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1t off in the middle in order TO save a
useless loss of life. 1t is expected he
viii resume the attack shortly.
On receiving the news the war office
decided to mobilize still another division,
and to replace the lost artillery The
reinforcements will be rushed off as
speedily as possible. Fifteen transports
are due to arrive at Cape Town between
Dec. 10 and Jan. 8, with about 1900
troops Of all arms, but unless Gen.
Butler is liable to renew the attack,
which is exceedingly doubtful, the Brit
ish generals will be compelled for an
other fortnight or more to remain prac-
tically on the defensive
The latest dispatches indicate the con-
tinued bombardment of Ladysmith,
whose position is now perilous.
Maj. Gen. Sir Hebert Clark Chermside
has been appointed to command the
Fourteenth brigade in the Seventh de
vision.
MAGERSFONTEIN LOSSES.
The list of casualties among nom
commissioned officers and men at Ma
gersfontein, just issued, shows 55 killed,
253 wounded (21 severely, and 767 miss
irg. This, however, is apparently not
complete list.
sKIRMIsH ON ORANGE RIVER.
The war Office has received the follow
ing dispatch from the officer commanding
at Orange River, Thursday, Dec IA:
Yesterday part of the mounted in
fantry, under Capt. Bradshaw and the
Yorkshires and Lancashires guides, un-
der Lieut.. Macfarlane, patrolled in the
direction of Ramah and Zoutspan drift,
about ten miles east of the Orange river,
to reconnoiter and report the strength
Of the enemy reported to be holding the
drift The mounted infantry found a
strong detachment of the enemy at the
drift and q sharp engagement ensued.
The enemy ultimately retreated to Goe-
mans Berg. Capt. Bradshaw and three
men were killed; Lieut.. Gregson, Of the
East Kents, and seven men We're wound
ed. The Beers had five men killed and
several men wounded"
DID NOT CHEER KRUGER.
WATERFORD, ireland, Dec. 15.-The
story printed in the Freemans Journal to
the effect that the reserves OF the Royal
Irish regiment while embarlIing on their
way to South Africa, at this port,
Wednesday, sang God Save Ireland"
cheered the Beers and President Kruger,
and threw their rifles into the river, IS
absolutely unfounded. Nothing whatever
occurred among the men beyond the pa
thetic leave-tallings. which have beeQ
witnessed On ell similar embarkatons.
pECPTTTTc FOR ROERS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-16
ADMITTED HER GUILT.
Iown Woman, Who Killed Her Hus-
band Makes No Defense.

OSCEOLA, To-, Dec. 15.-Mrs. Julia
Crosby was called for trial today the
charge Of numbering her husband,
Nicholas Crosby, at their home at Wood
bine, by shooting him. She pleaded
guilty. The shooting resulted from fam
lily differences, and the case attracted
wide attention. She will be sentenced, it
Is understood, to twenty years imprison-
mert.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-16
AMERICANS IN RUSSIA.
PhtIadeIphfans Negotiating for LO-
cOmOtiye Works There.

LONDON. Dec. 16.-The Vienna CORE
spondent of the Times says:
The Politische Correspond has been in
formed that a Philadelphia firm Is ne
gotlating with the Russian government
for the construction of a large locomotive
factory at suitable point on the Siberian
railway, and also fer a rail mill at cost
of $5,O0O,oOO. which will be provided by
American capitalists
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-16
ON THE ROCKS.
Steel Steamer Arthur Orr Is
Wrecked.

CHICAGO Dec. 15-News reached here
thai the big steel steamer Arthur Orr is
wrecked on the rocks at the entrance Of
Georgian bay. Cove island Is over thirty
miles from any point of communication
The news came from owen Sound. Tugs
were Immediately sent from Port Huron
to the wreck 1t Is reported that the
vessel is in an exposed position. and will
be total wreck If not res a soon. The
vessel cost $225, 900.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-16
|GEI. BULLER DEFEATED
At TUGELA RIVER
Met With a Most Serious Reverse in an At
tempt to Cross That Stream in
Advance Upon CoIenso.
BOERS CAPTURE ELEVEN BRITISH CANNON

