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VOL 1 89 J > > WINCHESTER KY TUESDAY 11JANUARY 261909 2 CENTS COPY II CENTS A WEE ITRADE BRISK

TON COURT DAY

Largest Crowd in Years About 1200

Head of Cattle on thesL Market

Monday was county court day andthe crowd that was in town was pro-nounced by all to be the biggest thathas been seen here on day forsome years The crowd at the stockyards hiring the morning hours wasalso unusually large and the buyingwas brisk

Trading at the Shippers and Far-mers Stock Yards court day wasexceptionally brisk and practicallyall the stock offered was sold

cJ12O Cattle on the MarketThere was about 1200 head of cat

4ttie on the market and of this numberabout 200 were sold at satisfactory prices The prices on feedcattle ranged from 3 4 to43centswhich is considered extra good forthis time of the year There wasabout 2Q milch cows on the marketand they were all sold at prices ranging from 35 to 65 Among the real

J good sales that were reportedwasthe sale of 51 yearling cattle by GW Holsten to different parties for

15 per headGood Quality and Good Prices

There was an unusually large numher of horses and mules an thedowntown marketSand they were reported as Qein otanextla gpodquality and brought good prices Thecrowd that was in town was said byall to be the largest seen here en

day for sQme timeSome of the Sales

The following are some of thesales

Joe Filder sold 3 steers 5001bsat 334 cents 6 light steers at 340a lot of 880lb heifers centsand a good cow at 3 cents

M B Jones bought 33 steers SOO-

Ths at 44 centWH Hodgioh JbughV2lJascCTs

700lbs at 41hJones R Brandenburg bought a

carload of steers weighing from 400to 1000 lbs at 414 cents

M Lykin sold 3 steers 5061bsat4 4 cents

G M Haulcy sold 51 steers loflvIbs at 1iieach

George Lewis bought 4 cows at 3 >

centsJ H Noble sold 32cows at 3

tents 7 small tefcrsatllflT eachandf U lot of small heifers at 16

W E Little soldScows and heifrs at 362V 20 yearling steers

600lbs at 450 and bought 20steers 750tbs at 425

Mr Legerof Knox county sold 7steers 680lbs at 4+ 9 centsr

Charlie Rose sold 50 mixed cattleat 44 centsofJifI good quality Tie demands ° wasbriskat advancing prices vJuicestttT mule to A Renickfor 200 Se alsosold a pair of 15hand mare mules for< 350

W H Hod ljdsold a pair of marmules to Lexington party for42and these were afterwards soldat a profit

Jas Oliver sold to Joe Downing a1lcemare 1nu141h hands high for

d200Cal Crawford sold one pair for

X500a another for400Jas Eades sold a mare mule for200rJ E Brandenburg solda small

horse mule for 136Dallas Powell sold a small two

yearold mule for 95 and a fiveyearold mule for 140 7

SMALL BLAZE ATHOME OF HENRY BAKE

Fire Depart ant Responds to Callr v Early Tuesday

Morning0

f The fire department was calledt early Tuesday morning to the resi¬

deuce of Henry Baker oh Woodfordavenue to extinguish a small blazein the roof of his house caused by adefective flue The loss was smallcovered by insurance

ACCEPTED CALL

Elder Thomas Knox > of this city 1

has accepted call to the Bald HillChristian chiirch in Nicholas county

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COLLEGE BEATS

TOTMiThird of Indoor Ball SeriesResuits-

in Score of 19 to 17 ForCollegians

Monday night the thirt the <se-

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of indoor baseballgamenbeCveen-the college nine and the WinchesterReds was played before a good aud-ience

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and resulted in a win for thecollegians by a score of 19 tol7The Reds started off with a big leadin the first inning but thecollege boyscaught up in the third and held thelead until time was calledvat tle oxpiration of the hour agreed upon asthe time limit the score gQing backto cfThe thespectacular work of Prof Dalgetywho officiated in the box for the win-ners He pitcheda remarkablehit like a fiend and his fielding was arevelation In the inning hepractically retired the opposing sidemaki gRsistrCaldwell Crockett arid Cannon alsoplayed sensational bull though it ishard to pick out any particular starsas the teams last night were excep ¬

tionally will balanced ivPoedstead-ily and fielded his position nice¬

lyeBerry and Crane also deservespecial mention The team asawhole played up to their standardand it was simply a case of the bestteain won as has been the case in thfe

otbertwo games of the seriesThe lineup follows

Winchester K W CStrode C EagleCampbell P DalgetyTodd First Sase HenryBerry Second Base Caldwell I

