LARGE FOKIE IN THE FIELD
Kngland' Troop llelng I'oiirod Into
Africa, Hut Delayed In Getting
to the Front.
London, fliy Cable.) -The remarkable
leclurntlon of Mr. YVyndham. of the War
niu, Id the IIoiim of Commons, thnt Great
Drltaln will have Iti a fortnltrht lHO.OoO rog
Jlurs in South Africa. 7,000 Canadians and
Australians, and 20,000 South African Vol
.uiteers, is revived with wonderment. Of
:hls total of 213,000 troops, with 43U tun,
ill are now there, with tlio exception of
bout 18.000 that nro allont. Beyond rom
larlson this f tlio largest force Grent Drit
ila lias ever put In the Held. At the end of
.he Crimean war she had scraped together
W.000 men. Wellington at Wuterlooo bad
iS.000.
The general tone of the morning papers Is
that his figure will atonish the country.
I'.oughlyspenklng, only 80,000 men are at
.he front. Ten thounand others have been
lost, and ten thousand are shut np at Lady.
rnltl).
Excluding tlipse, there aro 70.000 troops
w ho have not yet Ixmui In action. In addition
those at sea. Why so ninny effectives
have not yet been engaged Is explained by
the lack of land transportation aid Him or
cniiizntlon of supplies, to which Lord Hob--rts
Is devoting his experience, and Lord
kitchener his (renins for details.
It seems as though the weight of these
masses mmt destroy the equilibrium wlilci
now holds tha British forces stnllviuiry
wherever thoy nm lu contact with the Boet
rmy.
Lack of transportation nnd organisation
will not explain adequately why. when gen
erals at tho front request reinforcements,
they get them lu rather small numbers.
Knowledge 4 slowly penetrntlng to I on Ion
that large garrisons must be kept In Capo
Colony, to hold down the Cape Dutch, who,
a everyone knows, outnumber the British
residents three to two.
Cable scraps received during the last
twelve hours do not further Illuminate tho
military oporntlnns. It Is believed In some
rather trustworthy quarters that he is again
assailing the Boer Hues.
A further list of casunltitles published by
the War Ofllco brings thn total from tho
crossing of the Tugeln to tho abandonment
of Splon Kop to 1,965 ofllcers and men.
Home unpleasant criticism of the Wat
Offleo has been caused by the discovery that
tho sights of the Lee-F.nfluld carbines are
defective. Old carbines have been supplied
to the outgoing Fourth Brigade of Cavalry.
Pl'IJMC DKIIT STATEMENT.
A IlecrfMd as Compared With Last
Maul h Cash In the Treasury.
Washington, (Special. ) The monthly
mi.tement of the public debt shows that at
the close of business January 81, 19. 0, the
debt, less cash In the Treasury, amounted to
!.U5,636.2a7? a decrease, as compared with
lt.,t month, of (8,(103,780. This decrease It
accounted for by a corresponding Increase
In the amount of onsh on band.
The debt Is reonpltulnled as follows:
Interest bearing debt. $1,026,8311,000; debt
on which Interest has ceased since maturity,
tl. 208,410; debt bearing no Interest, 390,.
055,740; total, tl, 418,127,200. This amount,
however, does not Include 1710,011,003 In
certificates and treasury notes outstanding
which are offset by an equal amount of cash
on hand. The cash in the Treasury is classi
fied as follows:
Oold, 403,40fl,GO.-.; silver, 4-302,043,317,
paper, G9,413,C15; bonds deposits in national
bank depositories, disbursing officers' bal
ances, etc., $108,475,123; total, 1,083,428,501.
against which there are demand liabilities
outstanding amounting . to (790,837,588
which leaves a net cash balance on hand of
2'.'2,49Q,B73.
KO MILKAGK FKKS.
Iloua Committee Decides Against
Roborts' Claim.
Washington. (Special.) The House Com
mittee on Mileage rejected the claim of
Brighaui H. Itoberts, of Utah, for mileage
In connection with his contest for n, sent in
the House. Mr. Itoberts put in n clulin for
mileage from Halt Lsko City to Washington,
2,597 miles, and return, at the usual rate ol
JO cents a mile each way, making a totul of
fl.P38.80.
Mr. Roberts was not present, and It was
understood ho bail gone to Chicago. Mr.
Cooper, of Terns, moved that Mr. liobert
was entitled to udleage, but on a tie vote 2
to 2-this fulled. Chairman Barbain will
repott this action, which, he says, Is equiva
lent to a rejection of the claim by the com
mittee. As a result of suggestions la the commit
tee, Mr. Barham will confer with the Speaker
concerning the recognition of any member
who may seek to secure for Mr. Itoberts the
92,000 usually allowed in contested election
cases. This, however, Is not the committee
action, but Is due to a desire to afford op
portunity to bring the mut:er before the
House.
DKATMS IN A WKKtK.
Three Killed nnd a Number
Injured.
Madly
Tampa, Pla., (Special.) A fast passenger
train on the Plant system was wreaked 20
luiles north of this place. Engineer Kennedy
wns Instantly killed.
One passenger was killed, but the body
whs so frightfully mutilated that It Is Impos
sible to Identify It at this time. The son of
H. 1 Ilernden, mull ngeut of this city, died
at the Sunford Hospital. Mr. Ilernden, Sr.,
is badly Injured. A number of ,tbur pn
seugers were also injured. The mull and
express onrs nnd two day coachus were
ihrown over. Tho Pullman cars were not
derailed.
The accident was caused by the train run
ning Into an open switah, nnd colliding with
a freight esr. It is believed that the switoh
was opeued by soma person with tho iuleu
tlon of wrecking the trulu.
Ooebel's Couslu Stricken.
Chicago, III., (Special.) Albert Cioebel, a
cousin of the wounded Governor of Keu
tuoky, was rldiug on a Btreet oar whou he
was attacked suddenly with heart disease,
and fell from tho enr, fracturing his skull,
lie sustained lu addition severe cuts on tho
scalp.
