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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23

have obtained important information.
A Cape Town dispatch dated Sunday,
Dec. II. reports that Commando Mt
Diedricks of the Boer forces was killed
in reconnoiter engagement. but no de-
tails are given. Advices from Naauw-
poort describe everything as quiet
there, and the only fresh news from
Arundel concerns the weather, which
is excessively hot.
The Daily Telegraph has a special
from Chieveley, dated Dec 16, which
tells how Lieutenant Roberts, son of
Lord Roberts,. fell at Tugela river. 1t
says:
THE horses of the Fourteenth and
Eixty-sixth batteries had been killed
and Lieutenant Roberts, Captain
Schofield and Captain Congreve of the
Rifles attempted with gun volunteers
to drag out the guns. CAPTAIN Scho-
field succeeded, helped by a corporal
and some men.
How Lieutenant Roberts Fell.
lieutenant Roberts was hit by a
shell. Captain Congreve was struck
and wounded slightly. After awhile
Captain Congreve. Captain Foster and
Major Baptie brought Lieutenant Rob-
ertS from the open into a little raVine
where he lay hidden from the enemy's
terrible fire.
Fourteen gunners and sixteen men
of the Devonshire regiment We're with
Colonel Bullock. When the retirement
was ordered these men, with isolated
parties of Devonshires and Scots Flu
siliers, together with some of the
Queens, were cut off and CAPTURED.
Many fought until late in the after
noon, part of the Irishmen running
the gantlet Of the Beer Mausers from
hiding places along the river bank.
AT D. m. forty Beers approached
the abandoned guns. On espying Colo
mel Bullock. Captain Congreve and the
others in the ravine, they called upon
the British to surrender. Colonel Bull
lock declined and threatened TO shoot.
although his party had only four rifles.
The Beers retired from the guns and
a parley ensued. Then 100 Beers rode
up within a few yards of the party.
but Colonel Bullock swore he would
not be made a prisoner. whereupon a
Boer Knocked him down with his rifle
butt
"Afterward the enemy gave our
wounded water and cordials Then.
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SLID INTO THE SEA.
Terrible Disaster to Hotel Filled
With People In Italy.

Terrible Disaster to Hotel Filled
With People In Italy.
Rome, Dec. PA terrible disaster
took place this afternoon at Amalf. the
popular tourist resort on the Gulf of
Salerno. About 2 o'clock an enormous
rock. upon which stood the Cappuccini
hotel, slid bodily into the sea with a
deafening roar, and without a mo1
ment's warning. carrying with 1t the
hotel, the old Capuchian monastery be-
low. the Hotel Santa Salerina and sew
eral villas.
Many people were buried in the de-
bris, which crushed four vessels to the
bottom of the sea, destroying their
crews. The mass of earth which slipped
was about $4,000 cubic yards.
The population is in a state of ter
ror, fearing fresh calamities. Troops
have arrived upon the scene and have
begun rescue work. 1t is believed that
the loss of life is heavy, including a
number of monks and the occupants of
the hotel As yet it is impossible to as
certain the exact number.
Amalfi is a small, but lively, town of
1000 inhabitants, situated at the en-
trance of a deep ravine. surrounded by
imposing mountains and rocks of the
most picturesque forms. The Capuch-
ian monastery was founded in 1912 by
Cardinal Pietre Capuano for the Cister-
ians, but came into possession of the
Capuchians in 1883. The building, which
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WAGES GO UP AT CARNEGIE'S.
Twenty-Five Per Can't Increase Since
Last General Scale.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec 22-The Carnegie
Steel company QimitedD posted today
at its various works in this city notices
reading substantially as follows:
Taking effect on Jan. /, 1900, common
labor at these works will be increased
TO Si.5O per day, and all other day turn
and tonnage labor with certain excep-
tions) will be increased in proportions. ="
The exceptions are the tonnage men
working under sliding scales, where
the rates Of wages increase and de-
crease in proportion to the proceeds of
the products. This adjustment is ia
per cent advance on the wages now
being paid. making a total of % per
cent of increase made by the company,
voluntarily, since the last general scale.
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FUND FOR WIDOW OF LAWTOA
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO DATE
AMOUNT TO S4,534.
Confident That Amount Necessary to
Raise Mortgage On California
Home Will Be Subscribed.

