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

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
rotary 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, 1900 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 Pace 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.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17

wounded. The Beers told him TO make
his request in writing. and Dr. Bristoe
complied.
After waiting for two hours, another
Boer came and informed DR.. Bristoe
that. as General Joubert was very far
away. no answer to the request could
be furnished until tomorrow morning.
The Beers said that if DR.. Bristoe
would then return with white flag
he could count upon a reply from Gen
eral Joubert.
DR.. Bristoe inquired whether there
were many wounded. The Boer replied
that he had heard there were about
seven. He declined to give any infor-
nation regarding Lieutenant Winston
Churchill. 1t has rained all day and is
still raining.
Estcourt, Nov. 16-Seven of the Dur
bans have just come in, making TWEEN
ty-three missing. Only fifteen of the
DubEns have returned. The Nata!
seven FOUNDER. which was in front OF
tee truck. had fired three shots when
ii was shattered by the Boer artillery.
The armored engine has many bullet
marks. and its dome cover is smashed
as also is its automatic exhaust pIpe
and twenty-five-ton screw jacket. The
tender is also pitted with bullet marks.
i 10 rumored that Lieutenant Churchill
is a prisoner.
Says Beers Were Defeated.
= missionary. a native. but a reliable
nan. who arrived here yesterday from
I.adysmith, reports that a big fight
took place there on Friday, Nov. 10.
He says that volunteers went out early
in the morning and drew the enemy
from their positions into a fat, where
the regular troops, under Sir George
White. Unanswered them by out
Ranking the Beers. administering a
crushing defeat and infiicting great
loss
More than 200 Kaffirs. the missionary
says, were employed. by the Beers TO.
bury their dead. and two trains, each
drawn by two engines, carried away
the wounded.
Durham. Natal. Nov 1.-THE Natal
Advertiser has a dispatch from Est
court which says: When part of the
armcred train was overturned by the
Beers turning I'D the rails, the British
alighted and exchanged volleys with
the Beers. The engine driver. when the
rails were replaced. seeing the position
WAS hopeless. steamed back to Estcourt
With few of the Dublins and fifteen
OF the Durbans, including Captain Wy
lie, who was wounded on the train. The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
METEOR wREcHs HOUSE
Aerolite Falls In Illinois AMI People
Are Panic Stricken.

Crescent City, his, Nov. 16--By IKE
falling of an aeorelites seven miles south
of Crescent City, the residence Of John
Meyers was partially wrecked and the
neighborh6od was panic-stricken-
The meteor came from a point in the
sky little east of south. and struck
the north end of the house. tearing
away a part of the upper story. The
aerolite buried itself in the ground
about three feet from the foundation
of the house. 1850 49, -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
SAW BUT ONE METEOR.
Solitary Wanderer Detected By OBJ
servers In GEORGETOWN.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE Rev. Pro-
lessor Hogan of Georgetown university.
who watched for the leonid meteors.
saw only one meteor during last nights
observation This was between l and
1870 Thursday morning
This meteor. the professor says, flash
ed up from the radiant point at los.
like a star of the second magnitude,
and moved rapidly in direction south
west, leaving a short trail. and explod-
ing with a brilliancy like the planet
Venus in its greatest splendor. 1t was
genuine Leonid, but a solitary wan
derer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17

tograph the meteors last night resulted
with but little success. ProfesSpr
Young saw eight meteors between
and O'Clock this morning and exposed
one plate, but says he doubts IL II VIII
show any meteors when developed.
Professor Libbey set up his camera az
Hamilton Square. eight miles south OK
Princeton. He saw twelve meteors. out
failed to obtain any photographs Pro
fessor Reed exposed four plates from
the Halstead observatory, but mas not
developed them. y He thinks his at
tempts were failures also.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17

Chicago, Nov 16,-Thirty meteors
were reported in sight in the eastern
sky just before dawn this morning.
and several photographs were secured
by Professor Bough at Northwestern
university Owing to the brilliancy of
the moon at the time of the observa-
tons. no leonidsl fainter than star
of the second magnitude could be seen
Then particularly bright ones were OBJ
served
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
THANK THE cALIFoRNIANs.
Resolutions Passes By State Execu-
tive Council of Iowa

Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 1.-THE state
executive council today unanimously
adopted resolutions thanking the people
of California, and especially of San
Francisco. Oakland and Berkely. for
hospitality and kindness manifested
toward the soldiers of the Fifty first
Iowa regiment and extending personal
thanks for their courtesies to the SOL
diers and the Iowa party which receiv-
ed them on their return from Manila;
and the good women of San Francisco,
Oakland and BerkeIy come in for spe-
cial thanks for their care of the sick
while the regiment was encamped in
San Francisco.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
FILIPINos ARE CRAFTY.
How They Interfere With the Mil
tary Telegraph Lines

Washington. Nov. 16.-Mail advices
received at the war department show
that the Filipino insurgents have
adopted a new method of interference
with the military telegraph lines This
is done by attaching a fine copper wire
to the line. running it down the pole or
through the foliage of a tree to the
ground. where it is attached 20 a piece
of iron driven into the earth.
This effectively cuts off communities
ton and is not easily discovered when
once accomplished.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17
THE PURSUIT
! OF ACU|NA[DO
Said to Be Making Desperate
Efforts to Escape.
BELIEVE THAT THEY
HAVE BEEN LOCATED
Misfortune Comes to the Wife Of the
Insurgent Leader.

American Troops Capture Twelve
Barrels Containing Her Wardrobe
and Personal Effects-Records of
the Secretary of War Also Seized
Remains of Major John A. Lo-
gan Buried at Manufactures of
Gilmore and His Companions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17

London. Nov Especial dispatches
from Estcourt estimate the wounded
and missing of the armored train con-
tingent at from 100 to $50. The missing
include Captain Haldane. 1t is hoped
that some escaped over the veldt and
will return to Estcourt in a few days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-17

cts a few miles from Estcourt. 1t APP
pears that the Beers We're in ambush.
As soon as the train had passed up
they emerged from cover and dislodged
the sleeper bolts.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-25
A GOLDEN RANYAN TREE,

There has appeared in Burmah a young
banyan tree which has the look of being
made of Dur gold. The owner of the
field is a Karen. who lives near the spot,
and has had many thousands of visitors
to see his Wonderful tree during the last
few weeks. The field is near the kodok
"pick-up' station, betWee the railway
stations of ~Pyinbongyi and P%oundaw, on
the S:ttarg section of the Burmah rail-
way. that is in the Pyuntaza subdivision.
The Burmese, on seeing this marvellous
tree, let loose their superstitious fancies
in a variety Of directions, the most popu-
lar Of which is to say the appearance CT
the tree will be followed by the formation
Of two ponds near the spot where the tree
grows. which will be called respectively
silver pond and golden pond, and whose
ever shall drink Of the water of the latter
vii become invulnerable. The owner Of
the tree and his friends who fOresee the
destruction of their property, all the pill
gflms wishing to carry away a spriS.
have intimated that any person touching
the tree will be afflicted in some dire way,
| and the clothes worn by those who
scratch its bark will ignite spontaneously.
and the wearer will have an attack of
sickness and burst a blood vessel.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-25
PLANNING THE WELCOME.

The able and efficient committee hay-
ing the matter in charge is making splen-
did Roadway arranging for a royal well
come for the First Montana volunteers.
That Butte will do herself proud on that
occasion cannot be doubted, and that the
multitude of Montanians who will visit
this city and participate in the exercises
Of the day will vote it the occasion of
their lives is in the natural order of
things. M%ontanians never do anything by
halves.
Tt was during the Worlds Fair in Chi
cago that an old lady n her friend
came around the corner of the admins
tration building, and for the first time
the big gilded terra Gotta statue at the
end of the lagoon burst upon her vision.
'Oh, MY" she exclaimed, that is the
Montana statue of liberty: 1t is solid
~gola-they never do anything by halves
out in Montana" While the good old
soul was a little off in her knowledge OF
statues, she had a righteous idea of the
thoroughness with which the people OF
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-25
DEATH or EDITOR HOOVER.

