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FUilSUIT CONTINUES. OTIS REPORTS YOUNG CLOSE ON TRAIL OF AOUINALDO. aye That Negroa Revolt la of Mi. nor Importance and That In surgents Are in Flight. Washington. Dec. 12. The war de partment hag received the following from General Otis: Manila, Dec. 9. A dispatch from Young at Vigan says escaped Spanish prisoners report four hours' engage ment on the 3d inst. between his troops and Aguinaldo's guard near Cervantes, to miles southeast of Vigan. with heavy loss to enemy, who is being pursued. Our loss, one killed, six wounded. In habitants of their own accord Joined troops, repairing trail and carrying subsistence. Have pushed column to San Jose, south of Bangued. Howie'i column on rear trail. Batchelor's bat talion. Twenty-fourth, out of reach north of Bayonbong, evidently descend ing river. Natives report fighting oc curred twenty miles north. Navy reach es Aparri tomorrow; column of Mac Arthur's troops, Twenty-fifth, reported near Iba, west coast Zambales; Grant's column near Sublg bay; Lawton in Bulucan province today with sufficient troops to overcome opposition and scatter enemy." It is probable that the troops which engaged Aguinaldo's guard are Hare's command, as he was reported to be close in the Insurgent leader's rear. General Otis cables as follows, re garding the revolt In Negros: "Information received that Negros Tevolt of minor Importance; Byrnes In rapid pursuit of disaffected party; Hughes In mountains Panay en route to Caplz." WILL THE 60VERN0R FIGHT. Kentucky's Executive and Judge Tarvln Exchange Compliments. Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 12. Will Gov ernor Bradley, he of the mild mannei and benevolent face, fight Judge Jas P. Tarvin of Covington, who has vict presidential aspirations? That is tha burning question in Kentucky, and it grew out of the burning of a negro, which Governor Bradley says Judgfl Tarvin could have prevented, and which the judge nays the state officers are censurable for not preventing. .The governor wired the Judge, when he read the latter's strictures, and got this reply: "The penalty given Coleman may be considered just, but the failure of the state authorities to protect him after he was in custody was wrong, and any citizen has a right to question. Th fact that he was a negro, hardly above a brute, Is only more reason for pro tecting him. If your telegram means fight 1 have the choice of weapons, and choose cannons, you to stay at Frank fort and I at Covington. Please don't end the militia." The governor, commenting on it, said: "The dispatch is characteristic of the man. If the penalty given Coleman by the people was Just, why should Tar vin object? As to his proposition to remain in Covington and fight a gen tleman In Frankfort, persons who know him well will be astonished to learn he is willing to fight, even at that distance." The governor closes his statement by aying "As governor, I have done every thing in my power to protect human life and enforce the. law. If I had known, as Judge Tarvin knew, that this man was about to be taken to his death at the hands of a mob, I would not have kept a cowardly silence, as ho i. but would have protected him. liver since Judge Tarvin was seiz-jd -with the Insane thought that he was vice presidential timber, his friends have kept constant watch on him. This last effusion Is additional evidence thai he Is Irresponsible." Statement From Roberta, New York. (Special.) The World publishes the following signed state ment from Congressman-elect B. H. .Roberts: "The action of the house in my case was not a surprise to me. The whole matter was evidently prejudged and the minds of the members made up to fellow the course that had been out lined. When the question comes to be considered by members of the house -after the pressure of public opinion Is removed, 1 think the case will stand as a vicious violation of the well establish ed precedents which have fixed the rules of the house. "The foundation Is now laid for con fusion, chaos and revolution in the or ganization of the house and the rights of members therein. A precedent has been established which will yet excuse the" same denial of rights to a Roman Catholic or a Presbyterian, an agnostic or any one who may be unfortunate enough to stand under condemnation of a public sentiment lashed into a frenzy by misrepresentation and falsehood, as In my instance. I was met at the very bar of the house and denied the pro tection granted by the rules of that body and the constitution of the United States, because I was a member of an unpopular church, against which there rests a sectarian hate." Open Door For China. Washington, D. C Dec. 8 The va rious