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The bee., 1906-01-18
BABY DIED


MIR. and Mrs William Cren-
shaw, of Evansville, Ind, lost
their three months old baby
while on a visit to friends and
relatives at this place this week.
The baby was in good health
when they left Evansville but
became i'll shortly after reaching
this place and although every
thing possible was done for the
little sufferer it was of no avail,
and the child died and was buried
at Zion cemetery, near Hanson,
Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. and
Mrs. Crenshaw are heart broken
over the loss of their child. They
formerly lived in Madisonville
and only recently moved to Ev'
|ansville.
The bee., 1906-01-18
J. R. HARRISON PROMOTED.
viii Leave NortcnviIe in the Near Future
for Louisville.

While in Nortonvilie Tuesday
a representative of The BEE
learned that Mr.. j. r. Harrison,
who is joint agent at that place
for the l.. & N. and /. @. rail
roads, has received notice that
he is soon to be promoted to a
position in the general offices in
Louisville. Mr.. Harrison has
been agent at Nortonville for the
past five years and has fully
demonstrated the fact that he
was made for better things by
his efficiency in handling the
heavy business for both roads at
that point. He has made quite
a number of friends during his
stay there who will be rejoiced
to know that his good service
has been recognized by the Of
ficials.
The bee., 1906-01-18

flicting slight flesh wound on a
woman who stood behind him.
Holeman died next day. Gather
denies the story that he killed a
man in Kansas City in self de-
fense eleven years ago. He says
he has brother who has killed
three men and is now serving a
life sentence.
Since his incarceration in Jail
Gather has implicated Cave
Rhodes in the murder of Hole
man. Rhodes has been arrested
and placed in Jail at Madisonville.
There was a reward of $4,000,
which Marshal Barnett shared
with the Paducah detectives.
The bee., 1906-01-18

Barbourville, KY, Jan. A.
An attempt was made to blow up
the Knox county Jail last night,
and would have succeeded but
for the prompt action of officers.
A charge of dynamite was ex-
ploded in the end of a corridor,
the purpose being to tear out the
wall. This did not succeed, as
the floor, walls and ceiling are
steel, and before other charges
could be exploded officers arrived.
A thorough search by officials re-
vealed several other charges of
dynamite, diamond saws and files
and closer inquiry established
that they were obtained from a
local hardware store, being pur-
chased by woman, supposed to
be a confederate of one of the
prisoners.
The bee., 1906-01-18

When Judge Paynter takes his
seat in the Senate next year Ken
lucky will be represented for the
first time by man born too late to
have civil war record. The ex-
Confederate soldier is fast passing
out of Congressional life, however,
and Judge Paynter Will not be the
only Southern Senator whose mem
ories do not include years spent in
following the battle-fags. 1t can
not be. long now before the last sur
vivor of the great conflict on either
side passes out of public life for
ever. Irrespective of party afflliai
tions 1t is safe to say that none will
be followed by more genuine regret
than Joe" Blackburn. There was
never more cordial greeting ex-
tended to any man than to- Sena-
tor Blackburn when he returned to
Washington In 1901 and his final
retirement will bring sense of loss
to his colleagues and to many q
habitue of the Capitol. Senator
McCreary is understood to be max
ing vigorous preparations to insure
the presence in the Senate of at
least one representative of the mill
itary valor of Kentucky. His ex-
Confederate colleagues include SEN
ators Morgan and Pettus, Of Ala
bama, Berry, of Arkansas, Mallory
and Taliaferro of Florida, Bacon Of
Georgia, McEnery of Louisiana,
McLanrine and Money of Mississ-
ippi and Daniel and Martin Of Viz
ginia, all of whom saw service in
the war. MAYO.
The bee., 1906-01-18
DEATHS FEARFUL RECORD.
Thousands Killed in Peaceful Pursuits in
Alleghany County. Pa, last Year.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 16. More
men are killed and manned in
Allegheny county in peaceful
pursuits in one year than were
killed and wounded in the great
battles of history. Statistics for
the past year show that there
we're killed and injured in the
iron and steel mills and blast
furnaces 5000. gn other mills,
shops and factories 1000 were
sacrificed and either died or
were manned, while the coal
mines swell this figure to 400
more, and the railroad victims
include an additional 400, max
ing up a granl total of 1900.
In addition to this number,
there are thousands of cases that
are not reported.
The bee., 1906-01-18

