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The State of Dade News.
vol. IX.
CONTEST CONTINUED.
An Address Issued By Democrats
In Kentucky.
GOEBEL INSTIIUTES PROCEEDINGS.
Democrats Claim That They Cannot
Do Less Than to Carry Their Case
Into the Courts.
Frankfort, Ky„ Special.—Te caress
of the Democracy of the State endors
ing the contest instituted by Goebel
and other candidates of the defeated
Democratic ticket, giving tho reasons
therefor, has been issued. It is signed
by former Senator Blackburn, chair
man of the State campaign committee;
Chairman Young, of the State Central
committee, and says in part:
“The Democratic party of Kentucky,
through its several State committees,
has unanimously decided that the best
interests of the party, as well as jus
tice, demand that contests shall be
made by all candidates on the Demo
cratic ticket for the respective offices
for which they were nominated. The
committee feel that it is proper that
they should state the grounds upon
which they base their action. The
State board of election commissioners,
at its recent session, issued certificates
of election to ail the Republican can
didates for the State offices, but the
board expressly decl .red in the opi icn
that it rendered, that it acted simply
as a canvassing board without power
or authority, as it construed the law,
to inquire into the legality or validity
of any contested votes. The board ex
pressed the opinion that if clothed
with authority to go behind cue re
turns and determine the matters in
contention, the certificates of election
would not have been issued to the par
ties who received them. We feci that
In the 1 gi t of the action of this heard,
.the Democratic party can not do less
than to carry its contention to the tri
bunals crested by law for its determi
nation. The grounds upon which this
contest is based consist of protests
agaiinst the use of tissue ballots in
many of the overwhelming Republican
counties of the State. The use of these
ballots is mot only in violation of the
letter of the yaw, but is in the utter
ind open defiance of the spirit of The
law, and the use of these ballots fur
nish not only p.ima facie but al;o con
clusive evidence of purposed fraud.
Another ground of conte t is Decause
cf the plain violation and defiance of
law by the late Republican governor
of the State, who, whilst actively en
gaged in the making of stump speeches
and the proseouion of a partisan polit
ical campaign, ordered out the military
ahd in viol at on of both law and prec
edent, assumed personal command of
troops in the metropolis of the .-state,
parading the streets of Louisville on
the day of the election with his sol
dfers and Gatling guns, invading the
Voting booths and forcing into them,
ngainst the protest of the lawfully ap
pointed election officials, pretended in
spectors and challengers who, the
highest court of the State has decided
had no lawful right to be present. The
issuance of the certificates of election
to the Republican candidates is con
tested upon the further ground that a
Federal and also a State judge, without
warrant cf law and in defiance of every
prompting of fair dealing and decency,
interfered with the holder of a State
election; the one by manaeing charges
to the grand jury and by employment
of deputy limited States marshals; and
the other by issuing every mandamus
and injunction asked for by the Repub
lican party, which latter judicial acts
have been declared by the supreme ju
dicial tribunal of the State to have
been unlawful. Another ground is the
use in the in'ercst of the Republican
partv of an immense corruption fund,
contributed by the most powerful rail
road corp r:t on of the Commonwealth
wfiereby many thousands of votes
were bought against the Democratic
par'y and its candidates, because that
party in its platform adopted in its
State convehtion, dared to advocate
measures of relief demanded by the
people of the Commonwealth.”
Negro Killed.
Jim Blakeley, colored, wa3 working
In- the Grier mine, near Charlotte, N.
C., •'when a bucket fell from above,
striking him on the head and crushing
his skull. He was brought to town
and taken to the Good Samaritan Hos
pital. He lingered in an unconscious
condition until he and ed. Deceas'd was
a young negro and a good steady work
er.
Four Steamships Withdrawn.
New York, Special.— I Th? withdrawal
of the" three White Star Liners, Ma
jestic,'Cymric and Britannia, and the
Cunard Liner, Umbria, all royal n:a ! l
steamships, from such service for tlie
purpose of bc->.g turned into British
army transport. l , has upset the plans
of the postal authorities for the
prompt delivery of Christmas letters
from feuropenn conn. vies.
The withdrawal df the e four st am
ship's necessitates the use of slower
traveling steamships running to Bos
ton t and most 1 kely to Philadelphia.
This change will cause considerable
delay in the handling of thousands of
mail bags.
HIE MARKETS.
Prevailing Prices ofl Crtton, Grain and
Produce.
CHARLOTTE COTTON. MARKET.
