New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-01
THE PASSING ThRoNG.

travelled man. and has many Inter
LAST OF esting experiences 10 relate h.,
FAMOUS an Engiishman by birth bur =,
PIRATE present nc considers himself rs.,
CHIEFS dent Of Australia. He has lived .,
almost every quarter Of the slos4
For many years he made his home In North
Borneo. and while soiourning there he made IN.
acquaintance OF Psngma Laut said to be the las
OF the pirate chiefs. In a conversation with Trb.
une reporter yesterday afternoon the professo,
said:
Until within the last twenty years piracy va,
the only liberal profession worthy OF the Malay
gentleman who infested the East Indian arch,.
peIago say from Singapore 10 Tirnor Laut. Ldks
some other eminently respectable professions It Ia,
fallen into decadence. owing chiefly to the close
patrolling Of the by British and other war
vessels. The most dreaded Of these pirates were
two tribes called the Illanus and the Bagllnini
whose legends say that they were driven from
Johar about the time OF King Solomon In conse.
auence Of being mixed up with the abduction Of the
Princess Ayesha, daughter OF the Sultan Of sulu.
over which island the United States recently hoisted
Old Glory These people were compelled "a take to
the seas and until twenty years ago they terror
lied the islands from Borneo 10 the MolUccas In the
new British territory Of North Borneo the last Of
their strongholds exists and here lives Panglma
Laut six foot. slender why, fierce eyed war
ror who made periodical raids along the Borneo
shores generally for plumber and slaves, but often
for pure devilment ard 'Just to keep his hand in.
He had praus some Of which had eighty paddlers
and all OF which sailed like witches Most NJ them
were outraged. and were as safe as lifeboas.
when the Panglima felt weary 1t was his Gus
tom to don his brightest silk garments tie MS small
turban with a knowing little cocktail over his right
ear shave the right side Of his mustache and swear
never to sheathe his kris or short sword until MS
mustache had grown again. ne was kspal that
ceremony which convinced him that no steel or lsad
could ever Kill him unless In the hands o. English
or or very sxated place BY themselves looks
on the Portuguese Rn a S SRa siafSz on
pirate raid the Panglima would give batt,e 70 any
were his brother cutthroats, ana as quarter was
neither asked given. the hghts always iesutel
The Panglima himself was never defeated at sea or
on shore. His fleet OF war praus would noyer In
down on = coast village and plumber II.
ION one occasion not long ago seventeen men
f hand py combat 5nf The poor fellow IS now simply 9
Sa ht on nf 6ar Be Bay rs
has been bad with him. and ne compiabIned 10 me
ha tina had as sons out e OF MS his fe He had been reduced
| to what we might almost term domestic and
friendly p.aey s sRf Rs FANNY
amounting, however. almost 10 100 per ceh', upon
60S bs gsea heart broke when after having
fed the English and most plucky stood up against
| an armed force he asked in a friendly way 70
| come and watch the effect OF Maxim gun before
that instrument was allowed 10 PAY iis "@r ygns
With h'' precision upon distant objects. and then,
hsng his kris home into Its toksn Of ri eGH
| ness and pathetically exclaimed:
This IS not fair. 1t doesn't give poor pirate
Finally he sgccumbed to Civilization r. at nb Mrs
sTaphed But Ai It took half Of moral s1s2n
to get him to stand up before s9me dasd Igb;
s e. so his M Sthsr KIND fHn Of ah ana
his wife and family were also likely to BE- ySths p:
he first n %ade the back Cloth and Keeping his
hand on his half drawn kris all the Tine he
| sea RELY satisfied, apparently, but deternllhed 70
risk H. and stood like adamant while the exposure
bdr being Ser md not good they shaking
| with fright but Panglima's was excellent
c. L. Kurtz. formerly chairman Of the Ohio Re-
pubIlcan state Committee. and row member OF
tire Republican National Commit
| G r, KIJRTZ tee 10 at the Waldorf-Astoria
! ON THE When seen yesterday Mr.. Kuru
| NATIONAL would not discuss politics. except
| SITUATION in the most general way.
| "I am not taking an active part
| 4, ,ho nresert State campaign" he said, "and
don't care to talk about the Republican candidates
| or the prospective Democratic candidates. AS 70
the National situation. there doesn't seem 70 me
to be any Gotos ,nat otbsr once more. The result
! OF course must be the same as 1t was IN pS~
| That IL a foregone conclusion. ,
Concerning the factional differences in the ranks
of Ohio Republicans MI kHrtz was 1Ste homes
Would be dashed to the ground when election comes
| around.
Automobiles must in time replace the morse for
all practical purposes says j. W. Perry, Paris
agent for a New-York rubber tire
THE FUTURE company sfr. Perry is staying at
| OF THE the Hotel Majestic and he told
AUTOMOBILE. reporter yesterday something about
his observations In the French cap
,aI "If II were not for the fact that there are
few people who will always drive horses FOR pleas.
ure. I should feel safe in predicting that t woud
| no a matter OF only a few years until the horss
disappears entirely from the highways and oy-
ways of France" said Mr. Perry. The Frehch
people considered collectively are not fond OF
horses The automobile is better suited TO theH
natures because they go al fast as they pIeaSe
| and as far as they please, and at the same ume
| they are not under so much expense as thoue"
they were keeping a horse. The gasolene motor
| far more popular than the electric, because II /"
| better adapted 10 long distance work 1nyse "a
about fifteen hundred gasolene cars IN fa rrs
only about seventy-ive electric Vehcles Ine .'ns
a movement on foot to establish charging stations
| along the country roads. so that e!ectTlS 800,
when making long journeys nay MA r repf IN an IN
crease of electrictys popularity so,,s t,re,
The tendency in Paris is toward soiid , p,e
The big balloon tires in New-Hork are amos
unknown there Solid rubber will undoubtedly con
stitute the automobile tire OF the future ~ ~,
bnes fexiblty with durability; ana these I'r,tei
qualities which are most needed In me Ci IT,
states there must be a great deal az ROAD IN.
provement before the automobile can replace IN 20
horse 1t will ultimately for the at Ion he
bicycle in the improvement ot ROADS. w M s,rs
Americans realize that they are no., pmsking
Il possible to handle twice the traitc IN na ,,I,y
time they will adopt them with even more iapssti
than the French" .A-hAAA's
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