North Carolina Newspapers

4? 1 r MORMING HP if . Vol. V. :raliegh, n.-c, Tuesday, decemerer 19, 1899. No. 21. s CAUCUS BILL PASSES Forty Majority for Republican Financial Measure. THE DEMOCRATIC RECORD Pirven Vole forlhe Bill andFonr Ab ent and Not Paired Twr Besolu lions in the Senate in Regard to the Philippines Speaker Henderson An nounces the Standing Committees of lli o House. Washington. "Dec. IS The House to-,:.-.y completed the business "which the K publican leaders had planned by p:i.-sing the caucus financial bill by a v :c of 100 to loO. Speaker Henderson : announced the standing coinmlt-:.-. and the 'House is now ready to ij.iurn for the holiday recess. r.:.'-fii Democrats Toted for the t.:K'i:u ial bill and four others -were ab and not paired. Democrats voting r", : riie bill were Clayton, Driggs. Fitz c Levy, Ruppert, Scudder, Un- .j-riiill and Wilson, of New York; I' r.ny of Maryland. McAleer of Penn sylvania and Tbayer of Massachusetts. T: .?e not paired were Bellamy of dr:Ii Carolina, Smith of Maryland, fallings of Alabama and Wheeler of A hi ha ma. In the (Senate. Mr. Tillman of South i':irolina introduced a resolution a-rainsr retention of the Philippine;, a:i 1 Bacon of Georgia one disclaiming The intention of the United States to maintain sovereignty over the Thllip- j. nt . Both were laid on tthe table. Mr. Morgan of Alabama made i vjiti h in cuipport of bis bill to pro !:mut. comoinauons oetween 'corpora tions to control interstate commerce. Before adjournment the Senate pass ed a bill to restore to their original ratus as to promotion officers of the jiavy losing numbers by reason of ad vancement of other officers for mer itorious conduct during the war. Honse Committees. Important committees of the House arn ;is follows: Insular Affairs (a new committee) Chairman. Cooper of Wisconsin, and ?!essrs. Cannon of Illinois, Hitt o Illinois, Payne of New York, Hepburn of Iowa. Loud of "California. Tawney ci .Minnesota, Baibcoek of Wisconsin Moody of Massachusetts. Crumpacker of Indiana, Jones of West Virginia, Maddox of -Georgia, Williams of Illi nois. Henry of Texas, Carmack of Ten nessee. Clayton of Alabama, and Sib- iy of Pennsylvania. Ways and Means Chairman, Sereno K. Payne of -New York, and Messrs Ial7.ell of- Pennsylvania. Hopkins of Illinois, Grosvenor of Ohio, Russell of Connecticut. Dolllver'of Iowa. Steele of rndiana, Tawney of Minnesota, Mc- all or Massachusetts, Iong of Kan- fa s icicnardson of Tennessee, Va cancy (Democrat). Robertson of Louis iana. Mvanson of Virginia, McClellan f New York, Newlands of Nevada, nnd Cooper ol Texas. Appropriation Chairman, Joseph G. Vi:mon of Illinois, and Messrs. Bing :;im of Pennsylvania. Grout of Ver mont. Heminway of Indiana. Barnev - f Wisconsin, Moody of Massachusetts. I T. f -ww. . . or lventucKy. VanYoorhis of nio. MeDeary of Minnesota, " Littaur r .u- York, Livingstone of "Georgia. M-Rae of Arkansas, Allen of Missis Bell of Colorado, Pierce of Ten--see. Benton of Missouri, and Tay cf Alabama. airmen of otlher committees follow -;i art: 'n-iieiary Ray of New York. , Banking and Currency Brosius of Pennsylvania. ,'t;iiiue. Weights and Measures 'u:hanl of Ohio. Interstate and Foreign Commerce Hepburn of Iowa. Hirers and Harbors Burton of Ohio. Merchant Marine and Fisheries1 OroiTenor of Ohio. Foreign Affairs IHitt of Illinois. -Military Affairs Mull of Iowa. Navail Affairs Boutelle of Maine. Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River Bart hold t of Mis .iiirj. Labor Gardiner of New Jersey. Invalid Pensions iSulloway of New Ha-njuhire. I'nplons 'Loudenslager of New Jer- 'la4ms Graff of Illinois. vr Claims M ah on of 'Pennsyl vania. Kjeerion No. 1 Taylor of Ohio. Lleonons No. 2-AValter L Weaver of Actions No. 3 Mesick of Michigan. O.n.TllTTEE ASSIGNMENTS. How Members of the North Carolina Delegation Are Placed. A s i tii rrfnn ' 'T 10 C 1 "stiu, a r -v . jo. cpri I it 1. VyJIi- h'":iif - Senator Prit chard Trill leave to- -row. Ail Iieniocrats of the delegation ex 'ei: Bellamy voted against the cur r' i: y bill. He was unavoidably ab f'!1 from the House when ths vote taken. Linney and White voted I'JJ- The bill. -Member of the North Carolina del- "''iim were Dlaced on TToiie wmmit- AS follows Linney, Election Coin- 1, Revision of Laws, Ex- n.nues m Department of Justice; -an. .Merchant Marine and Fis - , . tit iinditures heries, on Public Buildings: White, Agriculture, District of Colum bia; Kibchin, Naval Affairs; At water, Railways and Canals, Ventilation and Acoustics, Expenditures In the Depart ment of Agriculture; Bellamy,- Rail ways , and