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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE.
VOLUME II.
AN INJUNCTION
IS ASKED FOR
ro Restrain Gov. Taylor From
Interfering With Lawmakers.
FHE DEMOCRATS MAKE PETITION
Judge Cantrell Issues Order Which
Is Tacked On Taylor’s Door
at Capitol Building.
At Frankfort, Friday morning, the
Democratic attorneys filed with Judge
Cantrill in the Franklin county cir¬
cuit court a petition asking for an in¬
junction to restrain Governor Taylor
from interfering with the meetings of
the legislature.
The petition covers the full situa¬
tion, and arks that Taylor and Mar¬
shall be restrained from attempting to
exercise the power of governor and
lieutenant governor.
The petition sets up the claim that
Goebel is governor and Beckham is
lieutenant governor. South Trimble,
speaker of the house, appears as the
plaintiff in the case.
The court issued the following order
to W. S. Taylor and Collier:
You and each of you are hereby no¬
tified that on Saturday, February 3,
1900, we will ask for an order of in-,
junction restraining you and each of
you and all others from interfering
with meetings of the general assembly
of the commonwealth of Kentucky in
any manner whatever, or from assem¬
bling said legislature at said city of
London, Laurel county, Kentucky,
upon petition this date filed in the
Frankfort circuit court and from com¬
mitting any of the wrong3 or unlawful
acts therein set forth. Said motion
will be made before the Hon. James
E. Cantrell of the fourteenth judicial
district of Kentucky, in tho circuit
court room in the court house at
Frankfort, Ivy., at or about the hour
of 11 o’clock a. m.
Service of the notice on Governor
Taylor was secured, despite the most
stringent orders to the sentries to
allow nobody to pass in or out of the
capitol grounds.
Orders to (his effect were given
early in the morning, but were revoked
later, and those haying passes were
allowed free access to all parts of the
capitol square.
As soon as word was brought to
Governor Taylor that the petition for
the injunction had been filed the or¬
ders were renewed, but they wero not
renewed quick enough. Alonzo
Walker, the stenographer for the
Democratic attorneys, gained entrance
to the grounds before the renewal of
tbe order, and watching bis chance,
pinned a copy of the notice on the
door of the executive mansion, which
notion constitutes a legal notice to
Governor Taylor.
Walker was at once placed under
arrest and confined in the guardhouse.
Several of the Republican members
of the legislature, especially those
living in the eastern part of the state,
left Frankfort, Friday, for Loudon,
where Governor Taylor called tbe leg¬
islature to meet in session.
GOEBEL IMPROVES.
The condition of William Goebei
Friday night was considered better
than at any time since he was shot.
The iron will and determination of the
wounded ma i that he will not die by
an assassin’s bullet is, however, still
considered tbe main factor in sustain¬
ing him, but on Friday night tho at¬
tending physicians for the first time
held out some hope for his ultimate
recovery.
BRIDGES .SERVING TIME.
Floyd’s Ex-School Commissioner Goes to
Work Ht Convict Camp.
W. M. Bridges left Rome, Ga.,
Thursday nisht to serve four years in
the penitentiary camp at Worth, 80
miles south of Macon.
Bridges w ill be given a bookkeeper’*
position and wear the regular convict
garb. The prisoner will work for the
Canda Lumber company.
“TURN THEM LOOSE.”
Senator Caffery Gives Ilis I.lea of Wliat
Should Be Done With Filipinos.
Senator Caffery, of Louisiana, in a
discussion of the Philippine question
in the senate Monday broko new
ground in developing bis position as
an anti-expansionist. With character¬
istic conrage of conviction he declared:
“Turn the Filipinos loose as soon
as we can get rid of them. That would
be better for them and infinitely bet¬
ter for us.”
Mr. Caffery’s argument was mainly
a discussion of tbe constitutional
questions involved in the Philippine
nolicv.
_
MACRUM ARRIVES.
Former United States Consul at Protoria
Reaches New York.
• Charles E. Macrum, the former
United States consul at Pretoria, who
asked to be recalled at a timo when
the affairs of the republic were at a
crisis, and when his presence in the
Transvaal republic was urgently re-
tired by the state department, ar¬
rived at New York Sunday on the
American lino steamship j3t, Paul.
FACED BY BAYONETS
Kentucky Legislators Again
Turned Down by Soldiers.
MUST BE POSSESSED OF PASSES.
