New-York tribune., 1900-03-19
THE PASSING THRONG.

I. Brown. the mining engineer who owns
2 claim against the TransTaal Government, ha5
recently returned from q trip 10
TIE WAR n Mexico When seen at the hon
soI-rr7 man House yesterday ne said Of
AFRICA the recent developments IN sou'h
africa:
The tide seems 20 have al last turned IN favor
of the English. bur IL could not well De other
wise in the end. when the superior resources IN
wealth and men England had TO draw on were
taken into consideration. But what a magnlhcehuy
pluczy fght the Dutchmen put up, and for one
do not believe that the war Is by any means over
Pretoria has yet be taken, and wicked lghtlIlg
and enormous loss OF ne 10 me t-IE4lsh
between Lord Roberts and this wished FOR goal
and when ne leads the GUARDS mo me Ca1ild. %
the Boer Republic, as ne mas pTolnlSel' "a,
think. VIII be a diminished 0rganiZat ation- attack
Oy way Of the Tongue or NaIeI, the ira9sFdaI. =
al but impossible, and neutral territory eG&Iis
the TTHnsvaal on the east, and the route OF tne
ma campaign VIZ lnuoupiealy' 5 5AeIelore' L' De De
through the captured / rec Slate- Iout tiele 20
difficulty will be experienced. ana great loss. OF
lie VIII eusue- From BlOernfOntein 70 the aai
fiVer the troops VIII ADVANCE over over open
whore little resistance wiz probably be met With
But once across the Naal. The country becomes
broken and mountainous and VIII afford the
Boers innunerabe natural fortresses from which
fuIl advantage Of and render the price OF the
quest Of The Transvaal so heavy as to make Eng
could possibly have been worth so nnuchi
On Mexico while spent most of my time near
the Ysuusi country. 7 heard but little OF the re-
beion. which seems 10 De attracting atten-
ton IN the dispatches than If does locally"
q heard rather good story yesterday" said
Roberr st.uson n Boston. at the Murray Hill Hotel
An Trishnan fresh from the Old
AN Country Joined the ranks of the
IRTsE1AS's Democratic party. by advice on
READY VII. first landing, and before he was AZ
al familiar with the politics OF the
country and the day thereafter being in friend
saloon, he asked what q band OF music he heard
without was playing for That's with the Repub-
lean procession was the explanation and with
tais neagTe Information Pat rushed forth. Wishing
% give vent 70 the enthusiasm reused by the
martha strains. Pat, since in his ignorance he knew
not whether the Republicans were friends or enc
Mles- decloed on d middle course ana SO. rushing
" 70 the leader Of the band he loudly called for
hree cheers FOR old Ireland And three cheers for
p! returned rhe bandmaster, whose ancestors
responded the ulabashcd Pat. Tits aich Of Us
chse- FOR his OWL country %
z s. Topping. tor many years Government
scout. large part Of which time ne put in with
General Crook, has now turned his
FAClFlC attention 10 mining, ana yesterday
s-OPE the Waldorf-Astoria he said:
STANDS BY Y have just come ont OF the
NKINIET Sumter country which is located
IN The Blue Mountains, in North
eastern Oregon Already great mining camp. pres
sat indications promise more for The future and
Unless ! am greatly mistaken Sumter will prove
1A important factor IA the gold production of 1860
Ny business calls me all over the Western conn-
~ especially the Pacific Slope States. and I come
--Saallia!iy y contact with a great MANY people
80 silver issue Is beyond question dead vas
e.stla44y silver man. but in spite OF that I am
ss.@-2 mat this issue e dead. VIII stay dead and
- s. ne coming c4mpagD, ia a. the West Is
,,s-es5ille4 VII De fought out the so-caled er-
lslslon policy OF the Administration All reuorfg
y ne contrary Notwithstanding vUu can rest as
----el ll2i The entire Pacific Slope is in hearty
sceord with McKInleys policy in the Philippnes as
S-.ssSr Turner viii md out his cost as he mas
ee.--F ul-sreDresc cnTed his constituents in this
Sequence" h III Gull