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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-16

it, and so reported to said Commits
sioners, but upon his removal he
made said charges against said
Robertson.
AS further evidence of DR.. McCor-
mick's intention to embarrass the
administration and those who test
flied against him, he (McCormick)
appeared before the Christian
county grand jury and indicted one
Buckner Leavell, steward of the
said asylum, for the offense of gam
ing. Said LeaVell claims to be
wholly innocent of said charge. and
that said Mccormick made state
ments to said grand jury which
caused him to be indicted, solely for
the purpose of embarrassing said
Leavell and the State administra-
ton.
rIr. Howell Writes a Letter.
"In support of said Leavell's con-
tention, herewith file as part of
this report letter written by the
Commonwealth Attorney of the
Third Judicial District, Mr.. w. r..
Howell, to your excellency, in which
he fully and completely exonerates
said Leavell of the offense for
which he was indicted, expressing
the belief, which he says amc'
to certainty, that sal |,
snoui' p0' ave been irdicted, and
rurther, saying that said Leavel
should not suffer in your honor
estimation or public opinion on &C.
count of said indictment.
81 file herewith all the record ]
have in the case, and submit the
same~"ith this report for such ac-
ton as your excellency may deem
proper.
Respectfully submitted,
II. B. HINES,
State Inspector and Examiner. "
Governor Assumes Responsibility.
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Ex-
ecutive Experimentation a care
tul examination of the report and
papers within, filed by the State
Inspector, together with other in
formation given me in the matter,
there is no doubt in my mind that
these charges were not preferred in
good faith and were solely the out
come of desire upon the part of
certain persons to injure, if posi-
BILE, the State administration, re-
CARELESS of truth and welfare of
this institution, the Hopkinsville
Asylum. There is therefore, no
proof before me concerning these
charges against DR.. Lackey suffl- |
lent to justify me in taking any |
action in the matter, or in any way
worthy of consideration.
The conduct of the institution by
he present superintendent, DR..
Ray, and his assistants, is en-
nently satisfactory and free from
nfavorable criticism.
The report of the State Inspector
} approved.
&c. w. BEcKHAM,
August 10, 1901. Governor.
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Their faces. usually duh and StOlid,
lighted up with curiosity.
Without doubt the word had been
passed around one way or another:
That's the fellow that was to our
Christ mas tree last winter"
Still am intent look from all. A cam
era was unslung.
He's goin' to take our picture" It
might just as well have been shouted
But they went on with. their work with
out an attempt TO pose and that is the
way they were caught by the snapshot
Here clothing for the boys themselves
is made. They make the neat gray
uniforms that is the regulation suit.
Suits of a neat custom pattern are also
measured and made for each boy as he
is discharged
Besides the library there Is on this
floor a long and roomy gymnasium. In
it is fitted I'D first of all a bowling
alley, and the usual complement of
trapeze. chest weights, Indian clubs,
dumbbells and flying rings. The top
floor is finished off for rooming quarters
for the employees and petty officers
Clangi Clang. Clangi
Down into the basement we go to
where the smithy is ringing with blows
of the sledge on the anvil. The black
smith shop is as complete as any in
stitution of this kind could want There
is "a forge with patent blower. a turning
piece or two of machinery operated by
power. The quitting hour was at hand.
however, ana no one was at Work mere
In all there We're about two dozen
boys taking their lessons with the tools
of a trade in their hands. AS opera
lions get going smoothly the number
viii be increased to thirty or more.
In order to operate the new industrial
building more power had to be pro-
vided, and accordingly the engine
house was given an 0verhauling- An
additional new engine, So horsepower.
was put in, and a new 500 light
dynamo
The Industrial building cost $4,000
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HIS GREAT NATURE
Interesting Anecdotes of the
Martyr President.
Had a Constant Dread of Pub
lie Speaking.
THAT sBOBTAIL' HORSE
How an interruption Was Used
to Advantage.
Mckinley Was Great Boy For
Marbles.
THAT BOB TALL HORSE

