New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-14
THE PASSING TER0NG.

III EAoo1AG IhhUAG.
Colonel William F. Cody is at the Hoffman
House. Since closing his show season az Burton
on-Trent. in England. and his re-
WHY turn 10 the United States. at the
COLONEL end OF October. he has been alb
CODY LIKES sorbing sunshine in the Big Horn
N1CA4NG- country. 70 which he says, he gave
his heart when he was very much
younger than he is nov. Since I went West.
upon my return from Europe. have covered six
hundred miles in the saddle. 70 visit my mines and
first visit 70 Northern wyoming when was run
ming The pony express across the country in lSe0
Sheridan 10 conduct Professor Marsh. Of Yale with
through that wonderland Bg Horn BASIN WAS
once an inland sea, and when the water subsidized
haloed now and aeain and lectures we're given for
found on the bugs, the trees and the minerals. and
the company 4 learned how 10 tell the age Of a
Lee = Say 9s as me ase o. COW can De tod 6y
6lcted that sea gold would be found IN the basin.
Lhe aluyizl deposits I was again sent into the
Ven he indians Ia S-Ien az he catI If
the settlers and rauchmen. We recovered the cat
lie and ] was charmed win The climate as
was Impressed win the possibilities Of the country
i was not, however. untl twenty Years later that
gagged for nearly ten years 1 was the pioneer IN
he 5iggirs CT Iae big bitches that have been Civ
ilg q L-at country al X neeQeo 70 make II
Wonderfully productive. I had the first surveys
aoe1y me next year the few old settlers ass2gS
en E5uJ1oe OF resentt9i opposition. ! told them
fhey 5ldur want railroad and that 7 would ind
Z TASK TO bring railroad where it was hard to
success and the various enterprises that have
ceres Of and, The rail-oad built BY The Burning
ton one hundred and thirty miles from Toiuca TO
Cody. opened Two years The OF
Cody now has a population Of one thousand. and.
development, the opposition Of the old settler has
beer e-sspated, and where there were frowns for
tor. Those who regarded me as an intruder in
ne beginning now cordial in their approval OF
what has been accomplished"
Colonel Dick" PIunkett whose administering
O. the duties OF marshal IN Creole Col, and other
Western mining camps IS z mat
TIE RICHES ter OF record. IS in the city. The
OF Alaska colonel Is widely known for his
assiduo-s distribution Of the sham
rock among vel known men, whose acknowledg-
rleuts he treasures. He arrived q few days ago
from Alaska, and Is staying at the Hoffman House.
The mineral wealth OF Alaska" said the colonel.
mas as yer only been scratched Alaska has
Ess-Ih Ior the word and in The next Two years II
VII 5e tr the public eye than any other guar
Ter &: the globe I have been In the Territory for
nearly TWO years, and after more than twenty
.eas experience Il the inning camps IN tne Het-
sra States pronounce Alaska great treasure
On Prince OF Wales Island where there is Z noun
tan OF copper"
r Franksen. who has served in the dual capacity
u German Consul at Port an Prince, Hayu. and
charge d'aEaiTes 70 the Hayuan
TIE republics since July. 1872. IS staying
DELIGHTS al the Cambridge. 7 enjoyed my
CT aAETL term Of service in Heyti," said Con-
SUI Franksen. 1T is. OF course hot
q Port Prince. but the country is interesting
va = say ne scenery IS o fhaT r 5 s q49 may
Ioqr O. I've thousand feet and VIII have mountains
The deep valleys. and all clothed in dense tropical
siloa The society AFFORDED among me fam ann
80 o. ne consulaE and cipIoIllaL1e CORDS - NeLy
oeLshtlL 7 arrived al Port al Prince after the
couple n months President sam was deposed in
esy ana Alexis No-d, VINO had been a IneInber. ot
JeceI- er. President Nord is remarkable IN the
tact that be rode horse al through last years
years Old. BE is nearly seven feet II height and is
billion n the Dominican Repu5Iio. Consul Franksen
Sc Domingo 6 o su Si PTh6 ana G he o Sssd
s as ii taxes Ike I Te ea F6 et Is RTf SfoaeB that
Z: San Domingo Al tie beginniHg OF the revofution
q once communicated win Berlin. and two war
more until ] learned On ny arrival al Havan4- en-
F0gte for New-York that the revolution ended"
Ernest May. German. who was FOR ten years
egagc5 in business in Venezuela, IS at the Hof1-
House. He arrived from Ham
TELLS OF burg the Kaiser Wilhelm II
Uses OF 1T. Hay brought with him from
GETEORITE Hamburg some manufactured sam
PIES % the new metal known as
"astsor,.e" It is, as he explains. practically
amin produced DV TIE process oAScOte-eo Dy
Walter Rubel Of Berlin. Under the R05el process
sectricits f - longer essential IN the production,
hl- IL fused IN furnace similar 10 tL4st USED
n ths production OF other nleta4s ~ tlls
t-rrnir.r7 fs reduced oue-third the present ex-
fe1se, and under the several processes u IS maze
e1c and so adapted 70 an endless nunloer o.
heclaIlrai and practical purposes ioF -"hICn
t1aiu1m has nor heretofore been used. IL aIso
askss It susceptible 10 a polish that makes II
@nost as complete reflector AS Z mirror
Harry RyIey. AZ Engshmsn. who has lived IN
e0uh Africa tor twenty-four years. and VINO WAS
chairman Of the Municipal Board
AEEABILITA- the equivalent OF Mayor-in
Ton n the Gown q Dundee IA Natal.
NATAL when the Boer war began. was
r. this citS for q day before the
N1Hpau.s sailed On her latest trip. Mr.. Ryley
VIC has been extensively engaged IN farming in
@--|ser. efL South Africa II June last and IS
80 LoN indulging n a year OF travel ! am
---o's s@l1 ne, 10 visit my OLD nome N
- ---W tile country thoroughly. Natal very
sssLera4ly devastated by The war. but the matter
Isnapi-letion j. going steadily forward The
generally resumlng the VOcatiOns that claimed
- SeLoTe TIE uprising The English government
TSsl.i--lylLg them for the losses they sustained
--S-Ise tEcre are some who dsconteuted-
SLets because they have not received more than
.ttS5iiiy Que them Just now business Is de-
1880 and money Is very tight. II Is sirplv the
- q after the season Of flush times and fnaa-
81 e. neloent 10 The war. Money for time came
-, pIollgai tTeedom. They now paving the
+----s. livery town IN Natal mas Increased IN
1917 5000 white and 10000 nativesHZ,1ins oT
s-a iylHoee % the centre q Tieh aerlculfursl
fEs trszas country. snc Il the principal town in
49, o quality a.