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GREAT GRAY SEA BOARDED HER
NOT ONLY STOPPED STEAMER,
nut DROVE HER ASTERN.
Big FreiEhter Got All the Weather Mares
Tails PrOgnOsticated W Days After
That Warning Was Set in the Sky
Skipper Surer THAI Ever OF the sign.

The big steel freight steamship Hudsoni
with a cargo of curios. teas, spices. hides
and frecrackers, from ports of the Far
East, anchored of Stapleton yesterday
showing many scars from her tussle with
the seas and gales OF a cyclone that swatted
her when she was 800 miles southwest Of
the Azores, about in midocean, on March 10.
She took the far southern latitude pre-
scribed for low powered steamships and,
being deeply laden, she had a hard time
keeping the crests from bouncing over
her low free board.
On Sunday, March q, the dropping Of the
glass indicated to Capt. Burnett that a blow
was approaching. His log says, after the
manner Of the logs of the old shippers who
read the bulletins of nature and their instru-
ments together, that lat noon the western
half Of the sky showed mares tails. a sure
sign Of wind. A heavy rain set in the.
following day to the southwark. with distant
thunder, and the sur set behind a Threatening
dark cloud, the sky having a yellowish
sickly appearance"
The barometer had allen to 2e.3 on
March 10 and a heavy gale came out Of the
north west, kicking up tall and combing
seas. There were rain Squalls of hurricane
force and between the squalls the sky cleared
completely sometimes. A comber climbed
aboard on the starboard side amidships,
sweeping across the chart room, tearing the
starboard lifeboat from its lashings and
staving it against a ventilator. All the
doors on the starboard side were stove and
the bridge deck started. Men who were
ordered to secure the broken boat were al
most swept into the sea by the force OF the
squalls.
The skipper dripped oil through the star
board waste pipes. which smoothed down
the crests alongside, but did not affect the
onslaughts forward.
A wall OF gray rose on the starboard bow
and struck the ship with a force that made
her stand still and then go astern n few
seconds. Nothing could be seen forward
by the anxious officers on the bridge, but
roaring water and spray. 1t looked for
an instant as IL nearly half of the ship had
vanished in the NAV Of the mighty sea.
Nearly everybody on duty below was
knocked of his feet and the men on the
bridge retained their footing only by cling
ing to rails. The forecastle ports were all
stove, the forecastle deck was started,
steam pipe coverings forward were carried
away and deck fittings broken. For the
rest of the day the tumult kept up and Capt.
Burnett hardly made steerage way. Next
morning the gale moderated and there was
a tropical downpour that lasted nearly a
day. Some of the cargo forward was
damaged by the thrush OF water through
broken ports.
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give their reasons this may have some
effect lnon the portnnnaaa hart

give their reasons this may have some
effect upon the Portuguese heart.
But as a nation we have the right to inter-
fere. In 1880 we paid Portugal Esoo,o 900 to
stop her slave trade. By the Berlin and
Brussels Acts of only twenty-one and sixteen
years ago, Portugal bound herself, in oom-
mon with us, to put down the slave trade
from the Congo Basin and Central Africa
generally. We have also the right Of com
mon humanity. which we have always
claimed. | go about the world a good
deal. and | know only too well how much
of her reputation for humanity and Justice
England has lost in the last ten years. Last
year ! despaired of any appeal to such
qualities among us. But it does seem now
az though we were going to wash our own
hands and make a fresh start. When our
own hands are clean again at last, we can
enforce such representations upon Portugal
as she dare not resist. Or II she ~resists, /
suppose we are still strong enough at sea
to send a cruiser to arrest one Of these
legalized slave ships on its course and bring
the abomination to an end.
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MORE TROUBLE FOR SCRANTON.
Str Get Car Men Threaten to Strike for q
Wage Increase.