The death of Mr.. B. F. Hoover, editor
Of the Livingston Enterprise, will be
deeply regretted by the journalistic fra
ternity in whose ranks he was an honored
member. Killed yesterday afternoon by
the accidental discharge of a gun his un-
timely taking off appeals with unusual
force to the sympathies of his associates
and friends. Livingston has lost an ex-
cellent citizen, the state a strong man,
the newspaper fraternity an able repre-
sentative. To the loved ones left behind,
those to whom the heartaches have come,
the tenderest sentiments of Jsympathy
will go.
How strange seem the curious trans
mutations of fate which thwaet ambition
upon its threshold and checkmate. the
BILE progress of the most lofty
souls. BY the most untoward incidents
men are cut down in the, promising
stages of a useful career, and laid away
among their fathers-human sacrifices to
a greedy past. Whether it be by accident
or disease, the laws of cause and effect
environ the one whose course in life is
run, and when he lies down to pleasant
dreams. with the drapery of his couch
about him." the mission of his pilgritnag sc
is DER.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-25
A NOTABLE DISCOVERY,

Philadelphia Inquirer: ut was about
the witching hour" said the s~uburbanite.
II had left the station some distance be-
hind me, and was on my way up the road
toward home. l had got comfortably
cool by that tine, and the charming in
fuence of the starlit night possessed me
and made me feel at peace with all the
world. Nor did the fact that l and my
new suit had made a hit with the friends
/ had been visiting detract from the full
ness of my self-satisfaction.
"All went we'll until ! came to 4 street
crossing my road. At the corner was a
street lamp, which from some cause was
not lit; and from this lamp f1utterad what
seemed to be a handkerchief. You know
l am a little bit near-sighted.
Il reached over to take it: cut it was
touched by the wine and waved just be-
You'd my grasp. l reached over further,
leaning full against the lamp post. This
time l was successful: and l found that
the supposed handkerchief was a piece of
paper on which was written, in bold and
dashlng letters, the legend, Fresh
paint'o
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-25
his state take hold Of any proposition

this state take hold Of any proposition
which appeals to their better natures.
With patriotism in ISSUE, no state in the
union can out-run, out-hop, out-skip.
throw down or drag out the glorious
commonwealth Of Montana. Our people
are thoroughly IN earnest in every public
movement which they undertake., and it
goes without saying that Butte will keep
pen house when the soldier boys come
home. Everybody in Montana will be
here. and the saving. that there are no
songs like the old songs will come afresh
to every heart, for who can prevent the
cadences of the olden, golden days from
ringing in the ears? From the wealth
Of sentiment and song, in the happy re-
union of fond hearts, will spring such
gladstone thoughts as these
When Johnny comes marching home
a~gain-hurrah! hurrah!
"When Johnny comes marching home
ag~ain-hurrah!
when Johnny comes marching home
again-we'll drink stone blind
Johnny, fill up the how'll"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-25
GENERAL OTIS ENDORSED.

In an interview in the New York Trib-
une, General Miles says: General Otis
is a fine officer" He then proceeds to
outline the situation in the Philippines,
fairly stating the many conditions that
had to be met, and generously applaud
ing that officer for the excellent work
performed.
These statements must fall with cruel
emphasis upon the copperhead press.
Since the late misunderstanding between
General Miles and General Alger, over
the beef question, the democracy has
! looked upon the former as their meat
politically speaking. They have lauded
the head of the army just in proportion
as they have derided Otis, and loud and
| long have been the demands for the re-
moval of the latter. that the former might
| speedily end the war by taking charge
in person!
Charges Of incompetency galore have
lent has been severely criticised for not
peremptorily cutting off his head. Bu'
how silly such hogwash becomes in the
face of the statement made by General
| Miles that Otis is a fine officer and has
handled the campaign in the Philippines
in a c~reditable and efficient manner. II
is now in order for the copperhead press
to assail General Miles for daring to tel
| the truth.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-25
WHICH GOVERNOR?
is DER.

