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THE MORNING NEWS.
Established :SSO. - Incorporated ISBS.
J. H. ESTILL, President.
Taylor Asks President to Act
in Kentucky Case.
DECLARES HE IS GOVERNOR.
But He Is Doubtful of His Power
to Control.
PRESIDENT HAS NOT ACTED.
Opinion Is That Goebel Cannot
Possibly Live.
i;i)orh Mnilc at a Peaceful Settle
iiicnl, Hut Not hiDefinite Acoom
{! iNlicil— Bank Heflined to Pay Out
Mate Muncy, and Warden Lillaril
Would Not Releane a Prisoner Par
doned l#y Taylor—Latter Incident
\ln\ (n ue Trouble— L4>kl*l a til re
\i;ain I'revented From Meeting by
l lie Troops.
Washington, Feb. I.—President McKin
1. y has received a long message from Gov-
Toy lor of Kentucky, dated at Frankfort
to-day.
Gov. Taylor declares that he considers
himself the legally elected executive of
the state, and says that a not may occur
at any time which will cause much blood
shed.
Gov Taylor says that he is doubtful of
his power to control the situation, and ap
-I‘oals to the President to end the matter
and secure peace in the state by recogniz
ing him as the Governor of Kentucky.
The appeal for administration aid is
urgently put.
Gov. Taylor’s communication to Presi
dent M Klnley is in its nature a memorial.
It go--> at gieat length into the situation
in Kentucky, making an explanation of the
conditions there.
While definite and absolute information
on this point is not obtainable, there is
reason to lelieve that a specific request
for the imiTKd'afe presence of federal
troops is not made.
No action of any kind has been taken
on Gov. Taylor’s memorial, and it can
** positively stated that up to midnight
no decision whatever with reference to it
had been reached. It will be considered
m to-morrow’s regular cabinet session.
The President will go very slow in the
maiter, in the hope that events in the
tic itself will shape themselves as to
f'lkvo the administration of the nves
-of any action.
I’rcNhlciit Mnj Have to Move.
At the same time there are contingen
cies which may practically compel the
President to move. If such contingencies
‘ in !•“ averted they will be. The tension
In Kentucky is intense, and its very in
n t.sity is felt here to be likely to lead to
some peaceful solution of the question.
A< ion by the federal government •at
this time, it is feared, might further the
•roil rather than smooth the angry pas
•ons that have prevented an adjustment
bus far.
The position of the administration, how-
Pvor * is that efforts along the line of a
* idieial determination of the claims of
Messrs. Tayjor* and Goebel should not be
b 'nndorrod because of the impassable bar
(,i r met to-dny at the conference nt
.runkfort, but that further attempts
P*>uld be made to reach an understanding
a ; b the Democratic management.
Jihe President is in communication with
v ' • Taylor, and it is possible that! some
p tement regarding their corrtspondence
r vbe made public Inter. This will de-
I* nd largely on whether such a state*
r nt would tend, in President McKinley’s
' n.!on, to ollay excitement.
1 or the present no information at all is
1 lx* hand from the White House as to
H lira in Kentucky.
<*ov. Taylor's Metongp.
Frankfort, Ky. t Feb. I.—lt is understood
''*' 1 * ibe mesKages to-day of Gov. Taylor
President McKinley contained between
1 and 1,000 words, and in giving the rea
for .appealing as Governor to the na
• dnal administration for assistance, Gov.
iylor gave a history of everything that
occurred in Kentucky in connection
iih the contest since the election of last
i fcvember.
■l* cited the election figures reported
oillcially by the county boards after the
election, and afterward as returned to
the state hoard, showing the plurality for
the Republican state ticket as afterward
affirmed by the State Board of Elections,
and stating that in the official report of
a majority of said State Board the cer
tificates of election were issued and the
incumbents duly qualified.
While reviewing all that was done from
the day of his inauguration in December
to the meeting of the Legislature, early in
January, he details everything since the
case passed to the joint contest board, se
lected by the Legislature, including the al
leged unfairness In casting lots for the
members of said joint contest board.
It is stated that reference is made to
announcements that arguments would be
heard this week by the contest boards and
next week given to deliberation in examin
ing authorities and preparing the report
to the Legislature on the contest for Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor.
Pretext for Hnwli Course.
When Senator Goebel was shot down last
Tuesday this individual act of cruelty,
which should be condemned by all. was
made the pretext of Interested parties for
the most rash and desperate course of pro
cedure ever known. Even such a deliber
ate body as the contest board brought its
deliberations to a sudden conclusion by not
hearing any arguments, refusing to post
pone its work until the heat of passion
had abated, and delivered an immediate
impromptu decision in favor of the victim
of the assassin.
