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It SIXTEEN iH YEAR EAKLINGTON HOPKINS COUNTY KY THURSDAY FEB 9 1905 No6

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COASTINGACCIDENT

Gay Party on Methodist Hill

Have Runaway With Double-

Header

MIGHT HAVE BEEN SERIOUS

Monday night while coastingon a double header down Metho ¬

dist hill the running gear of thefret sled got out of fix and thesled became unmanagable run ¬

ning into a fire plug with greatforce Miss Wordna Stokes oneof the party of coasters had thethe misfortune to bruise her footand ankle badly She was re-

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to the residence of DrA 0 Sisk where medical atten ¬

tion was given immediately Assoon as possible thereafter shewas carried home in a buggy andat present is getting along nicelythe swelling in the ankle beingconsiderably reduced

On the same night and aboutthe same time a sled containingsome boys ran into an obstruc ¬

tion overturned and broke oneof Fred Hoseas ribs

Ho was carried home by twomen and is still in a serious con-

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Willie Hosea who wason the same sled had his hqadbadly cut

KENTUCKY YOUNG MENS

Christian Association Will be Held In

Owcmboro Fcby 1619

For the third time in the hisfUry oftho Kentucky YoungMens Christian Associationsthere will bo held in connectionwith tlio Annu it Stzite o eventign Owensboro February lU-

lU a Conference for t beWomens Committees of theAssociation of the State TheConference will be held in theAssembly Hall of the Associa ¬

tion Building on Friday after¬

noon at 880 and will be presided over by Miss Sue B Scottof Lexington Papers will bepresented by Diss Ora V Leighof Paducah and Mrs Lee Rikerof Harrodsburp an informal dis ¬

cession following each topicThe Oweusboro Womens Com ¬

mittee will entertain the dele-gates

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while in the city and arate of one and ono third farohas been granted by all of therailroads of the State

There are splendid indicationsfor a strong representative Conference

NINE SETS OF TRIPLETS

President Roosevelt Will Meet Parents of

Unusual Family

Washington DO Fob4President Roosevelt will be in ¬

troduced next week to the fatherand mother of nine sets of triplots and it is expected he willpresent them with an autograph

photoGeorgeV Dunville the fa-

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is but fortythree yearold and his wife is thirtyeightThey live in Yankton S DThey expect to arrive hero on avisit next week and the Sena-tors

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and Representatives willtake them to the White HouseThe twentyseven children arenine sots of triplets twentyfourof whom are boys and three Urngirls The children mJilt not behero

Rjyal Carriers in Christian

Vnshingtou Feby iRurnlcarriers appointed Oasky route1 Henry Barber carrier JamesH Ware sub Croftou > ronte 1

Ben E Myer8 carrier Ernestliyertf sub

ENGINEER KILLED

By Boiler Explosion at Saw Mill Near

Madiionvilte

James Hendricks was killedand a saw mill wreaked by anexDlosidh of u boiler six milesfrom Madisonvillo at noon Sat-urday The boiler was used tofurnish steam for the mill andthe cause of the explosion is stilla

mysteryThewas owned by Onton

Bruckeh of Evansville It hadbeen running the greater part ofthe winter Friday morning themill ran as usual and Hendrickswho was the engineer and a mannamed Short remained at themill during the noon hour whilethe rest of the hands went totheir homes for dinner

Heudricks Was sitting near theengine when the explosion cameHis body was hurled through theair for several feet and when itstruck the ground was lifelessIt was badly managled Shortwas outside of the engine roomand escaped with slight injury

The boiler left its foundationand was thrown against the shedwhich covered the saw and car ¬

riage of tho mill The shed andmachinery wore beyond repair

The mill was valued at about4000 The workmen heard the

noise of the explosion and rushedto the place They managed tokeep the lumber from takingfire and prevented more seriousdamage

Hendricks was 20 years of agoand married Ho had lived inthis section nil of his life andwas a highly respected man

ENDS IN DEATH

Guilty CHMrofiLwM vNelLCouplkClosei

With Trajety

Louisville Beb 8Last nightGeo Augustus Stoipher aged19 and Miss Nellie Shaw aged20 registered at the FarmersCentral Hotel as Gus Tiefchorand wife This morning theywere found in their room thegirl dead with a bullet hole inher temple and Steipher dyingwith a hole in the back of hishead Ho was removed to ahospital but never regained con ¬

sciousness The ause of themurder and suicide which it isbelieved to be has not beenlearned

