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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-06

A PAINTER AT THE FRONT.
Mortimer Menpes' Experiences With
the Army in South Africa.

M 0rtlnef MenpeS Experiences with
the Army in South Africa.
With the instinct for actuality which
is supposed to be possessed by the jour
nalist alone, Mr. Menpes, the we'll
known painter, started for the battle
fields of South Africa on a portrait
painting expedition. He arrived at the
front In the nick of time. The fortunes
of war had just begun to incline our
way He was at Paardeberg and Pop
lars Grove; he entered Kimberley Pole
Carew and the Guards Brigade on Lord
Roberts famous march to Bloemfon-
tein; saw lots of fighting; went round
to have a look at Ladysmith. and got
sittings from Sir Alfred Milner-"the
busiest man in Africa"-on his way
home Here he Is, in his wonderful
japanese house In Cadogan Gardens,
with hundreds of sketches of all sorts
in his studio, upon which he is now at
work for an autumn exhibition, which
should draw the town. What strikes
one in listening to this enterprising ar
lists stories Of his adventures Is the
agreeable complaisance of his distin-
guished sitters, and the time they were
good enough to give him amid the thun-
derings of the battlefields,
well, what is battle like, Mr.
Menpes?" | asked the painter
disappointing; one man and a puff
of smoke. The pictures in London Of
shells bursting and hand to hand fights
are very fine, but, we'll, never mind,
from the painters point OF view the
battle is played out"
The painter nevertheless gave me a
most exciting verbal picture of the rear
guard action which the flying Beers
fought at Poplars Grove. After the at
fair at Paardeberg French with his
cavalry pursued the flying Beers, and
was almost successful in catching kru-
ger and Steyn. The action was
watched from the top Of a high kopte
by Lord Roberts, Lord Kitchener. Sir
Hector Macdonald, with the staff Our
painter had also secured a good place,
and thence got some fine impressions.
He says it was one Of the prsttiest
sights imaginable to see first French
circling around the Beers, and then the
Beers circling around French THE
finest thing I ever saw" said that fine
soldier Macdonald. THE Beers are
splendid" Then he described how
Bobs' was the coolest man on the
1opje, the only sign Of excitement he
showed being the scratching of the
quick of one finger with the tip of an
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it was chld's play-easy country-no
enemy. Here a fearful country and a
brilliant enemy. Nov, how far do you
think that kopje is off?"-pointing to
hilloek which appeared quite close, but
which was really some miles off, MT.
| Menpes was aware Of the deceptive ma
ture of the country, and said So
well" continued Sir Hector, you
would think 1t was an easy thing for
me to take my brigade there, wouldn' t
you? And ii looks flat country between
US, doesn't it? Yet there ten thousand
| Beers could conceal themselves in that
wayy plain"
| When he was painting Mr. Rhodes
| they discussed art and gardening. Mr.
Menpes had visited his gardens at Cape
| Town, and the first question Mr..
Rhodes asked was how they looked.
Mr. Menpes congratulated him on the
| artistic way in which he had grouped
| his flowers In great clusters, and
amused him by contrasting this big
way of gardening with the back gar
den of poor LondonSuburbia. 1t Is not
surprising to hear that a man who
thinks in continents should complain
that his wild beasts in his compound at
the Cape are skimped for room to roam
in "They want acres" he cried.
acres, and a marble platform to walk
on, You can't see 'em now" Then he
went on to describe the Sieve-ave.
which is being put in hand to comment
crate the siege of Kimberley. 1t Is to
be a mile longs, there win be room for
four-in- hand to drive through it; it will
be mainly an avenue of vines, which
will form an arched vault of grateful
shade; on either side Will be rows of
pepper trees, orange trees and eucalyp-
tus, the last on the outside to protect
its tenderer comrades. In the center
will rise 81 beautiful monument of mar
BILE columns each holding a sphinx.
The only question which perturbed Mr.
Rhodes was whether the clustered col
umns should be rooted or open to the
winds OF heaven. Time will settle it.
But it will be big thing, be sure,
when Mr. Rhodes has done with 1t. He
has a fruit farm near Cape Town. He
ordered a village to be built for the
Kaffirs. 1T was built and he came to
see it. He came, he saw, he was
pleased Il like it, he said. Build
another" That was all.