uen. Buller's Forces Retire in Order to Avert I'm.
necessary Loss of Life, Without Recommending
ResuIts-BIow Is Most Severe Experienced bv the
British Sincs the Indian Mutlny-British Forces
Were Met With Perfect Hail of Boer Bullets
London Is Aghast.
CHEvEIEY, p. to Lansdowue, 7 repre.
10 report serious reverse
near cheveley two fOdabre
place" An the Tuee river and 1T
through eyarea abou miles apart
My intention
supported by central brigade
Gen. HdSard the right ford
not be able to force
ion the great deal Col G.
Brooke seriously
advance, which he did and his
leading regiment the East
houses whole art-
ery had
six naval 12
FOUNDER qukhrers
in Longs proved to be full
OF the enemy who opened calling
their horses their guns
~ " 'he took shelter In a donga and desperate
fire. however was too severe aaa
only two saved by
wi furnish
three teams was made by an
0"' whose name will
would not allow
another attempt
a after to force the passage.
1 to Withdraw
which n order
Throughout enemy press
ing On my right flank but kept
Dundonad and
lent We have abandoned by
losses In Gen Hart brigade
portion
3yh field batteries also
to our chieveey.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-16

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-The Lake Marine
News Bureau says: There is but one
whaleback missing-Barge No. lis. She
carries a crew of six or eight men.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-16
MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
Iowa Supreme Court Rules on n
Novel Proposition.

DES MONIES, To-, Dec 15.-The su-
preme court held today that a church
subscription made on Sunday is collecta-
bic. E. M. Donald, of Fort Madison, de-
fendant in case brought by the First
M. E. church, appealed from a similar de-
cision by the Lee county district court.
Donald set up defense that the obliga-
ton, having been entered into on Sunday,
was Illegal, and that there was no con-
sideration. Both claims We're overruled.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-16

SAULT STE MARIE, Mich. Dec. .15.-No
tidings have been received here of the
whaleback Barge No 49, which broke
away from the whaleback steamer Col
gate Hoyt, on Lake Superior, in Monday
nights storm. Tugs which were sent out
by Capt W. w. Smith, marine superin-
tendent of the whalebacks, In search of
the missing boat, have not yet returned
The Hoyt was sighted by the whaleback
steamer McDougall, near Michipicoten
island, yesterday morning She was at
that time in search Of the barge. If the
barge has been lost 1t will be the first
whaleback to founder in a storm
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-16
GOLD FOR LONDON.

August Belmont & Co. Are to Ship
-HnIf Million.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-August Belmont
& Co. will ship 100000 In gold to Lon
don tomorrow In addition there has been
engaged $1,O0O,000 in gold at the subtreas-
ury for shipment. No name is given out
in connection with the engagement.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-16
RECRUITS FOR BoERs.

LIMA, O., Dec. 15.-Jerome Shine, q
strong anti-British sympathizer and a
prominent business man, has opened an
office here for the receipt Of names OF
those willing togo TO South Africa. He
already has several hundred applicants
nearly all of whom are Of Irish OF DutcR
descent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-16

DULUTH, MINI, Dec. 15,-Nothing can
be learned here tonight regarding the
missing Barge No. liz. Her agent is out
Of the city. Vesselmen here believe that
both the Hoyt and No lis are safe. There
must be some mistake about the report
ed loss of the Hoyt, for a special re-
cefved here from the 500 says:
When off Michipicoten yesterday
morning the McDougall met the Hoyt,
which was searching for the missing No
lis. Capt. W. w. Smith, marine superin-
tendent for Pickands, Mather & Co., left
this morning on tug to aid the Hoyt in
her search for her consort.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-16
GIVEN TO QUAKERS
HONOR OF ENTERTAINING REPUB-
LICAN CONVENTION FOR RENOM-
NATION OF MIR. M'KINLEY
RIVAL CITIES FOUGHT HARD
CHICAGO WAS A CLOSE SECOND
LOSING TO PHILADELPHIA BY
A SINGLE VOTE
BALLoTING WAS IN SECRET

Not known What Committeeman
Voted for Successful and Unsuc-
SessfuI Candidates for the Con-
ventiOn-Dnte Fixed for the Event
Is June 19-COmmittee VIII Today
Consider representation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-30
ALGER SHOULD RESIGN.

