The Adair County News, 1900-08-08

tarism will they fasten those evils up upon - on upon their adopted country Having been rescued from Empire by the Be public to Empire It should be as im Impossible - possible Impossible for a GermanAmerican to tvote for the American party of Empire against the Republic as for a strong strongman - man strongman to strike down at his feet the fostermother who nurtured and sus sustained - tained sustained him in his days of weakness anpai belplessness8t Louis Republic A Striking Picture We present to the people of Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky the picture of an army of intim IntimIdation - idation IntimIdation unlawfully quartered in the public buildings of the State a State Senator fn the discharge of his duty to the State stricken down by an as assassins - sassins assassins bullet fired from ambush in the executive building then occupied by his political adversary who hoped to profit by his death that adversary arming filling and instructedW building with armed men instructed to defy the civil authorities and pie vent search for the assassin the same political adversary and Republican I pretender by force dissolving the Legislature in violation of the const tut ion attempting by military power to force the Legislature to meet in a C veritable slaughter pen for the Dem 1 ocratic members driving its members f through the streets of Frankfort at the point of the bayonet forcibly pre preventing - venting preventing the Legislature from meeting in its lawful and proper place keeping armed riotous and disorderly men un under - der under the very window of tbe room where I lay dying the assassins victim driving c the Court of Appeals from the Capitol aiding with soldiery and spurrious par s dons those lawfully accused of capital crimes to flee from justice and by mil nary force defying the writ of habeas corpus the same Republican pretend pretenders - ers pretenders fleeing from the State after indict indictment - ment indictment and remaining a fugitive from justice protected by an open violation C of the Constitution of the United I States after having declared to the people of the State I am a citizen of 4 this State and amendable to its laws 4 I am not a criminal neither shall I ever be a fugitive from justice When Whenever - ever Whenever indicted I shall appear for trial And we confidently declare our belief that a majority of the people in Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky favor the preservation of law and order of both civil and personal ale liberty and the maintenance of the constitutional rights of the people Democratic doctrine which is the hope ant inspiration of every true DemocratDemocratIc State Plat Platform - form Platform arRev J M Yingling pastor of the 1 Bedford Street Methodist church at I Cumberland Md says uIt affords me I much pleasure to recommend Cham Chamberlains - berlains Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea kaoe w anothers who have done so I have nevR heknown it to fail It is a sure cure atwhen taken in time For sale by M Cravens The New York Sun which since t tsb conversion to republicanism has been the loudest shouter in the meeting Wthinks that the democrats have an al almost - most almost postive assurance of a majority in the next House as the prospect is that they will elect a solidblock of 120 eatrepresenattves in the South To secure a majority in the next House they wil have to elect only 59 additional mem members - bers members and to acquire these 59 members stnby gletai Northern State for the presidential ticket TheSun sees the handwriting notehe of healarm that Ilanna may get in his work 1 which we believe and hope will be in vain Ladies It you want a beautiful complexion a bright eye a good appetite an act active - ive active liver bowels regular as clock wo rkues and vigorous healthy body use Mor leya Liver and Kidney Cordial the great system renovator It cures all diseases to which women arc subject such as weakness debility melanchol ly nervous prostration etc A Wonderful Bun Motleys Taste Tasteless - less Tasteless Chill Syrup has a wonderful run among ChillSuffering people because Il8Itlsa prompt and effective cure for posChills even in chronic cases that have grestated all other medicines Sold on only - ly only by W M Bell j Joppa Ky Mr Yerkes having spent the hot period in the cooling breezes of the lake region has probably fortified him self to answer those numerous ques tions propounded to him by the Inte InterIor - rior InterIor Journal

