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•r.tablif-hed i v". Incorporated 18SS
Es J. H. KSTII.U President.
FLOOD damage is extensive.
M ,l,,n\S OP DOLLARS OF PROP
ERTY W I FED OL T.
I w f tlir Great Power House
Leaves Ana tin in a Rad Sanitary
Condition For Milea Around
Everyth I mb - I Vnder Water, and
ihr Destruction off Crops In Almost
Complete Traffics Is
Mocked— N o HI ore Lons off Life.
Austin, Tex., April B.—Fully 30,00) peo
ple gathered to-day at the dam and pow
e - house stationed south of this city to
witness the ruins of the plant, which cost
this city $1,7.0,000 a few years ago.
Th* waters of the Colorado river were
still plunging: and foaming around the
iv t k. eating away the big pile of granite
whi'ii once formed the dam, as though
p was nothing more than chalk rock. So
fl erce was the current that great boulders
wtr< oarr.ed half a mile from the dam,
being rolled over and over by the turbu
lent tide.
The power house which succumbed to
t i.rrific wash of the water about 2
o'clock this morning, lies a mass of
wreckage on the edge of the river, all
the valuable machinery either having
been thrown into the river or badly dam
aged by the falling timbers of the power
house.
Situation In Most Serious.
The wreck of the plant is complete. The
.situation in the city is most serious. The
wreckage of the plant means that it will
take several weeks to secure even a tem
porary water and light system, if it can
be made possible even then. In the mean
time the city will be in a bad sanitary
condition. All the hotels, private resi
dences, stores and the like are without
water, and there is no fire protection.
Churches wore unable to hold services to
night for want of light, ana all public
meetings were abandoned. The daily
newspapers are handicapped in their pub
lications, being deprived of their electric
power.
The river is falling to-night.
Reports from the neighboring country
fire to the effect that everything is un
der water. In Williamson county, north
of here, railroad bridges and trackage
have been laid waste, and all trains have
stopped running. Hundreds of head of
cattle have been drowned and miles of
fencing torn down and washed away. In
Bastrop county and in the southern por
tion of this county similar conditions
prevail, everything being under water
and much loss of properly is reported..
The country tributary to the Colorado
river all the way down its course is be
ing inundated, and while it is believed the
worst is over, the loss it is estimated to
night, will exceed some three million dol
lars, counting Austin as the largest loser.
\o More Lonn of Life.
The list of drowned, according to re
ports up to to-night, Is limited to those
reported in the Associated Press dispatches
last night, all of whom lost their lives
hero when the dam broke.
A mass meeting of citizens has been
vailed for to-morrow, in order that some
may be token to relieve the situa
tion.
'1 h* rc were no trains operated on the
International and Great Northern, as
non h of Bs track and quite a number of
brilg.s were washed away during last
night. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Railroad is also a heavy sufferer from a
like cause.
Reports from several sections of Central
and Southern Texas are to the effect that
I '.rg, aor age is under water and much
,miL '“ has be n suffered in property and
live stock.
>K>ST TEXAS RIVERS FALLING.
Heat ruction off Crops Over Large
Aren In Complete.
Houston. Tex., April 8.-As a rule the
T- xus rivers are now falling and there is
r Hi i h danger of a general flood.
* ie crops have been damaged over a
' nrci, but there is still time for
farmers to replant if they can get the
tff ' • Forn has been planted over once,
fini will have to be planted* the third
Tne farmers as a rule have not"'
r •’ ted much cotton, because the heavy
r ‘in> haw kept them out of the fields.
railroads have lost many small
fi, . an '* W HI be a week before traf
'Jnormal condition.
• s n'..‘ hvilh- reports tremendous rains
J'" * l 'throughout that section, the
11 >'' I in the Colorado from the break
1 *• vre.u Austin dam, reaching there
( 1 ' vr ‘ilng. The river is on a 38-foot rise
j. ‘J’ 1,1 • ,n, l I s rising one foot an hour.
I Hmated that over 5,000 acres of
! ' ’ops in the bottom lands with
fn! ‘ s of town have been inundated
11 f n ten to fifteen feet. The loss will
a nd. " v, ' r $50,000. The stock has been
j n "!V ’■ deaths have been reported
II s * 'tion so far from drowning.
i reports the flood in Little river
•a , t iM tl ' t^lat last July. The water
fl . I ' lf '} bower house have been over
opio were warned and no loss
n- .| 7 ' rfi Ported. Brushy. San Gabriel
i, . ‘ 1 ’ rivers ire all overflowed, caus
m-." ' ' ' !I tiro destruction of all crops.
lV ' rs are still rising,
of Vi ’’ *" fn,rn Points on other rivers are
T>VI n . ;,fire f ° rr °I >8 * no of life,
new ro, ‘ rei>orlß many families of ihe
a . 1 1,1 ’ ncamped out under the pavilion
, TTl,n s bark, while others a:o rea 'y
h-n ni l'." l " ll,s warning lo flop to the
}"" w ‘er I. at stand?*' la. a
forty-three feet. Bast op is
~ , " hemmed in by water now an.l Is
T lr, ’ m the suroundltiK communitl
]., 10 crops, lands ami stock cannot
lo,! ' ln 1 1 ' ' I, but no lives ure reported
, UROI* IS DESTHOYED.
