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VOL. XXV.
'ASSASSIN’S BULLET
LAYS GOEBEL LOW
Consummation of a Dastardly Plot
Stirs the State of Kentucky.
FIRED ON FR01B HOUSE
OCCUPIED BY TAYLOR
Goebel Was on His Way
1 to the Sente Chamber
When Shot Down.
•;
tfhile walking through the capitol
groan ds at Frankfort, Ivy., on his way
itothe capitol building at 11:10 o’clock
(Tuesday morning William Goebel, the
[Democratic contestant for governor of
Kentucky, was shot down aud very
dangerously wounded.
The shots were fired from a window
If the executive building just east of
She legislative hall.
[ Harland Whittaker, a of farmer, Governor of
[Butler county, the home
Naylor, is now in the jail at Louisville
[charged with the crime. There is no
nirec: evidence against Whittaker and
L was placed under arrest more be¬
cause tal bnilding lie was when caught the around shots were the capi¬ fired
baa for any other apparent reason.
lier Ho denios in the most positive man¬ with
that he had any connection
be shooting or knew anything about
It. He was running toward the place
■there Goebel fell, and not away from
It [ when caught and arrested.
Senator Goebel was wounded by a
title Lick halt of small caliber, not over 38,
lust struck him in tho right side
kith's the arm pit. The ball
passed ■•igbt lung, through the the back body part of diag¬ the
across on a
onal line, passiug out below the left
piionlder blade.
That the shooting of Mr. Goebel
pas the result of a carefully laid plan
p without question. The man who
Bid the work had evidently taken his
ptand piously at been the window raised in which order had to allow pre
Ibe free passage of the bullet, and
[waited Right before until firing. his victim was in full
Ever siuce the influx of mountain
ms last week a large number of them
pave pf the been st&teliouse. sleepiug in It is the upper known, part
not
powever, that any of these men did
pie work, or meditated the crime,
were has not, so far, been discovered
pe slightest direct evidence pointing
F 0 «>y 'nan, and it is not likely that
»cv will ever be found.
I The man who fired the shots took
[be posing precaution to conceal his location
smokeless powder cartridges,
pscoreof people were where they had
poll Pom which view of the side of the building
the firing was done and all
pthem declare that not a sign of pow
I™ smoke was visible.
I Hr. Goebel was on his way to the
P B# ' e chamber in company with
poloaei Jack Chinn, and Warden Eph
phlard, of the Frankfort penitentiary.
F-Lillard was a few feet in advance
[ Luebel and Chinn, who were walk
Fg side by side, Goebel being on the
TPtand Chinn upon tho left. From
p outer edge of the capitol grounds
j® the step of the capitol building the
Nance is about 300 feet.
the shot was beard, Goebel gave
, bjaick, involuntary
&m exclamation of
L an| f m ade an effort t» draw his
revolver. His strength was un
Rw to the task, however, and he
rj uth upon the pavement,
r great rapidity several more
were fired, the bullets all strik
? ' )r 'cR sidewalk close to where
r, i ia None
U y- of them touched
F®, however. Lillard hastily turned
L. 0 aid Goebel, who was sup
pM , by Chinn, who had his
0 him arms
r ® almost as soon he touch
as
r,“ [Get e Pavement, help,”
said Chinn to Lillard,
[ Jra ing to Goebel, he asked:
name is porto rico.
,e Commute Decide* That I»Iand
Shall Be So K nown.
JV wiled 9en ate committee far it on Porto decide, Rico
. so as can
^'lie island anr ' shall °t be known as Por
a as Puerto Rico, as
7 a recent executive order. At
-e .ng of the committee Saturday
section r- mga form with of the government Foraker bill, for
•an -atnmously ■ s P e Hing of the name
decided upon.
cotn mittee went over the bill in
Lv’ i5e Riding °i°gy and upon many alterations changes in
L, rWier&l provision some
of the measnre.
w arsh!ps for china.
W U1 Send More Battleship* to
1 rotect Her Interests.
r .J 0n 8 v \ ew is taken in diplo
it , ’ Vienna of
liBpk- n the situa¬
te Qina. The Neue Freie Presse
other powers will follow
f^aiple ^Lfotect France their and send war
f 1 n subjects. The
t t:. „ ? ar ' a n cruiser Zonta will
4 o?® ^ in days and
NSfLj ori 6 a few
. disposal of the Austro
minister.
