T t tI t 1 r 1 e4 cr 4 1 V J 1 t tf i 8ttp c THE ADAJWCOUNTYNEYSCOLUMBIA KY MARCH 8 1905 r I f4 r L = i > o > rSTATENEW ITEMS > 1 j FRANCHISE VALUES I > state Board of Valuation and Assess ment Fixes Them < Frankfort Ky March 3Pie state board of valuation and assessment fixed the franchise value of the rail roads in Kentucky as follows Louis yule Nashville 11032400 Illinois Central 5536400 Chesapeake as Ohio 4272440 Cincinnati New Or- leans Texas Pacific 3608816 Southern Railway Co in Kentucky l4otf330 Mobile Ohio 959071 Louisville Henderson 8 St Louis 742400 Ashland Coal and Iron Rail way Co 620300 Nashville Chatta- nooga St Louis 345780 Lexing ton Eastern Railway Co 845683 11 Louisville Eastern Railway Co 220000 Camden Interstate railway 156126 Tennessee Central railway 159517 Glasgow Railway Co 66 500 Licking River Railroad Co 11 000 Central Transfer Railway Stor- age Co 4460 Cadiz Railroad Co 14120 FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE Two Men Were Killed and Another One Injured Louisville Ky March 2 Two I freight trains on the Knoxville divis ¬ ion of the Louisville Nashville rail ¬ road met in a headon collision a few miles south of Lebanon Junction Ky killing two men and injuring one The wreck took fire and the crew being unable to make any headway against I the flames notified the division office A short time after a portion of the Louisville fire department was put I on board a special train and hurried- to the scene of the wreck There were two carloads of mules in one train One carload was cremated but carlescaped the wreckage and it is supposed were burned to death The property damage is said to be heavy I TO READJUST RATES THe State Railroad Commission Will Take Actionj i Owensboro Ky March 3Capt W T Ellis attorney for the local ship ¬ hers made a motion which was sus f comImission here for the past four days for an in- vestigation of the ownership of the Louisville Henderson St Louis I Railroad CoL J Irwin general I freight and passenger agent for the railroad company stated on the stand that lie did not know who owned the controlling interest in the road It isI thought that the freight rate investi- gation here will result in a readjust inent of rates all over the stateI I Must Be I Newport Ky March LThe pres- ence j of smallpox at the penitentiary j has caused Sheriff Riedel considerable i trouble in his efforts to have William Bittner sentenced to two years ad mitted to that institution Riedel was notified that Bittner must be vaccin ¬ ated i Broken Back Cured i I > Louisville Ky Jfarch2H L Smith of Bertha Ky has been suc > broJken straps in an upright position at Uni i versity hospital for five weeks he was released from his position ana sent home i l Governor Approved the Finding i Frankfort Ky March 2 = Gov jpeckham approved the finding of the 1 courtmartial which fined Capt Rob j ert A Burton of Louisville 75 an11 declared shim guilty of failing to re government1in Pick law I 1 Wound Proves Fatal Newport Ky March 3Katie Weltner the 17yearoJd girl Who was accidentally shot by her brother died at her home near Cold Springs The fatal 2 caliber bullet from a flqbert rifle penetrated the throat lodging in the back of Louisville theneelj Spillman of Peters creek Barren county pleadedlguHty in the IJnite3 States federal court to charge of fraudulent use of thekaUs and was sentenced to five months imprison ¬ ment in jail and to pay a fine of t500 < Copney Howell Acquitted paducah Ky Mardi 3rCppneyi t Hpweli a white man who shot and > killed Harris re mana burglar at Grand Rivers Ky was acquitted by 4 County Judge Thps Etans at SmIth land the < court holding that he was justified Jl Jq ling the negro f f Had a Narrow Escape Paducah Kyifarcli 3 > I1t Jij I bourn assistant manager oft e > Cum berland telegraph Co was struck by Sstreet cari knocked down and adly e bral e4r 1utw rescued just bi time io prevent the wheels frbiii fu Ing > r I S 1 r f i I JC l JTI S Ii f Jtf < I 11 > T rJr fn f 11 nO I tI l 7 1fIi t i J S Jiir i NrY f t j1 Y rJ1t < f1 q1t j tJ II i- r r j i f Ie o J t tt 7 i t 07j t 1f Zt 7t ft 1 l 1r L le I CONVERSIONS AT LOUISVILLE Ministers Doubt the Claims Made By the Evangelists s Louisville Ky March 2At the conclusion of the union revival serv ices in Louisville last Sunday the vis ¬ iting evangelists claimed that the number of conversions was 4000 Clergymen have issued statements some of them caustic