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THE ASHBURN ADVANCE.
J. B. IVOKNK, ) Ptblisbere.
C. B. BKADV, f
KRUGER’S PLEA IS REJECTED
England Declares Emphatically That the War
flust Go On to the Bitter End.
LORD SALISBURY’S REPLY
Text of Telegram Sent By Presi¬
dents Kruger and Steyn Ask¬
ing For Cessation of War.
A London special says: A parlia¬
mentary paper containing the tele¬
grams sent to the British government
by tho presidents of the South African
republics and the Orange Free State
and Great Britain’s reply thereto was
issued Tuesday afternoon. The tele¬
gram of the two presidents was as
follows:
blood “Bloemfontein, Maroh 5.— -The
and the tears of thousands who
have suffered by this war and the
prospect of all moral and economic
ruin wherewith South Africa is now
threatened make it necessary for both
belligerents to ask themselves dispas¬
sionately and as in the sight of the
tribune of God for what are they fight¬
ing and whether the aim of each jus¬
tifies all this appalling misery and de¬
vastation.
“With this object and in view of the
assertions of various British statesmen
to the effect that this war was begun
and is being carried on with the set
purpose of undermining her majesty’s
authority in South Africa and of set¬
ting up an administration over all of
South Africa independent of her ma¬
jesty’s government, we consider it our
duty to solemdly declare that this war
was undertaken solely as a defensive
measure to maintain the threatened
independence of tho South African re¬
public, and is only continued in order
to secure and maintain the incontesta¬
ble independence of both republics as
sovereign international states and to
obtain the assurance that those of her
majesty’s subjects who have taken part
with us inthis war shall suffer no
harm whatever in persou or property.
“On these conditions, and on these
conditions alone, are we now, as in
the past, desirous of seeing peace re¬
established in the South Africa; while
if her majesty’s government is deter¬
mined to destroy the independence of
the republics, there is nothing left to
us and to our people but to persevere
to the end in the course already be¬
gun. In spite of the overwhelming
pre-eminence of British empire, we
are confident that that God who light¬
ed the uiiextinguisliable fire of love of
freedom in the hearts of ourselves and
our fathres will not forsake us and
will accomplish His work in us and in
our descendants.
“We hesitated to make the declara¬
tion earlier to your excellency, as we
feared that as long as the advantage
was always on our side and as long as
our forces held defensive positions far
within her majesty’s colonies, such a
declaration might hurt the feelings
and honor of the British people. But
now that the prestige of the British
empire may be considered to he as¬
sured by the capture of one of our
forces by her majesty’s troops, and
that we have thereby been forced to
evacuate other positions which our
forces had occupied, that difficulty is
over and we can longer hesitate to
clearly inform your government and
people in tho sight of the whole civil¬
ized world, why we are lighting and
on what conditions we are ready to re¬
store peace.”
loud salisbukv’s answeb.
The marquis of Salisbury to the
presidents of the South African repub¬
lic and the Orange Free State:
“Foheign Office, March 11.—I
have the honor to acknowledge your
honors’ telegram dated March 5tb,
from Bloemfontein, of which the pur¬
port is principally to demand that her
majesty’s government shall recognize
‘the incontestable independence’ of the
South African republic and Free State
ns 'sovereign international states’ and
to offer on those terms to bring the
war to a conclusion.
“In the beginning of October last
peace exited between her majesty and
the two republics under conven¬
tions which were then in existence. A
discussion had been proceeding some
ALABAMIANS ASSIGNED.
Speaker Henderson, of the Home, Make*
Several Committee Change*.
Several important committee changes
affecting Alabama were announced by
Speaker Henderson in the house Tues¬
day afternoon, Because of his recent
appointment to the always coveted
,.| ;1 ee on the ways and means commit-
te ,~ Mr. Underwood resigned from
the place he has held on the judiciary
committee and Mr. Clayton was ap¬
pointed to this committee in his place.
