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iVOL I gts5 WINCHESTER KY TUESDAY APRIL 1909 2 CENTS A COW II CENTS A WEIX ill

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TRIAL

u rCase of Mrs Mllam Against Messrs

Bloomfield and Barnes in

Circuit Court

The trial of the case of Mrs Milam vs Messrs Bloomfield and Bar ¬

nes consumed the entire morningTuesday in the Clark Circuit Courtand will probably extend over toTVednesdaj The defense has notyet finished their evidence MrsMilam is suing for 10000 and alleg-es that in taking up a fence in therear of her residence they left a posthole open into which she fell break ¬

lug her leg causing damages to thisamount

BLIND MAN CHARGED

WITH CARRYING PISTOL

Judge Young Has His First Case ofthe Kind and Discharges

Accused

MT STERLING Ky April 13The April term of the MontgomeryCircuit Court convened here yester-day with Judge Allie W Young onthe bench and Commonwealths Attorney Alex Conner ready for dl1tyITile gran djury is composed of Ran-kin R Vhitsitt foreman N fIBoone Hugh Posley John Lee Charles Hazelrigg lA L Tipton OllieMcCormick Ewell Payne Clay FoggIJames W Horr Will Thompson andS Webb Oaitskill Judge Youngmade a brief charge to the jurytouchingon the violations of the law

The petit Jury is composed ofFrank C Laughlin Jeff Cooper TJ Thomas James K Denton John3C Barnes J M Privatt J M McCormick Rp Parsons Nose IIXera JIuLT Wgodfoxd Earl Im

iSfHb lT ti Wa15h Owen Diorris Alvin Myers George W Anderjoiji J Ti Ricketts Tandy ChenaultBen F Wyatt George W Denton AB Setters Asa Bean and James Kel

larA young man named Watkins whowas totally blind was before thecourt on the charge of carrying aj-pistol Judge Young stated thatwas the first time since he had been

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on the bench that a blind man hadever been brought before him on the

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a lecture upon the agreement of I

the prisoner never to again carry a I

weapon Watkins was discharged I

Court adjourned until Tuesdaywhen the trial of John Hawkins for

t IIcascyearsPaymentFor Equity Growers I

County Secretary Emmet Y Nel-son will pay out this week to Equitytobacco growers of Montgomerycounty 10000 leaving a balance ofabout 15000 yet due Mr Nelsonms already paid to the growers about91500 and when the last payment

is made it will t V about 118000which has Jseerf fied loose here byMr Nelson J his amount grownhere nmminjrlfifl with theClark count1J

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TWO WOMEN CUT INtA FIGHT OVER WHISKEY

One of Them Reported Dying and

Her Son and Three OtherMen Injured-

0WINGSVILLE Ky April 13In a cutting affray that occurredj

I at the home of MrsI about five miles east of Owingsville

yesterday afternoon in which Mrsh Cline her daughter Miss Susan and

her son Cline and Richard andJohn Hayes were the participants

t Mrs Cline and Richard Mayes werefatally subbed and were reported tobe dying at 10 oclock tonight Theothers were severely cut and areIsaid to be in a critical condition

The trouble arose in a quarrel inwhich the boys engaged oveu theownershnp of some mooilshine whiskyand Mrs Cline and her daughter 1nJterfered taking sides with the sonand brother

Mrs Cline ails 6 Oyears of age Thetrouble occurred in one of the strong ¬

est local option territories in Easterni Kentucky

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BASEBALL MEN-

BEGINPRACTISE

Local Team Starts at Garners Parkto Get Ready For

Opening Game

The first practice on the homegrounds was done by the local teamMonday afternoon The team wentout in the morning and inspected thegrounds and went out for a little realpractice in the afternoon Tire boysseem to be in good shape Allseemed to like tlieir new home andsup

getting aeqhair ted with the fanspretty well Tuesday was a rainyday and they did nut get to put iiany practice but jnst as soon us theweather clears up manager Horn willget diem to work Some are a littletoo heavy and will reducebtheir weight by taking long runs anddi thebheaviest men on the team Elisweighing 180 pounds and Touey alittle more than Ellis

