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DEFEATED, BUI
His Attempt to Rescue
Be a Disrm
CAPTURED KOPJE GIVEN IP
Boers Were On Both Flanks and
Position Was Hade Impos- '
sible to Hold.
London accepts as true the Boer
statement that General Buller Las J
once again failed to succor the be- J
leagured inhabitants of Ladysmith.
These statements -were passed by the (
British censor at Aden and are read in 1
the light of Mr. Balfour's announce- ^
lent in the commons that General f
Bailor is not pressing his advance. ]
Air. Winston Churchill 'wires that i
Vaalkrantz was impracticable, for the \
guns which were needed to support a '
further advance. His cablegram leaves
^ ? m 3 J
uenerai uuiier on Tuesday nigni sending
? fresh brigade to relieve the tired
soldiers of Yaalkrantz.
I'he descriptive writers with General
Bnller were allowed a rather free
hand again in explaining the ugly position
which the British held and the
natural obstacles which had to be
overcome. So it is easier to infer that
^ with Boer riflemen and artillery defending
them, these hills, ravines and
k jungles have not been overcome and
thus the public is prepared in advance
for bad news.
Heliograms from Ladysmith dated
Monday describe the effect General
Bullets cannonade had on the worn
garrison. Hope ran high that the long
period of inactivity and tedium was
drawing to a close. The crash of guns
was almost continuous for ten hours
and at times it seemed as though as
many as twenty shells burst in a minute.
BRITONS WERE OUTFLANKED.
A dispatch dated Frere Camp Feb.
Of prOUttUiJ VlllbiCU mvu vug auTauvvu
ilines, says:
"The forces of the enemy our on both
_ onr flanks and continue to render onr
position extremely difficult to maintain."
This makes evident that General
Buller after devoting Wednesday to
bringing more artillery and troops
across the Tugela, was badly in need
of re-enforcements. It is more patent
that it is impossible for him to advance
nntil the artillery has been enabled to
take np forward positions for the pnr- t
pose of subduing the Bier guns on j
both flanks. t
Almost all the critics now point out t
that the mere pushing through to j
Iiadysmith without securing a decisive
victory on the way there would only (
add danger to what is already a criti- f
cal situation. (
, Another Frere,camp dispatch says a
Boer prisoner asserts that the burgh- ]
7 ers expected General Buller to cross j
at Skiets drift and that thousands of \
Boers were being posted at Doom t
kloof to oppose such a passage, while c
on the captured hill there were only a
few hundred Johannesburghers. This \
tends to increase the anxiety of those *
who believe that General Buller has <
scarcely begun the serious part of his 2
Advance. ]
. .. betire fbom kopje. 1
The British who were in possession }
of the kopje at Molons drift abandoned 1
it after a bombardment by Boer can- i
non Thursday morning and retired c
across the Tugela river to their former
position. .1
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JEFFRIES AND CORBETT. t
Will Meet Before National Atlethic Clnb <
In San Francisco. ,
The twenty-five round battle be- i
tween James J. Corbett and James j
J. Jeffries for the world's heavyweight j
championship will take place before (
the National Athletic clnb of San
Francisco on or about April 1 next, j
.William A. Brady and George Con- f
sidine, tho respective managers of the r
two principals, met in New York for <
the purpose of selecting a location for ]
a battle ground, and after a brief con- \
ference, decided to accept the offer of ]
tho Calforinia organization, which is \
75 per cent of the gross receipts. \
FREE COINAGE SUBSTITUTE
To Financial Bill Is Introduced By Sena- 3
tor Jones.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, has introduced
a free silver coinage substitute
for the pending currency bill. ^
The substitute provides that 4'from 1
and after the passage of this act the '
mints of the United States shall be 1
open to the coinage of silver and there 1
shall be coined dollars of the weight
of 112| grains, troy, of standard silver !
9-10 fine as provided by the act of 1
Jannary 18, 183^ and upon the same '
terms and subject to the limitations
and provisions of law regulating the
coinage and legal tender quality of
gold." |
HONOLULU QUARANTINE.
Over Seven Thousand Japs and Chinese In
Detention Camps.
The steamer Alameda arrived at San
Francisco, Friday, from Australian
ports via Samoa and Honolulu. The
Alameda was ordered to quarantine
but Mr. Kinyoun, state quarantine
ofncer, reports that up to February
2d, there had been no new cases of the
plague at Honolulu since January
25th. There were 7,190 Japanese and
rVninflsft in ouarantina at Honolulu
and detention camps have been established
for them.
KILLED IX WRECK.
Two Engineer* and a Fireman Are Crashed
to Death.
Three persons were killed and three
seriously injured in a head-end collision
Thursday between fast freight
tr?ins on tho Bereh creek division of
the New York Central railroad at Gordon
Heights, Pa.
Both engines were demolished and !
thirty-seven cars* were wrecked. The
trains were running at highest speed.
LLER RETIRES
Ladysmith Proved to
il Failure.
FUNERAL OF SEN. LAWTON.
Remains of Ideal American Soldier
Laid to Rest In Arlington
Cemetery.