The Eockdale Banner.
“Are yon hurt, Goebel? Did they
get you?’
“They have got me this time,” said
Mr. Goebel. “I guess they have
killed me.”
While Chinn was holding the
wounded man, supporting his head in
his arms, four shots more were fired
at both men. All of them struck close,
making the dust fly from the brick
pavement. Lillard
Both Chinn and stuck to
their friend, neither of them moving
from his side until the firing ceased.
Chinn and Lillard are men of experi¬
ence in affairs in which powder smoke
is a more or less prominent feature
and both declare that while they could
tell the general direction from which
the bullets came, they could but guess
at the spot from which they were fired.
When the firing ceased Lillard ran
for help. He had not far to go, for
there is always a crowd around the
gates of the capitol building.
In less than a minute dozens of men
were around Goebel. He was losing
much b!co i and was becoming very
weak. He was hastily carried to the
office of Dr. E. E. Hume, in the base¬
ment of the Capitol hotel, about a
thousand feet from the spot where the
shooting occurred. Here he was laid
upon a sofa while Dr. Hume made a
hasiy examination, pronouncing the
wound to be of a nature that must
cause death in a ehort time.
MILITARY CALLED OCT.
The Republican officials acted with
the greatest promptitude. Adjutant
General Collier was sitting in his
office when the shots were fired. He
was not over 200 feet from Goebel
when be fell. He instantly rushed
out of the building, and being told
that Goebel had been shot, he realized
that prompt steps must be taken to
avoid the turbulence which might
easily follow the great excitement
which was increasing every minute.
He at once telephoned to the armory
on the hill, where all during the gu¬
bernatorial contest the local company
of infantry had been in reserve and
within 20 minutes the company, 30
strong, under command of Captain
Wolcott, was drawn up front of the
capitol building. Guards were placed
at every gate leading to the capitol
gronnds and nobody was permitted to
enter or leave.
Goebel, who showed great fortitude
and courage throughout, smiled weak¬
ly as he heard the verdict and feebly
rolled his head from side to side in
token of dissent from the opinion ex¬
pressed by the physician. He was
then carried to his room on the second
floor of the Capitol hotel and in addi¬
tion to Dr. Hume, Drs. McCormick
and Ely were summoned to attend
him.
There was talk on every side of
placing under arrest every man who was
in the building when the shots were
fired,even including Governor Taylor,
though, of course, nobody believed
for a moment that he had any knowl¬
edge of the crime. He expressed him¬
self immediately after the shooting as
being extremely sorry that such a thing
had happened.
Adjutant General Collier, who is a
red hot follower of Governor Taylor,
aud who has never minced his words
in any way when Mr. Goebel was the
subject of discussion, said:
“It is a most deplorable affair in ev
ery way. I would not have had it
happen, for it may possibly cause
trouble in Frankfort, but I think not.
At any rate if the trouble comes, we
are abundantly able to take care of it.”
As soon as it was noised around
that Goebel had been shot.members of
the legislature made a wild rush for
the telegraph office and filed volumi¬
nous messages to their constituents,
and within an hour replies began to
pour in, the general run of them being
tenor,which “We are coming. ”
oue was
It was expected in answer that fully
5,000 men would arrive in Frankfort
during the afternoon and night.
WILL LAST LONG TIME.
Transvaal Agent Declares the End of Hos¬
tilities Is Not In Sight.
The Deutsche Teges Zeitung (Ber¬
lin) publishes an interview with Dr.
Leyds which represents him as hav ng
said: “The war will certainly last a
very long time. The Transvaal will
decidedly not be the first- to seek
peace, and will refuse any proposals
on the basis of the status quo.”
Roland Reed Recovering.
Roland Reed, the actor, who has
been ill in St. Luke’s hospital in New
York for several weeks, is reported to
be resting easily. His physicians say
he is on the r oad to recovery .
NEW ALABAMA ROADS.
Something Dike Five Hundred Miles Are
in Conrae or Conatmction.
A Montgomery dispatch says: Ala
bama is enjoying an uprecedented de
<rree of prosperity in the way of rail
road development. Something like 500
miles of new road are now in course
of construction, some of it being al
most completed and some of it just
being commenced on. This means an
increase of about 15 per cent in the
railroad mileage of the state.
CONYERS. GA.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 1900.
