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CRISIS REACHE
BECKHAH AND TAYLOR
ARnED
POWERS 1 DAVIS LEVANT
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They Are Intercepted at Frankfort and
Quickly Placed In Jail
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Almost without warning the storm
center of excitement in the Kentucky
s gubernatorial struggle shifted to Lexington
Saturday night
x Secretary of State Caleb Powers and
Captain Davis, for whom warrants
were issued charging complicity in the
a. murder of Governor Goebel, after
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spending me day in me siaieuouse at
Frankfort, to which the civil officers
> bearing the warrants were refused admittance
by the soldiers on duty, left
town in disguise. Powers and Davis j
were slipped aboard a Chesape&k and j
Ohio train at 8 o'clock Saturday night;
and speeded toward Lexington. A |
squad of soldiers, coming from the
governor's mansion at double quick,
caught the train just before it pulled
out.
The plan of escape was so neatly
laid and executed that it took the
police and big force of deputy sheriffs
appointed to guard the entrance to
the capitol grounds and prevent their
escape, off their feet when they realk
ized what had occurred. It was several
minutes before the truth of the
escape of the men was definitely
v known.
Chief of Police Williams immediately
sent telegrams to Lexington,
Midway and all stations aloDg the
y road, notifying officers of the escape
and ordering them to be on the loo'k9
out.
On the arrival of the train in Lexidgton
at 8:40 Secretary of State Powers
and Capitol Policeman Davis and
Lieutenant Peak were arrested by the
Lexington police and the sheriff and
deputies. There was a large force of
officers awaiting thefugitives. Powers
and Davis still wore the uniforms of
soldiers and Davis had on false whiskers.
There was a wild scene when the
officers brokqjnto the car and revol- j
vera were drawn by all, bnt the small
i * squad of soldiers were greatly outnumbered
by the police force of Lexington
and the large force of deputies
with the sheriff and the arrest was effected
without difficulty.
A local attorney recognized Powers
and also pointed out Davis. They
> were seized and hurried to the jail. As
the procession swept toward the jail
? some people started the report that
there was to be a lynching, and soon
the streets were packed with people,
an enormous crowd gathering about j
^ the jaiL Davis, Powers and Peake j
were hurried to the upper cells, but;
Peake was later released on bond on a ;
common warrant charge of resisting!
arrest. Davis
had $125 in money on his
person and a revolver.
There was found on Powers $1,300.
In the inside pocket of each man was
fonnd a pardon from Governor W. S.
Taylor, duly signed and sealed. Powers
made the statement to an Associated
Press representative that he was
not fleeing from arrest. He was simply
getting away from Frankfort to
avoid lying in jail as Whitaker had
been forced to do; that he had nothing
to fear from arrest, as " he was not
guilty of the charge.
1 Sheriff Bosworth applied at once to
the armory for a special detail of sol^
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U16T5 UUUCi vaptaiu jla/U^IUUV uuu j
they responded, arriving at the jail a j
few moments later, prepared to resist
the rumored prospective attack. The
; sheriff then designated a posse to supplement
a squad of soldiers provided
trouble might come and declared that
any attempt to take either of the
prisoners from the jail would be resisted
to a finish.
The Sabbath day brought a hopeful
and encouraging calm to the storm.
Judge George Denny, a prominent Rei
publican attorney, called on the pris-;
onsrs during the day and was closeted
with them several hours. He will represent
them in whatever legal steps
are taken.
Bid SNUFF TRUST.
4!I the Eastern Companies W1U Effect
r a Consolidation.
The Hew York Journal of Commerce
'J Bays:
The recent negotiations of the American
and Continental Tobacco compa;
Hies to arrange for a consolidation of
the leading snuff interests of the country
are said to have been practically
completed and a new 825,000,000 company
will, it is stated, be organized to
take over all the snuff business of both
the Continental Tobacco and American
Tobacco companies as well as the Atlantic
Snuff company and Helmo Snuff
company.
BRITONS ARE ANGERED
Over Offensive Caricatures of Queen
Victoria In French Papers.
The Figaro (Paris) reproduces a note
of "warning uttered by a statesman
whose name is not given, but who is
said to know the present state of opinion
among the great powers with respect
to the attitude of France toward
Great Britain and that the powers
condemn the recent offensive caricatures
of Queen Victoria and such autiBritish
demonstrations as took place
the other day at Bordeaux.
BIG STRIKE RESULTS.
Transit Company at St. Louis Refuses
All Demands of Employes.
Shortly after noon Saturday the
management of the St. Louis Transit
- company gave its answer to the demands
of its employes presented some
days ago by the executive committee
of the local branch of the International
Amalgamated Association of
Street Railway Employes. Practically
erery demand was refused.
DIN KENTUCKY
ARE BOTH BACKED BY
FORCES.
111! IS THREATENING
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fitunor That Beckham's Arrest Would Be
Attempted Created Constellation.