Washington, Dec. 22.-Adjutant General
Corbin today deposited checks and cash
amounting TO S2,443. representing contri-
buttons received by him for the benefit
of the widow and children of Major GEN
eral Lawton. The total contributions 10
this fund TO date amount to 1881 includ-
ing 81 600 promised by the citizens OF Nil
Waukee.
General Corbin and his associates are
satisfied that the main objects OF the fund
TO raise the mortgage from the family es-
tate at Redlands Cal, and provide Tor
the future of the family. will be accom-
plished He has beer notified by the
Western Union Telegraph company and
by the Postal Telegraph company that
they viii carry free all Geographic mat
Ter relating to the Lawton fund
The committee is gratified with the gem
erous response to the appeal and now sug-
gests through the preSs mat all these feel-
ing so disposed make a Christmas o1er-
ing TO promote the work in hand II is
proposed to cable Mrs. Lawton on Mon
day the result as evidence OF the aDpre-
citation of her husbands splendid service
and sympathy and regard in which she
is held by her countrymen.
The Riggs National bank has been des-
ignated as depository of the fund he
mittances should be made TO General H.
c Corbin. adjutant general Washington
General John T. Weston. acting commits
sarv general Washington; Major Cen
erai w r. Shafter. san Francisco, Cal;
General William Ludlow, Havana, Cuba.
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KILLED IN A WRECK.
Air Brakes Would Not Hold Train In
New JERSEY.

New York. Dec. PA wreck on the
New Jersey Central railroad at High
Bridge, n. j.. late last night resulted
in one death and the injury of five per-
sons.
Christopher V Hutsider, grocer,
was killed, and Peter Eick-- Miss Ella
Maxwell and Baggageman Frank Grant
were injured. A coal train was des-
cending the steep grade when the en-
Slneer noticed a signal from a milk
train which was at the station.
The engineer of the coal train applied
the brakes and detached his engine
from the train and approached the
milk train to find the cause of the de-
lay and receive orders. The coal cars
were not held by the air brakes and
came rushing down the grade, striking
the engine. pushing it into the combina-
ton car in the rear of the milk train
None OF the injured is seriously hurt
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BIG COAL COMPANY.
Is Incorporated at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
With So, 100000 Capital.
especial to The Herald.)

Cheyenne. wyo.. Dee. 22.-The Ex-
celsior Coal & Coke company fled IL
corporation papers here today. with a
capital of sS,OOO.000. The company, at
the head of which is Brenton r. Wells.
the millionaire shoe manufacturer of
Chicago. has purchased a large tract
of valuable coal lands five miles from
Rock Springs. in Sweetwater county,
Wyo. These fields are traversed by
seven extensive veins of high-grade
coal Thousands of dollars worth of
improved machinery has been ordered
and a force OF men is row doing entry
work
A town with its own water system
and lights will be established and viii
be reached by a railroad connecting
with the Union Pacific at Rock Springs.
Large buildings to enclose the power
plants. and cottages for the employees
viii be erected at once. Thousands of
men will be employed and the company
will mine coal and manufacture coke on
a gigantic scale. The Hemingway
coking process, which has been expert
Inented with in Chicago. Will be fol-
lowed
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THE HERALD BULLETIN.

PAGE ONE.
Future of United States Mine.
Dwight I. Moody Dead.
How British Met Defeat.
PAGE TWO.
Work of Otis Censor.
PAGE THREE.
No Action Is Taken.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
Tribute to Moody.
Trading Was Heavy.
Asylum For Schewed.
PAGE SIX
Runs $4,000 to the Ton.
Mining Stock Market.
Closing of Schools.
PAGE SEVEN.
Financial and Comm kcial.
Weekly Trade Review
PAGE EIGHT.
Trouble Over Fit.
Wreck On the Rio Grande.
City Health Board On Smallpox.
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SENATOR FORAKER RESPONDS.
More Talk Over Forming the Goldbug
Platform.

