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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12
More Domineering.

"Since that time the Beers have be-
come more donineering and oppressive
than ever, as regards the Uitlanders
and their industries. The laws We're
made intolerable and enforced rigor-
ously, and the taxes ON property held
and operated by foreigners increased
enormously. The income which the
Boer government thus obtained was
used for the construction of fortifica-
lions, and the purchase of armament
wherewith to intimidate the Uitland-
ers. In addition to this, the Beers We're
constantly repudiating the agreements
made with the British government IN
the conventions of 1881 and 1884
Kruger was lord of all his eye surveyed.
and he did not let an opportunity es-
cape whereby he could beggar and hu-
initiate the British subjects in the
country ruled over by him. The final
outcome was an appeal to the English
government to enforce the provisions
Of the treaties of 1881 and 1884, and to
put stop to the degradation of the
IitIanders by the domineering autocrat
of South Africa"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12

Sweet, refreshing sleep is given by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which feeds the
nerves, tones the stomach and cures all
dyspeptic symptoms.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12

You can't cure dyspepsia by dieting
Eat good, wholesome food. and plenty
of ft.-KOdol Dyspepsia Cure dfgesfs
food without aid from the stomach. and
is made to cure. F. C. Schramm. Nc
Cornick block.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12
Cans Cot the Decision.

Baltimore, Nd, Oct 11.-Joe Cans got
the decision over Martin Judge of Phila-
delphia in a hot twenty round bout at the
Eureka Athletic club tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12
Fine Mackintoshes

Fine Mackintoshes
at reduced prices. Elegant garments
at a bargain.
166 Main Street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12

Boston. Oct. u.-TimeIy and consecu-
tive hitting by the Bostons in the fifth
inning scored the only two runs today
Stahls phenomenal catching of a SEEM
ingly sure ree-bagger of FTicks. in the
eighth inning, saved at least one run and
probably the game for Boston. The game
darkness. Attendance, LOO. Score:
R. H. E.
Boston , q
Philadelphia .......... 0 o
Batteries-AVillis and Sullivan. Frazer,
and Mcfarland.
Umpfres-Emslie and Dwyer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12
Hieh Grade Mackintoshes

at reduced prices They are bargains
BROWN, TERRY & WOODRUFF co
166 Main Street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12

st. Louis, Oct. list Louis Cincinnati
bail game postponed; wet grounds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12
FOOTBALL IN THE EAST.
Pennsylvania, Harvard and Prince
ton Are Winners.

At Philadelphia University of Penn
sylvania, SO; University of Virginia, s.
AT ambridge-Harvard, Al; Amherst. O.
AT Observation-Disclosures, IL; Lafayette
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12
Season Closes In New York With FL
nal Defeat By Brooklyn-Cincin-
nati-St. Louis Game Postponed.
Standing of the Clubs.
Today's Games.
Boston. 2: Philadelpbia. q.

Philadelphia at Boston.
Brooklyn at Baltimore.
Cleveland at Cincinnati.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12

New York, Oct. 1.-THE season closed
here today with a game with Brooklyn,
the latter winning The game was called
on account of darkness. Attendance 7S5.
Score:
r. H e.
New York ............
loiObhlNIl IL U
Batteries GaTTick and Warner; Reidy
and Farrell
Umpines-connolly and Hunt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12
Hquaties.
HOPING FOR A BREEZE
Outlook For Yacht Race Today Is
Very Poor.
THE BOATS BOTH READY
NEW ToPSAIL HAS BEEN PUT ON
THE COLUMBIA.

The American Is Still Favorite In
Betting and Shamrock Money Is
Scarce Although Odds Are offered
With But Few Takers-Both Sides
Confident.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12
Uitlanders overtaxed.

