k T I 4itJ x t i c I l j 1A I i Ji > i i k i w > l 1 < 1 t f c > 1 J I t t < j r4 Last Edition THE WINCHESTER M NEWS JXbe first witness in the Lisle will H I case Tuesday was Mr James Eubank lie with Prof D H Thompson at I tested the will of Mr Lisle He cor roborated the testimony of Prof Thompson that was given on Monday The first witness for the contesbants was Mrs Esther Couchman a grand daughter of Mir Claiborne Lisle Shortly after her testimony was be I gun the presiding judge was asked for a ruling on testimony proposed to be introduced to show that undue in fluence was exercised on Mr Lisle in the execution of his will The jury was retired while the attorneys pre sented authorities bearing on the subject The testimony of Mrs Frank Couchman was finished at 11 30 and Jack illislfc was the next witness for the contestants called and he was on the stand when court adjourned for noon recess Mrs Couchman who was Miss Duckworth before her marriage testified as to who cared for her after her parents death and also who paid for her schooling and other necessary expenses Her uncle Mr Marcus Lisle for the greater portion of the time was her guardian and her grandfather Mr Claiborne Lisle assisted her very little Mrs Couch man testified that one or two occa sions before her grandfathers death that she was at the home of Mrs fr81Hodgkin Hodgkin where he was and that on each occasion some member of the Hodgkin family was in the room while she was there Mr Lisle in his testimony also stated the same facts and also stated that his grandfather had threatened to cut him out entirely if he did not quit being so extravagant He said that while at school his grandfather corresponded with him and seemed to think a great deal of him He often consulted with him in regard to bus iness matters Both Mrs Couchmcn r and Mr Lisle stated that before Mr f Lisles death he was very weak and in their opinion was not capable of I making a will i 4 ROOf PUT ON i NEW CHURCH L Work is Progressing Rapidly and 1 Completion oft uilding With the Specified Time is Assured The new St Joseph Catholic church vail be under cover the latter part of this ecilThe work on this new 1 building has progressed rapidly and there is very little danger now of it nut being completed in the time giv en the contractor Mr N A Powell J Most of the slate roofing has been put 4 m and the work on the inside of the iuilding has begun I OLD LIM JUCKLIN AT KW COLLEGE 1 I Ipie Read Who Sways Audiences at 4 j His Will to Appear in This City at Early Date j Iat = Ole Read famous lecturer phil asopher and author will speak at the iollege on the evening of November 1 m the subject Old Lim JucklinI Opie Read is like no one else in the world His very presence lends u I strange enchantment to his stories toil may nave enjoyed his books in hc TsfjlitnTle cjf your library per cJI11iIdcolr1i been stirred by hi > fay4 ° Brspenfr delightful halfhours itt ure 1Vcirclnglbf his clever character > kefches but V unless you have sat vltiiin the sound of his voice and heard from his own lips the quaint tales that originate in his brain you do hot fully appreciate the splendid genius of the man On the platform Nlr Read shines v itiha brilliance all hilt own Everywhere he is receivel with enthusiasm The indescribable ivitchery of his words the charm df his voice and manner the influence of his personality combine to weave the Magic spell that holds his hearers en tiforalled One minute roaring with laughter at some humorous bit the licit staring at the speaker through hot blinding tears with a feeling that you will never smile agai 1onb to break into fresh screams of laugh ter immediately afteryou realize that this remarkable man has the povfer to sway his audience at will Mr Read is always entertaining His program is varied and each number is a gem In all his readings he shows himself < to be a wonderful dew linqalpr of character and an artist uf the interpretation of his own work IJ J 4nlly you have misunderstood the point of my communication In that I I referred to the fact that in a pub lie address in New Hampshire you I had charged me with folding a cer H tam view ofa point of law I tliei stated that I did not hold that view CilJstated and never had