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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02
FOR SALE-RANCH PROPERTY

Coz SALE-Ffns Improved farm OF 80
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Write or call for full particulars. Real Es-
tate & Rental Agency. 81 N Oregon ST.
Hora ce r. Chase. Mgr
Tor SALE-A 130o-acre ranch. IL miles
I north Of San Marcial. N NJ; splendid
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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

COk SALE-A SIX rO0 IN house; q I mOJern
7 improvements. Two lots. Terms rea-
souable. Possession given at once. Real
Estate & Rental Agency. Bill N. Oregon.
Horace Chase Mgr.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE
IMPROVED

COR SALE-House, five rooms with bath,
op Mesa Ave; close in fine location
price $1,000; terms. John A. Happier. Real
Estate Mills Bldg
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

COR SA LE- House, i've rooms with BATH
! on Magoffju Ave-: two lots; fine location;
price $500. John A. Happier, Real Estate
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

DR.. Reum, lady physician; confne-
ments and diseases of women and chill
dren especially: electricity scientifical-
ly used. Plaza Block.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

COUTHEAST CORNER on North Stanto
y street. fine lots, with modern 6-rooI
house; has ample room for another building
lots being l20 feet south front. Horace T
stevens Real Estate and Insurance
New-York tribune., 1900-05-08
law does not compel him to appoint the senior

law does not compel him to appoint the senior
officer, however When the contemplated change
is effected every officer in the Army above the
rank of major will be in competition for these
choice places. and distinguished men OF ability
can be rewarded by transfer to vacancies at the
head of these bureaus.
1t is a radical change that the Senate pro-
poses nevertheless, 1t is ndorsed in every quar-
ter except by the staff. Instead Of two practi-
calIy distinct establishments now. the Army
and the staff Of the future will become one in
fact as we'll as in name. In truth, the staff Of
ficer now is too secure in an easy place TO be at
his best. The change will tend to invigorate
both branches of the service But unfortu-
nately. it is TO be gradual-very slow in fact
In other words, the incumbents hold on until
the last one of each corps affected by the law
is eliminated by death or retirement, their
places being filled as they occur by transfers to
the lowest grade OF each Under this limita-
ton. an examination of the Army retiring list
shows that the evolution from the old TO the
new system will not be completed before 1925.
Nor can any marked benefit accrue from it for
several years; the first vacancy in the Adjutant-
Generals office, for instance, will not occur
until year hence. 1t follows that the military
establishment is not TO be violently shaken up
by the suddenness OF the transition.
AS the Army is for the benefit of the country
and not of the Army. it is to be regretted that
this excellent reform cannot go into effect at
once. The increase in the corps of West Point
cadets and changes in the artillery arm, particu-
larly the addition Of 5000 to its rank and file,
were wise provisions. The addition of 1S4
artillery officers apparently unnecessary,
because upon the muster out Of the troops after
July l. 1901, under the present law, there will
be large surplus of officers available for every
purpose-not only for the artillery, but for de-
tails to the staff. This points to the only objec-
tionable feature in the bill. 1t maintains the
steady drift toward military official expansion.
which we have often condemned. Nobody can
object 10 the personal reward Of both Generals
Miles and COrbin; they deserve it. Yet to ac-
complish this the Senate has, besides over two
hundred minor officers, created two grades
of high rank and increased pay, without giving
will doubtless be the promotion of every bureau
chief from brigadier TO MAJ jor- general.
The bill also provides for another military
bureau. 10 be called the Veterinary Corps, of
thirty-six additional staff officers with q chief
ranking colonel. Horse doctors are undoubt-
edly an Army necessity, but a nucleus this
looks like pretty large machine for its purpose.
chief be satisfied TO remain a colonel at Wash
ington, surrounded he will be by the other
staff brigadiers? 1t is to be feared from past
examples that he will begin to leg" at once for
his reward.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-08
THE DRAMA.
THEATRICAL INCIDENTS.

