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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-24
kitchener TRIES TO
PUT ON A BOLD FACE
Declares BOer Invasion Checked, But Other Re-
ports Indicate L Is More Serious Than Ever.
Fighting Takes Place al ELEPHANTS Mex Result Not Being
KnOwn-Dewet the Genius of the Operations.

London. Dec. 23.-The war office has
received the following dispatch from
lord Kitchener. dated Pretoria, Dec.
%:
AS far as it is possible for me to
form an opinion from reports of officers
on the snot. I think the Boer movement
into Gaze Colony has been checked. OF
rha two forces that entered the colony
she eastern is stiH north of the Zout-
nansberg range. while the one that en-
Tered west appears To have been turned
IN the direction Of BTistOWn and Prieska.
our troops are getting around both
bodies. and special column is also be-
Ing organized, which viii be dispa tched
Immediately when l know where its
services are most wanted.
THE Beers have not received much
assistance in Cape Colony, as far as
my information goes We have armed
some of the cOlOnists, who are assist
ing our forces. Railway aud telegraph
communication has been much inter
iupted by the very bad weather
"Dewet is in the neighborhoOd of
Sa.skal. General French. in conjunc-
ton with General Clements, attacked
q force under Byers south of Magalies-
berg. The Beers broke away in a
s1uthwesterly direction toward Pot
tElV'-l Nffllfr anu " ct C lDIlON Ell DN zen
gral Gordon with column of French's
force.
Yesterday evening about o'clock
clements force was engaged south of
ELEPHANTS mex, but I do not yet know
the result"
A later dispatch from Lord Kitchen
Ct dated Pretoria. Dec. p, says:
The western column of Beers oc-
Cupied BritstOwn and cut the railway
south of De Aar junction. The enemy
is being followed up.
General French has been in contact
for two days with the commanders of
Heyera and Deiarey, south of the Mag
aies5erS- He Is pursuing them. The
enemy have lost considerably. and
commandment kreuz and others have
been captured.
General COlviUe angag ed two sep
ardJe commanders Dec p, near Vladk-
l1H1ein. with slight losses, the enemy
retiring
Actual Conditions Bad for British.
Lord Kitchener's dispatches. breath
ing confidence hardly justified by
their contents, are almost the only
available news from the seat Of hOstil-
tiles i'm South Africa but kilograms
from cape Town depict the situation in
anything but Toseate haes.
Without believing the assertion of
the Transvaal agency in Brussels. that
5000 Beers have invaded Cape Colony.
It rs quite evident that the invasion was
"a serious and Well-plauned affair. In
Connection with this a correspondent
sends an extremely interesting letter,
lated Rathulie, Dec. 1. describing Gen
-ral De Ner and his dOings.
De Wet has never been taken seri-
rusly enOU 81, says the correspondent.
1T Is of little use to pursue him. as
he fights a rear guard action and gains
twenty miles while he Is being fought
He is a born military genius, whose
wonderful powers have kept up this
phenomenal resistance.
Once he fails, the whole thing could
be- crushed in a fortnight. He has ev-
cry single commando under his super
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at is Eddie Cud-

but one person, and that is Eddie Cud-
ahy himself.
The other bandit was the light COM
pleXloned man with the brown hair and
long. light mOustache, slight of build
and whose age is said 80 be somewhere
between 80 and 50 years.
The individuals are described by
three persons besides the kidnapped boy
namely 3. h MuDShaW, James Schnei-
derwind and Frank C;lynn. He is the
man who called at the Schneiderwind
home to engage the cottage at Three
Hundred and SiXtieth and Grover
streets, and who called up the Cudahy
mansion from GIynn's livery stable to
give notice of the letters being in the
front ward.
The police are satisfied that they
know the man, and if he is the person
they think he is, he will probably be
in custody within the next ten days at
least If guilty he cannot remain at
large long, they say.
Feels Sure It's Not Grove.
Z. a. Cudahy. ST.. still entertaius the
belief that if Pat Grove was not one
of the men who kidnapped his son, he
viii lose no time in advising him of this
fact Mr. CUdany has befriended Grove
many times in the past.
Why" said the packer, in the course
of a conversation Sunday. Pat Grove
knows perfectly wen LndL II ne udu
come to me week ago and asked me
for SIS he would have got it. He has
often expressed q sense Of gratitude for
what 1 have done for him. and 1 can
hardly believe he would turn against
me in this way.
Suspect Had Gold.
Reports were in circulation here to-
night that one of the kidnapeTs OF
young Cudahy was under arrest at
Fort Dodge, Ia. As far as can be def
niteIy learned, this report had its origin
in the fact that an Armenian named
Abbie. who had a considerable sum of
money in his possession, was taken
from an Illinois Central train at Fort
Dodge on Wednesday night. 1t is said,
however. that the man had met with
an injury on the train, and that he was
taken to a hospital in Fort Dodge. he
attracted attention IN the hospital from
the fact that he carried 50 much gold.
Tt is stated. however. that ne left
Omaha some hours before Mr. Audahy
turned over the ransom.
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TORNADO IN MISSISSIPPI.
Plantation Houses Ruined-One Ne
gro Killed.