Taylor Sends I-onp; Message Appeal¬
ing to President McKinley to Ro-
store Peace.
rresident McKinley received a long
message Thursday from Governor W.
S. Taylor, of Kentucky, asserting that
the condition of affairs at the present
time is most critical, that a riot may
occur at any time which will cause
bloodshed, and appealing to the pres-
ident to end the matter and secure
peace in the Btate by recognizing him
as governor of Kentucky.
Governor Taylor declares that he
considers himself the legally elected
executive of the state and says that a
riot may occur at any time whioh will
cause much bloodshed.
Tho communication is in its nature
a memorial. It goes at great length
into tbe situation in Keutuoky, mak¬
ing an explanation Whilo of the conditions
there. definite and absolute
information on this point i8 not ob¬
tainable, there is reason to believe
that a specific request for the immed¬
iate presence of Federal troops is not
made.
STOPPED BY BAYONETS.
A dozen members of the house of
repres entatives went to the capitol
grounds gates again at 10 o’clock
Thursday morning, headed by Repre-
sentative Charlton, of Louisville. Two
bayonets were crossed in front of Mr.
Charlton’s nose as be entered the
gates, and he was asked for a pass.
I have no pass, was the reply, “I
am a member of the legislature, as are
these geutlemen with me, and we wish
to enter the hail to hold a session.”
Nobody can enter without a pass,
was tho reply, and Mr. Charlton re-
turned to tho Capitol hotel with . his
companions. I hey announced when
they left the capitol grounds that
they would get all the members of the
lionse and senate together, return in a
body aud demand admission.
.4 large crov, d gathered at the depot
during the morning to greet the train
from Louisville. It had been cur-
rentiy reported that General Castle-
man would come in and many of the
enthusiast.c Democrats expected to
see him walk up to the state house
and take command of tho troops, rout
Adjutant General Collier the first
thing and then scatter the Republican
officials to all points of the compass.
Genera! Castleman failed to appear,
however, and there was a sorely dis¬
appointed orowd of partisans nround
the depot when the fact was realized.
The apparent failure of Governor
Goebel to place an adjutant general in
office leaves the troops entirely at the
disposition of the Republicans, and for
tho time being at least has lessened all
chance of trouble from that source,
The soldiers will continue to obey the
orders of General Collier, and there
will be no conflicting orders to confuso
them.
Governor Taylor remains in bis
office in tbe executive building, aud
practically denies himself to all callers.
He will not., however, discuss for pub-
lication any action which he has
taken or may take hereafter.
The records of the house of repre-
sentatives which were taken from clerk
of tbe bouse, Edward Leigh, Wedncs-
day, by the militia while the legisla-
ture was racing around the streets in
the vain endeavor to find a hall in
which they could hold a joint session
and seat Mr. Goebel, have been re-
turned to him by Governor Taylor.
Boxes of ammunition are being de¬
livered to Adjutant General Collier.-
The hall of bis office is packed ceiling
high with cartridges. The greatest
activity prevails on the capitui grounds.
Blankets for the soldiers are arriving
aud every evidence of a protracted
stay is apparent.
Mississippi’s New Capitol.
The Kiger bill appropriating $1,000,-
000 for the erection of a new state-
house for Mississippi, at Jackson,
passed the senate Thursday afternoon
by a vote of 27 to 15. Several minor
amendments governing the state-house
commissioners were adopted.
BIG MORTGAGE FILED
15y Standard Telephone* Company at At
lantn, Ga.
The Atlanta Standard Telephone
Company has filed a mortgage for
$600,000 on all its property, franch¬
ises, privileges of every description.
The mortgage was made to the City
Trust, Safe Deposit Company of Phila¬
delphia. The mortgage was issued to
secure bonds and to take up auother
mortgage of $500,000 in favor of the
Atlanta Trust and Banking Company.
The company will issue bonds of
$100 denomination to redeem those
now outstanding of $1,000 denomina¬
tion. The new bonds will bear 5 per
cent interest and are payable in gold.
TAYLOiFofFeRS DIG RE>VARD
Tor Arrest and Conviction <f Man Who
Shot Goebel at Frankfort.
Governor Taylor, of Kentucky, per¬
sonally offers a reward of 8500 for the
arrest and conviction of tbe man who
shot Governor Goebel. In making
tbe offer of the reward, Governor Tay-
lor states that the authorities of
Franklin county, in which the crime
was committed, have never requested
him to officially offer a reward, and he,
therefore, offers $500 as an individual.