1.-THE mines that were -operated ex-
cluaixely by the Uitlanders were taxed
tosthe amount of 80 per cent of the en-
tire taxation of the. country. The chill
dren of English and other descent were
compelled to study in the Boer Ian
guage, which is about the most mon
grel tongue in existence; under no con-
ditions would they allow the English
language to be taught in the schools.
The Boer- government consisted of a
few individuals, who appropriated the
millions paid in taxes by the mines to
their own uses.
In the fall of 1895 there was an influx
OF people into the gold fields to de-
veiop the mines, and they made appH-
cation for representation on the ground
that taxation without representation
was an outrage. The Boer government
made q lot of promises which they
failed to live I'D to.
In the fall of 1895 the people of Jo-
hanneSburg made up their minds that
they would get some satisfaction from
the government by force, since all at
tempts at arriving at a conclusion by
other means had failed. The result was
the formation of the so-ca1ied johannes
berg reform committee, which had an
understanding with Jameson that they
could rely on his assistance in case of
necessity. Several conferences were
held between the committee and Paul
Kruger, the outcome of which was that
Kruger agreed to the plans as outlined
by the committee.
I'm the meantime, and unbeknown to
the reform committee, Jameson and his
raiders had crossed the border with an
invading force, though he-Jameson--
had been informed that the conferences
between the committee and Kruger
were progressing favorably, and that
he should defer action until he heard
further. Jameson and his force were
routed and taken prisoners, and the
Roers repudiated their agreements with
the reform committee. The sentences of
the court Of the Beers, and the subse-
quent events that followed are too we'll
known TO repeat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-12
Will Not Subdue the Beers This
Year.
VIEWS OF Mr.. CLEMENT
MINING ENGINEER WHO LIVED
IN THE TRANsvAAL.
Most Serious War In Which England
Has Engaged In Recent Years
Mr. Clement Was a Member of the
II Famous Reform Committee In
1895.

'"The British have the hardest nut
to crack that they have got between
their fingers since the time of Napo-
Leon declared Victor M. Clement, the
well known mining engineer. who re-
TUNED from Mexico yesterday. Mr..
Clement was interested in the South
African GOLD fields in 1895, and was one
of the reform committee of Johannes
burg at the time of the jameson raid
into the Transvaal.
The British will have a long and bit
ter struggle to gain the mastery of the
situation he continued, "and the old
saying that Britons never shall be
slaves will have to be yindicated in this
instance, because as matters now stand
the Britons in South Africa are as near
to abject servitude as it is possible for
men to be. The history of the strug-
gle will not be ready for publication
by the first of the year.
That war will result is a certainty.
The Beers are we'll armed and forth
fed they are a sturdy people, and used
TO hardships that always accompany
active campaigning. Furthermore, they
are acclimated and know how to han
die and shoot all the pieces of modern
ordnance"
Cause of the War,
In an interesting account of the
causes of the war, Mr.. Clement said:
''In 1881 there was trouble of d SER
ious nature between the Britishers and
the Beers, and several battles were
fought, in all of which the British were
worsted. There was intense feeling in
Great Britain at the time, and the out
look for a bitter conflict with the ulti-
mate humiliation of the Beers was in
plain sight. Just then there was a
change of administrat ton, Gladstone
went into power and the matter was
adjusted without further bloodshed by
the promise on the part of the Beers
to give the Uitlanders composed of tho
British and other nationalities repre-
sented in South Africa, certain privi-
leges that they had previously been de
MED.
In 1886 the mines at johannesburg
We're discovered, and Immediately there
was tremendous influx of foreigners
from all parts of the world. The Beers
at once assumed an aggressive atti-
tude, and followed it up by framing
and passing laws that imposed hard
ships on the Uitlanders. For instance,
they made it impossible for a UitIander
TO become a citizen of the country in
the ordinary term of human life, and
If they attained that then they We're
only entitled to the privileges of the
Second Rad, which is equivalent to our
mouse of representatives. They passed
that law because they were fearful of
being eventually outvotd by the Tit
landers, there being resident at the
tim three male Uitlanders to one male
Boer.
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BROOKLYN. 7: New York. Q