FBEIGIIT AM l'ASSKNliKK.
Engineer Illday Killed In Wreck eud
Fireman Injured.
Akron, O., (Special.) Truln No. 14, a fnBl
east bound express on the Erie Itoad, hauled
by two engines, collided with a freight train
lu the suburbs of Akron while running at a
high rate of speed.
Engineer Dlday, of tho forward passenger
onglne. was killed, and his llreman, George
Klul, slightly Injured. Dlday was the oldest
engineer on the road. None of the passen
gers were lujured. Three coachus were bad
ly wrecked.
APPKAI. TO 1'ltKtfIUKNT.
Mr. Taylor's Letter Asking for tlio Support
of the Administration.
Washington, (Special.) President MoKiu.
ley has received a long message from Uo v.
W. 8. Taylor, of Kenuoky. ,
Governor Taylor reoltes at length the sit
uation In Kentuoky; declare that ha con
siders himself tha legally elected executive
of the Stale, and assnrti that the condition
of affairs at tha presuut time 1 most orltloal.
Me says that a riot amy ooour at any time!
Governor Taylor says that he Is doubtful
of bis power to control the situation, and ap
peals to the President to end the mutter and
tenure peace In the Hi ate by reoogntalng him
tha Governor of Kttntask.
THE NEWS.
V
Governor Taylor's counsel had R confer,
mice with (.Wool's Inwyers and friends, nnd
proposed thalitho case of the two governors
rnr
oesuumiuuu lo the State Court of Appeals,
with tho right to carry it to the Supreme
tourt oi Ilia l nlted States, The Goebel men
rejected the proposition, befog unwilling to
let the matter go beyond the State courts.
The president of n bank which Is a deposi
tory for Kentucky State funds refused to
nonor vouchers signed by Governor Taylor,
nnd the Warden of the penitentiary refused
to release a convict whom Governor Taylor
had pardoned. The mllltln still guard the
capltol grounds and building, with Instruc
tions to receive no orders from Ooebel. The
condition of Ooebel continues critical. Gov.
Taylor sent a telegram to President McKln
Icy declaring that he was doubtful of his
power to control the situation, and asking
that the President reaognlaa him as gov
ernor. The funeral train bearing the remains of
Major General Lawton, Major Logan nnd
Dr. Armstrong sturted for the east from San
Francisco.
While trying to save children from ft fire
In n parochial school building In St. Louis, a
Catholic sister perished with one of her lit
tle pupils.
FormorBmk President Charles H. Cole,
of the Globo National Hunk of Boston, gave
ball In 950,000 to answer I he charge of em
bezzlement. The fast passenger train on the Plant sys
tern Wits wrecked near Tampa, Pin. Several
passengers were killed and others Injured.
Miss l'llemon D. Ganova leaped from the
third-story window of a burning tenoment
In New York and was killed.
Mrs. LouIsa SchaofTor wns killed In Chi
cago by Nicholas Ilotzlcr, whom she bad re
fused to marry.
Fire In the manufacturing district of Day-
tou, O., caused a loss of (500,000.
William Goebel was sworn In as Governor
of Kentucky, and J. H. Beckham as lieuten
ant governor, The Democratic members of
the legislature filed a written Btntoment say
ing they were In favor of seating him, but
had been prevented by Governor Taylor,
who kept them out of all balls by the mili
tary, aud Issued a proclamation adjourning
the legislature to meet in London on Febru
ary 0.
Lorlston M. Fairbanks, father of t'nited
States Senutor Fairbanks, died at Pasadena,
Cnl.
Smallpox is prevalent In the central see
lion of West Virginia.
Wade Paugh was frozen to death In Ritchie
oounty, W. Vs.
The British steamer Merston Moor wont
ashore off New Inlet, near Cape Hntteras.
The Meywood Brothers' chair factory, in
New York, was destroyed by lire.
The Patternmakers' Union of Chicago has
demanded a nlue-hour day.
Mrs. Fred lleed. of Boonton, N. J., found
her runaway husband near Middietewn, N.
Y., and then mode the discovery for the first
time that she was a stepmother.
One man was killed and a dozen others
fatally Injured by on explosion of a battery
of four boilers in the steel dopnrtment of
Phillips, Mlunlck & Co.'s mill, In Pittsburg.
Jesse Wilson, a colored undertaker of Nor
folk, Va., was arrested for burying a three-year-old
child In the same cofllnwlth an un
known woman.
W. D. Smith, of Macon, Ga., wns sentenced
to imprisonment for life for throwing acid
Into the face of Mrs. Susie illlliurd, perman
ently blinding her.
The union painters and decorators of New
port News, Vs., demanded a reduction of
one hour per day at the present wages.
Former Captain Ike T. Jobe, nccused of
fraudulently Issuing transportation orders,
was captured near Johnson City,. Tenn.
Luellu C. Oakes, of New York, sued her
former husband and his present wife for
putting her in an insane asylum.
Alice Kelly, n bride of three months, went
from sleep to death in New York, gas com
ing through unused pipes.
llev. Dr. Parkhurst, of New York, proposes
that saloons shall be allowed to sull beer on
bunduy.
Henry Noble nnd his sweetheart were
blown from a bridge while driving neur
Danbury. Ct., during a storm.
The Southern Naval Stores Company was
chartered lu Savannah, Ga., with a capital
of 1300,140.
Major Thomas A. Brander, a prominent
ex-Coufedernte, died nt his home in Itlch
tnond. The bill providing for separate curs for
whites and negroes on the railways passed
tho Vlrglnlu Senate without a dissenting
vote, Tho governor's approval is a fore
gone conclusion,
I.i n collision between a special passenger
train and a freight train at Wnyoross. Ga.,
Ilftecu pussengers were Injured.
The rbllndeliJilo coroner's jury found
four persons responsible for tho denth of
Miss May Blbighitus In the opium joint.
