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MEETING FOR e
TAX REFORM
Great Gathering In Lexington to Dis
cuss Important dues
tion
LEXINGTON Ky Dec 10As
the time approaches for the holding
of the meeting of citizens of Lexington
ton and Central Kentucky for the i
purpose of inauguratingan educa
tional campaign which shall 0 ulti
mately lead to reformation of unjust
tax laws of the State the interest
becomes more and more manifest
Prof J W Porter who is laboring
earnestly in behalf of the movement
yesterday received a message from
Lieutenant Governor W H Cox op
pressing his interest in the movement
arid stating that he will attend the
meeting to be held in the Circuit
Court room tonight S
Mr W H Mackay of Covington
chairma of the Taxation Committee
of the Kentucky Bar Association has
also expressed his desire to attend
the meeting
meetingMovement
Movement Important
Mr W 0 Davis of Versailles who
was a delegate to the International
Tax Congress held at Toronto last
year says that he feels that the
movement is State wido inI impor
tance Also Mr William A Robinson
son of Louisville who likewise was
a delegate to the Toronto Congress
is expected to attend In addition
representative citizens business men
lawyers merchants farmers and
members of all professions from Lex
ington Paris Georgetown Versail
les Winchester Nicholasville and
other Central Kentucky towns are ex
pected to be in attendance
Mr Bassett to Preside
The meeting will begin at 8 oclock
and will be presided over by Mr J R
Basset president of the Lexington
Commercial Club County Attorney
George fy Hunt will make an address
iLvery ci t idea no matter whether he
he rich or poor is invited to attend
the meeting
Should the movement meet with
the approval of citizens generally the
fight will be carried into the Legisla
ture where an effort will be made to
revise those tax laws which have not
only driven capital and wealth from
the State of Kentucky but has kept
capitalists and investors from bring
ing their money or their business
within Kent 1Ts borders
LOCAL TEAM BEATEN
IN BROOM BALL GAME
Nicholasville Boys Carry Off the
Honors By Score of I to 0
The Nicholasville Broom Ball team
defeated the local aggregation at the
Auditorium rink Wednesday night by
the score of 1 to 0 The game wits
close and exciting and thoroughly en
joyed by the spectators The home
boys go to Lexington Thursday night
and then to Nicholasville Friday
night
Do Your Christmas Shopping Ear
ly and in the Morning
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THREE ROBBERS
THREEROBBERSHOLD
HOLD UP TRAIN
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Great Northern is Stopped in Wash
ingtonMen Escape With
Loot
Special to The News
SPOKANE Wash Dec 10
Three men held up the Great North
ern train No4 near Hill Yard this
State robbed the mail car and es
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PARENTS DAY AT
THE CITY SCHOOL
Many Visitors Attend the Exercises
Thursday Morning
All who attended the High School
chapel exercises this morning were
greatly pleased with the exercises
but were especially pleased with the
singing of the pupils from some of
the primary grades
If friends of the City School would
visit the school more frequently it
would be a great encouragement to
all connected with the school
President Tayolrs talk on Cuba
When the Spaniards Left it was
a great treat to those present and
his promise to give the students a
talk on Cuba Ten Years After the
Spaniards Left itas soon as he
returns from visiting Cuba next Jan
uary was heartily appreciated
Visitors
President H K Taylor Mr H W
Scrivener representing the Board of
Education Mr J W Womack Rev
M P Lowery Mrs J W Bosley
Mrs W A Adams Mrs Harry Tan
ner Mrs C P Wickham of Norwalk
Ohio Miss Lizzie Taylor
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SERVICES TO BE HELD
BEHELDALL
ALL NEXT WEEK
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Elder J M Thomas to Preach at Old
Baptist Church
Following the regular meeting of
the Old Baptist church next Saturday
and Sunday there will be services
each evening ofnext week at 7
oclock Preaching by the pastor
Elder JM Thomas All are invited
to attend these services
Shelter and Friends
Whatever may be the indistinctness
of the future the groups of friend
ships are there and wherever they
are is a shelter and a home However
strange to us the colony may be In
which they dwell if as we cross
the deeps of death their visionary
forms shall crowd the shore and peo
ple the hills of that unvisited abode
It will be to us a better country even
a heavenly neauI
Do your Christmas shopping early
and in the morning and aid the mer
chant and his clerks
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SPANIARDS LEFT IT
