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TWO
PARTS
VOL. XXIII.— NO. 14.
APP EAL TO PEOPLE
FINAL EFFORT OF THE OPPONENTS
OF MR. GOGBEL TO KEEP
( HIM OIT OF OFFICE
rABTI LINES ARE EUNHATEB
ANTI-GOEBEI, DEMOCRATS JOIN
WITH HEPI BUCAXS IN AD
DIiKSMMi IM niAV
BLOODSHED IS HINTED AT
Alleged Tlini Mr. Bryan, "Who la Not.
However, Named. Is Coming to
Kentucky to AMiat the Goeliel
Forced — lientuckiaits A»ked to In
terfere With I-essislative Repre
sentatives — Documents Differ.
LOUISVILLE!, Ky., Jan. 13.— The Re
publican state committee, through Its
officials, and the organization formed by
disaffected Democrats during the recent
compaign have issued statements giving
their views of the political situation for
their support. The appeal issued by th»
Democrats says:
"The men who in June deprived a major
ity of the Democrats of Kentucky oi
representation at the Kentucky conven
tion are preparing to reverse, by the ac
tion -of the legislature, the decision the
people made at the polls. The general
assembly of the sovereign state of Ken
tucky is subject to the mere whim and
caprice of one man, whose orders are is
sued to your representatives through a
caucus. Intimidated by force and de
bnsed treachery- All the rules of evi
dence that prevail in civilized communi
ties have been repealed; every principle
of justice has been repudiated in ad
vance.
"The candidate who was defeated by a
decisive vote, by the subservience of cer
tain of your representatives and by the
subjection of others through promise of
official spoils, has made them mas
ter of the legislative department of Ken
tucky. The Democratic party hi& beei\
put in the position of an enemy to the
public peace and a menace to popular in
stitutions, with a record of unparalleled
outrages during the past year.
"We are about to enter upon a na
tional compaign; the probable leader in
this campaign has made himself the as
sociate and the supporter of the men who
were repudiated at the polls. He is to
return next week to Kentucky to aid
the conspirators in driving from office
men who have been elected. The success
of the schemes already developed at
Frankfort would bury the Democratic
party for a decade in ignominy and pop
ular contempt. The success of th-?se
Schemes would be a temporary surrender
of a republican form of government. The
future is dark with threatened danger of
the gravest character.
"If the people of Kentucky will speak
directly to their representatives, in com
manding tones, they may yet save the
state and party from Irretrievable disas
ter and unexampled disgrace. We appetf!
to you, therefore, to read in the record
of the past twelve -months the darker*
record of defeat and disaster that may
follow during the twelve months to i
come. If you are still loyal to the plat- i
form of 38t>6. and desire this year to give
your candidate for president the elec
toral vote of Kentucky, you must' not
permit the political desperadoes in con
trol of the Democratic caucus at Frank
fort to make the party responsible for
the action of the reckless and desperate
leaders now in control of the legislature."
REPUBLICAN MANIFESTO.
The epublican manifesto follows about
the same lines. It contains the following:
"Two months after a general election a
flefeaied minomy is detying the law,
violating the constitution, and seeking by
revolutionary means to establish usurpers
In public positions already filled by men
you have chosen to conduct your affairs.
"A political conspiracy against repre
sentative government approaches a
climax. Every light guaranteed by your
constitutldh is violated ruthlessly, alike
in party convention, by election commis
sioners, by officers of the judiciary de
partment and by representatives in the
legislature.
"Unless you will act so as to instruct
your representatives in the legislature to
execute your will, the enemies of respect
able government may yet triumph, or in
their vain efforts to triumph, may pro
vokf. bloodshed.
"Since the assembling of vour leglsla
• ture you have seen one act of usurpation
and outlawry tread upon another's heels
6O fast they follow.
"The provisions that contesting commit
tees shall be chosen by lot has been reck
lessly set aside by a disgraceful piece of
jugglery, and packed committees are to
hear contests for the two highest offices
In the state.
"Your members have been Intimidated
by false charges of bribery, made in ad
vaftce of the meeting of the legislature
and the vote of a senator who openly
confesses that he has accepted a bribe is
necessary for the consummation of these
acts of usurpation.
