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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-09

London, Jan. S.--The first account
Gen. Buffers defeat at the Tugela riv-
er comes by mail from Bennett Bur-
leigh, the Daily Telegraphs CORE
spondent. 1t appears that the battle
orders drawn up by Gen. Clery pro-
vided for the effective support OF the
artillery by Harris, Barton's and Dun
donald's brigaies. Gen. Hart missed
his way. Lord Dundonald failed TO
support, and Gen, Barton got part Of
bis forces In an untenable position.
Col. Long with the artillery outpaeed
the escort OF the guns, and they We're
lost. Briefly, this seems TO be the story
OF the Tugcla river. But through
graphic columns there continually re-
ours the discovery OF the unexpected
intrenchments and the awful fusillades
from hidden Beers and gallantry such
as has seldom marked British battle
fields.
After describing how the British force
began their advance at daylight and
how the Beers left them absolutely UNI
molested, the correspondent says: "At
6:9O there suddenly burst an awful
crash Of Boer musketry upon the bat
y
rattle Of the Mausers swelled and was
maintained as one continuous roar.
From the buildings and lines Of
trenches south OF the river ana from
the river bank itself the Beers fred at
our gunners and footmen and from the
trenches on the northern side of the
Tugela river and Fort Willie and else
where they sent out a hurricane Of
leaden hail, and bullets enormously
rained on the ground In all directions.
raising puffs' OF dust and tearing
through the air with shrill sounds.
Few have ever seen so heavy and so
deadly a fusillade, but neither the
gunners nor the infantry hesitated or
WINGED. Cannon were wheeled into po-
sition, although many Of the horses
and men were shot down ere the
maneuver was completed and our in
domitable soldiers walked erect and
straight onward. Not even Rome In
her palmiest days ever possessed more
devoted soldiers
"As the gadlators marched proud
and seeming to meet death so our sol
ders, doomed 10 die, saluted and with
alacrlty stepped forward TO do their
duty-"Glory or the grave" Anglo
Saxon soldiers always advance that
way. asked an American who had
seen warfare in Cuba and Manila II his
own countrymen generally did this and
he answered Yes. II is marvellous,
but wasteful."
Closes and closer walked the SOL
ders 10 the Boer trenches until within
400 yards Of the nearest rifle pits. Then
lying down they returned the fire, but
there was little or nothing to aim at.
The Irish brigade had driven the
Beers 10 the north bank OF the Tugela.
They found that the enemy had planted
the ground with barbed wire. Even in
the bed of the river barbed wire was
laid down. Into the water went the
Dublin Inniskilllngs, Borderers and
Connsughts. but It was found that the
Beers had damned the river at the
ford, where ordinarily It was but knee
deep They strove TO find the crossings
and many fine fellow with his weight
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-09

tine laid upon the most rigid sanitary
regulations, and this work will be un-
dertaken By Colonel Greenleaf, pending
the arrival at Manila Of the marine
hospital service officers now on the
way.
General Sternberg says that Colonel
Greenleaf Is exceptionally we'll fitted TO
cope with the present emergency, and
he has no doubt that the disease will
soon be STAMPED out.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-09
puhonIc Plague at Manila.

Washington, Jan. s.--The plague has
broken out In Manila beyond doubt,
as appears from the following cable.
gram received by Surgeon General
Sternberg:
Manila, Jan. e.-Three bubonic ma
tives. GREENLEAF."
The slgner is Colonel Greenleaf, as
sistant surgeon general. and chief sur
geon in the Philippines. The first ef-
feet will probably be to have quaran-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-09

