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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-22
FRANK WHITE
Meets Death Suddenly and Mys-
teriOusIy.
Was Returning From a Pin-Nic
With His Brother
John.

Frank White, aged twenty eight
years, son of Buckner White, of
Christian county, was shot and
killed near Lafayette Saturday
night. The killing is surrounded
in mystery. John White, aged
thirty-twO years, the dead mans
brother, claimed that he was shot
from ambush. They were in a
buggy together,
Esq. Dixon held an inquest and
the verdict was that White was
killed by some unknown person.
The brothers had been to a pic
mic at Big Rock, Tenn, and at 9
O'Clock came back to their father ;,
finding the family asleep they con-
tinued towards Frank Whites, a
mile or two beyond. When near
Lafayette the killing occurred,
about $50 O'clock. John White
rode the horse they had been driv-
ing into Lafayette and summoned
Drs. J. J. Ezell and J. F, Stone,
Frank White was dead when they
got back to the scene.
John claimed that he was asleep
in the buggy and was aroused by a
shot and found his brother wound
ed, saying he had been shot from
the roadside. He placed his body
on the ground and left at once for
help.
Frank was shot in the left side
and the ball ranging upward had
passed through his heart. His
coat was burned by powder.
Later John said the killing might
have been done by accident. Botf
of the brothers had pistols. One
had one chamber and the other had
four empty. The accidental theory
is the most generally accepted, as
it is said both Of them were more or
less under the influence of liquor.
Frank White was a prosperous
young farmer who owned a good
farm. He leaves a wife and one
child. His wife was Miss David
son,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-22
ALLEGED HOG THIEF
Arrested Near Casky And Taken
to Todd County.

John Kennedy, COL, wanted in
Todd county on a charge of hog
stealing, was arrested near Casky
Friday morning by Sheriff Davis
and deputy Startling.
Kennedy was indicted at Elkton
more than year ago, and is ac-
cused of stealing a hog from a
farmer near Fairview.
He had been living near Casky
for some time and it was reported
that he had said he would never be
taken alive. The officers went out
to his home early Friday morning
and the arrest was made without
any trouble, however. The negro
was hand.cuffed and Sheriff Davis
took him to Elkton the same day
and delivered him to the jailer of
Todd.
Circuit Court is now in session at
Elkton and Kennedy will be tried
at this term.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-22
MUM AND COOK
Lead in Instructed Votes in
Eighteen Counties.
McCracken, as Usual, Has Con-
test and Two Delega-
tiOns.

Transformations were held Sat.
urday in the Is counties of the First
Appellate district to send delegates
to the Paducah convention 10 day,
to nominate a Democratic candidate
for Judge Of the Court of Appeals,
to succeed Judge J. D. White.
Judge i. J Num-, Of Hopkins, leads
in instructed votes, having carried
Caldwell 7, Crittenden s, Livings-
ton 8, Hopkins II, Union 10 and
Webster u, second over Judge
Dorsey, who is not a candidate.
Total, 6S.
Judge J. E. Robbins, of Graves,
has Fulton, 7, Graves "A, Marshall
s. Total 80.
Judge 7. P. Cook, of Galloway,
has Galloway II, Christian 10,
Lyon 5, Trigg s. Total, 43. He
has second lover Num- in Living
ston.
Judge J. D. White, of Carlisle,
has Ballard 7, Carlisle 7, Hickman
9. Total, d.
McCracken counuy held two con-
ventions, one instructing for Rob-
bins and the other for White. Rob-
bins has the delegation endorsed
by the county chairman, whose rul-
ings caused the White supporters
to hold separate convention. The
committee on credentials will
have to inquire into the merits OF
the contest.
Henderson instructed for Dorsey
and sends practically an unin
structed delegation, as Dorsey i:
not candidate. Some of these q
votes will go to Cook, but Num- i:
expected to get the bulk of them.
The convention bids fair to be a
holly contested struggle tor a nom
nation worth $4,000. The term is
for eight years at salary at S.
600 a year, with a secretary at a
good salary.
The convention will be called to
order today by Mott Ayers, Exec
utiye Committeeman for the First
District.
1t will have 2l1 delegates and 100
Will be necessary to nominate,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-22
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
rlrs. Wood Thrown From Buggy
and Skull Fractured.

