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New-York tribune., 1903-09-25
MAY CUT OFF COLOMBIA.
Cable Company Threatens to Stop Messages
-Beaupre 10 Rescue

washington. Sept 24.-The state Department
has instructed Minister Beaupre, az Rogota- 70
,-se his good Offices 10 adjust the differences be
tween the government Of Colombia and the
South American and West Indian cable Com
many. This company has serted notice on the
colombian Government that unless its conces-
sion is extended. il viii cease TO transmit mes
saees over the land lines from Buens Ventura
70 Bogota after october ]
vrha company .greed 20 transmit MESA ges
during the pendency Of the canal treaty. but the
service frequently vas interrupted The gov
ernrnent OF the United States IS anxious that
there shall be an amicable settlement Of the
Sfnerences between the company and Colombia
in order 10 avoid a complete suspension Of COM
rnuutrarLnn-
New-York tribune., 1903-09-25
RUSsIA's ALASKAN INTENTIONS.
Ny. Watson Contends That She Wished to
Cut Of Great Britain from the Sea.

London. Sept 24-David 7. Watson. Of Pitts
burg of the counsel for the United states side
continued the presentation Of the American
case before the Alaskan Boundary Commission
this morning. and expects TO conclude his argu-
r7ent tomorrow. Dir. Watson devoted the
morning 20 the examination OF Russia's title.
pointing out that everything II the Russo-Brit-
ish negotiations showed that Russis's demand
for a boundary involved the exclusive posses
sion of all the ccasrline- He contended that
without such = boundary. excluding Great Brit
ain from the sra, the rest OF the Russian pos
sessions would have been valueless.
AIr. Watson devoted the afternoon 70 attempt
inE 10 show that RusEia's primary tdea was TO
establish a barrier 10 prevent the advance Of
British trade from the East. while Great Brit
ain a. that time also desired q barrier IN order
10 secure freedom for the operations Of the
Eudson's Bay Company. These urpOses, coun-
SCI said would have been completely frustrated
Il the British had obta ined the heads of inlets
The corauliss on expects that the arguments
will be COMPLETED on October 9.
New-York tribune., 1903-09-25
4 SCHEME FOR MOROCCO.
French PrOtectOratc and Com penSd-
tiOnS for Other Nations.

Berlin, Sept. 24-According 10 the National
Zeitune." an international arrangement is likely
to be reached whereby France viii support the
Sultan Of Morocco IN suppressing the troubles
within his dominions. and win assume pro-
tectorate over the country; italy will give up
any claims she may have in Morocco in return
for free hand in Tripoli. Great Britain's pos
session OF Egypt viii he recognized; Germany
viii receive satisfaction in the shape Of the open
door IN these territories. while Spain will be
compensated FOR exclusion from future eXpan-
sion in Morocco by France.
New-York tribune., 1903-09-25
COMPANY GETS S353.025.
Claim Against San Salvador Won by Com
promise

Washington. sept. 24-Private cable advices
have been received here from san Salvador 70
the effect that the compromise arranged be
tween the Salvador Commercial Company. Of
California. and the Salvador Government has
been r. stihed by the national congress. The case
originally involved something ike S10d0OUo
but al the instance Of the state Department II
was submitted 20 arbitration
The international tribunal constituted 20 con-
si5er the claim awarded the company a dam
81 ees the sum OF S523 600 with interest at per
cent Salvador then declared the award void.
owing TO certain irregularities the company :
secretary refused 10 recognize. With the con-
sent of this government however, a comptO-
mise was affected or basis Of 61Iz per cent of
the amount OF the award, or S313.025.
New-York tribune., 1903-09-25
a SHARP REPLY 10 SAN DOMINGO.
Proposal Regarding Neutrality Of Waters
Obnoxious to the Government

San Domingo. Sept 24.-The United States
Minister Mr. Powell, has made vigorous reply
20 the Dominican Foreign Minister on the sub
+ect OF the Dominican Governments bill! for es-
tablishing the neutrality or Dominican waters
and making certain ports free IN his note Mr..
Powell says The United States Government can
not accept this measure. and that the Foreign
Minister'S response 10 lis recent prstest IS OBJ
le.tL-nah BE- = he Ln.-ed States Governr1ert
New-York tribune., 1903-09-25
PLAN FOR ANCIENT AND HONoRABLEs

