owingsville outlook. (owingsville, ky) 1908-09-24 [p...

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I dIfIJ s I R I i < I 1 c HURLED TO DEATH 4 f LIEUT SELFRIDGE KILLED BY i FALL OF AEROPLANE ORVILLE WRIGHT INJURED Jt 0 I 1 Caueaj > at Fort Myer In the Presence p of Thousands 4t Washington After having drawn J tho attention of the world tQ his aero ¬ I 4plane flights at Fort Myer and having established now worlds records for heavlerthanair flying machines Or 4 rllle Wright Thursday met with a pi tragical mishap while making a two man flight The acroplantsl was ac ¬ I 1companied by Lieut Thomas E Self d ridge of tho signal con1 of tb army a Lieut Selfrldgo was fatally Injured land died at 810 oclock at night Mr Wright was seriously Injured but is i 4 expected to recover I I While tho machine was encircling p the drill grounds a propeller blade otherf caused the machine to overturn In tho air and fall to tho ground enveloping the two occupants In the debris L Wright Not Dangerously Hurt 4 After a hurried surgical examination a tIt was announced that Mr Wright wus I t not dangerously Injured lIe is suf- I L fering from a fracture of his left riOrville Wright thigh and several ribs on the left sido deepp ro gained consciousness at the hospital e and dictated a cablegram to his p Jwibrother at Lo Mans France and re that the Utile message be sent to his sister and father at Day I ton O assuring them that be was all rlghtI Mr Wright Wednesday replaced the j I propellers which he had been using with another pair the blades of which are six Inches longer Th9y were used jf Jorthe flret time In Thursdays diana d tripU8 flight and many who have wit BeMied Mr VxlahtB flights at 4 i fertlieve the l i rpfopelle caused the accident An examination ia of the broken blade showed that It had been snapped off at a point one fourth of the distance from the hub N A de plndentatlonofthebrokenp- lecelndicatl ra d that it had struck t some other part of the aeroplane tii Fully 2000 persons including many il army officers and scientists were at r TortMUr and witnessed the tragedy I1 Selfrldge an Enthusiast NW Lieut Thomas E Selfrldge was one t of the most enthusiastic believers In aeronautics among the officers In the ownI succeeded in securing a detail with the aeronautical division of the liaalcorpsHewas born in San I t Francisco 26 yean agoandwas1p 1 pointed to the military academy at West Point from that state Httwas appointed a second lieutenant in the i artillery corps In 1903 and commie I1 atoned a first lieutenant four years later I 4j3 Military Funeral for Stlfridge I t Lieut Belfrldgea body was removed y from the hospital to an undertakers t5l iwhere It will remain until the arrival S of the young oncers father who 1 wired from San Francisco that he f5 Iwoald like to have btaaoa burled j4 > t either at Arlington or West Point t t i Cause Disaster Explained I P Speaking for Mr Wright Mr Taylor liter said II The accident was caused by an ex I I 1t itraordlnary ylbratSeaei one ot the t wires running from the main planes f to the upper steel fitting of the rudder IThis vibration was BO great that the 1 rir wire got lit range of the propeller and I > wax struck by the blade cutting a eep gash in the edge of the propeller 4 1 IkY Wfe about four inches from the end I This caused the blade to break The iether blade of the propeller flew l 1 are Hd and in tars struck the same iE r wire lIreaJdBzitTh1a made Mr t 1 ent C i Is the propeller and the breaking of the 5 wire caused him to lose control of the 9 IIr > 5 planes t t C 1 f h irnatlCilnalfhiei Caught C- 1 ParIsTho police have arrested an d- m 7alleged thief who W8 tUDdertho- t I f aae eta PeHsdorf of San Francisco e > According to the police Pellsdorf la l- IJ J 1 wanted In every capital la Europe 3 i He made a specialty of stealing bank 4 Hectors wallets c sI w I t PreeMentef Ecuador Recovers d 1 1 v Qrito EcudorPrealdeet Alfaro who has uttered lately from heart i A t tc > trorcfete has quite recovered and 1 f Tfearsday he assumed again the dIes UI UT p 1k hi- 1 t I Slave Tracing Trite iIIted t Pr1sDIepstekee tot1e govern NP itfret the governor general of the C jFreBch Congo state that a force of w 1H French troops under Capt Sal bel r l V traie In slaves and contraband arms f I Fire In Wisconsin Village 1t I Madison WIs Fire at Arena a lit < I Ue vIUKe about 30 miles went of Mad I bUlll t the lou will reach 136000 W t It 4 J J t 5 t 9 i2 L j e S j > 4 V J S > 4 Is V Jr tp4 I d I M t 1 a GOY HUGHES RENOMINATED NEW YORK EXECUTIVE NAMED ON FIRST BALLOT Democrats Select Chanler to Contest or Place Rest of the State Tickets Saratoga N Y Charles Evans Hughes was nominated Tuesday by the Republican state convention by an overwhelming majority and on the first ballot to succeed himself as gov ¬ ernor of the state of New York Ho received 827 out of a possible 1009 votes as against 151 for James W Wadsworth Jr of Livingston county speaker of the state assembly and 31 for former Congressman John K Stewart of Montgomery Tho nomination was math unanl ¬ mona upon motion of State Commit teenmn William Barnes Jr of Albany who has been perhaps the bitterest and most outspoken opponent of the governors renonilnatlnn The governors renomination fol ¬ lowed the utter failure of a desperate struggle on the part of a number ot the county lenders who for four days spared no effort to discover a candi- date upon whom they could unite to defeat him The rest of the ticket was made up In the good oldfash ¬ ion ell way UB an organization slate announced an hour or more before the session ol the convention began by Timothy L Woodruff chairman of the state committee after a conference of the local leaders Horace White of Onandaga was nominated for lieutenant governor Samuel S Koenig for secretary of state and Edward It OMalley for attorney generalRochester N YAs the culminat ¬ ing feature of the Democratic state convention which closed Wednesday there was a notable demonstration here Wednesday night in honor of the partys national standard bearer Wil ¬ liam Jennings Bryan who reached the city shortly before seven oclock and addressed a mass meeting In conven tion hall and overflow gatherings out ¬ sideMr Bryan expressed his gratitude for the nomination of Lieut Gov Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler as head of the state ticket and paid a personal tribute to him The ticket In full Is Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chan Icr of Dutchoss lieutenant governor John A Dlx of Washington secretary of btate John C Whnlen of Monroe attbrney general George M Palmer of Schoharie controller Martin H Glyun of Albany state engineer and surveyor Phillip P Farley ot Brook ¬ lyn treasurer Julius Hauser of Suf- folk BIG ST LOUIS FIRM ATTACKED Receiver Is Asked for the State Trust Company St Louis Minority stockholders Thursday afternoon filed a petition In the circuit court asking that a re elver be appointed for the State Trust Company a St Louis real estate firm Lcapltallied at 1000000 Fh1isi that 4ritay 20 V1907 the directoVa voted to Increase the capital of the concern from 500 000 to 1000000 representing that 750000 had already been paid In At another meeting It Is alleged the dl rectors voted to pay back to the stock bolders the 250000 that they paid Into the company to Increase Ita capi ¬ tal to 1000000 but the money has not yet been paid back It Is also stated that the principal assets of the company are 99500 in real estate This was subscribed by H A Vroo man president It is undeYstooft that the company has been planning the erection of a large business block in St Louis O P MOROSINI DIES SUpDENLY linker and Noted Philanthropist Passes Away In New York New York Giovanni P Moroslnl banker and noted philanthropist died suddenly Tuesday of heart failure at lila country place Riverdale in th upper section of the city Mr Moroslnl who was74 ear801d Is survived by a son and two daugh ¬ ters His wife died In 1893 Mrs Vic- toria Moroslnl Schilling his youngest daughter created a sensation a few years ago by eloping with the family