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New-York tribune., 1900-05-27

JOHN S. WISE CALLS ATTENTION OF BENCH. AMI
BAR TO THE OCCASION
John S. Wise has sent out the following:

John S Wise has sent out the following:
State of New-York
tention to the action of the American Bar Asso-
Giation looking to the celebration Of John Marshall
hundredth anniversary of the accession OF John
Tnited states TS dRanan 9n hsf 6 @ sSe 25 the
appointed 2I for this celebration is Judge William
ciated one member from every State. I have the
honor to represent the State of New-York that
The general plan for the National celebration at
in the city of Washington. either at the Capitol or
some som othe appropriate place. Chief Justice Fuller
mas mas consented to preside, and the President and
Ms MS TaDlnet aah VII be present The Hon Wayne
ton commemorative of the life and services of
Judge Marshall. and the celebration will conclude
resolved 70 invite the bench. the bar and the
similar celebrations for that day in their Respective
localities The courts will be requested adjourn
in IN, honor OF the day. Where bar associations and
law schools exist they are invited to proceed at
general cSaracter as that eroyied f9 OF b ne same
celebration choosing orators to deliver addresses
it. In localities where there are no regular organ
izations members OF the bench and bar invited
to cooperate In organizing celebrations.
take the liberty Of thus formally bringing the ocl
casion 10 attention of the legal fraternity No
state has fU nshed greater contributions of talent
New-fork; no community appreciates more
esrin ne IN lnesmS6ie value OF the genius the
snail TO MS whole country. No man did more
70 eieNdte ana ulSnlty the profession, increase
the respect of the American people for the laws
that country. IL is believed desired hoped that
the state Of NewYork will celebrate this
sion in manner worthy of the man whose virtues
and intellect seek to commemorate and worthy
of the State itself
It will be source of great qualification if this
letter snail stimulate the organizations within this
state: and the unorganized members OF the bar IN
the different localities throughout the State, take
steps forthwith for the proper observance of John
Marshall Day The committee will also respond
cheerfuy TO all inquiries upon the subject and fur
nish persons interested all necessary information
to enable them 10 act above indicated
further request the State press 10 assist in Civ
Ing publicity TO this notice. JOHN :. WISE
Member of the John Marshall Day Committee of
the American Bar Association. for State of
NewYork. No. 20 BrOad-st., New-York City.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27
4 MEMORIAL TO LIVINGSTONE.

London correspondence of The Birmingham Post.
Although the section of the mpundu which
Mr.. Codrington, the administrator Of Northern
Rhodesia. able to bring away from the place
where Livingstone died has yet reached Eng
land another interesting relic associated with the
death of the great missionary has just reached
London. 1t will be remembered that some nine or
ten years ago Mrs. A L. Bruce of Edinburgh, sent
out a bronze plate. which was TO be affixed to ths
tree which her distinguished father died.
After many vcissitudes this bronze plate did in
fact reach the village of Chitambo. whore it was
taken by Belgian expedition. under the
mand OF Captain Ba. The tablet with much
solemnity committed to the custody of the then
chief of Chitambo. youth about seventeen
years of age. and both he and his guardian under
took to guard it with the utmost care An account
of the ceremony and of the undertaking given by
the chiefs was written down at the time by Cap
tain Bia
This account, which is headed Process Verbal
and is in French, signed by Captain Bia and
by Lieutenant Francqui his second in command,
and the three principal chiefs affixed their crosses
to the document. II then handed to the
young chief. and has been by him most care
fully preserved is always the case in Africa
with a white mans "kalata.' This was in July 1889.
and two years later F. ]. Glave, who visited
Chitabos village recorded the fact that the tablet
had been stolen eighteen months before by two
Swahii slave traders. whose names he gives Three
years later D. Crawford. English mission
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27

