New-York tribune., 1900-07-14
THE PASSING THRONG.

'I received letter yesterday" said Alfred Pevs
ridge of Buffalo. the Murray Hill Hotel from
my brother in South Africa IA
PRESENT started for johannesburg SOM
SCENES AT time ago. but Is hung up at Cane
CAPE TOWN. Town. where. he says he is IiSsIv
remain until the middle of Ar
gust the first of September. as Sir Alfred Milne
viii not allow any civilians 10 enter the Transvaa1
yet the railroad 70 be used for other than min
tary purposes. He seems recOncied 10 this dal,,
however as. according % his account Cape Town
Is the gayest OF pIaces these days. and is damned
with an ever changing crowd q nctabiIlties N-ay,
arrivals fresh from nome pass through Caoe Tor,
the north now brings I'm men from the front W.
are wounded. their term Of service ended OF f5-
ing 70 Hold HeugIand. which macs fr ven -
49, SaS'nS; ll Eo' 90 say gEclt..s have Just returned
Eess and pleasure trip. The Exposition IS In ~
overruu with Americans-It seemed 70 r-e +Ss-
We're more there than there are here in Nev-Yo-,
can't turn around in London In these d5y1
without running into an Ame-ic9n-"
A. Y. Ford a civil engineer. now os ron5o,
who was IN the TTansvasI az yEe time % D.
Jarneson's raid. in speaking o.
AN INCIDENT II yesterday at the WaIdorr
OF JAMESOE'S Astoria. said
RAID '.Iameyon,s raid va -h mo-,
ureSpIainabIe thing and cs1
only be accounted for the theory that f7
mad desire to further his own political ambition,
he lost his head and cooked the whole KEITH. of
fish for Rhodes the Reform Committee and everv
one else concerned. by crossing the border when
II was to every ones interest for him TO stay on
the other side
zone thing in connection with f. o. which Won
may have heard ana which was famous AZ ire
time. was the ride o. Lieutenant EIof. who went
on to investigate the ruU1OT that Jameson had
arrattI i rei, s az, .isI.,' - ] al,i Jaill promptly
a rafl n ia nr.~e .rrI
from the sFof v-rere tre ir[l-l fos, BIN move
hours. This El0ff GiI but his troopers concerning
whom Jameson knew HothiEg, as c5=y were e1aceu3
tratcd hehird q kopie had IN rh mean time spread
themselves I'm all directions and warned ana
aroused the burghers when Eioff was arrested"
''As soon as the two hours were uo ETo~ -,
turned to Krugersdorp which he mad- by a mar
veIous ride OF thirteen hours Thus
GOT HIMSELF he was almost continuously il the
ARRESTED saddle for forry--igb- hours an
FINALLY almost unparalleled physical feat
But all be accomplished really vas
TO get himself arrested Fer lt wa~ his men t1a-
warned the Beers aad male James0n's raiI ne
ptIful failure it resolved itself into. rat1k he
thrashed yet. and that they vii make the Trans
EaaI pretty uncomfortable place lor taa British
be that they must lose bur England in attaining
that end has still a heavy price TO pay.
George Wortz, of Pittsburg in speaking yes
terday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel Of the recent
tremendous increase in Industrial
A BIT securities told The following story.
OF SHARP "One of the prominent operators
PRACTICE who engIueered one OF the biz
steel deals last year one day re-
ceived letter from professional man in z West
city. The letter said that this man had as
an investment bought 40 shares Of this par
ticUlar stock at 20; that the stock was at
20 and the consequent loss OF 5000 had
pretty nearly ruined him; that he had bought
the stock because of the fnancier's connection
with it. and then the letter wound uQ with
appeal 10 the steel n1agn3te 10 help him cut. The
Wall Street investigated rur story. aS-er-
tanned. as he thought. that il was true and wrote
the other that II he would send the 80 shares
10 his broker ne would take il up at a. the
price originally paid for IT, This done and
later the operator discovered that the stock had
been purchased the day il was delivered 10 him,
and that the story OF the original purchase was
a myth How was that for a bit of sharp prac-
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