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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-07
pArER PULP fIlNT BURNED.

Montreal, May IA dispatch from
Grand Mere says the pulp mill, saw
mill, and pump room of the Lauren
tide Company's pulp and paper plant
have been destroyed by FIRE. The paper
mill which has a-oapacity-of 100 tons
per day, was not burned. but will be
crippled by the burning of the pulp
mill General Russell A. Alger IS prom
inently interested With Canadian capt.
talists in the company. His son is man
ager. The loss win be very heavy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-07
DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY
A TORNADO IN TEXAS.

terrupted.
At Garsa, Denton county, more tnan
one third of the houses were wrecked.
but no one was killed.
At Little Elm, Denton county, tor
nado demolished several houses and In
jured several people.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-07

Dallas. Texas. May IA severe tor
nado swept over Denton county, Texas,
yesterday and many buildings were
wrecked and it is believed several fa-
talties occurred. Telegraphie and tele-
phone communication is completely in
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-07
ROBBERS AGAIN LOOT PosTofHcE.

South Acton, Mass, May For the
second time within month and the
at this place was robbed last night. The
thieves obtained very little plumber. In
Guiding stamps and cigars and tobacco
from the variety store, of which l.. O..
Clough, the postmaster, is proprietor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-07

Essex Regiment. commanding the Third
Infantry Battalion, behaved in a very
gallant manner.
THE naval guns and the artillery
made excellent parctice, particularly
two 5-inch guns used for the first time
with this force.
I'VE captured a Maxim and twenty
five prisoners. Our casualties are very
few, only fifteen wounded, one Killed
and three missing"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-07
The Buer Losses.

Smalldeel, May THE British ar
rived here without opposition. The
Beers last train left late Saturday
night. The Boer losses yesterday on
uhe west flank were forty killed. Their
rear guard remains behind kopjes ten
miles distant. There Is much railway
f~-age and corn here. Ii is stated that
the Beers are retreating toward Kroon-
stad. The Zand river bridge is report
ed to have been DESTROYED
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-07

ly. He entered Winburg today after
brisk fight, in which the Beers fell
back so quickly that one Of their guns
in addition to Maxim was abandon
Cd
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-07

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-07

Manila, May 7.-Telegrams received
here from General Young report that
Aguinaldo has rejoined the rebel Cen
eral Tino. In the north, and that they.
have reassembled considerable force
of Filipinos in the mountains. General
Young desires TO strike them before
the rains and asks for reinforcements.
The tenor OF the dispatches indicates
that General Young is confident that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-07
Gen. Hunters Movement

At the time this dispatch is sent
there is nothing new from General
Hunter but II is presumed he is push
ing steadily forward in the direction OF
Mafeking. aided by the aggressiveness
OF Barton's and Pagets brigades.
The critics of the afternoon newspa-
pers view the situation with the great
est satisfaction.
A special dispatch from Smalldeel
(Winburg Road Stauon) dated 9:45 p.
M. Sunday, May 6, gives details of the
occupation OF Winburg by the British.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-07
Gun Was abandoned.

"News has just come here that Gener-
al Hamilton is giving the Beers no rest
and that they are falling back hurried
The Topeka state journal., 1900-07-07
TELEGRAPHING
WITHOUT WIRES.
By Marc0ni.

Messages by wireless telegraphy can
now be sent with certainty up to ITO
miles, of which sixty is over water and
the remainder over land. Messages are
not lost through the curvature of the
earth, which is about 1000 feet in
eighty miles, and work all right from a
wire at a height of 130 feet. Weather
conditions cannot interfere, and the
MESA ges cannot be Jammed or
stolen in transit. for the reason that the
transmitters and receivers. to be really
efficient must be in "tune"-that is,
they must work in harmony This
makes it almost impossible for re-
ceiver to take a message that is not in
tended for It,
This tuning has, up to the present
only been tried in three or four cases
over long distances. The distances hv
which the messages have been sent were
at first wholly dependent on the height
of the vertical wire, but by one dis
covery after another I have been able
to reduce the required height; that is,
1 have created conditions equivalent to
actual height
Ny apparatus for sending telegraphic
messages without wires consists of two
poles, one at the sending and one at
the receiving station Each pole sup
ports vertical wire The transmit
ting wire is charged with a current of
electricity at high tension, which dis
charges to the earth through a short
spark gap" This discharge consists
of a rush of electrical energy between
the earth and the wire, and creates in
the fraction of second rapidly os-
The Topeka state journal., 1900-07-07