A Washington special says: Major
Eenry W. Lawton was buried Friday
n the National cemetery at Arlington
rhe services at the grave were pre;eded
by those at the Church of the
Covenent in tho city, where President
cr M Rfr-ptor r?f "FTamriilton collecre.
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lelivered a funeral oration that has
leldom been equaled in beauty of expression,
nor could it have been in
nore perfect accord with the spirit of
the solemn occasion that called it
forth.
Never in the history of the capital
las there been a more representative
gathering of the nation's official life to
pay a last tribute to the nation's honied
dead. No mark of military pomp
md ceremony that the regulations
?ould provide was wanting to render
;he occasion solemn and impressive.
Nearly all the available troops of the
regular military remaining in this
jountry were called out. Three thou?and
men, infantry, cavalry and artillery,
followed the flag-draped caisson
;o the grave.
Lawton was to the people the ideal
American soldier whose exploits in
ihree wars made his name a household
fvord and who being a soldier, first and
>nly, died in the line of duty, leaving
aothing to his children but the heritige
of an honored name.
It was in tribute to this soldier's
deal that American generosity' for
veeks past had swelled the "Lawton
Fund" beyond all expectations of its
>riginators, and in further tribute Frilay
that the great ourponring of people
filled the' streets long before the
lour when the services at the Church
)f the Covenant were to commence.
But mere official formula were
Iwarfed beside the deep popular demonstration
that the burial of the dead soldier
called forth. Every department
)f the government paid its official
ribute. Flags hung at half mast.
The president and his cabinet, rep- I
esentatives of the supreme court, of i
;he house and senate, and of the army
ind navy, all combined to fill the
larkened church to its utmost, But )
;hese official representatives of the
jeople were lost in the great crowds
hat surrounded the church and lined
he streets along which the procession
)assed.
President McKinley was among the
early comers, accompanied by the
secretary of war. They came to the
church with Adjutant General Corbin,
vho, assisted by Colonel John Bingiam,
had charge of the official arrangements.
The secretary of the navy,
;he secretary of the interior, the atorney
general and secretary of agriculture
were also there.
The supreme court was represented
>y Chief Justice Fuller and several of
;he associate justices. Admiral Dewey
vas absent from Washington, but was
epresented by Captain A. S. Barker.
3x-Secretary Alger was also present
>y proxy, having sent from Michigan
!dr. "Victor Mason, his secretary while
n the war department, who brought a
jreat wreath of flowers for the already
>verladen casket.
The Presbyterian burial service was
ead by Rev. Hamlin, pastor of the
church, and President Strykor then
irose to deliver the oration.
1 ,L? a*-- i- it- 1?i K-V*
Alter me urauuu me uaa&ci, lAgunjned
of part of its burden of flowers,
vas lifted to the shoulders of troopers,
x>rne down the aisle to the street,
past the great crowd outside and
aised to the caisson waiting at the
loor.
The waiting ranks of the cavalry
noved forward and closed about it as
i guard of honor and formed into line.
Then with a rumble of wheels and a
flash of trace chains, field and siege
jatteries joined the procession, and
ike hero of three wars moved on his
ast march to his final resting place on
;he Virginia hillside beyond the Potomac.
PARTIAL CONFESSION MADE.
Prisoner Throws Some Light on the Assassination
of Goebel.
Two men suspected of complicity in
the murder of Governor Goebel were
arrested in a boarding house at Frankfort
Friday. Their nam?s are Silas
Jones, of "Whitley county, and Gottschalk,
of Nelson county.
The authorities expect to obtain important
evidence from Jones, who has
already made a partial confession. He
declar.es that he personally knows
nothing of the crime, but says that
Harlan Whittaker, who was arrested
immediately after the shooting knows
a great deal about the crime.
GENERAL LEWIS DEAD.
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Former Postmaster at Atlanta, Ga., Dies
Suddenly In Chicago.
General John R. Lewis, former
postmaster at Atlanta, died suddenly
at Chicago Thursday night.
General Lewis was prominent in
firanrl armv circles. He entered the
civil war at the head of a company of
Vermont men and was made captain.
He was a brevet brigadier general at
the close of the war. He lost one of
his arms at the battle of the Wilderness.
New Tennessee Cotton Mill.
Col. C. M. McGhee and Col. L. D.
Tyson, of Knoxville; Tenn., will begin
at once the erection of a cotton mill at
an expense of $300,000.
Signed Reciprocity Arrangement.
Minister Carson, for the United
States, and Baron Fava, Italian ambassador
for his government, at the
state department at Washington signed
a reciprocity arrangement under
the third section of the Dingley act.
ANTITRUST
CONFERENCE
Leape Meets In Chicago and Dis*
cusses Evil and Remedy.
| FAVORABLE PR06RESS IS MADE
Congressman Sulzer, of New York,
Makes a Forcible Argument
Against Present Conditions. -
A Chicago special says: Monday
night, at the close of the first day's
proceedings of the anti-trust conferj
ence called by the National Anti-Trust
League, good progress had been made
with the set speeches, of which a dozen
' or more were delivered,
j Mayor Harrison welcomed the delegates
on behalf of the city. Already,
j he said, the senate of the United
l States had been reduced to a small
j convention of the owners and representatives
of' the trusts. A few years
more would see the house and our judiciary
reduced to the same condition,
Former Judge William Prentiss, of
Illinois, was selected temporary chairman,
and addressed the convention.