The death of President Mckinley has
started a flood of incidents illustrative
of the kindly nature of the chief exeeu-
tive who became a victim of a cowardly-
assassin. From them the following are
selected:
Mr.. Mckinley. before his election to
the presidency. used to receive scores
Of requests to make speeches, and
many of these were accompanied Nth
offers of money. One day he received
a letter from Boston stating that the
writer would give him $500 if he would
deliver a speech there
I do not know what it is said the
then governor of Ohio. but there is
a sort of repungance in my mind
against giving my views on public
questions for pay. l may be all wrong
about it, but / know it would take all
the enthusiasm out of me if I knew
that / was going to be paid at the END
Of meeting for the remarks made
during it, / have had money offered
me very often, but I have never taken
it.
Z remember a speech which I made
not long ago in debate at one OF ne
big eastern universities on the tariff
question. I took the protection side, of
course, and a very prominent free
trader had the other side.
shortly after / arrived in the city
the president Of the institution called
he took four 500 bills out of his pocket
and laid them down on the table
What is that for2' said L
That is for your speech tonight
was the reply
But l don't want any money for
the speech, answered I did not
come here to talk for money. and I
cannot take it.
We would rather have you take it
than not said the president We have
paid that much to your opponent, and
/ see no reason why you should not be
paid as well as he
We'll" pursued the governor. 1.-The
presidents continued TO insist, and at
last I told him that if he was deter
mined upon it he could pay my ex-
penses. It would cost me $50 to fiji the
engagement. and that was all that I
could accept. I asked them to send the
money to my home, for do you know,
I do not believe / could have done my
best with that money in my pocket.
DREADED PUBLIC SPEAKING
Once. when asked if he enjoyed pub
lie speaking, Mr.. Mckinley frankly re-
piled:
Il dread it. My heart goes down into
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the world, and I am going to seek 1t
with all my heart until I find it
There was nothing affected in the
boys manner. but his quiet. earnest
body in the church. The boy at that
time was a. student at the Poland i'm
stitute, and the stand he took for re-
lgion had a great amount of influence
with the younger people"
A GALLANT DEED
They tell a good story Of McKinley's
heroism on the battlefield near Kerns-
town in the Shenandoah valley. The sup
position was that Early was retreating
south, and on the strength Of that SUD
position Grant ordered the sixth and the
Nineteenth corps to Richmond. leaving in
the valley only Hunters command This
Crook and cavalry number 2 600 rlen-s. 600
in all Mckinley was on Hayes staff as
quartermaster and Hastings as adJutant
The action began on a warm July sun
day and as the union troops began to get
the worst of it, Hayes ordered aIcTSinIe,-
to go forward and bring away a regiment
that was still lighting in an orchard. If u
orchard it was necessary to pass through
Gen. Hastings says. I'VE none OF us
expected to see Mckinley again. Hayes
sent him OF with tears in his eyes ana
skinned over the fields and took bitches
often hidden in clouds Of smoke. How
he got there is hard to tell. but get
to Col Brown and Brown asked permis-
sion TO give the enemy just one more
volley-
Kin1ey. and a little later returned 70 head
quarters.
Il heard Hayes say to him: i never
expected to see you alive again. and We
all gave him royal reception.
The union troops continued their re-
treat through Winchester. where most
people .sympathized with the rebel cause.
Mckinley saw one old Quaker woman
whose heart was evidently with the north.
and fearing to compromise her with her
neighbors by too open demonstration he
said to her in low voice:
Don't worry. madam, we are not hurt
as much it seems, and we shall return
in 3 few DAYS
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NEW INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.