Gov. Taylor described fully the condi
tions which existed when he exercised his
constitutional duty in adjourning the Leg
islature to u point where no insurrection
existed.
After reviewing the scenes of disorder
and violence at the State Capitol during
this week, he calls attention to greater
dangers which threaten the common
wealth and states that the state authori
ties ore unable to maintain order or the
majesty of the law, and therefore he ap
peals to the President of the United States.
\<l in it ted It Was an Apppiy.
Gov. Taylor admitted to-night that he
had sent a long telegram to President Mc-
Kinley, and said that “it was in the na
ture of an appeal.” He would discuss
the matter no further.
LITTLE HOPE FOR GOEBEL.
Ills Doctors ns a Wliolc Think He
Cannot Hold Out.
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. I.—Gov. Goebel
passed an unfavorable day, although he
was fairly comfortable when night came
on.
He has half a dozen doctors around him
and the reports of his condition vary ac
cording to the last physician who leaves
his room.
One doctor* is confident thatlhe will re
cover and another generally allows him an
hour or two before he breathes his last.
His strength is maintained to a great ex
tent by injections. He lias had several
sinking spells, out of which he was
brought with some difficulty.
He seemed to rally less readily from
each successive collapse, but held his own
steadily throughout the afternoon.
His kidneys have practically ceased
their functions and slight symptoms of
pneumonia had appeared, but have not
as yet become so serious as to cause
alarm in themselves.
The doctors as a whole entertain no
hopes of his recovery.
The news from Gov. Goebel’s room at
midnight indicates he may possibly die
before morning. Heart action has grown
much weaker.
Fraqkfort, Ky., Feb. 2, 1 a. ra.— Gov.
Goebel probably will live through the
night. Fatal uraenic poisoning may de
velop any time.
IN.ll NIHON WILL HE ASKED.
Ilut Taylor flaw Announced He Will
Pay No Attention to It.
Fiankfort, Ky., Feb. 2.—To-morrow
morning an injunction will Ik? asked from
judge Cantrill of the Fiscal Court re
straining Gov. Taylor from interfering in
ar.y way with the proceedings of the Leg
i:la lure.
Gov Taylor has announced before this
that he would pay no attention to the or
dus of the Fiscal Court. The probabili
ties ate that some trouble will ensue.
EFFORTS AT \ SETTLEMENT.
Lexlslnture Was twain Turned Out
By flic Soldier*.
Frankfort. Ky., Feb. I.—For the first
time since the shooting of Gov. Goebel
there were to-day signs o£ ft peaceful set
tle men t.
The signs have disappeared, but there
is a chance that they may reappear.
The original proposition looking toward
nn amicable adjustment came from the
Republican side Just before noon, when T.
Kdelen of Frankfort, one of Gov. Tay
lor’s attorneys, appeared at the Capitol
Hotel to hold a conference with Judge
Prior, lewis’ McQuown and Col. William
Scott, the legal advisers of the democracy.
After a short talk Mr. Edelen declared
that Gov. Taylor and the Republican par
ty were anxious to avoid anything that
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SAVANNAH, ( A.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2 not).
ENGLAND'S GIGANTIC FORCE.
SHE TV 11,1, SOO\ H AVE 813,000 MEN
1* SOUTH AFRICA.
Question Is Asked: -What Are The,
All Doing?”—Only About 80,000
Have Been Engaged In Action, Vet
105,000 Are Already There—War
IMHre Issues l.ist uf Mure Spion
Kop Casualties—Cn non Farmer's
I omnients on Maerum.
London, Feb. 2, 4:30 a. m—Mr. Wynd
hatn’s remarkable declaration in the
House of Commons to-day that Great Brit
ain will have in a fortnight a total of
213,000 troops in South Africa, with 452
guns, is received with wonderment.
All are now there, except about 18,000
that are afloat. Beyond comparison this
is the largest force Great Britain lias ever
put into the field. At the end of the Cri
mean war she had scraped together 80,000
men. Wellington at Waterloo had 25,000.
Roughly speaking, only 80,000 men are
at the front. Ten thousand others have
been lost and 10,000 are shut up at Lady
smith.
Excluding these there are 70,000 troops
who have not yet been in action in addi
lion to those at sea. Why so many have
not yet been engaged is explained t>y the
lack of land transportation and the origin
of supplies to which Lord Roberts is de
votipg his experience and Lord Kitchener
his genius for details. It set ms as though
the weight of these masses must destroy
the equilibrium which now holds the
British forces stationary where ever they
are in contact with the Boer army.
