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New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
IN ASHANTEE.
,.Fors PRACTICES OF HUMAN
e.cRTFTCE- E-ENGLAND'S IN
TFRFERENCE.
TERFERENCE.

.-.ortee Ashanti and Sianu are the names
20 -he country in Western Africa which
Nf ..-acted attention in the last few days be-
H- - rbe threatened uprising of the natives
,+-,- Is about seventy thousand English
- 10 miles in area, and its population has been
s,slv estimated from 100000 to 100000.
=. ,ountry proper Is one continuous forest.
=, e r--ayersed by narrow, winding paths,
A - are broad enough for pedestrians and
W. - burden carriers. but not for vehicles.
-. +E,e dense woods. there is remarkable
-, n animal life and men who have pene-
a. INTO The deepest parts of the woods have
.serad at the absence ot bird and beast.
-, .,s land has been cultivated it has been
80 extremely fertile. and productive Of large
-. n grain. vegeta bles. vans and fruits
-'fs g also found in large quantities. and the
e-.,eipaI exports are gold dust and palm oil.
-,anv years il was one Of the greatest slave
.ss,niug points Twenty-Five forts were built
So So the coast II the course of as many years,
.bese the European merchants carried on
Their slave trade
,,-bouch the Ashantees stand on low rung
-, 80 ladder Of civilization, they have always
-, great skill in certain lines of manu-
,-o-7-re and early specimens of weaving, pot
- and gold and silver work show that they
% rainsraking workmen, whose artistic work
=. "a. evidence of Moorish influence. Sword
,-.sss ~ perfect temper and finished into un-
,,sr shares wera among the special features
:, ssbantee manufacture Every native king
"a avery important chief has or more of
- evor5s. which are borne before him on
-..s .occasjone. and are sent with any envoy or
.,,4assador aho may be dispatched TO neighbor
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

From The London News
The Russian order conferred upon Mr. FORBES
by the Gar of Russia Us a recognition oL PEI
s0naI bravery was given to him at a personal
interview Of a remarkable character When
Forbes was on his way back from the SchIphd
Pass to Bucharest to telegraph Is account oL
what he rightly believed to be the decisive paIue-
This was another of his famous rides; ON morse
back all night without food or drink or rest ne
arrived at the Russian Imperial headquarters.
where he met Ignatieff. Where from now
said the General From the SchIpka, was the
repIv Il left there late last night The devil
YOU did, exclaimed Ignaten; you have beaten
On oTr r7esseng, rs bv hours. Yours must be
the last news; you must see the Emperor anu
tell him. ,,
The imperial quarters were a dismantled
Turkish house the balcony Of which. where the
Emperor stood. inClosed with common can
vas curtains. There was not even a carpet on
the rugged boards. glimpse INTO the pedTooIH
whence His Majesty had emerged showed tlilN
cabin with mud walls and camp bed stand
ing on a mud floor The Emperor received
Forbes with great kindness. shaking hands and
paving a compliment to his hard riding lie was
gaunt worn and haggard, his voice broken oy
nervousness and by the asthma that af1hcted
7 was conscious" he says, that my personal
appearance was f1agrant!y disreputable l had
been wearing clothes originally white, for over
fortnight. night and day. 1 was all over
about half inch thick with dust, while the
dust on nv face was cheerfuIly relieved by fiery
sun bisters and by a stubbly beard of about a
weeks growth. I had not washed for three
DAYS and altogether l felt myself humiliatingly
di2pidated representative OF tnaJ great empire
on which the sun never sets" Forbes explained
the positions the Schipka to the Emperor
drawing sketch of them on a sheet of paper
Here is Mr Forbes's account of what followed
Mr. Forbes" said the Emperor ir English
you have been a soldier"
Yes Your Majesty" was the reply
In the artillery or engineers. DOUBTLESS?
mo. sir said in the cavalry of the line.
The Emperor said; Il had not known that
your cavalry officers are for the most part con
versant with military draughtsTanship2
I replied that 1 had served the army not as an
officer but as a private trooper. I know not
whether this conveyed TO His Majesty the inn
preston that the honest British draGoon is ha-
bitually skilled in planmaking.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
FORCED TO APOLOGIZE AT CAMBRIDGE.

