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Bryan's Lecture.
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Hie silver question The academy was
crowded, and Mr. Bryan was liberally ap
T iudd throughout his address. Mr.
Lr an, in addition to speaking on the stt
vr Question, denounced imperialism and
the British In the war in South Africa.
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ing against the ratification of tbe proposed
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sengers died, most of them from wounds
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United Verde Injunction.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9. By order of the
appellate division of the supreme court,
an order vacating the injunction granted
by the lower court, restraining the direc
tors of the United Verde Copper Company
and a majority of the stockholders of the
same concern from selling the stock of the
corporation at public auction, in order to
reincorporate under the laws of another
state, was today reversed and the injunc
tion continued.
Riots In Martinique.
FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, Feb. 9.
A mob of about 1200 haa since last Mon
day been preventing the harvesting of
sugar cane. The movement Is extending
and troops have been sent in all direc
tions. An infantry post of 25 men was
attacked and fired upon its assailants,
killing nine men and wounding 15. In the
commune of Le Francois, two incendiary
ares have occurred on plantations.
From Sale of Public Lands.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. Senator Depew
today Introduced a bill granting to
the public land states a percentage of tbe
preoe&ds of the sales of public lands for
the encouragement of the mining Inter
ests. -
BULLER FAILS AGAIN
His Army Forced Back Across
the Tugcla.
M'DONALD RETIRED TOTHE MODDER
Both. These Movements Are Surmised
to Occupy the Boers While Rob
erts Begins Central Advance.
LONDON, Feb. 10, 4:20 A. M. London
accepts as true the Boer statements that
General Buller has failed again. These
statements were passed by the British
censor at Aden, and are read in the light
of Mr. Balfour's announcement In ttho
commons that General Buller is not press
ing his advance. Winston-Churchill wires
that Vaalkrantz was Impracticable for
the guns which were needed to support a
further advance. His cablegram leaves
General Buller Tuesday night sending a
fresh brigade to relieve the tired holders
of Vaalkrantz.
The descriptive writers with General
Buller were allowed a rather free hand
again in explaining the ugly position
which the British held and the natural
obstacles which had to be overcome. So
it is easy to infer that, with Boer riflemen
and artillery defending, these hills, rav
ines and jungles have not been overcome,
and thus the public is prepared in ad
vance for bad news.
Heliograms from Ladysmith, dated Mon
day, describe the effect General Buller's
cannonade had on the worn garrison.
Hope ran high that the long period of in
activity and tedium was drawing to a
close. The crash of guns was almost con
tinuous for 10 hours, and at times it
seemed as if as many as 20 shells burst in
a minute. The Boers, preparing always
for the possibility of defeat, were driving
herds and sending long wagon trains to
ward the Drakensberg passes. Intense
darkness and silence followed, broken only
by frogs croaking and the occasional blaze
of star shells, surrounding the town with
a circle of light to prevent the unobserved
approach of the enemy. A series of Brit
ish mines, laid for the Boers, exploded
accidentally, shaking and alarming the
city and camp.
General MacDonald's retirement puzzles
the military commentors. The theory
that finds acceptance Is that it was or
dered by Lord' Roberts, and that both
General Buller's and General MacDonald's
operations were by the direction of the
commander-in-chief, in order to occupy
the Boers at widely separated points so
they would be unable to transfer any por
tion of their forces to oppose the project
ed central advance.
Charles Williams, a military writer who
is understood to be in confident relations
with Lord Wolseley, says that beyond
doubt the most authoritative opinion in
London regards It as probable that an
endeavor will be made to force the line of
the Orange river before Wednesday night,
possibly by Monday.