, " 1 " 1 :, tnl in Koine .Sections Cnm-
Pletely Subnicrweil.
I 'monio, Tex., April B.—A special to
' i'.xprpsa from Rio Grartds City rrt
'he total destruction of the corn
] l([ 11 , * I< ‘ Isower R!o (It'unda bottom
I tain service Is Improving.
( 1 ' ri l ports the Colorado river at
1(> 1 ar *d rising. All bottom lands
(| ! l, ly stibmcrßi'.l and greet dam
ri\,r , " *' ll done to the young crops The
'| i, ' usher than It Ims he, n tine P7O.
1,. 1 , 'of the Isjttonis have moved out
"f -iifety. The two wag, n bridges
iisiey'a creek are submerge 1
1 ootlßMtl on nun Pgf,)
IP# i'Tlflfnin®
QUEEN'S SUNDAY IN DUBLIN.
AY ent to Church in the Morning and
x Took a Drive in Afternoon.
Dublin, April B.—This morning' Queen
Victoria attended service in the private
chapel of the vice regal lodge, accom
panied by the Duke and Duchetvs of Con
naught, Princess Christian and Princess
Henry of Battenberg. Her Majesty se
lected the hymns sung by the choir, which
came from St. Patrick's Cathedral. The
Archbishop of Dublin preached.
Only a portion of the household were
present, as the chapel is a tiny building.
This afternoon, although the weather was
unfavorable, the Queen took her custom
ary country drive, passing through Ca
brn, Finglas, Kilashane, Coppagh and
Blanehardstown and through the beauti
ful valley of the Tolka. Everywhere she
met with an enthusiastic reception. The
rain to some extent marred the beauty of
the drive, but large crowds awaited Her
Majesty’s return to Dublin and heartily
cheered her.
Another incident is told of the Queen’s
kindliness of heart. It appears that ow
ing to train delays, a party of children
arrived yesterday too late for the chil
dren's reception. The Queen, hearing of
their disappointment through Lady Mayo,
had them brought to the gates of the
vice regal lodge to-day, and then drove
slowly through their ranks on her way to
the country drive, of course to their keen
delight. /
It is computed that quite 62,000 were
present at yesterday’s reception.
A! II,D HIOT AT TIPPERARY.
Crowd Threw Mud at Girls and Set
Fire to a Hayrick.
Dublin. April B.—On the arrival this
morning at Tipperary of the train of ex
cursionists from Dublin, a large crowd,
which had gathered at the railway hotel,
hcotel the excursionists, many of the g-irU
being roughly handled and pelted with
mud. Some had their clothes torn and
others were even struck.
Almost at the same time a rick of hay,
the property of a firm who had given
their employes a ho Hay to go to Dublin,
was set on fire, and the rioters prevented
any attempt to extinguish the flames.
When the military brought the fire hose
to the scene they found it had been cut
in twenty places.
IT IS NOT A CAMPAIGN TOUR.
Arrnngement* for Entertainment of
Dewey in Chicago.
Washington, April B.—Mr. W. B. Conkey
and Mr. J. M. Glenn of Chicago arrived
here to-day and made arrangements for
an interview with Admiral Dewey to-mor
row, at which plans will be submitted to
the Admiral for approval with reference
to his entertainment by the city of Chi
cago on the second anniversary of the
battle of Manila.
The Admiral promised to attend the cel
ebration some time ago and the city in
tends to outdo itself in his honor. Ad
miral Dewey and Mrs. Dewey will leave
here on April 29 In a special train over the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, reaching
Chicago at 10 a. m. the next day. That
evening fhere will be a splendid ball given
at the Auditorium, which will be magnifi
cently decorated for the occasion. The
following day there will be a parade in
which the governors of all the stales of the
Union have been invited to participate.
No politics will figure in the celebra
tion, which was arranged prior to the Ad
miral's announced candidacy for the pres
idency. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
when it placed its special train at the Ad
miral's disposal several days ago, inform
ed him that it could arrange so that he
would travel through Ohio and Indiana in
the daytime if he desired to make any
speeches, but Admiral Dewey replied that
politics" had nothing to do with the trip
and that he was not going on a campaign
tour.
A REMARKABLE EXPERIMENT.
Iron Melted In Edison's I.nborntory
in five Second*.
New York, April B.—A remarkable ex
periment was made at the laboratory of
Thomas A. Edison at Orange, N. J.. where
a piece of iron was melted in exactly five
seconds.
Louis Dreyfus, of Frankforl-on-the-
Main, showed Mr. Edison this new pro
cess for attaining an enormous degree of
heat in an almost incredibly short space
of time by the combustion of a certain
chemical compound, which the inventor
keeps a secret. The chcmi. al compound
is used in connection with powdered
aluminum.
