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New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
LORD KITCHENER's REPORTS.

London Aug. pa dispatch from Lord
Al'chener. dated from Pretoria to-day, says:
Ihree officers and sixty-nve men, who were
eent 81 north Of Ladybrand. Orange River Colony
on tne right OF Elliots columns, were sur
funded on unfavorable ground and captured
~ superior force August %. One man
@ as Killed, and four We're wounded The pris-
Us were released. Am holding an inquiry.
nave received a long letter from Steyn con-
o-uihs ca an argumentative statement of the Boer
50 ana saying he viii continue to fight; also
f sloII letter from De Wet to the same effect
na oVtha writes acknowledging the receipt of my
- .shLoeiatnaton and, protesting against it, states
o.L aee lhe Beers intend to go on fighting On the
considerably
another dispatch from Lord Kitchener says:
TOO since August 10. 30 Beers have been killed
rssVe nave peen made prisoners and 1S5 have sur
President Nee'' " 'ePie" Vi the eA-
onnos..,umhs eoiumhs are meeting with no appreciable
erros5pon In Cape Colony The rebels and
mr. eu pands are hiding. and avoiding our col
hs,a WIN some success, General Beatson alone
Sing been in contact with the command of
eeper, whom he is driving north
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
AN AMERICAN CLAIM DENIED.

London. Aug. 26.-Newton Crane, IN behalf Of
the American Embassy. has presented to the
South African Compensation Commission the
claim Of c. b. Nelken, native OF Prussia and a
naturalfzed American citizen. Major General
Sir John Ardagh. representing the Foreign Of
fee pointed out that the claimants letter said
he had Joined the Beers in order to protect his
property, seized by the Beers. and remarked:
No person who has fought against Great Brit
ain win receive any compensation on the recon-
rnendation of the commission.
NeIken said Mr.. Crane. was man who had
laid down his arms and resumed his neutral
status at the time he was deported, and was
entitled TO the benefit of his neutral status
chairman Milvain said: No person who has
fought against Great Britain will receive COM
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
LAWYER FOUND DROWNED.
DEATH OF FORMER PARTNER OF Colo
MEL TALIAFERRO AND AUTHOR OF
BOOK ABOUT To BE PUBLISHED.

The body Of Britton H. Tabor lawyer weu
known in the Southwest who had practised in
this city for the last eight years. was found in
the North River. OFF West observation-disclosures
forty y-1rst-st.. yesterday. by the police OF the
West One hundred -and-twenty -ffth-st station.
1t is thought by his friends and family that
death was due TO an accident. or that he wan
dered away and fell into the river while suffer
ing from mental depression caused by the heat.
The body identified at the Harlem
Morgue by James Nj. Hillery. a real estate
broker. of No. 400 Bleecker-st who was a
friend and client of the dead lawyer Mr. Hill
lery said that he last saw Mr.. Tabor at 4
D. m. Saturday in the latter's office in the
Temple Court Building. He said that Mr..
Tabor had been seriously affected by the heat
Ia July, and that ever since then he had shown
signs of mental weakness
Mr. Tabor was born hfty-two years ago
Oxford Miss He studied for the ministry at
Nashville University. but afterward studied
law under the late Justice L. Q. C. Lamar. OF
the United States Supreme Court He began
practice in Oxford. Miss. and afterward became
head of the law firm OF Tabor, Taliaferro &
Lane. of Birmingham. Ala, where he made
fortune during the land boom. He then went
to Fort Smith, Ark. where he built up a large
law practice and was president of the First
National Bank At Fort Smith he met with
reverses. and eight years ago ne moved to
this city and had been associated at different
times in the practice of the law with Charles
+ Holm W. C.. De Witt Colonel E T. Talia-
ferro who was his partner in Birmingham. and
William s. Murphy. Mr.. Tabor had reputa-
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
CONSTANS LEAVES TURKEY
FRENCH ENVOY DISSATISFIED WITH
PORTE'S ACTION.
SULTAN STILL SHOWS HIS DISLIKE OF PAY
ING DEBTS-NO SERIOUS RESULT
APPREHENDED.

