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T H E M A D I S ON IAN
ACT TO RELOGK
PRISON DOORS
LEGISLATURE WfLL AMEND OR
REPEAL INDETERMINATE
' - SENTENCE LAW.
MANY WILL GET PAROLES
Construction of the Statute By Court
of Appeals Affects Hundreds Who
Have Served Minimum Sentence
and Conformed to Prison Regula
tions Commissioners Make Ouf
List. i
(By Ernest W. Helm.)
Frankfort, Ky. There seems to be
no doubt that the legislature will at
once begin considering a bill to amend
or repeal the indeterminate sentence
law. One bill to repeal the law is now
pending, but a new bill will be intro
duced. The prison population at the
Frankfort Reformatory is 1,496, of
whom 1,050 are under contract in the
prison shops. Two hundred are eligi
ble to parole and it is probable that
400 more will be eligible In the next
six months. Under the decision of
the court of appeals requiring paroles
at the end of the minimum sentence
of all prisoners who have conformed
to the rules of the reformatory. A list
of convicts at Frankfort and Eddyville
eligible to parole has been made up
by the prison commissioners, though
the mandate in the test case of De
Moss will not be issued for thirty
days.
All the prisoners at the Reformatory
have been anxiously awaiting this de
cision and expectancy could scarcely
be suppressed when news penetrated
the prison shops.
.Overtures From Lobbyists.
Interest was injected into the argu
ment for and against the school book
bill of Representative Duffy prelim
inary to final action upon it, Harry
Meyers, of Covington, asserting that
he was approached by the representa
tive of a Chicago book concern and
asked what it would take to remove
his opposition to the measure. The
author of the bill stated that following
his election as a member of the gen
eral assembly, he was visited in Hop
kinsvllle by the "chief lobbyist" of a
book company, who offered $250 if he
would aid in an effort to see that the
concern received a "square deal" dur
ing the present session of the legisla
ture. In a speech Mr. Duffy charged
that a book company, referred to him
as "the school book trust," had done
everything in Its power to bring about
the defeat of his measure. Debate on
the bill was bitter. '
Blackburn Made Commissioner.
Former Senator J. C. S. Blackburn,
af Kentucky, is resident commissioner
of the Lincoln Memorial Commission,
at a salary of $5,000 a year, as the re
suit of the action of the house adopt
ing the joint resolution naming him
for this position and appropriating for
the salary. He succeeds the late for
mer Senator Shelby M. Cullom, of Illi
nois. The president named Blackburn
as a member of the commission when
Mr. Cullom died. It was then neces
sary to adopt a joint resolution giving
the special title and salary. The sen
ate passed it promptly, but there was
objection when it was first brought up
.in the house.
Revision of Tax System.
The House has taken up in earnest
the work of considering the volumin
ous bill looking to a revision of Ken
. tucky s tax system. This measure,
drafted by a special commission, was
reported without expression of opin
ion by the house committee on rev
enue and taxation, the members of
that committee being unable to agree,
and as a result the house membership,
as a whole, can take it up section by
section. Many are of the opinion that
the general assembly will be unable to
agree upon any tax measure of real
consequence during the present ses
sion.
Three Have Smallpox.
Representative Walter N. Flippin, of
Somerset, has developed smallpox
He became ill several days ago and
went to his home. He is the third
.member of the legislature down with
the disease. The otter members are
Senator - J. F. Porter,""of Dixon, now
isolated at the home of former Mayor
Polsgrove in South Frankfort, and
Representative A. J. Oliver, ill at his
home in Allen county. . Representative
Henry, of Union county, a physician,
offered a resolution calling for the ap
pointment of a committee to care for
any house member who might develop
"the disease and see that he was not
' taken to the poorhouse.
Bailey Retains His Seat.
". The special ' boSise committee ' to
which was referred the contest of Ir
vin Back, against Wallis Bailey, rep
resentative from the district of
Breathitt, Lee and Magoffin counties,
reported in favor of Mr. Bailey retain
ing his seat. . Representative W. M.
Webb ' introduced a consiitutional
amendment providing for statewide
prohibition. If the bill offered by
JtepreEentative Douglas passes Frank
lin and Owen . counties wQl compose
the thirty-sixth judicial; district
Presidential' Preference Primary.
One of the most important bills of
the session was , Introduced by Repre
sentative Saufley. It provides for the
presidential preference primary.