Mr. Dreyfus placed a half-cupful of
this chemical in a small crucible and cov
ered it with a small quantity of the pow
dered aluminum. He then placed an iron
wrench about half an inch thick an.l six
inches long In the crucible. Touching a
match to the compound, Mr. Dreyfus step
ped back and the mixture blazed up fu
riously. In live seconds the Iron wrench
was melted.
It is estimated that the heat evolved in
the process was 3,degrees cenlrlgrade,
hitherto considered impossible to reach.
The value of the process is in welding
together steel rails and tubing.
XVI LI. NOT BE EXHIBITED.
Gold Statue of Mstid Adams Not to
It.. Keen In Paris.
New York, April 8,-Capt. A. H. Mat
tox. pro s re. resciVtative of the Unltrel
rtiates Commission to the Paris Exposi
tion said to-day:
"The $1.0,00) gold same of Maud
Adams, the actress typifying the 'Ameri
can girl,' wi l not he exhibited at the Paris
Exposition.
"Mi'S Adams’ statue will not be exhibi‘-
el within the Exp. sit ion gates on the
grout and thut the exhibit Is a personal one.
Corrupts■ loner (1. neral Peck was asked
far space for the statue, hut I am amhor
iztd to state that the only American stat
ue which will he shown will he that of
Lafayette, the money for which was sub
scribed by the government and children
of th > public schools. Commissioner Peck
has written from laris most positively
that lie will not have the statue of Miss
Adams at the Exposition."
Kntis Snarl Opera House Burned.
Saratoga. N. Y., April 8. The Sans 8011-
cl Opera House Wo k and the HehalTer
hut ding at Bal'stoD Ppa were burned to
day. Loss slso,toil.
SAVANNAH. GA., MONDAY. APRIL 9, ’9OO.
BOERS STILL ON AGGRESSIVE.
MOVEMENTS YEAR RLOBMFOVTEIY
ARE DISQIIETIYG.
Women nml Other ( Ivillann Are Be
iu K Ordered A way From llloeiii
fontein—lloer Account of Be Wet'H
Capture off 450 Ilrltluli—Yews In
Severely CeiiNored and Reports
Are Not Satifactory—Whole Free
State In I p Ak'ulii.
London, April 9, 4:50 a. m.—When it is
borne in mind that all the dispatches
from the front are severely censored,
there is little in the news to bring satis
faction to England.
Assurances that nothing need be feared,
even if the railways and telegraphs are
cut and Bloemfontein isolated, together
with the njws that the ladies and other
civilians are being ordered away, do not
augur well.
There are rumors from Cape Town that
the telegraph wires were already cut yes
terday (Sunday), and also that the Hus
sars who were sent to the relief of the
Royal Irish Rifles are also missing, al
though probably these are the outcome of
the Boer exaggerations designed to en
courage the burghers.
The attempt of Gen, Colville to catch
the Boer leaders in conference at Reit
fontein failed probably, as usual, because
of the lack of cavalry.
The results of these serious checks to
the British arms is that the whole Free
State is up again, and that the Boers
are full of activity over the entire field.
A belated Boer dispatch says that bay
onets were being made for the foreign
legion under the late Gen. DeVillebois
Mareuil.
The Boers are boasting that the Coles
herg and Stormb *rg commandos, number
ing 6,000, with ten cannon and 750 wa
gons, have gotten safely through, thus
performing a "magnificent strategic
feat.”
That Water Work* Affair.
A Boer account of the Bloemfontein
water works affairs says:
‘‘Col. Rroadwood. evacuated Thabanehu
owing to the advance of Commandant Oli
vier from the South. The federal troops
found the British camp in peaceful slum
ber without a sentinel or outpost to give
the alarm. Gen. HeWet Immediately place!
guns and commando® in such positions as
to surround the British, who did not have
time to recover from their surprise."
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Times discussing the affair says:
"All the details only serve to bring out
clearly the marvelous cleverness of the
Boers, no less than the marvelous care
lessness and improvidence of the Bri ish
officers, whom, it would seem, no series
of disasters will ever teach io keep wide
-aXvake.
"The BoeVs in Col. Broad wood’s rear
drove his force imo the party at the drift
exactly as partridges are driven to l
gun. At the drift, itself, as each wagon
descended the hollow, it was shown w r hich
way to drive so as not to block the con
voy. When the guns arrived, the trap
was all clear again for their reception.
As one who was present said, ‘lt was like
a cloak room. The Boers politely took
your rifle and asked you kindly to step to
one side. There was nothing else for you
to do.’ ”
Boors Move Rapidly.
The American scout Burnham testifies
to the terrific pace with which the Boer
commandoes cover the ground, and the
ease with which they move their guns.
The Boers are displaying increased ac
tivity in Natal, but there is no sign th it
Gen. Builer is moving.
Mafeking was still besieged on April 1.
