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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-28
TRANSVsAl TERMS.
Meaning OF the Dutch Words in the Dis.
patches from Sou h Africa.

Here are some OF the Dutch words
that are oftenest in print in connection
With the news Of the Transvaal ana
their RECOMMENDATION and meaning:
Afrikander-A white native of South
Africa. usually native of Dutch
descent.
Bloemfontein n-tine)-Flower
fountain.
Boer Booze r)-Farmer.
Ruitenlander (boysten- lont-er)-For-
eigner.
Burgher (buhr ker)-CitiZen.
Burgerregt (buhr- ker-rekO -Citizen-
ship.
soldiery
Bush-A forest.
Commando-A company of Beers, of no
stated number organized for military
purposes.
Dal-A valley.
Dorp-A village.
Drift-A ford.
Field-Cornet-A Boer officer equiva-
lent to an English sheriff.
InSpan-To hitch up.
Jonkherr (yunk -hare)-Member of the
Volksraad: gentleman.
karroo-A plateau covered with scrub
by plants and fertile only in the wet
season
kloof-A gully, a mountain gorge.
kop-A head. a headland
/ koEje-A hillock, an abrupt hill
| Laager-A camp: especially q camp
! surrounded by wagons for defence.
| The Boer laager is usually circular.
| The British loZenge- shaped.
| Nek-A neck. narrow pass.
| Offsaddle-To unsaddle.
| Onsaddle-To saddle up.
| Outspan-To unhitch.
Dom (ome)-Uncle.
| Pan-A natural depression containing
water or mud.
Pont-A bridge.
| Rad (rahd)-Senate
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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
Marconi's System Being Tested B tween VA
ships at New York.

New York. Oct. 27.-The navy depart
ment continued its tests Of the Marc0nl
system Of wireless teIegraphy, today. The
demonstrations are being made IN the
flagship New York and the battleshiD
Massachusetts in the North river of the
foot ~ Bath street.
The ships lay AS yards apart and the
demonstration was one 'f supposed aeon.
racy- Code messages using both the navy
ana the international Morse codes were
sent. besides numbers and letters selected
III random. The largest continuous mas
sage was a new spaper article Of 30 words
In AL there were six dem Onstrati0ns and
the work continued with intervals Of
preparation for about two hours.
SiEnor MarcOni said he paid no attention
to the speed attained. a. the navy de-
partmgnt was more particular AZ To the
accuracy. The equipment overhead con
SISTED only Of wires strung from the cross
beams of bOtn vessels.
or the naval board which is supervising
the tests, Lieut.. Commander Newton and
Lieut. Hill watched the work N the flag
snip and Lieut.. Blish was on the Massa
chuSetts. When the tests were concluded
they held conference On the New York
and compared notes. They will make a
final report to the chief Of the bureau Of
equipment Of the navy department.
None Of the members Of the naval board
would give an apinion IF the work being
done by Signnr Marconi. Admiral Far
quhar watched the demonstration for A
time and seemed greatly Interested.
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A MYSTERIOUS CASE.
saunders!own. n. /. Man Missing Evidence
Points to Foul Play.

Saunderstown. Il. T.. oct. 2I-Thc
authorities in this section Of the state
are investigation suspicious case that
ives called to their attention. early this
morning. Last evening. Howard orr
a Well-knoWn resjdelt; Of Saunders
town. disappeared in q mysterious
manner. ana the circumstantial evil
dence which his relatives and friends
came across in their fruitless search
for him. is causing them considerable
anxiety.
Last night. the villagers Of saunders
town found the hat. part of coat and
remnants Of other clothing NJ The miss
ing man. The pieces We're picked up
near the covered bridge which spans
the PetaquanScutt river. a distance of
one mile from Narrasansett Pier. His
whip was also found near the pieces Of
clothing.
There is a theory that some one here
who knew of Capt. Orr's departure
last night. followed and waylaid him.
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PULLMAN WAGNER DEAL.
Neither kbsorbs Other. But Simply Cor soIi-
dalton Of Business.