From The London Chronicle.
l well remember, writes correspondent. the
first time l the late Archibald Forbes. 1t
was at Cambridge. same twenty years ago. Just
after the Zulu war one of the painful incidents
of which was the killing of the young Prince
Imperial Mr.. Forbes had been delivering
course of lectures on that war, and the pub
lished reports Of it made out that he had said
something which cast a reflection the dead
Prince. The Prince ImperiaIs death, in Of
our campaigns, had touched the imagination
and the heart Of Young England, particularly
represented by the Cambridge undergradu-
ate. and it resolved that Mr.. Forbes should
be made To understand that his animadversons
the Prince were deeply resented.
When the evening of the lecture the
hall where it to be delivered filed.
crammed full it could be packed. with
hundreds of undergraduates. No sooner did Mr..
Forbes appear than storm of Kisses broke out
from every part of the room The chairman be-
sought a courteous hearing for the lecturer,
but Mr.. Forbes attempted to speak
furious Outburst OF all kinds of nOiSeS-hiSses,
hostile shouts groans catcalls-greeteG him on
all sides Then cries of "Retract" "ApOlOglzeH'
succeeded Forbes bowed his head, and held out
entreating hands Five or six times he essayed
to speak without success and il not till
he had made the amende honorable that order
finally restored.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

When at length l was permitted take my
leave, the Emperor address ID TO me some words
winch gave me natural glow of great pleasure.
As they had reference to certain conduct of my
own, the reader Will readily understand the
decacy and reluctance with which l aIIude to
them; nor certainly could I cite them but that
the expressions used by the Emperor illustrate
with what dignity and gracefulness he could
acknowledge service that commended itself TO
the tender hearteGness he felt for his gallant
soldiers. Mr.. Forbes said the Gar, 4 have had
reported 10 me the example which you showed
when with our forces the sad day before
Plevna in succOring wounded men under heavy
fire. As the head of the State l desire to testify
how Russia hoaOrs your conduct by Offering
you the Order of the Stanislaus with the crossed
swords decoration never conferred except for
personal bravery
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
AS \ MUSICAL CRITIC.
From The London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle
Released from barra k life he came to London
and became a casual wage-earner in and around
Fleet-st. Among other things, though so alb
soIuteIy ignorant of music 10 be unable 10
whistle a ,une, lie was employed q kind of
musical critic on The Morning AdVertiSeT'-a
paper then run by another 'MGrayshire LOOM
James Grant. But one day Forbes was found
out and at once relieved from his critical
functions Sent to Bond-st TO pronounce upon
the merits of a performer on the pedal piano
forte the eX-sodier could only regard the artist
from the gymHaStiC point of view and eulOgiZed
him merely as acrobat. But while thus per-
ceiviug Forbes To be absolutely ignorant of the
musical art. his countryman Grant made the
discovery that his discarded contributor was d
brilliant adept at the art military.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

writer on the English conquest in Africa says,
the natives of this country developed the very
lowest traits and the English VINO went for
generations to Africa to follow up the slave
trade went there finally to put it down
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

HOW HE GOT A RUSSIAN ORDER
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

STORIES or ARCHIBALD FORBES.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

MIR. FoRBEs.s INTERvIEw WITH THE CAR AF-
TER SCHIPkA PASS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-21