Macon, Miss, Dec. 29.-News was re
ceived here today that tornado passed
through the eastern edge of Noxuhee
county and the western part of Pick
ems and Sumpter counties, Alabama
last night, doing great damage. Tele-
phone news is meagTe.
One house on the Sparkman planta-
ton was destroyed. A residence on the
Rose place near CooksvilIe was wreck
ed and its furniture destroyed. On the
Beal place several houses We're blown
away On the John Winkham place
the 'storehouse and barn were destroyed
and negro and several mules killed.
on the Nancy place a house was de-
stroyed and a negro killed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-24

esJS IN the houses of parliament we
nave come to the conclusion that we
must have something to say about the
making Of the laws under which we
have to work, and we must get away
from the old orthodox political parties
II We hope TO, secure what we seek
The only possibility of our securing
labor legislation is by sending our own
men to parliament, not as our masters.
but as our servants. You can never
solve the social problem by strikes,
never remedy the social evils of which
you complain by muscular force. You
must do it through legislation. ] am
not in favor of any laws which would
take away the right of the worker to
strike, but 1 am not an advocate of
strikes.
There is only one solution, and that
is in common ownership, for as long
as we allow the land and the machinery
of the country to be held as private
monOpOlies by the few. so long viii we
have Industrial disputes and upheav-
ais"
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HE IS DISAPPOINTED.
Minister Had Hoped for More Le-
nient Terms

nient Terms.
Washington. Dec. 23.-Diplomatic cir
cles discussed with interest today the
provisions of the joint agreement which
has been signed by the representatives,
of the powers at Pekin for presentation
to the Chinese plenipOtentiaries. The
hope is generally expressed that the
latter will act promptly in the consid-
GRAFTON of the note and thus pave the
way for prompt negotiations for the
settlement Of peace terms.
To Mr.. WI. the Chinese minister, the
demands made by the powers are a
keen disappointment and are not such,
in his opinion, as should have animated
the governments which have the ulti-
mate best interests of the Chinese en-
piTe at heart. He regards them as
harsh and severe, but expresses the
hope that they will be discussed by
both sides in an amicabIe and concilia-
tory spirit, and that the powers event
ualiy will ameliOrate the objectionable
eatureS.
Mr.. WI expects that while Ii Hung
Change and Prince Ching are fully
qualified to act in the matter. yet the
terms of the note will be sent by tele-
graph to the court at its present abode,
which is connected with Pekin by
telegraph
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vision All his patrols and columns
march and countermarch on his order
The forces under his command have
been reduced by his strength OF will to
a properly organized army, moving at
MS word. The sooner the British rid
themselves of the idea that Dewets
forces are a mere rabble. wandering
almiessly, the sooner they will grasp
the need of the determined effort which
Is necessary IL capture him..
Suspect Calls for Dynamite.
The Cape Colony cabinet had an i'm
portant sitting yesterday Sunday 1t
appears that the Beers have destroyed
a railway bridge ninety feet long about
twelve miles south of De Aar, and no
Cape mails have arrived at Bloemfon-
TEN for three days Further anxiety
has been caused in Cape Town by the
discovery that during the last two
months public bodies in out of the way
places have requisitioned supplies of
dynamite. The colonial government is
nov endeaVOring TO recover possession
Of these explosives and in removing all
stores of arms and ammunition from
suspected depOts-
Other advices from Cape Town report
the Dutch element il Cape Colony as
greatly elaJcG over the southwark pas
sage of the Beers. and as boasting that
the whole district of Victoria west Will
join the raiders. It is suspected in
Cape Town that the force travelling
from Zootpan's drift is not a body of
Beers, but one OF COlOniaiS, fastening
20 join the invaders
The PieteTmaFitzberg correspondent
of the Daily Mail says:
The Beers are active between 10
hannesb-lrg and Pretoria. exchanging
shots with the British outposts, and it
IS reported that parties of Beers are
lowering around Johannesburg"
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BRITISH LABOR LEADER URGES
LEGISLATION IN LIEU OF STRIKES