M . Clayton iu turn resigned from the
committee on insular affairs and Mr.
brewer was given this important as-
f jgnment.
AVENGERS APPLY TORCH.
f.i:her of Goosby Hot., Charged With
Murder, Burned Out of Home.
The residence of Lewis Goosby,
futber of the two Goosby boys who are
charged with the murder of Dan
Mixns and his baby, was destroyed by
i:re a few nights ago. It is generally
relieved that Lewis Goosby and his
wife were parties to the awful crime,
and that the avenger, of Mr.
Official Organ of Worth County. Orders for Job Printing Given Prompt Attention.
months between her majesty’s govern*
meet and the South African republic,
of which the object was to obtain re¬
dress for certain very serious griev¬
ances under which the British resi¬
dents in South Africa were suffering.
In the course of those negotiations
the South African republic had, to the
knowledge of her majesty’s govern¬
ment, made considerable armaments,
and the latter had consequently taken
steps to provide corresponding rein¬
forcements of the British garrisons at
Cape Town and in Natal.
“No infringement of the rights guar¬
anteed by the conventions had, up to
that point, taken place on the British
side. Suddenly, at two days notice,
the South African republic, after
issuing an insulting ultimatum, de¬
clared war upon her majesty; and the
Orange Free State, with whom there
had not been any discussion, took a
similar step.
“Her majesty’s dominions were im¬
mediately invaded by the two repub¬
lics. Siege was laid to three towns
within the British frontier, a large
portion of two colonies were overrun
with great destruction of property and
life, and the republics claimed to treat
the inhabitants of extensive portions
of her majesfy’s dominions ni if those
dominions bad been annexed to one or
the other of them. In anticipation of
these operations the South African re¬
public had been accumulating for
many years past military stores on an
euormous scale, which by their charac¬
ter could ouly have been intended
for use against Great Britian.
“Your honors make some observa¬
tions of a negative character upon
the object with which these prepara¬
tions were made. I do not think it
necessary to discuss the questions you
have raised.
“The result of these preparations,
carried on with great secrecy, has
been that the British empire has been
compelled to confront an invasion
which has entailed upon the empire a
costly war and the loss of thousands of
precious lives. This great calamity
has been the penalty Great Britain
has suffered foT having, of recent
years, acquiesced to the existence of
the two republics,
“In view of the use to which the
two republics have put the position
which was given them and the calami¬
ties their unprovoked attack have in¬
flicted on her majesty’s dominions, her
majesty’s government can only answer
your honor’s telegram by saying that
they are not j repnred to assent to the
independence either of the South Af¬
rican republic or the Orange Free
State.”
CURRENCY BILL A LAW.
House Passes Heasure By Vote of
1 66 to 120 and It Is Sent to
the President.
A Washington special says: Tues¬
day’s dehato in tho house on the con¬
ference report on the Republican cur-
rency bill brought out able speeches
from two members of the Georgia del¬
egation—Mr. Lewis and Judge Mad¬
dox.
The last step in the enactment of
the hill was taken hv the house whon
the conference report on the hill was
adopted by a vote of yeas 160, nays
120, present and not voting, 10. The
senate had already adopted the con¬
ference report, so it remained only for
President McKinley to affix his signa¬
ture to the measures to make it a law.
Arrangements had already been made
for securing the pen with which the
president signed the bill.
TENNESSEE REPUBLICANS
Will Meet In Nashville To Fleet Dele¬
gates and Make Nominations.
The Tennessee state republican ex¬
ecutive committee has called a con¬
vention to meet in Nashville April 19
to send delegates to Philadelphia and
nominate candidates for governor,
railroad commissioner and electors.
The form of the call will increase the
bitterness of the fight between Con¬
gressman Brownlow and Commissioner
Evans for control of the convention.
EX-SENATOR CALL A CANDIDATE.
Announce* That lie Will Make the Fight
For Governorship of Florida.
A Jacksonville special says: Ex-
Senator Call will make the race for
governor of Florida. He has fiually
decided upon this course, and in an
interview given out Tuesday says he
will make the fight for governorship.