"Tn short, a revolution in every depart
ment of your government proceeds un
checked. Tour rights are denied vou. and
you are deprived oT the privileges of se
lecting your own officers by nets, and
pretended acts, which have about them
no shadow of right or reason. The char
acter of your institutions is being
1 changed, and without dtie proe'eps of law
men are deprived of office and other men
affss&Sfflg? rißhts than th *
"In justice to ourselves, and in lu«tice
to you, impelled by our regard for the
constitution and th* laws, anTbv our de
votion to the principles of representative
government, we make these representa
tions to you, and we beseech you bo to
act ap to relieve your representatives
from fear of intimidation and to secure
from them and through them full
Spoils/' y ° lir " ffl aS expresseda "
OUTLOOK SERIOUS.
The situation in the contests for gover
nor and the state offices, and the ques
tion of what is going to happen when the
final result is declared are tonight fruit
ful of the m*st extravagant speculation.
If the adherents of the contests, the Re
publican incumbents of the state offices,
carry out the line of procedure they now
threaten, by refusing to vacate even in
case the legislature decides In favor of the
Democratic contestants, the situation will
be serious, and if the statements of some
of the men high in the councils of the
state are credited this is what they pro
-1 pose to do.
K. H. Hampton, secretary of the Repub
lican state central committee, said this
• afternoon that the talk of holding an anti-
Goebel state convention here next week
was purely an invention, but he predicted
that several thousand anti-Qoebel men
■ from all parts of the state would be here
' to protest by their presence against un
seating Taylor and Marshall, and to sus
tain them if the legislature votes to turn
them out. He denied that any of these
now here are soldiers in citizens' clothes,
as charged by the Goebel Democrats.
James Andrew Scott, one of the attor
neys for the contestants In minor state
contests, said tonight:
"The Importation of soldiers and thugs
here for the purpose of intimidating the
legislature will not work. They arc bluff
ing, and no trouble will occur. As for
their threats that they will hold on in
spite of the decision by the legislature,
they may do this for a few days, but the
courts would recognize the regular state
government, and If Mr. Taylor dees not
then give in he will subject himself to
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prosecution and all of the penalties
against usurpation, which I have no idea
he will want to encounter."
CONTENTION OF TAYLOR MEN.
Most of the Democratic leaders coincide
with Scott. Ex-Gov. Bradley and all of
the Republican leaders hold that the con
test proceedings are being conducted in
an arbitrary manner, without regard to
the law, and that for these reasons the
decision, if adverse to Taylor, should not
be binding on him. They filed a bill of
specifications as to their objections to the
trial of contests and the reasons why the
proceedings are all illegal. These are:
"That the Democratic members of, the
legislature with a few exceptions had
their minds made up, and were, committed
in advance of the filing of the contests to
vote to scat Goebel and Beckham; that
the committees trying the contests are
fraudulently constituted and can have no
just powers because of the fraudulent
•manner- in which they were drawn as
charged by the Republicans and not de
nied by Clerk Leigh, that the time al
lowed for taking evidence is so short as
to practically amount to a denial to the
contestants of the right to prove their
cases and that the refusal to accept de
positions as evidence operates in the same
manner."
The sum total of all these, according to
Gov. Taylor's attorneys, brings the case
within some of the Inhibitions of the
fourteenth amendment to the federal con
stitution.
HUNDREDS OF WITNESSES.
LEXINGTON. Ky., Jan. 13.— Over three
hundred citizens here from all classes
have. been summoned to appear in Frank
fort from the 35th to 19th of this month
as witnesses before the various legislative
committees, investigating the alleged il
legal returns in November in connection
which the pending contests for the state
offices.
MR. BRYAN EXPLAINS.
Defines His Position With Reference
to Filipino*.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 13.-W. J. Bryan
passed through Kansas City, this morning
for Columbia, Mo., where he is to speak
this afternoon. Asked about his Minne
apolis Interview, in which he waa report
ed as expressing views favorable to ex
pansion, Mr." Bryan said:
"I have for one year been discussing
imperialism and I have tried to distin
guish between such an extension of the
nation's limits as would not change the
character of the government, and an ex
pansion which converts a homogeneous
republic into a heterogenous t /ipire.
When the annexation of any given terri
tory is under consideration the question
is, first, whether the people want to
come lnr and, second, whether the peo
pie are capable of sharing in the govern
ment and destiny of this nation. I believe
that all people are capable of governing
themselves, and that the Filipinos should
be allowed to govern themselves, but I
do not think they are sufficiently advanc
ed to share with us in the government
of the nation. If the Philippine islands
are annexed the people there must either
be citizens or subjects. I am not willing
to admit them as citizens, and do not
believe that a republic can have subjects.
