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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

Sciences by n BlondeL In substituting tele-
rr57e for the Morse sounder at the receiving
station he showed little originality. Fessenden'
An American. and others have thought Of such q
r-5ceaure. for the telephone is known TO be the
most sensitive detect0r Of electric vibrations in
existence But II Is possible that one feature OF
the Blondel system is unique, so far as its i'm
mediate application goes. although Professor
PuUin employed II extensively six eight
years ago IN MS resonance experiments
i has been found that a circuit Of wire into
which telephone has been introduced for test
tug PURPOSES may b. tuned 80 that the instru-
uent vii answer only 10 waves Of q certain de
gree Of frequency Anything faster or slower
than the prescribed rate viii not affect the tele-
phone: but when waves Of just ne right num-
Der 10 the second are transmitted over the cir
cut the instrument viii speak M Blondel calls
such device a ~selective telephone" because II
W. pick out from q number of different fire.
quencies that may happen TO be developed at
glVeL moment The one desired for a special pur-
pose. Thus Il q dozen Hertz wave transmitters
be stationed as many different ships in
feel each emitting waves at a different rate
from the Others. and If as many suitably tuned
telephones b provided on the flagship, it would
De possible fy- several Of the vessels TO report
10 The commanding officer simultaneously. No
receiver would pick Up more than one message
II Fculd not De possible, as i was in some Of
&4-c9nIs nava- tests. for two messages to &C
tgate the same receiver. one interfering with
a21 obscUrng -ae other.
There has been good deal Of talk during the
-zsr two years about tuning coherer circuits so
mar no two would respond 10 the same trans
I--ter. Il vas hoped that such method would
lot only prevent confusion when more than one
uaAsInitter was in operation within range Of
lie receiving station. but also that secrecy Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
SUNDAY. JUNE a. 1900.

communication might thus be insured AS yet
however nothing practical has resulted from
that proposition.
Inc theory is all right. but somehow it has
not been feasible to carry it into execution OF
course II Hertz wave biography ever should be-
0oihe at all common the danger of interference
between adjacent transmitters would be great
IN tact, II may be confidently asserted that IN
I'll satisfactory way to preclude such interfer-
ehce Is found wireless telegraphy will never
Decoihe popular 1t is too soon, though, to say
whether NJ Blondels way of meeting the diff
Guilty is altogether the best. A great MANY
acute inventors are at work on the problem. and
ought to be heard from before a final verdict is
rendered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

give less satisfaction than those produced under
other meteorological conditions.
But there is promise that this difficulty
viii soon be obviated A consular report from
Germany announces that a Zurich chemist, Will
helm Schwartz. has found a way to get good
results every time The secret lies in con-
trolling the amount Of moisture admitted to the
compound and in maintaining the temperature
W thin certain limits for 4 time The former
part Of the process is managed in a vacuum, so
hat no dampness can be impaired by the at
sphere. Herr Schwartz has invented a ma
chine of his own TO do the mixing. Much con-
fdence is expressed in the substantial value of
the innovation reported
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
FALSE FASHION PROPHETS.
EARLY SAMPLES AND PREDICTIONS OF
WHAT DOES NOT COME TO PASS.

Articles on the subject of mems fashions have
become popular. and the crop of masculine
fashion literature grows larger every season.
TailOrs. hatters haberdashers and shOemakers
tell the waiting public what will be worn next
season. and in many instances their predictions
fortified with advance samples from Europe
and from manufacturers in the United States
who wish to be known as fashion creators.
Sometimes they hit it right, and the predic-
tiOns are realized, but in most instances where
the styles extreme they never mature and
the advance samples are sold at a discount or
are sent to the frontier or away down South"
where they are worn by the country dudes"
The present season opened with many freak
styles, especially in shirts. Loud stripes and
plaids were not enough for the boomer OF scare
shirts. so they had garments of plain pink
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
A NEW KIND of BRICK.