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Subject of President Taylors Ad
dress at the City School
Thursday
Prof H K Taylor spoke to the
students of the Public School Thurs
day morning on the subject Cuba
When the Spaniards Left it He de
scribed the financial social m r l
an intellectual degradation of the
cuban people under Spanish oppres
sion Hewas present at the time of
the Spanish evacuation and gave an
account of Some of the stirring scen
es of that important event He
strongly praised the United States
government for that which stands out
as the most conspieious national act
of a Christian civilization He said
The United States compelled Spain
to relax her grasp from the throat of
the helpless Cuban then gave her a
whipping and paid her 20000000
for the
privilige 1 s
President Taylor expects to visit
Cuba during the holidays and prom
ised the students that having given
them a lecture on When the Span
iards Left Cuba he will in the near
future give them one of Ten Years
After he Left it
He expressed himself as highly
pleased with all that he sat frt the
school especially complimenting the
music under the leadership of Miss
Grigsby After the lecture Prof
Shipp gave a fire drill which Prof
Taylor and the other visitors en
joyed most heartily and commended
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m highest terms
DR J W PORTER AT FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH
Lexington Pastor to Preach Thurs
day Night Peacons to Be
Ordained
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preaches at the First Baptist church
Thursday evening at 7 30
After the sermon seven deasons
will be ordained bythe pastor I and
church
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GRAND CHILDREN ON LIST
Mr and Mrs Toni Reeves Add to
Mrs Eliza Jones Descent
JonesDescentehts
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Born to Mrand Mrs Tom Reeves
Thursday morning + a ninepound
girl Mrs Eliza Jones the grand
mother was present Mrs Jones is
particularly proud of her descend
ents She has now fiftythree grand
children and twentyfour great grand
children
childrenADMINISTRATOR
ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED
Charlie Attersall Was this jnofning
appointed administrator of the estate
of W A Attersall deceased R 0
Fitch and W H Garner were ap
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DOWN TO WORK
Resumes Consideration of Census
Measures Attacks Civil ±
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wasnmgton Dec 10The house of
representatives got down to the act
ual work of legislation by resuming
consideration of the bill to provide
for the thirteenth and subsequent de
cennial censuses which had been
partially discussed at the last ses
sion
sionThe
The consideration of the bill led to
a discussion of the civil service This
came up on an amendment offered
by Mr Gillett of Massachusetts the
effect of which would be to exclude
from the noncompetitive examination
required as the basis of appointment
messengers assistant messengers
messenger boys watchmen unskilled
laborers and charwomen Mr Gillett
took occasion to condemn the present
plan of appointing clerks in the cen
sus office by noncompetitive examina
tion These examinations he said
I ought to be competitive and not
farcese
The system of appointments prevailing
pre
I proposed to continue of determining
I the fitness of an applicant and then
leaving it to the judgment of the di
rector of the census to make the se
lection regardless of the ratings ob
tained was defended by Mr Crum
packer of Indiana who remarked
that the various civil service reform
associations did not know what they
were talking about when they want j
ed the temporary census clerks ap
pointed in the regular way Mr Gil
lett said that the noncompetitive ex
aminations simply were a return to
the old spoils system returntoI
Mr Robinson Ark in opposing
the amendment vehemently declared
that the spoils system had obtained
In large degree in the days of An
drew Jackson and has obtained In
large degree during the administra
administration of Theodore Roosevelt He sag
Bested that that doctrine should not
be repudiated and applied at the
same time If representatives he
Bald should be required to pass com
p tl T examinations the high
school boys would hold seats lii con i
gress Illustrating his point that the
spoils system prevailed now IrI
Robinson mentioned the recent ap
pointment of Daniel Keefe as com I
missioner of immigration Mr Fow
ler N J was so earnest In his sup
port of the amendment that Mr Hep
burn Ia asked Why are you so
anxious to protect yourself from the
pos sibilityof appointing a scalawag
I do not care to save myself that re
