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Vol2 No 28 OWENSBORO KENTUCKY Ili

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II LEGISLATUREi

i Adjouns After Passing One

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1 Hundred aid Thirty

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II Redlslrlctlho Bill Failed to Del

o Throuoh EitherHouse

Harmonu Prevailed Throughout

and all Return Home

JubilantI

Fiunltfort Iy March 211 Tlio Liglsiitturo which lets jiut

idjiHirnail lad ititiotliuecl Intoboth the Houses seven luirdrcdthirty bill Off tills number 478

wiMo introduced In the Houseund 252 Illthu Serrate Onlyoho hundred nod thirty of them

i ynce led In passiiiK both branchesiind saw await the signatureof tho Governor to become haws

The most important nve thom Revenue bill increasing the tax

jrlLto tlio Capitol appropriationclause way stricken out so Frank-fort will have no new capitol foru while The bills of appropriabuns amount to about 500000gins of this amount the Normal

t School gets 15000The Registration bill requiem

ing certlllcatea of registrationAmong the rejected Ones are theredistricting bill the school bill

tSt Louis Worlds Pair appropriation

The Republicans are to bo congratulated upon their sluewdt t IIp04l4ll1 preventing the Democrats

t r J4fiJtfi fb1i r frtctngjif altiii r though they went to sleepl and

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t 1j Several ulogizing speechesJ were made at the closing and the

I best of feelings prevails amongt

hoth Republicans BId DemocratsI

Tho lecture of Dr Lucas at thechurchrkr was enjoyed very much by hishearers He told them of many

I> 1 incidents that were conn ec te d

4 r with the Negro cliristain conthut convenes in Atlanta GaAug Ottt He spoke timely and-

s the point advising tho negroto comu together organize lessloilgus and more business cooporations and put out buys und

i girlato oLkIThe Dr proved himself someI what of H reciter as well its u

lecturer by reciting some solecI

bugs from Paul Lawrence Dunhits famous negro dialect

SORGHO NOTES

Little Flock is yet alive Rov

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Ervan proatmod Sundayt Sunday night

ret1tMrs Rachel MoFurland funeralwas attondid last Wwlnosday by

i t Rev S A IKrvan aha loaves ahusband I II8 uliiltlron anti aIhost of friends to mourn hot lost

irRev Pan Crump will prowoli

at Little 1Flock thin IHh Sundayin March

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llrother Pry is reported no hott tor

Mrs Sarah WllliiiKluuu Itt uhluto ht out AKittn

IreturnedInfuu Iu long visit

uv nMOI1I UAINGS

IIHi v MI144Pt or Qtve11f-aa hHwprmwhml inn ua ultilay IHUI

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Sunday night ho preachoJ twovery Interesting smiiioiiS-

HMlssbllolaSpoldonI taken j laic

lust weekMrs HiiMiin Hunter ofCiilhottn

wits in thu city a row laysMrs iJatthit Twry of Louis

hnig Is visiting her piiruiits Mrand Mrs Top Uovvti-

nMcsstrs Tnines Cox Goorgo

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MrH Liuly Johnson who IMS

beet sick is hiproving slowlyMiss Emma 1po Is in Owens

burn Stindiiy where she uxpoctsto 1411011 Itho tSuiiitnur-

Mr Jon Moot man loolccd quiteploiishig Siindnv nightl us hu tilled huld wtat d

Miss Laura Swain returnedfrom Subruo city 1clnyII

The Moormanswere in with more tobacco Tuesday

Dust forget the concert to begiven the second Sat night inApril at MIl idtnIH chu1chiI

Mr Luther Johnson of PleasantRidge is in the city

BROWN

Cheated Out of Ills KIcotlon by theIElection OlllcersI

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Wants u Connt Whloh k Mnyt Cause

Another Election I

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Indianapolis Ind UharlesWBrown of this city who made

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thoIGeneralby

now claims a fraud was commitWupon hi ndwUlt see re

druM He claims that the Republicans in order to deceive anumoor of the Negro voters theyinduced Chtlmer Brown to make I

the race and in so doing CharlesBrown claims that a number ofvotes intended for hun was counted for Chalmer Brown sad thathe will be able to prove thesame und now seeks the courtto have a fair deal

If lie should nut succeed i ngetting them counted it maycause another election next fallBrown is one of the leadingNegroes of the city-

