Breathitt County News, 1903-05-29
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LIN YAKfMA VAllfcEY Thouikrids of Indiana From lh iM r vatlon Called on the PrttldenVr Seattle Wftsk May 26 Sdjfwti spent quietly by President Roosevelt In view of tHc fact that be president always observes the Sabbath aa be II e fit the citizens of Seattle gave hltn full range to follow bis own Incllna IncllnatlOnA tlonB aud Secretary Loeb said the president appreciated this deference more than any public attention Bat urdfty waa one or the hardest thn prer Went 1111 badelnco he parted on his tour He visited the navy yard at Bremerton Seattle Everett nd re returned - turned returned to Seattle again In tbe evenlnc Taaco Vtjuh May 26 President Itposcvelt glided down the charming Yakima valley Monday on the North pm Pacific railroad He left Seattle at midnight and his first speech was at Clollum In the Cascade mountains Ajjthousand coal miners bad come comedown - down comedown from Roslyn At North Yakima the president spoke on Irrigation to an Widlchce of 12000 Ho dwelt on the Importance of Irrigation and of tho ap proval tit tho acts of the last session jof congress A feature of tho crowd was tho presence of thousands of In lilacs from tho YaMma reservation At Kllensburs the president spoke 1C mlnjiles on good citizenship to 5000 persons h Spokane Whabr May 27 President Roosevelt doubled back Into Washing ton Tuesday from tiic oeur dAlene mining campp cnVNorthernldaho The patty encountered Inclement weather In tho mining toWnsTbe greatest crowds over gathered In Spokane erected the president Jn tula city After a Ions drive over the city the president upoko to the people of Spo kane andjurreundlnR country The prcrde Plcft n llttlo after C oclock for > toritann City Secretary Moody fade a somewhat extended speech at Wallace Ida AN EXPLOSION OF GAS r Four Men Killed and Two O dly ti Burned In Coal Mine Pltt burg Pn May 27lour men were killed and two badly bin tied by nn explosion of gas In thp pines of the CRartlera Coal and CdfeifOo at Jie8rrDr1dgtifJII Vlllo on the Plttsbtint fcnar urs Youghlogheny railroad Tuesday tI < mlhc Is but slightly Injured > Sixty men were at work In the nilwc nt tho time of the explosion but pe RII f e Cart th t rdel bar not been used cmi daYIt nil escaped except tho six The early reports were that many men were still j confined In the mine and would cer l tnlnly bo burned to death The rescuo J parties however Hiiccccded In getting all of the uninjured to tho surface The cause of the accident was the f explosion of gas brought about by a blast on the tunnel where a dip In tho coal roadway was being removed The tunnel had not been used for several days and gas had accumulated In such v quantity that when the blast was set c off to break down a facing In order to fill the dip the explosion resulted THE INDIANA NOVELIST The Condition of Booth Tarklngton Is Slightly Improved Indianapolis Ind May 27Tho con dition of Ilooth Tarklngton tho novel list who has been very HI at bin fath ers home at NOt 1100 North Pennsyl Pennsylvania - vania Pennsylvania street Is fillghtly Improved He has been regarded as In a very dan geroug condition and It was necessary 10 haul sand around the home and on tho street In order to deaden the noiso of pasidng vehicles and every precau tion has been taken to4nsuro absolute quiet Mrs John S Tarklngton his mother said Tuesday t iMr Tarklug ton Is much better we think His fe I ver stilt remains vciy high but we be lieve that tho danger Is past NOTED FORGER DEAD Henry S Renard Alias H L Moody oltd In Pueblo Col Ptioblo Col May 27 Henry S lletmrd alias H U Moody who was under arrest hero on a charge of ob talnliiB money by false pretenses died Tuesday of pneumonia aged 70 He was one of the most noted forgers in this country and had served sentences In Illinois and Ohio After conviction on a charge of forgery In Chicago he WBH pardoned by President Harrison In consideration of his honorable rec record - ord record as an army surgeon during the civil war Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Washington May 25 The appoint appointment - ment appointment of Charles Hallam Keep as as tlstnnt secretary of the the treasury to succeed Dillon B Alles who IP cently resigned to accept the vice presidency of tho Illggs Notional banl was announced Sunday at the treasury department Mr Keep la a resident of Buffalo N Yt and was graduated by Harvard University In the collegiate and law courses He Is 40 years old Since graduating from Harvard Mr Keep has been practicing law In the city of Buffalo y Pronounced Not Guilty Camden N J May 27 nobert Washington the Negro constable charged with tho murder of Joe God danl the pugilist vas pronounced not guilty by n jury Ooddard was shot by Washington during aflght at a pri mary election A Series of Storms Omaha Neb May 27 Eastern Ne braska was visited by another series of storms Monday night and Tuesday several of which developed Into small tornadoes One visited Hastings and blew eeveral buildings to splinter
IV iWITH Louisville Women Cleaning Up the Streets In Front of Their Homet Louisville Kyj May 2GFor several hours Monday a number of women piled brooms and shovels an Bank street cleaning up the thoroughfare In front of their homes For some tlmo lie appropriation made by the city for cleaning the streets has been sill ficient only to kttep the principal thor oughfares In tho heart of town clean The dirt has been accumulating to such an extent that tho housewives last week began making Individual ef forts to remove lti Sunday many women living along Bank street be between - tween between Twentyfirst and Twentythird decided that there was virtue In organ ization and met at the home of Mrs George Jansen It was agreed to maka a united attack at a Certain hour Man day morning Consequently a band df women went to work Monday morn mornIng - Ing mornIng and remained at tho task until n space of about two blocks had been cleaned They contracted with team sters to haul the dirt away Men in the various households J were not al lowed lo participate The movement bjds fair to spread to other quarters of I1e city TWO CHILDREN MISSING > They Are Believed to Have Peen Kid aped From Lexington LexIngton Ky May 2tlt Is be lieved tho two Children of Joseph Mc Cann have been kidnaped here They are mysteriously missing1 having been left In a buggy on Maid strect by Mrs B T Hiime Into whoso caro the cir cult court had assigned them Tho mother in the wife of Senator J W Peake oi Chattanooga and the father la supposed to have gone tqjtho Indian terrjtbry They separated several ycafa ago and have been fighting In ibp courts for the possession of the hlldrcn for several months u Mothers Plea F en HerSs Iii T tTI Litnlprf jCyV May 2ti cSfcwfA Qpten fI1tmUdercr o IIt GJ hm Ilrrend t tkf ft 1W t t Vf Trllt f HvPrt K frtier fr > KiTT > jii iSk 0 Monday night 4 > which shi prcaettts ft pathctlc plea A petition Is being pre pared for circulation among those who know OBrien In Memphis for presen tation to Gov Bockham asking execu tive clemency May Name Judge Denton Frnkfott Ky May 2GThe court of appeals having decided that Judg > Cantrjll must vacate tho bench In tha case of Commonwealth vs Caleb Pow Power - er Power in the Scott circuit court rumorJ have been ereafed as to who the spe cial judge in the rose will be Somo have It Judge Willies L Ueeves ot Todd county and others have It Judgn Denton of Winchester IOl Newspaper Sold Lexington Ky May 27The Ken tuck Gazette one of tho oldest news papers wcAt of the Allcghcnlcs pub lished In this city was sold Tuesday to Ed S Kinkcad VHio will tako charge June 23 It was established in this city nearly CO years ago but sus pended and was later revived by H H Gratz who has owned and edited the paper for 37 years Fire In LouIsville Louisville Ky May 51lre In tho establishment of the Falls City Shirt Manufacturing Co caused n loss of 40000 The damage to the building owned by