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J. H. ESTILL, President.
BLOW TO BRITISH GENERALS.
SJAV LEAD TO WITHDRAWAL OP
BULLED. AM) WARREN.
Government Pnblile Lord RobertK'
Dispatch Severely Ccnaurinj? Them
on trcoant o£ the Spion Kop Af
fair—Failure to Improve Tlieir De
fenses During the XijLtht
tin* loss of the Hattie—Comment
on Their Ileports.
London, April IS, 4 a. m.—The govern-
bis chpsen this as the moment to
p i; a dispatch from Lord Roberts
pronouncing censure upon Sir Redvers
I j]i t r and Sir Charles Warren, two of
< ni -t important subordinate command
ers.
This dispatch -written Feb. 13, has been
in the hands of the war office for five
weeks. Why it is published now, in the
middle of the campaign, is not understood,
unless it is expected that Gen. Buller
ond Gen. Warren will ask to be relieved
of their commands.
The revelation of their incapacity must
tend to undermine the confidence of the
troops in their leadership.
Lord Roberts’ dispatch with the enclos
ures is the great. feature of the London
press this morning.
Whether the government has any special
purpose or not in publishing the dispatch,
th way in which it has been received
will make it more difficult to retain the
censured commanders in active service.
MOVEMENT TO PRETORIA.
Indications Are That Roberts Is Pre
paring to Start.
London, April 18, 4 a. m.—Lord Roberts’
long wait and the Boer activity have se
riously disturbed public equanimity. He
13 still 300 miles from Pretoria. No one
doubts the ultimate success of British
[arms, but behind the British army that
crushes the Boer armies, an army of oc
cupation will have to be installed.
I From various sources come hints thaf
more men than are already provided will
have to be sent out.
Lord Roberts indicates that at least 10,-
GO4 men are advancing to cut off the Boers
who are investing Wepener.
As there are reports from the Basuto
border that firing has beer! heard in the
direction of the hills toward Dewetsdorp,
it is possible Gen Chermside’s advanced
troops are already in contact with the
Boers.
Lord Roberts wires that he expected to
clear the southeastern section of the Free
State . ist of the railway, and then to
rwfng round to the north and to turn one
[l‘i'tgr another the positions held by the
IFot-rs north of Bloemfontein.
I Gen. Buber's prohibition of all press
|i< legrams In Natal until further notice is
It.;ken to indicate that a movement is
■About to be taken there.
Getting: Ready to Advance.
I London, April 17.—At last Lord Roberts
fc’* ms to be on the eve of making his main
klvance toward Pretoria.
I Unless all the unusually reliable sources
|Df information and all the indications
P'-ui !• 1 past the censor 1 are at fault the
Pritish army within a few days will be
Inarching northward.
I After many premature and unfounded
■•ports which have purported tell of
■his move there is naturally, even in the
Rest informed quarters, considerable hest
■aney in definitely settling upon the day
Rorj Roberts is likely to leave Bloemfon
■Gu, but there is a settled impression that
■ will oejur either at the end of this week
at the beginning of next.
I mg, weary wait in the Free State
■ * is, apparently, effected a much
■<*<hd i\ liabilitatlon, though ii is proba-
Roberts would have still further
P '• ids advance had not the Boer ac-
B 1 ’ IO, and him to put his forces in such
P that to-day, unless they quickly
northward, the strategic advani-
V wi ] be lost.
I Giles agree In the supposition that
advance will he made in parallel col-
P • with a broad front, west of the
P : the Third and Eighth divisions
R '< •’ ; northward to the extreme north-
P entire force amounting to 73,-
R : \vhnt part Gen. Buller will take
■ s1 secret which no one is able to
’bo scat of war there is significant
■ From The Hague comes the
H ‘t the Boer delegates refuse to
public the object of their mission.
B to be received by Queen Wil-
H j'u i, hut nothing in this direction has
■ - n decided upon.
B Giat Spion Kop Affair.
E h( * 'var office last night published in the
B 1 dispatch from Lord Roberts
M ' ' ' *• submitting Gen. Buller’s
B describing the Spion kop and
B r 1 '• rations from Jan. 17 to Jan. 24.
■r 1, L'uierts deals severely with Gen.
H ‘"d some others. Even Gen. Bul
■ I 't escape. Lord Roberts com-
H ,M| t the plan of operations is not
H - Tiled in the dispatches. After
m Gen. Butler's intentions, as
|g to Sir Charles Warren, who
B ■ i the whole force. Lord Roberts
■ " !! | that G* n. Warren seems to
B iudf'd after consultation with his
B : t tHe hanking movement or-
B G* n. Buller was Impracticable
B b re. o changed the plan of ad
■' f Fplon Lop. Ltd Roberts
■ nr. n considered It impossible to
■ wide flanking movement which
bnnended, If not actually pre
■ ■ the secret Instructions, he
1 ft!,with have acquainted Holler
■ ''""rse ho pro| osed to ad pi.
