The Daily Kentuckian, 1898-06-07

of all other taxes This is because the Court of Appeals decided in their favor before the present court came in and under the ruling of the United States Circuit Court this statc of affairs remains until their charters expire The Louisville banks who must pay the franchise and ad valorem tax under the recent decision of the Court of Appeals which is sustain sustained - ed sustained are the Union National Bank and American National Bank which were not in existence when the Hewitt bill construed as a con contract - tract contract by Judge Pryors court was accepted and the -First National Bank which didnot accept the con contract - tract contract All other banks in the State ex except - cept except those named above must also pay ad valorem taxes on the value of their franchises under the pres present - ent present law An appeal to the Supreme Court will be taken It is probable that the cases will be advanced on the docket and come to trial at the Oc October - tober October term of the next Supreme Court Justice Harlan in fact an announced - nounced announced to counsel that the cases would be advanced and an early hearing facilitated The three principal decisions of the United States Circuit Court are of interest to every lawjer finan financial - cial financial institution and to almost every individual in the State The firwt is the decision in the Bank of Kentucky case which deals with the question as to whether there was a charier contract on the part of the banks of the State under the Hewitt law oTOB86 and decides there was none The third is that in the trust company cases and holds that they are not embraced in the ex exemptions - emptions exemptions Only the Louisville Trust Company and Fidelity Trust and Safety Vault Company brought uitn the Federal Court The Columbia Finance and Trust Com Company - pany Company brought no suit but it stands on the baine footing as the others and under the decision has no ex exemption - emption exemption frcin city taxes r Big Force of Laborers A crew of thirty colored laborers came in fromjSvausvlllc on the 513 train yestgrdjiy afternoon and will be employee aiBnltonss rock quar quarries - ries quarries preparing rock ballast for the

Washington June 6 Special After many conflicting rumors of naval cngagementslanding of troops etc there came one bit of im important - portant important news to the naval department embodied in a report from Rear Admiral Dewey at Manila He says in substance that the insurgents are actively engaged in the province of Cavite They have recently won several important victories over the Spaniards and have captured i8oo prisoners includ including - ing including fifty officers The Officials at Washington for some time have been apprehen apprehensive - sive apprehensive concerning Deweys situation at Man ilial They did not fear for his personal safety but were uneasy lest he had not maintained the brilliant advantages won at the outset His report sets at rest these apprehensions showing that his plans are working admirably and that the insurgents operations are under his direction Through his agency the efforts of the Spanish agents to corrupt - the Insurgent leaders were thwarted

The United States dispatch bqattSuwance has also reached the tlect safely Pine weather continues tqmrcvail off Santiago de Cuba vL Monitors Monterey alii Monadiiocipiil Reinforce Dewey Washington June naval department gave orders this afternoon to the effect that tlKgMbnadnock now at Mare island be made ready to sail in ten days fdrauiila rjThe Monterey will not v ait for7tl3lon ad nock but will sail in a few hours under convoy of the collterJBrutii3 Another merchant vessel will be procured to accompany the Monadnock on her 6000 mile voyage With these two powerful monitors added to his fleet Dewey can take care of himself against the Cadiz The reports concerning the movements of the latter give the government no concern House Dosnt like Itwar Revenue Bjjll Sent to Conference Washington June 6 SpecialOMThc House on a rising vote de cided to nonconcur and send the WarDRewniiL Bill to Conference by 106 to 90 The yeas and nays were ordered

here to day from the flagship New York off Santiago de Cuba and for forwarded - warded forwarded at 4 oclock Sunday afternoon say there is no truth in the re report - port report from Port Antonio Jamaicathat the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror haefbeen sunk by the United States battleship Oregon It is also reported from the flagship that no further news has been received from the Merriinac prisoners A launch came off from the shore on Sunday morning under a flag of truce thinking one was flying on the Iowa When the officer discovered his mistake the launch returned to MorroCastle The United States transport Resolute formerly the Yorktown has

Another of the periodical shoot shooting - ing shooting affrays that enliven tlie ter ritoryon both sidos of the State line occurred at Ringold TennF at a colored festival Saturday night As the festivities began to wane a crap game became one of the fea features - tures features and a dispute came up be between - tween between Isaac Ward and a man nam named - ed named Ball Ward began shooting at Ball but missed Tjim and hit a small hoy named rf Curtis Terry The shot took effcefcgin tlje 1 a ankle and made ti vyoynd hot re-

Five Generations Alive There are live generations repre represented - sented represented in one family at St Charles Ky They are Mrs Elvira Dais aged eighty five years and the mother of nine children Mrs Cyn Cynthia - thia Cynthia Woodruff daughter of Mrs Davis aged sixty six and the mother of thirteen children Mrs Maggie Raymer aged thirty eight daugh daughter - ter daughter of Mrs Woodruff and mother of six children Mrs Ferdinand Balder aged seventeen daugter of Mrs Raymer and mother of one child Nevcline Balder

It contains the residence and Mr Wilson also bought that at 4000 The j entire- property was then offered as a whole and Mr Wilson bid it in at 7000 raising his own figures 50 Mr Wilson is a step son of Dr Hopson and the suppo supposition - sition supposition is that he bought the property in to keep it from passing out of the family The sale was conducted bi the Christian County Abstract Co with J ID Cliborne as auctioneer