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Mr Jai Hayden loft for Owe nsboro Saturday on business

Mr JJB Johnson is on thesick list this week

Mr Peter Folks was the guestof Miss Noardus Sunday

Mr Geo Grundy loft for Grlsurn Landing Saturday-

J E Johnson wont to SorghoSunday

Rev Fin duUurtJd a wonderful sermon Sunday

Miss Maggio Willit of Homierson Iis visiting MM Joo Logan

Littlo Robert Dtiosou tho sonof Mr Iand Mrs Duns Ouosou tell j

from a wagon Friday aril wasseriously hurt jI

Miss F Duosou who has boonsick for several waoks Is up again

MU l Sarah Clruiuly Iin visitiuMiss IL H Johnson this >seuk-

Mr Jaunts HoKttou h Hottingalong nlcu y with hisI now house

Tho whou in this country Iislooking vory butti

WNtslilUiHII tu UPIHOUt thou COUUt hi llll lltOVStoff thus Ilaptu UieruhtuhiitlliNsiul i

h0 tIIbii4 paltias

EXCITEMENT

Prevails And Negroes Are

Shot And Chased In

The Riverr II

ITwo Negroes Killed and Others

Wounded in PaducahIKentucKUI

Governor tote Asked to Offer a1

Reward For the Mur ¬

derers

Paducah Ky Marl21NewsbngIFulton county It is claimedthat Morgan Bull a whito manmade Elijah Dnke colored walkinto the Mississippi River then

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shut him dcudiThe body washel1 ashore andBall compelled another Negro todrag the body out into midstreamAnother Negro was killed andseveral white men me chargedwith the crime but no namesare given Henry Smith colcV

was beaten with clubs antiIIcd Ho will die Another

was shot twice and iis dye

lugThe trouble is said to be the

result of rhickeirstealing by onoof the Negroes Madrid Bend

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nny town importunceiis much lawlessness there whereshe of the blood 1st ferids evwftook place iin Kentucky w afought before the Civil whir v

Governor will lw asked toIrhe reward fur the murderers

AN ELEGANT SERMON

13y RetG M Fisher u n TheSubjectof Will Power

The Will IU that power which acts toaccomplish un object U ulunlfksiil destre It Is said tur iVoolloii hU will wu +

not at nil to unino m thtx time thil Iishe hats not ilvolditl hecutiii I hft tierfor which h was to jjo to HU onip Uh u

certain object hurl n iiyn come JIn thisuenoo the will of Gun U spoken of whoworketh nil things uwordlnj lo Ithecouncil of hU own will Intentions orpurposes may exist before tho tiint ofaction arrives Whuu the time arrivesan action put forth by tho mtiul ovlloJvolition To proiluuu the ilvMlnnl affectthe purixmro of humitii beings may be

fickle anti undergo u uhiinu befoic tilttime for action citiu lint tha IntentionofGotln iurpiw lmnu th not anti when

the arrival of the p0Kwl uffwt U

duo then aotlon tukss phtut

In Mathov 8i thu will of Cod U

exprtMMMi according to the dv lrt and1

faith of the man who was unjl an withIpr y this vs way umull the will ofhU pleasure fins UI fully dt inon trat >

t d where penuiim txpresr their will tohim by action fiMin a ptu pus e of htartIf the Irann who U uuolmn doe notput forth An effoil of tint win It U notIn1iarI

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where the will at the piiiHMltU u to the will of 011hlL In thisvase the divinity of Ow U avkiinwlrdtral In these woolsI 11f thou wilt thoucutest this ability tnuut wa < peivelvrdby the taper a Inlnu nb> ilut with incouldEonly> l

116116 his IIhe lrt to buI alaunstrl

ThU U the will of coon suudt U uvversets1 until the por oi involvol UI sttti-

ndsslvv ami uhthinllIn purIks l formtltit 1101 not hltllmu 4 matter of Uugll

sl hirutiuu until the1 will off Nail U In

utvonl with thu williof MI Thusi U 1U

thw tluio off ub41inuu thu mil tho ut >

oil 1Iuu of lhtKh lu mict uuul aui thus uuui

dillon off until Thero lUI iII oh pn muhi foniul la tho now

Tv uiiitiiUi iimny ylvw ui ttl leudloiIrUquuhUo bcvw l h 4t IhKti lyJl 111

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mercy fownwls his without an act of perm