Arrangements were made Tuesdaymorning for an exhibition game withthe Cincinnati Colts Monday April19th This team is owned by theCincinnati National League team andsome of the men who will play herewill be seen in the ranks of the Redsbefore the season has closed Thisteam has defeated the Reds threegames tied them once and lost tothem three times in exhibition gamesthis season They are on a tour anddefeated the Evansville team Mon-

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While in Kentucky they willplay at Lexington and other towns inCentral Kentucky If Gus Powersarrives in time manager Horn willprobably put hun in the box for this-game

RAIDS ON HENHOUSESTOPPED BY SHOTGUN

Richmond Editors Brother Fires on

Two Negroes fitit They

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unknown negro men with a gang ofothers who entered the poultry houseof Emmitt Miller a well to do farmerhere last night were wounded with aShotgun by Mr Miller The twowounded men were spirited away by

companions and as yet havenot been located by officers Streamsof blood were traced several yardsfrom the house where it is believedthey entered a conveyance and madetheir escape Mr Miller wwho is abrother of A D Miller editor andpublisher of ihe Richmond Climaxhas been troubled for some time bychicken thieves This probably will

lCnhouseIWORK IS TO BEGIN

ON COLLEGE ADDITION

Bids Are Being Received on the New

Addition

Bids are being received from va-

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contractors for the beginningof work on the new college additionMr R J Warrick is in town repre-senting

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the Bowman Realty Companywhich is putting the addition on themarket

WHAT INDUCED TEDDYTO GO TO AFRICA

Various reasons have been assign¬

for Mr Roosevelts trip to AfricaItoccurs to us the real was that forseven years he has been in the lime-

light and this was his best oppor-tunity

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to continue to be lionized

M M I DEFEATS NORMALRICHMOND Ky April 13Mil

lersburg Military Institute won fromthe model department of the StateNormal School here yesterday after¬

noon in a game of baseball by thescore of 12 tto 6 The pitching ofFaggin for Millersburg was the feat¬

ure He allowed one hit and madesixteen strikeouts

WILL ASK FOR NEW TRIALCooper Case to Come Up Again on

April 21 in Nashville

NASHVILLE Tenn ApriI13Anorder has been entered in the Crim-inal

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Court here fixing April 21 at thedate on which the application for anew trial will be heard in the Coopermurder case

It will he remembered that RobinCooper and his father Colonel Dun¬

can B Cooper were recently copvicted of the murder of Senator E WCarmack and given twenty years eachin thee penitentiary

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PREsaYTERY

Convenes in Washington Street Pres ¬

byterian Church Tuesday Night

Delegates have begun to arrive forthe of the Ebenezer Pres ¬

bytery U yS A which convenesTuesday night at the WashingtonStreet Presbyterian church Theopening sermon will be preachedTuesday night at 730 by the presentmoderator Rev T CKeer of Falmouth after which the Presbyterywill be constituted and a new modes ¬

ator elected The convention will getdown to business Wednesday morn ¬

ing The convention will be in ses ¬

sion two days und about one hun-

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delegates will be here

FORMERCOMRADESIN

NG AFFRAY

Deputy Sheriff Kills Man With WhomHe Had Quarreled While Both

Were Drinking

HINDMAN Ky April tLastFriday evening Thomas Hays a dep ¬

uty sheriff shot and killed AlexThacker two miles below this placeBoth Hays and Thacker had beendrinking for two weeks when Haysprocured steel ball gun and huntingnp Thacker at his home fired a ballinto Ills abdomen Thacked died ear ¬

ly Saturday morning Hays prompt¬

ly gave himself up to the authoritiesBoth men formerly served in theUnited States Army

