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The Georgia Record.
VOL. I.
BOER CAPITAL
SURRENDERED
Such a Report Is Firmly Believed
In London.
NO CONFIRMATION IS RECEIVED
Latest News From South Africa
Indicates That the War Is
About At An End.
A London special, under date of
June Ist, says: Belated messages
from Pretoria confirm the reports of
the departure of President Kruger
with his cabinet and stafi' officials
Tuesday night, and the selection at a
meeting of citizens of a committee to
administer the city provisionally.
Since these telegtams left on Wed
nesday nothing apparently has reached
Lourenzo Marquez by telegraph from
Pretoria. Possibly the wires have been
cut. Possibly the Boer censorship at
some intermediate point interrupts
telegrams.
So thoroughly is the country im
bued with the belief that Pretoria has
fallen, that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain,
the secretary of state for the colonies,
speaking at a meeting of the univer
sity of Birmingham, proposed a mes
sage to the queen congratulating her
upon the “capture” of Johannesburg
and Pretoria, which was sent to the
afternoon newspapers.
Although the war office has not re
don harbors the idea that the Boer
capital is not already in the hands of
the British or about to be there. The
possession of Johannesburg, at all
events, as Lord Roberts has telegraph
ed, is a fact. States Attorney Smuts
did not depart with President Kruger,
but remained in Pretoria. The present
seat of the Boer government, accord
ing to a dispatch from Lourenzo
Marques, dated May 31st, is Middle
burg, but it will probably be shifted
further east.
The Boers lately confronting Roberts
appear to have gone eastward, also to
ward the Lyndenburg region. The
defenders of Laing’s nek, when their
positions becomes too perilous, will
probably trek straight northward to
ward Lyndenburg. When this con
centration takes place there will be
possibly 20,000 men, who may hold
out for a time with scattered bands of
guerrillas elsewhere.
A ROAST FOR PECK.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas,
Wants Light on Work of Our
Paris Commissioner
In the senate, Friday, Mr. Jones of
Arkansas, made a vigorous attack upon
the administration of the Paris exposi
tion commision by Commissioner Gen
eral Ferd W. Peck. Up to January,
1900, he said Mr. Peck had ac
counted for less than $400,000 of the
$1,400,000 appropriated for expo
sition purposes. He demanded to
know where the balance of the appro
priation had gone. The so-called de
tailed statement that had been sub
mitted contained such items as $72,000
for clerk hire, $3,724 for personal
traveling expenses of the commis
sioner general, etc., which Mr. Jones
believed were rediculous as “details.”
“It is time,” said he, warmly, “that
this sort of thing should cease. These
statements ought to be itemized in ac
cordance with the mandate of the
law.” He then a read a dispatch from
Paris indicating dissension among the
American commission, some of whom
had been charged with endeavor to
compel exhibitors to pay for the space
allotted to them in the exposition. He
believed an investigation necessary.
Mr. Hale, republican, of Maine, said
he personally inclined to the opinion
that the Paris exposition was a bad
performance.
Mr. Jones, continuing, said that the ■
air has been full of rumors that there
have been most extravagant and un
reasonable expenditures of the fund
provided for the American exhibit, and
we all know there never has been any
satisfactory report as to how this
money was used.
TO BLUE AND GRAY
Shaft Commemorating Antietam
Presented to Government.
A GREAT DAY AT HAGERSTOWN
President »nd Cabinet Officers, Members
of Congress and Olliers of Prominence
Take Part In Exercises.
A special from Hagerstown, Md.,
says: Another link in the chain which
binds together the once warring fac
tions of the north and south was
forged Wednesday by the dedication
of a monument erected to the memory
of the men who wore the gray as well I
as those who wore the blue, and who .
died in mortal combat on the bloody ’
field of Antietam.
This event, which is possibly with- ’
out a parallel in the history of the
world, was graced by the presence of
the president of the United States, ac
companied by many members of his
cabinet; a score or more of United
States senators, as many members of
the house, the governor of Maryland
and prominent men of the states.
There were present hundreds of i
veterans who fought for the “lost
cause” and thousands who fought for
the side that proved victorious. Side
by side they stood with uncovered
heads throughout the ceremony.
Colonel Benjamin F. Taylor, as
president of the Antietam Battlefield I
Commission of Maryland, then pre
sented the monument to the national i
government and Elihu Root, secretary I
of war, in a brief address accepted it 1
on behalf of the United States.