Lack of transportation. and organization
will not explain adequately why, when
generals at the front request reinforce
ments, they get them in rather small
numbers. Knowledge is slowly penetrat
ing: to London that large garrisons must
be kept in Cape Colony to held down the
Cape Dutch, who, as every one knows,
outnumber the British residents three to
tWO.
More Spion Kop Commit les.
London, Feb. I.—The war office this even
ing completes the list of the British cas
ualties at Spion kop by announcing the
names of 215 missing men of various regi
ments, including 137 members of the Lan
cashire Fusilleers.
It is generally supposed Gen. Builer is
maturing another attempt to reach Lady
smith.
A letter appears to-day from a Hanover
ian officer, formerly of the Twenty-Second
German Infantry, but now among the mil
itary advisers of the Boers, which says
that nearly 10.000 trained European sol
diers. including quite 300 officers, are
among the Boers. Referring to the mil
itary situation at Ladysmith, the officer,
says:
“Owing to the strength of our position,
on a circle of hights, like Sedan, we can
not be brushed aside except by a relief
column outnumbering us two to one.”
Owing to the discovery that cott*>n khaki
is insufficient protection for troops sleep
ing on tlie South African plains, the gov
ernment is starting to reclothe the force.*
in the field with woolen khaki, and has al
ready ordered 95,000 suits in Glasgow alone.
Said tin era m Wum \fraid.
Canon Farmer, w ho was forced to leave
Pretoria with other British clergymen, has
arrived in London. With reference to
Charles E. Maerum, the former United
States' consul at Pretoria, Canon Farmer
said to a representative of the Associated
Press:
“Mr. Maerum was one of the last men
I saw before leaving. I totd him he was
taking the w r rong side and did not under
stand American feeling. His chief care
seemed to be for his personal safety, and
I think it was chiefly on that account
that he left in the midst of the crisis. He
is not a strong man, and President Kruger
may have taken advantage of this.
“In regard to Blake’s so-called volun
teers, they are like Mr. Blake, mostly
burghers, who have been obliged to fight,
anyway. Mr. Maerum told me there were
13,000 Amereans in the Transvaal, most
of whom the United States was glad to
get rid of.”
Pretoria, Canon Farmer added, was pro
visioned for two years.
Tliej Don't l nderntand It.
•In the absence of excit ng war news the
nation and the newspapers have had time
to discover the utter lack of relation ex
isting between the feeling 4>t the people
and the temper of the government, as
demonstrated in Parliament, where, in
stead of teiievitig the grave anxiety of the
country by the dec.aration of measures it
is proposed to take in behalf of tin* na
tional safety, the ministers continue to
demonstrate their inability to grasp the
situation, by lx?ating the air with recrimi
nations. seif-accusa4ory defense and bick
erings as to the degree or responsibility
attachabe.to the respective departments
of the government. The disgust, almost
despair, noticeable on ail sides, is voiced
by the ultra-ministerial organ, the Globe,
which says:
“Tile heart of the empire seems para
lyzed, while its extremities are in full vigor.
Thus far only one statesman in the front
rark has struck the right note and that is
Lord Rosebery.”
TROOPS FEEL OPTIMISTIC.
Natives Perftlftt In Story That Gen.
Jouliert Was Killed.
Spearman’s Camp. Natal, Jan. 30 —The e
is an optimistic feeling in all ranks. The
troops are confident of ultimate success.
Great enthusiasm was arou ed by the
Queen’s message and Gen. Butler’s speech,
expressing admiration for Gen. Warren’s
and Gen, Clery’s division and hoping they
would reach Ladysmith in a w.. k
The natives persist In asserting that
Gen. Joubert was killed by a fffioll out# and •
of Ladysmith.
SITUATION AT HtFEKfNG.
Rnden-Potvell Pushing Ills Trenches
Out Toward the Enemy.
Buluwayo, Saturday, Jan. 20.—A message
from Col. Plumer, who was ot Gaberones
with the Mufektng relief force, says he
has received a message from Col Baden-
Powell, dated Mafeking, Jan. 17. saying:
“All well during the past fortnight.
Have been pushing out trenches towards
the enemy’s big guns, and. Jan. 16, their
94-pounder and high velooßv Krupp evac
uated their positions and i< nt , astward
of ihe town, whence they are capable . f :it
tle damage. Have thus pushed the enemy
on their sides well out of r t - shot.
“Have opened anew gr.T/ir.g ground for
cattle. The enemy still lias two strong po
sitions on the east side, wii . \ we hope
to shift with dynamite.”
l J t M JIALS IN I,AIM >MITII.
Hoorn Say They fan See Tin*in Htiry
inu Tltelr Dead Daily.
