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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
KIMBERLEY WAS III
DESPERATE STRAITS
Authorities Were at One Time
Near Surrendering.
PETITION SENT TO BULLER
1t Explains Row of Cecil Rhodes With
Commander at Kimberley Garrison.
Situation In City Was Fearful-Pco-
pie Were Dying of Hunger.

LONDON, A~ril l-The troubles be-
tween Cecil Rhodes and CplDn2l X ,Ilc-
wich are now being fully told. T. ap-
pears that tho relations between the
"empirc maker" AMI tn colonel COM
manding n NiGl5 rl,y reached :; "A II
pass that Mr.. Rhod : ordered IA, army
officer out of the house. The dispute is
told i'll detail by Kimberley CORES
pondcnt
When Mr.. Rhodes saw the danger to
which the town aud i; inhubitants
Were exposed he cN:aa To Ia, conclusion
that tho time had arrived foc Che facts
in the case to b. placed Oh record. lie
accordingly called the mayor and Il frw-
leading citizens tog g,thor. and il consul
tation with thom drew up Il petition.
which was duly forwarded to G hnnrl
hckewlch, accompanied bE the request
that he would transmit ii bv hrli0cYurh
to the higher military authorities.
The petition deals at lHnE,h with tlo
conditions existing az IEi.nbaIl,y after
the city had been uu:loi =, il-o G,r four
months, ul;l request; t;iat relief b. sent
ut the earliest possible EHmcnv.
The document shows that tn, people
OF hlmD2rlcy WViH IL CiTH strait :. ard
suggested to Robert; thuS the officials
We're on the verge OF SJlrrcndcring
After taking time II consider his dc
cision, the officer CJlamlnNing sent Mr..
Rhodes Il letter informing him that tho
substance of hiS communication had
been Forwarded e. Lord Rob artS p,r hC-
iograph. Lord Rph2rCS' reply, which
was commune t,d i'll due cparno, Dos
sesScs no less historical interest than tho
remarkable communication which oIigi-
mated the corruSpol lutnlcc:
81 beg you rcprr'.u, @ gilN mavo3 and
Mr.. Rhodes Il; strongly aS you possibly
can the disastrous and huniliating effect
of surrendering after so prolonged and
glorious defense. Many days will not
pass before Kimberley will b. relieved,
as we commence active operations to-
morrow.
"Futurc military operations depend in
large measure on Your maiutaiuinl your
position very short tinls longer"
MIR. Rhodes was much annoyed at til
suggestion that the Thought oi SU!, nNCtcr
had ever occurred "ijh"r to him5rlI oc to
those associated with him il the repro
sentations which had been made and |
have reason - believe that when Lord
Roberts and Lord Kitchener arrived in
Kimberley he took au early opportunity
of dlsabusing thcir minds of SO mis-
chlcvouS an impression.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
IT MAY BE BISHOP KELLEY,
Souvenirs Received at Savannah Indi-
cate Ills Appointments.

SAVANNAH, April 4.-Consi;!erabla in
forest has been created i'll Savannah by
the receipt OF several conservation sou
yeEirS bearing the photograph of Vicar
General Kelley, who, it is expected, will
be named @S bishop Of Savannah before
81 great while.
Some cnterprising firm in the cast has
lssuet! tho souvenir upon the theory,
doubtless, that Father Kelley is to be
Bishop Becker'S successor. The souyc-
liir consists or Il piece of purple ribbon
from which is suspended a photograph
OK rather Kelley. The reading matter
on the ribbon states thnt be hes hnrn
conSccratcd bishop Of Savannah. If
thcro has been any appointment OF q
bishop of Savannah thc fact is bniov
kcpt II secret. Father Kelley says he
knows nothing of it.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06

towns, railroad stations, shifts, hats, ETC..
named Dewey. 1 Suppose the reason Il
feel this way is because do not believe
in mar worship III any form, while yet,
| admitc eteat men, men who have done
much and men OF otir county and State,
dead or alive no reed 20 mention names.
Ii :; maM starts up il thing and lame il,
his name, why let him perpe;uatc his
own name ttr re ;'snch as Furman Uni
vcrSity, Converse College, WotfJrl, etc
IIEY DENVER.
Saituc, s. c., April 2, 1900.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
n. A. RUCKER Is INDICTED,
Revenue Collector and HIS Clerk Are
Held For Libel

