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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
ENGLAND TO GRANT
.TRANSVAAL HOME. 4. Rule | [.
Scheme Drafted and Sent to Eng
land for the Imperial
Sanction,
JOHANNESBURG, Dec, 5.

u
1t can be stated definitely that "details OF
the scheme OF representative government
for tho Transyaal have been agreed to
hero, and that Lord Miners dispatch on
the subject has gone to England 81
Although no statement, official or uncoffl !.
c,al, has been made on the subject. y eis
believed on good authority that, accord
ing to the proposals OF tho government,
the Legislative Assembly would he entirely
elective on q popular franchise, but that
Ministers who would sit with that BODY
would be nominated by the Grown, which
would, OF course. have the right OF veto 70
Little apprehension ia felt az to the
smoot IL working of a scheme Of this kind
and the proposal would probably pc In
dorsed by all parties. d.
Z Caucus & meetings are being held here,
Win the view Of forcing the grant,of re-
sponsible government. and It 10 proposed
10 call a PUBLIC meeting.
It is significant that the promoters Of the
movement are, gentlemen Identified with
the anti. Chinese agitationsuch as Messrs.
Quinn, Whitesldc, Cresswell, Wyberg and
%. Solomon, Which raises a doubt as to
The genuineness Of the movement. 8
II II is intended to play5into tho hands
OF liberals. the agitation will not be sup-
ported. B
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
LONDON, Dec. 3.

LONDON Dec. g.
viscount Turnour's election for the
Horsham division OF Sussex by major.
Eity OF 784 votes out OF total poll amount
ing TO close upon 5000 brings into the
House a legislator who was q last April,
and Will displace Richard RIgg from the
,lonored position Of being the youngest
%member." q
rs The division Includes Midhurst. the
birthplace $of. Cobden, and much activity
was shown by the supporters of Mr., Frs
kline, the Liberal: candidate (Who improved
his party vote byfnearly $10vu), IN recalling
the associations OF the Corn law reformcr
with the district. But the increase IN the
U nionst poll, though far below that or
tho Liberal lis yet Significant OF the posi-
ton which Mr. Chnmberlains programme
holds in, the public sesttmh ton,
Lord Turnour'sF family associa tons with
the district wereNof such a cha racter that
bis success was al most "a certainty from
tho first, and 5bis youth Is fault which
each day helps to correct; but 1t was his
earnest adoption Of the tariff reform cause
which secured Fhimga majority of votes.
His decision not to return TO Oxfori.,
where no was IAN ,undergraduate at the
time OF HIS selection ast Conservative can-
didate, may. be taken as evidence that the
educa tive influence of the contest has been
as great upon tho sJleW member as upon
his constituents Of oil shades OF political
opinion. sa} US, vi II 4 i.Stg8 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
n1,1A,p1,nc,r1

EDINBURGH Dec. 8.
Robert Thorhurn, unable to house his
family ins5Ayr within Tho limits Of his
slender means, was driven, with his wife
and six children, into the caves on the
Wild and eather- ben ten coast of AYR
shire. So terrible was the state of saualor
In which the family lived that the police
We're forced to take proceedings and on
q charge of neglecting his children Thor,
burn was sent to prison for nifty days.
Inquiries show that the family is not
the first that has been driven to the
caves, Owing TO the lack of cheap ac-
commodaton In Ayr numbers or tho
poorer class arc In II homeless condition.
1t Is not alleged against 'rhorburn that
he was lazy man. He has been working
at his trade steadily during The year.
When he found himself without a roof
over his head he went to two caves easy
of access near the Heads of Ayr, q rugged
promontory about eight miles south of
the town. n F5E'f
a large and airy outer cave was used
as 2 Kitchen and general living room, and
nightly the family slept on straw In The
inner and smaller cave.
IN these cold and uncomfortable quar-
tiers the sufferings of the children were
lndeserlbable. Gradually the conditions
grew more unWholcsome, and policemen
who visited the caves describe them as
without g parallel in their experience of
the dwellings OF the poor They might
have been the dens of Wild beasts s5
Public opinion in Ayr has beer reused
by. the, case, and the housing question is
being keenly discussed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
LONDON, Dec, 8.

