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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-01-04
.KalI-Cunni9gham Case.

In the Hall. Gun ningha case the jury
brought in verdict for the plaintiff in
the sum OF SIS. costs to be paid by the
defendant.
In the case OF Bush vs.. MoCleary q
verdict was rendered in favor OF tie
defendant.
The case OF Simon Klein vs. ID. Il.
Brock man and Alison Wells came up for
erisl this morplng. The plaintiff alleges
that the defendants are Indebted to him
IN the susn OF Sl1f for the keeping and
caring for number OF cattle. Payment
is resisted by the defendants who claim
among other thiDge that the stock were
not cared for according TO contract.
Rodssiok Rose appears for the plaintiff
and F. Bald wln for tie defendants.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-01-04
OPENED WITHOUT CEREMo. *.
Water Of Chicago River Quietly TurneL
Into tho Big Drainage Canal.

Water Of Chicago River Quietly Turned
Into the Big Drainage Canal.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-At o'clock a. M,
water was turned into the $33. 900, 600
drainage canal, and began to flow to-
wards Lockport, where it will fall into
the Desplaines river, and thence,
through the Illinois and Mississippi
rivers to the Gulf of Mexico. What is
termed by the canal engineers, the
collateral channel" has been for some
time completed from the Chicago river
IN the southwestern part of the city to
within 10 feet Of the main channel of
the canal. This 15-foot wall of earth
with the two sluice gates behind it has
been all that has kept the Chicago river
and Lake Michigan out of the canal.
At 10 o'clock Monday night, steam
dredge began to cut away this wall Of
earth and a few minutes before
o'clock the water in the collateral chan
mel was against the sluice gates and
only few inches Of timber remained
to be removed before Chicago was to
realize her dream of years and see the
Great Canal in Actual Operation.
When the water began to back up
against the sluice gates the timbers
were knocked away and the first water
from the Chicago river ran into the
canal. The engineers of the sanitary
district have cut channel to carry
300, 900 cubic feet of water a minute,
but the water at first was allowed to
flow into the canal at the rate of only
5000 cubic feet a minute. The effect
of turning 300, 900 cubic feet of water
minute into the empty canal, would be
like the bursting of reservoir and
would tear away every bridge over the
canal and wreck the controlling works
at Lockport. Therefore the water will
be turned in gradually. Probably a
week will elapse before the canal is full
of water and is carrying away the sew
age that now flows into the Chicago
| river.
An occasion that might have been
! made one Of the most memorable in the
eventful history Of Chicago was SUI
fered to pass by unimproved because
the trustees of the sanitary district
were intent only on their one great aim,
the opening of the canal. Aside from
the trustees and the engineers of the
board, there were less than a dozen
spectators present.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-01-04
work occasloned by the session OF the

work occasloned by the session OF the
grand jury.
jamestown has COW thirteen attorneys
nearly all of whom were present at the
opening of court this morning.
William Sandy OF Wimbledon is in to
attend the session and evidecces good
deal of interest in the proceedings.
In order to bring An Indictment against
anyone it is necessary for &welve OF the
members OF the grand jury to be IN favor
OF the indictment.
Quite number Of residents froen tie
northeastern portion OF the county are
in to attend the session.
The petit Jury will consider the civil
cases until the grand jalry dlspoees of
the criminal cases. q
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-01-04

FEAR FOR MAFEkING.
Believed Raden Pc wells Position 10 Be.
coming Desperate.

Believed Raden-Powell's Position IL Be-
coming Desperate.
LONDON. Jan. 2.-No word regarding
the Mafeking sortle has yet arrived
from British sources, and the feeling of
suspense is deepening, as 1t is feared
Colonel Baden-Powell's silence indi-
Gates that his position is becoming des-
perate.
The dispatches from the front breathe
q confident spirit, which is by no means
echoed here.
The latest Ladysmith advices show
that the Boer shelling is becoming
deadly, while sickness and ennui must
also be telling strongly upon the gar
r1son. The news Of the spread of re-
bellion among the Dutch colonists and
of the attempts Of Beers to cut the rail-
way at widely different points is very
disquieting as bearing upon the safety
of the extended lines of communica-
ton.
All the correspondents are beginning
to hint of forward movement on the
part Of General Butler, the danger of
which is indicated in a dispatch to The
Daily Telegraph from Frere, recording
the unfortunate failure of two recon-
naissances
1t is roughly estimated that there are
rs, 900 Beers between Ladysmith and
Colenso, some 400 being on the south
side of the Tugela river. At all points
the enemy shows ceaseless activity.
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FAVOR INDEPENDENCE.

