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Published byThe Winchester News Co rIncorporatedDeice South Main Street

Daily Except Sunday

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SUBSCRIPTIONL RATESDIe Winchester News is delivered

JIT carrier at 10 centsper week Byjnailj in advanceone year 300

f fix months 150Jone month t 2591r4f MONDAY OCTOBER 12 1908

AN INTRODUCTIONII

rR 5Cfae Winchester News makes its

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1IDO et feow this afternoon as it eniera the field of daily newspapersWe have few illusions in the newsjpoper business We do not proposeifco tilt at windmills nor to strive for

t the unattainableIThe News believes there is ampleSeld for a daily in Winchester

EfabscriP1Dtie list of subscribers is gratifyingand beyond the expectation of thmanager Our advertising columnsAeons the ready response of thelocal

ercbantsThe News is first and last for

greater Winchester It will sup ¬

in its columns all measures forJPOrt i

upbuilding of the city for theadvancement of Clark county and

Ior the greater development of

w2 Eastern Kentucky

We axe for all that makes for progres8 and for civic righteousness in

Jr this It tocommunity i seems us

3ftat one of the chief functions of aWinchester daily is work here a

j ame rlaforingfor the bettermentv of our city and of our fellow citi

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l <that we can accomplish the resulth better by so doing The News will91

Abe absolutely independent in its po ¬

litical policy It will belong to nopolitical party In the present na ¬

r tional campaign the News is nonpartisan In its broadest meaning t

We shall take no sides and will ex ¬

it press no views editorially in favor-S of either party

The News will at all times aive<the news whether political orotherwise truly without coloringand without fear or favor We

ban cover the local field thoroughiJy and will give a fair report of thdaily happenings in the State andworld

And in our reports we shall enendeavor to be careful of the repu

station of all women and the honor

d all men = A daily should not be-T

A scandal monger We would prefernot to print an item ifno good can

fbe accomplished thereby ratherthan besmirch a womans name orinjure a mans standing

IWe shall support and sympathize

TFfith any movementfor the devel ¬c

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L opment of the community We are1j for the citys material growth and

Jorall that goes toImabe for the

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3ifeoral and intellectual in o ur civic

Tfie News will endeavor to ber°

w 1< i iiati name implies a conveyer

4 It r ofiiews to its renders It has tenIjJ r 3>ages today It trusts that it willIfj Deceive sufficient Fidvertising sap

1 N 3poft to Justify an eight pagepajperr 1 atall times Still tdie management

t7 would rather run a four or a sixI

+ page paper than to undertake more

yk than it can accompUsh We feel

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bf the early than at any time sincej ire became interested in tneideh

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We bespeak the kindly indulgence> of our readers and putrdns at

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POlITICAL SPEAKINGr

1 t AT OWINGSYIftE

Htnt J iA Sullivan Speaks to= Large Audience of-

Tl t Voters

Hon JA Sullivan of Richmondaddressed the voters of Owingsvillethand e

issues of the campaign Senator rPaynter has been scheduled for anaddress but was unable to be pres ¬

ent The remarks of Mr Sullivanwere well received by a large audience He predicted the triumpharelectipn of Mr Bryan

TO GIVE SERVICESFOR A MONUMENT

NEW YORK Oct 12Inorder tobuild a monument to the memory ofStephen C Foster the great songYrites whose Old Kentucky Homeand Way Down Upon the SuwaneeRiver seem to grow more popular asthe years roll by Miss HenriettaCrosman the great comediennemade a proposition today to Gover ¬

nor Napoleon Broward of Floridato give a performance of one of herplays in any city in Florida he mayselect and to donate the entire re ¬

ceipts to a fund that will go to ac-

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the building ofa statue tothe honor of the man who made theSuwanee River and Florida famousMiss Crosman is grandniece oftoeleer mother that the song writer usedto first sing his songs Kentuckyhas already honored the memory ofFoster with a statue and Miss Crossameatour of the South this fall thereteems every probability that Gover-nor

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Broward and Miss Crosman willboth see the project in the samelight

AN APPRECIATIONWinchesters neighbors appreciate

something good from herer Wit ¬

ness the followingWe had the pleasure of meetingWint ¬

chester at on Sunday lastThe Archdeacon has as many ad ¬

misers as he has acquaintancesHis fiietydCare hoping to see hiscomplete recovery from the effectsof an operation which be iecentlunderwent for tiifadal neuralgiaThe Archdeacon is one of the mostsuccessful workers for the moraland social advancement of themountains A reformer withoutbeing a fanatic a minister whosecreed is not narrower fAn the Gos-

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kindly eloquent generous liwins men to righteousness easilytactfully and permanently Such aminister is in truth a treasureTheWhitley Republican