TN LONDON. Dec. g.
There Is new nurse In the Clarence
ward of the Children's Hospital in Great
Ormond street. 5l
She Is a slender girl. with soft. wavy
brown hair neatly coiled under her cap,
dark eyes and a smiling mouth She
wears pink cotton gown, snowy white
cuffs and collar and white apron. 81
nurse Erskine," the sick little ones
call her. Only the matron and sisters
know that outside the hospital she Is
Lady Marjorie Erskine, whose father,
the fourteenth Earl OF Buchan, holds a
title dating from 1869.
AS one Of the prcttiest trio Of sisters In
society at the present time, Lady Mar
jorie, accompanied by the youthful look
Ing Countess OF Buchan, graced many So
cinl functions, and her determination to
become hospital nurse was complete
surprise to her friends. Less than fort
night ago Lady Marjorie became n paying
pvobationer In the Children's Hospital.
Save me from my friends!" Nurse
Erskine" might well have exclaimed dur
ing her first days at the hospital. Day
after day carriages drove up to the hospi-
tai doors. from which alighted the friends
she had left behind In the gay world and
satisfied smile would steal over the por-
tcr's face when there came the invaria-
BILE request, rs Lady Marjorie Erskine
to be seen?''
But now the visitors no longer besiege
the hospital Like her nifty fellow nurses,
Lady Marjorie takes her daily walk In
uniform, and will Visit her friends on hol-
days.
II had to tell them not to come so
often" explained Lady Marjorie yester-
| day. RULES are rules, YOU know. and !
do want 10 become a nurse.
! Like It? Well, ! have only been here
fourteen days, and never did any nlirs-
Ing before; SO It is too early to say much.
The work Is very hard at first. hut, all
the same. think shall like It. And !
am very fond OF the children. dear little
ithings!" added Nurse Ersklne." with a
smile, as at the call OF duty she hurried
| back to her charges.
Like the other probation the Earl OF
Buchan's prefix daughter rises at 6 In the
/ morning and takes night duty when he,
j turn comes round, She works hard, and
even scrubs the wards out, though a ward
maid does the very rough work at Great
4 Ormond street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
MAN MASQUERADES
IN GAR'B OF WOMAN.
Rich and Eccentric Young Briton
Causes a Big Sensation
III Naples,

ROME, Dec. 3.
Naples Is much interested in the doings
Of a young man supposed to be English,
calling himself Richard Atkinson. He has
taken expensive rooms at the Hotel Sa-
voy, keeps a retinue Of twenty servants,
drives in q carriage drawn by eight mag-
nincent horses, and generally has the ap-
pearance of3,being Immensely wealthy.
What Is more remarkable is that the
young man possesses a8warurobe contain
ing male and female attire in unlimited
quantities, and he makes use Of one or
the other kind Of garment, as his fancy
decides. The collection Of Partisan head
gear and millinery is said to be worth
many thousand Of pounds.
5 A journalist who. called on this eccen-
trio Individual was received in a boudoir
by the latter, decked out in the gorgeous
1habiliments Of grande dame and much
;decollete. The Journalist says Atkinson
is about 81 years old. and not at all3hand-
some. He speaks French we'll, but not
Italian, and maintains several establish
iments around Naples. III |5s4g a 4. sSss
81 Atkinson frequently, visits the. Neapol-
iitan thea tres, sometimes attired as a ma n.
at othcrs as a Woman,5to the grea Sscan-
dal OF the authorities, who,it is said, have
requested the British Consul to have him
removed. B55S Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
REVOLVER BULLET
ENDS HOPELESS love.
Mechanic in Paris Theatre Has
Brain Affected BY Beau
tiful Actress.
PARIS, DEG.

PARIS. DEG. s.
The pathetic story of the hQpeless love
OF a stage mechanlcian for a well-known
Partisan actress has leaked out lie was
only a blouse-clad workman, rough and
unslilled In ANYTHING save the minor
duties which he performed In the theatre,
while she was mugnificently beautlfuland
held q whole audience at her feet IN al
mlration. iii had watched her often, from
his point OF vantage in the wings sharing
her triumphs. and trcasuring the GOOD
night" she used to give himiin passing
lim.Gt
Once he was so overcome with emotion
when she Great ed a furorc on a. first night
that he forgot to lower the curtain at the
right moment, and was fined heavily by
tho direct orate He used to walt for her
when she came into the theatre, and LOAF
about tho door as she departed, and every
evening little bunsh OF Violnts which
cost him two SOUS was placed BY nm on
her dressng-room table. es .s;, 81 .,saI
Eventually his behavior became 50 err
ratio. for he could hide his great love no
longer, that the actress complained, the
manager INTERVIEWED and the stage mcch-
anician was summarlly dismissed Then
he told the story Of his hopeless passion to
n cemrade, and yesterday he was found
dead In his room, with "a bullet In his
head and a revolver IN his hand, BY his Z
side was n photograph of The actress VINO
had turned his BRAIN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
CREOLE BEAUTIES
WILL DAN TIES SERVE
London to Have Restaurant il,
Which South American Maids
Will be Mattresses.
LONDON, Dec. 3.