Sunday morning the Democrats and
; the Republicans in Kentucky were for
! the first time since the present politi
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I cal complications sssumea acuve iurm,
divided into two armed and organized
factions.
Surrounding the capitol and the
state executive building and camped
in the grounds aTound Governor Taylor's
home were nearly 200 stato militia,
well provided with ammunition,
while in the corridors of the hotel in
which the Democratic state executive
officers are located, and in the streets
adjacent to that quilding were sixty
special officers and the men and boys
of a militia company that was organized
in Frankfort during the day, as
the nucleus of Governor Beckham's
state guard, besides scores or more of
.heavily armed citizens, partisans of
the Democratic element.
Within an hour after the democratic
leaders heard a rumor that an attempt
was to be made by the state militia to
take Gov. Beckam into custody a petition
had been circulated and signed
by the requisite number of men necessary
to form a militia company.
The men guarded the Capitol hotel
all night against any possible attempt
to arrest Governor Beckham.
The Democratic partisans say that
should the militia attempt to interfere
with the session of the legislature, persistent
rumors of which had been iu
circulation all day, it won Id be next to
impossible to avert bloodshed.
The republican officials, however,
deny that such action has been ever
contemplated, and that the legislature
would not be molested in any way.
! Tbe formation of the state guard in
Frankfort to support Governor Beckham
was undertaken by C ty Clerk
Ben Marshall, who circulated a paper
and enlisted the requisite number of
men who are to compose the new company.
The guns for this company
have been provided by citizens, most
of them being either needle guns or
Winchesters.
Sunday afternoon a report gained
currency that* Governor Taylor had
given his soldiers orders to arrest
Governor Beckham and other officers
of the Democratic state government.
On account of this report the men
enlisted by Captain Marshall were
i assembled at the city ball, armed and
j sworn in as special police for the pur|
pose of protecting the Demfaurtic offii
cers who are still quartered at the
Capitol hotel. A large number of citizens
also volunteered and were assigned
to various posts in the vicinity
of the hotel to offer a resistance in
case the talked-of arrests were attempted.
Governor Beckham Suuday afternoon
appointed Colonel David R. Murry,
of Clover Point, assistant adjutant
general, with the rank of colonel, and
he was sworn in.
The official announcement was made
that tbis appointment is only temporary.
This was regarded as significant,
it being understood that Colonel Murray
accepted the appointment on aoconnt
of the gravity of the present
situation, and with the understanding
that he could resign when the condiflrtna
in fV?A sfafA hflftoma more ouiet.
According to a statement made by
Governor Taylor to a representative of
the Louisville Commercial, lie has
granted a pardon to each of the persons
for whom warrants have been issued
charging them with being accessories
to the assassination of Governor
Goebel, including Secretary of State
Caleb Powers and ex-Secretcry of State
Charles Finley. In his statement Governor
Taylor recites the conditions
under which he claims to have been
elected, and charges the Democratic
contestants for state offices with conspiracy
to secure control of the government.
BRITISH LOSS TO DATE.
Bulletin Posted In London Show Casu*
| citle* to Be 15.677!
The war office in London posts a
bulletin announcing the casualties ?f
the South African war up to Monday
morning as follows: Killed, 2,418;
wounded, 8,747; died of disease, 1,029;
missing, 3,483; total, 15,677.
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Boston Has Big Blaze.
Fire early Sunday morning in the
building of the Massachusetts Mac-orini
Company, on North street, Boston,
caused a loss estimated from 875,000
I to $150,000. One man was killed and
I four seriously injured.
THOUSANDS OF FILIPINOS
' Resist the Advance of Americans In
the Province of Panay.
| A Manila special says: Thousands
1 of organized insurgents are resisting
I Colonel Houston's battalion ot tne
i Nineteenth regiment at Antique, pro.
vince of Panay, which is the only proj
vince that Americans do not occupy.
' The Americans lost seven killed,
j A battalion of the Forty-fourth from
; Iloilore-enforced Houston's command.
One huudred and fifty Tagalos armed
| with rifles have surrendered at Capiz
1 and have been transferred to Luzon.
I NO PENSION FOR EX^QUEEN.
Amendment to Appropriation Bill Was
Laid on Table,
j The senate Saturday passed the
! diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill with a few minor amendments. A
j lively debate was precipitated by an
; amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar, of
| Massachusetts, proposing to give the
j former Queen Liluokalani, of Hawaii.
| $20,000 and an annuity of $10,000.
j The amendment was laid on the table
j and the bill parsed.
BACON AMENDS THE
PORTO RICAN BILL
Would Extend Our Constitution Over
the Island.
PETTUS GROWS SARCASTIC
Alabama Senator Saya House
Measure la Hardly Decent.
A Washington dispatch says: Senator
Bacon* Thursday, introduced an
amendment to the pending Porto
Rican bill* under the terms of which
that island is recognized as coming
under the provisions of the constitu- ^
tion of the United States jnst as soon
as the plan of government provided
in the bill becomes operative. This
amendment differs from that of Senator
Davis* which provides for free
trade as if it were simply a gift from
congress.