McClure Third b5s AitkhiProctor KrJS S StoneCrane IS Sf CrockettBenton f v

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INVITATION TO A

LOUlSVltLE BANQUET

Needs of Houses Invite Blue Grass1 Hosts For Spread on Jan

uary 29

ColR R Perry received the foll-

owing invitation Tuesday morningthe banquet that js fo be given bythe Louisville Heads of Houses at theSeelbach Hotel January 29thLouisville Heads of houses to their

Bluegrass hostsThe honor of your company IS re-

quested at a banquet to be given atthe Seelbach Hotel January twentyninth at 730 Pm in recognition ofcourtesies extended to the excurionists through the Bluegrass on August 28fkto 30th Please reply

SAM P JONES ChairmanLouisville Ky

1THOSE INVITEDbeo¬TherNews it was stated that only intimate

friends of the department were in-

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but this is not correct as onlythe members and city and county off-icials

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COUNTY SCHOOL

QUESTIONS ARE HERE

Superintendent Tanner to ConductandRSaturdayv

County School Superintendent Tan-ner

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hits received from State Superintenediit of Public Instruction7Crabbe the questions for the exam

CountySchoolwill be held in Superintendent Tanmrs office on Friday and SaturdayJa ugly 29 and 30 Those who failin the January examination or whoare unable to take the examinationwill lie given u second opoortunitythe second Friday and Saturday inMay

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A LAWRENCE LOWELL NEW HEAD OF HARVARDpresldentand best known families in New England The cities of Lowell and Lawrenceare named for his ancestors He was graduated from Harvard in 1877 Hehas written extensively on legal ethical sociological and educational topics

MONDAY IS JONAH

DAY FOR WINCIM

Basket Ball and Broom Ball TeamsAre Beaten By the Out

side Teams s

Monday proved to be ajonal1 withthe different nthj e1ia rgajilzaof the yr oftKentucky egewas de-

feated at the Auditorium Monday af-

ter > oon by the High School team ofLexington by the score of 22 to 15This was the second ofa series ofandbit attracted a large and enthusiasticrowdand promises to take well

The broom ball known as theRedi tvent to Richmond and were

defeated by the team of that phiCein what was said to be the fastestgame seen this season The scorewas 1 to 0

In spite df the bad and rainyweather that prevailed Monday nightthere was a large crowd at the Audi-torium

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to sea the game of indoorbaseball betwefh the and townteams n hrehresultearesahresultea in a victoryfor the college team iy a narrow mar-gin

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the score being 19 to 18 Thiswas the first time the college teamhas succeeded in defeating the town

teamThe next attraction at the Audito-rium

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will be the broom ballWednesday night between tHe Won¬

regularAuditorium

TWENTYTWO

THOUGHT DEAD

Men Entombed in Boswell Mine AreAll Believed to Have

Perished

Special to The News

Tivenrtytwo men were entom ed theBoswell coal mine in Somerset coun ¬

ty followingan explosion v whichfilled three men The entombedentered the mine to investigateiandwere caught by subsequent explo ¬

sions All are believed to be deadSuperintendent G Logan and assist ¬

ant superintendent George Morrisare among the dead

IMPORTANT TIMBER > DEAL

Floyd Day has sold a tract of landon Frozen Creek Breathit county toWinterbotton Son of Grand RapidMichigan for 35QOO of which 30

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

OF BURLEY SOCIETY

Meets Wednesday Morning and Dis-

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Board on ThursdayI Adoption dfPiedgeV

