New-York tribune., 1901-10-18
RrTLLER'S FRIENDS UNEASY
.-ryr TALKING GENERAL TO MAKE AN
OTHER SPEECH.
FAR NEWS IS MEAGRE-EARL RUSSELL RE
LEAsED-LIPTONs LATEST DEAL.
Copyright: 1901: BY The New-rork TriDune)

lBY CABLE TRIBUNE.l
ro,5on. Oct Is, I a. m-General Buffers
,-1snds after being uneasy Mr.. Brodrick's
n-,rrscted conference with the King. are now
.rrov-n into panic by report that the General
Iii attend a public luncheon at Exeter next
~.ek and make another speech They cannot
,orscast how much additional mischief he may
A. bv his post-prandial oratory, and they are
,oning that either the court or the War Office
.sIl issue a muzzling order Of some kind against
liking generals. Mr.. Brodrick keeps his own
.o,nsel respecting the Butler affair, but naval
Ulcers taking the Cobra court martial as an
r,ustration. point the moral that discipline is
-raintained vigorously in their branch Of the
..-ztce and that truth is not suppressed after
s,ssster. even If the Admiralty itself be struck
ghsre are no military inquiries after disasters
!, the field. even when evidence of structural
-sakness in generalship, in staff work and in
var once methods generally is more direct and
nositive than was the proof that the torpedo
bost destroyers built or purchased by the Ad-
-niralty were unseaworthy and liable 10 sudden
collapse.
war news is uleagre and unintelligibIe but
r-nionist politicians and military men are salts
fed that everything is going right Nobody now
goes so far as 10 predict Bothas capture. since
there is no evidence that his retreat has been
eut of BY the British forces. which are widely
scattered IN a difficult country. but the infer
ence is drawn that the movement on which he
had concentrated the failing energies Of the
Boer commanders has ended disast,ously, and
that q large portion Of his transport outfit may
be taken. even If the fighting men elude pursuit
nv dividing into small bands. General French's
operations against the guerillas in Cape Colony
are also making steady progress. and he is max
ing treason odIous by stern repressive measures.
Fr7ssATI's release from r,rfs0n TODAY
without q sign Of sympathy from the Home
Office Not q single hour was abated from his
sentence He had the good sense 10 leave Hol-
loway jail quietly. after refusing to take news
paper reporters into his confidence. It is proba-
bic that his first marriage viii be annuIIed
speedily by the courts. and that he viii be Eft
st liberty 10 remarry Mrs. Somerville legally,
without the trouble Of going TO Nevada. II has
been rumored from the outset that the first i'm
pulse for the prosecution Of Earl Russell for
bgamy came from court, but there Is no proof
that the King interested himself in the matter.
The Quarterly Review has followed UP its
article on Queen Victoria with another one Of
similar character upon the Empress Frederick.
The style is less brilliant and there are fewer
secret revelations but the article is a noteworthy
tribute 10 2 most remarkable woman.
IP Morgan's negotiations for the purchase OF
the feet fail 10 satisfy the provincial press,
which expresses apprehension lest another blow
20 British shipping may be impending. The
officials here and in Liverpool are emphatic in
cOntradcting all reports Of transfer OF the line.
British engineering firms have only their own
inadsptabillty TO blame IL locomotive contracts
for the colonies go abroad A letter from Lord
H. ~ 81 f=
thOrny question in a clear light The proposal
to hold conference of railway engineers IL
India to consider the Standardization Of loco
motives 50 as TO enable British locomotive
works TO be more ready 10 meet exceptional de-
mands viii. il is admitted. not help this coun-
Try 10 hold its own unless manufacturers show
themselves more disposed TO make greater ef-
forts to meet the wishes Of customers in the
matter Of quick delivery.
The tobacco trade war has already begun. an
American company having sent notice TO retail
Of large reduction in the price Of cigarettes.
English manufacturers try 70 meet this reduc-
ton by appeal 10 the patriotism of the Brit
ish people, who are urged to buy cigarettes
made by British labor and the employment of
British capital In other trades England has TO
face severe competition also Over thousand
men, chiefly shoe hands, are out Of work in
being attributed principally TO American COM
petition. Considerable quantities Of Belgian
made cotton goods are being sold in Lancashire
TO the detriment Of the loom owners in that
county. a class Of goods known as ticks" is
Sastng Lancashire made goods from the mar
kets. the Belgians having acquired the trade
There was quite long list OF bloodstock sales
at Newmarket yesterday. Ten OF Richard
Croker's horses IN training were sold, but the
Tarnmany boss has some yearlings ready TO be
pat in active work. and his colors are expected
70 be seen again next year, though il is said
that his trainer Wishard viii either return
home or practice his art in France. Mr- Croker's
horses may consequently find fresh quarters in
he LaInbourn district. At 80 guineas, Har-
row, OF somewhat sensational fame, went 10
:. A. Drake who also purchased Alta Iona for
go guineas. Corrigan responsible for the
purchase Of Ailyar at 40 gUineas. but none Of
The others fetched much money The ten horses
realized 1870 guineas-
Il Is stated that Sir Thomas Lipton's real OBJ
,ect in visiting Chicago is 10 arrange for the
transfer Of a portion OF his bacon trade in that
city TO a British company. Sir Thomas is un-
eerstood TO be IN constant communication with
us London solicitors. Day & Russell and nego-
aations have, II is said, so far progressed that
British capitalists VIII be asked to subscribe TO
ne venture early next month The purchase
price is put at S5OO0O00. The report al pres
ent lacks confirmation. Day & Russell keep
osr own counsel, but II is probably well found
Cd II not strictly accurate. / y. r
large registration in the city to-day and md
s~.ion ticket "eti certain. niia RegfsteT to-day.
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ONE OF DIss DE BARS VICTIMS.