New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-22
THE PASSING THRONG.

was formerly In charge OF the famous Granite
Mountain mine. at Leadvile. which recently re-
sumed operations after a long period OF inactivity.
He is anti-Bryan man. and says that the silver
leader is losing much OF his popu-
THE OPPO- larity in the mining region. in
STTION TO speaking OF the opposition 10 the
ROBERTS seating Of Brigham H. Roberts.
Congressman-elect from Utah. Mr..
Weir said: You Fasteners seem to have the Idea
that We are fighting Mr.. Roberts because he is
Mormon That Is We oppose him because he
Is not a citizen Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Harrison ex-
tended amnesty 10 the Mormons condition that
they abandoned polygamy. Mr.. Roberts is a poyga-
mist and boasts OF IL. Therefore he Is not citi-
zen. II he not a polygamist the fact that ne
is Mormon would not worry US at all. Some OF
the Mormons bitterly opposed to his being
seated as We are must say this for Mr.. Roberts;
however: He is a thoroushly capable man, and X
he is permitted to address Congress in his own
brilliant speeches heard upon the floor"
Peter Agerup. a London grain merchant. who has
just completed three days visit in this city,
where he has been staying at the Hotel Manhattan.
will sail to-day for England. This is Mr. Agerups
first visit to America and he said last night that
he glad II was over. He has difficulty with
the coins The policemen not TO his liking.
The Custom House officials are perfect bores'
and the cabmen robbers OF
AN ENGLISH the most extreme type" Mr..
GRIEVANCES in all England. HIS opinions Of
the Irish not encouraging.
He thinks they liberty now as they
ever will be, and says that even II they had home
rule they would still be fighting FOR something else.
According to Mr. Agerup. the Irish are born 10
fight, and always will fight. whethes there is any
thing to fight about He thinks they make
good policemen and splendid agltators 1t was as
tonlshlng to him. however, TO find that there were
that II was thought necessary 10 hang out green
lights in front Of all the police stations.
F. A. White OF Everett, Washington, president
OF the Cascade Developing Company. a corporation
which was organized for the purpose OF prospecting
in Alaska and the Klondike is staying at the Muir
ray Hill Hotel He will return soon to Washing
ton. Mr.. White says that the Klondke Is not over
crowded. Dawson City and some Of the larger
towns it Is true are filed with a
LOAFERS worthless. carousng set of men, who
IN THE would not work under any circum-
KLONDIKE. stances. and who there with a
vague idea that gold could be picked
up by the basketful with more labor than would
be required gather apples which have been
shaken from the tree.
They had no knowledge Of mining" said Mr.
White, else they coulu have become prospectors.
One would suppose that they would be glad enough
TO work In the mines but they not. 1t Is this
class OF men that have given the impression to the
world IN general that the Kondike Is overrun. AS
a matter OF fact, labor is at a premium in the min
Ing districts. and there are still plenty of oppor
tunlties for practical men who are willing 70 take
vessels out one about six hundred miles up the
kayuck River branch Of the Yukon, and the
Peninsula. Both crews report good progress The
the Kayuck has located forty claims and
the men say that the dirt runs from 50 cents to 81
TO the pan"
Lieutenant John Howard, who Is a son Of General
o. O. Howard. and has recently returned from
I1r+ uvbar ha
fantry. has some pronounced opinions about the
service in the new dependency. which he told to a
Tribune reporter yesterday at the Buckingham
Hotel. Il am Just recovering" he said from a
heat stroke which received in
HARD WORK Porto Rico. not because OF the
FOR climate any ndiscretion on
OFFICERS. my part. but because every off,
there is compelled to do three
or four mems work. Officers have to be detailed 10
the custom house. and detailed to this, that and
the other thing. until there is scarcely one COM
missioned officer left to each company. Conse-
Quenty they are worked very hard-much harder
than they should be. This difficulty would all be
done away with IL Congress would increase the
standing Army to 10000 men. That would be only
about one soldier TO every thousand civilians and
surely that percentage Is not large. Then with |
three, commissioned officers to company there
might devolve upon them. Even then there would
not be more than enough to do the work"
Lieutenant Howard does not believe that Porto |
Rico is ripe for annexation as territory He |
thinks that both Porto Rico and Cuba should have
military governments for al least fifty years |
Cuba he believes. is by no means ready for indie |
pendence
Some interesting ideas OF America and Americans |
can be cleaned from conversation with Charles |
Hinton. merchant Of Madeira, who has been tray-
cling through the United States for more than |
month in the effort to restore his health which was
shattered by too close Application business Not
" fhStandng hal ia oil
years and has visited nearly every country in Eu-
rope, he had never been in America |
HIS IMPRESS before His first Impressions were |
SIONS OF gathered at the Custom House |
AMERICA. where. he says. they charged him |
IS 20 duty on a SIS camera that was |
in New-York Il supposed II was |
Just a little American way" ne said to a |
reporter yesterday. and paid it without demur. |
but when told later on by photogra- |
pher that had been mulcted I angry about |
t. I complained to the local customs authorities. |
and they said that should have protested. but |
what did I. total stranger know about protesting7
Then they told to write to Washington. and / |
lid. but as yet l have received reply.
This my first and only bad impression OF |
America. The hospitality Of the people has
charmed One thing that has surprised is
he H. TREMENDOUS tension under which you New.
you know. The lsnguor OF the people Of Philadel-
phia Is quite restfp pGt in Nsw.York eyerythiIg
smoke up. I hear you Americans call II. The
raffc in your main streets is immense. three
lines large at any one point in London. and
{ is handled three times as quickly
Chicago is a Jolly place, but IL Is the most Pc
,uliar city have seen. When | was there. the
1ther day. had on a pair OF yellow shoes. which
had purchased in London. A well-dressed man
,ame up to on the street and offered me s. for
hem. or course II all right. but thought IL
vas strange 10 expect a man 10 walk back TO his
hotel in his stocking feet.
Mr. Hinton had engaged passage the steamer !
Paris and was much annoyed when he learned OF |
he accident that had oefallen her lie Is staying
Il the Hotel Manhattan.
CLEMENTINE HOWARTH'S BIRTHDAY.
Trenton. N. j. May I-Clementine Howarth a
Trenton poetess OF considerable fame a genera
ion ago. celebrated her seventy-second birthday
yesterday in this city. Among those who visited
lei. were Mr. and Mrs Richard Watson Glider