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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-04
ms INyoLUNTAnY nATH..

A stout and elderly officer on board
a British ironclad lying In the bay of
tice OF sitting long al wine on guest
nights or any other nights. He there
fore made point of escaping directly
the queens health had been honoreda.
The ship was an old fashioned one, with
large gun ports on the main deck
When the guns are run in. as Is tho
custom at evening quarters. the ports
make nice. large, airy seats. Knowing
that while the officers were at dinner;
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Robert fouhas ,InIseSfS & 4 d 4 IS 8 n

Roberts fouha sslInlael
y sc TlpSts anu ais
We're fsss I've. la I'LL d I'D
MS Is al the case sef 81
bro al tlihesS III is III { ssS
ms sWit CURSES mot !ioutt sd
81 borSlina i0n IS as and III
reyoit w II the IL! o iis ID
en- pritat to was insolent Ia, I'LL Sc
The mon ordered tIte s
drunken soldier, to the g,ias al So M
lance CORPORAL OF the Aioo fil Pill
q file OF men One OF these IN E
TO act as escort. He had aiGE4 <3SfsSS
he'd next to the Prisoners ne .pf6 sS
and theyw old 3chunis.s ID lid lse
came before Lord Roberts IL lfia 52
been terrible strictness. but the II 5's
ton apparently seemed 10: demo IA
and Roberts did nor hesitats. III
eral court martial was ordered. 81 iSis tifY'S
man Was sentenced 10 be shot HI Sf3
taken out before the assembled y X fs s8
ments at Calcutta and died sj IGN diSl tSSE
iously with his face next TO " lid %
stone wall OF the barracks S train HI SiSsfsS
the ways Of man, This III the gSsssiisisS
general that today every. TomrriJt 1s ~
ltins In the imperial army would foil
cheerfully into the jaws of the sHis
self. Perhaps it is because Tommy
knows that there is no general 6.ssIitsS
feeds his men so we'll Perha rs lie /; isJa
because Roberts had his pay raised al
mayhap 1t is because OF the superst III b o iniSs
among the soldiery that Roberts $coviSt II
not be defeated if he Wanted 10 he. EeE@a
tainly before his arrival in Africa 3tfia Il
career of the little British field marsha l
had been such as to afford warrant foE
that superstition. m sSSS; III ~ 81
But this is not Lord Roberts, ffrsfs
visit to South Africa. In 1851 the fss4 vs.
tiyities in London 10 mark his return toy
England We're cut short by the terrihle%
news of Maiuba Hill. England Il NJ ss5
dumfounded. Roberts at once applied \.
for the command of the South African
army, but Gladstone sent out word thu "
there was to be no more bloodshcd.sS
Roberts fumed and fretted TO wipe out /
that disgrace to his flag but the oppo ~
tunity was carefully kept from hltns
He was appointed governor of Natal
1t Is true, but before he reached thes
Cape the existing Gladstone govern
ment had concluded peace arrange-
ments With the Beers and Robert5S
found himself in the land of the en- -
envy with his hands tied. He was q c.
once recalled. but he came back witf,:8
very heavy heart. The English gov
crnment, to console him, gave him 4
baronetcy and general pettlng ups
it is said. never forgave the Grand Old
Man for his treaty with Dom Paul. 81
ARTHUR j.. STRINGER.Y al
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-04
Personality OF the Military Leader Who Is Con-
Quoting the British Operations Against
the Beers In South Africa

enemy We're falling back in confusion
after the battle OF Cawnpur. retreatinc
sullenly on ruttcgurh. with Hope Grant
hanging on their heels and pressing
them hard. y little red faced young
lieutenant of artillery, feet ) of
nerve and grit. acting as q deputy as
sistant quartermaster general. was in
Hope Grants division. He had been
posted for six long years with the
mountaii, battery of the Bengal artii-
lery at Peshawur. and lie was looking
for blood. He got it. Coming up with
the enemy at Khodagunj, he caught
sight OF two tall sepoys making Off
with British rcgimrutat standard.
This did not suit the young lieutenant.
He capped spurs 10 his horse, went
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SIZE rnnAsHnp n, TME IxAIsRR..

