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VOLUME XXIII.
MAYSVILL, KY., FKtDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1903.
NUMBER 4
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THE CANALTREATY
It Will Be Ratified and Signed
as Soon as It is Received
by the Junta.
REJOICING ON THE ISTHMUS.
Minister Buanu-Varilla Authorized
to Officially Communicate Decision
to the American Government.
The Message to the Panama Minister
Is Signed By the Junta and Also
By the Minister of For
eign Relations.
Panama, Nov. 27. The junta, com
posed of Jose Augustin Arango, Tom
asorlan, and Manuel Esplnosa, held a
meeting at 10 o'clock Thursday morn
ing, all the ministers of state and
councillors being present, and agreed
unanimously to ratify the canal treaty
eo soon as It Is received here and au
thorize Minister Bunau Varllla offi
cially to communicate the Junta's de
cision to the United States govern
ment. The decision of tho junta was re
ceived with great Joy throughout the
Isthmus without distinction of parties
or classes. Rr. Adms. Walker and
Glass have been informed of the ac
tion taken by the junta.
Washington, Nov. 27 Official con
firmation of the determination of the
Panama junta to ratify the Hay-Bunau
.Varllla Panama canal treaty was re
ceived by Minister Varllla at 3:30
o'clock Thursday afternoon. Tha
state department being closed Thurs
day, Mr. Varllla communicated the
news informally to Mr. Loomls, who
is acting secretary in the absence of
Mr. Hay. The ministers dispatch is
as follows:
"Panama, Nov. 26. Varllla, minis
ter plenipotentiary of tho republic of
Panama, Washington: In view of thcr
approbatlon given by the delegates,
Amador and Boyd (tho commissioners
who were sent by the government of
Panama to confer with Mr. Varllla) to
tho Hay-Bunau treaty, you are author
ized to notify officially the government
of the United States that as soon as
the document is received by the Junta
of the government of the republic of
Panama, It will be ratified and sign
ed. Signed J. A. Arango , Tomas
'Arias, Manuel Esplnosa. Countersign
ed by the minister of foreign rela
tions, Do La Esprllla."
Minister Varllla calls special at
tention to the fact that the message
received by him is signed not only
by the members of the junta, but alpo
by the minister of foreign relations,
which he says gives the communica
tion tho character of a formal decree
of tho government.
Tho action taken by the Panaira
junta doubtless is due in part at least
to the urgent representations of Min
ister Varllla that prompt steps be
taken with a view to the ratification
of the treaty as soon as it shall reach
Panama. Last Saturday the minister
cabled a long synopsis of the treaty
to Panama. Sinco that time lie haj
been in communication with the gov
ernment on the subject.
Tho minister recounted with a great
deal of gratification Thursday night
tho rapid progress of events since tho
birth of the new republic of Panama
three weeks ago, ending Thursday
with the declaration of the junta to
ratify the Panama canal treaty.
THE AMERICAN COLONY.
The Members Attended a Thanksgiv
ing Banquet in Berlin.
Berlin, Nov. 27, Three hundred
members of the American colony here
attended a Thanksgiving banquet at
the Kaiserhof Thursday night. Am
bassador Tower, who presided, pro
posed toasts ,to President Roosevelt,
Emperor William and tho German roy
al family. Prof. W. A. Brown, of Union
, seminary, delivered an address on
"American Ideals." The felicitations
of the colony were cabled to President.
Roosevelt. Dancing followed the ban
quet. MaJ. McClung Died of His Wounds.
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 27. Maj.
J. W. McClung, who was shot by H. L.
Garnett while protecting Mrs. Lillian
Hitchcock Colt in the Palace hotel in
this city, died of his wound lato Thurs
day afternoon. Garnett was cap
Thursday evening and says the shoot
ing was accidental.
Thanksgiving Day Reception.
Vienna, Nov. 27. United States Am
bassador Storer and Mrs. Storor held
their first Thanksgiving Day reception
at the embassy Thursday aftornoon.
About 200 persons were present, in
cluding a largo representation of tho
American colony
KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY WON.
The Riot Which Was Expected Failed
to Materialize.