New York. Oct. 27.-In view of con-
ficting statements and various CON
illusions as to the primary of either
company in the recent Pullman Wag-
ner merger, The Associated Press
states the exact conditions, which are
as follows:
Neither has the Pullman Co. alb
sorbed the Wagner nor has the Wag-
ner Co. absorbed the Pullman. The
two companies have simply amalga-
mated. retaining the Pullman organic
alton. however. in preference to thu
Wagner, as the Pullman IS stock
and the Wagner merely bus
mess association with no charter. The
Wagner Co. has. four directors in the
new Pullman Co. and although the
new company may have the name of
Pullman, it will be equally as much
Wagner as Pullman and will operate
on all the Vanderbilt lines"
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Raads heer (rahds- hare)-Senator.
Raadhuis ds-hoysD-Senate house
Rand (rahnD-- Margin; edge.
Staat (staht)--State.
Staatkunde (staht kuhn -de)-POlitics.
Staatsraad s-rahd)-Couneil OF
state.
Stad (stoD-City.
Stemmer tstemmer)-Voter: elector.
spruit-A small stream, usually dry
in summer.
Transvaal ftrons- fahD-Circular; val
ley.
Trek ttreck)-Draught; journey.
Ifekken 'treck-eh)-To draw; to travel.
Trekpaard treckpahrd-D horse.
Tit toyO-Out; out Of
Oitlander toyt-lont- er)-Foreigner.
Naal fahD-Valley.
Naderlandshefde (fah-ter-lonts-l eef -te)
Love of ones country: patriotism.
Neldt felD-Field; open lands.
Neldhcpr Gclt-hare)--General: COM
mandant.
We dwachter Rural
guard.
Volksraad lks-rahd)-Lower House
of Congress.
Voorregt fore-rekD- priv
ilegc.
Nreemdeling 0rame-da- llne)- Strangcr
w ltWattrSrand tVit-VUt- ters-ront)-
Margin OF the white water.
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HOLDS IT'S GROUED.
This is Testimony from Everywhere as We'll
as augusta.

Can this be so? j. ii true? Are the
facts as stated? These are questions
which every man and woman in Au-
gusta suffering the fortunes of back
ache asks as they read the published
accounts in newspapers about medi-
zines which claim to cure it. What
ever the conclusions arrived at, they
can't finch from or disprove the fol-
lowing, for il took place in Augusta.
and the experience is that of u citizen.
MIR. Thos. II. Colby. of 20 West Cres-
cent street, says: IL cannot praise
Doan's Kidney Pills as highly AZ their
wonderful value warrants. Before /
used them | was in an exceedingly ba1
condition from a deranSed condition of
my Kidneys. / had q dull heavy acne
in my back nearly all the time. / could
not 'De on my feet more than five min
utes at a time without suffering from
the too frequent action Of the kidney
secretions. Two boxes Of Doans Kid
ney Pills which | procured at &. X.
Partridge's Old Reliable drug store.
opposite the postofIice. cared me. I
say cured without hesitation. as | have
had no return of the trouble since. ana
II was several months ago that ] took
the treatment. A lady VINO was keep
ing house for me took several boxes Of
the remedy and was greatly benefited. :"
Deans Kidney Pills for sale NV all
dealers. Price so cents. Mailed nv
F'oster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. y NJ
Sole agents for the u. S. Remamha-
the name Doan's and take no spisti-
tute.
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THE Beers ROUTED
CONTINUED from page ID