A mid-winter meeting of the
Kentucky Press Association will
be held IN Frankfort Tuesday,
Jan. 20. This meeting will be
one of Importance and will be
devoted mainly to business dur
ing the day. At night there will
be two addresses. One of these
will be delivered by A. ". Ford,
of Louisville, and the executive
committee will make an effort
to secure Chas. M. Harvey, edi-
tor of Harper's Weekly, Of New
York, to be the other speaker.
The bee., 1906-01-18
Stable Changes Hands

~. S. McGary sold his livery
stable TO Thos. Stone this week.
Mr. McGary will engage in other
business in a short time, but for
the present is assisting Mr..
Stone. 1t is not definitely known
just what business Mr.. McGary
will engage in, but rumor says
he will build first class hotel in
this city provided a suitable To-
cation can be obtained. 1t is to
be hoped this is true, as Earling-
ton stands ia need of a good
hotel centrally located.
The bee., 1906-01-18
Gard Party.

Misses Carrie and Lucy Cren-
shaw entertained a few friends
at cards Thursday evening, in
compliment to their guests, Misses
Margaret and Eula Richards and
Miss Bette Crenshaw, of Hop
kiasville. The evening was most
pleasantly spent in playing cinch.
Delightful refreshments were
served. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. @. Atkinson,
Mrs. Southworth, DIR. johnson,
w. A. Randolph, Brick South
worth and Chas. Trahern.
The bee., 1906-01-18
Duties Of County Assessors.

While this bureau has a corps
of more than two hundred volun-
teer correspondents who report
acreage and condition Of crops in
percentage as based on previous
years, or ten-year average, 1T is
wholly dependent upon the re-
port of the State Board of Equal
ization for all statistics relating
to number of acres, pounds and
bushels. These reports, sent to
the Board of Equalization by the
County Assessors have proved to
be not only SO incomplete, but so
incorrest that many complaints
have come to this department by
farmers of various counties in
the State who claim that their
respective counties have been
done an injustice by the dissemi-
nation of such figures.
AS 1t is important that this de-
partment should be able to send
out among the farmers accurate
statistics regarding the number
of acres and the number of pounds
and bushels of such important
crops as tobacco, corn, wheat,
oats, rye, hemp, etc. | respec-.
lively recommend that the law
regulating the duties of County
Assessors be so amended as to in
sure the collecting of full and ac-
curate statistics regarding these
important crops.
The bee., 1906-01-18
Pool Room in Town.

). w. Robinson of this city has
converted the rear of his store
into a pool room and the young
men of darlington will have an
opportunity to knock the ivories
without going to Jacksonville.
A PARTITION has been built about
midway of the store and two pool
tables will be installed as soon as
they arrive which will be IN a
few days. George Robinson will
have charge of the pool room.
The bee., 1906-01-18
CRAP GAME RAIDED
Two Negroes Fined One Wore
Overcoat Stolen From Con-
ductor Cunningham.
Funny Coincidence Of Theft Suspect.

A crap game raided and two
negro gamblers captured Tuesday
night while gaming around fire
in the northern part of the rail-
road yards furnished exercise for
the police court and peace officers
of Darlington. Marshal Barnett
and Deputy Mitchell raided the
game and two negroes who were
in sight when they arrived made
an effort to run, but were stopped
by a warning shot from the Mar
shal's pistol and an order to halt.
The two proved to be Chas. Will
son and Will Thomas, both of
Madisonville. Judge Cowell fined
each 500 and cost. Thomas paid
$4 on account and was held in
Jail on charge of stealing an over
coat belonging to Conductor Ed
Cunningham, which he was wear
ing at the time of arrest. Mr..
Cunningham identified the coat
as one he had missed from his
coach on the interurban train ON
Tuesday. Both negroes were
wearing new clothing and the
suspicion was entertained that
they ma, have been in the rob-
berry of Dulin and McLeod's store
at Madisonville on Saturday
night Wilson gave bond and
was pat to work to pay his fine.
Mr.. w. j. Dulin came to Earl
ington yesterday and saw the
prisoner Thomas, but did not find
any OF the missing clothing from
the recent robbery. An amusing
feature of the case is that the ne
gro Thomas was on a previous oc-
casion arrested on charge of hav-
ing stolen pair of trousers from
this same firm. The trousers
Tailed exactly with the firms
missing goods, but the prisoner
swsre he had bought his Of a
Guthrie firm. On this testimony
he was released. Afterward Mr..
Dxlin wrote to the Guthrie firm
and they replied they had never
haadled the make of trousers in
the case.
The bee., 1906-01-18

