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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-15
ROBERTS IN kROONSTAD
THE BRITISH ENTER THIS STR0lG
HOLD WITHOUT OPPOSITION.
BOERS GREATLY DlSHEARTeD

By the Rapidity OF the Advance Move
ments or the British THE situation
as satisfactory to the British as
Could be Desired-Lord Roberts. lAd.
vance Steady and Rapid-Boers Hoist
a White Flag Then Fire upon the
British.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-22
AN OFFICER REPR1MANDED.
Result of the Court-Martial of Lieu
John +. yamea

Result Of the Court-Martinl of Lieut.
John +. James.
The record Of the court-martial at Camn
Columbia. Havana, which tried Second
Lieut. John F. James. Eighth Infantry, on
charge Of habitual neglect Of duty and alb
sence from parade, has been received at
the War Department. The court found aim
guilty of both charges except the nek.ect
OF duty was not habitual, and his sentence
was fixed at confinement to the limits Of
the company station for three mon-in and
a reprimand by the department com uand-
er. The sentence was approved by Brig.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, whose reprimand fol-
lows:
at is a matter OF record that in Deem
Der last charges covering all specifications
of neglect of duty Of similar nature were
preferred against this officer, but the regi-
mental commander decided not to recon-
mend trial on account of his youth and In
experience. The path of the snhaltern of
ficer to a high position Of rank and In.
fiuence In his profession is rough OF
smooth as he pleases to make 1t. These
records show this ofiicer has been exce.d-
ngly careless in the discharge Of his
many duties. and has displayed a want of
appreciation Of their Importance, and
therefore is deserving OF censure. The
commander Of the department expresses
the hope that the admonitions received will
be taken to heart, End hereafter no more
obstacles will be found in the course Of
his career as an officer OF the United States
Army"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-22
TROUBLE OVER CIGARS.
A Case Supposed to Involve Charge,
Against n Policeman.

-
1t is intimated by Assistant District
Attorney Pugh that Policeman L. ]. 9ren-
nan. attached to the Sixth precinct station.
is to be brought before the proper author
tiles CT certain charges because of alleged
conduct while the patrolman was on duty
in bis precinct. not exactly in accord with
the police regulations. Just what nature of
charges, II any. will be filed against the
officers. is as yet uncertain.
In the Police Court yesterday Policeman
Brennan appeared as prosecuting witness
against one Richard Mccarthy. who is en-
ployed at the saloon Of Mrs. Nellie Sulli-
van, on New Jersey Avenue northwest. 1t
was charged that Mccarthy. during the
past week, used profane language. curs!ng
the policeman and the police in general.
Brennan testified to the effect that en-
the evening in question a yoTny man
named Jerry Mitchell met him ratroli:ns
his beat. Mitchell asked the policeman TO
have drink. it was said. which Brennan
refused, but stated that cigar would be ac-
c-.ptahle Thereupon Mitchell went 10 the
saloon where Mccarthy is employed. the
-poii.ens: Sad. and informed -he later
t1at cigars were wanted by the pol:crn an
and himself. To this Mccarthy rep,Iei
with an oath. so Brennan says, and retus ed
to supply the cigars asked for by Mitchell.
When Mitchell was called to the stand as
a witness he stated that he went to the
saloon at the request of the policeman
He was to get two cigars, he testified,
but Brennan failed to furnish him with
money with which to pay for the desired
articles.
Mrs. Nellie Sullivan took the stand for
the defence. She told the court that about
midnight on the night in question she was
awakened by a loud rapping on her door,
Mccarthy was there. she said, and he ex-
planned excitedly the incident of the ci-
gars. adding that the policeman was about
to arrest him on a charge Of being drunk.
Here Mrs. Sullivan stated that she arose
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-22
THE NEW ASSESSMENTS.
Annual Report Showing the Estf-
mates of Property Valuation.

