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The National tribune., 1901-08-08
That Momentous Dispatch.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Noting
| your editorial comments in your last is
sue upon That Momentous Dispatch" to
| Commodore Dewey, in which you state
| that there are more words than neces-
sary to convey the meaning; that there
was no need of repeating lat once" and
that the 33 words could have been better
expressed in 10 words, of which you fur
nish an example, permit me to offer a
word in correction OF your theory.
The dispatch to Commodore Dewey was
coded. l have not the code from which
it was reduced, but with much experience
in use of the code used in another Depart
ment of the Government l am enabled
to judge quite accurately that the dis
patch as worGed in your example would
not have reduced the number of words
actually transmitted and very likely the
expense of the cablegram was actually
less than had your dispatch been sent.
In the code, words of 10 letters or less
stand for sentences of several words, and
the sentence Proceed ut once to- and
Commence operations at once" were ex-
pressed by two words, and the repetition
of "at first" cost nothing additional. They
had to be used to convey the orders to
proceed and commence operations"
1t.makes no difference to the public who
composed the dispatch: 1t conveyed the
orders necessary for Commodore Dewey
to move promptly on the enemy's feet,
and he did it successfully. and the one
word which told him to Use utmost en-
deavors" was Il word of encouragement
and $3.50 well spent.-L. f. RANDOLPH,
18th n. Y, Washington, ID. @.
The National tribune., 1901-08-08
Fertilization Of tho Rip Rans.

The War Department has arranged for
the reoccupation of the Rip Raps, in
Hampton Roads, officially known as Fort
Wool, and located just opposite Fort Mon
roe. Some walls will be rebuilt, barracks
will be established. and one battery of
coast artillery will be stationed at the
fort. This fertilization was first known
as Fort Calhoun, later as Fort Wool, but
it is best known in the vicinity of Old
Point Comfort as the Rip Raps. 1t was
coded to the Government for lighthouse
purposes in 1919, and many thousands of
dollars were spent later in the endeayor
to make fort out Of the place, but with
out avail.
The National tribune., 1901-08-08
Anew Candidate for Commissioner.

Dear Conrad: 1 see a goot many OF
de gomrads hat dere say about who shall
be de Commissioner Of Bensions, if de
country should be so misfortunate as to
loose Mr.. Evans. As pretty near most all
de gomrads hat dere man picked oudt al
ready yet, | tink L hat a right to bro
pose one. l will say dat l consult de goot
off de country, andt not mine own feel
ing. l don't like my man mineself.
tink he is a righdt bad old fellow; but for
Commissioner of Bensions to come be-
hindt Mr.. Evans, l tink he iss Just de
man. l now propose de name of Pill
Arp" OF Georgia, for commissioner OF
Bensions. tink dat de Administrations
dot has stood By Mr.. Evans in his brave
fight against de pension sharks and
tramp soldiers who are all wanting BEN
sions just because dey had a leg broke
off in the war, or some such leetle ting Liz
dot will approve of Pill Arp.
From vot l know off Pill Arp, 1 tink
he is just de man dot ISIS wanted. I just
send you leetle verso Of poetry dot Pill
Arp made. Pill wrote for de Georgia ba,
pers. He say, Pill does:
thine cuts down all,
Both great and small,
Except a pensioned soldierI
They never die,
But multiply,
As fast as they grow older"
Pill ISIS honest andt gonsistant. He
don't tink much off a soldier, and don't
pretend to. Dere won't be the disappoint-
ment under mis- administration dat dere
ISIS now. A soldier won't hat to wait
nine years after he applies for pension
before they tell him he can't get it. When
Pill gets dere, de soldier will know ven he
applies for pension dat he won't get it,
andt you see dat will be peter, for ders
will yust be about nine years off hope,
andt suspense andt anxiety safed. Andt
then how much will be safed to the goun-
try. Mr.. Evans's newspapers say he safe
six million OFF dollars last year from de
pension sharps and crippled soldiers. Now
yust give Pill Arp de place, dot 1 aspire
him to, andt he will safe apout 10 million.
OF course, Pill vas on de other side in the
but he vas not a regular Con-
federate soldier. l dink he vas q brison
guard. You know de brison guards in
de South were all old men andt boys. Pill
was a boy den andt used to tink If great
fun to shoot Yankee prisoner every day
or two. | tink all you Andersonvills
prisoners will remember MIN.
ting an education in dealing NIT oldt SOL
1iers dot would qualify him to succeed
Mr.. Evans as Bension Commissioner,
lndt be worth yust as much TO him as
Il he had served as a Quartermaster's
,lerk about nine weeks in de Union army.
would like to hear vot de gomrads tink
off my candidate, Ich vas.-FRITz Eo-
iELER, Cedar Keys, Fla.
The National tribune., 1901-08-08
End OF THE WAR
And the Beginning of Reconstruction.
By GEORGE CARY EdGLEsToN.

uaeprinted by permission of G. P Putnam's sOns3
The National tribune., 1901-08-08
In Kansas.