II West 18th Street.
CLOAKS,
Suits. Dress Skirts, Waists.
URPRlSES such as we are
offering in Ladies' Outer Gar
mentS happen but rarely.
The long continued warm weather COM
PEELED several manufacturers to eloss out
their stocks At prices causing them heavy
loses. Having bought freely under thee con-
ditions explains the wonderful values we are
offering. as illu trsted by the following exam
pies - BIG MONEY SAVERS ALL.
JACKETS. ~
One lot very fine London-made Jackets.
all-over braided. Actual value = MI
t26. 90. our price. ..~.......... sSOS
Jackets Of strictly all-wool imported
Melton Cloth. lined throughout with all-silk
n sIEsiP 5 SSs S1 sI,s and positive value 900
strictly all. wool Kersey Jackets. lined
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Our SI2 90 10 $1,000 Jackets
are 500 TO 90 lower than else
where for same grades.
CAPEs. Fine quality Cloth Capes. fur
and satin trimmed. Actual
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One lot of Golf Capes, long. full, handsome
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WAISTS.
Extra heavy Givenau's Tafeta SILK and
Prau de Sole WAISTS. very latest styles,
handsomely trimmed, every shade. A on
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cannot be equalled al our prices.
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GARRoTE, HALTER AND CHAIR

From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
The fuss made over the execution of five pris.
oners in Porto Rico by means of the garrote,
that is to say in accordance with the legal
method of capital punishment in Porto Rico, is
a curious illustration of the force of habit
The idea of deliberately breaking a mans neck
by means of the garrOte shocked the American
mind merely because the American mind was
not habituated to it as it is to the idea of chok-
ing a man to death by hanging him up by means
of slip-noose round his neck or of shocking him
to death by means of an electric current. II
either Of these methods of execution had been
substituted for the gGrrote in the case Of the
Porto Rico criminals there would have been
no fuss, no resolution Of inquiry in congress, TO
shock for any one hut the criminals Indeed
the substitution OF the rope or the chair for the
garrote would have been generally regarded as
one of the benefits of higher civilization scoru,
ing to the Porto Ricans because of the substitu
tion Of American rule for Spanish rule.
The fact is that of the three methods Of execu-
tion under consideration the Porto Rican, or
Spanish, is the most humane, the most decent
the best in every way. Death inflicted by the
garrote is always certain instantaneous untor.
turing undsfguring. That is more than can
be said for death inflicted by the halter or the
electric chair. If the barbarity of capital pun.
ishment is to be continued in this country, the
country would do well to substitute the Span
ish mode Of capital punishment for the cruder
less certain, less humane and more barbarous and
revolving American modes.
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will not be guilty of and that is the
drawing of domestic party lines con-
cerning purely sentimental issue of
foreign politics regarding which the
United States has not single interest
at stake. 1t will in due time appear
TO the sober sense of "A majority of our
people, if 1t has not already appeared,
that the palpabe efforts of the Demo-
cratic party leaders to construct par.
tisan capital out of the administra-
tons fidelity to the traditional neu-
trality of this government toward for
eign nations at war is a piece of mis-
chievous buncombe which merits en-
phatic dsapproval. In the field against
the Beers is British army of more
than 100000 soldiers. Guarding the seas
is a British navy larger than that of
any two other navies combined. What
may be done for the Beers in the in
terest of humanity by virtue of friendly
representation to Great Britain at the
conclusion of the present war is some
thing which cannot be foretold; but
the result of any attempt to interfere
with England by force could easily be
foretold and there is not a Democrat
in the country who. If he were in Nc
Klnleys place, would be Sool enough
to advocate it or to attempt 1t.
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quarreled over the motive power of the cable.
They separated but were united through the ef-
forts of the police.
Conditions are highly prosperous in Kansas.
During the past year only one bank in the state
failed. Nearly all the banking institution earned
large dividends. Forty of them paid dividends
of 270 per cent, and the general average OF
earnings 20 per cent.
Grace church, New York, which has appeared
in several plays and many roycls, has the finest
and heaviest chimes OF any church in the coun'
try. They were presented by different members
Of the congregation ana have been rung twice
a day-at 10 O'clock in the morning and at 4
o'clock in the afternoon for many years.
The English parliament makes liberal allow
anccs to the women Of the royal family. A
Queen Dowager'5 annual income from that
source is Sj00O00. That OF Dowagcr Princess
Of Wales is 100000. Other widows of royal
princes receive $4,000. The Grand Duchess OF
Macklenburg. .Sterlitz, granddaughter Of George
III, receives $1,000 yearly.
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THE OTHER SIDE.