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of Old Case Are toBe Seen tit at the

Great Fair

to The News JWash April

in the trial ofAaron Burr for treason which havebeen a part of the of the

Court at Vasince 1807 will be sent to Seattleas a part of the to be madeby the Unitcd States of

at at the Alaskathis sum-

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So are thesethat they are kept in a vault in the

and areto few

The papers have in theof the Feder ¬

al Court since 1807 the trialtaken place in the summer of thatyear with dust andedby the flight of years the old ¬

will be from theirplace and to

for at the fairThey in all sixty sepa

ate among which are thel3urr for

treason the bench issued byChief John tht ¬

of Aaron Burr theletter from to the

dated 12 1806to be as well as the memo ¬

of the court for theduces tecum for

and a duces tecum tohimto t

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made by Latthutr Martino and np

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POET WHO IS DEAD1

The late was born In London on April 5 1837otAshbllrnhll1lIUstlrstWATCH for lie big FortyPage Special fEditioii Wednesday Afteroonra

The Thousands Extra Papers we have printedhave been ordered and wejregret to gay there areno more copies sale

AARON BURR PAPERS

TDyBE AT EXPOS1 ON

Records Famous

Seattle

SpecialSEATTLE 13The

original documents

recordsFederal Richmond

exhibitDeportment

Justice WashingtonYukonPacific Exposition

documents

Richmond federal buildingentrusted persons

remainedundisturbed possession

having

Dignified yellowdoc-

uments removedresting shipped Seattle

displaycomprise

exhibitsoriginal indictment against

warrantJustice Marshall af-

fidavit requiringGeneral Wilkinson

President Novemberproduced

randum subpoenaPresident Thomas

Jefferson subpoenaThomas Jefferson requiring

produce certain correspond-ence

documents include affidavitEdward conceniMftecertain

statementscxattorneY general May

7iLGESKr03r CHAS SWINBTJRNE NOTED

AKerfjphirles Swinburne

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SUNDAY scHooL

CONVENTION

Executive Committee Meets But DoesNot Definitely Decide on Day

For the Summer Meeting

The Executive Committee of theClark County Sunday School Asso ¬

ciation met in the Methodist churchMonday for the purpoSo formulati-ng plans for the Sunday SchoolConvention of all the churches of thecountv to be heM sop time in thesummer The committee discussedthe matter fully but didhot fix theday for the convention That willbe drtermined upon at a later meet-ing

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STATE TAX COMMISSION

Open Meeting Will Be Held on the I

24th of This Month

FRANKFORT Ky April 13Secretary W B OConnell of theState Tax Commission todayout notices for ail openmeetI sentIthe body to be helot at Xiouisville ¬

ril 24 It is the purpose of the com ¬

mission to meet dnuiu the summer atPaducah Owensbor Bowling GreenLexington and possibly some point inEastern Kentucky for discus-sion and to arouse interest in taxreforms tplication for a writ of habeas corpusfor Aaron Burr application to thegovernor of Virginia requesting theuse of certain public buildings suchas a jail and others and many otherdocuments fa similar nature

The documents ill b given aprominent place in they to hemade at Seattle bythb Department I

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FIRST fXCURSIONS

OF SUMMER SEASON

L N to Cincinnati and C 0to Louisville Next Sunday

Morning

The first Cincinnati excursion ofthe season will be run by the L N

railroad next Sunday It will be byspecial train and will leave Winches ¬

ter at 730 a m All who desire maysee the opening game of the NationalLeague in the Queen City between theCincinnati Und St LoUis teams