ABOUT CHURCH PROPERTY.
Administration at Sea Regarding
Claims of Catholic Church.
In New Possessions.
A Washington dispatch says: Pres¬
ident McKinley has determined to
leave to the new Philippines commis¬
sion the question of the disposition of
the church property in the archipelago.
The commissiou will consult with the
muuicipal officials relative to the ao
tion to be taken and the status of the
friars who remain in the islands will
also be determined.
At the same time tb8 administration
will have to decide what shall be done
with church property in the island of
Porto Rico aud the claims of the
Catholic clergy, both there and in the
Philippines, for the continuation of
the support they received from the
government of Spain, and which, the
clergy assert, is guaranteed them by
the treaty of Paris.
Theso questions are embarrassing to
the administration, especially as they
are raised on the eve of the presiden¬
tial campaign, and there is no desire
on the part of the officials to take any
action which might be offensive to the
Catholic voters of the country.
While no formal claims have as yet
been preferred by representatives of
the Catholic church for restoration to
the church of certaiu public buildings
aud lauds in Porto Rico, General Da¬
vis understands that it is the intention
to claim ownership to several valuable
structures in San Juan and to ask for
the surrender of the property. These
edifices, it is asserted, belonged orig¬
inally to certain religious orders, but
were taken possession of by Spain,
held as public property, and finally
transferred as such to the United
States.
SMITH GETS LIFE SENTENCE
He Threw Vitriol In Mrs. Hil¬
liard’s Face, riaking Her
Blind For Life.
In the Bibb county superior oourt
at Macon, Ga., Monday afternoon, W.
D. Smith was found guilty of throwing
vitriol in the face of Mrs. Hilliard and
sentenced to a life term in the peni¬
tentiary.
The court was called to order Mon¬
day morning by Judge Felton, who,
after going through with the prelim¬
inaries of the opening, gave way to
Judge John S. Candler, who was call¬
ed to Macon to try a number of cases in
which Judge Felton was disqualified.
Before the hour of opening the
court room began to fill with specta¬
tors, and by the time the judge Tap¬
ped for order nearly every seat on the
first floor was occupied.
After the selection of a jury Mrs.
Hilliard was the first to take the stand.
She began by telling the whole story
of the occurrence from the time Smith
entered the house until he made hia
dastardly assault. He saw her in the
hall as he came up the steps of the
Gray house, and calling her to the door
engaged her in conversation concern¬
ing his wife. He asked where Mrs.
Smith was staying; that he wanted to
speak to her. Mrs. Hilliard told him
that his wife did not wish to see him
and had threatened to lock herself up
in a room if he insisted. The conver¬
sation was continued to some length
when Mrs. Hilliard stooped down to
speak to the servant, who was stand¬
ing half concealed behind the balus¬
ters on the front porch. Just as she
raised up Smith drew a bottle from
his pocket, and drawing the stopper
out dashed the contents in her eyes.
Dr. C. H. Peete could not say posi¬
tively whether the wound had been
inflicted with an acid or an alkali, the
effects would have been very much the
same, both resulting in fatal injury,
as Mrs. Hilliard was totally blind and
would be so for life.
Arguments of attorneys were brief
and Judge Candler’s charge succintly
covered every point of the case. The
jury quickly rendered a verdict of
guilty.
CASHIER WAS SHORT.
Robert A. Jenkins, of Shreveport, l.*.,
Arrested In Texas.
Robert A. Jenkins, who was cashier
of the Texas and Pacific Railroad com¬
pany at Shreveport, was arrested in
San Francisco Monday and taken back
to Louisiana on the charge of appro¬
priating $2,200 belonging the his em¬
ployers.
FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS.
Chief of Engineers Reports Amount of
Money Now Available.
General Wilson, chief of engineers,
reports to congress that on the first of
the year the funds available for river
and harbor work included the follow¬
ing: Virginia, James river, $143,923;
North Carolina, Cape Fear river, at
and below Wilmington, $120,518;
South Carolina, Winyah bay, $358,542;
Georgia, Savannah harbor, $606,455;
Florida, St. John’s river, $243,556:
Hillsboro bay, $122,531. Also, Cum¬
berland sound, Georgia and Florida,
$856,600.
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Establish Free Night Schools.