The garrison was suffering severely from
lack of bread, and a mixture of oats, bran
and mealies was doing duty for that ar
ticle, which is described as “coarse in
substance, of the color of the ginger bread
and of the consistency of Norwegian
pine.”
ltocru’ Lohk. Tliin Line.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Times, telegraphing Friday, says:
"The Boer? now stretch in u thin line
from Sanna’s Post on the south to a point
east of Jagersfontein. The railway sta
tions are amply protected, but their de
fense necessitates heavy patrolling work.
•-“The question off protecting the sur
rendered Free iStaters is being solved by
their reception into the military camps.
Many are flocking here, but it is reported
that the farms westward of the capital
are tenanted by women only, the men hav
ing rejoined the Boer commandoee.”
DR AVET CAPTt RES 450 MEN.
Reported That He Defeated British
Year Bloemfontein.
Pretoria, Friday, April 6. via Lo enzo
Marques.—lt is reported that Gen. Dewvt
attacked and defeated a large foice o’
British cavalry at DeWet’s dorp, aout -
east of Bloemfontein, capturing 450 pris
oners and a large quantity of ummuni ion
and camp stores and inflicting heavy lo s.
The federal loss was two kill'd and four
wounded. All is quiet with the other com
mandoes.
YO ANXIETY NEED RE FELT.
lint Civilian* und Ladles Are Order
ed Out of Bloemfontein.
London, April 9.—The Bloemfontein cor
respondent of the Morning Post, te’e
grapiling Friday, says:
"No anxiety need lx* felt as to the se
curity of Bloemfontein, although the ene
my may succeed in destroying telegraphic
communication and even in cult it.g the
railway for a brief i>eriod.
"A number of civilians, including
Bentinck and Lady Kdwnid Cecil, who ar
rived here recently from Capo Town, left
to-day in compliance with a general order
issued by the authorities.”
ALL <ll IET AT IILOK YI FOYTF.IY.
Remounts and Reinforcement* Are
( oiiNiuntly Arriving.
London, April 9.—The Bloemfontein cor
reflpondent of the Daily Telegraph, in a
dispatch, dated Friday, says;
"All is quiet here. Remount* and re
inforcement h are arriving and prepara
tions are being mink* to deal with the
enemy. I*ast Tuesday many of the his
toric regiment*, like the Scot* Greys, the
Enniskillen* Dragoons, and the Lancers,
could not muster a hundred mounted men,
while artillery horse* were very scarce.
"The enemy have now been entirely
cleared out from the position they laufly
occupied north of Glen, und the British
force there is being considerably aug
mented.
"Lord Kitchener commands Ihe railway
to the south, and our positions are secure
against interruption. The troops are all
in good spirits, though badly in need of
clothing and boots.”
ROYAL iItI Ml RIFLES GAVE IP.
Were Canglit In n Warm I’lnce and
Hinl to Surrender.
Bloemfontein, Thursday** April 6.
(Delayed in Transmission.) The
Royal Irish Rifles had been marching in
the eastern part of the Free State, collect
ing arms and were returning to Bethany
Tuesday, when they were intercepted by
a Boer commando, which had placed three
guns in position.
The Irish entrenched themselves, while
the mounted infantry scouted along both
flanks, only to find escape impossible.
The Boers oi>ened with, gun and rifle
fire. The British replied sparingly with
rifle fire, husbanding their cartridges in
the hope that help would arrive.
Gradually the Boers drew into eloser
quarters. They fired intermittently dur
ing Tuesday night, but did not attempt to
rush the British position until Wednes
day, when the Irishmen, who had fought
tenaciously, were suffering severely from
want of food and water. By this time,
also, the rifles had expended their last
cartridges. Finding that there was no sign
of sucJcor, they surrendered, having fought
for nearly thirty hours. They lost ten
killed and many wounded.
Among the captured is Capt. Tennant,
Gen. Gatacre’s chief intelligence oftloer.
STEYY TO THE FREE STATERS,
Look* for Foreign Intervention to
I’ut End to the War.
Lorenzo Marquez. Friday. April 6.
President Steyq, in his address to the
Free S-tate Volksraad at. Kroon®tad, on
Wednesday, April 4, said the burgher?
were in a better position than at the
• ommencement of hostilities.
He threatened 4hose who had surrender
ed io th* British and announced that the
Free State had borrowed half a million
from the Transvaal for the purposes of
war. England, he declared, had broken
every convention.
Referring to the correspondence with
Lord Salisbury, he observed:
"The destiny of the republics is in high
er hands ffhan those of the British gov
ernment. namely, in the hands of the
l'w*p’e of France, Russia’and Germany,-
who are agitating for intervention.
"The war will soon end. If it be true
that Boer prisoners have been sent to St.
Helena, we would be justified in consign
ing British prisoners to the lowest depths
of the Johannesburg mines.”
TERROR STRIC KEN NATIVES.
Report of Alnuy Outrage* Commit
ted in Swaziland.
