Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1905-06-16

Gov. Folk, of Missouri, has writ
ten an Evansville minister that he
will deliver an address to the min.
listers of that city.
The Lexington jury in the case
Of Garfield Smith, who killed VIM
Moore last November, found him
guilty annd fixed his punishment
at death.
Both the Russian and Japanese
Governments have accepted Presi-
dent Roosevelt's suggestion. and
meeting of the two contending
Powers is ass ured.
William M. Hoops, Jr., who was
in charge of the automobile that
plunged into the Chicago river
Saturday night, causing the death
of threelpersons, was arrested for
criminal careieSSneSS.
The Government has ordered
copies of photograph of the Pres
iden's hunting party DESTROYED be
cause the abbreviated skirt of a
young lady ri the party rev,a ed
too plainly in the picture par OF
very pretty ankles.
The Chicago and Alton railroad
used the wireless telegraph to com
municate with a moving train with
perfect satisfaction, and the officials
announce that the system would be
installed for the use of the train
dispatchers, and collisions thus be
made almost impossible.
1t is known officially at Wash
iugton that three cities under con.
sideration by Russia and Japan as
a location for the peace conference
are Washington, The Hague ard
Geneva. The probabilities are
that one of these will be selected.
London and Paris will be elimin a.
ted Tfom the possibilities.
The Chicago Team Owners As.
ISOLATION, which employs 5000
men, has decided to remain neutral
in the labor troubles now in pro
gress. Negotiations for a settle
ment of the strike have apparently
been abandoned for the present
and unless concessions are made
by both sides a settlement seems a
long way off.
The stamp collecting hobby is q
neverfailiDg gold mine to the
United States Government. Stamp
collectors and dealers every yeal
pay into the treasury many thou
sands Of dollars for which you mig III
say get absolutely nothing in re-
turn. Some of the big dealers in
New York and in Europe carry
as much as S25 5000 worth of up.
cancelled stamps of this country
at all times. When you know that
there are 10, 900 and more stamp
dealers in all parts of the world
you begin to realize what a ire
mendous sum their stock of our
stamps represents.
The United States once fought
naval battle with Japan i'll which
the Japanese were not victors
The American force was conf
manded by David S. McDougal,
consisted of the Wyoming, a sec
ond class 72o-ton sloop, carrying
six guns The Japanese had three
improvised warships, converted
merchantmen. mounting 20 guns
among them. These were aided
by seven land forts with 80 guns
of the best type OF the time. The
action, fought July 10, 1862, lasted
just one hour. At the end of that
that time the Japs didn't have any
warships or forts left.
The Commonwealth moved to
dismiss the warrants charging
Judge James Hargls, Alex. Hargis
and B. F. French with completely
in the murder of J. B. Marcum
wher the hearing of the accused
was commenced at Jackson Wednes--
day. County Attorney Blanton
stating that the motion was made
at the request of Dan Hurst, father.
in-law of the mui deret man. The
defendants objected, and Magis
trate Burton overruled the notion.
Magistrate Combs refused to pre-
side owing to his relations with the
Hargises.