Mrs. Sadie Feiler of this place,
has purchased home from Will
Patterson of Madisonville, and
she and her son, Will, moved
there this week. Mrs. Feiler has
long been a resident of this
place and has quite number Of
friends here who regret to see
her go. She is sister.in-law of
Mr.. O'Brien, of MadisonvilIe.
The bee., 1906-01-18

f. K. Andrews, attorney for
the National farmers exchange,
announces that the amalgama-
tion of the National farmers ex-
change and the American farm
ers' union is about perfected.
The new organization will be the
greatest society of farmers in the
United States. The National
farmers exchange, capitalized
for 800, 100000 operates several
hundred elevators in Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, MINI
esota and the Dakotas. The
American farmers union has an
extensive membership in Texas,
New Mexico, Nevada, Indian
Territory and Oklahoma. A new
name is to be chosen for the
combined associations.
Ate jaa ACAn- 50 sMel:r OH
this year, as usual27
"Yes--taxes. ''-Exchange.
The bee., 1906-01-18
Oakers Elected.

The following officers have
been elected by the United Order
of Golden Gross for the present
year;
Tillman Clark, N. @.
J. B. Wyatt, Vice N. Q.
Blanche Wyatt, II. p.
Thos. Young, Jr., X. of X.
Mrs. s. K. Stevens, F. X. of T..
JohnEvans, Treasurer.
Roy i. Browning, w, of L. q.
Oscar McEuen, w. of 0. G.
The bee., 1906-01-18
POLITICAL SIzzLE.
Warm Doings in Congress and
Strenuous Times Ahead.
Ex. Confederate Soldier Fast Passing Out
Of Public Lite.

Washington, Jan 15.--The politi-
cal pot has been boiling violently
and with great sIzz and splutter
during the past week. At times
there has been imminent danger of
an explosion sending the brand-new
shiny cover of the legislative dish
soaring out of sight and reducing
to collection of scraps the neat and
orderly appointments of the Con-
gressional kitchen. So far, the Pres
ident and Speaker Cannon, in their
capacity of joint Chief cooks, have
been successfpk1n averting cat
astrophe. 1t cannot however be
denied that the situation is still q
very ticklish one. The present Con-
gress, perhaps, owing to the unusual
number of new members unversed
in the art of blindly following the
official bell-wether of the flock had
developed an unusual and unex-
pected spirit of independence. In
consequence the legislative slate
prepared by the majority leaders
has been subjected to very sudden
revision. Bucking the party ma
chine in Congress is always a hard
task, and it. is probable that the
Speakers policy, which is under
stood to be also the administration
pOlicv. NAV win ont I'm the House.
but not without fight which will
leave scars on both sides. Granting
that, it is still a problem if the SEN
ate is going to fall in line behind
the White House bandwagon. There
are indications that some influential
Senators are far from being con-
suined with eagerness to march in a
Rooseveltian triumphal procession,
and the United States Senate is a
hard body to coeree.
The bee., 1906-01-18
Yout,sy Afraid Of FIoward's Wrath.

Henry E. Youtsey, serving !
life sentence in the Frankfort
prison for the murder of Gov
Goebel, has appealed to the au.
thorities not to bring there JAS
B. Howard, also cenvi,ael u
Cos, GoeDel' : 4Duidet ] osssss5y
was the principal witness against
Howard and fears meeting him
The bee., 1906-01-18
Maj. II. B. tierssy Also viii Fly for North
Pole in Airship.

Maj. Henry B Hersey, former
chief Of the government weather
bureau at Louisville, and a vet
eran Of the Rough Rider service
in Cuba, is to be member fthe
Walter Wellman airship expedi-
tion to the north pole. Major
Helsey is kuoe4i ..@e, !ssyAa,
y .s4s ' = LAg lirs "a sss rii lsllle 4
while In the weather service at
Louisville.
The bee., 1906-01-18
Veteran Insurance Man Dead.

j. Q. Rudd, of Greensboro, the
veteran general insurance agent
who has been widely known
over an extensive district in
cluding the towns of Hopkins
county for some years, died sud-
denly at his home Wednesday
morning Of last week. He was
ue ~ seventy, thres years aid
Stsve Il fplsHd|
dead in his room shortly after
breakfast.
The bee., 1906-01-18
COUNTY ASSESSORS NEGLIGENT.
Commissioner vreeIand Says Their Re-.
ports oi Statistics are Wholly
Unreliable.