The Cigar Makers’ union at Key
West, Fla., has established free night
schools, where both English and
Spanish are taught. Apprentices must
attend, and in future no boy will be
permitted to learn cigar making unless
can re ad and write,
Depevr’s Opera House Burned.
The Depew opera house in Peeks
kill, N. Y., owned by United States
Senator Chauncey M. Depew, was de¬
stroyed by fire Monday.
BOERS AGAIN ROUT BRITONS
Fifteen Hundred Dead Left On Battle Field
About Spion Kop.
WARREN IS FORCED BACK
Intrepid Burghers Could Not Be
Stopped By the Storm of
British Bullets.
A London dispatch under date of
Sunday says: General Buller reports
that Warren's troops have retreated
south of the Tugela river. The Boers
say that the British loss is 1,500 kill¬
ed. It i.T believed that this includes
the wounded. The Boers also claim
that 150 of the English troops surren¬
dered at Spion kop.
General Buller further states that
Spion Kop was abandoned on account
of lack of water, inability to bring
artillery there and the heavy Boer
fire. General Buller gives no list of
casualties. His whole force withdrew
south of the Tugela river with the evi¬
dent intention of reaching Ladysmith
by another route. Following is the
text of General Buller’s dispatch,dated
Spearman’s camp, Saturday, January
27th, 0:10 p. m.
“On January 20th Warren drove
back the enemy and obtained posses¬
sion of the southern crests of the high
tableland extending from the line of
Acton Homes and Ilongers poort to
the western Ladysmith hills. From
then to January 25th he remained in
close contact with the enemy.
“The enemy held a strong position
on a range of small kopjes stretching
from northwest to southeast across
the plateau from Aeon Homes,
through Spion kop to the left bank of
the Tugela.
“The actual position hold was per
perfectly tenable, but did not lend it¬
self to an advance, as tho southern
slopes were so steep that Warren
could not get effective artillery posi
sition, and water supply was a diffi¬
culty. 23d assented to his
“On January I
attacking Spion kop, a .arge hill, in¬
deed a mountain, which was evidently
the key to the position, but was far
more accessible from the north than
from the south.
“On the night of January 23d he
attacked Spion kop, but found it very
difficult to hold, as its perimeter was
too large and water, which he had
been Jed to believe existed in this ex
traordinary dry season, was found
very deficient.
“The crests were held all that day
against the severe attacks and a heavy
shell fire. Our men fought with great
gallantry. I would especially mention
the conduct of the Second Cameroni
ans and the Third King’s Rifles, who
supported the attack on the mountains
from the steepest side and, in each
case, fought their way to the top, and
the Second Lancashire Fusilliers and
Second Middlesex, who magnificently
maintained the best traditions of the
British army throughout the trying
day of January 24th, and Thorncroft’s
mounted infantry who fought through
the day equally well along side of
them.
General Woodgate, who was in com¬
mand at the summit, having been
wonnded, the officer who succeeded
him decided on the night of January
24th to abandon the position and did
so before dawn January 25th.
FROM BOER HEADQUARTERS.
The following was sent out from
Boer headquarters, Modder Spruit,
under date of Thursday, Jan. 25:
Some Vryheid burghers from the out¬
posts from the highest hills cf the
Spion kop group rushed into the laa¬
ger saying that the kop was lost and
that the English had taken it. Re-en¬
forcements were ordered up, but noth¬
ing could be done for some time, the
hill being enveloped in thick mist.
At dawn the Heidelberg and Caroli¬
na contingents, supplemented from
other commandoes, began the assent
of the hill. Three spurs, precipitions
projections, faced the Boer positions.
Up these the advance was made. The
SENATOR BACON SPEAKS.
Georgian Declares Against Retention of
Philippine Islands.
Senator A. O. Bacon, of Georgia,
addressed the senate Tuesday after¬
noon on his resolutions declaring
against the retention of the Philippine
islands and iu favor of the establish
mentof an independent and stable
government for the natives of those
islands.
The galleries were well filled,among
those present being a number of the
members of the Georgia colony in
Washington. The house adjourned at
1:30, and all of the Georgia members
of congress took seats in the senate
chamber to hear the senator speak.
ItOAD CHANGES HANDS.
Geovgetown and Western, In South Caro¬
lina, Purchased By Syndicate.
The reported sale of the George
te “n”o! r . 0a fh? AUa'ntic
man, one of the directors The com
R aI Flin a t? of C NewYork, president. The
1» p»« to tow—.
horses were left under the first terraces
of rocks.
