Semi-weekly interior journal., 1899-04-25


fatally wounded younger brother.
The r. o. department Is sending 4,
800, 600 stamps to the Philippines, with
the word "Filipinos" printed acros:
them.
Claims aegregating sll7.oOo, proper.
tv OF the defunct Exchange Bank a,
Flemin: :ysburg, were sold for s95 at
auction.
The grand jury at Oweusboro re-
turned indictments against 10 fire in
surance companies for couspiring to
raise rates.
The city hall at Lexington will be
sold by the sheriff May 8. to satisfy a
Judgment OF 900. in favor Off. B. Todd
against the city.
The steamer Gen. Whitney sunk of
the coast Of Florida. Twelve men were
drowned aud boat containing IL
others is missing
Judge Evans sent J. Allen Ross, a
Louisville Negro lawyer, to the peni'
teutiary for Ave months for collecting
an illegal pension fee.
1t is reported that Rostand, the auth
or of .Cyrano de Bergerac,' has been
taken to an asylum, having developed
symptoms OF insanity.
St. Louis has raised sl,2ii,6iO oil the
s., 900, 900 proposed to clinch the prop
osit,on of holding worlds fair there
and the rest is said to be in sight.
BENJAMIN winslow Dudley, aged 90
and a prominent citizen and turfman.
committed suicide at Lexington. He
had been suffering from insomnia.
All Taylor, a brother of Gov. Bob,
has mounted the lecture platform and
appeared at Elkton last week. where
they said he was the best OF the two.
The contract has been let for rail-
road from Prince on the c. x o.
through Fayette to Raleigh county,
w. Va. 1t will open up a rich coal
field.
An American firm contracted 10 de-
liver a bridge for the Atbara In Egypt
for e6. 800 in ~ DAYS, while the English
bid was for $40, 100 and the time six
months.
joseph F. Foard, OF darlington, has
taken the bankrupt law. His liabil-
tiles are s49.i53.45. Assets principal
lv of slO. 900 stock in the Masou-Foard d
company.
Judge Henry Ward. of Cynthiana,
who is 81, appeared before the court
of appeals and plead that case OF his
be advanced so that he might live to
see it settled.
James Donohue, a wealthy bachelor.
of Louisville, tied his legs together ana
Jumped into his cistern. Ill health had
made him long for death, which soon
came to his relief.
Eight companies o: troops at Atlanta
were ordered out Sunday night TO pro-
tect the murderer OF Miss Pearl White,
who had been taken there from VOL
sey for safe keeping.
Robert Wyatt, of Palmyra, lnd.'aged
30, is at the point OF death as the result
of excessive cigarette smoking. During
the last year he has pulled at them
almost incessantly.
The court of appeals decides that the
operating OF pool room is not the pro-
duct of single impulse and that their
owners can be fined as many times as
the grand jury indicts them.
The whole South is profoundly STIR
red over the lynchings and Negro out
RACES on women aud prominent Geor-
gia men and women suggest measures
to protect women in rural districts.
Al dance near Versailles Lena
Munday drew a razor and rushed at
John Francis. He warned her To de-
sist but she needed him not and he
shot her in the head, killing her in
stantly.
The operations of the couuterfeiters
lust captured by secret service orhciais
extend over a wide territory. AT Gin
cinnati half million cigars were con-
fiscated in boxes bearing counterfeit
revenue stamps.
An effort will be made TO divorce the
city of Lexington from Fayette Coun-
tv. Under the present arrangement
the city pays more than hall OF the
county's revenue, getting practically
nothing in return
Robert Allison. for % years at the
head of the Franklin Type Foundry, OF
{ Cincinnati, aud known to every printer
in Kentucky, has retired. His foun-
dry went in the trust and it wanted a
Younger man TO run 1t.
While a dentist was drilling out
tooth for T.. L. Price, OF Morgantown,
he coughed aud knocked the instru-
ment down his throat. He-is In Louis
willie to be operated on, but there Is
hardly chance Of his surviving.
Sam'I. Newhouse, OF Salt Lake City.
paid the Mutual Life Insurance Co,
s2s3, ,s2s for paid up policy and annui-
tv. He is TO get 200 a year during