Chicago, Dec. 23.-'You can never
solve the social problem by strikes;
that is my opinion, after twenty years
experience in the movev t." said
Peter CUrran. chairman - the Gen
eIaI Federation Of Trades Unions Of
Great britain. IN speaking to the work
t7emen of Chicago today at a meeting
held under the auspices of the Building
Trades Council.
Mr. HurraI came to this country as
he traternal delegate from the British
trades Union congress 20 the American
federation of Labor convention, and
represents about 1000 600 organized
Workers in the United Kingdom He is
PRESIDENT and organizer Of the Gas
Workers and General LabOrers' union
win general offices in London.
Air. Curran said.
Alter spending more money in Eng
l-aa during the last twenty-five years
.a The Industrial battlefield than would
Keep 100 men. legislating for our inter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-24
Il READY FOR NOTE. BLIZZARD IN NORTH
st. Paul Feels the ley Blast of
B0FeaS.
THE STORM BAD AT SEA
MANY VESSELS ARE WRECKED
OR IMPERILED.

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 23.-This section
of the northwest is experiencing the
first blizzard Of the present winter.
The past week has been extremely mild
and pleasant and yesterday a spring
like rain was falling. Early today.
however. the wind shifted to the north
west and changed the rain to snow
In ST Paul the snowfall has been
light, but the fierce wind blew il in
binding sheets. The storm is general
throughout the country At Black
River Falls, Wis, the thermometer has
fallen twenty-five degrees.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-24
CANADIAN TROOPS RETURN.
Soldiers Rush Home for Christmas
Reunions.

hEuulOASs
Halifax. \. S, Dec 22-The steamer
Lake Champaign. having on board
Colonel Otter and $50 Canadian troops
returning from South Africa, arrived
this morning from Liverpool and the
troops disembarked here. The order
to land at St. John, n. B., had been
cancelled by the militia department.
The time saved by the change will en-
able the western men to get home for
Christmas. They started this after
noon on a special train for Montreal
and Toronto
Colonel Otter says the reception Civ
en- his men in Great Britain was mag
nificent. In Africa the Canadians We're
treated Wen by all the imperial off,
GERS Lord Roberts. in particular,
seemed to grasp the significance Of the
colonial assistance given to the mother
country He did everything possible
To foster the connection.
Colonel Otter considers the Free
StateTs better fighters than the Trans
vaalers, and more intelligent. He saw
no white flag abuse personally on the
part of the Beers. The republicans had
much better guns than the British
The Canadian officers speak highely
of Adelbert Hay, the United States
consul, whom they met at Pretoria.
Among the returned soldiers are for
" sick and wounded. One man is in
sane.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-24
SUSPECTED KIDN1pER
CONFRONTS VICTIM
Eddie Cudahy Declares Edward Johnson Is Not One
OF the Men Who Held Him for Ransom
Police Think They Are On Trail Of Prncpal-HOw Pat
Grove Was Befrended.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 2S.-There was a
decisive development in the Cudahy
kidnapping case Sunday. although the
disclosure is negative in kind. 1t has
been learned that there were two ban
dts, not three. implicated in the abduc-
ton. One Of the outlaws has been elm
mated. The dark complexiOned man
with the black mOustaChe and black
hair tinged with gray, so infinitely De
scribed by Miss Maud Munshaw. who
lives near the prison house. was in the
Office OF Chief Donahue this afternoon.
and was there confronted by Eddie
Cudahy, his supposed victim. After
carefully scrutinizinS him, the boy
said:
THAT is not the man. He is not tail
enough by an inch and a half, and he's
noe broad enough. He's too small in
every way
The mans name is Edward Johnson.
He is laboTer in the Cudahy packing
plant. and resides at Twenty-sixth and
Walnut streets. He admitted having
gone out to the Grover street house
three times. for the purpose of rent
ing the building, which he found al
ready let to the light man and his
accomplices.
Allowed to Go Home.
Johnson was easily able to prove to
the satisfaction of the police and Mr..
Cudahy who was called in, that he
had nothing to do with the case, and
was allowed to return to his wife and
family Of six children.
Chief of Police Donahue is well pleas
ed with the progress his men are max
ing, saying that the arrest of Johnson
naITows the case down by eliminating
one of the eXtraneOuS features and cen
tering the chief interest about the
light man who rented the house from
Mrs. SChneiderWInd.
In the meantime the city is being dill
igentiy secured for any sign of the
other men described by persons living
in the vicinity Of the abductOrs' prison
house.
Another Dark Man in Case.
There is still a dark cOmplexiOned
man in the case, but he is larger than
johnson. and younger. Otherwise he is
very much like Johnson, having a black
noustache and dark hair slightly mixed
with gray. If the police have any idea
who this man Is, they viii not admit it.
So far as they know, he was seen by
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Spanish Minister Will Transmit
Powers Demands.
He IS DEAN OF CORPS
ANSWER FROM EMPEROR rs Elk
PECTED THURSDAY.