HANDSOME GOLD FOBAt the regular monthly meeting

ofthe Clark County Medical Soci ¬

ety held Saturday morning j5rSociee ¬

ty was presented with a handsomegold watch fob by the members othe Society as a token of their ap-

preciation¬

of the efficient servicethat he has rendered the Societyduring the two years that he hasbeen Secretary On oneside of thefob is the following engravingPresented to Dr E R Cole by

the Clark County Medical Society1908

The fob was presented by DrDavid McKinley In a short speechhe complimented Dr Cole veiyhighly on the way he had filled theoffice of Secretary and the goodwork he bas done for the Society

BOY MEETS DEATH

Engine Rune Over Bud Price NearPine Hill

MT STERLING Ky Oct 12Bud Price 17 years old of Mt Ver-non was run over and killed b-

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engine Sunday afternoon nearPine Hill The top of his headwascut away and an arm cut off Hewas on the trackvCharlesalong the track saw the unfortu ¬

nate boy just as he heard the ap ¬

proachof the abdesperate effort to reach him butfailed 2

Hiccoughi A newspaper quotation claims thatrelief from hiccough can be obtainedby holding the arms straight above

upinspiratlontNewYork city there are i361OQO niglitworkers rV

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SUPRCMt COURT

Opens 8ssslen by Formal Cad at theWhite House v

Washington Oct 12 After a re-

cess of more than four months thesupreme court ofe United statesresumed business today and will con-

tinue¬

in term until next June Allthe nine justices have returned fromtheir respective summer homes madlQnjAstom no husinQss beyond making aformal call on the president wasofthein Washington official life Immedi¬

ately after Convening at noon car¬

riages were ordered and accompaniedby the clerk of the court and JtB marshal the court as a body proceededto the White House where aH themembers met the chief executive in aformal and official manner The cere¬

concluded they returned to theCapitoland dispersed for the day allreal business being postponed untilTuesday

Demands of PostmastersDes Moines la Oct 12Civil ser-

vIce for third and fourth class post ¬

masters postal savings banks localparcels post and increased compensa-tion

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for postmasters of the fourthclass were yendorsed by the NationalLeague of Postmasters of the FourthClass which adjourned its annualconvention in Des Moines The fol-

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officers were elected i PreI ¬

dent F R Hoag Orchard Park NY vice presidents W O BoeckNew Albina la W J Dodd CorbinKan and Miss Claudia McCutohenBybalie Miss Secretary C C YoungOakwood ill

Kern Ends Southern TourHuntington W Va Oct 12John-

W Kern the Democratic vice presi-

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candidate reached this cityfrom Clifton Forge Va and left twohours later for Point Pleasant 50miles north whore be spoke He remeett ¬

con ¬

ern speaking campaign

SUICIDE SUSPECTED

In Case of Man and Woman Suffo-cated by Gas

Lincoln Neb act 12B L Sheikpard traveling salesman for th Marshall Pennyweight Scales companyand Mrs Leona Bruner stewardess atthe Lincoln Commercial club werefound dead in the apartments of theman Gas pouring from the roomcaused an investigation by occupantsof the block and when the door wasbroken down the room was so filledwith gas it was impossible to remainIn it The beenldead several hou s the suppositionof the police being that they turnedintentythqugh the possibility ofdeath Is admitted Each was about37 years old Both had been marriedbut divorced

Adjudged BankruptClarksburg W Va Oct 12 Fol ¬

lowing the filing of a petition inbankruptcy Judge Dayton in the fed ¬ofePennsboro a prominent business manof Ritchie county and the Collinscompany a large lumber concernbankrupts The Collins companysliabilities are listed at 254879 and itsassets at 46644 Mr Collins assetsare estimated at 92427 The Collinscompany owns a majority of thePennsboro Lumber Company a cor-poration engaged in the retail lumberbusiness and operating a large plan¬

ing mill

Explanationf ¬

sentations of Charles Page Bryan theAmerican minister to Portugal theminister of war has telegraphed toAngola Portuguese West Africa de-

manding an explanation for the re-cent expulsion of an American mis-sionary

Hotelkeeper Fatrlly StabbedYoungstown 0 Oct 12 During

an argument at the Iron City hotelJ M Swartswelter 45 proprietor ofthe hotel was stabbed and probablyfatally injured John Waite has beenarrested charged With having donthe stabbing Swartswelter wealthy

Overcoat Supplies EvidenceAkron 0 Oct Htone of the

strongest bits of evidence againstGuy Rasor held at Akron on thecharge of murdering Ora Lee nearWadsworth was brought to lightwhen his overcoat covered with blood ¬

stains was found

THMEATOITThirteen members of the crew of

the Nipponla including the captainwere drowned in a coliiilon with thePretoria near Hamburg

Luman C Mann son ola wealthyChicagoan is under arrest chargedwith the murder of Mrs FannieThompson who was found strangledin a rooming house

