The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
DUKE OF CONNAUGHT TO-DAY CELEBRATES
 82D BIRTHDAY

His Royal Highness Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught,
 uncle of King George, Governor-Gen- eral of Canada, is today receiving the felicitations of the loyal people of the Dominion on the occasion of his six
 brother of the late King Edward, al-
 though he has spent but a few months
 in Ottawa, has already shown him.
 self a worthy successor to the many
 distinguished statesmen who have
 ruled over the destinies of the largest
 of the British possessions. The bug
 aboo of a royal court, which fright
 ened many Canadian democrats, has
 not materialfzed. The Dukes admin
 istration has been the most constitu-
 tional Canada has ever had and his
 regime has already become the most
 is a little more than that paid the
 President of the United States.
 When the Duke arrived in Canada
 last year he did not come as strang-
 CT. As a beardless subaltern of in
 fantry-for are not all subalterns
 in the Dominion He was actively
 engaged in the FFenian uprising. The
 charm of the land of the Maple Leaf made lasting impression on the young
 soldier, and several times he revisited
 the country that had such strong at
 traction for him. His appointment to
 Ottawa was at his own request and
 the fulfillment Of an ambition he had
 long held to spend some years in Can-
 ada.
 Many honors, besides those derived
 from the accident of birth, have been
 conferred upon the Duke. Perhaps
 the one he most appreciates was given
 him when, as youthful officer, he
 served the Queen in Canada some forty years ago. He became greatly interested in the Indians and gained many firm friends among the aborig- inal Americans. At a great pow-wow held on the reservation west of Mon treaI the Iroquois decided to make the son of the White Mother their chief. and the Governor-General has no more devoted admirers in the Dominion than the Indians of tha tribe and their de- scendants.
 During the lifetime of Queen Vic
 toria it was no secret that she look. ed with most favor on the Duke of
 Connaught and that he was the best beloved of her children. No shadow of a quarrel ever fell upon the rela- tions between the Queen and "her Arthur Between Victoria and her other sons and her daughter, the late Empress Frederick of Germany, diff ferences of opinion frequently arose, and, while without serious aspects, they prevented the formation of a per- feet bond of affection such as always existed between the Queen and Duke l Arthur. The people of the Empire were not surprised when it was found
 that Queen Victoria's will made the
 Duke of Connaught the chief benefic- iarv
 In warfare the Duke has shown him. self a cool and able soldier. Thirty years ago, in Egypt, he took part in the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, and dis played such bravery under a heavy fire that the Emperor of Germany be- slowed upon him the cross of the Prussian military order of Pour le Merite"-the first time such an honor had ever been paid to a non-German general.
 The Duke married, in 1879, Princess Louise Margaret, daughter of the late Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia. Their eldest daughter, Margaret, mar ried Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. Their only son, Prince Ar cia, who is now twenty-six, are un- DOG KILLS TIGER. Capetown, May IA fight betweeen a full-grown tiger and a bulldog, in which the latter came off victorious, is reported in the African Standard D Hunters had chased the tiger into a cave, and the bulldog was sent in after him. Tn few minutes the two animals rolled out and for a quarter of an hour fought desperately. The tigers throat and held it until the big beast stretched out dead. After shifting the body, the dog wagged his tail and trotted up to his master, only slightly the worse for the en- counter.