Mr. Menpes tells good story of
Rhodes and Kipling. Rhodes was
showing Kipling a view from his es
tate, when he suddenly noticed three
apple trees in the way Without a
word he rushed to cottage. 1t was
shut. The door was locked. He burst
1t open, He seized an axe. He cut off
the heads of the offenders. He re-
turned to the great author: There!
now You can see It'll. e., the glorious
view. The great author said nothing.
He rushed down to the tree, picked up
an old rag, hung if on bleeding
stump. He returned to the side Of his
host. What the What's the
meaning of that" said Mr. Rhodes
For perfect beauty you must have
blot on the landscape. That's my
blot" "Oh!" growled Mr.. Rhodes,
"Oh!
And there ended his first lesson.
Mr.. Kiplng's head is still on.
Mr.. Kipling swears that the future Of
South Africa depends upon the camel.
Mr.. Rhodes will have 1t that 1t is a
question of grass OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
-camel-ding dong the famous pair
went at It, So the story goese.--Lon-
don News.
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! Early this morning six men will be
released from their imprisonment OF
two days in the mammoth new gas res
| ervoir of the Milwaukee Gas light COM
pany For the time they have not been
able to leave their solid iron cell, have
slept there and have eaten in darkness
only broken by the candle-like flames
OF their lanterns. They only desisted
from their hammering on the iron walls
Of the big tank when it was time to
sleep, or when a sudden pencil of light
shot into the darkness from the roof of
their prison, showing that trap-door
was opened for a moment for the adj
mission of a breakfast or dinner
Saturday morning the walls of the
tank were lowered as far down as they
would go, and six men We're let through
small trap-door by ropes. Once in
side they rested on a scaffold which
was suspended over the tank of deep
water which formed the only floor of
the big reservoir. Then the trap-door
was bolted shut, so as to be air-tight,
and the men outside started a steam
air-pump, which gradually caused the
roof of the tank to rise, frightening out
the telescoping walls of the big gas res
ervoir. AS the roof slowly rose the
men passed about on the inside of the
walls, tapping with their hammers, in
specting every crevice and callSing
seams, so that when their task was
done the gas which was later to fill
their iron prison, would find no means
of escape.
While the men were working on the
Inside, others on the outside followed
them around, following the progress Of
the work by holding hammers to the
bolts which needed to be riveted little
tighter, as indicated by the taps of the
hammers on the dark side of the iron
wall.
The sliding walls of the reservoir are
so delicately adjusted that the mem
within were not supposed to feel any
effects from the air pressure, the slight
est pressure causing the roof to rise.
Furthermore, they are all experienced
men at their work, so the addition of a.
few ounces of atmospheric weight did
not affect their breathing, or at least
has not done so on the other occasions
when they have been in similar tanks.
The men have worked a little more
than the regulation ten hours q day
while they have been imprisoned, in
their natural wish to get to the light of
day again, but take sleep at the times
when it is night outdoors. In the
morning the trap-door in the roof is
opened and hot breakfast lowered by
ropes. 1t has to be done rapidly, for
as long as the door is open the impris-
oned air PUSHES out and the walls I'M
der their own weight, sink down.-Mil-
Waukee Sentinel, September "a.
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MooDy,s VOTE OF THANT<s

Possibly the most novel response ever
made to a request to return a vote of
thanks to chairman was that made
by Mr. Moody during his first visit to
England.
He had attended meeting at which
the Earl of Shaftesbury was chairman
The duty of proposing a vote of thanks
was assigned to him, and the announce
ment made.
Our American cousin, the Rev. Mr.
Moody, of Chicago, will now move a
vote of thanks to the noble earl who
has presided on this OCCASION
The whole thing was quite out of Mr..
Moody's line, English formalities
might or might not have come graceful
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Arthur Beebe, d. w. Blakeslee, George
Bradley, Harry Welch, Edward S.