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1eke 4t regular tSession Wednesday

morning and continue jii session un ttit the meeting of the District Board

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from his home in Cynthiana and willfee meetingsAside businessthe one most important feature othe meeting will be the final adoptionof the pledge fo ihe pooling of the1909 crop which was passed uponat the meeting of the Union Society

pledgeissomewtlatunder which the 19067 crops werpooled The conditions of the pledgeunder which the pooling of the 1909crop will be done wilL probably begiven out the meeting

INFORMAL MEETING

AT THE COURT HOUSE

Citizens Invited to Confer Tuesday< < President

rx Frost

4There will be an informal confer ¬

ence of citizens with President Frostof Berea held in the county court-room at the court house Tuesdaynight at 7 30 oclock with referenceto the Industrial School for coloredpeople The meeting is open to ev ¬

eryone who is interested in thimovement and a large attendance isdesired The following is the com7mittee on themeetingJ M Benton >

RR Perry D T MatlackC HBowen and WM Beckner

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Paris Ky-

Flaming Arrow GompanY playhere last night fosa good housPerformance gbworth the price of admissioh Advisepeople of Winchester to go7

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WE WELCOME THEM

The family pf Mr R Mforeman of the Tglk dasUng Coarrived Saturday from ClevelandOluoi to make IfiacliMPfcBCtheir haForthe present tlla ijfclar rented akouse on WayItQAll sftr i

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UP in MINE

Were Investigating UnsatisfactoryConditionsGas Explo

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Pittsburg Jan 26While Superin ¬

tendent J G Logan and a party ofminers were investigating conditionswhich had been unsatisfactory in thecoal mine of the Merchants Coalcompany at Boswell Somerset county a gas explosion occurred whichhas already cost the life of one manand may result in the death of adozen more

Because of the anticipated troublethe night shift was not permitted toenter the mine and thus the lives ofmany men were spared <

Superintendent Logan accompa-nied by Mine Boss George MorrisPit Boss John Cole and 11 foreignershad begun an investigation and werenearly a mile back in the mine whenthe explosion occurred Such was itsforce that a 10ton motor was turnedupside down The mine caved in asM

the passage way wascompletelyblocked with 10 men back of the obstruction Three foreigners badlyburned their way out

CARTER IS PERSISTENTIBringsSenateegton Jan 26The postalsavings bank and the omnibus claimsbill were before the senate for discus¬

sion and amendment but no substan-tial

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progress was made on eithermeasure tAn amendment was madeto the postal bill limiting to 500 thetamount of the deposits of any oneperson and fixing the rate of interestto be paid at 2 per cent with the un¬

derstanding that the amendmentwould be subject to further changeby the senate

Senator Carter in charge of themeasure announced that he Wouldkeep it before the senate onopportunity until it was disposed ofSenator Heybum of Idaho in an extended speech opposed the passage oF-

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Prepares Penitentiary MeasureColumbus Or Jan 26To Senator

Alsdorf has been allotted the task ofpreparing the bill providing for theremodeling of the Ohio penitentiaryalong the lines suggested by FormerGovernor Harris and Governor Har ¬

mon An appropriation >rof 150000fwill be requested The shops aban ¬

doned the operation of the Wertzlaw wIll be remodel i and used inthe manufacture of auch articles ascan be used in other state institu ¬

tions

MtMBERSeGovernor Harmons Appointees on

Agricultural Board Take HoldColumbus 0 Jan 26 In orcre

that Jacob F Beidler of Lake countya Republican and Jesse F Cross oFayette county a Democratparticipate in the reorganization ofthe state board of agriculture todayGovernor Harmon removed two mem ¬

bensof the board L PBailey of Belwont county and H M Brown ofHighland County both Republicansand made the appointmentsMessrs Beidler and Cross madeweek to take effect Feb 1 effectiv-at once