Hobson Offers War Relics.
Governor Johnston of Alabama is in
receipt of a letter from Richmond
Pearson Hobson, at Iloug Kong, in
which the young hero expresses the
desire to present his native state with
a Bpanish-American war relic, a flag
and flag pole.
OTIS APPOINTS A GOVERNOR.
General Kobbe Will Buie Over Province
of Albay In Island of Lu* >n.
General Otis has notified the war
department that he has appointed
Brigadier General William A. Kobbe,
United Btates volunteers, military
governor of the province of Albay,
Luzon, and of the island of Catadua-
nese, and temporarily, to subserve
te^eJiaU purpos., of the island* C?
ASH BURN, GA., SATURDAY. MARCH IT. 1900.
“PEtiLEti” AGAIN AKUESTED.
Alleged Labor Ageut Is Having Plenty
of Trouble On Hand.
An Atlanta dispatch gays: R. A.
Williams, better known as “Peleg"
Williams, the man who has been in so
much trouble about sending negro
emigrants westward, has ['gain been
arrested on the fame old charge of
hiring negro labor for emigration with¬
out a state license.
There is also a warrant for Williams
from South Carolina, and still another
warrant which is in the hands of the
sheriff of Pulton county.
Chief Manly, of Atlanta, received a
warrant for Williams several days ago
from South Carolina, hut Williams
was not in the city and the warrant
was temporarily pigeon-holed,
Saturday a warrant came to tho po¬
lice authorities from Athens, Ga. Sun¬
day morning Officer Hill found Wil¬
liams just as he stepped from a train
at the depot, and the alleged labor
agent was arjested and locked up at
the polico barracks.
Later in tho day the prisoner was
turned over to the county officials, tho
sboriff having a warrant for him.
In the meantime the South Carolina
warrant was brought to light, and
Williams now has three new charges
for labor hiring to answer to.
Williams was arrested on a warrant
in South Carolina last summer, and he
got out of that scrape in some way and
came to Georgia. He was arrested on
the charge of hiring negroes in Morgan
county. The case went against him,
and he gave boud and took an appeal.
He was again arrested in Greene
county and gave bond, the case being
postponed to await a decision by the
supremo court in the Moigau county
case.
Tho prisoner is charged with em¬
ploying squads of negroes for planta¬
tions in Mississippi and Arkansas.
There is a state law in Georgia, he
states, which makes it necessary for a
labor agent to have a $500 license for
each county in which lie operates.
This ho considers prohibitory and
unconstitutional, lie lias appealed
his case on the ground that tho law
is not constitutional and that he can
no more ho taxed than any railroad
agent.
Williams does not admit that he is
working for the owners of the western
farms, where the negro labor is want¬
ed, hut states that he is employed by
tho railroads, on a salary, to induce
emigrants to travel over certain routes.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Various Neiv Industries Established
the Past week.
The more important of new enter¬
prises reported during the past week
include brick works in Tennessee and
Texas; a bridge construction company
iu West Virginia; coal mines in Texas;
two cotton mills in Georgia, one in
North Carolina, three in South Caro¬
lina, two, iu Tennessee aud one in
Texas; one cotton seed oil mill each in
Alabama and Texas, and two each in
Georgia aud Mississippi; a cracker
factory in Alabama; a $300,000 electric
light aud power plant in Virginia; an
engine and machine works in West
Virginia; flouring mills in Georgia aud
Tennessee; two furniture factories iu
North Carolina and one in South
Carolina; a grain elevator in Ken¬
tucky; hardware companies in Louis-
ana aud Teunessce; ice and cold stor¬
age companies in Kentucky and North
Carolina; iron ore mines in Alabama
and Georgia; an irrigation company in
east Texas; lumber mills iu Alabama,
Florida and Tennessee; planing mills
iu Alabama and North Carolina; a
plaster company in West Virginia;
sandstone quarries in Texas; a Btave
factory iu West Virginia; telephone
companies iu Alabama and the Caro-
linas; a tobacco factory in North Car¬
olina; a $100,000 water power company,
in Georgia; zinc mines in Arkansas.—
Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
FROM CHAPEL TO GRAVE.