up in the wire with less energy than
when it originated This agitation Is
communicated to the receiving teie-
graph instrument with which the wire
is connected. and causes local elfcu,il
to open and close in obedience to the
opening and closing of the circuit III
the transmitting instrument
A simple illustration of the erect oA
these electric waves on the wire Oh Ine
receiving apparatus is the followlngi;
If one were to hang string from tne
ceiling in one corner of room ana IN
the opposite corner beat the air SUD-
denly with a fan, waves or atInoS5
pheric energy would be sent tnro -
the space between the fan ana tnS
string ana agitate the string in ope-
dience to the motion Of the fan. pu' pe.
with less forcC-part of the energy @ DS
ing lost in its journey across the fMooIn- M
So il is with the electric force thrown
from the sending wire OF my appaTa. ;.
It journeys through space unta ~
reaches the hanging w1re OF tne lecs-s N-.s,,
ing apparatus, and the electric waves
yibrate in it az the air waves ag1tateo
the string when the fan set them III
motion.
The agitation of the receiving wire
by these waves causes an alternate
breaking and connecting of the electric
current according to the length OF the
wave or the time elapsing between eaen
wave, and this is recorded by the teie-
graph instrument with which the wire
is connected. Air waves are, OF course,
stopped or DETECTED by solid substances
that may be in their course the eiec-
trio waves thrown off my transmitting
or sending apparatus go through or
around all solid substances. They are
not stopped or DETECTED by the curva-
ture of the earth or by any high build
ings that may be between the sending
and receiving wires
My first discoveries of the possibih-
ties of wireless telegraphy were made
in 1895. and the first signals were trans
mitted over two miles. Since that time
the apparatus has been perfected and
various important attachments have
been worked out
The Topeka state journal., 1900-07-07

J best thing has been done. and it IS un-
likely that anything more will be said
abOut the creation OL an armed ueet-
According to the present intentions,
the new industrial navy will consist OF
about seven or eight ships that shall
be state property. Ihey VIII be
manned by sailors wearing the Belgian
uniform and will carry some marines.
The ships viii be protected by few
guns, but they viii be so construct ted
that in case of actual war they could be
easily used as an armed fleet
In this way there will be no fleet to
keep in idleness during the periods of
peace. and nothing Will have been done
that can possibly be regarded as incon-
sistent with the country's neutral ira
ditions.
There are few countries of Europe of
which less is known than of Belgium
Occasionally the name OF the King, or
some slight reference to the country,
appears in the news reports of the day.
but there are comparatively few per-
sons who know much more about the
nation except in a general way The
Belgians realize this, and they regret
that such conditions have existed so
WELLKNOWN LAND.
They are determined, however. that
this shall be changed in the future, and
they believe that within the next two
years they will be able tO make their
land the best known country in Europe
The contract is a big one, but they are
setting out energetically to fill it.
The first step that was taken was
the establishment of a line of steamers
between Antwerp and the Congo, Free
State, and the formation of several
companies to develop the commerce
and industries of several sections of
Africa Then came the proposed COM
mercial mission to China and the an
nouncement of great international ex-
position to be held at Liege-
According to every indication, there is
no reason why Belgium should not
profit greatly by such a scheme To-
day she is practically unknown com
mercially, except in certain ports and
cities of Europe. BY the time her ships
have voyaged once or twice around the
globe, her name will be a familiar one
in commercial circles, for she has many
things to show-things that will make
her ships interesting and attractive.
One sof the greatest sources of wealth
in Belgium is. the mineral products, of
which there are SO many in the king
dom. Coal. iron, zinc, manganese and
marble are found in abundance, and
there are many quarries of limestone.
granite, slate and sandstone There are
in the kingdom no less than $50 coal
mines, producing more than twenty
million tons annually, which gives en-
ployment to more than a hundred thou
sand workmen. The richest of these
mines are located at Hainaut, while
iron abounds chiefly in the province Of
The Topeka state journal., 1900-07-07
WHEN MAUNA
LOA SINKS.
Scientists Describe the Terrible
Things That Will Happen When the
Hawaiian Volcano Buries Itself
in the Sea.

