| Show WEEK MEEK CLOSES GLOOMILY i iW W War r and Deaths of Notable N Mon Men Mentho tho Cause Caus CausAS AS ENGLISh SEE SELI A In Stock Sport anti Jon London on JM Jan London ca Cable blo ble letter leiter copyrIghted 1900 by the A week which opened full of oC high hope Is closing gloomily The result ot of G General War Var ren rons Kop Rop action has had almost n a more depressing effect than would nn an out dad out so keen is III the re cc ot of feeling Cooling utter otter the tho jubilation Death too mis lias been Very ery busy In high places nt at home It Is ii seldom that one week adds such uch names nune ns as John nu Buskin the tho duke ot of reck and D to the obituary lIst lIat The papers paper teem leem with expressions ot of sorrow lorrow anecdotes and ot of the Iho great apostle ot of art who tho It Is IR IRald said ald though he Inherited a fortune died dieda 1 a comparatively poor man living on ono pound 5 n a da day which he character characteristically remarked was for tor all any man Ills His dwindling fortune was un duo to ate generosity From o rom the English point ot of I w there Is not a cloud on the tho sk sky of nl ni relations Th The war Is far too en engrossing engrossing grossing to permit people to tJ and consider the effect on Great Britain or orth Orthe th the apparent change ot of regime In China while congressional action on the NI i I caragua canal or the tho Inc increase a o oIn In the armament In tile the United States s scarcely arcely causes n a ripple ot of Interest The foreign apparently has hili not the tho slightest belief bellet that the tho treat treaty Is In ot of violation and so sotar tar has taken no steps In the matter Neither do the or other meet Ings ingis In the UnIted States Stales nn any longer lorger nt at attract tract serious or comment for lor forthe the majority ot of time thc SIckish have made malo up their mInds that the United States StateR Is friendly to theta them and they put any manifestations to time the contrary au due to local political causes cames which IOn can cannot not be taken laken its in aD any way lay representing nUng national opInIon The Tho Beatrices cargo la Is still hold held pending the arrival ot of details by the tho African mall mail Jut hut as the Beat nent Beatrice rice Is 19 a British ship and apparently only a small percentage ot of her cargo caro is hI American the delay Is not considered Important the business or of 1193 the tho Times says FaS The tact that Iii the united States the expanSion ot of business commenced about a year later laler than elsewhere Ie seems ms to explain the fact which must 1 be e admitted that Mneri cnn can expansion Is not so tar lar advanced relatively os as that ot of th the tailed King Kingdom dom dma and Germany and ma may con cease bo be expected to continue for tor Q a awhIle while otter after the busIness of oC the tho two litt ter countries shows signs of contract lag That however may be conceivably nullified by time the occurrence this year ot of another presidential elec election lion tion lionA A curIous exception to the general patriotism which prevails among the I nobility ot of nil all classes clase occurred the oth othor or cr lay day When th time r h re yol respectfully asked Lord her borne for tor a rifle rille range on his estates tho they received t the e reply that It if the peo pie pIc ot of t England wanted rifle ranges raneS they must pay for Cor them According to n a prIvate letter from Irom Sir Wm president ot of the royal roal college ot of surgeons there Is excessive lo ill t feeling between Jet the army ormy medical o officers In Africa and the female nurses at the Base Dase ho some of the former urging the thO sOle em I ot of male On Oa the I whole holo however especially at the front I Ithe the arrangements seem to be giving th the greatest satisfaction A sensation has b been n caused In so society Q clety and tock stock exchange circles circle b by the recent pasting on the stock exchange ot of names name ot of two women clients ot of well known bankers The brokers requested other brokers to communicate with them before carrying out ut any lions with these theoe wom women n who were de declared dared to ho bo unreliable One of oC these Is Lady Elizabeth Dertle Bertte sister of aC the carlot earl of Lindsey one ot of the oldest eldest peers In England while the other Is Q a Mrs Manby whose antecedents are little known It app appears the they speculated hear lIy In Rands and when the slump carne came they were unable to meet their losses Mrs Irs Manby anby l is said salil to be bethe bethe the instigator ot of the business Neither ot of the tho women had any large amount ot of money but the they were dazzled b by the tho prospects ot of making n a fortune easily and succeeded In getting Introduced to some brokers broker who on the strength ot of the ot of Lindsey gave them thema 1 a free ree hand without makIng any hives Investigations The rho subsequent action ot of posting their clients names has gl given n rise rhe to considerable rable criticism as It Is Isan isan an unprecedented action and In the tho street the brokers lire are almost IlS as much blamed a as the women for tor allowing matters to reach such a stage A new semiautomatic gun made by the Ickers Maxim company for or the navy depart I mont ment was WOR tested this week 11 in the pros pres crier ene ot of the tho United State naval LIeutenant Commander Colwell and ond the admiralty officials el rounds tired fired satisfactorily and 2600 feet teet initial velocity was secured I with 17 tons pressure The weapon will now be shipped d to the States Sporting circles continue agitated lest Flying Fox should go 10 out of oC the count th The Man ot of the World saye T The e onlY chance so far ar as n I CUI um see lee ot of Flying Fox running Into hito a ery fancy anc II rico Is that an American man mn may desire t the tha Ascot gold cold cup I do not suppose p e for or II a moment that Sir J woUld want him for tor such luch It a purpose Mr Ii said lid to be much richer than Sir all JI 1 Blundell Maple Mathle and Is connected by with the th Paget family here As It happens however the he sporting ot of the Facets will not be seen at Ascot as most ot of them lire are otal the war ar With another bu buyEr r Whitney or with the reserve rosene wo we ma taka It that Plying Pox Fox will 11 not N run for tor the Ascot CUP For that reason I hope hop the reserve will boa very ery stiff tift OD one as It ought to be Such a horse ought to belong belon only to a Wet West Westminster minster Sidney low Is editing the An Anglo lo Saxon SUon Review during durIn Lady Randolph ab absence ence In South Africa The third number appears today In un undiminished I diminished splendor the binding being n a reproduction of a volume mOJe for forKing King KIne CharI I nt at Munich Stephen Crane Cranes and Atherton ire are omon among the tho contributors contributor Only n a few theaters I nee re pa pay lag audiences The new however which has been opened In Leicester Ic ster Square 8 seems to have hit the tho popular taste and is II crowded night 1 ly |