■ 1 luiihinw lo show whether he did
,;uI It Is only fair lo Warren
, ,1, l that litiller appears tluough-
I, aware if what was hup
' ' ih.’ withdrawal from Spion
■ 1 '•"> <ln if which hid I r '.mu
■ 1 'h.- rIPf of Ladyambh, Loid
B
oorne, croft m Fault.
r ’ 1 ’ bo unable to concur with
'hhiklng Thorneycroft exercised
, " l| 11 hi od rug the tr i.ipa to
'd u„. opinion that Thorney-
H '" It'lon ut respoioli liny and
(■gf ' w, ‘ < woolly Inexcusable.
' night tin enmity's fire
■ j hue i,i un formldahl., unit it
H 1 * l tain.u loom Ilian two or
Up JHofmna fmaS.
three hours for Thorneycroft to commun
icate by messenger with Maj. Gen. Coko
or Warren. Coke appears to have left
Spion kop at 9:30 p. m. for the purpose of
consulting xvi’th Warren, Up to that hour
the idea of withdrawal had not been en
tertained. Yet, almost immediately after
Coke's departure Thorneycroft issued the
order, without reference to superior au
thority, which the whole plan of
operations and rendered unavailing the
sacrifices already made to carry it into
effect.
“On the other hand, it Is only right to
state that Thorneycroft appears to have
behaved In a very gallant manner
throughout the day. • * * *
W herein Warren Fniled.
“It is to be regretted that Warren did
not himself visit the Spion kop in the
afternoon or evening, knowing as he did
that the state of affairs was very critical
and that the loss of the position would
involve the failure of the operations. He,
consequently, was obliged to summon
Coke to his headquarters, and the com
mand at Spion kop thus devolved on
Thorneycroft, unknown to Coke, who was
under the impression that the command
devolved upon Col. Hill as senior officer.
Omissions or mistakes of this nature may
be trivial in themselves, yet they may
exercise an important influence on the
course of events, and I believe Buller was
justified in remarking ‘There was a want
of organization and system which acted
mest unfavorably on the defense.’ The
attempt to relieve Ladysmith was well
devised, and I agree with Buller In think
ing it ought to have succeeded. That It
failed may in some measure have been
due to the difficulties of the ground and
the commanding positions held by the
enemy and probably also to errors of
judgment and want of administrative ca
pacity on the part of Warren. But what
ever faults Warren may have committed,
the failure must also be attributed to the
disinclination of the officer In supreme
command to assert his authority and see
that what he thought best was done, and
also to the unwarrantable and needless as
sumption of responsibility by a subordin
ate officer.”
The dispatch concludes:
“The gratifying feature of these dis
patches is the admirable behavior of the
troops throughout the operation.”
Gen. Bnller’s Side of It.
Gen. Buller’s report, commenting on
Gen. Warren’s reports of the capture and
evacuation of Spion kop, after disputing
the correctness of some of Warren’s as
sertions and describing the dangerous sit
uation occupied by Warren’s force, tells
how he saw the force at Spion kop had
given away before Warren knew of it. Bul
ier therefore telegraphed to Warren:
“Unless you put a really good hard
fighting man in command on top you will
lose the hill. I suggest Thorneycroft.”
Gen. Buller continues:
“I have not thought it necessary to or
der an investigation. If at sundown the
defense of the summit had been taken
in hand, entrenchments laid out and the
dead and wounded removed, the whole
place would have been brought under
regular military commands, and the hil!
would have been held, lam sure. But no
arrangtvnents were made. Coke appears
to havcf been ordered away just when ho
would have been useful, and no one suc
ceeded him. Those on top were ignorant
of the fact that the guns were coming
up, and generally there was a want of or
ganization and system that acted most
unfavorably on the defense. It is ad
mitted that all of Thorneyeroft’s com
mand acted with the greatest gallantry
throughout the day, and really saved ths
situation. But, preparations for the sec
ond day’s defense should have been or
ganized during the day and commenced at
nightfall. As this was not done, I think
Thorneycroft exercised wise discretion.”
Wliat 'Warren Has to Say.
Gen. Warren sets forth the fact that
the Spion kop operations had not enter
ed into his original plans, as his instruc
tions were to occupy a plain north of it.
On consultation with, the commander-in
chicf, Jan. 21. however, when the ques
tion of retiring from or attacking Spion
kop was discussed, Warren expressed his
preference for attacking. This was suc
cessfully accomplished by Gen. Wood
gate. Then came the order of the com
mander-in-chief to put Thorneycroft in
command on the summit. Meantime War
ren had sent Gen. Coke up to reinforce
him, with orders to assume command. In
effectual efforts wet-e made to
heliograph Thorneycroft, and ask
whether he had assumed command.
Toward sunset he was finally enabled to
get orders through and concluded the po
sition could be held the next day if gains
could be provided and shelter obtained,
lioih these conditions were about to 1)©
ful(Hied When “in the abs nee of Coke,
whom I had ordered to come and repost
in person o.i the situation, the evacuation
took place under orders given on his own
responsibility by Thorneycroft. Thi- oc
curred in the face of the vigorous protests
of Coke's brigade major and others."