coachman and the aged banker disin herited her Miss Glulla Moroslnl the other hterlil a noted horsewom an the son liar ried Mary Bond a Virginia belle Fire Tn an Insane Asylum Amltyvlllfe L tNot realizing their danger 90 Insane patients In the Long Island Home one of tho largest Insane asylums in the state fought against being removed from a section of the main blfldlngWedneadafwhen caught fire The flames spread so rapidly that a great portion of the big building was ablaze in a few minutes and the In ¬ mates were almost cut off from es cape Sixty keepers were compelled to use force to get the unfortunate men and women to safety and for soy¬ eral minutes there was a scene of the wildest excitement Fatal Explosion at Mars Island Vallejo CaLThe explosion of 250 gallons of gasoline on board a barge moored abreast of the submarine boats Grampus and Pike at the Mare I navy yard Friday afternoon resulted ii the death of Chief Machinist Teddy May and Injuries to Lieut J S Town- send Chief Gunners Mate W H Leahy and Chief Gunners Mate Mor rln Both submariue boats were Bad ¬ ly scorched The tender Fortune and the tug Unandilla were also Injured the latter catching fire The men were forced to jump overboard Henry B Qulnby Nominated Concord NlLTho political strife which for many months has split the Republican party In New Hampshire into three factions came to ah end late Thursday when Honey B Quinby of LaconlawaSDominated for governor by the State convention in session this city Two ballots were necessary for a choice and on the decisive one Qulnby had a margin ofonlynve votes On the first Quinby polled 372 votes when 395 wore necessary for nomination W Pillsbury of London ¬ derry was a strong second tF I Miss SummerGoodBy Now That Take Y ou Mine Have Had Your Recreation Ill I SHIP CRUSHED THREE DIE STEAMER COLON BATTERED BY FIERCE HURRICANE Panama Craft Plying Between New York and Isthmus Arrives In Port However ColonThe steamship Colon half masted and showing other evidences of distress came limping Into port Friday Sho had been badly battered oy the hurricane encountered Sunday Three members of her crew lost their lives while engaged In the hold in repairing a water tank The Colon belongs to the Panama Railroad Company She left New York September lOand was due to ar rived here Thursday She encountered the hurricane at a point 40 miles north of Watltng island The wind blew 100 miles an hour and tremendous seas were soon sweeping over tho vessel The staterooms and the dining saloon were flooded one of her smoke stacks was carried away three boats were washed overboard and tho wire ¬ less telegraph apparatus was disman ¬ tied Orders were given that no pas ¬ sengers be allowed on deck and the travelers bad to spend Sunday and Sunday night in the dining saloon The water got to the mail bags and the registered and ordinary mall was badly damaged Sunday night passed with the ship laboring through the storm and the passengers huddled be low In a state of panic Early Monday it was discovered that salt water was making Its way forward Into the fresh water tanks Fearing that the fresh water would give out the second assistant engi ¬ neer William Llley and the ships carpenter JOlsonWere sent down into the hold Monday fternoontQ change tbe1nnk connections rhh tw 21 I lo G hour without giving any signs of re- turning Anxious for their safety R Darthl a water tender and A Sands a junior engineer volunteered to go below and learn what had happened when the disaster occurred PEST GRIPS ST PETERSBURG Asiatic Choleras Ravages In the Cap- Ital of Russia St Petersburg Three hundred and five cases and 115 deaths from the Asiatic cholera were reported for the 24 hours ending at noon Thursday The municipal administrations are under fire from all sides for their criminal Inefficiency In handling the epidemic and for their failure to make adequate preparation for hospital am ¬ bulance and sanitary services Al ¬ though they had ample warning of the coming of the disease no effective steps were taken to stamp out the precauI neglected A recurrence of the out break In the spring In even greater proportions Is considered Inevitable Six Killed In Explosion Sedalla MoSix persons were killed and 30 injured four of whom are not expected to live as the result of an explosion of a car of black powder at Windsor near here at 1015 oclock Tuesday morning The explosion was caused by John Wesley a negro who threw a lighted match Into a pile of powder which had splled from a broken keg of the ex plosive Fop his prank Wesley paid the with Ms life his body be lag horribly mutilated tRain Checks Forest Fires Duluth MlnnA heavy rain felPat Grand Maralft extending westward from there 15 or 20 miles While not extinguished the forest fires were held In chock as a result of the storm and Grand Marais Chicago nay and other north shore settlements that have thus far escaped tho flames are considered safe Tries to Cremate Herself Mobile AlaMrs Margaret Brad ¬ ford a widow suffering from mental derangement Friday morning saturat ed her bed with oil set lire to It and burnedI recov ery impossible Joliet Woman Killed by Auto I Joliet mClty Treasurer Martin B Schuster while automoblllng Fri ¬ day ran over und killed Mrs John Lye TIll woman became confused and stepped In front of the machine Gas Found Near Shawneetown Shawneetown 111 Natural gas was discovered three miles north of this city Thursday Drillers made the dls covery while drilling a well at Fields schoolhouse There Is n constant now of gas from the well IGalvCl10n Streets Flooded Galveston TexA six and onehalf Inch rainfall inside of ton lie sea caused the streets in the business section of its city to be flooded Thursday after ¬ Goon The wind reached a velocity of 62 miles an hour 4 CONGRESSMAN LANING FREE Ohioan Acquitted of Charge of Mis ¬ applying Funds Fremont O The jury In the Laning case returned a verdict ot not guilty late Thursday afternoon after considering the case less than an hour all told Following the return of the verdict there were congratula ¬ tions on all sides between attorneys jurors judge the defendant and oth- ers ¬ Interested Mr LanIng Is inlerested In many business enterprises In Norwalk his home lie was a director of the Ohio Trust Company through which his va ¬ rious financial matters were negotlat ¬ ed and president of the Luning Print- Ing Company the plant of which was recently burned This company did much of tile state printing Together with J C Gibbs man ager of the Ohio Trust Company the congressman was indicted on the charge of misapplying funds of the latter company and embezzling stock of the Norwalk Savings Bank Com ¬ pany They also were accused of loan- ing ¬ funds to fictitious real estate com ¬ panies owned in part by officers of the bank it was alleged and used as a blind to cover personal loans HARD BLOW AT FORAKER Hearst Makes Sensational Statements About Him and Standard Oil Columbus O Thomas Hlsgen candidate of the Independence party for president and William R Hearst addressed a meeting in Memorial hall Thursday night under the auspices of the local organization of the party Mr Hearst read letters byJohn QrakerotOhio h iubBKas siha MeiKKiiilrig two in closures of checks one for 15000 and another for 1450ri Cincinnati That ho had been an attorney for the Standard Oil Corn pany several years ago terminat ¬ ing such service before the federal prosecution of that concern but such employment had nothing to do with matters pending in congress or in which the federal government was In ¬ terested is the substance of a brief statement made Friday by Senator Foraker In answer to charges made by William R Hearst In Columbus Thursday night NURSE CARELESS THREE DEAD Serious Case of Poisoning in San Diego County Hospital San Diego Cal Three deaths have already resulted from the carelessness atthe expected and four other persons are seriously ill The dead are J Young ShuetteAll ¬ noon and evidence of poison was so great that an Investigation was start ¬ ed ending finally in a confession by Miss Arthur that she had neglected to