SCRANTON, April There is imminent
danger Of a strike on the local trolley lines
now controlled by the American Railway
company OF rhiladeiphia II was 1honght
settled, but it has broken out afresh.
The men want a wage increase Of from
20 to % cents an hour. The company con-
cedes 81 cents, but the men will not con-
national board, who will go over the matter
and decide whether a strike shall be called.
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Good furniture isn't any
more of an expense than a good
location. A good location brings
people into your place Of business.
Good office furniture impresses them
and brings them back. See a real
estate agent about a good location
see me about the furniture.
CHARLES E. MATTHEWS
OFFICE FURNITURE
as Canal ST., I Door East Of B'way.
Telephone 1899 Spring.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

derer through this country and
found him in Tay Tor county in a
secluded neighborhood where he
thought he would never be captur.
ed. The name of the prisoner
could not be learned as the facts
came only a few minutes before
press time
/ The detective was in the service
O. P AXE ton and tie murderer had
escaped from Texas where a re-
ward of S. 900 had been offered
for his capture.
He had been living through this
country for two or three years and
had finally settled i'll secluded
part of TAYLOR county.
"It is said that when the detective
threw aside his dress displaying a
large badge, the prisoner tainted
and fell to the ground. When he
regained consciousness he related
the whole story of his escape. He
had married in TAYLOR and was liv-
ing happily and stood in high es.
TEEN among his neighbors. The
detective proved to be ore of the
shrewdest looking ind;vuals recent.
" seen in Taylor county and after
he had captured his man, dressed
dead swell, His ponies and dogs
were shipped 10 his Texas home
while the prisoner was hand cuffed
and taken back by rail to face his
doom. 1t is said the dogs were
carried along for the purpose of
trailing the prisoner in case he
should attempt to escape into the
knobs after arrested. The detec-
tive had been Informed that a man
OF the description of the prisoner
wanted had been seen in Boyle
county near the knob line and for
that reason the visit was made to
this section. Just how the officer
happened to drop onto the location
of the murderer is unknown, but he
had been working on the case for
many months. The strange detec-
tive accounted for hisequestrianfeats
by announcing that he was engaged
with circus. The colored people
around Parksville are in high spir-
is since the facts came out"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02
NE VS. ITE Ms

The Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States Monday issued an order
for a stay Of 1.-THE N ,ndate in the
case of James B. Howard, under
sentence to lite imprisonment OH
the charge of completely in the muir
der of Gov. Coebel. The order of
the court has the effect of withhold
ing the mandate until March ,.
The Legislative Comlni tee 4p-
Pointed 10 inspect the Staff pris.
ons, will recommend the appropu-
alton OFFS, 900 for the establish
ment of a special ward for con-
sumptives il. the Eddyville penite, {.
tiary. 1t is believed an appropri-
atiou will be made for a similar
ward at Frankfort.
His attorney now states that he in.
tends to file o motion for rehear-
ing and asks that official notice of
the courts be with held in order to
prevent Howard being sent to. the
Kentucky penitentiary pending
decisinn on his motion for Iehear-
ing The order of the court has
the effect of withholding the man
date until March 2.
Col. John w. Miller, OF Lancas-
ter, received telegram yesterday
stating thai his son, John Paul Mil.
Ter an Annapolis Cadet who was re.
Gently convicted for hazing. had
been pardoned by the President.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

Several weeks ago. strange
looking person., dressed like a wo-
man, but bearing a very slight re-
semblance of the feminine sex,
came to Mt. Vernon, riding a pony
and followed by a hall dozen or
more dogs. She acted in such
strange manner, that the officers
were led to believe she was crazy
and arrested her and put her in
Jail for enc night. Several mes
ssges were sent to parties who had
seen her between here and London
Finding that no cffense had been
committed anywhere along the
line, over which she had travelled,
she was permitted the next morn
ing to proceed on her journe,
She was soon out of the county and
nothing more was heard of her, un
til the folio wing appeared in last
weeks issue of the Danvlle News:
SAT Parksville she acted is such
strange and weired manner that
a number of colored people thought
she was hOodoo or scrcerer and
Immediately took to The bed, claim.
ing to be desperately i'll. Aunt
Sarah Frye was SO badly frightened
that she lost her sense of speech
entirely.
She moved ON to Mitchelsburg,
thence to Affection ard Gravel
Switch and finally passed through
! Marion county into Taylor. There
she frightened the people by her
strange antics and different at.
tempts were made to arrest her bpt
when the officers arrived she al
ways managed to convince them
that she was of sound mind.
Finally she created wild excite
ment among the yeomanary by
casting aside her dress and coming
forth in mans apparel. At thar
moment he had found the escaped
prisoner for whom he had been
looking.
The full and accurate details
could not be- gotten but tie facts
were brought here dire ct from the
sheriff of Marion county wto had
been keeping a close track upon
the man in woman's apparel. He
had been hunting an escaped muir.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