In conclusion. Gen. Warren said:
“It Is a matter for the comm.amler-ln
chief to decide whether there will be any
Investigation into the question of the un
authorized evacuation, of Spion kop.”
WEPENER STILL SURROUNDED.
Roberts Says Are Attacking
in Half-Hearted Manner.
London, April 17, 11:10 p. m.—The war
office has received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein,
Tuesday, April 17:
“Our force at Wepener is still surround
ed, but it is reported that the enemy are
attacking in a very half-hearted manner
and arc anxious about their communica
tions, hearing that forces approaching
Wepener from two directions—one under
Gen. Bundle, via Reddersburg, and an
other under Gen. Brabant, with Gen.
Hart's brigade in support via Rotixvllie.
"On the reoccupation of Bouxvllle, April
15, the few Boers there retired and Gen.
Brabant made some important arrests.
“Violent storms of rain have somewhat
Interfered with the march of these col
umns, hut It Is hoped Ihey will soon be
aid'- to make their presence more decid
edly felt.
"Gen Settle reports from Kennardt,
April H. that 200 Transvaal'rs made a de
lermined attack on the previous day on
Oopii poort, held by a party of Orpon’s
horse. Our losses were two killed and
wounded. The enemy’s loss musl have
boon heavy, as they applied to us for doc
tons and an ambulance."
WANT TO LEAVE WEPENER.
Majority of the floors Fear They
Will lie Cat Off.
Maseru, Basutoland, April Jt—The
Boers, for two day* past have been dls*
ploying great activity along the Itcddera
burif and Rouxville road.
Their acouta r* |iort that Iho British are
(Cvttuuuvd uu Fifth I’ttge.J
SAVANNAH, (5A., WEDNESDAY. APRIL IS. 1900.
GOEBEL’S ALLEGED SLAYERS.
FIVE riUYCIPALS AND FIVE AC
CESSORIES INDICTED.
- |
Trno Hills Itctnrned Against Ten
Men Who Have Been Under Inves
tigation—Got. Taylor's Name Men
tioned, But He Was Not Indicted.
Who the Alleged Criminals Are.
Bench Warrants to lie Issued for
All of Those Not in Custody.
Frankfort, ICy., April 17.—The Franklin
county grand jury this afternoon returned
indictments against ten persons, charging
them with complicity in the murder of
William Goebe.l,
The principals named are Henry E.
Youtsey, James Howard, Berry Howard,
Harland Whittaker and ‘‘Tallow Dick”
Combs (colored).
Those indicted as accessories before the
fact are Secretary of State Caleb Powers,
Capt. John T. Powers, ex-Seeretary of
State Charles Finley, W. H. Culton and
F. Wharton Golden.
In the indictment relating to the alleged
accessories, three other men are Indirect
ly referred to as accessories, thouflh no
indictments wore reported against them.
They arc Gov. W. S. Taylor, Green Golden
and Capt. John Davis.
AA ho the Principals Are.
Henry E. Youtsey, who Is mentioned as
the first principal, was a clerk in the of
fice of the state auditor, Sweeney. He
formerly lived at Newport. Youtsey was
first named in the case by Wharton Gold
en, the star witness for the prosecution at
the examining trial of Caleb Powers.
Jim and Berry Howard are cousins and
mountaineers of note tn connection with
the old Howard feud. They were with the
men alleged to have been brought here
by the Powers brothers, Finley and oth
ers on the excursion of mountaineers.
Harland Whittaker lived In Butler, Gov.
Taylor’s home county, and is alleged to
have been in the room in the executive
building from which the shot was fired.
Dick Combs, the negro, lived at Beatty
ville and also came here with the
mountain men.
The Alleged Accessories.
Caleb Powers is the Republican contes
tee for Secretary of State and John L.
Powers, another of the defendants named
as an accessory, Is his brother.
Charley Finley was Secretary of State
under the former Republican state admin
istration when W. O. Bradley was Govern
or. Charles Finley is now in Indianapolis,
having gone there just before the warrant
Charging him with complicity was sworn
out six weeks ago.
W. H. Culton was a clerk tn the office
of Auditor Sweeney.
Wharton Golden was a member of the
Taylor state guard and claimed to turn
state’s evidence on the stand in the ex
amining trial of Caleb Powers, when he
recited what he claimed to be the inside
facts relating to the alleged conspiracy
to murder Goebel and enough Democratic
members of the Legislature to give the
Republicans a majority.
It is stated that the commonwealth wiil
at once nolle prosse the indictment
against Golden in consideration of his tes
timony. , ...
AVliat the Indictment Snys.
The indictment closes as follows:
“The grand jury of the county of Frank
lin, in the name of the commonwealth,
accuses Charles Finley of the crime of be
ing an accessory before the fact to the
wilful murder of William Goebel, commit
ted as follows:
“The said Charles Finley, in the said
county of Franklin, on the 30th day of
January, 1900, and before the finding of
this indictment, unlawfully, wilfully, fe
loniously, and of his malice aforethought,
and with intent to bring about the death
and procure the murder of William Goe
bel, did conspire with Caleb Powers, F.