Henry W. Lucy says tbe health of Sir
Lord StUisT)Urys son, Lord T3dwafd Ce
cil, is responsible for Mafeklng being so
well provisioned. At the outbreak of the
war he learned the amount of army stores
about to be sent to Mafeklng, and on his
own initiative pledged his private means
and had the stores quadrupled. He Is now
in Mafeklng, and is one of its boldest de
fenders, A dispatch to the Times from Kooders
berg, dated Thursday, February 8, says:
"It is reported that Boer reinforcements
are arriving from Magersfonteln. Our po
sition is easily tenable, but the entire
force has been ordered to return to Mod
der River tlmorrow."
The Times has the following from Klm
berley, dated February 8:
"The Boer big guns shelled us all day
yesterday, but nobody was killed."
The correspondent of the Times at Lou
renco Marques, under date of February 8,
says:
"Recent visitors to Inhambane report
that the Portuguese customs authorities
there seized a quantity of arms and am
munition, consigned under a false descrip
tion." The first lord of the admiralty, George
J. Goschen, is preparing estimates for a
large increase of the navy. It is thought
possible that parliament will be asked for
20,000,000 for new ships.
The war office has reduced the minimum
standard of height again this time to
five feet three inches for infantry and five
feet two inches for artillery.
Dr. Leyds has issued In Brussels a state
ment for publication in England, denying
the purported Interviews in which he is
reported as predicting the Intervention of
the powers In the event the British invade
the Free State. He says he Is convinced
that the war will continue as long as the
two republics have arms and ammunition.
If the Mauser cartridges give out, the
Boers, he asserts, will fall back upon
Martini-Henry rifles, for which they have
a supply of ammunition tha,t is practical
ly inexhaustible.
A special dispatch from Spearman's
Camp, dated Friday noon, says that, ow
ing to the Boer cross-fire and the impos
sibility of intrenching Vaalkrantz, Gen
eral Buller's force withdrew. The Finan
cial News, which publishes this dispatch.
suggests that General Buller has not yel
actually recrossed the Tugela.
THE NEWS FROM BOER CAMPS.
Report That Duller Was Driven Back
Across the Tueeln.
HEAD LAAGER, Ladysmith, Feb. 7.
An armored train yesterday made a sortie
from Cheveley toward Colenso and landed
2000 British troops on the right of the
Boer position. The Boers immediately
crossed ovor and made an attack with
rifles and artillery, forcing the withdrawal
of both the train and the troops to Cheve
ley. Flglitlng on the Upper Tugela river
lasted until S:30 o'clock Tuesday evening,
Particulars are lacking. Firing at Colenso
and along the Upper Tugela has been
proceeding since 5 o'clock this morning.
Fob. S. The British who were in posses
sion of the kopje at Moles drift aban
doned It after a bombardment of Boer
cannon rthls morning, and retired across
the Tugela river to their former position.
A desultory cannonade Is proceeding at
the Tugela this morning, but otherwise
everything is quiet.
ON METHUEK'S LINE.
Failure of a British Movement
Against the Boers.
KOODERSBERG DRIFT, Feb. 8. The
Boers yesterday made a determined at
tempt to drive the British from a hill com
manding the drift. Mounting two seven
pounders at the northern extremity, they
shelled the position intermittently the
whole day. The Seaforth Highlanders
gained a position on a rocky summit and
kept up a sustained rifle Are, but suf
fered somewhat from the Boers' shelling.
A battery was sent and succeeded"'!!! si
lencing the Boer fire. Meanwhile two -companies
of the Argyll Highlanders, advan
cing along the plain In a westerly direc
tion, found the Boers entrenched at a
small drift. A sharp engagement followed,
lasting the whole day.
In order completely to surround the
Boers. General Bablngton was dispatched
from the Modder river with a large force
of cavalry and two batteries of horse
artillery, but failed to reach here, al
though he started early enough in the
day to enable him to get here early this
afternoon. This morning. General Meth
uen ordered that the combined force
should retire upon the Modder river,
which movement is now proceeding. The
British losses in the fighting on Wednes
day were 50 men killed or wounded.
LONDON, Feb. 9. The dispatch from
Koodersberg Drift does not say whether
General Bablngton finally joined General
MacDonald, but the word "combined"
seems to Indicate that he did so.
