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FRANCHISE VALUESI

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Frankfort Ky March 3Pie stateboard of valuation and assessmentfixed the franchise value of the railroads in Kentucky as follows Louisyule Nashville 11032400 IllinoisCentral 5536400 Chesapeake as

Ohio 4272440 Cincinnati New Or-leans Texas Pacific 3608816Southern Railway Co in Kentuckyl4otf330 Mobile Ohio 959071

Louisville Henderson 8 St Louis742400 Ashland Coal and Iron Rail

way Co 620300 Nashville Chatta-nooga St Louis 345780 Lexington Eastern Railway Co 845683

11Louisville Eastern Railway Co

220000 Camden Interstate railway156126 Tennessee Central railway159517 Glasgow Railway Co 66

500 Licking River Railroad Co 11000 Central Transfer Railway Stor-age Co 4460 Cadiz Railroad Co

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FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE

Two Men Were Killed and AnotherOne Injured

Louisville Ky March 2 Two I

freight trains on the Knoxville divis ¬

ion of the Louisville Nashville rail¬

road met in a headon collision a fewmiles south of Lebanon Junction Kykilling two men and injuring one Thewreck took fire and the crew beingunable to make any headway against I

the flames notified the division officeA short time after a portion of theLouisville fire department was put

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on board a special train and hurried-to the scene of the wreck Therewere two carloads of mules in onetrain One carload was cremated but

carlescapedthe wreckage and it is supposedwere burned to death The propertydamage is said to be heavy I

TO READJUST RATES

THe State Railroad Commission WillTake Actionj

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Owensboro Ky March 3Capt WT Ellis attorney for the local ship ¬

hers made a motion which was sus f

comImissionhere for the past four days for an in-

vestigation of the ownership of theLouisville Henderson St Louis

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Railroad CoL J Irwin generalIfreight and passenger agent for the

railroad company stated on the standthat lie did not know who owned thecontrolling interest in the road It isIthought that the freight rate investi-gation here will result in a readjustinent of rates all over the stateII Must Be

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Newport Ky March LThe pres-ence

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of smallpox at the penitentiary j

has caused Sheriff Riedel considerable i

trouble in his efforts to have WilliamBittner sentenced to two years admitted to that institution Riedel wasnotified that Bittner must be vaccin ¬

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Broken Back Cured i

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> Louisville Ky Jfarch2H LSmith of Bertha Ky has been suc

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versity hospital for five weeks he wasreleased from his position ana senthome i

lGovernor Approved the Finding i

Frankfort Ky March 2 = Govjpeckham approved the finding of the 1

courtmartial which fined Capt Rob j

ert A Burton of Louisville 75 an11declared shim guilty of failing to re

government1inPick law I 1

Wound Proves FatalNewport Ky March 3Katie

Weltner the 17yearoJd girl Who wasaccidentally shot by her brother diedat her home near Cold Springs Thefatal 2 caliber bullet from a flqbertrifle penetrated the throat lodging inthe back of

Louisvilletheneelj

Spillman of Peters creek Barrencounty pleadedlguHty in the IJnite3States federal court to charge offraudulent use of thekaUs and wassentenced to five months imprison ¬

ment in jail and to pay a fine oft500

< Copney Howell Acquittedpaducah Ky Mardi 3rCppneyi

t Hpweli a white man who shot and> killed Harris re mana burglar at

Grand Rivers Ky was acquitted by4 County Judge Thps Etans at SmIth

land the< court holding that he wasjustified Jl Jq ling the negro

f f Had a Narrow EscapePaducah Kyifarcli 3> I1t Jij

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bourn assistant manager ofte >Cumberland telegraph Co was struck by

Sstreet cari knocked down and adlye bral e4r 1utw rescued just bi time

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CONVERSIONS AT LOUISVILLE

Ministers Doubt the Claims Made Bythe Evangelists s

Louisville Ky March 2At theconclusion of the union revival services in Louisville last Sunday the vis ¬

iting evangelists claimed that thenumber of conversions was 4000Clergymen have issued statementssome of them caustic attacking theclaims of the evangelists One state-ment reads The papers said 4000joined the churches the first weekthere were not 40 The leading evan ¬

gelist said 1000 joined the churches

notlOORev tosay Such erroneous statements aswere given out tend to prejudice thelaity against the ministry and to low¬

er all clergymen in the opinion of thegeneral public Such matters oughtto be met squarely

