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Middletown transcript., 1906-01-20
Communicated.
TOWN INTERESTS

In the course OF few months our
election of presumably two Light and
Water Commissioners Hill take place.
The writer does not intend this article as
an attack upon the character and stand
ing of the present members of that Board.
They are gentlemen and respected as such
by the citizens OF our town and no doubt
are performing their duties in conscien-
tious manner. But, we have right as
citizens to differ with them in their
method of conducting their buginess.
The property is the property of the
town, the management .of the plant
is entirely independent OF the Town Com
missioners. They can do just as they
please. They are under contract with
the Town Board to furnish IL candle
power light at certain price per lamp
per annum. They collect the full price
from the town, but do not furnish the
candle power. They collect from the
general consumers the fnll rate of a Is
candle power light. They do not furnish
on an average, 8 candle power. Making
due allowance for old lamps, the rates
have been raised, bnt ho more light is
furnished. Now is there any reason why
they should not keep their contract with
the town and their patrons? Is it right
for them to sell the goods OF a GER
tain quality, and then deliver an infer
ior quality ? Would one of tho,e
gentlemen tolerate for moment mer-
chant who would do such thing? No, |
think not; and yet that is just what that
Board is doing Injus ice TO then-1i I
do not want TO be nnjHst-it may lie inn
possible for them to keep their contracts.
Ii such be the case then they should not
charge US for something We do not get.
that seems to me to be no more than fair
to say. There has not been the very best
OF management OF tile plant in the water
supply very many days during the past
year. II a fire Of any magnitude
had broken ont we would have been
powerless 20 stay it, notwithstanding the
fact that we have most excellent Fire
Department they cpuld not tia much
without water and pressure. There are
many days-t0o many OF eftlIem-wilenf for
part of the day you could not throw a
stream haif-wav acroSs the street with the
garden hose. II the press, re had been given
lhetireman on tie nj .ht that Mrs Biggs'
stable was afire OH Scott street as soon as
the alarm was sounded, that stable would
not t1ve fte do u Sim 81 tst
ior parts burned. The town pays the
Light and Water Commission certain
price per annum for each hydrant flr fire
protection purely ana certainly We are
entitled TO value received. Have We had
the value of onr money! MI the above
instance alone shows we have not. AMI
not right?
Is Il not tins to have a change in the
Light and Water Commission? Those gen.
tiemen do not receive any salary, there
fore ! would <lippose they would be per-
tectly willing that someone else slouItitrv
their baud at it. aud il would relieve them
oi burden that probably will become
irksome to them. Atany rsts there is 4
growing feeling that change would be
beneficial all around. CITIzEx.
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OF ore are taken out daily. The ore is of
loy grade and averages a5out $3 Is to
the ton. 1t is out OF this celebrated
Homestake mine that the Hearst family
OF San Francisco and New York have ex-
tracted their millions. few years ago
an inventor offered to put in nlachiuery
to save the gnld from the wasllings from
the stamp mills that had always flowed
into the streams, and was willing to ac-
cept as his paw for the machinery aud the
labor, ten per cent. of the gold saved by
his process. Il ia said that this ten per
cent. has made him milinnaire.
Incomparison with the fabulous wealth
Of the Homestake all the other mines of
Colorado, California aud Nevada sink into
insignilicance. Over $50. .000, 600 in-gold
have been taken ont Of it, and over $50. :
000, 900 in dividends have been declared,
and there IL an increasing outpnt IN sight
thai will take over fifty wears to bring to
the surface. And vet ynu meet men in
the Black Hills who confidently leIieve
aud positively assert that there are other
mines jnst as rich and just as ,xlisns tless
IN their hidden treasure, and all that is
needed is sufficient money to bring them
to the same degree nf Development as the
Homestake, and why not?
JUNIUs.
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LETTER To THE J. Z. PARKER 4 SON
Middletown. Del.