publications coming from Euro pean sources, touching the decision of the powers to meet the United States' request forV formal written undertak ing to maintain the "open, door" in China, are living satisfaction to the officials here as Indicating the success of this Important diplomatic negotia tion. However, It may be stated the responses of the European governments have not yet reached the state depert snnt. It Is realised thoroughly that in matter of this Importance the nego tiations niust be conducted with tht greatest circumspection and delibera tion. Heoc U U no matter for sur- . arts that the responses have not yet ZSm received. It Is hoped that the f el sui i ess of the negotiations can ' be cemmanlcated to congress In th 1bMm f a special message from tb reMdesit. accompanied by an explana tory statement from Secretary Hay omi after the holidays. little Rock, Ark. A stir has come Is Ais seas political circles by the an- mt that Governor wan . w. who m candidate for the Unite xjtmsm senate to sneoeea aenaior or- jjjuj eaeae eat strongly la favor of ill its? f He baa heretofore beet rUeUare M opooaoat of that poHey T rVS. CamiLjr Berry, wfe M SEKERAL HEWS. Bonds purchased under Secretary Gage's offer, now aggrecate tll.i81.tM. Eastern capital is seeking to consoli date the rke milling industry in Louis iana. Royalties were paid on 20,000 ounces of gold In the Atlin mining district the past year. The Indiana glass factories have dis continued the employment of girls to replace boys. The Edison and Columbus electric light companies of Columbus, O., are to be consolidated. The Champion Copper company is a new concern at Houghton, Mich., cap ital stock f2.5uO.0uO. Cvtton mill employes at Adams and North Adams, Mass., will receive a 10 per cent raise December 11. Appraisers have been appointed to agree on values on the large southern ranches, preliminary to trust forma tion. A meeting of miners' officials In the districts between Shamokln and Mount Carmel, Pa., has been called. The Virginia Joint democratic caucus has nominated Thomas Martin to suc ceed himself as United States senator. The Indiana attorney general holds that assessment insurance companies cannot insure persons under 21 yesun old. The Chicago Great Western has de clared a semi-annual dividend of 12.50 per share on preferred, payable Janu ary 31. 1900. Dr. Elliott, state veterinarian, re ports that a bunch of twenty-five cat tle have died recently from Hydropho bia in the vicinity of Clark. The cause of the epidemic has not been ascer tained. In the application for admission to the bar of S. M- Howard of Gettysburg, who has been before the court numer ous times on charges filed by R. B. Flske and O. E. Messick of ettysburg, the court at Pierre appointed J. H. Buttum, Frank Turner and D. R. Latham of Faulkton as referee to ex amine into the charges before any further action be taken by the court. Washington, D. C Dr. P. M. Kixey, the physician attending Captain Wood and Lieutenant Brumby, reports the condition of both ofticirs to be as fa vorable as can be expected at the present stage of typhoid fever. Washington! A rch bishop Chapelle. thejpapai ablegate to the Philippines, has sailed from San Francisco on the transport Sherman for Manila. The Sherman also carried out the field staff and four companies of the Forty-ninth infantry and a number of unattached ortkera and men going to Join their commands in the Philippines. Ferdinand W. Peck declines re-election as president of the National Busi ness league, owing to the approaching Paris fair. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 12. Articles of incorporation of the Waters-Garland company have been filed in the county clerk's office. The concern will manu tacture and sell mill supplies, woollen yarn and fabrics and other atkics. The capital stock is placed at $t.000, divided into 600 shares of $1W each. The Incorporators are William Garland, Charles Mlnott and E. B. McWilliams. Washington, D. C, Dec. 12. The Post says: The Danlsn government has made another effort to sell the Danish West Indies to the United States. The pro position was laid before the state de partment by a representative of the Danish government and the matter is now under consideration. The Ameri can embassy in London Is assisting In the negotiations. The price asked foi the Islands is $3,090,000. East Northfield, Mas., Dec. 12. The family physician of D. L. Moody, after a consultation, has issued a bulletin to the effect that Mr. Moody is suffering from a weakened heart, the weakness causing dilation, and that his condi tion is due to overwork. His ailment has caused physical depression, but the patient is able to dress and walk from his bed to a chair. He suffers at times from breathing. Mr. Moody will eent ually recover. He sees no one but the physician and the family. Buffalo, N. Y.. Dec. 12. No tidings from the Canadian steamer Niagara, supposed to have foundered In Lake Erie in the gale of Tuesday with a crew of sixteen men, have been receiv ed. Haines & Co., consignees of the Niagara's cargo of shingles, said that they had practically abandoned hope for the vessel's safety. The Niagara was Insured for $3,200. The vessel's cargo was valued at $24,000 and was un insured. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 12. It Is re ported here that all of the big cotton gin manufacturing concerns of the country will form a combination or have already done so. Among the con cerns said to have entered the combine are the Munger company of Dallas, Tex., said to be the largest In the world; the Northlngton-Munger-Pratt Gin company of Birmingham, Ala., and the Daniel Pratt Gin company of PratUville, Ala. Boston, Mass. Considerable heat has been developed in the municipal cam taign by the publication of the state ment of J. R. Murphy, the defeated mayoralty candidate in the democratic convention, to the effect thot General P. A. Collins, the nominee, was chos-n by fraud and that Mr. Murphy will vote for ex-Mayor Hart, the republican nominee. The state treasurer has received $1, 982, which was left In the hands of the transportation committee after paying all the transportation of soldiers from San Francisco at the time of the muster-out. This, added to the fund which remained In the treasurer's hands, leaves a balance of $3,071 In the trans portation fund to be paid to those who returned to the state at their own ex pense prior to the muster-out. There are other moneys In the hands of the committee which are to be added to the cash in the hands of the treasurer, which will give each of those who paid their own expenses about $40. The reg imental standard and several captured rifles, property of the First South Da kota volunteers, have been received and placed In the office of the adjutant gen eral for safe keeping. London The British steamer City of Worcester, Captain Jones, from Ny borg, is ashore at Craster, south of the River Tweed, and will probably become a total wreck. No live, were lost. The City of Worcester Is a steel vessel of 1.663 tons, built In 18S1, and hails from West Hartlepool. The Brit ish steamer Forestbrook, which arrived at Bremen on December S, from Sa vannah, reports that her captain was lost overboard while on the voyage. Baltimore, Md Samuel E. George, a member of the firm of P. T. George A Co., made an assignment today for the benefit of his creditors. N. Winslow Williams wsa made trustee. Mr. Wil liams, as trustee, gave bond for $40,000, this amount being twice the estimated value of the estate, which Is $20,000. Mr. George's liabilities are believed to be in the neighborhood of IMO.0OO, al though no definite statement has been made. Ir George itewart White la still taaa a match for his foea at La dysmlth. atech firing was heard from the assisted town Is the early part of Oh week. LADYSMITH HOLDS OUfe BOERS SEEM UNABLE TO FORCE WHITE TO CAPITULATE. British Make a Sortie In the Early Morning and Capture a Hill From the Burghers- Boer Head Laager, Ladysmlth, Frl day, Dec. X. The British troops made a sortie between 1 and t o'clock In the morning. They crawled up a ravine and stormed and carried Lombard's Kop, which was held by the Boers and on which were placed a Cruesot gun and a howitzer. Thefe guns were de stroyed with dynamite. The English captured a Maxim gun and then re 'I red. The Lancen, Hussars and Guards .nade a sortie west of I.adysmlth at lay-break, under cover of a heavy ar tillery fire, which the Boers returned briskly. The British afterward re turned to Ladysmith. The Boer losses are reported to have been slight. A strong burgher column has crossed the Tugela river at Colenso with the object of attacking the British Est- court column. London, Dec 12. A special dispatch from Pretoria, dated Friday, December S, says 3,000 British troops, preceded by an armored train, are advancing qn Colesburg from Naauwpoort. London, Dec. 12. The scare caused In London by the report that the Boers had cut the telegraph wires in the rear of General Methuen's army and had blown up a section of the railway has been abated by telegrams received from General Forestier-Walker, In which he says that he has reopened telegraphic communication and that the Boer detachment, which cut the telegraph wire, was simply a raiding party. The dispatch from General Walker says: "Telegraphic and railway communi cation to Modder river has been reop ened. A battery of field artillery and a battalion of infantry were dispatched from Modder river against Command ant Prinz Iob' force of l.OfiO Boers, with one gun, who had destroyed the railway. Uur losses were fourteen in wounded. "Belmont has been strengthened by infantry and two guns, and a cavalry regiment and troops from Naauwpoort occupied Arundel Thursday. "The enemy's forces near Central Gatacre were reported as follows: At Iirdreeht, MK; marching from James town to Dordrecht. 