Frankfort Weekly News and Roundabout, 1908-09-05

stated to be present With Franklin j excluded 15 would have been a ir jority Of the delegates select roll was called and all 47 vo cast for Mr KImball it w time before he responded 1 lien only a part of his speech When 1 declined the nomination some one nominated me and after the vote was taken the ChaIrman announced that I Was duly elected and he declared me the nominee I was not a candidate for the position but I had made a strong fight for Mr Kimball in my county I had been in the council at the 11 oclock meeting and had vigor vigorously - ously vigorously advocated the fight to a finish stating that I believed we should exer exercise - cise exercise every right which had been granted us under the party law Under the circumstances I could not decline the nomination I think that the State Central Committee should say whether or not it Is right for the henchmen of any candidate to rough I ride and bulldoze and In that way control our county conventions If in their judgment they say it is proper I am too loyal a Democrat to disobey their mandates I and the rest of the men who were with me will vote for the man whom mey say was properly nominated o Bourbon County Wants State Rifle Range SITE OFFERED THERE AND BE BEING - ING BEING CONSIDERED ALONG WITH OTHERS Franklin county may not get the state rifle range after all as a site in Bourbon county is being inspected and considered In fact AdjutantGen eral P P Johnston has several sites under consideration and does not know yet which IP the most desirable He said Friday that he had not been able to find a site that was exactly according to requirements but that he was of the opinion that he would not find such a site Gen Johnson Inspected Trumbos Bottom Friday morning But this is not the Trumbos Bottom where the frogs reside The bog known among frog hunters as Trumbps Bottom is in another part of the Trumbo place The bottom land which Gen Johns Johnston - ton Johnston inspected is well suited for a range and has plenty of space for a parade ground It fronts on the riv river - er river and offers many advantages It has not been secured yet and may not be taken at all even if arrangements can be made o Aged Paroled Convict ConvictDie Will Die Free Man So that he may die a free man re relieved - lieved relieved of the stigma of being a con convict - vict convict even though he Is on parole William Griever an aged man was pardoned Friday by acting Governor W H Cox The pardon was Issued after bond had been given to Insure that Griever would not become a ward of the State The story of Griever Is a pathetic one and the pardon is only a matter of sentiment as Griever can cannot - not cannot live but a few months and is out on parole anyhow He lives with two spinster sisters on a farm and has never been off the farm since he was paroled paroledGriever Griever was sent to the penitentiary for twentyone years for manalaugh ter He is totally deaf and shot the man in Grievers story when he thought the man was attacking him After serving several years Griever was paroled by the Prison Commis Commissioners - sioners Commissioners and went to his home Ho IH now a free man and will die in peace o Suit was filed In the circuit court by S T Marcus against M E Gor Gordon - don Gordon asking for 3000 damages for al leged physlclal Injuries The petition is a brief one alleging merely that Marcus was attacked while walking on the street by Gordon and that he was beat up so badly that he was per permanently - manently permanently injured For this he says he should have 3000 and then he says that his doctors bills amount to EO and that Gordon should pay them The men had a misunderstanding in business matters which resulted In the fight

DEMOCRATIC CLUB The ranldin Cdunty Democratic flub will meet at the Courthouse 1Ic > w day iVght anft It Is desired that a large I I tr crowd be I 1 l t In the Federal I Clrcicourt xT at r St Paul granted the then - n then iB against thn Arijmsas State j v J < J Onmii c renuujmiii tho commissionnom enforcing the new lwoceIU fir j aw and from interfer InterferIng J - Ing InterferIng with I i tlrja s In raising their freight rates t 0 FoorfHIlef Of Road N wIn Good Shape I LA SEBURG PIKE BEING PUT I iRST CLASS CONDITION W on the regrading find remak remaking - ing remaking he Lawrenceburg pike has bee dulipg the last week by the tnd the road is now in 1 go ton for the first four miles I out uwtfrankfort The road is being graded toward the center where the crown turns off the water and pre prevents - vents prevents wasMng The road will be re crowned t the Anderson county line and Will be completed within the next fat weeks when work will be on I in don other pikes out of Frankfort County Judge James Polsgrove is having the work done and is trying toI put the roads in this county in first class condition Hock Is being taken from a quarry on the Lawrenceburg pike and a crusher is putting it in condition to be used on the roads About a dozen teams are employed every day and with the grading machine the road 1 Is practically