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THE ASHBURN ADVANCE.
J. B. HORN K, | Pnblita.
C. B. BKADY, |
GOLDEN SAYS
HE WILL TALK
And Tell All He Knows About the
Assassination of Goebel.
SPURNS TO BE CALLED COWARD
Bold Statement of Young Sergeant
Creates a Sensation Through¬
out State of Kentucky.
A special from L xiugton, Ky.,
says: Sergeant F. Wharton Golden,
the man alleged to have made incrimi¬
nating statements in the Goebel mur-
der case, arrived in the city Tuesday
night in company with his attorney,
Smith Hayes. They cause from Win¬
chester.
Their movements have been kept in
the dark and their presence was not
known until several hours after their
arrival. They did not register at the
Phteuix hotel, but it is stated Golden
went through the rear door of the Phre
nix and subsequently to his room in
the hotel.
Another story is that they were met
by a carriage and driven to the home
of a Goebol Democrat. As the hotel
clerk knew nothing of their arrival ef¬
forts to find Golden proved utile.
Many rumors are in circulation.
One is that Golden is trying to get
away from Goebel influences, but he
is closely watched. It is improbable
that lie has given them the slip.
Another rumor is that ho was in the
city for further conference with Goe¬
bel attorneys.
The stories growing out of the con¬
ference between .Sergeant F. Wharton
Golden, of the Barbourville company
of state militia, and the attorneys who
are managing tho investigation of the
assassination of Governor Goebel have
caused a sensation throughout the
state. Golden will be placed on the
stand by the prosecution in the trial
of persons already arrested for alleged
complicity in the assassination, but in¬
formation as to the exact nature of the
testimony ho is expected to give is
lacking.
“I will do all I can for my Mends
all the time,” Golden is reported as
saying, “but I must first he true to
myself. When the time comes I will
tell all I know. Whatever else may
be said about me I do not think I can
be accused of being a liar, a coward
or a Democrat, and, I want it distinct¬
ly understood that I am not here un¬
der guard.”
The story is published that Golden
has divulged to tho attorneys the
name of the man who fired the shots
that killed Goebel. The person men¬
tioned is a mulatto, who formerly
lived at Winchester, was prominent in
the French-Eversole feud and is
known as a dead shot. This man is
now supposed to be iu the wilds of
one of the mountain counties.
Evidence that he was iu Frankfort
at tho time of the assassination was
found amonj papers taken from W.
II. Culton, a clerk in the auditor’s of¬
fice, when tho latter was arrested a
week or so ago on a warrant charging
him with being an accessory to the
murder.
Among these papers were receipts
for board hills amounting to about
$300, incurred by eighteen men who
were in Frankfort for some time be¬
fore and at tho time Goebel was shot.
In one of those receipts the name of
the mulatto mentioned is given. The
receipt in this case is for money re¬
ceived from John Perkins by Bettina
Pittman for the board of three men.
Perkins is a porter about the state-
house.
GOTHAM’S ItlG DEBT.
The Net Bonded Debt of New York City
Reaches the Hundred Millions.
Comptroller Coler has made public
a statement of the New York city debt
on February 3d. The total gross
funded debt was $364,195,859; the net
$258,312,484 and the net bonded debt
$258,340,084. There were then besides
outstanding bonds of various corpora-
tions now wholly or partly included in
the city of New York amounting to
$4 385 391
OOM PAUL IS FIRM.
Krnger Say* Boer. Will Have Inilepen-
dence or Die In the Straggle.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Pretoria dated February 10th,
says: “Your correspondent has just had
an interview with President Krnger.
<“This war was forced npon iis by
England, which has been misled by
Cecil Rhodes and the mining million-
*ires who want the country,’ he said.
“The Boers yielded as far as possible
a ntil they saw that nothing but com-
pIe te surrender of their independence
”^®Sto?2SSirf will tot. die.’ lb. ” war,
the Boers conquer or
Woman Kills Woman.
