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THE ASHBURN ADVANCE vou. vii r. BOERS BEGIN THE RETREAT General French Enters the Beleaguered Town of Kimberley With Slight Opposition. A FINE STRATEGIC HOVE Good News Stirs England and Praise For French Is Heard On All Sides. A London special under date of February 17, says: General Orouje, with a start of a day or two, is in full retreat from Lord Roberts, moving northward. Gencral French, with the cavalry, simply staid over aight at Kimberley and tiien pushed on to get in touch with the retiring enemy. A long Boer wagon train is moving toward Bloem¬ fontein, followed presumably by a large force of British infantry. Iu their hasty departure tho Boers lost quanties of supplies and amuuition. Military opinion iu London is that Lord Roberts will not push far after the Boers immediately because of the present problems and tho need of rest for the troops. Ho has to feed 70,- 600 persons in his army and the whole KvmboTley population. He must re¬ build the railway from Modder river to Kimberley and revictual the latter. General French lost a few men on¬ ly in action, but the forced marches and heat have probably made many ill. Numbers of remounts must be provided. Lord Roberts has wrought a genuine preliminary success and the impres¬ sion ii that he has done anougli for the present. He will need to prepare for another strike. All over England there have been evidences of public joy. and public In every theater meet¬ ing, around the railway stations and in the streets there have been expres¬ sions of gladness and jubilation over the news- The newspapers are edito¬ rially rejoicing. closely Those who read the news see only one disturbing factor in the Cape situation, and that is the pressure of the Boers toward Lord Roberts’ lino of supply through De Aar, which was never more important than now. The Boers, under Commandants De- larrey and Gobler, are making a per¬ sistent effort to penetrate to the rail- •wav. They have pushed General dements back to Arundel and have outflanked him. All are within sixty miles, or two days’ hard march of the central railway. left Doubtless Lord Boberts has considerable forces along the line and can send back more if necessary. A special dispatch dated two days back,and just transmitted from Chieve- ley, says that an important move was then pending there, although contrary indicalions are found in the fact that 750 ambulance bearers have been tem¬ porarily disbanded and the further fact that traction engines are arriving at Durban from the front to bo sent to Lord Roberts. More artillery is be¬ ing sent to Lord Roberts from Cape Town. GBN. FBKNCII’S MOVEMENTS. The following from /tiet River, Orange Free State, tells how General French reached Kimberley: “General French, in command of the cavalry division and with a strong force of horse artillery, left Modder river Sunday morning for Ramban, t w «lve miles east of Enslit, where the whole division concentrated. The next 5av he made a rapid march to Riet river, whore a party of Boers contest¬ ed bis passage at Dekiel and Water Fall drifts. After some hours’ shell- ing General French drove the Boers ft w ft y and crossed the river. “Yesterday (Tuesday) the column continued its march to Klip and Rom- j aTa l drifts on the Modder river, where again a short engagement en¬ sued, General French shelling the •goers vigorously and forcing a pas- PftcjG. precipitately retreated, •The Boers five laagers in the hands of tlie British, besides a great quantity of cattle and 2,000 sheep. “The rapidity of General French’s mar ch, and the overwhelming nature PLUMBERS ON STRIKE. Thef Demand Wage Scale and a Shorter Work Day. The plumbers and gas fitters of Sa- vanfl ah, Ga., are on a strike. They want both shorter hours and increased a£re s. They have demanded a nine- hour'W ° ever want y fixed day at but eight Saturd hours »y* bic b they They the scale for a day’s work. want According fixed at $1.50, $2 and $3 a to experience, jbe employing plumbers assert that the s trike will not materially affect them and declare, if necessary, they get out their tools and go to work themselves. can Official Organ of Worth County. Orders for Job Printing Given Prompt Attention. of his force, enabled him, in spits of the difficulties