Among the numerous provisions of the
bill is that which changes the date of
the state primary on the year of the
presidential election to the second Sat
urday in May instead of the first Sat
urday in August. All ofiRcials shall be
nominated on that date. The bill pro
vides for the election of delegates to
the national convention. The bill to
extend : the common school term to
eight months received a favorable re
port. . A favorable report was made on
the bill granting graduates of author
ized schools to practice medicine with
out examination. The anti-tipping bill
was reported favorably with an emer
tency clause attached. A bill was of
fered by Senator Tunis to protect th
ttudents of girls' schools from annoy
ance.. It. imposes a heavy penalty on
young men who flirt w;th school girls.
Act Creates School Commission.
So amended as to provide for
commission composed of the
governor as ex-omcio chairman,
the superintendent of public instruc
tion as ex-officio secretary, one mem
ber of the faculty of Eastern Kentucky
Normal school, one member of .the
faculty of Western Kentucky Normal
school, one member of the faculty of
State university and one educator of
high qualification actually engaged in
educational work from each of the
seven appellate court districts, all ex
cept two ex-officio members to be ap
pointed by the governor in April, 1914,
and every four years thereafter, the
bill of Representative John C. Duffy,
of Christian county, looking to uni
formity in the matter of school books
throughout the state and the creation
of a state school book commission,
passed the house.
Lobbyists Must Register.
Lobbyists will have to register their
names with the secretary of state
hereafter. The Ray act provides that
it "shall be the duty of every person.
firm, corporation or association, with
in two months after the adjournment
of the legislature," the bill reads, "to
file in the office of - the secretary of
state an itemized statement, verified
by oath, showing in detail all expenses
paid, incurred or promised, directly
or indirectly, in connection' with the
legislation pending at the last previ
ous session, with the names of the
payees and the amount paid each, in
cluding all disbursements, paid, in
curred or promised, to" counsel or
agents, also specifying the naiure of
said legislation and the interests of
the person, firm, corporation or asso
ciation therein." '
State Road Aid Favored.
" The State Road Engineers' associa
tion went on record. at- its meeting, as
favoring the bills to revise the present
road law and levy a tax of 5 cents for
state aid in road building, to use the
motor vehicle license tax fund. To
supplement this,, the election of county
engineers by the Fiscal Courts and an
amendment to House Bill 162, revising
the road law, to provide that dirt
roads must be completed by October
1, instead of July 1. They also adapt
ed a resolution favoring a four-year
term, instead of two for road en
gineers. STATE CAPITAL NEWS
Prohibition of the giving of trading
stamps is provided in a measure of
Representative Barrett.
The bill to create the state athletic
board of control and regulating boxing
matches was reported favorably.
The bill to allow appeals from or
ders granting new trials and providing
for the filing of records in such cases
was passed by a vote of 75 to 3.
A bill, prohibiting trustees or re
gents of the State Normal schools
from accepting employment from book
companies, was offered by Represen
tative Klotte. -
Representative Reed's bill provides
that the judges of. the court of appeals
and circuit judges shall be nominated
in the regular primary in the same
manner, as other officers. V
The bill of Representative ' Walton,
prohibiting the attorney general or his
assistants or judicial officers of the
commonwealth from holding employ
ment under any public service corpo
ration, was reported favorably.
, The last of the per capita apportion
ment xt the state school fund was dis
bursed to the counties and cities. The
total amount of the disbursement was
$500,097.36,- and State "Superintendent
Hamlett is congratulating himself that
a nest egg of $172,846.49 is left to the
credit of the department as a start to
ward the fund for extending the school
L terra to eight montna.
The committee on agriculture 're
ported favorably a bill providing for
the Inspection of agriculture seeds and
the establishment of a standard of pur
ity, and ' requiring proper labeling of
packages of seeds for sale.
V .
The shipping out of this state, and
butchering of veal calves is prohibited
In a measure presented by Represen
tative J. B. Harvey. V
' W. L. Spahn, of Kenton county, em
ployed by the house as a member of
the extca "corps, died at a hoteL
MERGER MEANS
DEVELOPMENT
MILLIONS TO BE SPENT BY COAL
COMPANIES IN LETCHER
COUNTY. .
