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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-11-23

A Pretoria dispatch announces the
arrival there among British prisoners
of Major Haldane, Lieutenant Brouchie
and Lieutenant Hallowell. 1t also de-
clares that the British on Monday
Made Two Unsuccessful Attempts
to oust the Rustenburg commando from
a position near Mafeking and that
severe fighting took place,
From Delagoa Bay comes reports OF
the arrival of more German officers and
artillerymen who have volunteered to
serve with the Transvaal forces.
The war Office semi-of6cially reports
that all news from the seat Of war from
whatever source is treated alike. 1t is
reported that additional forces have
been ordered from India to the Cape.
The plan of operation on both sides is
slowly unfolding itself. General Jou-
bert is slowly moving south to prevent,
if posi- BILE, the junction Of the British
relief column and the force at Lady
smith, while on the other frontier the
Beers are believed to be concentrating
at Donkerpoort to oppose the advance
of General Butler. 1t is known that
5000 Beers are massed at Donkerpoort.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-11-23
Beers OccnpyECapbelI.

Beers Occupy 'Capbell.
HOPE Town, Cape Colony, Thursday,
Nov. 16.-Yesterday the Beers occu-
pied Capbell. in West Griqualand,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-11-23
Natives to Aid the BOerS.

BERLIN, Nov. 22.-The Cologne Ga
zette prints the following dispatch
from Cape Town: Everything is pre-
pared for general rising of the natives
throughout Cape Colony. They are
ready at any moment to make COM
mon cause with the Boera.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-11-23
NEWS FROM PRETORIA.

Joubert's Omcial Report Contains Little
of Importance.
PRETORIA, Nov. 23.-Monday's report
from General .Joubert's headquarters,
which was presented to the Transvaa]
council of war, says:
Heavy gun firing was heard in the
direction of Estcourt on Saturday and
continuous rifle firing is proceeding
south Of Ladys1nith.
"A small sortie from Ladysmith this
morning was repulsed. The Transvaal
heavy guns fired a number of shells
into the town this morning"
DURBAN. Natal. Nov. 22.-Seventeen
hundred Beers from Weenen took up a
strong position on the highlands 13
miles south of Estcourt Sunday, occu-
pying Turner's farm. northeast of the
Mooi river. Major Thorneycroft, with
a detachment of mounted infantry and
the Estcourt Carbineers, engaged the
Beers. of whom three were killed, in
Guiding their commandant. The Beers
withdrew, taking 200 head OF cattle
captured at Turner's farm.
The main Boer force south of Est
court is reported to have retired.
There is considerable Offence Of opin-
ion as to whether the Beers have re-
tired from Ladysmith, many holding
the belief that the apparent withdrawal
is only for the purpose of inducing
General White to attempt to withdraw
from the town
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20

| have been sufferer from chronic
diarhoea ever since the war and have
used all kinds of medicines for it.
At last | found one remedy that has
been success as cure, and that is
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy.-P. E. GRESHAM,
Gaars Mills, La, For sale by j. r.
Kruger.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20

The claims made fora new oil en-
CINE lately tested on the Thames
seem to entitle this motor to more
than ordinary attention. It is the
invention of Mr.. c. H. Bryant, of
Chiswick, who has discovered that
when ordinary heavy petroleum oil
of high flash point is used to charge
column of air and this air IS COM
pressed with a column of pure air,
ignition takes place at low temperture
and compression, and the explosion
is much slower than usual, expansion
continuing to the end Of the piston's
stroke. The motor built on this
theory has the ordinary water jacket
ed cylinder and piston. with a novel
form of combination chamber. The
piston is started by. placing a lamp
under the mixing chamber for few
moments, after which the engine be.
comes self-fring. So low is the tenn
perature that the water jacket is
really unnecessary. A single cylin-
der engine developing three brake
horse-p power when running at $50 rev.
oIutions is only a foot square on the
floor and three feet high, and weighs
somewhat less than 300 pounds, The
compression does not exceed so
pounds per square inch, the greatest
working pressure reaching 22O
pounds.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20

The Leonid stream of meteorites,
we have often been told, is ring Of
particles moving about the sun in
about 3344 years, and crossed by the
earth's orbit at point we now reach
on or about Nov. 10. The, particles
are mostly aggregated at one spot in
the ring, so that the number attract
ed to the earth on every 33.d annual
crossing is much greater than the
average. Recent calculations show
that this year, the year Of the
expected great shower, we shall reach
the ring about one day after the
regular time, on account chiefly of
the perturbing influence Of Jupiter
and Saturn, and that the middle of
the shower will probabl, be on Nov.
Is at 6 A. M. Greenwich time.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20
Why? Do you complain Of Indigo,
Established 1862.