Goebel’s Body Is Consigned to Earth In
Frankfort Cemetery.
Monday evening tho remains of
Governor Willinm Goebel were taken
from the chapel at Frankfort, where
they have been under guard since
February 8th, and buried in the plot
of ground west of the chapel on the
hill overlooking the Kentucky river,
The services were brief, consisting
simply of prayer and singing. Mem-
bers of the legislature attended iu a
body. Memorial services were held
in both houses of the legislature dur-
ing tho day. *
COMMISSION COMING SOUTH.
Industrial Conditions In This Section
Will Be Thoroughly Looked Into.
A Washington dispatch says: The
ndustrial commission will begin hear¬
ings in Atlanta, Ga., Monday, March
19th, and will continue in session iu
that city for four days or longer. The
hearings in Georgia will not be con-
fined alone to an investigation of the
general conditions of agriculture in
the south, as has been stated, hut will
embrace investigations of manufact-
nrers, transportation and trusts, only
one day, Monday, being given to hear-
ings before the sub-committee on ag-
riculture.
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NEGROES KILL NEGRO.
Brute Quickly Disposed of By Member* of
His Own Kace.
A dispatch from _ Hernando, , .... Miss.,
says: 1 homas Cl ay ton, a. negro, was
shot to death Friday night >y
bers of his own race leeause o a
inal assault on a ten-year-old girl. He
Wft8 to caljln door and bill-
lets, .
for nW f 1 ? ze ? W1 S. ® er “ wtre
fi’i che hl . * !bod y- Tn6 negT0M r *‘
THE SITUATION DESPERATE
Both Taylor and Beckham Have Armed Porces
and Complications Reach Critical Stage.
POWERS AND DAVIS ESCAPE
They Are Intercepted, However, At
Lexington By Sheriff and
Police and Jailed.
Almost without warning the storm
center of excitement in tho Kentucky
gubernatorial strugglo shifted to Lex-
ington Saturday night.
Secretary of State Caleb Powers and
Captain Davis, for whom warrants
were issued charging complicity in the
murder of Governor Goebel, after
spending tho day in the statehouse at
Frankfort, to which the civil officers
bearing the warrants were refused ad¬
mittance by tho soldiers on duty, left
town in disguise. Powers and Davis
wore slipped aboard a Chesapcak and
Ohio train at 8 o’clock Saturday night
and speeded toward Lexington. A
squad of soldiers, coming from tho
governor’s mansion nt double quick,
caught the train just before it pulled
out.
Tho plan of escape was so neatly
laid and executed that it took tho
polico and big force of deputy sheriffs
appointed to guard the entranco to
the capitol grounds and prevent their
escape, off their feet when they real¬
ized what hail occurred. It was sev¬
eral minutes before the truth of the
escape of tho men was definitely
known.
Chief of Folice Williams immedi¬
ately sent telegrams to Lexington,
Midway and all stations along the
road, notifying officers of the escape
and ordering them to be on the look¬
out.
On the arrival of tho train in Lex-
id gton at 8:40 Secretary of Stato Bow¬
ers and Capitol Policeman Davis and
Lieutenant Peak were arrested by the
Lexington police and tho sheriff and
deputies. There was a large force of
officers awaiting thefugitives. Powers
and DaviB still wore tho uniforms of
soldiers aud Davis had on false whisk-
ers.
There was a wild scene when the
officers broke into the car and revol¬
vers were driven by all, but the small
squad of soldiers were greatly out¬
numbered by tho police force of Lex¬
ington and the largo force of deputies
with the sheriff, and the arrest was ef¬
fected without difficulty.