attacking the claims of the evangelists One state- ment reads The papers said 4000 joined the churches the first week there were not 40 The leading evan ¬ gelist said 1000 joined the churches notlOORev to say Such erroneous statements as were given out tend to prejudice the laity against the ministry and to low ¬ er all clergymen in the opinion of the general public Such matters ought to be met squarely The general committee of the revi ¬ val composed of local ministers will hold a meeting to correct the allege erroneous impressions given out by the visiting evangelists IINEW STATEHOUSE Structure Have Been Completed Frankfort Ky March 3The board I of statehouse commissioners held a t meeting at which Architect Frank M J Andrews was present He told the I board his plans and specifications dvertisingjforbids said if the bids received were accept ¬ able to the board there was no reason why work on the new building could not begin by June 1 The deeds for j the Hunt site are in readiness and as j t comI ¬ state- i DOUBLE WEDDING 1 < Child Brides Figure in Marriage Ceremonies i Louisville Ky March2I Horn back 14 years old became the bride jof Frankie Crail aged 21 years ati the courthouse Lura Watkins 1C years old who assisted them from Upton Ky accepted the child brides banter to participate ina double mar j lIagisI tinies of four people for weal or woe The girls met their lovers while the way to school They barely onI time to catch a train coming to yule x WOELFEL BOUND OVER Is Charged With Shooting Presi ¬ IHe dent R C Stewart i Covington Ky March 1 Georgaj Woelfel former superintendent of Stewart iron works who shot Presit dent R C Stewart in the companys office at Madison avenue and 17th street on February 16 was bound over to the grand jury by County Judge Stephens his bail being fixed at 2500 His attorneys Price Wit Hams declined to put in a plea and contended that their client is mentally incapable of making a defense to the criminal charge j i Admits Combine f 1t of a score of Cincinnati and Covington ice companies that were indicted two years ago in this city on charge of forming a trust to regulate ice prices j entered a plea of guilty before the cir j cuit court through its attorneys The I court assessed a fine of 500 j Sues Railway For Damages Paducah Ky M arcl3J W Hu l son of this city as administrator of the estate of his son Harry has filer J suit at Memphis Tenn against the Illinois Central for 25000 for the death of his son who was an engi ¬ neer and Who was killed some time ago at Miliington Tenn a switch be ¬ ing left open 1 j After Mbse Feltner Jackson Ky March LThe case of Mose Feltner charged with murder was called in the Breathitt circuit court and continued till next Monday on account of the defendants absence C J Sewell was appointed special bat Jiff to go to Clark county and arrest the defendant Tompkins Refused ia NewTrial MadisonviUe Ky March 2Judge J F Gordon of Hopkins circuit court handed down a decision refusing to grant a new trial for Garth Tompkins the negro murdered who has been Jtwice sentenced to be ngeda1ld the case will he taken to the court o appeals Remains Will Be Cremated i f Qonj Ky March 3DI Chas- E TBtiiti 9 died fUJk1iooieQftlili aunt Mr Wren West Nlith Itref The deceased had practiced medicine in Covlngton fo 12 yeaI The Tt re mainWiUJjecciematedatthe Cinc1 ii W fr r li l I i < 5 1 Io E JT f1 Fi r 1ii > rJ 7jl1v 0 t jIvl t ij tm i IifI Qy jJf hf J r 1r S ff > k t ir 1 I5- 5rc Jvtr1I t J t 3 l w rirl Iot < i CANNONSROAR It is Heard From All Positions Near the Putilptf and Novgorod Hills BOMBARDING tHE SHAKHE BRIDGE tI Chinese Report That Japanese Have Advanced Almost to Mukdeii and a Battle is Raging Russians Having Ben Reinforced Have Captured Several Positions Out of Which They Had Been Driven Mukden Ma1ch3The thunder cf cannon is heard from all positions Putiloff and Novgorod hills are hid ¬ den by the smoke from the giins The bombardment was resumed after the repulse of an infantry attack by Jap anese A bombardment is also of1theSbakhe The weather continues fine anl warm The Chinese are preparing to sow their grain I New Chwang ivfarch 3 Chinese from Mukden reportthat the Japanese have advanced almost to Mukden The Russians having been reinforced have recaptured several positions out of which they had been driven The battle is still raging The Japanese bivouacking oh the outskirts of Sin mintin