Frsn CHI Ca madame Oppose Cloaer Rela-
tions With Great Britain.
New YORK, Dec. 30.-A special to
The World from Ottawa, says:
One grave result of the war in South
Africa to Canada is the arousing of all
the latent hostility to British rule
among the French Canadians. Recent
illusions of hostility to France have de-
veloped the French Canadians hostility.
The dream of the great majority of the
French Canadians is not new France
on the banks of the St. Lawrence, but
another independent state on the conti-
nent of America.
So deeply imbued are the French
Canadian population with the idea of
the independence of the country that not
few consider the time now ripe for it.
This idea is expressed in recent letter
from D. Monet, NJ. P, to The Press of
Montreal. He writes:
Wants an Independent Canada
Il do not wish to spend one cent to
bind any closer the bonds-except the
commercial bonds-which unite us to
Great Britain. We have almost Moth
ing in common with the old continent.
am a Canadian and my ideal is to see
Canada take rank among the independ-
ent nations and as soon as it will be
sufficiently developed by the vitality of
its population and the ingenuity of its
natural resources"
Mr.. Monet, as we'll as Mr.. Bourassa,
NJ. p, who has already acted upon his
protest against aiding Britain by re-
signing his seat in parliament is among
the ablest of the members of the COM
mons from Quebec.
In Quebec the popular cry is against
imperialism and for the independence
Of Canada; in Ontario and other Eng
lish speaking provinces it is for closer
union with the British crown.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-01-04
RAILROAD RuM0RS.
The Program Of the 500 as Out
lined in a M0ntreal
Dispatch.

Following the announcement of the
reported budding Of The Norohern Pa
ciic extensicns few days ago comes
the reply Of the 500. The battle Of the
big railroad systems in North Dakota
Tor territory is OF great interest to the
people Of the state, and may mesn much,
lin the more rapid Development of this
region than 4as been believed. 1t is
said that q apromiuent railway engineer
recently stated that he expected to see
North Dakota or the greater pert OF it,
Rrid.c0ned hyzailroads every ten miles.
The latest newspaper lGfOlmstaon Ut the
Intentions OF tie 500 is in the following
dispatch to ,the, Minneapolis journal
purporting to come from Montreal and
dated Jan. i:
"Wnile notb!Ig definite Was decided
at the recent nesting OF 500 line Officials
in this city rs to extension building
during 1900 1t is Learned that the COM
psny will very certainly protect itself 10
it's territory NORTH west OF Minneapolis.
The recent announcements OF exteU-
sions by the Northern Pacific south Of
the main line Of thet road from Fargo
to bismarck. are direct menaces of oc.
cupation OF 500 territory. The 500 has
Rartly buii: line fsom Hanklueop, on
the main liue to Bismarck. 1t paeses
through Oakes, Kuhn, Napoleon aud
terE ihates a short distance west OF
Braddock. This is rapidly growing
region and the 500 has always regarded
it as q territory which II could claim as
its owu. It is certain that il the Nor
thern Pacific builds the line suggested
to Winons, on the Missouri. through
the southern counties OF North Dakots,
the 500 wlll retaIlxte by building. per-
haps fret. into the same territory, and
also perhaps, by bulidiux to Fargo.
"This Faceo line, would, according to
runor, leave the present. ma,o line at
Elbo~ lake. From thst place the 500
could build into Fargo and have
shorter line than the Northern Pacific
snd as short line as the best line Of
the Great Northern; that is about 235
miles from Minneapolis. But this would
not be the end OF 1t. II the Fargo line
is bn,id 1t is the logical conclusion that
the 500 would require western exten.
zion to feed it and that il could hit the
Northern Pacific hard blow by build.
ing right on northwest into the region
now being occupied by the Northern
Pacific around Coope rstown and the
towos on the Leeds branch. By select.
ing the route for such line With care,
{ 1e 500 people could striks rich ooun.
try With plenty Of lively town, and at
the same time reach their old main line
again. ssy at Harvey. on exactly the
came terms 90 they do now-40O miles
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Court Notes.