QUARTZ SAND AND LIME SUBJECTED TO HIGH
PRESSURE STEAM.
FOR thousands Of years men have been making
brick out Of clay, and pretty good brick too
But recently new kind has come into vogue
1t is composed chiefly of quartz sand. bound to-
gether with a small amount of lime. In the
process Of manufacture the compound is sub
Jected to the influence Of steam at high pressure
When properly made this brick is said to be
hard, waterproof and able to resist the action
Of acids lack of uniformity in the quality
mas been noticed, however. Limestone brick -
which are made il cold. wet weather seem to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
IMPROVING on MARCONI.
mo NOVELTIES IN WIRELESS TELEG
RAPHY.
,orR SENSITIVE CoHERER-UsING A TELE-
PHONE FOR A RECEIVER

Two advances upon MarcOnis system Of wire
g geography have been reported from France
-rt,hin the !ast few weeks An experimenter
.-a5 Tissot while using the same kind Of
+-srsmitring apparatus as the young Italian
--osases the "c0herer' at the receiving station
:, one or two respects. IN the Brandy coherer
.btcb Marconi adapted TO his own use. an ex-
..ajingiy narrow gap between two silver termi-
ais is spanned by a fey iron filings. which
der the influence Of the incoming electro
.,rnetic waves. leap Up and form a bridge
at Tissot does is 10 employ magnetic iron Ill
ana then put magnet outside the little
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

teeth on one side OF the jaw. the gums and
cheek on the same side becoming swollen. The
teeth are very sensitive TO pressure so that
mastication is extremely painful These symp-
toms Increase in severity for three days and
then gradually and entirely disappear. 1t seems
to be purely a phenomenon Of decentralization
Tor all newcomers go through the complaint
and 1t appears never to recur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
THE DANGERS OF THE DAY.

From The Chicago Record.
Louise"
What was il pc
Why, he disguised himself as census taker
and found out her age"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

blue, lavender and
red. with large fig
ures like fieur de lis,
h ors e heads, dog
heads, horseshCes. golf
clubs, crossed sabres,
swords, etc, and these
were the patterns
marked the proper
thing"
Alongside of these
impossible shirts the
haberdashers dis
played neckties OF
large proportions AM
stunning cOlors. and
hosiery to match.
In the tailoring es-
Establishments cloths
with the same loud
tendency were shown
Some OF these have
b g e II adopted by
young men, but the
general tone of mems
wear is many degrees
less f1ashy than the
advance notices and
early samples from
Used.
This was demon
strated at PhiladeI-
phia on the first day
Of the Convention,
when a man who had
evidently come from a
distant part of the
country stepped into
the lobby Of the Hotel
Walton from the ele-
vatOr. His clothes
had not been pressed
after being taken from
his grip, and were
badly creased and
wrinkled. He had evil
IDENTIFY read the early
fashion articles, and
had his clothes for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
BROTHER DICKEYS THEOLOGY.
! The Atlanta CONSTITUTION.

From The Atlanta Constitution.
"Dey don't preach hell no mo-" says Brother
Dickey-''day done slowed off FUN it, en- call
it by n'er name; but matter what name it
go by I done 'cided dat it's too hot fer me en-
my family connection. What we wants in dis
country terday is de OF time fire en- birthstone.
en- de devil take de hindmos'l'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
MOUNTAIN TOOTHACHE.
From The Family Doctor.

From The Family Doctor.
An observation Of a Zurich doctor forms a
curious contribution to medical geography He
finds that all the engineers and Wcrkmen on
rbe Junafrau railway who obliged to remain
2 considera bic time 81 attitudes Of about eight
thousand feet above sea level are liable TO a
disagreeabIe complaint After eight or ten days
they are seized with violent pains in several
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
Mr.. LONG AT THE NAVY YARD.

THE SECRETARY PAYS IT AN INFORMAL VISIT
AND IS ENTERTAINED BY THE OFFICERS.
John D. LoDs- Secretary of the NAVY. Maid
a visit to the Brooklyn Navy Yard on June 16
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
THE WEAK LINK.
Detroit Free Press.
Navy Yard

From The Detroit Free Press
our woman's baseball club went TO pieces"
Game too eXhausting?"
NO. but couldn't find 4 lady umpire who
would give a decision and stick to it"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
4 DRIFTING WRECK.