Senator Bacon's idea ifc that* whatever
the conditions as long as the
country is under military rule, as soon
as civil government is established, the
privileges of being a part of this government
shall follow as a matter of
right. To that end he provides that
the rates of the present tariff law shall
at once go into effect against imports
going into Porto Ricau ports from other
countries, but that there shall be no
tariff taxes against imports going into
those ports from any part of the
United States.
After Mason, of Illinois, had entered
his motion to discharge the committee
on foreign Telations from further
consideration of his resolution
expressing sympathy for the Boers,
and it had gone over until Friday, under
the rules, Mr. Pettus, of Alabama,
addressed the senate in opposition to
the pending bill. He argued that it
was unconstitutional and in violation
of the principles of this government,
as laid down by the fathers of the
country. He congratulated the president
on the position he had taken in
his last annual message favoring free
trade between the United States and
Porto Rico.
"No sordid politician's fingers had
been put into the ink of that message,"
he said. "The president was honest
and sincere when he distinctly advised
free trade between the United States
and the island of Porto Rico.
"The public press is now trying to
make us believe that the secretary of
war is the author of the pending bill,
and that the president has acceded to
fhwnrnviRlnnR of thft measure.
"For one, I refuse to believe this
charge against the president. Though
he may desire re-election, he was a
brave soldier, and is an able and generous
man. He has acted for the common
good of all the people. If he approves
your bill, then I may believe
any vile story against any good man."
Mr. Pettus maintained that the policy
of the bill was bad, aside from the
questions of law. "It is illegal," he
declared, "and is hardly decent."
MAFEK1NQ A PEST HOLE.
Starvation, Fevers, Shot and Shell
Decimate Beleaguered Populace.
Dispatches from Mafeking state
that typhoid malaria has broken out
in the women's laager, and dysentery,
due to the absence of vegetables, is
rife among the garrison. We are
thrown upon our own resources. Such J
luxuries as we had are exhausted or
have been commandered to the nospitalr,
which are filled to overflowing.
The children's graveyard, close to the
women's laager, grows weekly, so the
young lives are cut short prematurely
by shell and fever. We look with
hope deferred for relief.
BANKER AQNEW FREE.
Well Known Floridian Discharged
From the Columbus Penitentiary.
Enoch W. Agnew, the gray-haired i
national banker of Ocala, Fla., whs
discharged from the prison at Colum- j
bus, O., Thursday on the expiration
of his five years' sentence and left at
once for his Florida home. Agnew
was caught by the cold ware that i
blasted Florida in 1894-and 1895. He
had loaned money beyond the limit of
the national banking laws to oraDge
growers to harvest and ship their |
crops. The whole crop was ruined,
the growers could not repay, and the
examiners caught Agnew's bank short.
KRUGER HAS FAITH.
Devout President of Transvaal Puts
His Trust In God.
A special dispatch from Bloemfontein
says that President Kruger, addressing
a crowd of people, said:
''Although God is testing our poeple,
my personal opinion is that the
limit of the test is nearly reached. If
the people are sustained by faith in
the time of adversity, God will soon
again turn the tide in our favor. If
we have strong faith in God he will
surely deliver us. The God of the
olden time is the same God now."
The speech of the venerable president
brought tears to the eyes of men
and women alike.
BOERS HEADED OFF.
British Turn Position of Transvaalers
Near Bioamfontein.
Advices of Monday from Orange
State are to the effect that the British
forces which, since the fighting at
Dreifontein, have been marching, have
turned the Boer position. British
cavalry are ahead. The Boers were
reported Mouday morning about 12,000
strong with eighteen gnns in position
on a range of krojes commanding the
direct road to Blcemfontein, which is
distant fifteen miles.
NEGRO SHOT BY NEGROES.
Would-Be Ravlshsr Meets Death at
Hands of His Own Race.
A dispatch from Hernando, Miss.,
says: Thorn m Clayton, a negro, was
shot to death Friday night by members
of his ovn race because of a criminal
assault on a ten-year-old girl. He
was called to his cabin door and bullets
from a dozen Winchesters were
fired into his body. The negroes re'1
fuse to bury the corpse.
ALDRICH INT
ROBBINS ODT
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Alabama Republican Given
Democrat's Seat.
HOUSE DECIDES CONTEST
Vote Was On Strict Party Lines?Bartleft
Made a Strong Fight For the
Miiority Beport.
k A "Washington special says: By the
narrow margin of seven votes the
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nouse lnursaay aiternoon unaeaieu
Hon. Gastou Bobbins, of the fourth
Alabama district, and seated Hon.
William F. Aldrich, the Republican
contestant. This was done on strictly
partisan lines and after a bitter fight
made by the Democrats, under the
leadership of Judge Bartlett, of Georgia,
in behalf of Bobbins.
The result was not altogether unexpected,
though it was hoped by Mr.