throw out some water in which there was a quantity of atropine and that her patients had got hold of it for their medicine Miss Arthur Is In a state of collapse but is kept under surveillance Tabriz May Be Bombarded strugglebetween ists for the control of Tabriz is Immi ¬ nent Alri Ed Dowleh of the shahs forces has sent an ultimatum to Satar Khan to lay down his arms and sur- render ¬ the city in jS hours threaten- ing ¬ otherwise that he would bombard the capital Satar Khan flatly refused to comply Foreigners here are In great danger The Nationalists think ¬ ing that their presence will interfere with the bombardment refuse to per- mit them to leave the city Slayer Acquitted as Insane Trinidad CoL Charles W Moore who killed David Cohen son of Rabbi Cohen of Detroit August 11 In this city by blowing his head off wfth a shotgun was acquitted Thursday of the charge of murder His defense was Insanity Death for Negro Murderer Springfield 111 Thursday evening the jury In the Joseph James case ret- urned a verdict of guilty and fixed the penalty at death James took the verdict unconcernedly Lieut Col Newbold Dies Washington Lieut Col Charles Newbold U S A retired died in California Wednesday while en route to Colorado Springs according to ad vices received here Col Newbold was orn In Philadelphia Conditions In Japan Are Bad Victoria B CA J Souza who arr- Ived by the Akl Mare says financial conditions in Japan are bad and be Wlnlto contracts H S l y REAPED BY THE ASIATIC P3T ARE HUNDREDS OF VICTIMS DAILY IN THE CAPITAL And It Has Spread to Other Russiar CitiesSchools of St Peters ¬ burg Serve As Hospitals St Petersburg Sept 21St Peters- burg is in the grasp of the Asiatic cholera which already has exceede In severity and number the visltatloi of 1903 The dii aso is Increaslnj dally at an alarming rate and unles the authorities show In the future i much greater degree of ability to copt with the situation than they have in the past there is every reason to tea that it will get out of their hands The government has threatened to apply the provisions of martial law and this threat has driven the municipal offi clals to bond all their energies to the campaign of clearing the city of the scourgeThe aldermanic council Sunday voted a preliminary sum amounting to 1250000 to enlarge the hospital space to purchase and distribute disinfec ¬ tants the supply of which in St Pet- ersburg is well nigh exhausted and to expedite the Interment of bodies which has been notoriously slow The dead houses are overcrowded and many corpses He unburied- A beginning was made Sunday when public schools were transformed Into hospital wards A number of the gram ¬ mar schools were closed and 4000of the students sent to their homes The situation which has always been serious since the very first case was reported assumes a graver aspect from tho appearance Sunday of a very virulent type of the disease In two cases of which death followed within 1C minutes of the first symptoms- As announced by the official bulle- tins the cases numbered 349 and tim deaths 128 luring the 24 hours be ¬ tween Friday noon and Saturday noon This was a considerable decrease from the preceding day but there Is doubt of the accuracy of the official state- ment The racord for the same 24 hours ascertained from unofficial but rel- iable sources show the actual number to have been far in excess of that Whether or not however there was an actual Increase the disease re ¬ slimed its march on Saturday the stat ¬ istics posted showing that from Satur- day noon until Sunday noon there were 398 cases Iud 141 deaths this be¬ ing the largest number so far officially announced Fifty Hjght New Cases in Manila Manila Sept 21 Fiftyeight now cases of cholera and 19 deaths are re- ported for the 24 hours ending at t oclock Monjlay morning The Infect- ed ¬ areas ae spreading but the health authorities are confident they wll speedily gain control of the situation Gov General Smith has summoned e- special meeting of the members of the Philippine commission to discuss the plague situation and to lay plans for an extenslort of the campaign now be tu wnel nit the dLse FOREST FIRE RAZES TWO CITIES I More ThAn Four Thousand People Havel Been Made Homeless Rhlnelabder WIs Sept 21The towns of Clagan and Woodboro on the Soo railroad were wiped out by forest fires Suitday Both were prosperous lumber centers each having a popula tion of All there are homeless Burned rout of their homes the people began fleeing from the fire which grew more dangerous with each mIn- ute ¬ Women carrying children in their arms and men and boys with packs on their backs ran toward Rhinelonder many falling prostrate in the heat only to be helped on by the stronger refugeesNearly allot those burned out at Gagan reached Rhlnelander Sunday night and are being cared for But few of the Woodboro people are here and It is not known what has become of all of them Hundreds ot men have gone out from this city to fight the flames but reports received from those who are returning Sunday night say they have made little progress in their battle against the fire Slayer of Student Loses Home By Fire Manhattan Kan Sept 2LA fire oi incendiary origin completely destroy- ed M A Crevistons residence hero The fire department responded prompt- ly but had no sooner got a stream 01 water on the building than the water supply was shut off Last Tuesday evening Creviston shot and killed John Koons and seriously wounded Aide colI the boys knocked on the side of his I house while passing Mother and Daughter Killed By Negro Jacksonville Fin Sept 21Walter Ledbctter a negro tramp arrested bj Sheriff Bowden has confessed that he killed Mrs Norman and her daughter Saturday midnight There are threats of a lynching but the prisoner Is safe ly lodged in the DuvaI county jail A speedy trial is being arranged for him Murder and Suicide Princeton Mo Sept 2LIn the midst of a gay party of young people Edward Ash son of a welltodo farm- er shot and mortally wounded Tom Gardner ope of his associates Ash ended his life later under a train Blessed By the Pope Rome Sept 21The Pope Sunday received In audience 70 sailors from the American battleships Maine and Alabama which are at Naples Each kissed the popes ring and received from him a medal and his benediction Bishop Stricken Montreal Sept 21Blshop Car mlchqel of the Church of England diocese of Montreal Is lying at the point of death He preached Sunday morning in the cathedral In the ves- try after the servile he was stricken with an attack of heart failure Another Typhoon Hong Kong Sept 21A typhoon It raging in the southeast and its cen tel theatens to strike the foreIgn colony here The native boating pop illation Is panicstricken and is fleelnf for shelter Vj Y1IJ > I 4 I Ii II I II FROM ALL OVER THE STATE I SON RESTORED TO FATHER Whom Aged Parent Thought Had Died 33 Years AQO Lexington KyJohn Hoggs has re- covered ¬ a son who he thought died 33 years ago Lester Boggs of St Louis camu to Lexington several days ago looking for his father The son had no recollection of him but knew that he had fought in the civil war He found that the old man was a care- taker of osters slaughter house on the old Frankfort pike and went there For some time the elder Boggs would not believe that the young man was his son but when It was proved to him he was overjoyed Lester Boggs Is 36 years old nnd has never married lie is in business in St Louis Mo Ills father left hint when lie was 3 years old In St Louis and came to Lexington where he re- ceived n message stating that the childI was dead and burled lie n I turned to St Louis and did not know that the boy was living I THE PUBLIC WON In Kentucky Court Involving Access to Sulphur Springs Glasgow KyOne of the hardest fought legal battles ever waged in this section closed when Circuit Judge Ba ¬ her announced his decision in the noted sulphur well case In Metcalfo county deciding In favor of the public Sixtyeight years ago Ezekio Neal while drilling for salt water drilled in this sulphur welt For the past 25 years the place has been a popular