Why? Do you complain of Indiges-
: ton, Constipation and Liver Ills,
when BEGGs' LITTLE GIANT PILLS are
within such easy reach. They are to-
day without a superior, do not grip
or grippe, and can be relied upon to
effect a speedy cure when all other
are without the least avail. Be sure
and ask for "Begos" Take no sub
stitute.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20

Not tina least interesting Of the ap-
plications of liquid air is to cauteri-
zation in surgery. At 312o F. below
zero, it utterly kills the tissue, leav-
ing a blister not unlike burn, al
though it does not actully burn. 1t
has been already successfully tested
in cancer. It's cost is much less than
that of the ordinary cautery, while
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20

The search for rubber substitutes
continues, the efforts Of the seekers
being usually directed toward lind
ing simple and effective methods OF
oxidizing common oils, A German
inventor has followed a somewhat
different course. and by, adding a
small proportion Of a sulphureted
hydrocarbon 20 hot mixture OF glue
and glycerine. he obtains gumlike
mass closely resembling rubber IN
elasticity, and perhaps even more
elastic uAder compression. The
material is lacking in elasticity under
tension. Ichthyol oil, obtained by
dry distillation of a bituminous
material such as is found in Seefeld
in the Tyrol, is suitable sulphur
eted hydrocarbon. but others may be
used with good results.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20

Since his first discovery. of 'black
light" which has received such
various interpretations, DIR. Gustave
LIE Bon has been striving to illumi-
nate the subject. He showed at first
that dark bodies may be photograph
ed in the dark by the invisible light
absorbed during short exposure to
sunlight, and has since proven that
this INVISIBLE light may be refracted
and polarized, has spectrum identi-
cal with sunlight but more extended,
and preserves it's Photographic power
for more than a year. He has finally
been aided in his Investigations by
the discovery of reagent 5000 times
more sensitive than the Photographic
plate. This is phosphoresent sui
phide of zinc, which is converted into
translucent or opaque screen by
mixture with varnish, Exposed to
daylight it becomes self-luminous,
but when the visible rays are filtered
from daylight those remaining actual
ly eKtinguish the phosphorescence'
These extinguishing rays are those
that pass through so-called opaque
bodies. Using an ordinary lamp en-
tirely enclosed in black paper as
source of light, the outlines of inter
vening objects may be produced on
the screen, but remain visible in the
darkness only few moments. Light
penetrating an inch slab of marble
gives images in 5 to 30 seconds, only
through rs inch sheet of ebonite
in 10 seconds, only lampblack being
found quite opaque to the dark rays.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20

Like many another long retained
notion, the idea that dogs perspire in
an unusual way proves to have no
foundation in fact. Replying to an
inquiry, Mr.. SIG. Shattuck, of the
Royal College Of Surgeons, states
that dogs cannot sweat by the tongue,
as the only glands in the dogs ton
que are in the posterior part, and
these have mucus-secreting struc-
ture. The dogs skin, moreover, is
abundantly provided with glands like
those producing sweat in man.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20
gnc grihnne.
DIRECTORY.
,rYDTf AT OFFICER.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

! ON. c. L. BRowN............D District Judge
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20

A singular discovery reported by
M. Mourelo to the Paris Academy is
that specially prepared sulphides of
strontium, calcium, barium and ziuc
are made much more brilliantly phos-
phorescent by exposure to diffused
daylight than to direct sunlight, and
that periodical exposure to diffused
daylight remarkably increases the
phosphorescent power. A portion OF
the material brought to the sensitive
state may excite phorphorescence in
another portion, evan in separate
glass tube.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20
it is more efficient and its action can
be readily controlled,

Galvanism has been used by DR..
Friedlander, of Wiesbaden, for re-
lieving the pain and reducing the
swelling from the bites of gnats and
wasps, and concludes that it would
be effective also in treating the
stings of tropical insects. The mega
tive electrode is placed over the af-
fected part.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20

