New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-17
THE PASSING THRONG.

HE PASSING THRONG.
Graham Keith o., New South Wales. Australia
where he Is engaged IN sheep raising is in this city
for day or TWO on the way 70
AUSTRALIAN hts home in England FOR visit,
SHEEP He spoke ~ h,s nraa.nt residence
sIAlIDNS and occupation A. the Waldorf
Astoria yesterday as follows:
The station as cal IT IN Australia which s
the same as your American ranch. on which I
II called Ilhora and Is about four hundred and nifty
miles from Melbourne 10 the north. l. contains
1901" acres and Is the smallest station thereabouts.
as iaAoc station has 5000 acres Canjuyie 10000.
Iysus $500" and Morley 10000 We run about
twelve acres 10 the sneep. and consequently have
ABOUT sixteen thousand sheep on QUIZ station. Land
Is always spoken u there III that way. r. Is TWO
acter of Inc land None ~ This lar3 Is rreehod
but It i' all rented from The Crown at from to
Two pence an acre Yes. there's good money IN the
business II the seasons prove friendly. hut one
year since I've been our We had eight months
az iinu'a ana men ne sheep htera Is diel of IKE
mes. ana II 9kes some time TO recover from such
" i we oa4 paddocks Ilhora Is divided INTO hye
hi'ke'ncr II is beautiful country I'm IFS shrub
grass as board. The she.1 ali i've on scrub I, is
called mo bush country. and ls where the Austria
Ill., S,rs ianiops in song and story, lived
NY lartnef aid MYSELF only employ three men.
hrs. went out I'D VIA, Is Known as Boundary
tiio..gL nat U.s. looking after the fences ana seeing
ovorseer and later partner Most ~ Tie people In
age' ''' "a JUS" parent
" H. Fo-hes-Townsend ~ Liverpool who Is
travelling wiki Mr. Keith from hts own accounts
seems 10 be the English globe
THE BOERs trotter Of whom so much has been
STILL GOOD written FOR apparently from his
SHOTS talk he has been In all countries
He spoke most interestingly of the
ITansvaal saving Il spent eight months there
Just prior 10 Jamesons famous raid. and became
thoroughly familiar with the country and IT'S IN
habitanis. although I cannot say over became
intimate VITA any u them. as The Beers are a0so-
iriely the most unc0mmunicativ- people l have
ever seen. spent a large part OF my time there
IN Johannesburg which is a typical mining town.
although II has been largely built up and has
some very handsome buildings.
The Beers Themselves are very dull mentally.
non-proFressive and phegmatc. this last. however
'e., IN men favor I'm battle as they do not become
.rH, z. .A.lH mar they nave lost their anilty as
ga -! I".. " acts. mar ksinans4ip continuing,
- ,'l nv. e"l.I, sl''s pay" ever see
Mf-et constantly 80" ne small B0er boys ptac-
Using shooting ou the NeIdt and some Of them
cog'dnt have been over six years ola
also trekk@d pronounced frcekkedl Up TO the
Limp7po RIVER which Is The boundary line be
shooting paich IS m, l1' hest ior '' 10th p brd
and oeast have ever hat got a pretty
has The mos, perfect natural defences IN the
world on the Natal border the feV passes there
mon can VITA ease hoa fhem-e ives against
thousand. ana the same Is true OF all their other
up of successive rsfees of rnountsins p.ifh isvel
can only be crossed hy passes y 30 difficult a
stand Of large number
1T is also = mistake 10 think tha, the Beers are
unable 70 handle artillery Young Beers are sent
them haze studied in the military schools ~
France. Germany and even England ITSELF IA IN
boz Of sharpshoo'ers are tod OF whose sole duty IL
vii be- % PICK of tho officers % me enemy
These companies number about one hundred
mon each When We were Ia san Francisco We
net a number ~ lromn-af m.riAe men there -" no
have beer IN the Iransyaai and We're thoroughly
acquainted with the country and the Beers ana
IN the end Great Britain would undoubtedly con
4urr W. d" . -, a. 4, "'-i I, h ,i', Sc aas
set herself 10 crack Is likely 20 prove far more
dhcui; than most people at present realize
" T Ingham Of St Louis. who 3. Interested IN
real estate and business Affairs In many Western
States mas recently taken an eX-
THE WEST tcnsve tri9 through the West IL
UNFOLDING speaking yesterday Of what no OBJ
THE pREsI- served there Nj Iugaam said
DENT The people west OF the Mississippi
River are as a unit IN UNFOLDING
the hands OF the Administration IN rs po.-
ICY In the Philippines. Whatever they may
have felt IA the past as 20 taking he is.-
ands IT, The first place. ot whatever they
may feel as 70 our attitude toward re PHI
irpnes in ne future WHOM once the authority of
tie United states has been fully and freely az
knor.ledgea the West thinks that .t ,s altogether
by the board ~ present 20 discuss. What they
want 10 see IS tn way ended. ended ar. KY. arl
so ''.e q III. Gdvernmsut thro-eaoat is
Far Eastern p0sseesl0n-. Strike htid. stIi"" "a,
there IT. there Poe uo more delay through .a'k "
s-.. nare ar- necessary 'ret.' it o. u var '.eir
must De. u.ak. d. ul-fclfI ~ uF-f" t--nlns me .