DR.. Wilhelm Meyer, the noted Ger
man professor of geology, is predicting
that all kinds of horrible things are
liable to happen at any time. What
makes his predictions of more than or
dinary interest to the people of this
country is the fact that he believes
that the United States is to be the very
head centre Of all these catastrophes.
OF course. it is quite possible that, like
many other prophets of evil, DIR. Meyer
is mistaken, but he is now engaged in
explaining his theory to the scientific
world and it must be admitted that
many prominent European scientists
have been pessimistic enough to agree
with him
According to the theory of Professor
Meyer the earth IS liable to be visited
by a deluge at any moment, for he be-
lieves that the two great volcanoes Of
Hawaii are on the point of collapse.
If they should sink into the sea the re-
suit would be simply appalling, for the
flood which would have its greatest
effect in the territory of the United
States. would be world wide in it's
power for destruction.
While much of DR.. Meyers theory is
too technically scientific to be of gen.
eral interest, the idea that he advances
is one that will attract attention in
every part Of the world 1t was only
a comparatively few years ago when a
similar catastrophe occurred, and, al
though it was upon much smaller
scale than the deluge that is now pre-
OlCI0Q, lDe 1i4c
and property that resulted is matter
that has never been forgotten
A VOLCANO HORROR
The Sunda Islands horror, which is
now being used by Professor Meyer to
illustrate his theory, occurred in Au-
gust. 1888, when, on a particularly hot
day, the volcano Krakatoa suddenly
blew its head off, opening a channel
for the angry waters. There is no limit
to the waters of the sea and there is
practically no limit to the fire in the
centre of the earth, but this time the
ocean was the victor although the vol
cano threw up tidal wave of such gil
gantfc proportions as to wreck the
coasts of the Sunda Straits in their en-
tire length and for thirty or forty miles
The Topeka state journal., 1900-07-07

which could be cut and polished into
the jewels for which the world would
give fortunes.
He was cooI-headed. a man OF orderly
business methods by inheritance. and
he saw that there could very easily be
too much Of a good thing, even dia-
monds.
He undertook then a work which IS
usually attributed wholly TO Cecil
Rhodes, who did not go into the dis
trict until some years afterward. the
work of first combining and then sys-
tematizing the diamond mining indus
try
This is not TO say that Rhodes did
not have large hand in the ultimate
close corporation result He did; but
young Belt was first in the field, first
to realize that diamonds might become
so cheap as to be profitless to mines
first to begin the quiet buying up OF
scattered and conflicting claims; first
to see that there was wealth beyond
the dreams of avarice only IL the pro-.
duction of diamonds should be kept
down to the point where they would
be freely absorbed by the nation at the
old standard price.
The result was a combination which
is a model of it's kind. The great De
Beers mine has for years paid five and
a half per cent. on it's bonds and twenty
per cent. dividends on its stock, and IL
is capitalized at $40. .oo0. 900.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-07-07

The first indication that the nations
OF the world may possibly decide to
make the last year of the century a
year Of peace comes from Belgium,
where one of the most novel Of projects
Is now under way. Instead OF spending
vast sums Of money in reconstructing
It's war fleets, the nation has deter
mined to use the appropriation in con-
struetlnS and fitting out a peace navy,
the duty of which shall be to introduce
the Belgian nation. it's flag and its
products to every port OF Importance
in the world
In other words, instead of battleships.
cruisers, gunboats and other destructive
craft the projected Belgian feet is to
consist of State ships fitted with sam
pies OF Belgian products, and these yes
sels are to be kept plying from port to
port in African, ASiatic, American and
Australian waters BY this means IL
viii be possible for the nation to come
thoroughly in touch with the world.
New commercial methods will be Sug
gested, new markets will be opened.
and, il is quite possible. a new era of
prosperity may dawn for the nation.
For some time past the naval ques-
ton has been an important one in Bel
GUM. According to the authorities, a
very large sum of money must be spent
IL the fleet was to be put upon par
with those of other nations. To do this
meant an increase in taxation that
would prove a great hardship to the
people of the country, many of whom
already felt the pangs of the tightening
times
The matter when brought before the
Ministry was discussed at length, and
was finally settled by the adoption of
the scheme proposed by the King. In
stead of vessels of war they would
build vessels of peace Instead of Wis
iting ports for purposes of intimidation.
If not for actual destruction, they would
inaugurate an Industrial navy a fleet
that would be nothing more or less
than floating commercial museum un-
der patronage of the Government.
A POPULAR PROJECT
The novelty of such a scheme i'm
mediately appealed to the people. and
the effect has been far better than
even the King himself could have as
sumed that it would be. The feeling OF
disQuietude that has distinguished the
past two years of his reign has been al
most entirely settled. and every one is
working with every one else to make
the new project a success.
Already two ships are practically
ready TO be put in commission, and
others are to be constructed at once
so that by the time Of the big Belgian
exposition at Liege, in 1908. the nation
and IFS products will have become
thoroughly introduced to the world. As
the result those who have been lament
ing the fact that the country had no
naval force to officially display the flag
in distant ports are satisfied that the
The Topeka state journal., 1900-07-07
THE WORLDS
RICHEST NAN.
Alfred Belt of South Africa Has at
Least One Thousand Millions.