IRENE mobility Of his opponents. Lat
est estimate places the numerical
strength Of the British and Boer forces
al 22,000 infantry, $500 mounted men,
1000 artillery and 70 guns under Butler,
and 1880 mounted men, 1900 artillery
and 50 guns In Gen. Joubert's command.
While the conformation OF the eoun-
Try, the river and the difficulties OF or
binary transportation. to say nothlng
Of rapid turning movement
may answer the question OF the
American attaches and many
others as to whether there was not a
way round they apparently fall to ac-
cWnt fully for Buffers failure to de-
stby the enemy's works on the south
Of the river.
Reports have shown, that there are
strong Boer positions on the south Of
the Tugela, both at Springfield and on
Mount Inhlawe II was from the lat
ter point that the forces under Lord
Dundonald suffered most severely In
the battle Of Colenso on Dec. 10. Gen.
Butler has been severely criticised for
falling then to concentrate an attack on
that stronghold In an attempt TO cut
of its force from the main Boer body.
There has been no information since TO
account for that failure or the absence
Of a similar effort since that time.
1t was from Mount lnhlawe that the
British were outfanked and the effeo-
tlveness Of their batteries destroyed.
leading 10 the loss Of their guns.
With his present force II would APP
pear that only lack OF mobility is hold
Ing Butler In check, and how that con-
dltion is TO be changed for the better
is not apparent.
A dispatch to the Herald from Ber-
lin says
The Berliner Tageblatt learns that
the Bundsrath and the General carried
to East Africa machinery for a large
dlstlllery, constructed by a Darmstadt
machine company Herren Venuleth and
Ellenberger Part Of this was a large
wrought iron tube, Of large diameter.
which probably was mistaken for a
cannon.
A dispatch to the Herald from Brus-
sells says:
A private letter from Pretoria says
that IN order 10 accommodate the
prisoners Of war who are crowding in
to Pretoria an immense enclosure has
been constructed 10 the north Of the
town in three long streets named
Ladysmith, Kimberley and Mafeking
streets.
The Beers played an amusing trick
on the English at Ladysmith. The lat
ter think they destroyed the Creusot
cannon Long Tom"th truth Is that
the Beers removed the cannon and sub
gtltuted a trunk OF a tree, which was
smashed by British shells.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-09
Presidential Nominations.

Washington, Jan. s-The President
today sent the following nominations TO
the Senate:
Navy-Pay Inspector II. T. Wright TO
be pay director Paymaster n. Col
houn to be pay inspector; Passed AS
slstant Paymaster Joseph J. Cheatham
10 be paymaster; Passed Assistant
Paymaster NJ NJ. Ramsay to be a pay
master.
War-Actlng Assistant Surgeon
Frank II. Titus Of California TO be sur
geon Of Volunteers with rank OF major.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-09
After Oleomargarine.

Washington, Jan. Representative
Tawney, OF Minnesota. today introduced
a resolution calling on the secretary Of
the treasury for information concerning
the shipments into various States and
licenses to manufacturers and dealers
In oleomargarine.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-09
II "coming events cast their shaowTs
before those shadows on the biud

presage a wed
ding in he
near future.
The young
lady may even
be "all ready"
10 MARI that
is, she thinks
S he call
ready" for her
tro S sc a us
prepared, the
. "Trip" has
been planned,
and the house
picked out and
Na,.ar,.thinn y
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-09

c,, Wv York, Jan. 9.-The Herald dis
SAYS. PieuiVathent'
,.t tne Iugela river. the two fords across
w Ws,Sn are under the guns Of the enemy
s n"Yse earthworks fully command them
bs,h when are further defended BY
rueu wire entanglements.
S,n'.ihn'renchments extending from
l5siiasneld. almost due west 10 Mount
wbI,,stwe, about due east OF Colerso
,, n,vn nave been described as Offering n
AZ ~, OF sixteen miles nearly as strong
prstn.e works which defended Pleyna
A., WI european officers these defences
me- ma saia TO have been hroueh, 10 i'm
lbA "se strength, with railway lines for
polr, 'apid movement Of cannon from
isei 10 so point. as the exlgencies OF al
''tk may demand. " "
eann,Ses these Butler is stlll handl-
tr rppsu by the great dIfIicul,ies ~
msr pStl2tion and the lack Of mounted
sn5 r, Mhlrh makes his column heavy
"ieldly in comparison to the ex.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-14
CANNON HELD HOUSE.
Adjournment Program Was Not Carried
Out In Consequence.

Adjournment Program was NOT Varied
Out In Consequence.
A Washington special says: After
everybody had felt assured of adjourn
ment Wednesday evening without any
trouble the Republicans of the house
got into a wrangle among themselves
and the result was a recess until
Thursday at 10 O'Clock.
The cause of trouble was the item
intended to take from the coast and
geodetic survey much of its work and
hand it over to the navy.
The navy people have been pulling
hard for this and the senate has been
with them, but the house, under the
special leadership of Cannon, chair
man of the appropriations committee,
has made fight for the coast and
geodetic survey, claiming that the
senate provision would kill that branch
of the government.
Cannon attacked the house confer
ees, charging that they had not acted
in good faith. This brought on a
general fight with Foss, chairman OF
the committee, and Grosvenor and
others. There were charges and coun-
ter charges Of highly interesting ma
ture and these brought in the sharpest
kind of an exchange of personalities.
Finally Cannon succeeded in doing
something that is very seldom done,
and that was to bring about the sub
stitution of new set of conferees.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-14
"WAR OVER" SAYS OTIS.
General Talks For Chicago Papers On AZ.
fairs In Philippines.

