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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-01-15
Ms TOME 4 WELL.



Gambler 20 Stay Reformed.
AS ancreClitable as it may seem, it is
nevertheless a fact, snys a Mount Glenn
ems correspondent Of the Detroit Jour
nal, that there is a man now living in
this city who has dug his own crave in
the side Of an old deserted well, several
feet down from the top, and placed
rudely constructed coffin therein in
such q manner as to bufie dissection.
An acquaintance, bordering on to sin
cere friendship, for the last twenty
years between the writer and tbis CO.
centric individual, is what led to Che
divnlring Of his secret. An ironclad
oath not TO reveal his name was dS
manded. He then proceeded to relate
how the device and intrigues OF sup
posed friends had led him into bcd liab-
its some years ago in this city when
rambling and dissipation was ut rs
height Re kept them up until ruin
stared him Ia tho face 2l oldticn
after resolution 90 change was broken.
The hatedvice had him with an iron
grip HCiod knows" he said. Il tried
hard to escape thcrn. but like the siren
in ancient mythology did these habits
draw on4and devour me, until / hit
upon this unnatural, barbarous md
monstrous idea Some timc aro. SINCE
that time al desire for the fascinating
but crrel siren seems TO have left nae.
Perhaps this grewsoue sight, which
often c0rlc oud looE at, has caused the
change. But should my passion again
return for the old life, and I break this,
my last resolve, / shall come this Old
forsal5on wcll, climb down to where
that coffin is.cmbcdded, get into II. and
take'a sufficient amount Of chlorof0rm
to produce an everlasting sleep, wrap
the drapery Of my overcoat around me
for shroud, and declare myself master
at last"
The seriousness with which this man
spoke would leave no doubt as to his
present intention, should the occasion
demand it.. lie is a man Of intelligence,
and is strongly avcrse to wronp-doing
in other channels, bat rather than fall
back into his former rough and rugged
path, and continue there, he viii com
NIT suicide, as above stated, and hide
himself forever.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-01-15
RARE AND RACY.

Burglars broke into the cellar I'M
der the U. p. church at Pottstown,
Pa, and stole ton of coal.
Baltimore colored woman, who
lately gave birth to triple is, all girls,
has named them Faith, Hope and
| Charity.
Remains of the orohippers, an ex-
tinct species of horse found in the
Bad Lands, prove that it had FIVE toes
and was not larger than goat.
One OF the balloons recently sent
up by French scientists with automat-
ically registered thermometers and
barometers reached a height of ten
miles, where the thermometer regis
tered 10 degrees below zero.
A Blue Grass belle of nineteen, who
recently eloped and got married, took
the precaution TO paste the mum Der
twenty'one in her shoe SO that if the
preacher asked awkward questions,
she could truthfully say that she was
cover 21.'
W. S. b. OBJ Robinson, who has
been elected judge of the superior
court in North Carolina, is said to be
the first Roman Catholic to hold a
state Office of any kind in North Caro-
lima. where there are, perhaps fewer
of his fellow churchmen than in any
other state in the union.
Some amusing blunders are made
by customers in ordering books. One
person asked for a copy of the "Ha-
warden Horace" by the funny title of
for The Crockit Minister" by Stick
CIT; asd . third demanded o cspy Of
sheep That Psss In the NigAt".
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-01-15
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder

THE analysis of Dr. Prices by government experts
demonstrated its undesirable superiority eavenng
strength purity and general excellence and gained
Highest Award at the Fair
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-01-15
DEPLoRED HIS orrN WEAKNESS.

Uncle Josiah's Habit of inauguration Too
Deeply Rooted for Eradication.
There lived down in Cambridge, Ind,
well-known old gentleman by the
name afpJ osiah Nixon who in early
boyhoodX had acquired the habit of
gross exaggoration, says the Indianap-
oils Sentinel The habit had grown
upon him SO that he believed that
everything he said was the truth, no
matter how. great the exaggeration.
After he bad renched the ripe old age
of three score and ten some Of the dca-
cons in the church thought his pecul-
iarity was too much like lying to pass
unnosieod. and It was decided. after
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-01-15
KENTUCKIANs ENDORSE
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81 rake thA prediction that it vii
take it's place es the worlds e estest
Discovery a. it ia capable of q ing
more good for humanity than any
other Jas. G, Clarke, Esq, More.
head, Ky
"My Ni'e says she has re"eivpd
gree barefit from the use of the Etc.
'ropose bought of you some week
since, and feel sure that it will cure
her Of long standing Case st rheu
matism Money could not hnv it
from her."-C. w. Wright, Lo .ioville
Ky.
CAL the money in Kentu XIV could
not buv my Electropoise. 1t cured
my wife Of. tumor after tn, hos,
physicians had,pronounced her incu
re liz
ton, & +,
Mr. j, VI. Myers, of Myers & 85;.a,
236 West Main street, Louisvi le, says
he ha, no reason to change the opin
ion expressed about Eectropoiss
three YEARS ago. 1t cured him o.
rheum a'ism.
"One nights use CT the Electro.
poisA gave me relief from brain cou
gestion AID vertigo. have been y
we'll man ever since. Re-. Geo n.
Means, Covington, KY.
Gw E'tctropoise put out on trial
for four months for $40. Send for
particulars,
DUBOIS & WEBB,
500 Fourh Avenue, Louisville, KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-01-15
q Dizzy TrnHo.