Bobbins' friends that enough Republicans
would refuse to follow the dictates
of the Republican leaders to
prevent Aldrich being being seated.
Bobbins was also handicapped ?/y the
fact that his case was the first of the
contested cases to be acted upon by
the house.
The feature of the debate was the
speech of Judge Bartlett in support of
his minority report. He made a complete
and searching analysis of the
majority report demonstrating that
any fair and legal consideration of the
facts would show that Bobbins is entitled
to the seat.
"Taking it from him," said Judge
Bartlett, in summing up the case afterward,
"is inst like holding a man up
a't the point of a shotgun and robbing
him of his money."
There i# one feature of the vote on
this case that has caused a lot of comment
among Democrats. That was
the absence of General Wheeler and
of Congressman Stallings. The absence
of General Wheeler gave Robbins
just one less vote than he had.
Had he been present under clear title
to his own seat he might have helped
materially. Mr. Stallings was paired
with a New Jersey member, and,
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rnereiore, nis owu vuio v?uo lAU^VU
for; bat it is an open secret that there
is a good deal of bitterness among the
Alabama delegation oyer his failure to
be on hand.
They say that as one of the
older members of the delegation
he might have been able to influence
some Republican votes, but
even if he were not, he should have
been present in "justice to his Colleague,
and especially to election
methods, which were so bitterly assailed
in this contest.
At 2:30 o'clock the vote was taken?
first upon the minority resolutions declaring
Mr. Bobbins entitled to retain
his seat. The sub-resolutions were defeated?134
to 138?by a strict party
vote.
The majority resolutions declaring
Mr. Aldrich, the contestant, entiile.d
to his seat were then adopted?142 to
135.
There was no demonstration when
the result was announced. Mr. Aldrich
then came forward to the bar of
the house, escorted by Mr. Mann, and
took the prescribed oath.
Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, from
the committee on rules, then presented
the special rule regar ding pension
sessions. Mr. Overstreet, of Indiana,
in charge of the conference
report of the financial bill, gave
notice that he would call up the
report next Tuesday. By unanimous
consent it was agreed that the vote on
the report should be taken at 4:30
o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
COSTLY HORSEFLESH.
Flying Fox, English Racer, Is Sold
For $196,000.
A London dispatch says: At the sale
of the late duke of Westminsters
string of race horses, -which took plaoe
Thnrsday at Kingsclere, Flying Fox,
winner in 1899 of the derby, the 2,000
guineas, the Eclipse stakes and the
Doncaster Street Leger, was purchased
by Edmond Blanc for 37,500 guineas,
about $196,500.
INDUSTRIAL CO.iniSSION
Will Meet In Atlanta To Investigate
Conditions In This Section.
A Washington dispatch says: The
industrial commission will begin hearings
in Atlanta, Ga., Monday, March
19th, and will continue in session in
that city for four days or longer. The
hearings in Georgia will not be confined
alone to an investigation of the
general conditions of agriculture in
the south, as has been stated, but will
embrace investigations of manufacturers,
transportation and trusts, only
one daj, Monday, being given to hearings
before the sub-committeo on agriculture.
COMING SOUTH.
Bridge Works In New York To Be
Transferred to Alabama.
The Groton Bridge Works Company,
of Groton, N. Y., \*ill transfer its
base of operations to New Decatur,
Ala., at an early date. The property
and site of the old United States roll
: Tt-nvI-Q VintTA hAPn ftcnuirec
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and work on an immense plant wil
begin immediately. The outlay is es
timated at more than $1,000,000.
Frank L. Conger is president anc
general manager of the concern.
CARTER'S PARTNERS.
Their Cases Are Called In the District
Court At Savannah.
At Savannah, Ga., Monday morning
in the United States district court the
case of D. B, Greene, E. H., J. F.
and Wm. T. Gaynor, Michael A. Connally
and Oberlin M. Carter was
called.
These are the men charged with
entering into a conspiracy and iheating
the government out of something
like a million dollars.
HOLOCAUST IN A
TENEMENT HOUSE
Fourteen Lives Are Lost In Veritable
Death Trap.
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VICTIMS MOSTLY CHILDREN
Fire Was the Dastardly Work
of An Incendiary.
Fourteen persons lost their lives,
two persons were seriously injured
and many others slightly burned in a
fire in Newark, N. J., at 5 o'clock
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monuay inuruiug. iu? uiciucu,
the flames had been snbdned, took
thirteen bodies from the ruins and
while they were thus engaged another
victim of the fire died in the city hospital.
One family was wiped out completely
and of another only the father
lives and he is in the city hospital,
where it is believed he will die.
The building in which the fire broke
out was a veritable fire trap. It was of
frame construction and extended two
stories above the ground floor. Until
three or four years ago the structure
had been used as a church, but it was
converted into a tenement. The lower
floor, fronting on 50, 52 and 54 Fourteenth
avenue, was occupied by three
stores and the upper portion of the
building was divided into twenty
living rooms.