....Hoot LiagH r, Lady®mill Jai
30.—A1l is quiet. The Long Toms occa
sionally fire on Ladysmith.
The deaths In Ladysmith from fever
and 'other causes must be * not mous, as
we ('an clearly see them buryitic corps. -
daily.
Gen. Joubert went to the Upper Tugela
yesterday.
\\ VNNE SI ( FEEDS \\ I\<. %TE.
The Hoorn \ro Still fount ructing,
Dofoiiftlvo Work*.
London, Feb. 2.—The Dally Telegraph
publishes the following dispatch from
Spearman’s Camp, dated Jan. 30:
“Col. Wynne has taken command or
Gen. WoodgateV brigade. Col. Miles has
bee n appointed chief of Gen. Fuller’s stalY.
The Boers arc still constrin ting defen
sive works opposite PotgteterT Drift. A
strong cavalry reconnaissan • proceeded
to-day westward, in the vicinity of Hou
sers Spruit.”
11l LEER REPORTED FIGHTING.
M. .Inmen Garotte Hour* Ho Ik \kulu
Voi-okh the Tujgolii.
London, Feb. 1. 4:30 p. m.—The Sf
James Gazette says it is reported on good
authority that Gen. 4 Bttlh ti i
crossed the Tugela river at three places,
and that fighting has been proceeding all
day long.
War Office Han Not Heard It.
London. Feb. J, 6:40 p. m. The war of
fice has no news of Gen. Bailor's alleged
movements as reported by the St. James
Gazette, but the paper soys It has no rea
son to doubt the correctness of its- infor
mation, although it has not yet learned
the exact positions Gen. Duller seized. ,
llrltiftlt in the Free State.
Cape Town. Wednesday, Jan. 31.—A Brit
ish force with artillery Is reported to have
occupied Prleska and is rr w encamped
there.
Prieska is on the Orange river 100 miles
below Orange River Station, anil west of
Kimberley.
liner Supplies Were Short.
Sterkstroom, Cape Colony, Feb. I—\
runner who has arrived here brought a
letter from Aliwnl North, in which it is
announced that the Boers have reopened
the line to Burghersdorp, as their supplies
were short at Stormberg. The plans be
ing bare, die camps of the burghers, It is
added, has been moved back to Stormberg
Hights, which ore still held.
Hay at I.orrnio Marqnei,
Lorenzo Marquez. Feb. I.—-Adelbert S.
Hay, the new* United States consul at
Pretoria, arrived here to-day on his way
to the Transvaal.
WII \T GERM AN V WOULD LIKE.
H< ported That Loyds May Seek For
eign In torven I lon.
Berlin, Feb. I.—ll is strongly rumored
in parliamentary circles that the chief po
litical object of Dr. Leyds in vis.ting Paris,
Berlin and St. Petersburg is to induce
France, Germany and Russia to intervene,
if Great Britain should attempt to eeizo
Delagoa bay.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press learns that Count von Buelow, the
Foreign Secretary, has thus far refused
to give a definite promise. There
have been dally conferences be
tween the Emperor and Count von
Buelow cn the subject. German
colonial circles and the German govern
ment itself regard the war as distinctly
unfavorable to German interests in Af
rica. No matter how it may end, Germany
will acquire uncomfortable neighbors—
either “fanatical Boers” or presumptuous
British.
More than this, the feeling is that in
German Southwest Africa, where the Boer
clement is strong but slumbering, a form
idable Boer movement is bound to be
awakened. Oerroaiu', therefore, would
like peace under considerations that
would leave l>oth belligerents weakened.
WVNDHAM MADE AN APPEAL.
Ilritiftli and Iloer Force* From a
llrltiftlt Standpoint.
London, Feb 1 —ln the House of Com
mons to-day, Mr. Wynlham, parliamen
tary secretary for the war office, made a
notable speech in defense of South Afri
can campaign. Its two cardinal points
had been to “give diplomacy a chance”
and “the decision of Gen. Duller to relieve
Ladysmith.”
The British forces in South Africa, ex
clusive of the Eight Division and the
Fourth Cavalry Brigade, comprised 142,-
000 foot and artillery, 3,700 cavalry, thirty
six siege guns, thirty-eight naval guns,
thirty-six howitzers, fifty-four batteries
of horn* artillery, and 234 field guns, while
the comb.ned forces of the two republics
were estimated in 1898 al 69,000 men.
lilt VAN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
He Spoke to Eiitliiisltle Crowd* In
Three ( Ides.
Concord, N. H., Feb. I.—William J. Bry
on scored an enthusiastic welcome here
to-day.
