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The Georgia Record.
VOL I.
BURGHERS QUIT
ENGLISH SOIL
They Go Now to Defend
Their Own Homes.
THE QUEEN ISSUES A CALL
Asks All Her Old Soldiers to Re-Enlist
and Form Royal Reserve Battal
ion For Home Protection.
A London dispatch says: The Boera
are leaving all the positions held by
them on British territory and are con
centrating for the defense of their own
—the Transvaal. Sir Bedvers Buller
thinks he is able to raise the siege of
Ladysmith, and this was the large
news of the day Tuesday.
General Clements reports that the
force confronting him has been greatly
diminished. Ten thousand men are
estimated to have gone from the Cole
burg district alone. The Boers are
also retracing their steps from Zulu
land.
Thus they are relaxing their holds
on all sides in order to assemble to
oppose Lord Roberts. He is pressing
steadily toward Bloemfontein. This
is shown by his inconsequential tele
gram from Paardeberg, fifty or sixty
miles away. Doubtless he is miles be
hind the column that is pursuing the
Boers and the next important news
-may be the occupation of Bloemfon
tein.
Nothing has been heard from the
chase of Cronje for two days. Although
the last words of the war office Tues
day night were that there was no news
for publication, there is a strong dis
position to believe that favorable in
formation has been received but is be
ing withheld until the operations cul
minate in something more conclusive.
There is an equally strong disposition
to think that Cronje has got away.
Owing to lack of transport, the
British are not likely to invade terri
tory except where Lord Roberts is
operating. General Buller will have
to stop at the Drakensberg mountains.
Probably part of the 40,000 men will
ultimately join the legions of Lord
Roberts.
If, as General Buller avers, the
Boers are retreating from him, then
the news on every side is favorable to
the British. Nevertheless troops con
tinue to go up.
The war office thinks that the call
to veterans to rejoin the colors, to
gether with the bounty, will bring
45,000 men to the home defense. The
urgency with which home defense is
pressed excites some wonder.
With the casualties just reported,
the British losses in killed, wounded
and captured now aggregate 11,102.
FOR HOME DEFENSE.
The queen, prior to leaving Osborne
house Tuesday morning, on her re
turn to Windsor, inspected the Fourth
battalion of the Lincolnshire militia.
Her majesty announced with a grati
fied smile that good news had just
been received from the seat of war.
Another account says the queen spec
ified the good news from Ladysmith.
The queen, through her private sec
retary, Sir Arthur John Biggs, sent
the following letter to the commander
in-chief of the forces, Field Marshal
Lord Wolseley:
Osborne, Feb. 17.—Mr. Dear Lord
Wolseley: As so large a proportion of
the army is now in South Africa the
queen fully realizes that necessary
measures must be adopted for home
defense. Her majesty is advised that
it would be possible to raise for a year
an efficient force from her old soldiers
who have already served as officers,
non-commissioned officers or privates,
and confident in their devotion to
the country and loyalty to the throne,
the queen appeals to them to serve her
once more in the place of those who,
for a time, side by side with the poe
ple of her colonies, are nobly resisting
the invasion of her South African pos
sessions. Her majesty has signified
her pleasure that these battalions shall
be designated the Royal Reserve bat
taliionß of her army.
ATLANTA, GA.. SATUI
TWO LEGISLATURES
NOW AT FRANKFORT
Democrats and Republicans Hold Sep
alous Under One Roof.
THE OLD CLASH IS STILL ON
Neither Side Will Recognize the
Other as Legal Body.
A Frankfort special says: The
Democrats had a sossion of the senate
at 9 o’clock Monday morning. Presi
dent Pro Tern. Carter presiding, and
adjourned to meet again at 10:30
o’clock.
The Republicans adjourned Satur
day to meet at 11 o’clock and the
Democrats adopted this move to get
possession of the chamber first. The
senate convened at 10 o’clock, both
Carter and Marshall presiding.
The Republicans, recognizing Mar
shall, adjourned after prayer, and led
by Lieutenant Governor Marshall, the
Republican senators left the hall.
