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GOOD NEWS FOR BRUNSWICK.
CAPT. (III.I.r.TTK ItEfOMMT M>" HI
!'ROVK>IKM> \\ OH'I'M 7th.
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mill OciMiei* lllvcrh.
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h’ll a provision l• muv<*> of the
hi!'or <>: Brut wi K ). u.m a vi* a of
(’fldn: , , . v. t inqrov* n, ni the ♦*•-f i8
desir.iMo in t** irueio-t of mm- e. an I
the com thereof.
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has .'uhmin <1 i •* report. U. ‘ay * In my
opinion, thi; liarlor it \v 1- wo: thy • f fur
ther imp. >Aam- i t in tm- u.it-p -is •*' > m
m / 'I -tinny * mtm m.
aiai in--i (■ ! :-. TriMi -r> oit Ia .
extent of count!}, i oi ictiw flu i.b
naval to* p. .-i-hi - r • ■ and •*• :*n
Two - i .<■ Southern ai.-l tli*
Plant .-> -• n- ..a . • •
faciliti- al tin* port, th' ■ ! h-; laPC'
a i i>l ■ • '
He also called at tenth rt o tin* fa 1 hat
Conye ~ has -.m. (ion-<) tin imirov - men
of the outi r bar to a d*j in -f tvventy-fiv*
feet at me.in high wnUr, and has e -■ e-i
into a contra c for • i.• s-me, and has in -
ther called for i suney -nd ief>ort v\nh a
view to obtaining a d* pth of twenty-six
feei : mean high wate
He says that unqu<stioi:ab.y fin sh-.al
now existing' below in* * iiy ould hr*
deepened to at least the propos* and depth on
the outer bar.
He says: ‘ I cousM r the harbor
worthy of this improvement,together with
the neotssary provision.- for its mainte
nance.”
He estimates the cost of the improve
ment rccommend- and in detail by him to be
5125,700, and cone bides his report with
these words: “in my judgment, this har
bor is worthy of improvement by the
United {States to the above extent."
When It is rem inhered mat only JlO.oGt
for the maintenance of this harbor has
been hereto for* recommended, and th a >
amount frequently not exiicnded, the great
stride forward that Hrunswi- k lias made
from a commercial standpoint is empha
sized by this last report.
Since this report was prejiared the con
tract to obtain twenty-five feet of water,
referred to by Uapt. Gillette, has been
completed by the contractor. Col. C. 1*
Goodyear, which makes it all the more*
important that the recommendations of
Capt. Gillette be carried out.
In reference to tile outer bar Col. Good
year is seeking before the present Con
gress to o-'ialn additional legislation au
thorising him to obtain a depth of twen
ty-SjX felt at mean high water on the
outer bar.
In the annual report of the chief of en
gineers some Interesting facts appear. for
instance, in giving the statistics as to the
ports of Savannah and Hrunswi k. it ap
pears that the total tiumlier of v. ssels ar
riving and clearing at Savannah for the
year ending Dec. 31, including coast
wise and foreign, are 738, as against 1,062
for Brunswick. <>f course, the tonnage at
Savannah is much in excess of that at
Brunswick, due not only to a larger com
merce, bui to more steamships entering
the part of Savannah than enter the* port
of Brunswick.
Ot'iualgee, V 1 (iiiaa tlia anil Oconee.
Among other items of interest appearing
in this report are the reference to the
Altamaha. Gcmulgee and Oconee rivers.
The last Congress made an appropiiution
of 120.000 lor the improvement of the Oc
mulgee river, and authorized a continuing
contract to he made for slUU,uuo more.
Capt. Gillette does not think the work can
bp advantageously done by contract, as
the removal of rock shoals can only be
done when the opportunity is offered by
extreme low water. He recommends that
it is to the advantage of the United States
to do the work by hired labor rather than
by continuing contracts, provided appio
priations can be as regular y made ff>r
hired lalx>r as for continuing contract.
He suggests another disadvantage about
a continuing contract is that it will neces
sarily be limited to persons residing near
the river, us no contractor at a distance
can afford to keep in readiness lor ex
treme low water each year without receiv
ing high prices for his work; and anorher
disadvantage, that to pull snags, requires
a snag boat, and a contractor would have
no use for such boots after his contract ;
was finished, whereas the United States
will always need them, and he thinks that
4t would be unduly expensive to do this
work by continuing contract. He state*
that the 820,000 made available by the last
act will be ex [tended during the coming
.fiscal year, and for the following year he
says the sum of $40,000 can be advanta
geously expended.