Boston. Sept. 14-An itinerary OF 1885 miles and
trsversing ten States and two Canadian provinces
for the coming trip Of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company OF Boston. with the guests the
Honorable Artillery Company. Of London,
completed to-day.
According the schedule the companies viii
travel as follows: October :. Boston 10 New-Tork
by way of FaE River; October :, at West Point.
October s. at New-York; October ., at Washington:
October 10. Mount Vernon and Arlington. Oc-
tober u Niagara ana Toronto: October Il. Mon
tresl. October l3. return 70 Boston
New-York tribune., 1903-09-25
NEW CHARGE AGAINST GOMEZ.
Manila Officials Active in suppressing
Native Instructions

Manila sept 2e-Douinado- Gomez. the for
mer Spanish officer awaiting sentence upon the
charge Of maintaining 90 illegal organization
known as the Union Obrero. was to-day charged
with iucit!ug la6rOne eaCers N the provinces
Of Rial Bulacsn. Lagl-a, C-Nlte ana else
r,-be~e ~ -akl M arms rebellion and insur-
~ey.-il- gVaIus- The authority Il the United
states This action is said % have resulted IN
ne recent outbreak in the form Of a guerila
vra~fe~e carried on through the influence OF the
T--io~ Ob-e-o and aided .y members connected
with the juntas al Hong Kong and IN Japan
New-York tribune., 1903-09-25
JURY CALLS COURTHOUSE FILTHY.

The grand jury has passed resolution con-
deuaning the condition % the Criminal Courts Build
ing as unsauitary and hlthy. and calling on the
District Attorney call the attention Of the proper
city authority 10 the As a result Mr.. Jerome
sent letter 10 Borough President Cantor For
months the Criminal Courts Building has been In
a state OF chaos Various alterations and repairs
have been under way. but for weeks az tine have
been held up because o. strikes and for other
reasons Mary protests have been made. but. sp-
rarently. without effect
New-York tribune., 1903-09-25
HE4VT TURKISH LOSSES.
Sir Hundred Troops Reported
Killed at Kotchani.

soHa. Sept 24.-According TO a telegram re-
ceived here to-day from Kostendl. forty-three
miles from Sofa. six hundred T1-ks were killed
IN hght at Kotchani on September Is The
Turkish force numbered 1000 After the fight
ne troops, enraged "a their losses piIlaged and
burned number Of Bulgarian villages
New-York tribune., 1903-09-25

Lne Demands made u0on them. ana cause then, to
M ehe az Ire measures IN their power for Ihe re-
hSlon q The disturbances IN the Ealkaa PENN
e.le, " hlch can only have the mos. serious conse-
CARA 1N L"t's anu De4-
New-York tribune., 1903-09-25
IRISH LAND ACT IN OPERATION
Large Transaction Completed Between Duke
Of Leinster and His Tenants.

Dublin. sept. c4-The negotiations for the hrst
land sale on a large scale under the new Land
act have been completed between the Duke Of
Leinster and the tenants of his estate in the
Athy and Naynooth districts of County kildare
The tenants have twenty-five years purchase
The trarsacrion involves Sc 250ooo
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Castles in the Suburbs.

T HERE may be certain unreality
about the traditional castle in
Spain. but it is solid and substantial
compared with the model home in the
suburbs so gIowtngiy described in GER
tain periodicals of the day. These de-
scripuons have now been gathered into
book under the aUuring title. Home
Building and Furnishing. and newly
engaged couples who are starting out
like young bears with their troubles all
before them. will doubtless be attracted
by the headlines and the pictures.
The authors are William l. Price and
W. n. Johnson. and their combined ideas
on the subject of house building and
furnishing have produced few good
plans and vast amount Of airy moth
ings. Here and there is a plan for a
house which is practicable and good.
though the average architect could prob
ably furnish as good. and explain its ad-
vantages 10 boot
What. for example, is 10 be thought
of person who seriously suggests pa
pering The dining groom OF a city house in
canary yellow with a cream ceiling in
order TO tighten it up?" Has the author
OF this astonishing proposal seriously
considered that The dining room is the
one room in the house whose walls. un-
covered by pictures. FORM the actual
background for the inmates And has il
occurred to him that if a dining room
were decorated in this jaundiced hue
the only person in a dinner company
whose complexion would not be wrecked
by such background would probably be
the waitress, if she CHANGED 10 be Afro
American. It takes either a peculiar
type of beauty or an Oriental coloring TO
stand the proximity of canary yellow
And this is but one OF many bizarre sug-
sestions, tNew York; Doubleday. Page
& Coz.
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x Georgia Novel.