Ho was given a reception and spoke at
two subsequent me< tings with immense
audiences <hl# evening, discussing impe
rialism and trusts along the line that the
contest now is between plutocracy and
Democracy.
He also spoke to enthusiastic crowds at
Portsmouth and Manchester. t
BAD VIRGINIA BONDS PUT UP.
JI Lit S SFIIKOETFIt HELD FOR II V -
roTHI if ATI NG THEM.
< barged I (ft ILitiuu Obtained
Lon a* of KUIN.OOO on SUH>.(MM of
'l’lii'*** Hog UK S**urltleft—Tbo> Had
llcen Sold a* Whmli* Paper—Sohroe
ler ( la lined lo llepreMent an F.nu
liftli Woman—Police **a> (lie Wo-,
mini in Question Is in New V ork.
New York, 1 r ol
Forest Hill, N. J , was arrested in tiii*
city to-day on a warrant charging
him with forgery < n complaint of Ladtn
burg, Thalman & Cos., bunkers, who
charge Schroetcr with forging bonds in
the state of Virginia.
Upon these nlkgt.l forged Virginia bonds,
amounting to about SIOO,OOO, it D charged
that Sc h roe ter succeeded in obtaining
loans amounting to $68,000 from the Im
-1 orters and Trailers’ National Bank and
L'idenburg, Thalman .& Cos.
According to the ztbry as given out by
Capt MeClusky, Sehroetor obtained an in
troduction to one of the vice presidents
of the Importers and Traders’ National
Bank in September last and negotiated a
loan of $30,000, giving as security $50,000
worth of Virginia bonds.
The following month he brought h (he
bank $46,000 more of the.se Ixutds, on which
he asked f<*r a loan of $20,000, hut there
being some suspicion, he was put off for
a time. Some of tin* bonds were ncni to
Virginia for verification, when it was
found that they were forgeries. They then
demanded that Schroeier put up good col
lateral.
The Firm That Hiin ( uiiglit.
On Nov. 17 Sehroetor called on
berg. Thalman & Cos., and negotiated for
\ loan of $38,000. He offered $56,000 of
these Virginia state bond*. He failed to
get the amount that day, and the next
day returned with $16,000 of bonds, which
lie offered for a loan of SIO,OOO. This he
got in two checks for $5,000 each.
Sehroeter then took one of the checks
to the Importers and Traders National
Bank and paid that amount on his first
loan there, reducing the indebtedness to
$25,000. He also gave the bank 450 shorts
of stock in a manufacturing company in
which he was Interested and received back
for them $45,000 of the Virginia bonds.
As he had already given the firm of
Ladenberg, Thalman & Cos. $16,000 of the
$56,000 bonds offered, he took $40,000 of the
returned bonds to 4hem and received the
$28,000 promised him on the $38,000 loans.
Later the Ladenberg, Thalman & Cos.
firm investigated the transaction, and
found that the bonds were bogus and im
mediately informed the chief of detectives.
Capt. Met’.usk* y said .4c h roe ter had also
been successful in negotiating a loan with
the Seaboard National Bank. Here lie put
up $30,000 of the l>onds and received $20,000
on them.
In negotiating the loans, Sehroeter is
quoted by Capt. MeClusky as saying that,
the bonds were not his, but belonged to
Mrs. Emillne Turner, formerly of Mount
Ye/non. but nov living in Ixjndon, Eng
land. He is also said to have shown a
power of attorney, which authorized him
to dispose of her property. Capt. MeClus
ky said he thought there was no doubt
the power of attorney was also a forgery.
Where (lie lloihlh fame From.
It is said that the bon is were issued In
18X2 by the Kendall Bank Note Company
of this city on order of (he state of Vir
ginia. Previous to the full issue the
amount of which is not known by the
police, 500 of the bonds were issued and
sent to Virginia.
The ord*r was unsatisfactory to ttie Vir
ginia officials and the rest of the order
was cancelled. The .TOO bonds which had
been made and shipper! to Virginia were
afterward sold n( public auction in an ex
press office in Virginia as curiosities and
merely as pieces of common paper.
Sehroetor was arraigned in Pol ire Court
and held in $5,000 bail for further examina
tion to-morrow. He was unable to fur
nish bhjl and was sent to the Tombs.
Sehroeter refused to say anything it all,
either about himself or about the finan
cial (nanaadione.
The woman, Bmlline Turner, whom
Sehroeter is quoted as having said to have
owned (he bonds, is beloved by the |*>-
lice to be id the neighborhood of New
York, Instead of In London. The police
say that, she has been intimately ac
quainted with Scliroeter for some years
and a party to ids dealings.