W. Golden, Groen Golden, John L.
Powers. John W. Davis, W. H. Culton.
W. S. Taylor, Henry Youtsey, James
Howard. Berry Howard, Harland Whit
taker, Richard Combs and others to this
grand Jury unknown and did counsel, ad
vise, encourage, aid and procure Henry
Youtsey. James Howard. Berry Howard,
Harland Whittaker, Richard Combs and
other persons to this jury unknown, un
lawfully, feloniously and of their malice
aforethought, to kill and murder William
Goebel, but which one of the last named
persons or another acting with them,
but who is to this grand Jury un
known, os aforesaid, then and there, there
unto by the said Charles Finley before
the fact, counselled, advised, encouraged,
aided, procured, did the shooting and
wounding of the said Goebel with a gun
or pistol loaded with powder and other
explosives and leaden and steel bail and
other hard substances, and from which
shooting and wounding the said Goeiiel
died on the third day of February, 3900,
and which of said last above mentioned
persons, so as aforesaid, actually fired
the shot that drilled the said Goebel, is to
the grand Jury unknown, under the peace
and dignity of the commonwealth of Ken
tucky."
Bencll Warrants to He Issued.
The grand Just was not discharged, and
will continue the Investigation to-morrow.
Bench warrants will be sent to Clay and
Harlan counties for the arrest of Jim and
Berry Howard. It Is not known what
plans the officers have for bringing into
custody the others who have not been ar
rested. The defendants, who are in cus
tody, will probably be arraigned during
the present term, but there is no likeli
hood that the trials will occur at the pres
ent term. About 100 witnesses are named
on the back of the indictments.
tAyloh refused to talk.
He I’nlil n Social A'lslt to I'reslilent
MoKIn ley.
Washington, April 17.—Gov. Taylor of
ICcntucky called at the White House this
afternoon and had an interview with Pres
ident McKinley. He remained half an
hour. He said his call was a social one.
He refused to discuss to-day’s indict
ments at Frankfort.
HEARING OF COLSON CASE.
All Spectator* at Court -it re lied for
AYrnpoiiM.
Frankfort, Ky., April 17.—Hearing of the
Colson shooting case began to-day. Depu
ty sheriffs stationed at the door searched
every one a<imitted for concealed Wl>,
pone.
IN FA A’tilt OK DEMOCIt ATS.
Minor Kentucky Officials’ (uses
Have Been Decided.
Frankfort, Ky,. April 17.—1n the cir
cuit to-Juy, Judge Cuntrill overruled the
demurrers to the petitions filed by the
Democratic minor state officers.
The result ts In favor of the Democrats,
and th© Republicans can appeal now by
refusing to plead further, or may ask
leave to amend their answer, which will
only delay matters a few days.
RAINFALL DOES MUCH DAM AGE.
Almost Sevgn Inches Fell In a Dny
Around Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala., April 17.—A rainfall
of almost seven inches in twenty-four
hours has wrought much damage to rail
road, mining and farming interests.
The movement of trains on almost ev
ery railroad entering the city has been
seriously interfered with, and the subur
ban street railway system lias more or
less trouble.
Several mines in the district have been
flooded and it is feared that some of the
furnaces will be compelled to bank their
fires.
The Southern and Alabama Great
Southern railways in the western part of
the state have been severely damaged, the
track of both roads being reported washed
up for distances of from two to live miles.
Farmers have also suffered from the
storm. „
TUSCALOOSA IS SHUT OUT.
Some Plnces Entirely Submerged.
• Farmers AVill Suffer.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 17.—Tuscaloosa is
completely shut out from communication
with the outside world except by tele
graph. No trains on either the Mobile and
Ohio or Alabama Great Southern have
reached here since yesterday. There are
washouts on both roads and the tracks
are under water. The Warrior river is
over sixty-five feet high.
Northport is almost entirely submerged.
The river hill road leading to the bridge
has been washed away until there is in
one placfe an abyss nearly titty feet wide
reaching to the door of some of the cot
tages and there is danger of the road
caving in entirely.
Two houses floated down the river this
morning and several people were rescued
from the roofs of others. The river Is
over four feet higher than ever known be
fore and still rising.
Much anxiety Is felt about the planters
along the river banks.
WASHOUTS NEAR MOBILE.
Trains Delayed on the Mobil© nnd
Ohio Railroad.
Mobile, Ala., April 17.—The continued
rains for the past forty-eight hours have
caused several washouts on the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad and weakened the
track in a number of pltftes, so that it
was found wise to-day not to operate
trains on the southern divisions.
There are two washouts, one at Vinegar
Bend, forty miles above Mobile, and the
other at White’s Bluff, Just north of En
terprise, Miss. Strenuous efforts are mak
ing to repair the damage, and although
there were no trains out to-day, It is be
lieved there will be a train out to-morrow
morning at the latest.
MERIDIAN ENTIRELY CUT OFF.
Passenger Train Was Water Bound
for Thirty Honrs.