Mann obcdlciico on our portIJut a close constd rntlon of this

thought will comtem the idea though U

rends In Homntis i 10 lour ItwhenJJwo were enemies we wore le

to God by the death of hU sun muchwore being reconciled wo stimuli he shyed br Ills life Here the net frown Godseems to have taken plane withoutobedieiico on our part the when weconsider that Christ In human fleshstood fir us we sea obcdlcnco In him totJSo farther bdforetho act of huts willuiok place this Is the will of command

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ricolvb the blessing of God we must beobedient This Involves necessly ofaction on part of man which becomesnjlutj not to God only but to euch otherleyo thy neighbor ns thyself do untoothers ns you w iild have others do un ¬

to you If we do this there IU n result ofgood to follow The former propositionshows that God acts with good t csultstoward man when obedience Is regard ¬ I

ed Time inter proposition shows u t

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Ipeuxoof dlxpowsuslug his brother of u iIIgreat rexvartl God lt unchangable thottregard that way willed to us from thefoundation of toe world for our obedlii

IAce in Christ stands in connection

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worshipi

and him only almlt thou serve There ili no Ipower or inducement that Is able

purIIpOlOI

tsiustiable power of will In the OthII

chapter of Imam the power of God willseem to be absolute and unconditionalund working to one glorious tndII

Excluding the power and relation ofthe flesh from being u participant InII t

the seed of promise Itoui 9Uor ti11

thins IIB the word of promiseI at time willII

Icome mind Sarah shall hays a sonjj

Ia tbithe will of the purpose Is t

Vly mona tb the direction of jIIvlnrderIII

u accomplish the promise which tookplace at n time when Sarah was old andbeyond the darn of natures Ip le a RU reiand the demlWss of her womb was 1be ¬

yond hope Guru I1811 Now Abrubnm i

uud Saruli were old and well strikeu inage and kctuswl to be with Similt utterthe miinnerof women There the pow ¬

erI of the will of purpowdisplayet thedivine eo et gad udonta time royal > ecdout of wuioii UhrUt was burn iI

CORN IN LUNGS

Slowlu Causing The Death

oraciitilP-

arkorsburg W Va Mar 21

SlowlyI gasping In r lift away ather homo in Vilininton 12 moil I

es nor th of this city lies HumHHon lRut hut infant dtuihti rof Cud Un I W E Rue of the1I

xU aiiuv lnrtaxhalht + causo oftf I

this sud state of affairs Iis probuly tliQ iuio peculiar in tho uiHli

cal annals of WIHM County Sev ¬

eral monihs ago tho child seem

nmlmrnntIllkeputI

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her mouth maid one in lieu noITho kernel plavd in time nosoiI

wits drawn into out of thin 11111Ii

where 1a th wtmu fistttiol Lulortho child uitNght cold the cultlItlmloptll11l1tn pnoiimouia titgntln of corn Uogiiii gry VIIIK l

tho KP wth cannot ho LilllII

limit guild U tK young to Ii

an oporatloij stud is slowlyI 1 lnII

The Commercial RIII

ThoI r rUvlllw ConmiiMvlnlI theolul 1

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Him i finiturti mt rlnr to anyI titheltulIiUh mhllly-

Puihy Ir ycar till11tl

1 I ii Sunuhay 1190

Weekly lSaiugtio 0plus ltvri luj HUll1

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TACTICS

May Bee Used to Secure a Bill W

To Give Cuba Some

Relief

MAJames Garfield Is Slated for theelCivilmissioner

Protection Bill Given a Whirl buIttMembers Of The

Senate

Washington Murah 2tTlwHouse lenders expect to pass theCuban reciprocity bill some time ed

ofnext wuek Thei programme iisedto pass the bill brought in as a

privileged measura and placedon its 1passage If amendments

edice offered affecting time tariff intho shape of tho Babcock onCI

Hendersoniout of order ApSI1

peons from the decision stay ormay not be entertained by him I

If the leaders ate satisfied tileII Iis

Republicans will sustain his 11111

lings and the appeals will beput If not the Speaker will egeclineI

House which of course will endthe matterI There are several 1

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precedents of his action in de j

cling so entertain an appealI

when a motionis declared out IfaI

order similar action having beetaken by Speakers Crisp andcl 1

Reed But the leaders hope tavoid such a show of arbitraryforce by persuading the beetsignr men that as they ltlWe totake their medicine they mightas well do so with a smiling facand it will bo better for themthe end illlI

