Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-06-20
HORATIO s. PINGRLE.
lie Passes Away in London Aiier a
Long Spell Of Sickness.
THE FAMOUS MAYOR
lie Visited South Africa aud Saw the
Beers A. They Were-iniended
10 Write a History of Them
But Death stepped In.

New York. June IA special 70 the
Commercial aud Advertiser quote. w
T. Stead ln tho death of ey-Goyernof
Pngree ut Michigan. as follows.
"Es-Goyernof piugrae OF Michigan
the ono time famous mayor OF Detroit, 4,
lies dead az tho Grand Hotel M London.
pinrrao returned 90 london from the
continent after a brief and eventful
visit 90 South Africa. carrying with |
him o. sentence of death.
"He wu. conscious mp 90 the last OF
everything tut ha approaching depart
ure. He know ha was weak aud ill bat
lugld 90 return home 90 Dis own peo-
pie. From time t1 time hs gave order.
as 90 packing DIS trunks Boa order that
Ae might start at once without delay
"He had boon attended constantly F.
on day ty h.s .ou, Hazen pinwoe, who
did everything he could u the way Of
/ personal tenderness or procuring che
best advice in london, lut nothing doe
tors could do 90 arrest the disease They
say DIS weakness dated o. long time
back. r long indeed o. the time when
DE l1r eau-.y. iu o. Confederate prison
.in us great civil bar. but 30. acute
Norm Ha goo Dresden Hs was making
la t.ar OF Che continent with % Wow 0i
.de. '1pmutot ot Americas czp1r. bus-
'iuast Ou hs m-.ul in London he
. wr aIur rather badly. lltit aemal
sl .ttle 90 occasion alarm chat bis secre.
ta-v and travelling companion, Co.one,
Sutton. deomad 81 safe 90 raf1rn homo
with bis son. Tho dy-cutery. instead
|0 e.ung better, grow worse. SIR
.Tn0mas Barlow was Ctled. bat
cas- unable t check che fatal
disease. FROM which he was uf.
loru-. It rus accompanied by
alc0num aua fle physician could u0i
stop DO To H. ulimelt was added Ter.
itouias. which .ho strength tho pa.
tont was unable Co rally frcu. His ca.
reor wa. Dna of the mos notable oi
Americans. % rnu who f1r strength oi
character. drmncss of purpose, ml1mi
table energy and immense purpose, an
exumHle to $50 worlds
"plngreo bod an extremely interest
ling azrrioac, in hi, brief visit % south
Africa. He weut 1lt armed with rec
= ommeudat0us from Chnmt rlain which
ID enab'el him o. pas, everywhere frey
. through tle English lines when h.
Y Left Louion hs was fei with all the cal
y umnios ou OBJ. Beers which have b.I
& ro.ortsd 90. t wllate tine intended ok
a termination I the republics. Bu. th
moment Dr. go 90 South Africa th
:. scale. began 90 fall from hss eyes.
"Rocommer lations FROM the colonia
Office enabled ANN 90 penethte region
"a hcrmeticaliy scaled 90 the ordinary ciy
Il ilian. Accompanied only ty his seer,
tary he penetrated into tho heart Of Oh
seat of the wu and s1Ju had un oppuI
n tunity Of making the acquaintance q
the Beers 40 tie first hand EXtm0rd
nary though it may bc. he was able 9
& lunch in the British camp e. the morn
IS ing and dine with the Boer command
n in the evening lie found o. his aston
" ishment that the Beers were by n
means ~ black a. they had hoen paint
ell. They woru by NO means devoid 4
" human intelligence, they dressed an
u washed like civilized beings. welcome
with generous hospitality the trayclr
"A American who Sound them ilr froI
extremists
. 'Ths conmanduss he visited we're q
well clio thcd and well armed evci
l man possessing &C least tive horse
\ with good reserve N ammunition Th'
Aro 50 far guarding it, mo- duuit' bl
they still have stores Of Mauser ca
trilges % fall hack upon, but Ser q
"a present they arr doing all their hghtir
with Loo Metfortls nnu cartridge, hi'
they supply themselves with from q
British stores
at was impossible ttnt ,uch tni
~ Pingrce could fail to bo doop
touched by the spectacle of these here
burghers maintaing tieir stmgg
ngnins, overwhelming odds for their :
public. He found mo- difficulty wh'
"a ever IN trnyersing the hostile limos,
drove In Caps cart with his secrcta
and sou riding bicycles as an escort.
was somewhat porilous for tsom for {
Beers have the dingseeable. althou
natural halkt Of shooting M bicy'
riders on sight, fer with them the {
clist and British dispatch rieers d
Synonymous terms.
They came back unscathed it
much to be regretted that IN the
terests Of truth and justice - keen
4 observer shonld not have been r'slo-