In reference to the Oconee river, there
was SIO,OOO mude available for this river
in the last act. It appears that on July
1. 1890. there was an available balance
of this fund remaining of $8,348.81. He re
ports that for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1901, $15,000 can be profitably expended
on this river.
In reference to the Altamaha river, the
last river and harbor act only appropri
ated $6,000 for this river, but at that time
there was an unexpected balance of 85.-
282.91, and on July 1, 1809. there was still
an unexpended balance of $7,6d&.76. Capt.
Gillette reports that there can t>e profi
tably expended on this river in the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1901, SIO,OOO. In his
report he calls attention to the fact that
two steamers, running in conjunction,
make one rund trip every two weeks from
Hawklnsville, on the Ocmulgoe river, to
Brunswick, and that two steamers ply
from Doctor town over most of the Alta
maha, and their commerce is tributary to
the Savannah, Florida and Western Rail
way ai Doctortown. IT*- also makes this
Interesting statement about this river;
“The sum of sloj)tx> can lx* economically
and advantageously expended during the
coming year. No permanent Improvement
can be effected, as new obstructions, caus
ed by logs and snags, farm during every
freshet stage. They should, however, di
minish in number from year to year. A
large appropriation was made* March 3,
1899, for the improvement of the O mul
gee river. Tills will he of local benefit
only unless the Altamaha is improved to
an equal degree.”
Col, Good year's Contract.
Col. Goodyear having com pi • led his con
tract for the improvement of the Bruns
wick harbor is fi*ro trying to get < \ n
gross to make anew contract with him
for maintaining a depth of twentv-fiv.
fe< t which he claims to have secured. The
determination of the Riv r and II • r bo.
Committee to postpone th** ia parting n r
the bill until the next session of Uong'os
may interference somewhat with t’ol
Goodyear's projects. lb* has. howe e
obtained consent lo go before the Rive
and Harbor Committee and rnak a st ate
niMit in behalf of his own personal inter
ests in the Brunswick work lb* w >ul 1
like in the first place to s. cure a r* m in
ning contract to maintain a depth o'
twenty-five feet in the Brunswick channel.
He will also like to obtain a (ontract se
curing a depth of twenty-six fe*'t. M
also has u claim against th- gore iimn t
for her vice* in connection wi h th Bruns
wick harbor, w hich he and i ma he has n t
been compensated for. His contract call
ed for a channel 100 feet wide and iw ntv
five feet deep. Asa mutter of athe se
cured a channel 150 feet wide and bv so
doing he was put to additional • xpen e mi 1
really lost money on his contra t. He a-k-.
therefore, to be reimbursed for the addi
tional txpcUb© incut red making the chan-
f nei fifty f-et wkb r. This*' questions he
nib ■ r . <*iu to the River and Harbor Com
mittee ml i.ii'kavor to secure sufficient
fi-Hsiation for his reli* f.
%ll im: m:ws \* w utHnss.
Fair \MSOciat*on to >fcct—Meeting; of
ttie Rifles.
Waycross, (la Feb. I—Hon. John
son, pr- sident of the Wayeross Fair Asso
<-i itkri. has - ailed a me ting of the sto k
i. ddt is of the fair * s • l.ition f r to-rn. r
row i . o’clock in tbe pa
of the I’henix Hoc I. It is un.br tool
ilva at this meeting mut* rs > f it.iere.-r t >
ihe a>. cia ion wil be di ; us ed and p•* ■ -
for the future set on foot. T. e m .nag* i
- in fav-v of making the fair for ir*<)>
he grand* -< affair *1 the year in the
Wiregrass section.
It is suggested that a part of the pre
mium ii-t b gott;n out riant away, in or
dt r that it. may be put iri the hands of th.*
farm*T.- and stock misers tariy in th
> car.
Mr. J R. \Vhiman has been appointed
j i.'iiijiorary ci:\ clerk during the illne.-s
Of the clerk, ’apt. A I*. Bird. Mr. Bird
has b< en quin sick from a com plication ,
of troubles.