ATT.ANTA, Apri1 AIS result of an
article which appeared III The Republic
can Leader, Henry y. Quicker, collector
of internal r2venrn, and ". T.. Moseley
a clerk Ill his Office, have been indicted
by the grand jury on the charge OF libel.
Ruckcr is said 70 b. owner OF The r.
publican Leader, newspaper published
i'll this city. In r|'"nt arti lie if was
stated that Augusta i. Smith. It tcschc.,
in tn" state school for negroes at Sayan-
nah, had been divorced from her hus.
band, and that the cause OS the divorce
was that she had boon unfaithsul.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
Regulators Use Dynamite.

LoGANSroRT, Ind, April 4.-Onc hun.
drcd and fifty masked men blew up a
residence and burned two houses on the
LoganSport and Burlington pike at mid.
night. a family of one moved out yes.
tertay and the mob ordered the family
III the other enc to get out before the
torch was applied. The road is the only
toii pike IN the country and those com.
PEELED to use it have been hostile for a
year. y reward has been offered for the
apprehension OF the parties who btrBea
the first bridge. Low
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
DAVIS ON SOUTH AFRICA.
iic Says Pretoria Is Imp:2In&hic-Iso:
crtS Il: bay.

WAsHINdroN, April after Sccre-
tary of the interior Iiechc &C.; sent to
Webster D!Hi" . brief note, il which he
said the president had asked him to an-
noCncc - NJ. DATiS that he hal nc.
copied his resignation t. b,comc ciTcc-
tive today, Nr Davis felt at liberty to
talk freely Oh the South African situa-
tion and what he saw there.
After describing the fortifcations 1T
Pretoria he stated positively that Pre-
toria was absolutely imnceGnable.
Itc says that at Tugola Builer and his
EO,09O mon arc held a. bay by 1000.
With this force J0ub@rt and Botha held
Butler back and kept White and his 49,
men corrulcd III the town.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
ELECTION NOTICE.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
UAION, ). g., Ap,il 3. lg1D I

UAIoN, >. g., April ), 1900.
= y, iiIlpn having been duly presented
toihC Town Connect Of Union spned Inv y
m'jority 0t the .reehDlders of said town of
Uni N, praying the construction eouippinp
aud operating by sa d town of Union of
Il Sewerage system and the ias,Is by sail
WI Of UniuH OF coupon bn:ds In the
amount OF $21,0 900 to- meet ,hs cost ot
same. Said LohdS to bear interest ar siy
per cent. pr annl,m, interest payabl,
'Ini-au!naily-s, bonds pay,b'e forty
y"auS after d:te, with the Dyivil. ce ,,r
redemption attrr twenty Yeas from d ,t,.
Said petition also PRAYING the imo owe
mrh;, enlar2ing and extending fin.
water works Of sail town, and the isSue
by said town of Union OF csupon bonds
I" thc amount of Sl2.0JJ t. m ,es The
cost uf same. Sai bohds 10 bear inter
e'i. at siX per cent. pes annum, inter, ST
Sab'e 'ini-annuiily Sdi bJn Dly
able forty years after date, with lh+
= iviirge OF redemption after tweut,
yruS ficm date
Said prtiti1l further praying, the
building OF ii town hail and The i$sna b,
'ail town of Cni Of coupon bonds 70
Tie anouit Of $4,000 to meet III
cnst OF same. Sud bJnis to be ,r inter-
est ut six pr cent. per annun, intere,t
payable selni-annnally Said b,nd, ply-
able forty Years after date, with priyil-
eLe of redemption after twenty yeIrs
from date.
lt appearing to The satisfaction of tin
Town C"nncil th 1t tn y .iitipn is ST tnaa
by Il III jMity Oe tn. frerh ,lde IS OF said
itovstA Id 1t further appearing that the.
:f.ssl f,s,'a e. ssiasd ~
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
Robinson or the Warpath.

