The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 21, 1900, Image 1
Cottflolidated Ans:. 2,1881.
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for.
BRITISH CAPTURE
BLOEMFONTEIN.
ItM Stale Capital Surrender?
ed Tueeday Morning
Uedoo, Mareb 14 ? It ia rffi t .'.ly
asaooooad that Lewd Roberts ba* oaoa
pied Blosmfooteie aad tbat Iba B i'i- h
ia? ia flyieg from Iba top of Iba
e**btl
Loedoe. Mareb 14 ?Tba following
Is lbs isi% af Lord Roberts* dtepe'eb to
tba star oftee eaeooooiog bia oeeopa
tlea of Bloeaefooieie.
Blooaitoatfio. Tuesday, lAareb 18
8 f m ? By lbs help of Qod aad t y
tba bravery af bar majesty's soldiers,
tee trops eader say command b*v>
tekea po*?eeoioe of Bl emfoo'eio The
Bntisb lag anw fl as over tba prem
denoy, evaoue>*d laal evening bv Mr
Steyo, l?te president of tba O enge
Free State. Mr. Fras?r member of
tba late eseeatite goteromeut, lbs
mayor, the secretary of tba lata govern
sseoi, lbs laodroal aod other fffieial?
saac ssa two Bailee from tba toeio a>-d
preaeoted ma with lbs bays of the
pablio oifioee The sosmy beve with
drewo from lbs neighborhood aod all
eeaaia quiet. Tba iababiiaots of
Bloemfooieia gate lbs tiefte a eordial
welcome
Tbe above dispatch, though dated
Taesday, wee ooi received at tbe ?rar
office nntil 7 80 p. m. Wedoesday. It
eras made pablio a few minotes before
9 o'clock The delay is attributed to
tba 6 Id tslegrapbs oot being oonaeoted
1 with Bloenafooleia no Tuesday seating.
Kit re papore era already oot on tbe
streets, aad ihs eight orosrda of Loodon
ere roogiog patriotic soogs and engeg
ieg ia patriotie d< moostratiooa
Lird Roberts' dupetjh oaused a feel
teg of great relief Tbe absenoe of
eeers eagerly looked for bad provoked
some spprebeotoo during the earlier
pan of Iba day that the Bitisb bad
mat ariih a ebeek before Bloemfooteto,
aad aagioee leqeiriee were made at the
war effioo aod ia tba lobbiee of perlia
mast.
Capa Towe. Mareb 14.?-A great
popular demonstration took plaoe here
on ibe reoetpt of the oews that lib em
foaieio bad beeo occupied by tbe
Britieb. All Ibe oberob bells were
meg aad a proeeeetoo beaded by tbe
Uotoo Jsok went to tba go?eromeot
boose where Sir Alfred Mil nor made
bte eokeowledgemeoie
The demoestrstora saog "God Save
tba Q era'' aod ibeo paraded through
lbs priootpal etreetc, cheering aod sieg,
ing patriotic soogs.
L^ndoo March t4 ?A dispatch to
The Dsily Chroatele rom Bionoitooteii)
dated Te*edey oveotog. March 13
?eye: "Bioeaafoo'em surrendered at
10 today. It eras occupied at noon.
Prestdeot Mreya with a majority of the
tgb'tng burghers has fl ?d oorthwerd
''Gee F'eoeh was within five loi'fs
of th? i' *c > at 5 o'clock Moadaj after
aooa He seol a ?u om ?<is lolo the
towo, thme'ening to bombard unloss i*
eorreaUred by a. m Tjesdey A
white fig s?* hoisted Tuesday morn ing
aad a depo'a? ?>t, of the town Council,
wi b M?y>r Kdloor (?) came oot to
a?e*f L ir 1 It >bert* at rtptte K ?p 6ve
miles ? o'h of ths town, roaltog a
formal eeeeeoder of the piaee.