The German emperor hos been sounds
Iy thrashed oncehsnd once only, and 10
his lasting chTgrin, his assailant was
II little girl When he was q boy OF 40,
lie and ny; brother Henry spent some
months With their tutors at Gansel. The
young princes soon attracted q crowd
of pia5'mates. among whom Was Il ttl9;
French girl One day the German chill *
dren. superior in numbers. fell on the
little French girl, the represent;ltiveSofi
a hated race, and, tying her to- g tree
amused themselves by peltints llassf itlil
pine cones and any harmless missile:
they could find. Each success fll ..sfel,
was emphasized by the CIR Don. e fos;SSI,
get Sedan!" silS *; ~ lssS 4.
The only spectator OF this cruel spur,
was a Hungarian girl. whosa iitii4E g,ins
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arc also his military onemies-is his in
coiruptib'encss. His bluff honesty has
always made him the "bctc noireN of the
arslocratic pets of the war Office This
trait honestly led him to oppose most
bitterly The scheme of his superior, Lord
Wolseley, for the reorganization OF the
short service system. Roberts strug-
gled very long and strenuously for the
long service system. lie advocated
merit as the means OF promotion, and
not birth or influence. This did not
elicit the unhoundcd affection of Wolsc-
ley, who has always looked upon the
little Irish genera! with jealous eve.
Energetic and untiri;ie and aggressive
as is Little Bobs," he is MS tender
hearted at times as Il Girl. He never
forsets The man OF the rank and file
lie always treats the nHtivc born with
velvet handed constituencies. In his
family circle he is the gentlest OF ia
theirs and husbands. Neandering about
Dublin on his bicycle he Is the most
peaceful ana quiet looking Of citizens
Vet this is the man the hill tribes of
Afghanlstan called the White Demon"
and the sepoy mothers about Cawnpur
still tell Of to their babes when they
wall in the night
Perhaps nothing will give better
idea of the man than the story of how
he won the Victoria cross. ii MAS In
The swcltrfing core Of The Mood drenca-
81 Indian mUrfITy. Thcrc hld been a
short. SHARP fight on ihc % oil January.
1858, At Il place ca!sed khodaSunj. The
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-04
A SINCERE FRIEND OF TOMMY ATKINS

Ways be the Wellington of your little
Waterloo
There is just one thing in all this
earth that Lord Roberts is afraid OF,
and that is Il cat. y black cat in partic-
ular he cannot abide. Such feline,
Sir Edwin Arnold has said, Roberts
would so five miles TO avoid.
The trait in the character OF Roberts
that lifts him head and shoulders above
his military collcagues-many of whom
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no one would
be likely to dis
turb him, the
stout and elder
, yBTme.s tvfsifhs'
to enjoy the
( + G s h evening
air, us we'll as
the lovely seem
cry OF the bay
of Naples. climb
cd into n gun
port, md, with
pipe in mouth
and legs DIM
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1hi.E is one man i'll whom the
BRUSH army believes. That man
Loro iIoperts oil Nanaahar,
o'terwise known as GeheI,i
i,ops' oops Bahauur Oh SIMPLY
nops'
according 10 Tommy ATKINS, you can
take inns same General Bops, the
captor OIL General Piet ~. CronJe, ana
STAND MN on ms head ana Spill quart
oI lead out OF MN. so many years has
lie peen accumulatinS battlefield SOU
'enirs.
See that little rcd faced man, ~
-, Ihat . Dopsi x
~ N'u'' III" m. 49, 81. noss "' 'A''
n :, h,cIs -, tinIs =, ro,r.
~ will 81. for twcn,y years
With a smile round both is cars,
Will Dobs
-
T" '''al 1 lost is place.
, 'aa ,, " n9p,i
r. OIL an itohs
'I;'s eyes all UP lis coat
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fists with That's for sSal,usSs i I; y
This juEctuse, however, the ;ta aifs 81.
reared, aud tlcl prince. " as re lens
Che seni.al OF his stnrss is ntslres ttii 81
The stiiiant Young tIttnga fia 6
;tsid went 10 llvs rs u Z:
lady told the story III this ntsruo ore BILE;
lisiit To- iisg s. fs7y
pea ed 1T to his iripsri ID L mas ssa
dor, mean 10 say that b Girl ss$
here he So ID. ss.s.
her.i A hey not rs IA
the emperor capno Mace slsls sfli n.y..