A war office dispatch from Lord Rob
erts, dated Thursday, February 8, con
firms the reports that General Gatacre
has repulsed the Boers at Ben Hoek and
Byrd rier, and that security of both out
posts is established. In regard to Gen
eral MacDonald's operations, Lord Roberts
does not mention the former's retirement
to the Modder river. He said:
"MacDonald was dispatched to prevent
the Boers blocking the main drift at
Koodersberg, and successfully established
himself there in spite of the determined
efforts of the Boers to dislodge him. At
MacDonald's request Bablngton was sent
with reinforcements Wednesday, February
7. Bablngton threatened the Boers north
of Koodersberg, while another force drove
off the Boers southward."
The dispatch concludes with the state
ment: "The enemy has now evacuated his po
sition, and none is in sight."
Tim NEWS IN LONDON.
Long1 Silence Had Aroused the Ap
prehension of the Public.
LONDON, Feb. 9. The news of Buller's
retirement spread rapidly, and naturally
disappointment was visible on all sides,
although the long silence from the Upper
Tugela had already aroused the appre
hension that Buller might have found it
Impossible to go forward, in which case
he would have no option but to cross
the river.
The war office has- evidently heard noth
ing of Buller's retreat. When shown the
Boer dispatch, the officials appeared ut
terly dumfounded. Apparently they had
not the least suspicion of tho possibility
of such an outcome to the operations.
A dispatch dated Frere Camp, February
8, but probably written with the advanced
lines on Wednesday, and sent to Frere
by runner, says:
"A force of the enemy are on both of
our flanks, and continue to render our
position extremely difficult to maintain."
Beyond the fact that Buller devoted
Wednesday to bringing more artillery
and, troops across the Tugela, nothing
is known: of his movements, but that he
badly needed reinforcements Is evident
from the telegram from Frere. It is still
more patent that it is impossible for him
to advance until the artillery has been
enabled to take up forward positions for
the purpose of subduing the Boer guns
on both flanks. On the length of timo
occupied by this operation depends the
duration of Buller's maintenance of de-
fenseAlmostjaUcritIcs point out that the
mgMimrismnmst
uut securing ar uecisive victory on uw
way there would only add danger to what
already Is a critical situation.
Another Frere camp dispatch says a
Boer prisoner asserts that the burghers
expected Buller to cross at Skiot drift,
and thousands of Boers were being posted
at Doom Kloof to oppose such a pas
sage, while on the captured hill there
were only a few hundred Johannesburg
troops.
It was said today that one Of the first
steps to Increase the home army would bo
the raising of 37 new horse and field bat
teries, with barracks on Salisbury plain,
and the addition of batteries to the nu
merous regiments which at present arc
without them.
GENERAL ROBERTS' CAMPAIGN.
Movement Prosrressinir Under Cover
of Demonstrations Elsewhere.
LONDON, Feb. 10. In the Morning
Post today, Spencer Wilkinson, reviewing
the military situation, says:
"Lord Roberts is evidently about to be
gin his campaign, and there are signs that
General Methuen's force will make the
first Important move. It is probable that
the Seventh division will soon be heard of
as co-operating with Methuen.
"The latest news regarding General Bul
ler's operations is puzzling. It looks now
as if he never seriously contemplated an
attempt to relieve Ladysmith, but only a
demonstration to prevent the Boers from
diverting reinforcements to Magersfon
teln. "Looking to the distance from Lady
smith to KImberley, a journey in which
the Boers would get little help for the
transport of their forces, Lord Roberts
has a clear week for the first blow which
will put a new face upon the situation.
This hypothesis would account for tho
present state of things in both the thea
ters of war and the peculiarities of the
attacks of Monday and Tuesday would
become intelligible; for if they had been
intended as a serious movement, General
Buller would have been largely reinforced
and would have pushed the attack with
greater energy."