These figures represent prices paul
to wagons:
Strict good middling 7 \-i
Good middling 7 7.15
Strict middling 7 3.3
T \ n S es 7 3-13
Market steady.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Cotton futures quiet; middling un
lands 7 11-16; middling gulf 7 15-16.
Futures closed barely steady.
Highest. Lowest. Closing.
January 7 30 7 25 7 25a23
February 7 33 7 31 7 31a32
March 7 41 7 37 7 38a39
April 7 41 7 40 7 41a42
May ...7 47 743 7 4!a45
June 7 47 7 43 7 44a40
July 7 47 7 44 7 4'a4G
August 7 43 7 40 7 41a42
September 7 05 7 05 7 05a07
October 6 96 6 94 6 9ia95
November 0 90a91
December 7 25 7 25 7 20a21
COLUMBIA COTTON MARKET.
Cotton market quiet; demand mod
erate.
Low middling C 5-8
Middling 7
Strict middling 7 1-8
Good middling 7 1-4
WILMINGTON COTTON MARKET.
Ordinary 4 13-13
Good ordinary C 3-16
Low middling 6 1.1-16
Middling 7 1-1
Good middling 7 1-2
Same day last year 5 l-4c.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
Flour dull and unchanged.
Wheat —Spot and month 70 1-2 to
70 5-8; January 71 1-2 to 71 5 8; Ma 7
74 1-8 to 74 3-8; Southern wheat by
sample 66 to 72.
Corn—Quiet and easier; spot and
month 37 to 37 1-8; December, new or
old.
His Last Mission,
Washington. D. C., Special.—Bush
rod Underwood, one of Mosby’s most
noted scouts, died in this city, aged 56
years. During the rebellion he kept
near General Lee for months at a
time by him engaged for many haz
ardous missions, being especially re
commended for the service by General
Mosby. The funeral services will he
conducted here Tuesday afternoon and
the interment will be made of the re
mains at Middleburg, Va., on Wednes
day. by the local camp of Confederate
vet; rans.
Pinacle Rock Nalls.
Cumberland Gap, Tenn., Special.—
The celebrated Pinnacle Rock, which
overhung -Cumberland Gap and was a
noted natural spectacle, fell from its
lofty height. The town was awaken
ed as if by an earthquake, as the
immense mass, weighing hundreds
of tens, came tumbling down. The
course of the rock was from the town,
and no lives have been reported lost,
although considerable property was
destroyed,
Mercer University Re-Enstated.
Atlanta. Ga., Special.—The Southern
Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association
met. Dr. W. L. Dudley, of Vanderbilt
University, was re-elected president
of the association. The protest filed
by Auburn against the decision in
their game of football with Georgia,
in which the referee called the game
and declared the scoring 0 to 0, was
referred to the executive committee.
(Mercer University, which was dropped
from the association on account of
professionalism, was re-instated.
Held as a Spy.
London, by Cable. —The War Office
has received the following from Gen
eral Forestier—Walker, tk„ British
oommander at Cape Town:
“Cape Town—tMelihuen writes that he
has received a rude reply from General
Cronje respecting his representations
as to Lieutenant Chandos-Pole-Gell,
saying that this officer is regarded a9
a spy. General Cronj© also states he
will hold no further communication
with Methuen."
The Aristocracy Volunteering.
London, by Cable. —The Duke of
Marlborough, who is a lieutenant i.n
the Oxfordshire Yeomanry, and who
has volunteered for service in South
Africa, will take witfh him 150 men and
horses of his troop. He will personally
furnish the equipment for these men.
The Earl of Warwick, the Earl of Dud
ley. the Earl of Lonsdale, and Viscount
Galway, are among the other members
of the aristocracy who have volunteer
ed for service In the campaign against
the Boers.
Supremely Practical.
Mrs. Fuller Twaddle —"Yes, she’s a
v.ory practical woman, a regular utili
tarian. But they say she has a skele
ton in her closet. Mrs. Gadabout
Chinn—“She has? Well, I’ll bet she
uses it to hang her coat on to keep it
in shape, if it’s anywhere near the
right size.”— New York World.
Kansas pays its lc v ernur only |2.50r
yi-ar
TRENTON, GA., DECEMBER 28, 1899.
THE PROBLEM OF THE DAY—HOW OLD ARE WE?
When Does the 19th Century End?
0!d 1893—‘‘I am the most
important year that ever lived.
I mark the close of the most
remarkable century in the
world’s history.”
CLOSE ON AGUINALDO.
Americans Still Chasing the Insur
gent Chieftain.