Therefore I ask this nation to give them
independence and then protect them from
outside interference. Each proposed an
nexation must be considered upon its own
merits, but In considering these merits
the condition of the people should have
more weight than geographical position
or commercial advantage."
TO PASS UP SILVER.
New York Democrat* 'Will Auk Mr.
Bryan to Treat It Lightly.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.— 1n connection
with the aproachlng visit of W. J. Bryan
to New York, the Evening Post today
says:
"It was learned today that great effort
will be made to get Mr. Bryan to speak
while here on the lines Indicated in recent
interviews by Eliot Danforth, chairman
of the Democratic executive committee—
that Is, to treat imperialism and trusts
as the main issue of the campaign and
avoid giving undue prominence to the 16
to 1 issue. Mr. Bryan has made several
speeches already on these fines, and it
is believed that he can be induced to leave
free silver In the background while he
is in what Is called 'the enemy's coun
try.'
"The dinner to be given to Mr. Bryan
ay O. H. P. Belmont, on Jan. 22, will be
u. sort of preliminary. Many of the party
leaders of the state, as well as repre
sentatives of the Chicago platform Demo
crats, wiil sit at the Belmont table, and
it is said an attempt will be made to
bring both wings of the party together
In order that a harmonious delegation
can be sent to the national convention.
Mr. Bryan has given many indications
lately that he desires harmony in New
York state. He has curbed the enthusi
asm of his silver followers here, and has
shown a disposition to court the favor of
Tammany. He has also been in close
communication with Eliot Danforth,
who has taken on himself the task of
harmonizing the party so that Bryan
will get New York's electoral votes. '
BOSTON, Jan. 13.— 1t is expected that
Mr. Bryan will arrive here from Provi
dence during the forenoon of the 30th.
The Bryan club of this city will give him
a breakfast, after which the state com
mittee will take him in charge. The
mass meeting in Mechanics' hall will be
held at S p. m., and the dinner in Fan-,
ueil hall will be Berved at 10 o'clock.
STKINLEY- IS SAFE.
Mr. Manna Says He Will Be Nom
inated by Acclamation.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13.— The sub
committee of the Republican national
convention began today the work of lay
ing plans for the presidential campaign.
Shortly after 9 o'clock the committee vis
ited Mayor Ashbrldge. In the party were
Senator Hanna, chairman; "Joe" Man
ley, 11. C. Payne, of Wisconsin; United
States Senator N. B. Scott, of West Vir
ginia; Richard Kerens, of Missouri, and
Charles Dick, of Ohio, the secretary of
the national committee; President Henry
Burke and Chairman W. S. P. Shields,
of the local citizens' committee, and a
number of others. The committee went
to the Exposition buildings in West Phil
adelphia to Inspect the auditorium in
which the convention is to Le held. All
the visitors expressed their satisfaction
at the selection of the hall. Regarding
the convention. Senator Hanna said:
"Of course, President McKmley will ba
renomlnatc' . and, without doubt, he will
receive every vote in the convention; but
when it comes to choosing his running
mate and deciding on the platform, there
Is likely to be an abundance of excite
ment."
The Manufacturers' club has offered
the facilities of its building to all of the
Republican national commltteemen who
may be in the city during the campaign,
and also to extend the same privilege to
each delegate and alternate In attendance
In the convention.
During the conference with Mayor Ash
bridge Senator Hanna made the first
statement which he has uttered in his
capacity as Republican national chair
man on the issues and plans for the com
ing convention. He said:
First, the national Issues will be the
prosperity Of the people of the
country.
Second, the retention of the Philippines.
The Republican party is in pressing and
Immediate need of funds to carry on the
work of the campaign, and it must be
begun without delay. The Democratic
party has labor agitators at work
throughout the West, ar.d the Republican
campaign committee finds it necessary
to meet them at every point.
SUNDAY MORNING, JANURRY 14, 1900.— TWENTY— FOUR PAGES.
