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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17

abandon his defensive attitude. SINH
lar rumors are. current regarding the
Beers at Mafeking and are spread in
dustriously by native spies.
Special dispatches from LourenZo
Marquee say that the Transvaal gov
ernment is exercising severe censor
ship over all war news, and will not
allow newspapers to leave the country.
One correspondent says the Beers are
hurrying new commandos to Lady
smith,Sand are declaring that the place
must fall speedily in order to liberate
their forces so that these may go to
meet General Buffers advance.
The latest dispatches from Estcourt
regarding the armored train engage
ment say that the train was capsized
by an explosion, presumably dynamite.
The engine returned to Estcourt with
two dead fusiliers and the following
wounded hanging on: Captain Wylie,
three n-commissioned officers and
nine private, all belonging to the Dur
ban volunteers.
Another Estcourt correspondent says:
"A Boer contingent of 800 men came
south of Freec on Wednesday, and two
companies of mounted troops, imperial
light horse and Natal carbineers en-
gagged them eight miles from Estcourt.
The Beers occupied a strong position on
a kopje. The carbineers worked around
on their right and drove the enemy
back, whereupon the imperial light
horse opened a brisk fire at medium
range, killing several. One man of the
imperial light horse was wounded"
The West Yorkshire regiment, the
Prince of Wales own, commanded by
Colonel Kitchener, brother of Lord
Kitchener of Khartoum, has arrived at
Estcourt from Durham. The troops
there sleep in their boots" and the ut
most vigilance is maintained. and it is
iumored that some important move ment
is imminent.
According to special dispatch from
LourenZo Marquee. General Lucas
Meyer has gone to Pretoria for his
health. However. difference of opin-
ion exists among the commanders. The
Boer military council wants the army
moved elsewhere, but General Joubert
insists that Ladysmith must fall first
The postal authorities at Durham open
and inspect all letters from Delagoa
bay
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
DISAPPOINTMENT IN LONDON.
Photographs of Leonids Only Obtain
ed By Means of Balloons.

London. Nov. 16.-London has been
badly disappointed regarding the Leon
id showers. Tuesday night was foggy
and last night cloudy and misty. 1t is
believed that no observations were
practicable anywhere in England.
From the Brussels observatory, be-
tween 1870 and 6 a. m. Wednesday, nu-
merous Leonids We're visible. ranging
in brilliancy from the second to the
third degree. having in most instances
a train resembling a comet At 1928
a m. a globe of fire, very bright, was
seen in the direction northeast. thirty
degrees above the horizon.
In Austria, the same night, from
Sonnwendstein and Hochschneeberg,
peaks of the Austrian Alps, about 800
Leonids were seen. Good photographs
We're secured.
M. de La Vaulax, who assembled in
a balloon from Paris, saw about 100 on
Tueoday night.
A balloon. with Mr.. Percival Spencer,
the aeronaut; the Rev. j. NJ. Bacon and
Miss Bacon, ascended at o'clock this
morning from Newbury, Berkshire, for
the purpose of observing the Leonid
shower descending near Meath, South
Wales, this afternoon. The observers
saw only five mefeOrs, but were near
enough to catch some of the fiery va
por by a special apparatus.
They were Obliged to make a sudden
descent. as the balloon was drifting to-
ward the sea AS a result. Mr.. Bacon
was badly shaken and his daughters
arm was fractured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
MEETING OF P0STMASTERS.
Business Transacted By the Associ-
alton Yesterday.

Washington, Nov. 16.-At today 8
meeting of the National Postmasters'
association. Third Assistant Postmas-
ter General Madden delivered an ad-
dress. in which he recommended the
consolidation of third and fourth class
mail matter. He said that one-thirtieth
of the whole amount of mail was fourth
class and one-tenth third class, so that
there would be little, if any, loss by the
consolidation. which would be a great
convenience to the public and the de-
partment.
OF third class matter nearly 30 per
cent 50 entered should be classed as
second and pay the government s
cents a pound Had this been done last
year it would have made an increase of
$4,000 900 in revenues. a number of
resolutions were adopted, including the
following:
1.-The adoption of a limited postal
note, to be issued fer 1 cent without
war tax. and to be arranged in denom-
nations not to exceed 81: the adoption
of the forty-eight hours per week sys-
tenn for letter carriers; limiting the
size of advertising cards 10 5x9 inches;
the careful consideration OF the propo-
sition for a substitute for postage
stamps for small remittances.
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LOST TO THE BRITISH.
Total Casualties So Far Are Estimat-
ed at 2,362.