building on his hands the greater part
of the summer. Now that it is com
pleted and running. he has the salts
faction that comes when an enterprise
Is Wen started.
The industrial building is a structure
that is as pleasing to the eye as it is a
satisfaction TO the sense of utility. It
is built of brick masonry with stone
copings 1t nestles among trees on the
bank of Soldier creek a hundred yards
back OF the mann building. just beyond
the chapel
As approach is made around the
chapel. and in front of the greenhouses
over the northeast corner giving a
false impression That the building is
surmounted by a tower.
One of the new greenhouses takes at
tention for moment in passing. for it
IS novelty in flower cOnserVa tory con-
Ftruction. the framework being entirely
of wrought iron.
The new industrial building is juss
twice as long as it is wide The dimen-
sions are 50xl00 feet. II is practically
a four-story building The basement is
dry and partly used for workshops. the
rest being am immense dry cellar.
play room and storage room.
Then there are two fun stories The
top story is finished of with dormers
The root is high and of steep pitch Civ
ing nearly the complete use of the ton
floor Tor practical purposes
The Boys Industrial SchOOlf is the
new name. given TO the Institution north
OF Shorey by the last legislature when
they revised the nomenclature of all the
state institutions. 1t would have been
very much Of misnomer uD till now
Heretofore all the industrial work that
could be done was in very narrow and
cramped quarters in the main building
Nothing was attempted there aside
from the regular school work with
charts books and maps. as the ma
1ority OF the younger boys are still oc-
cupied, and some brief tailoring ana
shoemaking.
Vow the Industrial work has plenty
of room and ample equipment There
is carpenter shop. tailoring depart-
ment, shoemaking department. harness
shop and blacksmith shop.
These all have their places in the new
building On recent day a State
J ournal reporter Went through the
building on an inspection tour. 1t was
humming with Industry
Buzz Buzz Whirrt
In large room at the south end of
the building. which occupies half of the
first floor. is the carpenter and wood
working shop. There are in it large
and a small lathe: band saw and a
scroll saw. circular saw and a rnorti-
ser and planer. The boys were working
TT their own tools. for 1T was their first
day in the shop At the lathes thev
were taking their first lessons in turn
ing down handles for their chisels. for
avis Tor the shoe makers and the like.
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In fact much Of the early work that
T. being done Tor the first few weeks is
for the immediate needs Of the work
men. supplies and repairs about the in
sritutiOn.
Clackl Claclxi ClaclSi
on the same floor with the woodwork
ing department. across the hall, the
shoe makers crouched at their benches.
Under the eve OF the officer skilled
artisan, the boys hammered, stitched
and sewed It was with a CLEAN If
pride that the most proficient produced,
at The superintendents request, the
pair Of heavy boys, shoes he had finish
ed I'd was his first work. A second lad
jumped to show his maiden effort, too
when the word was given. 1t is pur-
posed in this department to supply the
inmates of the institution with their
footgear and the five boys that were
al work under the supervision of their
teacher viii have their hands full for
long time to come.
Immediately back of the shoemakers,
at the end Of the hall is the harness
shop. There three boys We're at work
on the leather. Some samples of their
first work were at hand to show. The
present work at hand is to furnish
new set of heavy harness for the farm
team of the Institution that does the
heavy hauling.
ON the second floor is the tailoring de-
partment the library and gymnasium
Stitchl Stitch Stitch
There boys sat at a long table doing
the handwork Four others were at
sewing machines and the master tailor
bent over the work of all AT the time
of the reporters visit this was by far
the most Interesting department of all.
The boys are not allowed to talk. but
they have a system of signs and nudges.
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NEW SANTAFE BADGE.
Silver Button With New Trade Mark
in Blue Enamel

James B. Duffy. city passenger agent
of the Santa Fe in San Francisco, was
a visitor at the local office yesterday,
says the Kansas City Times. Mr.. Duffy
brought with him the first of the new
Santa F'e trade mark buttOnhOle badges,
consisting of small square silveh plates
bearing in blue enamel the symbol re-
Gently adopted by the road as a trade
mark The plate secured by Mr.. Duffy
in San Francisco is the only one so far
in existence. The badges will probably
become popular and be worn generally
by Santa Fe employees.
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Reform School Industrial De-
partment in Operation.
Boys at Last Enabled to Learn
Useful Trades.
RUNNING INDUSTRY.
Many Useful Things in Process
Of Manufacture.
About $50 the Average Number
in School.
RUNNING INDUSTRY.