summer resort Neal made a wilt deeding the sul ¬ phur well to the public Later the courthouse was destroyed by fire and the deed burned Then the trouble started C W Thompson and G W McPherson were conducting rival ho ¬ tels McPherson brought suit for the sale of the well Thompson became the purchaser He in turn brought suit against Mc ¬ Pherson and his guests to enjoin them from using the water Judge Baker decided the case in favor of McPher son and the public Will File Suits Hopklnsvlllc Ky County Attorney Duffy is preparing several hundred suits which he proposes to file for the approaching term of circuit court io J orllands county Suit for 1750 has been filed agaInst Christian county by Cherry Bros who allege that the county has violated the tqrms of a contract Auditor Named To Settle Estate Jackson Ky Attorney A H Pat ton was appointed auditor for the es jfjstfi o tlo late Jno pn Hargls hy Cir- cuit Judge J P Adams This has tho effect ot settling the litigation bet- ween Mrs Hargis and her daughter Mrs Evelyn Hogg as Patton Is a spe ¬ vial friend of the family Summoned To LondonI Covington KyJ Covington who has filed his claim toI the Pomfret estate in England to be worth 17500000 was served with a writ to appear in the high court of chancery in London at Its coming fall term to prove his claim Depositors Will Be Paid I Louisville KyAbout 1800 deposl ¬ tore of the Masonic Savings bank which tailed 20 years ago will be paid their final dividend by the Columbia Trust Co Nearly 50000 will be dls ¬ tributed making a total of SO per cent paid off The depositors are scattered all over the country Twenty Per Cent Discount Allowed Lexington KyThe Lexington Rail ¬ way and Electric Lighting Co an- nounced ¬ a discount of 20s per cent pn alt bills for electric lighting paid with ¬ in 10 days after the first ot each mouth Incidentally a competing plant Is to be erected here Dispute Over FiveCent Piece Maysvllle KyA dispute which arose over a nickel during the pro ¬ gress of a dice game near this city culminated in the shooting and instant killing of Clabe Payne by Brack JOhnI son This is the third killing county in as many Teacher weeksII Lexington KyMrs Sophia Gibson charged with incompetency as a teach ¬ er by parents of some of her pupils was exonerated at an examination before the trustees of school division No1 Lumber Companies Merge Lexington KyThe Combs Lumber Go and the Lexington Lumber Co were merged The total holdings of the combined companies represent over 1000000 Made Vice Commander Louisville KyIn the meeting hero of tho Orphan Brigade the office cf vice commander of the famous fight- ers ¬ of 61 was established Maj Sam Buchanan of Louisville was elected to the office Released From Jail Louisville Kyon furnishing a 20 000 bond Lattimore D Carter alleged defaulter of 90000 from the Douglas estate was released from jail Car- ters family secured the surety for his release War on the Speeders ML Sterling Ky Farmers are band Ing together and guarding Sarnplkes for the purpose of making raids on au tomobiies exceeding the speed limit They declare they must be stopped as they have already caused many se ¬ rious accidents Victim of Own Engine Hopkinsvllle KyI II Cole 20 a fireman on an L N freight train went to sleep on the track and was run over and killed by his own train Cole lived in Nashville and the body was sent there for burial I y 4 ASSOCIATION FORMED To Secure Good Roads Gov WIMsorv to Offer His Support Louisville Ky Movement toward good roads was made at the state fair grounds when the Kentucky Good Roads association was organized with State Senator J F Bosworth of Bell county chairman and Robert EL Hughes of Louisville secretary Resolutions indorsing tho WyattBos worth amendment to the constitution providing a tax In each county of 20 cents on the 100 for good roads were adopted and a publicity campaign was at once begun to put the proposition before the people Tho state press and other organizations pledged sup port As summoner of the convention and i one chief In promoting the association Gov Willson made a speech to 10000 people in the livestock pavilion fol ¬ lowing the meeting He strongly ad- vocate ¬ good roads and promised to give time state fair next year all that tho state could afford NEW LAW r <i < Will Benefit the Denominational < lt Schools Says Crabbe i JJtPuhllc the first explanation that has been gly i it en of the effect of the new school law t upon the denominational schools of the state Superintendent makes to a statement allegedI 1 fDeering new school law will have a very In ¬ jurious effect upon the denominational t schools especially in the eastern part < of the state Superintendent Crabbe I declare that such a statement Is i without foundation and he points out J how the new law will have a beneficlalj effect upon all of the educational In ¬ terests of the state jt tVlmam lilaguc of 1813 and ot James Lane Al ¬ lens story King Solomon of Ken lucky was unveiled in Lexington < E cemetery with appropriate ceremonies The monument was erected by the f King Solomon Memorial association L which was organized by the young au tfcor John Wilson Townsend who in ¬ spired the movement Gen Samuel Wl Price Judge James H Mulligan May or John Skaln Gov Augustus E Will Ji son Rev Charles I Reynolds and t < > Uev E G B Mann participated the ceremonies Two Men Shot To Death v lf Newport Ky During a quarrel r f which occurred In this Slav colony ad joining tho new steel plant on thijfi jWi Ucklnp Qf Jpseph l1HUIJItAlAntJf1td Brpckhafi er were shot and Instantly killed t Steve BcnjariklB under arrest at the Newport jail charged with first degree murder and the police have been fur nlfthcd a description of aol are scour Nt lug the country for John Melten Both men were shot through the heart IFlies Suit For Damagesf < Hopklnsville KyL M Rerishaw appointed sheriff of Christian county when David Smith Was ousted from office has filed suit against Smith M 7 1 V Dullu Und James West on an n r demnifying bond and against Smith personally Damages of 1000 Is ask > d in each case Time suits are for the recovery of amounts which Renshaw claims he lost and was Damaged by being kept out of office by injunction 5 Picked By Postmasters Louls l1leKrTho following ofll cers were chosen by the Kentucky fourthclass postmasters In session here E C Stockwell Trenton Ky president MlL Webb Simpson vjlle f vice president L ton aqn < West Point secretary David Skaggs Rocky Hill Station treasurer Equity MaflsLossif k Frankfort KyA teed and tobacco i barn and other buildings on the farm of J W Scott manager of the EqultyIo warehouse In this county was 4deJ i1 stroyed by fire The general opinion is that the fire was of incendiary ori gin ILife of Dr with tile killing of Blevlns JSidnelU in MIddlesboro In March wassenteneed i i to the penltenllary for ute This was the second trial of the case the first > jury being unable to agree Policeman Stabbed To De th Paris KyWhen ondutYJs chief- of f the negro police of this city Henry iitir Williams was stabbed to ileathby Bud > i Warren Williams was attempting to Jl arrest Warren who was creating a dis turbance at the negro fair lJilh Only Six Were Hit i Stanford KyAt Moreland Deputy Sheriff Ferrlell attempted to quiet two drunken boys and a shooting foK > lowed Six people were hit jd f lets but none of them were dangerX ously hurt 11 ExCounty Treasurer Hess Deadh Newport KyPeter Hess egcoun v ty treasurer of Campbell county tand one of Campbell countys bestknown j citizens died at his home in ClaryviUo after a lingering illness Death was due to a complication ot troubles Farmer Seeks Missing Daughter Lexington KyM B Reynolds a fanner living on the Jacks Creek road is seeking information as to the where abouts of his daughter who left home the night of September 2 About ths same time a form hand disappeared also v Kentucky Lumber Plant Burns Morehead KyTime Licking River Lumber Co mill at Farmer valued at 75000 was burned The mill has been Idle for several weeks on ac- count ot a strike Several men were seriously injure i ISPS 441 1