New York, Nov. ia dispatch to
the Herald from London says: The
impenetrable veil of silence as to the
movements of British troops in Natal
and Cape Colony continues but this
must not be taken to mean that there
is nothing important happening On
the contrary, the very reverse may
well be the case.
When the war began news of the
fighting at Dundee was being sold on
the streets of London while the battle
was actually going on. The lack of
news now from Ladysmith is not owing
to defective means of communication
but simply to the fact that practically
no information as to the military
movements is allowed to come through.
General Butler and Sir George White
are once more in direct communication
with each other.
A very peculiar feeling is apparent
in the public mind, the strain of re-
ceiving no news for 50 long a time
from the seat of war and the GER
tainty that the armies are on the eve
of big engagement combining to make
people very uneasy. This was par
ucularly remarkable, first. at the clubs
where the news boards were eagerly
scanned and left each face disappoint-
ed.
What. no news again? What does
it mean?" was heard over and over
again. The briefest and best reply
heard was business" That is the
general conviction that the lack of
news means business
At the war office there were more
callers with anxious faces than have
been seen for some time but there was
not-one atom of news and anxiety was
only still further increased.
The news vendors even were rather
subdued and while the fly sheets they
bore were inscribed with just as big,
screaming letters as usual. there was
nothing in the papers they sold beyond
a rehash of the stories we have heard
over and over again in many forms and
which the public know by heart.
In the stock exchange the rush of in
vestment in Kaffirs and was not to be
stemmed and the Rands and others
of good class were up in some cases
nearly point
The total British casualties so far as
at present known amount to 1852 The
killed are returned at 267 and the
missing at 1,202.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
BRITISH FIND GENERAL
JOUBERT MUCH ALIVE
Led Into Trap By the Willy Beers and Suffer a
Singing Defeat Near EStcOurt
Dead Wounded and Missing Estimated at Between 100 and
150-Lieutenant Winston Churchill Captured.

Estcourt, Natal, Nov. 15.-An armored
train having on board a half company
of Durham volunteers and a half COM
pany of the Dublin fusileers steamed
to Chievelie early this morning. On its
return ii was shelled by the artillery
of the Beers placed in four positions
Two trucks in front of the engine left
the rails, topping over. While the train
was thus helpless the Durbans ana
DubIins faced the Beers in skirmishlng
order, and the Beers poured shot ana
shell into the crippled train.
The derailed trucks were with great
difficulty removed, and the line was
cleared, when the engine and tender
steamed back.
During this juncture Lieutenant WIN
ston Churchill of the Fourth hussars
and son Of the late Lord Randolph
Churchill, displayed much courage, as
also did the driver and fireman It IS
feared the Dublins and Durbans fared
badly. a Red Cross party has gone
out
Soubert Directing Movements.
AT 6 O'Clock this evening the Red
Cross train returned. Dr. Bristoe re-
ported that, on meeting the Boer pa
troll. he was halted and asked what he
wanted. He replied that he had come
with the train to remove the killed and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
WALKED INTO A TRAP.
Misfortune Pursues British Employ
ment of Armored Trains.

London, Nov. 16.-Misfortune stead
fastly pursues British employment of
armored trains, the fascination for
which has given the Beers their first
and latest victories. On this last oc-
casion the British seem to have walked
into a deliberate trap, with the result
that, according to the best accounts,
ninety men are either killed, wounded
or missing. OF these the fusiliers claim
fifty and the Durham infantry forty. 1t
is believed that few escaped, and the
others are prisoners in the hands of the
Beers.
Many of the wounded were brought
back on the locomotive and tender of
the arnored train. Captain Haldane of
the Gordon Highlanders was attached
to the fusiliers, and other officers were
with them The list of casualties is
awaited with great anxiety. In time of
trouble Lieutenant Winston Churchill
has proved himself more soldier than
a correspondent, and his gallantry is
highly praised on all sides.
The rumor of the death of General
Joubert is discredited. 1t is understood
that the war office has news that he is
still directing affairs. 1t is also ru-
mored from Pietermaritzburg that the
Boer losses at Ladysmith on Thursday
were heavy, and included General Lu-
cas- Never, who was either killed or
wounded. The report as to General
Joubert probably arose. from the fact
that his wife has left the Boer camp at
Ladyssnith for the Free State.
According to tie Pietermaritzburg
correspondent of the London Outlook
rumors are current in the Natal capt.
tai that the Beers contemplate a re-
treat. II is needless, however, TO attach
Importance to such reports which are
spread in all probability in the hope of
Turing General White. If possible, TO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
CROWDS AT HORSE SHOW.
Last Night a Record Breaker at Mad
ison Square Garden.