A restaurant which will shortly be OPEN
ed In London will be spanish-American
In 1t everything will be done in the same
way AZ 1t is in the sunny States Of South
America.
There will be cool. spacious eating
rooms; beautiful. dark-eyed Creole maids
wearing their national dress will minister
TO the wants Of hungry public, and
,plaintive Creole music will delight the
ear. I"
: The food. too. will be novel. but OF the
best and at popular prices. Many North
American dishes will figure on the menu.
and such purely Spanish things as pimen-
tas. guava served In q variety of forms,
and peculiar sort of black bread and
mutton cooked In real Spanish way
The restaurant Will be large one, capa-
bic Of accommodating 200 persons. 1t viii
be situated in the Strand. nearly opposite
the Charing Cross Hospital
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LONDON. Dec. 3

LONDON, Dec. 8.
TOR some time the question OF the ad-
n Visibility OF raising the existing
granite dam at Assouan In order TO
hold up larger supply Of water for lower
Egypt has been under consideration 1t
has now been definitely decided to carry
out the project Of raising the dam In ac-
cordance with the expert advice OF sir
William Willcocks, supported by the opin-
Ion Of Sir William Garstin. It is proposed
to raise the height OF the dam by nine
teen feet six inches which will enable
the Irrigation Department to retain be-
hind the barrage an additional 200 ,OOo, 600
cubic metres of water, which at present
flows unutilized into the Mediterranean.
It is stated that the amount of#wat er held
back behind the dam will add another
200, 900 acres to the soil OF Egypt, which Is
classed under the heading Of perennially
irrigated. Tho cost Of the work Is COM
puted atTabout s55o,o0O and operations are
to begin early next spring. These opera
lions will extend until 1907. The cost OF
the work will be betrayed out OF the pub
lie debt surplus.
The raising Of the dam will still further
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
GREIT GRANITE DIM ON HISTORIC NILE
no BE RALSED and IRRIGATION ALDED
Millions MI Spad
FrtuuyO vcrtheB roadLa Lowa

spite Of the fact that the temples may
still stand for centuries, and successive
generations may still come to gaze on tho
ghost Of the most beautiful scene III
Egypt.
In addition to thisrplan for raising the
Assouan dam. Sir lillian NVllcocks has
also proposed another, scheme which
would provide an additional reservoir for
Nile water in! any part Of the depression
on the west side Of the Nile known as
the Fayum, the now dry site of tho an
ccnt lake N1ocfis, over which tho galeys
Of the Egyptians used to sail In the days
Of Egyptian native greatness. III the
early dynustics the lake served as q res.
ervoir for high Nile water, which at low
Nile could be fed out into the river
when the natural flow Of the stream
was low. In the ancient days great
river fights seem to have taken place
round the entrances to this reser--i
voir between the people Of Upper
and Lower Egypt The control OF this
reservoir BY an antagonists military
force meant a period of famine for the
regions lower down the river and the
stories of these fights and the subsequent
are very suggestive Of the peri-
DDS OF fat and lean years recorded in
the story Of Joseph.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
RUSSIA AIDED BY
PRUSSIkH POLICE I /:
The Latter on Look g Out Il for.
Fugitiiyes From Military
Service.

BERLIN, Dec. >.
The Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts Is
continuing It's crusade against Russian
methods IN Germany and tho eagcrness
OF Prusslan officials to perform somewhat hat
mental service for their eastern neigh
bors. III
il publishes curious case from lhoe-
nigsberg, In which two members OF the
Social Democratic party are concerned
These two men have been proceeded
against for aiding and nbettng Russian
fuGitives to escape. They are threaten
ed with a f1ne OF 1000 marks or. six
months imprisonment for what the Yor-.
wacrts insists Is no offense at all IN
fact, as the Socialist organ n says. ~
ought to be considered rather an onense
to hinder any one escaping from Russla
1t seems that Prussian gendarmes,
stationed at various places along tho
lines leading from Russia, are on the
lookout for fugitives escaping from mil
itary service During the month OF DC.
tober some Russians came to one OF tho
men now accused who lives In the from
tier town OF Goldap. asking him to pro-.
cure wagon for them In order to travel
to a station on the railway where no
were stationed. The wagon
was procured and the Russians escaped,
Z 1t Is for this action that proceedings
are alleged TO be now taken
According to Information supplied 70
the Worwaerts, Russian fugitiSeS are
crossing the German frontier In crowds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
submerge the Philae temples, which have
been siren rthencd with rubble masonry

