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GEORGE WARREN Publisher

DICKMAN KENTUCKY

1 1901 SEPTEMBER 1901

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CURRENT TOPICS I

Oklahoma has harvested a whcaicrop of 30000000 bushels

l cotnbinIsThere were 5500000000 cigars sot 1In the United States last year

Prof W H Mace has declined n po-

sition in the Chicago universityGen Wood has been made a member

of the academy of science in HavanaEngland now has seven admirals

of the first tieet and nine field martlials

Miss Henrietta Homeier of Ingleeidc L I dislocated her jaw chewing gum

Eggs of flies taken as food is saidby an Illinois scientist to be responBible for epileptic fits

Lord Roberts never smokes drinkbut little and is said to be most tem¬

perate in his languageDuring the last thirty years more

than 2000000 Germans have cmigrated to the United StatesrtThe largest wroughtiron pillar iaI t Delhi in India It is sixty feethigh and weighs seventeen tons

Of fiftysix glaciers observed it1S97 thirtyfour were found to be decreasing while five were stationaryand twelve were increasing

There are forty counties In Tcxawhich have to seek legal advice outRide their limits as they have not asingle attorney of their own

Goust is1 the smallest republic inthe world in point of ari It is ithe Pyrenees is GOO acres in extenthas 130 inhabitants and was established in 1G4S

The Pope pays a daily visit to thelittle menagerie in the Vatican garlens where he rewards the parrots

1 loyal cry of Vive il Popa with alioubl9ration

iA telegram from Ponta Delgada

states that the international meteorological observatory in the Azore °

was inaugurated by the sing of Portugal on July 10

Herbert Crowbie Howe for a number of years secretary to I>

Fchurman of Conicll university hasbeen appointed professor of Englishat the University of Oregon

France with 21 gallons a head isthe greatest consumer of wine theUnited States with half a gallon a-

head yearlyI the smallest Englisopeople average a fraction more

A movement has been startedIc Sbt

Louis for the raising of a fund ofr 20000 for a bronze monument iin

honor of the late Archbishop lenrick

t The method of canceling postagestamps in vogue throughout theworld was instituted by the Frenchgovernment in 1830 but was notadopted until comparatively recentyearsThomas

G Slmughncssy who suei

ceeded Sir William Van Horne as president of the Canadian Pacific railwaynystem entered the services of tb s troad as a general storekeeper as lateas 1SS2

Work is almost completed on thestatue of Gen John Egan Hoxvardthe Maryland soldier and it is cxinHe2nt in the autumnutI ¬

tired in his state clothes he is a mostgorgeous ruler He wears gems worth

12000000 which sparkle in hcrown on his epaulets in his girdleand in his cults

For every man woman and childIn this country there is an averageof two farm animals There nabout 10000000 each of sheep answine about 45000000 cows and oth-er cattle and about 16000000 horsesand mules

Curse cards are being used in Switrcrland and Germany to check pro-fanity

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People go aboit with tcards in their pockets and wheneverthey hear bad language present oneto the swearer to sign The card hasprintedon it a pledge to obstainfrom swearing for a specified tt moatit1

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these curds Lave been distributed inSwitzerland alone

Judge James Humphrey who diedB few days ago at his home in Wcymouth nights Mass was the oldactive judge on the bench of Massa

i chusetts lIe was born in Weymouthou Jan 20 1819 He was appointedto the bench in 1SS2

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The maids of honor of the Emprereeruitexf from the daughters of superior ofilcers of high court functionaries andeducated at special schools wherethey are surrounded with the rigidetiquette in which their future lives

I < must be passed The pupils are sHt titressedr alit a in plain black

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aNEGOTIATIONS OFF

Last Efforts to Settle the Big SteelStrike Have Failed

The SciitlOfllvinl Report IK That the I

Uuttr or Arrnii int Fur n Settlenitlit flits Left With Ircxl

dent Theo J Shaffer

Pittsburg Pa Sept 10The lastefforts to settle the steel strike havefailed The general executive boardof the Amalgamated association adjourned Monday evening withoutdate and without either acceptingany of the peace propositions whichhave come indirectly front the Inited Status steel corporation or makingany counter propositions accordingto the official statement