camp twice in order to escape the
range of the excellent Boer practice.
Just as they had decided to evacuate
the second camp a shell killed two sol
diers. When Gen. Yule heard of the
battle of Elandslaagte he sent squad
of Hussars under Col. Knox and bat
terry of artillery to intercept the Beers
at Biggarsberg. The artillery succeed
ed in shellng the Beers as they were
retreating over the Upmtai mountains.
killing and wounding many; but the
artillerymen We're forced to retreat by
the rifle fire of the enemy.
1t appears that the Beers shelled the
camp all day long. Sunday. and the
troops were kept busy skirmishinG and
removing their transport wagons out
of range During the retreat there
were many anxious moments, Monday
night, when the British marched
through Van Londeer's pass. six miles
long, across to Biggarsberg. The
troops went through the dangerous de-
file. which 80 men could have easily
held, at o'clock Tuesday morning.
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THE CABINET MEETING.
Plans for Operations in Philippines Soon to
Sc Carried Ont.

Washington, Oct. 2I.-The cabinet meet,
inc, today. lasted two hours and a half
an hour longer than usual. After the "a
juurnmcnt the members were unusually
reticent. One member said that the
President had cautioned them against
making any statement about the meeting.
today 1t can be stated. however, that
the discussion related u the Philippines
ana there Is reason tu believe that il was
IN reference Ia military and naval plauS
which are soon to he placed in operation
Fully an hour Of this session OF the cab
met was consumed in Il discussion of the
political outlook, especially in Ohio. some
q the members having received advices
from their friends engaged in the cam
paicn.
The Philippine discussion was brought
about through newspaper publications Of
recent date purp0rtng to outline thu
treaty Of arrangements which General
Bates has made with the Sultan Of tha
Suiu archipelago. Secretary Root took
occasion 70 point out the unsoundnc.s
ana unfairncss, as he alleged, of the. crit
lcism which had been the custom Of the
trends Of that arrangement. especially
where they related to the question of
slave holding in the islands.
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IT CAUSES COMMENT.
Active Preparations With the British Naval
Vessels Now at Halifax.

Halifax. y. s. oct. -7.-Tha British
cruiser Talbot Will leave for England, ~ +
morrow At t O'Clock. To-day the Who'll
crew was busy taking on stores. IN
men think that England is about 70 max
a demonstration with her fleet and this il
why the Talbot will be kept in conIni 70
sion Tie men. yesterday, had jolly
time around town bidding their friends
and sweethearts guodby. as no more leave,
will be granted in Halifax. 1t is now th"
report that the Talbot Will proceed direct
TO Portsmouth. staying there only =
hours. when she will sail for Deia% a
Bay.
The flagship Crescent moved INTO a PEE.
this morning. to take on 400 tons OF tt"tt-
4 curious thing about this is the fact
that the flagship has only finished the
C,aIing of 500 tons. Why she should tax"
the other 100 tons is mystery. as It :
usual for her when departing from tn :
port for the West Indies To only half nj
her bun6er capacity. In this Instance the
ships bunkers arc filled to their utmost,
1900 tons.
The caanng ana storing " the vessels
places them iii position To leave ut a
moments notice should the necessity aris p
for 80 doing. ana the fleet will he in a
state of preparation. nder different
circumstances. no special notice would De-
taken of the present movements. bat now
everything looking like war - eagerly as
CIISSpI
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MANY WILL FALL.
Lord Rosebery Wants Country Not to expec
Victory Without Losses.