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 27. Tho riot
which was expected in tho Kentucky
university and State college football
game Thursday as tho result of a bit
ter controversy carried on for two
weeks failed to materialize. This was
duo principally to the police precau
tions. Both teams were heavily load
ed with ringers for an emergency, It
having been agreed that "no ques
tion will be asked."
Kentucky university, however, play
ed its regular team throughout, and
not a man was put out of the game.
State college lined up with "nine ring
ers," who were displaced six timed
by other ringers. Kentucky univer
sity won by a score of 17 to 0.
Kentucky university made two
touch-downs and a goal in the second
half. At least $15,000 was bet on the
game. Attendance 5,000.
With the defeat of tho University
of Virginia by the University of North
Carolina Thursday Kentucky univer
sity claims tho championship of tho
south. Kentucky university suffered
Its only defeat from Virginia by a
score of 6 to 0 and defeated North
Carolina G to 5.
BIG WILD HOG.
A Posse Ran It Down .and Succeeded
in Killing It.
Petersburg, Ky., Nov. 27. For sev
eral months a big and desperate wild
hog has been terrorizing the inhabit
ants in the vicinity of Splltrock, three
miles below hero, on the Ohio river.
"Women have been afraid to visit, and
school children had to be kept home
on account of tho depredations of the
monster. A posse of men was organ
ized, armed with Winchesters,' and
found the hog in tho woods on Col. G.
R. Berkshire's farm. The animal was
surrounded, but made its escape after
so badly wounding a horse belonging
to Will Sebra that it bled to death.
Frank Clubb, one of the posse, was
tossed down a. high embankment and
badly hurt. Cecil Burns finally, fired a
load of buckshot Into its side at short
range, felling It, and it was killed by
striking It on the head with a sledge
hammer. In all, 15 bullets had been
fired luto Its body. It weighed nearly
600 pounds.
Bovlne's Novel Experience.
Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 27. Clint
Shields, near here, owns a remarkable
cow. Over a month ago the bovine
disappeared. Thursday, a shadow of
hor former self, sho emerged from a
strawstack in Shields' barnyard,
which had collapsed on her the day
sho disappeared. Shields says shn
ate her way out of the stack, and sub
slstance on a straw diet kept the an
imal alive.
Louisville Man Killed Himself.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 27. When
Mrs. George E. Mayor returned from
a visit In Cincinnati she found her
husband" lying on tho floor dead. He
had pillowed his head on one of Mrs.
Mayor's dresses and fired a shot Into
his mouth. Tho bullet came out at
the top of his head.
Defeated By Paducah.
Paducah, Ky., Nov. 27. The South
west Kentucky college team, of May
field, was. defeated on the gridiron
hero Thursday afternoon by Paducah.
Tho score was 34 to 0. John Brooks,
a Paducah player was knocked uncon
scious, but is not seriously hurt.
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Thanksgiving Ended Disastrously.
Newport, Ky., Nov. 27. John Seals
and his wife, colored, were arrested
Thursday and locked up on a charge
of disorderly conduct. Mrs. Seals ac
cused her husband of taking all of
the white meat of tho turkey, and ho
denied the soft impeachment.
Boy Confesses Crime.
Mayking, Ky., Nov. 27. At tho
Letcher circuit court James Hogg, 10,
acknowledged to Judge Moss that ho
had broken into tho country store of
D. F. Maggard at Eolla two months
ago. Ho was given nine years in tho
Kentucky houso of reform.
The Jail Closely Guarded.
Lancaster, Ky., Nov. 27. Tho jail
where tho Negro GIbbs, who attempt
ed to assault Mrs. and Miss Hender
son, is still being closely guarded,
and rumors havo been afloat all day
that a mob was forming in the upper
end of the county.
Recaptured After 27 Years.
Burkesville, Ky., Nov. 27. William
Brake, who escaped from the peniten
tiary at Nashville, Tonn., 27 years ago,
was recaptured at his homo on Mar
rowbone creek and taken back. At
tho timo of his escape Brake was a
young man.
San Juan, P. R,, Nov. 27. Thanks
giving day was observed hero as a gen
eral holiday,, in accordance with tho
governor's proclamation.