ConstantinopIe. Aug. 26.-M. Constans, the
French Ambassador, after making farewell calls
on his colleagues yesterday, left here to-day. on
board the vautour, for stamboul where he will
take the train.
Paris. Aug. 26-Sultan Abdul Hamid's persist
ence in procrastinating methods continues to
disturb the Turkish relations with France. His
trade giving satisfaction in the quays question
was taken as indicating that he would accept
the entire French claims. but NJ Constans tele
graphed yesterday that the Sultan still
holding out against the payment of the claims
of three Frenchmen dat ting back many years
and amounting TO several million francs, for
which NJ. Constans demanded settlement, and
declared he would leave Constantinople to-day
unless the matter was settled. This action. how
ever will only be a manifestation of dissatisfac
tion and not rupture of relations. as the coun-
cillor of the French Embassy will take over the
affairs of the embassy and continue the negotia-
tions NJ Constans. ostensibly. win leave Con-
stantinople on a vacation.
London. Aug. 26.-The dispatch from Constan-
tinople announcing that the French Ambassador
left there to-day is not understood either In Lon
don or Paris though it is not believed that II
means a further difference between France and
Turkey The supposition is that NJ. Constans is
taking A holiday.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

Memphis. Tenn Aug, &-Tiptonvle Tenn;
county seat of Lake county was almost ueSuoSSu
by fire late yesterday.
Bloomington ILL.,. Aug. 26.-Four miners were in
stantiy killed to-day at a mine at ChenOa TINS
Sounty bv the swapping of the cable supporting
the cage The fell 2i7 feet
Michigan City Ind. Aug. 9.-William Z. Hin.
sbaw serving a life sentence for the murder or
his wife at Beeville has been released from State
rrison on a ten days parole issued by Governor
Drrbin 10 visit his parents, who are reported ia
tI,t I'll III a, AT their home near Winchester Hnshaw
formerly was a preacher. and always has protested
his innocence
Rochester N V Aug. 26.-The sherif's Office
has been asked to find eleven-year-old John En-
light son of Daniel Enright jeweller In the viii
iage of Mendon. A tramp who had been hanging
hoy 20 go away with him last Friday Several
nersous met the two. the tramp telling all who
aware curious that he going to the hop picking
I,strict in MuttonvilIe This is six miles north or
Rioomfeld 10 which ii is believed the kidnapper
bought tickets
Cane Henry Va Aug. 2s-The United States nau-
ticaI training sail schoOship Chesapeake. Leuten-
liz in the latter part OF June with crew or cadets
IRON, the Naval Academy, for a practice cruise IN
Nsw England waters, passed in to-day on her re-
turn in tow OF the United States tug Standlsh
The Chesapeake sgnalleu that she "iSneu to Oe
reported all We'll
Chicago Aug 26-Nicholas Kranz. German
farmer living near Aurora. ILL.,. was robbed of over
* os1 in notes s55 in checks and SSS IN currency
on a Cottage Grove-ave cable tram mere To-Day
Ia carried the money and notes in a large leather
pocketbook in inside pocket or his coat He
beiieyes his vaIuables were taken by two men who
iostled him on the car and who alighted shortly
before he discovered his loss The robbery was
reported to the police
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
MARCONTS SYSTEM IHPROTED.
MANAGER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN
HAWAII HAS PERFECTED 1T.
InY rELEaRArH 10 ruE rnIrrNE.I

[BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE rRIBrSE.l
Honolulu. via San Francisco. Aug. 26-F j.
Cross, manager of the Wireless Telegraph Com
pany. says he has made three distinct improve
ments upon Marconi's system. two of which will
result in a virtual transformation OF the Marconi
system. The first Improvement. which is already
in use is a of transferring the electric
impulses automatically to an ordinary wire and
conveying them by a Morse instrument. Such an
apparatus is now in operation between the
Waialee telegraph station. beyond Diamond
Head, and the main office In this city Hereto
fore all message received had to he telegraphed
or telephoned TO this city. He hopes soon to
have this automatic repeater perfected that
messages can be sent from here and repeated at
Waialee without the intervention of any opera
tors
But Cross's most important discovery is In
connection with the arrangement and working
of coherers. The coherer is a small glass
vacuum tube in which has been placed filings
of silver and nickel. The electric impulse caught
by the Marconi receiver Is carried by platinum
wire to these filings. causing them to cohere
and transmit the impulse TO where it be
recorded But these filings not in a state to
receive and transmit another impulse until this
conference has been overcome. Marconi over
came this by striking the glass tube with a little
corners of filings so they will not cohere thus
adding greatly to the operating expenses. Cross
in place of hammer puts large number or
coherers in a cylinder the axis of the cylinder
and the axis of the coherers being parallel
When a message is received sent the cylinder
will reVolve. AS each tube comes on top II VIII
connect with receiver and receive the impulse
and IL will then pass around the circle till II
reaches the lowest point. The filings are so
packed in the tube that their weight will tend
to separate them when the tube reaches GER
tain position in the revolution of the sylinder
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
JAMES G. STOWE IN LONDON.
VIEWS ON SOUTH AFRICAN SITUATION
UNABLE TO GET PASSAGE HERE.

London, Aug. 26.-James G. Stowe. TIE United
States Consul-General at Cape Town. has ar
rived here from South Africa. Mr.. Stowe said
to-day:
l find myself marco led in London. Appar-
entity every berth on steamers bound for Amer
lea is taken till the end Of September. and
am anxious to get home. where l can do away
with official cares and talk a private citizen,
You know more in London about the military
conditions OF South Africa than il is possible
for any one to know at Cape Town.
While ! have resigned from the consular ser
vice M resignation does not take effect till l
reach Washington hence IL is impossible for me
to say anything. You learn much more from
returning officers than it is possible 10 learn
from any one else coming from the cape.
The South African problem is undoubtedly
difficult and complicated. The topography of the
country and the mobility Of the Beers, whom
the English columns are unable to pursue indi-
v!Cually, render operations most dif1cult The
British feeding many prisoners and are
Trovidng for thousands of Boer families, all OF
which is very nice on the part OF England, but
in the mean while the war drags on There is a
great future for South Africa when peace is
secured The surface mineral wealth is scarcely
scratched Undoubtedly England is prepared TO
solve the problem Of reunificaton but when
that will occur certainly no person at the Cape
IS able
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS STOLEN.

Havana. Aug 26.-E. 9. Westau chief Of the
money order bureau of the Havana postoff1ce.
left the Office as usual with the surplus remit
tance TO pay into the treasury. The amount
was 81 600 He took omnibus, and, accord
ing to his statement. placed the packet contain
ing the money the seat by his side. He read
a newspaper until he reached the point where he
wished TO aght. and. when about to leave the
omnibus he found that the packet missing.
Two boys who in the omnibus at the
time say they saw "A mulatto throw packet 10
a negro in the street. Mr.. Westall is under a
bond of $4,000. The matter will be left to the
courts for decision
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
LOSSES AT FALL RIVER HILLS.
DECREASE IN DIVIDENDS FOR THE LAST
QUARTER REPORTED.
rRr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBrNEl

TRY TELEGRAPH TO THE FRIBt NE-I
Fall River Mass. Aug. &-According 10 tne
quarterly dividend list of the mills mere prepaeu
nv Hanords & Co. there were payments tor the
last quarter of s2Ss $50 capitalization OF vi
so zoo or an average of Ill per cent Compared
with the preceding quarter. IL Is decrease OF
twenty-six- -one- -hundredth of per cent and with
rho orresponding quarter of last decrease OF
hundredths. Ten corporations passed
their dividends in the last quarter as eonlpdreu
with four In the preceding quarter ana three III '"e
corresronding quarter last year Those that passed
were. Fall River Mandatory. Merchants, Meta
comet Osborne RobesOn. Shove, Slade' Statoru'
Wanna anoag and Weetamoe mills
All of these mills except the Osborne NO 2 are
wound IN 10 make narrow printing clotfs, ror
which there has been no great demand at favorable
nrices and they all signed an agreement 10 curtain
M roduction four weeks in the quarter IN vie" Oh
the condition of trade the last six months and
tho losses which some of the corporations nave
6, stained the showing is considered fair The
mills that have been equipped TO make wide fancy
Goods have been able hold their own. while
tbose which are still in the process of renovation
or decay have been able to meet the pace
that has been set.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
DEATH In MANY FORMS.
FOUR GATHERS DROWN AT
LONG BRANCH.
A HUNTER KILLED BY HIS OWN GUN
CAR AND ELEVATOR CRUSH OUT
LIFE-SEvERAL SUICIDES