Umptres-Emslie and pwyer.
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center to sides should be maintained at
one foot in twenty feet.
Wherever the sub-grade soil is found
unsuitable it should be removed and re-
placed with good material rolled to a
bearing, /. e., so as to be smooth and
compact The road bed having been
brought to the required grade and crown,
should be rolled several times to compact
the surface. All inequalities discovered
during the rolling should be leveled- up
and re-rolled On the prepared sub-grade
the earth should be spread, narrowed If
necessary and then rolled to a bearing
by passing the unballasted road roller
a number of times over every portion Of
the surface Of the section.
A roadmaker should not fill up ruts or
holes with stone orlarge gravel. In many
cases it would be wise to dump such ma
terial in the river. These stones do not
wear uniformly with the rest Of the ma
terial, but produce bumps and ridges, and
in nearly every case result in making
two holes instead of one. Every hole or
rut in roadway, If not tamped full Of
some good material like that Of which the
road is constructed, will become filled
with water, and finally with mud and wa
ter, and will be dug deeper and wider by
each passing vehicle. The work Of main
tanning earth roads will be much increas-
ed by lack of care IN properly finishing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25

about / in 20 to 1 in 80 on a macadam
road to l in 40 or 1 in 60 on the various
classes of pavements, and for asphalt
sometimes as low as 1 in so.
Where the road is constructed on q
grade or hill the slope from the center to
the, sides should be slightly sleeper than
that on the level road. The best cross
section for roads on grades is the one
made up from two plane surfaces slop-
ing uniformly from the center to the
sides This is done so as to avoid the
danger of overturning near the side
ditches which would necessarily be In
creased If the elliptical form were used
The slope from the center to the sides
must be steep enough to lead the water
into the side bitches instead of allowing
it to run down the middle of the road
Every wheel track on an inclined road
way becomes channel for carrying
down the water, and unless the curva-
ture is sufficient these tracks are quickly
deepened into water courses which cut
into and sometimes destroy the best I'M
proved road
In order to prevent the washing out OF
earth roads on hills it sometimes be-
comes necessary to construct water
breaks; that is, broad, shallow d1tches
arranged so as to catch the surface
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good roads the farmers suffer more than
any other class. 1t is obviously unneces-
sary, therefore, to discuss the benefits to
be derived by them from improved roads.
Suffice it to say, that those Localities where
good roads have been built are becoming
richer. more prosperous and more thick
" settled, while those which do not pos
sess these advantages in transportation
are either at a standStiN or are becem-
ing poorer and more sparsely settled If
these conditions continue, fruitful farms
may be abandoned and rich lands go to
waste.
The grade is the most important factor
to be considered in the location of roads.
The smoother the road surface, the less
the grade should be. Whether the road
be constructed Of earth, stone, or gravel,
steep grades should always be avoided, If
possible. They become covered at times
with coatings of ice or slippery soil, max
ing them very difficult to ascend with
loaded vehicles as well as dangerous to
descend. They allow water to rush down
at such a rate as to wash great gaps
alongside or to carry the surfacing ma
terial away.
Road drainage Is Just as essential to
a good road as farm drainage is to a
good farm. In fact, the two go hand in
hand, and the better the one the better
the other, and vice versa There are
thousands Of miles of public roads in
the United States which in the month
of February are practically impossible
because of bad drainage. while for the
same reason thousands Of acres of the
richest meadow and swamp lands lie idle
from year in to year out.
The wearing surface of road must be
In effect a roof; that is, the section in the
middle should be the highest part and
the Travelled roadway should be made
as impervfous to water as possible, so
that it will flow freely and quickly into
the cutters or bitches alongside. The
best shape for the cross section of a road
has been found to be either a fiat ellipse
or one made up of two plane surfaces
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25
COMPLETE CRUSHING PLANT IN TowANDA.