J H Block will bo 20000 The stock of the Carter Dry Goods Co CoIn - In CoIn the adjoining building was damaged by smoke and water to the amount of 15000 Hargis Visited Bcckham FranKfort Ky May 25 Judge Jan Hnrgls of Breathltt county was hero Saturday attending tbo meeting of tbo state central committee of which bo la a member Ho said he had never op posed tho sending of soldiers to Jack son Judge Hargis called on GoY Beck ham as a matter of courtesy but re mained only a few minutes Children Marry Bowling Green Ky May 27Vor non Hatcher aged 10 and Lulu Wyly about the same of Little Muddy went to Gallatln Tenn Tuesday where they Tere married The children were ac accompanied - companied accompanied by Mr and Mrs Sam Keith The bridal party were hero Tuesday en route homo Judge Robblns to Try Powers Frankfort Ky May 27Juclgo J K Robbins of Mayflold was Tuesday morning appointed by Gov Bcckham as spccIaL Jiidgoof the Scott circuit court tiry the case of Caleb Powers for tho third time HoUbjus has been a circuit judge In his ilhtrljt and la prominent nt Western Kentucky bar Another Good Well Owlngsville Kr May 270no oj the best strikes of oil yet made In tbo llagland field Wall In a well drilled b the Central Oil and Gas Co At a depth of 300 feet drilling waif stopped d ollllrosep 1 dcetbq 171 feot 11 12 minutes No tjjejn Methodist Conference BowJlnK Green Ky May 27Tl1 Louisville district conference of tho Northern Methodist church met aft tha M E church corner Twelfth and Ad ams streets this City Tuesday morn Ins aB1 will bo la Eosslou two days
GEN BUELLS RESIDENCE t The Secret Room Was Invaded By 1 Thieve and Robbed Oweluloro Ky May 25When Qcn Don Carlos Ducll the noted union gen eral died flve years ago In the castle like mansion that stands at Aldrle Or tho banks of rJrecn river In Muhlen berg county a provision was left In his will that a certnln room In the build ing should novcr again be opened under I any circumstances jfien iluclls remains were taken to fit 101118 tor burial His nearest kin I Was a stepdaughter MUs Nannie Mi son who IR now with the sisters of Sacred Hoartfl of Loulfivlllc For the fast five years the mansion with u I room had been constantly guarded by Hamscy Briggs BrlBCa dlecovcrcd Saturday that thnI hoiipc had been robbed the night be belo I - lo belo IndlrntloriB were that the sacrcl room had nlso been broken open and no telling what Is missing Briggs culled in the neighbors but none wouid dare go Into the nacred room to sec if everything was nil right A valuable book on the front veranda and the Dig broken glass In the front door show A that the house had been vandalize 1 I Brlggs always stays In the rear an hardly ever opens the front of the h2uRSI Miss Mason hRS been sent for and probably will arrive at Aldreo Sunday night It was never known why Gen liucll ordeiad that his private room should iiovcr be entered after bin death BURLEY TOBACCO It Will Be Controlled By the Groweril Association This Year I < Lexlnjtoii Ky May 27 TheFe will bo a drlcgaicd racotlng of tho Ken lucky Hurley Tobacco Growers asso elation lnthl city Thursday nqxt be beginning - ginning beginning at 1 qVilpck Tho purpose ot i the meeting Is lo receive the reportu of Its aBcntsandtbeTr work arapnjtho tobacco growerspfstho bilrley dlstrSc Chairman WYllawk n oq1 n I ty statc < l Tucsffar tl the < had s > i i eellnlbtalnl Jtl1e naJrel rtmifif or vtattanr cUUiny aiir that they had organized In this county He also said that the asso61atlon would now bo able beyond doubt to control all the burlcy Tobacco of this j seasons cnpp It I A LOVE AFFAIR An Arrest For Arson Near Paintsvllls x Due to It Palntsvllle Ky May 2ft1afe Penis Is the father of pretty 18yearold Mai vy Harmon Butcher living on nn ad joining farm fell desptrntoly In love with Malvy and sought her hand In marrlagc The Iralo lothcr I ufe t 11V Alll v AUkllUI lU MIlaUU the young man who It Is alleged I awore yenseance upon tho Pouix house hold Ponls8 barns cow bogs and I 300 