and requested that you retract your charge The view which you describe as hat of the Republican party is the t new AMhieh is generally taken by iourts and lawyers and was explic tly taken by me iiivniy arkem American railroad law la paSsage to which I refer you in my letter of October 24 It is a part of the general Amer ican common lau resting upon prin eiles of right and justice that have been generally accepted by the peo pIe of the United States III did not complain in my former letter nor do I now of your charac terizing me as having been a retro gressive IYou have statedyin public that I took the view that if was competent for the workman when driven to ac cept any employment to bind himself not to be compensated if he would lose his life or limb in that occupa tion I have denied that I ever took I such a Anew I will add that I have long been in favor of the principle of workmen compensation acts though not una ware of the constitutional diffibultie in applying it in this country and was nominated to the office to which yon referred by a party which call ed for such legislation in its plat form 91 now repeat my request that you retract the statement of which I com 1 plain Iask it as a matter of fairI 1 ness to one whose reputation as v lawyer is of value as well as in thei interest of the tpith It would seem to me that in yourI reference to the Iloxie case infyoui second undated letter that you not only go wide of the question bu1i write under a misrepresentation ol the rules which govern the decisioi of legal actions The main questipn in the Iloxh j case wfcs whether a Federal statutr i had altered the common law as ad 1 ministcml in the slatnjeg of Connec 1 ticut That the fellowservant ruU vas part of this common law in Con J necticut AVOS not qiustinnod by nit of the able counsel who took part in the argument ROOSEVELT ON MANHATTAN NEW YORK Nov 1 Colonel The i odore Roosevelt swept almost fromc end to end of Manhattan Monday s night delivering nine t8peeches in Be b half of JLIcnry L Sti son the Re c publican nominee for Governor AtE the nine stops he spoke fifteen min j utes at each following close on the trail of Stimson who had preceded him with an equal number of briIt campaign talks Both made Tam many Hal Ithe brunt of attack I At his second stop on the IOAVCI I East Side Colonel Roosevelt charged that those who are supporting Tam many Hall and the Democratic ticket are the men who have been foremost in endeavoring to nullify the child la bor lw and Avho > havc protested I ngainsl the regulation of the hours of labor HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES Three hours of mystery interming led with many laughs and with rea enjoyment is the peculiar mixture of fered by The House ofa Thousand Candles that Anil be the attraction at Vinchester opera house on Sat urday evening Just as The Old Homestead has the rural atmos phere The Lioirand the Mouse the financial atmosphere as The Man of the Hour is based on politics st The House of a Thousand Candles has its own original air of the wier and the unusual This can toest be described by its synopsis which run I PS follows Act IAt the Gate The first apparition of old Gleuann The mysterious shot Act 2 Roprn in the house of a thousand candles The unknown and unlocked for The declaration of Bates Act 3The door of bewilderment The attack on the mysterious house The ghost of old Glenarm Act 4r The gate again The joke that was on Pickering SOLD HOUSE AND LOT Tracy and Stok ly agents for Al I fred Patton sold his house and lot on Sycamore street in North Park Ad l dition to Logan Edge of Bstill coon ty for 600 and other considerations MrE Jgewill move here about No el vember Some 1st people aviqtsatisfted v isithi the milk > tof human j km f < faess 3 f = they I want the cream 0 r POOL Will BE f j VOTED Off Lt At Meeting of the Burley District Districii Board to Be Held in Lexington TuesdayLEXINGTON LEXINGTON Ky Nov ITIll District Board of the Burley Tobac co Society met here Monday after noon and Tuesday sessions will b held in the courthouse The under taking to pool the 1910 crop official ly ends with this meeting and this is bhe matter of first importance t l come up By resolution passed at the July meeting