Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1897-12-31


Peter Coleman. who murdered his
wife at Old Church some months ago
was hanged at Hanover, C. H., Va.
Martin Echstein was burned to death
in his house at Newport and his wife
and nine children painfully injured.
Capt. Horace L. Draper, who com.
manded the Hartford, Admiral Farra-
quits flagship, during the war, is dead.
William Dickinson, of Lockport,
Ind, drank embalmiug huid by mis-
take for whisky and died in great ag-
ony.
There is tendency among New
York savings banks to reduce interest
from 1 per cent to 81 or possibly 3 per
cent.
| Fitzsim mons has consented to fgh
Mccoy and Corbett if they will whip
somebody which will put them in his
class"
Frank Alsey. of Thompsonville,
Tenn, is in Jail charged with attempt
ing TO rape his lO-year-old grand
daughter.
Tuesday 375 applications for patents
were made, breaking the record. l.. +.
Hunt, of Somerset. made one for
thermometer.
a water pipe in the courthouse at
Shelbyville bursted and Hooded the cir
cult court papers, entirely destroying
some of them.
Property worth 1925, 900 was destroy
ed by fire at Detroit, Mich. The Free
Press Printing Company suffered a.
loss of 100000.
a chemical analysis revealed poison
in the stomach of the fourth wife of
Zanoli, the alleged wholesale murder.
err, of New York.
Two brothers died of alcoholism in a
New York hospital within four hours
of each other. One was 81 years old
and the other 60.
Granville Hayes shot and killed
Frank Lakes, a desperate, who was
tcrrorizing the crowd at Glover Bot
tom, Jackson county.
\ powder can containing 30 pounds
exploded at Asheville, y. c., while a
crowd was firing a Christmas salute
and 30 were injured.
Horace G. Burt, Third Vice Presi-
dent of the Chicago x Northwestern,
has been chosen president of the reor-
ganized Union Paciic.
A pot of grease was overturned In
Chicago and the finest billiard hall IN
the world was destroyed, in addition TO
the restaurant. Loss 100000.
1t is proposed TO unite Covington,
Newport and nine adjoining towns into
a city of the first-class. The new city =
is TO be called South Cincinnati.
The cotton with which Robert Ca |
rev, who was acting santa claus at
Md, was enveloped, caught I
fire and he was burned to death.
Ralph Arubersmith, who was sent TO
The Ohio penitentiary for life, stubborn (
Iy refuses TO leave prison, notwith-
standing he has been pardoned.
Philip Poston, deputy sheriff, and
Henry Turner, Negro, shot each 9TH
er 10 death at Kingstree, ). G. The Of
fcer was trying 10 arrest the Negro.
While smoking Jack Cameron, OF
White county, Tenn. stumbled and fell
On his face. The pipe-stem was driven
through his neck and he died in few
hours.
President James X. Pattarson, of
he Kentucky State College, while pre-
pairing 10 retire, fell on his crippled
eg, badly breaking it between che
lnee and ankle.
Ralph Wintersgill, who had been in
he penitentiary at Columbus, o., for
70 years for the murder OF his wife, was
,ardoned by the governor Christmas
lay. The old man is 50.
Under the ruling OF Judge Breathitt
life-term convict can murder with i'm
,unity until his thirst for human life is
atiated, without making himself liable
o trial and punishment.
Miss Maggie Air, whose twin broth
n was convicted for embezzlinG the
POSTAL funds at Newport, and given Is
months, called on the president and
lead with him for pardon.
The celestials are alarmed at the q,
coming eclipse of the sun and think a
ome grave danger is imminent: The :
Emperor has issued a proclamation .
prayer and self-abase- {
nent. q