Lorenzo Marquez, Friday, April 6.—A
runner who has Just arrived here from
Sobobo’s kraal, Swaziland, says Sobobo
has been killed and his women have been
tied up with ropes. Unrest is increasing
in the country, w'hich is in a most unset
tled §taCe, bordering on a reign of terror,
in the absence of "white man’s law*.”
Many natives have been threatened, and
in one district they have been completely
killed off.
A messenger from Bromersdorp, Swazi
land, says the Boers are making presents
to the Queen and are seeking permission
to pass through Swaziland armed.
M’Quezie. the famous old Swazi chief,
and two women of his household, with
their infants, have nil been at
M’Quezle’s kraal. The kraal was sacked
and burned, and the chief’s son cap
tured.
Numerous bands are marching about—
natives and Swazis—and marauding in
every direction.
This correspondent found M’Quezie’s son
in charge of two natives, who admitted
the killing of the chief, but said they had
followed the orders of the Swazi Queen.
#
BRITISH MADE A BOLD STAND.
Gatacre In able Cos Find Any Trace
of J lie Five C ontpilules,
Bethany, O. F. S.. Thursday, April 5.
The five companies of Brifish infantry
which were surprised by the Reddersburg
commando, while marching across Che
country via DeWet’s dorp, made a
plucky stand; but as the Boers had three
field guns and the British none, the lat
ter were compelled to surrender.
Gen. Gatacre arrived too late. Rrdders
burg w’as already reoccupied by the
Boers, and the enemy is now threatening
the lines co the south.
Saturday, April 7.—Gen. Gatacre’s force
has returned here without having found
any trace of the ill-fated British column
captured by the Reddersburg commando.
It is impossible to estimate the British
losses, but, as the men foughff stubborn
ly, it is probable that these were large.
WAITING FOR I N I FORM*.
Lord Robert* Not to Make Illg Move
I ntil He Get* TViem.
London, April 9.—The Cape Town correr
spondent of the Daily News, telegraphing
Friday, says:
"Owing to a lack of horses and to the
suffering of men from pneumonia, due to
thin clothing, Lord Roberts has decide!
not to make a big move until the troors
are provided with thicker uniforms."
GEY. COLVILLE WAS TOO LATE.
Went Vint to l>l|*r*e (‘onferenee of
lloer Lender*.
Bloemfontein, Friday, April 6.—The
Ninth Division under Gen. Colville,
marched Wednesday in the direction off
Hettfontcin hut arrived too late to dis
perse a gathering of Boer leaders, who
had assembled there for conference. The
division returned here to-day.
The Boers have shot a Free fltate burgh
er named MeCankill, who was employed
by t!ie British n* conductor of the wagons
(Continued on Fifth Rage).
FIGHTING STILL CONTINUES.
AMERICANS IY MANY F.YCOIYTEHS
WITH IASI RGEYTS.
In One Fight Five Mile* From Ain nil n
Ten lnnrgentM Were Captured In
I nifforin—Lieut. Gordon \\ oundeil
in a Fight Yenr Apnrrl—A Sergeant
and n Corporal Killed in Pnnny.
Gen. A oinig Need* IteinforeenieutN
in Northern Luzon.
Manila. April B.—Reports of encounters
between the American troops and the in
surgents continue to arrive from many
points.
On Friday, Capt. Sturgis, while recon
noitering, struck an insurgent outpost on
the Novaliches road, five miles distant
from Manila, killing two and capturing
ten. All wye in full uniform. Unfor
tunately, Capt. Sturgis’ force was not
large enough to pursue the main body.
A detachment of the Forty-second Infati- ,
try, while scouting in Laguna province,
was pursued by the insurgents and obliged
to take refuge in a church at Paeto, where
the Americans repelled the reheis uniil
reinforcements arrived.
Lieut. Gordon, with a company of the
Sixteenth Infantry, while scouting near
Aparri, Cagayan province, engaged 250
insurgents. Lieut. Gordon was wounded.
A sergeant and a corporal of Company
1., Eighteenth Infantry, were killed in a
severe fight 4n Capiz province, island of
Panay.
The Insurgents made a night attack up
on Oalbayon, Island of Samar. They kl 1-
ed the sentry, swarmed into the town, and
searched the house of Maj. Gilmore of the
Forty-third Infantry, w'ho was. absent.
They killed his cook. Ultimately the Amer
icana drove them out of the town, killing
four and capturing twelve.
A oiiiik Want* More Men.
Gen. Young, commanding In North Lu
zon. has made several requests for rein
forcements, representing that his force is
inadequate, that the men are exhaus ed
by the necessity of constant vigilance,
that he is unable to garrison the towns iti
his jurisvliction, that the insurgents are
returning to the district and killing the
amigos, and that it is necessary for him
to inflict punishment in several sections
before the rainy season begins.
Gen.. James ‘Bell, who is commanding in
Southern Luzon, hhs made similar repre -
sentations. He says diis forces are in
adequate, and that he merely holds a fesv
towns without controlling the territory.