Miss Annie Strother, cashier in a
Chicago restaurant, was shot and in-
.tantly killed early Tuesday morning
by Mrs Charles Smith, wife of a
loon keeper, for alleged alienation
of ° the affections of her liege lord.
Cable to Honolulu In bight.
The senate committee on naval af-
f„TS has agreed to a favorable report
on the bill to construct a cable line to
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
Official Organ of Worth County. Orders for Job Printing Given Prompt Attention.
REDMOND RAMPANT
Leader of Irish Nationalists Talks
at Banquet In London.
QUEEN’S VISIT WILL BE UNAVAILING
In Flimnntiiig Irish Hatred or Mitigating
Practical Grievances Against
Great Britain.
At a national banquet at the Hotel
Cecil, in London Tuesday evening,
John Redmond, leader of the nation¬
alist parly in the house of com¬
mons, who presided, said he regarded
the last nine years of public life in
Ireland as a hideous nightmare.
“Our reunion is sincere,” he con-
tinued, ‘and there is nothing, hu¬
manely speaking, which the eighty-
six Irish members of parliament can
not obtain from the exigencies of the
British partios. It is incredible that
British statesmen can be so blind to
the teaching of history as to imagine
that serious practical grievances can
be mitigated by a royal visit to Ireland
or by a British celebration of St. Pat¬
rick’s day.”
Mr. Redmond denounced the war as
the “most damning of which there is
any record in history;” but he evoked
tremendous enthusiasm when referring
to the gallantry of the Irish soldiers.
Edward Blake, member of parlia¬
ment for S 'Utlx Lougford, who pro¬
posed tho toast, “Ireland, a Nation,”
was greeted with hostile cries.
A disturbance ensued and the p nice
were called in to restore order.
Amid tho uproar, stewnrds were
sent for to secure quiet. A scrimmage
followed and blows were exchanged.
After a sharp tussle quietude was ob¬
tain ed.
Later, while Edward McHugh,mem¬
ber of parliament for South Armagh,
was speaking, a small coterie renewed
the interruptions, which developed
into a free fight. Mauy ladies were
present and became greatly alarmed.
Ultimately the police overpowered
the disturbers and ejected them.
HEATH CLAIMS BAILEY.
Victim of Cobb County Mob Succumbs
to Wounds.
John Bailey, tho negro who was tak¬
en from the Cobb county jail at Mari¬
etta, Ga., by a mob Saturday night last
and riddled with bullets because of his
assault upon a young lady a few days
before, died in the jail Tuesday morn¬
ing, and his body was turned over to
his family for burial.
The exhibition of vitality shown by
Bailey was simply marvelous, and the
fact that he remained conscious from
the time of shooting until an hour or
so prior to his death is still more won¬
derful.
Baily had oue ball iu his head back
of the car, two in his left arm. one in
his left leg below the kueo, three in
his right lung, oue in his loin and one
near his spine in the small of his back
and in addition to this had a large
deep cut in the top of liis head caused
by a blow with a piece of iron in the
hands of some one of the mob. In
this condition he lived for 56 hours.
Bailey made a full confession to
Sheriff Bishop and Bailey’s father
Sunday, but Mr. Bishop had promised
that he would not divulge the confes¬
sion until after his death.
Bailey told Deputy Sheriff Anderson
and several others that he passed
along and frighiened the girl, hut did
not make a full confession to them as
he did to Sheriff Bishop and his fa¬
ther. To them he confessed the crime
as had been told by the young lady
and fully corroborated her in every
particular.
PRINTERS FIGHT JOHNSTON.
New Paper Pot Under Ban By Binning-
ham Typographical Union.
The Daily Democrat, a new after¬
noon paper issued in the interest of
Governor Johnston’s senatorial candi-
dacy and published in Birmingham,
Ala., has been put under the ban by
the Typographical Union of that city,
The new paper earned the label of
the Knights of Labor, which or-
ganization isi not affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, as the
printers union. Ihe Knights of La¬
boi are, therefore, immicable to the
printers’ union,hence the action taken.