While Secretary Alger remains at the
head Of the war department it is use
less to advocate an increased army.
The bill for the reorganization and
enlargement of the regular army is
evidently doomed to defeat.
Members of congress, even some who
believe in territorial expansion and an
adequate military force, are opposed
to the Hull bill or any other measure
which provides for an increased army
with Alger at its head.
Were his operations restricted to the
granting of concessions on the islands
or the letting of government contracts
in which millions may be made, the bill
might be allowed to pass.
But human lives are too sacred to IN
necessarily expose them in these piping
times of peace to the fatal blunders of
incompetent and Indifferent appointees.
It is not enough to kick Eagan. out
of the service. Alger is responsible for
Eagan and scores of other disgraceful
and expensive mistakes.
Alger is an obstacle to an increase
Of the army. Without an increased
army the retention Of the Philippines is
impracticable.
So long as President Mckinley has
no Philippine policy and retains Alger
at the head of the war department it
would seem like folly to attempt to hold
the Philippines
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-30
APPEALING TO THE MOB.

Sympathizers with and supporters of
the policy of Iniiitarism in France are
laboring with the mob at last. They
defed It once. But the mob is potent
in that land. for It moves with panic
force. An impulse may grow into a
stampede, and stampede into a revo-
luton. Who knows2 No one in France.
No one else.
The mob was against Dreyfus at the
beginning. Il assaulted Zola for be-
friending the Jew. Then a revulsion
of feeling came. The action was fol-
lowed by its reaction, just as naturally
as ebb and flow succeed each other in
the tides of the ocean.
When the mob began to cry out
against military despotism, the civil
authorities took courage. They actual
ly undertook an investigation of the
star chamber conviction which aroused
the suspicious of all Europe They had
the temerity to suspend courtsmartial
until the end Of the inquiry by the
court of cessation.
But the end is not yet. No one can
foresee the outcome. No decision will
restore complete tranquility to the
French mind
If the court upholds the condemna-
ton of Dreyfus and finds proof of his
guilt, though some of the Dreyfus
leaders may submit, others are sure TO
declare that the verdict is the result of
coercion by the party of the army, re-
action and a strong government. If
the court afIirms his innocence and the
illegality of his conviction, many of
the spokesman of change and of dis
order Will cry as loudly that the magis-
trates are biased, if not corrupted, by
the syndicate for the wrecking of
France, partly Semitic, partly interna-
tional, in The existence of which many
Frenchmen quite sane on other mat
ters believe.
This opinion seems to be gaining
ground among the lower classes, too.
Their attention has been called to the
very pardonable zeal of many Jews in
behalf of the prisoner of Devils is
land, and to the appeals OF many Eng
Iish and American newspapers for fair
treatment for Dreyfus. These have
furnished a foundation for the agita-
ton started in the mob for the purpose
of causing a reaction in favor of the
army. The outcome will be awaited
with intense interest in France and in
almost every part of the world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-30
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES
fCleveland PIain pealer.l

In the primary department of one of
Cleveland's schools is a little colored
girl. She is a keen witted damsel and
her cunning ways and sharp answers
are a perpetual delight TO her teacher
Some time ago friend called upon the
latter and it happened that the little
colored maiden was detained after
school hours for some trifiing bit of
mischief.
The teacher called her to the front
after telling the friend what a bright
bit of mischief she was, and the friend
asked her a few questions.
DO you go TO church, little girl?"
she inquired.
''Yes'm,' was the quick reply, I'm a
vehwy consciemptious chu'ch goah.''
You go every Sunday then?"
Yes m-twice a day. and Friday
evenin', too, mos gently"
Where do you go?"
Il tend he chu'ch clost by my house
It's the mos convenient"
How do you like your pastor?"
Hes a vehwy good man. He
breaches SIGH strong sermons. rs 'fraid
Yves gwine to lose UNI, though
What makes you think SOP"
well, everybody says dat jest as like
as not he'll mos likely go back again
to barberin'"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-30
QUAKING FOR A WEEK.

Seismic disturbances continue in
Greece. a number of lives have been
lost during the past week. and consid-
cradle property has been destroyed. At
the same time several shocks were re-
ported in Mexico. and it would not be
surprising to hear of others in Ocean
lea or South America
1t has been some time since a gen
eral shaking up occurred, and when
the earth gets the ague it is not likely
that the vibrations will all be felt in
one little Greece spot.
When the crust begins to settle there
is apt to be a general subsidepce in
both hemispheres. The earth appears
to be shrinking spasmodically as its
inner fires cool down. When the sur
face adjusts itself anew TO the chang
ing foundation, it isn't likely that we
shall have any more or any extensive
quaking, except. possibly. for local or
volcanic causes, in many months.
earthquakes cause so much fear and
confusion that a great deal of e1agger-
alton may have crept into the accounts
received from Greece and Mexico, But
they are no more dangerous than
summer storms. after all. When We
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-30
Mr.. REDwINE IS RIGHT.

