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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-12-05
Fiendish Crime Perpetrated
Monday Afternoon
at 100.
ASSAILANT ESCAPES
Two Suspects Arrested But
Released When Brought
Before Victim.

A brutal criminal outrage occurred
'about three quarters Of mile from
Cerulean Springs Monday at 100 p.
m. Miss Ella Blanks, a daughter Of
VIM Blanks, a respectable farmer,
started from her home to Cerulean
shortly after dinner. AS she was
walking alone through a piece Of
woods, passing by an old barn, q
Strange man came out from the
barn and roughly seized her, saying:
'1thave been waiting a long time
for you and now l have got you"
Paralyzed with fear the trembling
girl was dragged from the road a
\ little way and forced to a fendish
4criminal assault. AS soon as she
was released she retraced her steps
to her home and gave the alarm and
a search was instituted by the neigh
bors. Later in the evening blood
hounds from Sturgis were sent for
but failed to pick up the trail. Mon
( day night Marshal G. M. Warder,
Of Gracey, ARRESTED two shabby
dressed young men spending the
night near that place and brought
them to this city and lodged them in
Jail. One of them answered the
general description of Miss Blanks
assailant. The young lady accom-
panied by her brother, drove
through in buggy and reached the
city Tuesday at 1130. They went
at once to the Jail and the men were
brought out one at time before her.
She unhesitatingly said they were
not the men. They gave their
names as Eugene and OH Graves,
alias Jones, and said they passed
through Hopkinsvllle Monday and
were prepared to prove an alibi.
They were released and disappeared. !
Miss Blanks is 10 years of age and
is a very slender young woman, of
medium height. She has heavy
brown hair, gray eyes and thin
features. Her bearing was quiet
and ladylike and though she seemed
to be suffering from the chill of a
long ride in the cold she was COM
posed and apparently had recovered
from the nervous shock. She was
well dressed and was altogether an
attractive and pretty girl. She de
scrihed her assailant as young man
who might have been anywhere from
p to 35 years old, dressed in neat
suit of black clothes, with no over
coat His face was beardless and
in size he was about five feet ten
inches, of slender build, with dark
! hair. She said she did not notice
the color Of his eyes, She said she
did not know the man, but would
recognize him if she saw him again,
She was not asked to make any
statement of the crime further than
4 that volunteered by her brother,
young man about % years old, Miss
Blanks and her brother remained in
the city long enough to do some
shopping and returned home in the
afternoon.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-12-05
The New Council.

After a brief recess the Mayor
called the new body tor order and
City Judge Brasher administered
the oath of Office to Councilmen E.
H. Higgins, J. b. Galbreath, M. H.
Carroll. L. H. Davis, E. w.
Glass, Geo. E. Randle and E. H.
Armstrong. "
The mayor at once read the fol-
lowing address:
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
Movements of JelIyfish.

The movements of the jellyfishes are
governed by ringlike disks which pull
safe rhythmically in response to stim-
uluses, says Professor A. G.. Mayer.
When the outer sense organs Of the
jellyfish cassiopea are cut off, the disk
is paralyzed and does not pulsate In
sea water. But II the mutilated disk
be subjected to a mechanical or cleo
trical shock-a single touch with a
crystal Of potassium sulphate will suf-
fce-it suddenly springs into unusually
rapid rhythmical pulsations. This is
regular and sustained like clockwork
and continues indefinitely without fur
ther external stimulation. The waves
of pulsatiOn all arise from the point
which has been stimulated, and any
cut that breaks the circuit stops the
waves of pulsation. When each wave
in complete circuit returns to the
point where the stimulus was first ap-
piled, 1t Is re-enfOrced and again sent
out through the circuit The center
the point where the stimulus Is applied
once established remains fixed as
long as the disk continues to pulsate.
And, once 1t is started by stimulus,
the pulsation is self sustaining-tha Is.
it continues, sustained by internal
stimuli until stopped by an external
cause.-New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
BEWARE OF STRIPES.
Animals That Wear Them Are Said to
Be Treacherous

"Show me a striped wild animal. and
i will show y,Iu one you want to keer
your eye on" said the circus man. "l
have had TO do with wild animals now
for good many years. won't tell
you how many because | am getting
old enough TO feel the weight of these
time posts-and have never yet come
up with striped beast that did not
Show mean traits.
Sometimes | wonder if this Is not
the way nature has of marking up the
bad fellows so that they may be
Known, just as we put striped suits on
the impossibly bad of the human kind
Take hyenas, for instance. They come
nnder the head of dog species. How
seldom you ever hear of a dog shipping
the hand that feeds IT. These ugly
things are liable to de 1t any time
"Zebras are pudgy little horses with
stripes that give away their tempera-
ment. Every now and then you hear
Of zebras broken to harness. Well,
have seen few of these, but they
didn't go far before something else
was broken besides the zebra's mean
nature. They are strong and good
looking, but so internally cussed that
there is no DOING anything with them
Sometimes lions name Is marked
with uneven black circles. When this
is the case, it Is wise not to get too
Tp miltor II is fha sion of n had Strpak
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
No "Phonetio Sense" In English.