the Board vested the povei of declaring the pool off or in effect in the individual growers their volt to be by the ballot Three week ago when an array of buyers created a selling stampede among nonpool growers it became imperative for tilt Board to release those who had sign ed their tobacco but solepower lo finally vote the pool offremained with I the growers Ballots have been furnished all counties and Tuesday f1ll1liShedalll be technically voted offand tin Board take action under the follow ing resolution adopted October followI That we set the date for votin the 1910 pool on or off at the various precincts in the different counties foi I the first day of November 1910 fron ton to twelve a in and that caeI county chairman or county secretary be requested cither to telephone oi telegraph us the vote of his count as soon thereafter as possible an < not later than G00 p m of that date I so that the District Board may de I dare the pool on or off per vote tak 1 2 1 AUDITORIUM After witnessing the best per formance of the season at the Awl itorium theatre Monday night ii be to decide would quite difficulty 1 which of the two acts w as the featun jet The opening act on the bill wa Lillian Carson and Company who L presenting the Maid of the Gratto it i spectacular and Irrnsfonnatioi j lancer The spccia Iscenury geor 1 gous electrical effects and magnifi cent costumes was undoubtedly the lel test that has ever appeared at the Auditorium Paris Bros Avlu closed the show in their coined > j sketch entitled Noodle Noode is thI best comedy team that has alUl1SetJ 1 in audience at the Auditorium foh ome time Their act is fast anf unny throughout intermingled Avitl plenty of good singing and talking These two splendid acts in connec jno with two new reels of picture ire on the program again for Wed nesday night 1 PUT TO SLEEP BY HYPKJ Earl Faukner Lies Unconscious Un der Spell of Gallano the Menta Marvel in Show Window Earl Faukner was put to sleep bj jillano the hypnotist Monday night and will remain until Tuesday night yhen he will be awakened on the stage lIe is in the vacant room in the opera house block and is at racting large crowds as they past the roomI FAMOUS STARS TO I VISIT WINCHESTER IWhen the Sheehan English Grand Opera Company comes to the Win TinIchester I chester opera house Thursday eve i ling November 10th for an all star t performance of Verdis famous II Frovators there will be heard in thiS city more renowned artists tl il jave ever appeaicd here before at one time i First and foremost of these stars I is Joseph F Sheehan acknoAvledged 1 4he greatest of all American tenors To those who haAe ever heard Mi Sheehans wonderful voice little IICC l be said hjs remarkable power com j bined with a rare sWeetness has I placid him in a class by himself It is not surprising that critics cv i eiy where declare this company the I foremost ever heard in ft presenta I ti lof the beautiful Verdi operaII operaLi TroAaroro The engagement here isj for one performance only Thursday evening November 10th and popular I i iS prices will prevail in order to give all Jan opportunity of hearing what wit no doubt prove to be the biggest at traction of the season NEW RECORD FOR ALJITUDf ILittle 35 HorsePower Machine Mak es Flight 9714 Feet in the Air Ex ceeding All Former Attainments NEW YORK Nov 1A baby Wriglit roadster with Ralph John stone at the wheel glided to earth in r the twilight at the close of the in ternational aviation meet at Belmont Park Monday evening with a new worlds record for altitude The lit tle machine of only 35 horsepower hqd been up 9714 feet exceeding bj 528 feet the height atatined in France on October 1 by Henry W Wyninaloii of Holland HollandBut But Johnstones stay climbinb feat was not the only notable incident of the closing day GrahamcWhite the Britisher who earned away the Gor don Bennett trophy sharpened the sporting appetite with a challenge to John B Moissant of Chicago for an other race from the park around the I statue of Liberty Moissant who won J 10000 for the fast flight around tin 110000 Snday ignored the challenge Then Grahamc White denied an anIothCl other chance for a visit to Miss Lib erty sent a thrill through the spec tators when at the close