"Lord Huberts made a state entiv at
aooa. (le received s tremendous ova*
lion Af?er visinog the pablio build
iega h ? weot to ibe effieial reaidonoo of
ibe preaideot, followed by a cheering
crowd, who waved the Britieb fl?g aod
saog Iba B'iiieb nan mal antbem
Tbey were ia a condition of freoned
tsoi'?sjeet
? ()i Monday afternoon, previous to
tbe eet'eeder. ibere bad beeo a little
snipping end shelling, bot tbe enemy
Ibeo retired
' L*d R-berte baa hie beer'q-iartcre
t>i tbe preetdttnt'e bouse and luany of
lb* British wounded ere to the build
iag Tbe railway ia not injured.
BOERS DON' f Ar KNOWLEDGE
DEFEAT
Preterie, Marco 18 ?A d??pateb
from H< -ruf i '- m as ja tba in vow <f
tba mt oary si'atii^n the ???a* el g.>v
eromeai oi?t be rrm ?v o to K onn
Stadt Toastender D iae y*? r o <n <<*
the Igbt at Aheabam'a kraal 8?*ardav
ease t "?*** H ?Hsh were e ?ima t*d to
49.000 msa. Tbtii Irst ssssalt
aprll 18*0.
"Be Ju
SUMH
wen reeolaed Oil? two B >orn wotc
wound, d Tha sooond ewHou't *a<*
made on tho hill* to in* Iwfl o' rur
noattinn. Tbe?e bil's pees of greet
Strategie imp^'^nfc A ?8)fe#**t|nj
tht?, I ai.d 300 rooo d fended 'he.
ooairioo from 9 ?0 th* morning on-il
sond ?wn Tho hu'rh r? font?h' ii?o
berr>o? and ?bre* ?im?** r'po'-'d ma??*??
nf the B i i?h who kept reh?<v?nrj iir*-d
ro?o Kv*ry attprnnt. ?o a o m w>b
da'ea'ed A? sundown ?hafe were on?
nO farda h?twapn u? T^e B Ui*h ln??
heavily Ni %*o'orate re uro? of oor
loaa are evatlah!; *
BOERS HOLD PrV^ES
L?riy?mith, Mt'oh 14?The B?*rs
bate been located to 8?*v-ral ?t-nnP no
aitioo* near to* jonanoo of the l> ek*a
Kerf aud the B'ggarabarg range*
The? h?v- heavy root in pogoion on
Pmgwoi i k< p at Hlgnkolo. and io *h?
Impati ooontaina aa wll a* a' Qih?no's
f-?rm, oear Condyelaof h p <aa Q n
Hon'er now commands the ritviaino
B?h men and horaoa nf ?ba relief enl.
argo art completely reenve el apd are
noe io the pink of condition Tha re
enns'rgeti -n of ihn railway fron L-dv
anaitb to Doodee ia progressing raptd'y.
WILL FIGHT TO THR DE\TH.
N ? Y k. Mareh 14 ?A <*i<oa?ch
f'oai Prraident K oger to lb# Re *>**9
J oroai dated Pretoria. Mvcb 18 8
p. ra fa Berlin, : 1 Th* ho gh
? will only e*ear> fi fhnng wi?h d?a h
Oar foroea are re'omi g in ?n??d ord*?r
10 on- tine of defeoaa on rur o?n h m1
The N?*el earonaien arae longer in r>nr
faeor ihao we ein*e'ed Th? B ii?h
wit eev?r reach P 0 nria Th? ha'^h
era S i vn. J ober* and rovaelf *?* ?eil
aa ail th* o? b< rm ar* 0 i?*?d Tb>re
are 00 d fforeneea. God h??lp a* "
TO TBE HITHER END.
P'Mnria, March 1*2 vie Lorenzo
Matqnna, March T3 L"H 4gjMa
bory g reply to Preaidenie K?ger
and ^teyn chihps b'tier rii?apD"int
ment, and State Secretary R ?fiz eava
it means tbat the war will uave to be
fought to the bitter end
Ott EAT TRI BUTE TO THE IUI3H.
Sydney, NSW, Marc* 14.?