1t Is because of the havoc which the
present spelling has wrought in our
conceptions Of the proper representa-
ton of sounds that the English race, as
a race, has lost largely the phonetic
sense. Dictate to dozen educated Ger
mans or Italians passage containing
a large proportion of words they have
never heard before. If the pronuncia-
hon has been clearly conveyed, they
will all spell them the same way and
will all spell them correctly. Try a
similar experiment with a dozen Eng
lish speaking persons Of the very high
est cultivation-in the number it would
be desirable to have certain r-"'Sidents
of our leading universities iuded.
Not only would they all be fairly GER
tain to spell the same words different
ly, but the same man would represent
the same sound in different instances
by different signs. The reason is OBJ
vious enough. In German or Italian
the same sound is invariably conveyed
by the same letter or by the same COM
bination Of letters. In English the
writer would have an indefinite num-
Der of letters or combinations to select
from, with no exclusive value attached
to any Of them.-T. r. Lounsbury In
Atlantic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
There are good many rabbits play
Ing lion parts.

There are a good many rabbits play.
Ing lion parts.
If you let others do your Dragging
for you, it isn't 50 apt to be overdone.
When authority spoils a man, it is
also apt to be hard on those over
whom it extends.
Careful comparison makes any 9th
er heritage look insignificant compared
with common sense.
You often hear impolite children
criticised. Ever realize that there are
good many impolite grown people?
Some houses are so prim and orderly
they remind one of the systematic ar
rangement of the tombstones in well
kept graveyard
If you want to know how people
speak of you behind your backs, listen
to the reckless manner in which they
pitch into others.
We admire patience that doesn't
parade it. The hen, for instance, when
sitting doesn't look as If It felt that no
rooster could ever be such Martyr
Atchison Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21
FORCED THE REVOLUTION.
Major sullivan's Capture Of Fort vii.
liam and Mary.

Major Suiiivans Capture OF Fort Will
liam and Mary.
Just before sunset on the afternoon
Of the 18th of December, 1774, Paul
Revere jumped from his foam covered
steed In front of house in Durham,
n. H., rushed In and informed its
owner, Major John Sullivan, that two
regiments of British regulars were
about to march from Boston to occupy
Portsmouth and the fort In Its harbor.
In an instant Sullivan made up his
mind as to what 1t was his duty to do,
and within less than two hours by the
old grandfather's clock that stood In
his hall he had gathered his force and
was ready for business.
The party, sixteen in number, board
ed an unwleldy sloop rugged old craft
and darted Off down the river to Ports
mouth. 1t was clear cold moonlight
night, and presently the crude masonry
Of Old Fort William and Mary loomed
up in the distance, reminding them of
the fact that they We're close on TO
their quarry.
When within rod or so of the shore,
their vessel grounded in the shallow
water, and in silence they waded to
land, mounted the fort surprised the
garrison and found themselves victor-
Gus without the loss of a man or even
of drop of blood.
Securing the prisoners, the patriots
at once broke into the magazine, where
they found 100 pounds of powder. Tie
powder, along with ten stand of small
arms, was put aboard of their craft
and taken back to Durham, where ii
was buried under the pulpit of the old
meeting house in front of Major Sulli-
vans house.
Six months later the battle of Bunker
Hill came off, and It was this same
POWDER captured by Major Sullivan at
Fort William and Mary, that enabled
the Americans to kill so many Of the
British In that historic encounter. Pow
der was exceedingly scarce in the pa
triot army, and Sullivan, anticipating
that such might be the case, filled "old
John Demeretts OK cart" with the pow
uer ne udu DuTleu uuueT uEsoh hu-
ans pulpit and sent 1t over the sixty
odd miles of rocky road to Boston,
where 1t was destined to do such good
service In the cause of liberty.
1t was the news of Sulllvan's capture
of Fort william and Mary that precip-
itated the Revolution, After such a
daring deed Lexington was foregone
conclusion.
In the words of another, "Sulllran
was the first man In active rebellion
against the British government, and he
drew with him the province he lived
in" In an address on the history of
this part Of New Hampshire the Rev.
Quint Of Dover, referring to the attack
on the fort, said: "The daring charac-
ter of the assault cannot be overesti
mated. 1t was an organized invest
ment of royal fortress where the
kings flag was flying and where the
kings garrison met them with mus
lets and artillery. 1t was four months
before Lexington, ard Lexington was
resistance to attack, while this was
deliberate assault"-Rev. Thomas b.
Gregory in New York American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21