of water transportation, to thoroughly outwit and surprise the Boers, the British casualties were slight.” _ MOLINEUX SENTENCED TO DIE. Condemned Man Vehemently De¬ nounces District Attorney and the “Jellow” Journals. At New York, Friday, Roland B. Molineux was sentenced to die in Sing Sing prison during tho week of March 26 for the murder of Mrs. Katharine J. Adams. He made a statement as- serting that he had not been fairly convicted, and that “yellow joural- ism” had put a price on his head. After denouncing the newspapers and making quite an extended argu¬ ment iu his own behalf, the defendant paused, either to regain his composure or to control his temper, and went on speaking with remarkable clearness and angry vehemence. “I denounce and despise,” he said, “the act of the district attorney in at¬ tempting to villify the reputation of the pure and lovely woman who bears my name, It was the act of a black- guard and a villainous lie. “Now, your honor (to the recorder), I am prepared for sentence. I am not afraid.” Recorder Goff, in pronouncing sent¬ ence, reminded the defendant that his counsel had already presented all the facts to the j nry tad that the court had but the one duty to perform. General Molineux was asked about the fund which it was proposed for him to defray expenses he had beon under by the trial, and he said, when inquiry was made regarding his ac¬ ceptance: “Absolutely and under no circum¬ stances would I accept such a thing.” The attorneys for Molineux have filed an appeal, and the appeal will stay the execution of the sentence in¬ definitely. Molinex will, however, be taken to Sing Sing prison. WON’T PAY CLAIMS. Government Take. No Responsibility For Depredation* of Soldier*. A Washington dispatch says: The house committee on war claims has reported adversely the bill for the relief of Eugene A. Stone, of Green¬ ville, S. C. This bill asked for an appropriation of $6,992.50 for damages to property by United States troops during the war with Spain. The report is of wide importance to the south as it defines the position of the committee with regard to the claim bills, hun¬ dreds of which have been introduced this session from all states where troops were mobilized and encamped. Several of them have been offered from Georgia, the larger number coming from around Chickamauga, Athens, Americus, Albany and Savan¬ nah. The report says: “The idea that the Federal govern¬ ment is liable or ought in any view to pay for the depredations committed by soldiers is not entitled to serious con¬ sideration. The whole claim is for depredations committed by soldiers during tho war with Spain. The com¬ mittee reports adversely and recom mends the hill to lie upon tho table.” TRUCE IN KENTUCKY. Effort Will Iiw Made To Consolidate Case* of Contest. A Frankfort special says: The agree¬ ment to postpone tho Taylor-Beckham suit operates as a temporary truce in the legal battle over the state offices, and it is not probable that thero will be any decisive changes in the situa¬ tion till then, unless the return of the Democratic legislature to Frankfort adds some unexpected feature. A part ot the attorneys on both sides held a meeting Friday afternoon and discussed several plans for consol¬ idating the various injunction cases in order to avoid a clash between the different state courts iu which they are pending, but a final understanding was not reached. BOER ARMY SCATTERED. Robert. Capture. Eneray'i Laager and Some Supplie*. The London office makes public tli3 following dispatch from Field Marshall Lord Roberts: “Jacobsdad, February 16—The fol¬ lowing from General French was re¬ ceived this morning: “ ‘I have completely dispersed the enemy from the southern side of Kim¬ berly, from Aloxandersfontein to Oli- phantsfontein, and am now going to occupy their ground. Have captured the ememy laager’s and supplies of ammunition. Casualties about twenty of all ranks wounded. i it << t Kimberly cheerful and we 11. » it ASHBURN, GA.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 524. 