WILL BE ONE CORPORATION
New Towns Will Be Built and Em
ployment Will Be Given To Thou
sands Poultry Expert Secured by
Experiment Station To Deliver Lec
tures Over the State. . j
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Whitesburk, Ky. The consolidation
of coal companies of Letcher county,
including the Slemp ' Coal Co., the
Letcher Coal Co., the Kentucky River
Coal Co., and others, each owning
large areas of coal lands, Into one cor
poration has been effected. ' '
For several weeks such an arrange
ment has been under ' advisement by
the several companies. As arranged,
the new corporation will expend mil
lions in development of a number of
industrial cities, similar to Jenkins,
McRobertB and Fleming. " Thousands
will be given employment. 4
POULTRY EXPERT IS SECURED.
Lexington, Ky. ri. W. Rickey, of
the bureauof animal industry. United
State3" department of agriculture,
Washington, has been secured to co
operate with the experiment station in
the poultry department to-do poultry
club work in a few counties this year
and to give lectures wherever it is
thought well to develop poultry inter
ests. Mr. Rickey will work directly
with farmers and farmer boys and
girls in the developing of individual
poultry in this rather than with com
mercial poultrymen. He comes to Lex
ington from Kingston. R.-1., where he
was head of poultry demonstration In
the College of Agriculture.
CONTEST FOR JAIL DECIDED.
Manchester, Ky. The long drawn-
out contest between H. B. Marcum and
Joseph Lewis over the jailer's office
in Clay county was decided in favor
in Clay county was decided in
favor of the contestee, Joseph
Lewis. Marcum was declared the
legal Republican nominee in a hotly
contested primary election. Lewis
then filed a petition and ran inde
pendently. There was but. a slight
difference between the vote, but Lewis
was given the election certificate.
Marcum instituted a contest and on
an official reconnt of the ballot Lewis
won by fourteen majority.
GAS BILL INVESTIGATION.
Lexington, Ky. Bills rendered by
the Central Kentucky Natural Gas
company for gas during the month of
January created a . test from citizens
and a grand jury is making an inves
tigation. It is claimed by citizens
that an increase in some cases more
than 100 per cent as compared with
December have been made in their
bills for January.
CORONER KILLED IN TAYLOR.
Campbellsvjlle, Ky. Lyle Matthews,
coroner of Taylor county, was killed
and Charles Hays, a deputy, was seri
ously injured as a result of shots fired
by Clevis and William Murray, it is
charged. t-The shooting was the re
sult of an attempt to dispossess the
.Murrays of the farm they occupied,
which was recently sold to settle an
estate.
STOVE BURST. THREE HURT.
Versailles, Ky. Orah H. Moore, a
merchant, was burning trash in a
stove when an explosion took place,
and Moore, Luke Searcy and Clarence
Dotson were seriously hurt. Moore
was cut in the right eye and his sight
destroyed. It is supposed the trash
thrown into the stove contained a
dynamite cap. '
TEN THOUSAND VACCINATED.
Lexington, Ky. More than 10,000
citizens of Lexington have been vacci
nated within the last two weeks, ac
cording to the statement given out by
City Health Officer N. R. Simmons,
who adds that the city physicians are
still at work. .
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; DEATON CHARGES PERJURY.
Winchester, Ky. Fletcher Deaton,
when told in the county jail of the ac
tion of the court of appeals in sns
taining hia conviction for the murder
of Ed Callahan, still maintained he was
convicted on perjured testimony.
JURY. FAILED TO AGREE.
. Georgetown, Ky. For the ' second
time a jury failed to agree in the case
of the Commonwealth against Church
Barkley, charged with the murder, of
Dr. J. Xa Davis. 1
ASSESSMENTS ARE INCREASED.
Lancaster, Ky. The Lincoln county
board of .supervisors added $379,592 to
the valuation of property as shown by
the assessor's list, making a total of
17,026,871.
SPLITWORM . PREVENTION
department of Agriculture Gives Ad
vice as to Tobacco Pest.
Lexington, Ky. Advance excerpts
of an agricultural bulletin on "How
To Prevent the Tobacco Splltworm"
have been received here. Transplant
the tobacco crop as early as possible
in order to mature it before the ap
pearance of the most destructive gen
eration of the tobacco splitwonn. The
bulletin advises, when the early j.nfec
tation is very severe, it is recommend
ed that the infected leaves be ptimed
off and destroyed; also, destroy all
tobacco stubble as soon as the crop
is harvested, to prevent the breeding
of a hibernating generation; clean up
and destroy all trash, in and around
fields and tobacco barns; do not fol
low potatoes by tobacco if the infecta
tion of tobacco has been more severe
In such cases than where different ro
tation was followed; grow potatoes as
far as possible from tobacco fields.