withdrew leaving only a picket The Russian station at Chwang Tu has been reinforced Strings of Chi ¬ nese carts are moving toward Muk ¬ den Foreigners are still at Mukden Owing to the absence of traffic mer- chants laden with dollars are going to Tienstin Refugees from the battle are arriving here Gen Kuropatkins Report St Petersburg March 3Ip a long dispatch from Gen Kuropatkin which has been received here the command erinchief of the army in Manchuria gives details of various attacks by the Japanese the last few days and a press correspondent at Mukden in aI dispatch received here indicates continuation of the artillery duel but i neither report throws any light upon the rumored intention of Gen Kuro j patkin to withdraw northward which f has been the gossip of St Petersburg- for the last two days A private dis patch received here concludes with this significant sentence Within two weeks you may expect great events j The Siberian railroad which sbu ing worked to its full capacity byj purely military traffic is about to have a further burden impose upon it j namely that of feeding the resident noncombatant population The stocks of provisions in Inkurtsk and other towns in Siberia were not as large as I usual at the beginning bf the winter and are now running low INDUSTRIAL SITUATION The Black Clouds Are Again Lower ing Over Russia = St Petersburg March 3Black clouds are again lowering oVer the n dustrial situation of Russia The strike at Moscow has been resumed on a large scale anarchy reigns in the Caucasus and at St Petersburg the I measures which the government ad ¬ vanced to quiet discontent and restore good relations between masters nnd men appear to have failed with the probability of causing the storm to break anew SUSPECT ARRESTED A i He Claims To Be a Nephew of Gen Fock St Petersburg March 3The po lice at TsarskoeSelo who since the assassination of Grand Duke Sergiuc have redoubled tile ordinary precau ¬ tions for the protection of the impe- rial ¬ family have arrested a suspect who claimed that lie is a nephew of G nFockjbut whose papers are ir- regUlar and was found to be armed with a < heavy loaded revolver An in ¬ vestigation ig on foot Revival of the Labor Trouble London starch 3 According to the correspondent at St Petersburg of the Times the Russian governments wholesale concessions to railway strik ers has contrIbuted largely tothe re ¬ vival of the labor movement in St Petersburg Bomb Thrown From a Window Warsaw March 3A bomb was thrown front a window overlooking S tile court yard of the Muranbff district polic itiom It fell in jthei midst of j a group pf soldiejS but did not ex- plode Two Jews h ve1ecnarrested Will Force a Defclsiy Battle > i Vf33ond6nV March 3TA dfspaXch Vronf TOld states that the Japanese are endeaTpring to force ja decislTe battle iIi Mancimria but that it ia feared Gen < urppatkin WUJ retreat flghting a reafguardacUon L ari corporad1nNswJers MexIcoCIt Iach 3ih Kf i CfltjOfll Sugar Refining cot In rted derth laws ofNew Jer- sey filedraat thIca1ta1foaii f I Py ri copyeataueiat1- OOOO0ol I < ftr io if f f I i it 1 ge p 1o 34 Irvr f i I 1 v t Lx j S 7t t t rl or t 71If fof L i1 9 iJiI N t 010 j J V 1 1 1 fAtt ir 1 i 5r42J < ffr it JJ t iyf A1 tr < 1JtMio J JjL r GONTAINEDPOISON Strychnine Was Fund itt the Bot ¬ tle From Which Mrs Stan ford Took a Dose WAS NO LESS THAN 662 GRAINS There Are Indications That the Police of Honolulu Suspect a Member of the Womans Household The Remains of Mrs Stanford Have Been Embalmed and WiliProbat bly Be Taken To San Fran cisco on March 10 San Francisco March 3The re- ceipt ¬ by the acting chief of police of a cablegram from High Sheriff Henry of Honolulu stating that there were no less than 662 in the bottle of gtalnsofstrycbnineI from which Mrs a dose shortly before her death has I aroused the detective force of this city and every effort is being made to discover who placed the poison in the medicine The bottle containing j the bicarbonate of soda and its death t potion originally were purchased inI Australia But according to Miss Ber- tha Berner Mrs Stanfords private secretary and the maid May Hunt the bottle was refilled in this city at i local drug store Dr W G Stevens a medical expert made this positive statement Six hundred and sixtytwo grains of strychnine easily would kill 662 per ¬ sons The maximum does administer ¬ ed is only onefifteenth ofa grain while the average is