A dispatch to the Morning Post from
Modder River, dated Thursday, says that
General MacDonald's and General Bab
ington's forces will return shortly, and
adds that the initiative to the reconnols
sance emanated from headquarters.
The colonial office has received a dis
patch contradicting the report that the
Boers had shot John McLachlan, jr., and
Bobbins, at Harrlsmith, for refusing to be
commandeered.
Plumer's Force Defeated.
PRETORIA, Feb. 5. Colonel Plumer's
force, on February 2, attacked the Boer
position near Ramonsta and, after heavy
fighting, including an endeavor to take
tho place by storm, the British were re
pulsed. Their loss Is unknown. No Boers
were Injured.
By Way of Lelpslo.
LEIPSIC, Feb. 9. The Neuste Nachrich
ten prints a special dispatch from a cor
respondent who claims that General Bul
ler's third attempt to relieve Ladysmith
has completely failed.
Jones Free Coinage Substitute.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Senator Jones,
of Arkansas, today introduced a free
coinage substitute for the pending curren
cy bill. The substitute provides that from
and after thp passage of this act the
mints of the United States shall be open
to the coinage of sliver, and there shall
be coined dollars of tho weight of 412
grains troy of standard silver, nine-tenths
fine, and upon the same terms and sub
ject to the limitations and provisions of
law regulating the coinage and legal-tender
quality of gold. The substitute also pro
vides that whenever the silver coins shall
be received into the treasury, certificates
may be issued for them in the manner
now prescribed by-law.
DECISION REACHED
Taylor May Sign the Peace
Agreement Today.
WITH THE WVAL LEGISLATURES
Republicans at London Issue War
rants for the Arrest of Absent
Democratic Members.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 9. Late to
night the situation is somewhat changed.
Adjutant-General Collier was again called
into Governor Taylor's office tonight, and
was In consultation with him until a late
hour, but he will say nothing as to what
transpired. From other and authoritative
sources, (however, it is ledrned that a de
cision has finally been reached, and that
the peado agreement will probably receive
the signature of Governor Taylor Inside
of 24 hours.
This has been a day of conferences in
Frankfort They were in full swing from
10:30 In the morning until late tonight, and
outwardly nothing tangible resulted from
them.
On the morning train from Louisville
came Attorney David W. Farielgh and
Judge John W. Barr, both of whom were
members of the Louisville conference on
the republican side. Immediately upon
arrival, Mr. Farielgh called upon Sena
tor Blackburn, at the Capitol hotel, and,
after a few words with him, went In com
pany with Judge Barr and General Dan
Lindsay, to the office of Governor Taylor.
A conference was held there from 11
o'clock until 1 o'clock, when an adjourn
ment was taken.
Later In the afternoon Sam J. Roberts,
of Lexington, interval revenue collector
for this district, came to Frankfort in
response to a telegram from Governor
Taylor, and was closeted with him for
some time. Shortly after 3 o'clock, Gen
eral Lindsay, Judge Barr, Attorney Far
ielgh and T. L. Edelen called at the ex
ecutive office, and at once went Into a
conference with Governor Taylor.
About 4:30 P. M., Governor Taylor and
Secretary of State Powers came out of
the governor's office and held a long
whispered conversation outside the door.
Governor Taylor then re-entered the room
and Mr. Powers left the building. "The
governor will not sign the agreement,"
said Mr. Powers, as he walked out of the
door.
But notwithstanding these declarations,
the democratic leaders are stating with
considerable positlveness at a late hour
tonight that the peace agreement will re
ceive Mr. Ttiylor's signature. Two demo
cratic members of the legislature put in
an appearance this afternoon, the first
that have been seen in Frankfort since
the word was given, nearly a week ago,
for all of them to keep where they could
not be readily reached In case It was de
termined by the republicans to arrest
them and take them to London. It was
stated during the afternoon that a guard
of soldiers had been sent to all of the
trains to catch such members, as might
determlnerto come fojtown, but this was
S?-11"1
nrivAWint-Tnvlni- fca nf in ,,,.
ber of telegrams to gentlemen In all parts
of the state, who have for the past five
days showered him with advice, urging
him to stand firm ana not surrender any
thing, to be in Frankfort by Saturday
morning. They will then consider the
peace agreement.