In his report to the General
Assembly, Commissioner Hubert
Vreeland, of the Bureau of Agri-
culture, Labor and Statistics has
this sharp criticism for county
assessors:
The bee., 1906-01-18
GATHER CAUGHT.
Marshal Barnett Locates Man at
Paducah Who Killed
Scott Holeman
NEGRO HAD RECEIVED WARNING
AND WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE.


himself and assistants under his
direction, Marshal Barnett, Of
this place, landed Major Gather
safely in a cell at the county Jail
at Madisonville Friday noon,
charged with the murder of Scott
Holeman on Christmas night. If
the story could be told in full 1T
would make very interesting
reading, but peculiar circum-
stances surrounding the work of
detection compel secrecy and the
details cannot be told. Briefly
the story is that Mr.. Barnett 10.
Gated Gather at Paducah, went
to that city to make the capture,
and on Thursday afternoon, with
the assistance of Detectives
Moore aud Will Baker, took him
into custody. They knew Gather
was in certain part Of the out
skirtsof the city, tough district
inhabited chiefly by the lower
class of negroes, but they were
forced to keep careful watch for
some hours before their man ap-
peared, about four O'Clock, in
company with one or two other
negroes. Mr.. Barnett was watch
ing on one side. There seems to
be but one disappointment in the
case for Earlingtcn's Marshal
that Gather did not come his
way, but fate took him into the
hands of the Paducah officers.
The negro for some reason had
left his revolver, fine 45-calibre
Colts, with which he committed
the crime, and was taken without
struggle. There would proba-
bly, have been shooting match
If Gather had had been armed,
for his conversation afterward
showed that he realized he was
in a bad way.
Gather admits that he killed
Holeman, but has told conflicting
stories about the CRIME. He is
reported to have said at one time
that he did shoot Holeman and
that he had bought the big pistol
for that purpose. This he denied
to Mr.. Barnett. fde told that
+. official that he had shot at another
negro and hit Holeman by acci-
dent. But at the same time he
asserted that Holeman had fred
two or three shots at him before
he used his gun. Gather left his
overcoat and some other belong
ings at Padncah, saying that it
was useless to go back after them,
that hewas going to Jail and
would not need them. He seemed
to feel that he would 90 to the
penltentiary for life if he did not
fare worse. Gather had received
a'1etter and a message warning
him to leave, that Mr.. Barnett
was after him, and was prepar-
ing to get away at the time of
the capture.
The trouble that eliminated in
the killing came about in this
way. Gather and Holeman were
. companions and both were mu-
I sicians of the banjo and guitar
type, frequently playing togeth-
er for dances and on other occa-
sions. Gather had some weeks
previously loaned Holeman some
money and was holding guitar
as security. On Christmas even
ing Holeman wanted the guitar
and went to Gathers home to
get it. Gather was not at home,
but Holeman took the guitar
anyway and carried it to his
home. Catcher when he came
missed the guitar, followed to
Holeman's house and knocked'at.
the door. IL y ciaImed silaf Mlen
l. 'Iip seDAal ssppeare4 ~ the uool
Gather shot him, the bullet
through his liver and ins
The bee., 1906-01-18

At the present time the Republi-
can '.insurgents" in the House have
combined to defeat the joint State
hood and Philippine tariff bills now
under consideration, by voting with
the Democrats and have the House
leaders badly scared for fear they
will succeed. Attempts are being
made to deplete the insurrectionist
forces by the application of official
pressure and promises.
The bee., 1906-01-18

Senator Morgan's railroad rate
bill, which was at first regarded as
merely an expression of the Al
ALBANIA statesman's individual views,
is attracting serious consideration.
The Senator's contention that his
bill differs from the other proposed
measures in restoring the suprem-
acy of the common law, and con-
firming the principle of trial by
jury, that it is PLAIN and simple
measure, easily understood Dy the
ordinary intelligence, and, finally,
that it is the only bill on the sub.
ject whose constitutIonality is un-
questionable is attracting the at
tention of those interested in the
subject. The Morgan bill is not
likely to pass but the notice it is at
tracing illustrates the growing
sentiment ia favor of a solution of
the question through the machinery
OF the courts.
Protests and petitions on the sub
ject continue to come in. Tennessee.
recently sent up three memorials
demonstrating against enlarging the
powers OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission. One came from
commercial organization, the Grain
De4i 80 ExehaneA oe Nashviils.l
AK, Nr tff .0l.stv : int, 4
Iraues oI Knoxville ana CamDef-
land Division Of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers.
The bee., 1906-01-18