a vicious contemporary, whose ridi-
culous pose as a moral reformer and
lecturer is fully IS Iaughable as Big
Winnie impersonating Cupid, COM
mends to The Herald the following SEN
timent uttered By Mr.. Redwine of the
Idaho legislature at the time Of the
consideration of the Roberts memorial
to congress. He remarked:
AS a man, as a Democrat, standing
with Mr.. Roberts on all questions of
national Importance, 1 cannot, without
the facts before me, pass upon the
guilt or innocence of this man, charged
as ne is, with a most infamous crime"
That is exactly what The Herald has
advised right along. Other legislators
who have been introducing resolutions
at the request of storm" organs and
voting upon them without a reason,
except an inclination to credit the IN
supported charges of the Salt Lake
Tribune. would do well to heed the ad-
vice and emulate the example of this
Idaho gentleman.
And what evidence has the Tribune
furnished in support of any charge it
LIS A-tee~tS e.eoeeAiAs1e NiA| GeNA'4I u I lell-
save what Redwine rejected?
It has claimed that Mr.. Roberts is a
lawbreaker; that he is not alone; that
what he is doing is the rule; and it
tells the world that it has no faith in
the civil tribunals of Utah, for it goes
before the nation with a complaint
which, If Mr.. Redwine's idea were
carried out, it would take iato the
courts.
It has charged that plural marriages
are still being contracted and that the
elders Of the dominant church in Utah
are solemnizing them in open and de-
faint violation of the law. 1t offers no
proof. It appeals only to an indam-
mable sectarian distrust.
But Mr.. Redwine, to whose words it
commends others, would refuse to pass
upon the guilt or innocence of a peo-
pie, of a church, of man, without the
facts before him.
Mr. Redwine is exactly right The
Fc-ald agrees with him perfectly. The
Tribune is decidedly in the wrong. and
its endorsement of Mr.. Redwine's state 1
ment shows that it knows it is wrong.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-30

or more men the rights and interests
of other citizens of the state are sub
merged and forgotten.
1t frequently happens that political
parties are SO evenly balanced that a
very few members of a third party or
faction is able to determine the choice
or prevent an election altogether
The inability of legislatures to elect
United States senators within a reason
able time is demonstrated in some
state every two years. There are a
half dozen states in the throes of a
senatorial contest today Montana
and Nevada have just emerged after
siege so earnest in each that lawmak-
ing was out of the question II there
were no other duties to discharge it
might do, but public sentiment is be-
ginning to clamor for elections by the
people and change in the constitu-
ton along that line is inevitable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-30
ELECTIONS BY THE PEOPLE.

Several contemporaries are dis
cussing the proposition to elect United
States senators by a direct vote of the
people. Every election furnishes an
argument clearer than any one can
make in its interest. There is an in
congruity between the function of an
elector and the Office of 4 lawmaker
which was not discernible in the for
nation of the government, but it has
grown more noticeable and more OBJ
jectionable as the nation has grown
older.
While such contests are pending it
is practically impossible to accomplish
much in the way OF legislation. Legis-
lators look, and very properly too, upon
their duty as electors with as much
seriousness as they contemplate the
making of laws.
In many instances they go further
and show a personal feeling in the one
capacity that never affects them in the
other.
The tendency of state legislatures to
hang on and ballot for men who have
no show of election has been known to
interfere with their legislative duties
10 the end of the session and to cause
an adjournmen without even the duty
of electing a senator having been dis
charged. Of recent years this has been
a rather common occurrence.
When legislatures. like that of
Wyoming six years ago, neglect their
functions as law giVers in the excite
ment Of a personal battle between two
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-30
A Piece of Lath.
Nav York Tribune.l


