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Show CHAMBERLAIN IS HURT. British Colonial Trcmler Meets With Accident Whllo Driving nnd la Taken to Hospital. London, July 7 Tho Colonial Secretary, Secre-tary, Joseph Chamberlain, was somewhat some-what secrely cut on the head this afternoon af-ternoon ns tho nwult of n cab nccl-ilent nccl-ilent In Whitehall. Tho becrctnry'a lnnsom wns passlnu the iMnadlan nrch when tho horse slipped nnd Ml. Clnmbcrl-iln wbh preTlpltatesl forward with great lnlence Ills head struck and shntlciod the Rlnss fiont of thu cib When extileated It w is i en thit rated nnd bleedlnir pinfusely. A po-llceimn po-llceimn helped thp tfccretnry Into 11 cnb ami acrnnipinleil lilm to n hospital. hos-pital. Mr. Clinmberhln wns sufllclent-ly sufllclent-ly Injured to ncccssltato his remain-InR remain-InR at the hospital nil nlRlit. It Is offlclillj announced thnt Mr. ChamberlTln Is sufferlnjr from n sculp wniinl. whlih In of a seicio but not Uinserous chnrncter When picked up, Mr Chnmbcrlnln, In reply to a question, snld ho did not feel faint, but could not nfftuil to lnso so much blood. Tho B"ish on his forehead fore-head required ft number nf slltclus, Austen t'hnmlierlnln, eldest son of tho Hecretnry, Is with his father, as nre eli his two recrclnrles.' Mr. Clmmberlnln Is resting1 quietly, but the doctors nro not suro that be can 1 mooil tomorrow. Tho conference of the Colonial I'remlers which wns to hno been held tomorrow to dlsi uss tho question of Imperial defVnse. has been postponed In consequent 0 of tho accident acci-dent to Mr. Chnmbcilnln. The following built tin was Issued Ibis ecnlnc from Charing f'rn-s hospital. "Mr Chamberlain Is suffering from a scalp wound on the forehead He In now freo from pain nnd fi cling com-fortiblrt com-fortiblrt There Is no concussion " Mr Chamberlain's Injuries, although not dangerous, ate likely to detain him In the houfco for Iho remainder nf tho week Ho has already canceled his engagements until next Thursdny, and It Is extremely doubtful If ho will bo peimltted to nttend the coronation banquet tn bo held In the flulbl hall Trlila"., or the reception to I ord Kllrh-emr Kllrh-emr Saturday on his return fiom .South Africa The Colonial Secretary has n crescent cres-cent slmieil cut across the forehead three luetics lnrrr and penetrating to the bone I'leres of brokin glass weie found embedded lu the wound Thero wns no concussion but tho bone Is brulseil Mr 1 linmberlnln nlso sustained sus-tained a slight cut under the rlxlit cjc. |