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EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD

The Doing of the Government Ofdetail Crimes and Cciualtlt

and Other Note of Gen ¬

oral InterestINo advices cither from this countryI or from abroad have reached Pros

dent Roosevelt which would warranta pcsiluilstlc view of tho result of theforthcoming peace conference On thecontrary It can be said that such ad

4vlcea as the president has received Inthat a sincere effort on the

part of tho representatives of belllgcnt nations will bo made to reconcllotholr differences and negotiate a treatyof peace that will be pormanoot

An officer who haj returned fromPort Arthur reports that the extent oldamage to tho sunken Russian shipswas slighter than was anticipated andnearly all the vessels can be floated

Baron Komura tho Japanese peaceenvoy and suite have left Seattle forNow York city They travol In prlyatocarl as guests of President J J Hilland will make all baste to their des

tinationIt officially announced that 461

Russians on tho Leland of Sakhallonwhich the Japanese troop recentlyseized have surrendered Fifteen officore are Included

President Roosevelt and Ellhu Rootwho assumed formally his now dutiesas secretary of itato woro In conferrace at Sagamoro 11111 Among thomany questions considered by themnono Is fraught with deeper significance and Importance to tho UnitedStates than Is that rotating to an Idenfoal note which the foreign office ofChina within a day or two has sentto the powers neutral in the far eastemu contest between Russia and Japan

The resignation of John lIyde siatlaUcian sad elder of the bureau ofstatistics of Ute department of agricultars wm banded to Secretary Wllwnsad promptly accepted Wlttett NHays the Ml tait Meretary of agriculture has been placed In charge ofthe bureau temporarily and will eon ¬

tinue to act pending the InveatlsaUonof the cotton sonnda aad HsUI a competent statistician la found

The Norwegians are preparing forwar

An apparently well organised mo-ment

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WI started by the cotton manufacturers of Great Ilritnln to encoururlt1Ilibthan the United SUISenator William R Clark la steadfly recovering from the operation ItWill learned that the first drew In R ofthe brain wound made found the lion ¬

t ing proceed nicely herniaAt Wobasha Minn six persons were

burned to death In a fire which destrayed the depot hotel

The Arctic steamer Roosevelt boundfrom Now York for northern watersvia North Sydney C B called at BarHarbor Mo and after CommanderPeary had bade farewell to Morris KJosup of Now York she continued hervoyage

Threo of tho four furnaces of theCarnegie Steel Co at Newcastle Pahave resumed after a months Idleness

At Chicago Esther Macken a youngwoman who acted as housekeeper fortier father who Is 70 years old threwcarbolic acid In her fathers oyes totally blinding him

t A secret meeting of tho executivei committee of Tho League of Leagues

was hold In St Petersburg at which< arrangements wero perfected for a gen-

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strike of tho professional classesJuly 22-

llarold Weekos tho onetlmo famousfootball player of Columbia colloge

f becamo a member of the Now Yorkstock exchange Tho price paid for hisseat was 80000

John F Stevens the newly appoint-ed

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t chief engineer of the Panama canal sailed for Panama on the steamtship Mexico Chairman Shouts of thecanal commission accompanied MrStevens Mr Stevens will assume con ¬

trol of oporatlona Immediately on arriving at the Isthmus

After being closeted together for 46

hours and taking 42 ballots In whichthe voto was ton for conviction andtwo for acquittal In tho land fraudcases tho jury in tho caso ofCongressman Williamson MesonVan Qessner and Biggs reported toJudge DcHaven In tho United Statescourt at Portland Ore that It could

I not agree and was dischargedf Tho Panama canal commission re¬

ceived a cablegram from Qov Magoonreporting that Joseph A Corrigan anAmerican employe at Panama hasboon stricken with yellow fever

Amanda F Stlchtonotli of Clncln ¬

nati filed in the United States circuitcourt in Chicago a bill asking that areceiver be appointed for the CentralStock and Groin Co of Chicago theCentral Grain and Stock exchange ofHammond Ind and the HammondRealty Co of Hammond Ind

Near DCS Moines la a terrific ox ¬

plosion took placo at tho Wont Rlvorlido Coal mine Six minors worekilled Tho dead men had gone Intothe powder house to secure tholr dallysupply of dynamlto to bo used In thomine when tho structure was strucktxv lightning

Wm Lyman 19 was almost burnedto death in Jefferson park Chicago bja party of men supposed to bo trampsthat sot fire to tho grass upon whichho was asleep and also sot fire to hitclothingCapt