A story is told of former mayor of
Birmingham, England, that he gave or
ders to have his robes OF Office lined
with %vermin." When the late Alder
man Surge was mayor, he received a
royal command to dine and sleep at
Windsor. This, of course, meant court
dress and sword. The court dress was
reluctantly submitted to, but as mem
Der of the Society of Friends, and,
moreover. one who had greatly distin-
guished himself in the cause OF peace,
for he had formed one of the peace
deputatiOn to- the car before the out
break of the Crimean war, Mr.. Surge
would not consent to wear a lethal
weapon A compromise was happily eff
fected. A scabbard and hilt of the
usual kind were at his worship's side
when the presentation to royalty took
place, but the sword was a mere lath
of wood. Fortunately, the worthy Qua
ker was not called upon to draw in
defense of his sovereign.
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|l;;I!IllIIIIjiIIII|

You really don't know what COM
Portable travelling is if you have
never travelled via the Burlington.
Holds the Worlds record for long
distance fast running 1,O25 miles,
LOAF minutes.
The Burlington Route Is 1887
miles long-nearly ope-third the dis
t5nce round the world.
Offers a wider choice of routes than
any other line, to and from Chicago,
St. Louis, Omaha, Kansas City and all
eastern points.
Two through trains each way daily.
Vestibuled buffet smoking library
cars, Pullman sleeping cars, reclining
chair cars (seats free) coaches. Fin
est dining car service in the wcrld.
Dining cars operated on the cafe
plan; that is, you pay only for what
you order.
Tickets at offices of connecting lines.
I. A. BENTON, Ticket Agent, r. G.
W. Ry., Dolly Block
R. F. NEsLEN, Travelling Pass. and
Freight Agent.
w. T. MCMILLAN, Gen. Agt-
214 S. W. Temple ST.. Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-30
WYOMING'S WARNING.

The Democrats Of wyoming are sin
cerely anxious that the Democrats Of
Utah shall profit by their experience of
six years ago. At that time the Wyom-
ing legislature continued to ballot
throughout the entire session and ad-
journed without electing a senator.
IN two years the Republicans elected
one Of their own party and thus the
Democrats Of Wyoming are left WITH
out any representative in the national
congress. when by right one Of the
senators should be a Democrat.
This failure was the result of the
Vaccinations of political tricksters
rather than of any factionaI differences
in the party. y few Democrats entered
into political conspiracy with Repub-
lcans TO prevent an election, and they
accomplished it. Well may Wyoming
Democrats point TO their error as a
warning 10 Utah Democrats.
The federal constitution provides that
no state shall be deprived of equal
suffrage in the United States senate.
but, under the present mode of choos-
ing senator's by the legislatures differ
ent states have been without such rep
resentation from time to time.
Washington, Wyoming. Montana and
Delaware were SO situated and embar-
raised for a considerable period, while
the Oregon and Kentucky legislatures
experienced similar troubles.
If the method Of eiecting senators
We're changed in accordance with the
request of the joint memorial intro
duced in the state legislature the other
day by Senator Bennion these evils and
disadvantages will disappear.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-30
Harness Still Missing

The Kansas City Journal tells story
Of d Kansas man who believes that
God sends revelations to true Chris
tians. Not long ago he had a reveia-
ton, in which he was informed that
one of his church brothers had stolen
his harness. Meeting the brother in
the road, he proceeded to divulge the
nature of the revelation and to demand
restitution. Immediately the brother
went into a trance, from which he
came presently with the statement that
he had consulted the angel of the Lord.
and had been informed that it was his
duty to smite his accuser hip and thigh.
wheTeupOn he began to belabor the first
brother. who stood still and took his
whipping with accomplishing humility,
after which the pair said in unison,
Let God be praisedr' and then went
their several ways. But up to last ac-
counts the hiding place of that smissing
harness had not been divulged.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-30
SENSE FROM THE SCAFFoLD.

Out of evil good may come. Tom
Salmon, the Montana murderer who
was hanged at Red Lodge the other
day, gave his auditors some good ad
vice in his farewell address
Standing upon the scahold a minute
before the falling of the trap he
showed a solicitude for his friends and
a streak Of hard common sense that
seldom crops out at the end of lead.
He. said:
If any of you follow my body to
the cemetery, do not uncover your
heads and take chances of getting
pneumonia It's a barbarous custom,
and hope you Will protect yourselves,
for by so doing you will please me-"
1t is a barbarous custom. In damp
climates it is particularly fatal. 1t has
been said that every funeral causes
two on account of the danger pointed
out by this self-pOssessed sage as he
stood upon the scaffold.
Had he shown as much solicitude for
the health, happiness and lives of fell
low beings under other circumstances
he would not have made that farewell
speech, perhaps.