The Senate is preparing to make a
strict investigation into affairs at
Panama, is showing an attitude to-
ward the Dominican treaty that
BODIES no good to that agreement
when a vote is taken on the question
of ratification, and is preparing 60
take its own time in deciding on the
railway rate legislation which shall
be enacted and to do the work in
it's own fashion. There is also a
patronage fight on in the Senate in
which Senators Dick and Foraker
have come to an agreement for the
purpose of preventing the confirma-
tion of the Presidents nominee for
the consulate at Glasgow, Scotland.
The present incumbent is an Ohio
man and it is proposed to replace
him with the ex-United States
Marshal for the eastern district OF
Tennessee in order to satisfy the
political obligations of Representa-
tive Hale, the new Republican men,
ber from the Knoxville district.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-05

When senators and rerresen ntatives return to Washington for the-conven- ing of congress in December, they will find that much progress has been made during the summer on the sen ate and house annexes, says Wash ington writer. When these buildings are completed the American congress will be housed as no otherparliament- ary body in the world ever was housed before. Their completion also will make Capitol Hill place of mar vicious beauty, and will be substan- tial beginning on the park commis- sion's plan for making Washington the City Beautiful of the world. When the block east of the capitol and north of the library of congress is occupied by a marble home for the United States supreme court, as it will be at no distant day, the Capitol Hill group will be completed. and Washington will have a thing for the wonder and admiration of all vis- itors, whether American or foreign.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-05
WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT FRIDAY OCTOBER 5 1906.
HEARD IN PASSING.

A spiritualistic medium who as- pires to do something striking should get into communication with the
 shade of Noah Webster. rochester
 Democrat and Chronicle.
 ''I am sorry" said the doctor, "but
 your little girl will not be able to speak for several days" Then 1t
 will be safe," said the anxious moth-
 CT, flor me to invite the minister to
 tea, won't it?'-New York Mail. Birthdays convey a suggestion of evil. What good suggestion do they
 convey? Suppose you did not know
 how old you were, would your use- fulness in any way be impaired? ? Would any possible harm result?
 Suppose birthdays were abolished.
 what would be the result? The aver age use of the human race would in crease by leaps and bounds. Birth- days are responsible for the psychic dead line of threescore and ten which is more deadly than a machine gun. From Suggestion.
 An instructor in a certain boys school is noted among his pupils for his difficult examination questions. One of the youthful students, after struggling over particularly stren-
 uous list of questions in geography, came upon the following query,
 which completely stumped him:
 "Name twelve animals of the polar regions" The youngster scratched his head, thought hard for many minutes, and finally, under the spell of sudden inspiration, wrote: "Six seals and six polar bears. The pro- lessor was so pleased with his pupils cleverness that he marked his paper 100 per cent.-Lippincott's.
 It is we'll known that the naval constructors who built the Connecti- cut believe they have turned out a ship, which is the equal in every re- spect of battleship built at pri- vate yard and in some respects the superior of any ship afloat If the trial performances of the ship prove this contention, all the arguments of the anti-government ownership party will not avail against the further ex- tension of government ship building. I Nor is there any good reason why they should. Private yards have done good work for the government, and yet the bonus has played large part in that.-New Haven Register.
 There exists suspicion that the expedition with which the Chicago bank looter, Stensland, was sent off to prison on light sentence, operates to defeat justice, instead of exempli- flying its certainty and severity. Oth- CTS were involved in the wrecking of the Milwaukee avenue institution, scandalous stories affecting influen- tial names have been freely published in relation to the affair, and Stems land undoubtedly had much to tell affecting others. But further disclos- ures could be avoided by railroading the man into prison, and his ready plea of guilty to one charge among many seems to have been price ten- dered him for an indeterminate sen- tence which may mean much less than the maximum of twelve years. Justice may be as blind when nov ing swiftly as when walking with leaden feet.-Springfield Republican.