The Ciiuiijohnrlo (N. Y.) National Bank
suspended, and E, J, Graham, national bank
examiner, wns placed in charge.
' Six hundred operatives at tho American
Hide aud Leather Company's tanneries in
Lowell, Mass., went on a strike.
James and Amos Pierce were arrested lu
Chester, Pa., on suspicion of having mur
dured George B. Eyre.
Frederick Lempke, n Christian scientist,
committed rulcide by thrusting bU head into
a red hot stove.
Six thousand dollars' worth of diamonds
was stolen from Joseph K. Davidson & Son
In Philadelphia.
The third dynamite outrage in Leadvllle,
Col., wrecked the home of A. Y. Iluuter,
the millionaire.
Lewis Havens, of Philadelphia, died sud
denly In a car nt Lenoir, N, C.
A fire nt Dawson City destroyed t400,000
worth of property.
Samuel Peter Meyers was hanged at Som
erset, Pa.
li. II. Nicholas, a native of Baltimore, and
superintendent of the Now York, Philadel
phia and Norfolk Kallroad, died In Philadel
phia. Judge Wnlljce, In the Uulted States Court
at Albany, concurred with the lower court
In refusing to grant a writ of habeas corpus
in the case of Captain Oberlln M. Carter,
convicted of conspiracy against the gov
ernment. Brigadier General Charles W. Squires, a
prominent Confederate during the Civil War,
died In St. Louis, aged sixty.
May Bobchous, aged nineteen, died in
Philadelphia from the effects of smoking
opium in a dun.
Julius Bandmann, an old inerobnnt of San
Francisco, is deud.
John Klontban died- nt Berryvlllo, Vu.,
aged seventy-one.
The Deluwure, Lackawuuna aud Western
Company begun shutting down Its ooal mints
lu Pennsylvania.
W. J. McConuell, the temperanoe ndvoedo
of Cleveland, died lu Philadelphia from ex
cessive use of morphia.
Count Bonl da Castellans, with his wife,
Anna Gould, reached New York, and deuled
absolutely that he had lost anythlug In spec
ulations, declaring that ha bad never specu
lated In his life.
A. P. T. Elder, formerly a publisher In
Chicago, plead guilty in the United States
Court, that oily, to having used the mulls to
defraud.
Clarenoa W. Robinson was appointed com
monwealth's attorney In Newport News, Va.,
to fill tha vacancy caused by tha death of J.
K. M, Newton.
John Potter Stooktoa, formerly United
States senator, who woa for years attorney
general of New Jersey, tiled at tha Hotel
Hanover. In New York.
GOEBEL IS DEAD.
Hit KM AM FltOMPTLY ft WORN IN AS
tlOVtKUNOIt
CEREMONY HELD IN HOTEL.
Senator llliu kbnrn and Other Democratic
Leaders Present-A Dramatic Scene, In
Wbleh the Young Lieutenant I'luys the
Leading I'art-Urders Troops to lte-
urn iiome.
Frankfort, Ky., (Speclnl.) -The bullet
nrea by an unknown assassin last Taesdny
morning ended the lire of William Goebel
nt 6.45 o'clock Snturduy evening. The only
peraous present at the death bed wore Mr,
Goebel's sister, Mrs. Braunacker, and his
orotner, Arthur Ooebel, of Cincinnati, who
nave been In constant attendance nt Mr.
O. oliel's bedside, nnd Dr. McConnlok.
Justus Goebel, another brother, who has
ba;n htirrrylng from Arizona ns fast ns steam
would carry him. in a vain hoDe of reaching
his dying brother in time for some token of
recognition, arrived fortv minutes too late.
Oxygen was frequently administered tho
uymg man during tho afternoon, In an effort
to keep him alive until his brother's arrival,
but lu vain. By the cruel irony of fate, the
truln on which Justus Goebel was traveling
to Frankfort wns delayed several hours
from various cause', nnd when Mr. Goebel
ilnnlly reached here, It was only to learn
that his brother was dead.
Move for a Monument.
Among bitter partisans of both parties
grief Is manifested, and already A movement
has been started to erect a fitting monument
to Mr. Goebel's memory on the spot In the
Stntehouse grounds where he was shot.
No arrangements have as yet been made
for the funeral. It is understood that a re
quest will be made on behalf of the citizens
of Frankfort that Mr. Goebel's last resting
place be in the cemetery here, whore lie
burled Dnnlel Boone and Vice President
Andrew Johnson.
At Mr. Goebel's request, former Congress
man Heudrlck wns called, nnd Mr. Goebel
asked for some of his legal advisers, with
whom he wished to confer. Shortly after
ten o'clock he suddenly grew worse.
t he hiccoughs nnd nausea returned with
Increased violence, much to the wounded
man s distress, and his pulso ran up alarm
ingly. Drs. MeCormnck and Hume were
hastily summoned, and hypodermic injec
tions of whiskey and strychnine, and after
ward of morphine, were given him. At Mr.
Ooebol's request, Chaplain Wallace, of the
Kentucky penitentiary, an intimate friend,
was sent for, nnd the two had a short con
versation.
"Low," snld Mr. Goebel, "I wish to an
nounce to the world that I do not hold my
self In open violence to the word of God."
Gives Cp tho Struggle.
The hypodermic Injections ufTordiMl some
temporary relief, but the sufferer, for the
first time In his long, weary struggle for
life, had apparently lost his Indomitable
oournge.
"Doctor," said ho feebly, to Dr. McCor-
mnck, who stood at his bedside, "I'm afraid
now that I'm not going to get over this."
Dr. McCormack endeavored to cheer the
fast-falling man, but the lutter soon relapsed
Into a condition of Bemi-eonsclousness.
About one o'clock he nrousid himself again,
and calling Dr. McCurmack to bis side, said:
"Doctor, am I going to get Weill" I want
to know the truth, for I havo several things
to attend to."