The government ha* proc'aimnd St
Patrick's day aa a'public holiday at a
tribute to the bravery of the Iiiah
eoldiers in South Africa
Wll AT THE BOERS SA V
London, March 15 ?The 0*i'y
Mail has the following riiepa'ch from
Pietoria dated Match 12 :
'?Lord Salisbury's reply has been
rfceieed and a Boer ref'tation of the
British contention is und?r cone<dnr
ation It will deny that anv aim* x *
lion has been mad* and !? will
declare that thn occupation of B I
iah territory was purely etraie^io
It will express the determination of
the two republics to fight to the
finish "
BURMA'S PLEDGE
Berlin, March 14 ?The weekly
reviewer of the Kreuz Zeitung, who
is a well known professor and
entertains ctose relations with Count
von Buelow, asserts today that
Emperor Nicholas, at the beginning
of the war in South Africa, .gave a
formal pledge that Rnesia would not
take advantage of England's com
plications for 0 further Asiatic ad
vance The Kreuz Zeitung declares
that tliia information is uuthontic
In high political circleH hern no
enrprine w.*a felt at Lord Sa?nbury'8
reply |g the Kr?ger Steyn propohale
It is not believed that the war will
la?t much longer A leading foreign
eflin.? oflicial eaul today that there
would bo no further talk nbout inter
vent ion
The papers this evening generally
expreaa eympalhy with the fate of
the Boera, but take it for granted
that the enntett will soon be over
Dogtruction of J ihann<?sbnrg
by Boer? Not Considered
L'kely.
LwgaJai, March 1G, 5 a. m ? Event?
aro moving in tho Mooih Afri tan cam
paiffo in tha apeedy and aa'iMfairorv
o.iMi' ?r, from both the military and
polit-cal potnta of viow lr coold
hatd t have bcr>n ezioo'cd hv ?h? most
aanguino R igli?hmon th At triey would
tako a torn so favorable
It appear* tbat when Mg] Wcaton
out the railway north of Boomfnotein
he thereby intercepted O n .louh^rt.
who far from having retired fr??m th?
oamn*iirnt waa then eptoinj? e u bward
with 3,000 men, presumably 10 aupor
iot<*nd the defense K ahnrate dsfS0*S
worha three mi'ea lnr?e had bssg pro
par^d rn??>ide h 'own.
N? B ?er w^u* drd w???-e left in B' v
emton'e n Wn?r? a* *? d he re*ana hv
L "d It ?h*rta Mr V SOf r p ffi :
,,fbe ?U'sh? r? do ee? Iii:?? fi a atjd
wo'd'ot eare to g> to Oage T wo"
The ?fidenee po*? iiomn? -hat ?o far
0? 'h? ana'bere part of t?e Pres S %'o
U ooeeerssd thsto will be 00 lortbor
st and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou
!"ER. S. 0., WEDNES:
r**-i* anon. T' \t* u'ideratood that Mr
F a?^r. M V s^ia and other loades
aro q*i?e pre pa cd to a** pt tho posi?
tion of a self governing B itish colon?
The ( brer* whic^ gr.e rd the read
trtg in pa*li mcnt yea a?dav of corrps
pandenee wrh ?h U ?tfd S'a'es ore
repohoel thr. ugh mj: tnco-unt-y Tho
nr??'coh of M D loa-so h&a increased
? hia aa'i'fp.cion, er?l taken wrb tbe
general b- lief 'ha Enoeroi N" bolas is
pernooa' y ave no ?o any in ervotion
?hese too d?*o's pp ead tbn idea that
thorn ?>il| be oo fur be s?n..m attemp'
to inte?f?re from an?; q-arter
Mr M tetaei' Wmu'g threats in an
American n^w-paper that lh* Bier?
will o o fjv? J hanoesburg aod r? | ? it
to ibe grou d if oeo ssary, ir oot taten
eerv a?t?ou?ly
Mr Ch?tnhr>rlaio'a statement tba'
Preaident K uver baa already b*?8o
warned ee ?o tbo oon?>*qienoe of stub
conduct ?? regarded as shoving
that st'ffieieot prco*u ioo has been
taker. Tbs Tiro** suggests *ha
"be burghem sh< | d be wsroed that
their faru w II be leg d as a guarao
tee agaioH' any d image to B itnb
property buf no serious spprebeosinns
are enter aio?>d o ?uen eooduot ee Mr
W ?**??? is ?aid to b ve foreshadowed J
B H binsnn, ibe millionaire mine
?wo r s> y* be do* s oot ? hiuk tbe Bjers
W'*uM he eo foo|i?n
Be tbe rim** L^d R barts reache?