In Cuba and .' the United States the
splitworm is known on tobacco as a
leaf-miner only. ' Onlythe older tobac
co leaves are affected, unless the in
festation is very severe, and in these,
the lower leaves, grayish, irregular
blotches are produced,, which later
turn brown and become fragile, so that
the trbacco is unfit for wrappers.
HORSE THIEF IS PARTICULAR.
Lebanon, Ky. Someone who evi
dently is difficult to please entered the
barn of Edward Clark and stole a
horse, a saddle and a bridle. After
riding horseback a while the thief be
came tired and decided to change his
mode of travel. ,At ihe barn of Mrs.
Kate Glazebrook, a thief secured a set
of. harness and hitched the horse to
one of Mrs. Glazebrook's buggies. A
few miles further out the road the
barn of Dave Hourigan was entered.
There buggies were swapped, the man
leaving the one belonging to Mrs.
Glazebrook and taking one owned by
Mr. Hourigan.
KILLED BY CINDER FUMES.
Maysville, Ky. Albert Atkins,. 23, of
Maysville, met death in a peculiar
manner near Garretson. In company
with his brother, Louis Atkins, and
Robert Ford, he was seeking employ
ment. Overtaken by nightfall the
three men lay down on a large heap of
ashes and cinders dumped irom en
gines. During the night a train
crew discovered the men, all of whom
were overcome with fumes from the
warm ashes. They rendered first aid
and Louis Atkins and Ford were re
stored to consciousness, but Albert
Atkin3 died.
A NEW COALING PLANT.
Paris, Ky. Plans have been per
fected by the L. & N. for the expendi
ture of $45,000. for a coaling plant to
replace that in the south yards here.
It will have a capacity of 12,500 tons
and three engines can be coaled simul
taneously. Equipment will be in
stalled to unload coal as well as to
convey from the hoppers to the chutes, j
The L. & N. uses 500 tons of coal daily
at the local coaling station and this
amount will be greatly increased with
in the next few months. Work on the
plant will begin March 1.
STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISE.
Central City, Ky; The board of city
council granted the Central City,
Greenville & Drakesbbro Railway com
pany the right to construct and oper
ate an electric railway in Central City,
with the provision that only single
tracks be constructed along the main
street of the town. It is said that
construction will begin within the
next sixty days.
HOME WRECKED BY EXPLOSION.
Covington, Ky. An explosion of gas
wrecked the rear of the home of F. H.
Behrens. The entire back wall of
the second floor and part of the side
wall were blown out. Bricks were
hurled - 100 feet, . damaging other
houses. Mrs. Behrens and , her two
children were thrown from their beds
in the front part of the house, but es
caped serious injury.
BOONE HEIRS MAY GET CLAIM.
Winchester. Ky. The court of
claims at Washington has reported
with favorable recommendation the
claim of the heirs of George Boone,
late of Winchester, for $2,500 as com
pensation for liquors taken rrom a
tavern by federal troops in 1863. The
heirs are: Henry Boone; Winchester;
Cliff Boone, Klddville, and Sam M.
Boone, of Danville.
HORSE TRAINER IS KILLED.
Louisville, Ky. Robert McKinley,
30 years old, a trotting-horse trainer,
was stabbed to death by "Billy" Wil
liams, 45 years old, a blacksmith, ' at
the state fair grounds. The killing fol
lowed an argument over a bilL ,
MAYOR RETIRES FROM FIRM.
Paris, Ky.Aftsr. fifty-four years- of
uninterrupted business activity, J.' T.
Hinton, mayor of this city, turned Bis
furniture business over to hfs three
sons, William Hinton, Ed Hintoa and
Albert Hinton. , .j V;
VACCINATION IS ORDERED.
Lebanon, Ky. An order was Issued
by the board of health directing all
j persons in the city to be vaccinated
i at r-""- . .. . , '
HONOR DONE EDUCATOR
House Committee Laud the Work ot
.Mri. Cora Wilson Stewart, -
Louisville, Ky. Kentuckians inter
ested in education are proud ff the
honor . accorded " Mrs. Cora Wilson
Stewart, of Morehead, by. the house
committee on education in a report
to congress. ' The successful work of
Mrs. Stewart in eradicating illiteracy,
from Rowan county through the me
dium of moonlight schools for ' adults
is described, and she is pronounced
one of the greatest educators of the
United States. The report was in con
nection with the Lever bill for a com
mission to investigate illiteracy in the
United States and study methods for
its elimination. In reporting this bill
favorably the committee described the
work of Mrs. Stewart in Rowan coun
ty as the best example of the possi
bilities, of ending illiteracy.