"Mr. Goebel, you have but a few hours to
live," replied Dr. McCormack.
Mr. Goebel was silent for a moment; then.
calling his brother, Arthur Goebel. to his
side, he asked that the physicians and nurses
retire. Then, for twenty minutes, the dying
man wus left with his brother and sister,
Mrs. Braunacker.
The Last Scene.
Soon after this he again fell Into a stupor.
and at two o'clock his condition was consid
ered so alarming that, ns a last resort, oxy
gen was given in an endeavor to keep the
dying man alive, If possible, until the arrival
of his brother, Justus Goubel, from Arlzonn,
who wns due shortly after six o'clock. The
pulse of the patient bnd In the meantime run
up to 140 and his temperature to 103, while
his breathing became rapid and more la
bored.
This treatment resulted In an Improve
ment, but the rally was so slight and slow
that to the weary watchers at the bedside It
was apparent that the end was not far off.
and Rev. Dr. Taliaferro, of the Methodist
Church of Frankfort, was sent for. Ho came
at once. Softly entering tho deuth chamber,
Dr. Taliaferro crossed over to where Mr.
Goebel lay gasping for breath, and, kneeling
at the side of the bed, prayed earnestly.
wiiu tears streaming down their fanes. Mrs.
Braunacker and Arthur Goebel knelt at the
bedside also.
Then Dr. Taliaferro nrose, and opnlnc
his Bible, read n few selected verses from the
Epistle to St. James.
It was dacided to bold no formal innuest
over tho remains. This Is in oomplhiuee
Willi toe wishes of the friends and famllv of
the dead Democratic leuder.
Governor Taylor's Regret.
Frankfort. K. fSnoclall Governor T.
lor was notl lied nt his ofllco over the tele
phone of Mr. Goebel's death. He said:
-i ueepiy regrei uis ueutu.
HKCKIItrtl GOVfcliNOIt.
Urdvrs the Removal From OlUio of the
Adjutant General.
Frankfort, Ky.. (Special.) -Exactly one
hour after the death of Mr. Goebel J. C. W
Beckham wussworu lu as governor of the
state, the oath being uduilulstered by 8. J.
BiiacKenora, clem or the Court of Appouls.
II una oeen determined to keen secret the
news of the death of Mr. Goebel until Mr.
Beckham should have been formally Imliinte.i
Into office, nnd the delay wns mude greater
by the Inability of Dr. McCormack to leave
lliu bedroom of Mr. Goebel and make the
proper certlllcnte of deuth. t'utll this had
been done the Democratic attorney were
unwilling that the oath of otllce should be
ud ministered.
The ceremony took place In a small room
on the same lloor as thut la which Mr. Goe
bel died, but a few doors to the west of It.
"LULL TOM" IIATI1KLU
Convicted of Murder and Sent to Prison
fur 1.1 Te.
Huntington, W. Vn., (Bpeclnl.)-"B1I1
Tom" Hatfield, a member of the notorious
clan bearing his mime, and who was kid
napped lu Mingo county uud taken to Pike
county, Kentucky, almost a year ago, was
convicted at Plkevllle of first degree murder
and sentenced to prison for life, HatUeld's
crime was committed almost fifteen yeurs
ago, he being an accomplice lu the burning
nt the stake of two members of the MuCov
family. 7
AGAINST THE MILITIA U ALLOT.
EuglUth Society of Friends Would Choek
Military Imperialism.
London, (By Cable.) The executive oom
mittee of the Society of Friends of tho
Uulted Kingdom announces the adoption of
a minute ugntnst the enforcement of the
mllitlu ballot, appealing to all ChrUtlnus
"to oheck the spirit of military lmperlalbuu
thut finds favor to-UHy."
It la pointed out that under an existing
s'.atute an order In council can enforce com
pulaory military service, puuishing as de
serters thus who, for conscience ak, re
fuse to fight.
GOEBEL SWORN IN.
He Tskes the Unth of Offloe After lf
lators Declare Him Governor
Members Meet Heeretly.
Frankfort, Ky., (Special.)- William Goe
bel was deolared Governor of Kentucky by
n Democratic quorum of the Legislature
assembled In Joint session In a room lu the
cupitol Hotel here.
Within 30 minutes after the adoption of
the Contest Committees' majority roport the
oath of office was ndminlstered to the
wounded man as he lay, upon his bed.
Chief Justice Hnr.elrlgg administered tha
osth In the presei.ee of the ofllolnls of the
Legislature. Goebel thanked his friends la
feeble tones.
J. O. W. Beckham was also Installed by
tha vote of the legislative quorum and la
now dovlnred to ba Lleutenaut-Uovernar of
the State.
These acts were accomplished after a day
of anxloty on the part of the Goebnl legisla
tors, who had been dodging bayonets nnd
evading arrest. Warrants were Issued for
them to be used la case they attempted to
assemble, but they managed to outwit Adjutant-General
Collier, the troops and Gov.
W. 8. Taylor, all of whom used every effort
to prevent a meeting.
In order to lead astray the State authori
ties the true condition of Goebel's health
was suppressed or exaggerated, and It
transpired only nt a lute hour that ho bad
been Improving since nlghtful and was con
scious. Speaker South Trimble, of the lower uousa
of tho Legislature, bad been conspicuously
iniHslug with otuer members since 0 o'clock
In the afternoon, but It was given out that
they were biding from arrest.
Taylor l'reclpltates Crisis.
The crisis had been precipitated la the
morning by Governor Taylor Issuing a pro
clamation declaring the Legislature ad
journed. Governor Taylor's proclamation was an
nounced at the State House nt 10 A. M. by
Adjutant-General Collier, who, when he
read It, was surrounded by two regiments of
soldiers and flunked by two' Gntllng guns.