Swift, Benjamin Booth, On West
Chapel street Colonel Woodruffs resi-
dence was brilliantly illuminated and
handsomely decorated, as was also the
residence of Frederick CoWles. The
Monarch laundry was completely
transformed Colored fire hared from
every part of the grounds of the laun-
dry building and small cannon was
kept booming. On Vernon street Post
master HoWarth's residence looked fine
in a blaze of hundreds of candles while
bunting was generously used On Park
street the residence of d. w. Baldwin
and DR.. Sage were especially noticea-
BILE. On Derby avenue the residences
of the following gentlemen called forth
much favorable comment: Police Com
missioner Clark, Councilman HILL
Frederick Mead and Linus Mead Col
onel loves store at the corner of How
ard and Sylvan avenues was bathed in
the light from 200 red, white and blue
lanterns, while 800 flags arranged taste
fully about the building completed a
very handsome decoration and one of
the finest along the line of march. The
flags were tastefully feStooned and In
the window were oil paintings of Hon.
N. d. Sperry and Hon George p. Nc
Lean. Over the flags were pictures of
Mckinley and Roosevelt Master Brent
Lowe, dressed in the costume of the old
Merwin Legion stood draped in an
American flag and held flags in his
hand. Charles Warehouses; residence
was handsomely decorated and a brass
cannon placed in the yard was kept fir
Ing while the parade was passing. The
residence of DR.. G. S. Lamb was illum-
mated with candles. On Sylvan ave-
nue. the residences Of John Leonard,
Charles Atwood and Fire Marshal Glad
win were handsomely lighted up and
decorated. At the residence of DR.
Robert F.. Peck at the corner of Howe
and Chapel streets the Doctors wind
mill furnished basis for a novel dec
Grafton. Chinese lanterns were strung
along the entire height Of the windmill,
making a striking and beautiful decor
alton
Arrived at the place for the rally the
speakers were escorted to the speakers
stand. The speakers of the evening,
Judge Bishop, Police Commissioner
Clark and Colonel Lowe, rode in a car
riage in the parade.
Judge Bishop was chairman Of the
evening and after a brief opening
speech he introduced the speakers of
the evening: +. L. Averill, candidate
for state senator; Major D. A. Blakes-
lee and Attorney George Z. Hall, can
didates for representatives, and AS
SCISSOR Charles A. Baldwin. All the
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HUNTING THE wALRus.

Tong-Wee signals to stop rowing and
to crouch in the boat The seamen
bend double over the oars, with only
their backs showing above the gum
VALE The Huskies peer over the bow,
their harpoons poised for the cast, and
the lines, and floats and drags all free,
ready to be thrown overheard. Tong
Wees left hand is behind him signall-
ing expressively to the boatswain, who
has placed piece Of gunny-sack in the
oar-socket and, bending low. Is sculling
noeelessly but swiftly for the pan. 1t
is breathless moment. We are so
near that we can plainly see the SUM-
dried, hairy hides enveloping fold on
fold of blubber that furnishes these an
imals their protection from the cold.
They are apparently fast asleep on the
naked ice, but we have had experience
before of sudden awakenings and of
well-nigh miraculous disappearings, for
the walrus ie the sea elephant, and,
with all his clumsy mass, he moves
without haste, but with incredible
swiftness. And now bull, who is ly-
ing head towards u.s. lifts himself awk-
wardly on his fore-f1ippers, and scans
the podt tiroueI ufilHteillSeHt eyes,
deepset in his wabbling head; while his
mustachios bristle and his long ivory
tusks CLEAN In the sun. This Is the su-
preme moment for us There has been
n growing tension of suppressed excite
ment, but now we break away. At a
signal from Tong-Wee the seamen bend
to their oars to cover, in all speed, the
thirty yards to the PAN We get q shot
or two as the animals make for the
water and good shot will drop a wall
rus in his tracks. The mate shoots
handily, and a bull in mid career falls
dead on the brink of the pan, bulk of
quivering fat, while from a wound in
the back of his head stream of steam
ing blood shoots upward, spouting like
a fountain, and crimsoning the white
e-Scribner's
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great Institution, operations would
either be greatly reduced or cease al
| together.
In the light of such fact will any
| laboring man believe the men he trusts
/ with all this hard earned wealth will
pursue course which will injure him
and destroy his savings? Nay more
will he not go out against those who
preach monetary doctrine which
would diminish by half that he has
saved and defeat them at the polls?"
Continuing on the same line Mr..