?hi Vaal riser h ? w 'I commend some
so,duo at**, wh e G ?0 Batter will
b e 40 Out) F om <bo mili.sry po*oi
tf eteej toe critics now tbiufe there is
ootbinc to fear
Preaident S^nd? to Senate
R o*nt, Com to'intentions in
R gard to Obtaining Peaco
in Africa
Washington, March 15?In re
spons** to a resolution the president
today nh nt to ihr* senate the cor tor
p<>nrt??nce relating ?o tbe r? quests for
m diction in "oath AfHca
To?? fir?t d >' u nent is a dispatch
from Pretmia dated March 15, which
si alee :
?Am -flScally requested by the
government**, of the repubiica Co urge
\oor i' terv. ntion with view to cessa
ti'in <f h ?etilitie* ; similar request
made to the rep*esentatives of Eu
r< p< an powers Answer confirm ro
ceipt
"American Consul."
II* H ?y responded :
? Y ui telegram asking offices of
u? to brioo; ?bout cessation of hos
tiiities has b^^n made fiubject of
ftiwnd'J eommuni'j.ition to British
government with expression of pres
ident'e earnest hope for peace
"Hay."
Secretary Hay telegraphed Mr
White, secretary of the American
embassy ai London : ,
? 3y way of fi?endly pood offices,
you will i'?form B?iti*h minister f tr
f?iei*n sff?Ire met 1 am today in
receipt of h telegram from the United
?Mates consul a? Pretoria representing
thst the ?vernments of the two
African republics it quest president's
intervention with a view to cessation
of hostilities and that a similar
request is made to the representatives
of European powers In common!
eating this request I am directed by
the president to express big earnest
hope that a way to bring about peace
may be found and to say that he
would be glad to aid in a friendly
manner to promote so happy a result
??Hay "
Mr White replied to Mr Hay under
date of March 18 :
"1 communicated yesterday to tho
under secretary for foreign uflfiirs,
having been QOeble to eee Lord Sal
isbury, the content? of your tele
gram dated 10th instant , today I
have had an interview with hin
lordt-hip, who n quested me to thank
the president for ibe friendly interest
shown by him and added that her
majesty's government cannot accept
; the Intervention of any other power
" v\ bite "
Mr Hay telegraphed the consul at
Pretoria under dale ol March 14 the
following :
' Your communication of request
of repubHcs for intervention of presi?
dent to csuhc cessation of hostilities
was at once conveyed to British g?>v
ernmotit with expression president's
gratification couul he aid to promote
peace Our embassy London replies
that Lord Salisbury thanks president
for friendly interest shown and adds
her majesty's government cannot
accept the intervention of anv pow
er "Hay "
Tbe president's message is simply
one of ttansniittal
Bioemfontoin In Railroad
Communication With Capo
Town,
London, March 17 4*20 a in ?
Wi h thu raiiwnv aommoaioetion to lbs
(/? n ie*aet. bird Rtberia will in a
teri few day* be in a position to boitin
tbe advance on Pretoria Hi* dcf*p
political intu'ttoo, combined wirb hu*
bold strategy is having tbe reeol'
desired io tbs loutbsro sections of tbs
fttto \
Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's i
DAY. MARCH 21,19<
O ao^o Froo ??ate, which is rupirjly
oalmmg down, Marking iu now too
only point tor anxiety, end aa it Ki
known that a fire? has left Iv mb^rley,
lits relief may b3 annoino. d b-jforo
j many day? pass The iffincnc? of the
relieving ia heightened by tbr> fact that
I it ia partly compound of regulars.
