New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-17
THE PASSING THRONG.

Joseph Chamberlain is receiving terrible wig
gins in England" said George Conyers. OF Phila-
depnla. yesterday. Tor his Leices'
BIG FUNDS ter speech. and is being handed
FOR WIDOWS without gloves by all parties. he
AND isn't particularly popular in Eng
ORPHANS land anyway in these days. where
he IS regarded the principal
author OF the and his speech was not espe-
clay timely. 10 say the least.
All tho papers in England have opened FUNDS Tor
the widows and orphans OF those killed IN tns
Boer war, and these, taken In conjunetion, wan
those funds raised by private parties must ALREADY
have reached an scratched on
shells prevalent Just KimssrleE b Is SAD
compiiments while one Of the biggest shells in the
arsenal at Cape Town was found 70 cb nave was sup
posed to be the work OF Zulu helper Lore
Methuen's setback makes it begin 70 LOOK s as
cage which the Beers are said to have promised
him in the event Of Kmberleys faH ana HIS
capture.
A story I heard the other day" said Richard
Taylor Of Boston. at the Murray Hill Hotel "nc"
was new to me. but nevertheless
TIE BRAKES may be chestnut, TO the effect
DIDN'T that en- Irishman on New
WORK Central train, who was asked oy
fellow passenger II that particular
train stopped ri the Grand Central Station replied:
Faith. n II doesn't there'll be an awful ooomp'
reminds me OF something that happened At one OF
our suburbs some years ago This suburb was d'
the end Of railroad branch. which ended In
hank Of earth lust beyond the station. one OF the
engineers was accustomed 10 making a pyrotechnic
finish Of hts run BY coming down on the station
nj full speed and then by a judicious application
Of the brakes bringing the train 10 RAPID nut noa
uncomfortable. stop. On this particular day some
boys the rear platform got to fooling with me
giTbrake and opened the cock, with the result tnat
when the engineer attempted 10 apply the brakes
the train whizzed by the station With scarce any my
locomotive deep in the bank beyond Luckily ex-
cept for some severe shakings up every one one, "a
but were lot OFF with fines and lectures as what
they had done was manifestly rot intentional pu'
accidental. one Of them was the son OF Judsei;
but from that day on brakeman was stationed
tho rear platform. whose duty was to Keep ms
eye on the brakes and TO see that no one tampered
with them"
~ P OConnor. Of Tacoma. Wash. IN sn"ak'TT
Of the recent discovery Of gold in the sands OF the
beach at Cape Nome. said yeste--
REMARK day AZ the Hotel Imperial THE
ABLE TALE whole OF my part Of the West IL
ABOUT CAPE gone mad over this discovery. and
NOME SAND. the reports that come from there
SAVIOR Of the miraculous. II is safe
to say that the sixty miles more OF beach at
Cape Nome will next season easily have popula-
ton Of twenty-five thousand more. Pete Daley.
the assoyer at Tacoma. 70 my Mind put re nnsn n
Ing touches the wonderful stories OF ne latest
mine the other day that vessel had come in from
Cape Nome baastsd WITH Ordinary sand .saxe9
500 ton. and the entire ballast had been sold at
that price to Tacoma smelter
J. B. Travers of Boston. who has just returned
from abroad in speaking Of the present status OF
affairs in England. said yesterday
ENGLISH at the waldorf-Astoria: 80 the
FAITH IN unexpected has happened. and
RI-ILER Butler has met with check IL
was on this officer that all the
Engllshmen with whom talked seemed TO pin
their faith. and they would not even admit the
possibility that he could be defeated or even
checked. Now that the unexpected has happened
the gloom in London must be something awful;
who commands the Sixth Division, is a man
about sixty years of age, who has record Of
forty-four years In the army. MS Iast acti ~
"A friend OF mine in London who is well up
on military matters. told me that or the general
Sir George White Sir c. F. Ciery and Sir c. NJ
Clark all came from the line o having served IN the
spectively: Lord Methuen and Sir Forestier-W aker
were formerly Guardsmen, while Sir Charles War
rem is the only engineer officer having a command
Lieutenant General French, who commands the
cavalry. IT, OF course cavalryman
for recently it has been the other branches Of the
service which have received the credit Take
Khartoum and the soudan. Gordon was an engi-
Cromer and Sir r Wingate are both arterymen.
So far the fighting In South Africa would not seem
10 reflect much credit on the infantry commanders.
s back in England. and likely TO stay there from
all can hear for n South Africa there see seemed
tlmation Of trouble but although. It is said. he
offered his services freely, no one would accept
where he now is. Rather ungrateful of England I
should call H. SHOULDN'T you, when you come
getting her Into this war;?
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