A local attorney recognized Powers
and also pointed out Davis. They
were seized and hurried to the jail. As
the procession swept toward the jail
some people started the report that
there was to he a lynching, and soon
the streets were packed with people,
an enormous crowd gathering about
tho jail. Davis, Towers and Peake
were hurried to the upper cells, but
Peake was later released on bond on a
common warrant charge of resisting
arrest.
Davis had $125 in money on his
persou ani a revolver.
There was found on Powers $1,300.
In the iuside pocket of each man was
found a pardon from Governor W. B.
Taylor, duly signed aud sealed. Pow¬
ers made the statement to an Asso¬
ciated Press representative that he was
not fleeing from arrest. He was sim¬
ply getting away from Frankfort to
avoid lying in jail as Whitaker had
been forced to do; that he had nothing
to fear from arrest, as he was not
guilty of the charge.
Bheriff Boswortli applied at once to
the armory for a special detail of sol¬
diers under Captain Longmiro and
they responded, arriving at the jail a
few moments later, prepared to resist
tho rumored prospective attack. Tho
sheriff then designated a posse to sup¬
plement a squad of soldiers provided
trouble might come and declared that
any attempt to take either of the
prisoners from the jail would bo re¬
sisted to a finish.
Tho Sabbath day brought a hopeful
and encouraging calm to the storm.
Judge George Denny, a prominent Ro-
publican attorney, callod on the pris-
oners during tho day andnwas closeted
with them several hours. He will rep-
resent them in whatever legal Bteps
are taken.
SNUFF TRUST UNDER WAY.
All of the Hie Com panic. Are Organlxlng
In the East.
The New York Journal of Commerce
says:
The recent negotiations of the Arner-
j can a nd Continental Tobacco compa-
niea to arrange for a consolidation of
the leading snuff interests of the coun-
try are said to have been practically
completed and a new $25,000,000 com-
; j, a ny will, it is stated, he organized to
take over all the snuff business of both
the Continental Tobacco and American
Tobacco companies as well as the At-
lantic Bnuff company and Helrna Snuff
company.
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tion* Beach High Figure.
The first issue of the Bheldon edi-
! tion of the Topeka (Kansas) Capital
wi jj pear Tuesday moraing. The
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| Friday was 201,437. For a week
tb(j subscriptions have aggregated
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Editions of the Capital during Shel-
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New York, Chicago and Kansas City.
BOTH SIDES ARE FIRM.
Report Is (liven Out That Taylor
Would Attempt to Arrest
Beckham.
Sunday morning tho Democrats and
the Republicans in Kentucky were for
tho first time since the present politi¬
cal complications assumed acute form,
divided into two armed and organized
factions.
Surrounding the capitol and tho
state executive building and camped
in the grounds around Governor Tay¬
lor’s home were nearly 200 state mili¬
tia, well provided with ammunition,
while in the corridors of tho hotel in
which the Democratic state executive
officers are located, and in the streets
adjaceut to that quilding were sixty
special officers and tho men and hoys
of a militia company that was organ¬
ized in Frankfort during tho day, as
the nucleus of Governor Beckham’s
state guard, besides scores or more of
heavily armed citizens, partisans of
the Democratic element.
Within an hour after the democratic
leaders heard a rumor that an attempt
was to ho made by the state militia to
take Gov. Bock am into custody a pe¬
tition had been circulated and signed
by the requisite number of men neces¬
sary to form a militia company.
The men guarded the Capitol hotel
all night against any possible attempt
to arrest Governor Beckham.
Tho Democratic partisans say Uiat
should the militia attempt to interfere
with the session of the legislature, per¬
sistent rumors of which had been in
circulation all day, it would be next to
impossible to avert bloodshed.
Tho republican officials, however,
deny that such action has been ever
contemplated, and that the legislature
would not ho molested in any way.
The formation of the state guard in
Frankfort to support Governor Beck¬
ham was undertaken by City Clerk
Ben Marshall, who circulated a paper
and enlisted tho requisite number of
men who are to compose the new com¬
pany. The guns for this company
have been provided by citizens, most
of them being either needle guns or
winchesters.