sponsibility replied Mr Fowler
amid laughter for I have no scala
wags In my district
The amendment was lost 65 to 119
In addition to those already named it
was supported by Messrs Cooper
WIs Waldo N Y Parson N
Y Burleson Tex Sulzer N Y
Mann Ill Madden 111 Fowler
N J and opposed by Messrs
Langley Ky Hay Va Robinson
Ark McGuire Okla Wilson
Pa and Keifer 0
IN THE S NAi
Dolliver Presents Bill to Regulate
Corporation Securities
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Washington Dec 10The session I
of the senate was chiefly devoted to
the formal presentation of depart
mental reports and the introduction
of bills The reports have been made
public from time to time and the
bills numbering 352 were chiefly for
the granting of pensions
A farreachmg bill for the regula
tion Qf the future Issues of securities
by transportation companies and tel
egraph and telephone companies en
gaged in interstate commerce was
introduced by Mr Dojllver one of
the authors of tty railroad rate law
The bill as explained by its author
is designed to subject the future is
sues of stocks and bonds by such
companies to the scrutiny of the gov
ernment of the United States It is
intended to prevent overcapitaliza 1
tion stock watering bond manipula
tion and all similar abuses I
HoleI
Find Skeleton In Hole
Marion 0 Dec 10 While digging
for a cistern oil the M Jacob farm
at a depth of about four feet the per
fect skeleton of a man was found the
position being such as to Indicate
that a round hole had been dug and
the man dropped into It It is not an
Indian skeleton the bones being too
well preserved
Girl Beaten to Death
Russell Springs Ky Dec 10
Mamie Waune 13 was beaten to
death on her way home from school
Her assailant escaped but is befog
sought by a posse who will execute 1
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3 t CIVIL SERVICE
I Tea b nth District Congressman Tells of
Iti f His Own Experience in
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WASHINGTON Dec 10 Repre
sentative Langley took part in the
de ate on the census bill in the House
yestei day opposing the proposition
to have census enumerators chosen
after competitive examination
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was formerly Appointment
Clerk of the Census Bureau and as
0 serts that his experience showed
that enumerators of the twelfth cen
sus who were not chosen by Civil
Service examinations were men ex
ceedingly well qualified for their
York
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pnslawld the bill and passed it
without material change
J PILED SEVERAL
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Woodwork of Bridge Gives Way With
Dreadful Results
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r While at work putting up a bridge
on Jjost Creek about ten miles above
Jackson partof the woodwork gave
away > instantly killing Kelly Hos
kins of Jackson a former brakeman
on the Lexington Eastern railroad
and injuring several others t The re
ports of the tragedy are meagre and
Y = the names of the injured could not
be tainedhere vet
It seems that the bridge had for
merly been at Jackson but had been
torn away and a new bridge put up
IB r its place Later it was decided
vtd reconstruct the old bridge at a
jcrofesinrf on Lost Creek about ten
miles from Jackpon and it was while
fitting up this bridge that the acci
dent occurred
zPASTORS SALARY
1 l HAS BEEN INCREASED
first Baptist Church Votes 2500 a
r Year to Doctor Por
ter
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At a business session of the First
eveningr
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was increased 500 making it now
S 2500 a year
During the revival services 500
Aviis Contributed for the expense of
tlH meeting counting the 25 given
k at > the Thanksgiving service for the
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rJolden and Flora of Richmond
ire preparing to start a tombstone
S = uftness here under the management
of MrA P Fisher of this city
Do Your Christmas Shopping Ear
1 v and in the Morning
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I Tbristmas f ition
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3le 5tews will issue its + li
Tfyristmas Edition on
ti Z3ucs6a TDec 15tn
It will carry many Special Holi y
fi day Features Christmas Storiesa
y MII Poems Illustrations Etc
It will be the Shopping Guide
Wm for the busiest days of the Holiday
m ftrade
lYatj 1ri THE ADVERTISERS WHO DESIRE
SPACE HAD BETTER NOTIFY
t THIS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY Y1
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WONDERFUL MACHINES IN USE IN THE CENSUS BUREAU
The preliminary pork of taking the United States census Is almost as