Io the lobhiea of parliament lair
??vening it wa9 rumorpd toat L>rd
R ?ber?fl ifl about to iasue a prooUtna*
tnn announcing that the farmer aya'em
of government in the Oange F co
S>ate ia abolished and promising Free
State?a >gfcj immediately surrender due
consideration
It ia understood that all the oootioeo
tal powern, with one ezc-pnoo uncom?
promisingly refused to io orveoo. The
egoeptton ta U-iBoia, whose reply was
couched to le?s firm language, altooogb,
like the otbera. she deolioed to
iD'erfere. It is said that the pipe was
alao appealed to. bat that be declined
to do anything beyond writing a letter
'o the qiseo, aoonaliog to her to stop
<he fu 'her effaai- n of blood Dr
L'vda' tfftrta with K og Liopold were
q ute faule
The ptaaibility of 'he destruction of
J ?banoesbarg is still di-oi?aed here,
hot it is believed that the Fr och aod
German shareholders would off a
?troog proteat
The lateer advioea respecting the sur?
render of B oemfooteio eh w that the
approaoh of the B itiah eauaed a stam
pete Thirteen trains, eaoh composed
o? 40 oar*, and all cammed with B iora,
burned oor?h*ard just oef ire tbo lioe
was out Mr Seyo would have b -en
compelled to surrender, but be pro
ended lh%* bo w?s g ?ine to visit one
of the oo poM'a, and at midnight took a
carriage whiob w<a waiting for him
out?id? the tovo and thus escaped
Th* B *rs eor the ha < of ?beir wagons
and military stores aw <y.
FREE STATERS SURRENDERING
Lmdon, March 1G.?Lord Roberts
has sent the following dispatch to the
war office *
"B oemfooteio, Friday, March 16
?Gen Clomeota croased the Orange
river yeaterday Repairs to the rail
wav bridge at Norvala Pont have com
meoced. aod it will abortly be ready
for traffia Gen Pole Carew tele -
graphs bia arrival at Springfonteiu, 60
that Blopmfontein now is praotically in
rail communioatioo wi.b Cape Town
My proclamation is nlr. .dy having an
excellent i ff>ct. Several hundred bur
gbera have expressed their intention to
aurrender their anna and return to their
i occupations
"Tbc resident commissimer of Basu
toiand reports that 800 Bogrg lately
arrived from Bloemfontcin and that a
further contingent from Aliwal North
was only waiting to know the terms of
my proclamation to surrender. They
'?ad refuaed to attend a oouooil at
K oonatadt, to which President Steyn
bad summoned them."
RIVER BETWEEN THEM.
JNmesrown. Care Colony, Maroh 15
There waa much echusiasm at Aliwal
North when Gen B abant'a troops oo
oupied tbe place, Commandant Oliver,
the B>er commander, apologized for tbe
ao ion of tbo Boars during the last days
of the occupation, saying ho could not
control bia m?'0
The B itiah are now entrenched on
the O aoge F ee State side of the
Oraugo river, with the Boers holding
an adVSQtggeOQI bill in front of tb?m
Gpo B'abant is greatly hampered ow
ifg to rho luck of artillery, having ooly
tw- 15 pout ders
Lh don, March 1G ?It was cffuially
announcd t ?day that the British car
iialttfs at P elf?otetn Maroh !0, wrro
62 men killed and 321 wounded.
KRUG Ell ANNEXED ORANGE
FREE STATE.
B thuolie, O F S.. March 15 ,
T'ur??iy ?Geo G itaero on arriving
here touod (hat all the ]> icrs had 6 d
The town waa nearly dee?r ed, tre
DuMb having trekked oo bearing of
t ie occupation of B oemfon'oin.
I ia bnliovi-d that the Boers retired
in the direction of De\Ve"'a dorp. Tbe
telegraphed ia open to Springf mtein.,
It is understood that President
K-og.r two da\H ago annexed the
0 <ngo F.eo State to the South African
republic.
BOERS SAID TO BE GOING
HOME
London, March 17 ??The Daily
M.iihastho following dispatch fron*
L'trenge Marquess, dated Fridsy,
March l(j
"fialreoobiog in proceeding on tbo
Vaal river at V^reoyotg
"Lite arnvaia from Pretoria pay that
?he Biers themselves now edmit that
i 'heir cause is hopeless GeO Inea-t
M 'yer refuses to fight again and he
has returned to his farm Qeo So'i&'k
hurgera has also returned and the
burgh?ra are going home by bun
dreuua
Sid cy. htt W , Maroh 14 ?