The resolutions committee meantime
was busy and formulated resolutions
covering the following points:
Government ownership of all railway
and telegraph lines; the abolition
of all special privileges by legislative
enactments; placing on the free list
| all trust goods, and direct legislation
from the people.
The discussion in committee was
carried out on those lines. An amendment
was offered for the taxation of
all franchises, but was voted down on
the ground that such action would
simply legalize special privileges. H.
S. Bigelow was the first speaker at the
night session.
Congressman William Sulzer, of
, New York, received a hearty reception
when presented to the audience. He
said:
"The law on the statute books
against trusts is clear and plain and
the highest court in the land has passed
upon its validity and sustained the
constitutionality of its provision. The
anti-trust law of 1890 declares that
every contract or combination in the
nature of a trust in restraint of trade
and commerce among the several states
or with foreign nations is a conspiracy,
illegal and void, and punishable
by fine and imprisonment. Under this
act it seems to me every trust in the
United States can be prosecuted for
violation of the law, the charter annulled
and the men behind it punished
for conspiracy. Every trust by its
very nature is in restraint of trade and
commerce and in violation of this
law.
"How much longer will the people
consent to be robbed and submissively
permit .a continuation of this
outrage? The trusts have their being
and grow by special legislation; they
live and wax fat by governmental favoritism.
If the question is ever presented
whether the trusts shall own
and run the government and enslave
humanity, or whether the people shall
own and run the trusts?not for the
benefit of the few, but for the good of
all?and free the industrial masses,
then I shall vote for the people and in
favor of government ownership of the
trusts.
"To sum it all up, the Republican
party stands for Hanna, and the Republican
party is Hanna."'
"The Democratic party is the party
of the plain people. It is opposed to
trusts and monopolies?to special
privileges. It stands for the supremacy
of the law. It believe! in freedom
of thought, freedom of speech, freedom
of action, freedom of trade and
free institutions. It believes in the
constitution, in fostering commerce,
- - - - * * i v _ J
unfettering trade, estaDiisning ministry,
aiding enterprise, maintaining
equal opportunities, defendirg liberty,
unshackeling the mind and the conscience
and handing down unimpaired
to future generations our free institutions."
RESOLUTION SLIPPED THROUGH.
United States Senate Unwittingly Expresses
Sympathy For Boers.
A resolution expressing sympathy
for the B^ers in their struggle against
Great Britain and urging mediation
on the part of the United States between
the belligerents, was adopted |
by the senate Saturday in a fit of temporary
aberration of attention.
The resolution was offered by Mr. ;
Allen, of Nebraska, and went through
without attracting the slightest comment
from any one of the dozen or
more senators present. A minute
later, however, at the request of the
chair (Mr. Frye) Mr. Allen consented^
to a reconsideration of the vote by
which the resolution was passed and
the incident closed amid much quiet
laughter.
. RIOTS AT MARTINIQUE.
White Residents of Fort De France Appeal
to Island Governor.
Advices from Fort de France, Island
of Martinique, state that the white inhabitants
of La Francois, being threatened
with death by rioting strikers,
have sought refuge in Fort de France,
the governor having declared it impossible
to guarantee their lives.
The managers of the plantations are
requesting permiB?iuu i<_> uigttu?,D
forces of military for the purpose of
protecting the persons who are kept
at work, but the governor will not accept
the responsibility of authorizing
such a step.
N'ew National Bank Bill.
| Senator Nelson has introduced an
amendment to the currency bill permitting
the organization of national
banks in towns of 4,000 inhabitants
and over with a capital stock of $25,000.
BAD LEGAL TANGLE
Beckham Asks Democrats to Continue
Legislative Sessions
In Louisville.
A Louisville special says: The collapse
of the peace negotiations through
Governor Taylor's rejection of the
Louisville agreement and the latter's
action in calling off the London legislature
and partially withdrawing the
troops have left the fight over state
offices divested of many of its warlike
features, but in a worse legal tangle
than ever.
The receipt of the news from Frankfort
Saturday afternoon was followed
immediately by a gathering of Demo*
** wn _i.-l a i.
eratic leaders at tne wiiiaru nuim. ai
this conference were Senator Blackburn,
Governor Beckham, General
Castleman, President Carter, of the
senate, Speaker Trimble, and others.
At its conclusion Governor Beckham
sent to the legislature a message reciting
the failure of the peace negotiations
and the conditions existing at
Frankfort as seen by him and recommending
that the legislature continue
its sessions in Louisville, as he could
not guarantee their personal security
nor protect them from unwarranted
interference at Frankfort.
Acting upon this suggestion, the
legislature decided to remain in Louisville
for the present, and both houses
adjourned to meet at the court house
Monday at noon.
The Democratic members do not accept
Governor Taylor's action in ordering
away part of troops as restoring
a condition under which they may
return to the capital. They say they
would feel safer with the militia than
with "the irresponsible armed mountaineers
who for weeks have been gathered
about the state buildings" left to
menace them.