Canals, Manufactures; Kluttz, Manufactures, "Select Commit tee on Census; Thomas, Public Build ings and 'Grounds; Crawford, Pensions. STATE'S RIGHTS UPHELD. Important School Case from Georgia Decided by the Supreme Court Washington, Dec. 18. A school case from Richmond county. Ga.. was de cided today in the Supreme Court, Jus tice Harlan sustaining the action of the school board. The facts are these: The school board, in 1897, for economic reasons, as . alleged, temporarily suspended a colored high school in Augusta, attend ed by about sixty pupils, in order, they said, that the funds thus saved might be diverted to the education of 300 children lp primary grades. There upon the parents of some of the negro children thus deprived of school privi leges brought suit to restrain the col lector of taxes from collecting so much of the tax as related to colored high schools," and to restrain the board of education from using any of said funds for the maintenance of white high scnoois. lne Mate courts denied the prayer of the petitioners, and thev came to the Supreme Court, alleging on which, however, well informed per that the action of the school board and' sons built little. The latest dispatch tne judgment or tne Mate court were in violation of the Fourteenth amend ment to the Constitution. The Supreme Court sustained the de cree of -the Georgia court. The fiction of the school board, Justice Harlan said, the Supreme Court was not per- I mitted, from the record, to assume, was based upon opposition to colored schools or the colored race. It was taken for( financial reasons, and was within the just discretion of the board. "SCAB" ON A RAMPAGE A Discharged Watchman Loads Up with Liquor and Proceeds to Clean Out a Mine He Shoots Two Police Officers. Scranton, Pa., Dec. 18 Thomas Ludden, a watchman at Jerniyn No. 2 mine, while wild with liquor, last night shot Police Officers Raffertj- and Mc Kenna at Old Forge, a remote section of this county. Rafferty died this after noon and McKenna cannot recover. Ludden refused to strike with miners a few weeks ago, and since then he has been called a "scab." So much it preyed on his mind that he sought consolation in drink. Yester day he was discharged nd start ed on a rampage, threatening to shoot every body in sight. He.went.tp the mine, drove. out the superintendent and en gineer and was committing other dep redations when a crowd arrived on the scene, headed by Rafferty and Mc Kenna. Ludden shot these two, and, after a struggle, was captured by others of the crowd. A rope, was pro cured and Ludden would have been lynched had not more officers arrived. When the officers were placing Ludden in a street car the crowd rushed at him and tried to hurl him under the car. FIRE AT NORTH WILKESBORO. Wholesale Grocery House Burned Out Last Saturday Night. North Wilkesboro. N. C, Dec. 18. Special. Tihe wholesale grocery store of Vaughan, Hemphill & Co. of this place was destroyed by fire Saturday night. The loss is nbout $12,00, with insurance to the amount of S3.000. It is not known how the fire originated, but it is supposed that some thought less boys caused It by shooting Roman candles. The firm will probably open for business un the n?:ir future and ere'et a large brick building in the spring. The burned building belonged to J. S. IBlair, and bis loss is 1,U'(Q, with no insurance. A chamber of commerce has (been or- cers: J. R. Finley,' president; 'William, Absher, vice-president; T. J. Robert son, secretary ana treasurer, l r.e board' of directors are A. A. Finley, WiLliam Darlington, Dr. W. P. Horton, J. R. Caffey and J. R. Comb. "IN SELF DEFENSE." The Story Told by a Yonng ITJan Who Shot and Stabbed a Negro. Columbia, -S. C, Dec. dS.On the affidavit of Wallace iKelley, colored. two voung white men, well connected in iGreenville county, Roberts Styles and Thomas Nobles, were arrested for criminally assaulting Kelley's wife two days ago. 