FERNANDlNA, Na, April 4.-Franls
Robinson, formeN of waycross, Ga,
who has been of9hloyed as car in
spoctor by the Fle4tda Central and Pc
linsular railroadshl their freight yards
here, shot at Conductor Brooks nesr the
shops Saturday, jhe conductor having
refused to allow II h to ride on his train.
lie thcn came DOWNTOWN and engaged
in row with soS1% negroes Oh Broom
street, which cnGS4 in his shooting ct
one OF them. NJ per shot took effect.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
PROPOSED NEW RAILROAD.
Coloncl Eoonc oS Black Diamond
Fame IsProjcctor.

COLUMBIA, S. CbSApril 4.-Colonol 4.
E. Boone, now of Knoxvillo, has written
to the secretary of State for copy of the
acts relative to railroad charters. He
wishes to apply ferE a scharter for the
Knoxville, South yCfTolina and South
port Railway com iHgy, He states that
the proposed raisSQE will run.of from
Knoxville To GrceaSjlss, and from there
probably to Win>ss6Oro, Camden, Con-
way and thcncst to charleston, via
GcorgotOwn. HS
Colonel Boone is the father OF tho
"Blnck Diamond Hn.o1ect.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
FIVE DOCTORS PROSECUTED.
They Arc iIr::i Under = $500 Bond
lI1r Nisicma2nor.

ATLANTA April A.-At the ins:igation
of commivtee OF regularly licensed
physicians, representing all tho medical
schools in the city, five doctors have
been Indicted BY the Fulton grand Jury,
the charges against them being that thcv
did nos hold REGULAR diplomas author
izing them 70 practice the profa Ion III
the state.
The following aie those against whom
indictments were found: Dr.. Tanner of
d.. Tanner g Co. ,5Dr. John Swanson,
DR.. w. Q. Van Ealen, CT. X Woodward
and Professor w. r. Price. The tech
nical charge against those indicted is q
misd";n"ancr aud tae bond in each case
was fixed at $500.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
Puerto Rican Eill r. .SnI.

WASuNGToN, April 4.-Th. Puerto
Rican tariff bill has been passed by the
senate. The vote was 20 t. 81. Thor,
were l6 absentee, III Of them pair>G. o.
the Republicans, All voted for th: bill
except Davis of Minnesota, Proctor ot
Vermont, Wellington of Maryland, Ma
son of Illinois, Nelson Of Minnesota and
Simon Of Oregon. Senator Hoar was
paired against the bill. Mr.. McEnory OF
Louisiana was the only Democrat paired
for the bill
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06

o CLOCK. a. M, and closed at b o'clock
p. M. and the election will be con-
Quoted in accordance with the laws
OF force governing municipal cleo
tioDs, .-
The municipal supervisor of reg
istration shall furnish the managers
of election with tho book or books of
registration for the use of the man.
ayers. All electors not heretofore
registered may apply to the municipal
supervisor, S. Nj. Rec, Jr. E. IT,,
for registration according to law.
Electors desiring to vote f,r the
issue of $4,000 coupon bonds,
bearing interest at six per cent. per
annum, payable scmi-annually, said
bonds payable forty years after date
with privilege of redemption aftl
twenty years from date to meet the
c,st If construction, equiping and
operating sewerage system by said
town of Union, will deposite ballot,
having written or printed thereon or
partly written or printed thereon, the
following: Issue of $3.50 coupon
bonds by the town of Union for
construction, equiping and operating
sewerage system, Yes. " Those
desiring 10 vote against the issue will
deposite a like ballot having thereon
the word. "No".
Electors desiring to vote for the
issue ofSl2, 900 coupon bonds, bearing
interest at six per cent. per annum,
payable scm;-annually, said bonds
payable f1rty years after date with
privilege of redemption after twenty
years from date to meet the cost of
improving, enlarging and extending
the waite, works of said town Of
Uninn, will deposite ballot having
written or printed thereon or parts$
written or printed thereon the follow
ing: Issue of $4,000 coupon
bonds by the town Of Union for
improving, enlarsing and extending
the water works, Yes Those
desiring TO vote ag inst the issue will
iep'site like ballot having thereon
the word "No".
Electors desiring to vote for thu
issue Of $4,000 coupon bonds,
bearing interest at six per cent. per
annum payable semi-annually. Said
bonds payable forty years after date
with privilege of redemption after
twenty years from date to meet the
cost Of building towa hill, will de-
oosita ballot having written or printed
heroon, or partly Written or printed
thereon the following: Issue of
$4,000 coupon bonds Of the town
Of Union for building town hall L?
Yes Those desiring to vote against
The issue will deposit a hike ballot
having theron tho word No"
Tdero shall BE- furnished said
Managers of Election, tLree ballot
boxes, and the ballots cast upon the
question of each issue Of bonds
shall be posted ina scpara'c bal
lot box.
Before opening tho polls the
managers shall take an OATH to COLI
duct the election fairly and Impair
italy.
Immediately after closing tho
polls the managers shall proceed to
count the votes in public, and make
fall report in writing to, the Town
Council.
Done AID ratified by the Town
Council assembled tho 3fd day If
April, 1900.
Attest: J. III. RopoeR.
W. ID; ARTHUR. Mayor.
Clerk and Treas.
14-3t.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
Coal Famine at Pittsbury

