New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-28

prominent fnancier.and strolled to the Presi,
draw His Honor into converse ton on the subject
Contrary TO our expectation he was in his usual
eternal meersc cha The Weather being Warm
sat o out on the heotG % and tef the
conversation around to the conference, and began
after our arrival. WoImarans, q member Of the
Executive, came along and our waning hopes rose;
to have broacbed BUT no. hi his arrival only sIg
dn At and ne snd
and took our leave. coming TO the conclusion.
perienee that surely things could not be very
oac he f When reaq the ne6o4k on the confer
time President KRUGER had been jocuarly reviving
was in one of the tghtest political Corners he
hfd ena that the od an e no
He cordially and uncompr0misingly detests him.
JUST oe he e wa ep 5ne %
the cabled versions of the speeches hour by hour.
other Member freqpenty made him spIutter with
and ne ked Jan tb and + %
Asquith and the Hon Philip stanhope and a few
Kriiger's rage is startling It is like the below
Ing Of an Infatuated bull It bursts out suddenly.
revived on slight provocaton. During the judicial
tee j. G.; Kotze-who by the way, is now in Cape
Iown-delivered a speech TO section of the In
cused the President of erdeavoring to suborn him
aue to the mattsr he fooWn da sa oSG wos
treated 10 one OF the outhursts referred TO- 1t was
barked out something that no enc could possibly
understand, and wound up with the observation
that kotze allegation was "a diaboical lie"
W nile ms rage lasted he repeatedly smote the
siNe mahogany table alongside of which he was
slltng with such force as TO jeopardze the decan-
TO return to the Colonial Secretary. Some weeks
Defore the BloemfOntein Conference President
Kruger made q speech at Rustenburg the strong
nold or Dopnerdom, wherein he outlined a new
Outlander policy and Incidentally accused Mr..
ChaInberIaln OF a disregard for the truth. 1t was
worthy change in the Presidents methods
several pressmen mad travelled across country to
near and general rush for the wires took place
When II was finished. But the President was eau
nous He gave orders that reports should be
telegraphed until he had scrutinized them This
reputation waited on his private secretary and
eventually reached the man himself The
pressing demands of latter-day journalism were
enlarged upon, and argument brought TO bear to
ihduce MIN to relent. He objected he questioned.
ne hesitated, he wavered then, Curekai he agreed
to trust to journalistic accuracy There was a
pause The deputation had expressed it's gratitude
ana was on the point of Withdrawing When-he
changed his mind. 1t suddenly struck him that If
d gar DIed version or misplaced sentence reached
LONDON chamberlain would be at him and credit
MIN with utterances he never dreamed of
.Ihe result was reports got away that night
Next morning they examined and counter
signed without the alteration of a world
PRESIDENT KRUGER is much to gambling-in
some forms, at all events. One day a woman called
On frn nm LOT church bazaar subscription. He
turned TO her in his abrupt way ard denounced
bazaars as swndles. "A bazaar and railing"
SAID he, ARE nothing else than gambling The
woman, accustomed to his ways, nevertheless
Pleaded hard. At last he handed her a donation
on condition that my rame does not appear in the