One Of the dirtiest trades is that of
The weaver of rush chair bottoms. a
well-made rush bottom viii last q long
time, and the demand is not great for
such chairs, though their use is reviv-
ing. The rushes come to the weaver
still soiled with some of their native
ooze, dry and dirty. The preparation
for the work requires the wetting and
twisting Of the rushes, and in this
process muddy streams are wrung out.
which tricSle over the hands of the
worker and make dirty puddles on the
loor 1t is just possible that malaria
germs Elrk in the PUSHES
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-01-15
a Great Bats.o

Is continually going.o in the human
sy.tem. The demon Of impure blood
strives to gain victory over the con-
stitutioil, to ruin health. TO Drag vic
Tins to the grave. Hool'e Sarsaparilla
is The weapon with which to defend
ones self, drive the desperate enemy
from the field, and restore bodily
health for many years. isF{s
HOODS PILLS cure nausea. sickness,
Indigestion and bilivusness. 25c.
Subscribe for tho Ksntue khan.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

EDWIN P. GREEN, aged 65, ex-presi-
dent of the Ohio Bar association and
former judge, died in Akron.
Mrs. EMILY ROBBINS TALcoTT, of
West Hartford, the oldest resident in
Connecticut, celebrated her 104th birth.
day. She was years old when Presi-
dent Washington died.
ADRIAN VAN FLEET, vice chancellor
of New Jersey, died from heart disease
at his home in Newark.
Miss CELESTE STAUFFER, who was
engaged to Samuel j. Tilden at the
time of his death, was married in New
Orleans to George S. Eastwick.
Col. MICHAEL FRANK, the father OF
the free school system of Wisconsin,
died at Kenosha at the age of 90 years.
''SInI" Coy, for many years a pictur-
esque figure in Indiana politics, died
at his home in Indianapolis, aged "a
years.
The national executive committee of
the populist party met in st. Louis to
lay plans for 1896.
EX-SENATOR J AMEs G.. FAIR, the DO.
nanza millionaire, died at the Lick
house in San Francisco of asthma,
aged 60 years.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
FOREIGN.

WHILE drunk, George T. Ashford, of
Vancouver, B. c., killed his wife and
one child and fatally wounded an
other.
A RoYALIsr conspiracy was discov-
cred by the Hawaiian authorities and
five of those implicated were placed
under arrest.
ACTING under American advice, China
decided to send new mission to
Japan to sue for terms of peace direct.
BRAZILIAN troops burned house at
San Gabriel used as a hospital and 1870
rebels persisted.
The Mohammedan inhabitants of
Turfan, Kashgar, were in open rebel
lion, desiring to shake off the yoke of
China and found an Independent gov
eminent under Russian suzerainty.
The British steamer Abydos was lost
off Port Erin i'll a gale and twenty-five
persons were drowned.
AUSTRIA, it was said, proposed to
join Germany in retaliating on the
United States if the sugar duties were
not modified. -
A BAND of marauding Yaqui Indians
in the western part of Guaymas, Next
co, visited the ranch of Julio Cardenas
and massacred the latter and his en-
tire family, consisting of wife and two
children.
FRANCIS IT,, ex-king of Naples, died
at Arco, in the Austrian Tyrol, at the
age Of SO.
ANOTHER rebellion was threatened
in Brazil. The army, which is devoted
to Peixoto, refused to obey President
Moraes' orders, and 200 officers were
imprisoned.
DR.. JOSE ELLAURI, twice president of
Uruguay, died at Montevideo.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
IN GREAT NEED.
Further Reports of the Destitution in
Southwestern Nebraska.