a new one but smooth I steam roller belonging to the county is kept on the road until it Is hard and firm firmPardons o Pardons fan WhoI Defended Mother GOV COX GRANTS CLEMENCY TO NEGRO WHO KILLED ASSAIL ASSAILANT - ANT ASSAILANT Gov Cox Friday pardoned William Green a negro sent to the peniten nary from Louisville for two years for the killing of a negro man Green killed the man in defense of his mother who was attacked by the de deceased - ceased deceased In granting the pardon Gov Cox says This pardon is recommended by the trial judge the Commonwealths attorney his assistant the county at attorney - torney attorney eleven members of the jury which convicted the accused an another d - other another officials of Jefferson county The accused proved a most excellent character by those with whom he as associated - sociated associated He has a mother wife and two children dependent upon him for their support The accused was de defending - fending defending his mother from attack when he fired the fatal shot The verdict of the jury of two years imprisonment proves conclusively that there was aI m convinced that Green is entitled to a full and free pardon and it is now granted granteds o Ask Pardon for Father Of five Children t Application for a pardon for Rich Richard - ard Richard Young convicted in Daviess coun count - t count on a charge of false swearing was received by Gov Cox Friday and It Is probable that the pardon will bo granted Young was sent to the pen itentiary for one year being convict ed upon his own admission His trial came up In Owensboro on Wednesday It Is claimed that Young falsely I Ito - to Ito an alibi for one John Webber who was charged with malicious assault growing out of a feud Before the grand jury Young did not tell that he had been threatened but this came out in the trial Young said Webber told him he would kill him unless he swore to the alibi The jury had noth nothIng - ing nothIng to do but convict Young fixing his sentence at the minions and 1m mediately afterward the court officials and the Jury signed a petition for Youngs pardon The spectators the n raised 14 for Mrs Young who Is tho mother of four children and about to become the mother of a fifth

i ftfl THIRD TICKET L F Johnson Will Accept Committees r Decision bs No Intention Of Running 4Indepeildeilt Will Insist That He Is Reg ular Nominee CONGRESSIONAL RACE IS MUDDLED L Frank Johnson of this city who was nominated by one of the con gressional conventions In Lexington on Thursday will goo before the Demo cratic State Central Committee and Insist that he is the nominee of the party in the Seventh District He will ask that he State Committee declare him the legal nominee and direct that his name be placed on the ballot under the party device t Should the State Committee decide against Mr Johnson and decide that J Campbell Cantrill is the legal nomi nominee - nee nominee Mr Johnson will abide by that decisi He will not have his name declslHe ticket by petition and will s PPort r trill as loyally as he is able m said that he had no idea of doing lthlng except bow to the will of thelttate Committee as he Is a Democrat He says he will contend that he is a lawful nominee but if the decision is against him no man in the district will give to Mr Cantrill more loyal support than he will give Mr Johnson contends that the State Committee is the proper body to decide the question of which candidate is the legal nominee al although - though although he would rather have the case settled by the District Committee which is said to be against CantrllI by a good majority I When the question will be pre presented - sented presented to the State Committee Is not known but it probably will be in the near future The State Committee would be called by the chairman to take up the question and would then l pass on whether Mr Cantrill or Mr I Johnson is the nominee The whole I question will be threshed out before the Stae Committee and its decision I will be final The announcement I made by Mr Johnson means tha thaI t - I thaI there will not be two Democratic N candidates in this district and means that the legal nominee will get the I I support of the Democrats of the dis district - I trict district I The following statement of his side of the controversy was made by Mr I l Johnson I JohnsonMy position is that the Franklin County Mass Convention appointing delegates was null and void on ac account - count account of the rough riding and bull bulldozing - dozing bulldozing methods engaged In by the I Cantrill men land for the further rea reason - son reason that a division was called for and tellers demanded and the Chairman failed to give the division and appoint tellers and that he adjourned to the State House yard a place other than that named in the call for the county i mass convention against the protest of the KImball men If the selection of the Franklin county delegates was voidas pro provided - vided provided for in the party rules then the I Franklin delegates should not have I been allowed to participate in tho temporary organization I Under the present methods of run running - ning running conventions the man who can r effect the temporary organization can ordinarily secure nominations If on election Is void the party selected is not authorized to discharge the duties i of sau office I went out of the convention hall with the retiring delegates from Bour Bourbon - bon Bourbon Fayette and Woodford My dele I gation did not attempt to participate I in the convention which was after wards held on the rear porch of the convention hall but I hoard a roll werI e I I I J 42r ru i4