The proclamation was as follows:
To the Oentral Assembly of (te Conwton-
yeealth of Kentucky:
"Whereas a state of Insurrection now pre
vails la the State of- Kentucky, and espec
ially In Frankfort, the capital thereof, by
virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Constitution of Kentucky, I do hereby, by
this proclamation, adjourn at once the Gen
eral Assembly of be State of Kentucky, to
meet ut London, Laurel oounty, Ky., Tues
day, the 0th luy of February, 190J, at VI
o'clock.
"Given undor my hand nt Frankfort, Ky.,
this 80th day of January, 1900, ut 9 o'olock
M. "W. 8. Tavi-ob,
"Governor of Kentucky.
' By Caxkb Powsbs, Seoretary of State."
Tli la was read from the stops of tho Ktnte
House in the presence of Speaker South
Trimble and the Democratic members of the
Legislature, who constituted a quorum.
They bad come to hold a session to unseat
Taylor.
ITtOCLAMATION IY GOKItKL,
lie Order the Mllitlu of Kentucky to
Disperse
Frankfort, Ky., (Speolal.) The following
proclamation was Issued by Governor Goe
bel: "Commonwealth of Krntcokt,
"EXECCTIVK Dxi'AnTMKNT,
"Frnnkrort, Ky.
"Whereas, It hns been rniulo known to me
that certain porsons, without authority of
law, have banded themselves together for
the unlawful purpose of forolbly preventing
the Genrul Assembly of Kentucky from as
sembling and discharging its official duties
nt the sent of government, and have tor said
unlawful purpose assembled lu tho city'of
Frnnfort the First and Second Regiments of
the Kentucky Slate Guard nnd by force, of
arms have unlawfully taken possession of
the hnll of the House of Representatives and
tho Senate Chamber of the Stuto of Ken
tucky, as well as all other public buildings
and' archives of the Commonwealth, and
have by force, Intimidation and violence ex
pelled the General Assembly from tho Capi
tol buildings and refused to permit the Sen
ate and House of Representatives to hold
their sessions therein, and are now terror
izing the representatives of the people and
other good oltlzens of the Commonwealth;
"Now, therefore, I, William Goebel, Gov
ernor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 'do
hereby command the said First aud Second
Regiments of the Kentucky State Guard, und
each and every officer nnd member thereor,
to return to their homes and several avoca
tions nnd there remain until lawfully called
Into active service,
"I also command all other persons, what
soever, who are now unlawfully engaged In
Interfering with and Intimidating members
of the General Assembly of this Common
wealth to disband and desist from terrorizing
and intimidating the suid members cf the
General Assembly and all other good citi
zens of this Commonwealth.
"Given under my hand as Oovernor of
the Commonwealth of Kentucky, at Frank
fort, Ky., this 81st day of January, 1900.
"William Ookuel."..
IATAL ACCIDI'.NT.
Three Seetiwniuen Killed and Another
Fatally Injured.
Pulaski, Va., (Special.) A fatal accident
occurred at Baker Mines, Carroll county.
The train from hero was shifting cars at the
mines, which are ubout two miles above the
station on top of tho mountain on a very
heavy grade. It is the custom for the train
men to let loaded ore oars drift down the
track while shifting. Two cars got from
under the control of the brakemun, who
Jumped off. They started down the rotid,
meeting a pump car on which were four
section men. George Summers, A. Z. Phil
lips und O. Surrat were Instantly killed aud
Osoar Johnson family injured.
Child Burned to Death.
' Huntington, W. V., (Speoiul.) The 8-year-old
daughter of Johu Audersou was
burned to death. Her clothing lgultud from
an open grata. She dashed Into tho street
and hundreds of poople .witnessed tho sad
spectacle.
Murder Trial Postponed.
Huntington, W. Va., (Speolal.) Owing tc
the absence of Important witnesses for
plaintiff the trial of Ylrgll Staley for the
murder of his brothur-ln-law, Lafa Atkins,
was postponed until next court.
Killed by His Ilrother.
Burton, W. Va., (Special.) Robert Hunt,
17 years of age, was accidentally shot aud
killed by his older brother. The boys were
playing with n loaded shot gun. Theweapou
exploded and the charge of buckshot tore
out young Hunt's heart.
FALL-BKAltKU DROPPED DKAD.
Samuel Ilarbaugli Died at a Funeral In
Carroll County.
Westminster, Md., (Special.) Mr. Samuel
Harbaugb, a farmer residing midway be
tween York Road uud Taney town, lu Carroll
county, dlod suddenly under sensatlonu. cir
cumstances. Mr. Hurbaugh was acting as one of the
pull-bearers of Mrs. Thomas Myerly al
Bruaevllle. The funeral cortege bad started
on lis wuy to the burial ground ut Keysvlile
and Mr. Hurbaugh had Jast gotten lu hit
waggy when he dropped back In the seal
dead. Tha shock to ttte people la au-..luu
was great.
MILLER IN RETREAT.
llltlTlSIt TltOOPi) UNA III. K TO FACE
DOEJtS AT HI-ION KOP.
1,500 DEAD 0NTHE FIELD.
Lame Kxcusrsof the Commander Advises
War OtHoe That He Approved Gen. War
ren's Movement, Hut That a lletreat !
came Neoe.snry nnd Withdraw His Whole
Force Houth of the TugoU Itlver.
London, Eng., (By Cable.)-Gen. Sit
Charles Warren, with his Bri.lsh army di
vision, originally numbering about 16.000
troops, hns been forced to retrcnt south ot
the Tugeln river, Natal.
A dispatch from tha Boer head laager,
near Ladysmltb, states thut the British left
1.600 dead on tha battlefield Wednesday, tha
duv of the Oghtlug nt Splon kop.
Tha news of General Warren's retreat
eomes In an official dispatch from Gen. Sir
Redvers Buller, British commander-ln-ablef
In Natal, S'Uit from his headquarters nt
Spearman's Camp.