New York, Nov. 16.-Tenisht was a
record-breaker at the horse show as far
as attendance went. Madison Square
Garden was crowded from the entranc-
es to the roof. Thursday night is al
ways a heavy night. and popular. for
the police horses are shown. with pa
rade of al; the horses that have won
prizes up to that time.
More than a hundred beauties crowd
ed the ring in the parade of the prize
winners. The manoeuvres = of the
mounted police squad were gone
through without a hitch or a false
move.
Awards: Glass 29-Hackney mares. s.
year-olds or over. in foal or having pro-
duced in 1899: First. prize, $50, Ele-
SIS, Miss Glen. f. G.. Brunrne. Oakley
l. l.: third, s35, Thalma IL. Frederick
Stevens, Attica. n. Y.
Glass 23-Hackney stations. 3-year-
olds or over. between 10 and 15.2. First
prize, $500. Prince Compton. e. d. Jor-
don, Boston; second -s100. Chester
Brook. A ]. Cassatt. Berwick. Pa:
third prize. $40. Glendower, Glendower
Stock Farm. Donganhills.
Class 2EHackney stations. 3-years-
olds and over, between II and 15 hands.
Stock Farm, Gravesend, L. l.; second
prize, SO. Starlight, F. G. Bourne. Oak
dale l.. /.
Trotters-Brood mares, shown with
two of their product. judged by their
own individuality and by the show
ring qualities of their progeny. First
prize. 5000. Belle HamIin, Harry Ham
lin, Buffalo; second prize. s1o0, Aman-
da, Benjamin F. Tracey. New York;
L Dair
Poughkeepsie.
Glass 10-Trotters. racing class stall
lions with records of 2:20 or better.
First prize, $500, tDaredevil. Harry
Hamlin, Buffalo; second prize. 800.
Medic. II. B. Murray, Canestota. N. Y;
third prize, $50. Burlingame, Mrs. Con-
rad H Koesel. Washingtonville. n. Y.
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THE HERALD BULLETIN.
PAGE ONE.

PAGE ONE
Holland Boat Success.
Pursuit of Aguinaldo.
British Find Joubert Much Alive.
Utes In Their War Paint.
Meteors Cause Panic.
PAGE TWO.
Loss of the Patria-
PAGE THREE.
High School Defeats Christians.
Goes to University.
PAGE FOUR
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
State News.
University Regents Draw Money.
Consolidation of Ticket Offices.
PAGE SIx-
Mining Stock Market.
-Petro Dividend Passed.
PAGE SEVEN
Business of Banks.
PAGE EIGHT.
Mountain of Copper Ore.
Fight For Annexation.
Attempt to Hold Up District.
Sudden Death Of W. F. Nelson.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
RAINING IN LUzoN.
But the American Troops Continue
to Push Ahead.

Washington. Nov. 16.-GeneraI Otis
today cabled the war department con-
cerning the situation of the American
advance in pursuit of Aguinaldo:
Manila. Nov. 16.-During thirty-six
hours. four and one-half inches rain:
still raining north. Lawton's telegraph
line not beyond San Jose; last dispatch.
evening 14th, reported capture many
supplies, transportation north and east
of San Nicholas and our troops moving
from Humingan and Tayug west on
Urdaneta, where insurgent force re-
ported. Lawton has abundant sup
plies. subsistence forage and trans
portation at San Isidro and Cabana-
tuan, but unable to move.
Macarthur has railroad between
Bambam and Tarlac in operation: five
miles road south Bambam being recon-
structed; removed rails found north OF
Tarlac. Macarthur sends four battal-
ions and one troop cavalry forward to
Corona today; advance from Aliaga at
Victoria. five miles north OF East Tar
lac. OTIS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
OBSERVATIONS ARE FAILURES.
But Possibly the Showers Have Not
Yet Passed.