700. with six guns; it Stormberg, !.;VK); at Waterfall. a large force, strength unknown; at Mol teno, about 400. "Lord Methuen reports casualties De cember 6 on patrol duty as follows: "Missing Lieutenant Tristam and 4 men of the Twelfth Lancers; wounded, four men." Though this raid seems to have been unimportant In result, it shows that the Boers are still undaunted, and the ease with which the raiders accom plished their work la evidence that Me thuen's force is as yet far from being adequate to attempt the relief of Klm berley. Other dispatches Btate that re inforcements are being rapidly pushed to the Modder. Some Interesting light is thrown on the position of affairs along (he west-; em frontier by a dispatch issued by a Boer agency In Berlins. The dispatch says: "Commandant Prinz Loos' force is near Jacobsdaal, between Modder river and Riet river. General Oronje (g still on the north bank of Modder river, his rear being protected by fortified posi tions at Spytfontein. The hills be tween Modder river and Spytfontein are occupied by Boers. Commandant Delarey's force is stationed between Gras Pan and Honey Nest KJoof." if this Berlin dispatch be correct, and It Is especially significant when judged in connection with General Forestler Walker's advices to the war office, there must be some 15.000 Boers around Lord Methuen. who is believed to have 11,000 men. Kimberley, however, poa sesslng an armored train, can materi ally assist Methuen by harassing the Boers from the rear. BOMBARDMENT MORE SEVERE. Feeling in Ladysmlth, Howaver, Is Cheered by Reports of Dlasaff ac tion Among Boers. Ladysmlth, Natal, Dec. 7. By native runner to Frere Station: The bom barding by the Boers has become heav ier than ever. We ascribe this to events occurring in the direction of Colenso (the ad vance of the British relief column), of which we have little knowledge, and we suppose that the Increased shelling Is the forerunner of Important action of some sort In the next few days. The British troops are well and ready for any emergency the sooner the cri sis come the better they will like it. There has been a renewal of the prac tice of "sniping" pickets, which lately was in abeyance. Iast night the Boers attempted to cut off a patrol of the Nineteenth Hus sars on the Helpwakaar road. The reply was vigorous 8t::i the Boers suf fered. Several wounded and two dead were found and probably more will be found today. I was observing Just now a considerable movement of the Boers westward probably and was called away to watch a new movement In the Boer camp. Much in the Boer move ments Is unintelligible here, but may be explicable elsewhere In the light of the news from JCntcourt. The intelligence department Is ex tremely reticent about news from Gen eral Clery's column, but regular com munication has been established. The Boers spent Thursday In shell ing the town, especially the hospital in the town hall in the afternoon. One shot killed and wounded nine men. Twelve hospital orderlies are now wounded. This firing was deliberate, because General White had warned General Hchalkburger, the Boer com mander, that the town hall was used as a hospital. The warning only pro duced further Ire. The hospital has now been removed to a sheltered position. The Boers' new gun on Middle hill has done no damage yet. It has been fired only at irregular Intervals, and now Its fire has been restrained. The newest gun of all put twelve shells into the Light Horse csmp this morning and six of them exploded. Many narrow escapes occurred. Another new fun, a six-Inch Cruesot, mounted on a hill considerably this side of Lombard Kop, commands the whole town and camp and Is fired with remarkable accuracy, but luck Is still on the British aide, and It has done little execution, though there have been numerous escapes. Two old I t-Inch Howltiers have been doing effective work, being extremely well handled. Other Boer vans sr equally active, especially those In the northwest, ex cept te Crettsot on Umbulwana. The Ion I- growing that "Old Long has been definitely knocked out. lost two wheels and the muzxle was bent by a shot from a naval gun, which, at the same time, killed five men. The British artillery has also smash ed a Howitzer on Surprise hill. In the last