Sunday afternoon a report gained
currency that Governor Taylor had
given his soldiers orders to arrest
Governor Beckham and other officers
of the Democratic state government.
On account of this report the men
enlisted by Captain Marshall were
assembled at the city hall, armed and
sworn in as special police for the pur¬
pose of protecting the Democrrtic offi¬
cers who ore still quartered at tho
Capitol hotel. A large number of cit¬
izens also volunteered and were as¬
signed to various posts in the vicinity
of the hotel to offer a resistance in
case tho talked-of arrests were at-
tempted. > after¬
Governor Beckham Sunday
noon appointed Colonel David R. Mnr-
ry, of Clover Point, assistant adjutant
general, with the rank of colonel, and
he was sworn in.
Tho official announcement was made
that this appointment is only tempor¬
ary. This was regarded as significant,
it being understood that Colonel Mur¬
ray accepted tho appointment present on ae-
count of the gravity of the
situation, and with the understanding
that ho could rosign when the condi¬
tions in the stato become more quiet.
According to a statement made by
Governor Taylor to a representative of
tho Louisville Commercin', lie has
granted a pardon to each of the per-
sons for whom warrants have been is-
sued charging them with being acces¬
sories to the assassination of Governor
Goebel, including Secretary of State
Caleb Powers and ex-Beeretcry of State
Charles Finley. In his statement Gov¬
ernor Taylor recites tho conditions
under which ho claims to have been
elected, and charges the Democratic
contestants for utate offices with con¬
spiracy to secure control of the gov¬
ernment.
BRITISH CASUALTIES TO BATE.
Up to Monday Morning Total Dosses In
War Footed Up 115,077.
The war office in London posts a
bulletin announcing the casualties of
the South African war up to Monday
morning as follows: Killed, 2,41$;
wounded, 8,747; died of disease, 1,029;
missing, 3,483; total, 16,677.
Fatal Fire In Boston.
Fire early Sunday morning in the
building of the Massachusetts Maoorin:
Company, on North street, Boston,
caused a loss estimated from $75,000
to $150,090. One man was killed and
four seriously injured.
T W E NT Y-EI« H TM»K A D.
Beficue Work Still Going On at Bed A»h
Mine.
The total number of those taken out
of tho Bed Ash mine up to Friday
night was thirty-one. Of these Wil-
liarn Robinson, Elisha Bruce and a
boy named Tom, all colored, are living
i and may recover. Tho total number
of dead taken out is twenty-eight, and
the number thought to he in the mine
I is twenty. This makes forty-eight
killed and thiee injured*
VOL. VIII. NO. 82.
TRUCE IN KENTUCKY
Taylor Kemains In Power While
Beckham Acta Governor.
LEGISLATURE adjourns SINE DIE
Teuipornry Pence Patched Up at Confer*
©nee Between Adjutant General*
Collier and CaMlemun.
Tho legislature of Kentucky adjourn¬
ed siue die at Frankfort Tuesday af¬
ternoon. A conference between Ad¬
jutant Generals Oollior and Castlemau
resulted in a perfect understanding
being reached. Governor Taylor will
continue to act as governor. Gover¬
nor Beckham will make no move to-
ward securing possession of the stnto
buildings until after tho court of ap¬
peals has decided tho disputed gover¬
norship.
The legislature appropriated $100,-
000 for the use of Governor Beckham
in reorganizing the state militia.
This in brief was the situation in
Kentucky politics Tuesday night.
Among the more conservative ele¬
ment in each party the opinion pre¬
vails that, the worst is over and that
when the court of appeals renders its
decision the dangers of civil war in tho
commonwealth which has been terribly
imminent will entirely have passed
away.
To the Democratic leaders, with a
full understanding of the situation,
only ono cloud appears on the political
horizon—that is Governor Taylor’s
future course.