The only man in the world ever re-
puted TO be worth $1,000, 600 OOO-one
thousand million dollars-is the Angli-
cized German, Alfred Belt. whose ad-
dress. if you care to know, is simply
Cape Town. or Kimberley, or Johan-
nesburg, South Africa. or Park Lane,
London.
Mr.. Belt is yet on the foolish side of
fifty, having been born in Hamburg in
1858. and has made his fabulous for
tune in the last twenty-four years.
1t Is all very like a fairy-book story
70 read or man worth a thousand mil
lions, and to know that what has made
him so rich is not land or railroads or
factories or shops, or wheat corners or
Oil fields. but just gold and diamonds.
The very things that stand for riches
came to him in the first instance not
as a result of riches but their cause.
Alfred Belt was a well-educated mer-
cnants son in Hamburg, destined to go
into the office, where he would learn to
check and supervise accounts relating
to shipments and receipts of goods to
and from the ports of the earth; to in
merit comfortable income from a staid
old shipping business; to cultivate q
family, taste in music, a proper re-
gard for beer, and go to his fathers q
respected but very little known German
merchant.
But about the time he was going into
business and giving up the duels and
other delights of student days, there
was a sudden commerce with the young
which promised such DEVELOPMENT that
MS firm considered 1t wise to send a
representative into this new marvel
land to examine and see if the resources
of the country justified the big credits
the traders in all sorts of stores and
machinery were demanding from Ham
burg merchants.
Diamonds, wealth in its most concen-
trated form, had been found in the
Orange River country in 1867, and in
lsfU, or possibly year earlier, reports
came of even greater diamond mines
found in Kimberley to the northwest
There was rush to the country from
all over South Africa, and soon from
all over the world, but it was not until
1873 that the slow-movins, conservative
Hamburg firm of which the elder Belt
was a member felt the tremendous i'm
petus OF the new trade strongly enough
to induce them to send out and inves-
tigate.
That sort of work required the vigor
and health and activity and, perhaps,
the enthusiasm of a youngster, and so
Alfred Belt, then twenty-five years of
age, was outfitted with credit, with
arms. with letters of introduction, with
careful instruction and paternal
blessing and set sail for Cape Town,
thence by bullock team-for the rail-
road was not yet built-across Cape
Colony, the Free State, Transvaal and
so into Kimberley.
He found a city of madmen.
Thousands had rushed in. taken up
or bought land, worked the wonderful
ding with fruit. with the dull stones
The Topeka state journal., 1900-07-07
BELGIUW'S GREAT AND
STRANGE NAVAL PROJECT.