Annual Report Showing the Estf.
mates of Property Valuation.
The Board of Assistant Assessors con-
sisting of James A. Bates. Samuel G. T
Morsell. and Matthew Trimble, have
handed to the Commissioners their annual
return of their estimates of the valuation
Of property in the District for the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1901. There is also
appended statement Of the new buildings
assessed in 1895 to 1901. inclusive.
Tie total assessment of new buildings
In the city is 1855, 800, and in the county,
$L053. 100, total Of $2,64S, 400. There were
s2S6.000 worth Of additions and improve
ments in the city and s72, 200 in the county,
total of 1858. 200. New railroad tracks,
gas mains, and conduits in the District
are assessed at $274,674 The total net
assessment Is, with the amount on for
buildings removed, $2,977,s49.
The total number of new buildings is
1.026, of which 557 were in the city and
469 in the county. BY sections in the city
the Northwest showed 239 new buildings,
assessed at $1,152.S00 Southwest, Sc, as
sessed at $685. 200; Northeast, 151, assessed
at s204,1o0; Southeast, 121, valued at
$152, 700. The average value. per build
Ing in the four sections is as follows:
Northwest, $4.s2s; Southwest, $3.50;
Northeast, $1,s52;- Southeast. sl.2S2' or q
general average for the city Of $2,s1s.
Sixty-eight new fiat buildings in the city
are assessed at $685., 900, and eight in the
county at SIS. 800 total Of $555, 900.
The assessed values in the county. North
Capitol Street being the dividing line cast
and west, are as follows: East-115 new
buildings, assessed at $277.100. West
354 new buildings, assessed at $1,oss. 100.
The average assessed talHe for county is
s2,033. ! afr
The following shows improvements made
and their assessed valuation in the inn
portant subdivisions: Wyoming Terrace,
new buildings. Z. assessed valuation,
$4,000; Washington Heights. Presbrey's
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-22

and dressed. going downstairs to investi-
gate the trouble. She saw Brennan. she
said. at the foot of the stairs, and was
surprised at his conduct Together with
Mccarthy Mrs. Sullivan said she went to
the Sixth precinct station, meeting Bren-
nan and another officer on the way Just as
she reached the station. witness said. Bren-
nan came in. and stated that he wished to
prefer charge of profanity against Nc
Carthy. 1t then became necessary TO pro-
duce collateral in the sum OF S.. witness
said. to secure the release Of Mccarthy,
which she finally offered.
Other testimony was heard and finally
the court imposed fine Of IS upon the
defe ndant, which was paid.
At the close Of the hearing Assistant
District Attorney Pugh remarked tia:
certain charges would doubtless be
brought against Policeman Brennan as the
result Of the evidence adduced at the lsar-
ing.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-22
TWO OFFICERS SHOT.
Attempted to Arrest Negro for
Selling whisky Illegally.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, July GA
shooting affair, reporting four casualties.
Z occurred at the camp Of Condor &
Mitchell, railroad contractors. working on
the Cincinnati Southern tunnel in Scott
County. Two deputy sheriffs went to the
railroad camp of Condor & Mitchell. on
the Cincinnati Road. to arrest VIII
Walker. colored. for selling liquor Illegally.
The negroes of the camp had been imbib-
ing freely and when the arrest was at.
tempted they sided with Walker and &
fight elsued.
Deputy Sheriffs Read and Pemberton
fired with deadly aim until they were
wounded. Two negroes fell dead at their
hands. Finally Deputy Sheriff Pemberton
fell fatally wounded. While Deputy Sheriff
Read was shot through the shoulder. Grea.
excitement prevails. and mountaireers ara
gathering with Winchesters. threat .nirg Il
wipe QUITE camp. J. W. Crcrk. inspec-
tor Of the contracting company, has q d
to Chattanooga.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-22
DR.. SHADES
CHLORIDUM DISCOVERY
Consumption, srlght's Dis
ease, Lung, Throat, and
Catarrhal Diseases.
FOR

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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-22
New Station. Of First infantry

New Stations OF First Infantry.
Orders were issued yesterday by the
War Department withdrawing from Cuba
the First Infantry, now in Pinar del Rio
province, to take station at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan. The commanding general of
the Department of the Missouri is to desig-
nate two battalions of the regiment for
service in the Philippines
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-22

sswhat is twice read Is commonly better remem-
bered than what is transcribed" Then read this
ad. and you vii always remember where you can
order case OF Heurich's beer. By phoning cS4.
Arlington Bottling Co., for case Of Nnerzen,
Senate, or Lager you will be assured prompt
delivery.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-22