The Grand Union ana the Murray Hin. near
.ne Grahd central Station have done a good
transient business, but the Murray Hill has
also a great many permanent guests, and both
hotels ls nave prospered exceedingly. The Park
avenue mas been well filed all winter This
hotel does good summer business and there
nave peen reports that it earned an unusual
sum last year. Mr. Earle SAYS these reports
are exaggerated, but admits that they did ex-
ceptionally we'll at the hotel
Inc Waldorf-Astoria, enormous as it is has
oeeh taxed severely at times. The restaurants
anu anu cares In this hotel have had a successful
SEASON Inc same is the report at the Holland
mouse The Broadway hotels have all done
vel Vel Inere nave been some changes on Broad
way Inc Gllsey House has passed under new
Hianasenent and is being extensively redec-
orated- me old Victoria has been reopened and
~ ~, reported as doing a satisfactory business
Inc imperial, always prosperous. has surpassed
user this season The Fifth Avenue, recently
soIo at auction, VIII continue to be a hotel for
some time yet, despite this sale. This old house
mas had some changes within the year A res
tauraht care and women's cafe, some things
the MOTEL never had before have been estah
Hshed and the innovation has met with favor
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27

friends beyond the outpost line replied vigorously.
The swishlng and pinging of the bullets about
ears was constant and terrific. House roofs rat
tied and on the roadway around the dust
thrown up in all directions. Yet nobody was even
winged.
We heard much in London about the precise
craftsmanship OF the Boer Acres Of literature
were written the subject. and everybody who
knew nothing about the burgher said that he
never pulled trigger without killing manning.
The result Of the bead drawing around MafeknG
has shown how unwise ii Is TO be too cOcksure. In
the fight on the Ramatlllabama Road the enemy
was terribly punished. ana our loss was slight, in
every scrap have had with them since the
same lesson been repeated. As a matter Of
fact, | would back an Egyptian battalion against
Cronie's commando for workmanship. The BOer
looses off outside defences. ana fires high
that his bullet comes flying over the town more
than five hundred yards from the mark My
theory is this. He is used TO the Martini, and has
not been practised much with the Mauser. The
bullet fired at LOCO yards is something like forty
five feet whilst the trajectory OF the Mauscr is
very fat The DIitchman knows little or moth
ing OF the theory OF musketTy. and probably ele-
Yates the barrel of the arm at. or almost at,
the same angle as the old one for a particular
range not believing that the Mauser can ht with
a different ira jectOTy 10 that OF the Martini Tho
fire is sometimes so high that the bullets seem 10
come droppIng ont OF the clouds What seems to
confirm nv theory is the fact that the Martini
Henry practice from the trenches toward our dd
Vanced defences is generally pretty accurate. The
Beers are evidently suffering from the same
trouble that for some time after the issue
of the new Lee-Metford 10 our own troops
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27

farms. Many did wait receive official
tion-they
The men of the State had need TO show the
KRUGER did wait hour; he was in Glencoe
before the known in Pretoria. He
turned the capital with the knowledge that
jealousies had been sweetened and the burghers
enheartened by his visit. Natal, with its strong
man, Louis Botha, stronghold of the faith.
THE PROPOSAL TO SALISBURY
A brief stop receive reports. issue Instructions
confer with his colleagues. and the old was off
again-on Il Sunday-to consult his brother Presi-
dent Bloemfontein The result OF that confer
the dispatch to Lord Salisbury a pro-
posal end the condition that Great Brit
ain agreed TO recognize essential prelude TO
negotiation the unquestiOnable status OF the two
republics sovereign International States"
"A similar proposal l am assured by the leading
statesmen Of the republic drafted immedia telV
after the series of battles around Spion Kop. and
preted insult by the British Ministry. We de-
cided wait Mr.. Reitz informed me until
Britain should have recovered, IN opinion so
much Of prestige she had lost in the war This
opportunity seemed to come with the wping out OF
Nj juDa Day. We felt that Ot the great battle
cries had been silenced. and We hoped that Great
Britain would at least open door for negotiation
How vain that hope Is better known TO YOU
than Lord Salisbury was not prena red 10
assent 70 the independence either of the South
African Republic If the Orange Free State and
closed the subject without opportunity being given
TO the republics 10 amend their offer. So blunt
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27
HONEY ~ MAFEKLNG.