A novel artificial limb, of English
origin, is intended for amputation be-
low the knee-joint. The end of the
amputated limb is cushioned upon
a pair of rubber pneumatic pads, the
artificial leg is mainly a hollow rub
her chamber inflated like a bicycle
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20

An amateur gardener finds especial
pleasure IN watching, by laItean
light, the earthworms as they come
out upon the surface at night. He
calculates that some land in England
has a total of $500 earthWormS per
acre, the. weight Of this number being
about 356 pounds.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

The Light We Do Not See--The Great
Shower--An Improved Kerosene
rIotor--The Sweat of Dogs--A
Pneumatic Leg--GIue RUBBER
Another rlystery of Light--The
Liquid Air Cautery.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20

tire. and the foot has a skeleton OF
wood with rubper-faced joint per
hitting of movements like those OF
the ankle.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-20

A brilliant and smokeless Russian
candle, expected to be in great de-
mand is composed of naphtha,
petroleum, tallow and substance to
give consistency.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18
TAHDERBILT ENGINE 4 SUCCESS.
The New Locomotive Did Its Work Well II
Two Unusually Severe Tests.

Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jr.. was pleased yester-
day with the successful trials OF the new
locomotive designed by himself and tested
over the Mohawk division OF the road on Tues
day and Wednesday. He was in hs room at
the Grand Central station where he works In the
Engineering Department under Chief Engineer
w. j. Wigus when he explained how the
locomotive differed from those In general use.
Tho chief difference" he said. is in tho
shape Of the boiler and nrebox. The old style
boiler and flreboX were pear-shaped. the boiler
surrounding the flrebox. As the natural
tendency Of heat is to expand, the old ilrebox
would stretch and tend to assume a cylindrical
form. To overcome this. a great number OF
staybolts had to be used. These burned
through in course OF time and when it was
necessary to replace the flrebox. all the stay
bolts had to be cut through, which was a long
tedious and expensive Job as there are from
1.2OO to 1000 staybolts.
when l was at tho Sheffield Scientific
School at Yale. / conceived the idea OF having
tho boiler cylindrical in shape and suspending
the firebox from it by sling stays from the top
10 the boiler, This has many advantages. The
heating surface is much greater the steam can
circulate around the flrebox more freely. and
the frebox can be removed much quicker
without removing the cab, as Is necessary in
the present engines. IL VIII take IesS imam nan
the time and half the expense to change fire.
box in one of my engines.
Il did not finish the plans while at school.
but completed them last year while in the
motive department OF the road. The plans
were sent to the Albany Engine Works. and
while work men were building it learned that
almost the same idea had been tried in Ger
many with absolute failure. and by the Strongs
in this country with but indifferent success.
was SO confident in my idea. however. that the
work went ahead the engine was finished and
we started the tests over the Mohawk division
two days ago.
Il might say" continued Mr.. Vanderbilt.
that 1t is usual when testing new engines to
have small trains OF cars. Now this was not
done with my engine One train had fifty cars
and the other sixty-three. The distance was
1873 miles. These were exceptionally severe
tests. but good time was made and the engine
steamed well and handled the trains with ease
/ am thoroughly satisfied with the tests.
rode in the cab with the engineer"
Mr.. Vanderbilt's designs have been patented
1t is expected that the new flreboXes will last
much longer than the ones now in use. A IA
vorabe report OF the tests was received Off.
cially at the Office OF the Superintendent Of
Motive Power yesterday. but further trials viii
be made. Should they prove successful. the
locomotives Of the road will probably be altered
In confornty with Mr. Nanderbilts invention
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18
NEW YORK, FRIDAY,