Ir. 1;. I’. Izlar ha. moved his residence |
Mom ti. McNeil house, on Gilmore street,
to the King House, . u the same thorough- ;
far<.
Miss May Bay Dekte has resigned her
position in the Soulherr- Tel* phone Kx- (
hange. An operator has bteu sx‘ureil
from Jacksonvilk t*> tak* her place.
Mrs. R. A. Atwell has gone to Nahunta, ’
where she will nurse her relative Mrs. N.
S. Barv, who is afflicted win small-pox.
Mrs. Aiweil is one of the patients who had
it here reccn f > and fa y recovere<i.
Mr. and Hrs. T. W. MorHson went to
Savannah to attend the Morrison-Martln
w'eddi rg.
The Way cross Rifles held a very enthus
iastic meeting last night at their armory
in th. I>oti building. The report that
there has horn any internal disturbance
in the company is deeded, and it is mated
that the best of feeling prevailed last
n.ght.
The Ware Dumber Company's tram road
ha* he. n extended about two and half
miics iron) the mill, on the west e.de of
Kettle creek.
Htmdr.'ds of bushels of sweet potatoes !
ore being shipped through here over the i
Wayeross A r Dine Railroad. These po
tatoes om- from Coffee county and fre :
consign* and to a wholesale house in Ha- j
valid, Cuba.
Mr. David W Inman, whose severe ill- 1
ness was mentioned in these dispatches,
died early yesterday morning at Bis home, j
near Monor. in this county. Mr. Inman
had suffered for years with chronic dys
p . and the past few months p had
grown worse. He was ;fbout 30 years o‘
aer. and leaves a wife and four small
children.
Mr. Thigpen is moving his tie camps
fro ms from Waresboro to a point on the
Ncedhom trarp road.
ALLGtiKI) FOHGfcR ( AIGHT.
Carried HncU to Valdoata—Other
Doimlns News Notea.
Douglas, G., Feb. I.—Officer Dampier
of Valdosta arrived in the city yesterday
and arrested end carried ba -k to that city
Richard Finch, charged with forging a
check or. a Valdosta bank and collecting
therefrom S3OO. Finch has been working
at Jeff Bolt s livetv s:;ables in this city for
two or three months past, and passing
himself for a negro, while his complexion
and eyes be Bd his assertions. It now
transpires that at some places he passod
for a white man, and at others, as here, !
as an gro, as suited his bus ness opera- i
lions. It Is report, and that Finch is wanted
at lx)th Jacksonville and Tampa for larger
forgeries.
On Hie night of J.in. 30 the weather
moderated very suddenly and rain fell in
Douglas, followed yesterday by another
blizzard, with a stiff northwest breeze. It
was freez tig yesterday and last night.
Messrs. J. W. Quincey and Tim Kirk
land have returned from a business trip
to Ha in bridge.
Gus B. Brock has purchased the rights
in two counties, of Coffee and Worth, for
the sale of Johnson’s patent combination
brace, monkey and crank wrenches and
buggy jacks.
Darien New Notes*.
Darien, Gn., Feb. I.—Mr. George S. Wyl
ly left yesterday for Tifton, where he
will engage in the lumber business. He
has been a faithful emplbye of the tim
ber firm of Schmidt & Wylly until his
resignat on. lie is succeeded here by Mr.
Arthur Young.
Mr. Warren Gardner, an experienced sur
veyor. has just completed u resurvey of
Egg Island and made a neat map of the
island and, its surroundings. This is one
of the prettiest and most fertile islands on
this const. Mr. Wilcox, who owns the
property, has a fine horse, w hich he rais
ed then*' witl\ but little attention, and he
now has a number of mares on the isl
and. where they get all the food and water
they want and keep fat the year round.
Auditor Hardee and attorneys from Sa
vannah were here yesterday for the pur
pose of taking evidence in the receivership
case of the J. K. Clarke Dumber Com
pany. but the hearing was postponed on
account of the illness of Mr. Clarke.
ll iur Fire In Dayton, O.
Dayton, 0.. Feb. 2.—Fire to-day destroy
ed the tobacco warehouse of M. P. Wolf &
Sons, the building occupied by E. Bimm
A: Sons, grocers; Benedict & Cos., cigar
manufacturers, and the Dayton Paper
Novelly Company. The loss is nearly $500,-
000. Three firemen, George Coy, George
Nienaber and George Grieshmier, were in
jured by falling walls,
TallaliHNMec New* Note*.