A representative Of the National
Surety company is here to look after
the prosecution OF Agent Hunter of
Kenssl who. it Is alleged. was short
about $500 az agent OF 40 elevator com.
psny. Attorney Knsuf will defend
Hunter.
The grand jury has not as yet dis.
closed any action taken 10 sDy OF the
criminal cases.
Roy Hawkins, who it ls alleged, broke
into Henry Sohsfer's chicken coop 9
few nights since and took some OF the
birds ,s IN the county jail. His case
will be considered by the grand jury.
Attorney Marion Conklin Is assisting
States Attorney Baldwin in the extra
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-01-04

or q little more from Minneapolis. This
line would also get into some good
Greht Northern territory.
1T would undoubtedly become the
main line OF the 500 as it would be quite
as short as the present line-possibly a
l,ttle shorter-and would command q
better locnl BUSINESS"
The dispatch also refers to the COM
pletion of the twenty miles OF track to
Bismarck, the absorption OF the Wash.
burn line but says nothing OF the reports
Of the extension toJ JAMESTOWN from For.
man, which are rife in the country
along the proposed line where meetings
. are said to have beeo held by farmers
who are greatly in need OF transporta
tion facilities.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-01-04

feRf6O0, as OlfoCtOF6 OF t1OUor oCIooi
district. Attorney s. E. Ellsworth ap.
peared for the plaintiff and E. W. Thorp
for the defendants. The bank sued the
district for $780, Judge Glaspell dis.
missed the suit.
The case Of Thomas Hall vs. Isaiah
Cunningham was taken up. Cunning
han is sued by Hall for damages
amounting to $500 for alleged false
arrest, time lost and certain remarks
alleged to have been made by Mr.. Gun
nlnRham.
The first witness examined in the
case of Hail vs.. Cunningham was tia
plaintiff Thomas Hall. He admitted
that be took little bran from Cunning
hams granary to feed his horses when
threshlng there last fall but stated that
such had been the practice among the
crew employed on the outfit, the feed
being furnished by Frank Della.r.
Mrs. Cunningham aud daughter were
looking at Hall when he took the bran
but made no objection. The witness
told of his arrest charged with larceny
the next dey, bearing in Justice Gatf-
ney's court and discharge. The delay
caused by his arrest, prevented him
from ,oining Dellair's thresbing outfit
which Doved to Melville and as the wit
ness states could not walk that far be
lost sixteen dsye. The witness was sub
jected to a rigid oross-exsninatlon by
Attorney Rose who attempted 70 es-
tabitsh the fact that Hail lost but one
day by reason Of his arrest.
TOE plaintiffs father, William He'll,
testified that the defendant. CunnicR-
han, when Questioned concerning the
arrest of Thomas Hall replied that he
had arrested him because of the taking
of the feed eod he thought it would BE- a
good idea TO learn the yeung man II
Lesson.
Attorney Bose moved ihat the action
be dismissed claiming that Che plaiGtif
hed failed to ms9e oase. Judge
Glaspell over ruled the motion.
Mrs. j. Cunningham, wife Of the de
fendant, testified that che bad Witnessed
tie taking of the feed by Hall. Hall
took it without any attempt to coroeal
his movements. He tailed to Airs.
Oanninehsm briefly and she answered
bcaefly. Mes. CunEingham stated chat
she did not think it was her duty 10 re-
monstrste with Eall coocerning the
taking of the feed. She told her cue
band aboct the sesir wbloh took place
IN the evening and be decided in the
morning tocause the arrest .of Hall.
&esiAh Cunningham, the defendant
wae tho Dext witness. He told OF the
arrest OF Hell and seated thet the arrest
of the Young man was not due to ma3iee.
He slmply wanted to teach bin lesson.
Later Mr.. Cunningham stated that be
knew considerable aaout He'll whlch en-
fuenced hin to bave the yonng man
arrested. The witness Was sure the
feed taken by Hall vas CORE and bran
mixed. He thought there was about q
buebel OF it on the Rround when he
looked. Cunringham was cross examir,
ed by Attorney Sanford and admitted
that he bad told Wm. Hall abont the
taking OF the feed. He had also talked
Of 1t to j ustice 1affney.
The case went to the jury at 3 p. %.
this afternoon.
10 the Case OF g.. G. Eush vs.. Willlam
McCleary for the recovery Of balance
claimed to be due on thresber bill q
iGry was secured without difficulty.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-01-04
Town Half DESTROYED.