The return of Mss Julia MarlOwe. who appeared
last night at the Harlem Opera House. Barbara
Frietcnie. puts within the public reach a well
tried source Of innocent pleasure. Miss MarIoxe
an imaginative actress and capable Of passion and
power, exceeds, in herself. the character that sh.
to impe-so late: her denotenents OF woman
like caprice, impetuosity. fidelity and heroism ar.
sympathetic and potential. and she certainly haz
lifted light part to dignifed Importance by acting
it with sincerity force and grace. Miss Narlows
will remain the Harlem Opera House through
out the week. Henry Irving EueT. Terry and rhs
London LyCeum company viii appear there next
Monday in 'Robespierre- IL should be remem-
bered by playgoing people that the last Opportu-
mites of seeing Henry Irving and Ellen Terry will
occur nex. week These renowned actors viii
make their last appearance in America on Friday
evening. May Is in The Merchant OF Venice"
They in Milwaukee on the last thres
nights OF this week they will be iE Philadelphia
Miss Blanche Walsh and Mr. Melbourns Mac
dOwell acted in the Grand Opera House last night
presenting Sardous well known drama OF Cleo
patra." and giving an effective performance OF
painful play. Particular description OF Cleo
patra would be superhuous- VI iss Walsh and
Mr. Mcdowell will present Fedora "Wednesday
afternoon Another reproduction accomplished last
night is that Of Lady BOuntifuI' which was
tastefully ard brightly acted by Mr.. H. Y Dom
nellys players the Murray Hill Theatre. The play
of '.Borderside.'' current at the Lyceum Theatrs.
with Miss Virginia Calhoun in its principal part viii
be put TO sleep next Saturday night after career
OF weeks The Of The Great Ruby at
the Fourteenth Street Theatre. Hearts Are
TrUmps." at the Garden, Way Down East" al
the Academy. and ''Ben-Hur" at the Broadway
will also close with the present week.
Mr.. Proctor began variety business last night a.
the Fifth Avenue Theatre. with good. strong bill
and good house. Mr.. Seabrooke. an actor os
positive talent and versatility is conspicuous among
nue. Theatre starts auspiciousy upon IT'S
career
New-York tribune., 1900-05-08
PERSONAL.

One day last week the Public Library Of New
buryport Mass. received $4,000 flom John Rand
Spring Of San Francis9o: and 800 by the VIII OF
The Rev. DR.. ]. Wheaton Smith. of Philadelphia.
whose death is announced was pastor emeritus OF
the Spruce Street Baptist Church. Of that city
He was one of the best known Baptist ministers
in Pennsylvania, and at different times was a
member of the Executive Committee of the Bible
and Publication Society. member OF the Board OF
Foreign Missions of the Board of Trustees of the
Grocer Theological Seminary and of the Lewisburg
University. and corresponding secretary OF the
Pennsylvania General Baptist Association. He was
also active in the establishment and existence OF
the Young Mems Christian Associatio He TOOK
out Staof o the IN v Mr the one Of
leading spirits in the Christian Commission, and
the battles of the wilderness During his life he
travelled considerably in the United States and
Palestine . and nd Syria Among his published works
are nhe LIE M 9I John T: urozer: OF uPisanGi ana
ness
New-Orleans. May Professor Edwin A Alder
man, for some years past president of the Unver
sity of North Carolina and one Of the most proni-
presidency of Tulane University.
William A. Proctor has given the University
of Cincinnati the dramatic library and the valuable
Shakespeare collection made by the late Enoch T.
Carson. All his life Mr. Carson student OF
Shakespeare, and his collection included sixty
three editions of the great masters works. Among
them there is a Boydell. probably the finest copy
in the country The Hallwell-Phillip edition.
the Kinney Meadows edition, knights. the
Ben Jonson, Golfers, and the last Cambridge
edition in nine volumes, well the limited edt-
ton. large type. in forty Volumes are also among
the precious editions of the collection. Unique
among the volumes is the Burton collection, which
consists of forty-three portfolios, collected ana
Illuminated by the famous actor William +. Bur
ton, and bought by Mr.. Carson after the actors
death. is estimated that this set cost Mr. Burton
$4,000. The books on the drama include the lives
actors, histories of the histories or play
houses. etc. and these. together with the WORKS OF
and concerning Shakespeare consist of about 1885
Volumes
Nj. Delcasse. Frances Minister of Foreign Affairs
is the democratic member of the Cabinet not
excepting the avowed Socialist Millerand He is
very of stature, blunt. coarse, unattracttve
of feature and generally badly dressed He is well
liked by his associates, however, and Is respected
as a hard worker and a clear thinker. He has
lasted through three Ministries.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-08
ARNY REPRESENTATIONS.

