New-York tribune., 1901-01-08
THE PASSING THRONG.

Colonel T. P. ochiltree when seen an the WAL
doFf-Astoris yesterday. said in speaking of the
proposed tTauspacisc cable: 'rThe
IRANs- day must come when this
FACfiC cable viii be laid. For near upon
CABLE twenty years now the question Of
NECh9SlIA- cable TO The Hawaiian Islands
has been constantly recurring
one before Congress measure providing for
such a cable would be introduced, referred 70 the
Committee Foreign Affairs and once there a
pls3e9onnele would become It's tomb But soon the
only now as in the past. is IT commercial neces-
nrsss5 f ee ls 1nportenee & but The present aHd
MEL I & Put when the sable comes 70 be laid Homo
will be thousands OF miles further WESTWARD ana Il
win come ashore upon the island Of L9zon il IS
the Ppps Top and i the s sa6dwieS 6SRSs Isl
anas something Ike four thousand miles; great
stretch Tor cahle-too great; in fact; and this II
gas & that led me when in Paris at the time OF the
70 the Commissioners the vital necessity It would
be 70 America 70 obtain from Spain the cession
streo WITH broad and S0mpreheasve af Ss0s States
portance of the point made and Promised % 70 give
their favorable attention thereto IL Is so very I'M
believe that Congress win longer delay in the
matter"
II was not lucky enough 10 be in time 10 accom-
pany the allies in their march to Peking.'' said
Bertram Ford. of London. at the
THE Hotel Imperial yesterday. ''as got
FOREIGN 20 Tien-Tsin six days after they
MARCH TO had left. The next day started
PEKING. for Peking by boat and got there
four days after the allies had en-
tered the city having made up three days time
them There is manner of doubt that the Jap
anese did the best fghting and marching OF any of
the International forces. In fact, they may almost
oe sse 10 Sex tone o s an ha gh geB seS sS sP @
best: The Americans. poor fellows, were sandy
fever malaria and heaven knows what not. wiieh
Pppine All Mi[n cae mem nt Is ~ seT t nef f rom r rs
and rendered @ !. them useless physically. When it
they were delay and drag The Russians
showed up worst. and. in addition 20 this. they
stories. that have come, from China OF Russian
atrocities l do not think have been IN the least
them have heard lately ho7SeveT r from friends
as and worse than the Russians in their treat
nent OF the Chinese. j do not know how this is
Peking when was there they came afterwsrd
& l was there three days and then saIne ., back: l
dificHlt SO / got out / stayed in hotel in the
se sspsa o the ooT and CRs %s 81 % sad o the
ehsnGe Tn5ss days Ia OF Il & was enSaEh Sa
ever that had waited led a. then would iH have & seen
1 little or nothing"
There was no nonsense about Phil Armour"
said John E. Smith. of this city, at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel yesterday, in refer
PHIL" ring 10 the dead millionaire. II re-
ARMOUR call HIS return from Europe one
AND WARD fall day about five years ago. One
M'ALLIsTER. Of the passengers on the boat with
Mr.. Armour was the late Ward
MeAlister. Of this city. II was at that time that
Mr. McAIlister was the leader of the fashionable
set in New-York society. and when he returned
there was perhaps more fuss made over him than
over Mr.. Armour. I met Mr.. Armour al the Fifth
Avenue Hotel soon after ne got of the boat. and.
after asking about his health, inquired II he had
met Ward McAllister 'McAllister? McAllister?'
said Mr.. Armour, trying to recall the name 'Oh.
yes. I guess there a fellow by the name OF
McAllister introduced 10 coming Yes. I
do remember him. now that you speak OF IL. He
was quite a decent felow-quite decent fellow
said Mr. Armour When repeated the remark to
fashionable in this eity-one OF those fellows
trying 20 break his way into the -Four Hundred
ne was indignant that McAllister had been light
ly esteemed by Mr. Armour. told him that u he
should ever happen 20 inspect the Armour estah-
lishments and look over the payrolls with the
names of 15 600 10000 ne would perhaps real
-Four hundred. failed to impress the hard headed
ChicagOan."