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YOLo 1 N041 WINCHESTER KY SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 1908 2 GENTS II
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+ Horse Runs Away and Throws Her
Against PoleNo BonesJ
Broken
Mrs DL Pendleton had a narrow
escape from serious injury Saturday
about Boon by being thrown from a
bug rv against a telephone pole at the
corned of Boone and College streets
Mrs Pendleton was returning to I
her home in the t southern part ofI
town from down town and was driv
ing a high spirited animal The
horse became frightened at something
at the coiner of Boone and Maple
streets and beau minting and got
from under the control of Miss Helen I
Nelson who was doing the driving
At the coiner of Boone and Col
I lege the horse made a quick turn
and threw the bug < ry against a tele I
i phone pole Mrs Pendleton was 1
thrown from the buggy and was giv
en a severe shaken up but fortun
ately there was no bones brokenF
brokensl
She was taken into the home of Mr
D T McCormack in front of where
e 4the accident occurred where medi
al aid was given her by Dr Johnson
rs Pendleton is reported to be
lr sting comfortably and no serious
results are expected Those who
viitnessed the accident say that it
was almost a miracle how she es
caned without any broken bones or
serious injury
1 injuryHAYSTAKS
JUDGE HAYS TALKS
V TO CLARK CO VOTERS
< has Asked Committee to Postpone
Primary in 25th Judicial
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I Judge J Smith Hays delivered an
Address Saturday afternoon at the t
court houesto a large crowd of vot Ij
er r in the interest of his candidacy
for Circuit Judgeof this the twenty
t fifth Judicial District Judge Hays
address was along the same lines as
was his card in which he announced
He assured the people that would
bef air dealing justice tQ everyone
both rich and poor and he outlined in
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ideal Jude He assured the people
that he would endeavor to carry ou
Judgei
He also said that an effort had
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been made a number of times to
haye the salary for Circuit Judges
raised but that he would not directly f
or indirectly if elected aid in having C
this done He further said that he
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did not think that the present salary I
which is 3000 a year was enough
1ut4 that he would not aid in having I a
it increased if elected J
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Judge Hays has addressed a letter j
to the Committee of the district askI
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iner them to reconsider their action f
in fixing the primary for December I
31Jr and requesting pint it be fixed I f
for a later dates
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FIRST BAPTIST
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The meetings at the First Baptist
church still continue with the usual I
interest The day attendance packs
the house Chairs are put in the
Aisles to accommodate the people T
At the evening service the house will n
not hold those that attend There ti
were three conversions and additions c
Friday N
The probabilities are that the meet n
ing will go on through next week a
The ordinance of baptism will be tl
administered during next week Dr L
Porter preaches to the people Sunday b
night Preaching Saturday night at
730 a
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PITTSBURG Pa Nov 28An
explosion in the mine of the Pittsburg
Buffalo Coal Company at Marina
Washington county entombed sever
al hundred men the majority of whom
were American It is believed the
loss of life is heavy After the eXc
plosion dense clouds of smoke poured
from the shafts of the mine but no
miners was to be seen Relief trains r
were rushed td the scene It is
thou ht two hundred are lost
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CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE
Says He Will Run Agaihst Judge
Evans if His Friends
Insist
From the present outlook Judge
Evans will have some opposition for
hDsbeen
been rumored on the streets for the
past few days that Mr C B Fox
deputy circuit clerk would be a can
didate for the office
When asked by a News reporter
Saturday morning if he intended run
ning he said that a number of his
friends had been to him asking him
to make the race but he had not de
cided yet whether he would enter or
not But if his friends insisted and
wanted him to make the race he
said he would and that if he decid
ed to enter he would announce it Sat
urday afternoon
FARMER TRIES TO
KILL illS DAUGHTER
Charles Starrett Snaps His Revolver
Four Times at His
Child
OWINGSVILLE Ky Nov 28
Charles Starrett a prominent farmer
of near Sherburne was found dead
at the home of his brotherinlaw
Jacob McClure with a bullet wound
through his head and a revolver was
found by his side
Starrett it is declared attempted
to kill his young daughter Thurs
day evening by snapping his revol
ver at her four times which failed
to go off Despondency over family