In writing the Mill II Smeltermen's
i union in Butte. Adjutant General Corbin
states that he is instructed by the secre-
tary of war to say that the presence of
troops in Shoshone county. Idaho, is due
to the request of the governor of your
state" Presumably, General Corbin
means the governor of Idaho, and not the
, governor of Montana. as his letter would
imply. 1t is not known that Governor
Smith had anything to do with the re-
quest for troops, or that he co-operated
with Governor Steuenenburg to secure
them for the Occur d'Alene country.
though he assisted the Idaho authorities
to the best of his ability in the matter
of rounding up alleged fugitives found in
Missoula country by Lieutenant Lyons.
General Corbin's letter corroborates the
statements made by the national indus-
trial commission which lately visited that
section, namely, that the state authori-
ties were wholly responsible for the con-
ditions brought about through military
occupancy. Responsibility rests wholly
on the democratic governor Of Idaho. the
wal department merely having obeyed
the law requiring it to furnish troops on
the deman of the governor of any state,
to aid in the preservation of order.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-25
THE war IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Information has been received from a
crank at Manila to the effect that it will
require a period of at least twenty years
to subdue the Filipinos, and that Ameri-
accomplish that task. Notwithstanding
the manifest idiocy of such statements
they are seized upon with avid.ty by the
copperhead press, and paraded under
flaming headlines announcing "the facts
in the case They would have their
readers believe that the natives, who
found it impossible to. achieve their indie
pendence of such a weak, cheap power as
Spain. can hold the United States at bay
twenty years. Tha rid.cuiousness of such
a proposition is apparent upon its face.
While it may be true that such statements
find a cheerful response in the reasonable
heart of the copperhead. and are ~gleefully
accepted as true by those who are pray
ing for the downfall of the American
cause. they are SO utterly unreasonable
as to nauseate intelligent men.
Had the Americans pursued a policy Of
destruction. and applied the torch to the
insurgents base of supplies, the war
would have terminated long ago. but
every effort has been made to protect
property to the end that when ~pacifca-
ton was finally brought about the work
of recuperation would be reduced to the
minimum. This humane policy Injured to
the advantage of the natives, .nasmuch
as Otis had an insufficient number Of
troops to properly garrison the positions
captured from the enemy. and was COM
PEELED to allow them TO reoccupy strategic
points.
If the exigencies Of the situation make
such a step necessary, after the rainy
season shall have come to a close, the war
can be speedily terminated by a more
vigorous course Of procedure. The down
fall of Aguinaldo will have a crushing
effect upon the democratic press, but
under the circumstances, is is hardly
probable that the national authorize!
will permit thai fact to interfere with tn,
we'll laid plans of the war department..
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-25
The strike of the stone cutters in Hell
INA is another case Of labor against capi-
CHANCE TO SECURE A FUNERAL

Philadelphia Record: You don't know
Of some man in whose family a death has
just occurred and who would like to save
some money on his undertaker's bill, do
your"
The questioner was an acquaintance
who is in the carriage making business.
The saunterer shook his head in the neg
alive and then signified a desire to learn
why such an odd question should be
asked.
You think it odd. do you?' responded
the carriage maker: well, 1 don't. and
neither do | think you would if you were
in my place. You see. about six months
ago l did some repairing for a certain
undertaken, whose name l won't mention.
/ tried time after time to get my money,
but without success. Finally l lost my
patience and gave the undertaken a
roasting. He only grinned at me.
Tell you what you'll have to do. I
guess he exclaimed when l had finished
my TRADE. You'll have to take that bill
out in trade
Il didn't like the covert i@nsinuation
that l wouldn't get my money until after
I was dead, but an idea struck me.
"'All right: I'll do that l replied;
just give me a due bill for the mount
THE undertaken sat Town at his desk
and cribble away for a minute or two.
Then he handed mo this piece of paper"
Unfolding a letter head. which he had
Slo"eu away III HIS pOGNet, TIE
carriage maker passed it over.
philadelphia, July -. 1899. Due Mr..
W s65 (sixty-tive. dollars), in funerals
or other services was the way it read.
Now you understand the significance
of my question:" the owner of the queer
document continued. II don't feel like
dying myself and not a single friend or
acquaintance that ! can think of is any
nearer the grave. But l am bound to
make the undertaken keep his word, even
if | have to go up to the morgue for a
subject to do it with. If you hear of
any one who can be induced to purchase
a $65 funeral for half price or less let ms
know, will you""
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-25

Judge Goodwin of the Salt Lake Tri-
une says: when the Iowa democratic
convention was in session in Dies. Mo.nes
doubtless supervised the framing of the
platform. 1t will be noticed that it, did
not specially endorse the silver issue at
treats it as the forerunner of the demo-
cratic national platform of neXt summer
and we do no. see how they can avoid
that c~onclusion.'
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-25

The prediction that Montana will stand
loyalty by the expansion policy of the
administration is wisely made. When the
opponents of that policy go to the ex-
enemies of the nation, and do all in their
power to our Aguinaldo, it is tine
for the people of this and every other
lister a wholesome rebuke through the
ballot box.