Iof5shis ono furnishing Y, sssS
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sQhu tx icSts
5brek d s,nlitlls3
Rush Il 81 & \: NJ
tRrlnes Mislil,llfs,
3tlle i,ts;slea9e:'
If as;ssty,
aM,SHS sid ioli;ss
.islIfl h:
\
s.ssais$i human |,
hisiiap
$50 p1s
5i,lg each h;a,isi
with her little
The Coconino sun., 1900-03-03
GOVERNOR MURPHY
Talks for Statehood Before the House
 Committee.

A Washington special says: Governor Murphy of Arizona appeared before the house committee on territories Mon- day and argued in support of the ter rilOry to be admit ed as Il state. The governor dwelt upon the growth and material prosperity of Arizona. and urged the need of Legislation looking h The creation of permanent form of government for the people.
 The governor made an excellent i'm pression and evidently has the com mttre with him. But whether state. hood will be granted during the pres ent session or moi Is an open question. The pas>ageof an enabling act. through the house. would certainly be followed by similar action in the senate. Tn. scnnle committee on territori.s is ready 10 report the hin any moment after the house shows q disposition to act. But there is il widespread belief that no new states will he admitted this session. Alter the elections next fail. however. action on bills admitting Arizona. New Mexico aud Oklahoma is confidently predicted. and in the event of republican success it is pr,c- tically certain that new flag will be flung to the breeze on the Fourth of July. 1901. with forty-eight instead of fori y-tive stars in its azure field.
The Coconino sun., 1900-03-03

Hams. who is now in Washington try ing Oslensibly toget the forest reserves further extended and to have all graz ing privileges denied. Now. the doe tor is d member of the Perrin Land X Cattle Company. This corpOrario isa misnomer, as it is a sheep company. Not one hoof of cattle do they own. On the other hand Dr.. Perrin is the big gest individual -heepowner in Arizona. What is hi, graft! Simply this: He holds lease on very large body of land in rhe forest reserve. This land embraces each alternate section: hence, mol being in a body. but scattered reg- ularly throughout the reserve. n will enable him to pasture the entire tract. If he has not sheep enough he can lease his lands tp others.
 Under court decisions he govern. ment cannot compel him To fence his lands. The government must allow him the privilege of grazing or fence the government lands. leaving open ings at the section corners. which would be equivalent to no fence This smooth old Ephraim is working to self ish ends. and he is trying to get the farmers of the Salt River valley to help him under the guse of protecting the forest reserve. Let any one who doubts this statement take the pains to inve.- tigaic. They will find that if the herds belonging lO the public are excluded Dr.. Perrin with his iock> will have the exclusive right to graze throughout the forests Of Northern Arizona. He Is d fraud of the first water and carries on his operations under the gui-e of being public benefactor. r.-Phoenix Enterprise.
The Coconino sun., 1900-03-03
A Smooth Article.

One of the smoothest articles operat- ing in Arizona is Dr. Perrin of Will
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other written by that governments CHIEF
law officers in French and Portuguese, OF
$40 pages: a third by a Swiss 1urtst, In
French and German, containing 266 pages,
and twenty. volumes OF evidence IN
French and Portuguese.
After their first awestruck pause In the
face OF this terrible amount OF argument
the American and British attorneys set
to work to examine and reply 10 II, and
that occupied them one whole year. their
answer being sent in November, 1879. Al
the end of another year the Portuguese
government handed In a second batch or
argument Then matters dragged along
YEARLY for two years more. during much
Of which time II seemed doubtful whether
there really was any arbitration board or
not Contrary to all precedent. the board
held practically no sittings In open court,
two of the leading British attorneys never
had an opportunity of appearing before
them, and the main issues OF the case IT.
self never were pleaded orally In their
presence. In the time that passed two OF
the arbitrator were H. one of them dam
gerousiv. which provided a new fright for
the claimants, 1t having been discovered
that no provision for such a contingency
had been made before the beginning of
the proceedings, and had he died the case
would have had to be fought all over
again. Luckily he did not die.
