| Show GOSSIP IN LONDON TOWN Sir Michael HicksBeach Is closely guarding his budget secret The feeling Is growing among Brlllfih military men that Mr Brodcrlcks reformed re-formed army will not prove as satisfactory satisfac-tory as tho nation would lIke ln anticipation of hue tax on sugar tho Import of that commodity Into Great Britain showed an excess last month of 50000 tout over the quantity Imported In February 1500 When ponce Is restored In South Africa It Is Improbable butt there will be enough enthusiasm according to London advices for ihe iirmy lo bring Iho baiiallons up lo their proper strength Tenders for lOCOGM of twelve months India bills were opened at the Bank of England yeatwday Applications amounted amount-ed lo fG WvO Tho alloimcmt were at tim average rato of 2 hue lid per cent An attompt lo desecrate ihe mausoleum t at FrogmOrc In which Queen Victoria Jx entombed Is apprehended By order of the Klhg Soldiers arc to assist the police po-lice In keeping guard over the body of the late Queen |