- He SUBSTITUTE" by viii y.
L Harden. is a story Of the country
life Of Northern Georgia, the hero being
youth of much native ability but I'm
fortunate inheritance. his father. at the
commencement of the story. serving a
term in the penitentiary for theft
Under this tremendous disadvantage.
but with the help of several devoted
friends. young Buckley succeeds in max
ing his own way and winning FOR his
wife the daughter of The most aristo-
cratic family in town One of the pc
culiarities OF the State OF Georgia is the
common sense democracy found in a
large element Of its population, and this
is we'll illustrated in the present story
Even the aristocrats of the book are not
too lofty to be touched by human feel
iugs on occasion
There is. however. as much enjoyment
to be had out of the minor characters
as in the development of the plot. The
wife of the country merchant. Hillyer;
the cotton buyer, jim Kenner: the vii
lage gossip. Mrs Dugan; the mother Of
Buckley. are all capital genre types of
North Georgia country folk-shrewd,
humorous and as full of old and odd
sayings and stories as Mrs Poyser.
In fact. the rural life of this part of
the country has many points of re-
semblance 20 the life OF similar class
of people in the country districts of Eng
land. The people are kindly, generous
and IN the main moral and law abiding.
though. as elsewhere In the world there
are exceptions.
Mr. Harden has constituted himself
the especial chronicIer OF this simple
and quaint humanity, and he is doing
his work we'll His present book is as
much better than "Abner Daniel" as the
latter was better than 'WesterveIt -"
New York: Harper & Bros.l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-12
4 TQle of Old Russia.

1%THE REBELLION OF THE PRIN-
l CESS. by NJ INLAY Taylor. is
a story OF Moscow IN the troubIous times
which followed the accession Of the
child Gar. Peter Naryshkfu. TO the
throne. The heroine is a daughter OF an
ancient Russian house unpopular from
IT'S support Of the Naryshkins. and The
hero is a French nobleman. who. having
cotton into trouble at the magnificent
and dfsreputable court Of Louis XIV. is
sojourning in Moscow in the disguise
of an apprentice TO a French goldsmith.
One OF the principal characters is a
dwarf called, MsIuta. whose grotesque
little figure appears repeatedly ar crfti-
cal times The pIoNdeaIs with The dan
ger Of the hero and the heroine rom
the malice OF Czarevna Sophia. who is
al Inc head Of the MHoslavsEy faction
and eudeayoring to dethrone the Narysh-
Sin
The most noteworthy hing about his
novel is tho ylFidEess Of the historical
coloring which makes il really worth
me reading Of those who are not serious
students oil history. No enc can read it
without getting a clear idea of Old Rus
STA. as it was when The capital was at
Moscow and s.. Petersburg was not yet
ia existence
The barbaric sDlendor. hideous cruel
~. cold-bIooded intrigue. and chivalrie
heroism of the time are strongly brought
out. and the pages are fun OF picturesque
description and telling incident. The
story goes with rush. and ghe develop
Igent OF the plot takes place in a com
Daratiyely brief space OF time
From It's realism and force the book
deserves The name OF a real historical
BoveI-not one Of those limitations in
which the- characters are incorporating
Anglo -sazons. bat d story Of the real
Iife OF the past, lNew York: Mcclure,
Phillips Z Coz
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In ZcndQ'S NciQnDOrhOOd.