The yemiollicial report is that tepropohifion secured for the Amalgsimated association through the intervention of the representatives of theNational Civic Federation was unsatisfaetory and that the entire mutterof arranging for a settlement wa °

left with President Theodore J Shaffer The hoard in its sessions ofthree guys has been clamoring for asettlement but satisfactory termsand means were not at hand and thesessions resolved themselves into aninformal discussion of the situation

At the close of the meeting of theI

national executive board Mondayevening President Shaffer declaredthat lie hall no statement to makebut subsequently saiduTIli boardI

Isis ndjourned and the ont aftnwtmembers will probably leave fur theirhomes Monday night JCo peace prop ¬

osition has been received and nonemade

Still later he added that ho or rother member of the board would1

go to Now York during the nightto submit u peace proposition snyingthat he xvould be at headquarteras usual Tuesday

The meeting of the board did notadjourn in high good feeling yethe members of the board WIll averseto making statements supplementalto that of President Shaller

It was stated by some of the memtrnemeat had left matters practically atheyveer before the meeting ludbeen enlled and that the strike mistgo on as before leaving arrangementsthroughn acoxete l1l direct conference betweenthe ivprewntivtiveH of the IniitinlStates steel corporation and Prcsident ShalTcr

THE GRAND ARMYtThe Tlttrtj Iirth Kiniimi > iiir > iit tit

thetVl < > rin t nt Ql v < luiiil thisiIKiiulIvully neun

Cleveland 0 Sept 10Thc onequipment ion The public quarterseommiltee had assigned nearly 1001

I ypreriautl ythe numberI of army posts whiehI

wire nt the schonlhoiiscR it was esti ¬

mated by the committee that at least15001 strangers are within the cityThis somewhat exceeded thc expect tHUll of time commit tee An invitationto tLc vice president to review theG A IL parade Wednesday stud therenewal of the one to time cabinetmembers makes complete practicallythe arrangements of the executivel

committeeThe city is magnificently decorat

ed Till public square is filled withwhile columns1 connected by bannersstreamers and garlands of green auwill be lighted by 11000 intuulc tcrlbulbsI made into attractive designschief of which are emblems of armycorps or l1 U posts

WAGON STRUCK BYA TRAIN

et lark Yln Wore In time VehleleWtri Curried or n aleck < m the

Illol of the HiiKliierChicago Sept l0ccvrn personsa wagon veer struck at a crossing

of the Baltimore Ohio railroad atSixtythird and Loomis streets Motday night

Two girls xxho worn in the xxagonwere carried for a block on the pilotof the engine stud escaped uuluti

shut terribly frightened Anttheothers were injured and Mrs NAardona sold Catherine lloniecril1

may die

Vrnr Ior nn CznrreParr ¬assidsination ni the czar of 1nssia during

his Avisit toI Krause has seized the oil i

dais til 1Europe since the attempt1 onthe lire of President McKinley Jwidespread search for anarchists ofprhe ogIe P

grade Ilicotniilliiieiitiiry IteninrknTopeka Kan Sept > 10 Mayor

hitches Monday night discharged U1poth ccyofPresident MeKinleypreidlntk

Illcd n ItsivttiK XlniilncNirsoman an insane farmer who had beenuider a delusion that the people xveretrying to Ilynch him for ln murderof President McKinIey died chitjassi 1 II

ssdondaySleArthurw Heeentinn ToMtiionedWashington Sept 10Thl tear Ie

partment xvas notified Monday thattilt proposed reception at Milwaukee1flponed on account of the Shooting othe president

=SHORT OF FUNDSI

Coloialtlnx Kliuiiiclnl Strait Are ExIrvine toltheColon Sept 9Time State

battleship Iowa arrived at PanaamSaturday j

Colon Sept G via Kingston Softj

nsor1nndforwardec1point to obtain funds The Colomliian pupa is now worth less Than

three cents and gold continue t O

clghtriEErrcntsympathize with the revolution anderr opposed to the present gOEm

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tof tuxes and imposts and other Sxatious efforts to raise money Thisfinancial distress coupled with thjStent of time revolution which monJlnaril becomes more threateniij

this being especially the case inlfheVenezuelan entanglement it is As ¬

sorted constitutes the strongest reasun why Colombia can not go to iWarwith Venezuela with any hope ofsjjcipThe Olfinancial betterment and the people1

become daily more burdened Forcedloans are common and their dailnreeurrenee iis expected In some cscpcgllfIIdfor these loans and in other craesno security is given TheI continua ¬

tion of rushpincreaseprolongation of the Jpresent situafionI

will it iis believed increase the iSuer

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olicial employes seems strong etlojfigh1to prolong the present situation lIt

to denl IDs rcvoluton a eifshjing effect he blow Time j nillstrengthen the rebels posfijonthroughout the country but inthacttj lleaders The government today owesthe 100 troops on the isthmus i000inj gold in bnelc pay