BADEN-POwELL ISSUED SCRIP TO PAY HIS
SOLDIERS.
So resOurceful was Colonel Baden Powell dur
ing the long siege Of Mafeking that he may sure
ly be called man of many inventions" Large
quantities Of food We're collected in that frontier
town but even they got low as the siege was
protracted. so that on April 22 pound of flour
was sold for two guineas, and a case Of whiskey
for f1OS At that rate the money question was
sure soon to become acute as well as that of
the food. But here also the ingenuity Of Baden
Powell devised means, for he issued d special
currency in the form of paper money which
should be redeemed at face value on the re-
sumption of civil law. II was used in paying the
troops and others employed by the commander
Of the Rhodesian forces.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27
HANDWRITING EXPERTS COMPOUNDED.
TWO MEN FOUND GUILTY OF WRITING THE SANE
LETTER-oNE PARDoNED

Columbia. s c.. May IS (SpeciaD.-The case Of
William Broughton, negro convicted in the United
States Court for the Northern District of Georgia
last winter in sending obscene letters through the
mail to Recorder Broyles gives backset &c hand
writing experts The only testimony against
Broughton that given by a couple OF such ex-
perts. They succeeded in demonstrating 20 the
satisfaction of the jury that II impossible for
any other man than Broughton to have written
the letter. With blackboard and chalk and paper
and pencil they Iectured and demonstrated until
the jury entertained further doubt. and the
prisoner was packed of 10 DC five years hard
labor
Now Charlie Mitchell of this state. another
negro, has been convicted Of writing that
letter. and President Mckinley has remedied the
error OF the experts far lay in his power py
granting BroughtOn a pardon
Besides illustrating that experts fauible. the
case shows that the is in instances
more dangerous than edged tools 10 play witn-
MitchelIs fascination for writing after leading
Justice astray. finally brought everything out all
right and landed the scrivener in the psnitentary.
1t seems that Mitchell and a named Jackson
had a quarrel about some trivial affair Jackson
had the better of the situation. and Mitchell seek
ing revenge. without exposing himself wrote
very abusive and obscene letter OF personal insult
warrant sworn out by the Judge The fact that
WriT waTd Te Nh % ~ wds id loqi' Fs-oHghton
partner OF Jackson, then arrested and was
convicted. already stated
Several weeks after BroughtOn had been incar-
cerated Judge BrOyles received letter from Mont
gomery. Ala, signed by Charlie" Mitchell IN
which IL stated that the Court had got the
wrong man, and intima1ed that he could put the
police the track Of the offender. The Judge
Immediately impressed by the remarkable
similarity of the handwriting OF this letter and the
convinced that Mitchell was the guilty person.
and entered into a diplomatic correspondence with
him, finally persuading him from Biz
mingham 10 his office As he landed he
arrested Al the trial Judge BrOyes the
Mitchell was convicted and the sentence
BrOughJOn had received-five years-was imposed
on him, and then, men could well be
punished FOR writing the same letter the President
petItlOneu to pardon BroughtOn, and he acted
immediately
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27
BOER RIFLE SHOOTING.
THEIR WORK WITH MAUsER RIFLES NOT AC-
CCRATE.

MafeEng correspondence of The Pail Mall Gazette.
1t is the first time in history that British
army has been engaged with troops using the most
modern rifles and smokeless powder. l had heard
the Martini bullet many occasions singing
Where are yOu?' Now it is my luck listen for
hours daily TO the song of the Mauser. 1t has two
notes only, ping and swish and the speed OF
the nickeljacketed fend is great that when fred
at US from 1000 yards and further. it strikes
the town with terrific velocity and buries itself in
a wall, or ricochets for a great distance. The
bullets pierce the iron verandaS, and there is
scarcely wall facing the enemy's positions that is
not studded with lead and holed in all directions
HOW We have few casualties report is
marve! that can never begin to understand. All
day long they sit IL their trenches and snipe US
and sometimes when they give us vOlleys "a style
of firing that the Boer lately adopted,
serve US with rapid independent fire the bullets
come in like a hail shower. on Saturday night
for example with some others l crossing the
big open market square in the dark before moon
rise Our men in a redan opened a heavy
fusillade on the enemy, and in few moments our
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27

ary, added a number of observations. and returned
the document 10 the custody of the chief. On his
recent visit TO Chitambo Mr.. CodringtOn obtained
this interesting document, no doubt in exchange
for another document which the chief will he able
to show to any white who may subsequently
visit him, and perhaps also for some more sub
stantia consideration. The document has evidently
been carefully preserved, and II will. understand
be added to the collection OF relics OF the great mis-
sionary explorer which has been formed by the
Royal Geographical Society.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27

SETH Low To PRESIDE Al RATIFICATION
Seth Low has accepted invitation TO preside
the ratification meeting that is TO be held
the evening of June 26 in Carnegie Hall under the
auspices OF the Republican County Committee.
Senator Foraker of Ohio. will be of the speak
at the meeting. Governor Roosevelt. Senator
Platt and Senator Depew Will be among the prom
inent NeM-Iork ReDub-lcans 20 OccuDy boxes.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27
HOTEL MEN WELL CONTENT
THE CLOSING SEASON HAS BEEN ONE
OF EXCEPTIONAL PROSPERITY.