loss as given In the Official reports was Ss7
killed, 1,5S2 wounded, Is captured or miss
ing; total Of 1882.
General Sherman has said of this battle:
sit was one OF the best planned battles of
the war, but one of the worst fought. Both
armies we're fairly defeated" General
Johnston has said of It: ''If the tactics of
the Federals had been equal to their STRAIT
egg We would have been heater"
Nicolay. in his story of The Outbreak
of the Rebellion" says: ITO the military
student Bull Run, with its extended field
OF strategy, its quick changes Of plan, its
fiuctuating chances and combinations. and
its rapidly shifting incidents and accidents,
is most interesting, and likely to become
a typical, game Of war between volunteer
armies"
The composition Of the Union army en-
gagged was:
Flint diyfsion-Gen. Daniel Tyler. First brigade
Zen. Erasmus d. Reyes; second Maine, Col c.
D. Jameson; First Connecticut, Col. C. s. Burn
ham; Second Connecticut, Col. A. II. Terry: Third
Connecticut, Col. John l.. Chatficld Second
brigade-Gcn. Robert c. schenck; Second New
York. Col. g. W. B. Tompkins; First Ohio, Col
A. Med. Mccook; Second Ohio, Lieut.. COL Rod
ney Mason: Battery E, Second United States
ARTILLERY, Capt. J. II. Carlisle; Third brigade-
Col. ". T. Sherman; Thirteenth New York, Col.
L r. Quinby; Sixty ninth New York, Col. II. Cor.
coran; Seventy New York, Col. James Cam.
eron; Second Wisconsin, Lieut. Col. II. W. Peck;
Battery E, Third United States Artillery, Capt
z. B. Ayres. Fourth briGade-Col. Israel b.
Richardson; First Massachusetts,, Col Robert Cow
din; Twelfth New York, Col. Ezra l. walrath;
Second Michigan. Maj. A. W. Williams; Third
Michigan. Col. Daniel Mcconnell; Battery @, Fins.
United States Artillery. Lieut.. John Edwards;
Battery n. Second United States ARTILLERY, Capt.
Henry J. Hunt.
Second diyision-Ccn. D. Hunter. First brigade,
Col Andrew Porter: Eighth New York miiitia.
Col: George LYONS; Fourteenth New York, Col.
q. n Wood; Twenty -seventh New York, Col H.
". Slocum; Battalion United States Infantry,
Maj: George Sykes; battalion United States |
n1rincs Maj. J. q: Reynolds; Battalion United |
es,tes Cavalry, Maj. J. +. Palmer; Battery q
Essth United Stsfe ARTILLERY, Capt Chnrles Crit
d 0ecca1 Aigade-Col Ambrose Z Durns:de:
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-22
Heat Cause

Heat Causes Early Closing.
Owing to the heat the Treasury and the
Postofice Department closed at noon yester-
day instead Of at $3.50 o'clock, the usual
Saturday closing hour.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-22
boundary Survey Completed.

CITY OF MEXICO, July PA despatch
from Managua. Nicaragua, says that Gem
cral Alexander. who was appointed by
President Cleveland as boundary arbitra-
tor between Nicaragua and Costa RIGA, has
arrived there with his engineers, having
completed the boundary survey.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-22

Hcurich's Nacrzcn Beer, the "Pridc Of Wash.
ington," is the best and most popular beer In
Washington Phone Ga. Arlington Bottling ca,
eor care.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
MYSTERIOUS AFRICAN MINES.
Long Abandoned shafts That Have In.
 terested Many Antiqua rians.


 Besides the reefs which have been discovered on the coast there exists in Rhodesia an enormous quantity Of eold workings, mines which were worked in ancient times. but have long since been abandoned. By whom these mines were worked will probably remain forever mystery. From old pottery and tools which have been found it is evident that these old workings were exeae vated Zby or under the direction Of men of knowledge and intelligence su= oerior to those possessed by the present inhabitants of the country. Gold was extracted from these mines by smelt- ing, many furnaces having been found and alongside Of them ancient molds in which ingots were cast. Several ruins have also been discovered in Rhodesia the magnitude and workmanship of which prove that men Of superior civilization either inhabitated or else occupied this part of the world a few thousand years before us. To them are probably due the ancient workings which have been found. With the primitive instruments at their com mand these miners of a past age were only able to serape the surface of the gold=bearing reefs, Sc that the quan- tity of gold which has been taken from the mines hardly affects their value. while they are a precious indication to the prospector and enable him to test the reef below the surface, and, as a rule. the site of n1ost of these old work iLgs seems to have been selected by competent men, who chose the richest reefs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
TALK WITH THE HELlooRAPH.
How the system Of Signaling Nov in
 Use In South Africa Is Operated.