MAY STAY IN ARMY.
General Wheeler’. Resignation I. Held
In Abeyance By President.
It was semi-officially stated in Wasli-
ington Tuesday that President McKin¬
ley will not accept the resignation of
General Joseph Wheeler, but that the
Alabamian was offered the command-
ership of the a ' eB a '
. . .
It gene a J _
is now
^ that len ^ he 8 ° will eUe n f r ,the g accectauce of
his resignation ro nrmv P nrnvided
. -
be is given a rans e g
able that he left
.cfoa.i a gecret
Manila „n o< 0.. .1
General Otis toward him.
FAVORABLE TO BECKHAM.
judge Field Ha. Two important Qn«»-
t!on. to Dwid..
At Louisville, Tuesday, Judge Field
sustained the demurrer of counsel for
Governor Beckham and granted the
motion to ftrike out certain parts of
tke am ended reply of the Republicans
in the consolidated contest saits. With
this went a judgment signed by Judge
yield, in conformity with this decision
the former one, sustaining the
and motion to strike out.
ASHBUIIN, GA.. SATURDAY. MARCH 24. 191)0.
WHEELER REPORTS
Presents Himself At the War
Department In Washington.
ALSO CALLS UPON THE PRESIDENT
Little General Firmly Insist* That tho
War lit Practically Over In the
Philippine Inlands.
General Wheeler reached Washing-
ton Friday and made an informal call
upon the war department. It is his
idea just as soon as his resignation is
accepted to present himself at the
house to take the oath of office.
It is not known what course Speaker
Henderson will pursue in this matter,
as he declines to discuss it. Tho im¬
pression which some of General Wheel¬
er’s friends have endeavored to make
that he has performed no service since
he sent his resignation to the president
is not borne out by the records of the
war department. in the
These records show that or-,
ders issued to him at Manila on Janu¬
ary 16th he was instructed to proceed
to Guam and investigate the condi¬
tions there. This duty was performed
on his way to the United States and il
is part of the records showing his con¬
tinuous service aB an officer in thi
army. in the ab¬
At the war department, General
sence of Secretary Root,
Wheeler reported formally to Adjutant
General Corbin, thus complying with
the department, order which brought
him from Manila to Washington. The
general wns in the uniform of briga¬
dier general of the volunteer army.
He looked the picture of health, bet¬
ter than when he left Washington.
He gave General Corbin a brief de¬
scription of the conditions in Luzon
when he left. He insisted that the
war was over and that nothing more
was to be done except to run down a
few guerrillas and irregulars. There
was difficulty in this work, he said,
and there was danger, too, but its
prosecution was Dot “war." Ambus¬
cades were frequent and annoying and
it was not easy to tell whether the hid¬
den force was strong or weak—three
men had been mistaken for a company
in some cases.
The general said that the American
troops are doing splendid work there.
They are sound and healthy and in
quite as good shape as they would be
at home engaged in similar service.
This was owing in a measure to tho
excellent care for their men exhibited
by officers and to the watchful precau¬
tions of the staff of the army.
At the conclusion of his interview
with General Corbin, General Wheel¬
er went over to the white house, his
purpose being to secure speedy action
upon his resignation. has
It is learned that such action
been withheld by the president only
to legalize General Wheeler’s travel¬
ing expenses and per diem up to the
moment of his arrival in Washington.
General Wheeler was with the presi¬
dent some time. On leaving the white
house he said liis resignation had not
yet been accepted, but he expected a
decision would be reached within a
few days.
SAN JUAN IS SHORT.
A Municipal Deficit of 880,000 If as Been
Discovered.
A municipal deficit of $80,000 in
the fiscal year has been caused by an
unexpected slump in the city revenue
of San Juan, Porto Rico, from liquors
and cigars. The budget committee in
1899 estimated that $90,000 would bo
collected, but the amount to date is
only $26,000, though probably $13,-
000 more will be received by July.
The city owes the United States treas¬
ury $30,000 and the city hall is mort¬
gaged to the Spanish bank for $20,000.