compelled them to employ Waterman to look
after tho powder night and day. So far as I
have learned. they did not employ a regular
Waterman. but entered into an agree
ment with janitor in the neighbor-
hood. promising to pay him $40 a
month to watch tho box containing the
powder until 10 o'clock at night l believe
that they advanced 81 so to him the first week
he was in their employ and that he has not re-
ceived any money since They should have
hired regular Waterman. and they are at
fault for not having done so.
THE boys who built the bonfire on top OF
the powder box were lucky In getting away
alive They would certainly have been blown
to pieces II Policeman Merritt, at the risk OF
his life. had not gone into the lot and chased
them away. Merritt deserves considerable
credit for he knew that there was powder in
the box and that an immediate explosion was
inevitable. l understand that many apart
ment houses as far down as 120th street were
shaken by the force OF the explosion. Agreat
many persons up here believed that the long
looked-for cyclone or an earthquake had
struck the town"
Three hours after the explosion the police
learned that Frederick Carlson. the janitor oil
the apartment house at 1852 East l35th street
was the man employed by the con-
tractors to watch the powder until 1C
o'clock every night and he was arrested
Carlson. the police said. had remarked to q
friend about o'clock last evening that he was
supposed to watch the powder until 10 o'clock
at night After that he didn't give damn
what happened" He was locked up charged
with criminal negligence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18
GUERIN rs STILL DEFIANT.
Republican Guards Now DIN Duty Mt the
Anti-Semite Rebels Headquarters.
Special Gable D,spatch 70 The Sun.

Special CdDe Dffpdfch 10 lHE BUN
PARIS. Aug. 17.-Elght compostors on the
paper Anti-JuiG In the ofllces OF which Guerin.
the editor and anti-Semite leader has en-
trenched himself and 10 defyinR the authori-
ties to arrest him. left the place this morning.
As soon as they appeared on the street they
were arrested. but were subsequently released
upon proving that they were in no way con-
nected with the trouble. but had only entered
the building to work
The excitement IN the neighborhood OF tho
stronghold is increasing and scrimmages are
OF frequent occurrence. The anti-Semites.
who seem to idollze GuGrin. are in ugly humor.
and they are only checked by the elaborate
police precautions from causing disorder. The
doors OF houses In the vicinity OF the anti-Juif
building. which have hitherto been guarded
by policemen to- prevent assistance reaching
the beeaguered garrison. are now guarded by
Republican Guards armed with rifles,
Numbers OF ant-Semites have hired win
dows commanding the stronghold. from which
they watch constantly and exchange signals
with Guerin. who frequently looks out and
scans the street from end to end as II expect
ing help.
NM. Jacquev and Magne. members o. the
Chamber Of Deputies. visited Prime Minister
Waldeck- Rousseau this evening and offered to
exert their influence to bring about the sur
render Of Guerin
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18
FIERCE GALE At NORFOLK.
Wind at Cape Henry Blew Sixty-eight Miles
an Hour-Ships StormbOund.


an Hour-Ships Stormbound.
NORFOLK. Va. Aug. 1.-THE severest storm
which has visited this section in years is raging
here. The wind. as high this morning as yes
terday. blew q gale this afternoon which for
hours at Cape Henry sustained velocity of
sixty eight miles an hour. In the city the wind
blow at forty-two mile rate and was accom-
panied by rain.
No steamer sailed from this port tonight
with the single exception OF the, New York.
Philadelphia and Norfolk Railways transfer
boat which sailed across Chesapeake Bay for
Cape Charles. She. 1t is believed, will be COM
PEELED to return. The Washington. Baltimore.
New York and Boston steamers did not leave
their piers The Old Dominion steamer Guy
andotte. which tried to sail for New York this
morning, as she did yesterday. was again COM
PEELED to put back. The Princess Anne arrived
to-day from New York. Two Merchants and
Miners Timers passed out the Capes at $3.50
o'clock. A high tide inundated the loW-iying
part OF the city this eveiing.
Communication with other coast points has
been cut OF since last night. but the wire to
Cape Henry worked until shortly before night
fall. Fears are expressed In the marine dis
trict that when news comes from the coast 1t
will tell Of many wrecks.
The worst storm recorded here occurred
twenty years ago tomorrow. On that occasion
much havoc was wrought and many vessels
went ashore.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va. Aug. 1.-THE Old
Dominion steamer jamestown sailed last night
for New York and has not been heard from.
The Merchants and Miners steamer Howard
left this morning for Boston after being held up
in Hampton Roads for day
The jamestown did not arrive at this port
Yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18
FATHER RELENrED. mon LYNCHED
Negro Killed in South Carolina for Enter.
ing a White Girls Bedroom.