The Impression has become general
among republicans who were not par
ties to the Louisville agreement that the
agreement was a complete surrender to
the democrats. Taylor Is thus placed in
a difficult position, and has not thought
it wise to make any statement regarding
his Intentions until he could convince the
party that anything he might do would
be for the good of the party.
THE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE.
Warrants Issued For Absent Demo
cratic Members.
LONDON, Ky., Feb. 9. The house con
vened at 1:16 P. M. today. Roll call
showed that seven of the 38 members In
town were absent. Miss Parker was
elected enrolling clerk and the house went
into executive session. It is understood
warrants for the arrest of enough absent
members of both houses to constitute a
quorum will be Issued.
In the executive joint session, resolu
tions were adopted stating that Taylor
was elected governor, Marshall lieutenant
governor, Powers secretary of state;
that the other republican incumbents
were elected to their offices, and that the
results of that election should not be dis
regarded by a compromise.
The following message from Governor
Taylor was received today by a member
of the legislature:
"Have warrants Issued for members
of tihe house and put In tho hands of
eergeants-at-arms to serve."
A form of warrant for absent senators
was made out and it raised the question
that it should be sjgmt by the president
of the senate and not by the president
pro tern. It was decided to withhold the
Issuance of warrants from the senate until
tomorrow, so that Lieutenant-Governor
Marshall, president of the senate, who
will have arrived, may attach; his signa
ture. The effect of the governor's message
was apparent. Senator Cox said:
"We mean business; we will have a
quorum in the house and a quorum in the
senate. We will be in working order and
ready to transact business by Monday.
Further than that I have nothing to
say."
Late in the of tornooni the house warrants
were Issued, A list of a number of mem
bers to bo brought to London had been
prepared, but whether warrants were Is
sued for all of them could not be as
certained. Five detectives have arrived in
London and every effort has been made
to keep their Identity a secret. Two of
them are here in the Interests of the dem
ocrats and three for the republcans.
Gone to Serve the Warrants.
LONDON, Ky., Feb. 10. Sergeant-at-Arms
Cecil, of the house, Sergeant-at-Arms
Howard, of the senate. left after 1
o'clock this (Saturday) morning on the
north-bound train, armed with warrants
for the arrest of absent democratic mem
bers of both houses. Late late evening it
was finally decided by the senate officers
to make out the warrants for the arrest
of democratic senators without waiting
for the arrival of Lieutenant-Governor
Marshall and send Howard and Cecil,
who had already been given his warrants
from the house. The significant remark
was -dropped that something would be
heard tomorrow.
BECKHAM OFFERS PROTECTION.
Says He Will Not Permit the Arrest
of Democratic Legislators.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 9. The demo
cratic legislature met here today, having
present In each house a quroum of the
total membership. Governor Beckham
made ' the announcement this afternoon
that he is prepared to protect the legis
lature from arrest, and that he will do
so. These developments of today mark the
first steps toward carrying out the plans
announced Sunday last by the democrats
to set up a state government here.
Some commotion was caused among the
legislators th!o morning by the reports
from London and Frankfort that warrants
were about to be sworn out for the arrest
of enough democratic members to make a
quorum for the republican legislature now
meeting at London. When told of this,
Governor Beckham said:
"No member of the legislature who
comes to Louisville should fear arrest.
I shall not allow any member of the gen
eral assembly to be arrested."
When asked what measures would be
adopted to prevent such arrests should
they be attempted, Governor Beckham
replied that he was fully prepared to pro
tect the legislature, and to arrest any
persons who Interfered with its move
ments. Further than this he would make
no statement. It !s known, however, that
since the appointment of General CaVle
man as adjutant-general, arrangements
havo been made to provide a defensive
force ample for the safety of the demo
cratic state officers.