CARNESVILLE. GA., FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9. 1900.
BOERS ARE ACTIVE
While England Continues to Dis¬
patch Large Forces to Africa.
CENSORSHIP IS TIGHTLY DRAWN
Consequently Authentic News From tho
Sent of Hostilities Is
Hurd to Get.
A London special says« In the west¬
ern field large operations are appar-
en Hy about to begin,
^he Boers are showing great activ-
* n the Naauwpoort and Colesberg
districts. Many of the guns hitherto
facing Lord Methuen are believed to
British^tliercfor^mily find* formida-
ble bodies of Boers there.
The war office announces that fifteen
transports will bo dispatched between
today and Monday with 13,000 troops.
These 13,000 are not included in tbe
180,000 due to be in South Africa on
Februaiy 15th. The Eighth division
of 10,000 men is still available to
send.
Military opinion in London contin¬
ues to assume, from very slender ma¬
terials, that General Buller is again
throwing his army against the Boer
works. A retired general,Sir William
Heury Green, whose distinguished
career gives weight to his opinion,
thinks that General Buller with 25,-
000 men is making a wide detour to
the west and north in order to avoid
the roughest parts of the couutry. As
General Buller must have some thous-
anda of wagona> Sir William Greon
p 0 j n ts out that the advance would
nec essarily be slow,
No authentic word is at hand save
that the war office reaffirmed orally to
newspapers inquiries at a late hour
that it could not confirm the reported
a( lvauce. There the Natal situation
rests.
Sir Alfred Milner, in a letter written
three weeks ago to the former lord
mayor of Belfast, said the war would
[ as t three or four months longer. Sir
^|f re( j Milner has sent most hopeful
and encouraging reports to the gov-
rrnmeu t regarding the prospects of
the campaign and it is understood that
his views are shared by Lord Roberts.
The censorship seems to have com-,
1)!ete]y ahut down tho correspondents
a (. Spearman’s camp. No dispatch
f rom that point appears in Monday
mor) )jug’s papers aud nothing has
been a llowed to issue since Sunday
evening.
ATLANTA IRISHMEN MEET
And Pass Resolutions of Sympathy and
Aid to liners.
At a rousing and enthusiastic meet-
of divisions one aijd two of the
Ancient , Order of Hibernians, at At-
l ft uta, Ga., Monday night, $150 was
to he forwarded to the Boers in
^outli Africa to aid them in their
®i r ngglc against England,
The following resolutions were also
passed condensing England s policy in
South Africa:
Resolved, therefore, That we, the
members of divisions 1 aud 2 of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, Fulton
county, Georgia, tender our heartfelt
sympathy to tbe struggling patriots
off er an earnest prayer for their
success,
Resolved, That we pledge our moral
anfJ financial support in aid of the
widows and orphans of the brav e Boer
soldiers who are so gallantly defend-
j n S their homestead against a foreign
iuvader.
Resolved, That we earnestly protest
agai^t any alliance or secret under-
standing with Great Hritain, and urge
our representatives to oppose any such
complications.
FILE NOTICE OF CONTEST.
Defeated Candidates In Alabama Allege
• Fraud at Girard Beat.
A number of candidates in tbe re¬
cent election in Alabama have filed no¬
tice of contest with the Democratic ex¬
ecutive committee, alleging that fraud
was committed in the Girard beat, de¬
feating them.
The committee gave them until Feb¬
ruary 21st to produce proofs. Should
the contestants be successful in throw¬
ing out the Girard vote, it would give
the county to Mr. Morgan and elect
the contestants, as the county outside
gave a majority for Morgan.
COSTLY BLAZE IN DAYTON.
Ohio City Sufferers Property Los* Aggr..
eating: 8500,000.
The most disastrous conflagration
that has ever visited Dayton, Ohio,
broke out in the tobacco warehouse of
J. P. Wolf Thursday morning.
The property destroyed includes
the warehouses and factory of J. P.
Wolf & Sons, tobacco merchants; E.
Bimrn & Sons, grocers; Benedict &
Co., cigar manufacturers; the Dayton
Paper Novelty company.
r Wolf & Son, the heaviest losers,
were insured for $335,000; Benedict
& Co., $30,000, aud the Dayton Paper
Novelty company for $50,000. The
loss is estimated at $500,000.
JOHNSTON HAD MAJORITY.
Vote of Pivotal Alabama County In Sena¬
torial Content Is Consolidated.
