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- . v Vol. V. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1900.S No. 57. - . . " , . , . , ., . , -., . - , ... , .. , ... ,. ,,, . . -. - . .., - , : 1 1 1 i -'; . "T IT 'v . .! N-r-i . . . . ' lv 7 - . .- 3- . - - " " lv I. t: T !:. t . V. . ! ,. e. T. ii plans of Democrats to flake Goebel Governor Thwarted. THE LEGISLATURE NOT PERMITTED TO MEET Proclamation Issued Declaring That a State of Insurrection Exists and Adjourning the Legislature Over to February 6th All Attempts of the Legislature to Meet Frustrat ed by Troops A Member Who Was Ready to Die for Liberty Controlled by Cooler Heads. Ky Jan. 31. The deter- the Democrats In tin Feg- Itl;ire 1ovlel governor ro ! ed by Governor Taylor, :i proclamation adjourning .il assembly, virtually deelar :.! Ian- in the State. nounced a meeting of the (legislature In tlie opera house. Adjutant General Collier announced that ho would dis IHTse 'the meeting. as an1 trolawf ul as- baffles tlie doctors He rallied this af ternoon," and 3 ate tonight .his friends were more hopeful of his recovery, than at any time since the shooting. GOEBEL MADE GOVERNOR Democrats Meet and Declare Him Elected. The Oath, of Office Administered-A - , ........ Proclamation Issued In Ills Warn - Taylor Attempts to Jm tlfy III. Action. " t Frankfort, Jan. 31. A. meeting of seventj'-six Iteniocratlc legislators was held in the rooms of Democratic head quarters in the Capitol Hotel tonight, and William F.. Goebel was declared electeil governor. The oathof office was subsequently administered . to (Joebel. Governor Tavlor this afternoon is e?ued an address to the people in which he seeks to justify, his action in ad jouming the legislature and calling for its reassembling in -London. lie declaims that an attempt to legislate under existing conditions in Frank fort would le madness. 'He says he rains ;;thave-given a supply of grass. We can hear Buller' guns still working'- : A-message from Ladysmith by helio graph, sent Sunday to Frere, says: "We know that (Duller has failed. There, as natural disappointment, but lit tie despondency. From Observation 'Hill, many Boer movements are vis ible: also sometimes the doings of 'Bullcr's men. After our men evacu ated Spion Kop the enemy quickly brought up guns and fortified the posi tion.' J "Boer laagers on the plains beyond Ladysmith are again full of men, who returned after the retreat of the Brit ish. t A new laager was formed this :ni6rn1hg on the heights near Colenso. The BOers have a great force on the .plains thereabouts. Reinforcements .are apparently coming from the Trans- -raaLBritish guns are still on Mount lAlicer There is a rumor in camp that BulleT is. advancing along another line?. semhlage. The Democrats said the proclamation -was not founded on law; haS taken every precaution to preserve I that the governor had a right to call the peace, and that every citizen wil : .VUxk the Democratic legis-jthe legislature to meet at a different ..acred in the Capitol Hotel to 'place, but had no authority to adjourn .v.t to xlie chamber. I the body. ' :i the legislators filed Into the The Democrats proceeded to the i I.n.linir to the legislative hall .! onoiu hoiL. but here a line of sol- be protected to the extent of the re source of the commonwenilth. He ctills on all law-abiding citizens for their support. Kv.: (Frankfort, Jan. 31. Governor Goe lel has issnetl a proclamation on the situation, and his adjutant general, Oistleman. is en route to Frankfort ing and yelling and the men marched J on' a special train. The question of to the oiMirthonse. But General Col- equipping a. new State guard . will' ibe ! William h.vlted them an! read diers -with flxetl luiyonets prevented .lowing pro'timatlon. adjourn- them from entering. There was hoot . legislature to meet nt Ixm- :- t The .oTeruor Proclamation Srate of Kentucky, Kxivutive Denment, Frankfort. Ky.. Jan. 30, itMj. -nil As.cnU)ly of the Com "u.-akh of Kentucky: .