Eckles warned the laboring men
against taking part in the assault on
the banks which would fall nowhere
more heavily than on the savings in
stitutions. He denied the doctrine that
the banker prospers in the distress of
the country aS 'unsound in reason and
untrue in fact" He pointed to statls-
ties to show that banks shared in gem
eral distress and then to the present
improved facilities by which the la
borer is the gamer. Mr. Ecl1els extoled
the system Of the national banks which
gives the people a safe currency as
against the currency advocated by Mr..
III y an anu llS party W NlllCH lie Is
most closely allied" In concluding his
remarks upon this subject Mr.. Eckels
paid a high tribute to the patriotism of
the banker.
The difficulty with Mr. Bryan's
craftsmanship he said, 'is that 1t Is
a craftsmanship of prejudice, class dis
tinctions and transformations 1t is a
craftsmanship which takes no thought
of the morrow but contents itself with
the political advantages of to-day"
Mr.. Bryan's leadership has neither
ability for political organization nor
capacity for WISE safe or conservative
legislation. In the last analysis the
leadership of Mr. Bryan demonstrates
itself to begin and end in a denuncia-
ton of the existing order of things"
The speaker then went into an elab-
crate defense of combinations of capt.
tai which, though large in the amount
of capital invested, have regahred for
all the rules which control in ordinary
business affairs
He said that as a result of misinfor-
nation what Is called a trust Is not a
trust but the highest development of
complicated and efficient form of
civilization, made more efficient as
man is more and more removed from
the influence Of ignorance and barbar-
ism. He illustrated this by the rail
roads and manufacturing enterprises
to show that If combination of capital
neither fxedly increases the price to
the consumer nor diminishes the num-
Der of laborers, nor the amount of
wages, 1t cannot be either menace to
society or a detriment to the public
good.
In all this evolution In our indus
trial good, said Mr.. Flclfels, II reassert
that no loss has come to labor The
economies introduced have not reach
ed to him.O On the other hand, whatever
changes have been wrought, and there
have been many, have been to his adj
Il am against the interference with
the affairs of employer and employe by
lawmakers, blatant politi-
clans and self-appointed leaders seek
ing personal and political advantage.
As against all these l would set for la
Dor the wise counsels of those of their
own rank who are not in politics and
the business sense of right and justice
Of their employers"
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speakers were greeted with rousing
cheers and especially Major Blakeslee,
who Is an old and prominent resident
of ward Mr.. Hall in his speech re-
ferred to the long residence in the ward
of Major Blakeslee and his service
there in the interests of the party.
While the speaking was I'm progress
some boys in the street amused them
selves by firing Roman candles at the
handsome banner which was raised
just before the speaking began. The
banner became ignted from the Roman
candles and still alarm was sent to
No, is engine house, The blaze was
extingulshed before the banner was Sc
riously injured although the name OF
Mr.. Mckinley was partly burned out.
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AN ENTHUSIASTIC RALLY
HELD BY THE SECOND WARD RE
PUBLICANS LAST NIGHT
Parade With 600 Men in Ltne-Resi-
dences Handsomely Decora ted-Hand-
some Banner Raised and Slightly
Damaged by Fire Speeches by Candi-
dates AvertIl, Blnkesiee and Hall.

One Of the most enthusiastic politi-
cal gatherings locally in the present
campaign was that held last night by
the republicans Of the Second ward.
There was a torchllght parade, the
houses along the line of march were
handsomely decorated, there were
speeches by various candidates and the
crowd was full Of enthusiasm. The pa
rade started from the Young Mems
Republican club with about 600 men in
line. The organizations marching were:
The Rough Riders under command of
Captain e. L. Isbell, the Ninth Ward
Republican club, large delegation of
the Young Mems Republican club, and
the Republican Campaign club under
command of Captains T. c. Gardner
and George Bradley. Major Charles F.
McCabe of the Second regiment was
marshal of the parade and he and his
staff of thirty-two men presented a
brilliant appearance. They wore cam
paign hats, white gloves and carried
campaign canes furnished by Major
Blakeslee, the candidate for first repre-
sentative on the republican ticket.
The line of march was as follows:
From the Republican club down Crown
street, to Church street, to Chapel, to
York to Crown, to Howe, to George,
to Derby avenue, countermarch to
Chapel, to Howe, to Crown, to Park,
to South, to Sylvan avenue, to Vernon
street, to Davenport avenue, to Ward
street, to Sylvan avenue, countermarch
to Howard avenue to the place of hold
ing the rally.