General Talks For Chicago Papers On Al.
fairs In Philippines.
Major General E. s. Otis, Of the
United States army. arrived in Chi
cago at 7:2O o'clock Friday morning
from San Francisco and Manila, and
left at. ! 80 for Washington. Mrs.
Otis and daughter arrived in Chicago
Thursday night from New York, and
the gene1 IL and his wife and daughter
spent the hours between trains to-
gether-the ending of separation OF
two years. General Otis said, among
other things:
'The war is over. The guerrilla
warfare can't last long. 20 be sure
we will have to repress those people
for a number of years, but there is no
organized force OF Filipinos. The
depredations that are going on are
conducted by robbers and drones.
The United States troops are now en-.
gagged in defending tho inhabitants OF
the Philippines against the robbery
and murder committed by their
own people. But the conditions are
generally improving, and in some
parts are better than they have ever
been.
"Wo have $4,000 effective troops
under arms in the Philippines. EST.
mates regarding the number Of inhab-
itants in the islands are all wild, but
the number is between six and seven
millions. The great majority OF the
people desire peace and wish to again
take up their business pursuits. Bust
ness in Manila has again resumed &C
tivity and the inhabitants are peace
fully pursuing their avocations.
s.l cannot see that the administra-
ton of our distinguished secretary OF
war has made any mistake in this
campaign. We may have made . mis-
take over there, but, if so, they have
been the result of human liability to
commit error"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-14
TROOPS FIGHT
THE "BOXERS''
The Conflict In China Begins In
Earnest.
MORE AMERICANS ARE LANDED
Admiral Kempf and Minister Con-
ger Both Reiterate the Seri.
BUSINESS of Situation.

The secretary of the navy has re-
ceived the following cable from Ad-
miral Kempf, commanding the United
States steamship Newark; lying at the
Taku forts at the mouth of Pei Ho
river, dated Taku, China, June 5:
Engagement has commenced.
Have landed force of fifty sea-
men more-battalion of marines
"KEMrF."
The cipher message is not entirely
legible, and it is supposed at the navy
department the admiral means that he
has landed fifty seamen to reinforce
the band of marines already ashore.
Minister Conger, at Pekin, cabled
Wednesday that the situation was
worse at Pekin, and this statement,
taken in connection with Admiral
Kempff's alarming cablegram, decided
the state department to strengthen the
naval forces nearest the scene Of trou-
BILE. Accordingly a cablegram was
sent to Admiral Remey, at Manila, di-
recting him to dispatch at once to Ad-
miral Kempff's command the gunboat
Helena, or if that craft is not at Ma
nila and ready for immediate service,
then some craft of correspondingly
light draft and power.
Dispatches from Shanghai state that
the soldiers dispatched to attack the
Boxers have fought an engagement
quite close to Pekiu. Many were
killed on both sides.
In consequence of the representa-
tions of Japanese the landing of a
large Russian force to Taku is alleged
to have been stopped.
It is believed in Shanghai that
should Russia persist in sending a
prepondering military force to the
front collision with Japan will ineV'
itably result.
Alarming reports are current OF the
hurried completion of the mobilization
of the Japanese fleet.
News from Tien Tsip is to the
effect that the Chinese servants of q
Belgian engineer, who left Pao Ting
Flu two days after the Belgians, saw
five foreign and two Chinese dead bod
les in the grand canal, one being the
body of a woman. A boxer placard
threatens the determination of the for
eigners in Tien Tsin on June 10th.
Violent dissensions are reported to
exist between the Chinese commander
in-chief of the forces, Jung In, and
Prince Ching Tuan, who, in accord
anoe with the wishes O.! the dowager
empress, is strongly supporting the
cause of the boxers.
The mobs who murdered the Eng
lish missionaries, Robinson and Nor
man, mutilated and disemboweled the
bodies.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-14
COOKERS" ARE sEM1-BARBARIANs.