Meridian, Miss., April 17.—This city is
cut off from the outside world except by
telegraph. All trains are marked annull
ed for an indefinite period.
The Atlanta and Vicksburg passenger
due here at 12:30 p. m. yesterday, has
been wattrbound twelve miles from tho
city for thirty hours. The are
without food.
The damage to the Atlanta and Vicks
burg, Alabama Great Southern, Mobile
and Ohio and New Orleans and North
eastern Railroads will reach $50,000 in
tracks and trestles swept away.
This city and section have suffered In
calculable loss. Twenty-flve per cent, of
all fertilizers on farming lands through
out tho state is a' total loss and all truck
plantations In a radius of ten miles aro
submerged.
Three fatalities have been reported, the
victims being negroes who lost their lives
in an endeavor to save cattle. The rain
lias ceased.
The passengers and crew of the water
bound Alabama and Vicksburg train were
rescued this afternoon,, but tne engine,
coaches and one rescuing train had to be
abandoned.
The rescued party were compelled to de
bark, wade In three feet of water half a
mile, and across Oklttbbee river trestle,
the foundations of which had been swept
away, only suspended rails and cross
ties affording a foot passage.
There were several ladies In the party,
but the dangerous trip was made without
mishap. A second special brought the
party to this city. )
With the exception of the Mobile and
Ohio north, all truffle remains suspended.
The water In small streams In receding,
but larger rivers continue to rise and tho
water Is spreading over the lowlands with
devastating results.
TRAFFIC PARTLY lIESUMED.
Flood In Mfi*uilN!||ti the Worst In
Twenty Years.
Jackson, Miss., April 17.—Traffic was
partially resumed on tlfe main line of the
Illinois Central to-night, two trains being
sent south and north.
The northern branch of the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley is running regular
trains over a somewhat sloppy track nnd
the Alabama and Vicksburg officials hope
to resume schedules by to-morrow noon,
although this is rather doubtful, as Pearl
river is rising very rapidly to-night, be
ing fed by the heavy rains from above,
and is flooding the entire coutrtry along
the eastern bank.
Much damage Is reported In the inte
rior, fences and outhouses being washed
away and crops in the lowlands partially
destroyed. As yet no fatalities have oc
curred, so far as can be ascertained. The
telegraph wins are working badly, and
only meager reports can be obtained from
surrounding towns. The flood Is tho worst
known in twenty years.
Unused Mensutlun In Italy,
Rome. April 18. —'The Tribunn any a the
forthcoming meeting of Emperor William
and Emperor Francis Joseph in Berlin
has in /lew arrangements for the occupu
l! n <f Albania, European Turkey, by
Austro-Hungarian troops. This statement
has caused a sensation la Italy.
FLEMING ADVOCATES DEWEY.
SAYS PARTY SHOULD RECEIVE HIM
WITH OPEN ARMS.
If the People Want Him for Presi
dent They Should Be Given nn Op
portunity to Say So—Gen. Wheeler
May Be Aaaigned to Duty In Wash
ington—llneoi. Tliinks Omission of
His Name Will Miike Hint ltun Be
hind the Tleket.
Washington. April 17.—Representative
Fleming of Georgia has come out ns an
avowed advocate for the Dewey boom.
It requires considerable moral courag* for
a Georgia Democrat to acknowledge that
there Is more than one man in tho Demo
cratic party who is eligible to the presi
dency.
In discussing the Dewey prospects to
day, Mr. Fleming said:
“Away from Washington the people of
the country honor and respect Admiral
Dewey, and it will not do for Democratic
congressmen and Democratic newspapers
to try to ridicule Ills presidential aspira
tions. Instead of trying to make light of
his acknowledgment that ho Is a Demo
crat, they should wc-leome him to the
fold.
“The strongest argument In his favor
Is the fact that he, as the highest ranking
officer of the navy, under a Republican
administration, Is willing to come out as
a candidate against President McKinley.
The same may be said of Gen. Miles, the
highest ranking officer of our army. He
is occasionally mentioned In connection
with the presidency. Here we have a con
dition of affairs where the ranking offi
cers of our army and navy are so dis
pleased with the administration of public
affairs, by the Republican party that they
are willing to come out openly and con
test for the presidency with the present
occupant of the White House. Under the
circumstances this fact should he appre
ciated by Democrats as valuable cam
paign material and the leaders of the
party would be wise in extending the
right hand of fellowship to such able and
distinguished men ne Admiral Dewey. If
the people of the country prefer him for
the presidency, to either McKinley or
Bryan, they should have an opportunity
to declare their preference at the polls."
Wlierler on Waiting Orders.
Gen. Joe Wheeler Is n conspicuous fig
ure in tho lobby of the Arlington Hotel,
almost every evening. He Is here await
ing the arrival of his baggage from, tho
Philippines, which he Bays contains a
number of interesting and unique souve
nirs of his trip to that far away coun
try.