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Page 1: Owingsville outlook. (Owingsville, KY) 1908-09-24 [p ].nyx.uky.edu/dips/xt79w08wbf6g/data/0679.pdfInto the company to Increase Ita capi¬ tal to 1000000 but the money has not yet been

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LIEUT SELFRIDGE KILLED BY

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ORVILLE WRIGHT INJURED

Jt 0I 1Caueaj> at Fort

Myer In the Presencep of Thousands

4t Washington After having drawnJ tho attention of the world tQ his aero ¬

I 4plane flights at Fort Myer and havingestablished now worlds records forheavlerthanair flying machines Or

4 rllle Wright Thursday met with api tragical mishap while making a twoman flight The acroplantsl was ac ¬

I 1companied by Lieut Thomas E Selfd ridge of tho signal con1 of tb armya Lieut Selfrldgo was fatally Injuredland died at 810 oclock at night Mr

Wright was seriously Injured but isi 4 expected to recoverI I While tho machine was encircling

p the drill grounds a propeller bladeotherfcaused the machine to overturn In thoair and fall to tho ground envelopingthe two occupants In the debris

L Wright Not Dangerously Hurt4 After a hurried surgical examination

a tIt was announced that Mr Wright wusI t not dangerously Injured lIe is suf-

I L fering from a fracture of his left

riOrville Wrightthigh and several ribs on the left sidodeepprogained consciousness at the hospital

e and dictated a cablegram to hisp Jwibrother at Lo Mans France and re

that the Utile message besent to his sister and father at Day

I ton O assuring them that be was allrlghtIMr Wright Wednesday replaced thej Ipropellers which he had been usingwith another pair the blades of whichare six Inches longer Th9y were used

jfJorthe flret time In Thursdays dianad tripU8 flight and many who have wit

BeMied Mr VxlahtB flights at4 i fertlieve thelirpfopelle

caused the accident An examination

ia of the broken blade showed that Ithad been snapped off at a point onefourth of the distance from the hub

N A deplndentatlonofthebrokenp-lecelndicatlra d that it had struck

t some other part of the aeroplane

tii Fully 2000 persons including manyil army officers and scientists were atr TortMUr and witnessed thetragedy

I1 Selfrldge an EnthusiastNW Lieut Thomas E Selfrldge was onet of the most enthusiastic believers In

aeronautics among the officers In theownIsucceeded in securing a detailwith the aeronautical division of theliaalcorpsHewas born in San

It Francisco 26 yean agoandwas1p

1 pointed to the military academy atWest Point from that state Httwasappointed a second lieutenant in the

i artillery corps In 1903 and commieI1 atoned a first lieutenant four yearslater

I 4j3 Military Funeral for StlfridgeI t Lieut Belfrldgea body was removedy from the hospital to an undertakerst5l iwhere It will remain until the arrival

S of the young oncers father who1 wired from San Francisco that hef5 Iwoald like to have btaaoa burledj4 > t either at Arlington or West Pointt t

i Cause Disaster Explained

I P Speaking for Mr Wright Mr Taylorliter saidII The accident was caused by an ex

I I 1t itraordlnary ylbratSeaei one ot thet wires running from the main planes

f to the upper steel fitting of the rudderIThis vibration was BO great that the1 rir wire got lit range of the propeller and

I > wax struck by the blade cutting aeep gash in the edge of the propeller

41 IkY Wfe about four inches from the end

I This caused the blade to break Theiether blade of the propeller flewl 1 are Hd and in tars struck the same

iE r wire lIreaJdBzitTh1a made Mrt 1entC

iIs the propeller and the breaking of the5 wire caused him to lose control of the

9 IIr > 5 planest

tC 1 f h irnatlCilnalfhiei Caught

C-1 ParIsTho police have arrested an

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m 7alleged thief who W8 tUDdertho-t I f aae eta PeHsdorf of San Franciscoe > According to the police Pellsdorf la

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3 i He made a specialty of stealing bank4 Hectors wallets

c sIw I t PreeMentef Ecuador Recovers

d 11 v Qrito EcudorPrealdeet Alfaro

who has uttered lately from hearti A t tc > trorcfete has quite recovered and

1 f Tfearsday he assumed again the dIesUIUTp 1khi-1 t I Slave Tracing Trite iIIted

t Pr1sDIepstekee tot1e governNP itfret the governor general of the

C jFreBch Congo state that a force ofw 1H French troops under Capt Salbelr l V traie In slaves and contraband armsf

I Fire In Wisconsin Village1t I Madison WIs Fire at Arena a lit< I Ue vIUKe about 30 miles went of Mad

IbUlllt the lou will reach 136000

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GOY HUGHES RENOMINATED

NEW YORK EXECUTIVE NAMED

ON FIRST BALLOT

Democrats Select Chanler to Contestor Place Rest of the State

Tickets

Saratoga N Y Charles EvansHughes was nominated Tuesday bythe Republican state convention by anoverwhelming majority and on thefirst ballot to succeed himself as gov ¬

ernor of the state of New York Horeceived 827 out of a possible 1009votes as against 151 for James WWadsworth Jr of Livingston countyspeaker of the state assembly and 31

for former Congressman John KStewart of Montgomery

Tho nomination was math unanl ¬

mona upon motion of State Committeenmn William Barnes Jr of Albanywho has been perhaps the bitterestand most outspoken opponent of thegovernors renonilnatlnn

The governors renomination fol ¬

lowed the utter failure of a desperatestruggle on the part of a number otthe county lenders who for four daysspared no effort to discover a candi-date upon whom they could unite todefeat him The rest of the ticketwas made up In the good oldfash ¬

ionell way UB an organization slateannounced an hour or more before thesession ol the convention began byTimothy L Woodruff chairman of thestate committee after a conferenceof the local leaders

Horace White of Onandaga wasnominated for lieutenant governorSamuel S Koenig for secretary of stateand Edward It OMalley for attorneygeneralRochester

N YAs the culminat ¬

ing feature of the Democratic stateconvention which closed Wednesdaythere was a notable demonstrationhere Wednesday night in honor of thepartys national standard bearer Wil ¬

liam Jennings Bryan who reached thecity shortly before seven oclock andaddressed a mass meeting In convention hall and overflow gatherings out ¬

sideMrBryan expressed his gratitude

for the nomination of Lieut GovLewis Stuyvesant Chanler as head ofthe state ticket and paid a personaltribute to him The ticket In full Is

Governor Lewis Stuyvesant ChanIcr of Dutchoss lieutenant governorJohn A Dlx of Washington secretaryof btate John C Whnlen of Monroeattbrney general George M Palmer ofSchoharie controller Martin HGlyun of Albany state engineer andsurveyor Phillip P Farley ot Brook ¬

lyn treasurer Julius Hauser of Suf-folk

BIG ST LOUIS FIRM ATTACKED

Receiver Is Asked for the State TrustCompany

St Louis Minority stockholdersThursday afternoon filed a petition Inthe circuit court asking that a reelver be appointed for the State Trust

Company a St Louis real estate firmLcapltallied at 1000000Fh1isi that 4ritay 20V1907 the directoVa voted to Increasethe capital of the concern from 500000 to 1000000 representing that

750000 had already been paid In Atanother meeting It Is alleged the dlrectors voted to pay back to the stockbolders the 250000 that they paidInto the company to Increase Ita capi ¬

tal to 1000000 but the money hasnot yet been paid back It Is alsostated that the principal assets of thecompany are 99500 in real estateThis was subscribed by H A Vrooman president It is undeYstooft thatthe company has been planning theerection of a large business block inSt Louis

O P MOROSINI DIES SUpDENLY

linker and Noted PhilanthropistPasses Away In New York

New York Giovanni P Moroslnlbanker and noted philanthropist diedsuddenly Tuesday of heart failure atlila country place Riverdale in thupper section of the city

Mr Moroslnl who was74 ear801dIs survived by a son and two daugh ¬

ters His wife died In 1893 Mrs Vic-toria Moroslnl Schilling his youngestdaughter created a sensation a fewyears ago by eloping with the familycoachman and the aged banker disinherited her Miss Glulla Moroslnl theother hterlil a noted horsewoman the son liarried Mary Bond a Virginia belle