Mrs. Bette Wood, wife of Mr..
George Wood, of Sinking Fork, was
perhaps fatally injured Saturday
night.
Mrs. Wood and her daughter and
little son were enroute to the Brick
church in a buggy, when the horse
became frightened and the vehicle
was overturned. All the occupants
were thrown to the ground. Mrs.
Woods head struck a rock
and her skull was fractured behind
the left ear.
Drs. Jackson and Sargent, of this
city, and J. ]. Backus, of Gracey,
were summoned and on examina-
tion found that Mrs. Wood was suf-
fering from conclusion of the brain
in addition to a fractured skull.
Blood has been flowing from her
mouth, nose and ears-since the ac-
cident and it is thought she will
die of her injuries.
Miss Wood was badly bruised,
but was not seriously hurt, and her
little brother escaped with a few
bruises.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-22
FINNFOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
Hon. John K. Hendricks Opens His
Campaign for Governor
September /.

Louisville, KY. July l4.-Hon.
Gerald T. Finn, Speaker of the last
House of Representatives, who was
in the city to-day, en- route to Mel
son county to attend house party
given by the Hon. Eli Brown,
stated that he would be candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
Attorney General next year.
The Hon. John X. Hendricks,
who was also here to-day, said
that he would open his campaign
for Governor on September ], either
at Bowling Green of May6eld.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-22
FIRE AT BEVERLY.
rIajor s. Sons Store and its Con-
tents Destroyed.

The general merchandise store
of G.. H. Major & Son, at Beverly,
was destroyed by fire about 5
O'Clock Yesterday morning Mr..
Major had just opened the house
for the purpose of selling some ar
ticle and as he and his customer
went out on the front porch the rear
of the building was discovered in
flames.
In very few minutes the house
and its contents were reduced to
ashes. The house belonged TO
Robt. Adams and was worth about
$500. Major & Sons loss is about
$1,000, They had 1000 insurance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-22
TO GO 1T ALONE.
Mr.. II. c. MCGehee Will Open
Store at 0racey.

MIR. H c. McGehee, of the firm Of
McGehee Bros, s. Co., who lost
their stock of goods by FIRE at Ora
cey about a month ago, has decided
TO build a store house on a portion
of his residence lot and open up
business for himself.
Mr.. McGehee will have plans Of
the building submitted at once and
the contract will probably be let
this week.
McGehee Bros, have not yet de-
cided the matter of building, They
own three lots in Gracey.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-22
LOCAL WHEAT MARKET.
No. Worth IS Cents-DecIine
Last Week.

Wheat was rs cents on the local
market yesterday All of the grain
has been threshed. A few farmers
are holding in anticipation of an
early,advance. For several days
No. ? swheat sold here at 70 cents,
bat there was a decline of three
cents last week.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-07-22
Died in Texas.

Died, July 18th, at her residence
300 Florence street, ct Worth,
Texas, Mrs. NJ. p. Bishop, widow
of the late #, L. Bishop, of Pa
ducah, KY, and daughter Of the
late Or. p w. Dryden, Of Hopkins-
Vile, Ky.
(Clarksyille papers please copy.y
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-16
DETHRoNING A CORN KING

George IT. Phillips. who twice has been forced to lay down tho corn crown, mas had more intimate relations Wlth 'H'
 farmer than any eNcCuator who mas I}ayed a large part in the market arena
 In the fall of 1900 his operations ln cash grain was so large as to recall the days of Letter He worked a corner on corn aud. sustained by hundreds of wealthy farmcrs who did as & he advised and who were powerful enough to control 9 good deal of grain h. hId the shorts panir: stricken Phillips was less showN and spectacular than any man who had been a great plunEer. He was content to piod along and work cut his schemes. and when he put through his corner success fully and gathered hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for himself and party, he was hailed as one Of the most re markahle of young men. He came to New York in May. 1901. and was wei comed at the Produce Exchange as the
 On August 2 came the surprising news that the ''corn king had failed. Then if developed that his books Were all in a tarele and only expert eNAmnauHn would show whether he owed several nun dred thousand dollars or had thai much sin to his credit. The accountants tound that Phillips had $l34ooo he could cal his own. and with this he resumed 6usl- ness. He had lost none or hls ano'' on ar courage. and soon was cornerlns c''"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-16
Four Images of the Moon.