As nearly as can be learned, the
structure was occupied by ten families,
all Italians. Two of the occupants,
Yito Credanza and one other family
kept boarders, and though the total
population of the rookery could not
be definitely ascertained during the
excitement attending the firethere were
said to be forty or fifty persons of
both sexes and all ages in the building
when the fire started.
The police are confident that the
fire was of incendiary origin and they
have arrested Yito Credanza on suspicion.
There was a disorderly card
game in one of the rooms that lasted
well into the mornincr. Credanza was
a participant and is said to have made
violent tharats against bis fellow players.
A few minutes before 5 o'clock
ever j one in the building was awakened
by the flames.
They found them burning at the
foot of the stairs leading from the first
to the second stories. The hallway
. and the stairs were burning fiercely,
cutting off the only egress from the
upper floor on which six families lived.
It also cut off the escape by the door
for those who lived in the rear
part of the first floor. Those who
could made for the windows. From
these they leaped or dropped.
The whole neighborhood was awake
in an instant and from the burning
building came agonizing screams and
calls for help. From the basement
and ground floor the inmates of the
building poured naked, or almost so.
From the upper story men and wo"men
leaped to the sidewalk. By the
time the firemen reached the scene
the building was wrapped in flames
and those who had not escaped were
dead or doomed. They must have
died within a few minutes for the fire
rushed through every room in the
building within ten minutes.
There was fearful excitement about
1 the burning building. Men, women
and children who escaped rushed
about almost naked, looking for their
relatives. For a time it was thought
there were many more lost than the
events later proved, because several
naked were picked up by neighbors
and carried indoors. Thus fathers and
mothers missed their children and
rushed screaming about.
The fire lasted only a few minutes.
1 The search for the dead began within
1 twenty minutes after the alarm was
sounded, so quickly was the fire conquered.
"EMIGRANTS" DISPERSED.
Vagrant Act Is Read To Negroes Who
Were Prepared To Go West.
I A special from Athens, Ga., says:
~ OAA viAAmAAa A Vnwa Koon /in
JL L1C UVU uogiuco nuv unro uu camped
at tha Seaboard Air Line de1
pot since last Saturday waiting for a
train to carry them to Mississippi,
were dispersed Monday morning and
quiet has been restored again.
1 The'VagraDt act was read to the
"emigrants" Monday morning, and at
noon there was not a negro to be seen
at the depot.
CIGAR MAKERS (10 OUT.
More Than Two Thousand Employes
of a New York Firm Strike.
About 2,300 cigar makers, of which
i number nearly 800 are girls, employed
by the firm of Krebs, Bertheim &
Schiffer at New York are on a strike.
Although the strike was declared to be
the cause of an alleged shortage of
stock, the strikers have asked for an
increase of wages running from 15 to
20 per cent and that the store go under
the control of the union.
Philadelphia Saiis For San Diego.
The United States Crusier Philadelphia
has sailed from San Francisco for
San Diego.
NEGRO'S LIFE SAVED.
Governor Candier Commutes Death
Sentence To Life Imprisonment.
An Atlanta dispatch says: Governor
' Candler saved the life of Fred Perry,
5 who was sentenced to hang in Wash'
ington, Wilkes county, last Friday.
This case has caused considerable
| excitement among the people of "Wilkes
county, many of whom consider that
the murder of a convict guard named
Dennard, by two negroes, bred Perry
j and Will Taylor, was a deliberate one,
and that no less punishment than
death should be meted out to them.
CH A RGED~\ViTH "CONSPIRACY.
: j Asylum Steward Arrested As Accomplice
In Goebs! Murder.
W. L. Hazelipp was arrested at
Louisville Monday afternoon at the
Central Asylum for the Insane ou a
charge of conspiracy. The charge is
practically the same as that under
which Secretary of State Caleb Powers
and Captain John Davis are now in
custody. Mr. Hazeiipp is alleged to
have been implicated in the plot to
assassinate William Goebel.
BOERS RESIST
AN ADVANCE
Roberts Met Opposition
Near Bioernfontein.
A BIG BATTLE IS FOUGHT
After Holding Their Ground All Day the
Wily Boers Retreated Under
Coyer of Darkness.
Advices from Driefontein, Orange
Free State, under date of March 11,
state that Broadwood's cavalry brigade,
advancing on Bloemfontein, unexpectedly
found the Boers in a strong
tVia Dripfontftin homes on
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Saturday. General Kelly-Kenny's division
arriving, severe fighting ensued.
The Boers resisted stubbornly, but
were driven from their center position.
leaving a number of dead and forty
prisoners.
During the fightiDg, in which five
regiments took part, with artillery, the
Boers, though forced from their center
position, clung tenaciously to the
other kopjes, shelling the British
fiercely with three guns and two Vickers-Maxims.
The British cavalry began to turn
the Boer position, but night fell before
the movement was completed.
The Boers retired during the night.
All of the day was occupied in fighting.