two days I have seen sev eral convoys of herds of cattle trek king (migrating) toward the Free State. Natives report a thousand cat tle behind I'mbulwana. The Boers are reported to be growing discontented. Natives says that 200 men recently attempted to return home without permission. I fancy that discipline among the Bo ers Is going to pieces, owing to the large losses. JOHN STUAKT. Eiltorlal Note. It Is true that Gen eral White notified General Schalkbur ger that the town hall In Ladysmlth had been turned into a hospital, but the Itoer commander warned General White to remove the hospital from the town hall, which was directly In the line of his fire, to a neutral rolnt. where the sick and wounded would not be ex posed. General White seems to have been slow about heeding the warning TWO BATTLES LOOKED FOR. Buller and Methuen Exacted to Do Something Now. London, Dec. 12. While so far as the actual British advances are concerned the dispatches show little change In the situation, the authorities anticipate, from the announcement that howitzers and cavalry had reached General Me thuen, and General Buller has received the heavy artillery for which he was waiting, that the advance will be no longer delayed. News of Important battles by both generals is expected soon. The fact that General Buller has or dered 200 stretcher bearers from Ple termaritzburg to assist the regular am bulance corps indicates that he antici pates sharp fighting. The latest pigeon from Ladysmlth. furnished General Buller with an Im portant map sent by General White, presumably showing the disposition of the 14u.r force and the vulnerable points. The engineers at Frere camp have j done a good week's work in completing j the trestle bridge 200 feet, and an ar- I mured train Is now repairing the line j In the neighborhood of Chlveley. j The news from Cape Colony is not satisfactory from Hie British point of j view. Some small skirmishes have oc curred at various points and at Qtieens town a quantity of rifles and amniunl- j tlon. including dumdum bullets and ' Martini, belonging to the disloyal j Dutch, have been seized. The latest advices from Stormberg In dicate that the Boers' ceptlovialiy strong. position Is ex. BOER WOMEN ARE UNEASY. Said to Have Little Faith In Official Reports of Casualties. British Camp at Frere, Natal. Head quarters General Hildyard, Dec. 7. Natives from the region of l-ailysmitn report that many women, dissatisfied with the official report of killed and wounded, have arrived at the Boer camp and Insisted on seeing their hus bands, sons . or other relatives This may account for the rumored dimen sions among the Boers. There warn tuavy Itnng at Lauyistium early this morning. A patrol of .Natal C arbineers wltn a provost marshal has Just captured four noted Dutch farmers named Orsthulsen, and found In their possession much loot and furniture. The patrol was fired on by six Boers, whose horses they rap tured and shot, but the Boers, disap pearing In a donga (ravine), were lost. The British troops in camp here are well, but the heat Is Intense. PULLER ON BOER LOSSES. London. (Special. The war office has received the following telegram from General Buller: "Pletermarltzburg. Tuesday, Dec. C It is very difficult to make any state ment In regard to the enemy's loss. For Instance, at Belmont eighty-one of their dead were accounted for. There Is ev ery reason to believe that the enemy's loss In the fight at Iadysmlth. Novem ber 9, was over 800 killed and wounded. Information from a trustworthy Boer source shows that at HUdyard's fight, November 23. the enemy lost thirty killed and 100 wounded. It Is Impossi ble to say how far these numbers are correct, but It Is evident the enemy does not admit a tenth of the losses suffered. Intercepted dispatches to Joubert from a commander show that even the official dispatches contain de cidedly Inaccurate Information In this respect. Negroes to Co to Hawaii. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 12. J. O. Leftwich, an Intelligent negro, and fed eral receiver for public moneys in Ala bama, left this week for Hawaii and Hamuli to Investigate the conditions (here with reference to the proposed emigration of southern negroes. He goes as the agent of his race and a larse sugar producing syndicate, which haa made sulwtantlal Investments at the Islands. The syndicate has exper imented with native labor, with Chi nese and Japanese, but without good results, and have decided that the southern tiegro will suit their purposes, Leftwich. enjoying as he does the re spect and confidence of his race, was elected as a proper person to Investi gate the proposed 'scheme. He states that the plan contemplates the remov al of many