IS THE EMPIRE POSSIBLE The republics of the past have fallen from various causes but one rule wet e believe to have been invariable No republic has ever governed subject provinces and preserve its own free af Fmplre abroad has ended empire or tallness at hometam But do we believe that William Mca Kinley if reelected will be formally crowned as the Empire William the first Certainly not This is not usu ally carried through in this way Des potism is the same but type of despot changes When the Roman republic was ripe for its fall the people did not crown a king First one general and then the e other came into power through the form of law After the excesses of Marius and Sulla there was a temporary revival of constitutional government under Cicero Then the same conferred the powers of a num number - ber number of different officials upon the Cae sarso many that he was in fact a monarch although inname he was only the head of a republic Then after a period of anarchy this concentration of power in the hands of one man was systematized and made permanent Rome became in fact a despotism but it was long before it ceased to be nom finally republic and the head of its government was never king but al always - ways always imperator general Nor did Florence in losing its lib liberty - erty liberty become at once a monarchy in name The Midici at first were simply I commercial bossesan infinitely su superior - perior superior grade of Mark Hannas In this country we can already see the beginning of this descent in theI Isabdication of power by our legislative bodies It is allU trust the presi president - dent president dentDont Dont regulate the government of the Philippines by lawleave it to the president presidentDont Dont interfere with cuba let the president attend to Jt Dont let the Porto Ricans choose their own rulerslet the president ap appoint - point appoint them Dont say how the 50000000 na national - tional national defense fund is to be spent give the president entire discretion Dont fix a price for armour plate leave it to the presidents secretary of navy navyDont Dont lay down a policy in China let the president decide what our re relations - lations relations shall be with a third of the hu human - man human race If this keeps on much longer it will make no particular difference whether er we have the name of emperor or notWe shall have the fact of em pire Chicago American htFOR THEM TO SAY Probably the most significant feature of the figures recently published in The atRepublic showing the logical location of the decisive battleground of the alpresent political campaign is that which indicates the important part to be played this year by the German American element of American citizen ship shipAs ngAs shown by the Republics review of the field the fight of 1900 will be won and lost by election results in t hein wsStates of Illinois Michigan Wiscon Wisconsin - sin Wisconsin Minnesota Indiana Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Maryland and Delcware In the first six of these States there is a large GermanAmeri scan votelarge enough to carry those Isfor tbe platform and ticket favored by the GermanAmericans The men of German blood who a ° wn onectlnsttlute so large a proportion of the Vho hopnpulalion in these States owe to the Republic their freedom there prosper ity > their happiness They or their fathers found in this country a haven of refuge from the imperialism and militarism of the Fatholand The reason that this grand old republic laheld out its arms to them and shelter themk is because it stands fur frccedom for jus tlce and for the rights of man It was founded in protest against the very sins of Empire from which they eml grated Under this glorious creed it promises that these sins shall never prevail in this couctrq lilWill Itbe for the GermanAmerIcans to make this American promise im pos tmsiblo of fulfillment in future Having trapt hislq bey shall they now force It to sur render that creed which gave them safety from the tyranny of Europe ° Are they willing to deny to others the shelter and safety so grateful to tbSm in their tmoof tribulation Know log the evils Of imperialism and milkrlor III