Sudden death took many forms here and in
New-Jersey yesterday. Drownings were nu-
merOus, four bathers at Long Branch losing
their lives together. The charge of gun went
into the breast of the man who carried the
weapon on hunting trip; a car fatally in
jured an aged woman; an elevator crushed out
the life of an engineer sent to repair il; Are
gave fatal burns; men fell from lofty heights
and were picked up dead; wagon wheels killed
and MANNED, and respondent persons sought
relief in suicide
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
oUAYs CoMPANY's INDEMNITY.

Constantinople, Aug. 26-The amount Of the
indemnity which the Sultan agrees 10 pay the
quays company is 100000 francs, for interfer-
ence with its rights. The Sultan will also pay
100000 francs 10 a Frenchman on account of the
seizing of his lands in Albania. The quays COM
pany renounces for a year the clause in its CON
cession regarding the transfer of the quays to
Turkey only. it is believed to save appearances
for the Sultan.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
TNDIA'S CROPS DAMAGED.

london Aug. 26-The India Office has re-
ssised the following dispatch from Lord Curzon
'''eroy Of India:
ars rains are irregularly distributed They
wbilaS Serucularly deficient in the rice districts
crons Excessive rains have caused damage to
Pr 10 the northern and central provinces
~ are generally falling
persorse is slight decline in the number Of
bejre on the famine relief lists. the total now
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
SECRETARY HAY RESUMES HIS VACATION

Washington, Aug 26-Secretary Hay left Wash
ington this afternoon for his summer home at New
bury " H. to resume the vacation interrupted by
the calls OF business. In his short visit to Wash
ingtou and Canton he managed to dispose of an ac-
cumulation of important business that would have
reouired much correspondence and consumed much
time had he remained in New-Hampshire
Mr. Cridler, Third Assistant Secretary of State;
has almost recovered from his illness, and
is expected return to Washington next week
from Canada.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
GERMAN STEAMER SUNK IN COLLISION.
FOUR MEN DROWNED. TwENTY-oNE SAVED OFF
THE cAsQUEr ROCKS

Havre Aug 2s.-The Spanish steamer Amboto
Captain Muntiz. from New-Orleans, August ?, by
way of Norfolk August g. for this port was in col
sion night with the German steamer Lust
tania from Hamburg for Mediterranean ports of
the Casquet Rocks. The Lusitania sank in an hour
Four of her were drowned The remainder
twenty-one men. were picked up.
The Lustania iron vessel of 9s4 tons. She
belonged to A. G. dc Freitas Co. and hailed from
Hamburg She was built In 1851
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27

FoIrR DAYS NEW-YORK TO CALIFORNIA
by the Overland Limited the luxurious every
linton Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways. The
hest of everything Particulars at North Western
Line Onice 4el Broadway.-Adyt
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
PENNSYLVANIA

In sfLNAAIA RAILROAD CAB SERVICE
IN persseenon with West I'D ST. Station is prompt
starfin..o nance and reasonable in rates When
som ing West call phone .'9l4-lsth ST for han Ti
u '4our-wheeler.-AdvI
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27
CALDAS'S METHODS IN PERIL
ANOTHER YELLOW FEVER CASE MAY
CHECK FURTHER EXPERIMENTS.
Copyright 1901: BY The New-York Tribune)
IBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.l

Havana. Aug pa Spanard, who volun-
teered a subject for experiment by Dr.
Caldas to determine the value of his remedy for
yellow fever is thought to have that disease to-
day. final diagnosis will be made. probably on
Wednesday, and if the yellow fever commission
decides it to be of yellow fever. as 1t Is
inclined TO believe tonight. DR.. Caldass rene
dies will be regarded having failed
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27

POLAND WATER FOR THE KIDNEYS
Water Book" gratis Depot. Park Pi. y: y
Advt-
New-York tribune., 1901-08-27

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The courier., 1901-07-13
A Great Newspaper.

