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Soldiers Surround the Kentucky State House 011 the Gov ernor's Orders. Called Out at the Request of the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker, Who Claimed That Members of the Legislature Were Being intimidated. Frankkort, Ky., March 17.—The fitate cupitol bristles with bayonets. The news that Governor Bradley had called upon the military arm of the state wum early spread about and caused a great deal• '»xntemont. What prom* wii,i.iam o. i:i:adi.ev iaed to be the most sensational day of the sonatoruil fight was begun with a proclamation from Governor Bradley, iseue»l at 9 o'clock. It is as follows: llniillejr'i Proclamation. Whereas, It has boon made known to nie by the affidavits of the president of the Kentucky senate, the speaker of the Kentucky house of representatives, and others, that for several days past an armed body of desperate men have by their threats and demonstrations in timidated and overawed the members of the general assembly, and that fe por tion of said persons assaulted Senator O. J. Walon and prevented him from going out of the senate chamber that a party of said persons, in alike manner, took possess.on of the door of the house while the joint as sembly was in session, and assumed to decide who should enter the chamber of fhe house when said session was? be ing held, and that on the 14th day of March, a portion of persons were attempted to be sworn in as officers by the clerk of the senate, to wit: As deputies of the sergeant-at-arms of tho senate, and thereupon forcibly nei/.t'd the doorkeeper of the house of representatives \vh le the general as sembly was in -int s^sjon, and pre vented him from exorcising the duty of his office, and allowed persons who 'were not entitled lo a place upon the floor that the presemv of these men prevented members from voting in tho joint sessiou that the civil authori ties who are claiming to act, to wit: The sheriff and his possa, and the po licemen of the c.ty have at no time ar rested any of these rioters or armed ]ersins. but have stood by and Jer mitted them to continue their work of intimidation, permitting armed ]ersoiis to occupy the senate chamber, and cloak rooms while the general assembly was in joint session, that-said authori ties are either powerless or unwilling to act, and unless tho chief executive interferes and protects the general as sembly legislative action will bj pre vented and riot and bloodshed will fol.ow, and that the security of the lives of the citizens and officers of tlw commonwealth require such executive action. Now, therefore, as governor of the commonwealth of Kentucky, I hereby call into active tervice, to be placed under the command of John Castle man, 300 men of the First Kentucky regiment of state guards, company E of the Second regiment of Kentucky State Guards, to place under the com mand of Colonel E. H. Gaithers, and Company of the Second regiment of Kentucky State guards, the latter un der command of Adjutant General Col lier, until said Gaither reaches Frank fort, when the same will be placed uu der the command of said Gaither, who, together with said Castleman, will be under the command of «»t* Adjutant General Collier, who (said Collier) will report to me. Said Gaither and Castle man are ordered to proceed with their regiments to Frankfort, Ky. WILLIAM O. BRADLEY. Governor of Kentucky. Cha.ki.ek Finley, Secretary of State. Upward of 400 soldiers occupied the state housj square, raid the calls of pickets can be heard above the nois and contusion of the crowd. Governor Bradley was in consultation all morn ing wish Adjutant General Collier and Colonels Castleman and Gaither. These gentlemen agreed that there woald be no difficulty in preventing trouble. Doa* I* rralMl tbm UgliMar*. "1 with Ml MT." Mid the covernar, ESTABLISHED 1890. MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 189«. "that the military was called out in order to protect the members of the legislature fr-m mob violence, an«i not to protect myself. The story that I was to ie arrested for usurp ation of authority in ordering the sheriff to clear the state house of ail those not authorized byiaw to be there, and indicating that th.s should include the deput es that the senate sergeant at-urms had sworn in, and that for this reason I had called out the military is fai.se. 1 am perfectly able to taku oaru of myself, and my reason for calling out the militia was to protect the legis lature and prevent trouble." I I'idn't Attempt to Hie Ford*. I Just before 11 o'clock, Sergeant-at Arms Sommers of the senate entered the lower door-of the Btate house with