More or less uncertainty and igno-
rance exists in the public mind relative
to the Chinese secret society known as
the "boxers," whose present activity
threatens to precipitate the long an
ticipated partition of the celestial en-
pire. According to The London
Daily Mail the Chinese Society OF
Boxers constitutes in reality great
clan of murderers, estimated to con-
tain in its ranks over 1900, 900 semi
barbarians, we'll organized, we'll arm
ed, and as savage in their fanaticism
as the Soudan dervishes.
The society was originally formed
with the benefcent intention of pro-
tecting honest men in China from
bandits. It was called Ia Tao Hwri,
which means 'sThe Society of the
Great Sword" a title which seems to
have been changed at comparatively
recent date to the more familiar name
which so often appears in our news
papers just now. When and where
the clan originated is not certain.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-14
CAUGHT ON TRESTLE.
Two Children Crushed to Death and An
other Badly Injured.

Two Children Crushed to Death and An
other Badly Injured.
A special from Selma, Ala, says: AS
Mrs. Harper, Birdie Suttles, young
lady and Hugh and Edward Suttles,
small boys, attempted to cross tres
tie about half mile from Lake La
nier, they were run down by the
Southern passenger train from Merid-
ian. Horror. stricken, they screamed
and made an effort to get off the tres
tie, but too late, the iron monster was
upon them, carrying death, instant
and fearful, in its wake.
Mrs. Harper hastily jumped from
the trestle into the small stream be-
low, and escaped injury.
Birdie Suttles was struck by the en-
CINE, instantly killed and horribly
mangled.
Hugh Suttles was also struck and
instantly killed, his body being man
gled almost beyond recognition.
Edwin, the other brother, escaped
with his life, but one arm was terribly
rnangled. and it is a question whether
or not he viii recover from the shcck.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-14
ROBERTS PROGRAM
Cannot Be Prognosticated Until
Further ParticuIarS---Boer
Army Intact.

Until the situation in the neighbor-
hood of Pretoria is enlightened the
officials in London, as we'll as others,
will find difficulty in prognosticatins
Lord Roberts immediate program.
It appears evident that the Boer
commander-iR-chief, General Bo.ha,
with all his guns, withdrew in good
order, probably along the Delagoa
bay railroad with the view of joining
President Kruger.
So the Transvaal forces remain
practically intact with President kru-
ger; President Steyn and General
Botha and Secretary of State Reitz all
safe and in 4 position to continue the
direction of affairs. The most opti-
mistic see in the fact that President
Kruger's wife and General Botha's
wife were left at Pretoria, an indica-
ton that the president does not count
on a long resistance, in auy case 1t
will probably take Lord Roberts at
least a week to organize campaign OF
pursuit.
Wednesday Lord Roberts telegraph
ed to the war Office as follows:
PRETORIA, June 5, 5:35 p. m.-The
occupation of the town passed eff most
satisfactorily. and the British flag is
now hoisted on top of the government
Offices. The troops met with much
more enthusiastic reception than 1
anticipated. The Third battalion of
The Grenadier Guards lined the square
when the march past took place.
Owing to their having been on duty
at some distance around the town, very
few cavalry and infantry were able to
take part in the ceremony.
Several of our officers who had been
prisoners were among the onlookers.
FIGHTING NEAR PRETORIA.
Some dispatches are to hand which
left Pretoria Monday while the fight
ing was going on outside the city.
They come by way of Lourenzo Mar
ques. One of them says:
"Toward the end of the day, when
the British naval guns were shelling
the southern forts, a number of pro-
iectiles burst, damaging the suburb.
All day armed burghers have been
leaving Pretoria, going east. The
greater part of the railway rolling
stock has been removed.
General Botha was fighting az
essentially rear guard action, his OBJ
ject being not to defend Pretoria but
to delay Lord Roberts until the rah-
way switch had ben cleared and the
main part of the Boer army had started
to Withdraw. The British advance ap-
pears to have left open to the Beers
the best line of retreat along the rail-
rov
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-14
D0CKERY FOR GOVERNOR.