-r.M. A state of insurrection ! the general. in the State of Kentucky,-; tui ,i,M -;-. ialIy in Fankfot, the capl ;. nvf; ly virtue of the authority I in m by the constitution of i ky. I do hereby, by this proela a. a ijAurn at once the general IrfllA fl lier himself. In command of another " u oomivany, drew he men up across the admission," cried county buildings. We denw nd Speaker Trimble. "Can't help it. gentlemen." replied You can't budge through Trimble excitedly denounced the ad ministration. "I am ready to die now, shouted one member, and he started to pull off hi coat, bnt a friend hustled him Washington, Jan. 31. Xo Interfer ence by the Federal authorities in Kentucky is looked for by officials here. At least not so long as the State authorities are able to control the it tuition. If, however, the State author ities are unable to deal with the situa tion and request Federal assistance, tioops will be sent.. THE FIGHT ON THE HILL Londo. Txinrel connty,Ky.J heads Tnally perroatletl the Deicdcrats j Deiaieu iiepOl lb or UIC Oil Ug- Ly. t!u t'xh day of February, at! to withdraw. :t. -Not a place m Frankrort was open ; uM.bT my iiaml at Frankfort,! to them. Trimble announcetl that a :'jub day of January, at 0; session would be. held subject to the gle on SpionKop. p. u. W. S. TAYIAMI. Govenior of Kentucky. Powers. Secretary of State. will leive three seats of government. call of the speaker. Covin gum will prolmbly le the place, and Kentucky WAS NOT A DISASTER llltx-krd br Soldier. l.itlx af;r the proclamation ..! th. olerk of the House an- At H:.Ti o'chx'k rhe Democrats were emleavoring to meet in the Capital Hotel. I FRANKFORT A CAMP A Thousand Soldiers in the Capitol Square. CANNON ON THE GROUND t rnor Tailor Enftconid Dehlnd flotv r lUfonrK-DtmorraU Indlf m ai tbe Order CoiiTfnlns l2 Maturr la Londoa-Lttdrr Adflie almn Developments of Today (soot He Predicted. a- rr. .Ian. r.l. The scenes in : tomcat are unprecedented s . war. The state house Is -irmed guard, while over a -Mrs are camietl on the I -r.um shivering about ..!,, r.r. witii -the thcrmome- m: tt-ii degrees alove zero. . . : are planunl In front of nthee antl one at each -.f r;t.. t.ite builJiags. To reach :n.r's otUct the passage of i . f guards is necessary. T.tI.r has not left his office ' -U.MjUug of 5oetel. and hi - .r' i io?etel with him. Sen uir.l are patroltng in front of r :''io building ill the city to t, ..n;, .tttcnipton the part of the - r.ir.,- ii.-iM.itors to meet. of regret from llepubli- l.-r over the a I tempted assas ": lt lH dom much to allay, par n f.hug. Hie leaders of Iwth " f" advling calmness. prtM-IaaiatioTi of Uovernor Taj- i.ar t!v legislature to meet at 1 Ky.. February 0, has a ten ' mTiitter Imocratle leglsla- "tio .iy was done to prevent 'i trnm declaring Goebel governor. -y "iy thnt Innlnn Is a hotbtnl of ! --Mnisni, the home of desperate '.i.n men. and that if they go t !- wHI not be protected. H - nmvitvil today that the Demo I' .lators met in he peniten v ui.l that toebel was declared "I. but the rumor could not be wiJ;crs are stationed around the apitl Hotel and the managers have been notitied that if the Democrat re lcirislators attempt to hold a session soldiers will take possession of the hall wa vs. 1 - .i- -i - .....1.. ..i.tvlll pcuhht;us ri"iut- iu u.ihr juin.-- January o savs: tticir jians totugnr. out u seems tnai their purpost is to get together in some way and declare floel km elected, lhey have prep;ired a long address to the people on the situation. The developments of tomorrow no one can predict. Conservative men are counseling mice. The fact that troop art utilized to protect Governor Tay lor instead of aiding In the capture of t!n assassin and that no reward has been offered for his apprehension has produed a radical change In the pub lie mind and the anti-doebel press. Orltltli Say They Simply Got Into a Po sition That They Could Not Hold A Illoody Straggle Throughout the Day Boers Aleo Lost IleaTlly Failure of Duller Was a Damper on the Garri son at Lad jemlth. Ixndon, Jan. 31. 'A dispatch to the Post from -Siearman s vamp, datea A IiOog Casualty List. 'Ix)ndon, Jan. 31 The War Office has Issued a list of casualties at Spion Kop, 'January 24, among non-commissioned officers and .men of j the Fifth division and mounted infantry. This list, shows 130 killed, 393 wounded, four taken prisoners and 60 missing These losses are mainly in the Second Lancashire Fusiliers. Second Roya Lancaster and Second Middlesex regi inent. . v "'i Wishing for the end ii I ! Linney and White Befoul the of Their Name Native State. WHITE MEMBER OUTDONE! BY-THE NEGRO The Erratic Statesman from the Eighth District Involves the House in an Uproar by a Tirade Upon the Election Law and the Constitutional Amendment -The Gingercake Hued Specimen from the Second Declares That Negro Assaults Upon White Women Are the Fruits of Assaults by White Men on Colored Women. Doers Regret the Carnage, but Have ' No Idea Ceasing Hostilities. -.Spearman's