I ly of a reminiscent character, by Gen
erals John B. Brooke, James Long
street, Orlando B. Wilcox, J. E. Dur
vea, Senators Foraker, Burrows and
Daniel and others who were promi
nent on the opposing sides in the
great struggle. These were followed
in turn by Representative George B.
McClellan, of New York, and other
members of both houses of congress.
The band played “Hail to the Chief”
and General Douglas introduced Presi
dent McKinley, who delivered the ad
dress of the day. The president said
in part:
“Mr. Chairman and My Fellow Citi
zens—l appear only for a moment that
I may make acknowledgment for your
courteous greeting and express in a
single word my sincere approval of
this occasion for which we have as
sembled today.
“In this presence and on this memo
rable field I am glad to meet the fol
lowers of Lee, Jackson, Longstreet
and Johnston with the followers of
Grant and McClelland and Sherman
and Sheridan, greeting each other not
with arms in their hands or malice in
their souls, but with affection and re
spect for each other in their hearts.
(Applause.)
“Standing here today one reflection
only has crowned my mind—the dif
ference between the sections and that
of thirty-eight years ago. Then the 1
men who wore the blue and the men
who wore the gray greeted each other I
with shot and shell and visited death
upon their respective ranks. We meet i
after all these intervening years with
but one sentiment—that of loyalty to
the government of the United States,
love for our flag and free institutions,
and determined men of the north
and men of the south to make any :
sacrifice for the honor and perpetuity
of the American nation. (Great Ap
plause.)
“My fellow-citizens, I am glad,
also, of the famous meeting between '
Grant and Lee at Appgmattox. lam
glad we were together, aren’t yon?” ;
(cries of ‘yes, yes’)—“glad that the I
union was saved by the honorable
terms made between Grant and Lee, I
under the famous apple tree, and there I
is one glorious fact that must be al
ways gratifying to us—the American I
soldiers never surrendered but to
Americans. (Applause.)
“The followers of the Confederate
generals, with the followers of the !
federal generals, fought side by side I
in Cuba, in Porto Rico and in the I
Philippines, and in thosefar-off islands !
are standing together today fighting
and dying for the flag they love, the
flag that represents more than any
other banner in the world, the best
hopes and aspirations of mankind.”
(Great and long continued applause.)
ATLANTA, GA.. SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1900.
WARRANT FOR TAYLOR.
Paper Is Issued By Judge Cantrill
For Arrest of Kentucky
Ex-Governor.
The issuance of a bench warrant at
Frankfort, Ky , Friday, by Judge
Cantrill was the first official notice
that an indictment bad been returned
naming Former Governor Taylor as
an accessory to the murder of William
Goebel. It had been rumored for
weeks that the indictment had been
returned, but t.iat the officials refused
to i ither confirm or deny it. The in
die me it was filed and entered on re
cord April J 9th. It reads as follows:
The grand jury of the county of
Franklin in the name and by au
thority of the commonwealth of Ken
tucky accuses William S. Taylor, of
this commonwealth, of being acces
sory before the fact to the willful mur
der of William Goebel, committed as
follows, viz: The said William 8.
Taylor in the said comity of Franklin,
on the 30th dr.y of January, A. D.,
1900, and before the finding of this
indictment, unlawfully, willfully and
feloniously of his malice aforethought
and with intent to bring about the
death and procure the murder of Wil
liam Goebel, did conspire with Caleb
Powers, F. W. Golden, John L.
Powers, John Davis, Henry Yout
sey, Charles Finley, W. H. Cul
ton, John Howard, Berry How
ard, Harlan Whitaker, Richard
Combs and others to this grand
jury unknown, and did coun
sel, advise, encourage, aid and pro
cure Henry Youtsey, James Howard,
Berry Howard, Harlan Whitaker,
Richard Combs and other persons to
this grand jury unknown, unlawfully,
willfully, feloniously and of their mal
ice aforethought, to kill and murder
William Goebel, which one of the last
five named peUiq,, oojli. y person
nctirig with' tffein, ILL who is to this
grand jury unknown, as aforesaid
then and there, thereunto by the said
W. 8, Taylor before the fact commit
ted, advised, encouraged, aided and
procured, did by shooting and wound
ing the said Goebel with a gun or pis
tol, loaded with powder or other ex
plosive and leaden and steel ball or
other hard substances, and from which
said shooting and wounding the said
Goebel died on the 3d day of February,
1900, but which of said last above
mentioned persons as aforesaid, actu
ally fired the shot that killed the said
Goebel is to this grand jury-unknown,
against the peace and dignity of the
commonwealth of Kentucky.”