London. oct. 27.-Lord Rosebery. in
speech at a private dinner OF politicians.
Wednesday, referred to the war and the
heavy loss of life, saying that they had
to deplore the death of Gen. Symons. and
before they sheathed the sword there
would be many more such losses. In the
meanwhile, he added. the country ought
to present united front to the enemy.
In his opinion the Transvaal affair was
not very complicated question but mere
~ the effort of Il community to put back
the clock"
Referring to Maiuba Hill. Lord Rose
termined by the belief that the power of
Great Britain was so great that she could
afford to do things other nations could
not afford to do without risk. The Beers
regarded Mr.. Gladstone's magnanimity
as Il proof of weakness upon which they
could tncrdaCh.
Dwelling upon the unfricndliness Of the
foreign press and foreign public opinion.
Lord Rnsebery said: This is no lit,.e
war. There are nations watching with
caGerness every trip, every stumble, ana,
much more every catastrophe ana disas
ter that may oVertake our arms. war
WaSed under these conditions. therefore,
is not little war.
81 DO not know why we should attract
50 much i'll feeling. There is one simple
test that will apply to the British empire
az compared with other empires who
watch her with 50 much. | won't say
maicvplcncc, but candid feeling. l.auSh
terl. We would be only too glad ut IN
present moment Ia strike Il bargain with
The rest of the world that every frontier
should remain as now.
OF wat other empire can that be said?
Yet We who are not trying to gain but t.
maintain empire. we who in the best ANA
highest sense. are the most cOnSerVatiV"
force i'm the world. are the object of e..
concealed dislike Of governments who, !
think are less single minded than our
selves.
Lord Rosebery in an impassioned per.
oratiuu calling on the nation to maintain
a united front, after speaking Of Great
Britain as this lonely island in the
nurthtrn seas viewed with such JEALOUSY,
such hostility. such Jared ambition by
Inc great empires OF the world, who count
their armies with embattlcd millions,
concluded. amid stormy applause, with
Snakespyarv's words:
''%au-Lt shall make US rue.
T. England 40 herself remain but true.
Rear Admiral Charles Rcresfnrd, speak
ing at Glasgow. today. against Lord
Rnsrbrry'S c.tnIidaturc for the rcctorship
VI the university. said he admired the
earlS character ana brilllanCy, but OPP
posed MIN as Il politician. The speaker
charged Lord koScherN with following.
ingstcAd ~ leading public opinion. and
asserted that hr WAS largely responsible
for tine TIInSVaars resistance ana the
present WAR. because he hud remained
silent until war actually began. ana thu
TrlnSNanl had Interpreted MS silence An
meaning CHAT Tie country was divided on
the issue
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DEMOCRATIC RALLY
In faneul Hall Addressed by Candidate Rob
err. Treat Paine. IT,. and Others.

Boston. oct, 27.-Faneul hall with
its interior looking unfamiliar because
OF recent renovation once again held
an enthusiastic crowd of citizens. to-
night. when the Democrats ratified the
ticket placed in nomination ny the re-
cent state convention.
Col. \. G. Drinkwater Of Hraintree.
opened the meeting ana introduced
Hon. James a. McGeough of Boston. rs
chairman of the evening.
The first speaker was the nominee
fer governor. Robert Treat Paine. Jr,
who was received with great enthusi-
aSm.
The nominc" for lieutenant governor.
John II. Mack of North Adams. was
the next speaker. H. briefly reviewed
the democratic policy AZ outlined in
the Chicago platform.
The name ~ Hon. Thomas j. Gargan
brought forth 4 rlund Of applause
His speech was fJrccful ana well re-
ceivcd.
Hon. John H. Morrison Of Lowell.
nominee for attorney general. ana F..
Gerry Brown Of Brnckton. nominee for
state auditor each spoke briefly.
y letter was read from Rev. Hobrr;
II BlSbrC 81 t'tprercIl. expressing r.
eret at inability To be present ana TAX
ing strong attitude against the present
Philippine campaign.
Loud calls We're made for speech
from Hon. George Fred Williams. VINO
was present on the platform. Tho ap-
applause which greeted him when i'm
troduced was dodfcning. Mr.. Williams
confined his remarks briefly to the
morals of the two great wars now
drawing The attention # the world
that If The British in South Africa ana
that Of the Americans in the Philip
pines. lie characterized both as being
Identical in purpose, great ana strong
nations invading weak ones. both. he
said. without regard FOR the sacred
principles uf liberty.
The meeting then came 70 a close.
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PARLIAMENT PROROGUeD.
The Governments War Policy again Attacked
The Queens Speech.