The legislative sessions today were held
In the courthouse, the senate meeting in
the chancery courtroom, and the house in
the county courtrooms. Resolutions from
the general assembly of Texas, in memory
of Governor Goebel, were read, and an ap
propriate response was made. Resolutions
on the death of Governor Goebel were
adopted, and, In respect to his memory,
adjournment was taken by both houses
until tomorrow.
The events of the past 10 days have
served to solidify the democratic forces
in the legislature, and to strengthen the
party's position there. Among the mem
bers who answered to their names today
were u number who have been classed as
antt-Goebel men, and who, on several po
litical Issues, have voted with the republicans.
Suspected of the Goebel Murder.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 9. Two men
suspected of complicity in the murder of
Governor Goebel were arrested in a
boarding-house today. Their names are
Silas Jones, of Whitley county, and Gott
chalk, of Nelson county. The men are
said to have slept In the executive build
ing for some time and they will be kept
In confinement until something more defi
nite is known of their whereabouts at the
time of the assassination. Both strongly
deny any knowledge of the murder.
The Democratic Injunction.
GEORGETOWN, Ky., Feb. 9. Governor
Taylor was not represented when Judge
Crantlll today called up tho injunction
proceedings brought last week by the dem
ocrats to stop Taylor from interfering
with the sessions of the legislature at
Frankfort. On the request of Judge
Prior, for the plaintiffs, the hearing was
postponed until next Tuesday.
SOUTHERN LUZON PEACEFUL
Filipinos Becoming: Satisfied With
the New Order of Things.
HONOLULU, Feb. 2, via San Francisco,
Feb. 9. Captain Kneedler, of the United
States hospital ship Missouri, en route to
l San Francisco from Manila with nearly
aw emu. sKJimeiH, e&yg umt. ne ajti.ua a. wot
era! Young just before leaving Manila.
The conditions there show a complete
cessation of war's activities
"I found the people perfectly contented
and engaged in their agricultural pur
suits," said the captain, "and they are very
prosperous. Splendid crops are being
raised, and many cattle, and there were no
signs that the Filipinos were not satisfied
with the new order of affairs. As far as
this whole district Is concerned, the trouble
seems to be at an end.
"Manila itself is quiet and prosperous.
There is absolutely no sign of disturbance
there. I was amazed at the amount of
work that has been done toward making
the place sanitary. The town is in a re
markably clean condition."
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company an
nounces that they will resume taking pas
sergers from Honolulu to San Francisco.
Another large fire occurred, in China
town January 27. The flames destroyed
buildings covering about six acres of
ground. The fire is said to have been of
incendiary origin.
The cable ship Nero arrived January 29,
after -a long cruise In the Pacific. After
taking on coal she departed for San Fran
cisco. ESCAPE OF AGUINALDO.
Rebel Leader May Be In Europe at
Tills Time.
CHICAGO, Fob. 9. A special to the
Chronicle from Washington says:
The war department believes that Aguln
aldo has escaped from the island of Luzon.
Tho department officials would not be
surprised to hear from him next as being
in London or Paris, in company with
Agonclllo.
Otis' List of Casualties.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. The following
list of casualties has been received at the
war department today from General Otis:
Killed Luzon, Twenty-fifth Infantry,
January 3, at Iba, Sherman Shepard;
Third cavalry, 14th, at Bimmauya, George
Mitchell; Thirty-sixth Infantry, 22d, at
Dasol, Zambales, George G. Knapp; Thirty-fourth
Infantry, 14th, at Carrlngan
Neuva Ecija, Thomas Griffin; Forty-first
infantry, February 2, at Mabalacat, Au
gust Costa; Thirty-second infantry, 6th,
near DInalupljan Bataan, Lee S. Murphy,
corporal; Leonard T. Brann, Bert R. Lane,
Oliver H. Martin, Algernon S. Pressley,
George Welsh; Eighteenth Infantry,
Panay, January 11, at Pant tan, John H.