The Boers maintained a stubborn
rear guard action along a running
front of twelve miles on a very
difficult ground. The British were
advancing in three columns. General
Tucker, to the southward, occupied
Petrusberg unopposed; General KellyKenny
after following the river bank
moved in the direction of Abraham's
kraal. \
At Driefontein, about eight miles
south of Abraham's kraal, the Boers
wore found posted in considerable
strength on the ridges connecting several
kopjes where they had mounted
guns.
The action began at 8 in the morning
with an artillery duel. General
French's cavalry and Major Porter's
brigade supported our guns. The
Boer artillery was accurately handled
and the British cavalry found the task
harder than they had expected. General
Broadwood, with dogged perseverance,
moved altogether six miles
southward trying to find a means to
get around, but the Boers followed
behind ground and even attempted to
outflank him.
Meanwhile, the Sixth division of in
fantry, advancing on the Boer left
slowly, forced the enemy to retire.
Had the infantry been able to move
faster, the Boers would have been enveloped.
The last shot was fired at 7:30 p. m.
Sunduy morning not a Boer was to be
seen. The prisoners belonged to
President Kruger's own commando.
The storming of Alexander kopje
by the "Welsh was a particularly fine
piece of work. The mobility of the
Boers in moving their guns was very
remarkable. The New South Wales
mounted infantry made a gallant but
unsuccessful attempt to capture a gun.
A large number of Australians were
engaged in Saturday's fight. The
First Australian Horse Bridgade, with
the Scots Greys, advanced within 800
yards of the Boers under heavy fire.
The New South Wales mounted infantry
joined in the pursuit of the
Boers northward.
REMOVED TO LOUISVILLE JAIL.
Coulton and Whittaker Taken From
Frankfort Under Guard.
Harlan Whittaker and W. H. Coulton,
who were confined in jail at
Frankfort, charged with complicity in
the assassination of Goebel, were removed
from the jail at an early hour
Sunday morning and taken in a hack
to Shelbyville, where they were placed
on a train and sent to Louisville under
a heavy guard. It is understood they
will be kept in the Louisville jail till
the April term of the circuit court,
when they will be returned to Frankfort
for trial.
WAR LOAN OVERSUBSCRIBED.
People Anxious to Pour Their /loney
Into Brittania's Coffers.
The rush of applicants for the war
loan commenced at the Bank 01 England
and the various other banks
where prospectuses were obtainable,
"? 3i.?i? nffflr +V>OTT wprp nnpnfid
lmuieuiuicij ? - ~L
Saturday ami a steady stream of people
continued throughout the day.
All sorts and conditions of persons
were present, silk hatted financiers,
fine ladies, farmers, clerks, governesses
and thrifty representatives of
all classes. They appeared anxious to
stuff their money into Brittania's
pockets, and it is estimated that the
loan "\va3 oversubscribed.
ESTABLISHES NEW FELONY.
Kentucky Democrats Pass a Bill Directed
Against Taylor.
The Kentucky senate passed Senator
Bell's bill making it a felony punishable
by confinement in the penitentiary
from ten to twenty years for an
occupant of a state office to forcibly
maintain possession of the office for
more than five days after the legislature
or other competent authority shall
have decided some other person entitled
to the office.
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I cnnessec s vuai uuipui.
Assistant Commissioner of Labor R.
A. Shiflett has about completed his
j report of mining operations of Ten]
nessee for 1893. The report shows
the tonnage of coal mined in 1899 to
be 3,736,134, a gain of 641,386 tous
over 1898.
Labor Riot Jn Chicago.
Labor troubles at Chicago culminated
in a riot at Thirty-sixth and
Wallace streets Thursday evening.
One man was shot and probably fatally
wonnded and six others were injured,
one of them severely.
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I SOUTH CAROLINA
i STATE NEWS ITEMS. X
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Another Tridl For Mrs. Hughes.
The state supreme court has dodged
the issue in the former jeopardy tppeal
in the case of murder against Mrs.
Mattie A. Hughes and she will be
tried a fourth time nest May in the
circuit court. The court says it will
not decide the interlocutory motions
or on rulings arising during the progress
of the trial. The appeal is dismissed
without prejudice in the case
of final judgment. The merits of the
contention are not considered in the
decree.
When Mrs. Hughes was questioned
by a newspaper correspondent on receipt
of the news, she saidi
"Inter?inter?what's that? I don't
know what that means, but 1 know
that I will have to be tried in the circuit
court next May, and that if I am
acquitted there I will still have my
former ieopardy plea to the supreme
court to fall back on. The decision is
not news to me; I knew that two weeks
ago "
"How's that?" said the interviewer,
interrupting; "your attorneys did ncrt
know it; the decision was filed only
this morning; is it not possible that
you are for one time mistakenT'
"Ifot at all. I cannot tell you just
who I got my information from, but I
know it nevertheless. I got my information
from one of the supreme
court judges. I have not told my attorneys
about it, because they would
think I was a little too smart, and I
thought I would just let them find it
out themselves."