PITTsBURG, April 4. - There was q
slight increase in the coal shipments
from the mines today, indicating that q
Jew more miners bad returned 20 work.
Pracllcally every manufacturer along
tn" MononBahela valley is in straits for
mel. Two departments OF The National
IubeworkS company and the Boston
Iron and St2clworks, at McKccsDort
employing over 1900 men, have already
o!oacd for want of coal.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
MORGAN-V VANDERBILT
COMDluE EFFEJIE:D
Warning Financiors Come To-
gether In Big Deal.
COAL TRUST TO BE FORMED
BY Merging OF Their Roads Into One
System II Powerful Corporation Will
United States.

United States.
New York, April 4.-Control of the
Reading railroad has been acquired by
the Nanderbilts. Not only is the vast
mileage, with the extraordinary coal
land holdings of the Reading company,
taken over by the Vanderbilts, buj two
Other important railroads are incidentally
absorbed The Lohigh Valley and thC
Erie systems are to BE- merged into the
Reading and the Reading, with these ac-
quisiions, becomes the property of the
Vandorbilts.
This assures tho settlement OF tho an
thrlcit" coal trouhlcs--the uuilic2tion OF
e ,t.rn"itc cCollmiuingaudt transportation
Interests. On this alone the deal Is OF
tremendous consequences. TnorO are
other and even greater elements, how
ever. By this transaction practically
every disturbing factor is removed from
the anthracite Situatiun. Not only are
competitive corporations brought into
harmony, bat financial interests, recently
antaSonistic dangerously close to open
war, arc h2rmOniHed.
According to oStasomHlt% made by Wall
street Interests i'll close touch with the
Vanderbilt and Morgan S,ious, one Of
tho frs, and most important results of
the Eaudcrbilt- Morgan GISSctt alliance
for the joint CIn r0l of eastern railway
systems will be the cemrnt;ilr uf a how
coal combine, which will include both
ta2 mthricitc and bihminous compa-
nie5, and bind thcm together III a pow
crful trust that will have absolute con-
troll of the Amorio IL coal trade. The
final step t,Fard tbo co-nplntion Of this
project W;ls, ii is said, the acquisition by
the Pennsylvania railroad OF sufficient
Norfolk and Western &uD3l to make it q
factor il t.l2 management Of that pop
Crty.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
DEWEY WlLL BE 4 CANDIDATE
Admiral Announces That He wifi Rum
.sOr President

WASHINGTON, April 4.-AC!lniral Geo.
Dewey confirms the interview published
to the effect that he viii aceep5 the pres
ldency Of the United States should tho
American people desire him 10 fill that
office. He refused to make any further
statement
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
wnrrauI ". .vv,r.y..., py,.,,,.

NEW York, April 4.-Judgc Brown of
the United States district court has rc.
fused warrant of removal applied for
in the case of Captain Carter s c,rtioror;
II. b. Greene, +. III. Glynor and w. r.
Gaynor, indicted III Savannah. He or.
dered the discharge Of the prisoners
without prejudice to further PROCEEDINGS
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
War on @CattIe Tick.