thousand of negroes to th Islands. TEN YEARS IN PRISON. Dallas, Tex., Dec. 12. The Jury In the John T. Carlisle murder case re turned a verdict of murder In the sec ond degree; punishment, ten years In the penitentiary. The one Juror who held out three days for acquittal on the ground of Insanity finally compro mised on the verdict as Indicated. John T. Carlisle, a native of Ran dolph county, Missouri, and a cousin of John 1. Carlisle of Kentucky, shot Prof. William Plpseomb of the Dallas High Hchool to death In the Central Christian church of Dallas on the night of July 10 last. New York Times: Posted In front of an uptown church Is an announcement of certain lectures soon to be delivered there. Beneath the lecturer's name and the subject he ls(to discus appear these slightly enigmatic and mildly amusing words: "Admission free; vol untary silver." Only a small amount of study Is needed to reveal the meaning of the queer line. Admission to the lecture Is free, but people who enter are expected to pay something after they get there, snd the something to be sat I if a 'tory, must be more than a cent or a ticket. THE SEATING OF QUAY LIKELY TO ESTABLISH A PRECE DENT FOR OTHERS. Three Other States Would Nat Unelected Senators Wash ington Cosslp. Washington. D. C, Dec. 12. Very little. If any, doubt Is entertained that the senate will seat Senator Quay on the certificate of appointment from Governor Stone of Pennsylvania. The committee on elections is expected to report favorably on his case. A can vass of the senate shows that thirty members now holding seats have pre viously voted in favor of seating ap plicants for admission on a certificate of appointment. Besides these there are sixteen other senators who are ex pected to vote to seat Senator Quay, making a total of forty-six, leaving forty in the negative. It Is said that the Corbet t case established no prece. dent because of features that should not enter Into consideration here. In that case the vote was 19 to 50 against seating Mr. Corbet t. If Mr. Quay is seated the case will doubtless be accepted as a precedent for seating gubernatorial appointees, although the senate might refuse ad mission to some one else because of some difference In the case. California Utah and Delaware lack representation of one senator In the United Stales senate because of the failure of their legislatures to elect, and in case Mr. Quay is seated thethe governors of these states will undoubtedly make ap polntments, provided action la taken before the legislatures of these states meet again. Whatever congress may gain by the expulsion of Brigham Roberts, it can not be denied that it will loRe a first rate orator and debater. Hl presen tation of his case In the house Tues day was an exceptionally able one, con sidering that he was limited In tlrri", that he was new to his surrounding!" and that he was practically one man boldly exposing himself to the wrath snd indignation of the whole people There was no sign of nervousners throughout the ordeal, which must have been trying In the extreme; no tremor or evidence of faltering. H argued his case n a ieH r, forceful way. confining hlnif-lf carefully to the par llamentary aspects of the same and only momentarily adverting to the per anna! side of the controversy. Ills most (striking effect was achieved when he read from the circular of the Antl-PlygamoUs league, addressed to persons who were asked to secure 2.000 signatures to the petitions, praying tor tils expulsion from congress. He firat railed attention lo the 7.0o.0u0 name secured by hlt opponents, to which he would reply only by reading from the printed circular of the league. When he read that part In which the recipi ent Is directed to circulate the petition is directed to circulate the petition es pecially among "the young people." and the instructions are: "No matter whether they have signed other Rob erts petitions." his voice resounded with powerful Intonation through the crowd ed hall and produced an Instantaneous uproar of applauxe on the floor and among the lookers-on, the clapping ex tending to the press gallery, where ev ery correspondent was In his seat. The Impression made by Roberts may be summed up In saying that his de meanor was faultless, his bearing ear nest, his remarks cautious and politic, but on the whole betraying the charac ter of a man who possesses no great amount of sentiment and In whom great will power dominates every fiber and subdues every nervous weakness, physical and mental. Withal he has a strong physique, a determined fare, rendered striking by a large Jaw, and a splendid voice, capable of every modu lation and completely under the control of a well-balanced oratorical