his six assistants, who had been sum- i nioned on Saturday. They were Jack Cliinn, Eph Lillard. Jim Williams, John McElroy, John Sneed and Walter Sharp. These men were halted by Captain Gaines. Mr. Sommers pro tested that they were his assistants, tnd that he had affidavits to show that they were entitled to enter. The cap tain was firm, however, and they wa ked out without attempting toforco their way upstairs. Br(u«rd to Keoponcl. When the jo:nt session convened, the roll call showed GO present. As neither the Democrats nor t-lie Populists re sponded to their names, the president announced that no quorum was pres ent, but as the constitution requires a ballot each day, he ordered the cail to b»*gin. But one vote was cast, that of Mr. Speed, for Boyle. The Republi cans and mocrats with this excep t.oa, refused to respond to their names. The joint assembly then adjourned for the day. VIGOROUS PROTESTS. Standing Knora at a Kliconnt at a Kentucky Indignation Meeting. Fkankkokt, Ky., March 17.—There was no standing room in the court house when the indignation meeting was called to order to protest against the action of Governor Bradley in call ing out the troops. Mayor Julian called the meeting to order, and made a speech in which he told of his conference with Governor Bradley, in which he assured the executive that he would give ample protection and characterized the gov ernor's action in ordering out the troops as highly partisan and unbecoming a governor. Ex-Attorney General Hen drick nominated Judge Lysander Hoard as chairman of the meeting, in a speech in which he scored the action of the governor. Judge Hoard took the chair amid a wild burst of enthu siasm. Speeches were made by Col onel E. H. Taylor and others, denounc ing the actiou of Governor Bradley in severe terms. DIRECTORS TOOK IT ALL. Stockholder* la a Oold Mina Wait Ktocki Returned. Denver, March 17.—A suit has been filed in the district court by A. J. Mack ay and other stockholders of the Portland Gold Alining company of Cripple Creek against James F. Burns, James Boyle, John Hernan and W S. Stratton, principal owners, charging that they, as a majority of the board of directors, have fraudulently trans ferred to themselves 704,000 shares of the treasury stock, valued at $1,600,000, and declared dividends on it to the amount of $170*000, which should hare been d.rided among the stockholders at burg*. HAS PROPOSALS Mr. Curzon Admits *the Receipt of a Proposition From the I'nited States Regnrdini: the Venezuelan Dis-, pute--Not Ready to Give It Oat Good Authority for the State ment It Is Not for a Joint Commission. London*, March 17.—Tne under sec retary of state for foreign affairs, Mr. George N. Curzon, in the house of commons, admitted that e govern ment had received official proposals from the United States relative to the Venezuelan dispute, and that they were now under considerat.on. He added that it was not the practice to state the nature of the proposals while they were under negotiation But it was not correct to describe them as stated in the question put to the government as an expression on tho part of the United Stntos of willingness to accept or propose a scheme for a joint com mission to report on the. Venezuelan boundary dispute. N»t For a Joint CoinmiaHlon. Londox, March 17.—It -has been learned by tho Associated Press from a high authority that Great Britain has not received a proposal to take part in a joint commission for the purpose of settling the Uruan incident of the Venezuelan dispute. PLANNED BY MORtiAN. Reorganisation Schema of tb« Northern Pacific Given to the Public. 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Neckties for everybody. GRINAGER BROS. of to qualify uirectors) are to be vested in the following" five voting trustees, •iNz: .1 Pierpont 1 organ. George Siemens, .-\ugust Belmont, Johnston Livingston and Charles Lanier, for five years, although in their discretion the Toting trustees niav deliver tlie stock lit an earlier date. A syndicate of #45,000.000 has been tonne'1 to prov.de the amount1* of cash estimated as necessary to carry out the «B0ns of the plan of reorganization, to jJUfoith the uew coaipauy with oa*h workin^' capital, and with a sum esti mated at o.(Kilt,000 T'ur yearly u~e in betterment and enlargement of its property. Nut A|prcrl«lrt in London. London, March 17.—The Pall Mall Gazette says that the Northern Pacific reorganizat on scheme is not appre ciated here. Northern Pacific pre ferred declined 3 1-k TO WIND Ui' BUSINESS. P. H. Kelly Mercantile Company Ah Igiia KfHv a ritlral Condition. St. Pail, March 17 —P. H. 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