NO MORE SLOT MACHINES.
All Machines Operating In Tampa, Fla.,
Must Go.
A special from Tampa, Fla., says:
Sheriff Spencer has begun a war of
extermination on the slot machines.
He has issued notices to the effect that
he would destroy all machines in op¬
eration after the 20th of March. The
saloon men are greatly incensed over
the action of the sheriff, but it is not
known what steps they will take, if
any, to prevent the officer from carry¬
out his threats.
ATTORNEYS IN FRANKFORT.
Prominent Legal Light* Will Defend the
Geobel Buftpect*.
Ex-Governor Brown and J. C. Sims,
who will defend Caleb powers, John
Davis and will H. Coulton, suspects
held on the charge of being accesories
to the murder of William Goebel, ar-
rjyed jn FraBkfort lSlln ,] ay night Ex-
Governor Brown was asked if the par-
dons granted by Gov. Taylor to I’owers
an<1 *> av ' 8 on the night they fled an<i
were overhauled at Lexington would
bo pleaded as a defense to the prose-
ention at the examining trials, but he
r * fused t0
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W *>* -'™CA.
Lady Robert*, With Her Daughter*, Goet
to Join Her Hu*band.
The departure of Lady Roberts from
London for South Africa Saturday
was made the occasion of a popnlar
demonstration. Among her fellow
travelers were the dnehess of Teck,
who has gone to join her husband;
General Sir Frederick Carrington and
staff, and Miss RhodeB, Cecil Rhodes’
sister.
The departure of the train was the
signalsjor a great outburst of enthu-
siastfb cheering and the waving of
handkerchiefs.
NEBRASKANS
FOR BRYAN
Democratic State Convention Is
Held at Lincoln.
POPULISTS ARE ALSO IN LINE
Delegates to National Convention
Selected By Both Parties.
Bryan Makes Address.
In effect William J. Bryan an¬
nounced at Lincoln, Nebraska, Mon¬
day night to the Democratic party and
to the nation at large the platform
which he considers best for the Demo-
cratic party, especially upon which he
desires to stand if nominated at the
Kansas City convention.
The platform whioh was adopted by
the Nebraska Democracy in their state
convention, with the greatest enthus¬
iasm, reaffirms the Chicago platform,
declares for “16 to 1,” opposes a large
standing army, denounces the action
of the Republican party on the Porto
Rican tariff bill, declares agniust
trusts and “imperialism” and favors
the choice of United States senators
by popular vote. The platform is
practically the creation of Mr. Bryan.
He did not write it personally, but he
was consulted concerning it, and be¬
fore it was read to tho convention he
had approved it throughout.
The platform adopted by the Popu¬
list convention was substantially the
same as that adopted by the Demo¬
crats. It differs somewhat in form,
but conflicts in no essential point.
Both conventions wero enthusiastic
for Bryan to the last degree and every
mention of his name was greeted with
cheers of delight and approval. In¬
structions were given to both delega¬
tions to stand for Mr. Bryan iu the
Kansas City and Sioux Fall conven¬
tions.
The Democratic state convention
was called to order at 8:15 o'clock by
Jas. Dahlman, chairman of the state
democratic committee. He announc¬
ed that Thomas J. Nolan had been se¬
lected ns temporary chairman, Mr.
Nolan took the chair and after being
presented to the convention made a
lengthy address.
The temporary organization was
made permanent and a committee on
resolutions was named. While that
committee was out Richard R. Met¬
calfe, of Omaha; W. D. Oldham, of
Kearney; W. H. Thompson, of Grand
Island, and A. G. Tibbetts, of Lin¬
coln, were chosen as delegates at large
to the Democratic national convention
at Kansas City.
While the convention was in the
midst of a row over the choice of al¬
ternates to the delegates at large, Mr.
Bryan appeared in the hall. The sight
of him put a stop to nil business, and
the delegates went wild as he mount¬
ed the platform.