Denny, Forty-third Infantry, Samar, 2Sth,
at Catalabagan, Edward Logan.
Wounded Patrick Duffy, corporal, leg
severe.
Arrival of the Logan.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9. The Unfcted
States transport Logan arrived today from
Manila. The voyage occupied 26 days.
The Logan brought 14 passengers. Feb
ruary 3, Robert Gray, late of company B,
Twenty-second Infantry, died at sea from
dysentery. The body was embalmed and
brought here.
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Body Washed Ashore.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 9. The body of
Burton M. Hardiman, cousin of Mrs. J.
K. Miller, of Oakland, better known in the
literary world as Florence Hardiman Mil
ler, has been washed ashore on Angel is
land, in the bay of San Francisco. Wheth
er death was caused by suieide or acci
dent is unknown. Hardiman's home was
in Oswego, Kan., where his mother and
one of his sisters reside.
Stolen Money Returned.
LONDON. Feb. 9. The sum of 20.000.
the balance of 60,000 stolen from Parr's
bank a year ago, has been mysteriously
returned. The notes were found this
morning enclosed in a steamer passbook.
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Meeting of Democratic Committee.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. A meeting- of
the democratic national committee has
beep called for tomorrow night, for th
purpose of electing a chairman and other
officers, and for organization.
BURIAL OF LAWTON
The Gallant Soldier Laid at Rest
With Fitting Honors.
A NATION'S TRIBUTE TO A HERO
The President, Hl Advisers and
Many OMeers of High Rank
Attended the Faaeral.
WASHINGTON", Fab. 9.-MfcJnr-Geeral
Henry W. Lawttm was bud today in
the national cemetery, at Arlington. It
was a nation's trlbuU to a national hero,
and the sorrow of a whole people was ex
pressed when America added tbe cnaplet
of cypress to tbe brow that so long had
worn tbe laurel.
The burial service beneath tbe teaiiess
trees at Arlington was preceded by serv
ices in tbe Church of tbe Covenant, on
Connecticut avenue, at which svory de
partment of the army and navy within
reach of Washington, Lawton's oM com
rades of the lino and staff, tbe diplo
matic corps in all its brilliance of uni
form and decoration, and as many citi
zens of alt degrees as wars fortunate
enough to find standing room within tbe
walls, were present.
But the crowd within was tnsbjnincant
compared with tho thousands who braved
the lowering winter day for a glimpse of
the Sag-draped caisson, with its military
escort, ss it passed through the streets.
Hundreds more made the toilsome pil
grimage to Arlington to bar tbe last
words pronounced above the open grave,
where president, cabinet and general com
manding tbe army stood with bowed
heads until tbe last volley bad been fired
and the bugle sounded "taps."
It was the homecoming of a bore. "or
several weeks, ever since tna news
from San Mateo had been flashed around
the width of the world, tbe country had
waited to pay its best tribute to the
dead. Lawton, to tbe great bulk of Ameri
cans, had been the incarnation of the
American soldier. He bad made his mark
in the civil war. from tbe Mississippi to
the sea, and in tbe Interval of potential
peace it was be who bad beaten, at his
own game, Goronlmo, the greatest master
of desert craft and mountain fighting that
the West had ever known, and who, in
the new problems of a tropic war, had
proved the most daring and resourceful of
all the generate in the Held.
It was in tribute to these qualities that
the Lawton fund had in a few weeks been
swelled past all the expectations of ita
originators, for America know that Law
ton, being a 90tor first and only, had
left to those who loved bim no heritage
save his sword and a spotless name.
For a day and night tbe body of the
soldier lay in state in the Church of the
Covenant. So it lay this morning, when
the doors were opened, troopers from his
old command with sabers drawn keeping
vigil at tbe head and foot.