From The Indianapolis Journal
What is a sceptic, pa?"
well. the most hopeless kind Of sceptic is q
woman who has lost her faith in doctors"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24

Ass tube containing
them. In this manner
no has been able 10 in
.,sase the sensitive
mss OF the instrument
50 that It VIII respond
70 much weaker VI
brations than other
Mise As he cleo
+-ician would express
If he resistance" OF
the coherer circuit is
reduced. and the local
battery car The more
readily aetuate the
sounder
From the accounts
agen it would seem
that Tissots device
ought 70 respond 20
Hertz wav 5 q : q
greater distance than
the one employed by
MarconL As Jet II
does not appear that
tbis has actually been
done Tissot carried
on communication be
tveen a lighthouse Al
Portzic, near Brest
and q warship thirty
three miles away
Ms-c5ni has doubled
mat record How
ever. ii is possible
that Tlssot did not use
s. powerful 3 trans
nitter II his expert
ments as Maroon Il
is probable THAI when
az equality in Tits
respect Is maintained
the TissoC cOlereT VII
give much better re-
suits than Brandy s
The other tnD0Fa-
ton was announced
ne other day to the
French Academy Of
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-13

To this communication, M Del Case,
minister of foreign affairs, sent the fol-
lowing reply:
"No order to depart from Pekin VIII
be given to our ministers so long as the
route is unsafe. If a casualty occurs,
the responsibility Will be entirely with
the Chinese government. Its strict duty
is to protect foreign ministers even more
than it's own.
eff 1t be true that the Chinese govern
ment has great difficulty in defending
them and in defending itself against
rebels it should order it's troops to stand
aside before the allied forces. This would
render free the road from lien Tsin to
the capital and would accomplish the
work of protection which is encountered.
z "The Chinese government should un-
derstand that the only means Of prov
ing the sincerity of its designs and OF
limiting it's responsibilities is a cessa-
ton in the placing Of obstacles in the
way Of such an arrangement.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-13
SATURDAYS CHINA NEWS.
No Attention Paid to Appeal of SOUTH
ern VicerOys.

Washington, August lit is stated
officially tonight that this government
win pay no attention whatever to the lat
est appeal from China, transmitted in
the form Of a memorial from the southern
vicerOys, begging the United States to
use its influence against the landing of
British troops in the Yang Use valley.
This memorial was transmitted to the
State Department. this morning by the
Chinese minister, Mr.. WI. 1t urged up
on this government the serious conse-
quences that would follow the landing OF
British force at Shanghai and represent
that the preparations already induced a
panic among the resident Chinese and
would paralyze commercial activity in
that part of the empire almost as much
as formal declaration of war by Great
Britain. This government decided, how
ever, that not only would it be entirely
out of its province to interfere with the
British programme in Southern China,
which was being carried forward by Ad-
miral Seymour, on the ground, with
full knowledge of local conditions, but,
in view of China's present recalcitrant
attitude and the lack, up to date, of even
an acknowledgement of our latest de-
mand concerning the safety of our minis
ter, the United States was not inclined
to shoulder any of China troubles
with Great Britain or any of the other
powers Consequently the appeal of the
viceroys will be ignored. 1t is possible
that the communication from Minister
WI may be turned over to the British
government for lis information on the
general friendly principles that has been
adopted by the powers of keeping each
other Informed on the various develop.
ments in the situation. Even this step,
however, has not been decided on YET
and VIII be left to the Judgment OF the
| President.
In connection with the proposed land.
ing of Admiral Seymour forces, it MAY
be said that the report Of Japan's oppo
sition to this move is without any Ollie.
ial confirmation here. The Japanese min
lister, in general conversation, said thai
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-13
HATRED OF ENGLISH.
How 1t Is Manifested BY Beers in Oc-
cupied Towns.