Washington. Dec. Ex-senator Foraker.
in answer to the statements concerning
the authorship of the gold plank of the
Republican platform of 1896. said today:
Payne. Governor Merriam Senator Han
ma and Senator Proctor do not conflict
with Sny statement that has been MADE
Mr.. Kohlsaat sss
II ne point in issue was whether or not
Nj kohlsaat drafted the gold plank and
forced us adoption upon the committee
The statements show that he had moth
ing whatever to do with the framing of
the plank. except in common with other
Republicans. and refute absolutely his
claim of authorship"
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Engine Jumped the Track

Denver, Colo, Dec. PA special to
the News from Ell Paso. Tex, says: A
Southern Pacific switch engine jumped
the track while passing just south of
the passenger depot, this afternoon. and
plunged headlong into the baggage
room, utterly demolishing it. Dozens
of persons were standing in the imme-
date vicinity. One man was instantly
killed and two injured. The dead man
has not been identified. His head was
crushed by the heavy timbers so that
he could not be recognized, but he wore
the clothing of a laSorer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23
QUIET ON STOCK EXCHANGE.
Expected Panic Over Globe Bank
Failure Did Not Occur

Boston, Mass, Dec. 22.-Another day
of unrest in Boston's financial circles
went by without incidents of start
ling nature. Not failure had been an
nounced when the stock exchange
closed this evening and the money
seemed easy.
When early would-be customers ap-
peared at the Globe bank they found
Receiver Wing in charge and the clerks
at their accustomed places. There was
no excitement for a time, but as bust
ness on the street grew to its height,
the bank was the center of attraction,
and many harsh words We're against it
and the officials.
On the market itself, the usual mirror
of the ups and downs of finances. hardly
good-SiZed ripple was created. Stocks
went down, but Boston brokers main
tanned that quotations here followed
New York. Copper did not slump away
as predicted, their weakness hardly
touching the low-priced ones and
being on an average scarcely more no.
ticeable than for weeks past.
The Broadway National banks af-
fairs would have been lost sight of for
the time being had not the creditors of
the Squire company, the fortunes of
which are mingled with those of the
bank, met to outline their plans and to
form a committee of action. Some de-
manu- lot READY cash was IIldue on lnc
market here by a Portland savings
bank on which a run was made, but it
did not disturb conditions.
Three-fourths of the Globe banks
stock, or $4,000. is held by Massachu-
sets savings banks, all of which are
good for the 100 per cent liabilities i'm
posed by law upon Individual stock
holders.
At the Globe bank today all the
for opening came, but the doors re-
manned closed and notice bearing the
signature of D. G.. Wing, temporary
receiver. gave the reason.
The stock market was expected to
feel the disturbance in conditions most
keenly, and many consultations were
held and some active work was done
in copper circles before the exchange
opened
The galleries of the stock exchange
were crowded today when business be-
gan. The market was weak at the
opening. Trading was very animated
and violent fluctuations in sugar were
recorded. Coppers were a trifie weak.
Montana dropping 5, but recovering
half of the loss almost Immediately.
United States Oil dropped pa, but rail-
lied quickly. The market showed good
support
Receiver Wing and President II. H.
Stevens of the Globe bank declined to
say anything about the situation today.
There was no unusual scene around the
bank, although a number of out-of-
town customers who came TO draw
money for Christmas were considerably
upset by the information that the bank
was closed.
The National Shawmut bank made
public the following notice: THAT
there may be as little Inconvenience as
possible to the depositors of the Globe
National bank and others. the National
Shawmut bank offers to advance today
to all depositors in the Globe bank
against their deposits so per cent of the
net amoHnt of the same"
The action of the National Shawmut
fCnnfinned IN FACE 81
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THEIR WORK FRUIrLESS.
Missionaries Fail to Make Converts
In Thibets.

Seattle. Wash, Dec. CIV. W. Simpson
and A. w Lagerquist of the Christian
and Missionary Alliance of New York
arrived yesterday on the Idzuni MaI-ll
from Thibet- Before leaving there in
August last. Mr.. Simpson SAYS. the mis-
sion at PaonSan was completely demol-
ished by armed natives headed by
Buddhist priests. The Rev. C. T. Shields
and wife, who were in charge, barely
escaped.
After three years work. not a single
convert to Christianity has been obtained
The Buddhist priests. owing to China's
control and VIII make physically impos-
sible the Introduction of Christianity.
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CRIME OF GERMAN PRINCE.
Fieadishly Tortured and Murdered
Soldier In Apia.