Scaling the steep hill the Boers
found that the British had improved
the opportunity and intrenched heavi¬
ly. Between the Hues of trenches was
an open veldt, which had to be rushed
under a heavy fire not only from rifles,
but from lyddite and shrapnel from
field guns. Three forces ascended the
three spurs, co-ordinately under cover
of fire from the Free State Krupps,
a Creusot and a big Maxim.
The English tried to rush the Boers
with the bayonet, but their infantry
went down before the Boer rifle fire
as before a scythe.
The Boer investing party advanced
step by step until 2 o’clock in the af¬
ternoon when a white flag went up and
150 men in the front trenches surren¬
dered, being sent as prisoners to the
head laager.
The Boer advance continued on the
two kopjes east of Spion kop. Many
Boers were shot, but so numerous
were the burghers that the gaps filled
automatically. Toward twilight they
reached the summit of the second
kopje, but did not get further.
The British Maxims belched flame,
but a wall of fire from the Mausers
held the English back. Their center
under this pressure gradually gave
way and broke, abandoning the posi¬
tion.
Firing continued for some time and
the Fusiliers and the Light Horse
serving as infantry, threw up thier
arms and rushed out of the trenches.
The British dead left on the battle¬
field number 1,500.
The effect of the abandonement of
Spion kop by the English can hardly
be ganged as yet, but it must prove to
be immense.
GOVERNMENT CRITICISED.
All the editorials in London papers
of Sunday morning breathed the calm
of determination. No one will allow
that one reverse could deter the coun¬
try from the object it has set itself to
attain, whatever the sacrifices which
may be involved.
Very frank criticisms of the govern¬
ment, however, is beginning to be
heard even in quarters that have hith¬
erto refrained. The Daily Mail bodily
throws all the blame upon Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, Lord Lausdowno aud
Lord Wolseley.
DADY TURNED DOWN.
Judge Speer Refuses Injunction
Sought Against Georgia and
Alabama Road.
At Macon, Ga., Saturday, Judge
Speer, in the case of Dady against the
Georgia and Alabama railway, refused
the injunction sought to prevent the
consolidation of the Seaboard Air-Line
system. He referred to the fact that
causes substantially similar werepend
ing in the federal jurisdiction of Vir¬
ginia aud North Garolina, holding that
the court which first took cognizanoe
the case should carry it to its termina¬
tion.
He further held that only a majority
vote of stockholders was necessary for
such consolidation in Georgia and that
it was not properly maintainable, that
because the defendants, John Skelton
Williams, occupied the position of a
member of the voting trust, president
of the Georgia land Alabama and of
the Florida Central and Peninsular,
that the merger or consolidation
brought about through his instrumen¬
tality should be enjoined.
An interesting part of the decision
is that which hears upon the competi¬
tive character of the two roads. Trac¬
ing their general trend and calling at¬
tention to the fact that after leav¬
ing Savannah they are in nowisee
connected save through the interme¬
diary of one or two shallow rivers on
wffiich small steamboats occasionally
ply and that intervening the two lines
are powerful competitive systems, he
says: “It is not difficult to perceive
that the contemplated system of the
Seaboard Air-Line, instead of tending
to defeat competition, must invaria¬
bly tend to preserve it.”
BULLER IN DANGER.
Boer* Now Have Opportunity For Cutting
Him Off.
A London dispatch to Tte New York
Evening Worldsays:
Buller’s danger is now forcing itself
on the military experts. A committee
of national . defense has already , taken . ,
it up and is gravely considering it.
Lord Roberts himself has communi¬
cated his anxiety, it is said.
He has, it is reported, cabled the
committee that unless Buller and his
forces arrive safely from their present
positition to the south of the Little
Tugela river, they will be in imminent
danger of being bottled up.
ASSASSINATION PREDICTED.
Senator-EUct Blackburn Talks of the
Shooting of Goebel.
Senator-elect Blackburn of Ken
Washington^ receive word of the
a88aS8inat ion of Goebel has
beeI U P redicte ; J for “onths, so that it
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official Organ of Rockdale ( oun*
ty. Has Largest Circulation in
The County.
MR. MASON ANGERED
British Consul at New Orleans
Criticised American Officers.