Tallahassee, Fla., Feb. I.—Jacksonville
has anew corporation, the Doty A: Stowe
Company, with a capital of SIOO,OOO, for
which letters patent were issued to-day,
to conduct a wholesale grocery business.
The thermometer registered 20 this morn
ing. Ii is clear and still cold, with a pros
pect of colder weather to-night.
LATE SHIP NEWS,
See Tenth Pa&<i
Vlim HD LAST NIGHT.’
Steamship Itasca, Diggs, Ballimore—J.
J. Caro an, Agent.
yourself! Is your face
covered with pimples? Your skin
rouph and blotchy? It’s your liver!
Ayer’s Pills are liver pills. They
cure constipation, biliousness, and
dyspepsia. 25c. All druggiati*
Wuut your irmustiK hu or board a beautiful
brown or rlrh black ? Tbcn use*
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE !S,.
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THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY*, FEBRUARY 2. I'm
EFFORTS AT A SETTLEMENT.
(Continued from First Page.)
might possibly h ad to >triom- trouble, as
the present conditions might do, if noth
ing was done to prevent it. He was as
sured by the Democratic attorneys that
they were as anxious to save any clash
iK-tween the parties as the Kcpu dicans
could be.
Mr. Edelen 4hen proposed to submit th c *
■ use of the rival Governors to tjie Ken
tucky Court of Appeals, which, he de
clared, judging by the action of Judge
Haze.r.gg in swearing in Gov. Goebel,
wou.d probably decide against Gov. Tay
lor. He then wanted the right to submit
the milter to the United States Supreme
Court for final settlement. The talk was
informa . Mr. Edelen merely stating his
position that th* oppos.ng attorneys might
take the matter under advisement. The
lawyers separated with an agreement to
meet again at 2 o'clock in tne afternoon.
Wanted It in Stale CoartH.
When the-y mot for the second time Mr.
Edelen aiiitin submitted his proposition,
and rec* ived the reply that the Democratic
attorneys desired to have the matter ad
judicated in th** state courts. To this
Mr. Edelen objected, saying he wished tho
final settlement to be made in the Supreme
Court at Washington.
Mr. Edelen asked for details regarding
the seating of Gov. Goebel by the joint
'session last night. As it has been re
peatedly announced that the Repub
licans would claim that the ©eat
ing of a governor by joint bal
lot is contrary' io the Goebel elec
tion law of Kentucky, which provides
the Republicans claim, that the vote shall
be taken separately, the Democrats de
cline to say anything about the meeting.
They told Mr. Edelen that in the journal
ol* legislative proceedings fie would find
all the information possible to give him.
Mr. McQuovvn urged the Republicans to
concede the election and seating of Uoe
bel, which Mr. Edelen declined to enter
tain. The lawyers then scqmrated, Mr.
Edelen intimating that it was possible
that he might be* able to submit another
proposition at some time later. He was
given to understand that fie w.ould be
met half way and the conference was at
on end.
IbfiiNod to Pay State Money.
Two direct slaps were given Gov. Taylor
to-day by public officers who declined to
obey his orders. The first came from
President Rodman of the Farmers Bank,
which is a state depository. Some vouchers
on the bank were signed by Gov. Taylor
In favor of some the militia officers who
wanted money for their companies. When
they were presented to the bank, payment
was refused. President Rodman said that
he did not see how he could pay out tha
money on orders signed by Gov. Taylor
until he knew- for certain who was the
actual Governor of Kentucky. He had
asked an opinion from the attorney of thi
bank, he said, and when it was received
he would act accordingly. He declared
that he would take no chances of paying
out money until he was satisfied that he
was acting under the proper authority.
W ould Not Release n Convict.
The second instance promised for a time
to have serious consequences, and trouble
may yet arise from it. Gov. Taylor issued
a pardon to Douglas Hayes, a convict in
the Frankfort penitentiary, who is serv
ing a five-year term for manslaughter,
having been sentenced in March, 1899.
When ihe pardon was sent to Warden I Al
lard he decided that he could not turn the
man loose until he was satisfied regard
ing the legal status of the governorship.