Ira Myers of Peru lod clnInil to St Johns Now Brunswick hastendered his resignation to take effectAugust 31 Ho will return to Peru

There will bo a legislative luvcstlgatlon of the life Insurance business atcarrlod on in Now York state both byNew York state corporations and bythoso of other states doing businesswithin that state This investigationwill be made by a special joint commlttee wltn ample powers of whlofthe chairman will bo Senator Armstrong of Rochester rOIl

The Chicago teamsters strike thathas BO greatly disturbed business condltlons In that city for the last 103

days was officially declared off by themembers of tho Teamsters Joint Counell The mun have been ordered toseek their old positions antI It Is estlmatod that loss than onehalf of thomwill be ro employed Tho strikers havemade a complete surrender and willapply for work as Individuals

Extensive preparations aro beIngmade for the reception of Secretaryfaft and party In Toklo Besides oilclal receptions Imperial and otherwisetho bankers and other Influential assoclatlons and societies aro holdingmeetings and appointing reception

committeesTheNatIonal bank of Kansas

City Mo failed to open Its doorsTho bank hold paper of C J Devlinof Topeka to the amount of upwardsof 100000 and tho failure Is tho dlrect result of tho closing of the FirstNational bank of Topeka of whichMr Devlin was the principal stock

holderTwoGorman scientists announco the

discovery of a now anaesthetic havingall the virtues of cocaine without thotatters secondary III effects Tho newsubstance is called altyplno It deadens pain by local application

Tho controller of the treasury ren-

dered a decision of interest to tho rural free delivery service Under It thepostmaster general Is allowed to sotaside sufficient funds for tho paintingof rural letter boxes

During the Zalamlk a bomb was oxptodod In tho courtyard of the MosqueConstantinople close to tho sultanma majesty was not Injured but soy

anal members of hU suite were killedor Injured Several arrests have boonmade

saga H non UIB former Salvationarmy gIrl convicted of perjury In eonsection with a HIt for personal dam-

ages against the Chicago city railwaywill have to go to prison for an Indeflnlte term

Jimmy Brttt to still the lightweightchampion of the world He WM awardwl the declaim over Kid Sullivan In

a IO round contest In whloa Britt wasthe bright and shining star

The Insurance Investigation to beundertaken by a legislative committeeoonflVrwith the attorney generals actionagainst the trustee and omeora of theEquitable Life Assurance society

Quarantine against Now Orleans wasput on and quarantine Inspectors woreplaced on nil southbound trains baying Mobile Ala for Now Orleans owIng to yellow fever In tho latter city

Twentyfour true bills against 14 in-

dividuals wore returned by tho grandjury which has been Investigating alleged grafting at Milwaukee Thiswas the third batch of Indictmentshanded down since tho jury went Intosession Juno 20 tho grand total thusfar numbering 129

An Investigation made of tho list olpaid subscribers to tho book entitledFads and Fancies which Town TopicsNow York is preparing to publish re-sealed 40 names of prominent peoplenil over tho country On this list appears tho name of Mayor JuliusFlolschmann of Cincinnati Tho priceof tho book Is 1500

Judge Noah W Shcover of Ann Arbon Mlct who has boon prominent intho affairs of tho national prohibitionparty died suddenly at his homo fromapoplexy Ho was 65 years of ago

Tho American yacht Manchester thochallenger for tho Seawanbaka cup detented the Alexandra the Canadiandefender in tho second race of thooerios at Donral Quo

John Strait a farmer of Harts Runnear Cameron W Va is under arrestat Wheeling charged with attemptingto kill his daughter Jessie Bho wasstruck by a steno lid then shot tintimesW J Parker a taming engineer ofCleveland 0 was struck load bylightning at Whitney 30 miles fromSalisbury N Y life horse also was

killedEBishop shot and killed Gordon

Reddock at Luzorno Ala Both wereprominent merchants Bishops wifewas the causo of tho shooting

The last vcstlgo of Hyde controlover tho destinies of tho EquitableLife Assurance society so far as thebooks of the company show disappeared when Chairman Paul Mortonstopped payment of tho 25000 annualpension to the widow of Hoary DHyde

Tho troop stable at Fort Washaklno16 miles from Lander Wyo has boondestroyed by fire Fifty horses belong-Ing to troops of the United States cavalry wore burned-

A mob battered down tho doors of thecounty jail and lynched Sam Creen a16year negro boy who attempted acriminal assault at Now BrunoolsTex on a 4yearold girl

