The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-19

tves Sulzer and Robinson. has been named
to confer with the President and with
Secretary Hay, relative to the mission of
the ENJOYS.
Today the envoys will rest at the hotel
until about O'Clock. when they VIII go
out for a ride over the city. Tomorrow
morning they will attend the First Pres
byterian Church TO heat a sermon by the
Rev. DIR. Donald Mcleod. In the evening
they will attend the pro-Boer meeting at
the Grand Opera House. and Commission
ers Fischer and Wolmarans will speak.
Representative Sulzer will preside. There
will be short talks by him, former Repre-
sentative Bourke Cochran, Senators Mason,
Wellington. Allen. and Teller. and Repre-
sentatives De Almond. gasa. Shafroth, and
Clark of Missouri. The meeting, 1t Is an
nounced will be political and there
will be no attacks upon President Nc
kinley or the Administration.
double quartette. consisting of veter
ans OF The civil war, will sing the Boer
national anthem. and Mrs. Edith Wooder
son Lamb will deliver dramatic reading,
The Rising in ''s, just after commis-
sioner Fischers address. The invocation
will be by Rev DR.. Stafford, of st.
Patrick's Catholic Church.
Abraham Fischer. the chief of the ENJOYS.
holds the double position of Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for
the Transvaal and for the Orange Free
State. He is man of almost patriarchal
dignity, who although only fifty years
-ld. has hoary hair and long
white beard. His clear. white skin
and general demeanor would never
lead one to suspect him other than
of European birth. Nevertheless, the
chief OF the delegation now at the Capt.
tai In hopes OF American aid, is an
Afrfkander born and bred. Nieuwpoort
was his birthplace, and he was educated
at Cape Town. AS lawyer he has at
tained unusual distinction and is &C
counted the best turist that the Veldt
Republics have produced. He is now
member OF the Free State Executive
Council, and his home is at Hilldale, near
Bloemfontein. He took a stirring
ing up TO the war. He has
excellent knowledge of English. aud
served as interpreter at the famous con-
ference between Dom Paul and Sir Ed
ward Milne. He is not only the
Lead OF the ENJOYS, but is 'hcir spokes-
ran as well, and the ENJOYS have taken
little action since their arrival without
consulting him.
C. H. Vessels. representing the Free
State as its special ambassador on :she eX-
pedition, is President CT the Volksraad. and
he lives near Bloemfontein. Sturdi-
ness and simplicity are his chief
characteristics, and he has all the
vigor which one expects of the Beers. As
a politician he has reached distinction, and
has done much work in bringing about iEe
closer amalgamation of the Dutsh Repub-
lies. He is thoroughly impressed with the
need of progress. and has taken part in 'h2
extension of the railways of the Free
State.
The Transvaal envoy, A d. w Wolmir-
ans, is a robust, vigorous burgher, who 1t
forty-seven is now in the very prime OF his
life. He is a member of distinguished
family: the Wolmaranses have always b. en-
prominent in the government of the Re
public Until recently he was memser
of the Transvaal Volksraad, but on The
death CT his brother he was chosea to oe-
cupy the seat formerly held by the other
in the Executive Council. He lives in the
Nagalies Mountains, about forty mills
above Pretoria.