Beneath the soft lights of the altar rose
a tropical jungle of palms, and higher
than tbe nag-draped eolttn rose banks
ofknnwswi. ftfts)H fsamv nr imswtsr of
its b&aboo staff, and supported by one of
the men who was near him when he fell.
From, the ceiling hung the red-centered
flag of the Eighth corps, under which ha
had won perpetual fame in two island
wars. About, as the shrill pipes of the
organ trembled with tbe opening anthem,
stood grouped bis superiors and his
brother officers, with whom and for whom
bis life work bad been done. Close to the
coffin sat President McKraley, and on his
right the secretary of state. With them
were tbe secretary of war, the
attorney-general, tbe secretary of
the navy, the postmaster-general,
the secretary of the treasury, the
secretary of tbe Interior and the sec
retary of agriculture. Close by were Mr.
Lawton, little Manley and the others of
the family, and to tbe left General Miles,
General Merritt, General Brooke, General
Shatter and their staff officers, all in uni
form and all Lawton's comrades, who at
one time or another bad camped and
fought with bim. In the body of the
church was a scarcely less notable gath
ering, assistant secretaries and heads of
bureaus, the military committees of the
house and senate, diplomats, tbe Orien
tals in their flowing robes of somber
color, and the Europeans resplendent in
decorations, among them the Spanish min
ister. There were delegations from tne
Loyal Legion, the G. A. R. and other
patriotic societies.
The Services.
Chaplain Pierce, of Lawton's eM com
mand, read tbe Presbyterian burial service,
the epistle to the Corinthians, whose words
of comfort seem freshly pruned for each
occasion of bereavement. Then President
Strycker, of Hamilton college. New York,
rose to deliver tbe oration. He had been
selected personally by the secretary of
war, who knew bis fltnees for tbe task.
The choice was amply justified. Seldom
has any ceremony called forth a tribute
more scholarly and eloquent, more simple
and direct, and more appropriate and fit
ting to tho occasion.
A dozen troopers, as the doctor elosed,
lifted tbe flower-laden coffin and bore It
to the door, where 3W soldiers and citi
zens in greater numbers waited to honor
the soldier in his last march to bis final
resting place on the Vlrglna hillside, be
yond the Potomac.
With a clatter of iron hoofs, tbe cav
alry escort cantered forward to form tho
guard of honor. Orders flung from rank to
rank down the broad avenue brought troop
and platoon wheeling into line. With
crape-shrouded colors lowered, they filed
past soarlet-caped artillerymen, cavalry
men with then orange phimes and facings,
and the ranks of blue-clad Infantry mov
ing with machine-like cadence. At the
rear, with rumble of heavy wheels and
clash of trace chains came the guns, field
batteries and siege trains.
Ahead of the scores of carriages was
the flag-draped, flower-laden caisson, the
ideal soldier's bier, and behind It was
led the officer's charger. In a shroud of
black, with the boots reversed in the stir
rups, a picturesque remnant of supersti
tion in this materialistic day of machine
guns and smokeless powder.
The escort consisted of a squadron of
the Third cavalry, light battery M, of the
Seventh artillery; siege battery C, of the
Seventh; a brigade of dismounted artillery,
two battalions of the Fifteenth infantry
and one of the Second; three battalions
from the Fourth and Fifth artillery, and
a battalion of United States marines. Tho
whole was under command of General
Wesley Merritt, Major John A. Johnston,
chief of staff, and the following mounts
of officers: Special aids, Brigadier-General
Alfred E. Bates, Colonel John F. Weston,
Colonel Theodore A. Bingham, Lieutenant
Henry G. Sharp. Captain Joseph E. Kuhn,
Lieutenant T. B. Mottley. Aids, Lieutenant-Colonel
William H. Carter, Lieutenant-Colonel
C. C. aniffen, Major William
A. Simpson, Major Charles L. McCawley,
United States marine corps; Major Harvey
C. Carbaugh, Captain Charms G. Treat,
Captain George O. Squire.
It was a dreary watt on tbe eeM, wind-
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