He made no reply to Gov. Taylor, but de
clined to honor the pardon, and informed
the penitentiary commissioners of his ac
tion. They agreed with the position tak
en by the warden, and the man w r as held.
The action of Dillard, who is an ardent
supporter of Gov. Goebel, aroused intense
indignation among the Republicans, and it
was declared that a detachment of sol
diers would be sent to the penitentiary to
take the man away by force if Warden
Dillard persisted in his refusal to release
Hayes. No such talk, however, came
from the office of Gov. Taylor or that of
Adjutant General Collier.
This talk was naturally resented by the
Democrats and Dillard received open of
fers of aid in case he should decide to
engage in battle with the soldiers over
their right to enter the jail and take out
Hayes.
When, this afternoon his office was vis
ited, the warden was engaged in a con
versation over the telephone wire. He
was giving the man at the other end of
the wire information regarding the num
ber of men he could provide to resist a
possible attack. He rang off as several
visitors entered his office and discontin
ued the conversation, declining to disclose
the identity of the man at the other end
of the wire, who was evidently asking
him is he desired assistance.
Wliy He Did Not llelcnMp Him.
“I can do nothing else than hold the
mail,” said the. warden. “The situation
is known to everybody, and I cannot as
sume the responsibility of releasing him
on the order of Mr. Taylor when the Leg
islature has declared specifically that Mr.
Goebel Is tHe Governor of the state. Had
the pardon been received yesterday, I
would have let the man go and been glad
to do so. I wish to keep no man In
this place, but I cannot release convicts
on the order of a man who, it has been
declared by the law-making [>ower of the
state, has no right to issue such an order.”
When asked if ho intended to offer re
sistance to a detachment of troops if one
should be sent to release Hayes, the war
den replied:
“Oh, no. It would not do for me to at
tempt any such thing ns that. I have
fourteen guards only, and they could not
do much against soldiers.”
When asked if he did not know where he
could ofuain plenty of help if he needed
it. the warden said:
“When the soldiers come up hire and
demand the keys for the purpose of taking
out Mr. Hayes, I think they are likely to
get them. If convicts are taken out of
here in that manner, the responsibility
will rest on the men who take him away
and not on me.”
No answer was returned to Gov. Taylor
either by Waidcn Dillard or by tho Hoard
of Penitentiary Commissioners. Ilia let -
ur was quietiy ignored. It is [>oseible
that a reply will be made to it to-morrow,
but it is not likely.
It now definitely decided (hat Gen.
John B, Caetßi*. U. of Louisville is not to
be Adjutant Gen* rai for Gov. Go bel, and
while it was asser and last night with gro t
positiveneas that lie had b en aup inted U
is said 10-iiight that be was n* v • tender
ed tne place. No matt bus ben appo.ntcJ
as yet, but th<* i ia* f t'- 1 !. I’. J. Smith
of the Third Kentucky Infantry, is prom
inently mentioned.
No attention whatever has been paid by
the militia to Gov. G. bed's orders io re
turn to their horn.* s It is just as though
the order had never betn Issued. Adjt.
Gen. Cottier says that no consideration w i
be given to any oidets that may emanate
from the Goebel headquarters.
L*gilcftttii'(- Making l*rogrt*.
The Legislature is making progress.. Yes
terday it was hustled around the town
and raced ihrouu.i the streets by the mili
tary. This mon . g a small portion of it
was turned back at the gat* of the Slate
House grounds, wlnn attempt was made
to reach lhe Cap.' I building—this after
noon it reached i! door ot the buhding,
and us a body i hu- strong hopes that the
next attempt whj take th m into the leg
islative chambers.
At 4 o’clock t . veiling printed notices
were handed around the lobby of the Cap
itol Hotel, b grid by Speaker Trimble,
asking all members of tlie Legislature to
meet at the west <U>or of the hotel at o
o'clo.k preparatory •to holding a ses. ion
in the CapAoi in: -in.::. It was generlly
understood thai admission would be re
fused, but all the Democrats determined to
demand access to the building hs n matter
of form and to put the Republicans on
record.
At the appointed time, the members in
< dlumns of two.A headed by the tail form
of Speaker Trimble, th* march was taken
tip toward the state house grounds. On
both sides and in the rear came a large
crowd. Aft Speak* r Trimble approached the
gate, which was guarded by two sentries,
the soldiers st* ; <1 lark, lowered their
bayonets and allowed the Speaker to pass
through.