Kuports are again in cireulatloHthat the liberals are concentrating athart ut on I he Pacific eonst 13

mills north of Panama Similar reports have been current for tech Ipast r

Kingston lnmian Copt 04TJicroyal steamer Para from CiOIIt< roports rebel activity in the rieigKVorisij Jgreports has tuketk lnlacQat Itocns del Toro The goer 1Jflcnlrtpnlsethctics of their intention to attack olonwithin a fortnight The goverjlnieut t

Vs conUiiimlly moving tToOIl1iJAlipattin rebel tiilvninvn Trade co tiSSesalmost paralyzed

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TWO TRAINS COLLIDEIIrSoren Men Kllleil mnl Tlirri O tier x

Seriously Injured on tin Non Ii

era IlioIIIc fund

Jamestown X IX Sept 9 Fivethen were killed and six others seriiously injured two of whom hat usince died iin a collision which oc-

curred early Sunday A mixed trainon the Northern Pacific railroad camein from Oakes carrying 17 wen ou11Lflat ear

As the train passed the station aroad engine xvas struck and the forceof the collision caused the Hat car tocollapse Tho names of the lend ami1LtdhoarddAnother Ilfcnrd Broken

Xew York Set IC So Titus formcrly of New Orleans now the seniorscuJler of the Union Boat club of Xci vYork city Sunday rowed a mile orthe Harlem river in minutes S 25seconds breaking the American title ¬

water record The former record washeld by lohn humchr of New Yoehis lime being minutes and 27 secendsIugntrt y

Milbnrn House Buffalo Sept JIAl-umor is current that in view of tlattack upon the president and theofficialst ofthe country the Sehlc court of iinquirt will be postponed No otlirial1

information on the subject is ob1tainable as yet-

ICItclifii Staff MutiniedLondon Sept 9TJt Constantino

pie correspondent of the Times sayspaytncuti ofs of the YiltlizKiosk mutinied last week The sulrj1tan ordered the payment of wagesbut nt the same time had severalcooks

imprisonedAlint t ii ii Up

Nety York Sept 9Thl steamerYimeira which arrived Sunday fromProgrevso reports September Ilatitude tM2i longitude O1 7 passed a vessel1 apparently a schooner of

r100 tons bottom up coppered andyellow floathl damTupper

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Mt Washisigton X 11 Sept to JMonday morning time first snowfall ofthe season reurred accompatued bveoutnnFtic cif

roached a temperature of 2S degreechore

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ASPHALTUM IN KENTUCKY

A Company AVhloIi Controls lied InlOiir Counties OrKuitUril With

u Cupltal of rO0OOO

Louisville Ky Sept GThe Fed ¬

eral Asphalt Co which controls theasphaltum beds in four counties ofKentucky has just been organizedwith a capital stock of 50000003500000 of which has been paid in

The company is to be incorporatedunder the laws of West Virginia 1mmediately and it has already puturea at work in the property in Grayson county The company is otHceredby M D Coffeen president Josephllulfaker vice president A II Loebtreasurer F L Warner secretaryand Azel F Hatch general counsel

