New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-24
THE PASSING THRONG

John r Fitzgerald. Of Montreal is Al ~.
man House. Mr. Fitzgerald, who is an Ola Do,r.1'
man. has travelled eY,.,,'.S
PIONEER In South Africa AusfraI,
JUSTICE IN throughout the West He l
COEUR Of the pioneers In tho -. 80
D'ALENE. Coeur dAlene, in IDAHO ana y.-.'
day told this story N the ,.r-
Of administering Justice In that region In ia s..
days.
Along about 1855 or 1885, said Mr. F,,.,.-..
the justice OF the peace In Kentucky ,o.,'
the Coeur dAlene. since named Waraner IA, "
man named Mullen. VINO also ran a bar 4,
end OF this bar desk and this vas Mu,,"'
ONCE he would be holding court but II 80,
hcient number Of thirsty citizens came In 70 ma,
II worth Tne the . court would promptly AXE
the bartender. The Sheriff was 4 man nsanas
Tom Hawey; The following election speech @SSi
he made VIII give you better idea n he ~"
OF man he was than would any description Of NJ
, and T Ta Eez al to knox ne pane 8 HaSiey
Sherf yez Nl foind that the man with he ~
Se 0 hs 9oo same 2r y Se eat G@ o 2 R
man VINO wears brosdcloth and do.monds Hs
About one hundred miles away lay the palou..
country wholly given over 70 farming soma
farmer down there. more enterprlsing than as
up his farm wagon with big load o., cabbage.
spads s9o,atoes) pumpkins ,. and other gsr5ea
rived at night at Kentucky. and started 70 sell
ved "S on air d shs 1 Canned go bacon SHs 'as;
that sort OF thing. and nothing Ike me farmer,
truck had ever reached the camp before Re a,
tracted much attention as circus. and qlcE.g
accumulated a crowd At this Wncture Raslst
the Sheriff came along The only stores in Il.
the grocery, DarrO0Ws, faro games an
the Ike and All required licenses. The farner
having none, Hawley aguled him out az an Inter
loDer and demanded Of him. What are yeZ dor
here@ Trying 70 sell garden sass the
answer Well replied Hagley ne don't want az
cussion arrested the farmer and haief him before
Mullen on charge OF disturbing the peace Mullen
,o frr 1.farl
PeIouser had dared 10 come into a foreign coant,y
without passports, licenses or the Ike Mullen
Consulted them with great gravity Finally tgrnine
to the now thoroughly frightened farmer ~ sad
sentence You to Six months imprisonment "'
The farmer apolOgizcd. explained and called
Mullen somewhat softened. reduced me hne 70 r.
and the Imprisonment % three months upon the
bsd '' comnitted crime Further iamenfat,oSSs
10 .P IN s rr cavsoS Mullen 70 ,rouirs +, ~
b ad h tam lIme nave sobbed ne Psoss.r
wife and three children In sympathy ior them
said Mullen + now fine ye bur s25 and Sc haysrt
he hadn't il nor yet again The 81 ana hen IS
that Mullen reduced il to- Mullen then demantsi
noJ t','' produced exactly tn2i ~
"'Ye fay Palouser.' said Mullen IT'D TAP ye ,or
he an n' In his book Tho tarmer gaa 70 ssss,s
with his lifc hastily sought the open afr where 4.
found his team, but not a vegetable as TIE sher.
bad seized the produce as ms s"2se OK ne p,.
ward home and from that day on no inhahltant o
the Pslouse country ever showed his taes ia h,
Cdur d'Alen-"
THAT was a great crowd In Idaho n ,ho,.
days and later" said Dudley Bouahton q Bols.
city Idaho. who had been listen.
A LEGIs- ing to Mr. Frzgeralds s.ory.