Pekin, Dec. 23.--Li Hung Chang, an
swering an inquiry from the foreign
ENJOYS regarding his health, said he
believed he would be able to attend
the meeting tomorrow in order to ac-
cept with Prince Ching the preliminary
joint note.
The note Will be presented by the
Spanish minister. Senior B. j. De Colo
gan Doyen of the diplomatic corps,
with few words expressive of a hope
of as prompt a reply as possible to a.
note which has been carefully prepared
with every desire to continue the dy-
nasty and not 10 be hard toward the
nation and Of a further hope that the
Chinese plenipotentiaries will urge
upon Emperor Kwang Su the necessity
of immediate compliance.
An answer is expected about Thurs
day.
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NOME STEAMER DISABLED.
The Charles D. Lane is Picked Up
While Helpless.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 22.-The steamer
Charles d. Lane, formerly in the Nome
service. was towed into Seattle harboT
tonight in a disabled condition. She
was picked up at Cape Flattery, where
she lay anchored in dangerous posi-
ton. with her fires all drowned out. She
had encountered heavy weather and
had taken a great deal of water. which
compelled her to turn back after a
Neutrality-suspicious. run, but her steam
failed before she could reach safe an
choraee inside and she was forced to
drop her anchors while still outside.
All on board were well. She was
lumber laden for GUayaquiL The deck
load was jettisoned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-24
WILD TIMES ON ATLANTIC.
Vessels Reach Port After Many
Perilous Trips.

Queenstown, Dec. 23.-The British
bark Pegasus, Captain Bailey, from
San Francisco Aug. Il for this port,
arrived here today with considerable
damage to her deck, due TO the ter
rife storm that has been raging over
the Atlantic. \ seaman named Arm
field was struck by a falling block
during the voyage and killed.
The gale has moderated and incOm-
ing vessels report fearful experiences.
The German ship Heinrich, Captain
Sager, encountered head winds which
prevented her sailing further than go
miles west of the coast of Ireland.
The crew were utterly exhausted, hav-
ing been day and night at the pumps.
The Heinrich Will dock here for repairs.
The British steamer Karoon, Captain
Freeman, from Philadelphia Dec. for
Cork, has also arrived here, and re-
ports having passed Leyland line
steamer off the west coast of Ireland
during the gale, and that the latter
was listed to an angle Of 45 degrees.
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Washington, Dec. 2S.-SamueI MacDon-
aid. the treasury clerk who shot and
killed Frank H. Morris, auditor OF the
war department at the Winder buiIdlng
yesterday and then wounded himself, was
in 2 precarious condition at the Emergen-
cv hospital tonight and his death is eX-
pected momentaTIly- --.-,il,,,..
Macdonald has been entirely conscious
since his removal to the hospital rus
co-,d:t.or this morning seemed more Ia
,---,tIS but tonight il took d turn lot
the worse. and he began to sink -.
He constantly reiterated the nope Ihat
hd would die, declaring he did not care
tc E.-o. . -.-o
TOdav. many persons came to see the
yyol1.-Cled man. but the latter was DarLS-
1r,---,-- anxious that none of his trle.lds
sbo,,id talk 10 the newspapers about what
= told them. He even took the preca1 u.
tion to tear up their visiting cafdS SO
tbaf their identity might not be learned
Macdonald had many friends in TINS city.
VINO think that his mind was unSe'eieU ''
IT,, time of the shooting
An autopsv was performed on the body
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-24
SLAYER OF WAR DEPARTMENT AUDITOR
KEEPS HIS SECRET IN FACE OF DEATH