Camp, Jan. 27. Army Chaplains Oedge, Protestant, antl Col Iinsnnd Matthews. Roman Catholics and, Wainau, Wesleyan, with a buria party, went to . Spion Kop Thursday and Friday, to bury tlie British dead , .The Boers allowed all the British wounded, except three officers, who wen? only slightly hurt, tobe brough down the hill. The Boers told the chaplains they regretted the carnage and "were wishing for the jvaV to end, but they had no intention of ceasing hostilities. The Boers acknowledged that, 130 of their men were killed in the "fighting around Spion Kop. The whole of Warren's force was withdrawn in the night-time south of Tngela river. The retirement was ef fected in the most masterly manner. If.jvas pitch-dark at the time, and men had to be posted at short intervals tS direct the troops to the right-road.' Office m-. considered Spion Kop unten able The Infantry was not dismayed, )cr somewhat disorganized. The Boers dV not. drive he British troops out of thepositian. The troops behaved well. - DULLER ITIAY TBI AGAIN GOEBEL CLINGS TO LIFE His Vitality a Puzzle to At tending Physicans. After Hone of RecoTery Tti Aban doned Ho Railed and friends 5?egan to Feel Hopeful that He Would Reeorer Frankfort, Jan. 31. William E. Goebel was sinking fast late this af ternoon and hope of his recovery was abandoned. Bev. Arnold of Frankfort was sent for by Goebel, and he arrived at the wounded roan's bedside in the Capitol kllotel at 2 o'clock. Goe!el was barely couscJous. The attempted assassination is as mac hof a mystery as ever. 2s'o clue has been obtained to the identity of the man who fired the shot. Physicians worked over Goebel all night and did everything possible for him. Opiates wero administered throughout the night. Early this morn ing the watchers in Mr. Goebel's room said he was aparently linking gradually. "After holding out all day, in spite of serious losses, the British' evacu ated Spion Kop last night. The Boers were too exhausted to harass the rear guard. The troops have entire confi dence in Buller and will try again. They all understand the difficulties of the situation. "Tlie Boers sometimes were within thirty yards of our men, and also suf fere severely. Their loss, in compari son with their strength, was greater than ours. Tlie process of attritiou must ultimately settle the war in favor of the British, who bear the worst cheerfully. "Spion Kop was not a disatser, for we lost neither guns nor wounded. It was sinipls' a bloody action wherein a lodgment was effected which proved untenable. At dawn there was heavy shelling and Woodgate was seriously wounded. There were urgent demands that a new commander be sent imme diately, lieiuforcenients were sent and Captain Thornycroft was appointed brigadier general commanding the whole force on the hill topf There was a bitter, bloody vstruggle throughout the day, the Boers con centrating every gun and man on the place. The British artillery was un able to cope with the superior range of the Boer guns. During the after noon It became evident that our men could not endure another day on the hill. Every effort is now being made to succor the wounded, many of whom are still on the summit of the hill." Goelel has hovered between life and itpjith all dav and his ruzzed constitu tion has displayed a tenacity, which J now Ladj smith Can Hold Out London, Jan. 31. A dispatch to the Times from Ladysmith, dated Janu ary 27. says: "He lime dreamed when we received a' message on the 2oth, 'all is well. what a aught would . bring forth. "We- can hold on here.- Another dispatch to the Times from Ladysmith, dated thfe 2Sth, says: "The garrison received th& news' with forti tude. The privations of the siege will fall more heavily on the sick. : The ;:irrison has arrived at a healthier phase and disease has been weeded out. The health of the garrison was less robust during the first piuclk than -mere as no horse sickness andj A Third Attempt to Relieve Ladysmith Said to De Contemplated. London, Jan. 31. Tlie situation in South Africa, so far as known, is un changed, but the idea grows that Gen eral Buller is jireparing for a third attempt to reach 'Ladysmith. The cor respondent of the "Morning Post, tele graphing from Spearman's Camp un der date of January 28, says: "Nobody is downcast, but, as it is generally understood, a supreme effort topierce the Boer lines is impending. The soldiers are resolved to get their own back. Their spirit is most de termined. The army is exasperated, but