A committee of Senators and
Representatives visited Crab Or
chard Springs last Friday for the
purpose Of investigating the condi-
tons and surroundings and :epor,
to their respective bodies, the ad
visibility of purchasing the famous
old springs for feeble minded insti.
tute. We understand that the
committee as a whole was favorably
impressed and would SO report.
The Crab Orchard Commercial
Club and citizens of Crab Orchard
did themselves proud in the enter
tainment of the law ma kers.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

SHor:-Mesdames M. L. Myers
and S. w. Adkins received a tele.
gram Wednesday afternoon stating
that their niece, Who had recently
married a young man by the name
of Taylor in Callatin county, had
been MORALLY wounded by a pistol
shot at the hands of her husband
who also took his own life. No
particulars were given. They left
on the morning train Yesterday
morning.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02
P f r 8 AL

S. B. Ramsey is seriously i'll oil
fever.
], Fish is in Knoxville bu, Ing
goods.
Other Catron went up to Corbiu
Monday
Mrs. Elizabeth Williams has been
Ill for several days.
Isaac Bowman was in Lancaster
this week trading in stock.
H. J. Mullins has pruned most
of the orchards IN and about this
place.
DR.. w. J. Childress, of Living
ston, was here for a few hours
Wednesday.
Mrs. G. G. Williams and daugh-
ter, Miss Risse, returned from the
city Thursday.
Miss Georgia Jones. of Middles-
boro, is visiting her sister, Mrs l..
w. Bethurum.
Mrs. J. M. Jones went to Corbin
Monday to attend the burial of her
nephew, George Owens.
Mrs. Henry Tharp and daughter,
Margarite, spent Sunday until
Tuesday with relatives here.
Mrs. VIM. Moore. who used to be
Miss Sadie Martin, is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Martin
at Maretburg.
J. K. Richard and SON have ar.
rived from Columbia and are saw
ing for c. c. Miller in the Level
Green handle mill.
G. G. Sowder, of North Salem.
Ind, has returned to his home af-
tor pleasant stay of several weeks
with relatives here.
Mrs. Mollie Colder. of Cape Cir
ardean, NO., is here visiting her
father. Mr.. James Myers. She will
be here about a month.
Mrs. F. L Thompson and daugh
ter, Miss Aha left Saturday on q
visit to friends and relatives in Lou
isville and New Albany.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. MrFerron
have returned and are stopping at
the Miller hotel. They have not
rs yet decided when and where
they will go to housekeeping.
S. H. Martin will move into A.
Penuinaton's property until he can
get possession of the property re-
Gently purchased of U. G. Baker,
which is rented to Judge Colyer un
til newt fall.
A. Pennington will 20 to Living
ston to take charge of the Eight
Gables hotel.-Later:-Just before
going to press Mr.. Pennington in.
formed us that he would not 60 to
Livingston.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

The Hansford Telephone Co.
have extended their line FROM Sand
Spring to Mt. Vernon and connect
ed it to the switchboard here The
line starts from DR.. Prices at Lev
el Green and runs via. Hansford
and Sand Spring. A wire from
the latter place connects with the
residence OF R. l.. br.y on the Lev
Ell Green ~ d Mt. V,Incn 1Cao.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02
LAND, STOCK AND CROP

Wade Brown bought of Wallace
l.aswell fire mule for Sos.
Robert Cox bought of G. c.
Fish a Jersey mich cow for $50,
Sheep are scarce and what few
the-d are, high as a cats back.
Good mules worth all the way
from Sroo to $50.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

Forest Coffey. the II year old
boy, who asked the Bible question
in our last issue. how imany times
the word God" appears in tn.
New Testament, says he will aos-
wer same next week unless ans
wered by some one else. We al
ways delight in encouraging the
young people in matters of this
kind and we trust there will be 9th
ers as much interested in the
Book Of Books" as young Mr..
Coffey.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

