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The Plaintiff Is Awarded 8000 Damages By the Jury

Winchester Ky Jan 10The bigMarcumHargis damage suit against

1 James Hargis Alex Hargis Ed Calla-han and B F French in which MrsAbrelia Marcum and children1 ask for

100000 damages alleging that de-

fendantsi conspired with Curtis Jettand Thomas White to murder JamesB Marcum was finished when thejury returned a verdict giving plain ¬

tiffs judgment for 8000 against EdCallahan and James Hargis jointlyand exonerating Alex Hargis and B1F French The plaintiffs will appeal

1 especially from that portion of theverdict exonerating Senator Hargisand BiF French and defendants will

iiafso probably appeal from that portionof the verdict giving damages againstJames Hargis and Cullahan This is

J the biggest damage suit ever broughtc in the state and the interest has been

t intenseWinchester Ky Jan 12Botliplaintiffs and defendants have filedmotions and grounds for new trials irthe HargisMarcum damage suit Defendants Ed Callahan and James Hargis are allowed until next Tuenday to

ti file a statement of additional groundsfor a new trial No arguments willbe made by their side in support ofthese motions and Judge Benton has-

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I in the matter WednesdayWinchester Ky Jan 13 Shortly

after the commencement of the HarfI gisMarcum trial here Mrs Marcum

filed a sensational affidavit in whichamong other things she alleged thatFelix Feltner had been paid 1500 ifMose Feltner would not testify in thetrial also that defendants had bybribery threats and intimidation de¬

fendants had induced Mose FeltnerI and Sam Fields witnesses for plain ¬

tiffs to leave the state and for thisi she asked for a rule of contempt A

warrant has been sent to the sheriffof Leslie county for the arrest of Fe¬

1 lix Feltner for this purpose and if theofficers of that county fail to get hima special bailiff will be sent after him

J GARFIELD SMITH GUILTY

Took the Jury 1G Minutes To Fix theJ Death Penalty

t Lexington Ky Jan 13After a de¬

liberation of only 16 minutes the juryin the case of the commonwealth vsJ Garfield Smith colored chargedwith the murder of William Moorefound the defendant guilty and fixedhis punishment at death This is thesecond death penalty imposed for this

t Jelling as Ed Taylor also coloredcharged with the same offense wasfound guilty only two weeks ago andsentenced to be hanged

John Taylor another Negro has yetto be tried on the same charge Thedefendants entered the saloon of GeoLuigart in this city on the night ofSunday November 20 last when theystarted to clean out the place and shotand killed William Moore

THE STATE SCHOOLS

They Are Not Entitled To the MoneyPaid in By Insurance Companies

Frankfort Ky Tan 11The court

1of appeals Tuesday in the case of JH Fuqua state school superintendentagainst S W Hager auditor decided

b that the state common school fundwas not entitled to any part of the 2per cent tax paid to the state on allpremiums to insurance companies onbusiness done in Kentucky Fuquafiled a friendly suit against Hagerclaiming that Hager should apportionthe insurance tax money the same asthe regular state taxes on propertyand give the school fund its pro ratapart but the court says there is nolaw providing for such a course and

A the money must all go into the gen ¬

eral expenditure fund until otherwiseprovided by the legislature

Shanley Secretly Marriedf

Newport Ky Jan 12Frank NShanley superintendent of the New ¬

port iron and brass foundry scene ofthe present strike which has attractedgeneral attention because of dynamiteplots was secretly married to MissNellie ivox oi iuumua

Hotel Fire at ElizabethtownElizabethtown Ky Jan 13The

Sinclair hotel owned by J H Stew ¬

art was gutted by fire There was noMrcE Olcott who roomed in the buildingsuffered a loss of about 800