THE FACT IS AIRED IN THE SENATE
Foreign Rotations Committee Koaited.
Tillman Makes Speech On Phil¬
ippine Policy.
After some routine business in the
senate, Monday, Mr. Mason, of Illi¬
nois, rising to a question of personal
privilege, had read an interview pur¬
porting to have been held with the
British consul at New Orleans, in
which the Illinois sonator was criti¬
cised for his speech in sympathy with
the Boers. Mr. Mason severely criti¬
cised the British government, not the
people, snying that not one-tenth of
the English people favored the pres¬
ent war in South Africa and that 95
per cent of tho people of this country
sympathized with the Boers.
He said that it was not the first
time British diplomats had interfered
in American politics, and he desired to
have attention called to this matter
now before it could injure the present
administration as it had injured Mr.
Cleveland.
Mr. Lodge said he did not think the
diplomatic or consular officer of any
government had the right to criticise
a senator or a representative or any of¬
ficer of the government. Mr. Lodge
Buid the gallant fight the Boers were
making stirred the heart of every man.
Mr. Mason criticised the foreign re¬
lations committee for taking no action
upon the resolution of sympathy.
Mr. Mason then resumed his criti¬
cism of England. He said England
had made the war for the purpose of
getting the rich mines of South Africa.
Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, said at
the close of Mr. Mason’s speech that
ho wished to enter his protest against
“the abuse of free speech on the floor
of the senate.”
Mr. Pettigrew, speaking on a reso¬
lution relating to contraband of war,
said that the doctrine that a beligerent
might seize foodstuffs even if it paid
for them, would mean that in case of
war between our two best customers,
onr trade with both would be des¬
troyed.
At 1:45 p. m. Mr. Tillman, of South
Carolina, took the floor and made a
speech on tho Philippine question. It
was a vigorous denunciation of the
administration’s Philippine policy.
He denied that the blood of the sol¬
diers in the Philippines was upon
those who favored imperialism. The
president of the United States, by ne¬
gotiating the treaty of peaee and
“buying the Filipinos ” and those
senators who assisted in ratification of
the treaty were responsible for the
present war. Mr. Tillman said that
the United States cannot govern any
territory that does not belong to the
United States, and where our flag
floats the constitution and the princi¬
ples of the declaration of independence
must be in force.
“BLUE LAWS” REVIVED.
Policemen In Baltimore M»k« Canes
AguinMi Violators of Ancient Billet.
Nine hundred Baltimore policemen
were busy from midnight Saturday un¬
til 12 o’clock Sunday night securing
the names of violators of the ancient
“blue laws,” together with their aiders
and abettors. The edict sent out by
the police department last week, in co¬
operation with the grand jury, pro¬
scribed traffic in every article except
milk and ice, druggists being permitt¬
ed to compound and sell prescriptions
only. The evidence thus collected
will be referred to the grand jurors,
who will investigate each case and pre¬
sent violators of the law for indictment
and prosecution.
No arrests were made, but the
names of all workers, known to oe
such, were taken and will be referred
to the grand jurors. These included
editors, reporters, contpositors, press¬
men and carriers of the Sunday papers,
messenger boys, barbers, bootblacks,
lanndrymen and owners of sweat shops
and their employes. Quite a number
of storekeepers were also caught
“red-handed” and will have to answer
to the charge of selling cigars, cig¬
arettes, stationery, newspapers, con¬
fectioneries, proprietary articles or
groceries.
STOCK MARKETS TUMBLE.
A General Decline On the London Ex¬
change Account of the Defeat.
There was all-round despondency
on the stock exchange at London Mon¬
day, opening with a general decline
of 2 points in rands and from 1-4 to
1-2 in others. Later there was a
slight recovery, but business was in¬
active. Consols were off one point.
Prices were also weak on the Paris
bourse, especially in the case of
kaffirs.
Anti-Trust Law Knocked Out.
In the federal court at Chicago,
Monday, Judge Kohlsaat rendered a
decision declaring the Illinois anti¬
trust law unconstitutional.
GIFT FROM MISS GOULD.
Kentucky College Receive* a Donation
From i lie Helres**
At the twenty-seventh private meet¬
ing of the Alumni Club of Union The¬
ological seminary at New York, Mon¬
day, the Rev. William Goodell Frost,
president of Berea college, Kentucky,
announced that Miss Helen M. Gould
has contributed $5,000 toward the
fund of $500,000 which he is raising
for the college, and that half the fond
has already been subscribed.