Dear Sirs: Mr--Pesident of a
cotton-mill at Union, S Che don't want
to see his name in print-had two offers
of 500 gallons of paint Sl.30 and 81. %.
Took the SIPS and got skinned. He'd
have got three quarters skinned if Ee'd
taken the other.
The $3.50 was full gallon the SLIPS
was per cent. short. The full measure
paint was adulterated 40 per cent; the
short-measnre paint adnlterated As per
cent. besides benzine in the oil, don't
know how much.
Devoe lead and-zinc wasn't sold in the
town then.
1t don't pay to monkey with paint.
Devoe costs lees than any Of 'em not
by the gallon, of course bv the honse
and year. That's how to reckon it. Go
by the name.
Yours truly
F w DEvoE & Co
3S New York
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CORRECTION

We are sorry tnaI the leGler
from the Wilmington Tax
payer" was not received in time
to make our statement in the
same issue that his letter ap-
pears. We admit our error in
stating the relative valuations OF
Wilmington and the rural hun
dreds. We had not the figures
at hand, and were therefore COM
PEELED to use our memory, which
was defective. In order to be per-
fectly fair, we have secured
the figures ofsthe 1905 assess
ment which are even more favor.
able to tide city. They are =
Wilmingtdlh, $33, 384, ,883; total
rural districts, $17, ,444, 986. The
city is, accordingly, in the words
of our correspondent "approxi-
mately tw wo-thirds" OF the tax
paving basis. This still does
not meet the contention of The
TRANSCRIPT, which was, that if
as stated in city papers in
the discussion of the matter,
property in the city was assessed
on a two thirds basis, the city
tax payers were escaping a part
of their burden, and that tax SO
levied was not fair, equitable nor
right. A
We ard not making the state
ment thai such is the case. On the
other hard, we know'that in some
casesin the city, the cheaper prop
critics are assessed for as much as
they will bring at forced sale. But
the state ments in the city papers
had gone undisputed, and we
were arguing from their own
case. AS a matter Of fact, the
real trouble with our assessment
as it is operated, is that the
poorer class of houses usually
owned by a poor man, is taxed
at it's full value. fhe higher
priced properties are not Thus
it is thej class that can afford to
pay its, share, gets off on a
half or two-thirds valuation.
This is as true in Middletown as
it is in the city. And if we un-
derstand the object OF the Levy
Courk, it is to correct this wrong
that the orders were issued. 1t
ought not to make any difference
to Taxpayer" or any other
good citizen, how much or how
little his property is assessed for
if every body else is treated on
the same basis. It is only carry
ing the Roosevelt idea of a.
square deal" into our tax sys-
tenn.
We desire to correct one state
ment OF our friends The mis-
take was, we believe, altogether
unintentional. He says that the
auditors report shows that it
cost $4,000 for the collection of
5000, 900, while the hundreds
spend IS, 900 for the collection of
$l10, 900. He omits the action
of the late General Assem- bly, in
providing for the collection of
the residue at a cost of ) per
cent Even admitting his state
nlent to be true, The TRAN
sERTPT can say, "We opposed
the change in the method OF col
lecting taxes, which placed this
extra expense on the county,
claiming at the time, and still
claim, that one man can and
Should collect all the taxes Of the
county, at an expense of not ex-
$4,000 Can taxpayer"
say as much !?
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Pushing Out the
Winter Stock

Mems and boys overcoats and suits are very
much reduced in price. If you have a clothing
need now is the time to make your money do big
service
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FRAUD IS
ATTEMPTED
oUEue CASE IS BROUGHT IN
COURT WHICH SHOWS MANS
taruaAslTY TO MAN.