Drummer-It is pretty hard to get
drink in this town, isn't it?
Landlord (kansas HoteD-You bet.
Why, you can't even work the snake-bite
racket any more unless you carry the
snake to the drug store and let him bita
you in the presence of the committee.
The National tribune., 1901-08-08

After a little time most Of the ey-soI-
diers returned to their homes, and find
nj that there were enough of us in the
county in which | lived to exercise n
much-needed police supervision if we had
the necessary authority, we sent n com
mittee of citizens to Richmond to rnport
the facts to the General in command Of
the district. He received our committee
very cordially, expressed great pleasure in
the discovery that citizens were anxious
10 maintain order until q reign of law
could be restored, and granted us Ieaye
to organize ourselves into military force
with officers acting under written an
thorIty from him; to patrol the country.
TO dlsarm all improper or suspicious per
sons: 10 arrest and turn over to the near
est Proyost-Marshai all wrongdoers and
generally TO preserve order by armed sur-
yeillance. To this he attached bur ono
condition, VIZ, that we should hold our
selves bound in honor to assist any
United States officer who might reuuire
such service OF us, in the suppression Of
guerrilla warfare. 10 this we We're glad
enough TO assent, as the thing we dread
ed most at that time was the Inaugural
tlon OF hopeless, irregular struggle
which would destroy the small chance Iaft
us or rebuilding our fortunes and restor-
ing our wasted country to prosperity. We
governed the County in which we lived
uiiIii me establishment of a military post
at the County-seat relieved us of the task.
and the permission given us thus TO stamn
out lawlessness saved our people from the
alternative Of starvation or dependence
upon the bounty OF the Government. If
was seed-time and without a yigorous
maintenance of order our fields couId NOT
have been planted at all.
1t is difficult to comprehend. and impos-
slble to describe, the state of uncertainty
W at
surrendered at discretion, and had no way
OF discovering or even of guessing what
terms were TO be given us. We were emf
OIL almost wholly from trustworthy news.
and IN the absence of papers were unable
even to rest conjecture upon the express
sion of sentiment Mt the North. Rumors
we had in plenty, but SO many of them
were clearly false that we were forced
to reject them all as probably untrue.
When We heard it confidently asserted
that Gen. Alexander had made journey
to Brazil and brought back tempting
New-York tribune., 1901-12-18
cBrRCH AND STATE SEPARATION.
PREMIER WALDECK-ROUSsEAU URGES RE
ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC WoR-
SHIP ESTIMATES.

Paris. Dec. I'm the Chamber of Deputies this
afternoon the Premier. NJ Waldeck-Rousseau,
urged the House re-establish the public worship
estimates. which suppressed by the Budget
Commission. He pointed out the advantages OF the
maintenance Of the Concordat which gave the
State authority the clergy, and said de-
.lunciation OF the Coucordat would lead to the
creation Of q hierarchy. of which the head Would
be al Rome Ultramontarlsn would be no longer
q doctrine but q fact. and a spiritual chief would
be created in France, in addition to the temporal
chief Moreover. the proposition for the denun-
rjarjon Of the Concordat had never once found a
majority IN the Chamber, and he Ohe PreInier)
did not believe 1t existed now. Even the great
revolution had not dared u separate Church and
State They ought not TO undertake task whicA
they were not sure they were able 10 carry ,S olS
for if the policy OF separation was 70 get chech
il would be a serious setback 10 the republican
idea. III, ,,or.
The Premier's remarks were greeted with cheeTs.
Bv a vote of $50 TO IS7 the Chamber subsequently
decided 10 discuss the details OF the Public Nor-
shin bill This victory for the government as
II rejects the commissions plan to aoohsh the
public worship estimates from the Budget, ..-
immediately following this vote, the Minister
of Finance NJ Cailiaux presented the revised
Budget for 1872 and moved that the government DC
granted credits. Of provisional twelfths, TOR jan
1iarv and February. After the vote on the fupIlc
Worship bill Budget was returned TO the Sol-e
rnission which decided 10 take up the branch or
interior expenditure. The Chamber then adJournea'
New-York tribune., 1901-12-18
MUSIC.
THE KNEIsEL QUARTET.