MAY BEJLYNCHED.
The Town Marshal at Fainnount
Shot and Killed by a Pris
oner Under Arrest.
THE MURDERER MADE HIS ESCAPE,
Stores Were Closed That the Men
Might Organize tho Chase
Which at Once Began.
It Seems Certain That the Fugitive
Will Die in His Tracks or By
Mob Law If Taken to
Fairmount.
Fairmount, Ky., Nov. 27. James J.
Payne, town marshal, was shot and
killed on tho street Thursday after
noon by Harry "Red" Hooper, whom
ho had under arrest as a suspect for
a burglary committed Wednesday
night. Hooper also fired twice at
Alonzo Thomas, who had started to
assist the dying marshal as ho lay
on the street, but both shots missed.
Hooper, after killing the marshal,
moved slowly down the street, holding
back the gathering crowd with his
revolver, and, reaching the edge of
town, started toward Van Buren, or
dering no one to follow him under
penalty of death. News of the tragedy
spread rapidly, and stores were closr.d
that men might organize the chase
which at once began. Armed business
men pressed available vehicles Into
service and started to surround awx
kill Hooper, who was released from
the penitentiary last May after serv
ing two years for burglary. Others
quietly prepared for a lynching, if
Hooper should bo brought back. It
seems certain that If caught Hooper
will die in his tracks or by mob law
here. The chase has been going on
all afternoon. Reports havo como In
several times that Hooper had been
surrounded, but had escaped again.
Great excitement prevails hero, and
news of the chase has been eagerly
awaited by the entire population.
Marshal Payne lived but three
minutes after being shot. Ho and
Deputy Armstrong had arrested Hoop
er and had walked three squares to
ward the jail with him when he stop
ped suddenly, jumped back, and, draw
ing a revolver, announced that he
would go no further. The officers re
treated a few feet, but, Marshal Payne
advanced toward Hooper to again ar
rest him, when he was shot in his
tracks. The marshal was a popular
officer.
All of tho pursuers of Hooper have
returned except the party containing
Sheriff Mills and his deputy, Williams,
and Capt. George, of tho Marion po
lice force. The others searched till
dark and returned. It is reported
that Arrell Payne, a nephew of the
dead man, fired at Hooper as he cross
ed the railroad. He got away. It is
said threo pursuers came in sight of
Hooper at one place and he drove
them back with, his revolver and got
away.
TO RELEASE O'DAY.
A Number of His Friends Are Headed
in the Direction c-FCasper, Vyo.
Casper, Wyo., Nov. 27. A report
reached this place Thursday that
friends of Torn O'Day, In considerable
numbers, had left the Hole In tho Wall
and headed In the direction of Casper,
presumably bent on delivering him
from the county Jail. O'Day is tho al
leged leader of horse thieves, who was
arrested near Lost Cabin several days
ngo and brought to jail. Fearing that
tho report of an Intended attack was
true, Sheriff Webb swore in more than1
100 deputy sheriffs to defend the jail,
and Thursday night the court house
square is surrounded by a completo
cordon of guards. A report says that
O'Day's friends were seen passing a
ranch between the Hole in the Wall
and Casper before noon, all well
armed and riding Elowly In the direc-.
tion of the town.
Princess Alice Did Not Elope.
Rome, Nov. 27. Count Despa denies
that the Princess Alice, of Bourbon,
, oloped with her coachman or any ono
else. She separated from her husband
and Is now quietly living on tho Rive
ria. The coachman with whom Bhe
was reported to havo elopel is living
in this city and never left the city.
Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 27. ilcer
Stephen Lancaster, an elderly man,
was divorced from his third wife ho
tried to secure a license to marry a 13-year-old
girl, but was refused.
Fred Crane Married.
Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 27. Fred
erick W. Crane, a traveling salesman
from Cincinnati, and Miss Elizabeth
South, of this city, were married in tho
parlors, of tho Catholic rectory.
A FATAL BLAZE.
One Fireman Waa Killed and Seven
Injured In Cincinnati.