ofa speed 1 race with McCnrdy of the Curtis I team his propeller snapped his mon oplane dug into the ground in front of the grand stand turned turtle frontI buried the aviator underneath He was uninjured and won the race Moisssiits winning of the 2000 distance prize offered by the Aero Club of America was the other big event of the day He traveled about S7J miles in two hours In landing sflcr winning the event he smashed his propeller and broke a running I wheel buteeaped unscTatchcel The Wright brothers were jubilant I at Johnstones success It was tin first time he had ever flown the 1I tiny roadster and he had set a now mark for aviators of the world neI As the crowds about the judges stand cheered the announcement of I Johnstones wonderful air feat J Armstrong Drcxel swooped down li I the earth He had been battling in the clouds with the Wright pupil but j had attained only 8370 Johnstone had easily won the grand altitude event with its 5000 prize j BUYS RESIDENCE I I Mrs W A Beatty bought Tuesda from Mr T YoL VanMeter th handsome residence on Maple slrec1 The family will move there sometinv this month mouthYOUNG YOUNG MEN WANTED Government Pays Railway Mai Clerks 800 to 1400 a Year Fret Scholarships Are Offered Uncle Sam holds examinations rooI railway mail clerks postoflicc cler1 I or carrier custom house and depart I mental clerks Prepare at once fo the coming examinations Thousands of appointments are ti be made Common school cducatioi is all you needcity and country peo pIe have equal chance Start to pre pare nowfree information Free scholarships this month Write im mediately to Central Schools Depart ment A 38 Rochester N Y INSTANTLY KILLED BY INIERORBN CAR Clay Hail 23 Years of Age Has Head Almost Severad Following Halloween Celebration ilHalloween FRANKFORT Ky Nov l Clay Hall 23 years of age fell in front of inlerurbau car No 11G here Mon IIof dav night auel was instantly killed His head was almost severed lie rwas a country boy having been to town enjoying the Halloween cele bullions The car was in charge of U torman James Rhorer and Con ductor J R Jordan both of Versail les The car Avas passiugStation No 74 between the Daly and Asylum switches on the outskirts of Frank forl Asat slowed down Hall deliber alelywleft the pike and dived under rtl1 can His skull wasf raptured I t H f j I t Ji I I WEATHEi Partly Cloudy Tonight and Wedn s day Cooler Wednesday and in West 14fiUDJ uOlJDd I III cVOLUME5 NO 14 WINCHESTER KENTUCKY TUESDAY NOVEMBER I 1910 2 CENTS A COPY 10 CENTS A WEEK II TESTIMONY IN LISLE CASE First Witness Tuesday Corroborates 1 Evidence of Prof D H Thompson x1fhat Was Given on Monday yThe f taking of testimony in the jLisle Avlil case was begun Monday afternoon After the attorneys fo both sides had stated the case t < thVjury a recess was taken anti V 330 o clock in order that Col John R Allen of Lexington one of thu leading attorneys for the contestanh could arrive Prof D H Thomp son was the first witness called ti testify He was called by the de fendants who thad to prove that the will was properly executed Prof Thompson was one of the witnesses 16 Mr Claiborne Lisles signature and testified as follows T tL live in the city of Winchestei I have been teaching school for 30 years I was acquainted with Clai borne Lisle Knew him for 30 years The signature signed to this will and codbcil is that of Mr Claiborne Lisle I saw him sign them at his home in the county I witnessed the will and this is my signature Mr Claiborne Lisle and J D Eubank were present I was iequested to at test the vAll by Mr Lisle We sign ed this Avill and only three of us Avert present Mr Lisle Mr Eubank and myself Cross examination It was Mon day evening about 5 oclock W < left Mr Eybanks house and went t Mr Lisles house together Mi Lisle and Mr Eubank were fin friends I Avent to the home of Mi Lisle upon his request Mr ltf and I had been sitting up atnight ii his last illness prcAious to the mnkin > of the will I do not mean to sayw had been sitting up with him bu with Mr Sam Hodgkin so I was in formed asked Mr Eubank and my self to come over It might haA < been about 5 oclock when we tatre V for the house Mr Phil Lisle wen with us I had never seen the wil before going to Mr Lisles