Is T HE TRAITORS" by E. Phillips
oppenheim. is a romance whose
scene is laid somewhere in that conven-
lent part of eastern Europe where
anachronisms are Of no consequence
and plots for stories can he laid three
deep over the land without incommoding
the inhabitants.
II is difficult TO imagine what a Ger
tain type Of story writer would have
done for plots if Mr.. Hope had not in
vented the fashion Of laying the scene
OF romsnces in This little known region
with whose geography and history only
the oTudite arc familiar.
If historical novel deals with the
court Of Louis XIV or Charles II the au-
thor must spend time in studying the
history Of that era. and very careful IN
deed must he be nor to make a mistake
in aHy OF his facts. But in the fnaozanr
novclist's happy hunting grounds in the
neigbborhooa or thc Balkans thare.is ne
danger OF contradiction or criticism and
The unItLes OF time and place are un-
known and unregarded- Hence it's popu-
Iarity.
The Traitors deals with an episode
ia the history of Theos. dfmfruttve
state lying between Russia and Turkev
and recently a republic The hero is
She rightful King Of Theos, and the plot
concerns his return TO the throSe and
his maintenance of his couatry's indie
pendence against Russian intrigue and
TurkSh arms Two Americans. a re
tired merchant and his daughter. figure
in the story, as does an English journal
list. all-knowing and adventurous. as the
journalist i'll novels always is The
American father. of course. calculates. -
and his daughter ''guesses." as Amert-
cans in English novels usually do But
the story is stirring ard rafrly well toId.
and good reading for an idle hour (New
York. Dodd Mead K COZ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-12
POEMS BY DUNBAR.

i new book of poems by Paul Lau-
renee Dunbar has made IFS appearance,
containing most oil the verses which
have appeared ever his signature Tor he
last four or fve years. Among these
The Haunted OAK" ballad rot in dia-
lect. bu in pure English. has a some
what odd history. There is near Pc
tersburg. Va. an oak tree on which an
innocent man was Iynched many years
age. The tradition says that since the
lynching strange things have been
heard and seen scar the tree. one limb
of which projects over the read. and
that no leaves have grown on THIS Iimb.
This bit Of folklore has been made he
subject of the poem.
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narck's symPathies were far away, be
yond the reach of US all. His thoughts
we're engrossed to the last by those ele-
ments which he was wont to describe as
the Representatives. OF life.
An Excellent Character Sketch.
Much viii be found in these pages. con
corning those most closely associated
with the great statesman. A good char
acter sketch Of the princess is given,
and also something of Franz Won Len
bach. whom Mr.. Whitman met on a visit
TO Friedrichsruhe.
The simplicity of the life at Bis
marck's home is illustrated by the fact
that the armorial bearings of the family
were almost nowhere to be seen, and
tBat Of the numerous valuable gifts
*hich had been sent the statesman from
all parts OF the world. those most in
evidence We're presented by intimate
friends and were valuable from asso-
citation rather than from cost.
We gather from the character sketch
Of the princess that her especial aver
sion lay in things savoring Of the vuI-
gar or he 'snob, " and ostentatious dis
play she regarded as vulgar
As for the literary style Of Mr. Whit
mans book it might be kinder not to
say anything about it. The disagree
ment Of subject and verb is found here
and there. and sentences without any
predicate at all are not inEequent. The
book needs revision in that respect.
lEeN York: D. Appleton & Coz
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A Ridiculous Novel.

Is he HOUSE or THE HUDSON"
/ is beraIded as The arst novel o.
the author. Frances Poweii. and that may
serve as an excuse for ITS crude and in
effective zensaeiouausm- At any rare. 1t
Is 10 be hoped that the writer viii learn
something before she Berpetrates her
next book
The heroine Of this tale is styled Miss
Athena Derohan. name which is in it,
self almost enough 10 condemn thc. book.
and when We are informed that she AR
rfves at Highgrove Hall. young. baauff-
ful. and unprotected. most or The ele-
ments Of an orthodox sensational novel
seen TO be present
Most OF the heroine's adventures are
Of the sort 10 which the errant damseIs
OF me eF1resfde Companion" are sub
5eatea. and The positions into when she
gers herself would be Impossible 10 any
rirI in real life blessed With few
grains -oE common sense.
TAe author may have relied for her
sensation upon her device in making he
villain OF negro descent. but an appeal
10 tho Irrational negrophobia which pre-
walls amouE certain classes Of AmeTi-
cans Is about the cheapest OF all tricks
Tor winning . hearing
ASIDE rom the dubious moTaftrY OF
Tef6fanrEr.y race hatred in q nnrtfIafi5u
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SUB ROSA.