cup1ed Towns.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
London, August The closing scenes
of the war in South Africa afford a spec
tacle much like that OF the early Recon
struction days. of the United States.
''The men are still sunen, the women
about Krugersdorp,' writes John Stuart
of the Morning Post, 'hate us with a
hatred as cruel as the grave.
8" Send me a wounded Englishman.
wrote a young woman OF the place to her
lover outside Ladysmith for 1 want to
watch him die.
That was common request found
in letters from all over the country, most
" dated from Krugersdorp And now
Tommy Atkins perry AIDES Kurgersdorp.
ION Monday night, long after the
town had surrendered, a Transvaal flag
was hoated over a house occupied by Mr..
Phanle Koch, who is a brother Of the
general who was wounded to the death
at Elandslaagte. A trooper saw the flag
and hauled it down. Next morning, Mrs.
Kock, in impudent feminine obstinacv
had another hoisted. An officer ordered
its removal. She called him into the
house and rallied at him: 'Ah, she
cried, you can take away our flags and
you can take away our independence, but
you cannot take away our spirit There
upon she opened a tinkling cottage pi-
ano, and played the Transvaal 'Volksieid'
singing the words in voice that shook
with ACE and raOe
" Pretty tune, said the officer, What
is itP Play it again, please?' But she
only shook her fist in his face. She was
speeches..
''The builders of new South Africa
have a hard and difficult soil to work
on, and nothing can be gained by hiding
or ignoring the fact. Already an ex-com-
mandant is foretelling a fresh outbreak
of rebellion within two years. And
many men who have given up arms
promise us another round in the race at
the first European complication.
"Wait, they say, till we see England
with her hands full, and you viii find
the whole country adame. For this rea-
son plead for examples. We should not
be satisfied, as we are too often satisfied
in our easy-going way, with the surren-
der OF an old fashioned rifle and twenty
or ever so rounds of ammunition.
'There We're enough Mausers In the
Transvaal at the beginning of the war
to supply every Boer in South Africa
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-13
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Party Of Nine More or Less Injured In
Bronx Section Of New York.

New York, August 12.-Nine persons at
& picnic who sought shelter under Jrees
and bushes in 1.-The Woods in the Bronx
section. during a storm this afternoon,
were struck by the same flash of light
ming The persons injured were James
Brown, a Hungarian tailor of this city
his wife, four children and three neigh
bOrS-
All the injured persons were taken to
I 'Ordham hospital The attending physi-
clans said they thought Mrs. Brown, her
children, Rosa and Eta and Bertha Sill
verman could not possibly live. The Sill
Terr0an girl was the worst injured. OF
Bertha Lescowitz the physicians said
she would either die or if death did n OF
relieve her she would probably beco me
nope1essly insane.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-13
Killed Messenger and Robbed Safe Of
Large Amount.
Wanted Money for APP
preaching Marriage.
Carefully Planned Blood Curd-
ling Crime.

Columbus, Ohio, August 12.-Charles
r. H. Terrell, a former employe of the
Adams Express company was arrested
this Afternoon in this city and has con-
fessed to the killing of Messenger Charles
Lane and robbery of the way safe Of the
Adams Express company on the Penn
sylvania train which arrived in this city
at midnight Friday. One thousand dollarf
of the money which he had stolen was
recovered. Terrell was to have been
married Thursday next to Miss Lillian
Costlow, daughter of Patrick Costlow,
an engineer on the Pennsylvania ines.
He had been discharged by the Adams
Express company three months ago ana
had since been out Of work. He confessed
that the motive of the robbery was to Sc
cure money on account Of his approaching
marriage. The money he recovered he
had given to Miss Costlow saying it was
saved from his earnings. He was at the
home of his affianced and in her COM
pany when arrested Terrell is 81 years
of age, 6 feet in height with dark hair
and an attractive face. When he found
that he could no longer deceive the Off
ers he made a full confession and went
into state Of nervous collapse.
The confession of Terrell disclosed a
premeditated and blood curdling crime.
The robbery had been carefully planned
and the plan included the murder of Elk
press Messenger Lane. He had no accom-
plices and no confidantes. Lane and he
were friends. He knew that considerable
money was always carried by the mes
senger on Pennsylvania train No. 8 be-
tween St. Louis and Columbus. Having
provided himself with Smith and Wes-
son, six shooter, 80 calibre, he went to
Urbana Friday morning and waited for
No. 8. Terrell told Lane he was out of
money and asked PERMISSION to ride tC
Columbus. Lane consented. never sus
pecting treachery. For short time after
the train left Urbana, they chatted pleas
antly. When Terrell had finally nerved
himself for the crime, he drew his revol
yer, stepped up behind Lane unobseryeC
and fired three shots into the messenger
back Lane rolled off the chair ontt
the floor on his face. md Terrell quickly
fired the remaining shots at the PROSTATE
body. Terrell took Lane revolver anC
fired two more bullets into Lanes body
Terrell took the key to the way safe
from the pocket of the dead messenger
opened the safe and put Lanes revolve
inside his pocket. After he had takel
out all the sacks containing the money
packages, money orders and way-bills
he placed them in a small satchel an
waited until the car arrived at Plain Cit
when he slipped from the train. He IN
quired for the hotel, secured a room an
retired without egistering.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-13
SOONER THE BETTER.
Sir ESoaoert Hart Anxious to Get Out OF
Pelkim.