Senator A. Dean, the leading counsel
for the defense, expressed great
surprise at the decision, as did all of
the attorneys in the case, who were
shown the telegram.
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More Cotton Mill* In Sight.
The record shows that $750,000 additional
capital is to go into- cotton
mills as a result of declarations filed
within the last few days.
On February 27 a statement was
published showing that the capital invested
or to be invested in cotton mills
for the present year aggregated $2,825,000.
To this add: WoodrulTCotton
Mills, $250,000; F. W. Poe Cotton
Mills, increase $250,000; Croft
Manufacturing Company, Aiken,$250,000,
making a total of $3,575,000.
i This does not account for all that are
I in sight, but gives only the actual declarations
that have been filed.
The F. W. Poe Manufacturing Company
of Greenville, mentioned above,
has filed a declaration that it has increased
its capital stock from $250,000
to 8500.000. This is really the equiva
lent of another mill and even better,
as it gives a wider scope to a mill that
has already been established and is
running and making money.
A commission for a charter has been
issued to the ''Croft Manufacturing
Company." The plant is to be located
at Croft's station, in Aiken county.
The corporators are: Chas. W. Davis,
of Augusta; Arthur S. Wattles, of
Canton, Mass.; B.. W. Tingley, of
Philadelphia, and T. G. Croft and G.
| W. Croft, of Aiken. The capital stock
is to be $250,000.
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Some Charleston Appointments.
The Charleston delegation has sent
in a list of suggestions for appointments
and they have been made by
Governor McSweenev as follows:
To be harbor commissioners under
the recent act of the general assembly:
James C. Hemphill, James B. Johnson,
H. A. Malony, Louis D. Simonds,
Henry P. Williams, E. O. Patterson, a
seafaring man, and Geo. H. Swan, a
full branch pilot, and Henry P. Williams.
Board of registration for Charleston:
Francis M. Bryan, Marcellus M. Seabrook
and John Tighe.
Township assessors for St. Andrew's:
D. F. Hastle and Charles C. Pinckney.
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New Vegetable Tariff Announced.
The Atlantic Coast Line has announced
that a new tariff will go into
effect March 20, affecting ail classes of
vegetables and small fruits. The rate
sheet has been issued and shows reductions
in all items. On apples, cabbage,
potatoes, turnips, onions, squash,
cymling, egg plant, kale, spinach,etc.,
the reduction in barrels or barrel
crates is from three to five cents on
Washington, Baltimore, New York; or
Philadelphia, Providence and Boston.
The same reduotion is found on beans,
peas, cucumbers, etc; also on potatoes
and cabbage in bulk. On asparagus
in crates the reductions are from ten
to fifteen cents per crate.
The Southern Bailway has also announced
a new vegetable tariff to go into
effect March 20, but the figures are
QOt JCl ntanauic.
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Practice Cruise For Reserves.
Governor MeSweeney has been officially
informed of the offer of the federal
government to give the naval reserves
of this state a practice cruise, if
the state can meet the expense. The
governor has no fund for the nse of
the naval reserves, but General Floyd,
who is very much interested in the
naval reserves, will do all that he can
towards sending out the boys on this
trip. There may be an arrangement
by which the companies can anticipate
in part th,eir quota of the state's allowance
for the support of the militia.
It i9 thought that some arrangement
can be made whereby the force can
get off on this cruise.
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Will Build Koad at Once.
The Southern Railroad has finished
its preliminary survey of a line from
Allendale to Hardeeville. The latter
is a point on the Plant System, twenty-three
miles from Savannah, and on
an almost direct line from Columbia
to Allendale, and thence to Savannah.
The Sonthern's Florida line now
j stops at Allendale. Thence its transj
portation is handled over the Atlantic
! Pnnst. TiinA to Yem.issee, and from
there over the Plant System to Savannah.
The new route will form the
hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
with the circuitous route now used,
and will shorten the distance by twenty-five
miles. This route will be as
nearly direct as the Seaboard's acqni*
' &
sitioD, the Florida Central and P??insular.
The final survey will be commenced
at once, and it is said that the new ^
line of sixty miles will be built at
Prof. Hearts Guilty.