1900. BRYAN KEPT BUSY. .Nebraskan Speaks and Holds In. formal Receptions In Tampa, Florida. W. J. Bryan arrived in Tampa., Fla., Monday night, and was greeted at the depot by a largge crowd. At 10 o’clock Tuesday morning ho was escorted to the courthouse, from which point he was taken for a drive through the city. he At 4 o’clock in the afternoon held an informal reception in the ro¬ tunda of the Tampa Bay hotel, and thousands of peoplo who had pourod in by every train passed through and greeted him. At 5 o’clock Mr. Bryan held a re¬ ception for ladies only and made them a short address. Following this six- teeu Cuban boys, dressed in native costume, appeared, each bearing a large cigar wrapped in gold and silver in the proportion of 16 to 1. Tho ci¬ gars were presented to Mr. Bryan amid the plaudits of the crowd. At 7:30 o’clock Mr. Bryan was es¬ corted to the courthouso plaza. Benches were provided to cover every ■inch of the ground surrounding the stand, and the scene was liglitod by hundreds of red, white and blue eloc- tric lights. Congressman S. M. Sparkmau in¬ troduced Colonel Bryan to the im¬ mense throng as the Moses who had arison to lead the common people out of the wilderness and place American institutions on the foundations laid for them by the fathers of the repub¬ lic. Mr. Bryan elicited hearty applause by anti-British remarks concerning the South African war; said that trusts meant simply the centralization of all power in the end and the subjugation of all not interested; while the Itepub- licau monetary policy would result in one central bank controlling all the money in the coutry and all business in consequence. The only safeguard against this was the silver policy of the Democratic party. He predicted a popular uprising resulting in Demo¬ cratic victory in the next election. GREAT JOY IN KIMBERLEY. Blea^uered Citizen* Welcomed Rescuer* With Great Demonstrations. Advices from Modder ltiver state that although the rapid march of General French’s division was marked by a number of conflicts, tbe actual entry into Kimberley was unopposed. still When tho British were eight miles off the signaling corps intercept¬ ed a heliograph message from the bo- Ieaguered garrison to Moddor river saying: “The Boers are shelling the town.” The advancing column replied: “This is General French coming to the relief of Kimberly.” The garrison was incredulous and thought that the message was a Boer ruso and flashed the query: “What regiment are you?” The reply satisfied tho defenders of Kimberley that the anxiously awaited succor was at hand and a few hours later General French at the head of a column made a triumphant entry into the place, the people surrounding the troops and intermingling with them, cheering wildly, grasping the soldiers’ hands, waving flags, hats and hand¬ kerchiefs and exhibiting in a hundred ways the intensity of their joy. The inhabitants had been on short rations for some time, eating horse flesh and living in burrows under heaps of mine refuse. IN JOINT SESSION. The Kentucky Democratic Legislators Reaffirm Goebel’s Title. The Democratic members of the two houses of tho Kentucky legisla¬ ture met in joint session at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon and by a vote of 74 to 2 ratified the former proceedings by which William Goebel was declared governor and J. C. W. Beckham lieu¬ tenant governor, and through which Beckham, since the death of Goebel, claims title to the office of governor. The Republican members of the legislature remained away from the joiut session, having decided in caucus not to attend. The senate had adopted the resolu¬ tions Monday and the house Tuesday, and the adoption of them by the joint assembly, from the Democratic stand¬ point, puts the finishing touches as to its action on the contests. Senator Triplett and Representative Grider voted against the resolutions. APPOINTIVE POWER CURTAILED. Mi.aU.ippi Executive Office Deprived of Con.lderable Patronage. A bill has passed both houses of the Mississippi legislature taking from the governor nearly all of the appointive power heretofore vested in the office, and providing that when vacancies occur in any state, district, county beat or municipal office the same shall bs filled by a special election called for that purpose. The measure is a very sweeping one and robs the executive office of a largo amount of patronage which heretofore has been used by incumbents as a vehicle to farther higher political aims. JACOBSDAL ENTERED British Take Possssion of Boer Towa