ATLANTIC. Ia, Jan. 3.-The little
town of Massepa, in the southwest part
of this county, was half wiped out by
fire Of incendisry o.igin which broke
out shortly after midnight. The loss
will be about $4,000, partly covered
by insurance.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-01-04
Escaped Pri.oner Surrenders.

DENVER, Jan. 3.-Wyatt Sharp, who
escaped last May from the Arkansas
penitentiary where he was serving 49,
year sentence for murder, has surren-
dered to the police department in this
city. Sharp killed B. A. MILESTONE in
a fight at Huntington, Ark, in 1895.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-01-04
MRS. AGUINALDO TAKEN.

Filipino Leader. Wife aud Sisters Sur
render to Major March.
MANILA, Jan. 3. 3.-Aguinaldo's wife.
sisters and 1S Fllipinos have surrendered
to Major March's battalion of the Third
infantry at Bonteoc, province of that
name.
Three Filipino officers also surren-
dered to Major March and the Filipinos
gave up two Spanish and two Ameri-
can prisoners,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-01-05
Are Early Lambs Profitable?

Colorado Experiment Station Bulle-
tin: 1t is a difficult matter to esti-
mate the cost of running sheep in such
small numbers as we had in this ex-
pertinent. But we will give the in
come side and the winter expenses and
each one can estimate for himself what
the cost would be, in his own case, of
carrying the ewes through the sum-
mer:
In 1896, AZ lambs were sold. Each
averaged IA days in age, weighed 40
pounds, and dressed % pounds.
They sold at $3.50 each, or s15645 in
ALL
In 1897, As lambs were sold, averag-
ing rs days in age; live weight, So
pounds; dressed weight, 26.5. They
sold for 1897 each, or s192.35 in all.
In 1898, 40 lambs were sold, averag-
ing log days in age. 60 pounds live
weight, and sold for $3.50 each, and
total Of $40.
The total number sold was 1876, for
an aggregate of SASS.
Inc dNeIdSc vi TIC luAcc YEARS was.
Number OF lambs sold. As; age in days,
IS; live weight, 81; dressed weight, %;
price per head, 1852; total, s162sS.
The above figures show a yearly in
come from fifty ewes of s162.93 for the
lambs. To this should be added the
return for the wool. This has amount
ed to about 20 cents per year per head,
or ss5 for the so ewes. This gives a
total yearly income of 1898. or 1896
per eve. The ewes were sold at the
end OF the experiment for little more
than they cost. so there WIS no loss in
that respect.
Here are some items that can be es-
timated in the expense Of these ewes
as follows: The ewes were kept in
the corrals and fed hay after about the
lrst OF November As soon as the
lamb was dropped grain was given to
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soon parted" For days the two weeks
before its close a long line Of deposit
tors awaited their turn in the street
to give up their money and get 10 per
cent for 1t, and one day the line was
200 feet long and required several po-
licemen to keep 1t from becoming a
mob.
Miller is described as Napoleonic In
schcming, of fascinating address when
1t pays to be so, but frigid when he Is
displeased with conditions or persons.
1t is believed he and Leslie have at
least 100000 as the result Of their
knavery in this deal. In every instance
Miller paid the 10 per cent week on
deposits, just as he agreed, and never
failed to return the principal when he
was asked to do so. He simply paid
the interest out of the deposits which
poured in upon him, and so long as
these deposits came in sufficient guam
titles he would have been able 20 do
this and still retain large amounts.
Ultimately, of course, he was destined
to come to the end of his rope, and the
number OF victims is simply less than
If he had been permitted to go on for
a time longer.
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ell, making In all Sc tired men for the
work ahead, the remainder being too
much exhausted to join the command.
sent Sergt. Bennett to the right to
fire into the village, also at the same
time to be so posted that he could cut
off their escape to the hills on that
side and cover the road to the valley.
l remained between the detachments
with Trumpeter Steele, Of Company X.
Our fire was vigorously replied to by
party of about Is rifiemen located be-
hind woodpiles in the village. Short
ly after we opened fire the village
seemed to be deserted with the same
suddenness that 1t had but a short
time before been swarming with men.
the riflemen alone remaining at their
posts. They did not, however. leave
the place but much to my surprise
went into the houses, which afforded
no protection except to screen them
from view, and stranger still, the dead
ly fire of our men could not dislodge
them, as volley after volley failed to
bring any of them out. 1t occurred to
me then that at this rate our supply
of ammunition would become exhaust
ed and the village still remain in pos
session possibly of considerable force
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3 eve and continued until the lamb