Namur.
It is not to the mineral products of
the kingdom that Belgium looks for her
prosperity, however. Already she has a
market for all the iron, coal, lead and
similar material that she can supply;
but what she hopes to be able to do IS
to find new markets for the goods that
she manufactures so extensively.
These articles consist chiefly of cot
ton. linen, cutlery, carpets. machinery,
OF Flanders, as well as the laces OF
Brabant. have worldwide reputa ton
There are few countries in Europe
that are more favorably situated for
commerce than Belgium. Antwerp.
which has a most excellent harbor, was
formerly one of the greatest CONNER
cial cities of Europe, and the trade OF
the country has never ceased TO be
prosperous, and it is promoted by nu-
merOus canals and railroads.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-07-07

cillating current OF electricity in the
wire. The vibration leaves the trans
mitter and starts on its journey through
the air in the form OF electric waves
that radiate IN all directions, like light,
heat and sound. When the oscillation
or waves of electric energy reach the
receiving apparatus an oscillation is set
The Topeka state journal., 1900-07-07

inland.
Before that immense wall Of water.
more than one hundred feet in height.
everything built by the hand OF man
feli. the country in the neighborhood OF
rne Sunda Straits was made desolate
for every living substance was de-
stroyed which was upon the face or the
ground, both man and cattle, and the
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-28
THE RACING CALENDAR.


GRAvESEND. Sept. 27.-Entries for tomorrow's
races:
First raee-Hurdle handicap; for four. year olds
and upward; one and one-half miles; over six
hurdles Howard Mann. 100; Elmer. li6: Mao,
l46 Island Prince, 1874; Last Cord, 1872; Monroe
Doctrine, 1872; Brahmin, $50.
Second Tace-BOulevaTd handicap; for twoyear-
Odds; about six furlongs--Elizabeth NJ, Lady
Schorr, 124; Janice. I19; The Musketeer. III; The
Puritan. III; Scury, %.
Third race-For three-yesr-olds and upward;
selling. one mile and seventy yards.-Dolando,
100; Belle OF Orleans, p5; King Barleycorn. Ser-
rano. ia; Tip Gallant. l04; Trillo 107, and An
noy 1O2, Hildreth's entry; Fonsolee, lOl.
Fourth raee-For three-year-old maidens; about
six furlongs.-Prince Richard. II2; Templar,
Lizzie Regent. 100: MOrdelino. Il2; Tartar. Hap
brook. 100; League Island, Monaco Prince. lI2:
Fatalist, Pegasus, 100.
Fifth rsce-Bay View handicap; for three
year-Olds and upward; one and one-siKteenth
miies.-Intrusive, 126; Favonus, 1873; Potente,
lis; Mr.. Brown. 107; GonfaIOn 107, and Beau
Gallant %, Hildreth's entry; Motley. 100; First
Whip. 102; Withers. 81.
Sixth race--FOr two-year-olds; five and one
half furlongs.-Quite Right, Kid 9s; Glade Run.
100: SHARK. 80; About, %; Billionare. 1Gs; Be
deck, liz: -sinf, 1o4; Farmer Bennett, l02; His
torian o.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-28
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF.
Ex-Mayor Collier, of Atlanta, g.
Seriously Wounded.

ATLANTA, Ca, Sept. T.-Ex- Mayor =.
A. Collier. United States Commissioner to
the Paris Exposition. was injured this
morning shortly after O'Clock, py the ac-
cidentai discharge Of a pistol. His condi-
tion is serioEs, but the wound is not con-
sidered fatal. Mr.. Collier is now under the
influence Of opiates. and has been sine
few minutes after the accident. For this
! reason he has not been able to give an ac-
count Of the affair.
He was found by members of his family
soon after the discharge Of the pistol. Even
then he was unable to tell how the shot
was fired. further than to say, Burglars"
Physicians were Immediately called and
opiates were given. The wound was made
by 38-calibre pistol. and the ball entered
the left side and passed through the body
just below the ribs. The accident happened
at the residence Of Mr.. Collier, at 2s6 Raw
son Street Mr. Collier. who had Just re-
turned to the city, was with number Of
the members of his family until the hour
for retiring. when he went 10 his room,
which is near the rear of the residence.
It is thought that he was disturbed by
some noise and either knowing or thinking
that burglar was attempting TO enter the
house went with a pistol In his hand to
the rear porch to make an Investigation.
At the end Of the porch the stairs go down
to the back yard 1t was at the foot OF
these stairs that Mr.. Collier was found by
members Of his family. who ran to him
when the pistol shot alarmed them He
was not conscious sufficiently to give any
account OF the accident and 1t was at first
thought that he had been shot by bur-
glars. Later Mr.. Collier revived some
what and said the wound was made by his
own weapon. search was made FOR the
pistol and 1t was found just under the
stairs. It is thought in the darkness he
lost his balance and fell down the stairs,
causing the pistol to be discharged.