E5ouGA"CSOCIA 1NCOA"SAG'
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 31.-Mr. Robert
B. Peattie, the staff correspondent of
the orld-Herald, one of the most re-
liable and accurate writer's in the west,
has just returned from two weeks
tour into southwestern Nebraska
in order to investigate the
reports in circulation of the destitu-
ton in that portion of the state. The
results of his search through the coun
ties of Buffalo, Dawson, Lincoln,
Keith, Perkins, Hitchcock, Chase,
Hayes, Dundy and Frontier may be
thus summarized:
In these counties, particularly in
Keith, Perkins, Chase, Hayes and
Dundy the restitution is extreme. AL
most twothirds of the people in these
counties are dependent upon char
ity for support. There is lit
tie or no fuel in the coun-
try, COW chips are in many places
the only fuel The remarkably mild
weather is all that has prevented loss
of life by exposure. There is no money
in the county treasury to help the des-
the state almost no taxes have been
collected since June l. The shiftless
have left the country and only the
farm owners remain. There is almost
no water there. No crops were raised
at all last year except in the occasion
al irrigation ditch districts, and ditch
irrigation is not possible in some of
these counties, because there are no
streams. Most of the destitute live
in sod houses. There have
been only three crops raised in nine
years. Heartrending cases of destitu-
ton and suffering are heard of in
every township. The present cold
wave will certainly cause death to
large numbers of settlers if it con-
tinues and no aid comes. Fuel, pro-
visions and clothing are needed. and
the railroads will generally ship them
free if sent to the county commission
ers at the county seats of these coun-
ties,
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02

THE annual report Of superinten-
dents of Indian schools show that
great good is accomplished by educat-
ing government wards.
FLAMES swept away a business block
in Buffalo, N. Y, the loss being $780,
600
OUTLAWS, supposed to belong to the
Dalton gang, burned the courthouse
at Saltwater, o. t., with all it's
records.
Doss HATS murdered his fancee,
Lizzie Smith, at Hunter Hill, Ala, and
then killed himself.
OFFICERS searching for stolen body
in Indianapolis found twenty bodies of
various ages III an empty house.
PETER MURDOCH, a New Orleans
motorman, shot his wife and then
blew out his own brains with re-
vOlver.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
Didn't Know the Value.

George Bentcliff came from Winni-
peg to ST. Paul and secured lodgings on
Robert street. He had in the pocket
of his overcoat about $1,000 in securi-
ties. He cultivated his neighbors' ac-
quaintance and fell in with Mike Ry-
der, a hackman, and his wife Jennie.
Bentcliff called on tho pair, and find
ing his overcoat superfuous, took it off
and laid it on the bed in his own room.
He was in Ryder's apartments and re-
manned there after Mike went out.
When he wsnt back to his own room
Bentclif found that the overcoat was
gone and the $1,S00 with its Then he
made row about it. The police ar
rested Mike Ryder and Jennie, and
Lieut., Murphy went out to recover the
overcoat. He found it in saloon on
Seventh street, where it had been left,
and in the pocket was found the pocket
book with the 81, 800 intact. The thieves
had evidently overlooked the value of
the plumber. The Ryders were locked
up and the charge of larceny preferred
against each of them.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
CONVICTED AND SENTENCED
The Lexow Committee Secures Great
and Substantial Victory.

The Lexow Committee Secures Great
and Substantial Victory.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-The Lexow
committee, scorned, laughed at and
considered huge joke when it first
began it's work, has secured it's first
great victory in the criminal courts.
Ex-Police Capt. John L. Stephenson has
been sentenced to three years and nine
months in the penitentiary at Sing
Sing and to pay a fine of $1,000.
The laughter that first greeted the
Lexow committee ceased long ago, but
Wednesday marked an epoch in the
history of it's labors, nevertheless. 1t
was the contamination of it's first
great case, and now no one can
doubt that an almost endless num-
Der of convictions, with their ac-
companying sentences, will follow.
The jury found Capt. Stephenson
guilty after trial ending December
IL. The crime charged against him
was accepting brides from street mer,
chants and peddlers, although the
only case conclusively proved was
that he had accepted four bas-
kets of peaches from fruit
merchant named Martin U.sEdwards.
1t was of this that he was convicted,
but there were so many other matters
thai looked suspicious that the con-
viction was generally regarded as one
for general "boodling'' and .bribe-tak
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
LATER.