Mr. Bryan’s speech dealt almost
entirely with the three questions which
he has been discussing in vai ious
parts of tho country—the money ques¬
tion, the trust question and imperial¬
ism.
He said that the ratio of 16 to 1 wns
the only ratio that was discussed and
the only ratio for which any consider -
ble number of the people of the United
States were working. He denounced
the currency feature of the financial
bill and said that the Republican par¬
ty had never in a campaign advocated
the retirement of greenbacks and that
it would not be able to defend that bill
before the country.
The Populist convention was turbu¬
lent from the start. There were nu¬
merous candidates for every position,
and objectors to every measure.
The committee on credentials de¬
cided against the claims of the middle-
of-the-road Populists from Omaha to
be classed as delegates, and barred
them from the convention.
After being Populist' denied admission ns del¬
egates to the convention tho
middle-of-the-roaders held a small con¬
vention of their own and appointed a
Nebraska delegation to attend the
Populist convention at Cincinnati.
They also decided to hold a state con¬
vention in Nebraska at some date after
the Kansas City convention.
COMMISSION IN ATLANTA.
Much Lig-ht Is Thrown on Conditions In
tho South.
Much light on industrial conditions
in the south, and Georgia in particu¬
lar, was shown by the evidence before
the United States commissioners in
Atlanta, Ga., Monday.
The witnesses examined were Dr. J.
D. Turner, president of the Exposi¬
tion cotton mills; Colonel R. J. Red¬
ding, director of the state experiment
station; Mr. J. E. Nunnally, of Nun-
naiiy, Ga., and Colonel W. L. Peek,
of Conyers, Ga., farmers.
Each of the witnesses gave valuable
information to the commissioners and
was heartily thanked.
OHIO TOWN IN FLAMES.
Over Two Hundred Thousand Dollar*
Worth of Property Destroyed.
The W. P. Orr linseed oil mill, of
the American Linseed Oil Company, at
Piqua, Ohio, was completely destroyed
by fire Monday night. Tho The losg is
estimated at $175,000.
flouring mills caught fire and
entirely destroyed. Loss, $75,000.
Other buildings flames. were soon
in the
REWARD FOR LYNCHERS.
Qorernor Candler of GeorgU
Wants Members of Cobb County
Hob Punished.
Governor Candler of Georgia is de¬
termined that tho perpetrators of tho
crime at Marietta, last Saturday night,
in which tho negro John llailey was
brought practically shot to pieces, shall bo
to justice.
Monday afternoon the chief execu¬
tive, in compliance with request of
Cobb county officers, issued notice of
a reward of $200 for the arrest with
evidence to convict, of the first mem¬
ber of the lynching party, and $100
for each subsequent arrest.
The mob which took Ilailey out of
the hands of the law is believed to
have been ICO strong, and while it is
not on record that any lynching mob
was ever captured entirely, should 100
of the lynchers he located and con-
victod tho cost to tho state would be
$10,200.
The county officers of Cobb, or at
least some of them, requested the
governor to issno a large reward for
the lynchers in tho hope of nt least
bringing tho loaders of the party to
justice. The governor immediately
complied with the request, expressing
in plain language his condemnation of
the work of the mob.
Tho sheriff of the county and his
deputies are understood to be hard at
work in attempting to discover the
perpetrators of tho deed, though un¬
der the law they cannot receivo the
reward, ns they are sworn to do their
duty regardless of money offers.
Following is the order of Governor
Candler providing for n reward for the
apprehension of tho Cobh county lynch¬
ers:
March, 19, 1900.—Whereas, official
information has boen reooived nt this
department that on tho night of March
17, 1900, in tho county of Cobb, some
unknown persons committed nssault
with intent to minder upon the person
of John Bailey, colored, by forcing an
entrance to the jail anil taking there¬
from tho said Bailey and shooting
him; and
Whereas, tho malignity of tho crime
and the promotion of justice require
that the said unknown persons be
brought to justice for the crime with
which they stand charged; it is, there¬
fore
Ordered, That the secretary of state
record and publish a proclamation of¬
fering a reward of $200 for the appro-
heusion and delivery, with proof suffi¬
cient to convict of the first of said un¬
known persons to the sheriff of Cobb
county, and an additional reward of
$100 for each additional one of said
unknown persons apprehended and
convicted of said crime.