The general committee of the revi ¬

val composed of local ministers willhold a meeting to correct the allegeerroneous impressions given out bythe visiting evangelists

IINEWSTATEHOUSE

Structure Have BeenCompleted

Frankfort Ky March 3The boardI

of statehouse commissioners held a t

meeting at which Architect Frank M J

Andrews was present He told the I

board his plans and specifications

dvertisingjforbidssaid if the bids received were accept ¬

able to the board there was no reasonwhy work on the new building couldnot begin by June 1 The deeds for j

the Hunt site are in readiness and as j

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DOUBLE WEDDING 1

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Child Brides Figure in MarriageCeremonies i

Louisville Ky March2I Hornback 14 years old became the bride

jof Frankie Crail aged 21 years atithe courthouse Lura Watkins 1Cyears old who assisted them fromUpton Ky accepted the child bridesbanter to participate ina double mar jlIagisItinies of four people for weal or woe

The girls met their lovers whilethe way to school They barely onItime to catch a train coming toyule

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WOELFEL BOUND OVER

Is Charged With Shooting Presi ¬

IHe dent R C Stewarti

Covington Ky March 1 GeorgajWoelfel former superintendent ofStewart iron works who shot Presitdent R C Stewart in the companysoffice at Madison avenue and 17thstreet on February 16 was boundover to the grand jury by CountyJudge Stephens his bail being fixedat 2500 His attorneys Price WitHams declined to put in a plea andcontended that their client is mentallyincapable of making a defense to thecriminal charge j

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Admits Combine f1tof a score of Cincinnati and Covingtonice companies that were indicted twoyears ago in this city on charge offorming a trust to regulate ice prices j

entered a plea of guilty before the cir j

cuit court through its attorneys The I

court assessed a fine of 500 j

Sues Railway For DamagesPaducah Ky Marcl3J W Hu l

son of this city as administrator ofthe estate of his son Harry has filer J

suit at Memphis Tenn against theIllinois Central for 25000 for thedeath of his son who was an engi ¬

neer and Who was killed some timeago at Miliington Tenn a switch be ¬

ing left open1

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After Mbse FeltnerJackson Ky March LThe case

of Mose Feltner charged with murderwas called in the Breathitt circuitcourt and continued till next Mondayon account of the defendants absenceC J Sewell was appointed special batJiff to go to Clark county and arrestthe defendant

Tompkins Refused ia NewTrialMadisonviUe Ky March 2Judge

J F Gordon of Hopkins circuit courthanded down a decision refusing togrant a new trial for Garth Tompkinsthe negro murdered who has beenJtwice sentenced to be ngeda1ldthe case will he taken to the court oappeals

Remains Will Be Cremated i

f Qonj Ky March 3DI Chas-E TBtiiti 9 died fUJk1iooieQftliliaunt Mr Wren West Nlith ItrefThe deceased had practiced medicinein Covlngton fo 12 yeaI The

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CANNONSROARIt is Heard From All Positions

Near the Putilptf andNovgorod Hills

BOMBARDING tHE SHAKHE BRIDGEtIChinese Report That Japanese HaveAdvanced Almost to Mukdeii and

a Battle is Raging

Russians Having Ben ReinforcedHave Captured Several Positions

Out of Which They HadBeen Driven

Mukden Ma1ch3The thunder cfcannon is heard from all positionsPutiloff and Novgorod hills are hid ¬

den by the smoke from the giins Thebombardment was resumed after therepulse of an infantry attack by Japanese A bombardment is also

of1theSbakheThe weather continues fine anl

warm The Chinese are preparing tosow their grain

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New Chwang ivfarch 3 Chinesefrom Mukden reportthat the Japanesehave advanced almost to MukdenThe Russians having been reinforcedhave recaptured several positions outof which they had been driven Thebattle is still raging The Japanesebivouacking oh the outskirts of Sinmintin withdrew leaving only apicket

