New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-23

wallace T. Footc ir 81 Port Henry. y Y.
formerly member OF Congress from the NNlIIth
District. is at the Waldorf-Astoria
,cRF,T There has been persistent rumor
IRON lately 10 the eHec' 'hat MY. foo'e
BOOM has about completed dea
whereby the Witherby. Sherman e.
10 ,,ircs a. which he is the principal owner.
o,l6 m. worked I'm connection with the Troy Steel
and Iron Company II this is true the combination
u,,, become very importan, factor In the export
.rado ON account of lis proximity TO the Eastern
s.shosrd as iho diferental rate in its favor over
,.nic.so would amount 81 20 a ton Mr.. Foote
when seen. would neither affirm nor deny this re-
ror, hut spoke ~ affairs in his part of the State
There is literally no politics in my part Of the
,rrtrv nov is tho Off year. YOU know. And
personally am g III, sw !, nq ae"TH a a naVhs my
crea, iron boom furnaces are getting ready 10
s,,,aces which have been idle for the last six
YEAR. arc ust now being thoroughly repaired and
WIN he in blast shorty
poheri T Martin OF San Francisco who was
assistant superintendent Of one OF the Rand mines
To iSs6. and spent year in the
THE ROERS Transvaal. is in this city. Mr.
.NANANA" Martin is now mining In Califor-
MIA In speaking of the Beers yes
,erday no said The first thing that strikes you
entering the Transvaal. soon you cross the
border on the Netherlands Railroad. IL the intense
antagonism and animosity the Beers show toward
anything English. | happened TO he in compart
meni IN which three or four Engshmen my
fellow travellers. one of whom was q member Of
the Cape Town Parliament The next section to
ours Was occupied by a number OF Beers. who
were returning from a fair which had been held
at Por, Elizabeth. South Africa. The Beers began
70 sns pa.riotic songs cxtolinc their Fatherland.
the Transvaal. and deriding the English For some
reason | CHANGED TO go out into the passageway
running past the compartments. where overheard
r heated discussion which was going on between
the Dutchmen as TO what was the color Of the
English flag.
The discussion waxeG fierce. but came TO q sud
cen climax. when one old Boer Of gigantic frame
rose suddenly 10 his feet and raising his hand
shouted with great vehemence: You ask what is
the color Of the English flag? | will tell you. for
have seen 1t three times-once at Majuba Ill.,
again at Iaings Mex and the third and last time
" hen We captured DIR. jameson and his raiders AT
Dornkorp. On each OF these occasions saw the
English flag plainly and at hand and its color
vas always white The yell of delight that ioi-
lowed this statement was simply deafening. Each
ot the other Beers in turn shook the old man by
the hand and then they all fell 10 singing; what
later found to be their favore song. the burden or
which was that they Che Beers would sweep the
As YOU can imagine the incident made deep
impression on my mind, and have felt ever snce
that day that 10 ne death fght petWe,n l.e W.
70 when II would come II has come nov ana II
the dispatches read true the end Is ALREADY IN
sight but of this must confess 10 doubts. as all
the ssaporis are in English hands. and with them
,hs sbles and IL IS not wholly Impossible ma!
the news We have received may have been modified
or made in some way TO read more favoraby 10 me
English than did the actual fighting. But he tnat
~ Y may whether II comes nov or SIX months
later there be but one end to this war; ana
that end the complete disappearance OF the Beers
as an independent Power in South AFRICA.
This Will be for the good Of the world. for the
Beers are as unprOgressiVe as the kaif1rs. ana
both BOer and kafir In their desire TO put on until
tomorrow that which should be done to-day, pear
. striking resemblance to our antagonists Of last
wear The favorite Spanish word Is Manana
which means tomorrow. a. every one knows. \ on
ask a spsniard % do anything. and he Will answer
Msrana.' You AK Boer and h" Will reply
Mslkanbechc although ] can guarantee TINS
speingl which means Wait awhile ASK a kafir
and he VIII answer lkonah-basS. when means
No boss There j. rather complete analogy De
tween the three hut OF ,nem tho kafir j. the most
honest rs be- tells you in the first place h" won't
90 IT, while B1cr and Spauiard infer that they
NAY do IL later. whereas they never intend 10 at
all