KEENE. the tragedian, had to cancel
his engagements at Sacramento, Cal,
the goth on account of the loss of his
voice.
A GANG of four toughs started out
the night of the goth to raid saloons in
Chicago. In Melen's saloon Nels Brock
was shot through the body. In Nc
Grails saloon the proprietor shot one of
the robbers and the balance made their
escape.
VAN ALIENS nail mill at Northum ber-
land Pa, burned the goth. Four thou
sand kegs of nails were destroyed. Loss
800, 600.
The gold reserve the goth in the U. S.
treasury was S6,319, 529.
A QUANTITY of dynamite placed
against smokestack to dry exploded
the 10Th and wrecked the engine room
of the Brazil coal company, of Brazil,
Ind. Several adjacent buildings were
also wrecked.
WHILE walking on the railway bridge
at Cedar Rapids, To-, the goth, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Laughlin were run down
by Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North
ern train and killed.
Mr.. BYRNEs, superintendent of the
New York police force, resigned the
goth because of the corruption that
prevails in that body. He has been on
the force for 80 years.
CHARLES Ross was arrested in St.
Louis the Goth by Chicago detectives.
He IS said to be an EN- bezzler Of $50, 900
and is wanted IN England.
AS the result OF a clerical error in an
election ballot, Iowa will for the first
time in its history have a female justice
of the peace, Mrs. L. e. Castle, of Cal
lender, being sworn in the goth. The
intention was to nominate her husband
but by mistake his wife's initials were
used and she was elected.
NINETY employees of the census bu-
reau were the goth given notice that
they will be dismissed on the 31st, ow-
ing to the completion of the work on
which they have been engaged.
AN explosion of natural gas occurred
the 3Oth in the regulator of the North
western Gas company at Fremont, O.,
the 3Oth. C. l.. Stevens, Charles Cradle
and u. B. Loveland were seriously in
jured.
ALL the prisoners who were confined
in the Jail of Person county, N. c., ,es-
capped the 3oth.
FIRE destroyed the Delavan House in
Albany, N. Y, the night of the 3Oth.
CHARLES WHITE and his six-year-old
SON were cremated by the burning of
his dwelling at Newago, Mich, the
night of the 29th.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
ARE STILL FREE.
Labor Leaders Did Not Spend
Christmas in Jail
Judge Woods Grants Stay of Proceedings
in the Debs Case-But This May
Mean Longer Term for
the Defendants.

CHICAGO, Dec. 90. - When Judge
Woods took his seat on the bench
Monday morning Mr.. Gregory, repre-
senting the defendants, said that his
clients desired to test the constitu-
tionality of the Sherman act; they
knew that this could not be done so
long as the sentence imposed in the
Santa Fee case was concurrent with
the sentence in the government case.
He asked the court to so modify the
sentence that it become cumulative,
giving precedence to the government
sentence, and to stay execution until
the defendants could take the issue
before the supreme court.
The Government Agrees.
The counsel for the government
asked few questions of the opposing
counsel touching the issue and, after a
brief consultation, Mr.. Walker said
that it was evidently the desire of the
defendants to test an issue which had
never been passed upon by the su-
preme Judiciary, and he and his asso-
ciates could not see any reason to OBJ
ject to the granting of the reasonable
request of the counsel of the defend
ants.
The defense was willing to take the
chances of having the accused spend
ing twice the original sentence in Jail
for the sake of having both cases de-
cided by the court of last resort. On
that point the court issued an order
in compliance with the request.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
News IN BrIef.

Scholars lii school four miles north
east of Hills overpowered the teacher
and pitched him out the window.
The planning mill of Geo. Lauten-
schlager at Duluth was damaged to the
extent of SIS, 900 by fire.
Chris Berg, the burglar who was ar
rested at Hills, was given half an hour
to leave town and he did so.
William Lawrence, of Mayhem, while
returning home from ST. Cloud, was
thrown from the wagon and killed.
Martin Kujawa, IL years old, was
killed in the Omaha railway yards in
st. Paul. He attempted to board
passing freight missed his footing and
fell on the rails. At least 10 cars
passed over his chest.
The state canvassing board has fin
ished it's labors. Nelson's plurality
over Owen is 60,053.
Adolph Meyer started on foot to &c
to his home on the Island in Rush Lake
about five miles from Rush City. On
arriving at the lake, he would natural-
" cross on the ice to his home, and he
undoubtedly set out to do this. Direct
ly in his path is quite long and n; :.
row open place in the ice which he
could not have been aware of, and into
which he must have fallen and persisted.
He leaves wife and two children.
The secretary of the interior has sp-
proved lists of land selected as indem.
nifty by the Northern Pacific railroad,
embracing about 100000 acres in Min
nesota and grant of 100000 acres in
Montana to the same COMPANY.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
viii Accommodate Gov. Hogg.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Henry M. Flag
Ter, of the Standard Oil company, who
is wanted by Gov. Hogg, of Texas, for
alleged conspiracy in advance lg the
price of oil in that state in violation Of
the antitrust law there, is in New
York, and is not perturbed over the
outlook. Mr.. Flagler declares he will
be in position to be captured by the
Texas authorities January 90, when he
expects to return to Florida and re-
main for the winter.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Gift to the Governor.