0SVCIAI Oh tue NCCKC2StlG tc2Cn-
ers are possessed of a righteous in
diguation and III laundering tones
are proclaiming the fact that they
were swindled by an agent of the
Kentucky Correspondence College,
OF Lexington. According to the
statements of several teachers, the
Kentucky Correspondence College
through its agents or representa-
tives offered the numerous teachers
of Rockcastle county a correspond
ence course for stipulated price
some saying that the course was to
be paid TO; in installnents, while
others claim that the course, or
books were to be sent to their ad.
dress subject ito rejection at any
time within ten days should they
elect not to take it. One young
lady says that when the agent call
ed upon and presented his plan.
that she accepted conditinolly, as
follows: IF the course is what
want after examination l will pay
SEQ out of my FIRST or second school
draw and j. not the books will be
returned and will be released from
any payment" This being agree
able she signed, as she states, what
she thought to be an agreement %
that effect. The books came, but
were promptly returned and moth
ting thought about it until she went
to draw her money and found Supt.
Ballard in possession of an uncon-
ditional order, with her own sigma
ture, to hold out the $40 and pay
same over to the Kentucky Cor
respondeuce College. She was at
her rows end and nothing more
could be done but quietly submit,
and look to providence for the rest
There were several who had the
same experience. We are not &C
quainted with any Of the facts, only
as reported to us bv those. who
claim to have been duped. but we
know each and every one of them
to be responsible and reliable
young people and we believe every
word just as they have told it. Elk
perieu &c is the best lesson and those
who have experienced this very ex
pensive lesson will probably gain
by II ip the future.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

KILLED:-George Owens, aged
%. son of the late Jonathan
Owens, and nephew of Mrs. J,
M. Jones of this place, fell from q
box car while switching in the Par.
is yards Sunday and received injur-
les from which he died twenty-five
hours later. His right arm was
cut of and bruised internally.
The burial took place at Corbin
Tuesday.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02
LII TON

w. =. Mullins was in IaFollette
Tenn, for few dsys.-John A..
Mullins was in Richmond Thurs
day.-Mr. and Mrs. ]. G. Hooker
of LaFcllette, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. James Orndorff:-Mrs John
Howell has moved from COrbin and
will occupy the Pope house on
/ Main street J. c. Stanley, OF
Gilhert's Greek, visited his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Stanley, last
week.-Mrs.. George Griffin wa:
called to Paris on account of the
serious illness of her daughter,
Mrs. Egbert Hayes. Mrs. Hayes
is better at this writing.
Miss Ella Stanley is visiting rel
atives at Gilbert's Greek Mrs.
Will Ward entertained. with din.
ner Monday in honor of Will Wards
birthday anniversary Miss Jessie
Bogart of Cedar Point. Ohio, is Wis
ting Mrs. Henry Rice.-Mrs. ]
B. Hayes is on the sick list. DR.
Owens. of Pittsburg, was calle
here Tuesday to see Mrs. w. w.
Wright Miss Rose McFerron Of
Pine Hill, was the guest of her sis
tiers Wednesday, Mrs. Susie Mul.
Inns has rented her hotel and saws
Livingston is on big boom. Mrs
Thos. Daniels, of Lebanon juno
tor, is the guest of Mrs. ]. E,
Woodall.- Mrs. w, 7. Merrimee
and children and Miss Carrie Nor
ris, of Paris and Mesdames Rowa 4
and Hamlin, OF Chicago. Ill.,, are
the guests of Mrs George Pope. =
Mrs. Bert Whitehead will return tc
Stanford in a few days-Mes
danes John Pope, W. w. Wright
r. A. Sparks and II. D. Mage
have entertained this week in hon
or of Mesdames Merrimee, Rowan
and DHamlin. Arthur Bother. G
Lebanon Junction. was here la
week, IN the interest of our Z. O
departmeut.-Mrs Joseph Sam
brook is very sick. cottage be
longing to Joseph Sambrook burnet
YESTERDAY morning. There Wa.
quite an excitement tor a while
MIR. Sambrcok fell from a ladde
and was seriously injured. Harr,
Magee had finger badly cut
Miss Georgia McFerron entertaine,
with social Wednesday evening
The guests were Misses Cora AID
ans. Ida Cook, Leila Sambrook
| Matte and Rose McFerrou, Messr
Rider, Johnson, Lee and Asher
Mrs. J. E. Woodall gave . part,
Monday evening in honor of he
Sunday-school class. The guest
were, Sara Alcorn, Mamie Owens
Carrie Mullins, Willie Edith Tnbb
Bessie and Myrtle Witt, Will
Witt, Upton Singleton and others
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Sigmol
are moving to Wilde.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

r B. Mullins Will move to Il: e
G. NJ. Ballard property on Main
ST., recently purchased by w. P.
Smith. Mr.. Ballard viii lmove 10
the property he bought of S. N.
Davis on Newcomb Avenue. NJ.
Daily goes into the X. b. Mullins
property. 1t will be time of
moving.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

ENrRRrAINMRNr - Prof. A.
Lincoln Kirk, of Wakegan, Ill. will
give An entertainment at the court
no use on Thursday night Feb. IS.
Forty per cent of the proceeds will
60 for the benefit of the Baptist
church. Remember the date and
come out and help worthy cause.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