Charged with receiving gold oreknowing it to hnvo been stolen sixassayers of the Cripple Creek districthave been placed under heavy bondsIt is alleged tho assayors cleared 30

000 in six ronnthA

Moro than 1000000 acres of theUnltah reservation in NorthwesternUtah are to bo subject to the locationof tho whlto man on and after August28 By proclamation of tho presidentunder authority of congress registra-tion

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for right to locate In a rotationto bo determined by lot will begin atVernal Provo and Price Utah andGrand Junction Col

The shah of Persia contemplates avisit to the United States Ho madoa statement to this effect in the courseof a conversation with Senor Sebas ¬

tian B De Meer tho Mexican minis-ter to Paris Franco-

Considerable surprise was created inWashington by tho announcementfrom Oyster Bay that President Reesevolt Irlends to call an extra sessionof congress on November 11 Thenews was unexpected because It wasthought the president had given uptho Idea before ho left Washington forOyster Bay a month ago

The engagement of Miss CorinnoBlackburn daughter of United StatesSenator Blackburn of Kentucky toMr W II Gale of New York city hasboon announced

The name of Joseph L Brlstow for ¬

mer fourth assistant postmaster general Is being mentioned In connectionwith the office of public printer

The civil service commission willhold an examination at Cincinnati onAugust C to fill the vacancy In tbo position of stenographer and typewriterfemale at 600 per annum In theoffice of the secretary of the board ofexaminers for the civil service districtat Cincinnati

Representatives of the Japanese government have just bought 110000worth of horses at a stock farm atFast Aurora N Y There aro 34

horses In the deal and all will boshipped to Japan for breeding

Official announcement has been madethat tho dreaded yellow fever1 existsIn Now Orleans and that six personshave died of tho malady Seven othercases which as yet have not provedfatal are officially reported

A report from Junior W Va statesthat the coal tipple and several otherbuildings there belonging to the DavisCoal and Coke Co have burned at uloss of 30000

Ann Young aged 105 years is deadat tho homo of her son near Momphi Tonn She was the mother of 26children mot of whom are living

Gn Nogi has 80 battalions GonOku 00 Gen Nodsu 16 Gon Kurokl190 Gen Kammamura 90 and GenHasegawn 190 the battalions averag ¬

lag a thousand men which makes thenumerical strength of the Jopapeso660000 baronets with 8000 field andmountain guns and about 100 siegeguns

The Cunard line steamship Carpathla brought In 19100 crates of Span-ish onionsthe first big cargo of thisvegetable for Ute year Shippers lookfor recordbreaking Imports of thoonion during the next six weeks

Frederick B Carlton formerly ofCincinnati whose adventures are salato extend across the country and intoHumps twlco indicted for grand larcony within a month at Now Yorkand suspected of having murdered attoast two wives for Insurance monoyIs reported to have a wife living ntMontgomery Ala

William S Withers of WakefleldN Y who led the orchestra of Pordttheater Washington the night ofApril 14 1865 when President Lin¬

cola was 4hot Is dead at his homo inthat placo at tho age of 70

Boats from the United States pro-tected cruiser Minneapolis and thesupply ship Caesar raced in tho regat¬

ta at Valencia Spain Tho latters cut ¬

ter won against several starters gain-Ing a prize of 30

Mary ODonnell and Nettlo ONellof Louisville Ky were arrested at El ¬

gin III The girls were clad In mensclothes and had beaten their way therefrom Chicago

Brakeman James Murphy was cromated in an oil explosion following thederailment of a Rock Island fastfreight at Unlonvllle la The con ¬

ductor and fireman woro perhaps fa-

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hurt-Veterans of the civil war Sons of

Veterans members of the WomensRelief Corps and other patriotic so ¬

cieties paid honor to tho late Gen WW Blackman whoso funeral was heldIn Boston

The newspaper and job printingplant of tho Arkansas Democrat atLittle Rock Ark was destroyed bylire Tho loss la total and will beabout 125000 with an Insurance ofabout 90000

With a roar that was heard fivemllee u cyclone struck the northernrim of Racine county Wisconsin kill-Ing

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two men and damaging propertyand crops 100000

The city of Montgomery Alathrough Acting Mayor Mclntyro Isgood an official proclamation of quILlantine against Now Orleans and otherinfected sections on account of yellowfoyer