the work. The labor and money spent IA
rolling a newly made road may save many
times that amount of laeor5 and money
in making future repairs. After the ma
teriall has beene placed it, should not be
left for the traffic to consolidate OF for
the rains to wash off into the bitches, but
should be carefully formed and surfaced,
and then, If possible, rolled. The rolling
not only consolidates the material, but
puts the road bed in proper shape for
travel Immediately If there is anything
more trying to man or beast than to trav
ell over an unimproved road, 1t must be
to travel over one that has just been
repaired.
The Travelled way should never be re-
paired by the use of plows or scoops.
The plow preaks up the compact surface
which age and traffic has made tolerable.
Earth roads can be rapidly repaired by
a jrdicious use Of road machines and road
rollers. The road machine places the ma
terial where 1t is most needed and the
roller compacts 1t there. The labor-sav-
ing machinery now manufactured for
road building is just as effectual and nee
essary as the modern mower, self-binder
and thrasher.
The only exceptions to the instructions
given on road drainage is found in the
attempt to improve a sand road. The
more one improves the drainage Of a sand
road the more deplerable becomes it's
condition. Nothing will ruin one quicker
than to dig a ditch on each side and
drain all the water away: The best way
to make such q, road firm is to keep it
constantly damp. Very bushy or shady
trees alongside such roads prevent the
evaporation of water.
Any strong, fibrous substance, and
especially one which holds moisture, such
as the refuse Of sugar cane or sorghum,
and even common straw, fax, or swamp
grass will be useful. Spent tan Is of
some service, and wood fiber in any form
is excellent. The best is the flbrous saw
dust made in saving shingles by those
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25

the surface will be crushed before being
driven into the material.
If mono of the stones used be larger
than will pass through a two-inch ring
they can be spread on in layers as above
described without separating them by
screens. Water and binding material
stone screening or good packing gravel
can be added If found necessary for prop
err consolidation. Earth or clay should
never be used for binding material
Enough water should be sprinkled on to
wash in and fill all voids between the
broken stones with binding material. and
to leave such material damp enough to
insure set.
If road is built of tough. hard stone
and If the binding material has the same
characteristics, steam roller is essential
for speedy results. A horse roller may
be used to good advantage If the softer
varieties of stone are employed. For
general purposes, a roller weighing from
eight to twelve tons is all that Is neces-
sary. Heavier weights are difficult to
handle upon unimproved surfaces.
THE TELFORD STYLE.
In the Telford construction the stone
used for the first layer may vary in
thickness from two to four inches, and
in length from eight to twelve inches.
The thickness Of the upper edges Of the
stones SnOulQ not exceed TOUR inches.
They are set by hand on the broadcast
edges lengthwise across the road, break
ing joints as much as possible. All pro-
jecting points are then broken off and
the interstices or cracks filled with stone
chips, and the whole structure wedged
and consolidated into q solid and COM
plete pavement. Upon this pavement
layers of broken stones are spread and
treated in the same way as for a ma
cadam road.
Stone roads should be frequently
scraped, so as to remove all dust and
mud. Nothing destroys a stone road
quicker than dust or mud. Tho hand
method of scraping with a hoe is con-
sidered best. No matter how carefully
adjusted the machinery built for this rur-
pose may be, 1t is liable to ravel a road
by loosening some of the stones. The
cutters and surface drains should be kept
open, so that all water falling upon the
road or on the adjacent ground may
promptly flow away.
Wide tires should be used on all heavy
vehicles which traverse stone roads A
four or five inch stone CT gravel road
will last longer without repair when wide
tires are used than eight or ten inch road
of the same material on which narrow
tires are used.
Not only should brush and weeds be
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25

foundation and consolidated to smooth,
hard surface produced by the passage OF
vehicles or by use OF a road roller. The
thickness of this crust varies with the
soil, the nature Of the stone used, and
the amount Of traffic which the road Is
expected to have. 1t should be. so thick
that the greatest load will not affect the
foundation. The weight usually comes
upon a very srnalI,epart of the surface,
but is spread over a. large area of the
foundation, and the thicker the crust the
more uniformly will the load be dis
tributed over the foundation Macadam
earnestly advocated the principle that all
artificial road building depended wholly
for it's success upon the making and
maintaining OF solid dry foundation and
the covering of this foundation with
durable waterproof coating or roof Of
broken stone.
The roadbed should be first graded, then
carefully surface-drained. The earth
should then be excaYated to the depth to
which material is to be spread on to the
foundation properly shaped and sloped
each way from the center so as to dis
charge any water which may percolate
through. The foundation should then be
rolled until hard and smooth. Upon this
big spread layer of three or four inches
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25