The Democratic senators, recogniz
ing President Pro Tern. Carter, paid
no attention to the Republican pro
ceedings and continued in session.
The Democratic senate then adopted
a motion by Senator Allen, of Lexing
ton, to ratify and re affirm the former
action of the senate by which Goebel
was declared governor. This prevailed
on a viva voce vote, nobody making a
demand for the yeas and noes.
Senator Triplett, anti-Goebel Dem
ocrat, voted with the Democrats for
the purpose of making a quorum. The
Democratic senators adjourned after
adopting the Allen resolution.
The house convened at noon. Speak
er Trimble presiding. Mr. Hickman,
Democrat, demanded a roll call to as
certain the presence of a quorum. The
Republicans did not answer to their
names and only fifty-three of the sixty
Democrats were present. The contest
matter was not taken up.
SET'-' .ESIENT NOT IN SIGHT.
The impression that the contest
over the governorship will not be end
ed till it is fought to a finish in the
courts is not lessened by the action
taken by the Democratic senators in
their session Monday ratifying their
former action by which Senator Goebel
was declared governor.
The Republicans who spoke for
Governor Taylor said that he would
not recognize as legal the proceedings
taken and which, it is anticipated, will
be duplicated in the house, but has
told them that he looks upon these
proceedings as illegal and will not
quit the fight until the whole matter
is passed upon in the courts of last re
sort.
His position is that the former pro
ceedings being void, the ratification
gives them no legal vitality; that
the legal presiding officer, Lieu
tenant Governor Marshall, had de
clared the session adjourned when
the vota in question was taken, and
that the vote should have been taken
by yeas and nays, as in the case of a
bill or joint resolution.
Negotiations to settle the conflict
between Lieutenant Governor Mar
shall and Senator Carter over the
chair in the senate went on again Mon
day afternoon, but no agreement has
been reached so far. There was talk
among the Democratic senators Mon
day night of voting on the ratification
resolutions Tuesday in the senate by
yeas and nays. Those resolutions
Monday received the support of
twenty-one senators, two more than a
quorum.
HIS MIND A ‘•BLANK.”
Hissing Bank Cashier Returns and
Tells Remarkable Story.
Walter L. Warnell, cashier of the
Bank of Adel, Ga., who mysteriously
disappeared from that place January
11th under circumstances which led
to the belief that he had wandered off
in a spell of temporary mental aberra
tion, arrived in Atlanta Sunday morn
ing.
The story he tells is altogether a re
markable one. He says that from the
time he stepped on board the train
which carried him fiom Adel on the
morning of January 11th until two
weeks ago, when he woke up sick in a
boarding house in Louisville, his
mind was a blank, and he remembers
absolutely nothing of what he did dur
ing that interval of time.
BOERS DESERT
BRITISH LAND
They Are New Bent On Defense
of Transvaal.
THE QUEEN MAKINS AN APPEAL
Calls For Retired S IdiersToForm
Royal For Home
Defence.
A London dispatclJsays: The Boers
are leaving all the positions held by
them on British territory and are con
centrating for the dense of their own
—the Transvaal. SI Redvers Buller
thinks he is able to ikise the siege of
Ladysmith, and thi was the large
news of the day TuasJ »y.
General Clements iports that the
force confronting hint ias been greatly
diminished. Ten thousand mgn are
estimated to have goat; from the Cole
burg district alone. The Boers are
also retracing their steps from Zulu
land.
Thus they are relaxing their holds
on all sides in order to assemble to
oppose Lord Roberts. He is pressing
steadily toward Bloemfontein. This
is shown by his inconsequential tele
gram from Paardeberg, fifty or sixty
miles away. Doubtless he is miles be
hind the column that ( s pursuing the
Boers and the next important news
may be iue occupation of Bloemfon
tein.
Nothing has been heard from the
chase of Cronje for two days. Although
the last words of the war office Tues
day night were that thera was no news
for publication, there is a strong dis
position to believe that favorable in
formation has been received but is be
ing withheld until the operations cul
minate in something more conclusive.
There is an equally strong disposition
to think that Cronje has got away.