Fire Tn an Insane AsylumAmltyvlllfe L tNot realizing their

danger 90 Insane patients In the LongIsland Home one of tho largest Insaneasylums in the state fought againstbeing removed from a section of themain blfldlngWedneadafwhen

caught fireThe flames spread so rapidly that a

great portion of the big building wasablaze in a few minutes and the In ¬

mates were almost cut off from escape Sixty keepers were compelledto use force to get the unfortunatemen and women to safety and for soy¬

eral minutes there was a scene of thewildest excitement

Fatal Explosion at Mars IslandVallejo CaLThe explosion of 250

gallons of gasoline on board a bargemoored abreast of the submarine boatsGrampus and Pike at the Mare Inavy yard Friday afternoon resulted iithe death of Chief Machinist TeddyMay and Injuries to Lieut J S Town-send Chief Gunners Mate W HLeahy and Chief Gunners Mate Morrln Both submariue boats were Bad ¬

ly scorched The tender Fortune andthe tug Unandilla were also Injuredthe latter catching fire The men wereforced to jump overboard

Henry B Qulnby NominatedConcord NlLTho political strife

which for many months has split theRepublican party In New Hampshireinto three factions came to ah end lateThursday when Honey B Quinby ofLaconlawaSDominated for governorby the State convention in sessionthis city Two ballots were necessaryfor a choice and on the decisive oneQulnby had a margin ofonlynvevotes On the first Quinby polled 372votes when 395 wore necessary fornomination W Pillsbury of London ¬

derry was a strong second

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SHIP CRUSHED THREE DIE

STEAMER COLON BATTERED BY

FIERCE HURRICANE

Panama Craft Plying Between NewYork and Isthmus Arrives In

Port However

ColonThe steamship Colon halfmasted and showing other evidencesof distress came limping Into portFriday Sho had been badly batteredoy the hurricane encountered SundayThree members of her crew lost theirlives while engaged In the hold inrepairing a water tank

The Colon belongs to the PanamaRailroad Company She left NewYork September lOand was due to arrived here Thursday She encounteredthe hurricane at a point 40 miles northof Watltng island The wind blew 100miles an hour and tremendous seaswere soon sweeping over tho vesselThe staterooms and the dining saloonwere flooded one of her smokestacks was carried away three boatswere washed overboard and tho wire ¬

less telegraph apparatus was disman ¬

tied Orders were given that no pas ¬

sengers be allowed on deck and thetravelers bad to spend Sunday andSunday night in the dining saloonThe water got to the mail bags andthe registered and ordinary mall wasbadly damaged Sunday night passedwith the ship laboring through thestorm and the passengers huddled below In a state of panic EarlyMonday it was discovered thatsalt water was making Its wayforward Into the fresh water tanksFearing that the fresh water wouldgive out the second assistant engi ¬

neer William Llley and the shipscarpenter JOlsonWere sent downinto the hold Monday fternoontQchange tbe1nnk connections

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hour without giving any signs of re-

turning Anxious for their safety RDarthl a water tender and A Sandsa junior engineer volunteered to gobelow and learn what had happenedwhen the disaster occurred

PEST GRIPS ST PETERSBURG

Asiatic Choleras Ravages In the Cap-

Ital of Russia

St Petersburg Three hundred andfive cases and 115 deaths from theAsiatic cholera were reported for the24 hours ending at noon Thursday

The municipal administrations areunder fire from all sides for theircriminal Inefficiency In handling theepidemic and for their failure to makeadequate preparation for hospital am ¬

bulance and sanitary services Al ¬

though they had ample warning of thecoming of the disease no effectivesteps were taken to stamp out theprecauIneglected A recurrence of the outbreak In the spring In even greaterproportions Is considered Inevitable

Six Killed In ExplosionSedalla MoSix persons were

killed and 30 injured four of whom arenot expected to live as the result ofan explosion of a car of black powderat Windsor near here at 1015 oclockTuesday morning

The explosion was caused by JohnWesley a negro who threw a lightedmatch Into a pile of powder which hadsplled from a broken keg of the explosive Fop his prank Wesley paidthe with Ms life his body belag horribly mutilated

tRain Checks Forest FiresDuluth MlnnA heavy rain felPat

Grand Maralft extending westwardfrom there 15 or 20 miles While notextinguished the forest fires wereheld In chock as a result of the stormand Grand Marais Chicago nay andother north shore settlements thathave thus far escaped tho flames areconsidered safe

Tries to Cremate HerselfMobile AlaMrs Margaret Brad ¬

ford a widow suffering from mentalderangement Friday morning saturated her bed with oil set lire to It andburnedIrecovery impossible

Joliet Woman Killed by Auto I

Joliet mClty Treasurer MartinB Schuster while automoblllng Fri ¬

day ran over und killed Mrs John LyeTIll woman became confused andstepped In front of the machine

Gas Found Near ShawneetownShawneetown 111 Natural gas was

discovered three miles north of thiscity Thursday Drillers made the dlscovery while drilling a well at Fieldsschoolhouse There Is n constant now

of gas from the well

IGalvCl10n Streets FloodedGalveston TexA six and onehalf

Inch rainfall inside of ton lie sea causedthe streets in the business section ofits city to be flooded Thursday after ¬

Goon The wind reached a velocity of62 miles an hour

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CONGRESSMAN LANING FREE

Ohioan Acquitted of Charge of Mis ¬

applying Funds

Fremont O The jury In theLaning case returned a verdict otnot guilty late Thursday afternoonafter considering the case less thanan hour all told Following the returnof the verdict there were congratula ¬

tions on all sides between attorneysjurors judge the defendant and oth-ers

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InterestedMr LanIng Is inlerested In many

business enterprises In Norwalk hishome lie was a director of the OhioTrust Company through which his va ¬

rious financial matters were negotlat ¬

ed and president of the Luning Print-Ing Company the plant of which wasrecently burned This company didmuch of tile state printing

Together with J C Gibbs manager of the Ohio Trust Company thecongressman was indicted on thecharge of misapplying funds of thelatter company and embezzling stockof the Norwalk Savings Bank Com ¬

pany They also were accused of loan-ing

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funds to fictitious real estate com ¬

panies owned in part by officers ofthe bank it was alleged and used asa blind to cover personal loans

HARD BLOW AT FORAKER

Hearst Makes Sensational StatementsAbout Him and Standard Oil

Columbus O Thomas Hlsgencandidate of the Independence partyfor president and William R Hearstaddressed a meeting in Memorialhall Thursday night under theauspices of the local organization ofthe party Mr Hearst read lettersbyJohnQrakerotOhioh iubBKas siha MeiKKiiilrig two inclosures of checks one for 15000 andanother for 1450ri

Cincinnati That ho had been anattorney for the Standard Oil Cornpany several years ago terminat ¬

ing such service before the federalprosecution of that concern but suchemployment had nothing to do withmatters pending in congress or inwhich the federal government was In ¬

terested is the substance of a briefstatement made Friday by SenatorForaker In answer to charges madeby William R Hearst In ColumbusThursday night

NURSE CARELESS THREE DEAD

Serious Case of Poisoning in SanDiego County Hospital

San Diego Cal Three deaths havealready resulted from the carelessnessattheexpected and four other persons areseriously ill The dead are J Young

ShuetteAll¬

noon and evidence of poison was sogreat that an Investigation was start¬

ed ending finally in a confession byMiss Arthur that she had neglected tothrow out some water in which therewas a quantity of atropine and thather patients had got hold of it fortheir medicine Miss Arthur Is In astate of collapse but is kept undersurveillance