The first Louisville excursion ofthe season will be over the C 0next Sunday

FIRE AT LAWRENCEBURG

Destroys the Residence of A C Witherspoon Causing Loss of 800

LAWRENCEBURG Ky April 13Fire destroyed the residence of A

C Witherspoonon North Main streethere at an early hour yesterdaymorningThe

is 8000 with partial insurance

oil

NARROW ESCAPEFROM CREMATION

Fire at Georgetown Destroys Publi ¬

cation Office of NewsGEORGETOWN Ky April 13

The Harrison Smith building on SouthBroadway for years occupied as theNews office burned yesterday after¬

noon The cause is reported as dueto an explosion ofa coal oil stoveThe estimated loss to the building is2000 and a like amount on the con ¬

tentsThe families of Carl Culbertson

and Harrison Smith the occupantsupstairs had a narrow escape fromcremation

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SENATORS WIN-

OPENING GAME

Easily Defeat New York by

Score of 4 to 1

CROWD BREAKS RECORD

Many Persons Prominent In Officialand Diplomatic Circles WitnessContest Engles OneHanded Catchof Fly Was Fielding Feature of theGameMore Than Thirty ThousandFans Pay to See Philadelphia TrimBoston Iito 1

Washington April 13Tllt Ameri ¬

can league season was opened in agame between the Washington andNew York clubs before what was saidto be the largest crowd that has everturned out in this city there being15000 paid admissions The standswere packed to their limit while theoverflowing crowds completely encir-cled

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the outfield a dozen deep Manyprominent people of official and diplO-matic circles were present

The game was won easily by Washingtonp the final score being 4 to t istheir favor The looalii batted hariifat critical pointy aid were helpedalong by costly errors of the NewYorkers Pitcher Charlie Smith wasUtfijrqat surprise to the visitors whoare credited with only four hits

Nekton did the twirling for the NewYorks but was wild and ineffectiveand after working four Innings gavewas to Brockett who held the localsto two hits and no runs in the finalfour innings The fielding feature ofthe game was a remarkable onehandeel catch by Leftfielder Engle of along fly from Streets butt in the thirdinning There were three men on thebases and only one out at the timeEngle ran to the edge of the crowd inleft field and as the ball was sailingover his head jumped and grabbedthe ball in his ungloved hand AsEngle disappeared in a mixture ofarms and legs he held to the ballDelebantysgo ngWf f1ifpppthout Conroy who was onthe bag before the bull was caughtand was declared out when the ballwas returned to second

Clymer walked but Milan forcedhim to second on a roller to NewtonUnglaub doubled Into the crowd inleft field but the ground rule heldMilan at third Delehanty then senta roller to Newton wlro threw hometo head off Milan but me now drop-ped

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the ball and the runner scoredConroy rolled one towards first whichNewton fumbled and the bases werefilled Freeman followed with a longsingle into left field scoring Unglauband Delehanty-

In the third inning Washingtonscored its fourth and final run theresult of singles by Delehanty andConroy and Streets long fly

New Yorks lonesome tally devel ¬

oped in the fourth inning Elberfieldled off with a clean double into cen ¬

ter and Engle got a base on ballsWard moved both men up with a sac ¬

rifice and on Balls out short to firstElberfield crossed the plate ScoreRWashington eo 30100000 4 8 1New York 000100000 4 3

BatterIesSmith and Street NewtonBrockett and Kleinow

PEOPLE TURNED AWAY

Philadelphia Season Opens With ReoordBreaking Crowd

Philadelphia April 13The Amer ¬

Iran league season was opened withthe largest crowd that ever witnesseda baseball game in this city30162paying for admission while nearly1000 more were present as guests ofthe clubs The occasion marked theopening of Shibe park the new halfmillion dollar home of the Philadel ¬

phia American league club So greatwas the rush for the park that thegates were closed hue hour beforeplay started and thousands of per ¬

sons were turned away After theparade across the field which was ledby President Johnson of the Ameri ¬

can league President B F Shibe ofthe PMladlephia club President JohnI Taylor of the Boston club and WO Hantley of Chicago and the flagraising Mayor Reyburn tossed outthe ball and Umpire Hurst announcedthat the game was onIPhiladelphia outplayed Boston bothin pitching and at the bat Plankwas In grand condition and held Boaton to six hits Bostons pitcherswere batted hard and nearly all thehits off them were bunched Arellaneswas taken out In the seventh inningafter 11 hits had been made off himRyan who took his place was verywild and he was also touched up fortwo hits The score