ALL HAVE THEIR FAULT*.
Speech!** Made ala Heeling to Fon
ftlder TrntiNinal War.
New York. Feb. I.—About 300 people
gathered 40-night In Cnruegie Hall to hear
speeches in favor of arbitration between
the British emp re and the South African
Republics now at war. The call for tli
meeting was signed by ninety-eight clergy
men. Among the* speakers wi re Robert
IL Roosevelt, Rev. Dr. Charles K. Jeffer
son and Rabbi H. P. Mendoz. The last
named obtained more applause thoh any
of the sneakers, lie said, In part:
“It does no good to call England a land
grabber. America is grabbing the Philtj*-
p!nes. It does no good to Call the Boers
narrow* In their views of citizenship.
America shuts out the Chinese. No na
tion can safely point the flr.ger at another
to-day. No nation can say to another,
‘a!tend aside, for I rn holier than thou.’ ”
111 INK" IT I ( MIL V\ Alt.
\ Mexican \ b*w of (In* Queer Situa
tion lo Kentucky.
City of Mexico, Feb. I.—The e>c*lon diffi
culties In Kentucky are regarded here as
indicating that that section of the Ameri
can Union is in a state of civil war, and
Correco Kepanel, I he? organ of the Spanish
colony, fantastically remarks that the
United States is giving a fine example to
Latin America, and adds that if a similar
state of things were apparent In any Latin
American country, the newspapers and the
public of Yankc*e)and would be clamoring
for American intervention.
Large Fire In New York.
New York. Feb. L—Fir-* to-night de
stroyed the buiklin-g at Fifth avenue and
Thirty-eighth street, occupied by E. ri
Hen <s. < <. .!• ]* i in utoqtit fum curt .
causing a loss of $200,000 The crus- of
the fire Is unknown. Several firemen wcoo
overcome by tmiokt* and cdld.
1M lilt*NON M\A OPPOSE HACON.
It I* Reported lie Will lloftijfn Com
mittee (litii rum ii li Ip.
Atlanta. Feb. J. There was a good deal
of state political gossip around the Cap
itol to-day, indulged in by visitors and the
Capitol officers ,h well, discussing the an
nouncement of the candidacy of Judge R.
B. Russei] for Senator bacon's seat.
There was freely linked with it the tails
that Hon. F. G. dußignon will also an
nounce lor the same position at‘t< r he has
called the State Executive I'mnmitt-o to
go;her, at which time It is supposed that
h> will t nder his resignation as chairman
of the State Executive Committee.
1 lowev - r much truth there may be in it,
one tiling is cvrtrtin, theta* can be hear l
talk nn u|! jid-s that there is a combina
tion between the forces of Senator Ciay,
(iov. Candler, Hon. Clark Howell and Mr.
dußignon. dating back to over a year ago,
during (iie canvass of Gov. Candler. It
was understood then, so all (lie talk now
goes, that Gov. Candler would be satisfi. I
with four yea is of the governorship, that
Mr. dußignon was to l* e’i t and ohuir
man of tip* State Executive Committee and
later pitted against Senator Bacon wh* n
his term expired while Hon. Clark How
ell was slated for the presidency of the
Senate this year and for the governorship
two years* hence, when Gov. Catidier’s sec
ond term expires.
It is also said that these gentlemen are
building up their fences in all parts of the
siate and that they are doing all they can
iv keep down opposition to avowed dußig
non men here and there, and bringing out
su.li in other plan s where iher* were for
merly only avowed Bacon candidates.
gome friondg of dußignon, while not
openly avowing his candidacy, neverthe
less un* v*ry outspoken in the belief that
Senator Bacon will have very stubborn
oplMjtdtion for re-election.
On the other hand, the Bacon people
claim that in* Is stronger now than he
was when he was elected to the Senate,
ami that ho is able single-handed to Iteat
this alleged combination.
HI II LI N niM'OITKK CASE.
( lark Grier in W hmliinittoii Hut
Not hi nn Rax Vet Been Done.
Washington, Feb. I.—The Dublin Postof
fice case, hangs fire. There is now no name
before the Senate, and although Clark
Grier is here working for reappointment,
there is no evidence of immediate action.