Perhaps the remainder of General Duller'
army, which was north of the Tugela, has
nlso retreated, Tho General's dispatch snys
he decided to withdraw "the force" to the
south side. This, takeu with adjoining sen
tences, apparently refers only to Warren's
dlvlt-lon, but Is construed in tome quarters
in i.otiuon to mean Buller s entire force.
It Is believed In London that If tho re
maining troops under Utillnr havo not re
treated ulrendy they must do so soon.
All or part of General Lyttleton's brigade.
it is now known, went to tho holp of Warren
at Splnn kop and shared in tlio reverse.
Signs Indicate that Buller may have risked
nil his available troops In trying to hold the
kop.
Oonernl Buller, it Is stated, will probably
try next to foroo his way to Ladvsmith bv
another route. He hns tried the central nnd
western routes, and the only one left open
peoms to oo the one east of Colenso, by way
or neeneu.
A change of plans like this would nrob
ably involve a delay of perhups a month. In
tho meantime Ladysmltb. might be forced to
surrender.
An opinion held In London Is that Gen.
Sir George Stewart White, nt Ladysmlth,
will fire oiT nil his ammunition, blow up his
cannon, break his rifles and then walk out
to surrender to the Boers.
The dispatches from correspondents with
the British army give no estimates of tho
losses in fighting. Tho Boer statement that
1.S00 were left deud on the battlefield Wed
nesday, It is said lu London, may includo
tue wounded ulso.
The Boor account of the Splon koo battle
Intimates that the British really surprised
the Boers when they ascended tho kop and
occupied one of its ridges. Tho Brltteh nlso
intrenched themselves hurriedly, but the
Boers ndvnnced on the trenches and after a
deeperuto light caused the British to abandon
the position, "Many Boers were shot, "says
inn tiispatcb, but it gives no figures.
Dispatches from Spcarmnn's Cuino ulve
mo linttsh account of the light.
The accounts are Important ns tending to
coiijlrm tho generally accepted belief thnt
the wholo affair was a Boer trap. They
stoto that "tho Boors had the ranges fixed
to n nicety" and that their first volloy
"momentarily staggorod tbo British." The
resistance of the small forco of Boers who
retreated from tho position into which Gen-
ornl Warrcn.advnnoed Is described as "dls
splrlted," which indicates thut they wore
leaning mm on.
The failure of General Warren's move.
ment must havo been n great surprise to
Gonorul Buller. In aa order to bis troops at
toe beginning or tho movement ha used
thosj words: "Our generals will bo given
only one ordr, namely, advance There
will bo no turning back."
COI.OMISIAN ItKHULH IILCFFED.
Governor of Tiimacn 8narod Them Off
, With a Fairy Tale. ,
San Diego, Cnl., (Hpoclal.) From reports
brought by tho Hamburg steamer Volumnla
It appears thnt the nrrlval of the vessel at
Tumaco, Columbia, where she touched on
tho way up, hud the effect ot saving tho
place from capture by Colombian rebels.
The rebels had demanded the surrenderor
the town uud the governor was at his wits'
end. Just then the Volumnla was sighted.
The governor sent a defiant message to the
revolutionists and told them that thestaamer
eff port wns bringing COO government troops.
Tho trick succeeded aud tlio rebels aban
doned their purpose to capture Tumaco.
dancf: on die."
An Engineer Refused to Dunce and was
Fatally Shut.
Bnrboursvllle, W. Vu., (Special.) At Rus
sell, Isaac J. Crump, ot this place, shot aud
mortally wounded Ooorge Hyden. Both
wore railway engluoors and, it is said, wero
Intoxicated at the time the shoo tlug occurred.
Crump pulled a revolver from his pocket and
jokingly told Hyden to "dance or die." Hy
den refused to dunce nnd Crump fired, tho
bullet penetrating Hyilun's right breast.
Both hud been lllc-loug friends. Crump is
undor arrest.
AN UNUSUAL CASE.
Tivo West Virginia Girls Convicted of Burn
turning.
Charleston, W. Va., (Special.) Ollle Young
and Isabella Gray, each 10 years old and
pretty, who were Indicted for barn burning
In Summers county, have been tried nnd
found guilty. Oille Young Is a sister of Lee
Young, who was convicted of the murder of
his father and sent to the penitentiary for
seven yeurs.
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.
The veternn scientist, Dr. Alfred Russal
Wallace, Is now in bis ISlh year.
A monument to Jucques Carter will be
erected on the heights of St. Male.
Perclval Lowell, the astronomer, will head
an African expedition to observe the eollpse
of the sun next May.
It Is announced that Prof. Andrew W.
Phillips, of Yale, will soon make a trip
through the country to get subscriptions to
the bicentennial fund.
Colli P. Huntington has already spent
$1,000,000 on his project to make Galveston,
nt the end ot bis Galveston, Houston, and
Northern Railroad, the great port for bis
Southwestern railroads.
Mrs. II. W. Thomas, wife of tho Rev. Dr.
Thomas, of the People's Church, of Chi
cago, has followed in her husband's foot
steps by being ordained a mtulstur. A tew
Sundays ngo she preached from her bus
baud's pulpit a sermon on "The Cost of
Right."
Archlbuld Forbes, the famous war corres
pondent, bus been reported several times to
be at the point of death, but now it in even
denied thut he Is seriously sick.
The Afghan Ameer, according to a dis
patch from St. Petersburg, bos ordered all
rouds lending from Herat to Kutschuk, in
Trunsaasplu, to be guarded, uud at tha samo
time the frontier garrisons have been re
in forced.
The only woman oil operator in tha coun
try Is Miss Jane Stono, who owns 180 uoroa
lu Texas which, have produced oil.
General Jainont, the French Commander-in-Chief,
when on a recent tourot inspection
along the coast, narrowly esonped drown
ing at Q ilberon. lathe dark und the tog
be walked over tho quay aud foil into tha
sua. His ald-de-oamp and orderly sergeant
at once plunged In after blta aud saovaaded
lu bntuglntJlJtn tu band.