The Russian station at Chwang Tuhas been reinforced Strings of Chi ¬

nese carts are moving toward Muk¬

den Foreigners are still at MukdenOwing to the absence of traffic mer-chants laden with dollars are going toTienstin Refugees from the battleare arriving here

Gen Kuropatkins ReportSt Petersburg March 3Ip a long

dispatch from Gen Kuropatkin whichhas been received here the commanderinchief of the army in Manchuriagives details of various attacks by theJapanese the last few days and apress correspondent at Mukden in aIdispatch received here indicatescontinuation of the artillery duel but

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neither report throws any light uponthe rumored intention of Gen Kuro j

patkin to withdraw northward whichf

has been the gossip of St Petersburg-for the last two days A private dispatch received here concludes withthis significant sentence Withintwo weeks you may expect greatevents j

The Siberian railroad which sbuing worked to its full capacity byjpurely military traffic is about to havea further burden impose upon it j

namely that of feeding the residentnoncombatant population The stocksof provisions in Inkurtsk and othertowns in Siberia were not as large as

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usual at the beginning bf the winterand are now running low

INDUSTRIAL SITUATION

The Black Clouds Are Again Lowering Over Russia=

St Petersburg March 3Blackclouds are again lowering oVer the ndustrial situation of Russia Thestrike at Moscow has been resumedon a large scale anarchy reigns in theCaucasus and at St Petersburg the I

measures which the government ad¬

vanced to quiet discontent and restoregood relations between masters nndmen appear to have failed with theprobability of causing the storm tobreak anew

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He Claims To Be a Nephew of GenFock

St Petersburg March 3The police at TsarskoeSelo who since theassassination of Grand Duke Sergiuchave redoubled tile ordinary precau¬

tions for the protection of the impe-rial

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family have arrested a suspectwho claimed that lie is a nephew ofG nFockjbut whose papers are ir-regUlar and was found to be armedwith a <heavy loaded revolver An in ¬

vestigation ig on footRevival of the Labor Trouble

London starch 3 According to thecorrespondent at St Petersburg of theTimes the Russian governmentswholesale concessions to railway strikers has contrIbuted largely tothe re¬

vival of the labor movement in StPetersburg

Bomb Thrown From a WindowWarsaw March 3A bomb was

thrown front a window overlookingS tile court yard of the Muranbff districtpolic itiom It fell in jthei midst of ja group pf soldiejS but did not ex-

plode Two Jews h ve1ecnarrestedWill Force a Defclsiy Battle >iVf33ond6nV March 3TA dfspaXch Vronf

TOld states that the Japanese areendeaTpring to force ja decislTe battleiIi Mancimria but that it ia fearedGen< urppatkin WUJ retreat flghtinga reafguardacUonL ari corporad1nNswJers

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GONTAINEDPOISON

Strychnine Was Fund itt the Bot¬

tle From Which Mrs Stanford Took a Dose

WAS NO LESS THAN 662 GRAINS

There Are Indications That the Policeof Honolulu Suspect a Member of

the WomansHousehold

The Remains of Mrs Stanford HaveBeen Embalmed and WiliProbat

bly Be Taken To San Francisco on March 10

San Francisco March 3The re-

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by the acting chief of police ofa cablegram from High Sheriff Henryof Honolulu stating that there wereno less than 662in the bottle of gtalnsofstrycbnineIfrom which Mrs adose shortly before her death has I

aroused the detective force of thiscity and every effort is being madeto discover who placed the poison inthe medicine The bottle containing j

the bicarbonate of soda and its death t

potion originally were purchased inIAustralia But according to Miss Ber-tha Berner Mrs Stanfords privatesecretary and the maid May Huntthe bottle was refilled in this city at ilocal drug store