The positions of the two governments
are irreconcilable, and while they are
maintained a clash can only be deferred.
IS LADYSMITH BOOMED *
British Retirements Puts Victorious Boers
In the Ascendancy. ,
A London special says: General Sir
Redvers Buller's army is once more
south of the Tagela river; General
MacDonald is back at Modder river,
and, apparently, the Boers have lost'
none of the ascendancy they have held
so long.
The third great attempt to end the
siege of Ladysmith results in utter
failure, and even the most optimistic
Britisher fails to hold out any hope
that Ladysmith can now be saved
from the Boers.
It is regarded as certain that the
garrison, so long bravely defended by
General White's forces, must fall into
the hands of General Joubert's army.
The besieged city has been short of
rations for weeks and it is feared that
the situation there is desperate in the
extreme. It is now feared that General
Joubert will make another attack on
the garrison; taking advantage of his
rout of the British under Buller, and
forcing the latter back to a position
south of the river, and making it impossible
for the British army to interfere
with the attack on the city.
There is much doubt as to the ability
of General White to make another
resistance, as his supply of ammunition
must be nearly exhausted and his
men are no doubt suffering from the
long siege and privation. They will
have no heart to fight the Boers, knowing
that if General Buller's fresh and
strong troops can do nothing with the
enemy their own weak batteries and
depleted stock of ammunition and
cheerless men cannot hope to hold out
long in a battle.
MOLINEAUX GUILTY.
Jury Returns Verdict of Murder In the
First Degree.
A New York dispatch says: After
deliberating seven and a half hours the
jury returned a verdict of guilty of
murder in tko first degree against Roland
B. Molineaux, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Katherine J. Adams
by poison on December 28, 1898.
Bartow S. Weeks, counsel for the
defense, made the usual motion, and
Recorder Goff adjourned court until
February 1G, when he said he would
hear the motion and sentence the defendant.
The announcement of the verdict of
guilty was received in the uptown districts
and about ths clubs apparently
with great surprise. Many of the club
men ^seemed to be staggered by the
announcement and it was the main
topic for discussion.
LEAK IN GAS PIPE
Causes Death of Engineer, His Wife and
Baby at Chicago.
Martin Jordan, an engineer, his
wife, Mary, and their five months' old
boy, were asphyxiated by gas last Saturday
night in their home in Chicago.
A leak iu a gas pipe in the basement
deluged the honse with gas and
when found by other members of the
family had been dead for several hours.
San Salvador Flarae Swept.
A cablegram from San Salvador,
Central America, states that the city
has been visited by a serious fire. The
total loss is estimated at $1,000,000.
LAWTON'S BODY AKKIYES.
Funeral Train Bearing Remains of Dead
General Reaches Washington.
The train bearing the remains of
General Henry W. Lawton completed
its trip across the continent at 9:30
Thursday morning, when it rolled
tlirnnffh banks of mist into the Penn
sylvania railroad station at Washington.
Adjutant General Corbin met the
party at the depot, and troop H,Third
cavalry, from Fort Meyer, acted as escort
to the Church of the Covenant,
where General Lawton's remains were
to rest until the funeral at Arlington
cemetery Friday.
FRANCE AWAITS OPPORTUNITY
To Get Even With England While War
Is In Progress.
A dispatch to the Xew York World
from Paris says: France, England's
hereditary foe, seems to wait her opportunity
in England's direst need.
France and England are at the door
of a serious disagreement. If the disagreement
comes it probably will be
. over the Egyptian question.
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| TAYLOR DON'T SIGN
I
i Peaoe Negotiations In Kentucky
Are Broken Off,
I TROOPS WITflDRAWN FROM FRANKFORT
! Legislator* Are Ordered Back to Capital.
Contest Will Now Go to
the Conrts,
A Frankfort dispatch says: Nearly
every Republican committeeman "was
in the city Saturday. Several Republican
members of the legislature were
among the number, including Senator
"Kirk and .Tfthnson and UeDresentative
Lewis.
Shortly before 11 o'clock the doors
of the capitol were opened and the
state delegates went to the assembly
room, the first time it has opened since
the shooting of Governor Goebel.
At 11 o'clock Governor Taylor accompanied
by Private Secretary Todd,
Secretary of State Caleb Powers and
Thatcher entered the assembly rooms.
His arrival was the signal for a wild
outburst of cheering, men standing on
chairs and yelling and waving their
hats in greeting. The doors were then
locked and a guard placed at the door.
After a two hours' session Governor
Taylor definitely decided that he would
not sign the Louisville agreement, and
decided to allow the matter to be settled
in the courts and will abide by
their decision.
Shortly after the meeting the following
statement was given out:
"After mature deliberation and conference
with my friends from every
section of the state, I have concluded
to allow this controversy to take its
due course, vigorously contesting
every inch of ground and upholding
the rights of the people to the uttermost.
If those rights be destroyed,
the responsibility for that destruction
must rest with those who sit in judg
merit.