packed, and the wheels Of the heaviest
wagons make but little impression upon
the surface. The roadbed appears to be
almost as solid as a plank road, but is
much easier for the teams. The road
prepared in this manner will remain
good for four or five years, and will
then require renewing in some parts.
The ordinary lumber sawdust would not
be so good, of course, but If mixed with
planer shavings might serve fairly well.
Roads built of poles or logs laid across
the roadway are called corduroy roads,
because of their corrugated or ribbed ap-
pearance. Like earth roads, they should
never be built where it is possible to Sc
cure any other good material, but, as is
frequently the case in swampy, timbered
regions other material is unavailable
MUST BE HARD AND TOUGH.
The materials employed for surfacing
roads should be both hard and tough
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25

rial is spread on so as to consolidate to a.
four-inch layer the eight-foot road will
cost about $1,17S per mile, the fourteen
foot road about s2O53 per mile, while the
one eighteen feet wide will cost about
81, $40 per mile.
The total cost Of maintaining roads in
good order ranges on account of varying
conditions, between as wide limits al
most as the initial cost of construction.
Suffice 1t to say that all money spent on
repairing earth roads becomes each year
total loss without materially improv-
Ing their condition. They are, as a rule,
tho most expensive roads that can be-
used, while on the other hand stone
roads, if properly constructed of good ma
terial and kept In perfect condition, are
tho most satisfactory
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25
RACE AGAINST TIME.
Henry d. Lloyd, of Chicago, jour
neys From Australia to Cambridg

Henry d. Lloyd, of Chicago, Jour-
neys From Australia to Cambridge.
BOSTON. Mass, June 24-In order to
participate in the graduation exercises of
the class of ''99 at Harvard, and watch
the browning of his sons four-years' ca
reer in that institution, Henry D. Lloyd,
Of Chicago. undertook and successfully
finished most remarkable journey. This
Journey was from Sydney, Australia, a
distance by wter and rail of nearly a
full 10000 miles, and 1t was completed in
less than twenty-nine days, coming to an
end when Mr.. Lloyd and another of his
sons arrived safely in the North Union
station.
The journey was begun in response to a
cablegram sent to Australia by his wife,
informing Mr.. Lloyd of the day of the
graduation at Harvard of Henry D.
Lloyd Jr., one of his sons, and that If he
wished to participate in the glories OF
class day he must be in Cambridge on the
date named
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25
and at the same time several inches
u-idn,. ha rts them selves

and at the same time several inches
wider than the carts themselves.
If the stones have been separated into
two or three different sizes the largest
size should compose the bottom layer,
the next size the second layer, etc. The
surface of each, course or layer should be
thoroughly and repeatedly rolled and
sprinkled until it becomes firm, compact.
and smooth. The first layer. however.
should not be ,sprinkled as the water is
liable to soften the foundation. The roll
ing ought to- be done along the side lines
first, gradually working toward the center
as the job is being completed. In rolling
the, last course 1t is well to begin by
rolling first the shoulderings or the side
roads If such exist.
A coat Of three-quarter inch stone and
screenings. of sufficient thickness to make
a smooth and uniform surface, should
compose the last course, and, like the
other layers, should be rolled until per-
fectIy firm and smooth AS a final test
of perfection. a small stone placed on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25
ROAD MACHINE AT WORK ON AN EARTH ROAD

some new system for the Improvement
Of public roads is adopted, the inability
of rural communities to raise funds for
this purpose will necessarily cause the
construction of hard roads to be very
gradual for some time to come. Until
this new system is adopted the most i'm.
portant problem will be that of making
the most of the roads which exist, rather
than building specially prepared mate
rials.
In constructing new earth roads all
stumps, brush, vegetable matter rocks
and powders should be removed from the
surface and the resulting holes filed in
with suitable material, carefully and