the eve and continued until the lamb
was sold. When on hay alone, the
ewes ate about five pounds Of hay per
head per day and decreased to about
four pounds when a pound OF grain
was added. The lambs ate pound OF
hay and a pound of grain after they
were 80 days old until they were sold.
This makes So pounds of grain for
each eve and rs pounds Of grain for
each lamb, or 10 pounds Of grain for
the eve and lamb, costing us on an
average GA cents. Each eve ate 715
pounds of hay and the lamb rs pounds
or TAO pounds Of hay, which, at 50 per
ton, comes to Sill, or total cost for
winter feed of SITS. Subtracting this
from the income of 1896 leaves $2.2l
as the return for the summer feed or
the ewes and the labor of caring for
the sheep and lambs through the win
ter.
These returns compare very favor
ably with any that can be obtained
from running sheep, on the range.
They represent a clear profit of at
least 40 per cent on the investment.
Indeed, SO profitable is the business
that If one was sure of market at
the above prices there would be thou
sands and tens of thousands Of early
lambs raised each year in Colorado.
But, as stated at the beginning of this
article, the local market that pays
these prices is quite limited and will
buy only the very best of stock. There
Is money in the business for a few
breeders near each of the larger cities,
but II many went into the business,
they would break the market and
themselves.
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eeived across its counters. The bank
ing house soon became the busiest
place in Brooklyn and small army Of
clerks, bookkeepers and typewriters
were engaged in its service. The New
York bankers of standing refused to
have anything to do with the business
offered by the syndicate, because the
Thu patrons were scattered all over
the country, while nearly every police
man fireman, domestic or school-teacher
in Brooklyn were entrapped into the
device. Mr.. Miller, who Joined the
Presbyterian congregation Of DR.. Mere
havoc with its members and the pas
tor complained to the police that he
was running pretty nearly all the young
men of his congregation by his Monte
Cristo scheme.
For long time the authorities had
an eye upon the prime movers of the
syndicate, and finally determined to
close up the place and arrest the pro-
moters. Miller and Leslie, forewarned
of this action, disappeared. A war
rant was issued charging the promoters
with conspiracy to obtain money by
fraudulent representations. The fed
eral government also wants them for
falling to place revenue stamps on re-
ceipts for deposits.
So ends the Get Rich Quick syndi-
cate which has defrauded tens of thou
sands and given renewed meaning to
the saw that "a fool and his money is
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Don Felipe Martel, the famous gam
bling house proprietor of the City OF
Mexico, had made fortune in the bust
ness before the government decided to
abolish gambling houses by levying on
them a license tax of 1000 day. One
by one the gambling houses closed,
and when the field was clear Don Fe-
lipe Martel approached the authorities
win $1,000 in cash and demanded a
days license. In few hours his place
was thronged. At single stroke he
had won the patronage of Mexico and
his doors have never been closed since.
The daily outlay of $1,000 is not missed
from the daily revenue Of thousands.