London. Oct. 27-The third reading o.
the appropriation bill in the House 81
for further attacks on the government
war policy. Mr.. Gavin Brown Clark.
Radical, formerly consul general OF the
TranSvaal accused the secretary of stale
for the colonies. Mr.. Joseph chamberlain.
of publishing an cmascumted version u
the Boer franchise bill passed by th-
Nolksraad. A!r. Chamberlain rtpuuiits Il
this lie said the bill was published ~
actly as received from Secretary OF State
Reitz.
tive referred to the heavy military task
before the government and said he ieare
the foreign powers would take advantage
of Graf Britain's difficulties to make an
attempt upon her possessions. All thH
great powers except Austria, he asserted.
hated Great Britain. MIR Lloyd Georgy.
Radical declared the offers of ire Trans
yaal had been miSrepresentad, Whertuppn
Mr. Chamberlain protested ana th'
Speaker Mr.. William Court Gully, inter
vened.
Mr.. Lloyd George then withdrew his ex
preston regarding misrepresentation.
The session was then suspended until
o'clock in the afternoon When the
House re assembled the Queen speech
was read and Parliament was proroguel
with the usual formalties.
The Queens speech was as follows:
NV Lords and Gcutl2men: | am happy
to be able to release You Of the exceq-
tional duties which have been imposed
upon you by the eNiSencies of public ser
Il congratulate you on the brilliant
qualities which have been displayed by
the brave regiments upon whom the task
of repelling the invasion Of my South
African colonies has been laid In doing
so | cannot but express my profound scr =
row that SO many gallant officers and sol
diers should have fallen in the perform
ance of their duty.
Gentlemen of the House Of Common !:
I acknowledge with gratitude the Hber IL
provision you have made to detraN the
expenses of the military operations in
South Africa.
My lords and gentlemen: | trust that
the Divine blessing may rest upon your
efforts and those Of my gallant army 10
restore peace and good government t.
that portion of my empire and to vindi
cate the honor of this country.
In the House of Lords. ut o'clock, the
lord high chancellor, Earl Halsbury, ami
the lord commissioners fully robed, took
up positions in front of the throne. The
black rod summoned the Commons, the
Queens speech was read and the lord
high chancellor declared Parliament pro
rogued until Jan. 10. The Commons then
returned to the lower house. where the
Speaker read the Queens speech. after
which the members filed past and shook
hands with the Speaker.
The House of Commons passed the APP
preparation bill prior to the suspension %!
business there. after which the measure
was taken to the House of Lords and
passed through all the stages.
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GOVERNMENT VICTORY.
Parliamcn,a Bye Election Goes Tor Conser-
valves. 1929 Against 2I23 Votes.

London. Oct z7.-The Parliamentary bye
election for the Bow and Rromle division
~ Tower Hamlets london. he4u, today,
70 replace Hon. Lionel X. Holland. CON
servative. was fought un the govern
mcnt's TraHsvaal policy and resulted IN 4
big victory for the government, the con
servative candidate. Mr.. VIM. Guthrie,
being elected by i32S votes against rs
votes east for his Liberal ana Radical
opponent. Mr.. Harold Spender. The CON
sfrvative majority was practically twice
that secured 1T the election Of Mr. Hol
land.
throughout the campaign Mr.. Spend r
opposed the war in South Africa ana Mr..
chamberlain : conduct of the negotiations
with the Transvaal government Ills np
position was 50 persistent that he WIS
dubhed by the Conservatives Throughout,
the canvass "BOcr Spender.
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RlvERa'S RETIREMENT.
Ssys lie Was Dismissed and Senior Cano;e
Gives Reason Why.

havana. Oct. 21.-Gea. Rius Rivera
formerly civil governor Of The province
OF havana, whose withdrawal from thu
Sovernorship has been cahIel ~ j ~
iSnation. denies that he resigned n.
says that he was dismissed ana +b,4
he does not know upon what grounds
1''s "i*I'lissal was ordered. lie Gd-
ms that ne had recently remarked
uiat ne would resign in the event that
~ ieast one out NC three nominations IN
'ad made to public office was not an
proved, but he attributed his dismissal
20 tAe direct influence of senior Capota
ietaiy 81 state in the advisory cab;-
hqt Of Governor General Brooke.
senior Capote asserts that he request
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BELIEVES ANDRSS SAFE.
Brother Confident That He Will Be Heard
From. Next Summer.