NO 3
CONTEST BOARD
NAMES GOEBEL
Declare Him to Be Legal Gov¬
ernor of Kentucky.
ACTION WAS HURRIEDLY TAKEN
While Contestant Lay at the
Point of Death From As¬
sassin’s Bullet.
A Frankfort special says: While
William Goebel lay at the point of
death in his room, as the result of an
assassin’s bullet,the contesting boards
which for two weeks had been listen
ing to the evidence in his contest for
the governor’s chair declared him en¬
titled to the governorship of Ken¬
tucky.
The boards having in charge the
contests between Goebel ami Taylor
for governor, and Beckham and Mar¬
shall, for lieutenant governor, met at
7 o’clock Tuesday night in tho city
hall to consider the evidence submit¬
ted to them, and prepare their report
to the legislature.
A few legal authorities wore read to
them at the request of Senator Allen,
who wished light shed upon a few
doubtful points.
The vote was then taken, and by a
party vote of 10 to 1, William Goebel
was declared to have been legally
elected governor of Kentucky.
The Beekbnm-Mitchell-Hull contest
was then voted upon and a strict party
vote of 9 to 2 settled this matter. No
announcement vas made of tho rea¬
sons leading up to tho report being
made so hurriedly, 1 he boards taking
everything at oue leap. Each ono of
the men of both committees announced
that ho had made up his mind as to
the merits of the case, and voted
promptly as his name was called.
An effort ivos mark* by a number of
the Democrats to get together a quo
rum of both houses and hold a night
session to hear tlie reports of the two
committees at once, aud adopt them,
aud declare Goebel the governor of
Kentucky before morning. They were
anxious to give him the honor before
he died. So many legislators had
gone to Louisville and Lexington for
the ni lit, however, that it wus found
impossible to curry out this pro¬
gramme.
board's report.
At the close of the secret session
the boards of contest announced the
following recommendation to the Dem¬
ocratic legislature that Goebol he
seated as governor of the common¬
wealth of Kentucky: board
“Tho undersigned, the ap¬
pointed and selected by the general
assembly to determine the contest
and election for the office of governor
for this commonwealth betweeii Wil¬
liam Goebel, contestant, and William
S. Taylor, contestee, beg leave to re¬
port that we have heard all the evi¬
dence offered by both parties and we
now respectfully report to tho general
assembly of the commonwealth of Ken¬
tucky that iu our opinion William
Goebel was legally elected governor
of the commonwealth of Kentucky
on the seventh day of November,
1899, aud that he then and there re¬
ceived the highest number of legal
votes cast for any one lor the office of
governor of Kentucky at said election,
and we therefore respectfudy suggest
that this report be approved, and n
resolution adopted by this joint assem¬
bly, declaring that said William Goe¬
bel, governor-elect of the common¬
wealth of Kentucky for the term com¬
mencing the twelfth day of December,
1899.
“We decide that the said William
Goebel has received the highest num¬
ber of legal votes and is adjudged to
be the person elected to said office of
governor for the term prescribed by
law.”
Reduces Capital Stock.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Chattanooga National bank it was
decided by resolution to reduce tho
capitf.l stock from $300,000 to $200,
000. It was found that the amount
held as capital stock was its business. unnecessary
for tho transaction of
BRIDGES WILL RETURN.
Convicted Ex-County School Commis¬
sioner Will Serve a Term.
W. M. Bridges, who was convicted
of appropriating $5,475.15 of the
school funds of Floyd county, Ga.,
when he was school commissioner, and
sentenced to five years’ imprisonment
in the penitentiary by the superior
court of that county, which decision
was affirmed by the supreme oourt,
will surrender himself to the officers
and serve the sentence imposed by the
courts.
Bridges is under a $4,000 bond,
signed by the brothers of his wife,
and has been in business in a small
town in Texas for the past year.
NUNEZ IN FULL CONTROL.
Wood’* Order Gives Civil Governor of
Havana Fall Power.
The leading Havana newspapers
says the order of Governor General
Wood instructing military functions comman¬
ders not to interfere in the
of civil authorities except in extreme
cases, virtually gives General Emilio
Nunez, the civil governor of Havana,
and not General Ludlow, the military
governor, power on the matter of
budget.