TALK IS TRIFLING
FRIVOLITY OP MR. BALFOVR IN
HIS RECENT SPEECHES IS
SEVERELY CENSURED
CABINET CHANGES SUGGESTED
OFFICIALS WHO HAVE BEEN RE
SPONSIBLE FOR WAR MIS
TAKES IN DISFAVOR
GOVERNMENT IS ARRAIGNED
Extremists Say the Safety of the
Empire In It* Hand* la Not Worth
Six Months' Pnrchase— All Look to
Lord Roberts and Gen. Kitchener
to Change the Situation— Trouble
In Liberia.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 13.-The frivolity dis
played in his recent speeches by Mr. Bal
four, the government leader in the house
of commons, has landed as what is known
as the strongest government of modern
times In the slough from which extrica
tion Is difficult if not impossible. His
light hearted remarks, which were pleas
antly reeclved by the nation when times
were good and all was well, are offensive
to a people mourning for lost sons and
deeply angered by unprecedented revers
es. Mr. Balfour, if he had tried, could
not have more successfully put his coun
trymen on edge, and when Lord Salisbury
speaks he will have much to atone for.
The memory Of Mr. Chamberlain's "al
liance" speech was dying away, before
Mr. Balfour put his foot still deeper in
the mire. The Conservatives deeply
hoped that Mr. Balfour would profit by
Mr. Chamberlain's example and keep a j
discreet silence. As the Saturday Review,
one of the government's stanchest sup
porters, put It, "the administration Is now
face to face, not with the opposition, but ■
with the nation." It is a crisis out of.
which several must come with reputa
tions smlrohed, and may possibly result
in the wreck of the government. In any
case a reconstruction of the cabinet seems
Inevitable.
The Spectator protests against mak
ing Mr. Balfour the scapegoat, and de
clares that though Lord Salisbury is still
the wisest mind in the empire, It is im
possible for him to continue much longer
boih prime minister and foreign secre
tary. It advocates his retention at the
head of the foreign office and the ap
pointment of Mr. Balfour as premier, the
Marquis of Lansdowne being succeeded
at the war office by Mr. 11. Arnold Fors
ter. The same paper, gravely reviewing
the . serious military conditions of the
country, advocates an elaborate plan for
home defense, including a volunteer
army, recruited from civilians and form
er soldiers, which would not actually be
called out except in case of invasion, but
which would form a nucleus to enable
the standing army to be sent abroad
without qualms.
"If we are to escape conscription,"' says
the Outlook, "the public must be educat
ed to take a more serious, discriminating
and self-sacrificing interest in the army.' 1
DEPENDS UPON KITCHENER.
In the meanwhile, «o the Associated
Press learns, Lord Salisbury does not
mean to be Inactive. He believes the
salvation of Great Britain's military sys
tem depends on Gen. Lord Kitchener, In
whom he has long had implicit faith. It
is already planned that If Lords Roberts
and Kitchener bring the campaign to a
successful termination the latter will be
brought home to honors almost equal to
those of the Duke of .Wellington. He will
be put into the war office, and will be
given a free hand to brush away the cob
webs which clog the British army. Lord
Roberts, of course, will not be neglected,
but then he would be too old for such
work as is outlined for Lord Kitchener.
Perhaps, before this can be accomplished.
Lord Salisbury will be out of power and
Lord Kitchener will be discredited, but
upon such rehabilitation, by means of a
young and brilliant agent, has the heart
of the British premier been set. It re
mains to be seen whether fate will en
able him to carry It out.
Mention of Lord Kitchener is insep
arably connected with Khartum, where
it was announced this week the first train
from Cairo had arrived. The Associated
Press learns this is not quite correct,
for there are stiil about 300 miles between
these places on which no railroad has
been built. Until the Nile dam is com
pleted it is Impossible to construct a road
between Assuan and "Vfady Haifa. The
way the first tralnloact of excursionists
arrived at Khartum was by disembark
ing at Assuan Into a river boat, traveling:
by water to Wady- Haifa, and then board
ing a military train, formerly used for
the conveyance of wounded sofulers,
which took them to. Khartum. The ho
tel there is not ready, but the visitors
were accommodated on the old Gordon
steamboat, which had been fitted up as
a sort of house boat.
GOVERNMENT ARRAIGNED.
Reverting: to home polities and the Bal
four muddle, the extremist view Is well
voiced In a public lefter written by Hen
ry Broadhurst (Liberal Labor), member
of parliament for Leicester, formerly
secretary of the parliamentary commit
tee of the trade* union congress, in
which he says:
"The amazing confession of Ignorance,
Incapacity and almost indifference, made
by Mr. Balfour, makes- the stoutest hearts
feel that in the hands of the present gov
ernment the safety of the empire is not
worth six months' purchase."