not defeated. But Her will perse vere and all will come out right in the end." The cheerful optimism of the garri son at Ladysmith in the face of dis appointment excites admiration, but it is feared that their position is really worse than their attitude implies. War Notes from the Front Spearman's Camp, Jan. 28. War ren's division had just effected a pass age of the river when a Boer gun opened fire on the pontoons. No dam age, was caused, however, and.naral guns soon silenced the Boer fire. Washington, January 31. Special. Congressman Linney, .for th pur-, pose of prejudicing !North Carolina election cases now before the Mouse, made a most partisan and violent attack upon the registration laws of the State . .. i , . in a speech delivered today. For more than an hour he poured out abuse on the heads of the people of his State. The ground' of his contention was, that as the ballot is abridged lawlessness becomes onore prevalent. The bal- lot, he claimed, was the safety valve of the republic. He j said that since 1891 there has been a yearly average of 140 lymchings in Southern States, but North Carolina had escaped. If the constitutional amendment passed then lynchihgs and violence, would follow. His speech was so violent that the House was in an uproar half the time'.ATolbert of, South Carolina, Burke of Texas, Dinsmore of Arkansas, and Bartlett of Georgia became involved in a controversy with him. Senator Pritchard came over from the 'Senate and sat near Mr. Linney. j ! j While Linnejrheld the floor; he gave way j to George Hi White to speak the foul calumny that negro assaults upon white women were the fruits of white men's assaults upon negro women, thus putting the white women of North Carolina upon the- same plane as negTO women. j Linney's speech will react upon him. ; TRAITOR AND TRAITOR Pettigrew Put in Same Class With Aguinaldo. SHARP DEBATE IN SENATE Attacks on the Administration's Phil ippines Policy Culminate ia the Most Acrimonious Discussion of the Ses sion Dewey Declares That Aguinal do's Statement Is a Tissue f j False hoods Politics in the House London, Jan. 31. A dispatch to Tire Times from -Spearman's Camp, dated January 28, says: "Warren's forces have encamped some this side of the river.' "distance, from London, Jan. 31. There as consideF able speculation as to the movements of Kitchener, who has never been mentioned dn press or official dispatch es. The war correspondent of the New Castle Daily Leader says there is good authority for the statement . 1 T'!l 1 - 511 1 X-l 1 max -iviicaeiier win proua'oiy leave Cape Town tonight for Natal. Spearman's Camp, Jan. 25. Boers are rejoicing and holding thanksgiving services tonight, though it is certain that, they lost heavily. A British medical corps early this morning as cended Spion Kop. A party of Boers met them half-way, and after a par ley consented to the removal of the wounded. The scene. at the summit is fearful. Stretcher-bearers were busy the greater-part of the day. Buller went early to the position and remain ed all night. Thornycroft Not to DIame. London, Jan. 31. General Buller ca bles the War Office as follows: "Spearman's Camp, Jan. 31. Colonel Thornycrift is the officer who ordered the retirement from Spion Kop. It is . due to him to say that I' believe his personal gallantry saved a difficult sLtuation January 24, and that under a los-s of at least forty "per. cent he directed the defence with conspicuous courage and ability throughout the day. No blame, in myoplnion, is at tributable to nim. i tiunk his conduct throughout admirable." j ' Washington, Jan. 31. The persistent attacks of Senator Pettigrew on the administration's Philippines . I policy culminated at today's session in the nost acrimonious debate that has yet occurred in connection with the sub- i ect. The discussion was precipitated by an effort of Pettigrew -to have the recent statement ty Aguinaiao, pup- ished in eastern newspapers, printed as a public document; and when objec tion to the reading of Pettigreiw's resolution in Which the matter was embodied 'was made, lie xleclared that he wouldjread the statement as a part cf his remarks. ?! Mr. Lodge interposed a-ad read a let ter from Admiral Dewej, in which he branded as a tissue of falsehoods the matter contained in the ' statement which Pettigrew. nought to have; print ed. In the letter Dewey denied that he ever promised the Filipinos inde pendence, saluted their flag or treated them as allies, - Mr. Pettigrew (insisted on reading the statement, whereupon -Mr, Haw ley objected on the ground that it was treason. . As the debate proceeded, Messrs Spooner, Gallinger, Jones, Sewell and Teller joined in. Mr. Sewell I depre cated Pettigrew's action, and declared that, under - the 'circumstances Petti grew was a traitor in supporting an arch-traitor who sold himself to Spain and betrayed his ovrar country. 