Chicago Record-Herald.
 Some night when the moon Is at its full and the air is \free from haze go out doors with a hand mirror and hold it so that the moons image will fall on it.. Make the experiment, preferably, when the moon Is well up in the heavens. In stead of seeing one image, IS you will expect, you will see four. One of these images will he very bright. but the other three will he dull, like unburnished sil- yer. They will he in q straight line one of the dull images on one side of the bright image and two on the other side of it. Turn the mirror slowly around and the images will appear to revolve around d common centre. The explanation of this queer little phenomenon may he found in the fact that there are two surfaces in mirror. one in front and the other in the back. where the quick silver is The brightest of the images
 Is from the moon itself: the others are what are known as secondary images, re- fected from the front to the back of the mirror. and thence to the eyes. A sim
 liar experiment may be made with the planets Venus. Jupiter and Mars. or with any of the first magnitude stars. such as Sirius, Capella. Arcturus. Vega and An tares. The planets and the stars, how eyer. make only three images. the num- bpr of images depending on the breadth of the object. A perfectly clear night is essential
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-16

and oats. It appeared he was about to shake up the shorts once more, when q sudden drop in prices found him unable to meet margin calls, and on January 1i of this year he failed for the second time. The lesson Phillips taught the far mer and one by which he has profited most. is the power of the producer.
 Still Fighting for | ortune.
 These four young men have not been content to nurse their wounds and live in the memory of the disasters they have met. Letter, bold and intrepid as ever, has been in dozens of big operations and Is said to have retrieved in part his losses. Price, who got married two days after his failure. is on his feet again and gives promise of shaking up the dry bones in the cotton market Stilwell is the head of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad, and has obtained from President Diaz the most valuable concessions ever granted to any corpora tion. Phillips is organizing a new com pany and will try once more.
 These men have distributed great wealth and have been great educators, Failures they may be. but the world ben etits by failures of their kind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-16
From Chicago Record Herald. SUCCESSES OF THE FAILURES.

Writ in letters big. high on the roll of failures are the names of Letter, Phil lips, Price and Sulwell. They are known as men of daring-men who hurled mil lions against millions, captains Wh9 planned great campaigns but who had their Moscows and Waterloos, as did that other great captain. Their fame was ffeeting, and they are but memories, yet they builded better than they knew. and ii ere was success in their failure-suc- cess wider more diffusive and more en- d,,ring than they or their fellows realize There was no thought of philanthropy in u cir schemes, yet their benehccnce has been scattered over broader held ana through mere channels than Carnegie' s; they are not recognized as great educa- tcrs, yet they have taught more men tran have a hundred universities.
 Letter sought crown Of golden gram Phillips the scepter in the domain of mage, Price the kingship of the world of cotton and Stilwell the imperial rlsnts of ruler of the rails. To each and all disaster came at the steps 10 the thtoi,e, .o Few are so poor as to do reverence to them; those who benefited most honor tue benefactors least.
 Ask inc farmer who lifted the mortgage that ate his yearly harvest aho ne WI, tan his broad chest or show his callouseo hands ask him what boomed the prlcS of corn ard cotton, wheat and oats, ana he will tell you the demand Is greater the nation is richer and Europe IS pecoti- tn
 
 supplies: ask him who lowered the trans, portation rates from the farm and ne wlli tell you of railroad commissions ana p0'- litical agitations and of farmers dIli- ancee In each and every instance he IS right. but right only in part. for he never has known, and never will know, nov the men who failed worked for ms upllIuns.
 Populism and free silver were but the eroans of the aching, suffering follower of the blow. The medicine of money was was inc surest cure for these ills. Letter, Phillips. Price and Stilwell were pnysl- clans to the patient Theirs was a form of "absent treatment peculiarly htuhg to the time and the conditions.
 No one can tell how much of the wealth that has come to the producer IS due to these four spectacular hgures; no one can measure what will be the gam in the future through the more judiclous marketing of the crops, through the bet ter Knowledge the farmer has or his pow CT, and through the improvements ne has been able to introduce and the burd- ems he has been able to shake off
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-16
Not Named for William Penn.