Mr. BaKour's statement that thr^e army
corps were placed In the field without a
hitch has given ths critics an excellent
and not wasted opportunity of 'pointing
out that though enough individuals to
make up three corps are on their way to
South Africa, they only have the artil
lery requisite, according 1 to the British
regulations, for one corps, while in cav
alry and army servlc* components they
are almost equally*- preving the
very lack of orjrttnlzatton so frequently
laid at the door -o£- the war office.
GRABBING TERRITORY.
Advices to the Associated Press from
Liberia Indicate that Germany is emulat-
. THE BELLE OF SOUTH AFRICA.
ing France In her endeavor to grab ter
ritory, and is working strenuously to
persuade or coerce Liberia into accept
ing a protectorate- The request has take i
the form of a demand by Herr Humpel
meyer, the Germati consul at Morovla,
who has just "returned from a visit to
Berlin, for immediate reparation for al
leged maltreatment in 1597. The cass i3
that . of a German • planter named Koch,
who, refusing to obey a civil summons!,
was taken to the coui rs. by force. The
case has been ..the subject of correspond
ence between the two governments, and
though not settled by ihe Lib?rian 'courts,
Herr Humpelmeyer' threatens to take ac
tion if Herr Koch's claims are not set
tled.
The Liberian gov.^-jjmcnt believes that
France and Germany will take advantiga
of Great Britain's acthity to force them
to accept a protectorate. The little re
public, shut out from crinmunicatlon with
the outside world, is considering appeals
Ing to Washington for intervention, and
there is a growing f-eellng of appealing
for a Blrtish or American protectorate.
As in the Koch case, the French en
croachments have been referred to In
previous dispatches.
Edward Blake, Nationalist member of
parliament for South Langford, formerly
chancellor of Canada, is speaking very
plainly on the subject of rumors that
members of certain Iri?h scaeties contem
plated an invasion of Canada. He said ,
to the people of Langford .that if he b3
lleved It was true; he would have bor
rowed a Mauser, have, learned the new
rifle practice, and "have taken passage
to Canada, to "he l p defend' my wife, chil
dren and grandchildren from my brothar
home rulers." The former (Canadian lead
er has no sympathy with the more ad
vanced sections of his party.
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CLAIMED BY TWO.
Women Who A^«ert They Were Wed
ded to Guktare Jtelie.
SIOUX CITY, 10., Jan. i3.— Two women,
who say they are the wives of Dr. Gus
tave Mahe. of. this city, who died sud
denly here Thursday ujght, each claims
his body. AVife >~v 1 is in San Fran
cisco and- Wife No. 2 Is here. Mahe is
well known --to New York and San Fran
cisco.
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Peat House Burned.
DES MOINES. 10. Jan. 18.— The city
pest house in North Des Moines was
burned t Mb evening by citizens in order
to prevent its use' for smallpox patients.
BEARIS GROWLING
75,000 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS LEAVE
TIFLIS, TRANSCAUCASIA,
FOR BAKU
IRE lOflM ON AFGiiAHSTIN
FUTURE MOVEMENTS WILL DE
PEND UPON ACTIONS OF BRIT
ISH IN INDIA
ANOTHER WAR IS IN SIGHT
Ruanla'a Preparations (or the Con
flict Are All Taken, 250,000 Me a
Being AMembled Where They Can
Be Called Into Service on Short
Notice — StudroiM at Strategical
Points Being Increased.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 7 (via Paris,
Jan. 13.) — Seventy-five thousand Russian
soldiers have left Tinis, Transcaucasia,
for Baku, on the western coast of the
Caspian sea. They will cross at once
to Krasnovodsk, whence they will pro
ceed to Kouschka, the frontier station on
the borders of Afghanistan. They will
soon advance to s a point even nearer to
Herat, the occupation of which town now
depends only on events in Afghanistan
and on the movements of British troops
in India.
Russia's preparations for war are all
taken. In Siberia, as close to the frontier
of British India as is possible, 250,000 men
are now assembled. Gen Yonoff, recently
designated for the especially important
command of the Russian forces in the
■aemi-Reltschensk district, already has ar
rived at Kouschka.
The Russian squadrons at Port Arthur
and in the Persian gulf are being in
creased daily.
Brazilian Army Appointment*.
RIO JANEIRO,. Jan. 13.-Generals Ar
golla and Camera have been promoted to
the rank of generals of divisions and
colonels Serra Martins and Marciano Ma
galhis have been made generals of brl-"
grades. Gen. Ocstallat has been appointed
director of the military school. Gen
Texerra has been appointed commander
of artillery and Gen. Castro has been ap
pointed commander of the First military
district.