Off for the Land of Flowers

Bryan Hopper of this placeand his brother of Hopkinsvilleaccompanied by Press Ross ofMadieonville left Tuesday morn-ing for the sunny Southlandwhore they will hunt fish andspin long winded yarns aboutthe fish they have landed in thepast The party expect to begone about six weeks

tKilled at Guthrle

Edward Pendleton a car re ¬

pairer was almost instantlykilled at Guthrie Monday Hohad boarded the switch engineto ride up to the depot but insome manner slipped and fellwhile passing through the coalyard His head struck the frozenground and ho died from his in ¬

juries in a few minutes Pendle ¬

ton was atone time employed ntthis place as car repairer

Warmth in Paper

During this extremely coldyoathor it might be well for thepublic to know that a layer ofold newspaper between thecovers of the bed will producewarmth equal to an extra comfortor heavy quilt Paper beinga non conductor aids materiallyin keeping out the bId

There is said to bo narly 1000000too many women hi tw Hellish isles i

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UNION ORCANIZER IS

CHARGED WITH SHOOTING

Charles W Wells District Presidentof United Mine Workers

ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO MENDERSON

Henderson Glnor Feby hCharms W Wells district

president of the United MineWorkers of America located atCentral City was brought hereFriday morning by DeputySheriff H L Sutton of Wheatcroft Ky He is charged withshooting at Sam Lesher a cabdriver at the Union Station aWeek ago Sunday

Wells was admitted to bail inthe sum of 150 by City JudgeWalker His trial was set forFebruary 8

Wells came here with twoother officials of the minersunion a week ago Suudayandspent the day They loft theHotel Henderson in a hackdriven by Lesher and went tothe station to take a train southAt the station a quarrel aroseover the payment of the fareThe three union men and thecab driver was standing on thestone wall at the southern cudof the depot squabbling over thefaro when one of them at ¬

tempted to strike LesherThe cabby knocked him off the

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wall Another one of the unionworkers dro a pistol and level ¬

ed it at Lesher Before he couldfire it Leahor struck him on thepoint of the jaw The gun ex ¬

plo ed and the bullet clipped apiece out of the side of Lesherscap and raised a small knot on

the side of his headThe three men then jumped

aboard their train and escapedLesher was arrested but was dis ¬

missed The warrant on whichWells was arrested was swornout by Ticket Agent Rogers

KENTUCKY EXHIBIT ASSOCIATIONa

RetJrns Money and Material to StateDinner in Honor of President Ford

Louisville Ky Feby 5TheKentucky Exhibit Commissionadjourned finally yesterday after auditing its accounts show-ing

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that a surplus of 2800 Incash and 7888 in materials remaius to be turned back into theState Treasury A dinner wasgiven last night in honor ofPresident A Y Ford who waspresented a handsome silver ser-

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set by tho members of thecommission in recognition of hisservices

A resolution was adopted com-mending

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unreservedly the workof Robert E Hughes who actedas Secretary and Treasurer of thecommission

Improbable Rumor SaysGrand Rivers Sold to Railroad

Paducah Ky Feb 4Arep-ort

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is in circulation that theiron furnaces at Grand RiversKy have been purchased by theIllinois Central from the Hillman Land and Iron Companywhich is composed of St Louiscapitalists These furnaces werebuilt by Thomas W Lawson au ¬

thor of Frenzied Finance seweral years ago

A cork tree is fifty years old be ¬

fore it produces bark of a commer-cial

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value

Li Ike CHIEF M

End and aim in business is tomakemoney and the best way to make

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est dry goods or groceries in the city iI and if you do not let the public knowit they will stay on your shelves until t J

they spoil or the style changes t1

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w WIliving in an age when pubtlic ty is an absolute necessity and tthe uptodate man cannot run asuccessful business without advertis ¬ twing The old adage has been changedto read >

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Early to bed and early to rise tJHustle like thunder and advertise

a man healthy wealthy and wiseI 4

i Place ah ad in the Earlington Bee I4 and watch your business grow

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I6ttCOAL BUSINESS INCREASING

New Train May be put on to Handle theBlack Diamonds on Providence

Branch

The output of the coal mineson the Providence branch of theHenderson division has increasedto such an extent that it has be ¬

come necessary to add an extratrain to the service

Hardly a day or iiight passesthat an extra is not required topull out the coal One nightthis week three extra trips weremade to this place with coal Thebusiness is being further in ¬

creased by the new mines andthe railroad company is + nowseriously considering the matterof putting on another regulartrain on the branch It is notknown what the schedule will bewhen it is put on but the ideaseems to be that it will run onlybetween Providence and Earl ¬

ington and will make about threetrips daily between the twotowns It is also reported thata regular Sunday train is soonto be put on