trouble is thought to have been the
cause of the tragedy
Starretts wife who was a daugh
ter pf Joseph McClure died about
six years ago After the aea thof
his wjfo he left his Daughter who
was hjs only child with her grand
mother and went West
Last fall Mi McClure and Son
came to Owingsville and made ar
rangements to have her sent to the
Reform School claiming thev could
not control her This caused quite
a sensation in that community and
Mr McClure became alarmed and
left the country
Starrett returned from the West
andwith the aid of the people in
the community succeeded in securing
his daughters release from the Re
form School Then followed the in
cendiary buminsr of Jacob McClures
general merchandise store and short
ty afterward the burning of Dr Mc
Clures office following which Thom
as G Daugherty was wounded by
Harry Morgan
Starretf daughter testified at the
Coroners inquest today that her
father caught her in the company of
her sweetheart snapped his revolver
four times at her and then shot him
self with the same revolver The
verdict of the jury was suicide
TROOPS WITHDRAWAL
WITHDRAWALIS
IS BEGUN AT HICKMAN
About 200 Men on Active Duty For
Several Months Will Be
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Sent Home
HOPK1NSVILLE Ky Nov 28
The withdrawal of troops from the
niplit rider region of Western Ken
tucky began yesterday The first
camp abandoned was at Hickman
where the family ofa negro were
murdered The soldiers yesterday
afternoon left Trigg county and
those a Princeton Gracey Cobb r
Dawson and various other places will
break camp tomorrow
About 200 men who have been on
actual duty several months will re
turn to their homes by next Monday
night Thp guards will be loft at
Murray and Eddy ville where condi
tions are still feared to be critical
Many protests have been sent to
Governor Willson against the remov
alof the troops by the citizens all
over the district who fear that night
rider activity will be resumed
WHERE ARE THE VOTERS
Sam Powell gets off this one There
were at one time Saturday morning
in the County Clerks office twelve
gentlemen candidates to be voted
for in the comin Democratic pri
mary and only three voters And
Sam it not sure that all three of the
voters are Democrats
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TWO STAR GRAND OPERA TENORS
Valles the great tenor who came to America recently charmed all wlu
heard him In Thais with Miss Mary Garden While Zenatello Is regarded
us the best tenor at the Manhattan Opera Valles sprang Into sudden popu
larity and promises to become one of the greatest favorites on the lyric stage
stageM
M Zenatello famed as a tenor of the Caruso type also is a prime favorite
with the Manhattan audiences again this year
DECEMBER DOCKET
OF CIRCUIT COURT
Friday Was Last Day For Filing
Suits to Come Up at Regu
lar Court Term
Friday was the last day for bring
ing suit in Circuit Court for the
regular term that begins December
7 The following is the > docket that
will be disposed of at the regular
term
V S Owens vs Harry Ciawford
Samuel Hisle vs Kate Hisle
T L Price vs G M Jackson
Yancev Merrit vs Louisville Paint
and Lumber Company
Sam Darch vs McCullom Pigg
Susan Austin vs Mildred Talor
Winchester Bank vs Dock Pigg
Winchester Bank vs G D McCul
lomWinchester
Winchester Bank vs J W Oliver
R H Cooper vsJ B Conkwrigut
John McCord vs McCord Ad
ams
amsLelIa
Lena C Moore vs J W Moore
Henry Garner vs Irene Garners
Clark County National Bank vs
E Renaker
RenakerWinchester
Winchester Bank vs Dock Pigg
S F Powers vs Henry Merrit
M D Robertson vs Henry Meriil
D T Matlack executor of S P
Keer vs J E Rutledge
N A Powell vs Clyde Gaines
Winchester Bank vs J W Oliver
City of Winchester vs D Hand
V W Bush executors of V W Bush
deceased
deceasedWest
West Publishing Company vs Win
chester Law Library
City of Winchester vs B R Jou
ett and S W Willis executors of S
W Willis deceased
R P Scobee Son vs J W Oli
ver
verRobertson
Berryt
man
F H Lohenmyer vs William Huls
G W Strother vs Carrie N Bar
nes
Rupard Stewardvs E S Bean
S E Drake Company vs W H
and JT Dean
T E Barnes vs Chesapeake
Ohio Railway Company
Lee Hardman vs Bud Perkins
Progressive Pants Company vs
F W Friedman
U S Trust Company of Louisville
vs E S Bean
W P Strider vs W H Allan
F S Christopher vs Charles Fork
her s
Sarah Naff vs J W Oliver
Bedford Tuttle vs E S Bean
Clark County Construction Com
pany vs J Hood Smith
Price W Irvine vs Louisville
Companye
eCLOSED FOR REPAIRS
The Haqan Gas Engine Company
has closed its plant for a few days
to make some repairs on the machin
erv and will reopen the first of next
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GOOD SPEAKERS AT
THE COURTHOUSE
Prof E C McDougle and Prof Clax
ton to Speak on Sunday Af
9 ternoon and Evening
The whirlwind campaign in the in
terests of education will open in Win
chester SuiUlay November 29 Prof
EC McDcnigle of the Eastern Ken
tucky No maLSchooL Jivill speak at
the court houseat 3 in the afternoon
and at Ford at 7 in the evening
Prof Cfaxton of the University of
the South will speak at the court
house Sunday evening at 7 oclock
Music for the afternoon will be