LLLul mall llli 1 a fiene ana er o 0 a JohusCiJy Annual Meeting Of Stock Stockholders - I holders Stockholders Held George B Cox Becomes New T President CHIEF OFFICES IN CINCINNATI I Col A D Martin of Frankfort was unanimously elected second vice president and general manager for ther Ford Johnson Company at its an annual - nual annual meeting held in Cincinnati ont Wednesday George B Cox was elected president and it was decided to enlarge the business of the firm considerably The following is the report of the meeting given byIthe Commercial Tribune of Cincinnati The annual meeting of the stock stockholders - holders stockholders of the Ford Johnson Com Company - pany Company was held at the office of the com pony yesterday where the company has four floors with railroad switch switching - ing switching facilities into the building being the east part of the KruseBahlmann Companys factory and power build building - ing building A large number of the stockholders were preaent and a great majority of the stock was voted In person and by proxy The members of tho former board of directors were unanimously reelected I 1 as follows J S Ford capitalist Chi 1r oago H W Johnson capitalist Michi Michigan I - gan Michigan City Ind A D Martin Frank Frankfort - fort Frankfort Ky George B Cox president of the Cincinnati Trust Company Cincin nati Charles H Davis president Sec Second - ond Second National Bank Cincinnati N S Keith secretary of the Cincinnati Trust Company Cincinnati mid F R Williams treasurer of the Cincinnati Trust Company Cincinnati 1 The new board of directors met im mediately after the meeting of the stockholders adjourned and organized I by unanimously electing J S FordI chairman board of directors George B Cox president C H Davis vice president A D Martin second vice president and general manager and E E Galbreath treasurer The Ford Johnson Company is ono of two largest chair manufactur ing companies in the United States and has factories warehouses and salesrooms at New York City Chi Chicago - cago Chicago Ill Michigan City Ind Hart ford and New Haven Conn Cincin nati 0 Atlanta Ga Frankfort and Louisville Ky Helena Ark and High Point N C Heretofore all of the offices for the administration of the business of the company have been In Chicago Ill but the board lias decided to move the executive and financial departments to their offices in the KruseBahlmann Building and hereafter will direct the affairs of the concern from Cincinnati The management expects to ex Itend the business and in addition toi the manufacture of chairs and seats to also manufacture interior wood work and office furniture outfitting of flee buildings and hotels with every everything - thing everything pertaining to interior woodwork in seating seatingThe The past years business shows a falling off in volume of trade but the annual report denotes encouraging in creases in many parts of the country and the officers and stockholders ex expect - pect expect the next year to show a full reo turn or increase In the volume of the business and profits of the company o John Franklin Dalton a mill man in ns Calloway county shot and killed his wife Tuesday night He mistook herr for a night rjdqr They had only been married on month and the husband Is frantic over his mistake Ho has been warned by the night rider organize tlon 1

TllANjODT d Suit of War Between The StaV asRight i tl Col Bennett Malies I l ark ress fAt fI At Dedication Of Monument At Fort Meigs 0 TO MEN WHO FELL IN WAR OF 1812 Col Bennett H Young of Louis Louisville - ville Louisville in a speech at the dedication of a monument to the men who fell at Fort Meigs Ohio said he thanked God for the result of the Civil War Col Young represented Kentucky in v the absence of Gov Willson who had been Invited to speak and had ex expected - pected expected to attend the services Col t Young is a veteran of the Southern Confederacy and is one of the first of the Confederate officers to public publicly - ly publicly announce that the result of tho war was right Forty thousand journeyed by trol trolley - ley trolley and boat to the historic spot where Gen Henry Harrison in 1812 13 checked jk the ambitions of the British General Proctor Many A speeches were made chief among them being the utterances of Sena Senator - tor Senator J B Foraker Gov Harris and Col Bennett H Young who repre represented - sented represented Gov Willson of Kentucky who was unable to be present Col Young said in part What a marvelous thing it is to be able to stand in this distant State and say