Son of Gen. Garibaldi Dead.
ROME, Jan. 13.— A dispatch from Bor
dlghera, on the Riviera, today announced
the death of Manlio Garibaldi, son of the
late Gen. Garibaldi.
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ANTI-TRUST LEAGUE.
Prominent Men to Aid in Work of
Commercial Travelers.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-The board of
managers of the Commercial Travelers'
and Hotelmen's Anti-Trust league held a
meeting in this city today. It was de
cided to arrange a meeting of the com
mittee on legislation, of which Joseph J.
Willet, of Alabama, is i-hairman, to be
held In Chicago. Feb. 12. The following
letter was received at headquarters to
day from ex-Gov. William Stone, of Mis
souri, vice chairman of the Democratic
national committee:
"I have the honor to acknowledge re
ceipt of your favor, informing me of my
election a3 a member of the legislative
committee of the Commercial Travelers'
and Hotelmen's Anti-Trust league. lam
willing to accept the appointment and
aid your league In its good work-as far
as I can."
Other letters accepting membership on
the committee on legislation were also
received, among them one from John R.
McLean, in which he says:
"Anything: I can do to help the com
mercial travelers I will gladly do."
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Given Another Chance.
t WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. -First - Lieu
tenant John- W. Lynch, of the marine
corps, was. recently convicted by court
martial at CavJte, P. 1., of viola
tions of the regulations and sen
tenced to be dismissed from the
service. It appears from the evidence
that in July last, while under the in
fluence of strong drink, he attempted A
break into a private residence. Rear Ad
miral Watson haa commuted the sen
tence to the loss of ten numbers in hi?
grade.
BULLETIN OP
IMPORTANT SEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Fair; Colder.
I— War Censorship Severe.
Kentucky Outlook Dark. ■' S
English Cabinet Arraigned* „;
France for Peace. .... i"
2— St. Paul Boy n< Manila.
3— lce Carnival Off.
St. Paul Financed.
4— ln St. Paul Pnlplts.
6— Ship Subsidy-Bill.
Northwest Xewi.
News of the Railroads.
6— Editorial.
7— SlioivlnK of Banks.
The Warm Corner.
Medical Notes.
B— Berlin Feeling Cordial.
9— Minneapolis Matters.
10— Sporting News.
Gossip for Golfers.
Outlook for Boxing.
11— Horrors of Ceutn.
Diving for Pcarla.
12— In the Field of Labor.
Pro-Boer Banquet.
Kewa of Ledge Huonu.
13— Public School Funda.
14— Books of the Hour.
Ghost of West Wing.
15 — Bnhiru'Ks Announcement.
16— St. Paul Social News.
17— Fashions for Women.
Suburban Social.
18— To Tell Planets.
St. Paul'* Milk Supply.
First Klmberley Diamond.
19— Biggest of Battleships.
Aiurrlrn.il With Bo«r«.
What Sovereigns Eat.
2O — Congressional Pickings.
To Aid Colored Men.
Freak of Nature.
21— The Holy Year. * : .^\
New Penal Code Proposed.
Infant Ingenue.
22— Markets of the World.
23— Popular Want*.
24— Week at the Theaters.
OCEAN LINERS.
NEW YORK— Arrived: Wlllihad, from
Bremen; Marquette, from London;
Etruria, Liverpool; Norge, Copenhagen,
etc. Bailed: Samiatin, Glasgow; Lu
cania, Liverpool; Belgravia, Hamburg*.
NAPLES— Arrived : Werra. New York
and proceeded for Genoa.
ROTTERDAM— SaiIed: Rotterdam, New
York.
CHERBOURG— SaiIed: New York, from
Southampton for New York.
YOKOHAMA— Arrived, previously, steam
er America Maru, San Francisco, via
Honolulu for Hong Kong.
TODAY IN ST. PAUL.
METROPOLITAN— "The New York
Brewer" (in German), 5.16 p. m.
GRAND— "Under the Red Robe," 8:15 p.
m.
Palm Garden— Vaudeville, 2 and 9 p.m.
Olympic— vaudeville, 2 find 8 p, m.
Socialist labor party, Assembly hall, 2
p. m. i i i f
Passion play pictures, St. Louis' Catholio
church, Wabasha and Exchange streets,
4 and 8 p. m.
Negroes meet to protest against Southern
lynchlngs, Pilgrim Baptist church*, Ce
dar street and Summit avenue, 8 p. m.
EDUCATORS AT OUTS.