gigantic A task as the actual counting of the population The bureau has the
work of the new census fairly under way already and is using some wonder
wonder4u1
ful machines in tabulating and indexing the various classes of information
that Is to be gathered 1
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ASKS FOR NEW
DEMOCRACY i
Littleton Says Party Must Be Rey t
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habilitated Speaks to i
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New York Dec 10 Appeals DJf <
Martin W Littleton for a national or
ganization to rehabilitate the Demo
cratic arty and by President Wood
row Wilson of Princeton for a return
to true conservatism on the part of
the national Democratic party inters
ested and enthused 400 members ofry
the Southern society of New York at
the annual dinner of that society la
the WaldorfAstoria Mr Littleton
plea definite in suggestion and ex
pressed with intense earnestness
was frequently interrupted by cheer
lug while President Wilsons wordsc
were listened to with closest atten
tion Mr Littleton In his speech an
swered the current speculation as to1i
the probable future of the Demo
cratic party by declaring that Its fu
ture if it was to be one worth while 3
could be that only through the r
speedy adoption of some definite pot
Icy for which the party should per x
sistently and consistently stand
You ask how shall we do th if
This Southern society stands for that
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section of the country whose Dem C
racy has never failed I am sure all
southern men are tired of being
made to stand against things which
are inevitable and for things which
are impossible and would like to IMT
able to furnish a good reason for r
your Democracy
Why can not this society select
an advisory committee from amdnflr
its Democratic members whose buff t
ness itwill be to ask some good hard j
headed Democrat from each state ti
I confer to the end that an organiza
tion shall be perfected in each state
whose business it will be to put quet
tions and get answers from the gov
ernment Wlere do you get the
money to run your government If
your taxation just and equal HoWT
do you spend tt7 To the end that T
at Washington we shall keep a ft
maintain a perfectly organized well
equipped and courageous bursa
who shall put tlva samequestlons and
secure the answers to them thereP
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BIG ORDERS EXPECTED 5
Pennsylvania Railroad Said to Qi lrt
Market For Large Rail Order
I Cleveland 0 Dec 10The Iros
Trade Review says Positive V
nouncement that the Pennsylvania
railroad will place an order for 160 f
000 tons of steel rails within a few
days is believed to indicate that ft
general buying movement on the part
of the railroads will soon be started
At present however the market if
rather quiet in both pig iron and fin
ished products Rumors of advance
in prices of steel products aro withf
out foundation
Iron ore shipments for the seasoft I 1
made a better showing than was an
tioipated the total to Dec i being t
25345168 tons a decrease of 15 r
849771 tons compared with last year
Shipments for December will amountr
to about 82000 tons Earlier in the
year it was expected that the de
crease for the season would be about
50 per cent while the final figure
will show a decrease of about 38 per
cent
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Santander Spain Dec 10 The
French steamer Guadeloupe with f
President Castro of Venezuela on
board came in here Itwas learned
soon after her arrival that President
Castro will continue on board thI
steamer to Bordeaux and from Bor
deaux he will travel overland to Ber
line President Castro has come to
Europe with the intention of settling
all of Venezuelas international quay 1
rels The general health of the prods
dent is good
PRO ESSORS OSERIZED <
University of Minnesota Place legs
Limit on Members of Faculty
Mfnneapolis Minn Dec 10S1x i
tyfive years is the age limit for
members of the University of Minn f
sota faculty At a meeting of the <
I board of regents it was decided tfct
contracts with members of the fax
ulty should expire when the teacher
becomes 65 The rote adopted by the x
regents will be applied beglnnncJ
next year At least six wen known i
university professors have attained J i
the age of 65 and the adoption of the
rule has caused a flurry yS
j Killed by Train
Cleveland O Dec 10W 1L 7
Crowninshleld 40p of Boston Mass C
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said to be a nephew of Admiral
Crownlnshield was run down and
killed by a railway train here crownI <
inshleld was connected with the Na
l tional League for the Promotion ots
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