'He characterized Pettigrew's action as monstrous. . Pettigrew twitted: the im perialists on the furore his attempt to have the truth laid before the people had occasioned among 'them. J Mr. Spooner, in a . somewhat impas sioned speech, arraigned Pettigrew for his inonstrous proposition, and de clared, that there ought to be a truce to such proceedings, at least; until Law ton's body was laid to rest. The debate had not ended when the morning hour expired, and the matter Went' over. The Finance bill was then taken up. Mr. Morgan gave notice of an amendment-involving propositions to liquidate the public debt. Mr. Tel ler opposed the amendment. Tlie mat ter went" over and 'the . Senate ad journed ; ! - LtinneY JUaises a isreeze. After the passage of two or three relati velv unfm porta tit ; measures by the House today, Mr. Sherman, chairman 0 kc .Committee on Indian I Affairs called up the Indian' Appropriation; bill, and its consideration was begun: in committee of the whole. Discus-, sion on the bill took a wide range. Messrs! Coohey and Cochrane of Mis souri, Stephens of Texas and Weeks of Michigan talked about the Philip pines, -the latter paying attention also to Puerto Rico. The three' first-named criticised the policy of -the administra tion, and Weeks defended It. Mr. Linneyv of North Carolina, tak ing for his text . a reference in the 'President's message to lynchings, made a speech upon the subject, treat ing it I philosophically so far as he could, i His speech aroused sectional rancor, and its delivery was marked, by several heated colloquies with Democratic members frbim the 'South. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, made ai good-tempered .response, which met) with applause from his political col leagues and no criticism from his op ponents. I 1 I Debate on the Indian bill will close tomorrow afternoon. In discussing lynchings'. !Mr. Linney quoted from Watterson's oration at ithe opening of the Chicago exposition, an which lie declared that the suppres sion of legal votes was the most se rious fault .existing in the political system of the country. 'Mr. Linney said Wattersoh was right, and declared that the fruits of the policy was seen in the record of l3'nchings. j Mr. IBurke of Texas asked LInney ta state the proportion of lynchlngs due to assaults of black brutes upon the virtue ! of white women, Whereupon Linney complained that a man could notrbegin to discuss a subject withoufi some one hollering "nigger." - I White of iNorth Carolina declared that less than' fifteen per cent of the lynchings of the past two years were . Idue to assault. Mr. Linney asked Burke jf the fact that North Carolina and Texas were comparati vely free from lynchlngs was not due to the fact that both had-a pure ballot. Mr Burke replied that he did1 not know, but believed that . five-sixths of the lynchings resulted from the, cause he1 suggested. Mr. Linney subsequently became involved in a boisterous colloquy with Mr. Bart lett regarding statements concerning Greorgia, and with .Mr. Tafbert regard- . ihg statements concerning South Car olina. Mr. Talbert defieW alltW ef forts of the chairman to keep him quiet, and Linney accused him of vio lating jrthe rulesof the House. Sir. Talbert replied that Linney was not only violating "the rules of the House, but all rules of decency., Continuing, Linney said that in .North Carolina they were proposing to follow the lead of South Carolina in the matter of election laws. . f j Mr. Williams, replying to Linney, declared that not since 1876 had a sin gle vote been suppressed dn Missis sippi.! He said that while negroes were occasionally lynched in Mississippi, they were never shot down toy whole sale, as they werp in Illinois, be cause they wanted to work. He op- ,, posed I lynchings and violation of the law everywhere. . f Ravages of the Plague San Francisco, Jan. 31. The, steam - ship Australia arrived from Honolulu todav. She brings advices that up io Januarv 23 there were fifty-two case;! of plague there and forty-two deaths, r i. i - i 4
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