New-York tribune., 1900-05-02
THE PASSING THRONG

There have been curious things going q,
of late In connection with the South African war"
said c. A. Gordon-Armitage ~
MYSTERIES London at the Waldorf Astoria
IN THE yesterday 1T will be remembered
WAR. that Cecil Rhodes a short tine ago
came out with a bitter attack On
the generals then in South Africa that aroused a
storm of criticism and adverse remark but which
later died away when General Lord Roberts's IA
nous dispatch OF Censure was published Whether
Rhodes knew whereof he spoke and that the dis
patch in question was forthcoming. or whether il
due in part good luck and in part his
wonderful acuteness that he made the criticism
when he did. must rest in doubt. but there Is nc
question that his position is greatly strengthened
by the publication of Lord Roberts's dispatch
Then there is the controversy that Rhodes had
after that CITY had beeD raiievsd that bad HOOD
existed between the two. but what IL that
started the row the public has yet not been
more luxuries than his fellow prisoners. He is not
that sort OF a man. and the trouble must have
ominous suppression Of the name Of the officer re-
is apDarentIv an oDsn secret viii IIItir1sraIv -
revstsd fn h. on ~ ,b Prince - ~ ,si * Slc5
now serving with the army there. Altogether.
seem TO have our share Of the mysterious and
explainable in this fight. which it is TO be hoped
will be ultimately cleared up"
''Jameson's IS no longer 20 conture with"
continued Mr. Gordon-Armitage. and in this war
he mas justly reaped what ne had
NO PLACE sown. for there has not been any
FOR place for him and il Is rightly so
JAMESON for Of all he is the re-
sp5nSibIe for the failure OF the ef-
forts of the Reform Committee. which by his pre-
cipitate action in crossing the border
than nullihed. for had he been TO bide his
time at Mafeking this present had never been-
He may therefore offer his services In
many places, and ne will always ind that those
services are not needed
Cecil Rhodes, an intimate friend OF his told
me rI6 s dt b tyf 5 Is a3' 40 All I n an "d "e & su
: nov laT gdr as
for long time ye', and TO such man as Rhodes
entail IS the worst thing that could possibly hop
zen zen Alfred Belt Belt who as you may nave heard Is
probably to-day OF the richest in the
that the end Of the war was not yet even in sght
1t isn't very cheerful in England just now, but II
fgh, when did for it will give a val
liable lesson and teach thar ighting 'niggers'
and alien races for generation is possibly not the
f, SeFy best way after all for training an army foT
that the lesson taught by the Transvaal war =
Is once more restored
F. Augustus Heinze, the copper king OF Butte.
"ho has been thorn In the side Of those repre-
senting the Amalgamated Copper
HEINZE's Company, left New-York for Mon
WONDERFUL. tana last Sunday afternoon after a
SUCCESS. months stay in this city. Mr.
.Heiuze could be persuaded
make any statement for publication previous
his departure. but IL is learned that
stant communication with representatives OF the
Amalgdmated people. In the great legal fight that
is now being waged over the Butte camp. Mr. Heinze
employs no less than twenty-eight law firms and
more than sixty already the doCkets
of the Montana courts, Il sufficient number last
for fifty years. prominent lawyer from Butte
remarked the other day should no compromise be
effected. Heinze's last offer 10 the AmaIgamated
was said TO have been $25.0d0,Olo, d % per cent
interest in the entire combine. and TO put In as
manager. with complete control Later. when ap-
unteered the information that il would advance
soyto.to every time price asked for.
Ten years ago Henze. graduate of the Columbia
school Of Mines. supplemented by a course in Ger
many. sought the Butte camp with other in
nuence behind him than an unCOnquera ble ambition
ana constitution OF iron coupled with a
mlnat1On TO succeed that enabled him TO work
Lntringly- Then now. the Anaconda, with Marcus
DAILY at its helm, and ". A. Clark he
leading and dominant influences OF Butte camp
ana so firmly entrenched they that IL was
not thought that third factor could seriously
enter the field and that all future discoveries must
fall into the lap Of one the other OF the two
copper kings. Yet ten years later. as the result
or modern science, coupled with marvellous brain
and an untiring ability 10 work. Fritz Henzs
lndS hlmSelf at th1rty-One in control OF
IN Butte valued at from sS0.000000 s5OOo.O9o.