Cincinnati Nov. 27. -One UNman
was killed and seven injured whllo
fighting a fire which destroyed the
five-story brick building of Smith,
Myers & Schnler Co., manufacturers
of cigar box machines, at, 021 and 627
Front street, hero Thursday.
Dead William Greve, Engine Co.
10.
Injured Dennis Dougherty, Engine
Co. 10, internal injuries; John Con
nors, lieutenant, Engine Co. 10, con
tusion of brain; Frank Hellmekampl,
Engine Co. 1, contusion of knee and
fracture of leg; James Keegan, En
gine Co. 10, fracture of skull; William
Walsh, Engine Co. 2, fracture of right
ankle; Fred Huesman, Engine Co. 22,
contusion of hip; Daniel Carrol, En
gine Co. 6, slight bruises.
The men were nn tho second floor
when tho floor fell with them, and all
were burled In the debris. Grove's
body was not recorercd for two houis.
The loss is estimated at $00,000, par
tially covered by Insurance. The
causo of the fire is unknown.
A PITCHED BATTLE.
Seventy Marines on One Side and 40
Sailors on the Other, Fight.
Norfolk-, Va., Nov. 27. With 70 ma
rines on one side and 40 sailors on the
other, a pitched battlo was brought to
an end Thursday by tho stern orders
of a number of masters-at-arms. Tho
scene of the trouble was the govern
ment reservation at St. Helena. The
cause is said to have been a fight be
tween a marine and a landsman, in
which the latter was knocked down
by tho former and considerably pun
ished. During tho melee pistols and bay
onets were drawn. Several of the par
ticipants were knocked down and many
were bleeding from wounds In their
faces and heads, caused by coming in
contact with the fists or weapons of
their adversaries.
One man drew a deadly aim on one
of the sailors with a pistol and tho
weapon was knocked out of his hand
just as he pulled the trigger. The bul
let went over tho head of the intent!
ed victim.
UNION SERVICES.
Nine Religious Denominations Took
Part in the Detroit Opera House.
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 27. Nine relig
ious denominations joined In a union
Thanksgiving service at the Detroit
opera house Thursday, that was at
tended by a congregation which taxed
tho capacity of that auditorium. Min
isters of the following creeds partici
pated in the service: Congregational.
Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Jewish,
Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Uni
tarian and Unlversalist.
Rev. S. Marquis, tho Episcopalian
aroused much enthusiasm by his ad
dress, in the course of which he said
of denominatlonalisni:
"It seems to mo that If thero Is one
thing more apparent than nnother, It
Is that God has refuted our denomina
tional claims. It has been demonstrat
ed that God works Irrespective of ec
clesiastical machinery and we are
gradually awakening to that fact."
WROTE LETTERS TO ROOSEVELT.
Charles Thrcshon Sent To Be Exam
ined As To His Sanity.
New York, Nov. 27. Chas. Thresh
on, who Is charged with writing let
ters to President Roosevelt complain
ing that an Influential person in gov
ernment circles in Washington has an
electric battery which is attached to
the soles of Threshon's feet and so
militates against his chances on see
ing tho president, was sent to Bolle
vue hospital Thursday for examina
tion as to his sanity. When arraigned
beforo Magistrate Mayo the prisoner
said he was a "double sun." None of
the letters contained any threats.
Firemen Lost Their Lives.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 27. Four fire
men were burned to death and prop
erty loss amounting to $300,000 is tho
result of a flro Thursday in the whole
sale grocery house of Allen Bros. In
addition to the big five-story building
occupied by the Allen Bros, that occu
pied by tho Pacific Storage Co., ad
joining was also consumed.
The Business Portion Destroyed.
Rutland, Vt Nov. 27. One of the
mest disastrous fires which has oc
curred in this vicinity in many yearB
destroyed a large part of the business
section of West Rutland, a town four
miles from this city. The loss will
amount to $75,000.
High School Boys Defeated.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 27. Tho Louis
vlllo Manuals defeated tho High school
boyn at football by a score of. 17 to 7.
Haynes, of tho Manuals, won tho gams
by a 70-yard run.
MADE NEW RECORD
Vanderbilt's HO-Horse Power Gas
oline Automobile Made Mile
in 1:36 3-4 Up Grade.