The Army Reorganization bill, which passed
the Senate the other day with such unexpected
ease and SO little criticism, is particularly COM
mendable in the feature providing for a decided
change in our staff system. The proposed re-
form is founded on the desirable principle of
greater harmony between the staff and line
which, events OF the war proved is now al
most wholly lacking. The Senate remedy is one
suggested long since by military experts, and
advocated by The Tribune. The House should
at once take up and speedily pass the measure.
The essential difference between the present
system and that proposed in Senator Proctor's
bill is that hereafter six of the principal staff
corps cease To be permanent When future va
cancies occur they TO be filled upon a promis-
ing interchangeable scheme of temporary trans
fers from the line. Under the present hide
bound system, supplemented by laws compel
ling promotion by seniority, the fortunate officer
who gets his foot on the lowest rung of the staff
ladder is bound ultimately TO arrive at the top
if he live. no matter how much OF a dullard he
may be- Merit adaptability has nothing to
do with his progress. These transfers are for a
specific term Of four years. at the end of which
period the sometime staff officer resumes his
duty in the line, and below the rank of lieuten-
ant-colonel is not eligible for detail again until
after an interim Of two years This plan gives
opportunity for long needed elimination-to be
rid OF dead wood. An officer totally untitled for
staff work might be very serviceable in another
department So. too, officers of the line who
would be brilliant staff men now never have
opportunity for the display of their talents
Under the Proctor scheme, after tentative
period. the staff bureaus can command the best
talent in the Army. The change in the law will
also give wider scope of selection in the ap-
pointment Of staff chiefs. Now either by law
or long established usage the President is com
PEELED TO choose from the narrow circle of the
given corps. and almost invariably promotes its
senior officer 10 the vacancy. matter how lit
tie fitted he may be for the great trust The
New-York tribune., 1900-05-08
Business Noiices.
letp2lnrk Dailp Gribr,te
TUESDAY, MAY s. 1900
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-The advance of the British army
continued, Lord Roberts's forces having entered
smaldeel and the troops of General Hamilton.
on the east, entering Winburg. - The Beers
are reported 10 be retiring on kroonstad. -
Generals Paget and Hunter Joined forces. the
Beers being driven out Of Warrenton and the
British troops encamping on the northern bank
Of the Vaal. - A great reception was given
TO the naval brigade OF the cruiser Powerful
which reached London General Young
ported that Aguinaldo is in Northern Luzon, and
requests reinforcements TO crush the rebellion;
TWO attacks by natives in the Visayans were re-
pulsed. - Both houses OF the Swedish Par
lament voted a large sum for home defence.
CONGRESS.-Senate: Mr.. Teller spoke in ad-
vocacy of his resolution Of sympathy with the
South African Republics: the Naval Appro-
priation bill considered, notice being given
that the armor plate provision would be dis
cussed in secret session. - House: Mr..
Sulzer attempted TO call up his pro-Boer reso-
luton, but the Speaker refused to recognize him
for that purpose, bills amending the pension
laws and increasing the appropriation for the
National Guard to S1,0000O0 were passed.
DOMEsTIC.-Governor Roosevelt has decided
that the New-York State Naval Militia shall
- Recruiting for the Army is soon to be
resumed men being wanted to fill vacancies in
the regiments serving in the Philippines. -
Arguments Of counsel Were begun in the Cueur
d'Alene investigation before the House Commit
tee on Military Affairs. - By the fall Of a
business building in Kansas City seven per-
sons were injured, and by the fall Of house
in St Louis two persons We're killed. -
Governor Roosevelt will leave Albany this morn
ing for Washington where he is expected to
confer with Republican leaders regarding the
Nice-Presidency- - Memphis celebrated the
visit Of Admiral Dewey to that city by a floral
parade and a ball, at which great enthusiasm
was displayed. - The fact that THE Daily
Christian Advocate" was sold Sunday stirred
IN the Methodist General Conference in Chi
caso. and aroused discussion. which extended
TO editors of the official papers Of the de-
nomination. - Active preparations were con-
unued for the two Populist conventions to meet
respectively In Sioux Falls and in Cincinnati
tomorrow.
ClT9--Stocks were weak and dull An
agreement was effected by which the Otis Ele-
Nator Company will reimburse the American
Tract Society for accidents to the elevator in
its building. - EX-Judge Dillon gave Con-
troHer Coler an opinion the Davis Law,
and IL was decided to appoint a treasurer under
the Board Of Education. - Henry SeIigman
and Frederick Strauss resigned directors of
Steel and Wire on account Of John w. Gates's
course in remaining chairman.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Cloudy, with showers The temperature yester-
day: Highest, ga degrees: lowest 40; average,
55k-
New-York tribune., 1900-05-08
DISCREDITING THE BOERS.