for twelve years was the friend and companion of Finley and Powers his declaration that Pow Powers - ers Powers desired that desperate men from his company be retained for a purpose of murder his further statement that Powers declared the contest would end as quickly as Goebel was killed means the < conviction of Powers unless Pow coer ers can break Noaks down The testimony of Wharton Gold Golden - en Golden lifelong companion of Pow Powers - ers Powers his able adjutant in all ma maneuvers - neuvers maneuvers to bring the mountain ar army - my army his confidant in his lonely walks to the cemetery the man he took with him to Louisville the man to whom he confessedwh 1that he would ge to Franklin and Polegrove the State and county officials and tell all proves the guilt of Powers To escape Pow Powers - ers Powers must destroy Goldens testi testimony - mony testimony The testimony of Representative Hampton Knox county shows the murderous propensity of Tay Taylor - lor Taylor Powers chief when Taylor enaked him Hampton to go into the Legislature bring on a fight and kill enough of his opponents to give him security is of so start startling - ling startling a nature that one might not believe it were it not that no man maf m Eastern Kentucky has a better established reputation for strict honesty and truth that Luke Hampton All the Powers Fin logs and Taylors who can be found in Kentucky united together can not break down Luke Hampton The close between his tween Powers and Youtsey is more than a thrice told tale in the evi evidence - dence evidence in this case Powers wn ato abuntantly connected with the principal who fired the shot wheth whether - er whether that principal be Youtsey Jim Howard or Dick Combe To on tw or the other of the three Powers was accessory before the fact He furnished Youtsey with the key toI get to his office He conveniently left his office on the fatal day so that the pretense could be made that the office was closed and the drawn blind be accounted foroc fPowers should not be condemn condemnt ed however before the case is fin finished - ished finished It is possible but highly improbable he may create a rea reasonable - sonable reasonable doubt of his guilt by calling ing to the stand his coadjutors FROH THE PHILIPPINES I Editor of News Having heard from my father a fow days ago requesting me to write an account of the Philip Philippines - pines Philippines I will now try and do so The rainy season has just com commenced - menced commenced and it will be raining most of the time until November so the transportation is very difficult outside of Manila and Vigan There are very few towns that have any good roads in most ofcases we have to travel in mud 8 or 4 feet deep and after marching all day sleep upon the wet ground > that is when we are out on the march but the troops that do gar garrison - rison garrison duty aro quartered in the churches and convents which ev every - ery every town no matter how small have haveThe The main body of the Insur Insurgents - gents Insurgents army is broken and Aguin faldo is a fugitive in the mountains but there aro small bands tc howill make life miserable for UB They mako night attacks nnd in the day they go to the Fort Hills ofof oId ur men arc capturing arms and am ammunition - munition ammunition from the insurgents The island has two very large citiesManila and Vigan In Ma Manila - nila Manila you can buy any thing you want but articles are quite expensive oepis coheghe es churches theaters hors Thet streets aro all paved but the side sidewalks - walks sidewalks are very narrow The houses are befit of soft sand stone and nIl painted white The poorer class of Filipinos Jive in bamboo shacks atwith roof made of nips a long grass There are some well educated natives all over the island and most of the natives can read and writeMauila Manila has four American wsliof papers published dally and one afternoon paper Vigan which is about 250 m ileahe north of Manila is a fine city There is only oho railroad on

fl Blaok Record 1 Summing Up the Testimo ny at Georgetown Powers Knowledge Before the Fact erof Goebel CLEARLY DISTINCTLY PROVEN The prosecution in the Goebel assassination case gave out the fol following - lowing following statement after resting its case It has been proven that the shot came from the office of the defend defendant - ant defendant Caleb Powers First by the direct testimony of two witnesses who saw the rifle when fir dand eight others who located the place of firing by the sound ijSecond The window sill from whence the bullet was fired is 13 feet 9 inches higher than the point where it struck into the tree a distance of 197 feet The descent of the hases eslet the spot where Goebel fell 53t in inches - ches inches above the pavement The autopsy found the point of en entrance - trance entrance in Goebels body 52 in inches - ches inches from the soles of his feet Add the elevation gained by socks and shoes you get 53 116 inchesth Third the cartridge used in kill killing - ing killing Goebel was a metal jacketed steel cartridge smokeless a kind not used by the military of Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky This fact is established by A The defendant Powers asked Robert Noaks to get him stael cartridges in December 1899 B Youtsey who had a key to Powers office did procure from a gun store in Cincinnati steel cart cartridges - ridges cartridges 8855 on the 23d of Jan January - uary January 1900 C The bullet fired from the office of the Secretary of State and found imbeded in the tree is a metal jacketed bullet 3855 D The size of the openim iming entrance and exit were the same viz threeeights ofan inch as caliber Had a leaden bullet been used the wound of exit would have been larger E That the cartrIdge ti ridge used was smokeless is evi evidenced - denced evidenced by the fact that of the many witnesses looking at the point from whence the rifle was fired none saw smoke Youtsey clerk and stenographer to Taylor pointed out to W H Culton W S Taylors confident confidential - ial confidential man that the slickest plan for the murder of Goebel which hto he could think of would be to raise a window in the Secretary of orStates office lower the blind point a rifle and fire This ex exact - act exact plan was pursued in killing Goebel Youtsey hada koy to Powers office given to him by Powers brother the day before Goebel was shot Powers letters to his lady friends and others in which he declared the disorganized condi condition - tion condition of the Democratic party af after - ter after the shooting of but before the death of Goebel was due more to him than any ono else show that for the time he bolioved he had earned the plaudits which should Ide be given to a hero and that the killing of Goebcl was really as meritorious as tho cabnl had taught themselves and others to believe it would be The testimonyof W H cult on Assistant Auditor of the State is that Powers a few days before the wier ih Taylor and was going to send home the mountain men is sign ifare io His description of the quar rel of the efforts ha made to bring the two together the fact that Powers damned Taylor as ua fel fellow - low fellow without any backbone and the damning of Powers by Taylor as a hotheaded fool is a cir circumstance - cumstance circumstance taken in connection with other matters testified to by Culton which establishes the con conspiracy - spiracy conspiracy beyond a doubt To overcome come it Cultons testimony must be destroy ed The testimony of Nooks who

POSTOFFICE DIRECTORY J M Russell Postmaster Office hours week days 700 a m to 930 pm COURT DIRECTORY CIBCCIT COURT Three sessions a year Third Monday in January third Monday In May and third Monday In September Circuit JudgeW W Jones Commonwealth s Attorney N H W Aaron Sheriff J W Hurt Clerk Jno B Coffer COCMTY COURT First Monday in each month JudgeJ W Butler County Attorney Jas G rnett Jr Clerk TEStnlts JailerS H Mitchell Assessor Q A Bradshavr Surveyor 1t T McCaffree School suptW D Jones CoronerLeonard Fletcher 3irr COURT Regular court second Monday in path month adge J W Atkins orneyGordon Montgomery CHURCH DIRECTORY PRESBYTERIAN BDBKSVILIB STBEBT Rev T F Walton pastor Services second and fourth Sundays n each month Sundayschool at 0 a m spelt Sabbath Prayer meeting everywh night METHODIST BcucaviLLB STBBBT Rev J L Kilgore I pastor Services first Sunday in each month Sundayschool every Sabbath at 9 a m Prayer meetlngThur day night nightBAPTIST BAPTIST GxEKMSBcao SrBBETReV K W Barnett pastor Services third Sunday In each month I jDdayschol every Sabbath at 9 a m Prayer meeting Tuesday night nightCHRISTIAN CHRISTIAN CAMPBELLSVILIE PIM Elder 1 Willies Pastor Services First Sunday in each month Sundayschool every Sabbath at 9 am Prayer meeting Wednesday night I LODGES I LODGESMASONIC MASONIC COLUMBIA LODGE No 96 F and A HRegu lar meeting in their ball over bank on Friday acday day night on or before the full moon in each I month G A KEMP WrdI T B STUMS Secttu COLUMBIA CHAPTEB R A M No 7 meets 1 first Monday night in each month J O RUSSELL H P j T It Stops Secretary I F aV sxrrEea CSR cS J Conover Hotel JOHN N CONOVER Proprietor Columbia Kentpcky u I HIS Hotel is one of thebest in this 1 section of the State It is a large ew brick containing twentyeight ooms all elegantly furnished Good r > ample rooms and the table is sup I lIed with the best provisions the coun country - try country affords Bates very reasonable Hancock Hotel BUKKSVLLE STREET Columbia Ky JUNIUS HANCOCK Prop > 0 JCThe above Hotel has been re ret - a t ret repainted