RACED OVER A CLIMBING COURSE.
The Ilcst Previous Time For Gasoline
Vehicles Was 2:145, Made by O.
1 Ncstinan Last Year.
LaRoche In a 40 Horse Power Machine
Going a Mile a Minute Crashed
Over a Precipice and Was Pin
ioned Under His Vehicle.
New York, Nov. 27. William K.
Vanderbilt, jr., made a new recora
with his 30-horsc-power gasoline auto
mobile Thursday over tho Eagle Rock
hill climbing course at Orange, N. J.,
and F. A. La itoche, in a 40-horse
power gasoline machine, going a mile
a minute, crashed over a precipice on
tho mountain side. Ho escaped injury.
These spectacular events occurred
at the third annual contest given
under the auspices of the Automobile
club of New Jersey. Mr. Vanderbllfd
time was 1 minute 3G seconds. The
best previous record for gasoline ve
hicles was 2 minutes 45 seconds, madu
by O. P. Nestman last, year, and for
Steam vehicles, 2 minutes 43 seconds,
made by W. J. Stewart two years ago.
Tho course Is approximately one mile
from tjio start of the grade to the
finish at the top. The average grade
of the hill is eight per cent. Tho
steepest, near the top. is estimated at
from 15 to 17 per cent. Mr. Vander
bilt had threo competitors, tho event
being tho fifth on tho program. In
tho seventh event Mr. LaRoche ex
perlenced the accident that came near
costing him his life. In tho car with
him was A. J. Packard, timing.
After half the distance had been
covered, Mr. LaRoche turned on more
powor in going down an incline.
Ahead was a sharp curve leading to a
steep ascent. So fast did the car
shoot along that the operator lost con
trol of it, and at the curve it crashed
over a precipice. Mr. Packard was
thrown headlong over a fence a few
yards away, but Mr. LaRoche was pin
ioned under the vehicle as it turned
over and partially lost consciousness.
Speedily recovering and finding him
self uninjured, Mr. Packard rushed
to the assistance of his friend. The
wheels of the machine were still re
volving In its overturned condition at
a speed of a mile a minute. He turn
ed off the power and then extricated
Mr. LaRoche from his perilous situa
tion. Beyond the shaking up Mr. La
Roche's only injury was a cut four
inches long on the calf of his left leg.
His machine was repaired in time to
compete in a later event of the meet.
IN A BLINDING SNOW STORM.
Carlisle Indians Defeated the North
western University.
Chicago, Nov. 27. Carlltlo Indians
In Thursday's game with Northwestern
university demonstrated tie supoilor
Ity of the football that has mado the
IU'd men formidable gridiron warriors
in the east, by defeating the Purple 2S
to 0. At times during the one-sided
contest snow fell in such blinding
swirls that the gr'dirou and players
were concealed from the 3.000 enthu
siasts who gathered to root impartially
for the Evanston eleven and the pop
ular Indians. Coach MeCormlok's
eleven was materially weakened by the
absence of Guard Phillips from the
line. The old Carlisle linemen refused
to play against his former colleagues.
Watching the contest from the stand,
Phillips said that had the field been
free from snow, Carlisle's speedy backs
would have doubled the score.
Attempt to Capture Sea Lion.
Racine, Wis., Nov. 27 Big Ben. tho
sea lion which escaped from Lincoln
park, Chicago, n week ago, appeared
in tho river here Thursday and every
effort Is being made to capture him,
but without success. Nets have been
stretched across the river to prevent
him from going into the lake.
Football Player Badly Injured.
Paris, 111., Nov. 27. Felix McWhir
ter, jr., a Depauw student, is still un
conscious and believed to be fatally In
jured as tho result of a collision with
Shaw, tho Paris half back, in tho game
between Paris and Greencastle, Ind.
McWhlrter Is tho son of a prominent
Indianapolis lawyer.
Feared a Bark and Crew Is Lost.
Dunkirk, Nov. 27. It is feared that
tho Dunkirk bark Alexander, with
Capt. Forgardo and her crew of 33 was
lost In tho hurricano of Saturday last.
Tho Aloxandor left Dunkirk for Shields
Novomber 18. '