May Vote on Local Option QuestionOwingsville Ky Jan 12A peti ¬

tion is being circulated throughoutthis county to secure signers of a suf-ficient number to call an election tovote for local option in this county

t The fight between the wets and thedrys promises to be a hot one

Died at the Soldiers HomeCovington Ky Jan 12Word has-

tI been received here of the death at theSoldiers home Dayton 0 of John

i Jones Decease4 was well known in1 this city where he resided until 18q years ago when he went to the Sol ¬

diers home

After the District AttorneyshipMt Sterling Ky Jan 12 Robert

H Winn a leading young attorney ofthis city is an applicant for districtittorney for the Eastern district ofKentucky to succeedJudge Jl H Tinsley the incumbent f

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Thoughtr1OwingsilleKyJan 14Pressly

a man ofMt Sterling died in Mt Sterling leav¬

ing a large estate Before his deathMr Meguiar told several people thathe had made a will disposing of hisproperty but after his death no trace

lof the will could be discovered Hiswidow has concluded that Mr Meguiarmade the will and possibly dropped it I

out of his pocket during a businesstrip to some of the numerous towns j

he visited regularly She has offered ja reward of 500 for the will if it is j

accepted as valid by the courts andthe same reward to persons furnishing j

evidence which will procure the probation of the will in the courts It is

t believed that some one has found thewill and nipt knowing its value isholding it The win disposes ofalarge estate and much property in Mt

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ROARKS AND HOLCOMBS

Old Scores Caused a Pitched BattleBetween Them

Sergent Ky Jan 14In a drunkenrow on LaneFork creek in SouthernLetcher county two men were shotOne of them died instantly For a long

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time there has been trouble betweenthe RoarkHolcomb factions Josephand William Holcomb and John andBuford Roark met at a saloon nearCremonia After drinking about anhour the fight began In the first vol-leyi John Roark was shot dead Thesecond charge brought Buford Roarkto the ground fatally wounded

An hbur later an attempt was madeto arrest the Holcombs but they re-sistedj and opened fire on the officersA dozen shots were exchanged At

j length they fled to the Line Forkmountains and are now in hidingThe Roarl family are determined toarrest the Holcombs or die trying itFurther bloodshed is expected as bothsides are determined

I J W BESS HANGED

He Smiled As He Stood on the Scaffold and Said GoodBye

Lexington Ky Jan 14James WBess twice convicted for the murderof Mrs Martha Martin was hangedin the jail yard here He went to thescaffold in the same cool manner thathas characterized him during his longconfinement in jaiL He addressed thelarge crowd in the jail yard and toldthem that he hoped to meet them allin Heaven He knelt in prayer forthree minutes and with a smile on hisface bade goodbye to the peoplemany of whom he said he recognizedas old friends

Bess confessed to the death watchthat lIe had planned to take his ownlife and that he carried a small knifeblade in his mouth for that purposebut after telling this to the guard hehanded over the blade saying that hewished to die like a man

i Will Sue For DivorceLouisville Ky Jan 14James W

Wilson found Joseph Costello shavinghimself with his Wilsons pet razorin the presence of Mrs Wilson Hetook a couple of shots at him with arevolver gave himself up to the policeand says that he will sue for a di ¬

vorce

Senate Adjourned Until MondayFrankfort Ky Jan 14The senate

adjourned till Monday Lieut GovThorne appointed a committee of ninesenators to investigate the title to thepresent state house grounds and as-

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if the grounds revert to theoriginal owners under any state ofcase IJohnson Recovered 4000 DamagesFrankfort Ky Jan 14 Judgment

was rendered in the Franklin circuiticourt for 4000 damages for personalinjuries in the case of Kendrick John¬

son vs W A Gaines Co distillersJohnson had both legs broken in anaccident at Old Crow distillery >

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An ExConfederate DeadFranklin Ky Jan 14TIr John S

Lane died of enlargement of the liverHe was a confederate soldier for fouryears and a member of the Kentucky

Ilegislature He was 71years old anda Mason He was very popular as a

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LexingtonI ofN Y

at the Leland hotel during a series ofone weeks practice games in this cityto take pla e during the first week inApril

tA Michigan CoachLexington Ky Jan 14Curtis G

Redden of Rossville 111 a graduateof the University of Michigan willcoach the Kentucky university foot-ball squad for the season of 1905Redden has wired his acceptance