If lovely woman, who has no pockets,
will stop to think that the average man
has at least sixteen. she may under
stand better why her letters intrusted
to him occasionally don't get mailed,
Montreal Star.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-04
ltD0 TO us NATn
ves1lAy Vel Sheei 0pnsi~ kIQs oa-
self vAae Dtiriess.

New York. Feb Howard T.
Froihingham. who. while delifious
rom nervous breakdown. Jumped
rom the second story Of his home In
Nest Seventy seventh street Satur-
LAY, died that night. The death was
not reported tn the police until to-
lay, when the coroner instituted an
lny.stig IA ton. Nervous strain. due
% recent reyerses In Wall street IL
believed to have caused the despon-
lenry which resulted In the deed
Ar. rockingham had passed his for
ty-fifth birthday. and was probably
he biggest and best known loan
broker in the country. handling more
cali money annually than any
other man or firm. He had handled
money for nearly all the large finan-
tAal institutions. His patronage was
-ery large and his commissions in
he lending business alone are said
o have amounted To more than
100000 a year. For sixteen years
ne was a member of the New York
Stock Exchange, but he found lend
ing more profitable than brokerage
and devoted his time almost entirely
10 IL Mr.. rockingham is survived
oy widow and daughter.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-04
WARM cmA~k OK eo,.p NAY.
offer, lpprs'ieasie,i \exsa After
t.ivriy Funi RACE.

After leading Sheriff Forbes and
DEPUTY Sheriff Masgart liy.ly foot
race yesterday afternoon and after
being pulled from beneath u house.
where he had taken refuge. Andrew
Brooks. eoiored was mare he'd 20
IN. county iail and locked up This
waR the second race Brooks has Civ
eu the officers Soon after Mr.
Forbes took charge of the sheriff r
office hs and Deputy MaggaSt mr.
rested brooks ON an alleged charge
nf aggravated assault The arrest
was made at night and when the Of
ficefS we're nearing the jail with
their prisoner ho broke away from
them aud escaped He lsfs town and
did not return until Saturday night.
Yesterday afternoon the Officers re-
ceiEod information that Brooks was
tn a house on East jefferson street
Sheriff Forbes and Deputy Maggart
went 20 the house 10 place the ne
gro under arrest When he saw The
officers approaching he made anoth
ar attempt 10 keep out of the clut-
chcs OF the law. and his capture was
due TO the fact that the sheriff was
mounted The negro led the officers
a lively chase through narrow al
leys and across lots and when close
pressed took refuge under a house.
When the officers threatened TO
shoot he came from his hiding place
aud meelSly submitted to arrest.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-04
GOOD ROADS AtEIiNts.
ai,isru> Meet in ital, and p,.eu~s
Imt,rtant Matter.

mass meeting of titisens NJ
lsaiy @as h.ld there Saturday after
uoou for the purpose of discussing
the good roads proposition In Ellis
county An organization w9s perfee-
ted bs the election Of Jeb Griffis as
chairman and whitley Reed secr~-
tary. A number OF local speakers ad-
dressed he meeting County Judge
Spencer of WaSahachie gss present
and made the principal speech. lie
told of the experience of managers
ot the county road gangs over the
county and said that II would require
vast sums of money 20 make good
roads in the black belt fie also told
of the experience of VIII Kalston of
Waxaharhie. who had charge of the
county convict gangs for several
years. with the split log drag. which
was great Improvement. The best
that could be done. said Judge Speu-
Ger. with the limited amount OF
means and road hands was to keep
the roads well drained and the
bitches clean Judge Spencer Il Il
native of Ellis county and knows all
about the roads A resolution was
passed in harmony with the National
Good Roads association urging the
Legislature to pass a local option
road law, which would give each pre-
cinct the right TO vote bonds or tax
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-04
AN uNbfRGROUND FIRE