The Sunday edition of the st. Louis
Republic is marvel of modern news
paper enterprise. The organization of
it's news service is worldwide. complete
in every department; in fact, superior to
that Of any other newspaper.
The magazine section is illustrated in
daintily tinted colors and splendid half
tone pictures. This section contains
more high.class literary matter than
any OF the monthly magazines. The
fashions illustrated 10 natural coIors are
especially valuable to the ladies.
The colored comic section is a genuine
laugh-maker. The funny cartoons are
by the best artists. The humorous
stories are high-clsss. by authors Of ma
tional reputation.
Sheet music, . high class, popular
song. is furnished free every Sunday in
The Republic.
The price OF the Sunday Republic by
mail one year is 500. For sale by all
news dealers.
The courier., 1901-07-13
THE NEW EDICT.

The gay eustodians Of the law
Past midnight now may smoke,
And lite Is doubly than befoee
A Raeeanaian joke;
Bot oh, 'tis sad to view the srief
Which elouds the Vendors face;
The stern administrative thief
Doth nightly raid his place.
Town Topics.
The courier., 1901-07-13

A travelling bride lie regarded as
pearl-grsy nuisance by everybody save
the groom.-Town Topics.
The courier., 1901-07-13
THE COURIER.

watch, but league gave DIS ORDERS anu
didn't make no explanations. Then he
went up into the bow and took his eeat
in the knighthead.
For seven days that breeze lasted
and for seven days we went clipping
south, with the sun 30 hot that it boiled
the pitch out Of the decks and our port
of destination further and further over
our port quarter. And for seven days
league set up there on the knighthead
looking forward. out over the sea. We
passed ships and then got passed the
travelled way and league paid no heed.
"But on that seventh day We raised
speck on the horizon and league
jumped to his feet when he seen it. We
come up to it in the fret dog watch.
She was what was left OF fine schoon-
or. her maste gone and lying 60 low in
the water her decks was partly awash.
".Lower away the yawl, says league.
1t was his first word since he'd turned
the bark south.
81 was in the yawl's crew. They was
dozen starving men with tloodshot
eyes on that wreck and two or three
dead ones.
Water the men whispered. as
league come aboard, and held out his
hands.
"'Where is the woman" says league.
"'Desd-under yon ssrpaulin,' says
one of the men. Poor little woman,
Barker beat her to death before she
starved
"'God be praised says league in a
quiet voice that shook that wsterlogged
wreck. And which Of you's Barker?'
"'Dead q week. says the man. Give
US water.
"Teague went over. pulled the tarpau-
lin off and picked the woman, that was
lying under it, up in his hands. They
eaid afterwards that she'd been dead
three days. He looked at her minute
and put his face down to hers. Then
he hollers out:
"'Some brandy here-this woman's
alive
"They passed him flask out of the
yswl ana he forced some down between
her set teeth. Then he looeened her
dress and rubbed her body and blew in
her mouth and worked over her for two
hours without raising his head And
then. as hope for mercy. the woman's
eyelids begin to futter like loose stud.
din sail in light breeze and her eyes
opened and che smiled with 'em up at
league. And league, as l live, set
there swelling up to the size Of his
clothes with every second that passed.
"'Come here, Bill says he to me,
speaking as soft as q woman with
young baby; 'is this her you see in the
cabin?'
Il crept over and looked ut her.
eyes. sir, says, though not near
30 pale
"'Well. how says league, could that
sperrit of hers come to be settin' in that
there cabin, with her not dead yet,
down here fourteen miles away?
SAT that the woman opened her eyes
and smiled up at league again.
".'You was long time coming. Jim,'
she whispered. IL been a-dreaminR
that was writing you letter.
"They was married when We got tn
port month overdue. league lived to
be seveDty-eight, but his wife was eigh-
ty-one when she died. Some times I've
felt sorry for that poor little brown
haired ghost that had to wait them six.
ty long yean before it bad q chance to