All of the officers and directors arcresidents of Chicago with the exception ot Mr HufTaker the vice presi ¬

dent who resides hereThe company owns 2t000 acres of

land in llardin Grn son HdmondsonHart and Warren counties which itiagos

AFTER GRACE ELDRED

Thomiin AV IIIYVMUII Otter Chnrlen I

Marvin SO UO Kor the BuyIll I y

Lexington Ky Sept 0 HerbertGturey1v Lawson who arrived here SimLeys1

burn the Lawson candidate for thethree yrur old Kentucky Futurityxvould remain in the hands of ClemHeachy who has always trained herand will be driven by him in the bistake Grey is negotiating for a candicislore 1

of the stake and is said to have offered Charles Marvin 5000 for his bayfilly Grace Kldred by Ceeiliun 222dam Kldred 1by led Wilkes This

trotted a mile in 227 as a yourug and last week negotiated tin

distance in 210

SENATOR BAILEY

lie KUTnra lrnlHlnllon Tlint VonldPrevent nnrchtKtx 1roia Coin

IIIK to ThlM Country

Lexington Ky Sept Ihian intererview here Sunday night United

States Senator Joseph Bailey earl

that he favoml legislation that wouldas near as possible prevent anarchistsfrom coming to this country whichAvouJiLnot allow those here to be na

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time destruction of all governmentsiis lit to be a citizen of this republiclie said that he had always favoredstrict naturalization and immigrationhjws und since paupers and criminalsi

wlro intended to be excluded anarchis s should also be prohibited fromcitizenship lie wbnld not say whet I ¬

er or not he would originate anyiieudmt >nt to cover the ease

liTHE ORDINANCE INVALIDr

IooIrooiiiM of LoulMvlIIe Gained IL

Cuniiilfte Vlo lory Indue hackley Ileclnlon

Louisxille ly Sept GThe Jlocalpoolrooms ga ned a complete victorytheIcity court handed down his opinionin the eases based on the warrants

Iiiissued under the general councilspoolroom ordinance Judge Huckleysustained the demurrers of the detense and quashed the hundred 01more warrants that had been issued

Burned the TrestleFarlinJ ton Ky Sept GThe tipple

of Carbondale Coal Co was fired intoat 1 oclock Thursday morning some30 shots being fired Time shooting

ltwas done with Winchesters Two rut1

road trestles were burned Wednesdaynight destroying the connection ofoftime Crabtree and Carbondale

tawith the main line of the Illinois Cet

tcteal railroad Tuesday these min CM

were closed for the want of railroadconnection

Big Hurrel IMniitRichmond Ky Sept 5the fac-

tor being erected in this city by EJJ S 31 and W S Hume will be thelargest in the world for the inanufncturc of xvhisky barrels The pLawill employ 200 hands and have acapacity of 1400 complete barrelsevery ten hours It will be equippedto supply either hand or nmchitwork as the distillers may prefer

Sew CumimnleMFrankfort Ky Sept GTime fol-

lowing¬

companies filed articles of iincorporation with time secretary ofstate The Paris Electric Light Co

capital stock 30000 the Kentucky1111pitalrsModb Uardstoxvn Laundry Co ca Pital 1iOO the Cynthiana ElectricLight Co increased its capital stock

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1SRloonketp r SuIeitleMQxxensboro Ky Sept 5d Hay

den a saloonkeeper at Stanley thiscounty committed suicide 1Yaluesdnight by shooting himself throng

erthe breast This was his second attempt He was unmarried Exces ¬

sire drink was the cause

Struck the Wrong flareLebanon Ky Sept 7A strnn

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TO MEET IN FRANKFORT

The Democratic State Central andExecutive Committee AVIII Com

Together September 10MH H

Louisville Ky Sept 6t the request of the four democratic candidates for United States senator Chairman Mile W Young has called ustateern1be lucid in Frankfort at the Capitolhotel Tuesday September 10 According to the call CongressmanCharles K Wheeler and D H SmithexGo v James B McCreary and JudgeTames1 E Cantrill the four candidatesfor senator want the committees toconsider the advisability of selectingthe democratic candidate for senat or by a primary election in thestate

The plan would toke the electionof the nominee out of the hoods ofthe members of the general assem ¬

bly stud time caucus would not benecessary

FOR THE THIRD TIME

fleeleu Out of Work at lliiekwnlterM Sawmill Induced Thooe

Employed to Strike

Owingsville Ky Sept 5Timexvorkingmen at ISuoKwalters sawmill

t Farmer have gone on a strike forn third time this summer Abouttwo weeks ago they struck for a tenhour due and semimonthly pay daysISnekxvalter refused to grant their demantis UHf a striker attacked Buckxxnlter soul broke two or three ofhis fingers anti injured him severely6laier the then returned to workBuekwalter having agreed to theirrequest