He has not been notified by the Presi
dent or the Secretary of War as to his
future post of duty, and In the meantime
he is on wailing orders. It is possible
that ho may be assigned to duty in this
city, in a military capacity, a detail
which would be entirely agreeqble to him.
He- says there is a foseinatlon about tho
Capitol City which those who have had
experience here, find It difficult lo over
come. If he should be permanently lo
cated in this city, ho Intends to establish
a small private museum of his Philip
pine curios. Among his most valued
trophies is a complete set of The Inde
pendence, from its first publication, up
to the da lei of the General's departiu e
from Manila.
Bueon’n Name Left Off.
Senator Bacon is greatly disturbed be
cause his name was left off of the ticket
recently sent out by the Campaign Com
mittee designated to frame the ticket to
be used in the coming state primaries.
He does not attribute the failure of the
committee to include his name to ar.y un
friendly design on the part of the gentle
men who were intrusted with the work
of making un the ticket. It was an un
fortunate mistake, however, in the esti
mation of Senator Bacon, for he says it
will probably cause him to run at least
20,000 votes behind the regular state ticket.
In view of the fact that he has prac
tically no opposition to re-election, it may
be difficult to explain to those not familiar
with all the circumstances why he should
be so far behind the regular ticket.
RELATIONS ARE STRAINED.
The Turklali Minister May lie Given
Ills Passport.
Washington, April 17.—There is no long
er any question that the diplomatic rela
tions between the United States nnd Tur
key are in a critical state, growing out
of the Sultan’s had fallh.
He promised to pay the Indemnity
claims of the American missionaries for
the destruction of eight buildings of tho
Euphrates College at Harpoot, and sever
al buildings belonging to the Apieriean
missionaries at Marash during the Arme
nian massacres in 1895, aggregating
$90,000.
As the situation Is critical it may re
sult in Secretary Hay sending the Turk
ish minister at Washington his passport.
There are other unfilled promises.
STOKER MAKES AN APOLOGY.
Told Sllvrla Nn Insult to Arcus Wns
Intended.
Madrid, April 17.—The United Slates
minister, Mr. Bellamy Storer, visited Pre
mier Bilvela to-day and apologized for the
action of the Mayor of Chicago, Carter
Harrison, In sending an invitation to the
Duke of Arcos, the Spanish minister at
Washington, to attend tho Dewey day
celebration there. Mr. Storer said the
United States government regretted the
incident, which, he explained, was the re
sult of an error committed by a municipal
clerk and promised it should not bo re
peated.
BAD WRECK NHAIt TAMPA.
Mall far I)estri>ed and Two Men
Seriously Injured.
Tampa, Fla., April 17.—The mall train
from the North, which left here ut u late,
hour last night for Port Tampa, was
wrecked between this city and the latter
place.
Th© mall car was derailed and almost
entirely destroyed, and some of the
pouches were badly damaged.
Mail Agent H. A. Dognali was serious
ly Injured, und his assistant, Hurry Gray,
painfully bruised nisi cut.
Th© acrid. 11l was caused by a Collision
Willi freight train.
LANDSLIDE IN 1 LOUISIANA.
Democrats Down Cutlery nail the llc
publtenn Element.
New Orleans, April 17.—Tho election to
day in Louisiana for metnbors of the
Legislature and a full state ticket result
ed in a Democratic landslide.
The ticket headed by Auditor Heard
swept the state from one end to the other,
and tho Legislature Is overwhelmingly
Democratic.
The vote was unusually light, owing lo
tin* xecesslve rainfall. To day’s was tho
first election held undea the legislation
defranchising the negro, and tho battle at
tho polls was fought almost exclusively
by the whiles. Three tickets were in the
field, the Democratic headed by W. W.
Heard, the present stale auditor; the
regular Republican, headed by E. 8.
Reams, a New Orleans grocer, and tho
fusion, embracing sugar planters, tiule
pendent Democrats and Populists, headed
by Don Cattery, Jr., son of Senator Cafto
ry.
Tho Reams ticket cut no figure In tho
fight.
Tho Democrallo majority In the state
will exceed 25,0)0, based on returns already
in. and may reach 50,000.
The fuslonists polled even a smaller
vote than expected. In the city of New
Orleans, between 18,000 and 20,000 votes
were polled, and the Caffery ticket Is
beaten from 12,000 to 15,000.
In Senator Cattery's district, which four
years ago went strongly Republican, the
Democrats were successful. The opposi
tion to the I K-moorals has elected very
few members of the Legislature, which is
now mere overwhelmingly Democrallo
than at any time since reconstruction.
The Legislaiure chosen to-day will elect
successors to Senators McEnery and Caf
fery.
The result to-day insures the return of
Senator McEnery and tho election of Gov.
Murphy J. Foster to succeed Senator
Caffery.
The election was generally quiet. Tho
state ticket elected to-day was:
Governor, W. VV. Heard; Lieutenant-
Governor, Albert Estopinel; Secretary of
State, John T. Michael; Atttorney-Gcne
ral, Walter Guidon; Treasurer, W. 8.
Fraze; Superintendent of Education, J.
V. Calhoun.
AMERICANS WERE SURPRISED.
