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The Banner Will Site Yon All The Sews of Conyers and Rock¬ dale County. 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. _ 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 7 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.