Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-20
A TORY VICTORY
Predicted At The Fall
Elections
THE BoER WAR
And Its Management BecoIn:
ing Unpopular

London, Mar. 20.-It is regarded
now as almost certain that the Tories
will sweep the conntry at the fall
elections as the Liberals are hopelessly
split in two on account OF the action
of Lord Roseberry who has wrecked
the party. He is condemned on all
sides for his action.
The motion OF Sir Henry Campbell.
Bannerman in the House of Commons
Tuesday for an investigation into the
alleged abuses in connection with the
South African war provoked very
spirited debate even If the motion
was defeated. In the House Of Lords
on the same day Lord Salisbury had
to defend the government on account
of demand for full information In
regard to the state of affairs in Cape
Colony. The government is getting
hard pushed in regard to the way it is
conducting the war which is daily
growing more and more unpopular
A forged check for 1922 was pre-
sented 70, payment at bank Tuesday
drawn upon King Edwards private
account. The cashier discovered the
check was forged and as soon as the
man presenting it saw that the game
was up he ran away but was caught
and later was remanded in the Bow
St. court. The check had been stolen
and an endorsement forged upon
| it.
All hope Of the British sioop OF war
Condor has now been given up
and her books have been ordered
closed and all money due to the men
on board of has been ordered paid to
their relatives. The Condor was a
sloop of $50 tons and carried.a compile
ment of 14OO men. She left Vancou-
yer for Honolulu Dec. 2, and has not
been heard Of since.
War Secretary Broderick has an.
nounced that all civilized nations pun
ish an enemy found wearing one OF
their uniforms with death and that
Lord Kitchener had already inflicted
this penalty upon the Beers on several
occasions.
On her recent cruise along the Irish
coast the British battleship Revenge
was fitted with wireless telegraph
apparatus and received number of
private Marconi messages passing be-
1 tween mail steamers and the shore.
The Admiralty proposed to make an
attempt to intercept messages from an
experimental station across the At
lantic with the view Of determining
whether Signor Marconi has perfected
his system.
1t is officially stated today that the
king will not 60 to the Rivera for a
holiday. He will make a cruise In
the royal yacht off the English coast
instead.
1t is announced that the British
government will not appoint another
general to Halifax station at present
but that colonel will be placed In
command of the troops. Gen. Lord
William Seymour resigned the com
mand.
The shamrock was very generally
worn in London Monday. Boxes from
Queen Alexandra were distributed tc
the Irish guards at ithe Tower that
morning.
Princess Henry of Battenberg has
returned to Osborne Cottage with he1
Younger children. The widowed
princess interests are greatly centered
| in the Isle of Wight. She was mar.
rled to the late Prince Henry in Whip
bingham church during the summer
Of 1885; she is governor of Carris'
brooke Castle and of the island itself
is president of the Fine Art society
and of many charitable institutions.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Temple
who at various times held prominent
government offices and who was the
author Of q number Of essays and
memoirs is sdead. He was born ir
1925.
Prince Francis of Teck has sailec
for South Africa to resume his dutie!
with the remount department of th'
amrv.!
The stewards Of the Jockey Clul
today refused to grant q Jockeys Ii
cense to Tod Sloan, the American
Jockey. Permission was granted, how
ever, for Sloan to train horses AM
ride them in trials.