Literary Era
 Many people are under the impression that Peuusyvana owes It's name to Will liam Pcnn's vanity. In point of fact, it is not named after n.in, but after Ad- miral Penn. his father and the son only accepted the name under protest. This fact Is proved hv this paragraph in a letter written hy William Penn. under date. Janulry !, l6Sl This day. after many writings watChings, solicitings and disputes in council my country was con firmed to me under the great seal of England. with large powers and privi- leges. by the name of Pennsylvania. a name which the King would give il in favor of my father. chose New Wales. being hilly country, and when the sec ratary. a Welshman, refused to call it New Wales, l proposed sylvania, and and much opposed to it and went to the King to have it struck out He said 1t was past and he would take it upon him; nor could twenty guineas move the under sec rotary to vary the name. for l fear it might be looked on as .anity in me, and not as a respect in the King to my father, d s it really was.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-16

claws which held the stone in place were heavy and one would have supposed would have gwen the stone ample pro- lection against any injury 1t might re- ceive in fall.
 MT. Pulliam was bathing at the time. He had his hands in warm water. and the ring was still on his finger. He started 10 take it off and had withdrawn 1t from his finger when 1t slipped from his grasp to the marble floor of the bath room. It happened to strike at the one point necessary to cause its destruction. However, the fall would not have affected 1t in the least were 1t not for the fact that the gem was warm and the marble floor cola. The conditions were just right for such an accident, and the stone, falling on the fatal point, was shattered as if lapidary had done the work. The upper part was still held in place by the gold claws. while the lower half lay against the base of the settings.
 G. T.. kendrick, who saw the ring after the accident, said that he had in his whole experience as jeweler heard Of three such cases and that such accidents to diamonds were generally rare.
 About twenty five years ago Louis vile woman broke a large diamond in identicaliy the same manner. She was washing her hands in warm water and let her ring fall on cold surface or some kind. Some years ago 1 saw an- other case of the kind in the Hoffman House lobby in New York. A gentleman took a stone from his wallet. valued at 1000, to show to some of his friends. It slipped from his hands and fell to the marble floor. It was literally shattered. Mir. Pulliam could have hit that diamond with a hammer a hundred times ana wouldn't have made an impression upon it. A skilled lapidary can take diamond and after a close study can determine it's grain. Then by a slight blow he can chip 1t in the direction he wishes MT. Pulliam's ring so happened to fall on the grain and was just at the correct tenn perature to smash"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-16

action meant to the producers of the West can be gained.
 It was not alone In grain. but in pack inghouse products. in ores. spelter ana d host of commodities that these rates were cut. The fight was long and hard and bitter. Just at the moment when it seemed Mir. Stilwell was going to be able to dictate terms to his rivals he was forced to the wall. The struggle had sapped the money energy of the road The Dutch bondholders and some Amer ican creditor swoopcd down upon him. His great scheme is now one of the bau- bles owned by George Gould, John w. Gates and others.
 But the rates he established had the effect of making the Gulf lines the bal ance or check on the East and West roads, and the exports he attracted by reason of cut rates aided Letter mate rially in his deal. It has been estimated that the gain to the farmers of Kansas in three years by the establishment or this Gulf line would pay for the building of he road
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-16
Where Men Eat to Live.

Lippincott's
 The Trappst monks consider eating to be a necessary evil and curtail 1t to such a degree that one step further would be suicide Dinner to which scarcely fifteen minutes is devoted. consists of q mess o' vegetables boiled in water without but ter or salt and served in crude earth, enware bowl d slice or two of rye bread without butter and mug of milk or water as a beverage. Supper Is the bar est apology for a meal, being nothing more than bread and water. The guest. master did not mention breakfast; 1t there be such a meal, 1t probably con. sists merely of a glass of water. A slight relaxation of this dietary is allowed to inValids. who may have two eggs daN' while on extraordinary occasions. sucE as a funeral feast in honor of departed friar, the monks revel in an egg apltrN. They are strict vegetarians, and a Trap pst must be In the very jaws of death before he will consent to eat meat
 
 The first farmers institute has just beer held in Hawaii.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-16
THE DIAMOND SPLIT .
A Peculiar and Very Rare Accident
 to A Fine Gem