The Kneisel Quartet of Boston took advantage or
the old doubt to the real birthday of Beethoven
and celebrated both the 16tn and nth of December
by devoting concerts to his music exclusively in
Philadelphia and New-York Such concerts are
rather timidly undertaken by musicians who feel
the need of maintaining intimate and sympa-
thetic relationship with their listeners from the
beginning to the end OF their entertainments.
They have a dread of that lst!essness which sets
in when an audience begins to feel that the music
is in danger Of growing mCnotonous. and large
desire TO make the schemes varied without taking
it out Of frame in which it belongs Also they
desire a climax and. while so desiring, they rear
that the crescendo from early work to one OF
the composers last period might tax the patience
and the understanding of public audience II MI
Kneisel and felt these timdites before yes
terday afternoons concert they were convinced
OF the ideness OF their fears long before the
concert was over. The growth represented by the
programme was from the frank. ingenious beauty
Of the G MAJOR quartet in Beethoven's first set
through the dignifed and lovely sonata IN a
major for vioIoncello and pianoforte, 10 the
somewhat mystical, pa-rwise whimsical. ana IN
its chief movement altogether transgured quartet
&, = major which is numbered last in the list OF
The masters chamber compositions. And these
works were heard with interest that was al
fectionate at the outset and piousy deVouI DIT 'ie
close. :, .
All the movements were not equally well played
IN the opening allegros of the quartets Mr.. hnei-
seIs F string was fractions and "piped and WINS
lied IN his sound at intervals, while Mrs H. h
A Reach. who played the pianoforte part with
Mr. Schroeder in the sonata. was dlstreSsihsiy ue
siccatad in her style and harsh and Irregular IN
toro Bu. ALL the slow movements were or trans
venting Ioveliness and at the end there was a
feeling in which listeners and players seemed 10
toin that sacred anniversary had been Worthny
ceIehrated Mr. schroeder's performance was
- .ba,, rsuaIlv mastery. and he drew lus-
,o,, tone from his violoncello Pity that its con-
so-t vas so ungraciously unsympathetic
New-York tribune., 1901-12-18
4 COMFORTING ASSURANCE.
TRIBUNE READERS ARE HEREBY INFORMED
THAT THERE ARE NO BEARS IN
BRYANT FARK.

The brushing wav of mysteries Is to the minds
of some men the most able occupation under
the sun. To clear away doubts TO transform un-
certainties into facts. is to them supreme de-
light. They are not content with mere signs and
engage themselves in the work of dsillusionment
Pretty faucies bore them.
OF such temperament is a reader of The Trln-
une who spurred into activity by account of
q footprint Of q bear which appeared in The Trib-
1Ine on Tuesday morning has set about the task Of
disprov;nc the existence OF the animal How well
he succeeded may best be told in his own words.
They were as follows:
II read about the bears track in the concrete on
the sidewalk at SiNtll-ave. and Fortieth-st It's
good ioke on the reporter who wrote the story.
There was really no bear at all. The track was
made by A A. Anderson, the painter, who has
handsome studio in the Bryant Studio Building
Mr. Anderson has shot lot Of grizzlies upon his
ranch in wyoming. lie has their skins scattered
about his apartments. His luck in hunting the
brutes gave him the idea of having grizzlys foot
sidewalk was still damp he made at The point men
toned the impression OF a bears foot No one but
a ncwspa per man would have noticed it Now, that
clears up the mystery, doesn't It
are you sure there are no bears about?
None
..I3ut why didn't you let the story go as il
F-ufuro generations would have manufactured fine
legend over it. with Indian love story. black
eyed MoiliCan girl. and all that
put We want facts the ready rejoinder
"Fancies are out Of date"
The listener disagreed. He was sorry that such
matter of fact man had been stirred into activity.
Still. it's a comfort to know that there are no
hears in Bryant Park
New-York tribune., 1901-12-18
KRITZINGER CAPTURED,
THE FAMOUS BOER COMMANDANT
WOUNDED IN TRYING TO
BREAK BLOCKADE.