Bristow Made SenatorTopeka Kan Jan 26Today both

houses of the Kansas legislature metin Joint session and eleqted JosephL Bristow of Salina United States i

senator to succeed Chester I Longfor a sixyear term beginning March4 next

WRECKEDsSeveral Employes Hurt When Gas

Explodes In BasementColumbus Neb Jan 26rAn ex

plosion of gas in the basement of theThurston hotel badly wrecked thbuilding and seriously injured JHunter the cook and Mrs l tmtehis assistant the woman so badlymay not recover James OBrien aworkman who was in the basementWas blown out of the room but isnot seriously hurt Fifteenmen in the dining room escaped witnminor injuries

dMedals For Wright Brothersmedalle Sa

awarded to Orville andWright by congress inand appreciatidn of their great sevices in the advancement dt aerialnavigation and for their ability cour-age and success in navlgatijg tkd airasPIOYMI resolution adoptwt by thMMUttt Senator Foralcier of QTttai intraced the weltttipir Trhlok inarms y

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MAINE ENTERS

HAVANA HARBOR

Coming Arouses Interest Among Allv ClassesAnchors Wear

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7 vWreckageHavana Jan 260n the eleventh

anniversary of the arrival of the oldbattleship Maine on her illfated mis¬

sion to Cuban waters the new Mainewith the still more modern Missis-sippi following in her wake sailedinto Havana harbor to be present atthe inauguration of General Jose Miguel Gomez and the new Cuban gov¬

ernment on Thursday nextThis is the first visit of the name-

sake¬

of the wrecked warship and hercoming excited great interest notonly among Americans but among allclasses of the residents who linedthe harbor walls fror 7tery opposite Morwharf off which thetfleships are moored to anchorage buoyswithin a few hundred yards of thetangled mass of steel and the oldfighting top the visible remnants oCthe vessel destroyed Feb 15 1898

Occasional applause and somecheering greeted the ships but forthe most part the Cubans looked onsilently All shipping in the harborstopped as the two big vesselsthreaded the channel to the anchor-age buoys assigned to them by theport authorities These buoys are thenearest in the harbor to the wreckof the old Maine which naturally at-tracted intense Interest on the partof the officers and men on the f1hiPfJtand parties from both vessels made

l close inspection in small boats ofhe visible portions of the wfeclc

The streets of Havanas downtownsection are filled with hundreds ofbluejackets on liberty LieutenantCommnader W T Cluverius of theMissfssippi is a survivor of the oldMaine on which he was serving as amidshipman at the time of the explo ¬sion which destroyed her LieutenantCompander Sumner E W Kittellenavigator of the Mississippi is a sonrefi1hl1I Tt 4 4

iSTOCK RAISERS MEET

American National Live Stock Asselation Begins Sessions Today

Los Angeles Cal lab 2LQueertions of great Importance to cattle-men throughout the country especialIjT In the zest will be dSectteoBd atthe twelfth annual convention of theAmerican National Live Stock racerelation beginning here totay andlasting three days Hundreds of Jegates aeotis whom ire owmefs etsome of the biggest weeterm rasclMsvthrong the streets of the city

Among the important questtowrwhich will come before the conveetion will be the proposed revision oTmeatrhides wool and other products of U e

stock industryfIt is expected that the associationwill adopt resolutions favoring the en¬actment of laws for adequate railroadservice the furnishing of plenty tfreight cars arid other problems sttransportation

Protectionfatkaa

FranciscoiateaggiBbly calling upon the CaliforqlaU delis =

gallon in congress to urge the establishment in Pacific waters of a fleetwhose war strength shall be as greatas that of any other nations on1 thePacific

4SECURE ONE JUROR

Slow Progress Is Being Made faCooper Trial at Nashville

Nashville Tenn Jan 26The nitresult of another days work in thetrial of Colonel Duncan B CooperRobin Cooper and John D Sharpe forthe murder of exSenator Carmack

ewas one lone juror added to the sixpaneLthreeronly one qualified J H Vaughn Tiehearing of the charges agaiagt JMTOPLeigh will take place as soon a tkwiiokgY r

Will Hold Both JebcFostoria 0 Jan 26 Mayor An¬

derson has decided to reject thestvice of Attorney General Desinans1 dfleerof this city and at the saMierdistrict at Washington

Fire Destroys PIqua PlantPiqua 0 Jam 26 The plant eoopateTe

20 < tO The j Uat was located iloiaathe PeMsylTaiila railroad tod MIieager trails krt te >ee detoered asilr8I hta Ji

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