Missouri Democrats Hold State Convea-
tion In Kansas City.
= The Democrats of Missouri, IN state
convention at Kansas City Wednesday,
elected national delegates, adopted a
platform and named full state ticket.
The platform reaffirms allegiance to
the Chicago platform Of 1896, practi-
cally specifying "16 to l." Endorses
BRYAN, denounees trusts and declares
emphaticaily against imperialism. :"
A. NJ. Dockery was the only candi-
date for Governor and he was nomi-
mated by acelamation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-14
RUSSIA Is ANSWERED.

wanted to Know What We Would Do 1k
She Lands Troops.
A Washington dispatch says: Per-
haps published rumor to the e6ece
that the United States might join with
other powers In prohibiting RussiA'
from landing more troops than Other
powers in China led to the early apr
pearance at the etate department. Of
N. Dewitt, of the Russian embassy.
He was speedily assured that tho
department had made no concealment
of its policy respecting the Chinese!
situation and has repeatedly intimated;
that it is concerned solely for the sate-
ty of American legation and ccnsuiatee|
in China and for American citisens.
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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-14
HOBSON COMING HOME.

Hero Of the Merrimac Suffers From Long
Service In the Tropics.
Naval Constructor Richmond Pear
son Hobson. who became famous
through the sinking of the Merrimac
at Santiago, has been condemned by q
medical survey board on the Asiatic
station and recommended to be re-
lieved from his present duties and
ordered home at once.
It is not believed that his health is
necessarily undermined, but he is suf-
fering from long service in tropical
climates. It may not be necessary to
order his retirement.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-14
VISITED KRUGER's HOME.

Wife OF the President Exchanges Greet
ings With British Omcers.
A special dispatch from Pretoria
describes the visit made by officers OF
Lord Roberts staff to the Kruger resi-
dence in Pretoria. It says:
eve were received by Dutch pas
tor, and shortl, joined by Mrs. Kru-
ge-. She composedly exchanged greet
ings with her visitors, who notified
her of their intention to replace the
burgher guard by gmard of British
troops. The burghers thereupon laid
down their arms on the asphaltsd
porch of the building"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-14
POSSE SHOOTS
INTO STRIKERS
Three Killed and Several Others
Wounded In St. Louis Streets.
DEPUTIES DO BLOODY WORK
Strikers Were Returning From
Picnic When the Unlocked
For Trouble Occurred.

Last Sunday, in st. Lous, was on
Of the most eventful and bloody since
the gleat strike Of the Transit com
pany began, more than one moptl
ago. There were numerous encount
ers between strikers and other riotou'
persons and the constituted authori
ties, resulting in three deaths ane
wonading of five or more persons
mostly strikers. One of the latter vii
die.
The day was quiet until the after
noon, when the police were taken of
number of of'street car lines for the
purpose of giving them a rest, and te
test the ability of the Transit company
to operate without friction. Cars were
in operation during the daytime on all
the lines of the Transit company ex
cept the southwestern. At night cars
were run under police protection nnti
midnight on the Park avenue, Olive
street, Lindell division and la Cledt
avenue line.
The most serious trouble broke ou
at 2 O'Clock p. m. in front of the six
story store building on Washington
avenue occupied by the sheriff's posse
comitatus. as barracks and headquar
tiers. Several hundred striking stree
car men had gone to East st. Loui:
earlier in the day to attend a picnic
given for their benefit at Wolf's
grove. Toward evening they begar
returning home singly, in groups o.
two or three, or in companies of s
hundred or more.
No serious trouble occurred unit
one Of these companies, composed oi
nearly $50 street car men in uniform
and headed - drum corps, came YES
on Washington avenue. In their cap:
some of thsn bad cards bearing these
words:
'.Union or nothing; liberty o!
death"
The men were marching along the
sidewalk on the south side of Wash
ington avenue opposite the posse bar
racks. They were in jocular mood
and as near as can be learned, had nc
intention of making any trouble.
Just as they were passing the bar
racks car at the Park avenue divis
! ion was going west. A number of the
men broke from the line and rushed
toward the car, with the intention, i
is said, of boarding it and taking
ride. Another statement was made
that it was the intention of the strik
ers to- assault the motorman and con
ductor, whose car was without Che
usual police guard. A brick wa:
thrown through the car window and s
shot was fired. Members of tht
sheriff posse swarmed from the build
ing and surrounded the crowd of strik
sra about the car, calling upon them
to disperse.
Other shots were fred aud ther
some of the deputies turned loose
their repeating shotguns loaded witt
buckshot. As far as can be learned
only four of the men in the strikers
ranks were hit. Not deputy was
wounded.
Under the command of Colonel
CaYender the deputies arrested twenty
of the strikers and took them into the
barracks. where they were searched.
Three revolyers and a number Of
pocket knives were secured and the
prisoners were locked up. The othe,
strikers fed.