"It is due to say that the eminent
gentlemen, my friends, who secured
the proposition resulting from the
Lousville conference, acted in perfect
good faith, from the highest motives
of patriotism and did the very best
they could. W. S. Taylor,
Dnring the conference Governor
Taylor stated to the members that
there were two courses to be pursued.
First, to sign the Louisville agreement;
the second to quietly withdraw
the froops, allow the legislature to reconvene
in the capitol building in
Frankfort; to call off the session now
being held in London and to ignore
the Louisville agreement entirely.
Several speeches were made and it was
soon apparent that the sentiment of the
gathering was very strongly in favor
of the second course, and this was adopted.
proclamation issued.
The following proclamation was
issued Saturday afternoon:
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 10, 19U0.?
The excitement recently prevailing in
this city having to some extent subsided
and there appearing now to be
no necessity for the general assembly
to remain in session in London, I do
hereby by this proclamation reconvene
the same in Frankfort, Ky., February
12, 1900, at 12 o'clock noon.
W. S. Taylor,
' Governor of Kentucky
Orders were at once issued to Gen.
Collier to prepare for the departure of
the troops, and in a very short time a
large number of them were ready to
leave. Six companies left Saturday
night ; more departed Sunday and only
ii 1^- i x nr
a sman aeiacmneni rernaiueu uy iu.uuday
morning. These, it is said, are
retained only as a peace guard.
Word was at once sent to the members
of the Republican legislature, in
session in London, that the next session
would be in Frankfort, and a
prompt reply was received to the effect
that they would all leave.in a body on
Sunday,and be in Frankfort Monday.
The action of Governor Taylor
now returns the gubernatorial fight to
the exact position it occupied on the
day following the Goebel assassination,
with the additional complication
that there was then but one legislature
and one governor in fact, whereas
there are now two claimants for the
position, and two separate bodies,each
claiming to be the lawmaking power
of Kontucky.
"60 AHEAD," SAID TAYLOR,
Bump Legislature Inform* Him That If
Is Ready For Business.
Monday was another day of unbroken
calm in Frankfort. The Republican
members of the legislature
met at noon and appointed committees
to inform Governor Taylor that the
legislature had adjourned at London
and was convened at Frankfort tc
transact such business as might come
before them. The governor acknowledged
the message by saying "gc
ahead." Both houses then adjourned
until Tuesday. There were nine members
in the senate and twenty-eight in
the house".
"ROOSY" WILL NOT RUN.
Denies That He Will Be a Candidate Fo
Vice-President.
The New Jork Press says: Roose
velt is not a candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for vice-president
Woodruff is. Roosevelt told Senato
I Piatt and Chairman Odell, of the com
j mitiee, that he would not take th
j nomination. He told them, too, tha
he had written a letter to his friend
Senator Henfy Cabot Lodge, to tha
effect.
Another Endowment Expected.
It is expected that at a dinner to b<
i (Triton .at. tlit> FTntpl Manhattan. Xev
I e-'? -- ?
! York, early nest mouth John D. Kocke
! feller will announce a further gift o;
| $1,500,000 to Chicago university, mak
. ing his total contribution to that in
J tistution $7,500,000.
shipowner Suicides.
Captain .Tosliu Howell, a guest o:
the Hotel Montezuma in Ocala, Fla.,
shot and killed himself Monday morn
ing. He was the owner of the pleasure
sloop Eieauor, hailing from Easl
Moriches, N. Y,
WOLCOTT GIVES WARMNG. :
. i
Senator Says the Abandonment 1
of Bimetallism Would Be j
Fatal To Republicans. I
The final week's discussion of the '
pending financial bill was begun in
the senate Monday. The speakers ?
were two Republicans, Mr. Elkins, of !
West Virginia, and Mr. Wolcott, of <
Colorado, and one Populist, Mr. But- >
ler, of North Carolina. I '
Mr. Elkins advocated the passage of
the pending senate measure in a brief
but forceful argument. Mr. Wdlcott,
chairman of the international bimetal
lie commission of 1897, spoke fof many J
Republicans who adhere to bimetal- (
lism and his speech, earnest and elo^
quent, was received with unusual attention.
Mr. Bntler advocated the j
adoption of his amendment providing
for an issue of paper currency by the
government.
A house bill for the preservation of
the f Herat e constitution was passed, ,
the measure providing that the ship
should be restored as nearly as possible
to its original condition.
The following bills on the general j
calendar were passed:
To construct a road to the national
cemetery at Dover, Tenn., at & cost of i
811,500; to carry into effect two re?olutions
of the continental congress
to be erected to the memory of General
Francis Nash and William L. Da- (
vidson, of North Carolina, appropriat- (
ing $1,000 for each; to encourage en- ,
listments in the navy by providing (
successful applicants with an outfit
valued at $45; to authorize Hon. A. 8.
Handy, at present minister of the
United States to Greece, Roumania
and Servia, to accept the decoration
tendered him by the shah of Persia;
to authorize the following naval officers
to accept orders and decorations
tendered them by the government of
Venezuela?Rear Admiral W. T.Sampson,
Captain H. C. Taylor, Captain F.