iNARFrom Serious Firelnpmates Awoke

Just in the Nick of Time

Monday night Mrs Burr wifeof Earlingtons popular mayorwas aroused from slumber by thesmell of smoke and on arisingdiscovered the floor in a lightblaze in front of the grate in theroom She hastily procured abucket which was fortunatelynot frozen and soon extinguishedthe fire The coal on the gratehad fallen down and burned ahole through the carpet and floorand had not Mrs Burr been a

glixsleperapdwdiscoveredthefire when she did in ¬

ity the house would have beenconsumed

Frightened the Passengers

Tuesday as Conductor HarryBramwells train came in toEarlington from the North andwas passing the coal chute atNo 0 tipple the passengers re ¬

ceived quite a little scare Some-

one had left the iron apron downand in passing it struck the topof the coach lifting it severalinchse from the truck bearingsand tearing a hole in the roofWhen one end of tha coachraised up the passengers thoughtit was going to turn over and ageneral gush was made for therear door Before any of thepanic stricken passengers couldalight however the coach hadsettled back and the rippingtearing noise had ceased Theamount of damage done wassmall

In the Ice Kings Grip

Earlington Hopkins countyand the rest of the adjoiningcountry is now in time grip of theice king A steady drizzle fellSunday on the snow and frozehard and fast Sunday night andsince that time it has been dan-gerous

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and difficult to walk fasterthan a snails pace

Mrs Jno Rule Receives Injuries From aFall

Mrs Jno Rule of this cityhad the misfortune to fall on theicy steps while carrying a buck ¬

et of coal Saturday and injuringher back Dr Oliatten wascalled in She is progressingnicely at present and will likelyrecover in a few days

Jell McEuen Injured

Jeff McEueu son of 6 T Mc ¬

Euen of this city fell on the iceWednesday morning and wasrendered unconsious by the fnlLIHe was picked up and carried tohis home as soon as possiblewhere restoratives were admin ¬

istered At last accounts he wasprogressing nicely and seemedlittle worse from time ucoidetil

HUNT SITE

Practically Selected and Le iUm

ture May Adjourn Tomorrow

SESSION COSTSTATE ABOUT 30000

Frankfort Ky Feb 7TheHunt site is so close to win ¬

nine there is little use of furtherparley and the extra session ofthe Legislature may adjourn Fri¬dayYThis is the result of the Senatetoday by a vote of 24 to 4 adopt¬

ing the report of the Joint Con-ference

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Committee of the Gener ¬

al Assembly agreed that theOantrill amendment proposingthat the State purchase an ad ¬

ditional block of ground to thenortheast of the Hunt place siteat an expense of 20000 shouldbe so amended as to leave thisadditional purchase wholly ii>the discretion of the State Capi ¬

tol Commission and furnishingit options on the property toMarch 1 1006

If the Legislature adjourns tovmorro iv it will have been in ses ¬

sion thirty days so far as cost isconcerned for the members arepaid for Sundays arid the cost isl

estimated at hilly 1000 a dayTherefore this extra session hascost the State not l ssthnnOO000 in per diem and mileage

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Diamonds and Triangles

Mr and Mrs Frank D Rashentertained in their attractivenew home last Thursday eveningIt was an unusually enjoyableoccasion brightened by certainoriginal ideas of the technicalgentleman who occupies the tri ¬

pod in that household The professional instinct came to thesnrfacii iiithi artiislic adaptationof Sabbath newspaper humor toblueprint pictorial tally cardsupon which Were engrossed cer-tain original and very humorouslegends appropriate to the gameand the foibles of the playersIn form the cards were triangles <

for the men diamonds for theladies This might be reasonedas the sincerest flattery to thejewel wearers to symbolize thattry as hard as they might themen could never hope to capturea single jewel of credit at the la¬

dies own favorite pastime Themen took the cake allright whenit came to refreshments and con¬

soled themselves that there wasone place they could Mrs 0H McGary wore the champion ¬

ship ribbon for the ladies Dr0 B Johnson won all the gamesand took the gentlemans stream-er

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It was lunch

Millions of Catholics Under Americart

flag

The official directory of theCatholic church for 1905 givesthe Catholic population underthe American flag as 20658492Of these 12467793 are in Airierica and 7058099 in the Philippines

Capt F D RashMemberShelbyyilfeCourt Martial

Oapt Frank D Rash returnedTuesday from Sholbyvi lie wherehe wont to sit as member ofra

CaptBurton ¬

pany The charge is understoodto have been practically the sameas that recently made against anumber of officers of the Firstregiment at Louisville time fail¬

ure to make proper reports ofproperty records at the timesfixed by law The result of thetrial has not been announcedandOapt Rash is non committal con-cerning

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the whole matter

Hopkinsville ¬

vocate of the court The othermeinbersworq Lieut Col S SSecondregimelltMajorThiru rind Capt Frank D Rush

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