The trouble at Dublin seems to bo due
to factional difference# between tho Re
publicans. The first appointee under the
present administration, Mr. Stone, #oem
to have got himself in bud odor with fel
low Republicans by his retention Ir. office
of his predecessor, B. L. Stanley, in the
capacity of assistant postmaster, and, al
though lie was once nominated to the
Senate, lie found Mr. Grier named In ills
stead lasi fail. This was a recess ap
poincntiit, as Hlope’s hud been
Win n the Senate xnet in the present ses
sion it was Grbr’s name which was sent
in i\r confirmation. This was, however,
afterwards withdrawn by the department
on Gm ground, it is understood, of some
technical failures in tho management of
the office, although it is stated by the
department official# that there is appar
ently nothing serious in this. One ele
ment in Dublin is urging (driers reap
point meet mid confirmation, while anoth
er is for Stone and thinks Grier should
not be reappointed. Grier is here with
Aleck Ackerman of Dublin, but so far
i.o definite results of their effort# ure in
sight.
J. ('. Hatcher was to-day appointed post
master at H riven, Wayne c-ounty.
THREE KILLED IN COLLISION.
Passenger mill Freight Clinic To.
Mel her Near Lakeland, Fla.
Lakeland, Fla., Feb. l.—At 9:15 o'clock
last night a rear end collision took place
on the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railroad, at Winston, three miles west
of this place, hotel train No. 27 running
into a train of box cars loaded with phos
phate rocks.
The passenger train and locomotive were
completely wrecked, and Engineer C. J.
Kennedy, who refused to leave bis post,
was Instantly killed.
An unknown tramp was also killed and
horribly mutilated.
T*n or mofe passenger# were Injured,
but none seriously.
Mail Clerk Herndon was badly hurt, and
also Ids lutle son, wffio was with him In
tile car. Tho boy died of his injuries to
day.
No blame* is attached to the conductor
of the passenger train, as it Is claimed
the freight was running at. a lower rate
of speed than orders called for.
B\\ FRANC I.MCO MAY GET IT.
IIKIm Opened for tlie Rig licit vy
welKlit I’rlKe Fight.
New York, Feb. I.—-Sealed bids for the
heavyweight championship bout between
Corbett and Jeffries, to take place next
month, were opened to-day. Seven bid#
were received. Each of the local clubs,
the Broadway A-thlelic Club and Seaside
Athletic Club offered 60 per cent, of the
gross receipts for the match.
The Carnival. Company of San Francis
co ;gr< id to give the fighters a purse of
s3o.</i and a 50 per cent, interest in fh?
pii lures to be taken of the fight, or a
purse ot $33,000, the club to have all the*
interest in tt e pictures.
J. Wolf, president of the Carnival Com
pany, was nbtlfied by telegraph after the
meeting that if he would accompany hl>
oflVr villi $5,000 in cash he could have the
match.
TVAO LOST THE 111 LIVES.
Fir** Destroyed ( ntliollt* Parochial
Mclioo! In St. (ami I ft.
Bt. Louis, Fein. 2.—HiKter Stanblau, a
teacher, and Mary Foley, a pupil, lost
their lives in a fire which destroyed tho
parochial school of St. Lawrence O’Toole’s
Catholic i>arish, Fourteenth and O'Fallon
Streets, thl# afternoon.
Th< re were 200 pupils and twelve sisters
in tho school building, a four-story struc
ture, when the flam* s brok* out. but all
were gotten out except Sister Stanlslau
and Muiv Foley.
The fire is supposed to have originate l
in the doremem and io have been cau*® *
by an overheated furnace.
DAILY, $8 A YEAR.
6 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK I! A YEAH
CARTER'S CASE CARRIED UP.
11 4KCB \V Al’l-KAI, lOR IMS COX.
STITI TIOX \I, HlllllTl
IVtltlon for Writ of IVrflornrt Pre
urnteil lo flr Supremo Conrt by
l.nwyer Hum,'—ll Will Hr Henri! on*
Moniln, —( 11 lin finite 'I lint Curler’.
1 niiKiflntioiinl llifiliti Huve Item
\ inlnfeil—Tlie I'oriairr Cuptatn In
Sltll Clijn> ttIK I.llxurleN.
VViiohliißton, Kelx 1 —Tlie papers in th>
i’Km of v'urter were n rc-lvet at the
Supreme Court to-dny. The application
for a writ of certiorari will have to l>.
inatle Monhay.
The petition for a writ of certiorari ,
pre-'i'iiicil hy Abraham .(. Rose, lie says:
"The gravity and Imiwrlnnco of tlie de
cision against tho plaintiff in error belov
Is apparent when It Is eonaklered that tha
views expresseil. If SOU till, would prevent
the Inquiry upon habeas corpus as to
Whether the prisoner had been lwlre pun
lsheh for the same offense. In <llrect con
flict with (In provisions of (he constitution
and the decisions of this court.