New York, Nov. 16.-Professor Rees
of Columbia and Mr.. Moore of Harvard
are at Charles A. Posts observatory at
Bayport, L. l., watching for the show
ers of meteors. They had little luck
up to o'clock this morning, when the
sky, which ha6 been overcast for about
forty-eight hours. cleared
During the following two hours sew
eral photographs were obtained. Fifty
nine meteors in all were counted dur
ing the morning. Only one of those
was classed as of the first magnitude.
None OF the meteors sighted exploded,
and few left trails.
Professor Rees said he feared the OBJ
servations in this part of the country
had all been failures. He said there was
a possibility that the showers had not
yet passed by.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
WILL TURN THEM ALL LOOSE
GOVERNOR STEUNENBERG TO
DISPOSE OF WARDNER MEN.
Believes Them to BE But Dupes of
Ringleaders, Who Have Escaped
Reward For Ed Boyle.
(special to The Herald.l

Boise, Ida, Nov 16.-Governor Frank
Steunenberg of this state is in favor of
turning all prisoners now confined in
Bull Pen at Wardner loose. to appear
on their own recogniZance when want
cd. In this all members of the state
administration concur. and instructions
to that effect have already been sent
north.
Governor Steunenberg says that men
now confined there are, for most part,
dupes of others, and that the ringlead-
ers have made good their escape. Dill
gent efforts will be made TO bring all
criminals to justice.
All prisoners now confined at Ward
ner will be out in a few davs. Guards
will be dismissed. and the entire busi-
ness will be wound up.
Governor Steunenberg has offered a
reward of $1,000 for the capture of Ed
Boyle president of Wardner union, un-
der. indictment for complicitv in the
Wardner riots. Boyle fled the country.
and hassnot as yet been apprehended.
The governor, in speaking of his re-
cent trip east, said silver sentiment was
growing on people there. who were as
pronounced in its favor as they are
here
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WOULD RATHER HAVE DIED.
British Soldiers Lament Their Cap
ture at Nickolsen's Mex.

London. Nov. 16.-The Times Dur
ban correspondent, under date OF Sun
day, Nov. II, evening. says: Chaplain
Matthews arrived here today. He
testifies to the splendid defense of the
royal Irish fusiliers and the Gloucester
regiment against an overwhelming
force of Beers, who held positions on
three sides of the British troops. Re-
tirement on the fourth side was i'm
possible as the way was too precipitous
and surrender was the only alterna-
tive to annihilation. as the Beers were
on the point OF opening a shell fire
upon them.
1t was pathetic to hear the fusiliers
bemoaning their misfortune, several
with fearful eyes crying: Father,
would rather have been shot than
this
Commandant General Joubert order
ed Father Matthews release on con-
dition that he assist the Boer wounded.
but afterward countermanded the
order and the chaplain was taken with
the other prisoners in wagons twenty
miles to Weschbank. where he, with
the rest captured, was placed on
train for Pretoria. The Beers have
few tents and are thought to be suf-
fering severe privations.
While in Pretoria, Father Matthews
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
STRIKERS ARE CONFIDENT.
Union Pacific Machinists at Cheyenne
Sure They Will Win.
Especial to The Herald. J

Cheyenne. Nov. 1e.-The striking Union
Pacific boilermakfrs are tonight more
confident of winning the strike than at
any time since they walked out week
ago. They claim that not only has the
grand lodge endorsed their action, but it
is now arranging 10 call out all of the
boilermakers on the Union Pacific system
The strikers say that the boilermakers all
along the road have been cautioned about
doing work on engines for service at
Cheyenne, and the several lodges have
promised not to touch the Cheyenne
work -,
Inside of three days said a promi-
on the Union Pacific will be out"
At meeting held today the striking
machinists decided to meet the company
haH-Way and committee will propose
that the machinists go back to work at
the North Platte scale, which is 33is cents
per hour. or l cent more than they were
getting prior to the strike and 1Ie cents
lesS than the price per hour for which
they struck.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
SEEN AT DENVER.
Shower of Meteors Was Observed at
University Park.

Denver, Oct. ia shower of meteors
was observed this morning at Univer-
sity park by Dean Howe and a corps
of assistants. but there was nothing
like the number that had been expect
ed. Photographs We're taken.
About l o'clock the leonids commence
ed to shoot, but rapid work did not
commence until nearly O'Clock. One
company of watchers counted sixty
three leonids in fifteen minutes.
Although DR.. Howe is hoping the eli
max of the shower is not yet reached,
he is not certain it has not already
passed, in which case 1t has been miss
ed by astronomers all over the world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
1t Was a Fierce Fight.