Manila, By Cable. —The report of the
Charleston court of inquiry, just ren
dered, is favorable to the officers of the
stranded warship. It shows that due
vigilance was exercised in the embark
ation of the crew into the boats, which
were well handled.
A correspondent of the Associated
Press at Vigan sends under date cf
December 15th. the announcement tha>:
Colonel Wilder has telegraphed to Vi
gan from Bayombong, that Aguinaldo,
with a number of Igorroti litter bear
ers, had crossed the mountains near
Bayombcng, going southward, and that
his wife died in a village in that vicin
ity. She had been ill since the birth
of their son, and the hardships of their
fight proved fatal.
A report has reached General Young
that Colonels Hare and Howze have
released 23 American prisoners, includ
ing Lieutenant Gilmore, at Banna, in
the Province of North Ilocos.
Another report says that General
Tino has been captured near La Vag.
Colonel Hare reports having had two
encounters with General Tino, in
Which 150 Filipinos were killed or
wounded, and about 250 rifles were
captured, without casualties on the
American side.
General Bates has returned from the
flag-raisings at Cottanbatto, Pollok,
Parang-Parang, Davao and Miti. The
Sultan and the leading Dattos welcom
ed the Americans. The chief of Puerto
Princess refused to permit General
Bates to land, announcing his allegi-
Telegraphic Briefs.
London. Baptists have had 16.599,
converts this year.
Prussian public teachers have been
forbidden to go hunting, on the ground
that it is immoral pastime.
Ex-Editor George Clemenceau, Drey
fus’ friend and champion, will run for
election, to the French Chamber.
France proposes to expel from the
country Max Nordau, a German cor
respondent, who has criticised French
men as degenerates.
Cracksmen’s tools, found on the
scenes of recent Paris .burglaries, in
dicate the work of slick American
crooks.
Mrs. Walden Pell’s funeral was held
in the American Church Paris, and
her remains will be interred at New
port, R. I.
For ?75,0P0 the Kaiser’s mother has
purchased the beautiful and ancient
Villa Brenzoni, on Lake Garda, Italy.
The North German Lloyd will n~xt
year extend steamship lines to Singa
pore. Sydney, Samoa. Hcngkong and
other Oriental ports.
Parisians won’t consider a proposi
tion to invite competition for the best
Exposition cantata, as they say it sim
ply mi'st be composed by a Frenco
man.
A 22-story building, to cost
000. i? to be erected at Nos. 25-33 Broad
street, New York.
I'*:MOCHA TIC.
Young 1900—“ Mold on, old
fellow! lam coming and the
nineteenth century will not be
over until I have lived 365
days.”
ance to Aguinaldo, and the Yorktown,
lacking a landing force, withdrew.
Washington, D. C., Special—A cable
gram from General Otis has been re
ceived at the War Department giving
the first news for some time of the de
tachments under Colonels Hare and
Howze, who are pursuing Aguinaldo.
General Otis’ advices indicate that
they are close upon the Insurgent Trad
er, and also state that four of the
American prisoners have been re-ta
ken. though Lieutenant Gilmore is still
in the hands of the enemy. General
Otis’ dispatch follows:
“Manila, Dec. 23. —General Young re
ports under date of the 21st instant
from Vigan that Colonels Hare and
Howze were heard from December 17th
•still in pursuit through the mountains
of the insurgent column having our
prisoners of whom four captured. Lieu
tenant Gilmore remaining •>• prisoner.
The insurgents are one day in ad
vance, and the pursuit is Continued.
The pursuing troops have encountered
great hardships, but will probably
strike Aparri;' two hundred and one
Spanish prisoners from Aparri receiv
ed this morning; two hundred more in
that section, mostly friars, awaiting
transportation to Manila. Entire six
teenth infantry leaves for Aparri to
morrow for stations from that point as
far south as Bayombong. Batheldor’s
battalion Twenty-fourth is now on
lower Rio Grande in good condition to
return to San Jose. Forty-fourth in
fantry being sent to Hughes at Iloilo,
who reports Panay, Negros and adja
cent islands quiet. Arriving troops
and supplies being unloaded through
service Manila and Dagupan railway,
two trains daily, all ports Northern
Luzon open January Ist.
(Signed.) “OTIS.”
News Items.
A circular has, according to the
Evenement (Paris) been addressed to
all non-agenarians soliciting their sig
natures to an address of homage which,
with an album, will be offered to the
Pope next year.
The Beard cf Aldermen of New York
city have adopted a resolution, praying
“the god c.f battles” to make the Boers
successful in the war against England.