Amsudsd complaints we're flied
this morning IN ths Superior court
IN the suit Il William Iahnsfun
against HerhvFt = Corners 81 al
According % the ragsrs an cute
rsKrous fraud has been psrpsifafsd
against ths rlNintfff The former Il
u years % ass. almost blind nn-
sbls to read and fer years aiFsoss
helpless
The complaint alleges that Can
rnrs ahd his wife. claiming title 90
certain property Owned ~ Johnston.
thfsatsns5 thr feeble mar with n
tsw suit ia establish their claims.
ana forced him % take the matter
81 80 attorney TheY then took
fohnsten fa Seattle attorney who
advised him 20 make application 20
the county etfiriais far msiHtsnsnc
The ola man then signed a paper
rurpoftsd % BE- such an application.
bat o. reality being an instrument
leasing MS property 20 Conusrs.
Later the plaintiff discovered The
fraud and AZ once filed q complaint
against the Offenders
Johnston asks that BY decree ~
the court the ciaisna ~ others - his
property be removed, and that his
oNu BE- uneiaulrd ~ she revocation
- the fraudulent lease The plain
tiffs property h in the vicinity ~
smiths cove. where p. has been
living for uanY years. Others are
Involved IN the demand for The
clearing ~ his title The smiths
Cove Land company. the New Eng
lard company. the Washington
Northern Hailway company the
Oregon a Washington Railroad
company. and Grifnth Davies
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FRISCO
IN HURRY
c. ". AiLaERr. SUSPECTED or
GRAFT. PASSES rARouos sc.
ATTLE ON WAY TO ORIENT.

c. II Gilbert. one % the men al
legged To be lmpllmatea ia grating
Ia San Francisco. recently spent
two DAYS In Seattle. and sailed from
this eity Tor the Orient on the Min.
uesosa on October 90
Ne left san Francisco secretly.
accompanied b. bis wife. aud it Ia
understood 90 arranged hia tnni.
ness affairs that his return 10 san
Francisco IN the vefy near futuf.
y lll not ~ necessary
Hilbert II a member Of the Hii
bert Mercantile company. % San
Francisco. q which Mayer Eugene
schmttz IL slao said 10 be connect.
Cd. Abe Heuf. san Franeisco'a ro
litieai hoas. and tbs head Of the
alleged grating combine. 10 the At.
iuFnsf Tor the company
The Hilbert Mercantile company
deals IN iiquora. aud Il Il charged
that fhe administration forced "a
ieonksepefa 10 bus liquor from the
Hilbert company on palm ~ being
eiosod np Il l. aleo charged that
these same pcopis we're forced 20
bay stock in a company that failed
for tzs00ea after the fire. the In
teators iosiaE heavily.
tiilnsfta brother q ROW Ia
Enrupe travelling with Schmltz.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

James Robbins. aged II. died M
the home 81 hia daughter. Mrs W
a.. Orifman. last night The de-
ceased Was from Scion Nilla ~
lie was a Mason ~ high standing
IN his home town The body Is AZ
Banney Wats0n's preparatory "a be.
Ing shipped east for burial
Gertrude mccoy. infant daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs J y Mccoy. died
yesterday afternoon at the family
residence. sol Eighth av The body
waa shipped last evening By the
Seattle Undertaking company TO
Spokane for inlerment
Anna Bell Vincent. aged ~.
daughter Of the late Perry ID Vim
cent. Of Redmond Wash. died
NJ the family home in Red.
mond last night The body vas
brought 10 Seattle. and is At the
honey Watson pariors. preparatory
20 being sent 20 Hothell for burial
George y Arnert, a blacksmith.
died At his home. ITO Cherry Ct.
last night he bad lived IN Seattle
but one year. lie was 81 years old
aud leaves q wife Funeral services
from the residence at O'Clock to
morrow afternoon.
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sEwsBoY SAVED HIS MONEY
TO GUY A RACE MORSE. GUT
HE WON'T MIX WITH The
-FOUR HUNDRED"