Dr W G Stevens a medical expertmade this positive statement Sixhundred and sixtytwo grains ofstrychnine easily would kill 662 per¬

sons The maximum does administer¬

ed is only onefifteenth ofa grainwhile the average is onefortieth of agrain

A SuspectHonolulu March 3There are in¬

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dications that the police of this city I

suspect a member pi Mrs Stanfordshousehold of having placed strychninetn the bottle of bicarbonate of sodafrom which she partook before retir

Tuesday nightling Sheriff Henry says that therehave been no further developments inthe case and that there are likely tobe no more before the holding of theinquest Dr H V Murray one of the

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physicians who conducted the autopsysays that death was due to strychninepoisoning j

Mrs Stanford had in her possessionwhen she arrived jewelry valued atabout 75000 This was found appar j

entlyintact and has been taken charge j

of by Mr HackfieldHigh Sheriff HQnry denies a rumor

jin circulation that Miss Bertha Berner Mrs Stanfords secretary andMiss Mamie Hunt her maid are un-

der surveillanceiThe body of Mrs Stanford has beers

embalmed and it probably will be ta-I ken to San Francisco on the PacificMail Cos steamship China which will-

ISail from Honolulu on March 10 It is

to arrive at San Francisco pu17

H F Hackfield has been appointedthe representative of the Stanford in ¬

terests here with former Judge Stan¬

ley as counselHer Mind Was Clear

Stanford University Cal March 3

David Starr Jordan president of theStanford university said

Mrs Stanfords mind was perfectlyclear the last time I saw her whichwas on the 15th of January the dayafter the reported poisoning in San

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Francisco Since that time I have hadseveral letters from her in her ownhandwriting and I defy any one tostate they are not perfectly logicaland clear The only time Mrs Stan¬

ford mentioned the reported poisoningwas the day after it occurred as shecame on the train with me For mypart I do not think she drank allYpoisoned water Strychnine might

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have been introduced into theafterward for spiteful purposes posIsibly a petty quarrel of servants This I

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is only my own theory of the matterI

President Jordan said that MrsStanfords death would not have anyimmediate effect in regard to the uni ¬

versity as she was fully in harmonywith the policy of the board of truttees Pending her funeral most outside activities will be suspended butrecitations will continue

CDNFEEbTO MURDER

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His Brother Was Hanged at Alien-

townPaFor the Crimev

VWashington Pa March 2M

God Thats my brother He neverkilled that woman tam the mur-derer

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of Eugene cried Adolph Jlv

JBloch ina frenzy of remprse inter-rupting a companion at the steel millCannonsburgy who was reading to

him an account of the hanging ofEugene Bloch at Allentown on TuesdayHe is now in the Washington countyjail awaltins a hearing pn the chargeof the murder to which he has con ¬

fessed and for which his innpcentbrother has been executed

The Death of ExSenator WoicottMonte Carlo March 3iF rmer Unit

ed Btitesh SenatoiEdward XK Woloottof Colorado dIed1tth Hfelri rIs Ill br Dr GuIgU m tt-

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veritable mud holes for severaldays but this fine weather willmake them passable The fiscalcourt hasnt appropriated but lit 1

tIe for such work for severalyears on account of other mat¬

ters of taxationMr John Penick of Louisville

and Miss Cordie Russell Campbellsville were married Wednes-day

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Miss Russellwas employedby D W Gowdy as saleslady

Rpbert and Chas Buchananwere in Springfield and otherpoints last week buying stock

Mr Chadwick Cappack sold ahouse and lot to Geo Moody for

550 Mr Cappack is going tobuild a fine dwelling oppositeLiberty church

IRev G B Overton will preachat Bethel Sunday evening

IVm Hicks and family Greensare visiting atB H Hatch

ersMiss Bessie Cox will begin a

select school here the third Mon ¬

day in this month

J R Smith who has been inthe merchantile business longerthan any other man in Campbellsville made an assignmentlast week for the I

creditors Mr Smith hasahvaysIenjoyed the full confidence of thetrade in general and every oneregrets that his business was insucha shape as to necessitatehis closing

C H Murrell solicting agentI

for The Nevs made a short stophere Thursday Of course he i

asked how many letter heads envelopes and other printed station-ery do you need His method ofapproach always has the desiredeffect j