The Russell county, Ala., vote, as
finally consolidated Sunday morning,
gives Johnston a majority of 61 votes
over Morgan. The Girard beat gave
Johnston 145 majority, which over-
came Morgan’s majority of 82 in the
nine county beats. Oates received
only 2 and Roquemore 1 vote in the
county. Johnston’s vote was 6/5, ; ’
Morgan’s 614.
AGREEMENT
Looking to a Settlement of the
Troubles In Kentucky.
Republicans and Democrats Get
Together and Work For
Peace and Harmony.
^ special from Louisville says:
Shortly after midnight Monday night,
the Republican and Democratic con-
ferees, in session at the Galt house,
came to an agreement. A stenographer
was summoned and a document was
drawn up for tbe signatures of the
participants in the conference.
If the agreement drawn up at tho
conference is accepted and carried out,
the strife which has rent Kentucky
from en.l to end for the past few weeks
will be ended,
Drawing np and signing the agree¬
ment was slow work, and it was after
2 o’clock Tuesday morning when tho
conferees separated.
The Democrats gained nearly every
point they contended for, and the
Republican representatives, lieuten¬
ant Governor John Marshall, General
Dan Lindsey and Attorney David
Farligh, gave assurances that the
agreement would be accepted by Gov¬
ernor Taylor. provided
The argument that in or¬
der to leave no question as to the title
of William Goebel and J. C. W. Beck¬
ham to the offices of governor and
lieutenant governor, respectively, the
general assembly shall pass a resolu¬
tion in joint assembly validating tho
acts on that subject since the legisla¬
ture has been prevented by troops
from bolding its regular session at
As soon as the legislature should do
this Beckham’s title to the office of
governor was not to be questioned.
The Democrats grant immunity to
Governor Taylor and his "associates
from prosecution for treason, usurpa¬
tion of office, or contempt of court foi
what has been done since the shooting
of Goebel. These matters are to be
held in abeyance for a week.
According to tbe terms of tbe agree¬
ment tbe Republican legislature was
to be withdrawn from London imme¬
diately, and ho filibustering or other
attempts of this character wero to be
resorted to by the Republicans to ob¬
struct the carrying of this agreement
in tho legislature.
The Democrats crowds suggested that in
view of the great expected in
Fi aukfort during the Goebel funeral
ceremonies the soldiers should be
withdrawn. The Republicans asked
that an adequate guard be left to pro¬
tect Governor Taylor and his associ¬
ates.
It was finally agreed to leave to
General Dan Lindsey, one of the Re¬
publican conferees, the decision as to
how many troops should be left to
prevent a clash as a result of the Goe¬
bel funeral, other troops to bo with¬
drawn at once from Frankfort.
It was agreed that the board of
election commissioners sitting as a
contest board should be allowed to
meet at Frankfort without molesta¬
tion, the Democrats agreeing that no
summary action be taken on these
coutests and that nothing be done
without due hearing of evidence aud
argument.
TO CHANGE GOEBEL LAW.
The Republicans asked that some
provision for a repeal or modification
of the Goebel election law be included
in the agreement. Tho Democrats
agreed that to two leading Republi¬
cans and two lead ng Democrats
should be left the matter of suggesting
changes in the Goebei law believed to
bo wise.
The acceptance of the agreement by
the principals was the only element of
uncertainty remaining in the situation
when the conference ended.
It is probable that the Republican
policy was materially influenced by
the following telegram:
“Washington, D. C., Feb. 4.—
Hon. W. S. Taylor: The unani¬
mous sentiment hero is that you
are wrong in preventing the legis¬
lature from meeting, and that you
should submit the disputed ques¬
tion to the civil courts.. Federal
assistance cannot be given you on
your requisition so long as tbe
legislature is in session or can be
convened. There is no doubt but
it can be convened if you will
permit. The Democrats intend
that if-any-violence occurs, you
shall be the aggressor. You will
by forcible resistance alienate all
who formerly sympathized with
your case. No assistance. Au-
swer. W. J. DeBoe.”
CENSUS OF CUBA COMPLETE.
Population of Island, According to the
Report, Is 1,572,840.
Under General Sanger’s direction
the Cuban census supervisors have
completed the preliminary enumera¬
tion of the population of Cuba, and
the results were handed to Secretary
Root Thursday.
The population of the entire island
is 1,572,840, which is between 50,000
and 60,000 less than it was when the
last census was taken by Spaniards,
WALKER LIBERATED
Conflict Batween Civil and Mili¬
tary Authority Averted.