It Is our country I come from the State of Kentucky to thank the people of the Maumee Valley for this magnlflcient monument to our dead There were only 1800 ment f killed in the war of 1812 and of thatI number fate put it up to Kentucky J to sacrifice 1000 of her sons My kinsmen were in that fort on that day of May 4 1813 and fought in the battles which saved this valley fromI t conquest tIt conquestIt It makes a heap of difference how 1 you come to Ohio I came to Ohio once and you all took me and put me in the penitentiary I am here now as a happy guest I thought It a hardship that God should decide 1 that our cause should fail but I have 1 since come to the conclusion that God knew better than I did for this lof is the greatest grandest and most progressive nation in the world I 4 will say now that I thank God for I the result although it was a bitter pill at the time I have come to bear to you theJ grateful thanks of Kentucky You men who have for forty years pre preserved - served preserved with zeal the work of com memorating this ground deserve the gratitude not only of Kentucky but the gratitude of the whole country It was the spirit generated by the men who fell here in defense of the Ohio settlements that made the armies of the North and South tiie greatest volunteer armies that ever rallied around a flag and cause bray brayIng - ing brayIng death with a courage which only freemen can feel and that has made this the great Nation of history When Gov Harris and his party arrived on the ground shortly after 11 oclock tho Governors salute of seventeen guns was thundered from the field pieces of Battery E under command of Capt Grant S Taylor When the bunting which draped the newly completed monument was drawn by tho hand of David Robinson Jr four guns of the battery gave another salute and tho band burst into patriotic music which was alI most drowned by tho cheers from several thousand throats I

BIRTH LIST Mr and Mrs Harry Parrent are being congratulated on the arrival of boy Mr and Mrs A W Nazor also have fine boy at their home and their frlare ° ushing them r 0 Chester Jordan of Somersville Mass asarrested by Boston officers on the BfetPflf having murdered his wife Honarah Jordan whose body minus the head was discovered in a trunk at 7 Hancock steet Boston Mass o Teachers Must Have Proper Certificates WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO FILL VACANCIES JUST BECAUSE VACANCIES EXIST However scarce teachers may be no one will be allowed to teach in the public schools of this State unless such person has stood an examina ion and obtained a certificate Prof J G Crabbe Superintedent of Public Instruction has issued a circu circular - lar circular which explains that owing to the I lack of teachers certain persons have withheld their applications hoping to avoid an examination and then be allowed to teach to supply the need for teachers Prof Crabbe says that this will not be tolerated toleratedo o Edna Mae Wins Rich Saddle Horse Stake l TAKES PRIZE OFFERED AT PEM PEMBROKE - BROKE PEMBROKE FAIR FROM CRACK FIELD Pembroke KrThe opening of the fair here today was attended by the largest crowd ever present at a simi lar event in this section of the Statej and much Interest was taken in the 0 numerous rings shown Interest centered in the 1000 stake offered by the fair association for five gaited saddle horses which was the largest stake offered by any fair as association - sociation association in Kentucky this year The t horses entered for the money and were on hand to compete for the rich 1were prize and the judges awarded first money to Edna Mae ridden by Robert Moreland of Lexington with Bourbon Prince ridden by Matt Cohen of Lex Lexington - ington Lexington second and Indian Boy owned Bourbonf and ridden by Sterling Nuckols of Bawling Green third All of the horses entered in this rich stake today will be shown at the Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky State Fair at Louisville andtx also at the Louisville Horse Show y o Anderson County People Get Fine Land whol The Anderson county people who took a chance on the land drawing i contest In San Louis Valley Col have returned home and most of them are satisfied with their good luck J Florian Bond was the luckiest havlngl drawn ia quarter section The follow followIng - ing followIng Is a list of those who < followf and the number of acres drawn The conditions of the drawing were thatj with every town lot purchased the pur purchaser i - chaser purchaser had a chance on a farm rangi ing from five to G40 lacres j 1 Carnegie jFor For Louisville Youth In recognition of his bravery in say saying I - ing saying the lives of his nephew Arthur S Childers aged 2 years and niece 1 Caroline aged G mouths from burning to death October 3 1906 Paul Childers aged 16 years of 1631 Irvine street received yesterday the first Carnegie hero medal ever awarded In Louisville says the CourierJournal He was also awarded 2000 with which to complete his education educationo Mrs Marshall Field Jr of Chlcapo was married yesterday In London to Maldwln DrummondY x J