CLAYTON, Ga. ril A meeting of
the representative hen from all parts of
the country has psn held at the court
house in Claytmffo the purpose of de.
vising means to ttieSent The snreadiSo
Of disease among, R cattle or tiiis noun.
tain region by Whiit is known as the
"cattlc tick" 1n oreafi;zatian was
formed to be kpeY hstls bnz -,
Cattle PRr2tectiI FL ssociation..
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
Quay Case Before Senate.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Thers WIS q
lively time In the senate today c1-sr the
Quay case, it being the contin nation Of
the contest inaugurated last evening
After an hour's debate the case went
over until tomorrow.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
County Correspondence.
Snntuc Sihin9S.
son. the sweet world OF the b'olSams, &
Where the btithe winds 10 and fro

| Softly, So'ty, rocBS tlc cIautSS
Swinging high and sw;nGinG lpw,
Cradles rf the fl;nted Orchards .-..,..
| In the blossoms tinted snOw.'
| What more beautiful picture, or
flower garden, than we have Dow, The
orchards. Observe them and pass crltt-
ciSms.
Mr.. w. o. Jetcr male Il bu iLeis trip
to near Winstoro Il week ago.
MtSSls. Claude Sartor a"d Kemp
Thomas, of Union, were in this town
some days ago.
Messrs. J. II Jvter arI Ed. Stokes
medical students o the ) G. Medical
Culleg" have returned for vacation.
Mrs. Lu'n pJik, cf CARLISLE, daughter
OF MI AMI Mrs. }. u. Cain. diei last
week after sevcrm' months illness of
consumption.
The tempe a'urc dropped - p degrees
Hu Nestcrdiy, Sum'ay ruorLniG, and ice
WAS in evidence Much WAS the concern
about fIu;t conditions
IIo-S are sichrrur and dsiEg OF Il
uaI,dy tlt,t wr;,!,rNs ;l.c.n rapidly, and
| y hen enc y covers. IL is in very bad
STARE. al Il is full uG S.ltS
NcEru's ave IN ing fright ned int, be-
ing v.rirut.d hy |nfil prN getting 80
near. which ma,iy ar" afraid to risk.
q il" ease is IL Santuc- the ugiiest HigECr
in the county.
The Division uf Statistics is enaeavOr-
il = to compile Il C, mp,,tc list of cotton
Gin owntIS nr the United States, as
suggested l'y u III sc idnOer of cotton
planters q tie SrUih, This III V;eH TO
Keeping c,it0n stl'i>t:cS accurate. IEca
NciiSm aud oiirr false statistics cannot
@ ru," III" nal k"t.
Tile iM q iSdr, ing i" %n fast, AID soon,
il Suh 'l3i&" Il N''.i rontlnue mnny
places VIII b. hnd and Liked after hay
W.T ~ na'N hard pa:hing rains and lew
!Gid ir',I,s after IT," la'nt.
IIlink mo:r fa''n":H ~" THDg u try
-ni!!ng cici.S for tala At.,H Hnd hogs,
than ever Corn is rather scare AID IN
auNillaN crUp Is E,Cd"'i. There is moth
iEE cj"air.r :" h.ir' ihtn S"%lnun, bnC
M C%!iy variety ut CU!n WIFI come in
ii.r. au,i il .,;ii'i t. CiuWn " Eatiail
mi ,,t Is good, alrd s"jp Leans has 40
~ui tli.r Il. Il relish d feed.
G,mpuS;rg lie Archaeological 1ccArl
nr March lS@n aud 1900 ! find That il
lS.'g the nuuIh had mme riiry diNSth ~
in 1900 with : 20 inches rainfall, While
his March there Was 6.Ii inches, the
rains heiDg heavier. Mean temperature
last March 81 . degrees, this year 80 Q
d '.retS
see the ci'iZ lis Of I.miinore, Mich-
gan has appointed II cnm'nittee to rji
'lr pa OF negroes. lluw i, tia! + ST
hjlh. Are they iiic high critics who al"
"i;'ir :'i!iug IN ll'r ed mrss "f how IGe
~uhiii ucH'S H." l'T.C? alc the tHwno
If lIi"n. .l"Mrnviilr. SaHlu", Carlisle. a!
auH q h"r city "r t"wt cf tAiS Sou han'l
t"rn Ing wi si'ance c'm'ailiCr' I" ran
"ut The h"%'or'? Nid YET. "nr S"uihc !!
il goes VIII lf gi.in q 10 u', or believe
a!thlng, "!d ,hi' year more "Sr"ciAItr.
| Il
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06
WaterworE For Apalachlcola. 4