The president of the town of Samal.
province of Bataar. Luzon, and another
prominent native, have been assassinated
IfjgawM they were known to b*i friendly
to the Americans.
The president of another town has joined
the insurgents because they had threat
ened to kill him if he did not.
NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS.
Great Interemt in tlie Convention
Which Aleets Wednesday.
Raleigh, N. C., April B.—lnterest in the
Democratic State Convention next Wed
nesday is intense. Twelve nominations
are to be made. E. Y. Webb of Shelby
will be temporary chairman.
Some of the Democratic leaders are
deeply stirred by an effort which some of
their party are making to have the State
Convention indorse senatorial primaries in
November, but to permit to vote at these
only those persons who vote that day for
the Democratic nominees for President
and congressmen.
Those who oppose this plan say a man
who has voted against the Democrats in
the August election can by voting for the
Democratic presidential and congression
al candidates in November, also vote then
to instruct the Democrats elected to the
Legislature as to whom they shall
for for United States senator.
TRIED TO ROII A RANK.
Thieve* W*'; r Foiled by Woman
Who Gave the Alarm.
Lexington. Ky„ April B.—A bold attempt
was made last night to rob the Clay City
National Bank at Clay City, but the rob
bers were discovered before their work
was complete.
Three men rode into the town, and
hitching their horses on the outskirts,
proceeded to enter the vault. They had
reached the minor box of the large time
safe when a woman residing across the
street, who was awakened by the explos
ions used in removing the vault doors,
started an alarm. The men fled, but
carried their tools with them.
Vice President Charles Reott of this city
has been summoned to Cliffy City to In
vestigate.
PATTI.SOY HAD NOT HEARD IT.
Declined to Say Whether He Would
Accept Second Place.
Philadelphia. f April B.—Ex-Gov. Robert
E. Pattison was seen to-night regarding
the report that preparations are under way
to boom him for the vice presidential nom
ination on the Democratic ticket.
Mr. Pattison said he had never been In
formed that such a mbvement was on foot,
and added that he did not even know who
was back of the proposition. He felt
grateful, he said, toward those who had
considered him in connection wirh the
nomination lb <b- lii. 'l. Ih'hm v< i '•> *■■ y
conferred upon him, on the ground that
he could not accept nor decline anything
that had not been offered to him.
BRYAN MET lIY LARGE ( ROW’D.
Public Reception In Hi* Honor at
Lon Aiikclcn, C’al*
Los Angeles, Cal., April B.—W’illlam J.
Bryan, who arrived to-dy from Fresno,
was met at the depot by a committee of
prominent Democrat*. A large, crowd wai
fl t the depot, and Mr. Aryan wu* loudly
cheered. After a re§t at the hotel, a
public reception was held in the hotel
parlor*.
To-night Mr. Bryan is the guest of ex-
Senetor Stephen M White. Mr. Bryan
will leave tomorrow for Banta Anna,
where he *ieak In the afternoon Then
he goes to Han Diego, where be will speak
ln the evening.
GR AND JI.IIY STILL AT WORK.
Progress in InvrtiUgatlon off the
Murder of Goebel,
Frankfort. Ky., April B.—The grand jury
will continue the investigation of the
Goebel assassination durfng this week.
About forty witnesses have been exam
ined so far, and it 16 said that more than
that number are on the list of those sum
moned who have not yet been heard. No
report is expected before the latter part
of the week.
It is said that the names of several of
the most important witnesses who have
testified’ so far have not been disclosed
and the evidence has been Jealously ,
guarded.
The habeas corpus proceedings in the
case of ‘‘Tallow Dick” Combs, the col
ored suspect, are set for bearing before
Judge Cantrill Tuesday, but it is not ex
pected that anything will be brought out*
in this hearing which will throw auy
light on the mystery surrounding the as
sassination.
REPORT OF AY OITIIHEAK.
Factions at IMhldlcsboro, K > Snlil
to ll<> Fighting.
Frankfort, Ky., April B.—There is an un
confirmed report here to-night that a col
lision occurred between the factions which
are contesting over the city government
at Middlesboro and that the Democrats
have applied to Gov. Beckham for troopa.
Gov. Beckham at Shelbyvlllw to-night,
and Adjt. Gen. Murray, who Is In charge
of the military department, has heir I
nothing officially concerning the npor ed
trouble.
TROI RLE AT MIDDLESIIORO.
Two Men S(iot iim (lie Result of Fac
tional Feeling.
Louisville, April B.—-A special to the
Commercial from Middlesboro, Ky., says:
Much excitement prevails here to-night
over a, clash of authorities last nlghi.
Will Mosley, a special policeman, shot
Charles Cecil, a deputy sheriff, and was
himself later killed 1 by unknown persons.
Warrants have been sworn out for the
arrest of Chief of Police King, John Mos
ley, a brother of the man killed, and Will
Sullivan.