London. Dec IA dispatch from Lord
Kitchener dated from Belfast, about half way
between Pretoria and the frontier Of Portuguese
East Africa, received here to-day, announces
that Comnlandant Kritzinger. the Boer leader
who has figured so prominently in connection
with the invasion of Cape Colony. has been capt
ured badly wounded, by General French
Kritzinger was trying TO break the blockhouse
Gordon at Hanover Road.
Commandant Kritzinger has been described as
a leader Of exceptional ability, not second even
to Christian De Wet. Kritzinger has been re-
peatedIy referred to in dispatches from South
Africa as being hotiy pursued, cornered or
crushed up against the Orange River in full
flood But he always succeeded in escaping
through some gap in the uncertain British line
At one moment he has been reported to have
one thousand men with him, and day or two
later, when the British had concentrated. his
force had been broken UP into small bands and
had disappeared among the mountains, where
pursuit was useless At one time no fewer than
seven British columns were in hot pursuit of
Kritzinger. driving him toward the Orange
River which was then unfordable. but, when
the British thought they had him caught, they
discovered that he was fifty miles in their rear
threatening the railroad. after having broken up
his commando into two sections.
An officer of the British Intelligence Depart
nlent who fell into KrtZngers hands described
the Boer leader as a fine looking man. about hFe
feen ten inches in height, broadly built, and
speaking English perfectly. At that period, the
officer said. Kritzinger was attired in lavender
coored trousers, with yellow tanned gaiters, a
vel! cut coat, starched white linen shirt and a
brand new tally-ho hat with a puggaree.
Kritzinger wore gloves and carried a hunting
crop. His men were well dressed, and all their
horses were in splendid condition.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-18
THE PASSING THRONG.

Human ingenuity has no netes and oounds'
said T. P. Morris. Of Pittshurs. at the Holland
House yesterday "and TO say there
NOVEL USE is nothing under the sun Is
FOR to challenge criticism. for there
PAWNSHoP always is If only IT be that par
ticular day upon which the sun Is
shining. recently struck a brand new tnins-
came in town with friend, who was wearing
magnificent fur coat. In the country the morhils @
had been cold but in town 1t was warmer. ana the
coat became uncomfortable. short distance from
the station he went into a paNnproKer any, s Iahs
him 81 on it. The proprietor examined it sqS-
picously and then gave an eager aiiirmsHes ;s anS
theV parted with seemingly mutual satisfaction
did not like to ask questions 10 b and as ne nnt after @
noon when I ran into my friend on my way 10 tne me
reached the pawnbroker's he drew me into the shop
again There he produced ms .cHs9 s1s any The three
cents being for one months interest on the e.
borrowed in the morning ONCE on tne NV
its spls ee f d %aSs RaSs hs6 5sG6 3
cents or a quarter. and besides l wouldn't have
some one in the coatToom would not take chance
and lift it because OF its value NOV; and tnf PSere
fore knew would get it back safe ana s4und Ist !
see how beautifully he has brushed It, and nnaHy'
it only cost three cents. -. ,.t
ingenuity. and now understood the reason why he
was more successful than his fenowmen IN ousi-
ness
1T Is queer the difference it makes in your
mail said a recent ex-bachelor at the Waldorf
Astoria the other evening, this
POPULARITY being married. Now. 1 have lived
THROUGH in New-York. 10! these ten years
THE past, and a quiet ana uheVeHtlui
DTPECTORY life it was My name. however,
appeared in neither city nor social
directory and during this period my mail conslste'l
only of bills and personal letters With my mar
riage all this has changed. My name now adorns
the social directory and my mail seems directly 10
reflect this important fact. for it has sweled Vlsloy
before my very eyes. and were it not for the cnar-
acter of the swelling l might be led TO oeHeve
myself come to be important parsonage; But
florist advertisements, book library circulars nvlta-
tons to subscribe to various foreign and domeStic
creased its size, and I find each morning m
vitatons galore to separate myself from some OF
my hard earned cash in order that may heIp
good along. l never realized DeloIe
what a difference it made to have your name IN
directory. Since mine first made Its appearance
however two three months since. exactly S2 q
in postage has been wasted in sending me various
be expended annually in this way. suppose
those who subscribe than balance the money
expended those who do not but for all that L
would like to know what amount Is expended ar
nually in sending circulars to people, simply be-
cause their names in some directory OF club
list, and not because they have any personal IN
terest in the matter that the circular refers to-
months it must take vast annual sum-
New-York tribune., 1901-12-18
THE WEATHER REPORT.
--.r-,,v,s RECORD AND To-DAY's FoREcAs,