Anober death fr in bubonic plague
baa oooorred here aod two fresh oases
I bate deve.oped.
ind Truth's." the t
00. Sew
Secretary Reitz Replies
Io Refutation of Lord Salis?
bury's Statements. The
Boer Sido.
Pretoria, Wednesday. March 14 ?
S'ate S^retary Rd z's refutation ot
Lud Salibory's arguments io the re?
ply to the B nemfooteio ooto was is
sued today. Mr Rjitz sev?: "The
British government, after the B nets
foototo conference, endeavored to
enforce by threats ecr aio ohaoges io
the internal government of the Traos
vaal republics contrary to the London
convention. Tbey also impor ed 'roopa
in great numbers and broke off oegotia
'ions with a threat to take tbeir own
means to remove the grievaooes of their
sabjeots
"After waiting a fortnight, while an
army corps was prepared and tbe re.
! serves were being oallod out by toe
British, President Steyo asked tbe rea
sou of these proceedings Sir Alfred
Milner refused to reply
Meanwhile Mr Cbsmberlio, io hi
epeeohes, showed tbe world tb t E g
land had decided on war Aeoo diogly
the Transvaal republic addressed to the
British government a demand for th
withdrawal of these troops as other
wise it would aooept the presence of the
troops as a declaration of war. Tba'
was not necessarily ioteoded as a
me sage of war 99
Concerning the armaments Mr 11 i z
says : "These were bought openly it.
E gland and la Europe, and th? higr?
commissioner boasted full knowledge of
them at the Blocmfontciu ooofereoce
and also full descriptions of those <*rm
am?n'8 were found among the nffiaers'
pap"rs at Dundee
' I*oth tbe army aod the ultimatum
were protective measures, subsequent
to tbe raid and to the disc very
through concealed cables, that B itish
oabinct ministers were implicated in
the attempt to filch away tbe indepeo
dcoce of the two republics. Now all
doubt is Temoved by Lord Salisbury's
telegram Tbe burghers must fight
for the national existence, trusting thaf
God wiil defend the right M
Lrndon, Marab 16?The Pretoria
corresponded of the Daily Mail, tele
graphiog Wednesday, pays : "Mr
Rsitt's statement has been published
throughout tbe republic, bat will not
bo forwarded to Lord Salisbury
"Conversations I have had with the
bigbett state officers show tbat the re
public was prepared to grant subatan
till reforms and concessions, untii tbe
receipt of Lord Salisbury'3 telegram
As one of the highest statesmen re?
marked: "Better half ao egg than
none, but, better none tbau a rotten
egg-'"
Taken to Frankfort
Frankfort, K7, March 16.?Secre
tary of S?ato Powers, Capt John D
Davis, W A Culton and Harlaod
VVhittakcr, tbe four prisoners wbo are
bold as alleged asoessorics to tbe a?sa*
sioation of Gov Gothel, were brought
here from Loutsvillo today, in charge
of Sheriff Suter and deputies A
special detail ef police aod deputy
shetifTs met them at the train and tbey
were marched to the jail through tbe
streets, which were lined with people,
wbo anticipated their comiug Toetc
was no disorder, and tbe prisoners
rjrcetfd their friends pleasantly as tbey
went to jail,
The prisoners were arratg:ied before
County Judge Moore at 11 o'clock aod
after snms argument before the attor?
neys II Z 'lip v;as released on ?10.000
b 'od Jedgs Mo:-.rc pet the exsmioiog
trials for Mobdey A continuance of
two davs cny bo ask^d
South Carolina Cottontots.
Columbia, March lo ?The fernere
in several c ?Otitiea have, by reeolu
tion, b ycotred the fertilizer trust
but the Haie of fertilisers ibis year is
neatly one half more than last year
The inference is that the acreage of
cotton has probably been increased
proportionately
Ilard frees**! have injured small
grain, of wbioh there wa9 an increas
ed acreage Farmers, inspired by
t prevailing prices are turning hack
to cotton All available land will be
planted
The income from the 25 cents per
ton tax on fertilizers for the present
year, to date is but $7.34S short of
the income for oil of last year The
total itnmbiT ot tons sold last year
was'Jo* 1 I <!. while this year's sales
are esilimited at 391,675 tons, nearly
a half more
Absolutely t
Makes the food more del
m\ _ervAi sswaa sowc
com.