TAYLOR IGNORED HABEAS CORPUS
In the Meantime Ho Releases Prisoner
of Ills Own Volition and Affair
Blows Over,
A Frankfort spocinl says: Governor
Taylor Saturday afternoon refused to
acknowledge the existence or pormit
the service of a writ of habeas cor¬
pus issued by Judge Moore, of the
county court. Taylor thus tacitly sus¬
pended the writ of habeas corpus in
tbe courts of Franklin county for tbe
release of Alonzo Walker, a steno¬
grapher, who was arrested and put
into confinement after pinning a notice
of writ of injunction on Governor Tay¬
lor’s chambers in the executive build¬
ing, Something which, under the con¬
stitution of the state of Kentucky,
cannot be done legally except in cases
of rebellion or invasion. When Sheriff
Suter returned his writ nnserved to
Judge Moore, the latter announced
that he would see that the sheriff was
given power sufficient to enforce the
mandate of his court. In so declaring
he used the following words:
“No attempt will bo made to enforce
the writ until Monday. At that time
another demand will be mad* for the
body of Alonzo Walker, aud if it is re¬
fused, a sufficient number of men will
be given to Sheriff Suter from Frank¬
lin county and adjourning counties, ns
well, to enable him to take possession
of the capitol grounds aud carry out
the purpose of the writ.”
Thus civil and military authority in
Kentucky came face to face at last and
unless the ministers of one or tho
other should recede from the positions
they occupied there could be but ono
outcome, and that was civil war.
WALKElt BELEASED.
Such a crisis, however, was averted
when Governor Taylor, Sunday morn¬
ing, ordered the release of Walker.
While not recognizing in his action
the existence of the writ of habeas
corpus which had been sworn out in
behalf of Walker, Governor Taylor,
by releasing tbe man, removed the
most threatening sign of trouble. The
commanding officers of the troops
which guard the capitol grounds are
careful to say that the situation is en¬
tirely a military affair, aud that they
extend the writ of habeas corpus very
little consideration, but whether they
regard it or not, Walker is free, and
Sheriff Suter will not be called upon
to summon force in tbe attempt to
secure his release.
The appalling consequences which
would follow such an effort on the pnrt
of the sheriff were too much for the
more conservative members of the
Democratic party, and it was decided
Sunday that no matter what Judge
Moore should say as an individual,
there would be no attempt to take pos¬
session of the caj/itol grounds by force
of arms.
When Walker was released notice
was served upon him that the cliargo
against him was still pending, and
could be pushed at any time if the
military authorities should so decide.
Various rumors were circulated in
regard to the reasons for tho sudden
release of Mr. Walker, among them
being a report that his release, by or¬
der of Governor Taylor, was in defer¬
ence to a telegram from Washington
advising his discharge.
Governor Taylor was too busy to be
seen in regard to tho matter, but Ad¬
jutant General Collier emphatically
duied that any such reason existed for
Walker’s release.
YYATTERSON BLAMES L. & N.
Attributes Kentucky Troubles to Rail¬
road’s Manipulation of Politics.
Henry Watterson, editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, has given
out a statement which in part says:
“The head and front of our present
troubles in Kentucky, at once the
source and the resource of the revo¬
lutionary proceeding by which Re¬
publican government has been for the
time being struck down aud a military
dictatorship set up in its place, is the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company. campaign it
“In the recent state
supplied material resources in such
abundance as to draw out all tbe dan¬
gerous elements of society and to put
into activity ail tbe forces of political
adventure. The two leading parties to
the coutest were as nothing by com¬
parison with its gigantio machinery
for corrupting the election.”
Tariff For Porto ltico.
The senate committee on Porto Rico
has concluded its consideration of the
providing a form of government
for the island. The rate of duty pro¬
on articles brought from Porto
to the United States aud for
taken from the United States
Porto Rico is 25 per cent of the
Dingley law rate.
LINDSAY HAS NOTHING TO SAY.
Kentucky Senator Fo.tpones K*prr»slon
of Ills Opinion.
United States Senator William Lind¬
say, of Kentucky, was asked at the
board of trade banquet at New York
Wednesday night what be bad to say
about the attempted assassination of
Senator Goebel aud the subsequent
incidents. Senator Lindsay reflected
a moment and said: “I do not know
that I have anything to say about the
matter. Ido not know that I could
pay anything.’*
“EXCEEDED AUTHORITY.”