of Mr. Morris today and developed the
fact that three of the i've bullets had
struck him. The body will be taken
FROM here tomorrow evening to CleVe-
land. The interment viii be in LakeV1eW
cemetery The family of the dead man
were the recipients of many kilograms
and letters of coincidence today, and
among the touching incidents was a Wis
il Of twelve children OF Mr. Norris sun
day school class from Faith chapel.
Dan A. GrOsvenOr. deputy auditor Tor
the war department, and the next IN
La of rank to the late Mr. Morris, was
DISCHARGED Saturday. Mr.. GrOsvenOr re-
ceived his discharge papers half an hour
after the killing of Mr.. Morris. They
were conveyed to him from the office OF
Secretary Gage, the discharge taking et-
feet at once
CaDtain CObaugh. OF the treasury
watch took charge of affairs at the
Winder building shortly after the shoot
ing on Saturday with instructions 10
Te9ort to W. w. Brown auditor for the
navy department and predecessor of Mr.
Morris. who has been reinstated In ms
old Spsit:on as auditor for the war de-
partmeuU-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-24
SEVERAL SHIPS WRECKED.
News of Disasters Comes Thick and
Fast.

Tacoma, Wash, Dec. 23.-Details are
coming in of shipping disasters on the
North Pacific coast during recent
storms The American bark Highland
Light. Captain Mcclure, was wrecked
three days ago on the shore Of Bar
cIay's Sound, Vancouver island. Heavy
gales dfsnasted her. tore away her
bulwarks and carried away her life
boats. In this condition she drifted
ashore. Her crew escaped
The storm played great havoc at AS
toria, where the French bark General
Mfllenet was stranded on sandy shore
The steamer Oswego was sWamped at
her Inoorings, and lies in ten feet OF
water. The bark MuskOka dragged an
Choir and struck the shore stern on The
government lightship at Mckenzie
Head was driven high on the beach
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-24
MAKES COLLEGE BIG
CHRISTMAS GIFT

Chicago Dec. 23-Dr. d. Is. Pearsons
has sent his check for $4,000 as , Christ
mas present to Colorado college. Within
the last seven weeks DR.. PearsOns has
given $4,000 to one other educational In
StitutiOn but declines to state the name
of the recipient, who gave pledge that
the donors name should never be di-
vulged during his lifetime.
These two gifts, together with $4,000
said to have been given by DR.. PearsOns
for the erection of woman's dOrmitory
at Northwestern University bring the
actual total of his known benefactiOns
during the past ten years to the sum Of
s.. ass. coo. although these figures fall far
short of the complete list The money
rendered anonymously probably reaches
100000. making the whole amount very
close to S3.O00.000.
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sohooner Scene Bottom Up.

Empire City. Ore, Dec. 23.-The
schooner Gem. which arrived here from
san Francisco this evening, after
hard struggle with the wind ana waves,
renorts seeing a vessel bottom up about
aiahtv. miles west of Cape Arago. The
vessel was painted white and had a
clean bottom. The schooner Ivy, which
has arrived here, reports seeing con-
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Died of Pneumonia.

New York, Dec. 23.-By an autopsy per-
formed on the body of Oscar Aaronson.
the six-day bicyclist today, it was found
that he had died from pneumonia in
=:Sa@ of injuries from the fall he had in
the Madison Square Garden race lie
contracted pneumonia, however during
the race
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FAMOUS BOAT IMPERILED.
One of Dewey's Vessels Weathers the
Storm

San Francisco, Dec. 23.-The revenue
cutter Hugh McCull0ch, which TOOK
mart in the battle of Manila, was. caught
IN The storm on December 10 she was
caught in a southeaster, and for TWEEN
tv-folir hours had a hard time or II
Her decks were swept and CABINS
flooded
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Cottage City, which arrived last night
from Alaska, reports that when she
schooner TiIIamoOk, d vessel of about
500 or 500 tons. was over two weeks
overdue on her mail voyage to Ouna-
laska and way ports. Much anxiety was
EXPRESSED for her at Juneau. Captain
Wallace reports that wreckers nave
gone to save the Topeka and he be
5io1-.e sto11Id there be no southeast
storms they will be successful
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Prince Oscar Better.

Stockholm, Dec. 23-The condition of
Prince oscar, Duke Of Scanic eldest son
&C. the crown prince Of Sweden and Nor
way. who has been seriously i'll, is now
mucn improved.
The disappearance of Lieutenant Count
Snoilsky military attache of The Swedish
End Norwegian legation il Berlin. is at
tE.s----s, TO meRtal arrangement.