Secretary Harry Pulliam of the T!ttS- burg Baseball Club. who has been in this city on a visit for some time, smashed and utterly destroyed $500 diamond at the Louisville Hotel recently, says The Louisville Couricr-J Journal
 It was such an accident IS will not happen to a diamond once in l0NO times, SD Mir. Pulliam feels that 1t is out rageous fortune" with a vengeance.
 Anywhere but in Louisville hc said, it wouldn't have happened old hard luck Louisville" And he thought oi the erstwhile Colonels' long years or struggling in the National League against the baseball demon of ill luck; The stone was set in ring which had hocn gwen him hy the members of the P!ttsburg team last fall. It was Of the fiery white variety. and for it's size. a little more than two carats. was unusu- ally valuable and handsome. The gold
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-16
LETTERS GRAIN DEAL

Of the four men Joseph Letter is the most picturesque character what leu bim into the maelstrom of wheat spec uiation he alone can tell. He had been reared in luxury. was the heir to millions was able to indulge in any caprice. Per haps he wanted excitement or to show
 tba stun he is made of. Returning from
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-16

The first farmers institute has just beer held in Hawaii.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-16
sTILWELL's DARING PLAN

Ally of MT. Letter and the farmer. al- though unintentiou4I in each ease was Arthur E. StilWeil He Is far better
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-15
The FAMOUS DRIVE IN HYDE PARK, LONDON.
lr Legal Tern>

II were to give you an orange, said
the Judge would simply say, 81 give
you he orange" but should the tran.
sactlon be entrusted to a lawyer to
put in writing LIE would adopt this
form. Il hereby give. grant and con.
vey to you all my interest, right, title
and advantage Of and in said orange,
together with its rind. skin, juice,
pulp, and pits; and ali rights and ad.
vantages therein, with full power to
bite, suck, OK otherwise eat the same
Or give away with or without rinc.
skin, juice, pulp or pits; anything
hereinbefore or in any other deed or
deeds, Instruments of any nature or
kind whatever to the contrary in any
wise rot -;'hstas ding.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-15
When Marx Twain Usuuh ed.

The Missouri papers are telling this
story of Mark Twain's recent visit
10 the state. says the New York Trib.
unc: big crowd gathered at rail.
way station to meet him. \ little
boy know that somebody was coming.
but he did not know Mark Twain from
Bessie Francis. This kt perchea
himself on top of a freight car, where
he cnnld see what happened. The
train rolled ~, and as Mark stepped
off thc people became excited. and
shouted: "ilGro he is! Here he is!"
The Md on the box car thought a
great crimi;tal had been caught. and
shouted: Git rope, Get rope"
DR.. Clemens laughed till the tears
ran out of his eyes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-15
AS 1t VIII Be Seen.

The man of business saw that
everything was running smoothly, and
thea reached for his hat He had a
5round-floor Office in a big building.
Snail | say you'll be back soon If
any one calls?" asked the chief clerk.
We'll, I've cot to lave about FIVE
nllH1t9e conversation with Dudley
replied the man OF business, and you
know where his office is. If I catch ar
express elevator I'll be back in about
two lars, but if have to take a local
1t viii be afternoon before you see me
again.
Naturally replied tie chief clerk.
He's on the sixty eighth floor of this
building, believe"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-15
UnQaliant Men.

For the first time since women were
admitted to Wesleyan University at
Middleton. Conn, in 1872, the girls
who are members of the graduating
class did not sit on class day with the
young men. The men voted to do
away entirely with the platform ard
returned 70 the old custom of sittins
on the ground, crosslegged, Indian
fashion. They built the amphitaeater
for the guests around the inclosure
where they sat. The men invited the
Young women to sit with the other
guests, as, of course, they could not
be expected to sit on the ground.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-15
Small Things That Count.

1t is said that Caesar chose his gen.
erals according to the length of their
forefngers in comparison with that Of
their second fingers No man whose
forefinger was over one-eisl Ia of an
inch shorter tha, his middle lnser
had ghost of a show Men with very
short forefEcsrs &C supposed to be
effeminato. l believe it is so. Ma
poleCn,s generals were selected by
their noses. Cromwell believed that
boW-legged men made the best sol
diers. Washington preferred men with
high cheek bones. Receding fore
heads were the rule among his gener-
ais. Alexander the Great judged men
by their teeth. these having very large
CANNES being preferred as command.
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