LATIVE There Doc Harvey who vss
BARGAIN very bright and char.
acter' Doc who W4s member
Of the Legislature for several terms. was trying
to get through a bill TO regulate me pra,tes q
ponents. headed by minister whose rame ior.
get, who. IN his turn VS. trying q. Ii,a .sIoasa
River DOC went 10 the minister ana f0t him
that il he would support his BIN he in turn wolh
vote for the minister +. This was agreed 20 hl,
proposing amendments 70 Docs nil and when :,
came up for hnai Votse. o.po-ei Doc. o.,
the Speakers eve, arose and said 'Mr Speaker,
would Ike 70 ask question as n ne privileges
C0Iusu 10 nsaee Everv time nv oo,sri.nse has
prompted TO offer an amendment 10 the Dill
entitled AN Act 70 regulate The practice @,
medicine within the State ~ Idaho" The honors5.
R has 1sspsPa gfeo' there soes aSoS psns
posed the final passage OF his pm he tola ne s9uo
voce. There goes the last plank IN your nrig4,
and you may swim the Clearwater. and b hanged
to you In spite Of this. however Doc &c,
, ceeded in defeating the Clearwater River sndgs
bin. although history does not record wns,ser or
not the minister had to swim that stream
'The Transvaal war excitement is simply a. feVs'
heat IN London" said George Lathrop OF Cni'as0'
who arrived from England on ~
BOER American liner New-York last
| CRUELTY TO saturday The reports thar Nefs
RFFrGEFa receiving there as 70 the treatment
the Beers were according ne
refugees who we're leaving the Transyaal were
simply appalling In their brutality. ana pu0'
opinion which while generally favoring ne "a'
was here and there broken b. dissenting VOICE.
was as these reports became more frequent ara
specific becoming a unanimous eno ommou' &C.
msni for vengeance
Among these reports. which only 60 TO show
that the veneer Of civilization is only SKIN dseP Y
the Of the Beers. were that the, reilssu ~
or water TO the refugees wao mus l-,,,org Thus
they treated women and littie children a We
the mon. on one train which was ofafru Inc. g.,
six house route several births I'd. lrten, o.;
one in open cattle truck IN ne esen"..y
cold al night and YET these trains were held e's'.
night repeatedly, and the occupants were hot .
Owed to procure wraps OF T,me' Milan we're r.
ported 10 have died from this cause y De boeis.r
only refused food to the refugees, hrt are sala
have threatened them with their rines ana eSsg ~,
have gone far as 70 assault seN"Ial W'le. ~"
whips Major Frazer o. me Lsrtpe', NJ on h.
way up TO Mafeking he had passed many iestusyn
from the Transyaa and taaJ 5nsy ne brissd All
nearly torn out They all told plItLl '''' - Wv
treatment accorded them BY the Boers. ,.
These reports or the Beers conduct before
state Of war existed have cansei great rdlsh4uDs
in England, and either stamped out or slPpt1sSSss
In Great Britain the feeling Of sympathy ma 800
manifest in some quarters In behalf Oh ths DUE .s
The idea there now IS 20 wipe them OUT As = N ga
ton. and 10 do 1t AS quickly and as eHeclua" -
possible M $1,000. ,r.o
"One man whom II is though, VII come s 81
great prominence IN this war is Major Gehss' his,
Archibald Hunter who al present - acting a. 81
OF STAFF 70 Sir George white. but who VIZ Ss ar ar
Redvers Buffers chief OF STAFF upon the after. o.
rival in south Africa. Hunter. thougn Ms. S,
general is barely forty years OF age ana ns ard
hts promotion solely on account or MS ap.Ns ,sev
record The reason for his not being more w. VII
known was that he returned 10 Ens .s ma In
Kitchener whom he was with az Omoul han nce,si
the wave Of popularity and enthusiasm tlat sszht
the conquero~ of the Soudan Hunter was .os, IN A
or and he attracted little attention. o-t ~" 80 him
position n know prophecy great THINKS l"i Ing
and IN many quarters he IA regardei as tA s,i'v h
man in the army His record ~ almost W.
Tsvpt where ne served with Nolse.ey -. q" GER
youncster and later he devoted MS eIio4ts lain
iecfiHg The Egyptian army when he was e4pi, a.,
I'm the Royal Lancashire SIN iateI ~ ~ newt