Berlin, Dec. 22.-OfficiaI reports re.
ceived by the government regarding
the crime of Prince Arenberg, who was
recently courtmartialed in German
Southwest Africa for killing a subor-
dinate without provocation, and who
is being brought here for sentence,
show that the offense was much worse
than the first reports indicated.
Prince Arenberg, who is a nephew
of the Centrist leader in the reichstag
of the same name, not only murdered.
but fiendishly tortured his victim while
dying. There were thirty-three eye
witnesses of The atrocity.
The murdered man was a half bread
named Willie Keen. the son of an Eng
lishman and a freed woman The Ber-
lin press expresses considerable curiosi-
ty as TO what punishment will be melted
out to the offender.
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QUAY WILL KNOCK At THE
SENATE DOOR in Vain
Seat to Which He Was Appointed By Governor Of
Pennsylvania Will Be Refused Him.
Eight Republicans Will Vote For His Rejection Chance
For Wells to Make Senator.
Especial to The Herald.l

Washington
strictly
the basis of appointment
to the senate
probable committee will divide
Pennsy a comfortable
highly incidentally
viii and after Mr. Roberts
of
blu one n of
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Forty Children Drowned.

Brussels, Dec. 22.-Upwards of forty
school children We're drowned today in
an ice accident at Frelinghen, near the
French frontier. The children of the
district had been given holiday with
permission TO play on the frozen River
Lys- When the merriment was at full
height the ice broke suddenly and the
children disappeared. A few were res
cued half dead, but the majority were
drowned Thirty-six bodies have been
recovered, but others are still missing.
The catastrophe spread CONSERVATION
throughout the town. where nearly
every family suffered loss
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Checkmate Sale Off.
(By Telephone to The Herald

Wy lVI-sIFIIVIIT % I IIt I1tldIU.1
Ogden, Dec, 22.-The Ogden parties
interested in the Checlmate mine are
of the opinion that the sale of the
property is off. The representative of
eastern capital who was out here and
agreed to take the property has re-
turned to New York, arriving there ON
the very day of the recent financial
panic. and since then the people at this
end have heard nothing from him. The
Ogden men are now Of the opinion that
the moneyed men found other use for
their caDital
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FOR PoPULIST. CONVENTION.
Senator Butler Sends Letter to Each
of the Committeeman.

Washington. Dec. 22.-The Post to-
morrow will say: Senator Butler of
North Carolina, the chairman of the
Peoples party. yesterday sent out a
letter 10 each Of the national commit
teemen of that organization, asking a
number of questions. the answers TO
which will determine the plans and
purposes Of the Popuiist party.
As long ago as the spring of 1898 the
Pcpulists decided TO hold their conven-
tion in advance Of all other parties in
1900 as d concession TO the middle-of-
the-road or radical faction of the party.
Senator Buffers letter is as follows:
--Sir-As you know, the national COM
nittee, at its last meeting in Omaha in
June 1898. passed a resolution, known
as the Omaha agreement, TO the effect
that our national convention should be
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fsnecia, to The Herald.)

Boston, Dec. 22.-The closing of the
doors of the Globe National bank this
morning furnished another chapter in
to do with the United States Mining
company.
1t was from the presidency of this
bank that Charles H. Cole was prac-
tically forced to retire. short time ago
because of his methods of conducting
the bank, and it was because OF the
troubles in this bank that large guam
titles of United States stock were re-
Gently thrown upon the market with
disastrous effect upon the price of its
shares ana the shares of other copper
mines.
AS to the effect of the Globe National
bank suspension upon the general pool
ing plan of United States Mining stock,
Henry w. Williams, counsel for one
of the firms interested, said:
Il do not think the closing of the
bank will have an appreciable effect
on the plans of the committee, other
than, in my opinion, to clarity the
atmosphere and aid the work
AS to what will be done with the
shares that may be pooled, there is as
yet no definite knowledge, although all
sorts of rumors are abroad. The gen.
ODlIllCil 10 llldl Tie lllliit Will NC
taken by the Standard Oil people be-
cause of their interest in contiguous
properties. and because of the interest
which Thomas w. Lawson has taken
in Strengthening out the affairs of the
men who stood sponsors for the mine.
Exchange For Utah Sack.
One rumored plan is for the Standard
Oil to issue more Utah stock and to
move it in exchange for United States
stock. Another rumor- is that the
Standard Oil people Will buy the stock
for cash, at from $3.50 to SIS a share.
Progress in reaching a conclusion is
not rapid. and Lawson shows no dis.
position to make any definite offer.
The experts report well on the United
States property. and in the judgment
of some the people who now own it
would do well to get at the actual
value of the mine and decide whether
it will pay them to buy the 80 900 shares
now in the treasury, and go at their
newly acquired asset simply as a bust
ness proposition, and drop, for the
present at least, the plan of selling it.
The tip came from Washington today
to buy Utah at anything like the pres
ent price
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Two Trainmen Killed