Along the entire line of march the
residences were handsomely decorated
with candles, flags and bunting On
George street the residence of Major D.
A. Blakeslee on George street the cam
didate for first representative, was q
mass of bunting. Chinese lanterns
placed in every part of the yard brill
liantly illuminated the grounds and in
front of the house was large picture
of Hon. George P. Mclean on an easel.
Among the other residences on the
streets handsomely decorated were
those of Judge Bishop. A. e. Crofut,
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RCKLES DEN0UNCES BRYAN

Continued from First Page.)
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ter there, and leave me standing with
my razor But when Tom began bust
ness-well, / sued to go with my GUS
toners, too. Tom was u regular ter
ror,"
Mr.. Menpes was also successful in
securing sittings from General French
and General Macdonald though both of
them were very shy of the palette.
They would rather face Boer any
day. French was extremely nervous
under the ordeal, and at one or two
points he even ran away and hid HIM
self behind a newspaper The shyest
sitter / ever had" exclaimed the paint
err but charming" The famous cav
airy general was highly amused at the
fancy pictures of him which reached
him from London town. Sir Hector
was easier and talked very freely.
You cannot call him a pro- Boer but
they have no keener admirer of their
fighting qualities. What struck Mr..
Menpes about this self-made general
was his dislike of luxury. When all
the officers were enjoying the compar-
alive luxury of Bloemfontein, he stuck
to his tent outside He preferred to
rough it on the ground. He gave Mr..
Menpes a good illustration of the enor-
nous difficulties of the intelligence de-
partment during the war TIL tell YOU
what it is said he, in his soIdierly
way. Il trust nobody in Bloemfontein
not men-certainly not women The
children are the only safe draws.
What 1 do is to stuff my pockets full of
sweets. go out. for walk and talk to
the children. They tell you where their
papas have gone" Then he went on to
compare fighting in South Africa with
in the Soudan. In the Soudan
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1t is needless to say you cordially invited to
attend this complimentary combined recital In Stein
erts Hail. second floor of building, next Saturday
morning, October 9th, at II O'Clock. The popularity
Of these Aeolan and panola recitas in New York
have made them society events. Supplemented as ours
will be by f. D. Pierce solois the recital will appeal
to and entertain lovers of instrumental and vocal mu-
sic. We hope to you ere.
Attending the recital you will also have oppor-
tlnity seeing the extensive alterations which have
taken place during the past two months in our
especially In the front, so that now IT COM
pares favorably with any music store of its size in
the country
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-09

ket by professional opera tors. While the
market seemed TO be largely IN the
hands Of professional operators, u was
singuiarly free from professional nanipu-
iat4on, so far as could Be detected. On
the other hand, the bears showed no az
Eressiveness in Offering down prices
where realizing was II evidence, but cen
tered their attention on covering up their.
own short contracts While this cover
tnz demand from the shorts was in evil
dence in a number Of conspicuous stocks,
the prominent disposition was 70 take
profits by selling out long lines The
center Of the demand from shorts was
Sugar and some OF the other industrials.
including one or two Of the metal groups
showed sympathy. Others OF the metal
crouo. the local fractions and the rail-
roads generally showed the effects Of
realizing ali day The pToft-taking was
conducted n an orderly manner and with
out any such violent movement Of prices
or furious activity of trading as wac the
case yesterday The Aigh opening IN
sympathy with London helped ire profit
taking but opening prices we-e generally
the best. There were continued ABSORB
ton OF Cuiou Pacific sftsr the reaction
which followed thu dividend announce
ne1t. The stormy weather prevailing n
the west perhaps had some affect On The
railway list. The announcement u 2 bond
Issue BY the Western Cnion company Of
twice the amount first reported yes1er-
day. caused weakness II that stock. Ths
expectation * growing that SATURDAYS
bank statement VIII rot sho- ire money
position siren Ftheusd TEsre Il ar IT.
creased partially for the railroad sto-ks
p collateral. Thers we're q Sew gziIs OF
The days trading. but net losses were the
rule. Closing price. of stocks were Is
follows