home A the home of Mr Lisle Was Mrs i Hodgkin Mr Sam Hodgkin Mrs 01 j iver When AVC went on this occa sion I do not know whejre they Avere when Mr Jesse Hodgkin met us at 1 the door and took us to the dining room I was at the house about an hohftmid 1mlfre sat in the din ng room some time but we did not liscuss tile willTe were in the sick I yoom about an hour Isav both Mrs Hodgkin or Mrs Oliver at the oineT and believe both were in the 1 ick room Mrs Oliver was in the sjck room when Mr Sam Hodgkin took us in He was in the room most pf the time I did not see the will until Mr Clay Hodgkin brought it iilI We had been in the room a few min utes When Mr Clay Hodgkin brought the will in We did not say anything to Mr Claiborne Lisle about the will When Mr Hodgkin arrived he took thewill out of his pocket and said here is a writing Mr Jim Winn sent yoiu It was in an envelope sealed Mr Clay Hodgkin opened the cave lope At the time Mr Hodgkin hand j edr him the will Mr Lisle was sitting up in the bed He was very weak He took the will tint andread it Mr Clay Hodgkin left the room while he read the will Iam not quite sure but 1 think Mr Phil Lisle re mained in the room while he read the ill1 saw him read the codocil He did jot read the codocil beforei signing the will When he got ready fo sign the will he said If you think I have sense enough to make this writing I want you to witness it After signing the will he read the codocil and then asked where CIa > was Clay was called and Clay came in He asked Clay if Jim sent any word He said there should be an other paper and that paper would ex plain the codocil The paper Avas found which explained about the at testing clause of the codocil I do not know what became of that paper When the will was signed Clay brought an envelope and the will was put into the envelope by Mr Clai borne Lisle and it was scaled He told Clay to take it the next day and put it in his box After this nothing was said about the will 4Redirect examination I think 4 Phil Lisle was in the room and re mained in the room until the will was read He began reading the AVill without glasses After reading the will he called for pen and ink and I furnished a fountain pen There were no others present besides Mr vEubank Mr Glaiborue Lisle indo my lf J k t QUIET ON HALlOWEEN Many Pranks Were Played But Nc Serious Damage Was Done on Mor day NightI Halloween Avas quietly observed ii the city Monday night Little band of men women and children promen aded the streets in costumes ant many were the pranks played Owing to the strict watch kept bj Chief of Police Me Cord and his po licemen very little property was dam aged A policeman was in each one1 of the city and one on Main street Early in the night several boys will their buckets of paint were caught and taken to the police station TIn paint Avas taken aAvay from them and they were warned by the Chief that if any defacing of property was done by them again they would bc put in jail and this had its desired effect In the suburbs gates were removed benches and lawn swings carried away and other loose articles moved NEGROfS FORM 8YRD CLUB Many Meet at Orren Bates Store and Declare Unanimously For Mr Byrd For Congressi That many of the negroes of the IrI Langley this time was evident Mon day night when a large number of the negro citizens met at Orren Bate store in Poyntersville and by a unan imous vote declared for Mr A Floyd Byrd the Democratic no ineeI The organization thajjget isjthu Independent Colored Club composed1 of some of the leading colored citi zens The club has been meeting for several nights last week and Aviii probably holdan open meeting to wards the close of the week and sew eral orators will be on hand Orren Bates presided at the meeting and Jim Nickels and Dennis Daniel acted as secretaries KIWI CI BEATS f1MTISTERL1NG Score is 45 to 0 in Favor of the Winchester Colleges Husky Eleven In a onesided game of football oid of any sensational feature play Kentucky Wesleyan College Monda defeated the Ml Sterling Collegiat Institute team of Mt Sterling by a score of 45 to 0 The lineup was as follows Mt Sterling Moss Hall centerI Williams Ledford right guard Boy ins right tackle McCormick left tackle Ramsey right cud