Prof. J. C. Meare*, who until he re- ^
signed three months ago was instate*
tor in the state institute for the deaf
and the dumb and tbe blind, was
found guilty at Spartanburg of the *
charge bought against him?ruining a
younaKirl and orphan. Cora Jenkins,
whil/inbe was in his borne. Mearea
and i=ris Yrife are about sixty-fire years
old. The^irl was turned into the streets
when her Shame was apparent and
drifted to the poorhouse. Mesree refused
his assistance. Mrs. Uearas
made every effort to clear her. husband,
bnt was contradicted in imnortant
particulars by the matron ?i the
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1SOOT.UK UUpC) iju ymuiiivm ' '
The defense gave notice of a motion '
for a stay of jadgment and also a mo- :<0,
tion for a new trial. ;{';<sa| :
Walhilla'i S?al<Cnt?aBlsL
Invitations have been sent ontbj %js ,
the ezecntive committee of Wa]halls,
8. C., for the semi-centennial celebi-fr ||
tion which will be held in that town
August 10 and 17, 1900. On thiroo? ^ ^
easion it is proposed to erect a moonment
to the memory of the late.Gtt* m
John A. Wagner, a distinguished est- ?|
iaen of Charleston, who was mayor of
the city from 1871 to 1<873 and was
most generally known and esteemed. >
Walhalla proposes to eelebrate bee
semi-centennial this year, and it is ||
certain that this can be done in "no m
more worthy a manner than by tract- ffl
ing a monument of native granite as a >'
token of esteem to the memory of
General Wsgner, founder and petti- m
dent of the Germau Colonization So- SB
All the citizens are heartily in
of this project, and wish to aee;1|i?|| '-Sm
work consummated with honor^nB ^
themselves, their town and to the /.* S
memory of General Wagner.
Bureau of Information Needed. fl
The secretary of state received'
following letter a few days ago: fl
"If yon can conveniently do so, 9
kindly favor ns with the address of 9
the state geologist for South Carolina. ^
In lien of the state geologist's addhMN^^^H
we should like to receive tlin sililinil'"^ '
of one or more first-class ciril engi-,,
neers, who can likelj give us valuable
information in reference to STaiNhj^B ; ":V-j
water powers in your state. We are;-' -M
trying to select a location for apr&>; . -|?
posed cotton mill and prefer toeop*^ ^
sider water power sites first. We hate , ^
tried to get the desired information in c J ^
varions ways, bnt have a oongfomera- 'V^ jvJ
tion of correspondence that we find it -M r|l
impossible to boil down. Hence the ^
desire to now come into correspond- -A
ence with some one who can point ont 9
to ns the proper places.
"Thanking you for any attention you t M
"E. L. McClain Manufacturing Company,
Greenfield, Ohio."'
There was an effort made in the leg- ? 9
islatnre to have just such work done
by a state geologist. The house pan- S
ed the bill, bnt the senate rejected it :?' < Ws
A Savannah, Ga., dispatch says^
The Dewey committee for a little" J|9
while thought it was the victim of a j ||||
joke. A telegram was received from % s-9
the captain of a negro company bs ^
Sooth Carolina asking if colored com
mands were invited to participate ?9
the Dewey day festivities in Sevan- '>' 9
nab, the request being based npoa
fact tbat an invitation to be pceanjh^ ^
' had been received by his company/^; 9
I He was promptly notified that be sh|||
his company were not expeotea jOf|Hng?r
It appears that when the DeweyS? ||
committee asked the adjutant general
of South Carolina for a list of
commands in this state nothing wan"..; r Jji
said about negro companies. A lis* 38
was accordingly furnished and each *" :?
named thereon was sent an invitation ||
to visit Savannah on Dewey day. Upon ; fM
investigation of the list it was found jja
that the names of the colored oompn^"^
nies in South Carolina had been fur- - h
nished along with those of white com* 9
panies without distinction. One eel-'*
ored captain had foresight enough tol^ wire
and find out about the matfer. ^9| (eward
For BwrBwiwi, ^ wBP
Governor MoSweeney has offinwd a M
reward of $100 for the arrest pf the
persons who set fire to the barn and i ||
stables of Mr. John If. Culler, in^ J
Orangeburg county. ;M
NO JURISDICTION :Jf9
Jucfgj Fields Renders Decisions! J|H
Hie Court In Gubernatorial ^
Contest Cases. Jg
Judge Fields in the cireuit court at
Louisville, Ky., Saturday morning
handed down an opinion that he has ||
no jurisdiction in the cases brought to 4
determine the governorship oontro- 0
versy. He holds that the oonstitntioa ||
vests in the legislature the power to" p
decide contests for this office and thatof
lientenant governor. $4
The Bepnblicans will flfl
case to the state court of appeals, and: ^ ^
if the decision there is against thsm,.4~. II
win try to ger u iiMUiJg uuiuf^H^B9H| ^
United States supreme ooort ;X5S -f
Judge Fields reviews the history of :
the cafe and the pleadings of boti^X|||
sides, but devotes most of his opintarX
to quoting courts of last resort involv-^X|&
ing the competency of the legislators * >,
to decide similar disputes.
He quotes the report of the eonteft^ .-*33
boards finding in favor of the Demo*' ,.X3
cratic contestants for governor and XX
lieutenant governor, and says that X while
the legislature dispersed by mil* -Jj
itia before these reports were aejfed
upon aDd was barred from. its osaal ^
sitting place, the records of the legis-X? X
lature shew that the reports dedarigf X
Beckham governor were adopted by
a quorum of each house of the legislaThis
showing of the records
holds to be sufficient. The line of.
authority to the effect that toe courts
cannot inquire into the motives which
induced the action of the legislature
he declares is unbroken and mqtt be
taken as the law. _ XI