The Natal Mercury. describing the
engagement, says: "The enemy appar-
emily opened fire with a Maxim and
two nine-pounders. getting the range
accurately. The fire was so severe
that telegraph wires and poles were
destroyed. Their guns were posted on
a kopje covered with brushwood and
their sharpshooters We're hidden behind
boulders. The Dublins and volunteers,
fighting an equal battle, thrice drove
the enemy back; but the fierceness of
the rifle and big gun fire was too much
for the brave little party, which was
weakened at the outset by the over
turning of the trucks, hurting several.
Lieutenant ChurchilPs bravery and
GOODNESS were magnificent. Encouraged
by him, all worked like heroes in clear
ing the line to enable the engine and
tender to pass.
Later details show that a heavy rain
and mist compelled a cessation of mr.
inc. Lieutenant Churchill bravely
carried the wounded to the rear under
fire. While the Beers were destroying
the train their scouts pushed IN ana
exchanged shots with the British pick.
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People In Russia Thought End Of
World Had Come.
SPENT TIME IN PRAYER
PARENTS MURDERED CHILDREN
AS A SACRIFICE.
Believed That the Star Shower Is
Over, the Earth Having Passed
Through the Swarm of Leonids-
Bad Weather Interferes With OBJ
servations.

London. Nov. 16.-In Russia the leonid
displays caused a panic in many places.
1t was believed that the end of the
world had come. Churches were opened
all night long and hundreds of thous-
ands of people spent their nights in the
open air. fearing earthquakes and a
general cataclvsm.
There are even rumorS that in some
Russian parents murdered their
children to save them from an expect
ed worse fate.
There was rather a brilliant display
between 2 and o'clock on Thursday
morning at Berlin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
STAR SHOWER IS OVER.
Earth Has Passed Through the
Swarm of Lsonids.

observatory of the University of Penn
sylvania the watchers record 102 me-
teors, sixty-nine of which were leonids.
from midnight until sis o'clock this
morning. The astronomers at this OBJ
servatory believe the earth has passed
the swarm of leonids.
Nearly all the meteors observed We're
faint, only a few Of them being of the
second magnitude. Most of the non
leonids were scarcely discernible, ema-
mating from a point near the constel-
lation Gemini. In no instance did a
meteor leave,a trail visible for more
than a few seconds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
Medico-Legal Department.

Washington. Nov 1S.-Recent mail
advices from Manila, received at the
war department. show that General
Otis has established a medico-legal
department in Manila, in charge of two
Filipino physicians. Don Jose r. Hidal-
go and Don Gregorio Siglan- An emer-
gency ward and dissecting room has
also been established for post-morteiu
examinations The department is to be
subject to the orders of the supreme
court ana the tribunals of justice ir
the city of Manila.
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Manila, Nov 16. $3.50 p. m.-Reports
have been received from General Young.
dated Humingam, yesterday. Hum
ingam is about thirty miles east of San
Fabian. General Young is supposed TO
have advanced considerably farther
toward San Fabian.
A correspondent of the Associated
Press telegraphs an account of the
rapid pace with which General Young
covered the road with his cavalry The
Macabebe scouts completely surprised
and demoralized the insurgents around
the low country. A messenger and re-
Inducements who were captured say no
town from San Jose to San Nicholas
expected the arrival of the Americans
until a day or two after they actually
arrived
Aguinaldo and his government are
said to be making desperate efforts to
escape to Bayombong. All the infor-
nation here is that he is still in the
low country.
Lieutenant johnson. with troop NJ.
Third cavalry. captured yesterday at
San Nicholas twelve barrels containing
the wardrobe of Aguinaldo's wife. some
personal effects, the records of the sec
retary of war and much commissary
and medical supplies. Sonora Aguin-
aldo probably escaped over the divide,
but the secretary of war is thought to
be inside the lines.
Prisoners Are Received.
Thomas w. Hayes, a civilian. and
Calvin S. Davis of the Sixteenth infan-
try, VINO were held prisoners by the in
surgentS, have been rescued
Colonel Vessels captured at Tayug
several hundred thousand pounds of
rice. 5.7e0 pounds of salt, 1.500 pounds
of flour marked Dayton, o." 2.500
pounds of sugar. 1900 new uniforms and ,
hundreds of thousands of Mauser Shells
The. names of Lieutenant Gilmore
and seven of his men were found writ
ten on the walls of the convent of San
Quintin. The garrisons of all the towns
surprised resisted feebly General.
Wheaton has not yet appeared
The remains of Major John A. Logan.
killed in action at San JacintO Satur-
day. were buried in Paco cemetery this
morning. Many persons followed the
body to the grave. Chaplain Pierce
officiated, and the Twentieth infantry
furnished the escort, which was COM
manded by Major Rodman. The pail
bearers were the captains of the Twen-
tieth infantry.