In 1895 the period of torpor In which the
tribunal had apparently been languishng
was broken by their announcement that
three engineering experts would be de-
sired to make report on the value OF the
land concession. Three were appointed,
all Swiss. and one OF them went to Lour-
EMO MARQUEE just at the end of 1896.
Nearly two years afferward these three
experts delivered their report. which con-
stunned 23a pages OF close type and was a
mountain OF figures and engineering
terms, a comprehension OF which was be-
yond anybody but an expert In that line.
Further skirmishng on the part of both
sides was followed by proposal on the
part of the Portuguese attorneys that In
stead of final oral pleadings resumes Of
their entire case should be handed In by
all parties. This was agreed to, and these
documents reached the arbitrators In
March, 1899 when an opaque silence fell
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erick c. Penfieid. assumed the whole re-
sponsibility OF the claim and was repre-
sented directly before the arbitration
tribunal. its counsel, ]. Trehane. a MEM
Der Of the American bar. now in London.
living in Berne practically all through
the period OF arbitration Up to the time
of his death the late Col. Bob" Ingersoil
was connected closely with the conduct
OF the American plea
The efforts of the American govern
ment bore fruit In the appointment of
Mr. Choate as distributor of the cash
awarded. but the activity of the repre-
senta,ives OF the United States did not
end here. For by the terms of the award
Mrs. Penheld would have got practically
nothing at all, for the sum given was
barely enough to pay of the first mort
gage. plus eleven years interest. As the
matter stands now. she ultimately win
receive about $3.50 900. and this amount is
their interest that the holders of the first
mortgage conceded TO the other parties
in the claim. Up to this time that action
on the part OF these men has been viewed
as to some extent philanthropic, though
they never have intimated that II was,
but II can now be explained.
II was. Of course. impossible for the
United States 70 refuse TO accept the
verdict of the arbitrators, but Mr.. Tre-
hane showed another alternative. One OF
the many amazing freaks of the Swiss
arbitrators had been a refusal TO examine
evidence gathered by Mr. Trehane as 10
the value OF the land concession made 10
Col McMurdo. which amounted to a de-
NAL OF justice to the American govern
ment. II was an action on which further
proceedings might be based. protest
on this score would. OF course. have de-
layed matters for Heaven only knows
how many years more. Consequently.
when the first bondhoiders heard that II
was the American Intention to make
protest. they hastily sought confab
with the American representative. the re-
suit of which was their offer to surren-
der Of their per cent interest, which
concession amounted TO N.l50000, of
which the American government will re-
ceive s475000 From that sum Mrs PEN
field will have to deduct the expenses of
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season, and the final seizure of the road
by an armed force I'm 1889. because that
demand was one with which the engi-
neers could not compIy-all this has been
fairly familiar to American readers.
But now that the incident Is ready to
be closed. It is possible TO tell good deal
that could not be published before. espe.
cialiy In connection with the curious po-
liticai side of the arbitration. Several
facts have come 20 light in the last few
days. which. grouped. shed a new light
on that long and stubborn battle.
American Diplomatic Victory.
One OF the points developed most clear.
ly Is that the various American adminis-
trations in the last eleven years have
played the game Of diplomacy in this
Delagoa railway business with much
more thoughtfuiness than has been
shown by the English government When
he. addressed the first mortgage holders.
the other day. their chairman. Sir Cuth-
bert Quilter, made no bones about saying
that although the British government
had protested against the seizure Of the
railway, that government often had pro-
tested when nothing came of H. He add
ed that fortunately the American govern
ment had stepped In and insisted on see
ing the affair through: otherwise, prob
ably no one interested would have re-
ceived anything at all.
James c. Blaine, then secretary Of
state. was thoroughly iisgusted when
Portugal undertook to wriggie out OF tho
damages asked by the American govern
ment IN behalf Of Col McMurdo and
when the British government seemed in
disposed 10 concern itself much with the
interests OF the British bondholders. who
had even more at stake than Col. Nc
Murdo. He telegraphed to Lord Sails
bury. asking II the British premier would
follow In case the American govern
ment insisted on international arbitra-
ton.