furnished by the High School for the
evening by the students of Kentucky
Wesleyan College
Prof Crabbe in referring to this
educational campaign says
1 am inaugurating a series of
campaigns for Education in Ken
tucky This is the first of the series
It is to be a mere beginning Next
year I hope that it will assume great
prpportions a real Educational
whirlwind
This whirlwind will reach every
county in Kentucky Ihave secured
sneakers both at home and abroad
to mead a contagious gospel Twen
tyfive men have made a sacrifice
for the cause ve love in order to go
into the field for this purpose They
do it without money and without
Btice A hundred more men and
when in our State are ready to as
sist the great work for the schools
have a wealth ofunselfish laborers
These friends able and stanch will
be asked to join the speaker in fu
ture campaigns
These speakers will be talking ed
ucation for these nine days the
teachers the business men the
housewives and the folks all will be
hearin and thinking and talking ed
ucation for these r nine days It is
a great opportunity to help the
schools and the cause of education
in our own Commonwealth
Are you interested in the schools
the boys and girls Then come out
in great numbers bring your friends
and neiqhbors think closely and
quickly decide wisely work diligent
ly in your own locality I invite you
one and all to hear these excellent
speakers
TWO BANK OFFICERS
ARE FOUND GUILTY
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President Hissen and Cashier Mullin
Convicted in Pennsylvania
Court
Special to The News
PITTSBURG Pa Nov 28 Pres
ident Hissen and Cashier Mullin were
found gtlilof misapplying the
funds of the defunct Farmers and
Merchants National Bankat Mt
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Chief of Hill Tribe GuiltI
1 First Drugged Victims
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Chicago Nov 28The tragic de
tails of the murder by Filipino hill
t
men of D H Everett of the govern
ment forestry service and Tilden R
Wakely a schoolteacher were made
public by Ebenezer Wakely fath
er of one of the slain men The elder
Wakely received reports completing
the record of the crime and of the
expedition which resulted in recover
ing the skeletons of the two Ameri
sans and three Filipinos who accom
panied them
Everett was engaged in forestry
Investigations in a sparsely settled
and wild section of the island oI
Negros and was accompanied into
the hills by Wakely who Wished to
spend his vacation in the open Thei r
failure to return from what had been
planned as a trip of only four days
was followed by rumors of the mur
ders and Major Ahern and Lieuten
ant Ford with 39 men took the trail
The trail led into a jungle of the
Bayaual mountains and to a hamlet
known as Stio Datig Here the bod
ies of the five slain menor rather
their skeletons for the bones had
been picked clean by insects and the
suns of many monthswere found
A shoe part of a poncho a hatchet
a note book and a number of coins
established the identity c f the skele
tons From hillireu cart ired ml Tn i
terviewed it was learned that the
murder probably occurred on May 11
and ° thatt deed was accomplished
under the leadership of a c iief of the
n me < Ayhao
iAyhao in the guise of friendship
became the guide of the Everett par
ty and one night just because he
felt like killing some one drugged
the party with the fumes of the tuy
ugtuyug plant He and his followers
tlien fell upon their victims and slew
them
thembiaior
Major Ahern found that upon his
approach most of the hillmen fled
among them thearchmurderer who
was reported In the fastnesses of the
hills As the rations had become
nearly exhausted much of the rice
having been spoiled by rain Major
Ahem followed the trail no longer
but gathering the skeletons and such
effects as were found returned t °
his base I
RECEIVERS ARE NAMED
Cincinnati Liquor Firm Embarrassed
by Slow Collections
Cincinnati Of Nov 28Upon the
application of the MelIwood Distilling
company which claims to bea cred
itor in excess of 1000 Judge Spie
gel appointed Alfred Stoehr and Jo
seph L Gerson receivers for the Co
operative Wine and Distilling com
pany rectifiers and blenders of this
city Because of the recent strin
gency in the money market and in
ability to collect promptly many of
its book accounts the firm has been
unable to meet all its obligations it
is claimed and had been embar
rassed by several suits in court By
agreement the receivership was a p
plied for and it is believed that by i
this means the company will be able
to pay out and continue in business
German Warship Not Required
B rI ntNov 27The foreign office
received advices from Port au Prince
Haiti to the effect that the situation
there shows considerable improve
ment Several German merchants
have requested the government to
furnish them protection but up to
the resent time no official demand
from the German diplomatic Repre
sentative had been received Con
sequently no German warship has
been ordered to Haiti and no com
mand to that end will be given un
less a request is received from the