NEW YORK. Oct. because
saved up enough coin 20 boy 4
thoroughbred an run him, every
guy sat passes here ruhbess II
me- said William A. Deuips. \
Brooklyn HeesboY Now dou't
think fer q uffy that because ! owu
q race horse I'm geitin' a sselled
head.
SOME of my customers said 20
me today that maybe the Jockey
club wouldn't LET me run the horse
under my own name Say. alu't my
name as good as the reHt ~ a. guys
vat owns A siabief The stewards
needn't BE- sfraid that u be- buttin'
in with the whitneys. Vauderbitn
and the rest Of the four hundred
when I goes 20 the track 20 see my
nRg run III stick IN the bunch
was made for, ssef
Yes. I made my pile easy You
see. ID always been doping the
horses and ! soon found out that |
could pick the winners. 50 ! saves
up = bankroll and plunEes one day
HIT Dc bookies tree times an me
roll looks like a piano lce Chez
n didn't win all the time but
did win some. an ! saved u "a bus
q skate OF my own"
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A(6NE:W
LIABLE:
Subject to Fine and Inn
prisOnment For Is
suing Warrants For
Illegal Charges.

By auditing the accounts allowed
rs the county commissioner for
the purchase Of cigars. cakes. Ice
cream and candy and the payment
Of house rent. County Auditor J. p.
AgneW has. Il is said. laid himself
liable 10 a fine 81 any sum not
exceeding 81 900. or imprisonment
ia the county jail for a period 81 not
exceeding one year, or both such
fine and imprisonment
This fact & pointed out by Prose-
cutting Attorney Kenneth Mackin-
tosh. Rho has Instituted an inyestl.
cation into the charges 81 lrregu-
larlty IN the character Of the eE-
penditurcs u the county commits
aIonera Mr Macintosh has asked
Auditor Agnes for copies 81 the eK-
pense bills Of the county commits
sioners. with a view to aHcertaining
whether money has been expended
hY them Ia an Improper manner.
He declares that II Illegal charges
have been made be viii institute
legal proceedings for the recovery
Of the money
The law making the county audi
tor responsible for money improp-
efly appropriated BY the county Ia
found In section 1914 Of Ballinger's
code. aud reads IS follows
III any auditor shall knowingly
issue any warrant not authorized By
law he shall. on conviction thereof.
Be- imprisoned In the county jail not
exceeding one year. and may be
fined In any sum not exceeding
$1,000. or may be fined only
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boarded sum FOUND
IN OLD BUREAU

tina any kindilnE wood handy. pro
e~egisd 20 chop the old bureau np
Or that purpose A. he DID. be
hsAr,i metallic klink and upon IN
vestiRailng found that between tho
drawer and clcat which held Il Ia
place there wcfe number OF
pieeoH az paper al OF the same
anape aud sine. Upon further In
xessixatlon be found that there
were ten ~ them. and that each one
onnfsined a golden eagle The neSs
sn<a spread among the neiFhbofa.
hnsre the excitement and The basosn
IN s~cond hand furniture
NJ NeliiE h an old resident ~
s~asfte. having lived here for over
twenty years ruiii recently he Sas
engaTnd In the cigar business on
pfkn ~ near Third
Around the finding Of the money
minkt be cenirred an Interesting
sfory af soms one fruEaiiy boarding
up money for a rainy day. then
passing away. or many other equal
~ important svenia
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William Farrow. manager Of
Grants cafe. on Third ay. near
Pike. who was assaulted by J. Nc
Cioskey, a waiter. In the Chinese
grill early Monday morning. Is In a
very serious condition today. DIR.
Roller. the attending physician,
stated this afternoon that this
morning Mr. Farrow's temperature
was exceedingly high and his con-
hition critical Late this afternoon
Farrow was resting easier. 'lnfec-
tion" Is being guarded against. but
IL this sets in no hope Is entertain
ed for Mr Farrow's life.
McCloskey. who made the as
sault. is missing lie left for Ia
coma Monday night and was traced
There by the police. but left for
parts unknown. II Mr. Farrow's
condition Is more critical tomorrow
information will be filed against
McCloskey by the prosecuting at
torney.
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HOUSE CLEANING OF
OLD ORDINANCES.