Insurgent* of Mindanao Killed
Three Sentries.
Manila, April 17.—Twelve hundred Tag
alogs attacked Caso's battalion head
quarters of tho Fortieth Regiment at
Cagayan, Island of Mindanao, on the 7th.
Tho Americans had fifteen casualties,
while of the attacking force fifty were
killed and thirty wounded or taken pris
oners.
Tho enemy, numbering 350 riflemen, the
remainder being Hole men, archers and
mounted spearmen, swooped down in a
howling mass, at daylight, surprising and
killing three of tty>. sentries. They swarm
ed the streets in small parties, some bear
ing scaling ladders by means of which
they attempted to enter the houses.
Tho Americans tumbled out of the bar
racks and formed in the plaza and com
panies began sweeping tho town. The sub
sequent street fighting lasted twenty min
utes.
Eleven of the American wounded aro
now on board the hospital ship Relief. The
enemy withdrew to tho mountains in
great confusion.
Montenegro Surrender*.
Gen. Montenegro, one of the Insurgents'
best fighlors, has surrendered to Col.
Smith in the mountain!! near Camaling, In
tho province of Pnngasinan, where, with
Oen. Macabulos he had been trying to
reorganize the Filipino army.
Cos!. Smith, with five companies of the
Seventeenth Regiment, nearly surrounded
the force of Montenegro, who, discourag
ed by the impossibility of making his men
stand against the Americans, surrender
ed. Macabulos escaped.
The insurgents have attacked Ban Jose
in the province, of Batangas and Santa
Cruz, on the lake, fruitlessly.
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WANTS DEEDS AND NOT TALK.
Ameer’* Letter In Wlileli ll© Take*
England to Task.
Lahore, Punjab, April 17.—That Great
Britain’s attitude towards Afghanistan tn
connection with Russian designs on He
rat, does not meet with approval at Ca
bul (tho capital of Afghanistan) is prov
ed by an autograph letter published with
the Ameer's consent, in which, after re
ferring to tho various rumors, he adds;
“Now, when Afghanistan is overwhelm
ed on all sidts, the British government
does not seem to take any interest, but
enjoys the pride of aloofness and reserve.
Whenever I have suggested a check to
Russian aggression X have had no re
sponse from tho government of India ex
cept the suggestion that Afghanistan
might consent To the construction of rail
ways and telegraphs. This is’lmpossible,
as the Afghans consider that such a step
would mean their ruin. Notwithstanding
all these troubles I have proved for tho
past twenty-one years the firm ally of
Great Britain. But now, at the last mo
ment, I must Inform my powerful ally,
the government of India, that the pres
ent is the time for deeds and not for
talk.”
INSURGENTS WERE ROUTED.
Too Big Until©* Fought lleoently In
Colombia.
Kingston, Jamaica, April 17.—News re
ceived here from Coloml la says that two
big battles have been fought at Matam
undo and Pradera, where the re bel forces
under Gens. Rosa, Ibanez nnd Caicedo
were completely routed, a large number
being kill-el, wounded or taken prisoner*.
The Cedermbian government has sent fi.-
00> additional tr< oj an >r: li. Peace is re
ported to bo completely restored In tho
department of Magdalena.
Anarchist Plot I inearthed.
Rome. April 17.—An anarchist plot has
been discovered at Ancona, a city and free
I tort of Central Italy, on th> Adriatic, IXS
miles by railroad northeast of Rome. The
police seized a number of letters from
Pari* and America and arrested tho re-'
clplentl of these missive*.
Tornado Did Great llaning;©.
Lexington, Mo., April 17.—Five people
were Injured, on© fatally, and cormldera-
Itle property wns damag'd by a tornado
that parent Just west of Concordia, La
fayette county, last evening.
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5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.tI A TEAD
DEFENSE OF THE FILIPINOS.
HOAR’S GREAT EFFORT AGAINST
IMPERIALISM.
Ill* Dramatic ( lima* tn Pnttlner Mc-
Kinley Against Annexation of the
Inluiiiln—Persistence In thb Present
Policy Mean* the Defeat of the He
pahlleiin Party—We Should Treat
the Philippine* n* AVe Treat < 'll bn-
Islands Should lie Independent.
Washington, April 17.- For more than
three hours to-day Mr. Hoar, the senior
senator from Massachusetts, occupied tha
attention of tho Senato with a speech In
opposition to tho policy of Imperialism,!
upon which, he maintained, this govern
ment has embarked.
As prepared, tho address was 50,000
words tn length, but Mr. Hoar omitted
much of it, owing to an incipient attack!
of tho grip, from which ho was suffer
ing.
The speech was brilliantly written, was
Illuminated with splendid rhetorical fig*
ures, and was rich with citations from his*
tory. ,
Ono of the notable parts of the address
was tho eulogy of Agulnnldo. Mr. Hoaß
did not liken th© Insurgent leader to
Washington, as has been don© heretofore,
but to Kossuth, Oom Paul, Joubert, Na
than Halo and other builders of tho church!
of liberty.