“Are you a member of the Legislature?”
asked one of the sentries.
“I nm,” replied the speaker as he start
ed up the brisk walk toward the Capitol.
The same question was put to the other
members as they approached, and*when it
came the turn of the crowd, the sentries
fired the query at every bunch, and every
bunch answered in chorus, “I am.”
Soldier** Kept Them Out.
The Legislature, which on roll call, has
128 members, numbered 500 up to the time
the Si>eaker was at the Capitol steps.
Upon the landing at the top of the step*
a long line of soldiers was drawn .up under
the command of Capt. Horace Cochran.
Bayonets were fixed, the men stood firmly,
and it was evident to Mr. Trimble that
the moment for negotiations had arrived.
Approaching the captain, he said:
“We demand admission to he hall. We
are members of the Legislature and desire
to hold a session."
Clerks Leigh of the House and Desha of
the Senate also demanded that they be al
lowed to ettter.
“We have orders to admit nobody,” re
plied Capt. Cochran. •
*'We a right to enter this hall,”
said Ihe Speaker, “and we demand that
we be allowed to do so, in order that we
may attend to the business of the state.”
“I have orders to admit nobody, and
you cannot go in,” was the reply.
The Speaker turned around and, stand
ing on the top step, he said to the crowd:
“We came hero to meet us members of
tho Legislature of the state of Kentucky.
We are denied admission to the building,
and ore repelled by force. 1 do now' de
clare this session of the Legislature ad
journed, and it w'ill meet subject to my
call.”
Down the steps w’ent ttie Speaker and
behind him followed the crowd.
There was no sign of disturbance
throughout the incident, everything being
conducted in tin orderly and dignified man
ner by the legislators. * The impromptu
members were not .so mindful of the dig
nity of their high calling and were inclined
to make facetious remarks at the sol
diers.
May Not <• to London.
There is very little heard now' about
London, and there seems to be a general
feeling among the Democrats and Repub
licans alike that, the next regular meet
ing of the Legislature will be held in the
Capitol building. There has been no an
nouncement of any intention on the part
of Gov. Taylor, but it seems to have be
come a tacit belief that he will rescind
his action of yesterday before the time
set for the meeting ui l*ondon.
Anonymous letters threatening assassi
nation are going through the mails in con
siderable numbers. They have been re
ceived by the Democratic attorneys, by
the Republican attorneys, and by every
judge of the Court of Appeals. They are
all practically of one .nature, informing
the recipient that unless he mends the
error of his political ways he will be shot
dowm. Occasionally somebody threatens to
stab, but the general trend of assassina
tion sentiment seems to run toward gun
powder. Ex-Gov. Bradley’s house is
guarded night and day by soldiers, and
even in the day time the inside blinds
on the first floor are kept closed to pro- j
vent anybody from being able to fire j
through the ’windows with accuracy.
The apparent failure of Gov. Goebel to j
place an adjutant general In office leaves
the troops entirely at the disposition of
the Republicans, and, for the time being
at least, has lessened all chance of trou- !
ble from that source. Tho soldiers will j
continue to obey the orders of Gen. Col- I
Her, and there will be no conflicting orders
to confuse them.
Gov. Tliylor remains In his office in the
executive building and practically denies
himself to ail callers. He will rot, more
over, discuss for publication any action
which he has taken or may take here
after.
The records of the House of Representa
tives, which were taken from Clerk of the
House Edward yesterday by the mili
tia. while flu Legislature was racing *
around the streets in the vain endeavor
to find a hall in which they could ho and a
Joint session and seat Mr. Goebel, have
No n returned to him by Gov. Taylor.
Boxes of ammuni lon are being <h 1 vere 1
to Adjt. Gen. Collier. The hall of hla of
fice is packed ceiling high with cartridges
The greatest activity prevails on the Cap
itol grounds. Blanket# for the soldiers
are arriving l am, every evidence of a pro
tracted slay is apparent.
LEGAL VIEWS OF THE CASK.
Depend* on Governor'* flight to Ad
jo urn tin* LeglMlutare.
Washington. !•%• >. I.—-A number of law
yers of the Houst*. of both political par
ties spent part of to-day in consideration
of We legal phases of the situation in
Kentucky.