TANGO IS MADE UNLAWFUL.
Pinevllle,.1 Ky. The city council
passed an ordinance forbidding the
dancing of the tango -and kindred
dances by the people of Pinevllle.
Near the center of the business dis
trict is a large hall which is used for
church socials, dances and general
public entertainment. For the past
few weeks the young men of the town
have given in this hall, matinee
dances from 4 to 6 o'clock; several
times a week, each dance being chap
eroned by some of the parents pf the
younger dancers. Some of the steps
of the tango and hesitation waltz were
danced and to these the members of
the council object.
BATTLE WITH ROBBERS.
Louisville, Ky. Many shots were
exchanged during a battle in the East
Louisville yards of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad when robbers made
an attack on a crew In yard house.
Ed Lane, a yardmaster, was shot
through the hand. Two youths were
caught by the police and taken to
jail on charges of attempted robbery.
WOMAN'S JURY DISAGREES.
Carlisle, Xy. The trial of Elizabeth
Booker in the Nicholas circuit court
on a charge of murder resulted in a
hung jury. The defendant was ac
cused of shooting and .killing George
Price. Her defense was that she was
awakened by a noise, mistook Price
for a burglar and fired the shot that
killed him.
ODD GROUNDS OF ACTION.
Bowling Green, Ky. Suit for $10,-
000 damages has been brought in the
Warren circuit court by H. J. Briggs
against the L. & N. The plaintiff al
leges that while he was. employed by
the Simpson county Limestone com;
pany at its plant an engine and sev
eral cars ran into the plant causing
some machinery to fall . and cripple
him.
SUITS AGAINST "DUMPERS."
Hopkinsvjlle, Ky. At a meeting of
the Christian county branch of the
Planters' Protective association W. T.
Fowler, its attorney was instructed to
bring suit against all members who
had sold tobacco pledged to the1-or
ganization.
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO MEN.
Manchester, Ky. Robert Hayre and
Farris Pennington ' were killed,
Thomas Hayre and his 11-year-old son,
Dan Cox, and Robert Hampton were
injured, all probably fatally in a boil
er explosion at the mill of Thomas
Hayre, near Urban. -
TWO TEACHERS TURN FARMERS.
Carlisle, Ky. School Superintend
ent R. Dean Squires and R. H. Moore,
assistant principal of the high school,
have rented the Bowles farm, near
town, and will put it in corn and to
bacco.
CHARGED WITH KILLING SON.
Manchester, Ky. The trial of Berry
Walden, charged with the killing at
his son, Henry Walden, resulted in a
hung jury. The defendant is an old
man and pleaded self-defense.
STATE NEWS SURVEY
George M. Green, of Nashville, haa
taken office at Louisville, as supervis
ing inspector of steam vessels for the
sixth district ' . . 1
The postoffice department ordered
the Bush branch, Breathitt . county,
office to remain open, and J. W. Moore
has been appointed postmaster. A re
cent order of the department discon
tinued this office- The order discon
tinuing the office at Ivis, Knott county,
also has been rescinded.
The Oldham County Medical society
adopted a resolution calling upon the
fiscal court tt issue an order making
vaccination cumpulsory.
In Louisville a juror, as removed
to a hospital suffering from smallpox.
A police station prisoner at Lexington
developed the disease. ,
The McCracken fiscal court voted
$1,200 to the McCracken Growers'
association, .which wa3 organized re
cently.' . ' ''. '" ; . ' -; .
CHARRED REMAINS
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RESCUERS FIND. BODIES WHEN
ENTERING TUNNEL IN SEARCH
OF VICTIMS OF WRECK.
Nothing Remained of Cars But .Metal
Frames and Trucks Roof of
Tunnel Caved In.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Cumbre, Chihuahua. Charred bones
and several metal-buttons and buckles
from clothing were the only traces dis
covered of the bodies of the 50 or
more passengers and crew of the train
wrecked in the Cumbre tunnel of the
Mexico & Northwestern railway. At
least IS Americans perished.
A rescue party, equipped with oxy
gen helmets to guard them against
the effects of the smoke and fumes of
the still-smoldering wreckage, made
their way from the south portaf of the
tunnej over the wreckage of the burn
ed freight train to the locomotive and
forward cars of the passenger train.
Nothing remained of the cars but the
metal frames and trucks, and it is be
lieved that the bodies of the impris
oned American and Mexican passen
gers must have been destroyed by the'
intense heat.