Mrs. Rose Whitehead. of Somer-
set, died after an illness of only rwo
weeks. Mrs. Whitehead had form
erly livedsat London aud had moved
TO Somerset only few months ago,
with her father, Mr.. John Erred
who is an extensive lumb her dealer.
Mrs. Whitehead had visited in
Mt. Vernon on one occasion and
was we'll known to many of our
people. She .,as a most harming
and attractive woman.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

The Mt. Vernon Drug Cos.
stock has been moved into the
room recently occupied by M. ].
Miller & Co., and taken char &c OF
by Willis Adams, who will more
than likely purchase the same.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

Judge L. w Bethurum perform
ed his first ceremony Monday,
when he united in the holy bones
of matrimony, M 8 Mamie Do;son
and Mr.. OveriOn Mullins.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

Livingston has a new drug store,
the Livingston Drug Co., owned
by DR.. w. ]. Childress and Miss
Georgia McFerron.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

CARD OF THANKS:--I wish to
thank the kind friends of Living
ston, who worked SO faithfully
while my Property was on FIRE
Yesterday morning. I fell q debt of
gratitude to each and every one.
JACOB SAMBROoK.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

Court IrEMs;- Abe Chasteen
was fined 500. and cost Wednesday
for selling liquor. F. w. Poteet
and Geo. Bryant were fined one
cent and cost for bleach of peace.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

This Office has just issued a tele.
phone directory for Mt. Vernon and
Livingston exchanges and county
points. Eight new phones have
been added in Livingston and sew
eral in Mt. Vernon. The manager
requests US to call attention to the
users the importance of ringing
Oft" To get good service this
must be done. Many leave the
phone in five seconds after ringing
for central because they get no an
swer in that time. They should
take in consideration that the oper.
ator may be busy on other lines
and cannot answer within a few
seconds at all times. Use a little
patience aud commonsense.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

GA SToREA
Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought
'''' q &r34Zzzs(
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02
The Joseph |nfrmorv
Price IlINllnQlv,
STANFORD. KY.
TO CONSUMPTIyES.

The undersigned having been restored to
health by simple means, after suffering for
several years with severe lung affection,
aud that dread disease CONSUMPTION. IL
anxious to make known to his fellow suffer.
ers the means eff cure. To those who desire
IT, he will cheeifully send free of charRe} .
copy of the prescription used, which they
will find sure cure for CONSUMPTION.
ASTHMA. CATARRH, BRONCHITIS and all
throat and lung MALADIEs. lie hopes all
sufferers will .ry his remedy, AS it is mval.
nable. those desiring the prescription which
will cost them nothing. and may drove :
blessing, will please address, REV. EDWARD
A. WILLOW. Brooklyn, New York,
A GUARANTEED CnRE FOR P1IEs
Itching, Bliud, Bleedine, Protrud-
ing Piles. Druggists are auth orig.
ed to refund money if PAzo ONT
MINT fails to cure in s to 10 days.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-02-02

New BANK:-It is a dead GER
tainty that Mt. Vernon is to have
another bank, which will be a
branch of the Citizens Bank, of
Brodhead. and will he called the
Peoples Bank. H. H. Wood of
Wilde. will be President. W. G..
Nicely VicePresident. F. l.
Thompson, Second Vlcc-President,
and N. B. Salin, Of New Hope
Bank. has been spoken of as Cash
Ter. The new bank expects to be
ready for business about March Ist.
1t will be located in the room now
occupied by the Mt. Vernon Drug
Co. The entire building known as
the Joplin hotel, has been purchas-
ed by the bank. The work of
building vault was begun Tues
dav by Oscar Bostic, the contractor.
This morning at 3:I5 o clock, af-
ter an illuess of little over one week
Mrs. Clara Belknap Wolcott, a
member of one of Keokuk most
distinguished families, and one of
the best and most brilliant women
that this city has ever known, died
from heart failure at her home, No.
AS High street. Mrs. Wolcott
was daughter Of Gen. w. G
Belkuap and her brother was Gen.
w. W. Belknap. both men whose
memories Keokuk loves to honor,
and she has long been identified
with that which is best in Keokuk
society. In the hearts of MANY
her passing leaves void that will
never be flled.-[Daily Constitu-
tion-Democrat, Keokuk, Iowa.
Mrs. Wolcott was the mother of
Miss Bertha Wolcott, who taught
music here last year.