faculty. Mr. Brolslus of Pennsylvania, chair man of the civil service committee of the house and the leading champion of civil service In congress, has Introduced a bill providing for the retirement of government employes in the classified civil service. It Is practically a bill for slvil pensions, but the money to carry out Its purpose Is to be furnished by the beneficiaries themselves. In brief It provides for a deduction of 2 pet cent from the monthly salary of each employe in the classified service of the government. This is to begin with July 1, 1900. The fund Is to be held In truBt by the secretary of the treasury and Ib to be expended for the retire ment of employes In the civil service and certain expenses In connection therewith. First Every perwm In the classified civil service who shall have been em ployed In the civil service for a period of twenty years and who shall have be come physically or mentally disabled for the performance of his or her or dinary official duty may be retired on his or her application, or may be com pulsorily retired, and when retired shall be entitled to receive from the said fund the retired payment hereinbefore provided; lTovided. That the said jier lod of twenty years shall be computed from the original employment of such persons In the civil service of the gov ernment, whether an a classified or un classified employe, and may Include service In one or more departments of the government, and periods of service at different times, with an Interval during which such person was not In the service, may be computed together so as to constitute a total service of twenty years: And provided further. That In cases of mental disability and application for retirement may be made by the next friend or guardian of any person who shall be declared non com pos mentis. Second Every person In the classi fied civil service who shall attain the age of CO years and shall have been employed In the civil service for a per iod of thirty years may be retired upon his or her application, and when retir ed shall be entitled to receive there, from the said fund the retired payment hereinbefore provided. That the said period of thirty years shall be com puted in the same manner as herein provided for computing the period of twenty years in the preceding para graph. The unexpended balance of the mon ty In hand Is to be Invested in Interest bearing bonds. The bill proceeds as follows: "The third condition provides for the compulsory retirement of employes 76 years of sge and having served thirty five years. Application for voluntary retirement must be made to the civil service commission and special protec tion for the government la provided gainst any responsibilities. "That any employe of the classified civil service who shall be discharged from his or her position or who shall die before becoming eligible for re tirement under the provisions of this set shall have refunded to him or her or shall have paid to his or her estate the amount of pay withheld during his er her term of office, and If aay pef son shall be removed from oOoe aVuv becoming eilgible for re Mrs men t an4 before being retired under the previs ions of this act, the right of sueh re tirement shall not be affected by each removal. . "That on and after July 4, 104, the employes In the classified civil service of the government shall be retired from duty as hereinafter provided, snd w hen so retired shall be entitled to re ceive from the said civil service retire ment fund. In monthly payments, on annual retired payment equal to 75 per centum of the highest pay received at any time while In the civil service of the government." TAYLOR WINS OUT. Declared Elected Governor of Ken tucky OverOoebel. Frankfort", Ky., Dec. 12. At 9:45 Sat urday momtg the election certificate of W. S. Taylor was signed by the elec tion commissioners, and he was declar ed to be governor-elect of Kentucky. The official figures filed with the sec retory of state are: Taylor, 193,714. Goebel, 191.331. Taylor's plurality, 2.33. The operation which ended for the time being at least, the bitterly fought gubernatorial contest was conducted In the simplest manner. The majority opinion of Commissioners Pryor and Ellis and the minority opinion of Com missioner Poyntz. w hich were publish ed, were not read, as was the original Intention. The th,ree commissioners walked first to the office of the clerk of the supreme court, where they filed two opinions. Then then passed Into the office of the secretary of state. Clerk Chenault of the board of com missioners read the figures showing that the republican candidates for office on the state ticket had received the largest number of votes and then cer tificates of election were signed at once, that of Mr. Taylor being first on the list. All three commissioners were appar ently In good humor. The certificates, as soon as signed, were filed with the secretary of state and commission!