Since the appearance Of Frederic S.
isham' new novel. Under the Rose. ."
the publishers have had many inquiries
in regard 20 the origin OF the phrase
and The Latin synonym ~sub rosa. q"
When in the year Az B. c. Pausanias and
NorZes were plotting for the subjuga
ton Of Greece 10 Persian rule the in
triEue was carried on in a building
whose roof was a garden and a bower
of roses NcrNes in cautioning silence
haphaZardIy referred to the roses above
them, so hat between these men the
significance OF the flower came to be
secrecy.
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THAT versatile genius. /. zangwi1.
L has been for some time trying to
outruu his early reputation as writer
of Ghetto stories. and in his latest book
he has individually succeeded. History
is fun of pathetic stories of unfortu-
nate writer's condemned to the role in
which they won their first success, but
Mr. zangwilI is out Of that class.
The Grey Wig contains not one
story of Jewish life. and it would have
deserved widespread comment had Z
appeared as the first work of an TN
known writer. To be sure. the book
contains some stories which are not nex.
together with some which are: but the
fact that the oldest of these did no.
win the author immediate fame is no
sign that it ought not 10 have done so.
some Of the tales might have been
written by Frenehmau. the one
which gives its title to the book beirg
the best example. It reminds one Of
Balzac in its carefulness Of detail and
analysis. The Eternal Feminine" IS
another sorry with French favor
Merely Mary Ann The Big Bow
Mystery and The Woman Beaten" are
tI.ondon stories. aud English in tone.
while The Srio-Comie Governess'
shows thorough appreciation and IN
Outstanding OF certain phases Of the
Irish character.
no Hebraic Touch.
The Big Bow Mystery is a particu-
( larIy good detective story. with that
! most rare thing in such fiction. an IN
expected denouement "Chasse-Croise
is dainty bir Of playfulness with a Sc
riogs undertone. The Silent Sisters
+ is a capital mixture OF the comic and
! the pathetic.
The irreprcssible BTiliiaucy OF Gang
VIII. which we have learned 10 know as
+ ks chief charact eristfc. CLEANS as fit
( fully. as unmisl akably. and with as great
ATTRACTION as in any Of the author S
books. but it is often set Of by a gentle
+ moss ard grace Of pathos seldom found
/ in his previous books.
+ There is. moreover, a keen intuitive
/ depreciation of the secret motives of hu-
imam nature. especially feminine human
nature. and some of the analysis in this
hook is really uncanny. The Woman
BeateF'' gives one an odd thrill almost
} OF Scar at Its unexpected ending.
/ Merely Mary Ann" is in some re-
! sPects the best Of the collection The
hero is musician and in him what i;
known as .the artistic temperament j,
pictured uncommonly we'll Possibly tht
story was intended as an explanation OIL
( rhe weII-E known historical fact tha
many men of genius have married theil
+ Hou=eFeepers-
. The artistic temperament demands as
daily companion a woman with no nerves
and rvsth just enough intelligence. to re
fraiu from irritating demonstration. The
choice lies between SUCH woman. cell
bacy or shat almost impossible creatur,
la highly organized woman. whose in
diyfduatrr harmonizes with that of tht
genius. Whether satire. study Of human
nature or mere fiction, the story is
clever piece OF work New York: Th
Macmillan Company
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Grace LOfhrOD Collin.

HEIss GRACE LATHROP COLLIN.
wi whose stories just published by
the Harpers under the title Of Putnam
Place. are inintta bic in their own style.
is smith College girl who was grsd'i-
ated in 1886 with the degree of p. l. She
was born in EImira. y. y. and spent
her girlbo0d in Ithaca, where her
father was ? member Of the faculty
of Cornell University Law school Later
she studied at Columbia University.
taking the degree of ~ a in 1888,
after which she Travelled. abroad Miss
Collin has written stories and essays
since her sophomore year at Smith.
bat Putnam Place. embodIes her drst
genuine success.
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fIOrfhurnDridn Love SfOrU.

ssTRoM THE UNNARYING STAR" is
the somewhat vague title Of a
novel by Ellsworth Lawson. the scene Of
which is laid in the little Northumbrian
village Of Thmsby The hero is the min
lister Of The Dissenting chapel. and The
heroine be daughter of one Of its chief
mon Tho style is somewhat high-fown
ana unreal al times, but the atmosphere
OF the story is pure and wholesome. and
there is "a good deal of local color of
enc sort and another A part OF the in
terest lies in moral question Of a
somewhat unusual nature. which he
young minister has 10 solve tNew
York. The Macmillan Company