TALLAHAssEr3 April 4. 4.-Lctters patent
have been issudl Sfor the incorporation
of the ApalacAicola waterworks com.
pany, with capital of $4,000.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-04-06

JOnesvillo April 3rd.-The frost yeSter-
day was white and ice was plentiful but
the fruit is not much hurt by it. The
buds being so dry saved them from freeZ-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-23
TO KILL M'KINLEY.
italian Anarchists Arrested In New
York City.

New York, August 2o.-The World
prints the following relative to news
received from Washington of the de-
tention at the barge office in this city
by secret service agents of Notable
Maresca and AIichil Weida, supposed
to be anarchists, who arrived yester-
day on the Kaiser Wilhelm IL These
two men are understood to have come
to this country as conspirators whose
object, it is alleged, was the assassin
alton of President Mckinley. The
World says:
Instead of two, a high government
official informed the World today that
there were fourteen anarchists I'M
der arrest at the detention prison of
the bureau of immigration. They are
charged with being in a conspiracy
to assasSinate President Mckinley
and have been taken singly and in
pairs from incoming ocean lines with
in the last ten days.
The United States secret service
agents have learned that an anarchist
circle in Naples had cast lots to de-
termine who should be the assassin.
Eleven Italians and three Austrians
were selected. Closely followed, they
sailed for different ports. Their OBJ
ject was to strike individual blows at
the president at the same time. That
would make success sure.
AS fast as the men arrived the Sc
cret agents, disguised as emigrants,
went among them and they were ar
rested. Mariesca and Weida, caught
yesterday, were two of the fourteen"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-23
THE CHINESE CAMPAIGN.
Ono of the Most Remarkable Events
of the Century.

Washington, August 1S.-The res
cue of the foreign ministry in Picking
by the allied froces of the United
States and the European powers, after
a campaign costing thousands of
lives, is the closing incident in one
of the most remarkable episodes in
the history of the century. Since
the early days of June, the foreign
ministers, with their families and Off
cial households, together with
handful of marine guards, had been
besieged by imperial troops in the
compound of the British legation.
There were nearly 700 foreigners, in
They represented the wealth, culture
and refinement of the entire civilized
world. They were guarded by 400
marines, representing the United
States, Great Britain, France, Ger
many, Russia, Italy and Japan. These
400 men defied and held at bay the
millions of the Chinese capital for
weeks. Night and day. almost with
out ceasing, they were under the rife
and artillery fire of the Chinese troops
but they prevented the massacre of
every foreigner in Picking. AS an act
of bravery, the conduct of this hand
full of marines stands out almost
without parallel in history. The siege
of the foreigners in the British lega-
ton at Picking practically began on
Juna IN
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-23
A LIFE TERM FOR POWERS.
Verdict of Guilty is Given in Noted
kentucky Trial.

Georgetown. Ky, August COVE,
the jury, find the defendant guilty and
fix his punishment at Imprisonment
in the penitentiary for the rest of his
natural life"
This was the wording of the verdict
in the case of eX-Secretary of State
Caleb Powers, charged with being an
accessory before the fact to the muir
der of William Goebel. The jury re-
tired at l:32 and returned its verdict
at 2:25, having been out only fifty
three minutes. The vote in favor of
life sentence was unanimous. One
of the jurors said that the jurymen
were influenced in making up their
verdict by many things in the evil
dence, but that some of the chief
points were Powers's own admission
on the stand that he organized the
crowd of 1900 armed mountaineers,
which came to Frankfort January IS;
his corroboration of part of the tes-
timOny of Noakes, Golden and Culton,
the proof that he gave Youtsey the
key and that the shot was fired from
his office