How the System of Signaling Now in
 Use In south Africa Is Operated.
 Helfographing is sun writing" By the use of the heliograph the suns rays are flashed over long distances. The letters of the Morse telegraphie code are used, and communication IS comparatively easy on bright days The instrument that Is now used to transmit heIograph messages IS ex- ceedingly simple. It consists of tripod carrying a horizontal rod at the top. On this rod is mirror on one end and on the other a small upright rod with a movable button. This mir TOT is usually four and half inches in diameter. and Is so arranged that 1t can be rotated both on horizontal and on a vertical axis. In the middle is a small unsilvered spot. The mir TOT is sighted by means of this uns1l- vered spot and the button on the rod in front, exactly as rife would He aimed. If the button is raised so as to cover the destination of the mes sage. which can be found by compass if it cannot be seen, and the shadoW thrown by the unsilvered spot in the middle of the reflection covers the but ton, the instrument is in position. There is a eontrivance by which the shutter is operated, opening and clos ing over the mirror by means of a key, which is pressed like the key of a telegraph instrument. i long fash stands for a dash. a short one for a dot ia the Morse system. The greatest distance ever overcome by the helfo- graph was that operated over by the United States signal corps between Mount Uneompahgre, in Colorado and Mount Ellen, in Utah. This was 183 miles. The flashes came and went as regularly as though the distance had been much shorter Indianapolis pFH-e
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
statlstles of nrltlsh rmIerant..

Statistics just issued by the Bea1d of Trade show that during 1899 total of 241 405 emigraats left Great Britain. as compared with 205, I'll in the previ> ous year. The greater proportion of this Increased outflow of 36,060 con sisted of foreigners. However. these were birds of passage" numbering e0,000, compared with 60,000 in 189S The number of British emigrants was over 5000 in excess of that in 1898, and It is remarkable that this was wholly due to an increased exodus from Ireland, 5000 more persons of Irish birth leaving last year, prac- tically all going to the United States, while the English emi grants were 5000 fewer. Of the total number of British emigrants, viz, 146, TIT, no fewer than 92, ,532 were bound for the great Re- public, an increase of 22,000 as com pared with 1898, and 16.451 for British North America, decrease of 1900. Australia received 1,478, against i0,- 693, while the outlook of war so seri- ously checked emigration to South Africa that the number declined from 19.756 in 1898 to 14.560 last year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
 Rniieved in Ghosts.

nr. Elliott Coues, the famous orni- thologist, whose death took place re- gently, was a firm believer in ghosts, and promised several of his friends that he would appear to them after his demise. He used to say that he was able, at a certain time each day, to project what he called his conscious body from his material body This conscious body was at once surround cd by phantoms, most of them strane gers to him, but some of whom re- sembled dead friends They conyersed. but not audibly to him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
RHEUMATISM CATARRH ARE BLOC D
 DIsEAsEs-EREEi

It is the deep-seated, obstinate cases of Catarrh and Rheumatism that B, B. B. (botanic blood balm) cures. It mat ters not what other treatments, doc- tors, sprays, liniments, medicated air. blood purifiers, have failed to do, B B. B. always promptly reaches the rea1 cause and roots out and drives from tbe bones, joints, mucous membrane, and entire system the specific poison in the blood that causes rheuma atism and eatarrh. B. B. B. is the only rem edy strong to do this and cure SO there can never be &F eturn of the symptoms. Don't give up hope but ask your drug gist for B. B. B.-botanic blood balm of 3 bs.-Large bottles one dollar, six bottles tfail trea atmenD five dollars. B. 5 5. is an honest remedy that makes real cures Of all blood diseases after everything else fails. We have abso- lute confidence in Botanic blood hahn; sle44ec, 90 you fu oy test II. we viii send g trial bottle free on request. Persona medical advice free. Address,
 BLOOD BALM co,
 222 MicthelI St., l tlanta, Ga.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
NEW CRIMES IN THE CALENDAR
Mans Lawless Ingenuity Is Giving the
 Courts Added Trouble.