The latter two, who were extra police
men, went with Chief of Police King io
arrest a negro, who hud been released by
the city judge.
The fight is the outcome of the bitter
feeling that has existed here between two
factions, and the end is difficult to pre
dict. The situation is alarming to-night.
The Commercial’s correspondent at
Frankfort wires that Assistant Adjutant
General Murray sojt* that no request ha*
been made for troops from Middlesboro,
and he added that, owing to the distance,
no troops would be sent unless the trouble
was very serious.
Middlesboro is in the extreme eastern
portion of the state bn the Virginia line,
near Cumberland Gap.
Cl H ANS WANT GOMEZ TO STAY.
Entreat Him to Remain I ntll Inde
pendence In Esin blisbeil.
Havana, April B.—An elaborate demon
stration took pace last night in honor of
G n. Maximo Gomez and in consequence
of the adverse attitude adopted by him
with respect to the reappearance of the
autonomists in the political field.
A secondary object of the promoters was
to entreat him not to # leave Cuba. Several
thousands assembled in the Prado, from
which point they marched through the
principal streets, with bands and hun
dreds of torches to the residence of the
Cuban patriot.
Gaston Mora, a prominent member of
the national party, who acted as spokes
man for th-* demonstrators, saluted Go
mez'in the name of all Cubans, and as
sured him that the Cubans desired him to
remain with them until the final stage of
independence had been reached.
"Our people,” said Seno‘r Mora, "rightly
regard you, Gen. Gomez, as a true friend
of Cuba, especially because of the atti
tude you have taken in reference to the
Democratic Union party, which is work
ing in bad faith, and because you do not
wish Cubans to be deceived by the subtle
policy of the Autonomists, who have ever
been the enemies of real independence. It
is proof of the bad faith of this new
party that it is taking the treaty of
Paris as the foundation of Cuban inde
pendence, whereas the Joint resolution of
the United States Congress is the guaran
tee on which Cubans should erect their
structure.”
Gen. Gomez replied he was going away
temporarily, but that he would return to
share in the destinies of Cuba. He de
clared that be had nothing against the
Autonomist leaders personally, but he
vffould remind them to bear In mind that
Cuba had forgiven them for the opposi
tion to the revolution, and that they
ought not to try to mix politically with
people whom they had so bitterly op
posed.
LEE9E& CLAIMS Midi LAND.
Has Deed From Mexico to 1 *,000,000
Acre* in California.
Monterey, Cab, April B.—A paper of con
siderable International Importance has just
been received from London by Jacob It.
of this city, son of tho California
pioneer, Jacob P. Lceso.
The i*ai>er is the original grant from
the Mexican government, made in 1853, to
Jacob P. Leeso and others of 18,000,000
acres of land in Lower California for col
onization purposes. At the time the grant
w'as made. Mix co was In a state of war
which continued practically until after
the accession of Diaz to the presidency,
and Leese’s associates found It difficult
to induce colonists to go there.
A further con’raot was made with the
Mexican government by which Leesc paid
SIOO,OOO for th* land upon the condition
that if he failed to colonize because of
the war before the expiration of an allot
ted time, the gov. rntnont was to return
him $60,000 of the amount.
This amount has never been paid, and
it is stated that the Mexican government
absolutely refuse* to recognize Leese's
claim. J. K L*e#r, eldest of Jacob
p. Leese, received i deed from hi* father
shortly before the latter's death, assigning
him one-eighth of the entire 18,000,000
acres, and it is this as well a* the $50,0U)
for which he 1* fighting. !D* intend* lo
ritove at ones through the state duqiait
ment at Washington for recognition of
his claim, and a restoration of his prop
erly and thut of the other heirs.
DAILY, $8 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES- A- WEEK.SI A YEA!
DAVIS DEFENDS THE BOERS.
ASSERTS THE IIIt.HTEOI’SYESS OH*
THEIR BRAVE STIUGGLE.
Immense Throng; of Auditor* Henrit
Hi* Appeal in Tlicir Belial ff— Say •
They Were Forced Into the (pinr<
re I by the llrltlnh—Denie* TliaC
They Have Outraged the Whites
Flag;—Crowd Would Not Denounces
(lie Administration. *
Washington. April B.—An immense au*
tlicnce gathered at tho Grand Opera Hous4
to-night to listen to an address on the wap
In South Africa from the Hon. Webstef
Davis, ex-Asnistant Secretary of the In—
terlor, who has just returned to thet
United States from that country.
Every available bit of standing room ini
the Optra lions.. tin* largest auditoriunm
in Washington, w.ts filled with auditors,
who paid close attention to every worel
uttered by the speaker and manifested
their appreciation of his telling pointy
with frequent and generous applause. Sim*
p* d* nratlona **f the United States flag,
and the red. w hite and black bars wit hi
tlx* field of gre<-n, tho emblem of the Boers,
were suspended over tho stage.