"Moreover, In all trials for offense* com
mitted by person*. In the military service,
no matter of what number of offenses th*
accused may In* found guilty, if the con
clusions of the Circuit Court of Appeals
he correct, a general sentence may be im
posed without specifying for which offense
the punishment was Inflicted, virtually de
priving the accused from knowing for
which offense he was punished by fine,
or for which offense by imprisonment, or
for which offense tile other punishment
was Inflicted. The decision of the Cir
cuit Court of Apiieals Invests court
martial with power to override constitu
tional provisions and lakes from tho
courts the right to inquire by habeas cor
pus whether constitutional rights haw*
been transcended, thus pulling person,
senleneed by a courtmartlal beyond tho
pale or constitutional provisions and tho
protection of the courts."
The notion of former Capt. Carter's
friends Is In accordance with tho legal
programme frequently outlines! in theso
dispatches. It has been contended front
the <hiv that the decision of the court
martlal was rendered against him that hit*
attorneys would carry the case to the Su
preme Court by easy stages, with n view
to delaying at long as |>osslble the con
flucmeni or (tie captain Jn the military
prison at Fort Leavenworth.
While hts lawyers are Juggling with tho
federal courts former Capt. Carter is en
joying comparative luxury on Governor's
Inland, Jn New York harbor, where his
friend* mid associates frequently visit him,
and make his Incarceration as emlurabla
ns possible under existing circumstances.
OIBIBLIIIB OS THUS m vxn.
tegument for tlie f.aynor. Will Ilf*
Made In X'e.v York Tn-d>,
New York, Feb. I—The hearing In tha
matter of the three Gaynors and B. D.
Greene, the contractors alleged to hava
been concerned with former Captain O.
M Carter In llie Savannah framle, was
tesnmed to-day before Commissioner
Shields.
Former Assistant Engineer Gieseler was
called as n wltt.es*. He was asked about
tho reports which he had mad. on tho
gavam alt river and Cumberland sound
Improvement work while he was connect
ed with the war department. The wit
ness answered that In* simply made esll*
mates and monthly reports upon state
rr.cm. 1-tnlshed him hy the foreman.
The argument for the defense will l>*
made to-morrow.
xruovniix miFKVfs swritv,
Proved III* TMIe to tlie Feather,
weigh t Cl, ft n, |,i on nt. Ip.
Chicago, Fcl>. I.—Terry McGovern of
Brooklyn, at Tattersall’s to-night, proved
Ills right to the 111 lo of featherweight
championship of the world by knocking
out Eddie Santry of Chicago, who clnlm
td tho loadcdship of the 122-pounds class
hy virtue of a knockout of Ben Jordan of
England.
The knockout came in tho fifth round
aftc- a fierce mix up in which Santry did
some clever work, but Terry was 100
strong for the Chicago lad and straighten
ing Santry up with a short arm Jolt to tho
stomach, landed left and right to the jaw
in quick su< cession and Santry fell to tha
floor on his face.
Santry tried to fight at long range, bu
Terry would rush in headlong and tool*
many a lefthanded Jab oil the nose In hie
anxiety to lanu a knockout.
In the third Santry mad*' an even breuk
of it. *k>ing some good Jabbing, and Terry
was unable lo get In close enough to us
the short arm Jolts that have made hltr*
funvous. Santry tru’d to keep away in
the fifth round, but Terry slowed him
down with a hrenth-toklng blow In tho
stomach.
Santry. rising he could not escape from
McGovern, made a stand in the mlddlo
of the ring. Both were swinging wildly,
when suddenly Terry uppercut Santry on
the Jaw. Santry’B guard dropped for tho
smallest fraction of a second and McGov
ern whipp'd the left over to the jaw. Ho
followed the blow up with a right swim?
and caught Santry on the ear as he wus
falling. Santry felt to the floor on his
face and rolled over. At the count of
nine he got to hi knees and trleu lo
straighten up, but was ufiahle to stand,
and the referee gave the fight to JlcHov
ern.
Santry was unable to leave the ring for
fully ten minute's after being counted out.
McGovern did not have a mark on him
as he left the ring. The betting before
the fight was 2 to 1 that Santry would be
knocked out before the end of the sixth
round.
ILL IS at HIT IX SAMOA.
Xatlve* More Settled Tlimt nt. Any.
time Since tin* Trouble.
London, Feb. I.—Advices from Apia, Sa
moa, under dale of Jan. 24. say that all
is quiet in Samoa and the natives are
more settled than at any time since tha
disturbances between the native factions.
At a recent meeting of the Mataafana, at
widch Mudeioa was piosent, Mataufa
made an A Mr-ss lrt which he. counseled
implicit obedience to the law.
Phelps Is It,’lter.
New Haven. Feb. I.—The condition of £3,
J. I’helpe is more hopeful to-night.