submerge the Phiae temples, which have
been strengthened with rubble masonry
and steel Orders in order to stand the
periodic submersion. Ronald P. Jones IN
n recent issue Of the Architectural Re-
view, says: ''rhc engineers are cheenfully
optimistic; they point out1that the high
level water OF the dam will contain hardly
any of the Nile mud, which IS only
brought down at n certain time Of year,
and they even go so far MS to assert that
Philae will rise refreshed every year like
Aphrodite from tho sea- apparently re-
gnrding the five months submersion as
kind Of gigantic spring cleaning.
Refreshed or not, however, there Will
be no one to see It rise, since 1t is pre-
csely from December to April that AS.
souan is visited by Europeans, and In
the height OF the summer, when the
island will partly emerge, the climate
puts any such intentinn out Of the ques-3,
ton. Tho necessity for the Assouan dam
must be fully admitted. No country can
be called upon to! forego progress and
turn itself into museum of antiquities
for the benefit Of the travelling world.
But at the same time Philae has not
been preserved; 1t has been destroyed
in all but the actual dismemberment of
the buildings-an inevitable sacrifice III
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IN Chest,
THIEF CUTS THROAT i! | A
AfterLooting Farmers House He ! e.
Seeks Strange Place
to Sleep.
rDUBLIN.De 5,

~ Leu. o.
A burglar attempted to commit suicide
when he found himself trapped in a
chest at farm house. near Newry, In the
north ofsIreland. yesterday. 5s u Il s.
Hugh Marshall, the farmer recently
discovered that his house had been broken
into. 1t. was a profitable night for the
thief, for he secured $3.50 In money.
"A series OF petty thefts followed. and
the farmer was convinced that the man
who was robbing him must In some way.
have gained a complete knowledge OF the
Interior OF the premises.
Policemen hid themselves in the farm
house for a week in the hope OF discover
ing the thief prowllng about the prem
ises II 81
Neither the farmer nor the police, how
ever, found any clue toJthe zculprlt,- and
tho police watch was discontinued.
Yesterday morning MARSHALL had occa-i
sion to 60 into one OF the rooms, and was
astonished to see the lid "a chest raised.
He was still more astonished to find "a
stranger sleeping inside the chest 1t was
one OF those large and heavy pieces Of
furniture now to be found chiefly IN old
country houses, and made fairly COM
Portable place to repose.
u The farmer promptly slammed the ia
down and sat on the box while he called
for help. Tho noise awakened the trap
ped Intruder, who hammered the sides Of
tho chest and cried out to be released.
Tho more he struggled, however. the
tighter tho farmer sat. and after some
time the noise cea scd.
When at last the servants brought the
police and the farmer! raised the lid once
again, he was Mortified to find that the
stranger had cut his throat, and, toGall
appearances. was dead.
!, The man was lifted out Of the chest
and taken to the hospital. where he lies
now. ina critical condition.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
KAISER SCORES
NOTABLE VICTORY.
His Canal Scheme Brought
Nearer Realization BY Cham
13. Der Of Deputies.
BERLIN Dec