The wreckage is buried under from
five to ten feet of earth and rock from
the caved-in walls and roof of the tun,
nel. It is possible that this, covering
of earth may have protected some of
the bodies, but little hope is enter
tained for the recovery of any of them
in view of the evidence of the intense
heat developed by the fire fanned by
the draft through the narrow bore.
DEPUTIES WERE LOCKED UP.
Toledo, O. Constables serving a
search and seizure warrant on Hariev
Keller, 43 years old, in an alleged
gambling den on the second floor of a
justice of the peace courtroom, West
Toledo, shot Keller in the abdomen.
Willard A. Grubbs, 23, and Edward J.
Schreiber, 22, deputy constables, art
locked In the county jail charged with
wounding him. Keller says he resist
ed arrest when he mistook them for
burglars. The shooting occurred alter
Justice W. Byron Newman swore in
Grubbs and Schreiber, and ordered
them to take Keller into custody on a
John Doe warrant.
MOTHER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Babylon, N. Y. Mrs. Cora Krsu;e
and her three-year-old girl had their
hands on a revolver, in their home
here, when a. shell exploded. The bul
let entered the mother's head and she
died in a, hospital an hour later.
AIR MACHINE FOR MEXICO.
Williamsport Pa. A monoplane,
said to be capable of carrying two per
sons at a rate of 60 miles an hour.
was shipped by a local inventor to Col.
Carlos Allen Vallejo, of the Mexican
federal army.
CINCINNATI MARKETS
Corn New corn yellow 62 68c. No.
3 yellow 65 66c. No. 4 mixed dA
65c, mixed ear. 6466c, white ear";i
6c, yellow ear 64 66c.
Hay No. 1 timothy $13. standard
timothy $17, No. 2 timothy $16, No. Z
timothy $14, No. 1 clover mixed $1"..
No. 2 clover mixed $13, No. 1 clover
$14.5014.75, No. 2 clover $12.50(213.
Oats No. 2 white 4344c. stand
ard white 43431c, No. 3 white 42 Tv
4ic, No. 4 white 4041c. No. 2 mix
ed 4141c, Not 3 mixed 404ic.
No. 4 mixed 38U39'X.c. -
Wheat No. 2 red 9899c. No. 3 red
9697c, No. 4 red 84 94c.
Poultry Hens. 5 lbs and over,
15c; 3 lbs and over, 15; young
staggy roosters, 12c; roosters, 11c;
springern, under 2 lbs, 18c; spring
ers, iy lbs and over, 17c; spring
ducks, white. 4 lbs and over, 16;
ducks, under 4 lbs, 15c; turkeys, toms,
old, 19.; young turkeys, 9 lbs and
over, 19Jc.
Eggs Prime firsts 26Hc. firsts
25c, ordinary firsts 24&c, seconds
22c. V.
Cattle Shippers $6.75'8.35; butch
er steers, extra $7.85 8. good to
choice $6.857.75, common to fair
$5.70 6.75; heifers, extra $7.50 7.85,
good to choice $6.507.40, common to
fair $4.756.25; cows, evxtra $6,250
6.51), good to choice $5-50.(5) 6.1o, com
mon to fair $3.755.25; canners $3 i
Bulls Bologna $6S7. fat bvlls $6.50
7. - .
Calves Extra $11.25. fair to good
$911, common and large $610.50.
Hogs Selected Iieavy $S.808.8y, ;j
good to choice packers and butchers &
t3.808.85, mixed packers $8.758.80, 1
stags $4.75(g!7.50, common to choice
heavy fat sovs $6(38.30. light ship
pers $8 8.85, pigs (110 bis and less)
Sheep Extra $4.905. good to
choice $4.35 4.85. common to fair
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Lambs Extra $8.108.15, good to
choce $7.5051)8.10, common to fair
J3tt7.40, clipped lambs $6.507.35.
BANK CAUGHT IN SLIDE.
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Memphis, Tenn. With its surpli 1
and capital stock wiped out, entailit !
a loss in excess of $300,000, directo r "
of the Mercantile National bank, Meii
pnis, nitnerto regarded a most stan. ft
financial institution, declared that tb$
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uaiiK. is insolvent ; lien, , iukb- c..
Wright, formerly secretary of wf.r, an( jJ
l.arutbers Ewing were, named as a4';
wiuvji w wme eucu bLfUB 49 uiej
may Arid necessary to protect the rei
tnaining assets of the. hank. t f :
if
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