Tabriz May Be Bombarded

strugglebetweenists for the control of Tabriz is Immi ¬

nent Alri Ed Dowleh of the shahsforces has sent an ultimatum to SatarKhan to lay down his arms and sur-render

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the city in jS hours threaten-ing

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otherwise that he would bombardthe capital Satar Khan flatly refusedto comply Foreigners here are Ingreat danger The Nationalists think¬

ing that their presence will interferewith the bombardment refuse to per-mit them to leave the city

Slayer Acquitted as InsaneTrinidad CoL Charles W Moore

who killed David Cohen son of RabbiCohen of Detroit August 11 In thiscity by blowing his head off wfth ashotgun was acquitted Thursday ofthe charge of murder His defensewas Insanity

Death for Negro MurdererSpringfield 111 Thursday evening

the jury In the Joseph James case ret-urned a verdict of guilty and fixedthe penalty at death James took theverdict unconcernedly

Lieut Col Newbold DiesWashington Lieut Col Charles

Newbold U S A retired died inCalifornia Wednesday while en routeto Colorado Springs according to advices received here Col Newboldwas orn In Philadelphia

Conditions In Japan Are BadVictoria B CA J Souza who arr-

Ived by the Akl Mare says financialconditions in Japan are bad and beWlnltocontracts

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REAPED BY THE ASIATIC P3T

ARE HUNDREDS OF VICTIMSDAILY IN THE CAPITAL

And It Has Spread to Other RussiarCitiesSchools of St Peters ¬

burg Serve As Hospitals

St Petersburg Sept 21St Peters-burg is in the grasp of the Asiaticcholera which already has exceedeIn severity and number the visltatloiof 1903 The dii aso is Increaslnjdally at an alarming rate and unlesthe authorities show In the future imuch greater degree of ability to coptwith the situation than they have inthe past there is every reason to teathat it will get out of their hands Thegovernment has threatened to applythe provisions of martial law and thisthreat has driven the municipal officlals to bond all their energies to thecampaign of clearing the city of thescourgeThe

aldermanic council Sundayvoted a preliminary sum amounting to1250000 to enlarge the hospital spaceto purchase and distribute disinfec ¬

tants the supply of which in St Pet-ersburg is well nigh exhausted and toexpedite the Interment of bodieswhich has been notoriously slow

The dead houses are overcrowdedand many corpses He unburied-

A beginning was made Sunday whenpublic schools were transformed Intohospital wards A number of the gram ¬

mar schools were closed and 4000ofthe students sent to their homes

The situation which has alwaysbeen serious since the very first casewas reported assumes a graver aspectfrom tho appearance Sunday of a veryvirulent type of the disease In twocases of which death followed within1C minutes of the first symptoms-

As announced by the official bulle-tins the cases numbered 349 and timdeaths 128 luring the 24 hours be ¬

tween Friday noon and Saturday noonThis was a considerable decrease fromthe preceding day but there Is doubtof the accuracy of the official state-ment The racord for the same 24 hoursascertained from unofficial but rel-iable sources show the actual numberto have been far in excess of thatWhether or not however there wasan actual Increase the disease re¬

slimed its march on Saturday the stat ¬

istics posted showing that from Satur-day noon until Sunday noon therewere 398 cases Iud 141 deaths this be¬

ing the largest number so far officiallyannounced

Fifty Hjght New Cases in ManilaManila Sept 21 Fiftyeight now

cases of cholera and 19 deaths are re-ported for the 24 hours ending at toclock Monjlay morning The Infect-ed

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areas ae spreading but the healthauthorities are confident they wllspeedily gain control of the situationGov General Smith has summoned e-

special meeting of the members of thePhilippine commission to discuss theplague situation and to lay plans foran extenslort of the campaign now betu wnel nit the dLseFOREST FIRE RAZES TWO CITIES

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More ThAn Four Thousand PeopleHavel Been Made Homeless

Rhlnelabder WIs Sept 21Thetowns of Clagan and Woodboro on theSoo railroad were wiped out by forestfires Suitday Both were prosperouslumber centers each having a population of All there are homelessBurned rout of their homes the peoplebegan fleeing from the fire whichgrew more dangerous with each mIn-ute

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Women carrying children in theirarms and men and boys with packs ontheir backs ran toward Rhinelondermany falling prostrate in the heatonly to be helped on by the stronger

refugeesNearly allot those burned out atGagan reached Rhlnelander Sundaynight and are being cared for Butfew of the Woodboro people are hereand It is not known what has becomeof all of them Hundreds ot men havegone out from this city to fight theflames but reports received fromthose who are returning Sunday nightsay they have made little progress intheir battle against the fire

Slayer of Student Loses Home By FireManhattan Kan Sept 2LA fire oi

incendiary origin completely destroy-ed M A Crevistons residence heroThe fire department responded prompt-ly but had no sooner got a stream 01water on the building than the watersupply was shut off Last Tuesdayevening Creviston shot and killed JohnKoons and seriously wounded AidecolIthe boys knocked on the side of his

I house while passing

Mother and Daughter Killed By NegroJacksonville Fin Sept 21Walter

Ledbctter a negro tramp arrested bjSheriff Bowden has confessed that hekilled Mrs Norman and her daughterSaturday midnight There are threatsof a lynching but the prisoner Is safely lodged in the DuvaI county jail Aspeedy trial is being arranged for him

Murder and SuicidePrinceton Mo Sept 2LIn the

midst of a gay party of young peopleEdward Ash son of a welltodo farm-er shot and mortally wounded TomGardner ope of his associates Ashended his life later under a train

Blessed By the PopeRome Sept 21The Pope Sunday

received In audience 70 sailors fromthe American battleships Maine andAlabama which are at Naples Eachkissed the popes ring and receivedfrom him a medal and his benediction

Bishop StrickenMontreal Sept 21Blshop Car

mlchqel of the Church of Englanddiocese of Montreal Is lying at thepoint of death He preached Sundaymorning in the cathedral In the ves-try after the servile he was strickenwith an attack of heart failure

Another TyphoonHong Kong Sept 21A typhoon It

raging in the southeast and its centel theatens to strike the foreIgncolony here The native boating popillation Is panicstricken and is fleelnffor shelter

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SON RESTORED TO FATHER

Whom Aged Parent Thought Had Died33 Years AQO

Lexington KyJohn Hoggs has re-

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a son who he thought died 33years ago Lester Boggs of St Louiscamu to Lexington several days agolooking for his father The son hadno recollection of him but knew thathe had fought in the civil war Hefound that the old man was a care-taker of osters slaughter house onthe old Frankfort pike and went there

For some time the elder Boggswould not believe that the young manwas his son but when It was provedto him he was overjoyed

Lester Boggs Is 36 years old nnd hasnever married lie is in business inSt Louis Mo Ills father left hintwhen lie was 3 years old In St Louisand came to Lexington where he re-

ceived n message stating that the childIwas dead and burled lie n I

turned to St Louis and did not knowthat the boy was living

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THE PUBLIC WON

In Kentucky Court Involving Accessto Sulphur Springs

Glasgow KyOne of the hardestfought legal battles ever waged in thissection closed when Circuit Judge Ba ¬

her announced his decision in thenoted sulphur well case In Metcalfocounty deciding In favor of the public

Sixtyeight years ago Ezekio Nealwhile drilling for salt water drilled inthis sulphur welt For the past 25years the place has been a popularsummer resort

Neal made a wilt deeding the sul ¬

phur well to the public Later thecourthouse was destroyed by fire andthe deed burned Then the troublestarted C W Thompson and G WMcPherson were conducting rival ho¬

tels McPherson brought suit for thesale of the well Thompson becamethe purchaser

He in turn brought suit against Mc ¬

Pherson and his guests to enjoin themfrom using the water Judge Bakerdecided the case in favor of McPherson and the public