Thc people Of Midiuthian age Yefy
much mystified over discovery
made yesterday morning of a email
volume OF smoke Issuing from a
subt.rTaneous source. Several per
sons visited the place during the day.
but ihoy have not been able to Offer
an explanation as 10 the cause of
this strange freak That smoke ~
coming from beneath the surface
through "a small hole Is fact that
has been certified by number Of
trustworthy citizens of the town
The strange phenomenon was dis
covered by number OF small boys
aud Il located on the right of way
of the Santa Re aud Is only n few
feet from the track The presence of
fire in the ground was demonstrated
by the insertion OF small iron rod
in the cavity and letting ii remain
until It was too hot To be handled
with comfort.
Ten or twelve years ago section
OF the Santa Fe's track came near
washing out at the point where the
smoke was discovered In order To
protect the track from further dam-
age old timbers and cross ties We're
used TO fill the excavation made by
the water and these were covered
with earth To the depth OF several
feet. 1t is believed by some that
these timbers are burning. the fire
having been started by spontaneous
combustion superinduced by decom-
position.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-04
PREACHERS TO NEE,.
Pastors of Wa>ahachic District VIII
Have Meeting in This city.

The preachers of the Waxahachie
district of the Northwest Texas con
terence will meet in Waxahachie
ednesday and THURSDAY Tho open
ing service will he held at the Meth
odist church Wednesday night at
$50. at which time an address VIII
he delivered on the subject of Chris
tiau Education hy Dr. X. ; Myers,
III. u. regent OF the southwestern
University at Georgetown.
The program tor Thursdu, viii
be- as follows;
200 a. m Finances. Monthly
payment of preachers salary, led
by L g. Lindsey Early collections
and how To set pay m.nt from
every member of the church. led hy
Il. T. Goodrich
ft 49, IN Sermon. RyViyals ..
"A stewart.
g.oe o. m How maf ~ orgaa-
ilv for continuous revival iu the
mrmbt rshlp at lAEEe. ivd Boz j. a
Muffin iu 'hv SUNDAY school. ied
by q r WtCMru tn thr Ep~or~ii
t.eagur aud MaatonAry -octeti~s.
led hv ht TANNER aud W "
Wrkaun
isas fnr mndrIG aTauEr.iat s.
como a nt-t.-aiif Iu .hr church I~d
IT W Infurr
>. muu uu uiNIunH
Ht Hss = smith
rnr'tal iuVifaftau .s rsf~udrti
.Hr nnhiir tH 4fHnt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-04
DEPUTY SHERIFF. RESIGNS.
Gives Up Position To Engage in the
Ranking Business.

Lee Moore, who was appointed Of
flee deputy by Sheriff Forbes, has
handed in hts resignation and same
has been accepted Mr.. Moore gives
up his position in the sheriff's Of
flee to engage in the banking busi-
ness at Midlothian. his home town.
The new institution Is to be known
as the Merchants and Farmers Ma
tional Bank and will be opened for
business just as soon as all the de-
tails of the organization can be per
fected Stock in the enterprise is be
ing taken by the business men and
farmers of Midlothian The office
of cashier has been rendered Mr.
Moore and accepted by him.
While Mr.. Moore was connected
with the sheriff's department the re-
lations existing between him and
the other officers were OF the mos
cordial kind and his services were
entirely satisfactory. His home ant
all business interests have been a
Midlothian several years, and whel
| the cashiership OF the new bank wa
/ offered him he accepted the ptAs
Ezor bsAnhMaaA roAAQM0~
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-04
IN FOOTSTEPS OF BROTHER
Edward r. Nipple of t'ssiiadclvasi"
End. Life with Revolver.

Philadelphia, Feb Edward r.
Hipple. brother OF the late Frank
Nipple, who ended his life last sum
mer after wrecking the Real Estate
trust company Of this city Of which
ne was president, committed suicide
at his home here yesterday with a
revolver.
Mr.. Nipples family was at break
fast when he committed the deed.
His wife heard an unusual noise and
sending her sons upstairs to inves-
tlxate they found their father in a
bedroom with bullet wound In
his head He was hurled to hosu-
tai but died on the way.
Mr. Hipple was about 10 years OF
age and had been in the real estate
business
Police say they have not yet learn
ed the cause for the suicide, but be-
lieve he brooded over the tragic end
ing of his brothers life.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-04
PLANS NEW LINES.
Important Branch OF lnterufban
Will Go to Ennis via WaNa-
harhic