A. I>. Candler, Governor.
ALLEGED CONFESSION
Of Suspected Goebel Assassin Stint
Frankfort—Trials Are Post¬
poned By Judge Moore.
Caleb Powers, John Davis and Wil¬
liam H. Culton, charged with being
accessories to tho murder of William
Goebel, were arraigned at Frankfort,
Monday, for trial before Judge Moore.
The commonwealth was not ready and
by agreement tho trials wore set. for
Friday. Ex-Governor John Young
Brown made a demand for a list of
witnesses for the commonwealth, but
this was refused by the prosecution on
the ground that publicity might oauso
some of them to avoid being sum¬
moned.
Nows of an alleged confossion of F.
Wharton Golden, of Barbourville, in
regard to the assassination of William
Goebel, reached Frankfort during the
day and produced a sensation.
Golden was formerly a guard at the
penitentiary in Frankfort under the
Republican administration and is well
known. It developed that the police
and detectives have been watching his
movements since the day of the assas¬
sination on the theory that ho knew
something about it.
Commonwealth Attorney Franklin
and Comity Attorney Pohlsgrove do¬
cline to discuss the alleged confession,
as did others who are assisting in tho
prosecution, though one went so far as
to say Mr. Golden will be one of the
most important witnesses introduced
by the state.
Home regret that the matter became
public so soon, aH they fear it will not
»nly make it dangerous for him to r<f
tarn to his home at Barbonrvillo.
ATLANTA POSTOFEICE HILL.
Henate Passes tho Measure and Prospects
In House Are Bright.
The Atlanta public building bill was
called from the calendar in the senate
Monday afternoon and unanimously
passed that body. appropriation of
The bill carries an
$500,000 for enlarging and otherwise
improving the present federal building
in Atlanta.
The bill will be reported Colonel by the
bouse committee as soon us
Livingston returns from Georgia, and
the prospects are favorable that the
bill will soon become a law, and the
work on the building will begin during
the summer.
Wheeler Talk* of Guam.
General Wheeler called at the navy
department Saturday to consult with
Secretary Long and Assistant Secre¬
tary Allen, respecting the report he
was charged to make regarding the
Island of Guam.
A Lynching In Alabama.
Lee county, Alabama, bad a lynch¬
ing Sunday, when Charlie Humphries,
negro who had attempted to and
a young white girl, was caught
shot by a number of white men.
VOL. V: I f. NO. OO »>.).
JAIL DOORS SMASHED
Mob In Marietta Shoots Prisoner
In the Publio Streets.
CHARGED WITH THE USUAL CRIME
After Filing About Fifty Hhotn tho Would-
lt« lij'iiohorn Quickly
Illipomod.
At 1 o’clock Sunday morning a mob
of masked men, numbering about l. r >0,
marched to the jail in Marietta, Ga.,
battered down the doors with crow¬
bars, rudely awakened John Hailey, a
negro charged with attempted rape,
marched him to the center of the court
house square in tho very heart of the
city and fired fully fifty shots at him,
leaving him for dead in the spot where
ho fell.
It is not known who composed the
mob. All or nearly all were masked.
It is thought, howevor, that they came
from tho country.
The crime which Hailey attempted
and which caused the ussault on tho
jail is not often attempted in Cobh
county, where in tho past there lia«
been but little trouble with tho ne¬
groes.
The knowledge of what the negro
had attempted, however, stirred tho
people of Marietta and vicinity as that
quiet country folk lias not been moved
in many years.
Thursday afternoon, shortly after 4
o'clock, while Miss Amanda Hneli-
grove, a yonng lady of Cobh county,
was returning to her home, which is
within a mile and a half of Marietta,
she was accosted by a negro man, who
made known his purposes in unmis¬
takable terms.