The bench warrant commands the
sheriff or other arresting officer to ar
rest William S. Taylor and deliver
him to the jailer of Franklin county.
On the back of the indictment about
fifty persons are named as witnesses
for the commonwealth. The bench
warrant was placed in the hands of
Deputy Sheriff John Suter, who is act
ing in the absence of the sheriff, who
is at Hot Springs. When asked what
he would do with the warrant ne said:
“What can I do with it? I would
serve it if I could, and I could do it if
Governor Mount of Indiana would
help me, but from all reports I guess
he will not do it.”
Governor Beckham Friday afternoon
issued an order mustering out ten
companies of the state guard. All ex
cept two of them are located in moun
tain towns and were among those mus
tered into service during the political
excitement just before and immedi
ately following the state election last
fall.
SENATE PASSES BILL.
Sundry Civil Appropriation Meiwure Goes
Through With Important Amendments.
At the conclusion of a session lasting
eight hours, the senate Friday evening
passed the sundry civil appropriation
bill. The amendment providing for
an appropriation of $5,000,090 for the
Louisiana purchase exposition, to be
held in St. Louis in 1903,was continued
in the bill after an unsuccessful effort
to reduce the appropriation.
An amendment was incorporated
providing for the beginning of the
work on the memorial bridge between
Washington and Arlington cemeteries,
to be erected in memory of the dead
of both the Union and Confederate
armies. While the bill carries only
$200,000 for the project, it is expected
ultimately to cost about $5,000,000.
An amendment also was added to the
measure providing for an adjustment
of certain claims of the states of New
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Dela
ware, Oregon, California and South
Carolina.
NO BOER SYMPATHY!
I
Teller Resolutions In the Senate
Fail of Adoption.
VOTE WAS FORTY TO TWENTY-SIX
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, Made Strong
I»l ea _st. Louis Gets Expo
sition Funds.
A Washington special says: A few
minutes before adjournment Tuesday
the senate concurred in the civil ap
propriation bill an amendment appro
priating $5,000,000 for the Louisiana
purchase exposition to be held in St.
Louis in 1903, the condition being
that $10,000,000 in addition bo raised
by the exposition authorities. The
amendment was offered by Mr. Cock
rell, of Missouri, and was adopted
without debate. Because an amend
ment offered by him subsequently was
stricken out on a pointed order, Mr.
Gallinger, of New Hampshire, moved
to reconsider the St. Louis fair amend
ment ami the motion is now pending,
but will not be adopted.
The Teller resolution expressing
sympathy for the Boers was referred
to the committee on foreign relations
by a vote of 40 to 26.
Mr. Fairbanks, of Indiana, endeav
ored to secure consideration of the bill
providing for the extradition of crim
inals from the United States to Cuba,
but Mr. Allison declined to lay aside
the appropriation bill for that pur
pose.
The house bill permitting the con
struction of a dam across New river, in
Giuyson county, Virginia, was passed.
Mr. Daniel, of Virginia, presented
the credentials of his colleague,
Thomas Martin, as Senator from Vir
ginia for the term of six yeais begin
ning March 4, 1901.
The Teller resolution was then laid
before the senate and Mr. Bacon, of
Georgia, addressed the senate.
No senator could fail, he thought,
to sympathize with the Boers—such
senators, at least, as are devoted to lib
erty and free government. This is a
case of two weak republics engaged in
a struggle for life with the greatest
empire in the world; of 25,000 or
30,000 plain farmers iu a death strug
gle with an army of 250,000 men. The
pending resolution was, in his opinion,
conservative, proper and not in any
way violative of international law.
Mr. Bacon read an extract from a
memorial presented to the house of
representatives on January 19th, 1820,
relative to the war then pending be
tween Greece and Turkey, and dis
cussed the banquet given to Kossuth
in the old National hotel, in Washing
ton on the 7th of January, 1852.
Mr. Davis, chairman of the com
mittee on foreign relations, moved
that the resolution be referred to the
committee on foreign relations. The
request was agreed to as follows:
Yeas—Aldrich, Allison, Bard, Bev
eridge, Barrows, Carter, Clark, Cul
lom, Deboe, Depew, Elkins, Fair
banks, Foraker, Foster, Gallinger,
Hansbrough, Hawley, Kyle, Lindsay,
Lodge, Mcßride, McComas, McCum
ber, McMillan, Penrose, Perkins, Pet
tus, Platt of Connecticut, Platt of
New York, Proctor, Quarles, Ross,
Scott, Sewell, Shoup, Simon, Stew
art, Thurston, Wetmore, Wolcott—4o.
