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...Maguire declared: "There is no history of enteric at Lourdes, and no blame whatever attaches to the ship, which was given a clean bill of health before leaving Glasgow and before leaving Le Yerdon on the homeward journey. The whole thing boils down to the train journey from Lourdes to Le Yerdon. The germ may have been in the food or water taken on the way back at the wayside stations. ... I have no doubt about it that the cause of the infection is to be found on the train journey back from Lourdes...
...British troops who in 1868 burst into his country under General Napier on what Queen Victoria called a "punitive expedition." The little waif had an appealing way with him. A Scottish officer took him along to India, gave him the name "Martin," had him educated as a physician in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Dr. Martin retired on a pension after 29 years of duty in the Indian Medical Corps. About this time Ethiopia's great Emperor Menelik heard of Dr. Martin, summoned the distinguished Ethiopian to court, discovered with astonishment that he could speak not a word of any Ethiopian language...
...commands. Indeed, the bank has been known to suggest the names of brokers who would be delighted to handle an issue on the terms prescribed. But no sooner had the City had its chuckle over Messrs. Mullens & Co.'s studied statement, than the treasurer of the City of Glasgow let the cat out of the Old Lady's bag. He published a juicy account of his unavailing efforts to obtain the Bank of England's approval of a big Glasgow refunding issue...
After much tedious talk the Glasgow treasurer had finally threatened to tell the public and his Laborite Council the "truth" about the Old Lady's dictatorship. Hastily the bank had called a third and final conference, which merely gave the spunky treasurer the opportunity to challenge the bank's authority to pass on security issues. Blandly the Old Lady admitted that she did not have a jot of authority. But: unless Glasgow capitulated on the bank's terms, no London banker would underwrite the bonds and they would be forever barred from the London Stock Exchange...
Sticking out his tongue at the arrogant Old Lady, the defiant treasurer retreated to Glasgow. There he did just what Premier Hepburn of Ontario did when the bankers cracked down on him. Last fortnight without benefit of banks or bankers he offered his bonds direct to the public. Last week the books were still open, but when & if the full ?2,500,000 issue (about $12,000,000) is taken up, Glasgow ratepayers will be relieved of ?62,500 (about $300,000) in interest charges annually...