Another general housocieanlnF n
on hand for the legal department Of
the city. The cts engineers office
il preparing Tor presentation 10 the
council resolutions repeating some
goo old local Improvement ordl
nancoB Many Of these ordinances
20 back az far as May. isg3. and all
represent improvements which we're
passed BY the council. but never
carried out because OF other ordi-
naneaa introduced later and making
certain changes 10 the first. Many
Of the repeating ordinances will be
introduced ia the council next Mon
day night
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Second hand furniture 10 10 de
mana on Ilcaeon hnl The talk just
nov amaag the people II nai Of
optioun GA corner lots. nor of the
prohable grading ef the hill. bot 81
options Ga second hand buruass and
eumuiodez. AZ least ten years old
al This IL due 70 She fiadsnx Of ten
go gold pieces. each neatly wfsR
ped 40 N a piece of brown papsf. IS
an old bureau whieh had for years
Hern rsisEatsd 80 the cellar. -
cause none 81 The nciEhbors were
poor anoazh 20 BE- Wililnk 10 accept
h even as a Eift
Walter Nellin. 50 Years old. 2e9e
Thlfternfh av =. vas the iDekt
finder About zen wears ago. darins
he hard times. Mr. SsIlia bought
the bureau In question: and other
artieius for 81 from a second hand
store IN North Seattle After an
awsffns sss needs. tho hurwau was
stored ln a corner Of the cellar
Last Tuesday Mr NelllK, not ind
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LOCAL FLASHES

k~apol Resigns.
p KNApol former manager OF
the BEL Tower company. has 70
signed 20 enter the Wholesale lufn.
Der business he viii b. succeeded
By n D. Tower. of Dies Aolnea. Ia
Want Baa Boys.
The police are endeAyorlnE 70 10
cate a gang 81 bows who have been
stealing sever pipe. plumbers sup
plies and earpeutrru tools from 10
cal contractors IN the vicinity OF
the LuuEfellow school
Express Companies Report
The committee on transportation
Of the Chamber 81 Commerce Will
tomorrow afternoon receive re
port from the express companies
charged wlth collecting high rates
on matter delivered in The city
ssvs Dust Club Meets.
The Saw Dust club. composed Of
tho younger men employed In the
lumber industry. will hold a meet.
Ing and smoker IN the rooms Of the
i.umbsrmen's club Ia the Olympic
block. newt Saturday.
Nevada Looks Good.
William Ryan and " y Sullivan.
mining men from the Gfeenwator
district In Nevada. are stopping AZ
the Hotel stevens Mr Ryan has
great faith In the copper deposits
recently discovered.
Outline City Work.
The city engineers department is
getting ready 60 map out the amount
of street improvements for next
year Several men were set 20
work today to draw up resolutions
OF local improvements which can be
put before the council shortly
Dakota Passengers.
J.R Rodgers. United States con.
aul at shanghai. China. exllov.
Haussf aud family OF Helena.
Mont. Mr. Mccoy. a merchant Of
the Orient. with party Of friends
and number Of prominent people
have engaged passage on the steam
ship Dakota. which sails for the
Orient on Nov. Is.
Fears Foul Play.
Mrs r RYAN. Third aY and Vine
st. asks the police 20 locate her son
Elmer. who she says left home with
n horse and busy several DAYS ago
toto look at lot lie is described
az being good boy and does no,
drink lie was ~ years old and
his continued absence causes her 10
believe that he has met with an &C.
eidont or foul play
Permits for Buildings.
Mrs NJ = Rose has been issued
building permit FOR the erection
Of a thrcc.atory brick hotel building
at 1861 Union ~ 70 cost $4,000
r.. l.. Fehrens a Co. are the archi
tects. 4. q Johnson has taken out
a permit for "a three. story brick
roomina house ~ 62o.2i Madison A.
10 cost t27. 200 W. p White is the
architect
viii Buy In Bulk.
Material for the water and light.
ing departments win hereafter be-
bought In bulk. n the proposition
now being considered by the finance
committee Is agreed upon By supt
Youngs ~ the water department
The committee has asked Mr.
Younes 10 appear phefore Il at the
regular meeting on the last Saiur
day OF this month 20 discuss the
question.
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DoY1 TO ASSIST
N PROSECUTION