- were Issued to the elected men at once by Governor Br ad ley. Commissioner rails dlst-UHses the de cision freely. "Speaking for myself," said Mr. El lis, "I say frankly that I did not like to do this thing, but under the law and the evidence there Is nothing else 1 can do and be an honest man." "Why, I am an original Goeb.-i man. I was a Goeljel man long before he received the nomination, and I am a Got'hel man now and a GoeVai partisan. It would give me greater pleasure than I can express to be able to declare for the democrats In this thing, but I can't do It. Tile proceedings before the board were so overwhelmingly in favor of the republicans, and they had so much the best of the argument that it Is almost Idle to discuss the affair." Mr. Goebel was apparently In the best o humor after being told that Mr. Tay lor's certificate had been signed. He laughed and shook his head w hen asked If he had anything to say. "Not a thing; I am not talking. "When will you make a contest?" "I have not decided yet. and I, of course, cannot discuss It when I do not know It myself." HOW 6A6ES PLAN WORKS. Government Bonds Co Up Under Reports of Scarcity New York, Ih-e, 12. United States government bonds touched last week the highest price of the year. Satur day's quotations were from one-eighth per cent higher for the 3 per cent bonds to 1 3-4 per cent higher for the- 1 per cent bonds of 19M, than a week ago. It became known today that sev eral of the large Insurance companies, seeking to do business In Cuba, had made heavy purchaws of the bonds In the lajt week or ten days. Kach company's deposit represents holdings of 1100,000 each In the various Issues, and this with demands from other quarters, has had an Important Influ ence in raising the price for securities above the rates named in the treasury circular. One of the most important bond houses pointed out today that the government Issues were always In de mand at this season because they were exempt from taxation and persons by buying the bonds could easily effect a transfer of their funds so as to escape the ordinary charges. Since the gov ernment's purchase had lessened by 118,000,000 the supply of such securi ties, the price naturally advanced as the demand Increased. TALK ABOUT WOMEN. Mrs Louisa J. Cube! of Iiwell f- im n lllKflre tt the ru.uce t,r,ab.M f um oenslon claims and riian:iifet a tarm and conducts an express business. I he queen or Portugal, w ho Is said to have taken up medicine as a fad. tecarne so Inrerenteri (n If tliur ah completed the course and took the de cree oi i. 1.1. rnc is now tne enter ohvslcinn of her iiustmnd herself unit her children. Wllhelmlna, of the Netherlands, be sides being a queen In her own right. til one of the moat IvenllViv r.rlni Km- of Kurope. When her father, the late iing wiiiiam iu, a tea ne ten ner a larae mivare forftine w-tilch HnHmr her minority, has been steadily accu mulating. Mme. Allferlu rie Itcvna.nurrl,. MI,t ow of President Barrios of the Guate malan government. Is about to go on tne stage as an actress. She must now earn her own living, as the $10,000,000 estate left hv her hllahunH nrfla ...1-.. by creditors when the president was assassinaiea in a revolutionary riot. Miss Bertha V. ( llurUn k the first woman school commissioner ever elected In Westchester county, N. I., maaes a statement of her elec tion expenditures amounting in n ti i. which she states that $10 H wsa 'ex pended ror cigars and 134 for campaign buttons. Mis k'.va Marahull Hknnl. of the American Young People's Chris- nan temperance union, Is known as the Jesnne d'Arc of th innunnu movement, one is possessed of an In tense personality and endowed with or aiuiicm sunny ami nss succeeded la arousing a great deal of enthusiasm among her young followers. Miss Lillian Tracey of Troy, an em ploye In a collar factory, finding when her trial for slander wae called that her lawyer was too ill to appear and that she could neither get another nor secure a postponement, decided to try her own esse. She did so successfully, cross-eiamlnlng the witnesses for the prosecution so clearly that she was ac quitted promptly, Mrs. W. K. Clifford, the English nov elist, writes a greet deal of her work at night, but once confessed to Prof. Huxley that she very foolishly gets scared when every one haa gone to bed. "I always hear burglars moving about," she said. "Bo do I," said the great man, Instantly. "When I am at work nights I can see them watohlng me through the crack of the door." I EST