John C Eckleston SS of Philadel ¬

phia was arrcstoa shortly after mid ¬

night at tho white house when howas caught climbing over a high ironfence He said he was anxious to BOO

the presidentChairman Paul Morton of the Equit ¬

able Life Assurance society summerily removed as controller T D Jordanand appointed In his stead William ADay assistant attorney general of thoUnited States

Against tho advice of members offoreign legations at Seoul Korea hasdecided to send two representatives toWashington to attempt to secure ahearing before tho peace plenipoten-tiaries

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Rev Father Guslck active administrator of the diocese of Shorbrookoand four young men wore drowned > aLake Aylmer near Sherbrooke Que

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A BOILER EXPLOSION

Terrible Disaster Aboard theGunboat Benninjrton

FlftyNlne Killed SO Injured and 16

Men Are Mining FortySevenof the Dead Were Burled

Near San Diego Cal

San Diego Cal July 22one of thebollors on the United States gunboatDennlngton exploded In tho harborhero with terrible results

The Bennlngton at the tlmo of thoaccident was lying In the stream Justoff the commercial wharf at tho footof H street The warship had receiv-ed

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orders from tho navy departmentat Washington to sail for Port liarford where she was to meet the monttor Wyoming and convoy the vesselto Mare Island navy yard Steam wasup and everything was In readiness forsailing when suddenly and without anywarning whatever tho starboard forward boiler exploded with a deafeningroar The explosion was terrific

At the tlmo of tho accident Com ¬

mander Luclon Young and Surgeon IfPeck were on shore The two officersas soon as they learned of the disas-ter hurried to tho water front whoreCommander Young Immediately tookchargeOn

board tho Bennlngton wore pre-sented terrible scenes Tho force ofthe explosion had torn a great hole Intho starboard side of the ship and thevessel was already commencing to listA section of tho upper deck was car¬

ried away from stem to stern Bloodand wreckage was distributed over theentire ship the after cabin and thevicinity of tho ship adjacent to theexploded boiler resembling a charnelhouse Over It all hung the greatcloud of whlto smoke which driftedslowly toward the Coronado shore

The shock of tile explosion penetratml every section of the ship blood andashes being found as far as the sternof the captains cabin Portions of theupper deck were carried away andgreat damage was done In all sections

Most of the dead and injured weretaken ashore whore the undertakersand physicians wero assembled theformer taking charge of tho dead andthe latter to minister to tho needs ofthe living

The bodies of many of tho men ta ¬

ken from tho wrecked interior of theship were mutilated almost beyondrecognition The faces of many worecovered with blood and ashes

The boiler which exploded it is saidwas regarded as unsafe CommanderYoung stated that during a recent roturn trip from Honolulu tho steamprewrare was kept reduced In that par¬

ticular onoWhen tho explosion occurred tho

engineer was Inspecting the boilers aia preliminary to tho vessels leavingport and ho was not seriously Injured

San Diego Cal July 2Ihey bur ¬

led tho Bennlngtons dead Sunday47 of thorn in a common grave Ontho crost of tho promontory of Lamahigh above tho shimmering water ofSan DIogo bay on the one sldo andwithin sound of tho booming surf oftho Pacific on tho other they werelaid to rest in the peaceful little mill ¬

tar burying ground Without thecrash of drum or the sound of brasswithout pomp or parade yet with sim-

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ImpressIveness all honor was paidthe nations dead

They have honored dead to keepthem company the brave boys of theBennlngton All about them lie thosewho died In the nations service Inmore trying times Gravestones yel ¬

low with age bear the names of menwho died at Monterey In the Mexicanwar others who gave up their livesin the conquest of California and whofollowed Commodore Stockton at OldSan Pasquel These are their neighbore in death

Army and navy paid tributes noless sincere than the simple grief oftho representatives of peace whomade tho long journey around oracross the great bay From Ft Rosecans came the 115th company coasthoavy artillery from the city of SanDiego the naval reserves from theUniversal Brotherhoods home on PontLoran a company of khaki clad repre¬

sentatives and from the governmentship Fortune a dozen of their sailorsBut the most Impressive body ofmourners wore the 52 men from thebattered Bennlngton

Besides these there were hundredsof civilians who unthoughtful of thefatiguing Journey from the citybrought their offerings of flowers tolay upon the graves

A careful compilation of casualtieswas made by a press representativeand Is as follpws Burled in militarycemetery at Ft Rosecrans 47 deadnow in morgue 10 awaiting shipmentto relatives dead in lire room of Den ¬

nlngton still unrecovered 2 Totaldead 59 Injured at various hospitals50 Missing 16 Grand total 125