Websters Damage Suit CompromisedMt Sterling Ky Jan 14rhe 5

000 damage suit of Charles Websteragainst Dr JA Vansant for assaultand battery was compromised and thepetition will be dismissed when thecircuit court meets

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Wealthy Farmer ExpiresOwensboro Ky Jan 14JohnReid-

a native of Scotland and one of theleading farmers of the county died athis home two miles from the city Illsfarm is probably the finest in the coun-ty

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He waS 60 years old

Killed a Wild DeerOwingsvllle Ky Jan 13dThe first

wild deer killed in Kentucky in manyyears was slain in the mountainsalong Poplar creek After a threedays chase dogs brought the deer tobay and it trampled to death severalof the dogs before it was killed

Kentucky Teacher Chosen PrincipalMagee Miss Jan 13Prof J E

Woodward has resigned his positionas principal of the graded high schoolhere and the board of trustees has selected Prof J C Jones of Corbin Kyto fill the vacancy prof Jones is expected in a few days

Smallpox Contracted From LetterElizabethtown Ky Jan 13Miss

Grace Tabb of Summit a sister of I

j State Representative W W Tabb hasdeveloped a genuine case of smallpoxShe is said to have contracted the dis ¬

ease from a letter received from afriend in the west

Jury DisagreedLeitchfield Ky Jan 13In the

case of Hartford Logsdon charged j

with the murder of Frank Pierce inthis county last summer the jury dis ¬

agreed William Logsdon his father j

was fined 500 and given six monthsimprisonment

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Womens FeetThe European papers tell of a

curious custom among travelingwomen It appears that thewomen when staying at hotels or

I the like do not care tp exhibit tothe passers along the corridorsthe exact size of their feet so theycarefully carry with thema coupleof pairs of tiny delicate shoes

j which instead of the ones they arewearing they place outside theirdoors for the servant to take downand clean All the big boot shopsin Paris now make a specialty ofthis tiny footgear and a pair ortwo form a portion of the trousseau of every uptodate brideMadrid women are said to havethe smallest feet Peruvian wornen conic next and the Americangirls are a good thirdN Y Trib-uneI

FortunateHeDid you have to pay any

damages to the man you ran overSheNo fortunately it hap

pened to be my husband NewForker

Died While TestifyingSaratoga N Y Jan 21Dr E Val

encourt Deuell who constructed a san-itarium here died suddenly while giv¬

ing testimony in a case on trial DeathheartIIndefinitely PostponedCambridge Mass Jan 21J D

Greene secretary to President Eliotof Harvard stated that the proposedadvance from 150 to 250 in the tui¬

tion fee has been postponed indefi-nitely

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For Beer Canteens at Army PostsWashington Jan 21The Womans

Army and Navy League presented apetition to the senate committee onmilitary affairs for the erestablishment of beer canteens at army posts

John R Bull Is DeadNew York Jan 2LTahn Randolph

Bull a veteran of two wars and forr many years a wholesale produce deal-er in Louisville Ky is dead at hishome in Bayonne N J ItTHE MARKETS

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Flour and GrainCincinnati Jan 20FlourWinter525540ilow grade 3253GO spring patent

j 620645 fancy 510535 family480 5 Northwestern rye 415

I 425 WheatSales No2 red track122 No 2 mixed track 121 Cor-

niNo 3 mixed quotable at 44i g45con track Sales Mixed ear track4646c white ear track 46c No2 mixed track 45c No4 yellowtrack i3c-

Chicago Jan20WheatNo2red120 No 3 do 114117 No 2 hard114117 No3 do 108113 No

1 Northern 120 No2 do 110117 No 3 spring 103115 CornNo 24343c No 3J 4243c-OatsNo2 313liy4c 03 30c-

i Live StockCincinnati Jan 20CattleHeavy

steers choice 4655 fair to good4460 butcher steers extra 460475 gqod to choice 375450

heifers extra 410425 good tochoice 3504cw extra 340350 good to choice 265335CalvesFair to good light 6257125 extra 7 50Hogs Good techoice packers and butchers 480485 mixed packers 4i65475 lightshippers 4i35455 pigs 110 lbs andless 4430 SheepExtra 5goodto choIce45O490 Lariibs Extralight 76d07UJ5vood to choice 71-5t75 t t < s t