Owing to lack of transport, the
British are not likely to invade terri
tory except where Lord Roberts is
operating. General Buller will have
to stop at the Drakensberg mountains.
Probably part of the 40,000 men will
ultimately join the le'ions of Lord
Roberts.
If, as General Bui or avers, the
Boers are retreating om 1 im, then
the news on every side < favorable to
the British. Nevertb -s troops con
tinue to go up.
The war office think that the call
to veterans to rejoin e colors, to
gether with the bount will bring
45,000 men to the home efense. The
urgency with which h ne defense is
pressed excites some wc der.
With the casualtie.' ist reported,
the British losses in k ed, wounded
and captured now aggrt te 11,102.
FOR HOME DE ENSE.
The queen, prior to le ing Osborne
house Tuesday morninj: on her re
turn to Windsor, inapt . 1 the Fourth
battalion of the Lincoli lire militia.
Her majesty announced ith a grati
fied smile that good mws had just
been received from the seat of war.
Another account says th queen spec
ified the good news fror. Ladysmith.
The queen, through he private sec
retary, Sir Arthur John Biggs, sent
the following letter to tin commander
in-chief of the forces, I ield Marshal
Lord Wolseley:
Osborne, Feb. 17.—Mr. Dear Lord
Wolseley: As so large a proportion of
the army is now in South Africa the
queen fully realizes that necessary
measures must be adopt, d for home
defense. Her majesty is • dvised that
it would be possible to raise for a year
an efficient force from her old soldiers
who have already served as officers,
non-commissioned officers or privates,
and confident in their devotion to
the country and loyalty to the throne,
lhe queen appeals to them to serve her
jnce more in the place of those who,
Uor a time, side by side with the poe
ple of her colonies, are nobly resisting
the invasion of her South African pos
sessions. Her majesty has signified
her pleasure that these battalions shall
be designated the Royal Reserve bat
tallions of her army.
AY, FEBRUARY 24, 1900.
BRYAN IN TAMPA.
Holds Informal Receptions and
Entertains Citizens With In
teresting Address.
W. J. Bryan arrived in Tampa.,
Fla., Monday night, and was greeted
at the depot by a largge crowd. At
10 o’clock Tuesday morning he was
escorted to the courthouse, from which
point he was taken for a drive through
the city.
At 4 o’clock in the afternoon he
held an informal reception in the ro
tunda of the Tampa Bay hotel, and
thousands of people who had poured
in by every train passed through
and greeted him.
At 5 o’clock Mr. Bryan held a re
ception for ladies only and made them
a short address. Following this six
teen Cuban boys, dressed in native
costume, appeared, each bearing a
I large cigar wrapped in gold and silver
Jin the proportion of 16 to 1. The ci
' gars were presented to Mr. Bryan
amid the plaudits of the crowd.
At 7:30 o’clock Mr. Bryan was es
corted to the courthouse plaza.
i Benches were provided to cover every
I inch of the ground surrounding ths
1 stand, and the scene was lighted by
; hundreds of red, white' and blue elec
tric lights.
Congressman S. M. Sparkman in
troduced Colonel Bryan to the im
mense throng as the Moses who had
arisen to lead the common people out
of the wilderness and place American
institutions on the foundations laid
for them by the fathers of the repub
i lie.
I Mr. Bryan elicited hearty applause
■by anti-British remarks concerning
, the South African war; said that trusts
meant simply the centralization of all
; power in the end and the subjugation
I of all not interested; while the Repub
i lican monetary policy would result in
j one central bank controlling all the
. money in the coutry and all business
.in consequence. The only safeguard
against this was the silver policy of
the Democratic party. He predicted
a popular uprising resulting in Demo-
, cratic victory in the next election.
KIMBERLEYITES JOYFUL.
Their Relief By General French Knew
No Bounds.
Advices from Modder River state
that although the rapid march of
General French’s division was marked
I by a number of conflicts, the actual
entry into Kimberley was unopposed.
When the British , were still eight
' miles off the signaling corps intercept
ed a heliograph message from the be
leaguered garrison to Modder river
saying: “The Boers are shelling the
, town.”