'A preliminary hearing was h4d yesterday and the case was dismissed. The accused had nothing to ay to Kelley, but Washington Nobles, a brother of one of the young men, demanded of the negro his reason for his action, and immediately there after Ibegan shooting. He then stabbed Kelley. The negro died today. Nobles alleges that he a'cted in self defense. CABLE INTERRUPTED. A Typhoon in -Mozambique Channel . Works Great Destruction. London, Dec. 18. The east coast ca ble is interrupted between Lorenzo Marquez and Mozambique in conse quence of a tornado at the latter place, where houses were blown down and ships were wrecked in the harbor. During the prevalence of the tornado a,huge wave took up a, steainship and dashed it on the beach, seriously cut ting the Eastern Telegraph Company's cable. The cable station was unroor ed, but the instruments were saved. I STORY OF DISASTER Buller's Reverse at the Cross ing of the Tugela BRITONS WANT TO FIGHT So Ittany Volunteers Offer for tne War That England Could Enlist an Army of 200,000 Men Offer of a Canadian Contingent Accepted A Dearth, of News from the Seen J Military Operations. London, Dec. 18. On no day since the war began has there been such a dearth of news from South Africa as today. With the exception of a brief (press dispatch from (Frere there are no details of (Buller's defeat. That dis patch mentions Clery as participating, and if this is accurate it disposes of the hope based on the possibility of his ,mak,in" A flank movement, a liope .from Modder lRiver is dated December 10. 'Methuen's position was then tin- changed. Interest mainly centers in Great Britain's preparations to retrieve her position. Today's response to the call for volunteers was -magnificent. The government could enroll 200,000 good men tomorrow if it wanted them. How It Happened to Boiler London, Dec. 18. The Daily Mail's correspondent at Frere Camp, under date of December lo, says: "The forces Under Generals Clery, Hart, Ilildyard, Barton and Lj'ttelton moved out of Chieveley Camp at day light to force the passage of Tugela River. Boers in great forced occupied a strong intrenched position command ing the river and standing back about 800 yards from tihe further side of it. Hart's brigade on the left first at tempted the crossing under a. murder ous Nortlenfeldt and rifle fire. The Dublin and Inniskillen Fusiliers, Bor derers and Connaught Rangers crossed with superb and unflinching gallan try, but the position on the other side was found utterly untenable. The men suffered heavily from the hail of shrapnel, while the British artillery was very badly" mauled. They were consequently -obliged to recross. ' On' the right' iHildjrard' command was displaying equal heroism. His men succeeded in entering Colenso, but the Sixth battery encountered a murderous fire and was compelled to retire, leaving its guns. .Hildyard's troops therefor also had to fall back. Meantime Barton failed to seize .Tllaugwi, as intended, and the entire force retired." v Thousands Volunteer for Service. London, Dec. 18. There was un bounded enthusiasm and activity at headquarters of volunteers this morn ing, and corps commanders were inun dated with thousands of offers for ser vice in South Africa. One half of the Honorable Artillery Company called this morning at headquarters and eagerly offered their services. At Edinburgh three hundred artillery volunteers presented themselves before 11 a. in. Roers Blow Up a Railway. London, Dec. 18. A dispatch to the Central News from Modder River states thatSaturday afternoon Boers blew up the railway two imiles north of the Briticdi camp. Kitchener Hastening to the War Cairo, Dec. 18. General Lord Kitch ener, who has been appointed chief of staff to Feld Marshal Roberts in iSouth Africa, will leave Omdurman tomor row and arrive here Friday. He will sail for the Cape at the earliest pos sible moment. Canada's Offer Accepted... Ottawa, Dec. 18 Dr. Borden, Min ister of Militia, announced this after noon that the British government had accepted Canada's offer to furnish a second contingent for service in South Africa. It will probably be decided at this afternoon's meeting of the cabinet whether cavalry or infantry shall be sent. The Canadian Contingent. Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 18. It is? an nounced by the Minister of Militia to day that the British authorities have accepted Canada's offer to send a second contingent to Soutb Africa. It will consist of cavalry and artillery, probably eleven hundred strong. The cavalry will be drawn largely from the northwest mounted police, who are anxious to serve. To transport the horses, guns and men two ships will be required. Preparations have, been going on for some time for the equip ment of the force, and there will be no delay caused by the fitting out of the contingent. Applications for en listment have been pouring Into head quarters here, and the minister reports at least three applications for every man required. Venezuelan Bevolutlon Ended. Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 18. Mara- caibo has surrendered to the forces of Gen. Cipriano Castro without a bat- tla Tli o, VklrkfVnrlo hns rAPn lifted and the revolution is ended WALL STREET FLURRY Prices of Stocks Break in Every Direction, BIG TRUSTCOMPANY FAILS Produce Exchange Goes Down with, JTIore Than Eleven Millions Liabili tiesCarried a Heavy Load of United States Milling and Seaboard Air Line Securities Rates for Call Loans Ran Up to High Figures. New York, Dec. 18 Prices of stocks fell to the lowest figures of the year in the panic in Wall street today. The break in some cases was more than 20 points. Late in the day, when call money had -been up to 125 per cent,! the Associated Banks threw $10,000, 000 upon the call-money market and broke the rate to 50, and at about the!" nas ?f?e be tne belief nere that , . t ti c same time J. P. Morgan & Company offered a million at six per cent. This checked Hie day's panic. Announcement, made just after opening, of the failure of the Produce Exchange Trust Company, was fol- lowed by a similar annoimcement re - garding the stock brokerage firm of TTpTlrV A Hon A'- Onnimnr onrl o e lis usual in Wall street panics, there wereibecom? a v'drty t0 intervention under rumors, which investigation in several circumstances likely to occur. instances showed were wholly without! tounaaxion, tnat otner brokerage con cerns were about to go to the wall. At the time of the greatest smash in iiic kSLuen. aj-yl iiiini;; ui o iter itjjiu and-at-one time V2 per cent a day in - terests; equivalent to ISO per cent a year, is said to have been paid. This exceeds even the top money rate reached during the Bryan scare in 189G, vwhen 127 per cent was touched. :The cause of the sharp advance was the demand by many of the Wall street lenders of -money for substitu tion, in their loans of railway shares instead of industrial shares as collat eral. Stocks, as a result, pourned out upon the market in an irresistible . , . , , , - stream breaking down whatever ef - vci rTrvnra 4 act 11 oa nmil hAAn molnnrt1 i-rTliAZ t n ri a V- T'I Mr- Chamberlain signed the register Prices yielded in all directions under fthe studeuts sang "For . He's a Tolly the, inftxenise volume of transactions. PlWw 1 ff " nfr ' T'Z tin, 7i ihl J ac - io f - ilai? 'briefly addressed the students out tatives of the Associated 'Banks au-j 84de , where there was a large crowd, thonzed the loaning of $10,000,000 on!Ar hhUin call, which had an instant effect upon r.orL ,n,f Mc m nnn nnn Qinn nnn rates. Of this $10,000,000, $8,O00.000, it is said, was taken. Morgan & Co.'s of - fer of $1,005 000 at 6 per cent broke I Ue news "from Soa AfrioT,; Uie rate etill furiJir, the output of.h, -bna no .,,. ,,,.,..' stocks lefeed-and the .bears changed!, front and turned in as active buyers of stocks to cover their short con tracts. t, Failed for Eleven millions. .New York, iDec. 18. The Produce Exchange Trust Companv, with lia-'jteday's pro-Boer meeting of the Irish, bilities of $11,649,000, suspended busi-l marched, carrying an union jack . to ness today. The affairs of the compa-1 The Mansion House, and seized the ny are now in the hands of a special green flag belonging to the corporation, committee of directors, of which Ed-The fla was torn to pieces. Subse win Gould is chairman, and an effort quently the students smasned the por- will De made to reorganize the con - cern and resume business. The immediate cause of the suspen sion was the lack of quick assets, upon which the company might realize in case of a run. This run was precipi tated today because of rumors which had been afloat for some time reflect ing, upon the company's stability and because during the latter days of last. week a large number. of deposits wereling ana stncic rast withdrawn The statement; given out showed as sets nearlv sufficient to meet liabili ties, but many of the securities are far below face value. Those who should know much about the affairs of the company, including some of the directors, said the company would not have suspended had it been run on business principles. One of these men said: "If you will look at the state ment of assets and liabilities given out you will notice an item, 'syndicate loans, $4,423,500.' That item is the real nigger In the fence. You will no tice that 'syndicate loans' amount to nearly the sum of the company's capi tal and surplus. It was found that the syndicates to which the company's money chiefly had been loaned were syndicates which underwrote the stock of the United States milling and Flour Company and the syndicate which was trying to put through the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad deal The collateral! put up by these syndicates for money ( afternoon that the government had de they borrowed is of doubtful value, to , cided to increase the number of deposi say the