The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-01-23
THE LATEST NEWS.

The House Committee ON Appro-
priations Monday reported the PEN
sion Bill. carrying an appropriation
of $13S, 1888 500 for 1908.
Railroads are practically at stand
still in Oregon and Washington be-
cause Of the inability of the companies
to obtain fuel for locomotives.
With the water within two feet of
the 1884 mark and nearly half the
land under water, Daviess county is
suffering severely from the, flood.
Flood conditions prevail all over
Eastern Kentucky. Railway trains
are all behind time and thousands of
logs have been lost. All log booms
are being closely watched.
Twenty-Five deaths within the last
fifteen days is the record of fatalities
from a strange disease in a region
along the Canadian river, about four
and a half miles from Konowa, l. r.
The news that the House Committee
had voted to abolish the Louisville
pension office. together with a num-
Der of others, was received with con-
sternation by the employees at Louis
vile.
The mission of Admiral Davis TO
stricken Kingston has come to an
abrupt and painful end by the with
drawal of the United States forces at
the request of the British Governor of
Jamaica.
The refusal of priest to bless the
remains of two workmen killed in q
street fight caused a riot in church
at LODI, Russian Poland, In which
eight persons were killed and thir-
teen wounded.
Dark tobacco growers won a big
victory in Springfield, Tenn, when
Judge Stout granted an Injunction re-
straining the Tobacco Trust from re-
ceiving tobacco purchased from a
member of the association.
Several buildings collapsed in Gin
cinnati, the walls being weakened by
the flood in the Ohio river, and the !
Fire. Department was unable to reach |
a burning building, which was de-
stroyed, Sunday, entailing a loss of I
several hundred thousand dollars.
Telegraph and telephone wires in
the western and central portions of |
Kentucky were carried away almost |
entirely by wind storm which passed
over the State Saturday night. Much |
damage was done and many cities |
along the Ohio river were cut off |
from communication with the outside.
The wealth OF Colorado's. new SEN
ator, Simon Guggenheim, is estimated
at $10000000, and that of the house
of Guggenheim at 5000, 000,0OO' Sen
ator Guggenheim has resigned from
the business concerns with which he
has been identified as officer or di-
rector. The positions he has vacat-
ed paid him $4,000 per year.
Four men are to be hanged in Ken
lucky on Friday, February Is next,un-
der judgments of court, the Govern
or fixing the date for execution. They !
are Guy Lyons and w. r. Fletcher
of Logan county. convicted of commit |
ting criminal assault, and Ben Huff
aker, OF Lyon county, and Jesse Fitz-
gerald, of Knox county, sentenced on
conviction of murder.
Nearly two score are believed 10
have lost their lives in the accident !
on the Big Four railroad at Sanford, !
Ind, where a car or powder On a sid
ing exploded while an accommodation |
passenger train was passing. TWEEN
ty-two bodies have heen recovered |
from the debris, while parts of corpses
found in the vicinity lead the officers
TO the belief that the casualties will |.
be nearly twice that.