Buffalo, N Y, Dec. 22.-WilliaIn
Lanigan. an engineer of the Lacka-
wanna road, was killed and his fire.
man, Herman Shuttle, probably fatally
injured in a collision today between a
passenger train on the Buffalo &
Southwestern road and an engine of the
Lackawanna at the junction of the two
roads IN the suburbs of the city. None
of the passengers were injured.
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BURIED AT ARLINGTON.
indications Are That Mrs. Lawton
Has Decided Upon This.

indianapolis. Dec. Zone of the af-
ternoon papers early this morning wired
Mrs. Lawton:
''Wil You accept a monument from the
people of Indiana
Later in the morning the following re-
plv was received from Lieutenant Colonel
Edwards. chief OF state. acting for Mrs.
I.awton. and who has been designated to
bring the body 10 this country:
YES, Arlington.
Il is believed That from this Mrs. Law
ton has decided to have the burial at
Arlington.
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London. Dec. 23.-Belated South At
rican dispatches throw no light on the
present situation at the seat of war.
There is no confirmation of the report
that Ladysmith could hold out several
weeks longer, and it is feared that this
was circulated by the Beers for their
own purposes.
1t is hoped that Mr.. Winston Church.
i'll. having arrived safely at Delagoa
Bay, will soon be heard from regarding
conditions in the Transvaai. as he must
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23
HOW BRITISH
MET DEFEAT
They Fought Like FiendS at
Tugela River.
EVEN AFTER BEING CUT
OFF BY BOER FORCES
Gallant Officer Who Refused to
Be Captured.

Struggle In Which the Son of Lord
Roberts Met His Death-Fear of
An Uprising Of the Dutch, the
Result of Which Would Be the AL
most Absolute Hopelessness of the
English Cause In South Africa
Details of the Fight.
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Remains of the Dead Soldier.

Manila. Dec. &.-General Lawton's re-
mains were placed in the chapel in the
pace cemetery this morning. Private SER
vices were held at the residence and the
body was carried 10 the cemetery BY
members of the generals staff and escort
Public services Will be held later.
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Export of Gold and Silver.

New York, Dec. 22.-Mu,ler. Schall &
Co will ship ss25oOo gold for Europe to-
morrow: Barring. Magoun & Co.. s. oC,o. 900:
Heidelberg. lckelheimer a. Co.. 81 go. 900:
l. Won Hoffman & Co, 10000: Goldman
Sachs & Co, $1,000. making the total
for the day s4975. Goa.
The steamer Etruria, sailing for Europe
tomorrow, will take out $4,000 ounces of
silver
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PREPARING HIS ARGUMENT.
Roberts Getting Ready For His Case
An Unwilling Witness.
(SpeciaI to The Herald. }

Especial 10 The Herald-)
Washington. Dec 22-Mr- Roberts is
getting matter in shape for the presenta-
ton of the argument in his case before
the committee. Tuesday, JAM 8. Ii is
reported tonight that Governor Wells
will not be summoned. and that If Mr..
Letcher appears. it will be as a very I'M
willing witness.
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Measures In the House.

Washington. Dec. 22.-The officials of
the house OF representatives have struck
a balance on the recent deluge of bills.
showing that up to the recess the record
stood Total bills introduced. SOS: joint
resolutions s.: simple resolutions. %;
grand total. 5,l76 measures OF all kinds.
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STANDARD OIL
MAY GET MINE
Probable Future of United
States Company.
TALK OF EXCHANGE FOR
UTAH MINING STOCK
Effect of Globe Bank Failure Upon
the Property.

Tip Reached Boston From Washing
ton Yesterday to Buy Utah at
Anything Like the Present Price
Predicted Panic On tha Stock
Exchange Did Not Occur Yester-
day-Relief For Depositors of
Globe National Afforded.
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HOLOCAUST
OF LITTLE CHILDREN
Eleven Are Burned to Death at Rehearsal For Christ
mas Entertainment at Quincy, Ill.
Dress of One Caught Fire. and Blazing Torch She Spread
the Flames Among the Others-Frenzy of Parents.

stood in the hollow of the rock that
rose abruptly from the sea to height
of go feet, contained fine cloisters.