The Democrats of Taylor areof the opinion that the Hon J crlS Blackburn should beand a young and more active man j

fill his senatorial toga

Mr and Mrs JF Campbellentertained the young people attheir hospitable home Fridayevening All the society peoplewere out in gayety and express¬

ed their thanks on departureThe typographical makeup of

our modern newspaper is quitedifferent from one published inthe 18th century J W Burdickhas in his possession a paper pub ¬

lished in Webster county NewYork in the above century The I

following quaint advertisementappears in its columns A Stout

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Active Wenchtmayplying to John Schoonmaker l

J natRocbesterNov 231799

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J L Turner of this place hasaccepted a position with REYoung Co Campbellsville intheir merchantile establishment

Some of the farmers at thishand for

stole1Thepany and they thinkjby doing sothey will be enabled to save moremoney on their purchase of fertil-izers

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seeds and farm machinerySuch an establishment would corn ¬

manda large trade hereThe Maccabees and Modern

Woodmen of America two fra¬

ternal orders have nearly 200members ih th camps at Campyule

Misses Electa and Mattie Ensigrtof Bryan Ohio arevisitintheir sister Mrs Wm Staily

Our mail at this office has beencoming very irregularly Someofitgoesto your townandretturnbefore ii is landed

Jfe ohn Kerr sold thre Ply

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jwhojsinJohn Lanham and V G Wil

son sold B F Mays a portcSfthe Carson farm on the riverwest of town 2800 and MrMays bought of J J Elliott hisfarm on the Liberty and Hustonville pike for 8500 This is oneof the best farms in the countyand some 20 years ago Mr Elliottbought it for 3500

Sharp Coffey bought of DR Brown a large body of timberon Clements creek above Liber¬

ty This is said tobe a mostsplendid body of timber

Those of our people who at¬

tended court at Liberty Mondaytell us that the candidates wereas thick as fiddlers are thought

regionQuincetells us that Harland Goode whois a candidate for jailer seemedto command more attention thananyone else Other candidates ap ¬

peared to be watching his move¬

ments and trying to imitate him

electioneeringGeoHelmwhich he is said to have roastedJudge Rains for calling the fiscalcourt together and having thecax rate reduced George is a1 corker He is always a candi ¬

date sometimes as a democrat

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vailed but it cannot be deniedthat things are getting a littlewarm in several of the races

They are telling some goodones on the candidates just nowSome days ago Lincoln Wellswho is a candidate for Sheriffwas out among the dear peoplewent to a house and found thelady ofthe same in trouble Thecow and calf had gotten togeth-er

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and she was endeavoring toseparate them Mr Wells is avery polite man in the presenceof ladies and alighting from hisbuggy seized the calf by the earstheIthefoff his horse took her by thehorns held her tightly till the

completedMrdisappointment at not seeing herhusband but told her to tell himthat he had been there and thathe was a candidate for jailer Shethen informed him that there wasa candidate just ahead of himand that he vas down behind thebarn holding the calf

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ffiss Bertha Elmore is visitingher aunt Mrs Lina Elmore

A C Spaw made a businesstrip to Liberty MondayUMissMary Roberts is visifingMiss Jewell Spaw

Mrs Sarah Thomas is on thesick list

IMiss Bee Spaw visited friendsnear Coffey last week

A C Spaw is buying spokesat 90 cents per hundred deliver ¬

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P H Pittman comes toChelf3 times day on business Hefcissurely a businessman

Rev Frank Allen of YellowWeed visited here Sunday

Walter and Newton RobertsRay Lawhorn and Misses MaryDick Elma Baldock and EllaLawhorn were guests of MissesLucy and Roena Pittman Sunday

All of the youngsters of thisvicinity spent a pleasant aftnoon with MissesGracie and Bliidy Spaw last week

jThesoundor the axe and mallis easily heard from hill to hillafter a stillness of several weeksalthough the candidates are sothick it Is dangerous to workuntil after tie primary

Hurrahfor The NewS Ikisa welcome and we

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