Governor Taylor himself will not
outline liis plan of action beyond the
statement which be made to an Asso¬
ciated Press correspondent Tuesday
that, he would “continue to act as gov¬
ernor.” Republicans ill Governor
Taylor’s confidence, however, say that
he will remain in Frankfort in the dis¬
charge of his duties until thecourt limt
of resort passes upon the question at is¬
sue. Then if the decision be against
him lie will step out at onoo and turn
over the state buildings to Governor
Becklmm.
The Republicans will mako every
effort to carry tj^e dispute into tho
federal courts in case tho decision of
the court of appeals, tho supreme
court of Kentucky, is against them,
hut failing in this, they will consider
the question settled.
The Democratic leaders assert that
they will cheerfully abido by the de¬
cision of the court of appeals.
The legislature adjourned late in tho
day after ono of the most remarkable
sessions in the history of the state. In
spite of tho fact that there was the
usual disorder attendant on the clos¬
ing day of the session, especially in
the house, considerable important leg¬
islation was accomplished, including
the passage of the Senator Triplett
resolution appropriating $100,000 to
enable Governor Beckham to “reor¬
ganize, extend the organization and
recover tho munitions of war of the
state.”
Tho debate on the bill in tho house
naturally took on a strong partisan
tinge, hut it finally went through amid
wild cheering by a vote of 53 to 13,
most of the Republicans refusing to
vole.
The bill is regarded as a “war fund”
by the Democrats. A bill appropri¬
ating $5,000 for the Covington library,
the only hill introduced in tho legis¬
lature by Senator Goebel, was also
passed. hitter feeling
In the senate the ex¬
isting between tho Goebel and anti-
Goebel Democrats was shown when
Senator Carter, president of tho sen¬
ate, announced that ho would certify
to the absence from most of the ses¬
sions since January 30th, the date of
Goebel’s assassination, of four anti-
Goebel Democrats, thus preventing
them from drawing their per diem
during that time. Frankfort
Tho evening trains from
were crowded with legislators return-
ing to their homes, and tho city is
practically deserted by politicians, and,
beyond a few soldiers in the capitol
square, little remains to show how
near Kentucky bus been to civil war.
AI’I’IIOPKIATION APPROVED.
Tuesday night Governor Beckham
approved the Triplett $100,000
priation resolution.
FRENCH AT BLOEMFONTEIN,
VrtEun Dlipntchoi UauHe Much Kxcite-
•"•»* *»
Advices . of Tuesday afternoon from
London stated that General French,
with but . entire .. army, had , , reached , ,
Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange
Tree State.
Nothing more can he said of the ad-
vance on Bloemfontein beyond Lord
Roberts own dispatches. Nothing
roore has been permitted to come
through. Doubtless Lord Roberts
himself is fully occupied with military
operations. “General French has ar¬
rived at Bloemenfontein” probably
does not mean that he has entered the
city.
ATTACKED THE GUARD.
Convicts Make De.perate Attempt to Es¬
cape From Penitentiary Farm.
Tuesday morning five convicts on a
penitentiary farm near Columbia, B.
C., attacked Abe Narling, a guard.
They got his winchester, hut did not
know how to operate it, and fought
him with hoes. Ho drew his pis¬
tol after a desperate fight, and
killed Tom Houghton, a negro desper¬
ado, and wounded another. Two sur¬
rendered and one escaped.
BOBS CHECKED
IN HIS ADVANCE
English Meet Strong Resistance
Near Bloemfontein.
A STUBBORN FIGHT IS GIVEN
Battle Raged All Day and Boers
Were Always Ready—Britons
Finally Win Out.
Advices from Driefontein, Orange
Free State, under date of March 11.
state that Broadwood’s cavalry bri¬
gade, advancing on Bloemfontein, un¬
expectedly found the Boers in a strong
position in the Driefontein kopjes on
Saturday. General Kelly-Konny’s di¬
vision arriving, severe lighting ensued.