Now that Dr. Storrs has retired,
Malone, Dr. Homer and Dr. Wells are
Brooklyn’s three oldest settled pa-trrs.
month Dr. Wells is to celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary of his pastor
ate over th e South Third Street Pres
byterian church.
The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church in New York has called the
Rev. Dr. Ge~rge Purves, of Princeton,
to succeed the late Dr. John Hall as its
P's or The advocates of the selection
of Dr. Purvcs say that he is the ablest
man seen in Princetcn since the days
of Dr. Archibald Alexander.
A New Jersey Court has handed
down the opinion that a church eith
er ip ion made on Sunday is collecti
ble, and an Ohio judge hew decided that
a man who engages in a game of
chance with ethers cannot recover his
losses P om the proprietor of the place
whe r e the gamirg occurred. Such de
-1 cisions servo as reminders that law and
, common sense jog along together very
I comfcwtabljr most of the time.
D. L. MOODY DEAD.
Greatest of M odern Evangel sts Pss>
ses Away.
Northfleld, Special.—Evangelist Dwi
ght L. Moody passed away quietly Fri
day. The members of 'his household
surrounded his bedside.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Dwight Lyman Moody was born in
Northfleld, Franklin county, Mass.,
February sth, 1837. He received a
limited education, and worked on a
farm till he was seventeen years old,
when he became a clerk in a shoe
store in Boston. He united with a
Congregational church soon afterw'ard,
and in 1856 went to Chicago, where he
engaged with enthusiasm in mission
ary work among the poor, and in less
than a year established a Sunday
schodl with more than 1,000 pupils.
During the civil war he was employed
by the Christian commission, and
subsequently by th e Young Men’s
Christian Association of Chicago, as a
lay missionary. A church was built
for his converts and he became its un
ordained pastor. In the fire of 1891
the church and Mr. Moody’s house and
furniture were destroyed, but anew
and much larger church has been
since erected. In 1873, accompanied
by Ira D. Sankey, he visited Europe
and 'instituted a series of weekly day
religious services in England, Scot
land and Ireland, which resulted in
great religious awakenings in the prin
cipal cities of these countries.
The evangelist returned to the
United States in 1875 and organized
similar meetings in various parts of
the country. In 1883 they again visit
ed Great Britain, and since that time
have been engaged in evangelistic
work there and in their own coun
try.
Mr. Moody has published “The
°>econd Coming of (Christ” 1877);
‘ The Way and the Word” (1877;
“Secret Power, or the Secret of Suc
cess in Christian Life and Work”
(1881); “The Way to God and How to
Find It” (1884). Of the collected ser
mons there have been published “Glad
Tidings” “To All People” (1877);
‘Best Thoughts and Discourses,” with
a sketch of his life and that of Mr.
Sankey (1876); and “Arrows and
Anecdotes,” with a sketch of his life
(ISS7).
British Did Splendid Work.
London, Special.—Belated otoaies
from Chieveley camp, Natal, all ••in
cur in saying the British did marvels
in an impossible situation, .'he eld
est war correspondents say they never
saw anything comparable with tho
bravery of the men and officers. The
naval contingent created an immense
furore engaging the Boers single
handed and hailing shrapnel and iyd
dite shells on the fortifications north
of the train, in a vain effort to silence
the murderous fire of the Boers,while
the British forced the passage of the
river. The advance of the second
brigade along the road leading to the
bridge, in the face of a deadly fusi
lade, is described as magnificent. The
British forced their way across the fire
zone under a perfect storm of bullets
from the invisible Boers. The patter
of the bullets on the dry plain, it :s
added, raised the dust like heavy rain
drops on water. The Queen has been
greatly annoyed by the unfounded
statements that she is in ill healtli
and perpetually weepirg. A paragraph
contradicting these stories appears in
the papers, which add that it has never
been Her Majesty’s habit to “display
grief like a hysterical school girl.”
5,175 Bills up to Recess
Washington, D. C., Special.—The
officials of the House of Representa
tives have struck a balance on the re
cent deluge of bills, showing that up
to the recess, the record stood: Total
bills introduced 5.015; joint resolu
tions 95; simple resolutions 65; grand
total 5,175 measures of all kinds.
Killed in a Runaway.
Greensboro. Special.—There was a
serious runaway here near the ceme
tery. While Dr. Benbow’s horses
were being driven to a wagon by a
negro named John McKinney, they
bolted and ran madly for half a mile.
The driver was thrown out. the base of
his skull was crushed, and he died in
a few minutes. One of the horses is
s obadly injured that it will have to
be shot.
Thrown From Carriage and Killed.