Mr. Webster Davis surpasses even Mr. Mon
tagu White in the extravaganza of his utter
ances in behalf of the Beers. Mr.. White was
content with saying the President of the United
States should be forced to do as the Beers want
him TO do. Mr.. Webster Davis tells in detail
how that forcing should be done The Irish and
German voters in the United States are to unite
in a sort Of political blackmail performance,
threatening ruin 10 any man any party that
declines 10 do their bidding.
1t was fitting that he should in the same
breath praise as the bravest Irishmen he ever
saw the nameless miscreants who broke the
laws OF the United States. broke their own aths
and violated the sanctity of the Geneva Cross
by getting from the United States into the
1ransvaal as Red Cross nurses and instantly
New-York tribune., 1900-05-08
HUSIC.
ROBIN HOOD REVIVAL.

At the knickerbocker Theatre last night the
ment of their entertainment. Reginald De koven's
Robin Hood was given. the best work he has
ever produced. and one that holds it's own against
the rdvages OF time in a way that few operettas o.
home production at least capable Of doing. II
showed last evening much of IT'S old time popularity
no little OF which is owing the excellent per-
formance OF II by the BostOnians- If there are
traditions for Mr.. De Koven's masterpiece. doubt
less they are all conserved in this performance
and will be handed down TO posterty as such. Last
evening it went with admirable spirit and pre-
cision. with intelligence in almost every feature.
with much good singing the part of principals
and chorus and TO the accompaniment of q Iarss
orchestra, which IT would have been a pleasure to
hear had Mr.. De Koven only scored a little more
mercifully for the brass and the bass drum The
singers have all been heard in the recent perform
ance OF The Ficeroy," except Mr.. John DUns-
more. bass. who sang the part OF VIII Scarlet
with admirable voice Mr.. Barnabee's unctuous
drollery the Sheriff of Nottingham Mr.. MacDon-
AIDS Little John and Mr.. Rushworth's Robin Hood
all received the tribute OF high appreciation Miss
Van Dresser as Alan-a-Dale was a pleasure 10 the
eye, though her vocal achievements were not on so
high level OF the others Neither is Miss
Bertram's Maid Marian altogether a delight on
account Of her conventional stage method. There
large audience that demanded many repeti-
tions.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-08
When he calls halt in campaign he has a

When he calls halt in a campaign he has
reason for so doing 1t is safe to assume that
the stop will last no longer than is necessary
and that the forward movement, when 1t is re-
sumed, will. because of that very stop. be all
the more swift. sure and effective. There is
the difference between the man who knows
and the man who thinks he knows Lord Rob
erts knows.
The whole war has been on historic ground
but none of it more than that of the present
time. Thaba Nchu is the spot where Cert
Maritz and Piet Retef-after both of whom
Pietermaritzburg was named-pitched their
camp and made treaty with Moroko chief of
the Baralongs. in the days of the Great Trek. 1t
was near that place that they fought Mosele-
katse, the great savage chieftan who gave
them more trouble than any one else. save per
haps Dingaan. 1t there that Maritz one of
the abest Afrikanders of his time, made
Governor and organized the first Boer State.
1t the banks of the Vet River-Gy Koup
or Vet Riviere they called it-that the emigrant
farmers quarrelled among themselves and were
divided into three factions, with disastrous re-
suits. One party would settle where they were
in the rich plains from which they had driven
the Amazulus. A second set out to join Louis
Triechard in the Transvaal, beyond the Kip
River The third led by the brave Retief, made
for what is now Natal, intending. they said
Ito establish a settlement the same prin-
'ciples of liberty those adopted by the United
States of America" The pioneers of the last
named party, including Retief. We're massacred
to the last man. by Dingaan and his Zulus
whereupon Maritz rallied the remainder and
marched on for vengeance. Maritz himself died
the march, but Andres Pretorius took his
place and effected the great revenge of Din
gaans Day"
Such are the historic associations of the Vet
River and the part of the Orange State in
which the WIZ is now raging.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-08
TAUDEFILLE AT FIFTH AVENUE.
CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCES BEGIN IN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OTHER ENTER
TAINMENTS.