Ralph Greene left end Roger Greene quar erback Bogie right halfback Tom Greene left halfback Cravens full buckTesleyanHunt TesleyanHunt center Spoona more right guard Clark and Hol Irock left guard Cockrell right tackle Armstrong left Lane Dv light end Eagle and Peake left end Lane and Johns right halfback Henry and Crockett left halfback spradling fullback Hendricks quay terback BAL WIN WANTS A RETRACTION Says That Col Roosevelt Has Mis represented His Position on the Labor Question NEW HAVEN Conu Nov 1 Judge Simeon E Baldwin Democrat ic candidate for Governor sent a letter to former President Theodore Roosevelt in answer to the recent let terofthe latter relating to Judge Baldwins stand on ceriain labor leg islation The loiter in part says ell have receivedyour two answers to my letter of October 24 Appai f L 92 HAVE NOW REGISTERED 7 > A M Up to Tuesday Noon 58 Democrats 32 Republicans and 2 IndepenJIn n ents Added to Roll iJ inctrtwo hull registetetl at ti s supplemental registration up to Ttte day noon There are a largeifiuimbCfr of Democrats registering tluili Ui publicans and the regular registrzitijj which fell some short Aill be greatly increased FiftAeight Deuxoenit have registered thirtytwo RepublU callS and two Independents red nesday ctl remains for those whtf were unable to register at the rt regi l lar time to do so and both sides are working hard to get out the voters H FATAL CUTTING CUTTINGIN IN SALOON 1 James C Townsend Stabs Wilfianf Henderson Twice in I ight Tuesday Noon t Mr William Henderson a faneR liAing near Logan Lick Springs thlJ county was cut seriously and pcfe haps fatally Tuesday at aboub12j by James C T rwnseHl ajso a ruJ mer in the saloon of Jones anetJfJt Both men pro said to JmAeJKenir teiiunder IRoth the influence of liquor anllIe7 > came involved in Apolitical argument which linally culminated in a fighfi Henderson was cut twice in itZ side Dr Isaac Browne was cnlleel in and dressed the Avounds Tutey were so serious that 1tidOonyjt immediately taken an ai Hntoinobile to the hospital at Lexington Townsend has given bond before7 Judge Evans in the sum of 2000 > 1ft MR JAMES ONEilL SINKS TO lAS f RESf Iiexingtons Lexingtons Oldest Citizen Dies at His Home Monday Night of BrigWs Disease tJ 1 LEXINGTON Ky Nov 1711 James ONeil died Monday n rlitfat L030 oclock at Ins home at thOeoi ncr of Mechanic und Limestone streets as the result of an attack of Brighls disease The funeral will bq T held Wednesday morning at 9 oclock t St Peters church the family iufi leusling especially that no floners be K ent i > Mr ONeil was in his ninetythird rear and had been hale and hearfy intil com aratively a few monthsngV hen the dread disease Avhiqh on aejr ount of his advanced age assuiricfl v x malignant form I I The end came peacefully and > p oarently without pain n i WINCHESTER BOY HYPNOTIZED ZEvtI Prof Galiano the Menial Marvel vho will open his two nights en I agemcn tat the opera house Tiios day hypnotized Earl Forkner beTr tel known at Fatty Mondqyng1f it 7J5 in the empty store rQdui < uiii derncath tIJOt opera house ipTofy Gallano carries with him aytwng man for this purpose but upon lfipf arrivjil in town he made itk diif thai he would prefer a nnkf that Winchesloi So the young njair 7jl C unleered and Prof Gallano iiSpiigji tized him He is b fpret tliputiljg rnil Prof Gallano issues ir fcp dU r riuv iuAilation to the duclorsbf lfoyu 1 to examine him itl cntr I Professor Gallano prescn L mental performance Tnesd1i7iik1 I the opera house Consisting o reading mental telegraphy andbvpf notism c MIVI H The TrQfessor4l1n20OO ftq uut motion PieturIyJLWt lci 7i between thefls aiu there will j S a dullinOTujukoi tub twohqjffjf v raJll l t Tuesday night ctTycIaeir 0 Gallano will ivi tuft famous il1ijIt 1 foldcarriagc drive alloviinglpuVr t r r izcns to tilde two eliffejent ariicteslJijiS j two different places while the fco ir i I mitlee is out the professor yijpan nouncc rjio hides the firs fc articjei y5 f 1 From the report of l iso MOIklu other localities the people of jjfj tkJrormce f S pcrfor ance His Ji ic s wihl4c within the fe MJl ofralI7ltcen fr children and 2n nptiLe for idul1slt9 any part of l3ie hoe i r l > 14 4 1e 1 YiOJ t tjI t S1ji J 5 w rlo h t