A. Cook, Captain C. D. Sigsbee, Captain
F.. E. Chadwick, Captain C. F.
Goodrich, Commander W. W. Mead,
Commander M. J. H. Dayton, Commander
F. M. Symonds and Commander
C. C. Tood.
BEFORE JUDGE TAFT.
Application For Injunction of Kentucky
Flection Commissioners Is Heard..
In the United States circuit court of
appeals at Cincinnati, Monday afternoon,
Judge- W. H. Taft heard arguments
for over three hours on the applications
for injunctions against the
Kentucky state board of election commissioners
and the contestants for the
state officers other than governor and
lieutenant governor.
The large courtroom was unable to
hold all who came to the federal buildiner
fnr admission. Verv manV of the
visitors were from the Kentucky side.
The plaintiffs were represented by
Bradley, Wilson, Sweeney and Yost,
all of Kentncky. The defendants were
represented by Scott, Hendrick,Hager
and Maxwell, the latter being a member
of the bar of Cincinnati and the
others of Kentucky.
After the conclusion of the arguments,
Judge Taft advised counsel
that he would announce his decision
so far as the court having jurisdiction
in the cases concerned at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. ?
A TELEGRAM FROM BULLER.
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General Notifies Field Marshal Roberts of
His Bad Plight.
The war office at London has received
the following dispatch from
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, dated
from the Modder river, Sunday, February
11th:
"I have received a telegram from
Buller as follows, dated Friday, February
9:
* "It was necessary after seizing
Yaal Krantz to entrench it as the
pivot of further operations. But I
.. found after trying two days, that owing
to the nature of the ground that this
was impracticable. It was also exposed
to fire of heavy guns in positions from
which our artillery was dominated. It
is essential to troops advancing on
Ladysmith by Harding or Monger's
drift to hold Yaal Krantz securely,and
accordingly we are not pressing the
advance by those roads, as I find we
cannot make it secure.' "
Ransom Holds Cotton.
Ex-Senator M. W. Ransom, the biggest
cotton growing North Carolinian,
is still holding 1,000 bales of the present
crop. The rise has so far netted
him about $5,000.
ROBERTS OFFERS AMNESTY.
Transvaalers and Free Staters Ha
Chance to "Give Up.'*
A London special says: Lord Roberts
has caused to be distributed in
the towns bordering upon the invaded
colonial territory an invitation to Free
Staters and Transvaalers to go into the
desert, offering them good treatment
and a restoration to their farms on the
British occupation of republican territory.
The manifesto guarantees that those
bringing horses can sell them. Foreigners
will have their passages paid
to Europe. Colonial rebels are advised
1 to surrender in preference to being
taken prisoners.
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"JIM-CROW CAR LAW"
j
?8 Radically Changed By the Sonth Carolina
Legislature.
The South Carolina legislatute has
? adopted changes in the "jim crow car
1 law," which provides separate coaches
' for the white and colored races. In*
stead of having separate compartments
1 iu one coach and first and second-class
coaches, with different fares, as at
1 present, the new law provides for one
coach for each race at a uniform fare,
3 cents a mile. The law goes into
effect in 60 days.
3
r FEARED ASSASSINATION.
f I'cxas Postmaster Secures Abolishment of
TT1. . vtGoo
?LI3 *'?nvn.
The postoffice at Wilmouth, Tex.,
has been ordered discontinued from
February 14th. This action was taken
by the postoffice department as a ref
'suit of representations by the post,
master there that he wished to resign
- because of open threats that he would
* be assassinated. The postoffice' offii
cials have no other information in regard
to the case.
fvJCMrjrsjrvjrvjc^t ^
l SOUTH CAROLINA j
! STATE NEWS ITEMS, j
Charleston Congratulated.
"Charleston is to be congratulated,'
>ays the Columbia Record, "upon hei
success in securing the National Edu
national Convention. The teachers o
South Carolina should all endeavor t<
attend and profit from its sessions."
*.
Launch Was Disabled.
The little gasoline launch, Ida Bel
Launds, with Thomas I. Madge am
crew aboard, was towed into port a
^ - X _ ? .A-i l?as M onof
UCOrgeiUWjj UJ it iu^ uuaif uoi Djun*
i?one and engine disabled. She lei
Beaufort, S. 0., Jan. 27, and wa
caught in prevailing gales and blow
across the gnlf stream fonr times, he
masts and engine giving away in th
heavy sea on the 30th. She will r?
main in port several days nndergoin
repairs.
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Medical Men to Meet.
The annnal convention of the Tri
State Medical Association will be hel
in Charleston on Feb. 20. The set
sions will continue for several dayt
The association is composed of men
bers from south Carolina, Virginia an
North Carolina, and subjects of gret
importance to them will be discnsi
ed at the Charleston meeting. Som
of the brightest medical men in tb
states named are members of the asst
ciation and they will be at the convei
tion.
Separate Coaches For Races.
The bill providing for separal
coaches for the races, and abolishin
class fares on railroads, has passe
both branches of the legislature, an
will receive the governor's signature
A single fare fixed at tne uniform ral
of 3 cent3 per mile is provided. Th
plan of railroads dividing coaches b
partitions for the uje of the races i
prohibited. Negroes and whites mus
each have one full coach. Three cent
is l of a cent lower than the presei
charges for first-class.