least, at present. And thejtory banks and amount of deposits in worst of it is, some of these loans car-.the hope of relieving the embarrassed ried guarantees of renewal." monetary situation in New Tork. The Depositors will, it is expected, be paid in full. Panic in Baltimore. Baltimore, Dec. 18. This has been win be cloge t0 $40,000,000. Secretarv a day. of unusual excitement in finan- Gage , said that any bank desiring to clal circles, disquieting rumors having kcome a depository of government followed each other in rapid succes- fuB(is could do so by a deposit of gov aion. Following the resignation of ernment bonds. Christian Devries as president of thet The government surplus.for the sur National Bank of Baltimore and the rent fiscal year is now over $18,000,000. embarrassment of the Charles W. Vo-. ; president, came the announcement that the Produce Exchange Trust Com rvanv of New York had suspended. & The market became demoralized. Se- curities were thrown over without re- card to their intrinsic worth, and be- fore the expiration of the first hour of trading selling was 'general ana prices. were crumbling rapidly. The trust company group bore the brunt of the onslaught. The slump carried prices down anywhere from 1 to 15 points. In many instances the lowest prices of the year were recorded. The Inter national Trust led the downward movement, with an extreme decline of 13 points. Florida Central & Peninsular under writing allotments, of which the Pro duce Exchange Trust Company carried large amounts, were offered at par without sales. Feelimr was nervous at the close of the market, though just oerore tne session ended a few buying orders were placed by substantial in terests. John Skelton Williams, one of the managers of the syndicate that controls the Seaboard & Roanoke and other companies that are to 'form the new Seaboard Air-Line Railway Com pany, is a director of the Produce Ex change Trust Company, but is not act ively identified with its management. NO INTERFERENCE. This Government Will Let the British and Boers Severely Alone. Washington, Dec. 18. While there is no wan-ant for positive assertion that the government has definite knowledge of any such understanding. i"""c Ji. nit; jciuiupeau powers win at i fpmnt tn inprfATV 1Wvi!00 r.of tain and the Transvaal with a view of ending the war until the attitude of the United States towards? such a course has been ascertained. It is said also that there will probably be no intervention unless this government ;assents to it. The policy of this government has been determined, and that is not to - , , 1 cntam ilM the Transvaal formally request the United States to tender their good of fices will this government take action. , , ... l1.rT12,aMul tom to help ! ?S P"!Se .in aceordance with myuciu iiumauiwiiau UMie, tills coun try may be obliged to withdraw its representative from the Transvaal cap ital. CHAIVIRERLAIN DOCTORED. British Colonial Secretary Takes an Honorary Degree in Dublin. Dublin, Dec. IS. The taking of "the . egre or ijIj. it. oy uoiomai Hecretar !0hamberlaln at Trinity College toda degree of LL. D. by Colonial Secretary .V passed in comparative quietude. While i A .v. i,.nf j, ,T . tnat tDe incident, which would have w .rt -p.. 0 v 4tw- i 7 V?'"? : 11 ' t 1 WlS'to FieW Marshal Roberts' patriotism in going to the front under the greatest blow that could fall upon a father the death of his son. During Mr. , Chamberlain's visit, a number of students, aroused bv ves- i11" VL .muuitnui urnming, STEAITIEK OlS THE BOCKS. Heavy Fos: on Long Island Soundheads the Pilot Astray. New York, Dec. 18. The big Fall i River liner Plymouth ran on a rock at the entrance of the sound this eve She had three hundred passengers aboard. A heavv fog had sent the pilot astray. Other steamers near the Plymouth when she struck, profited by her example and anchored with the idea of waiting for the fog to lift. At midnight the Chap man Wrecking Company sent a num ber of boats to help the Plymouth. It was impossible to send boats to take off the passengers. So far as could be learned, the steamer's injury wTas lim ited to a slash made by the rocks on the port side amidships. 