Mobile. Oct 2-.-ErMyn T.. Baldwin. thc
Arctic explorer ana observer fin the
United States weather bureau. has re-
ceived 7 letter from CAPTAIN ERNEST Am
2eronaut, ana has given TIE Associated
Press the following extract expression a.
Andree's confidence in his brothers. safe
~ ana his conjecture as 10 his where
ahDutS:
MY opinion Is that ii my brother had
landed anywhere between Sc Or s. degrees
north and 90 or 80 degrees west and iNp de
grces west. Greenwich meridian). wa
would have heard from him. Eut ntt
having heard directly from HIM as t. his
having landed. | think he must have come
down to the west Of lN0 degrees ana b.
tween - or ~ degrees north
II do not put the least faith in any lf
the many reports. with the exception. lr
course. of the pigec n message and the two
buOuNs. ! do not expect To hear anything
more this Year. but expect u hear all the
more next summer.
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GEN. SYMONS' FUNERAL.
Firing Party Officers and Civilians But Nc
Beers Attend.

London. oct. 2I-The colonial office has
made public the following telegram r.
c wed trom GOV Hutch.rs N, dated
PietcrmaritzDurg, oct. 2G:
..Thc following telegram has been re
ccived from Greytnwn, from II. Groig.
resident of Dundee. formerly in the tele-
graph service:
Symons died on Monday at 5 p. NJ, and
was buried, the following morning. close
10 the English church by the Rev. w
bailey. There was firing party and a
few medical officers and a few civilians
attended the funeral. There Were no
Beers. col. Pickett Majors Doublebee,
HammerslcE and Nugent. also Crum
johnson ana Ryan, are improving. The
Beers occupied Dundee, Monday afte"-
noon. -
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A GRAVE MISTAKE.
Beers Threatening Native Chiefs Khama and
Lnchwe-Want Railway Destroyed

Cape Town. oct. IA telegram from
Buluwayo, Rhodesia. dated Monday. says:
"A Boer force is threatening Chief khami
and Chief I.inchwe, who are loyal u
Great Britain. The khama and linchWc
countries lie at the extreme northwest u
the Transvaal and include Bechuanalanu.
1t seems a gross mistake for the Beers u
provoke war among the natives. Inc
proba BILE explanation is that the Boer
force intends to destroy the railway Ia
Buluwayo which runs through hama
country and thus prevent any attempt ri
col Plumers RhodeSian force to so |"
the relief of Mafeking. Already there
have been stories Of a Rhodesian armorcd
train engaging the Beers some distance
north of Mafeking.
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NO RENTS OR INTEREST
On Bonds Caa Sc Claimed During Martial
Law Say the Eccrs.

Lorenzo Marquee. Oct. .1.-The follow
ing dispatch has been received here from
Pretoria, filed. yesterday: The govern
ment has issued n proclamation declaring
that no rents or interest on bonds can H.,
CANNED during the continuance of mar
ual law. nor within certain fixed period
after the repeal of the same
The Beers at Nryburg have secured a
quantity of ammunition. COmmandanr
Schooman has seized Acknowledgement and
destroyed the railway bridge there
health"
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WILL NOT INTERFERE.
France and Russia Eave No Cause Germany
Alone is Interested.

Paris. Oct. 21.-An authoritative
statement was issued. this afternoon,
formally denying the rumors of intend
ed Franco Russian intervention in the
Transvaal war and declaring that
France has not ground and no desire
for any such Intervention at present
and that Russia is most likely placed
in the same position, adding that Ger
many is the only power directly con-
cerncd in the matter.