Among the wounded are A JWorthen Dayton 0 Brown TolloyFllckweller mad L A Cries Sylvanla 0 and W J Woiler Cleveland 0

Refuse To Sell American GoodShanghai July 22Tho boycott of

American goods is now working but ithas been agreed that tho completion ofall running contracts for supplies willbo allowed Meanwhile all tho Chi ¬

nese shops refuse to sell Americangoods including Standard oil

Special Session of CongressLincoln Neb July 22Senator E

J Burkctt has received a letter fromSecretary Loeb in which it was statedIt is tho presidents Intention to call aspecial session of congress on Novem-ber 11

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It STATE NEWS ITEMS

MULE RELEASED HIM

How Adolph Wilson Was Taken Outof a Railway Wreck

Nlcholasvltle Ky July 20 AdolphWilson who was In the railroad wreckat Mt Vernon Ind last Friday andwas seriously Injured has arrIvedhome Ho attributes the saving of iIilife to the action of a mule He said

When I came to my senses a hugetimber was laying across my backwhich I could not move In glancingaround looking for help I discovered amule standing within a few feet ofwhere I was pinioned looking at me asIf wishing to render assistance Soonthe mule turned its heels toward meand began to kick The first Melstruck the timber a glancing lick thesecond hit It full and just grazed myear which now shows tho mark as youcan see and somewhat moved the tlmber The third kick raised It sufficiently for me to slide from under and as Iarose from the ground and started tomako my way to a farm house themule followed evidently satisfied withthe good work accomplished

FRANCHISE TAX

Board of Valuation and AssessmentsMake Valuations

Frankfort Ky July 20Tho Ken-

tucky state board of valuation and assessment placed valuation for fran-chise tax purposes on the CumberlandPipe Lino Co of New York and thePullman Co of Chicago It fixedvaluation of the total capital of thefirst named company at 857435 antithe value of its franchise for purposesof taxation at 404837 A valuationof 300000 was placed on the total cap-ital of tho Pullman Co and 290000Is the value of its franchise The totalvaluation of the Louisville Bridge Coa Kentucky corporation was fixed at1760QOO and the value of its franchiso at 1302000

r GIANT GRAPEVINE

Its Main Trunk Is More Than a FootIn Diameter

Ellzabethtown Ky July 21lIardin county has perhaps the most wonderful grapevine In Kentucky It Isgrowsanlives a few miles from town The vineIg about 25 years old measures 225

feet In length and its main trunk Ismore than a foot In diameter withprofuse branches that cover a largetwostory meathouse It is estimatedthat Its yield this season will be notless than 1000 pounds

Allowed to Carry ArmsFrankfort Ky July 20oov Deck

ham has upon request of Lexingtonofficials given permission to the NInthbattalion Ohio national guard madeup of negroes to enter the state bear-

Ing arms The negro soldiers are to

hold their annual encampment at Lex-

Ington September 12 to 16 next dur-Ing tho time the colored fair will be-

held here

Death of Judge ButlerColumbia Ky July 20Judgo J

W Butler who was one of Adair countys most prominent citizens a restdent of Columbia Is dead He w-

eight years county clerk and touryears county judge of Adair countyHe was a democrat and popularthroughout this section of Kentucky

Rosslngton DeadVersailles Ky July 20The stab

lion imp Rosslngton 22 years old IIdead at Nantura farm He was a hatbrother of Ormonde and was the sirof Travorser and a number of goodrace horses The late Frank B lIarper paid 12000 for Roesington at auctloa at 6 years old-

Refuses To GoLouisville Ky July nH Alexan-

der alias W H Buchanan arrested li

this city at the request of authoritiesin San Bernardino Cat refuses to re-

turn without requisition papers Al-

exander Is wanted on a charge of forgery Ho has relatives at ChllllcothO

J H Dempsey Hurt at SeattleCovlngton Ky July 2LJ hernia n

Dempsey well known hero and toryears associated with W E Applegate the wellknown turfman whwon the fight against Judge Perkinfor control of the La onla race trackwas perhaps fatally injured In an automobile accident at Seattle Wash

Whltesburgs New PostmasterMayklng Ky July 21Who post or

floe scramble at Whltesburg whir hhas been creating much interest fotwo weeks closed when Felix G Fielda son of Commonwealth Attorney IraField received his commission amtook control of tile office

Helping the Cause of EducationLexington Ky July 21S B Hag

gin is helping tho cause of oducatlo nby employing on his big farm durlnthe summer moro than 200 collegboys It a youth is physically unablto labor in the fields ho Is given worlsuited to his strength