President or Faculty of Cincinnati
University Must Resign.
CINCINNATI, 0., Jan. 13.-The situa
tlon at the University of Cincinnati has
become serious, but nothing definite can
be learned until Monday, for which date
a special session of the trustees has been
called. Owing to differences between the
members of the faculty and President
Ayers there has been trouble ever since
the latter took charge last year. Yes
terday President Ayers announced that
the resignation of members of the facul
ty would be accepted In June at the end
of the academic year. It was then un
derstood that some of the professors
■would be reinstated. The members of
the faculty have since decided that if
they are to go they might as well quit
now, and a special meeting of the trus
tees has been called for Monday to con
sider the situation.
If all the members of the faculty quit
now most of the students say they will
also leave. The issue has become such
that either President Ayers or the mem
bers of the faculty must quit at once,
according to the ultimatum of the lat
ter.
WANTS BIG DAMAGES
Well Known Ohio Capitalist Bring*
Suit for Over $1,000,000.
AKRON, 0., Jan. 13.— Sam J. Ritchie,
the well known capitalist of this city,
began a damage suit for $1,200,000 in the
common pleas court of this city today
against Judge Stevenson Burke, H. P.
McTntosh, Crarles W. Blngham and the
other directo-s of the Anglo-American
Iron company.
Ritchie, who originally discovered the
valuable depotits of mineral in the Sal
bury district of Canada, has been in
constant litigation for years with the
Cleveland capitalists who were interested
with him in developing the field.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
Chicago Mall Carrier Confes«e« to
Pilfering.
CHICAGO, Jan. 13,— The mystery of the
theft of thousands of letters sent out for
city delivery from the Chicago postoffice
in the last three months was solved to
day by the- arrest of a mail carrier, Fred
Lawrence Buck, of 2256 Wilcox avenue.
Inspectors who watched him for hours
discovered convincing evidence of his
guilt, and after he was taken into cus
tody, stolen letters, money orders, checks
and cash were found in his pockets. Then
he confessed to pilfering for more than
three months.
W. W. Gnge Dead.
TOLEDO, 0., Jan. 13.- W. W. Gage, a
cousin of Lyman J. Gage, died here today.
His last act was to dictate a reply to a
letter he had received from the secretary
of the treasury ae to his ancestry, in "or
der to determine their relationship. Sec
retary Gage was notified. Deceased was
a consumptive, and died pennllese.
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The End of the Nineteenth Century
Witnesses the unprecedented success of
G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry, imports in
1889 being 109,303 cases, 72,495 ifiore than
any other brand. These facts speak, not
misleading figures bid at auction sales.
PART ONE
Pages i to 12
PRICE FIVE CENTS..
SILENCE AT FROST
CENSOR HAS TIGHTENED HIS
GRASP UPON. NEWS SENT
FROM SOUTH AFRICA
POLIOS OF ti&IERU ROBERTS
BELIEVED THAT SOME IMPORTANT
MOVE IS ABOUT TO BE MADE
BY THE BRITISH
BOERS ARE DRIVEN BACK
Their Patrol Forced to Retire Afte*
a Brisk Engagement— Indications*
Are That a General Attack (.'pen!
Boer Forces I« Due — Humor* of
Another Reverse to Gen. Bulle*
Disturb the Londoners.
LONDON, Jan. 14.-The veil concealing
the theater of war from the anxious eyes
of Great Britain and the rest of the
world i 3 sUII unlifted. It Is impossible
to doubt that this absolute closing of all
the channels of Information Is due to
the censorship, the strictness of which
has been redoubled since the landing of
Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener, con
cerning whom nothing haa transpired
since the announcement of their arrival
at Cape Town four days ago.
The war office stated at midnight that
no further news from the front had been,
received and none from any other source,
has come to hand during the night. A«
usual, when news Is scarce, the rumor
mongers are busy. The latest story
floated wa 3 that Intelligence had reached
the headquarters of the Scots guards that
Gen. Buller had again sustained a serious
defeat. Inquiry at Wellington barracks
■howed that while such a rumor had
reached there It was neither official nor
in any form deserving of credence.
ANOTHER BIG WAR CREDIT.
The London Sun today reports that on
reassembling of parliament, Jan. 30, the
government will immediately ask for a
further war credit of £20,000,000.