I SAFE BL0!?!RS KILLED-
Two of the Gang Shot Dead and aTha-d
Wounded Police Have Pltohed
Battle.
3ulnoy, 111., (8peeIal.)-QulacypoUea offi
cers killed two expert safe blowers, apposed
to be from. Chicago, and seriously wounded
another. The men are believed to b tho
same who recently operated In Galnsburg,
Freeport, and other Illinois cities, making a
specialty of cracking infea In balldlng and
lonn association offlcos.
On January the safe In the ofTlces of the
Adams County Building and Loon Associa
tion, in this oity. wns blown open at tha noon
hour, and oash and securities amounting to
20.001 taken. Saturday Inst three men
oame to Moocker's Hotel, two of them regis
tering from Kansas City. Tha proprietor
suspected tb,em aud warned the police, nnd
when one of the men went out he was shad
owed by Detective George Koch.
The officer finally oskod the' suspect to
go to tha station and explain himself. Tha
man drew a pistol und pointed It nt the offi
cer's heart, but as be did so Koch flashed
his own pistol and fired four shots. Three
look effect, and the mnn fell dead.
This occurred nt 11 o'clock Saturday night
In front of the Newoomb Hotel. Meanwhile
ofllcers hod examined the baggage of tho
suspected mon, and found It Included burg
lur tools, skeleton keys, dynamite sticks,
nnd nltro-glycerlne. When tho other two
men returned to tho Moeeker Hotel, thoy
found tho hotel surrounded by officers.
They ran Into the hotel saloon, loaded their
revolvers, nnd a running fight ensued in the
hotel corridor.
Ono mun reached tho stroet, pursued by
Chief of Police John Ahearn. He turned to
Ore, and as ho did so Ahearn sent a bullet
crashing through bU skull. He died In a
few minutes.
The third man wns shot on the stairs by
Officer Chnrnhorst, nnd sank to tha floor
wun a broken hip. Ho refused to say who
his accomplices wore.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Tho Paris municipality bas conceded a
site for the Washington monument which
has been completed for tha Washington
Stulue Association.
The House committee strongly recommen
ded the proposed merit blU to improve the
Woather Bureau service
The House devoted a day to oulogies In
memory of the late Representative Bnlrd, vf
Louisiana.
Prof. Alfred J. Henry was chosen to fill
the vacancy caused by tho death of Prof.
Ilazen.
Tha remains of General Thamas IT. Stan
ton were burled In Arlington Cemetery.
Captain Abercrombie. who had charge of
the Copper River expedition, submitted a re
port showing a feasible ruilroad route to tho
Yukon.
Chief Frank H. Hitctaoock'a report shows
that there has been a great development la
our trade with China nnd Japan.
Senator Mason bos written a caustlo letter
with reference to his expulsion from the
Tippecanoe Club.
Senator Beverldge states that General
Lawton did not expect to come back alive to
tho United States.
Tho Cnitod Stntos Senate pawed the Ur
gent Deficiency bill. Mr. Chandler vehe
mently denounced the charge constantly
made by southern senators that the Civil
War was brought on by designing northern
politicians.
Tho Senate committee discussed the prop
osition U) establish a department of oora
moroe. Tho House of Representatives decided, by
n vote oi xio 10 ou, to adopt the majority re
port of the committee, and to deolare vacant
tho seat la the House to whloh Brlghum H.
i.ooeris, oi man, had been elected.
The Secretary of the Hu ant tn th cn
ate a statement showing thnt part ot the
fifty millions npproprlaied for the national
ueionse was spent in me navy.
Representatives of the Intnrnntl nnftl Rail.
men's Union opposed the shipping bU be-
tuio iuu xiuuse ooinmuiee.
Iladlr Mashed by His Brotlmr.
Shlppo' sburg, Pa., (Spoclal.)-As the re
run oi a qunrrei j oun Jtathna, a young man
is at hi home about three miles south of
Sbippecsburg, with seven horrible gapping
wounds, made with a razor In the hands of
his brother, Reuben. There are two soalp
wounds, onch six lnohes long, a slash from
tue mourn to the enr, tho ear cut in half,
and n long gash in tbo neck. Dr. Meyers
was summoned, nnd used eighty-four
sntcnesiosew them up. It Is stated that
they quarreled over a plug of tobacco.
Preached a Sensational Sermon.
Norfolk, Va., (Special.) Rev. L. It.
Christie preached a sormon in Bpurgeou
Memorial Baptist Church, In which be ar
raigned the city offlolals for dereliction ot
duty. The sermon created a sensation, and
may load to an Investigation. Disguised,
Mr. Cbristto went through the slums, and
the sermon was preached on the basis of
what ho saw.
Confessed to Murder.
Fort Scott, Kan., (Special.) Amos rhll-
llps, the aged accomplice of George Silbee
and D. Mocks, tho men who were lynched
here last Saturday night, in the murder ot
Fannor Edlluger, bns mado a full confes
sion before being taken to the Leavenworth
Penitentiary. He confessed that he and the
men lynched had followed Edllnaer for sev
eral days, and had killed him for his property.
Major Urander Dead.
Richmond, Va., (Spoclul.) Major Thos
A. llrunder, past grand commander of the
Virginia Grand Camp of Confederate Vet
erans, and who was known thughout the
soutn for his prominence In all Confederate
reunions, died here, agnd sixty years.
FIELD OF LABOR.
Morooco bas no railways.
Men do the washing in Egypt.
Iowa makes farm wagons of stetl.
Sweden peat bogs constitute 8,048,000 acres.
Duluth Btoneoutters domund 40 oeiits dot
hour.
St. Paul bricklayers want 59 cents ner
hour.
Texas has a woman deputy United States
marshal.
New York's 41,318 tenements bouse 1 48C -
413 people.