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the fact that French and American
thd e
foreign office does not think a Ger
man vessel will be required
Freight Engine Explodes
Parsons Kan Nov 28Two men
are dead and another is expected to
die as a result of the explosion of a
Mssouri Kansas Texas freight en
glue near Idenbro Kan The dead
Frank E Melville engineer F F
Wulf fireman Dallas Tex Fatally
Injured C E Roe brakeman En
gineer Melvilles body was horribly
mangled Wulfs body was carried
more than 300 feet from the track
The engine a Mogul was turned out
of the shops recently after a com
plete overhauling
overhaulingTannery
Tannery Destroyed by Fire
Milford N H Nov 28The tan
nery of T F Boyle Company was
eburned together with a large amount
of finished leather The total loss is
placed at 125000
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low to muffle the report of a reybh
ver Mrs Eleanor Merron Cowpera t
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talented playwright and actress shot
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herself in the right temple in n
apartment at the St Regis hotel She
was rendered unconscious andYIs
dying
dyingBefore
Before making the attempt at self
destruction Mrs Cowper wrote a
number of letters one to her lawyer
another to the coroner a third to tin
undertaker and a fourtu to John
Hood a friend In the letters she oJ
dapprised these four persons of her
intention to commit suicide
At about the moment Mrs Cowper
raised her finger to the trigger of thel
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rrevolver the letter addressed to Johntl
Hood was being delivered Mr Hood
glanced through the first few lines
grabbed coat and hat and ran to they
St Regis hotel He was breathlesst
when he told the clerk of the letter t
hg had received
The clerk secured a passkey and
Hurried to the room of Mrs Cowper
ad
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found Mrs Cowper lying in bed with
a pillow still over her head and the
revolver clutched in her hand The
bedclothing was stained crimson
Investigation revealed that Mrs
Cowper had made careful prepara
tions to end her life In addition to
Cound
ty Judge J B Joyce of Middletown
N Y to take charge of her body
Mrs Cowper had ordered an under
taker to prepare her body for burial
and she had painstakingy written a
brief autobjography of her life
The biographical sketch stated that
Mrs Cowper was born in England
sand that she came to this country at
the age of three months Her maiden
name was Eleanor Merron Her
stage career began in Boston in a
production called Youth Mrs Cow
per gives a list of the various pry
ductions she appeared in Mrs Cow
per wrote four plays which were pro
duced on Broadway They were
Dairy Farm In LoveuA Broad
way Favorite andCIA Last Re
liearsal
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Mrs Cowper does not give the date
of her marriage referring briefly to
the fact that her husband Archibald
Cowper was an actor and that he
died three years ago Practically her
only home life she wrote was when
she lived on the farm of Janfesr HI
Wallick at Middletown N Y Mr
Wallick who Vas 66 years old col
laborated with her in a number of
the plays she wrote i
Last April Mr Wallick committed
suicide and his tragic death seemed
to have made a deep impression on
Mrs Cowper He committed suicide
by shooting himself in the right tern
pie Mrs Cowper tried to kill her I
self in identically the same manner
Later Mrs Cowper was removed to
the Presbyterian hospital where an
operation was performed This was T
done as a last resort to save her life
The bullet was found in her head and 1
extracted Her condition is critical
Husband Slayer Sentenced
Vermilllon S D Nov 28 Mrs
Christiana Clark convicted of man
slaughter in the second degree for
the killing of her husband was sen I
tenced by Judge Smith to three
years and ten months at hard labor S
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ITeacher Shot While Hunting
Hillsboro 0 Nov 28StanleyI
Smith 25 a school teacher was accli t
dentally shot while hunting An en =
tire charge of shot lodged in his head
and his recovery is considered in
possible v
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President Orders Them to Quit DIt <
cussing Alleged Naval Defects
Washington Nov 28That there J
shall be no further public discussion f i
by naval officers concerning the New
port conference without permission
of the president is the purport of an
order issued by Secretary Metcalf
aby direction of the president On
Oct 30 the department issued an or
der permitting officers to discuss the
work of this conference except so far
madeE
In ships to be authorized in the fu
ture The president has now con
chided that public discussion ofal
leged defects of battleships will pot
tserve any good purpose
Surrenders After Shooting Wife
Meadville Pa Nov 28Alton
Hoover 23 a prominent young busi
ness man of Atlantic surrendered
shimself two hours after three shots
had been fired at his wife two of
them taking effect and I inflicting
probably fatal wounds
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