bushelH of corn were dcstrdyed by fire and Penlx swore out a warrant for I Butcher gharplnR him with the crime I Butcher was lodged In jail here Mon day Confessed to Goebel Murder lonj Lexington Ky May 2GUpon the voluntary confession of having flrotl the shot that IdllMI Goy William Goe bel from a window of the state housR Harry Anderson nged 41 years was locked up here Monday night The prlfoncr has evidently been on a pro trartod spree and was drunk when ar rested so that the officials place no credence In his story Fire In Richmond Ky Jtlclnnonil Ky May 2GTwo large training stables belonging to Dales McBlraln the stnble of United States Senator McCrpary and three dwellings burned Monday Five fine highschool ed horses just ready for tlie Eastnm market wer < > bilrncd to death Loss 8000 The Chlnns Lost Their Suit Lexington Ky May 26Phll T Chlnn and his wife Elsie F Chlnn lost their suit against Mrs Bessie L Ferguson tho former proprietress of Kingston stud for 1500 The ofI returned a verdict Monday In favor of tho defendant Not Known In Paducah Paducob Ky May 26A telegram i from Fort Worth Tox says that Dr Robert E Carlisle under arrest there on charge of murder and bigamy has wives living In Nashville Tenn and In this city Neither ho nor his alleg ed wife Is known btre Elks State Reunion Lexington Ky May 26The vari ous committee of the Elks lodge era making great efforts to perfect plans of entertaining the visiting delegates to the state reunion to bo held hvthls city Juno 1617 Harry Anderson Released Lexington Ky May 27Chlcl of Police J J Ileagan Tuesday released I Harry Anderson who wanted to SUIJ SUII render Monday saying that 110 ha I 1 Killed Gov Goebel Investigation i I showed that It was merely a case ofI drunken vagary I A Blaze at New Castle Eminence Ky May 27Tbe two story brick residence of Mrs Martha Young In New Castle was destroyed by tlre The loss Is about 2500 with Insurance of non on the house nnl fltl on tho household loodsI
While the department can not guar antee Ran dcparltl1lent will put hl service In turning slales evidence In the best light before the court Mil ler had charge of fhe Investigation of tho Ryan case and prepared the letter which Acting Assistant Attorney Gen eral Chrlstlancy stoned This letter which constituted the decision of tin department allowed the concern tfr use the malls and was signed Decem ber 10 The dccUlon In the Arnold case which served as a precedent and whose language It followed was sign ed by Assistant Attorney General Ty ner December 4 Indianapolis Ind May 27 Joseph Johns was arrested Tuesday mornln In connection with the Ryan bribery case at Uockylllo and taken at onro to Terre Haute accompanied by citi zens who will go on his bond Barbers Threaten to Strike Chicago May 2Ilghl thousand barbers of Chicago will go on strike If their demands aro refused They ask that I2 a week and half of all they make over 18 be paid them that shop open at 7 a m the year round and close at 8 p m except on Satur day when they shall remain open un til 10 p m and on Sunday when they close at noon House Demollshed lhmates Hurt Wellington KmTT May 27 A torna tornado - do tornado struck the farm of 8 P Itoriim seven miles from hero Tuesday night demolishing the house and seriously Injuring the Inmates Mrs Dorum and two grown daughter wore carried sev several - eral several rods by tho wlsd and left uncon scious on tho ground One of th9 young women Is fatally Injured Legacy For King Alfonso Madrid May 274Klng Alfonso haa Inherited 700000 under the will of his grandfather King Vranoi The wlI was opened about a month aco In ar cordancu with the desire of King Krnn els that It should not bo read until 12 months after his dcaili To Investigate Our System Vienna May 27 The minister of commerce Is aendl p to tho United States expertsand o ndals of tae Ails trian post offlDqHp Ir rrstlgate the Am erlcan tejczrarbb at 1 telepjoiie sya lam > i 1 Jl t I i j
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