Lawyers Claim That Acting Gov¬
ernor Taylor Had No Right to
Adjourn Legislature.
At a conference of ex-Goxernor Me-
Oreary, Judge W. S. Pryor, Mr. Louis
McQuowu and other promiuent attor¬
neys at Frankfort, Thursday, the
question of Governor Taylor’s right to
adjourn the legislature to meet in
London, was formally discussed. The
unanimous opiniou of the attorneys
was announced by McCreary,who said:
“Thero is nothing in the constitu¬
tion of Kentucky to authorize tho
governor, at this hour and under ex¬
isting circumstances, to adjourn the
general assembly. And every lawyer
that I have beard express an opinion
regards bis proclamation as a gross
usurpation.
“The constitution of Kentucky fixes
the date for the regular sessions of tho
general assembly and says ‘its sessions
shall bo held at tho seat of govern¬
ment, excej)t in case of war, insurrec¬
tion or pestilence, when it may by
proclamation of the governor assemble
for tho time being elsewhere.
“The general assembly is now in
session, and under tbe constitution
can remain in session sixty days. Be¬
ing in regular sossion, the governor
does net have to convene tho senators
and representatives and fix the places
of their meeting, and there is no war,
insurrection or pestilence. In case of
disagreement between the two houses
with regard to adjournment, the gov¬
ernor may adjourn them for not ex¬
ceeding four mouths, but there must
be a disagreement between the two
houses, aud the power to convene the
general assembly is not the power to
adjourn it when in session.”
SNELL FOUND GUILTY.
Georgian is Convicted of Murder¬
ing Lizzie Weisenberger at
Washington, D. C.
A Washington dispatch says: Ben¬
jamin H. Snell, of Georgia, was
victed of murder in tbe first
for the killing of Lizzie
on the 6th of last August by
her throat with a razor. Snell
before the bar as the verdict was
livered, his head bowed, his
frame swaying from side to side,
face bearing a deadly pallor »<•
poll was called by tbe clerk, and
juror answered “Guilty as indicted."
The prisoner’s father was not in the
court room when the jury returned,
but waited in the witness room for the
final word whioh would end his sus¬
pense. Snell’s mother returned to
her home in Georgia some days ago.
The prisoner’s wife was confined to
her home, having succumbed several
days ago to the strain of trial, and his
daughter was also unable to be pres¬
ent through lack of courage for the
final ordeal.
The family of the murdered girl
were all in their places ns the words
pronouncing the legal responsibility of
Snell sounded through the room as
tho jury took their seats for the last
time. The crier announced that auy
one guilty of any demonstration upon
hearing the verdict would be brought
before tbe bar to show cause why he
should not be held in contempt of
court, and there was silence as the vor-
dict was given. Immediately upon
hearing the judgment, Mr. Turner
gave formal notice to the court that he
would submit a motion for a new trial,
and tho court was adjourned.
One of the prayers in the defense’s
motion will be that a continuance
should have been granted because of
the illness of Representative Fleming,
employed for the defense, who had
been assigned the responsibility of
looking up the law in tbe case, and
who was taken ill only a fow days be¬
fore the trial.
ANOTHER ASSASSINATION.
Democratic Ex-Member of Legis¬
lature Shot and Killed By
Unkown Parties.
A special from Middlesboro, Ky.,
says lion. William S. Wright, ex¬
member of the Kentucky legislature,
has been assassinated on the Boones
fork of the Kentucky river in a moun¬
tain section about thirty miles from
Middlesboro. Five shots were fired
from a winchester and two took effect.
The identity of tbe assassin is a mys¬
tery. No arrests have been reported.
Wright was a prominent lawyer and
Democratic politician and bad made
many enemies among the mountain¬
eers in defending cases for the coal
companies.
It is believed by many at Frankfort
that the assassination of W.S. Wright,
Democratic ex-member of the legisla¬
ture, is another indication of the pur¬
pose of Republicans aud mountaineers
to kill Democrats wherever they have
an opportunity, and it is feared that
other crimes will be reported as a re-
suit of the high state of bitterness that
exists throughout the state.
WHEELER SAILS FOR HOME.
Alabamian Sailed From Manila On the
Transport Warrrn.
The war department received a ca¬
blegram from General Otis Monday
stating that General Wheeler would
sail from Manila Wednesday on the
transport Warren for the United States
by way Guam and Honolulu.
tost of Collecting Customs.