Furthermore. after Portugal had agreed
10 arbitration by Switzerland. the British
government practically deserted Its citi-
zens. leaving them to fight their case
alone. when the American governments
having gone into the affair on behalf Of
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had broken Its contract with him 4,
ising 70 let the Transvaa, rc,s-a 49,
build a sort OF trolley line oysr ,t.'e
course covered by the Anerir.ss.. ~ |
Col. McMurdo asked the por,nsr.ss. ~ ~
eminent II this was so ara -
most soiemnly that 1t was falls.
was true, all the same.
Col. McMurdc. satisfied. 40.
trying TO get money. but vhIs
doing so. "a his contract tirs - -
tied. asked II the Portuguese vs,,s...-
would not begin work on the rosa -
did and carried Il on a little vh,s. -
Col McMurdo, who finally haa -
sources together, took over the IVA q
paid for II thereafter.
This little incident was fort,nss. =. 7. a
portuguese government, for 49,
Swiss arhitra,ors were arranrsns Il =
award and apparently wonderins - "
earth they could let Portugal dowr n. y
they used II as peg on which IA ~.
uroit but costly argument In .uS-szS
they said; Here, Portugal 49,. a.
spent a lot OF money In berinris- i.
road. and that as Il WASN'T finished ~
she seized Il she had 10 spend mars -.
in completing It. Now, we consta.- h
that makes Portugal fin partner i. -
Deiagoa Bay road. and so, Of whss..
that original concession was wossS NJ
ought to get haiti So thew Az y
concession value at 2S oooaea frsrrs n !.
gave to the pelagoa Bay Rallrnsx -
pany one-half OF II. with interxus a
eleven years az 5 per cent, which - -
about enough 10 pay the nrss hondhoIis,s
leaving the second bondholders ma ~
shareholders with nothing with whlrA Z
console themselves beyond thu kAovi1nI
that their railway was being retained ~
worked by the Portuguese gcvernmss1
This little railroad. built by Amev,rs,
enterprise. has been a Tremendously NJ.
able asset 10 Portugal, and incident,,I, \
has cut big figure In the Transvaal q,
Being the only railroad line from n
Transvaai to the sea, most of thu -
arms. ammunition and other expog,sl
supplies came over II. inciudine ~
famous piano cases filled with rin>a /
II had not been for this railroad the n
republics would not have been able d ~
up so stifr fight. CURTIS BROW
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TT 0ABON. oct. 3s--Down in the
vaults OF the London branch
Of the Paris Bank Of Discount,
Threndneeaie street, Hes t4755.-
LIZ 90 IN gold. which forms tes-
timoniai TO American diplomacy, Portu-
RIese trickery. Boer "slirnness, British
torpor and Swiss astuteness. incidental
" that money Is strong argument In
the hands of those who say the idea OF
international arbitration Is all foolish
ness.
In few days or a few weeks at most
II is hoped 1865. 90 Of that gold will be
turned over 10 Mr.. choate, the American
ambassador. and the rest 20 Lord Sails
bury, the English premier. and they in
turn viii divide the cash among claim
ants who years and years ago spent that
money and lot more with II on the now
famous little Delagoa Bay railroad. sixty
miles long.
Those payments win wind up the larg-
est and most remarkable International
arbitration case on record. IL has drag
ged itself out over eleven years. filed
forty fat volumes OF printed evidence
and has cost the American and English
claimants over n third OF a million for
lawyers expenses The various govern
fnents involved In the business have also
spent on II time and trouble worth three
times the amount Of the total claim. and
at least three STATE departments nave
heen bored profoundly by II.
Over in America the case has been
known as the McMurdo claim. for II was
the late Col. Edward McMurdo who built
the Delagoa Bay railroad. and who sur
fered most when the railroad was seized.
The Incidents OF that seizure-the Portu-
euese governments rich concession to
Col McMurdo. In return for which the
American was to build q railway from
Iourenxo Mnrquez. on the southeast
coast OF Africa. 10 the Transvaal from
tier: the sudden discovery OF the Portu-
guese government. egged on by President
Kruger. that that frontier was nearly
mile further on than their own official
maps had located II, and through the
most difYicult country: the governments
absurd demand that the road should be
completed within eight months later.
which included the whole Of the rainy