GREENvILLE. s. c.. Aug. III. b. Hawkins.
Jr.. q wel!-to-do farmer living about eight
miles from this city. rose at o'clock yesterday
morning and. going outdoors. saw a ladder
leading to the window OF a room In
which his thirteen-year-old daughter slept.
He got his shotgun and went to the bed
room. He found his daughter asleep with
her little brother In her arms. On the
bed lay Tom Keith. q trusted negro farmland.
Hawkins struck the negro over the head with
the gun. The negro begged for mercy. say
ing that he was drunk. and Hawkins finally let
him go. Last night neighbors heard OF the &C.
currence. caught the negro. tied him to a tree.
riddled him with bullets. and tying a heavy
stone to his neck. threw his body into the
Saluda River.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18
GEORGIA LrNCHER OWNS UP.
And Betrays Some of the Men Who Killed
81 Smith at Gainesville.

ATLANTA. Ga. Aug 17.-Taylor Hamilton.
one OF the mob that took 81 Smith from the
Hall county Jail at Gainesville and lynched
him several weeks ago. has made
full confession He duplicates several mer-
chants OF Gainesville. The names he men
toned are Henry Lowry. Brice. Bell and Tan
ner. OF Gainesville. and Freeman and John
Campbell. OF Maysvilc. The latter two. 1t seems
from his story. knew OF the lynchiuG in
advance. but did not participate in It,
Hamilton acted the part OF the pretended
prisoner on the night OF the tragedy. Entrance
to the Jail was effected by the mob through n
ruse. Two men holding man between them
walked Sheriff Monday up and told him that
they had q prisoner from Gwinnett county
The Sheriff opened the door and the mob
rushed in.
Hamilton's confession has caused widespread
excitement. and he is being guarded from
attack by the men whom he has betrayed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18
N. LABORI IMPROVING.
DR.. Reclus Confident That He Will be Re-
stored to Complete Health.
Speeiar Gable Despatch TO THE Sun.


Speeial Gable Despatch 10 THE sun
RENNEs. Aug. I'm. Labori is improving
steadily. Though he suffers much. he Is fol-
lowing the case closely, and will give advice to
NJ Monard, who will arrive here tomorrow.
Dr. Reclus. the famous surgeon. who Is in
charge OF NJ. Labori, in conversation with the
correspondent OF THE Sun to-day. com pared
the case with that OF President Garfield. saying
that he could unquestionably have saved the
latter's life II Garfield had been his patient.
He added that he would on no account attempt
to remove tho bullet from NJ. Labori's back.
but would try by every possible m cans to avoid
septic complications He would try to reduce
the size OF the wound as rapidly as possible by
natural healing. He was confident that the
patient would speedily be restored to complete
health.
LONDON. Aus. 1.-THE Rennes correspondent
OF tho Daily Telegraph says that despite the re-
monstrances OF his DOCTORS NJ. Labor took a
short walk in the garden attached to Prof.
Bausch's house to-day. The exercise did him
no harm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18
ssion was then adjourned.
ANOTHER DRErFUs FORGERY.
Austrian Agent Repudiates n Letter Quoted
at tho Court Martial.

Austrian Agent Repudiates n Letter Quoted
at tho Court Martial.
Special Gable Despdeh 10 THE SUN.
PARIS. Aug. 1.-THE Figaro in special edi-
tion publishes the following telegram
EMS. Aug. 1.-THE letter dated November
30. 1897. attributed to me. which was repro
duced in the Figaro Aug. 10. is q forgery.
SCHNEIDER"
The telegram refers to an alleged letter writ
ten by Schneider. the Austrian agent. who. ac-
cordinR to the testimony OF Gen. Mereier. first
aroused the suspicion OF the French War Min
istry against Dreyfus. declaring that the Ger
man and Italian military attaches were en-
deavoring to create the belief that the traitor
was not Dreyfus but some one else. and init
mating that he tSchneiderl attached no great
faith to those disclaimers. This letter was
quoted by ex-Minister OF War Cavaignac In his
testimony at Rennes. as a notable point against
Dreyfus. tending to disprove the official de-
mails OF Schwartzkoppen and Panizzardl.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-18
ASSASSIN CHANGES HIS CLOTHES

Suit Found Nenr the Road Outside of
Rennes-Chanoes of Capture Reduced.
Special Gable Dsipach TO THE Sun.
RENNEs. Aug. 1.-THE search for N.
Labori's assailant In the region around Rennes
has been abandoned. To-day the police found
suit OF clothes near the road two miles from
the place where the fugitive was last seen. 1t
Is believed that he succeeded. by previous pro-
vision or otherwise. in changing his clothing.
hence the chances OF his apprehension are
much reduced.