Buzz-z-zl whir-r-rl Clang. clangl
Clack. clackl
There is d constant hum and CHATTER
in all parts of the big industrial build
ing at the State Reform school.
The machinery was started about two
weeks ago There are about thirty
boys busy in the several departments
every day They are making supplies
for use at the school. They are learn
ing useful trades
supt ". s Hancock has had the
work of constructing this industrial
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Wabash
For Buffalo

Ifyou are going to the Buffal o
Exposition you must know that
the Wabash Railroad is
The Only Line Running
Through Trains from
Kansas City to Buffalo
and Sleeping Cars to New
York,
and making the fastest time.
And don't forget about New
York and Boston, that the Wa
bash saves you a day.
The Wabash trains pass about
two thirds of the way around
the Exposition grounds, giving
through passengers who do not
wish to stop at Buffalo a grand
view of the Electric Display and
grounds.
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Lester Reif to Wed.

London. Sept 21-Lester Reiff, the
popular little American jockey, accord
ing to a story published here today.
will marry at the end of the season
and retire from the turf There are
many cOnjectures as to whom he viii
marry, as it is said he viii retire to
ranch in California. 1t is safe to say
the bride viii not be one of the many
actresses and noblewomen who have
been paying him SO much attention.
Johnny Reiff has been retained BY the
French turf.
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Stood Death of.

f. b Munday. a lawyer of Henrietta.
Tex. once fooled a grave-digger- He
says: My brother was very low with
malarial fever and Jaundice per-
suaded him to try Electric Bitters and
he was soon much better. but continued
their use until he was wholly cured /
am sure Electric Bitters saved his life."
This remedy expels malaria, kills disease
germs and purifies the blood; aids diges-
ton. regulates liver, kidneys and bowels
cures constipation. dyspepsia nervous
diseases. kidney troubles. female COM
plaints- gives perfect health. Only soc
at drug store OF A ]. Arnold & Son. S21
North Kansas avenue
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net for construction and equipment;
$1,000 was expended for machinery and
tools. Five new officers were added to
the school master tailor, shOemah er,
harnessma1er, carpenter and black
smith. The salary of each of these is
$3.50 per year.
The number of boys at the school
ranges about the $50 mark. There We're
1SS on the day of the reporters visit.
Without doubt the cutest little rascal
was the tiny black from Atchison,
Little Dick a 9-year-old boy, who
clashed the eymbals in the school band
that came around for a serenade.
Tn his annual report, submitted in the
latter part Of July. superintendent
Hancock showed the status Of the in
mates to be as follows:
Boys in school July l. 1900 ............. rs
Received from July I, 1900 to July 1,
49Vl -.------------ 1e3
Total TO be accounted fOr--...-...--..- 353
Discharged during the year -........... 126
81 oteu .--.------.----- -.-.-.s.--.--~ =
lieu
Bows il school July l. 1901 Isl
Boys in school
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Total number of whites .-..-..... Jos
Total number of colOred ..-.-..... 90
Average of white boys for year Y 2-3
Ave. age cOlOred boys for year II 22-2J
Ave. age all boys in school. ..--..- IL 22-3l
No officers and employees in
school July j. 1900. Observation-Disclosures. 80
No. officers and employees for
year July 1. 1901 Observation-Disclosures 80
Ave. No. officers and employees
for year ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - %
Superintendent William S. Hancock has
had charge of this interesting institution
across the Kaw for about two and a half
years In that time the whole prenffsas
have been so thoroughly gone over with
alterations and repairs that it is in reality
different place from the time Of the be-
ginning of his administration. The state
had decreed that the institutions correc-
tive nature shall be minimized, getting
away from the idea of punishment and
tasks to that of duty. and uplift for the
unfortunate children that it is charged to
rear away from crime and criminal infil-
ences And in the present hands it IS be-
ing shaped that way.
If there is not enough demands for the
products of the industrial school within
the reformatory itself it is hoped in time
to make shoes, garments and supplies for
other state institutions With such
family of inmates and officers as there
are in the institution itself. it viii evil
IDENTIFY be some time till this stage Of
over-productiOn is reached
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03