The Northern Texas Traction Co,
which is constructing an interurban
line between Houston and Calves
ton, has two new lines projected i'll
North Texas, one of them to ex-
tend from Dallas to Ennis via Waxa-
ahachie and the other to connect
Fort Worth and Cleburne. M. NJ
Phinney. general manager of the
company. who returned yesterday
from Houston and Galveston, said
last night to News reporter:
"You can say you have it officially
that the Northern Texas Traction
company will build an interurban
| between Dallas and Ennis via Waxa-
hachie, and an interurban between
! Fort Worth and Cleburne.
I'VE hsvs forces IN tlse fieaA run
ming nNfvAysS Ard AAAAA8 oe<AmA1e.
and secusang rtsht OF way TOT DOT
these lines. l can not say positivel
just when we shall be able to begi
actual construction, but | can sa
that we mean to push both enterpris
tes to completion at the earliest pos
sfhle day
I'VE are making satisfactory pro
gress with the preliminary work anc
we find the people along the routes
of the proposed lines disposed to be
| reasonable in the matter of right OF
way.
Both of the lines are through the
finest agricultural sections OF the
state, and taking the results of the
Dallas Fort Worth interurban as a
basis on which to estimate the good
which the lines will do in the way
of developing the country, | should
say that they will not only enhance
| the value OF the land, but put farm
ers in a way to realize more money
for their products by putting them
in closer touch with the market
81 have lately been giving great
deal of time to the construction OF
the Houston-Galveston interurban,
which we are hurryirg up as fast as
possible Dallas News
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-04
4 TRAGEDY At Toln


Tolag Tex Feh II tsaE.ds
WAS saact.a between = and 10
O'Clock Yesterday morning at the
home nf Sam Bowers, two miles
from here. that has claimed one vic
tim and may eventually claim two
Others phNrleians aud officers sum
moned "a the scene found the wife
uf Bowers, who In man about 20
years OF age. dead from bullet
wound in the left breast. hts mother
unconscious from a blow on The head
from q gnnatoek. and Bowers In a
DYING condition with his throat cut
with razor,
Drs Perkins and Dunn of this city
report that III. woman may die and
hat Bowers win not live.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-04
4 COUNTY MEETING.
All Persons Interested in Good
Roads Asked to Meet Feb. i6.

committee meeting of the Ellis
County Good Roads association was
held at the courthouse Saturday af-
ternoon. There was good attend
ance and the question of how to i'm
prove the roads of the county was
discussed with considerable anima
ton. Col. Jas. S. Davis. president
of the county association, was in
structed to call public meeting to
be held in Waxahachie Saturday,
Feb. IS, at O'Clock in the after
noon. 1t is desired that delegates be
sent from every school district in
the county AT that meeting it is
planned to arrange for a series of
meetings to be held throughout the
county within the next few weeks.
1t is understood that Judge 0. f.
Dunlap, president of the Citizens Ma
tional Bank, will be one of the prin-
cipal speakers at the county meet
ing.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-04
MAIL BILL WAS CUT DOWN
Railroad Accepted Reduction IN
Pay for Carrying Mails.

Washington FEB. A compro-
mise in the proposed reduction in
railway mail pay was agreed upon
on Thursday between representa-
F, tives of various roads which have
mail contracts and the house COM
mittee on postoffices and post roads.
AS originally prepared by the com
mittee, the postoffice appropriation
bin provided tor = per cent reduc
tiCn ON all cOs4raEtD ower rpuIaA ~
(axAxinG 48.0nO pounds par ddT.
El0 per cent redAct4cn ON MI route
. averaging from 5000 To- S0.Oe
: per day, and flat rate OF SIS p
: ton per mile per year on all rout
= averaging more than $4,000 poun'
= per day Through Representau'
Hedge of Iowa the railway me
agreed to accept the cut. providin
that the flat rate on routes over so
1890 q ton. The committee agreed te
1 Increase the rate from SIS to SIS
4 and this was accepted by the rail-
/ road men, who thereupon waived
their right to Il hearing
/ In addition to a reduction of the
/ price per ton which is to be paid Tor
hauling the mail, the committee mas
approved a cut of ) ,0oo,ooo IN the
amount to be paid the railroads FOR
the rental OF mail cars. The COM
mittee also decided that the weight
of mail bags must not hereafter be
added to the weight OF mail IN com
putting the amount carried on the
various routes. II is impossible to es-
innate what saving will result TO the
government from the reduction OF
the weight OF the bags. At least 3d.
0OO 900 will be saved by the cut.
which the committee decided to
make in the price per ton for carry
ing mail