7, tho prosh,,ori,,, Io,,rro, ~ r0r co last
D.. ,,n Io,,o, ,,oIa,,; - Eli, ai., ro,Iio1 .o
r,,dco ruino,, 1oot,,ro an .Chr;sti,n Srioroo ;,
srst dis,,sinc, tho doctriro, noirts as was n,,h
ishod In rho Trihnno at thc tiuo and conc,ud.
inc, os so,,owS.
.,,rho r,os+ ,ro,o;rort aud ,bo ,ro,t ao,coro,,
tbino oho,,t .iis doIusior ~ tLo ,roso,t ti,no !;
not its inano ravpcs about m,ttor ard mind
hut ratbcr ia II tbn rcck,oss and .,s.rI co,duct
90 ;ts soo,Ilod .hooIors, 1vho; oss,,r,rtior .,
miracu,ous nowcr, and their Iopdlv trnnnoted
claim that thev can hcoI all manner Of disease,
arc focts tbot eociotv cannot ,f,rl 10 ;orrro
Thcv in,o,vc brman Iife .rh,ir n,en, sterous
claim thot tbo,, cam bv = sort ~ ,c,ar,ion,,in
c,ro noIicpont dinbtbcr,o scarlet ;avor c,rccr
smau.nox tynhod fever, asthma and evorv
a.r,. I'm b., ,it;aL al 4, IL L, ,.,,,to1 -;
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LIFE.
| saw a heam of liRht.

saw a beam of light,
II shimmered on its way through realm of gloom
More swift than shuttle in a weaver's loom,
And shone upon my sight
saw a falling tear
II glistened in the glory OF the sun,
Like threads of crystalline rejection spun,
But soon to disappear.
| saw a speck Of white.
Far out upon the bosom of the deep,
Like some fair goddess sinking in her sleep,
Into the liquid night.
| saw a falling star,
II shot its golden course along the sky,
But perished in the twinklng OF an eye,
Within the deCps afar.
] saw a human soul,
II looked on Time and with a piercing cry
II faded into Immortality,
part Of the Great Whole.
i, II. Askew, in the Canadian Magazine.
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Il n versy with Great Britain,
the BOer ENJOYS now in this
country for the purpose of enlist
ing American sympathy can rest
assured that they will receive Il
respectful hearing and such good
offices as our government can exercise
for them with due regard to the best
interests of the American people. 1t is
worthy Of note that the United States
government and people have already
done more for the Beers than any other
government and people in the world
our government was the only govern
ment in the world which consented at
the Beers request to ask England if
mediation would be acceptable. our
people have subscribed thousands, Of
dollars to the, fund tor the relief of
the Boer wounded and sick; and
nothing has been left undone for them
which could be done without violation
of our international obligations. This
is the more notable when we recolect
that the United States has absolutely
nothing in common with the Beers. is
not a neighbor to them nor related to
,them by any ties of race, and that
with few exceptions those Americans
who have studied the causes of the
South African war at first hand have
become convinced that the Beers from
the beginning have been in the wrong.
Just what details of action the Boer
ENJOYS intend to propose to the admin
istration at Washington are as yet
veiled in mystery, They may have a
clearly defined programme ant they
may not. Time win tell, But ttere is
one thing which the American people
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-17

"Thc Cuban postal scandal illus
trates," says the Philadelphia Ledger,
"the problems to be encountered in the
administration of colonial affairs by
ordinary politicians If the Ledger
will keep it's eye on President McKin-
ley. Postmaster General Smith, Secre-
tary Root and General Leonard Wood,
1t will soon perceive how those prob
lens will be solved by extraordinary
pOlitiCians.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-17