. product Of himsslf, notwithstanding
that II reflects In s~piritualised form the
higher tendencies Of his age, for him to
have been the founder Of a school or TO
have influenced followers directly. Yet,
indirectly. his influence has been weighty.
Alike by his example NC by his pungent
~uteranoes he has been instrumental, more
than others, In giving Q cuittus to niedi-
ocrlty In art; both to the bathos OF the lite
rary picture and to the banality OF merely
initiative painting. Mediocrity still fingers
and must hnger as long as commonplace
minds devote themselves TO painting; but It's
prestige has been 30 successful, impaired
that now we regard a taste for It on the
part Of q collector Of pictures as an infan-
tile disease, like the measles, incidental
TO his early career OF appreciation. though
not necessarily fatal to more matured
co~nnoisseurship.
Whether VIC shall over reach that degree
Of cultivation which will need no further
stimulus TO enjoyment In a picture that
such abstract suggestion to the imagina-
ton as music affords, time alone will show.
Meanwhile, as we are able TO conceive
OF a picture now, II has its genesis In the
concrete, from which even Whistler has
not tried TO emancipate himself entirely.
There Is a beautiful humanity In most
Of his work. the humanity Of human nature
or the human relation OF the landscape
TO ourselves; and. II he Ia able sometimes
to enchant us without any apparent human
significance. 1t is because he is Whistler
q genius. G. II. G.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03
RErOND CIvILIzATION'S PALE.
Conditions In the Hudson hay Country
Described by a visitor.

QUEBEC, Nov. miles Spencer. agent
for the Hudson Bay Company in the almost
unknown districts Of Hudson Bay l. here,
on his first visit To civilization. Though
SO he has never seen a railway train pre-
vious to his present trip. and had never
even dreamed Of such "A means Of convey
ance a. an electric car.
His life has been spent among the Indians
and EsquimauX who occupy the northern
PARTS Of Labrador and the country i'm
meniately east Of Hudson BAY. Contrary
to the general belief arising front he re-
ports Of mi -iunary societies and others,
Mr.. Spencer says that in many RESPECTS
the different tnls- -tlll adhere to their old
customs and traditions.
The E1quimauN Ia particular. are, accord
ing Ia Sir spencer, a very difficult people u
ciyiin. 1hrr- has never l-ru such a
ding ~ a marriage ceremony among them.
and the nearest they have got 60 one to-day
m the districts controlled for the COM
pauy by Mr Spencer b. that the young
man generally tries to 20 10 some post e.
buy a blanket aud Iiat i- all tar ceremony
there b. about o. They are not ~ numerous
~ formerly aud u b. thought that tAi- fall
ing IN Is principally ava. 60 thr tact that frr
tho past generation they have Is.n taught
o. lur Iugi-h iud American iuud- POM
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aud uHry r.ou,d ro derive muir i-'n-tt
from BE- rap tlau 300 ltr D'lttt tat"
Money ha- uHf sect DIuIs Il's .lrn among
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building plant in the country is now on
the Delaware river, as is also the pros
pective great Navy Yard Of the Nation,
and there is room for more shipyards
on the same river 1t Is evident that
water way, admitting OF the passage of
war ships from the Delaware to the
Chesapeake, or to enlarge the idea,
from New York harbor to the South
Atlantic coast Of the country, would be
|of the greatest possible value in mill
tary defense. While this appeals to
every good American patriotism, we
think the commercial interests of this
| city and State would be promoted to a
very large degree by such an enterprise.
The more commerce on the Delaware
river the more chance there is for busi-
ness for this city-the more ships there
| is going up and down the river, the
greater .he attraction to draw business
frcm along our little river front to the
deep water front Of the Delaware. To
the Delaware is the direction of this
city's future commercial growth, and
whatever promotes that promotes every
citizens interest.
Boost the canal project.