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JETT AND BRiTTONi

They WreSeen By Witnesses Afterthe Shooting at Jackson I 1

Lexington Ky Jan 20In the trialof Williani Britton for the murder ofJim Cockrill Harrison Blanton ofJackson testified that a few minutedafter the shooting he was in the cor¬

ridor of the court house in Jacksonand that he met Curt Jett Bill Brittonand Jesse Spicei together He testi ¬

tied that there was no other person in

Tettip1I1ediWell heres what laid him on the

board Illgo and see mykinfolks now

Mortimer Forbes of Jackson testj fied that three men were at the windcw

Herracollizedi recognize the < others Ho saw JettBritton Egbert Hargis and Jesse Spifcer in the corridor of the court houseand suggested that they should go up-

stairs and find put who did the shooting to ihich Spieer replied If youdo you will get your dd head shotoff

Albert S Johnson James BlantonW H Pelfry W N Cope and Sehastian Williams testified and all agreedas to seeing Jett at the window

BOND FORFEITED

Bowling Who Was Indicted For FalseSwearing Failed To Appear

ilIt Sterling Ky Jan 20 GeorgeBowling indicted for false swearingin connection with the JettWhite tri-als did not appear in court for trialforIhis arrest Bowling is said to be illin Jackson The bond is signed by Elbert Hargis brother of James and Alex

i Hargis and was taken by Sheriff Callahan Bowling was one of Curt Jettsalibi witnesses in the Marcum trial

j COACH HORSES

I They Will Be Bred at the Penn GrovoStock Farm

Lexington Ky Jan 18Brook Curry well known as the owner and trainer of trotting horses and C F Neagle have left for Morrisville Pa toclose a lease for the Penn Grove stockfarm They will sell their trottingstables next month and begin thebreeding of coach horses The pacerBad News 2084 is in Neagles sta-

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ITHE MARCUM CASE

Motions For New Trial Continuedi Until Tuesday

Winchester Ky Jan 19JudgeBenton continued until next Tuesdaymorning the motion for a new trialof the Marcum and Hargis damagesuit Judge Benton said he had received notice from the attorneys forthe plaintiffs that tney wished to fileadditional grounds The continuance

j was mutually agreed to

For An Army PostGreenup Ky Jan 19A A report

f from Washington says that an effort isbeing made to interest the governmentauthorities in Greenup countys adv lntages as an army post site A sitehas been found near Advance thatmeets all requirements It is said anoption has been given on 1600 acresand that United States officers are expected here ina few days to investigate r

Tyler W McAtee Died SuddenlyOwensboro Ky Jan 20TylerV-

McAtee one of the best known busidroppedItel Mr McAtee had been confined tohis room since he was brought homefrom a deer hunt in Louisiana where

iJie was severely injured by fallingfrom a horse

Frame Cottages DestroyedLexington Ky Jan 20Fire de-

stroyed a row of frame cottages in thisI city entailing a loss of 10000 AnthGti partment worked hard to arrest further protre of the flames

1Louisville Tobacco MarketLouisville Ky Jan 1 9ThefoIlow ¬

I ing is the report of offerings on theLouisville market including all thewarehouses Burley 871 hhds dark147 hhds total 1018 hhds original in¬

spections 924 hhds reviews 94 hhdsrejections 51 hhds

1New Coal Mine OpenedHenderson Ky Jan 18A new

jPoaimine is being opened at Robardsby 0 W Rash and M V

Denton Coal was struck at a depthof 195 feet The vein is four and ahalf feet in thickness

I Celebrated in PaducahI PaducahKy Jan 20Robert ELees birthday was celebrated at thecity hall with patriotic music andspeeones It was held under the au-spices of the Confe erateVeteransand United Daughters of-

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er IIPeddled Oil Without a License

Ky Jan2Q TheStandard Oil Co was tried under twoindictments in the Henry circuit courtcharged with j peddling oil m thecounty without licenseand verdictspf 475 and 250 return u against ritid1rr q J 1 F iD