A score or more of public mon, mainly
senators and representatives in Congress*
occupied seats on tho stage and among}
those In the audience, were the following 1
Senators Clay, Daniel, Teller, Bacon, AU
lon and Mason, and Representatives Tal-<
bert, Jett, Littlefield, Ridley, Robinson ofl
Indiana, Burke of Texas, Ball, Gilbert
Latimer, Cox of Tennessee, Cowherd*
Clark of Missouri, Bartholdt and Sha*
froth. t j
Mr. Davis was introduced by Mr. P. TANARUS
Moran, the chairman of the Executive!
Committee, who made a few introduce
tor.v remarks. Mr. Davis delivered his re
marks In an off-hand, easy style, referr
ing to his notes only occasionally, ancl
mainly when it was necessary to rend am
extrac t from some document or
He spoke for about two hours and at itg
close was warmly congratulated.
Tlic Pioneer* off Freedom.
"The Boers of South Africa,” said Mr.
Davis, "are among the pioneers of free
dom-heroes of civil and religious liberty.
They were the torch bearers w'ho blazed
the pathway for civilization through thei
primeval forests of th© southern part of
that great ‘dark continent,’ which has been
the marvel of the ages. No country in*
all the world contains a nobler race off
men and women; the descendants, too, of
the heroic Netherlander, who, under Will
iam the Silent, wrested the independence
of Holland from the- baud of the Spanish
tyrant. No people in all the world’s his
tory have made a more vnllant effort to
secure liberty for future peoples than they.
And no people have endured more hard
ships in the cause of liberty and equality
of rights than they. Indeed, it was ami
is their unconquerable love for liberty that
has caused all their troubles.”
Years ago, Mr. Davis continued, th©
Boers planted the seed*of lil>erty in th©
fertile valleys of tho Cape of Good Hope,
where a strong national spirit developed
as early as 1806, when the colony passed
into the hands of England. Soon there
after ill feeling arose between Briton and
Boer. Mr. Davis entered upon an ex
haustive review* of the relations between
the Boers and the British government frem
that time to the present. He described
the "great trek” northward after that
emancipation of their slaves, the founda*
lion of the republic* of Natal and its ab
sorption by England *and the rise of the!
South African republic. England’s acqui
sition of the diamond fields at Kimberley
Mr. Davis characterized as a transaction!
without a parallel “for cupidity, dishonor
and injustice.” Of the material growth!
of the Dutch republic Mr. Davis said:
“Cities with all the modern Improve
ments sprang up on he veldt and in th
valley* as if by magic, and everywherei
the church and school house told the
story of the people’s progress. It is nm
w'onder the Boers became Intensely proud
of their homes in the Orange Free Stat©
and the Transvaal, and well may they)
feel ♦hat pride, for they have their home©
in one of the grandest belts of valley,
mountain and plain that the world hud
In it.
"In the light of the past history of th©
rise and fall of empires, of the sad wreck©
of proud and haughty nations, who hatel
Justice and honor and right, but loverf
tyranny, oppression and wrong, that ar©
strewn along the pathway of the cen
turies. T cannot but heliove that God ha©
Intended that in the two South Africa©
republics liberty and equality of right©
shall prevail, and the rugged, brave-heart
ed, God-fearing Boers shall be foreve©
free.
Period of Ponoe broken.
"But finally this period of peace nn<t
rest was broken by the discovery of gold
in the Transvaal. Then it was that th©
British govrrniment determined to seek ©
pretext for obtaining control of the *rfch
st gold fields ln the world, as it had be
fore secured the richest diamond fields.
That this is the rea! cause for the present!
war no one can doubt who will but llste©
to the frequent re mark made by English
men in South Africa, as well as In Eng
land, that ‘the gold mines in the Trans
vaal are worth fighting for, and we ar©
going to keep on fighting until we gefj
them.’ The British love for gold Is pro
verbial. Wherever gold has been discov
ered. there the British have turned ©
wistful and longing eyle. When gold wa©
discovered in Alaska, only a few year©
ago, it will be remembered how quickly l
an effort was made to extend the Cana
dian line far enough westward to tak©
In <ho gold fields. And no doubt had th©
British government not been anticipat
ing the present troubles over the gold
fields in the Transvaal there would hav©
been trouble on the part of the United
Htates government In keeping control of
Che gold fields in Alaska.”
Referring io the Jameson raid and cer
tain Incidents connected with It, Mr. Da
vis asked:
“How long would the people of our re
public stand It If foreigners from any
country In the world were to come her©
and after getting rich in our gold mines
would undertake to control our govern
ment. and falling Cos do so would endeavor
to destroy It 7
“No flimsier pretext for robbery and
murder ever emanated from the wicked
est cabin* t in Europe in its paJmlcnt day*
than the British demand for a five-yeap
franchise In the South African republic.
If this demand were granted no! an Eng
lishman In Che Transvaal would renoun ©
allegiance to the Queen and swear eter
nal allegiance to the government of th©
Routh African republic [is against th©
British government. Tho Idea war to ob
tain the power to control the government
(Continued on Third Uage.)