onefortieth of a grain A Suspect Honolulu March 3There are in ¬ j dications that the police of this city I suspect a member pi Mrs Stanfords household of having placed strychnine tn the bottle of bicarbonate of soda from which she partook before retir Tuesday night ling Sheriff Henry says that there have been no further developments in the case and that there are likely to be no more before the holding of the inquest Dr H V Murray one of the j physicians who conducted the autopsy says that death was due to strychnine poisoning j Mrs Stanford had in her possession when she arrived jewelry valued at about 75000 This was found appar j entlyintact and has been taken charge j of by Mr Hackfield High Sheriff HQnry denies a rumor jin circulation that Miss Bertha Ber ner Mrs Stanfords secretary and Miss Mamie Hunt her maid are un- der surveillance iThe body of Mrs Stanford has beers embalmed and it probably will be ta- I ken to San Francisco on the Pacific Mail Cos steamship China which will- IS ail from Honolulu on March 10 It is to arrive at San Francisco pu 17 H F Hackfield has been appointed the representative of the Stanford in ¬ terests here with former Judge Stan ¬ ley as counsel Her Mind Was Clear Stanford University Cal March 3 David Starr Jordan president of the Stanford university said Mrs Stanfords mind was perfectly clear the last time I saw her which was on the 15th of January the day after the reported poisoning in San l Francisco Since that time I have had several letters from her in her own handwriting and I defy any one to state they are not perfectly logical and clear The only time Mrs Stan ¬ ford mentioned the reported poisoning was the day after it occurred as she came on the train with me For my part I do not think she drank allY poisoned water Strychnine might I have been introduced into the afterward for spiteful purposes posI sibly a petty quarrel of servants This I i is only my own theory of the matter I President Jordan said that Mrs Stanfords death would not have any immediate effect in regard to the uni ¬ versity as she was fully in harmony with the policy of the board of tru t tees Pending her funeral most out side activities will be suspended but recitations will continue CDNFEEbTO MURDER I His Brother Was Hanged at Alien- townPaFor the Crime v V Washington Pa March 2M God Thats my brother He never killed that woman tam the mur- derer ¬ I should have been hanged in- stead ¬ of Eugene cried Adolph Jlv JBloch ina frenzy of remprse inter- rupting a companion at the steel mill Cannonsburgy who was reading to him an account of the hanging ofEu gene Bloch at Allentown on Tuesday He is now in the Washington county jail awaltins a hearing pn the charge of the murder to which he has con ¬ fessed and for which his innpcent brother has been executed The Death of ExSenator Woicott Monte Carlo March 3iF rmer Unit ed Btitesh SenatoiEdward XK Woloott of Colorado dIed1tth H felri r Is Ill br Dr GuIgU m tt- aloneWere preient ltarr DeDt have 1 4 plwW p pr uIgltiimett1s- ihalidL j r s lld i i t 1i > ft r c l r > sv tfjt viiot l 0 1f 1 iii Jf1GVi 4 6 > 6i1 L 1 J t t rN KfI t g 1 Jlv tt t41 t < J r t t t t S county HHTCH6e roads have been Our 1 veritable mud holes for several days but this fine weather will make them passable The fiscal c ourt hasnt appropriated but lit 1 tIe for such work for several years on account of other mat ¬ ters of taxation Mr John Penick of Louisville and Miss Cordie Russell Camp bellsville were married Wednes- day ¬ Miss Russellwas employed by D W Gowdy as saleslady Rpbert and Chas Buchanan were in Springfield and other points last week buying stock Mr Chadwick Cappack sold a house and lot to Geo Moody for 550 Mr Cappack is going to build a fine dwelling opposite Liberty church IRev G B Overton will preach at Bethel Sunday evening IVm Hicks and family Greens are visiting atB H Hatch ers Miss Bessie Cox will begin a select school here the third Mon ¬ day in this month J R Smith who has been in the merchantile business longer than any other man in Camp bellsville made an assignment last week for the I creditors Mr Smith hasahvaysI enjoyed the full confidence of the trade in general and every one regrets that his business was in sucha shape as to necessitate his closing C H Murrell solicting agent I for The Nevs made a short stop here Thursday Of course he i asked how many letter heads en velopes and other printed