In Orange Free State. illUTARY POLICE PATROL STREETS. The Utmost Order Prevail* and Inhatrt- Show No Til Will Toward* the Invader*. Advicos from Jaeobsdal, Orange Free State, state that Roberts’ troops entered the captured town Sunday. The utmost order prevails thoio. Military police patrol the streets, but not a stick of furniture has been taken. A sentry has been placed bo- fore each store, and the soldiers are allowed to enter and purchase what they require. Everything is so peaceful that tho inhabitants express the utmost sur¬ prise, as it had beon diligently re¬ ported that tho British occupation meant instant looting. Judging from the conversations of tho inhabitants, the Free Stato is weary of the war. It is openly said that President Steyn betrayed tho people. Whon the luttor became sat¬ isfied thero was no truth iu the stories of the looting proclivities of the Brit¬ ish, the townspeople welcomed the troops ns friends. Since the battle of tho Modder rivor, the town bus not been garrisoned, but has been merely used as a hospitablo depot. When *he Boers tired on the British Wednesday, tho townspeople protest¬ ed. Although tho British shell¬ ing considerably frightened tbo wo¬ men, the shells were only directed at a ridge beyond tho town, which was intrenched. The German hospital remains in beautiful order. It is clean and sani¬ tary, and the wounded on both sides are equally well attended. A correspondent talked with a num¬ ber of the Boer wounded, and they ac¬ knowledged that the British move¬ ments had nonpulsed the burgher commanders. Even now, it is added, they are under tho impression that tho sole object vas the capture of .Tacobs- dal. When informed of the relief of Kimberley, they were at first incredu¬ lous and then astounded. The landrost remains in the town. Other advices from Jaeobsdal stated that General Oronje, with 10,000 men, was in full retreat toward Bloemfon¬ tein with General Kelley-Konny fight¬ ing the rear guard and harassing the retreat. The Boers captured a large convoy as a result of Thursday’s fighting at Itiet river. The British casualties wore comparatively slight in view of the tremendous bombardment. Less than thirty men were wounded and but ono killed. General French’s division was en¬ thusiastically welcomed at Kimberley. The officers diued at tho club in the evening. The news of the entry into Kimberley has greatly cheered tho troops, who are working splendidly. ROBERTS ADVISES BURGHERS. Issue, a Proclamation Urging Them to Cea*e Fighting. A dispatch from Cape Town says: Lord Boberts has issued a proclama¬ tion to the burghers of the Orange Free State, saying that he feels it liis duty to make known to all the burgh¬ ers the cause of the coming of the British as well as to do all in his pow¬ er to terminate the war, and that he issues the proclamation in order that if the burghers should continue fight¬ ing they may notdo so ignorantly, but with a full knowledge of their respon¬ sibility before God for tho lives lost in the campaign. POSITION OF L.and N. In Regard to tfko Political Fight In Ken* tucky Is Made Public. Milton H. Smith, president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, has given out for the benefit of the public the correspondence which passed be¬ tween the officers of his road and Henry Watterson, of The Louisville Courier-Journal, bearing on the Ken¬ tucky election for governor. The correspondence is highly inter¬ esting, as it furnishes a missing link in the tragedy of which Governor Wil¬ liam Goebel was the victim. “BRITISH AIDED SPAIN.” Such Is the Declaration Made By Pre¬ mier a tela at Madrid. A special dispatch received in Lon¬ don from Madrid says that Premier Silvela has declared in the senate that previous to the war with the United States the British government con¬ sented to let Spain have 8,500 shells which were being manufactured for her at the Maxims factory at Pla¬ centa. The statement has created the greatest surprise and is the talk of official circles. Such a statement com¬ ing from the premier of Spain is cal¬ culated to produce unfriendly feelings were it not denied on every hand. DR. TRACY “CONFESSES.” Tells Senate Committee He Only Offered Bribe To Test Judge’s Honesty. Senator Clark, of Montana, 'was again the star witness before the sen¬ ate committee on privileges ami elec¬ tions Monday, notwithstanding Dr. Traey was also heard. Dr. Traey, Justieo Hnut’s physician, occupied the entire forenoon and a part of the afternoon session. His statement concerning his inter¬ view with Justice Hunt corroborated the testimony of the justice iu all essontial details except ttiat his recol¬ lection was that $50,000 and not $100,000 was the amount mentioned by him ns the pries which the justice should got for having the Wellcome disbarment enso thrown out of tho stnte supreme court. IIo said that Justice Hunt was an intimate friend, and lie asserted his motive to be, in taking tho course he did, to tost his ability to withstand the corrupting inilnenoe of money. He had secured no funds from any source to pay tho bribo suggested, and had been promised uoue for tbut purpose, Mr. Clark liecctsarily went over much of the ground covered in his testimony Saturday. He was cross ex¬ amined by Mr. Campboll and still in¬ sisted that he had spent no money for corrupt purposes duriug tho Montana senatorial campaign. IIo gave a detailed statement of ex¬ penditures for political purposes dur¬ iug the legislative and senatorial con¬ tests, which footed up, as Senator Turley announced, to $139,000. Ho declared that liis only purpose iu entering upon tho campaign was tho overthrow of Mr. Daly’s rule in tho state, which, lie said, was so tyranni¬ cal that he would not desire to con¬ tinue his rosidenco iu the state if it was to continue. UNION MEN IIILE. Srtvuiinah lluHdm**’ Kxclntngft Decide Up¬ on a Locknut. All union men engaged in the bnild- ing trades in Savannah, Ga., wero locked out at 6 o’clock Monday even¬ ing. This includes plumbers, joiners, carpenters, plasterers, bricklayers and painters. Contractors will endeavor to continue work with non-union mon. The Builders’ Exchange resolved upon tiro lockout iu anticipation of a strike of tho union men on March 1st. The journeymen plumbers had given notice to employers that (hey would demand an increase of about 25 per cent in puy, with a reduction of one hour's time to the day. Eighty per cent of tho building trades workmen are affected. There arc hundreds of water pipes burst from the recent freeze and no plum¬ bers at work to repair them. M A It K IIA NNA’S ADVICE. Notiflo. Republican. That Office-Holder. Are Not Wanted a. Delegate*. lion. Marcus A. Hanna has notified leading Republicans at Montgomery, Ala., that it is considered by the party leaders at Washington to bo desirable that federal office-holders should not be sent to the Philadelphia conven- ton which meets iu June. Mr. Han¬ na’s idea is explained to bo that official the rank and file should name the heads of the party and not the offico- holding machine. Practically all the leaders in Alabama are office-holders and the advice is perplexing to them. ABNER WELL PLEASED. President's Brother Knthnaod Oyer HI* Trip to the South. Mr. Abner McKinley, brother of President William McKinley, returned to New York Monday from a trip south, taken for the purpose of look¬ ing into the industrial and economic conditions in this section. Mr. McKinley seemed to have been not only deeply impressed, but even enthusiastic in his observations upon tho southern industrial actuation. He expressed great gratification at the cordial reception accorded him by the business men of southern cities in which he stopped, including Raleigh, N. C.; Columbia, S. C.; Atlanta, Ga., and Charlotte, N. C. “I suppose I might say that the first impression made upon me.” said Mr. McKinley, “was the lack of what I might call the economy of land in the south. I think in this connection what is most needed in the south to¬ day is what Minnesota and the north¬ west already have, namely, German and Irish and Scandinavian farmers. I mean small farmers, and that is why I use the expression economy of land.” MONTE CHRISTO TAKEN. General Butler Wire. That He If a. at La.t Gained a Victory. The war office in London reoeived the following from General Buller Monday: “Chievri.et Camp, Feb. 19.