New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-17
THE PASSING THRONG.

Captain Hans Tauscher. OF Berlin who arrfvas
on the Kaiser wilhelm III. IS at the Cambridge. His
wife. Mime. Gadski. who VIII omen
SELLING an American engagement with the
GUNS TO Boston Symphony Orchestra 4,
GOVERN Boston on October % and 81 WIN
MENTS. follow on the Z7th. Captain Tau
scher. who served IN the German
Army for seven years. Is the representative IN
the United States. Canada and Mexico OF the Ger
man Arms and Ammunition Company. % Berlin
which IS more familiarIy known as the Loewe con-
Germ. virtually the firearms trust Of Germany II
Includes the original MaGser gun factory at Obern-
dorf. the great gun Berlin. employing sig
thousand men; the cartridge factory az Carsruhs
the Cologne powder factory. and also the Fabrik
National at IAese. Belgium "Our factories said
Captain Tauscher. have turned and sold ssx
million Mauser rifles They have been purchased
by Spain. Brazil. Argentina. Chill Mexico. Turkey
Belgium. Sweden. Servia. China and other coun-
tries. OF course. some slight but distinctive nod
fcations have been made in the guns 70 suit the
different governments but ir the main and essen
tial things hey are Mausers. I obtained a order
manufacturing Mausers, we have a contract ar
rangement with the vickars- Maxim Company. OF
London, 70 make the quick IRE automatic Maxim
repeating rifies. These We made at Berlin. We
beating r5sfof ~ zbicb T ba1s deIi,-areJ . ~, -
Iiminary order Of one thousand to the American
found favor but they are only OBJ calIbre. and the
Besides our own product I represent the Erhardt
gin factory, which turns out the modern fed gun
States Army has taken an interest. Two years
ago a test was made Of the guns Of about dozen
manufacturers Of various countries ard the United
States ordnance gun and the Erhardt gun exhibited
gun was then designed combining the meritorious
lectures OF both have recently obtained ed the
these guns complete. II is my understanding that
other seventy VIII be built in this coInt7y Thess
guns Of the design that avoid the recon OF the
brings them gently and promptly back into posi-
the gun win deliver twenty shots minute I have
some pride in the fact that this IS me first gun
manufacturer in time Of peace"
Marshall Field. the merchant from Chicago has
Just returned from Europe after three months alb
sence. and IS az the Holland House
ENGLAND Speaking briefly OF his Observa-
NEEDS NEW vations abroad. he said: "Bus-
METHODS. ness throughout Europe at the
present time Is quiet Popular at
tentiOn IN England is just now centred upon tle
fiscal policy proposed by ex-SeCrstary Chamber
lain and there is great interest among all classes
in the discussion in progress. OF course. It Is too
matter. My own conviction is that if EnEland
would keep PAGE with othfE countries win w1ie9
new methods than OF tariff. Asked as 20 his i'm
Japan, he said: Il Do not believe there viii be
any war"
Captain the Hon Henry Guest. Of London. ac-
companfed by his sister, Lady Rodney Is staying
at the AI5ermarle Captain Guest
ENGLISH has been in the British military
MAN service for years. and is
PRAISES member OF the Royal Dragons.
PRESIDENT. one Of the cavalry regiments that
saw three years Of service in SoiiG
Africa His command had part in the relief o. .
I.adysmith. under Sir Redvers Butler II have
been in this country several times before" sad
CAPTAIN Guest but am spending two months
leave from my regiment in a tour with my SiSte.
Lady Rodney. We shall go TO Canada where We
will visit friends. and shall go on TO tie Canadlan
Rockies at Banff. and possibly 20 Nanc'II
is the enormous energy and spirit OF restleSSnes o
The people Iaey are con 1 on sI ca
pacity for work and one who reads OF his acAleVe-
said: "The first thing that inpresses a STRANGER IN
NeY2Ek Is the great a8 0r,Gi 6et ex9eets on Re-
Joining his regiment in London. TO 20 WIN ths
command To- India for a long term Of service
Albert r. scherzer. OF Chicago. who invented the
rolling lift bridge. is at the Waldorf He MS
been abroad. accompanied by 10
AMERICAN wife. and during the trip rom
BRIDGES IN which he has returned be visited
FTrROPE St Petersburg Seen for only a
moment. he said, 1T is now ten
wears since the first bridge Of my design was buit
in this country but We are now construeting them
across the Thames. near London; another IN Ire
bnTg and while the work of construction has not
yet been begun. the plans for the first OF TIE thss
finished.
Lieutenant f Rae Jones. whose home is In ST
John. ew-Brunswic1, but who belongs 70 re
Cheshire Regiment or the b-ltsn
QUIET FOR military establishment now sta
INDIA toned in India. is az the Plaza He
SOLDIERS quit the command at OUetta. sup
ply station about twenty miles
from, the Afghanistan border. and expects % re-
foin e. at Bombay. There are four Canadian Of
fcers in our regiment" said Lieutenant Jones'
..and there were about six thousand troops az
Ouetta- The native Indian troops are directly on
the border in the event Of an INVASION We
would undoubtedly be advanced 70 repel Lhe n ~
vaders The country IS healthful. excepting iot
enteric fever Malaria ia somewhat prevalent, out
we meet IL as IL is done in this country. We uss
petroleum TO get rid OF the mosquitoes. nav
been in the service five years and IN tnat petssr.
we have had quiet time We are occupied Snlsns
by ruanCnuvres and practice marching eNpeGluOnS'
and must invent own aTnusements