.s, HI BERLIN, Dec. 3. @
The Emperor's magnificent plans for
improving inland navigation in Prussia
have been brought considerable step
nearer to realization,
The decision OF the Prussian Chamber
of Deputies to recommend the construc-
ton OF the canal from the Rhine to tho
River Lene, near Hanover, and to deep
en- the channel Of tpe5 River Weser from
.Hamelin to Bremen is only q part Of the
brilliant scheme Demonstrating a wa
terway from the Rhine to the eGlbe. and
for improving navigation facilities on
nearly ever river OF any Importance in
Prussia, but it Is an immense step for-
ward, and will doubtless inspire the
Kaiser and his advisers to renewed ef-
fort to complete the entire far-reaching
project. s5{ 4
For nearly six years the Agrarans have
opposed these reforms with q tcnacity
worthy Of better cause. Their influence
was felt not only III the Prusslan Diet,
but In the Prussian Court. and on moro
than one occasion was the cause Of all
most revolutionary changes In those cir
cles which had tho honor of being near
est to Royalty. The Agrarlans opposed
the scheme for the most selfish OF all
reasons: Because they feared that the
construction OF these great waterways
would materially reduce agricultural
prices and would attract labor, which is
scarce enough at present, away from the
larger farms.
Ono immediate benefit will be the possi-
bility OF cheap transit Of Goals from
Westphalin and SilesIa to the centre Of
the country, and this chcapening of Goals
will bring alrapid growth of Industry
In its train, The cost of the work, which
has been sanctioned by the Commission.
Is estimated at nearly 65.Oo0,OOO.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
Lost Life to Save Dog.

Z PARIS. Dec. GAN aged woman mel
her death under tramcar at courbeyoie
yesterday afternoon. While trying to save
her dog from being run over. a tramcar
from Pierreftte was passing when the
woman saw her little dog on the track,
and she rushed forward TO save him. She
was knocked down by the car, the wheels
of which passed over her. She died imme.
ut.sIS d !
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
BABY's DEATH CAUSES RIOT
Driver Of Car That Killed 1t Stoned
by a Mob.

MADRID, Dec. IA riot was caused
hero yesterday BY. tho driver, Of an elec-
trio tramcar running over a baby, Which
I. Some Spectators stoned tho driver until
he died, and then smashed the car, making
q, bcnf1ref Of it,
several people were seriously injured, Eff
teen arrests were, ma de- q, q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
Penalty Fitting the Crime.

A lVIIsNNA. Dec, GA member OF the
Lower Austrian Diet yesterday proposed
that persons convicted Of manufacturing
artificial Wine should be imprisoned and
forced 10 drink three bottles of their own
wine day, and 10 take bath In II once
week"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
Deputies Throw Inkpots,

nEpAF eaSsa hy largo mEa oxsfnan s
proposals to put ain end Ito obstruction [
Tho excitement was Intense, lnkpots
w " S,o thrown ''s about anY Deputies came
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
Five Boys Trampled to Death.

! VIENNA, Dec. alive schoolboys were
trampled TO death yesterday in a panic
caused by n fire (which started in a school
at Temesyar. Hungary.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
Attack on Russian Grand Duke.

/, ROME, Dec. S--As the Grand Duke
Cyril. OF Russia was being driven this
morning from the. Arezzo 70 the chiusi
which, went through The carriage window.
Fortunately the Grand Duke sustained
no injury. fFfi ~ III 3 f.ii f y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
& King Peters Daily Guests

n 2 ~ 1N1Hg afeI5T HI1H99yg pHesEs'I Z.
BELGRADE, Dec. 3--king Peter In
'yites a number of citizens to dine with
him daily In order to discuss topics or
general Interest NTH them.
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THE GREAT WALL WHICH KEEPS THE
WITHIN BOUNDS &

ss ssFt ys ySs s% - % ] 55%
@sss which comes down another season
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-11-19

The SUI rior branch OF the Wiscon-
sin state University Alumni ASS,
held a social session at the home Of
Judge Vinjo in Central Park last
evening. a few important business
matters were brought UP.
The members Of the African N. Z.
Church are contemplating a benefit
for Rev G II. wade and family. The
membership of the church is not very
large and the PASTORS salary bearly
sufficient for comfort during the win
ter. Last year q benefit Melted 500
and il something Of this kind could be
done this winter it would be greatly
appreciated.
A Nebraska minister 10 test the eff
feet Of prosperous times upon his
congregation asked, "All in the house
wl5 pay their debts stand up" In
stauuy every mas women and child,
with one exception, rose to their
fscs. lie coated tho crowd and said.
,let every man vino JIG not paying
biz debts JauI uE The exception
noted "A cateworn hungry indiyidu-
~. clothed IN his last summers suit,
slowly assumed perpondicuIat posi-
tiou, and leaned upon the back Of the
seat ia front Of HIM "How is it my
frienc, inquired ao minister, that
you are the only one IN this congrega-
ton VINO Il unable to meet his obi
gatior?" ~ publish 3 newspaper, he
meekly replied, and my brethren
here wbo just stood up are my sub.
scribers, and s." Let us pray!--.-
claimed the minister. Ex