Mho sought to escape him, hut ho
seized her in his grasp and she could
only struggle and fight for her honor
ns best she knew. Evidently alarmed
by her screams and fearing that the
neighboring farmers might be attract¬
ed, tho negro released his intended
victim and ran into the woods.
Miss Snellgrove, faint and sick from
her experience and narrow escape,
made her way to her fathor’s home
and related her experience. Sundry
bruises about her head, throat and
body attested the violence with which
she had struggled while in the negro’s
grasp.
The relatives of the young lady im¬
mediately informed the sheriff of the
attempted assault and a posse within
a short time was scouring the woods for
tho negro. Suspicion pointed to John
Holding Bailey and at 10 o'clock
Thursday night his cabin was surround¬
ed. He did not resist arrest, hut pro¬
tested his innocence.
He was taken to the Snellgrove
home, where a confrontation with Miss
Snellgrove ocrurred and her identifi¬
cation of him was completo. The ne¬
gro was at once conducted to tho jail,
whero ho remained until the mol)
stormed tho place Saturday night.
SHAMROCK VIES WITH PKIMROSE
Oreen Largely In Kvlilenee Throughout
Knglauil On Nt. l’ulrlok’. I>»y.
A London dispatch says: Shamrock
day promisos to vie with primrose day
in the lioarts of the people, judging
from the enthusiasm witli which the
loyalists all over the United Kingdom
celebrated. From Windsor castle,
where tho queen observed the dny by
wearing a sprig of genuine fonr-leafed
shamrock, to the east end of the slums
of London, nearly everyone sported
something in tho shape of a green
flag. A word from her majesty lias
turned the emblem of semi disloyalty
into a badge of honor and bus made
the shamrock the most prized of all
the plants in the British isles.
By the queen’s order, the bells of
the curfew of Windsor castlo honored
St. Patrick Saturday morning; Irish
airs played by the Grenadiers enliv¬
ened the queen’s luncheon, and Lon-
don’t) mansion house floats a now Irish
flag, with tho Union Jack in tho upper
corner.
Most of tho government officials
hoisted tho Irish flag and the clubs
were similarly decorated, the officials
all wearing tho green. The lord chief
justice, Lord Russell of Killowea, set
the example in the law courts and all
the judges followed his example of
wearing the shamrock below their
ermino collars.
PLATFORM M CCHLY DISCUSSED.
Action of Nol r»ikini» An Inlerwutlng
Topic nt Nntlmittl Capital.
The platform adopted by the Demo¬
crats of Nebraska was much discussed
in Washington Thursday because of
its presumed hearing upon the na¬
tional platform. The fact that Mr.
Bryan, in some degree, outlined this
utterance of the Democrats of his own
state was sufficient cause for its being
much talked about.
The principal criticisms which were
made against it were by Republicans
and those Democrats who are not rec¬
onciled to tho Chicago platform.
PETITION OF POKTO IUCANS,
Larj((* MaM Meeting H«1<1 In Han Juan to
DUcun* Needs of Islander*.
A large gathering of 10,000 people,
headed by the San Juan chamber of
commerce, assembled at the palace of
the governor general Tuesday to sub¬
mit a petition with reference to the
needs of the island. On behalf of
General Davis, Lieutonant Colonel
Hall, his adjutant general, assured
them that Porto Rico would receive
justice, and expressed pleasure at the
interest in the question. An account
of the proceedings will be transmitted
to Washington.
A HOT BED OF
INSURRECTION
Has Manila, the Philippine Me¬
tropolis Proved To Be.
REBELS INFEST THE CITY
General Otis rinds an Abundance
•f Troublesome Situations
Right nt Mbi Door.
Advices from the Philippines state
that General Otis considers Manilla the
most troublsome center iu the situation
there, just now. The insnrgent junta
in connection with that iu Hong Kong,
growing active. The military authori¬
ties have been forced to put ft stop to
Mnbini’s intercourse with the public.