An interesting ceremony took place
| i'll the executive rooms at the state capt.
| toll when the state officials presented
Gov. Nelson with handsome silver
fruit bowl. The members of the Official
family, including several officials from
out of town, all of whom participated
in the gifts, gathered in the large outer
Office, and Gov. Nelson was called from.
his private room. Supt. Pendergast
acted as spokesman for the donors and
made a graceful little speech. in which
he expressed the admiration of the state
officials for the patriotic and statesman
like manner in which the governor had
conducted the affairs of the state, re-
viewed the various forms in which the
public appreciation had been manifest
ed and, finally, thanking the governor
in the name of those whom he repre-
sented for their uniform kindness and
courtesy. presented him with the bowl.
Gov Nelson expressed himself as
deeply pleased with such a testimonial
of the regard of his associates and as
sistants, and said that he believed no
state had ever boosted more honest
and efficient service. He said he con-
sidered that they where all there, he
among the rest, to do the work of the
state as ably and conscientiously as
was in their power, and that he was
deeply grateful for the harmony and
good feeling that existed among them.
Both Gov. Nelson's and Mr.. Fender
gast,s speeches elected round of ap-
plause. The fruit bowl is an elaborate
ly designed article of hammered sill
yer, lined with gold. Its surface is
deeply wrought with continuous pat
tern of fruit and flowers. On each side
is a small shield-shaped piece. bearing
the engraving, christmas, 1892 on
one and Hon. Knute Nelson on the
other.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
Pounded by Tougfs.

A gang of toughs attempted to tear
down high board fence belonging to
Mat Newman, proprietor of the Com
mercial hotel, at Royalton. Mr.. New
man, hearing the racket, went out on
the sidewalk in his night clothes to as
certain what the trouble was. He was
at once seized by two men and beaten
in shameful manner. His wife, who
is an elderly lady, also came out in her
night clothes to investigate, and was
likewise seized and maltreated. Both
the old people were brutally handled
and were kept out in the cold nearly
an hour Mr.. Newman was taken sew
eral blocks away by his tormentors
and locked in shed, from which he
managed to escape and make his way
home, more dead than alive. Mrs.
Newmans face is black and blue and
her body and limbs bear marks of the
blows and kicks she received. She is
under the doctors care. The outrage
is denounced by all good citizens.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
Santa Claus on Fire.

T. J. Dratager, chief craftsman of the
Northern Pacific railroad, residing at
1905 Burr street. st. Paul, was severely
burned while posing as Santa Claus.
His costume was constructed principal
ly of cotton batting, which was lgnited
bv one of the candles on the Christmas
tree. 1t was at first thought that he
had inhaled the flames, but DIR. Rob-
lizard, who was called in, stated that
this was not the case, and also said
that Dratager will recover shortly.
L. d. Dratager, residing in Mime
apolis, a brother of the burned man,
was also quite severely burned about
the hands while assisting to extinguish
the flames. Nearly every person pres
ent at the entertainment received slight.
burns in the attempt to assist in smoth-
ering the fire.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
Nobody Hurt.

PARIS, Dec. 2e.-M. Barthou, min
lister of public works, and Jean Jaures,
socialist member of the chamber OF
deputies, exchanged shots Tuesday on
the field of honor. Neither was hurt.
The duel was the result of the violent
debate in the chamber Monday in
which Barthou gave the lie to Jaures.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
Lavigne Not Held.

New ORLEANS, Dec. 2S.-Tbe case
against George Lavigne and others
connected with the contest in which
Bowen was killed was dismissed
Thursday morning. the court being
satisfied that death was accidental
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
All ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

GLENcovE, N. Y, Dec. 2s.-An un
known schooner foundered in Long
Island sound off Matinacock point,
near Glencove, Wednesday night. She
sank in 5 fathoms, and it is believed
that the entire crew were lost.
Morris tribune., 1895-01-02
A BOLD THEFT.
Conncil Bluffs Jeweler Loses Goods
Worth $1,000.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Dec. &c. "A
very bold robbery occurred in
city Tuesday evening. During the
absence of the proprietor at supper
burglars entered the jewelry store Of
N. P. Conant, in the heart of the bust
ness district. They broke open a
glass door in the rear of the shop
and one show case was entirely
Quilted Between thirty-ive and forty
gold watches and about fifty silver
watches and 100 gold rings were taken