Weds Cincinnati GirlGreenup Ky July 21Joseph Bus

totter prominent business man ofcity drove to Ashland with Miss Fla-

once Hugenschmltt of Cincinnatiwhere they were married by Rov Fathen Woste

RARE PRESENCE OF MIND

The Lineman Cut the Electric WIreand Saved His Life

Louisville Ky July 22Rare prosence of mind saved John Slcgel a line-man in the employ of the New Al ¬

bany Electric Light Co from electro ¬

cution Slogel with three other work ¬

men was engaged at East Fourthstreet and Cuiboftton avenue when He i

climbed a pole and became entangledin a live wire With smoke and sparks I

issuing from his clothing and the flesh I

frying on his a btchetIIfrom his belt and cut thebreaking the current Siegel was near-ly prostrated but maintained his holduntil comrades assisted him to theground

A RECORD RAINFALL

Boats Had To Be Used To Cross tMStreets at Nicholasvllle

Nicholasvllle Ky July 22Thaheaviest rainstorm in the history ofJessamine county occurred and sort ¬

ous loss of property is reported Therainfall continued for five hours andthe streets of Nicholasvllle wero underiwater and In many instances the firedepartment was called out to aallstfamilies In moving from their hometo escape the flood

A KILLING AT MT STERLING

John Fay Is In Jail For ShootingLleutell Fassett

Mt Sterling Ky July 22JohnFay of this city shot and killed Lieutell Fassett here Fassett was shot lathe stomach tho ball going entirelythrough the body Fay was arrestedand placed In jail Fassett Is 28 yearsold and a native of Bath county Faykilled a man here a few years ago andhas been in considerable trouble

WITH A WINCHESTER

Bleavens Lay Shot and Killed Sevieron Kettle Creek

Burkesvllle Ky July 20 BleavensLay shot und killed Garfield Sevlerwith a Winchester rifle on Kettle creekLay came here and surrendered to theofficers Ho declared that Sevler wasintoxicated and pursued him with m

shotgun Lay Is aged 35 years andheretofore bore a good reputation Hisvictim was 25 years of age and consldered a dangerous man

The Lid In LouisvilleLouisville Ky July 22 Mayor

Grainger approved the ordinance pass ¬

ed and commencing with Mondaymorning all saloons will bo closed bet-

ween the hours of 1 and 5 a m Oth ¬

er ordinances provide for the licensingof banks manufacturers and otherbusiness concerns

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Loving Cup For HartLouisville Iy July 22Gixteenper

sonal friends of Marvin Hart and firmbelievers In his prowess as a pugilisthave purchased a loving cup of solidsliver 20 inches in height and costing160 which they will present to himsome tlmo next week at his countryhome

Woman Charged With HorsestoallngCovington Ky July 22J C Mar-

tin alias Rodgers and the womanMrs J C Rodgers alias Nettle Davisalias Rodgerson who claims to be thewife of the man were arraigned before

prollmlnryhearinghorse and buggy from Theo Wieck

The Alexandria FairNewport Ky July 22Tho

Iot the Campbell County trusteeIassociation aro at work OB

gram for the annual fairvenes the second week ta Septemberat Alexandria Many improvements tothe grounds are under wayI

Held Up Rural Mall CarrierPaducah Ky July 22Four men

were arrested In Ballard county OB acharge of holding up and robbing arural free delivery mall carrier anAwill be brought to Paducah to be ax ¬

amined by United stat Commission ¬

er W A Gardner

The New Electric LineParis Ky July 20Parls business-

men are enthusiastic over the proposedParis Maysvllle electric line The ea

stire amount allotted to Paris 6000was raised In a few hours The townof Mlllersburg eight miles from herotook nearly onehalf of the amount

Death Due To ParalysisNIcholasvlllo Ky July 21Olrs

r Johnnlo Anne Hersperger aged 77

died of paralysis at her home IB thocountry Sho was the wife of Henry

l C Hersperger a wellknown farmerand has boon married for 67 years

Tobacco Damaged By HallGeorgetown Ky July 22A terrifjo

hall storm accompanied by lightningpergtlon of Scottalone suffered a loss of 26000 on theirtobacco crop Thd entire loss will beabout 100000

Hall Ruins TobaccoVersailles Ky July 2ZA heavy

hail storm near Midway did thousandsithergrowing tobacco James W Parrlshthe largest grower in tho county had1SB acres of tobacco seriously injured

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