GEN. FRENCH'S PLANS APPROVED,
The movement of Gen. French's troops
in the vicinity of Colesberg this morning
is taken to indicate that Gen. Lord
Roberts has recognized the Importance
of Gen. French's objective, namely to
obtain command of both bridges across
the Orange river, and has hastened to
send him reinforcements. It Is also
thought to partially confirm the sugges
tion that Gen. Buller's plans include
synchronous movements in all the sphere*
of operation. About 4,000 troops sailed for
South Africa this afternoon.
REVERSE FOR BOERS.
RENSKURO, Cape Colony, Jan. 13— A
strong force of British troops advanced,
this morning under cover of a brisk ar
tillery fire, and encamped at Sllngera
fontein, on the Boers' eastern flank. The
Boer patrols retired, but subsequently
a body of .Boers attempted to seize the
position, threatening communication be- „
ween the British encampment and R ens
burg. The New Zealanders, with a bril
liant dash, frustrated the attempt. They
raced and seized the positon first and
fired volleys at the en£my, who retired In
the direction at Colesbcrg. '
PROBABLY DELAYED REPORT.
VIENNA, Jan. 13.-The Neue Frele
Presso today publishes a dispatch from
Brussels, saying news has been received,
there from Pretoria t.j the effect that the
Boers have stormed all the heights
around I..ad>. smith aivl that the capiiula
tion of 'that place Is hourly etpectPfl.
It is possible that the news rec-f ivfd In
Vienna, by way df Brussels from Pre*
toria, may refer to the lighting of KnMir
day last, Jan 6, when the Boers captured
the British trendies three times and were
thrice- driven out at the point of the
bayonet, and the fact that the lioer* oc«
cupled one BHtUh position all day lOßfcj
only being driven out of li at night.
OPERATES AGAINST MONARCHY
LISBON. Jan. 13.— The Republican press
Is working up an agitation against the
monarchy on the basis >>f England's inter
ference wlih vessels outside Delagoa bay.
They declaie thai England's action It a
violation of Portugal's neutrality and Is
due to the weakness of the existing
regime.
VOLUNTEERS WILDLY CHEERED.
SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 13— Immense
crowds tilled the streets of Southampton
as the volunteers braided the transports
Briton and Garth Castle. Many of the
soldiers carried union jacks on thotr
guns, while In several instances the^e
were supylanted by the stars and stripes.
Which evoked great enthusiasm from the
ciowds. The lord mayor, the lady mny
oress and many officials took luncheon on
beard the transports, which finally sailed
amtd the tooting of whistle*, the cheeri
of the crowds and tha playing of national
anthems by the bands.
THOUSANDS CHEERED BRITONS.
CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-Three thousand
people filled Central Music hall this
evening, cheered for Great Britain and
Queen Victoria until their voices were
hoarse and denounced the Boers and all
their political works. The meeting was
held under the auspices of the Sons and
Daughters of Great Britain, and was en
thusiastic in the extreme. Resolutions
were adopted approving the course taken
by Great Britain in dealing with the South
African republic. The principal address
of the evening was made by Rev. Doug
las Mackenzie. One thousand dollars in
cash was collected for the widows and
orphans of British soldiers.
PRO-BOER MEETING.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13.— A pro-Boer
mass meeting was held in the Academy of
Music here tonight, under the ausplc€s of
the Irish and German-American societies.
There were about 2,000 people in attend
ance, and speeches were made by a num
ber of prominent persons. Including
judges of the courts and clergymen. Tfce
president of the meeting was Judge W. F.
Ashman, of the orphans' court, and
among the vice presidents were Judges
Samuel Pennypacker and C. Y. Audreld,
of the court of common pleas, and Con*
gressman "William McAleer.
SYMPATHY FOR THE BOERS.
DES MOINES, 10., Jan. IS.— The Y. M.
C. A. auditorium was crowded this even
gin for the mass meeting to express sym
pathy for the cause of the Boera. Judge
W. A. Trls presided, and addresses were
made by Judge E. A. Spurrier, Mayor Jo
seph MacVicker, Rev. I. N. Cash, Judge
David Ryan. Col. Joseph Eiboeck, Justice
J J. Haloran, G. B. Sullivan, Henry Wai
lace Judge Spurrier declared lowa ought
to raise 5,000 men and $100,000 as its con
tribution to the cause of the Transvaal
Independence, and he was cheered to the
echo. _
Indiana Murder.
EVANS VILLE. Ind.. Jan. If ~J<>hn
Purcell, a coal miner, shot and klhed m.
young man, named Roff, In Augusta, late
tonight. Purcell was arrested.