Nays—Allen, Bacon, Bate, Butler,
Caffery, Chaudler, Clay, Cockrell,
Culberson, Daniel, Hale, Harris, Heit
field. Hoar, Jones of Arkansas, Ken
ny, Mallory, Martin, Mason, Money,
Pettigrew, Bawlins, Teller, Tillman,
Turley, Turner —26.
Consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill was resumed. A pro
vision was added to the section to es
tablish national quarantine stations in
Florida that no station should be lo
cated nearer than five miles to Key
West.
DOGS CHASE ASSASSIN.
Negro Wreaks His Vengeance on a South
Carolina Farmer.
A few days ago John Boyd, a farmer
in Darlington county, S. C., had a
quarrel with a negio on his place and
tied him up nud whipped him. Boyd
was at supper Tuesday’ night when he
was shot dead, the bullet piercing the
window glass. A crowd of men with
bloodhounds started at once on the
track of the murderer.
NO. 49. J
VETS AT LOUISVILLE
Battle Scarred Heroes Take Pos
session of Kentucky City.
THE LARGEST GATHERING EVER HELD
General Gordon. Their Beloved Chieftain.
Getg a Tremendous Ovation—Maimed
Battalion Great Attraction.
A Louisville special says: Surround- ''
ed by waving banners bearing the fiery
cross of the Confederacy, listening to
the cheers from the throats of 3,000
men who wore the gray, and confront
ed by the waving handkerchiefs of
hundreds of ladies, General John B.
Gordon, commander of the United
Confederate Veterans, Wednesday,
formally opened the tenth annual re
union of the order, which, in point of
attendance, is the largest ever held
since the inception of the organiza
tion,
For an hour previous to the time set
for the opening of the meeting the
veterans and their friends made their
way in a steady stream to the hall and
by 11:30 o’clock it was well filled.
At the conclusion of the doxolngj*
General Poyntz, the presiding officer’,’
introduced Mayor Weaver, who wel
comed the visitors in behalf of the
city of Louisville.
The mayor, whose speech was re
ceived with much applause, was fol
lowed by Colonel Thomas F. Bullit,
who welcomed the visitors to Louis
ville in behalf of the board of trade of
the city.
As General Gordon stepped forward
to receive the keys he received a strong
evidence of the regard in which be is
held by his Comrades of the associa
tion. They sprang to their feet en
masse, climbed upon chairs, wave<L
hats and handkerchiefs frantically and
Cheered again and again, aud General
Gordon was visibly moved by the re-'
ception he met, and for several min
utes he stood bowing hie thanks.
When quiet was restored again he
spoke in part as follows:
“No man is gifted enough and no
words are strong enough to tell Ken
tuckians what we feel at this hour and
how deeply we feel it. Shall I say for
my comrades and myeelf that we are
grateful, profoundly grateful? That
would be in the presence of such
a demonstration the merest common
place, the needless statement of a pa
tent fact, which you already know or
can plainly read in these moistened
eyes and quivering lips. Shall I tell
you that we are amazed; that we are
unprepared for such a display, such
exhuberance of hospitality, such
warmth and prodigality of welcome?
I cannot say that, for it would be un
true. We knew beforehand what to
expect of this great hearted people.
“We have come to find not only
that is true but that the half had not
been told. What can I say, then,
what can any man say or do to repre
sent to this people the responsive
echoes of our deeply stirred sensibili
ties? If I possessed the mystio power
to catch and transmute into burning
sentences the thoughts of these brains
and the rhythms of these hearts, I
might hope to give you some concep
tion of our appreciation of this Ken
tucky greeting.
“Why has not some Edison or some
gifted scientist, moved by a genius
divine, invented some means of photo
graphing human emotions? Why did
not that crafty delver into nature’s se
crets, who discovered the X-rays, give
us a double X-ray powerful enough to
expose to Kentucky’s view the emo
tions of these men? If such au instru
ment were at your command this
morning, you would see inscribed
upon these hearts, in indelible letters,
the beloved name of Kentucky.
“The truth is, gentlemen, that your
state holds a place among her sisters
that is not only unique, but decidedly
picturesque.
“Heaven bless, protect and guide
Kentucky. May harmony and Chris
tian fellowship rule in all her counsels
and peace, joy and plenty abide for
ever in all her homes.”
No delegation of veterans has been
accorded such an ovation as that given
the Atlanta, Ga., battalion of maimed
veterans. From the depot to their
quarters they were cheered by the
thousands who thronged the streets
and the impression! they made equal
ed all expectations.