London, August 1873 30 a, m.-'The
sooner we can be got out OF this, the bet
Ter, for 1t is inconvenient for the Chinese
government and unsafe for ourselves.
mis- Is a message received last even ing
from Sir Robert Hart, dated Pekin, Aug
usa >. and sent in cipher to the Chinese
maritime Gus toms office in London.
commenting upon it the Morning Post
says
1t would seem to Indicate that the
Oa1nese governments is anxious for the
safety Of the foreigners, or at any rate
anxious to get them safety out of Pekin
while Sir Robert Hart evidently expects
mat they viii get out sooner or later
oaeng, director general Of railroads and
o71esSraphs, according to a Shanghai des-
pau ela to the STANDARD expresses grave
-s&@Hs for the safety of the members of the
i7asss5Aons when the defeated Chinese
0Aooz9S return to the capital.
Inc Austrian naval commander reports
% Jenna that the allies decided to rest
l or three days after the taking OF Yang
soa- A despatch to news agency
AR.,114 L1en Tsin says:
= inks and stones block the river be-
GAG the avdanced posts of the allies for
q GO ns1derable distance but the dryness
oo-% 011a Ues and the country is in good
--'-e-seA 11ng order, subsidiary dykes having
'..>&9 the enemy's damming Ineffective
s,z.L1 Is believed that some 800 have been
~ 90 the expedition by the increase
me numbers of the British naval
co1e~s--ce<a, according to a Seoul despatch
r,l.e><<s Is to Japan sending troops there tC
1e2e for emergencies.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-13
KILLED BY LIGHTNING,
New York Visited BY Storm of
Awful Severity.
Four Persons Killed and Two Fatally
injured.

New York, August 12.-In a sstorm
which passed over this section this after
noon four persons were killed in Queens
boro and two others were injured with
little chance of recovering. Thomas
Dunn OF Flushing, L.. L, 16 years of age
took refuge under a tree. lightning
struck the tree and Dunn was Instantly
killed.
The barn belonging to Frank Valen
tine IN Flushing, was hit by lightning
and set on fire. Valentine rushed out to
save some Of his cattle. He was struck
by a falling timber and burned to death
in the barn.
8 Clarence Weeks, farm hand employed
by Mr.. Valentine was in the barn before
the lightning struck it and has not been
seen since.
Chauncey Lay, 16 years Of age, was
walking with his father in Corona. A
broken electric wire fell across their path
and the boy became entangIed in it and
was burned to death.
Fanny Brynes, II, was badly burned
and shocked in alighting from a Brook
Iyn Heights trolley car. The arm of the
trolley broke and fell upon her shoulder.
Her life is despaired Of.
IN running from the storm, in Brook
IynS Angelina Rosa, 30 years of age,
stepped upon a live electric light wire
and was badly shocked. Her condition
critical
At Tenafy, n. J., one young woman
was killed and three others were so Sc
vereIy Injured by a single bolt that they
viii probably die. Mrs. Mouth and her
two daughters, Lizzie and Nellie, and a
woman friend were sitting under a grape
arbor- A bolt killed Miss Lizzie Mouth.
Nellie Nou6h and her mother were badly
burned. The visitor, whose name is not
known, hal her nose cut off by the flash
of IRE.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-13
But Few Of Her Crew Of Sizty-tWO
We're Saved.
Lives Lost Not Less
Than Forty-two.
Accident Occurred During Ma
nOeuYres of Fleet.

Paris, August During manoeuvres
of the French fleet off Cape St. Vincent
last night, a collision occurred between
the first class battleship Berennus, flying
the flag of Vice Admiral Fournier, com.
mander of the fleet and the torpedo boat
destroyer France.
a The France sank Immediately. The &C
cident was due to the fact that the
France turned to the right when ordered
to the left. Details thus far received are
meagre; but only a small portion of the
crew, consisting Of four officers and 5S
men were saved, 1t is believed that n o
fewer than 80 were lost and great ankle y
is felt here.
The France which was of 313 tons dis
placement was a recent addition to the
French navy.
LOSS WAS FORTY-TWO.
Paris, August I3-It Is now known
that cut of the France S crew of 56, IA
were saved. The losses include three offic.
ers, Captain Mauduit du Plessix, the
second lieutenant and the chief engineer
were lost.