Will File SuitsHopklnsvlllc Ky County Attorney

Duffy is preparing several hundredsuits which he proposes to file for theapproaching term of circuit court io J

orllandscounty Suit for 1750 has been filedagaInst Christian county by CherryBros who allege that the county hasviolated the tqrms of a contract

Auditor Named To Settle EstateJackson Ky Attorney A H Pat

ton was appointed auditor for the esjfjstfi o tlo late Jno pn Hargls hy Cir-

cuit Judge J P Adams This has thoeffect ot settling the litigation bet-ween Mrs Hargis and her daughterMrs Evelyn Hogg as Patton Is a spe ¬

vial friend of the family

Summoned To LondonICovington KyJCovington who has filed his claim toIthe Pomfret estate in Englandto be worth 17500000 was servedwith a writ to appear in the highcourt of chancery in London at Itscoming fall term to prove his claim

Depositors Will Be Paid I

Louisville KyAbout 1800 deposl ¬

tore of the Masonic Savings bankwhich tailed 20 years ago will be paidtheir final dividend by the ColumbiaTrust Co Nearly 50000 will be dls ¬

tributed making a total of SO per centpaid off The depositors are scatteredall over the country

Twenty Per Cent Discount AllowedLexington KyThe Lexington Rail ¬

way and Electric Lighting Co an-

nounced¬

a discount of 20s per cent pnalt bills for electric lighting paid with ¬

in 10 days after the first ot eachmouth Incidentally a competingplant Is to be erected here

Dispute Over FiveCent PieceMaysvllle KyA dispute which

arose over a nickel during the pro¬

gress of a dice game near this cityculminated in the shooting and instantkilling of Clabe Payne by Brack

JOhnIson This is the third killingcounty in as many

Teacher weeksIILexington KyMrs Sophia Gibson

charged with incompetency as a teach ¬

er by parents of some of her pupilswas exonerated at an examinationbefore the trustees of school divisionNo1

Lumber Companies MergeLexington KyThe Combs Lumber

Go and the Lexington Lumber Cowere merged The total holdings ofthe combined companies representover 1000000

Made Vice CommanderLouisville KyIn the meeting hero

of tho Orphan Brigade the office cfvice commander of the famous fight-ers

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of 61 was established Maj SamBuchanan of Louisville was electedto the office

Released From JailLouisville Kyon furnishing a 20

000 bond Lattimore D Carter allegeddefaulter of 90000 from the Douglasestate was released from jail Car-ters family secured the surety for hisrelease

War on the SpeedersML Sterling Ky Farmers are band

Ing together and guarding Sarnplkesfor the purpose of making raids on automobiies exceeding the speed limitThey declare they must be stoppedas they have already caused many se¬

rious accidents

Victim of Own EngineHopkinsvllle KyI II Cole 20 a

fireman on an L N freight trainwent to sleep on the track and wasrun over and killed by his own trainCole lived in Nashville and the bodywas sent there for burial

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ASSOCIATION FORMED

To Secure Good Roads Gov WIMsorv

to Offer His Support

Louisville Ky Movement towardgood roads was made at the state fairgrounds when the Kentucky GoodRoads association was organized withState Senator J F Bosworth of Bellcounty chairman and Robert EL

Hughes of Louisville secretaryResolutions indorsing tho WyattBos

worth amendment to the constitutionproviding a tax In each county of 20cents on the 100 for good roads wereadopted and a publicity campaign wasat once begun to put the propositionbefore the people Tho state pressand other organizations pledged support

As summoner of the convention and i

one chief In promoting the associationGov Willson made a speech to 10000people in the livestock pavilion fol ¬

lowing the meeting He strongly ad-

vocate¬

good roads and promised togive time state fair next year all thattho state could afford

NEW LAWr <i <

Will Benefit the Denominational < ltSchools Says Crabbe iJJtPuhllcthe first explanation that has been gly i iten of the effect of the new school law t

upon the denominational schools ofthe state Superintendentmakes to a statement allegedI 1fDeeringnew school law will have a very In ¬

jurious effect upon the denominational tschools especially in the eastern part <

of the state Superintendent Crabbe I

declare that such a statement Is iwithout foundation and he points out J

how the new law will have a beneficlaljeffect upon all of the educational In ¬

terests of the state jttVlmamlilaguc of 1813 and ot James Lane Al¬

lens story King Solomon of Kenlucky was unveiled in Lexington < E

cemetery with appropriate ceremoniesThe monument was erected by the fKing Solomon Memorial association L

which was organized by the young autfcor John Wilson Townsend who in¬

spired the movement Gen Samuel WlPrice Judge James H Mulligan Mayor John Skaln Gov Augustus E Will Jison Rev Charles I Reynolds and t < >

Uev E G B Mann participated theceremonies

Two Men Shot To Death v lfNewport Ky During a quarrel r fwhich occurred In this Slav colony adjoining tho new steel plant on thijfi jWi

Ucklnp Qf

Jpseph l1HUIJItAlAntJf1td Brpckhafier were shot and Instantly killed t

Steve BcnjariklB under arrest at theNewport jail charged with first degreemurder and the police have been furnlfthcd a description of aol are scour Ntlug the country for John Melten Bothmen were shot through the heart

IFlies Suit For Damagesf <Hopklnsville KyL M Rerishaw

appointed sheriff of Christian countywhen David Smith Was ousted fromoffice has filed suit against Smith M 7

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V Dullu Und James West on an n rdemnifying bond and against Smithpersonally Damages of 1000 Is ask >din each case Time suits are for therecovery of amounts which Renshawclaims he lost and was Damaged bybeing kept out of office by injunction

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Picked By PostmastersLouls l1leKrTho following ofll

cers were chosen by the Kentuckyfourthclass postmasters In sessionhere E C Stockwell Trenton Kypresident MlL Webb Simpson vjlle fvice president L ton aqn < WestPoint secretary David Skaggs RockyHill Station treasurer

Equity MaflsLossif kFrankfort KyA teed and tobacco i

barn and other buildings on the farmof J W Scott manager of the EqultyIowarehouse In this county was 4deJ i1stroyed by fire The general opinionis that the fire was of incendiary origin ILifeof Drwith tile killing of Blevlns JSidnelU inMIddlesboro In March wassenteneed i ito the penltenllary for ute This wasthe second trial of the case the first >jury being unable to agree

Policeman Stabbed To De thParis KyWhen ondutYJs chief-

off

the negro police of this city Henry iitirWilliams was stabbed to ileathby Bud > iWarren Williams was attempting to Jlarrest Warren who was creating a disturbance at the negro fair lJilh

Only Six Were Hit iStanford KyAt Moreland Deputy

Sheriff Ferrlell attempted to quiettwo drunken boys and a shooting foK >

lowed Six people were hit jd f

lets but none of them were dangerXously hurt 11

ExCounty Treasurer Hess DeadhNewport KyPeter Hess egcoun v

ty treasurer of Campbell county tandone of Campbell countys bestknown jcitizens died at his home in ClaryviUoafter a lingering illness Death wasdue to a complication ot troubles

Farmer Seeks Missing DaughterLexington KyM B Reynolds a

fanner living on the Jacks Creek roadis seeking information as to the whereabouts of his daughter who left homethe night of September 2 About thssame time a form hand disappearedalso

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Kentucky Lumber Plant BurnsMorehead KyTime Licking River

Lumber Co mill at Farmer valued at75000 was burned The mill hasbeen Idle for several weeks on ac-count ot a strike Several men wereseriously injure

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