Antl-Trust Bill Passed.
The anti-trust bill passed the houe
last Monday night, after beinj
? ^mUk amanrlmonfa A
to serve, and a strong hold on tJ
good will of the people of his stat
His friends declare that he is so co
vinced that in fonr or five years tl
country will be unanimous in nphol
ing what has been done he would n
hesitate to resign, leaving his politic
ambition to the future.
"Those who know of the preside
high regard for Senator McLaur
would not be surprised at his sele
tion."
CHANDLER FOB SILYEB.
Senator Say* He Cannot Consistently St
port the Financial Bill.
The financial debate was continu*
in the senate Saturday by Mr. Cha
dler, who opposed the gold standa
and strongly urged the double 8t|n
ard. In beginning his speech he sai
"The passage of the bill witho
adequate recognition of the desire ai
determination of the American peof
that silver shall be remonetized is
defiance of the Republican platform
1896, and without such recognition
the bill I cannot give to it my vol
It would be unqualified gold monom<
allism, and to advocate it is an aba
donment of Republican principles."
Students Invite Bryan.
A ma38 meeting of the students
the University of North Carolina w
held at Charlotte Friday afternO<
and an invitation was extended
William J. Bryan to visit the ur
versity and make a speech after h
Raleigh engagement
i
WCI^UICU UU W U VTAVU aauvuvtMVM.w, ?
originally introduced, it was the fat
simile of the Texas law. Then it wj
amended to the Illinois law, wit
flight modifications. This was sul
sequently cnt up, destroying the orij
inal purpose of the bill. Jeremia
Smith, an old farmer, made one of ti
chief speeches against the bill.
"It would be committing suicide 1
interfere with trilsts before the ni
tional government has laid its hanc
on them. This bill will cripple ti
commerce of the state. It will pr<
vent our merchants from buying an;
thing." He said he was opposed 1
the trusts on general principles, bi
he had had experience in using soutl
em oil as against the trust produc
and the former smoked everything i
three feet of it.
"The bill will encourage deceptic
and fraud among the people," said h
"for a man can get out of paying a
honest debt by saying he bought ti
article from the trusts."
He believed in competition, but sai
this bill would prevent the America
Tobacco Company from sending i
buyers here and to his section of tl
state. v
"South Carolina has the bigge
4 4 /lJ? ?% nrKn
trust ime uispeuamj; ut iu?
country, and what are you going to <
with it?"
The tobacco growing district led tl
fight against the bill. '
A
Senator McLcLaurin Proposed.
The Washington Star says:
"Senator Sullivan of Mississip
had au important conference wi
President McKinley regarding tl
new commission which is to go to tl
Philippines. He urged the preside
to appoint a southern man of prozc
nence on the commission. The pret
dent, it is said, assented to this su
gestion, and indicated that he won
arrange the commission so that all se
tions of the country would be rep*
sented.
"Senator Sullivan presented tl
name of Senator McLaurin of Son
Carolina for this honor. It is sa
that bis Democratic and Bepublici
senatorial friends have reached i
agreement for presenting his name
the white house.
"It is understood that a strong c
fort will be made by influential sen
tors of all parties to have the appoio
ment offered him.
"Those close to him and who knc
of. his decided pro-expansion vie\
think it probable that he would ser
ousfy consider acceptance. To acce)
he would have to resign his seat
the senate, with more than three yea
j mmv wflfitujic. I
J That Is Why Little General
! Coming Baok. 4g
' THE HDTB IS AT LAST lEABKi Mt :tJ
>.j
Vfkfl In Moat of the Battlaa ud Took Cok?"f^ /
aplcaoas Port, Bat OtU If error I
Mentioned Hie Home, .
i A letter received >t Washington % ' |
t from a prominent officer who aonrod^.' . ;
8 under General Wheeler in tho Phil3p?^J g|
- pines tnrows some ugat on
ft Joe's" sadden decision to return home ;? 1
r and sever his connection with the . t 'm
6 military branch of the government ^^9 ^
The-writer, who is thoroughly r#?v/; M
^ liable, confirms the reports reoeire&J
in Washington and the opinion iMgl
frequently expressed that General Otis M
? has been successful in his efforts fat:| . jf
depriving General Wheeler of U&M m
i. glory whatever in the military opara-is' v;Jj
i- tiona in the Philippines. m
The offioer in question not odjy|||3H
j. charges that General Otis systematic.! B
e cally endeavored to keep Geneckf-l
Q Wheeler in the background, tmjt? B
through the red robin scheme pt&$. B
lm vented any reports of the operations jB
of General Wheeler's command ^
entering the states. The letter of tk#'| B
officer in part is as follows, his aam#4? B
being withheld for prudentiai'^^wH
e eons: 3BH
f letters are being received
United States asking why * GmNp^^fl
Otis has never mentioned General B
J* Wheeler in his" reports. 'f* j
'e A letter from San Francisco addr|?j | -jB
L ed to an officer here in the .