Thrown from His Carriag and Killed
Cape Charles, Va., Special.—Capt. J.
W. Richardson, of Madhipongo, Va.,
was thrown from his carriage and in
stantly killed. He was en ropte for
the railway station, when his horse
became frightened and dashed off,
throwing him violently against a tree.
Burial in the Arlington.
Washington, D. C., Special.—The
Navy Department has announced that
the ceremonies at Arlington, attend
ing the burial of the Maine's dead,
coming on the Texas, will take place*
a 11 o’clock a, ui., on the inst.
THE RELIEF FEND.
■
People Coming Generously to Mrs.
Lawton’s Aid.
A STATEMENT BY GEN., CORBIN.
He Says The Lists Will Be Kept Open
Through The Present Week, and
Perhaps Longer.
r * *
Washington, D. • C., Special.—The
Lawton fund continues to grow. Up
to noon Christmas day the total sub-
secriptior.s actually received by Ad
jutant General Corbin amounted to
$14,329. This is exclusive of the
amounts promised by telegraph, which
have not been delivered to the adju
tant general. Among those who have
promised to contribute are C. P. Hunt
ington, W. K. Vanderbilt and J. P.
Morgan, SI,OOO, and Miss Helen Gould
SSOO. Major General Shatter, who had
charge of the collection on the Pacific
Coast, telegraphs, to Corbin that sub
scriptions amounting to $835 had been
received. About $1,900 have been rais
ed in Chicago. Philadelphia has about
$2,000, and there are various amounts
to the credit of the fund from New
York, St. Louis and Kansas City. A
public meeting will be called by the
mayor to be held in Pittsburg to start
a subscription list there. Captain
Donovan, of the Army, now in Louis
ville, who was wounded while with
Lawton in the Philippines, has asked
for authority to collect subscriptions
in Kentucky, where it is expected that
the subscription will amount to con
siderable, as Mrs. Lawton is a native
of that State. The Paymaster General
of the Army telegraphed Mrs. Lawton
$2,000 out of the Army Relief Associa
tion fund, to which General Lawton
was a subscriber. This will defray her
immediate expenses, entirely separate
from the popular subscriptions. The
following is a statement made in be
half of the Adjutant General of the
Army:
General Corbin is gratified with the
generosity manifested in subscriptions
already received and pledged for the
Lawton fund. The committee have in
mind the expression of Lawton for the
welfare of his family, as related by
Professor Worcester, member of the
United States Commission to the Phil
ippines. Lawton said, upon being re
monstrated with against the necessity
of exposing himself in battle: “I have
been a soldier all my life, and would
gladly die a sbldier’s death, but I can’t
help thinking what is in store for my
wife and children should I be taken
away, and I confess that this thought
weighs heavily upon me.” It is felt
that no stronger appeal than Lawton’s
own statement can be madg in behalf
of his widow and children. The com
mittee defer to a manifest wish and
have determined to continue the work
at least until January 2, when it ia
hoped a sufficient fund will have been
subscribed to place the widow and
children of Lawton beyond the possi
bility of want and enable the mother
to carry out the father's fondest wish
es that the children should receive a
proper education. It Is proposed to
continue the active work in raising
the funds through the present week,
and it is probable the subscription list
will be kept open until the return of
Mrs. Lawton to this country.
500 Captured.
Pretoria, by Cable. —Over 500 Brit
ish prisoners captured at the battle of
Stormberg have arrived here. They
have been taken to Waterfall to join
the other prisoners. An official ac
count of the Boer casualties at the bat
tle of Tugela River says thirty men
were killed or wounded.
into the Sea,
Norfolk, Va., Special.—A shipwreck,
attended by great loss of life, took
place four miles south of Hattpros life
saving station Sunday morning at 1
o’clock, when 21 men of the crew of
the British freight-carrying steam
ship Ariosto, were drowned. This ap
palling Io:s of life was due to the de
termination of the men to attempt to
reach shore in the ship’s boats.
California Shaken.
Los Angeles, £al.. Special.—At 4.25
o’clock Monday morning a severe
earthquake was felt over a large por
tion of Southern California, the undu
lations lasting about 12 seconds. The
entire center of the shock appeared to
have been at San Jacinto, a small town
in Riverside county. The business por
tion cf Ban Ja<;in;o consi.-ta *of • two
blocks of two story buildings, some of
which are built of brick. Ten or flf
| teen buildings were damaged, chim
neys being toppled over and walla
cracked anil shaken. The total dam
age to San Jacinto and Hemif, a small
town near by, is estimated at 150,000.,
NO. 43.