Representative Grosvenor of Ohio said:
"It is beyon i cavil that Taylor, up to
whatever action was taken yesterday, was
legally Governor of Kentucky, because he
held the certificate of election from the
Board of Elections under the .Goebel law.
If the con-test was legally passed upon by
the terms of the Goebel law. then Goebel
i- : Governor and Taylor is outed."
Representative Rhea of Kentucky said:
"The Democrats have pursued constitu
tional and ix aceful methods, and public
sentiment niu.-t and will sustain this par
ty. Goebel has been duly declared Govern
or by the only constitutional body author
ized to dou rmine the rights of the con
test, in a perfectly legal and orderly man
ner, and will be sustained in the courts
oi this- country."
Representative Miers, Democrat, of In
diana, who was judge of the Circuit Court
of Indiana for two terms, said that he
had lead the provision of the Kentucky
constitution empowering the Governor to
adjourn the .Legislature in case of "war,
insurrection or pestilence" to such place
a i he should fix, and it seemed to nini
that the Governor must be the Judge of
th- existence of a state of insurrection.
"Gov. Taylor having declared a state of
insurrection and adjourned the Legisla
ture to meet Feb. t>, it strikes me in an
off-hand way, that no action taken by the
members of the Legislature before that
date could be legal.
Representative Grout of Vermont said:
"Tiie certificate of the election commis
sioners made Taylor’s title as Governor
complete till legally set aside by the Leg
islature. The committee of the House had
found Goebel elected, and if that finding
had been legally adopted by the Legisla
ture. it would unquestionably make Goe
bel the legal Governor.
“Rut meantime Gov. Taylor, under a
provision in the constitution, called the
Legislature together ar. London on the
ground that Frankfort was in a state of
■insurrection. Whether the condition in*
Frankfort justified this action of the Gov
ernor is, of course, a proper inquiry for
the courts. Until held illegal by the
courts, it must stand, and the fact re
mains that the legislature was not al
lowed to. and did no* assemble, as a
legislature and adopt the report giving
Goebel the seat."
VIRGINIA TAKES ACTION.
Indignation at the Attempt to Aaftas
nlnate Goebel.
Richmond, Va., Fob. 1. —The general as
sembly to-day adopted a joint resolution
declaring "indignation and sorrow at the
dastardly attempt to assassinate Hon. Wil
liam Goebel of Kentucky," and express
ing to Gov. Goebel its sympathy in his
sufferings and its sincercst hope that he
may be speedily restored to health and to
the peaceable execution of the high office
to which he was elected.
\S MAN AND POLITICIAN.
Goebel One of the Most Novel Fig
ures In llis State.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Though a Kentucky politician, William
Goebel is free from many of the charac
teristics which are commonly attributed
to men of that class.
He does not drink.
He does not smoke or use tobacco in
any form.
He does not play cards for money.
He is said to be a woman hater.
Ills most marked characteristics are his
coolness and determination. Opponents
have described him as an iceberg. While
the mass of politicians at gatherings in
Kentucky have been 'indulging in fervid
oratory and appeals to sentiment, he has
sat still without a trace of emotion on his
pale face, coolly calculating the chances
for getting the most votes.
Born in Sullivan county, Pennsylvania,
forty-two years ago, Goebel, when a boy.
was taken by his parents to Covington,
Ky., which has been his home ever since.
It- early life, it is said, he was a boot
black. After receiving a good education
through his own energies he made the
friendship of Gov. John W. Stephenson,
who too* the young man into his law of
fice. In a few years he had shown such
ability that Gov. Stephenson took him as
a law partner. Upon Gov. Stephenson's
death, Mr. Goebel was made his executor
without bond.
Goeijel’s ability as a lawyer attracted th?
attention of John G. Carlisle, anu for sev
eral years he was the partner of that
great Kentucky lawyer. Twelve years ago
he was elected to the state Senate to rep
resent Kenton county. He has served
continuously as such ever since, and is
now i holdover senator. That is the only
public office he has ever held, except that
he was a member of the Kentucky Consti
tutional Convention. He was a candidate
for judge of the Court of Appeals in the
district now' represented by Judge T. H.
Paynter. and it was he who finally threw
the nomination to Judge Paynter.