Foster Cepeland a prominent Co j

lumbus 0 banker was cleatedtreasurer of the International Tax as¬

sociation at Its Toronto meetingFour persons were wounded JJL an

attach on the Spartansburg S C v

Jail by a mob who wanted to lynobthe colored assailant of a white girl

In a grade crossing accident near t

Troy N four persons were killedand two jBcriiMsIy injured

TDuring the football game between ty Ion aid WjMleyan c lleftSat Sche

ctadyjr N Yi7 player were ran1erAd uncomiiclpus i five TTwUc i re-moved thea hespitalr 4

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TAfT IN TRAINING

In Anticipation of Long Swing Aroundthe Circle

Cincinnati Of Oct 12 William HTaft climbed Mount Auburn the high-est

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of Clncl maWs seven hills andthen climbed the stairway of thewatertower which surmounts the hillPrevious to this exercise which thehisitended Christ Episcopal church withMrs Taft

The Taft special left Cincinnati at7 oclock this morning for three daysin Ohio three days in the south nextNewIthree days in Indiana a week in NewYork with a closing meeting of thecampaign in Youngstown 0 on the

J night before election and then hometo vote

l Preceding this his final effort of

expressled ¬

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of the result of the campaignhisIj dent of the United StatesUnited States Senator William Al

den Smith of Michigan is with thepart and will assist the candidate inhis work in Ohio and Leslie M Shawformer secretary of the treasury willsouthIMob Riddles Negro

Empire Ga Oct 12A negronamed Henry White was shot todeath by a mob at Younkers IBixmiles from here White it is saidstarted out to shoot up the family ofThomas Allen and on his way metanother negro whom he shot and

j wounded for refusing to join him inhis expedition He went on to Allensand shot at him and his wife runningthem away from their home A possegathered pursued and captured Whiteand placed him in the lockup Duringthe night a band of unknown mentook White from the lockup carriedhim about a mile from Younkers tied

t him to a tree and riddled him withi bullets

Celebrate Anniversary of DebateanI ¬

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rat Alton will be celebrated here thisI week beginning Wednesday and con ¬

eluding Saturday The debate be-

tween1 the two statesmen took placeIiat the northeast corner of the city

Oct 15 1858 The first day ofj the celebration will be homecomingI day On Thursday the debate properj will be celebrated Among the speak-ers will be Adlai E Stevenson Demo-craticj candidate for governor of Ill ¬

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BRYAN TAKES RESTI

Preparatory to Strenuous Work on

IFalrvlewHaving spent several active days lastweek on the stump William J Bryan

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devoted most of his time to restingup preparatory to8 hard week ofcampaigning in Nebraska Coloradoand Wyoming He arrived here directfrom St Joseph Mo where he got arousing reception The westwardjourney will be begun early TuesdaymorningSpeaking

of the results of his cam-paign

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so far the Democratic candi¬

date declared himself as being conftIdent of success He statedports received by him indicate a con ¬

stantly increasing sentiment towardthe Democratic party

Florida Town ScorchedPensacola Fla Oct 12NeWB of

a disastrous fire which swept overCarrabelle Fla a small town east ofPensacola was brought to this cityby the steamer Tarpon Nine busi¬

ness houses a residence and manythousands of feet of lumber were de-stroyed entailing a loss estimated tobe more than 100000 Among thebuildings destroyed were the UnitedStates custom house postofflce thewarehouses and wharves of the StAndrews Gulf Steamship companyand the freight and passenger depotsof the Georgia Florida Alabamarailroad

Councilman ArrestedHamilton 0 Oct 12 Councilman

John Holzberger Former CouncilmanP E Welsh Miles Lindley formerpresident of the school board andCharles Howald a hotel man werearrested on a warrant from the courtof Mayor King of Oxford charged bythe AntiSaloon league with sellingliquor on Sunday The hearing hasbeen set for Tuesday

Prince Becomes CzarParis Oct 12Prince Ferdinand

who today assumed the title of Czarof the Bulgarians in aninterviewwith the correspondent of the Tempsat Fhilipopolls expressed astonish ¬

ment at Great Britains attitude to-ward Bulgarias independence Whathas become f the Liberal traditionsof Gladstone he asked

Hitchcock Is Silent

Htltchcock ¬

can national committee arrived inthis city from Chicago and will it issaid remain here for a week Thechairman declared that he had noth¬

ing to say on the political situation

j Cotton Mills Resufteansville Ind Oct 12 After

hart g been shut down for somethe vansyille cotton mills rope tions tb morning EJtiIR0t1men WU Ii top s vral hrpeo 0

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DontSuffer witFIndigest 0Jandpay unnecessary doctors bby allovvinglyotand family to eat impure foods wlien best c beat the same price Out line of dfried fruits is n Jkr in a3ready for your inspection f

Fancy Prunes 12 12Cj 15c and 20c per Ib Fancy Muir Peaches 15cand 20c per lb Extra Fancy Apricots 20c per lib

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