— I yes¬ terday moved around tbe enemy’s flank. The queen’s guards, who had bivouaced on the northern slope of Cingolo, crossed the neck, supported by the rest of the Second brigade un¬ der Hildyard, assaulted and took the southern end of Monte Christo.” NO. ‘29. DEAL LEGISLATERES Are Trying to Do Business in Kentucky’s State House. THE DEMOCRATS STEAL A MARCH Mitrslmll and Cnrtior Occupy Clmtr To- gather —DfimocnntH Again Declare Goebel Governor. A Frankfort special says; The Democrats had a session of the senate at 9 o’clock Monday morning. Presi¬ dent Fro Tern. Carter presiding, and adjourned to meet again at 10:30 o’clock. Tim Republicans adjourned Hatnr- <1 ay to meet at 11 o’clock and the Democrats adopted this movo to got possession of tho chamber first. Tho senate convened at 10 o’clock, both Carter and Marshall presiding. The Republicans, recognizing Mar¬ shall, adjourned after prayer, and led by Lieutenant Governor Marshall, the Republican senators left the hall. Tho Democratic senators, recogniz¬ ing President Pro Tern. Carter, paid no attention to the Republican pro¬ ceedings and continued in session. The Democratic senate then adopted a motion by Senator Allen, of Lexing¬ ton, to ratify and re-afiirm the former action of the senate by which Goebel was declared governor. This prevailed on a viva voce vote, nobody making a demand for the yeas and lines. Senator Triplett, auti-Goebel Dem¬ ocrat, voted with the Democrats for the purpose of making a quorum. The Democratic senators adjourned after adopting the Allen resolution. The house convened atuoou. Speak¬ er Trimble presiding. Mr. Hickman, Democrat, demanded a roll call to as¬ certain the preseueo of a quorum. Tho Republicans did not answer to their names and only fifty-three of the sixty Democrats were present. The contest matter was not taken up. SETTLItMKNT NOT IN HIOIIT. Tho impression that tho contest over the governorship will not bo end¬ ed till it ib fought to a finish in the courts is not lessened by the action taken by the Democratic senators in their session Monduy ratifying their former action by which Senator Goebel was declared governor. The Republicans who spoke for Governor Taylor said that he would not recognize as legal the proceedings taken and which, it is anticipated, will be duplicated in the house, but has told them that he looks upon these proceedings ns illegal and will not quit tho fight until the whole matter is passed upon in tho courts of last re¬ sort. His position is that the former pro¬ ceedings being void, tbe ratification gives them no legal vitality; that tho legal presiding officer, Lieu¬ tenant Governor Marshall, had de¬ clared the session adjourned whon the vote in question was taken, and thnt the vote should have been taken by yeas and nays, as in the case ol a hill or joint resolution. Negotiations to settle the conflict between Lieutenant Governor Mar¬ shall and Senator Carter over the chair in the senate went on again Mon¬ day afternoon, but no agreement has been reached so far. There was talk amoDg the Democratic senators Mon- day night of voting on tbe ratification resolutions Tuesday in the senate by yens and nays. Those resolutions Monday received the support of twenty-one senators, two more than • quorum. MISSING CASHIER RETURNS. Warnoll Declare. HI* Mind Wm In a Blank Condition. Walter L. Warnell, cashier of the Bank of Adel, Ga., who mysteriously disappeared from that place which January 11th under circumstances led to the belief that he had wandered oft in a spell of temporary mental aberra¬ tion, arrived in Atlanta Sunday morn¬ ing. The story be tells is altogether a re¬ markable one. He says that from the time he stepped on board the train which carried him from Adel on the morning of January 11th until two weeks ago, when he woke up sick in a boarding houso in Louisville, his mind was a blank, and he remembers absolutely nothing of what he did dtur* ing that interval of time. DEMOCRATS REACH DECISION. Beckham*. Follower. Agree to Meet I* Frankfort. The adjournment of the DemooratiO legislature at Louisville Saturday to meet in Frankfort revives interest in the political contest and promises to put an end to the lull which has pre¬ vailed daring the last few days. There were more Democratic mem¬ bers in Frankfort Saturday night than had been together at any one time since they adjourned and fled to Cincinnati, Louisville and other points to avoid being arrested by the militia and taken to London, where the Re¬ publican legislature was then sitting.