The Fifth Avenue Theatre is now converted into
variety house. on the continuous plan. 1t began
its new career yesterday, under the MANAGEMENT
of F. F. Proctor. The place was crowded all day.
and IL was not surprising that It should be. con-
siderins the novelty OF the venture and consider
ing the programme which was offered It is TO
pc De feared that sueh bills as that OF the present
made paying one But doubtless Mr. Proctor is
as possible. and doubtless it will raise dust for
TINS week at all events Thomas Q. Seabrooke Iade
written Written foT the TG SSGasi09 b. George He6ar and
assisted by Jeannette Lowrie. The Earl OF
Yarmouth appeared in a character sketch entitled
rCrazed" assisted by Louise Galloway and r c;
Turner Other numbers We're sager N1idgley and
boNI CaEnSe I IN the juvenile sketch A,Jes Is
Mitchell Newell and Shevette in a bar perform
Fields Coakiey and Huested. in a singing sketch.
and the Tambouritzka Croatan Orchestra
At Proctors Twenty-third Street Theatre yestsr-
day Della Fox made her first appearance An
other novelty was the appearance of Junius Brutus
Booth. in a comedietta, "A Conjugal Crisis
Giners Reri were the Musical JShnst2ns sveFn s sna
oaSWen snS 6n and Arnold the kalatechnoseSpe tranN
The Palace had its usual assortment OF vaude
vile specialties yesterday. Among them were
George Neville and his company. La Fafalla. Billy
Brothers rIa Martina fna eT 1Se 5s Nfan ro silly
and Madrid Jackson and the kalatechnoscope
Tally Ho.' the new operetta began It's last week
at the Eden Musee last evening. New moving
pictures from South Africa shown. Ins
programme, both afternoon and evening, during Tue
week. will he interesting.
AT keith's Union Square Theatre yesterday ths
entertainment was provided by Helene Mora, John
Z. Rice and Sally Cohen. Louise Thorndyke Bouei-
cault and James Horne. Joe Welch Zeno. Carl aila
Zeno. Sam Marion and the Mccoy Sisters. Frooes,
and Ruge. Max Unger, the biosraph; Terry an aas
Alma, Phillips and Maynon. the three Mur,eg
brothers. Mr.. and Mrs Stuart Darrow. Alfred o'e.'
ruck and Ahern and Patrick.
The audiences at Tony Pastors yesterday were
amused by Wills and Loretta. George Evans th0
Stewart Sisters the Flood Brothers. Miss Norm-
Wills and her company. Condit and Morey, fuA
and Foxie, Murphy and Willard. the Grahalls. -
Camo. Howard and Linden. the Mutually Ssts'~
the yitagraph and Tony Pastor.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-08
ANOTHER BRITISH RUSH.

1t was frequently remarked in the earlier and
less prosperous days of the British campaign
in South Africa that it a great mistake TO
suppose that an intrenched Boer camp could be
rushed" as though it a Gold Coast vii
lage. There was much sapience in the remark.
as Sir Redvers Butler. Lord Methuen and other
British commanders presently discovered. Yet
as matter of fact the whole British advance.
under the greatest of British commanders is
being effected in a series of rushes. There was
first that memorable rush upon Kimberley,
which sent General Cronje reeling back from
his siege OF that city in confusion. There
next the fierce rush across the Orange veldt in
pursuit of the fleeing Beers. After pause not
without result, there was a third, to and into
Bloemfontein. At the latter place there was
long delay: but now the British troops are on
the rush again. and have swept with n single
impulse 10 the north Of the Vet River half way
10 Kroonstad. Whether the rush has spent
itself, and another period of immobilty will
ensue or there will be still further sweepings
forward is 10 be seen. The fact is that q sub
stantal gain has been made
And that fact will reconcile the British public
further waiting, If waiting there must he.
They are beginning 10 understand that Lord
Roberts does not sit down TO play checkers.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-08

thereafter becoming soldiers in the field. We
should suppose that such dastardly conduct
would meet with the approval Of any one who
wants to prostitute the political interests of his
own country to the exigencies of an alien cause.
But we do not think brave and honorable
Irishmen, here or elsewhere, will greatly relish
such an insult to their race Nor do we think
that such advocacy as that of Mr.. Daviss
speeches will commend the Boer cause to sane
and patriotic mon In fact there are few things
that could more dscredit the Beers than gem
eral acceptance of what Mr.. Davis says in their
behalf.