He has a law practice which, it Is said,
pays him at least $25,000 a year, a; and by*
hard work, economy and the exercise of
his marked legal ability he has a -cum-i- ,
lated a fortune said to reach nr bably a !
quarter of a million dollars. Fx-Cov. John
Young Brown recently said of him:
"Mr. Goebel can put more in a 20-! Ino !
law' brief than almost any other lawyer in
Kentucky can express in three pages o'
foolscap, llis lower of concentrat r g much
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words has been one of the secrets of his
remarkable success as a lawyer.”
Asa member of the State Senate Goeb-1
has made a record, the great* r part of
which is still fresh 1n the p bl c mind.
From the beginning of his career in pol
itics he fought the Louisvil.e and Nashville
Railroad and other corporations. He ha;
been the author of several important sta e
laws, notably the Goebel el- lion aw
which regulates elections in Kentucky an i
has been much criticised. It is held that
ihis law gives the dominant party ioj
much control of the election machinery.
Hum Killed His Han.
William Goebel himself knows how to
use firearms, and an incident of this kind
in his life was one of the Fading points
brought against him in the recent K n
tuckv campaign, when his opponents often
referred to him us "assassin.”
The incident originated in a bill which,
through Goebel's influence, passed the
Kentucky Regislatuie reducing to 1 cent
the toll across the bridge leading fr. m Cov
ington u> Cincinnati. Col. John San >rd
an ex-Con federate officer, who was then
secretary of the Farmers’ and Tr and rs
Bank of Covington, and was one of hi
largest stockholders in the bridge compa
ny, made an attack on Goebel in a Cov
ington newspaper. The two men ha 1 be
longed to rival factions In the I> moeratl *
party, between which pe sonal enc untors
and convention fights' had been fr quent.
and the bridge toll episode bt ought the
feud to a crisis.
Goebel responded to Sanford’s newspaper
attack in a caustic unsigned rtiole, which,
it is said, caused Col. S mlo and to mnoiince
that he would shoot the author on sight.
On April 11. 18.%. Goebe , tecompud and
by Attorney General Hondrlck and Frnn't
Helm.president of the First Na i nal Han't
of Covington, were about to . n<er Helm’s
office. At the door s'o and Sanford. He
shook hands with ijtarwlri k. and, turning
to Goebel, naked if the'kitter had written
the article against him.
“I did,” answered Goebel.
Both men drew pistols and there were
two almost simultaneous reports. Si -
ford’s shot passed through Goebel’s rlom
ing. Goebel's passed through Sanfoid's
head and the Colonel fell dead in his
tracks.
A crowd gatehred and was g- at
confusion, during which Goebel wall e l
away. He sent for his bro her Justus by
telephone and then gave hinvelf up to i. •
police. When bis bro.her arrived at the
jail both men wept.
"Herr is the reason I killed him.” x
i claimed Gecliol under the excitirm nt of
j the shooting. He pointed to bullet hole."
[ bis own c loihirg. "He was lying in w lit
j for me.” GoeV i added. "I saw him wh r
I was aboiu twenty feet away. As son i.
as 1 saw- him reach, for his revolver t
reached for mine. He fir<d the first slim
After hearing witnesses for an en'r
day n coroner'#* jury rendered a verdict f
self-defense. Sanford’s friends then
brought a charge of manslaughter again-*
Goebel, but m a prel min.try hearing beforo
Judge Stephens and a Jui,v he was di *
charged.
Col. Sanford’s widow was ultimately
made insane by the loss of her husban i,
and in July last was formal y adjudged i
lunatic by a Ju*\v in the Lexlrgton court
This’ act arrayed against Goebel in thd
recent Kentucky campaign many eX-G n *
federates who had been c mradoe-in-orm*
with Col. Barford.
Sninll-pox tit Cordele.
Cordele. Oa., Feb. I.—The dreaded sma •
pox has* broken out here, there being three
or four cases, and the city authorities •>:
vaccinating free of charge, though it
not compulsory. Public schools will pro
hibit pupils not vaccinated from atten •
The political kettle will soon be hoili T
as to county officers and representative ®.
judging from aspirants for the "joe
The happiest of the county merr are saw
mill men, who are gening good prices,
will orders plentiful. Tug weather 14
splendid for a full mill output