The Boers resisted stubbornly, hut
were driven from their center position,
leaving a number of dead and forty
prisoners. in which five
During tho fighting, tho
regiments took part, with artillery,
Boors, though forced from their center
position, clung tenaciously to the
other kopjes, shelling the British
fiercely with throe guns and two Viclc-
ers-Maxiins.
Tho British cavalry began to turn
the Boer position, hut night fell be¬
fore the movement was completed.
Tho Boers retired during tho night.
All of the day was occupied in fight ¬
ing. The Boers maintained a stub*
horn rear guard action along a run-
ning front of twelve miles on a very
difficult ground, The British were
advancing in three columns. General
Tucker, to tho southward, occupied
Petrnsberg unopposed; General Kelly-
Ivenny after following tho river hank
moved in tho direction of Abraham’s
kraal.
At Driefontein, about eight miles
south of Abraham’s kraal, the Boers
wore found posted in considerable
strength on the ridges connecting sev¬
eral kopjes where they had mounted
guns. in the
Tho action began at 8 morn¬
ing with an artillery dud. General
French’s cavalry and Major Porter’s
brigade supported our guns. The
Boer artillery was accurately handled
and the British cavalry found the. task
harder than they had expected. Gen¬
eral Broailwood, with dogged perse¬
verance, moved altogether six miles
southward trying to find a moans to
get around, but tho Boers followed
behind ground and oven attempted to
outIIank him.
Meanwhile, tho Bixtli division of in¬
fantry, advancing on the Boer left)
slowly, forced tho enemy to retire.
Hud the infantry been able to move
faster, the Boors would have been en¬
veloped. fired 7:30
The last shot was at p. m.
Hunduy morning not a Boor was to he
seen. The prisoners belonged to
President Kruger’s own commando.
The storming of Alexander kopjo
by the Welsh was a particularly tine
piece of work. Tho mobility of tho
Boors in moving their guns was very
remarkable, Tho Now South Wales
mounted infantry made a gallant hut
unsuccessful attempt to capture a gun.
A largo number of Australians worn
engaged in Saturday’s tight. The
First Australian Horse Bridgade, with
the Boots Greys, advanced within 800
yards of the Boers under heavy fire.
Tho New Bo nth Wales mounted in¬
fantry joined in tho pursuit of tho
Boers northward.
IN LOUISVILLE JAIL.
Whittaker nod Coulton Ilcmovod Front
Frankfort. Under Heavy (In.ml.
Harlan Whittaker and W. II. Ooul-
t oll) w ) 10 we-e confined in jail at
Frankfort, charged with complicity in
the assassination of Goebel, were ro-
moved from tho jail at an early hour
Sunday morning and taken in a hack
to Shelbyvillo, whore they were placed
on n train and sent to Louisville under
a heavy guard. It is understood they
will be kept in the Louisville jail till
the April term of the circuit court,
whon they will bo returned to Frank¬
fort for trial.
CIGAR MAKERS STRIKE.
Over Two Thousand Employes of tli©
Krebft Berthelin & Schiller Co. Quit.
About 2 300 cj(?ar makerg> of whicU
nnm j, er ue arly800are girls, employed
by the firm of Krebs, Bortheim &
Sehiffer at New York are on a strike.
Although the strike was declared to he
the cause of an alleged shortage of
Btockj the strikers have asked for an
j ncreaBe 0 f wages running from 15 to
2 o per cent and that tho store go un-
Uer the control of the union .
trusicr to San Diego.
The United Btates Crusier Philadel¬
phia has sailed from Ban Francisco for
Ban Diego.
ASYLUM STEWARD ARRESTED.
Official Charged With Complicity In Goe¬
bel’* Assassination.
\V. L. Hazelipp was arrested a*
Louisvillo Monday afternoon at the
Central Asylum for tho Insane on a
charge of conspiracy. The charge is
practically the same as that under
which Secretary of State Caleb Powers
and Captain John Davis are now iu
custody. Mr. Hazelipp is allege*'
have been implicated William Goebel, in the plot to
assassinate jff