'When the ship struck there was great confusion among the passengers, but later they quieted down and decided to wait calmlyfor morning. PLAN FOB BELIEF. Internal Revenue Becelpts to Go to Banks Instead of the Sub-Treasury Washington, Dec. 18. The Secretary of the Treasury announced late this .entire receipts or tne government xrom internal revenue for the next thirty days will be allowed to go to banks instead of the sub-treasury. The nmnvmf in b dived frnm tTii ork Lexington, Ky., Dec. 18. j June Gayle, Goebel De.mokirat.ic candidate for Congress from this district, was elected today by a -majority of about 4,000 over ex-Congressman Owens, who was a candidate., of the Republicans and anta-uoeDei iemocru. j ROBBED AND ROASTED Another Turnage Affair in County of Pitt. TWO NEGROES ARRESTED) The House of George Taylor Bobbe6, the Occupant Killed and His Body '1 Burned In the House Which Was Set on Fire by the Robbers The Sup posed Criminals Are Now Under Ar rest Lynching Is Feared Tarboro, N. C, Dec. 18. 43pecial: Near the village of Oakley, on the Washington branch of the Coast Line,) Saturday night, was enacted a tragedy! that equals in horror, if not in fiendr-; ishness, the one which occurred1: some months ago in another part of Pitt county at Turnage. Living on the same plantation irercj Samuel Taylor and George, his son.! but in separate houses not far apart, j both respected and industrious citi zens. Saturday night Sam Taylor and his wife went visiting, and George and his brothers went to town to get the mail, in which he expected to find a check for some tobacco he had previously: shipped for sale. The letter containing, the expected check did not come. George told his brothers that he was feeling so badly that he would go. home, and left. Soon thereafter his brothers started for home When about a quarter of a mile from home, they met a boy, a son of Grey " Corey, "who told them that they had better hasten; that when ho passed he heard George calling for help. This did not make much impres sion on them, but, advancing a little further, they beheld smoke over George's house; then they hurried. Arriving at the scene, they found that the house had been entered, prob ably robbed and fired, and George's body in the house near the front en trance,, burning. The body was drag ged out. The lower part of. the body was burned so that the flesh came off and had to be picked up and placed in a; bucket. The left' side was burned so that the flesh came off and the heart could be seen. , ? " ; ., Two Suspects Arrested. Parmele,. N. C, Dec. 18. Special. Robbers entered the house. of Mr. Sam uel Taylor, near Oakley, Pitt county, Saturday night, and plundered it. ... Af ter going to Mr. Samuel Taylor's house they went to the house of his ' son, Mr. G. O. Taylor, killed him and burned up his house and him in it. Sunday afternoon Henry Taylor and Mack Taylor, colored, were arrested and the evidence indicated that they were guilty. It is feared that they will be lynched;, but it is to be hoped if they are guilty that the law will be allowed to take its course. PFNSlOIt WARRANTS ARRIVE, They Call for 8119,000-IfIerry Christ mas Cheer to Iflany Old Vets. Treasurer Worth received the first batch of pension warrants yesterday. During the next few days the Treas ury Department will be burdened with pension warrants, returns from which will carry Christmas cheer and gladden the hearts' of many old soldiers and widows of veterans in the .State The pension warrants this year amount to more than 119.000. They will keep the Treasury balance down to a minimum until tax returns begin to flow in. The number of pensioners and the amounts they will receive are given herewith: There are 121 ifirst class pensioners who receive $64 each. The number of second class pension- ers is 341. receiving $48 each. Third class pensioners number' 519 and receive $32 each. The fourth class- heads the list, with a total of 2,234, receiving $16 each. Widows to the number of 2,674 re ceive $16 each. Grounds ofGoebel's Contest. ' iFrankifort, Ivy., Dec. 18. It is an nounced by Goebel managers tonight that notice giving the grounds. of con testing the election of Taylor and Mar shall has been prepared and will be served on the governor and lieutenant governor tomorrow. The grounds of contest are said to be alleged -intimidation by troops, the use. of, tissue bal lots, force by injunction, etc. Taking Up the TlaIne Victims. Havana, Dec! 18. The work of dis interring the remains of the Maine victims began this morning under the supervision of Father Chad wick and Surgeon Marcour. Greawcare was ta ken to disinfect the eartUand caskets as the bodies were removed. The bat tleship Texas is here to take the bodies to the United States. It is probable the work will be completed. Thursday. Knitting Mill to Be Organized. . The new knitting mill will be organ ized Wednesday night. Practically all rh Cw-k has been subscribed. The , call for the meeting will he issued to da v. The new enterprise is now a uer. taintyy x i