TL H EPhiladelphia 1 0 2 S 1 0 1 3 8 13 2

JBatterieslanes Ryan and Carrigan

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IAiiy DEFICIT

GRO4ALLERtrrY

Coolidge Issues Statement gft

Government tempts

BIG CHM6E IS NOTED

Says That If Average MaintainedSince February 10 When Improve ¬

ment Began Continues ShortageFor First Year Will Be 96S37170as Against Estimate of 114OOQOOtat Beginning of 1909 AverageSince March 10 Is Even setterWashington April 13 Assistant

Secretary of the Treasury CoolidgeIn speaking of customs In regard torevenue and other treasury receiptsand of expenditures

1this yearsaid

the daily delis f Is steadily diniiuishlw

Ing He saidThe dally average receipts from

customs from Jan 1 to April 10 were1071861 This Is nearly up to the

average of the corresponding periodof 1907 which was 1144 57 Tkeperiodfefturns from internal revenue have notbeen so favorable The average dallyreceipts since Jan 1 have been 750223 as against 773078 for the corre-sponding

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period of 1908 and S853320for the corresponding period of 1907

The average daily total receiptsfrom all sources have been 2007889as against 1897134 in 1908 and 2198577 in 1907 The average dailytotal expenditure has been 2303800as against 2266400 in 1908 and 1

855500 in 1907 The daily deficit hascontinued to diminish steadily Theaverage daily deficit since July 1

1908 has been 374900 Since JanIFeb200 Since April 1 the average dailysurplus has beep 63959

If the average daily Deficit sinceFeb 10 when the Improvement incustoms receipts ben B lie notice ¬

able should cbntinuefuntil June 0dtthe total deficit for the fiscal yearwill be 96837170 as against thedeficit of 114000000 estimated at thebeginning of the last session of con¬

gress while If the average sinceMarch 10 continues the total at theend of the fiscal year will be 93203082

THIRTY HURT IN CRASH

Ten of Number Are Severely tnjunWhen Traction Cars Collide

p Gary Ind April l3Ten men w 4

seriously injured and a score balhurt in a headon collision onChicago Lake Shore lC South Betinterurban line two miles west O

Gary But one passenger on the eastbound car which contained 20 peopleescaped without injury of some kind

The crash came as the eastboundcar was running down grade at highspeed from the elevated crossing overthe Joliet cutoff The front ends of 1

the two cars were telescoped whenthey struck Most of the male pas ¬

sengers were crowded in the smokingsections back of the motorman andit is here the most serious injuriesresulted

To Advance Latonla CaseCincinnati 0 April 13Steps haveItionin the test case to determine the stat-

us of the Latonia Jockey club the ref j4suit of which it is expected will bjta decision by that body prior to theopening day of the Latonia springmeeting May 25 An agreement byattorneys on both sides was forward ¬

ed to Frankfort providing for advanc ¬

ing the appeal from the decision ofJudge Harbeson of the Kenton countycircuit court which held that theKentuckystate racing commission hadacted without authority in revokingthe license of the Latonia track be ¬

cause bookmaking was allowed

OrpDaerN t RetireColumbus 0 April 13 General WV

P Orr of Piqua will not retire as trusrtee of Sandusky Soldiers home aspreviously announced Edward PSearles pf Toledo appointed lastweek succeeds General R B Brownof Zanesville andVQrr is reappbimt tl-as his own successor r

ixShips CollUe taLondon April 13 The Danish

steamer Philadelphia from RotterdamApril 10 for Philadelphia has beenin collision with the British ship Cel ¬

tic Chief at a poilitla miles oK Eddystone light Both vessels put In atPlymouth in a badly daaaged conditi

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