The dig city hotels are beginning to put on
+heir summer garb. The season OF 1885, 1900
is practically ar end. and the managers of
the various hotels can sit down and view it
with = great deal of complacency, for by uni
,-oreaI rennrts il was the most successful that
-ra Nav--York hotels have had. In all the
,s- hotels the heavy draperes are being taken
down. the rugs are being put away. the heavy
e,,v,,i+ure is being covered With clean and cool
1olsfnC crash. electric fans are being put in and
very preparation is being made TO make the
,orals as cool and comfortable possible
through the hot summer months when guests
are few. TIE summer season is the great drain
,1non the reserves % the hotel proprietor He
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27

and paid well. Below Twenty third-st all the
hotels tell the same story. and so the local hotel
men looking forward with great deal of
satisfaction to the coming season. and say if it
equals the one that has just passed they will
be than satisfied
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27
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LUDWIG bAUMAuu & COMFY
Eighth Avenue from 35th to Goth Street.
Furniture.

Furniture.
A very complete assortment OF su-
perior STYLES in BOUDOIR FURNISH
ING This verv handsome set consists /
of Dresser and Toilet Table in solid ma
hogany, hand carved. rubbed polish An
ish. French gilt handles, large mirrors |
of best French bevelled plate; perfect in |
every detail. Also canopy topped Brass /
| Bed. with inch pillars. elaborate de
sign. very heavy and very handsome. /
Bed. without canopy, special at Sbo.eY /
Dresser at S32.O 90. Toilet Ia % IN
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LIBRARY TABLE OF verv pretty de
sign in golden oak. eiaborately carved
| finely finished and polished: top 2SXio
/ in fancy base g drawers. brass trim
! mings: an especially good de SS IN
| sign, worth twice our price
! BOOKCASE Of very neat and desirable
! design, in golden oak finish highly pol
ished, verv well made in every detail.
| Heavy glass doors. adjust
able shelves; a very special IN 60
| bargain Observation-Disclosures. at 'S"SS
| TURKISH COUCH. Of very popular
! design and in very durable material.
good upholstery. covered in fig
ured velour fringe at base. roll q 90
head .-.-..------ '-----------
REED COUCH of very neat and desir-
| able style strong maple frame well
| made and finished. reed seat and head.
firmly interviewer. we'll braced:
| especially suitable for summer = IN
use; cheap at
TURKISH CHAIR. oyerstuffed, of ex-
celIent make and finish. spring seat and
edge. large, high back and arms: tufted
| fringe at base. cord and tassels at I'm
ish. covered in first class VEIL
our figured and OF handsome 7 cG
coloring Observation-Disclosures.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27

: DIR NEW REFRIGERATOR Gaia
I LOGUE NOW READY.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-27

fusal came asa shock to the leaders in both
publics. for the Beers are a nation of bargainers
and 1t Is not etiquette to terminate negotiations
at the first bid
Had the question been left open discussion
am told the most conciliatory attitude would have
been adopted by the Transvaal
Intervention had been the benefcent providence
TO which the Beers have looked to end the
The bold promises of the Continental press have
seemed to make the hope certainty. and the
kindly of Mr.. Webster Davis of
United States. has served to make the most pessi-
mistic sanguine of substantial assistance from the
Powers on the day of settlement.
In this faith the Government communicated the
terms of their proposal to the Consuls resident in
Pretoria. and invited the intervention of their
eral Governments TO stay the bloOdshed. The re-
plies you know. diplomatic empty and
her desire to stop the war In the interests of hu-
manity, and thitherward turned all the political
hopes of the republic
TROOPS RETURN TO THE FIELD
The uncompromsing refusal from Lord Salisbury
brought back the old fears a thousandfold inten-
sifed. Never had Britains intention been so
roundly stated, never had Federal hope of settle
ment been cruelty dashed The Free Staters
turned to their camps like bees in Mr..
Reitz did not fail to seize the opportunity offered
him 10 nail the waverers to the cause
THE declaration of Lord Salisbury" the
State Secretary that Her Ma1estys Government
is prepared to agree the independence of the
South African Republic TO that of the Orange
Free State makes it abundantly clear TO every
burgher that Her MajeSty'S Government has in
Independent national existence. Now that all
doubt upon that point is removed the burghers
know why they fight. and they will proceed with
the struggle for their national existence TO the
end
Lord Salisbury's dispatch had become the best
recruiting sergeant the Beers had ever possessed
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-25
AMATEUR NOTES.