The advancing column replied:
> “This is General French coming to
1 the relief of Kimberly.”
j The garrison was incredulous and
thought that the message was a Boer
ruse and flashed the query: “What
i regiment are you?”
; The reply satisfied the defenders of
Kimberley that the anxiously awaited
I succor was at hand and a few hours
later General French at the head of a
i column made a triumphant entry into
' the place, the people surrounding the
troops and intermingling with them,
cheering wildly, grasping the soldiers’
hands, waving flags, hats and hand
kerchiefs and exhibiting in a hundred
ways the intensity of their joy.
The inhabitants had been on short
rations for some time, eating horse
flesh and living in burrows undei;
; heaps of mine refuse.
HELD JOINT SESSION.
Both Houses of Kentucky Legislature
Reaffirm Goebel’s Title.
The Democratic members of the
two houses of the Kentucky legisla
ture met in joint session at 3 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon and by a vote of 74
to 2 ratified the former proceedings
by which William Goebel was declared
governor and J. C. W. Beckham lieu
tenant governor, and through which
Beckham, since the death of Goebel,
claims title to the office of governor.
The Republican members of the
legislature remained away from the
■joint session, having decided in caucus
not to attend.
Tho senate had adopted the resolu
tions Monday and the house Tuesday,
and the adoption of them by the joint
assembly, from the Democratic stand
point, puts the-finishing touches as to
its action on the contests.
Senator Triplett and Representative
Grider voted against the resolutions.
NO. 35.
The Real Test for Swearing.
Wrangler—You say that Job’s pa
tience never was really tested?
Quibbler —I do. Why, he never
put the lighted end of his cigar in his
mouth just as he wanted to make his
argument most impressive.—Life.
Barnacles on Ocean Cables.
The recent Investigation for cable laying in
the Pacific Ocean have reveale i the interest
ing fact, that If not upon rock botton, they
gradually become encrusted w2th barnacles
and seaweeds, heavy enough to break them.
This is like dyspepsia, which If it is not check
ed. grows until it breaks down the health
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters will prevent as
well as cure Indigestion, dyspepsia, bilious
ness, liver and kidney troubles. It makes
weak stomachs strong. All druggists sell it.
Ever Meet Jimaon?
Jack—“Ha! ha! That’s a good story.
Here comes Jirason; tell it to him.”
Tom—“ No. I never tell a new funny story
toJimson. It always reminds him of an old
and dismal one.”
44 A Stitch in Time
Saves Nine/'
A broken stitch, like the
“little rift within the lute/'
is the beginning of trouble.
“la.m tired, not ill." “It
will soon piss away.” " I don't believe
in medicine." These' Are the broken
stitches that lead io serious illness. Nature
is wise And in Hood's Sarsaparilla she
has furnished the means to take up
broken stitches. Why ? it
starts at the root and cleanses the blood.
Bad Blood "For years I was
troubled with my blood, my face was
pale, I never felt well. Three bottles of
Hood’s Sarsaparilla made me feel better
and gave me a healthy color." Mae Cross,
24 Cedar Av., South, Minneapolis, Minn.
Hood’s Pills core liver 1118; the non-irritating and
only catbartie to take with Hood’i Sarsaparilla.
Gage Guest of Honor.
Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J.
Gage was the guest of honor at a din
ner of 300 covers given Tuesday after
noon at the auditorium in Chicago by
the National Association of Merchants
and Travelers.
Deadly Dynamite.
A dynamite explosion occurred in
the Union Pacific gravel pits, thirty
miles west of Cheyenne, Wyo., Tues
day, in which two men were killed and
three seriously injured.
FOR MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN.
Two Letter, from Women H.lped Through
the “Change of Lire.*’ by Lydia E.-Plnk
ham's Vegetable Compound.
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to do me any good. Since I have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound, my health has improved very
much. I will gladly recommend your
medicine to others and am sure that it
will prove as great a blessing to them
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Relief Came Promptly
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under treatment with the doctors for
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Another Woman Helped
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