our police
is fully adequate for this purpose and
lChief Howard would do we'll to put it
into motion at once. There is no excuse
for a tramp now"
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Little progress has been made in
britain thus far in settling the pro-
longed and tiresome war in South At
rica. The end is not yet in sight. The
report is that both ships of the two
great parties "are drifting in the ice
path" So cables the London CORE
lspondent of The New York Tribune.
The Liberals are much divided. and the
Tories. while united are almost stupe-
fled with sleep. The talk is to remove
chamberlain. but he remains. In the
meantime England is mad because Of
the fierce German attacks on Chamber
lain. and the two nations are no longer
gushing one for h other. The CORE
.lspondent gives this which may interest:
1.-The johannesburg conspiracy is the
most important disclosure of the South
AFRICAN dispatches. 1t involves anoth-
er series of military trials and execu-
ltions. n does not encourage hope Of
a speedy settlement of the race feud.
The censorship allows the passage of
little news from the land. Private let
tiers from men in the employ of the min
ling companies report a stagnant condi-
ton of that industry, and a general
feeling tina the war may last another
Year
Lord Durham, who has deserted the
Tory ministry. was very abusive in 4
recent speech of Sir Henry Campbell
Bannermann. a leading Liberal. He
said thai he considered Sir Henry
ICampbell-Bannerman a fool if he be-
Iieved the British soldiers in South At
lrica guilty of the barbarism and loath-
some behavior alleged against them.
If he made the charges for partisan
purposes. to discredit the ministry. he
was a knave." The time was within a
century when tina talk would nave re-
suited sin pistols and coffee for two"
and in some cases collins also.
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Another discomforting topic in Lon
don is the conduct of American million
aires Of the Goldfish aristocracy."
They are buying or trying to buy "cor-
Donation Seats" and American women
are having coronation robes" made.
This is too much for the old, blue
blood aristocracy and there is a rum
bling of indignation. The Tribune ca
blegram says: THE social fiat has al
Iready gone out that no American wo-
men shall enter the Abbey unless they
have previously married peers. The
suggestion has been made that the at
tendance at the Abbey shall not exceed
ten thousand. but nobody has seen the