Tho local and foreign press considers
his recent utterances calculated to in¬
cite the Filipinos to a continued revolt
and prejudicial to American control.
Flores, who has just arrived in Ma¬
nilla says he comes trusting to Ameri-
can leniency, and that he would not
linvo dared come to Manilla if
Spain were yet in control. Ho cher¬
ishes the hopes and aspirations which
actuated him when in the field and de¬
sires to watch congressional action
upon the question of tho Philippines.
Tho insurgents, lie says, do not expect
to vanquish tho Americans, but are
maintaining a resistance with the idea
of forcing congress to accord them tho
best possible terms. representative insur¬
A number of
gent leaders from different parts of
Luzon .have recently been in confer-
ence in Manila. Homo bavo beeu
placed under arrest, but tbo others
thus far have not been interfered with.
Louis Hpitzcl, head of tho firm of
Louis Spitzel A Co., contractors to
the Chinese government, and himself
a suspected filibuster, camo from
Hoag Kong to Manila last week and
was temporarily detained in custody
on suspicion. It, is asserted upon good
authority Hint three loads of arms and
ammunition have recently been landed
on the cast coast of Luzon.
Reports nro current of active rebel
reorganization in the province of Mo-
rong, whore the insurgent leaders nro
said to he assisted by prominent Span¬
ish residents. Inhabitants of this
province who are now iu Manila have
been advised not to return to their
homes, but to remain under the pro¬
tection of the Americans.
It is also reported that the rebels
are reorganizing in the province of
Zainhab s under Mncardo. Brigands
are committing atrocities in the prov¬
ince of Neiiva Eeiga, where they liavo
murdered twenty natives and China¬
men. Eight other murders have been
committed near Turlac. Tho Neuva
Eeiga insurgents nro heavily taxing
local traders and farmers with tho re¬
sult that business ih paralyzed and
there is a general scarcity of food.
Tho funds for maintaining this
guerilla warfare nro collected from
the various towns of the island, wheth¬
er occupied by the Americans or not,
even including Manila.
In the province <>f Albny tho insur¬
gents have ceased harassing the Amer¬
icans, owibg, it is reported, to a lack
of ammunition, hut they continue rav¬
aging tho country by burning and
looting. Tho natives nro tiring of this
Bort of thing and threaten to turn
against tlio marauders. Already the
townspeople of Legaspi, Albuy and
Donzoi nro slowly returning to their
homes.
Major Allen, of the Forty-third regi¬
ment, has been appointed military
governor of the island of Samar, whore
Lukhau, the former leader of the
rebels in that locality, is still in the
mountains.
Evidence aenmulrites ft the treason
and perfidy of the municipal presi¬
dents in the provinces of Genera! Mac-
Arthur’s district. Tho presidents of
several towns in Lepanto and Union
provinces have declined to continuo
in their positions, saying that they do
not desire nny further identification
with the Americans. Travel between
tbo towns garrisoned by the Americans
is becoming more dangerous. All
wagon trains must be escorted by
heavy guards to insure thoir safety.
SCHLEY’S HOME FUNIIS.
Committee In Informed That fsubgcrlp*
tloti* Are Abundant.
At a meeting in Washington of tho
national executive committee engaged
in raising funds for a homo for Rear
Admiral Schley Saturday night Sec¬
retary Evans reported many favorable
responses to the circulars soliciting
contributions. He also reported that
absolute refusals to contribute to the
fund had been received from the uavnl
contingent on duty in Washington,
with one single exception, that of Ad¬
miral Hichborn, and iu some instances
the refusals were accompahied by ad¬
verse comments on the committee’s
project.
CAUSED BY GASOLINE.
riva Person. Dio of Injuries anil Others
Are In Precarious Condition.
Five dead, one fatally and one seri-
0 usly injured, sesulted from an at-
tempt to start a tire with gasoline at
Columbus, O., Friday night. George
white used the fluid at James Wea-
yey’g residence and an explosion fol
lowed, the building was set on fiatf
aU( j inmates were oovered vrith tie
burning fluid. '*
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