It is positively known thntJJ

Harry A Gnrlield would notmucbClrot the office of Civil ServiceCimunissioner It iis time reporttthat tit President contemplates

liIGuetiiIdresidentISenatolewe with the President todayregarding the offer of this pushtion to Mr Garlield but it waynot deiinittily learned whether anoffer had bent made or would benuidu

During the entire seKsInn offthe Senate today unto bill providhiir for tho protection off thecPresident of thin Unit d StateshISpoonort t of Wisconsin contend

Iail that tho Government hudt anI

absolute and inlioront right 10II

protect IIt s elf against assaultmade uithor upon it or upon anyof its oftleials Ho maintained n

thut on assault on tho Presidentwas in tho very nature of thingsan assault upon tho Govuriununt I

fur thieve never was u tine whonII

tho Prusidunt was not in them ox

too of time duties of his oftkoIlls argument was largely logal

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tho Uouso at u caucus hold tonight unanimously adopted rosolotions declaring that Congressshould express tho sympathy offthe Anuirkan p oplt + for tlstruggling liar republics nUI-

IIpledging tlUMiisolvo to usoI mho IrIutmost ondfcuvor htintt01cA II tl

1usulutI1trexpressive of such tiylupmtthytIfonlyI thut OoniiriMs alight hMOan opportunity to stet

1MA1ISINYlla I

11h1i4 J 0 W UvgUjuiui rya 1 1

pointed 1Mr George 1E Wood ofMadlsonvlllu Ky Notary Publicfor tho third term might yearsago ho was appointed by Ex Gov

O Dradley ho Is the o n 1 ycolored man holding an office orthis kind in Hopkins county

Grout preparations are beingmade for Easter service at the A

E Zion church in this citycommittee tins been appoint ¬

to decorate the church

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NOT DEADIThe Belief of The Negroes of i J

Winchester Vals Firimi tgTiftor Va were very much exercisover the alleged burial alive

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Joseph Powell an aged color ¬

man who was buried here cjrecently and at the funeral of another colored rasa who was burr

a few days later they wantr iiII

to have the body ofexhumed in order to 4

ves of the fact that PowellIIi A

dead The remainshowever disturbed P t

likely that an investigation 1klwill take place Several hundred 14

people gathered around the LI

A number of thers declare they heard the

kick against tbe coffin mQUlnIIcatty groan as the Ilowered in the graveThey insisted the man was alive

It is clammed that they want ¬thensad open it which ho rem vureaowas due to peculiar circumstan ¬ r Y

ces He believed that he wasii Uconjured and procuring a quan 1

tity of whiskey he soaked it in a tr

theneistvullutted < tteract the hoodoo In severalhours he was sags He was VeUtoknown in the vicinity us he has

een u idler for u number ofyears Ledger

MUST DIE

The Penitentiary So SaysPresident Roosevelta

Columbus Ohio Mar lTaoMartin Iu twenty five yeur pen 1

itentiary prisoner tan tho IndTerritory has received ethical no t

tico from thu Department of Jus ¬

tice in Washington that his uppliunion for pardon hay been rof us Ved This iis the first rousal rum

culllllLt tho penitentiary based loi the grounds recently announe Iid1 by President Roosvolt thatf liibud health is not a ground for < 1

un application for clemency k°Martin hus been confinedf t t in <laeokthemogul consumption and it is bo

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liovod that now that all hopeoftt

a lpardon is gone he will rapidlysuccumb fo tho disease

MRS CLRKSi

Idea or Bait Cooking Increases

crimet

Versailles March 20Mrs Htr

chime 0 Clark of this city wuntN

tut i loud u campaign1 for this ellnunlxnrdinI lOIiUOnltiho tiYII is the

1eiiusthuapurt1il11uuo now uoforoIStho world

n 1 Itill ccwkinlsoldI MrliOItIa is irasponsihlo for most of this

Iohu It uiuul1 of the lHhlY-

IUiut is uouuuUtiHt1 in this country

Tho mlml and stonwuh innkoiN ilulNileull 111iilq

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