At Iudlanapolls the prloe ot a hair out
ranges from 15 to 25 cents.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
gained 11,700 members lust year.
Unionists exclusively will erect the Pun.
American Exposition Building at Buffalo.
At Auburn, N. Y., the building trades are
going to make a fight tor the eight-hour day
ou April 1.
New York policemen want the eight-hour
day, and the legislature has been asked to
legalize the demand.
New York Carpenter Union, 613. has voted
down a motion to demand Ma day and eight
hours in all shop (inside work).
Brooklyn bricklayers earn 65 cents an
houri eight hours constitute a day's work.
They also work only till noon on Saturday!
The hread-eutlng world requires more than
3,300,000,000 bushels of wheat every twelve
uiouina to supply its table with bread.
The Lake Seamen's Union has deolded thnt
members who served in the Spanish-Ameri
can war are exempt from payment of dues.
w nen luaiee go to buy a dress in Janan
they tell the shopkeeper their age, and If
they are married or not, because there are
speelal designs for the single and double re-
luuuaa ( lite, as well as tor ages.
KEYS!
LATEST St Aj
SHOT WIF;
John Nrlirr Fo
tally lnj,v p
ilren haw n,V -
a lend a nits,1
Her-lib, vi
The quiet It ly (flp
astern ubnrli'wot
K-ene of ndcJ n0,v
.ulted lu to, Zh j ,
years, and tb. ijcn 1
Barbara, 41 yo,, ,
Mrs. Bohaersr,;0 ofr
band, which i'c
planned, took p;,J Tho 1
of their home jtrnins,
Hlxty-slxtli itvtt'Bll arc
euee of their :.
Sadie sandoo, , F
Schueror wn',h VH,
lot entered wni'i.t
nnd penetrated, A r,
pierced the mlJ,;--J '
iplne and Iodg., t ""V"
hml i.m,.i... 'Tys.-r
but when suo t. !T"
..........i,,,, 3(,.
stairway she. fu 'f"
Schiterer, with
his hand. tuh, f i
thought to beli,, , j
the kitchen, . .!
temple nnd s.nt , J; :
Death, it h.
Sadie Handon. ft, tS-
from thit hnn... V
" ""una
lives next door. l
Fltapntrlck, who jrfe';
The women vm whL
lest Schaerer stio Jr' ' ;
them also. Afi vS? V
lolued liv Mr. ii I I'
by, nnd the latter L-'V.
Wunl ln,A .1... I.. V "
titer j'y
Ill0.( ,'
lot,
liorjjt'8-D
tslde
.... hue net
lying In a llttlu
or the lloor. A
Inches from tli
men wore oiitl,l
from tho cellar m (Jjhvo
on tho second Doc'inon,
fust approaching iiy gl
man Morton tout ' I,
Germantown llv ,
tho husband Was '-jJ0 w'
from where it , "rou
claimed by rclatlv -owu
motive for the st . y
Jealousy on tbe pa:fcry
wife. An entaiinl.ftU, n
with a woman uaj id tli
his housekeeper Mmul:
time when his wit, ,e )j,
suld to have pn- ro
Krantz is now imti.
. - ...... ft tut
Aiiuituouse, nuilic-
hud Instituted a
bert;
ns tit
Schaerer.
i. ds c
ltllM,llf i .
Hopewell borout t,
nllty In tbo State, t-fU0"
ate identity. Alt,P.wl1
deliberating overl.lnton
Grand Jury recoi J)tO'l
of the borougb be in.
that the court ttiii pril
well wl l in tlienra:fcuffli
Utcnce. The flKhi briil
charter was waged i
who fills tbo ,,llUi
director, niUKistri: c,
frequently jndgo ol jew
-tillm
silk MiU'jv,
Superintendent
Shurnoklu Silk MilL-f
ployees. Informing:
work Ave hours ov -v
the large demand!' I
supplied. This
nights and on Sii
now order will uffecif
looms, reoentlv onl
lug of these looms'
from Ufty to ono i
ployees.
1 .minister
T,,.w.K Clt.,..uf T'i
county, paid lutottliA
0H1.58, being the so I'-;
personal property ttf ,
Under tho law tliree-y'
goes bnck to Lanca'
nunt of this inom'y f
of the former Ttn
alleged to have enibw;
Fire li"M
Tlicflrobossescltt
Inn rml ntul TronO
District wero notice!
been increased ' I' i y
largest advance In' ?
work in the hlstcryif' '
miners in this dMrkiL'
iioeount-of an Inerr.-F
I... k-i- fjO
l. Ml' l '
Agitntton us to tiler-01'
discharged from tlioff iu
Insane nt NorrL-to11
meeting of the trufU' Bl
At a monthly tuei tiii, jt;5
ruiLOrted that the W'li
during tho mouth o'
eight, ooneideruiJiy e
uyy0i
-
provlous months.
Serant
A bla frame bulhUVj'o
KernntoD, formerly urb,
won burned. Tho but pf ,
Htroved. entailing a I"-;
building was owned
. .. . ,. nL.r
j.umoer Liunifiuji i- v
t ry and stock owiwj!
the v.ureka tu'r
which used part ol tl"f 6
until about a mourn xr
Woman HM'H t
The body ot u worn' (is,
bridge on tho lMiw
Lafayette. She wun M i
OeyBer, 50 yours old,
aimnnaMil fthn WUS
knocked undor the'
CeutonnrU'fcj,
r Catharine V&'hi
TowMblp. who enjuj.-i
I,,,, tlio olileat reslU''"'
suffered ft stroke of 1
u lu her 101th year
That Small. i
For a whole long.
bold forth on bis flr
and albelta and (t'
ting bin second
"On tho other
when a clear, small 1
aera!" ha knew tin
fort of bis Ufa bad 4
i
Old Af T
To meot the reqi"-
age pension act In
000 will bave to Ik
the next year by f"p
eittlng. ,
r nie.iiL wauinr
for the reason tbnt K
tight.