In statecraft ho likened Agulnaldo and
his aosoclatcs tn tho leadership of th© Fil
ipinos to th© best minds over produced la
tho Astatic race, a" race which bunded
down to us the scriptures of tho Old and
Now Testaments, tho poetry of David,
the eloquence of Isaiah, the wisdom 'o fl
Solomon und tho profound phllospohy ofl
Paul."
Ono of th© most effective parts of his
address wan his fancied roll call of soma
of th© distinguished statesmen of tha
United Stales on tho question of th©' re
tention of tho Philippines. He began with!
George Washington and closed with Will
iam McKinley, each in a sentence, giving
the reason for his vote. Every vote was
in th© negative, except that of Aaron
Burr, who voted “Yes,” and explained!
"You aro repealing my buccaneering ex
pollrion down tho Mississippi. I am ta
be vindicated ot last."
When tho name of William McKinley
was called, he replied:
“There has been u cloud before my
vision for a moment, but I see clearly
now; 1 go back to what I said two years
Ago: Forcible annexation is criminal ag.
grew I on; governments derive their Just
powers from the consent of th© governeil,
not of some of th> m, but of all of them.,
I will stand with the fathers of the repuli
11c. I will stand with the founders of tha
Republican party. No."
The effect was dramatic. As Mr. Hoar
pronounced his peroration the stillness irx
the chamber wns intense. Applause swept
over the galleries, but it was hushed
quickly by the president pro tempore.
A* We Dealt With Cului.
Mr. Hoar took as his text the Bever
idge resolution declaring tho Philippines
United States territory. Ho cited tha
glory of the war with Spain, the prosper
ity of the American people at its close,
eulogized President McKinley’s course at
that time, characterizing him as the bes*
beloved President who ever sat In tha
chair of Washington. He begged the Re
publican party not lo recede from Ita
principles, and said if, “when we madei
the peace treaty wo had adhered to tha
purpose we declared when wo declared
war; if we had dealt with the Phlllpplna
Islands ns wc promised to deal, have dealt!
and expect to deal with Cuba, the coun
try would have escaped tho loss of 6,000
brave soldiers, other thousands of wreck
ed arid shattered lives, the sickness ofl
many more, the expenditure of hundreds!
of millions, nnd, what ts far worse thanl
all, tho trampling under foot of its cher
ished Ideals.
. “I do not expect to accomplish anything
for liberty in the Philippine Islands bui
through th" Republican party. Upon ill
tho late of these Islands for years ta
com© is to depend. I cannot look with!
any favor upon Mr. Bryan as an alterna
tive. * • * I believe not only that per
severance in the present policy will bethel
abandonment of the principles upon whlctS
our government is founded, that it will
change our republic into an empire, that!
our methods of legislation, of diplomacy,
of administration must hereafter be thosai
which belong to empires, and not thoa
which belong to republics: but I beitevaf
persistence in this attempt will result ini
tho defeat and overthrow of the Republi
can party." 1
Constitutional Side of It.
Touching upon the constitutionality ofl
tho question at issue Mr. Hoar said:
“I hold this acquisition of territory,
holding and governing can be only m
means for a constitutional end. And D
maintain that you can no more hold an<t
govern territory than you can hold and
manage cannon or fleets for any othefl
than a constitutional end.”
Adverting to the authority to be found
in the Declaration of Independence, Mr,
Hoar declared:
"There is expansion enough in it. but 111
is the expansion of freedom and not ofl
despotism; of life, not of death. Never waa
such growth In all human history as that!
from tlie seed Thomas Jefferson planted-
It has covered tho continent. It Is on
both the seas. It has saved South Amer
ica. ’lt Is revolutionizing Europe. It ia iho
expansion of freedom. It differs from your
tinsel, pinchbeck, pewter expansion as tho
growth of a healthy youth Into a strong
man diffe rs from lh-> expansion of an ana
conda when he swallows his victim. Oura
is tho expansion of Thomas Jefferson,
Yours is the exiiatislon of Aaron Burr. Hi
is destined to as short a life and to a ilka
fato.
The Experiment at Home,
"You hove tried governing men of other
races than your own at home for a hun
dred years. You have dealt with tha
Indian, you have dealt with the negro,
close at hand, knowing all about them.
I supiiose you feel encouraged by your
success. There are 10,000,000 of them. An<J
now you go forth to lay your yoke oi
10,000,000 more, 7,000 miles away, of whom
you know nothing. You go forth jauntily
and boastlngly, ns Louis Napoleon wend
to meet his doom at Sedan.”
Mr. Hoar reviewed the rebellion anifl
marie a vigorous defense of the Filipinos.
The state papers of Agulnal'Va, he said,
tho discussion of Ih© law of not lons by hie
attorney general. Mabinl's masterly a|©>
peat, aro tho products of the Asiatic mind.
The Henotor fully Justified the Filipinos*
action in resisting th© American forces.
Wliat lie Would Hu Willi Thrut.
A* to wliat ho would do with the Philip
pines, Mr, Hoar said: j
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