and is now ready for the I comfortable accommodation of guests Table supplied with the best the market affords Rates reasonable I rOod sample room Feed stable at hedP COMMERCIAL HOTEL JAMESTOWN KY HOLT VAUGHAN Proprietors Y NOITTIIEabove 0 HIB above named hotel wasrccently opened TIIEabove T and ban had a fine run from iheslart Mr r Holt li oU after the culin irs departUKn nnd see > that the table lit supplied at al llmis wirn the very best the market affords The proprietors are attentive and very polto to n r < inttt Good sample rooms and the but ding leb 1 f 1enNIiI lIat I ie convenient to the business houses Hirst class livery attached to the hotel Termsve rybe ealoDIoI Lebanon Steam Laundry LEBANON KY 0 n rnOBODGHLY equipped modern trnOROUGnLY II laundry plant conducted by exper fenced workmen and Icing as high y grade work as can be turned out any anyplace - place anyplace in the country Patronize a borne institution Work of Ada firrel Russell Taplor and Green solicited WR JOHNSTON 60 Pro REED 4 MILLER Agents Columbia Kentucky To prevent La Grippe take a dose or two of Dr Miles Restorative Nervine daily Ladles Favorite Horloys Little Liver r Pills for Bilious People are tho ladies favorite because they arc small ea si1b0 taken and do their work quietly but effectually One a dose Soldby

the island from Manila to Dagu pan 164 miles There are several fine hospitals on the islands for the soldiers where sick men get the best care that money will buy At present I am in the Second Re Reserve - serve Reserve Hospital with an attac of malarial fevert but I expect to be out in a few days The products of these island are rice tobacco hemp and in Home parts copper and gold are found Just at present there is a regi regiment - ment regiment of infantry here preparing to leave for China to protect American interest there SV e might be ordered to China within a few weeks It Depends upon what action the Chinese take against our people Last week the Insurgent Ganer al Macabulos surrendered with 20 0a soldiers and rifles General Peo del Pilar was also captured and is now in prison in Manila Manila can boast ofa very fine police force of Filipinos who are very faithful and are a great help to the Americans There is a squadron of Filipino cavalry which is doing some fine work in fighting ing the Insurgents I will write you again in a few weeks Yours c LAWRENCE H CRAVENS Co H 29th U S V Inftwa Manila P 1 Pointed Paragraphs The hay dealer does business on coa As a man grows older he swap swaps 3 - nj s swaps ideals for ideas The less we have the easier it is to share it with others Life seems to be made up of ar ardent - dent ardent desires and vain regrets Some men dont travel very far when they go to the bad It doesnt pay to be a prodigal son unless you are partial to veal Many a married couple conpo save money out of what a bache bachelor - lor bachelor spends It is better to be imposed upon occasionally that the doubt indjs criminately Fine feathery may not make fine birds but they are apt to make costly hats If you want to hear a hardluck story just ask a man for money he owes you Men listen when money talks Probably that is why we sometimes times hear of hush money Women are partial to tight wearing apparel but they draw the line at tight husbands stThe average man imagines that if all the fools were dead his opin ions would soon become universal An Ohio girl who is unable to speakabove a whisper has had 47 offers of marriage A word to the ngwise etc Poeplo who are always looking for trouble are fortunate in one respect at least they seldom m setwon with disasterChicago DailyNews < Should be Remembered Do not fear failure Do not fear hard knocks Ability to endure in silence is one of the best evidences than youthe will finally win heMingle with the people Bo one of them Who is any One that ho urshould not bo one of them The people and nature they alone are worthwhilethey alone contain tho elementary I now feel that it reading is a tonic which shquld be indulge jn sparinglyB Jt is rjot the number of books a doman has read that makes him available in tbo world of business What the world wants is power There IB po real instruction but experience More failures more nnhappi ness has 1 been caused by the old idea that a man may make him himself - self himself what he will than by any nd80aiugto single halftruth that has crept into our common speech and be belief - lief belief A man may mako himself what he will within the limitations na furs has sot about him Senator oneveridBo

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