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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

An Ohio Architect Delivered An Address To a Joint Session

Frankfort Ky Jan 17Represen ¬

tative William Klair of Lexingtoncreated a sensation in the house bypresenting a bill providing for a voteon a constitutional amendment propos ¬

ing to remove the state capitol fromFrankfort to Lexington Speaker

r Brown ruled that such a bill wasr of order and could not be outIat this specialsession vhich was

solely for the purpose of considerled a new site in Frankfort This

of the question has been expect j

to come up any day and the resultI was anxiously watched by the Frankfort people The house committee on j

capitol buildings is drafting a bill pro J

viding for a change of site and theI bill will likely leave it to the com-missioners

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Frankfort Ky Jan 18To all appearances the Kentucky legislature is f

drifting into a hopeless tangle on thef only question it can consider at this I

session namely the changing of thecapital site to some other point in j

Frankfort The number of legislatorswho believe that the present sessionhas the right and authority to

j or repeal the act making the amendIj appropriation is increasingclearly shown in the senateWhitt presented a resolution providing that a joint committee be appoint j

ed to draft a bill to be presentedthe next legislature providing for toIvote of the people on the questionchanging the site j

t Frankfort Ky Jan 19The fea ¬

ture of Wednesdays legislative ses ¬

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j business talk and the legislators werej greatly impressed by arguments in favor of another site for the new statehouse In the senate a test resolution

i was offered by Senator George declar-ingt it the sense of the senate that j

seIIllectpropriating 50000 to buy a new sitewas given its second reading j

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I and it seems almost certain that avote will be reached in the senate on j

I the George bill and it seems equallyprovidestchase a new site leaves the selection

j of the site to the commission and empowers the commission to institutenecestj proved by the committee on library

t and public buildings and was reportedto the senate by Senator CammackThe house had its usual flood of unim-portantj resolutions but made slowprogress toward a vote on the capitalsite bill

A Tonsilitis EpidemicNewport Ky Jan 19The upper

portion of Campbell county is experiencing an epidemic of tonsilitis At

j the county seat more than twothirdsof the population are suffering fromthe disease Two physicians after la-

boring heroically with their patientsare prostrated

Lumber Plant SoldYaleIj Lumber Co in Farmers Ky the entire plant at Yale Ky and all thetimber lands belonging to the com-pany

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j about 12000 acres lying on theI Licking river and about 20000000feet M poplar and oak timber

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JA Big Deal in Tobacco

Mt Sterling Ky Jan 18The largi est sale of tobacco made this year ofthe 1904 crop was when J N Hiskepurchased for the Continental 100000pounds from George G and J C Ham

j ilton of Flat creek The price paidwas 13 and 15 cents

Aged Physician DeadLancaster Ky Jan 19Dr H C

j Herring aged 72 years the oldestpractitioner in Garrard county died

I at his home ori Richmond avenue thiscity from blood poisoning produced

I by a fall three weeks ago lIe leavesa large estate

IStruc By a Freight TrainfreightITommy Taylor was driving across thetrack and the boy was fatally injuredHe is aged 13 and is the only son ofJoseph Taylor

Good Price For ColtsLexington Ky Jan 18S C Milan

bought two colts from C W Moore for1000 Both are by imp Inglesby one

out of Irmina and the other out ofSlip Along dam of Oakwood and Dut-iful

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Coal Mines SoldHenderson Ky Jan 19W H

Lloyd owner of the Corydon coalmines at Corydon this county soldthe mine buildings and appurtenancesto J E and L Ostapp The considerton was 45000

Institute Destroyed By FireMurray Ky Jan 20Fire com-

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destroyed the Murray male andfemale institute one of the most suc ¬

cessful schools in Western KentuckyI Prof J O Brown the principal hadI about 500 pupils under his charge andeight teachers SS

Remembered LexingtonLexington Ky Jan 20 Under the

auspices of the local chapter of theDaughters of the Confederacy a cele-bration of the birthday of Robert EV

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