" IN l4NNT question IS
raised as to the right of the
4 "a acting governor of Montana
to appoint William A. Clark
to fill the vacancy caused by his own
resignation. The question does not
challenge the right of the lieutenant
governor t. perform the functions of
governor during the governors alb
sence from the state. 1t simply asks
whether a vacancy was created by
Clark's designations; whether Clark
had a sufficiently valid title to the
senatorship in the first place to give
substantial effect to his resignation
1t will be noted that the committees
on privileges and elections had made
unanimous report to the senate that
by reason of the improper use of
money among the Montana legislators
Clark's title was defective and the seat
however, been accepted by the senate
at the time of ClaIks resignation. If
il is not accepted the senate cannot
question the validity of Clark's ap-
polntment.
But even though this report should
be accepted it will not necessarily fol-
low that Clark's appOintive credentials
will be vitiatcd. If the acting COVER
nor should nave named another man
than Clark to ill the vacancy created
by Clarks re signatiOn, does anybody
suppose that his credentials would be
Ih gpnt . In D..
had no right to resign the office to
which he had in the first place no leg Il
title" Why should a different rule of
Interpretation be used against Clark
than would be used against some other
man in Clark's place?
This, of course, is wholly aside from
the morals of the case. 1t is pretty
clear that Clark was elected senator
as the result of an improper use of
money Money was used improperly
in large sums by both Clarks friends
and his foes The guilt was general.
Clark was not worse than the others;
on the contrary, so far as the public
a distance can Judge he was in
many respects better than his enemies
and had larger genuine support
among the citizens of Montana. Still,
the fact that the other fellows SET
him a bad example does not justify
the manner in which money was used
in his behalf, and in the interest of
better politics it could be wished that
he might be kept out of the senate
until the bad odor of his manner OF
getting there had been removed by
fumigation. or that there is, however
little probability.
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tary Root and Postmaster General
Smith is regarded with satisfaction
and confidence in congress"
1t is obvious that the central figure
in this insistent demand for thor
ough cleaning up of this whole mat
ter, and the man who naturally takes
the lead, is Charles Emory Smith and
the emergency affords n conspicuous
test of his character. The test Is not
completed but 1t is simple justice to
say that as far as it has gone 1t re-
veals in him precisely those fine quail
ties of well developed manhood, execu-
tive coolness and moral courage that
his friends knew were in him, await
ing only the occasion to show
forth in vivid outline. We do not
know what the effect of these Cuban
frauds will be upon the movement to
nominate him for the vice presidency.
Any question of personal promotion
will not be considered by him If 1t
shall interfere with the duty marked
out before him. He is not the man
to be swerved from moral obligations.
But we are still of the opinion that he
is the man whom the Philadelphia con-
vention should place on the ticket
with Mckinley.
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Democratic members of the house
committee on judiciary oppose a con-
stitutional amendment giving congress
control over trusts. This seems to in
dicate that the trust is not such ter
rble institution in the eyes of Demo-
Crat after all
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-17

James S. Barcus, the publisher of
Congressman Richardson's book, Mes
sages and Papers of Our Presidents"
and the originator of the weird meth
ods by which that publication was
hawked for sale throughout the coun-
try. aspired to the Republican nomi-
nation for congress in the Fifth 1ndi-
ana district and on Tuesday was
beautifully turned down. The turning
down of Richardson is next in order
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-17

The Hong Kong Filipino junta makes
the announcement that Aguinaldo and
20, 900 men will resume war in the Phil
ippines at the opening of the rainy
season. There is evidently a large
amount of yellow journal editorial
timber going to waste in Hong Kong.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-17

Experiment at Pittsburg has demon
strated that soft coal can be used with
out the accompanying smudge that
has made that city famous, and the
nuisance will soon be abated. In a
short time there will probably be
nothing smoky about Pittsburg save
pOlitics
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-17

Friends of James ]. Corbett, the prize
fighter, are trying to nominate him for
congress. There are times when that
body needs a bouncer.
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The Neostyle
Duplicat0n' .. o.

1t will print 1000 copies
from one original writing,
drawing or music, and 1900
copies from any original writ
ten Oh any typewriter. We
are agents for the above aud
have one III use for the in
specticn of any one interested
in duplicating machines.
The Planetary Pencil Sharp
ener, improved, The Star
Paper Fastener, improved.
We will put either in your
office on trial for few days.
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the question of a successor to Cover
nor Stone?
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The New York ice trust is in a fair
way to melt.