tlssees received from Souse hy
nzzsx ssaiep ArtoyneF Sullivan to
+ ERts hat District Attorney
- Il tar place has isft Tor Sc
- en- lke steamer Victoria Hc
! : szaast The prosecution IN the
~ e capfain NeWth. of fhe
easzr seaneffe. and Cantain Bod
- nzster q she whaief William
Aasz wAo werr fecentiy bound
- 81 ne Nome courts 70 che
tzase States coart a. Seattle on
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dealing with dead matter raked up
by Charles Gleason, who IL engaged
In codifyinr the city ordinances,
aud wiping the slate clean Of old
nounced this morning that he would
ana useless laws Mr. Carroll an.
art man ~ work indcNing the
various vaults In the city hall as
soon ne Mr Gleason completed his
work. Provision has been made by
The tar levy for next year for this
extra clerk
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METCALF MEETS.
SCHOOL BOARD'
RoosgvgLrs REPRESENTA-.
TIVE DISCUSSES JAPANESE
QUESTION AT SAN FRAN.
CISCO.

SAX FRANCISCO. Nov i.--sscs
Rotary Metesif arrived fram wash
lnstnn last night With instructions
10 investigate The exclusion % iaps-
usHr children from san Franeisce
schools. took so rs TASK today and
called on the president of the beard
- sdagatian this morning when he
ssn given all the data on the uuss-
fian ahieh has beer gathered by
the board he also had 4 long IN
tcfview with she president. 81
which every detail ~ the matter
was gone over thoroughly This af-
fernoau or fomnrfuw he Mill have a
tais with ths representative Of The
Japanese eide Of the controversy.
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GEORGE SIMON
DIES SUDDENLY

George W Simon. a well known
commercial traveller died at the
Seattle General hospital last night.
after short illness Mr. Simon
was g. years old and was formerly
travelling salesman for the J. J.
HaEerty liquor house. but recently
connected with the Kentucky Dis.
tlllery
Mr. Simon was well known In
Seattle. having spent the greater
part OF his time in this city He
married Miss Fannie Rosenhlatt. OF
Portland. four years ago. and the
couple made their home in that
city Funeral services were held
from the Bonuey Watson parlors at
2 o'clock this afternoon and the re.
mains we're sent 60 Portland for in
termenL
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BUILDING PERMITS.

Building Inspector Places report
for ths month 81 October shows
total o. So permits issued. reach.
Jag a valuation 81 tf.R2a.sTe This
"a : phenomenal Increase over Sep.
teulbar The largest permit issued
aurins the moufh NaE for a seven.
sfarf concrefs building to ooas
fgEa coo
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the charge q committing crimes "a
the hirh sras The trial u set for
Nov The prisoners left Nome
on the senator. In charge os tnit.
81 stalas deputy marshal daY
prior 10 she sailing % the Victoria
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aoYs RUN AWAY
TO FOLLOW SEA

With the intention Of going to
sea. Paul Armon and RAY de Roller.
Seattle boys. each Is years Of age.
ran away from their homes last
Thursday. They were traced as FAR
a. the steamer Flyer and u Is sup.
posed they went TO Tacoma The
runawaya disappeared from school
They had a total cash balance o.
f2f. Notice has been sent 20 the
United states shipping commits.
sIoner'a offices and warning IL Is
sued 60 masters not 20 sign these
boys on their vessels school board
officials have also received deacrlp.
tions Of the fugitiyes aud the truant
officer Is seeking tho pair
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STUDENTS ARRESTED.

fsoripps Telegraph servies)
LEXINGTON. Ky. Nov. live
students Of the Kentucky state col
ieRs are In the work house today
awaiting trial for an assault upon
policemen detailed laAt night to
keep order ON the campus. The trial
viii take place tomorrow.