station- ery do you need His method of approach always has the desired effect j The Democrats of Taylor are of the opinion that the Hon J crl S Blackburn should be and a young and more active man j fill his senatorial toga Mr and Mrs JF Campbell entertained the young people at their hospitable home Friday evening All the society people were out in gayety and express ¬ ed their thanks on departure The typographical makeup of our modern newspaper is quite different from one published in the 18th century J W Burdick has in his possession a paper pub ¬ lished in Webster county New York in the above century The I following quaint advertisement appears in its columns A Stout I Active Wench tmay plying to John Schoonmaker l J natRocbesterNov 23 1799 I J L Turner of this place has accepted a position with RE Young Co Campbellsville in their merchantile establishment Some of the farmers at this hand for stole1The pany and they thinkjby doing so they will be enabled to save more money on their purchase of fertil- izers ¬ seeds and farm machinery Such an establishment would corn ¬ manda large trade here The Maccabees and Modern Woodmen of America two fra ¬ ternal orders have nearly 200 members ih th camps at Camp yule Misses Electa and Mattie En sigrtof Bryan Ohio arevisitin their sister Mrs Wm Staily Our mail at this office has been coming very irregularly Some ofitgoesto your townandret turnbefore ii is landed Jfe ohn Kerr sold thre Ply i outh R ckhns for 6yeix506 S YOSVITe f ghterIS9di 5 i d1rSiSI S Lt k j S > lt 1- iirr i 5 1 flffj tf 1 t j whojsin John Lanham and V G Wil son sold B F Mays a portcSf the Carson farm on the river west of town 2800 and Mr Mays bought of JJ Elliott his farm on the Liberty and Huston ville pike for 8500 This is one of the best farms in the county and some 20 years ago Mr Elliott bought it for 3500 Sharp Coffey bought of D R Brown a large body of timber on Clements creek above Liber ¬ ty This is said tobe a most splendid body of timber Those of our people who at ¬ tended court at Liberty Monday tell us that the candidates were as thick as fiddlers are thought regionQuince tells us that Harland Goode who is a candidate for jailer seemed to command more attention than anyone else Other candidates ap ¬ peared to be watching his move ¬ ments and trying to imitate him electioneeringGeoHelm which he is said to have roasted Judge Rains for calling the fiscal court together and having the cax rate reduced George is a 1 corker He is always a candi ¬ date sometimes as a democrat RepublicanI ¬ vailed but it cannot be denied that things are getting a little warm in several of the races They are telling some good ones on the candidates just now Some days ago Lincoln Wells who is a candidate for Sheriff was out among the dear people went to a house and found the lady ofthe same in trouble The cow and calf had gotten togeth- er ¬ and she was endeavoring to separate them Mr Wells is a very polite man in the presence of ladies and alighting from his buggy seized the calf by the ears theI thef off his horse took her by the horns held her tightly till the completedMr disappointment at not seeing her husband but told her to tell him that he had been there and that he was a candidate for jailer She then informed him that there was a candidate just ahead of him and that he vas down behind the barn holding the calf CHLF S1 ffiss Bertha Elmore is visiting her aunt Mrs Lina Elmore A C Spaw made a business trip to Liberty Monday UMissMary Roberts is visifing Miss Jewell Spaw Mrs Sarah Thomas is on the sick list IMiss Bee Spaw visited friends near Coffey last week A C Spaw is buying spokes at 90 cents per hundred deliver ¬ ed v P H Pittman comes toChelf 3 times day on business Hefcis surely a businessman Rev Frank Allen of Yellow Weed visited here Sunday Walter and Newton Roberts Ray Lawhorn and Misses Mary Dick Elma Baldock and Ella Lawhorn were guests of Misses Lucy and Roena Pittman Sunday All of the youngsters of this vicinity spent a pleasant aft noon with MissesGracie and Blii dy Spaw last week jThesoundor the axe and mall is easily heard from hill to hill after a stillness of several weeks although the candidates are so thick it Is dangerous to work until after tie primary Hurrahfor The NewS Ikis a welcome and we coi1dnOtibl 1dWitho tlt < < i 1L a t 2 S A 5 > r i t f > 0f sfL n f7I fr tt < t ll Ji l ti Qil o t J 5t a ry t5 i t t of c I1 1JjJ 7 I 5