Uuckxxalty discharged the manwho had assaulted him The ninlater returned to work when thestrikers received short hours andSeweeta arrests have been made and se ¬

rious trouble is feared-

FATALLY INJURED

Sitiitre Janxa lend nh Father nt1sventy1 out Clillilrcu Xun

Thrown From Ills horse

rTusallrille WhileJamesdJeads horse stepped into n posthole> nd stumbled throwing its rider

hheavily to the ground and probablysquiretfjh i arF old I tltt father ofchildren nil living mind all11 his

jiresent wife The children reside invarious parts of the country

Col Xapper Ilndly HurtLancaster Ky Sept GCol J C

Nipper a prominent and iniluentialrepublican of this county and formerly iepresentatixe in the Jegislutore while returning home fromLouisville fell from L N passengertrain Xo d at Paint Lick Thursdaymorning and was seriously hUrt

Struck the Irlaoner-Vanceburg Ky Sept fiIkc Smith

was Thursday morning sentenced tothe penitentiary for an assault onJohn Brown As lie was leaving theiMiiirtrooin in charge of the sheriffBrown struck him n terrific blow onthe head knocking him down Muchexcitement prevailed Xo arrests

Ieneemnker SinusOln Ky Sept 9At Stonega Va

Sam bonds tad John Franklin became engaged in a pistol duel at thehome of Dick Young of Columbus0 who acted as peacemaker Youngteas slain

ChllifH Hotly Found In a WellOxVensboro Ky Sept 5Lon

Stevens living four miles from Hart1ford Wednesday found the body of

a child in a stock well on the farmJohn Long Officials at Hartford

tawill investigate the matterAjjed Ulver Inn Dead

Newport Ky Sept 9John Mcirenry aged 92 for SO years connectedxxith Ohio river interests died Sundayat his home in this city He was bornnear Wheeling W Va and at 12 be¬

gan his boating career on a flatboatIndlKiiatloii Meeting at lonUville

ItLouisville Ky Sept 9A publicmeeting to express indignation at theattempted assassination of PresidentMcKiuley has been called for Monday

tonightDrew Knife Lit Court

Owens oro Ky Sept 7 Common ¬

wealths Attorney J E Itowe lesthis knife on City Judge Stirman incourt Friday then the latter calledhim a liar They were separated

unshed to DeathHodgenville Ky Sept Glilenetting out sate logs near here Thurs ¬

day Edward Scott a lad of 16 wascaught between a log and a tree andmashed to death

Literally Ground to IMeceaLexington Ky Sept i1 T Mar¬

ton home unknown white aged aboutgroundh j

freight enginenigbtTIeand was en route to Ashland Ky

Itefuued to Indict7JltngMaegher who killed exMagistrate WJ MiNtimara here three weeks Powas dismissed Friday The grand juryrefused to indict him as he actor inselfdefense

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Letting Him Down EasyThat was a pretty harsh thing you wet

about me on the witness standWhatWhy when they asked you about rojl

reputation for truth and veracity you saidI anyYes has troubled me a good dealeince then but honestly old man I want ¬

edto let you down easy so I lied aboutit

I should think you didBut you ought not to complain Sup

pose I told them what your reputation inthat line actually isChicago Post

FlUlhlou s Neiv FadWhat is the nature of this newfangled

malady which they call the golfing spine 0

That responded Cynicut is easyiGolfing spine 1J what the old man usedto have after a hard days plowing but hecalled it the bach3cheX Y Times

how lie KnewOh you cruel boy to take those eggs out

of the nest Think of the poor mother birdwhen she comes The mother birdsdead miss How do you know that Jitee it in yourlmatPunch

One tattle Iloon AskedA man whose wife passes the winter in

Florida the sprinc in Europe the summerjin Newport end the fall in Lennox is en¬

deavoring to get her to spend an old hon eweek in ostonno8ton Saturday EveningaGazette

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Hawkins I tell you what Sellersreached the top in a hurry

Bobbins Yes he must have made prettygood time for he has been blowing eversince he got ther Smart Set

You can find almost any kind of a boyexcept the one who e sympathies in alightbetxveena cat and dog are xxith the catAtchison Globe o

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This curious language of ours A manIthat is down on his isaid to beup H

against it Indiauauolis News

Theres always life in the old land Thetrouble is you have to dig to find itAtlanta Constit-

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