Mans LawIsss Ingenuity Is Giving the
 Courts Addsd Trouble.
 Under the laws Of the land as they exist at present the theft Of a lamp Is larceny: 1t may be Roman lamp or Greek lamp, an oil lamp or an electric lamp. Whether it constitutes grand larceny or petit larceny will in certain states of the union depend not upon it's age or newness, but upon it's mar ket value. On the other hand there are great number of modern crimes which could not have been committed in ancient days because the instru- ments for their perpetration did not exist. They are the outcome of mod ern civilization and they require new legislation. The tapping of & tele- graph wire is a modern form of high way robbery. h the old days the method was to waylay the courier on the road and to rob him of his purse or of his message. The formula of the modern highwayman Is not Stand and deliver" but simply Deliver" And he may get message rom the 1sht- ming courier which may be worth more to him than well-flled purse. But there is nothing to be gained by indis- criminate tapping. It is some special message or information that the thief is looking for, possibly for it's effect on the stock market or on other busi- ness ventures. but the use of cipher codes renders the tapping of telegraph wires of little avail even in time Of war, unless the code as well as the message has been stolen. For the tap- ping Of power or Iightlines the mod ern highwayman comes in out of ehe rain. He can do his business better indoors by attacking the electric me- ter, confusing it's calculations and thus getting more current than he pays for. Such at least seems to be the impliea- tion Of recent statutes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
NEW USE FOR COAL DUST.
Somebody Apparently Selling It Widely
 ia Place of AntImony.

h Place of Anthony.
 A rural chemist has accidentally dis covered a curious case of adulteration, or. more accurately. of substitution in the matter of drug commonly sold in pharmacies. rural and urban The drug is the tri-sulphide of antimony, commonly known as black antimony. The chemist in ana1yzing a patent remedy discovered that the ingredients nearly eoFresponded= with those in formula furnished by the Agricultural department but that coal dust had been substituted for black antimony struck with thfs discovery, the chemist obtained twelve samples of black anti meny. most of them from druggists tn his own neighborhood, but one from New York of these, only one was really black antfmony; the others were coal dust coal dust and chalk or coal dust and sand. There is no reason to suppose that the druggists knew of the substitution, for there would be little profit in the deception unless t were practfced on large scale: but it seems plain that some manufacturing chemist is selling a worthless substi- ute for black antimony. Indeed the Substitute may be sent out from more than one factory, for while the dozen samples tested came from the eastern coast, the remedy in which the sub- stitution vas originally detected came from the west. The New York drug gist who sold a sample Of the substi- ute does business in a fashionable quarter where there is a considerable demand for black antimony on the part of groom5 and cCachmen, who use it in the preparation Of condition pow ders fer horses. Two other druggists in the same neighborhood do not keep black antimony. One of them keeps what is known IS red anthony. which is chemically identieally with black antimony though different in appear ance. Red antimony is a product of chemical precipitation, while black sntimony is a natural product found in many parts Of Europe, in Nova Scotia and Nevada.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
Is the Quality, the Price and
 the Service Right?

Our prices are always the low est. Ask any one who trades with US exclusively---and there are many such-and they will tell you we handle the best goods made. The service is also as good as. conscientious and expe- rienced help can make it.
 If you trade with us these three important questions will be established. Give us trial. Knox & Smart,
 No. 328 Pine Street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
4 Remarkable Discoverv.

A remarkable discovery has beer made by Dr, Peters, who has recently been exeavating at Nippur, an ancient city of Babylonia. While the workmeu were clearing away the debris from the walls of the temple Bel they dis. covered in hole which had been clos ed up with sundried bricks a large goose egg on mat of reeds. Why the egg was placed there is a mystery. as it has no connection with any known Babylonian custom. Dr. Pet CTS thinks that it may be looked upon as joke on the part of one or more of the ancient workmen, the object of which will probably never be known. The temple was built at very re- mote time, probably in the reign of Akusgal (B. c 22o0), or even earlier, so that the egg is over 1000 years nld.
 Women in Brazil Snd Japan.
 The legislative bodies of Brazil ana Japan present a rather striking con- trast in their policies toward the move ment for the freedom of women. The senate of Brazil has under eonsidera- ton bill to authorize women to prac- tice the learned professions, and the Japanese parliament has just passed a new press law which prohibits women from becoming publishers or editors on the ground that "the discharge of such work by females is neither becoming nor desirable"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12

The town council of sprlngdale elected R. H Johnson mayor to sue eeed ". Fl. Johnson. removed from the city.