Secretary Gage has sent to congress
on estimate of $7,872,000 as the cost
of collecting tho customs during tin
poxt fiscal year.
NUMBER 13.
A VAST ARMY
TO THE FRONT
England Now Has a Fora
213,009 For South Africa.
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IS THE LARGEST ON RECC
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Their Armament Includes F
Hundred and Fifty Deat..
Dealing Modern Cannon.
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A London special says: Mr. Wynd-
ham’s remarkable declaration in the
house of commons that Great Britain
will have within a fortnight 180,000
regulars in South Africa, 7,000 Cana-/
dians and Australians and 26,00(1
South African volunteers is received
with wondormeut. OF this total of
213,000lroops, with 452 guns, all are
now there, with the exception of about
18,000 that are afloat. Beyond com¬
parison this is the largest force Great
Britain has ever put into the field.
At the end of the Crimean war she bad
scraped together 80,000 men. Welling¬
ton at Waterloo had 25,000.
Mr. Wyndam’s speech was the
strongest defense the government has
yet put forward as to what has been
done and is being done. The general
tone of the morning papers is that his
figures will nstonish the country.
Roughly speaking only 80,000 men
are at the front. Ten thousand others
have been lost and 10,000 are shut up
at Ladysmith. there 70,000
Excluding these are
troops who have not yet been in ac¬
tion, in addition to those at sea. Why
so many effectives have not yet been
engaged is explained by the lack of
land transports and the organization
of supplies, to which Lord Lord Rob¬
erts is devoting his experience and
Lord Kitchener his genius for details.
It seems as though the weight oL
these masses must destroy the equi¬
librium which now holds the British
forcos stationary wherever they are in
•contact "with the Borer army. —
* of transports sr- rCganizatioa
will not explain adequately why, when
generals at the front request re-en¬ small
forcements, they get them in
numbers. Knowledge is slowly pene¬
trating to London that large garrisons
must 1)0 kept in Capo Colony to hold
down the Cape Dutch who, as every
one knows, outnumbers the British
residents three to one.
Cable scraps received during the
last twelve hours do not further il¬
luminate the military operations. Va¬
rious independent correspondents con¬
firm that General Buller told his troops
on January 28th (hat lie hoped to re¬
lieve Ladysmith within a week. It is
believed in some rathor trustworthy
quarters that he is again assailing tlio
Boor lines.
A further list of casualties published
by the war office brings the total from
the crossing of tbe Tngela to the aban¬
donment of Spion kop to 1,935 officers
and men.
Exceptional activity at the navy
yards continues, but a correspondent
of the Associated Press learns that
this is chiefly refitting work. Three
ships will be commenced atDevonport
this month.
Some unpleasant criticism of the
war office has beon caused by the dis¬
covery that tho sights of the Leo-
Eufield carbines aro defective. Old
carbines have been supplied to the
outgoing fourth brigade of cavalry.
The only announcement regarding
fresh military preparations is the
formation of three additional bat¬
teries.
BULLER AT IT AGAIN.
Nevm From the Front Indicates That He
Has liecrossed the Tugela Rfrccl
The St. James Gazette Ging in
says it is reported on g. court at
thut General Buller has /red his
the Tugela river at th?plication for
that fighting has beem*' A
The war office has o committee at Ri f
eral Buller’s allcgedvote of 10 to
ported by The St. it favorably proposed, thf~
the paper fays
doubt the corrects T to Wash^w
tion, although it * ri * l
the exact position / /"
The New York Journal and Adver¬
tiser’s Washington correspondent
states that in return for the British
renunciation of rights under the Bul-
wer-Clayton treaty, the state depart¬
has promised a free port in
for Canada.
To Pension Bridge Burners.
The bill giving a pensionable status
to those war veterans known ns the
East Tennessee bridge burners was
favorably reported by tbe house com¬
mittee on invalid pensions Monday.
PROBABLE MURDER.
Two Brothers Burned—One of Them Was
Worth 81,500,000.
William and John Newton, batch-
elor brothers, were burned to death in
the home of the former, near Portland,
Ind., Monday morning. In the rear
of the ruins were a number of chairs
and a bundle of papers which bad evi¬
dently been carried out. All of them
were covered with blood. No actual
evidence of foul play has been discov¬
ered. William Newton was 75 years
old and one of the wealthiest men in
the state, his estate being estimated at
$1,500,000,