YESTERDAYS RECORD AND To-DAY's FORECAST
y,-shi,gton Dec 1.-THE of high pressure which
o.srsd the lower region and the Middle Atlantic
c,... Nondav has moved the mouth or the ST Law
ro,ce TWO areas Of pressure appear tonight one
~ ,bo Southern New-England Coast. extending north
ss+,,ard into the lake region. and second north OF
,.u- east Of the Rocky Mountains Another fall In
.rat,ra has occurred in Missouri, Arkansas. Okla
-, and Northern Louisiana. The temperature has risen
6, .,a middle Rocky Mountain region and in western
L-.,.os Western Nebraska and Northern Texas The
.,,,,s.op has been mostly the form Of snow and
,bo. ras confined the Southern New-England ana
,,d5 Atlantic There was also light snow IN the
1or Ohio Valley Tennessee Snow is Indicated Tor
"wednesday in New-England and the lower lake region
eeuhere east OF Mississippi River the weather VIII
b fair and cold temperature viii begin to rise IN
.ta ,rissssippi Valley Wednesday and will be warmer
rbrrs6av In the Rocky Mountain regions and the MIS-
-i valley the weather will be warmer. with snow IN
,,-.-,.r, Nebraska Western Kansas and the Dakotas
Soyv probab Upper Mississippi and Upper MIS-
Thursday. The winds along the NeW-tne-
Isrd coast will be high north to northeast be
On the Middle and south Atlantic
ts fresh 70 hrisi. northwest winds will pre-
(aiI steamers which depart "Wednesday for European
ors win have brisk northwesterly winds and snow fu
pa. 80 re Grand Banks. Storm warnings displayed
=, aIveston Tex. Boston TO Eastport Warn
,s If dood stages Tennessee River at Johnson
liz Tenn and in Ohio River at Point Pleasant
" Va were issued to-day
New-York tribune., 1901-12-18
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS

r-rnNEsOA Ay-At $40 a. m. Europe Per q q 3
IIis via southampton mail for Ireland must oe dl-
Louis $50 a m supple
n1entarv 10 a. Europe Per $ : LeutoIc. Va
at n. for Belgium direct, per =
Sonthvark mail must be directed per ; 5 SOUTH
rTT4PsDs sy-At a. m. France. Switzerland Itaiy
S1ain Portugal Turkey. Egypt Greece brlIlsn Inola
Marquaz 5. :. La Bfetdsns VIA F1sNEe
9paf for other parts Europe must De directed per
sssrRDA = AYEAt 80 a n for Netherlands direct per
Amsterdam mail must be directed psr
- ~ 80 a. supplementary II a nj
via Queenstown
ETC-This steamer taxes Erlnueu
Nfa4tsr Commercial Papers ard Samples for Gernsn
mail matter Tor otner paris OF
9,a viii nor be by this ship unless sPeciahS
directed by her. ,--.--.-- r-,,~stta1t,.
rors5 above additional Supplementary Mails -
Mans al tbs nisrs Of the American English. FrsLen
German steamers. and remain open ---'44 "---
-a1 Minutes OF the OF sailing Of stean1er-
New-York tribune., 1901-12-18
CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY BELGIUM OR
SWITZERLAND.

Brussels. Dec. 1.-THE Chamber Of Deputies
to-day shelved the resolution presented by NJ
van der Velde the Socialist leader, on December
10 TO the effect that an appeal be made to
Great Britain to take the necessary steps to re-
duce the fearful death rate in the concentration
camps Of South Africa on the ground that
Belgium has no reason TO jeopardze Great Brit
aims friendship by interfering in South African
affairs
Al in favor of it.
Berne. Dec. 1.-THE Bundesrath has declined
to approach Great Britain the subject of the
concentration camps in South Africa, taking the
ground that il might be interpreted as unwar-
rantable interference in the affairs Of a foreign
country
New-York tribune., 1901-12-18
TO PREVENT GOLD EXPORTS FROM MANILA
SEVEN HUNDRED BoLoMEN IN sAMAR sURREN-
DER FROM LACK OF FOOD.

SEVEN HUNDRED BoLOMEN IN sAMAR sURREN-
DER FROM LACK OF FOOD.
Manila Dec 1.-THE United States Commits
sion has finally decided, unless absolutely COM
PEELED to do so by force of circumstances not to
again interfere with the importation exporta-
ton Of gold silver. But. beginning with the
year 1902. the commission will alter the two
to one rate, in accordance with the existing
ratio which is done in the hope of preventing
the further export Of gold and American bills
which are at present being daily shipped
The reports from the provinces of the earth
quake of Sunday last, show that they suffered
more severely than Manila. soldier was
killed by falling masonry at Batangas. Ships
felt the shock several miles at sea.
Seven hundred bolomen have surrendered in
the island of Samar, owing to lack of food
The son of the governor of the island of Ne
gros has been killed in an engagement with
ladrones
-Four cases Of the plague have occurred here.
The first since October
New-York tribune., 1901-12-18

The first contribution from the Grand Army of
the Republic posts of the State of -New-York to
the Mckinley Memorial Association received
yesterday from Lafayette Post. of this city, the
amount being $500. The New-York State organiza-
ton Of Spanish War Veterans is also taking
lively interest IN the work of the memorial COM
nittee and is about 10 issue general order to
the various posts.