The c. Stephens and VIII Gutmans
played an interesting game on Fulton
grounds yesterday. 1t is said the UNI
piring was the worst seen on any
grounds, and the Stephens were robbed
out of the game. Bennett, of Stephens,
struck twelve of the Gutmans out and
pitched all around McConkey. The
Stephens are positive they can beat the
Gutmans and would like to arrange an
other game for Sunday, September 80.
If accepted, answer through this paper.
The Pink Carriers Baseball team de-
feated the Rough Riders by the score
of 8 to O.
The P. j. Gavins would like to hear
from the Mike Agnics for a game on
Saturday afternoon for two Rockets
side If this challenge is accepted an
swer through the Register.
The C. Stephens ball team claim that
they were not defeated Sunday on the
Fulton grounds. They say they re-
fused to play after the seventh inning,
when a bad decision was made by the
umpire in favor of the Gutmans. The
game then stood 4 to 3 in favor of the
Stephens. They challenge any team
in the city or vicinity for next Sunday
afternoon. If accepted answer through
the Register.
The manager of the Pink Carriers
Baseball team has arranged for a game
next Sunday afternoon ON the tunnel
green, between the Pink Carriers and
Jack Arthurs. II will be warm one.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-25
THOUSAND MEN AT WORK
Clearing the Streets and Water
Front of Observation-Disclosures Cogh-
Iau'S Body Missing.

GALVESTON, Tex, September "a
Under the supervision of Chairman
Jens Moller, Of the committee on pub
lie labor. nearly 1000 men went to
work to-day cleaning the streets and
beach front of debris and dead bodies.
The wages are So day for laborers,
So for men and carts and $3.50 for men
and teams, the money to be paid out
of the general relief fund.
A board of government engineers
will be convened in Galveston on De-
tober 20 for the purpose of investigat-
ing damage to Notifications and jet
ties and other government property.
After being closed for fortnight
the saloons opened this morning with
the consent of the mayor.
DR.. |. NJ. Kline, observer Of the
United States weather bureau, has sent
out warning to the farmers living
in the bottoms of the Lower Brazos
river, that the river will continue to
rise Tuesday and Wednesday, and that
1T will probably reach high-water mark.
The storm swrIt away a great many
of the caskets watch had been placed
in vaults In the city cemeteries.
Among the missing caskets is one
which contained the remains of Chas.
Coghlan, the actor, who died here on
November q last
The Galveston News list of the dead
of the storm of September Sth repre-
sents total of 3,vo9 names. The in
dications are that not more than four
thousand people will be actually ae-
counted for. The News is Of the opin-
ion that the death list of the island
is slightly below than above five thous-
and.
This statement is made notwithstand-
ing the fact that there are close OBJ
servers at Galveston who are still es-
timating the death list on the island
as high as seven thousand.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-25
ROOSEVELT IN WYOMING.

LARAMIE, Wyo., September "a
Governor Roosevelt made a short stop
at the mining town of Hanna to-day.
He addressed about $50 miners, remind
ing them OF the times four and six
years ago, when it was difficult for
miners to get work, and asked them to
compare those times with the present.
Laramie was reached this afternoon.
Governor Roosevelt concluded his
speech with an eloquent argument in
favor of expansion. declaring that all
our acquisitions in the past had been
opposed by men who used the same ar
guments in that day that are used by
the Democrats now.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., September "a
The special train arrived at $40
o'clock. Two evening meetings were ar
ranged for, one at Turner Hall and the
other at the opera house. Both places
were crowded and both audiences were
addressed by Governor Roosevelt, ex-
pansion. militarism and Imperialism
being the points touched upon.