i8 pines say8:
it *'I hare watched the reports B
;3 Manila, as X thought such a fine offieet^ | B
as General Wheeler would be in reB
thick of the fight but for soipa
countable reason his namcjanoTBjffl
tioned. I am very much into>(8it|jMi^,!^|
him, as I rend of him in Cnba
? magazines." *
5 Other letters of the fame tenqy tinN
8 been received. One Ihtter says:
"A. statement has been
ts 'No matter what General Wheeler didfe ||f|fl
h/ in the Philippines his name
>- e$ be mentioned/" \y||8j
?- We be! ipye this has been pnnwrjb igip
h be literally true. :-?lll
e It is known that General
has oonstantly studied tbfj!oeatM/A|^B
o the enemy's troops and has repeatedly^ , ;||1
- solicited authority to attack them, ba
Is every such application has beehj^m-^^
e fused. Notwithstanding this, GeMf^
J- al Wheeler has been in a number ajjf;
r- engagements, but his service hau|lMtISM
o entirely ignored or the credit gfreti
it others. \
i" On September 9th General WhJMH-lljm
t, had a fi^ht with a force of insMypjMx^^
in infantry and artillery, commano^jjjj ;-|g
the Filipido general, TomasMascarm^"
n This fight was at Santa Bits. e,
General Otis cabled an aoconak\jM-:^||l
n the fight to Washington, bet the puitt^ '-|??
ie lisbed report does not mention 0SJg|3j|
Wheeler, bnt does mention <dheri*"||^H
d cers who were not in the fight
n a way as to convey the im{nessi<nraBt|Sm
ts the credit was dneto them.
ie On September 16th General WlriijBrWgia
had another fight at Santa
st no mention whatever was made of J
le On September 28th he iiniiiliiajijpl -?|jl3|
lo the troops which charged fiyioBenemy's
breastworks at Porae. MM
ie pushed through and beyond themmg '^WM
before any other troops were
town, killing and capturing iasqjji ''gjS
gents, together with guns and othif^ ^
property. This fight wis rep<gtwH|l^
. Washington, bnt General Wheeleraro
P' not m.ntinnrf. ?ad HilS 3??
again officers who were aoMftlSB:
16 fight and who at the time w^jaM ^J-p
3? away from it are mentioned. '
3. On Optober 14th General Wheeles^ 'ilif
/ troops had qoite a wstmjgghi ai dov|::-^fj?I
n[ gel?8 with the insurgent bnga&? 0$ |BB
B" General Hizon and Oolond
der General Conception, and iwiiffiHr ''"'"Tj!
?* of brigades under Genera) Mascard&l
e" and General Akino. The insurgafktBi 3
force was about 3,500 strong. 'Tha^ ^
18 fight lasted for three hours
, free one of artillerj and small arms on . ; j
I both sides. We lost six woundedLB ?/?
n General Wheeler rode his horse doB^-'.fp
II the firing tins during the action,
0 ing from post to post re-enforcing the<s ;|E
. points where the enemy appeared to 'Jf
1 ] be strongest, bat General Otl^'?^B|ffi
J* patch does not mention his oamew.v^ 4ml
On October 16th, General Wheeler |
was in another fight with a stO! stzbtag^B /m/
w er force of insurgents tinder the earne-.^ .Jg
v.8 insurgent commanders. General -v '
l" Wheeler again rode the firing
? during all the action., Our loss was. ^ /$
1Q one killed and nine wounded. HjfgpjS ;:||g
rs again no mention was madeof-Oenewdm :Bf|j
16 Wheeler, and yet the insurgent force Bj ^
e" engaged in these two fight* *ae B||
Q" greater than in most of the fights in - -*??
36 the Philippines. ^
~ General Wheeler also engaged
?: nine other fights or skirmiahes air An-f^ ..B!|
geles as well as many others later oi$|P vBj|
, | and in no instance wae his namoeTer^ ; |
!8 mentioaed in connection therewith. Ill
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cWOULD
BE ILLEGAL I
Kentucky Constitution Has No Provision 4 BB
For Arrest of legislators. ||
ip* Judge Alex P. Humphrey oae jfi$J B|
. the leading lawyers of Louisville, Spll,
saia r nuitjr mviuuin M?t ....i.
,r, of legislators would be illegal, tad >||M
*. that habeas corpus proceedings would Jp
V certainly result in the release o* the -J5
: arrested members. Manj people, inn,
eluding some members of the legist
tare, he said, had confused the constat H :
' tution of the United Sutes and tha
constitution of Kentucky. if
^ WHEBLEB HEARD FROM*
jt- Uryti Hom? Committor to Aid Tinnwm :v ,;
n- Biver IupfovenMoa.
General Joe Wheeler, writing the H
chairman and members of the rivers
and the harbors committee of the
-m >1 an?p. from Paniqaem, island J?
Us zon, under date of January 6th, a?kl|? ;:
)n their active efforts in securing an *p? >
to propriation for the Tennessee riverbed - |
Li- low Chattanooga. General WheelerI '../J
i? say* the death of General Lawton 4
delayed his departure for home.