'KHK SUUTUKON, Established June I ?.6
Series?Vol. XIX. No 25
TEMPORARY TRUCE
IN KENTUCKY.
Adjutant Generals of Con?
tending Leaders Hava
Conference.
Frankfort, Ky , March 13 -The
legislature of Kentucky aoj >un>ed
eine die today, a conference n^iw^Mi
Adjt Gene Collier and Castlemao
being; held at which an understanding
was reached.
Got Taylor will continue to act as
governor Gov Beckham will make
no move toward securing posse* siou
ot the State buildings until after the
court of appeals has deoided the d is -
poied governorship
The legislature appropriated $100,
0<'0 tor the use of Got Beckham 10
reorganizing the State militia
Amot g the more conservative ele?
ment in each party the opinion pre?
vails that the worst is over and toat
when the c?>u t of appeals rendeis its
decision the danger of civil war in
the commonwealth, which has been
terribly imminent will have passed
I away entirely To the D-m 'cra'ic
leadera with a full understanding of
the? situation only one cloud apo^S
on the political hor<z >o That iaU -v
Tavlor'e fuiure courne
Gov Tayuir himself will not ou li> e
his plan of action, beyond the staie
meni which he made to ttie Associat?
ed Pr^ee correspondent today t^at he
'w< uld continue to act as governor "
R publicans In G ?v Taylor's confi
dei.ce, however, eay that ho wnl
remain in F a kfdrt in the discharge
of his dut'ea uotil the con \ of u*t
resort passes uoon the qiea'ioo nt
iasuo Taen, if the dec-ion e
gainst him he will etep out at once
and turn over th Staie buildings to
Governor Beckham Toe R publi?
cans will make every ?ffort to carry
the dispute into the federal courts in
case the decision off the Kjnriky
court of appears I? against mem, but
failing in this they will consider toe
question settled, still beii vii g a
great wrong has been done tnern
The Democratic leaders assert that
they wiil cheerfully abide by the de?
cision of the court of appeals But
should the decision be in their f^vor
they will itisist on the oceupaney of
the Str.te buildings' peaceaMy ,f pos?
sible, but forcibly if necessary?8
it was expressed today
Matters in Kentucky.
Frankfort.M-rch 14 ?Tbsdepe? ure
of tho legislature fr--m tho S a'e e p I
today has given too city a m ie q net
appearance (hau it has had at an v <i.te
m the last two months N? new
warrants in connection wi h ?be QoeBgf
assassination were issued. Gahriel
Taul, the Breokinridgo County puepeot,
was arraigned before Judge Moore, hut
was dismissed, there not being t-iffi
cient evidence against him to ctei; bold
mm as witness
CASE OF POWERS AND DAVIS.
I Legisftog, Kv Marek 14 ?Wb*g
'ho Powers and Davis ca^e? were sal leal
tcdoy the city attorney mc??u tha* they
be transferred t> Franklin Ueasvy,
The attorney for the p ieoi eta o j ?t d,
boldiog that, as thi* cuurt ha* no offi oal
aogoittoo that the crime was eo?mi 'id
in that econty, they c aid ' be
transferred gotil ibii oourl was officially
hppr;s;-d of that feot, an : %U > th i*. Hie
prisooers bad aright to \u presset in
cnu; when the ci?e was ca'.ied for t:iat
purpose Th" jogge took tiie same
v'dw and iotjmafei ;li* be ^iil demand
f'jo presenc? of the prisoners in this
court or have lbs arresting officers
indicted.
??1>- 4naw^M"
Washington, Match 14 ? !n diplo?
matic circles hero an Dnpletagnf sug?
gestion has been thrown out to the
eftect that The Hague conference lus
resulted in complete failure, ami that
even the limited program agreed upon
is never tc bo perfected The basis
for this view la the Uct that up to
this moment no notice Pas been re
received that a single one <>f the
Powers represented in the conference
has ratified the three conventions
prepared there. The treaties tnera
selvee require such ratification.
Only one of the tnree treat tee lias
been ratified by the United States
senate, and even in that casa the
formalties have not been carried to
completion.
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