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Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18
CHAS. M'MICAN KILLED
Was Shot and MORALLY Wounded by
Louis SIiger, Saturday.

y most distressing tragedy occur
red a. the home of James Kirk in
the Colon vicinity last Saturday af-
ternoon at five o'clock, in which
Louis Sliger was shot and in turn
shot and mortally wounded Charles
MEXICAN, of the same vicinity.
The full particulars arc not OBJ
tainable, but will all oe brought out
at the examining trial next Friday,
Apr. 26, and will be published in
full. Some of the incidents imme-
diately preceding and following the
killing are as follows
Sliger had gone to Kirk house to
see him about the purchase of some
hogs, and as Kirk was In Tolu he
awaited his return. When he did
return MEXICAN was with him and
carried shot gun, which he pro-
ceeded to empty at Sliger, who car
rying Colts revolver, emptied it at
his antagonist. One of the bullets
from Sligers pistol struck MEXICAN :
horse and another struck the rider
in the abdomen penet ating to the
backbone. He walked home three
hundred wards, but realized he had
received his death wound and so in
formed his family. DR.. Clement
was hastily summoned from Tolu,
but gave the dying man ; family no
encouragement after examining the
wound.
Sliger was struck in the head by
one of the shots from Nc Mican's gun
but his wound while painful is not
dangerous.
Mexican leaves wife and four
children. He has been married three
times, his fist wife being Richard
Gass daughter. His second Jas.
Cleg horn daughter His present
wife was Miss Sallie Fry before her
marriage. MEXICAN was only thirty
years of age and was brother of
Henry MEXICAN, Il well known citi-
zen of this county.
The unfortunate affair is deplorcd
by every one as both men have many
friends and stood well in their re.
spective neiehborhoods where known
Mr.. Sliger has ON Logged Hon. y.
c. Moore to defend HIM. lie sur
rendered SUNDAY aud was put under
$1,000 bond. which was increased to
$500 after Mexican : death which
occurred Monday morning at ten
o clock.
The intcrment took place Tuesday
at the family burviug ground on the
Fords Ferry road near Crooked Creek
and was attended by one of the
largest crowds ever seen al a funeral
in the country. Rev +. b. Black
burn ofiiclated.
J. I. Hickiin will sell You -four
cheaper than any one.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18

with that high and patriotic consci-
ence which lifts the patriot above
the partisan and blends the immor-
tai principle with the real welfare Of
the people.
The Democratic party fronts to-
day an opportunity which comes not
often in human history to glorify its
principles and to perpetuate Its use
fitness among men.
May God and the better angels of
our history help us to the patriots
policy and the peoples al.-Cour-
Ter journal.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
Springs Sensation BY Asking Bryan 10
Name Roosevelt.

Chattanooga, Tenn, April 10 y
sensational feature of the banquet
gwen here tonight by the Bryan
Anniversary Club, at which William
}. Bryan was the guest of honor. was
the letter and subsequent speech of
John Temple Graves, editor of the
Atlanta Georgian, who, IN his letter,
refused to speak because the toast
master asked him not to talk about
his suggestion that Bryan should
nominate Roosevelt for re. election.
Later Mr.. Graves was induced to go
to the banquet hall and deliver his
speech. Mr.. Graves in his letter
said:
"Hon. f. \. Hood, President
Bryan Anniversary Club, Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn. Dear Sir: | came to
Chattanooga, yielding to no one in
my profound and affectionate regard
for Mr.. Bryan and for the Democrat
ic party ard its principles.
lin the course of my speech |
tried to make that plain in so warm
and glowing sentences as my heart
could fashion. am profoundly con-
WINGED that in this period of tremen-
dous economic crisis the only man
who can carry to successful conclu-
sion the reform instituted in behalf
of the people is the man who is al
ready entrenched in the power and
prestige of dauntlcss courage and a
conspicuous success in the executive
Office.
81 have endeavored in my speech
to give my convictions, and these
convictions are so earnest and sincere
that | cannot change them unless
better reasons are given than have
been presented to me up to the pres
ent time. 4
"My reason for stating this con-
viction at Bryan banquet with MIR.
Bryan present, was because | con-
sidered it the manly and Democratic
thing to do.
1.-The time to voice sentiment so
momentous to the life, to the pros
perity and to the realization of best
ideals Of Democracy, is in coun
Gil of the faithful and in the full
presence of our great and shining
leader who would be there to com
ment, to approve or to condemn with
the full force of his Influence and
eloquence, as he might see fit.
''If l had made this speech ip the
North and with a mixed audience
present it would have carried sug-
gestion Of trucking or the appear
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18

the grea, majority of the plain and
honest Democrats of the Empir,
Southern State, from which | came
| believe that We should put the
party below the people, the princi.
Pile above the man. We should re.
buke the spirit of spoils and the
hunger of faction We should af
firm our principles, confess our faith
recite the necessity of the reform of
corporate capital as the supreme and
transcendent issues of the times.
pay tribute to the great and typical
American who has proved himself
the dauntless and conquering captain
of the people, cause, and then and
there in thst great convention of our
own, William }. Bryan, the one un-
matched and incompatible evangel
of our faith. speaking for a pure
Democracy, and speaking for the
whole plain people of this republic.
should put in nomination Theodore
Roosevelt for one more undisputed
term of power to finish the work that
he has so gloriously begun.
1t would give this great country
of ours one millennial period in which
factions and partisans should be still,
and the spirit of representative GOV
eminent should be given new birth
and new conservation to its great
ideals-to the glory of the people
and the admiration of the world.
And when this leople had won
their majestic and enduring victory
in the great and transcendent eco-
nomlc problem of the times, then. at
its conclusion, parties, which are al
ways necessary and always helpful
in republics life, might separate
once more into their separate camps
behind real shibboleths, in which
every line of sectlonalism should be
buried, every boyle of fogyism and
of graft should be obliterated, and in
which men who have followed for
twenty years IN slavish loyalty of
faction behind platforms which they
did not indorse and leaders in which
they did not believe-might align
themselves once more and honestly
behind theories of government which
carried their sincere convictions and
enlisted their intelligence and their
noble zeal.
1t would mean new birth for
parties and new start for the re-
public, in mission and in history.
Mr. Chairman, | submit in high
and representative honesty this prop
osition, which seems to be radical,
but which know to be right. |
have never been more loyal to the
life and fortunes Of the great Neb.
raskan who is our honored guest to-
night | have never been better and
a truer Democrat than when sug-
gest this sacrifice which will make
our peace with history and establish
the prosperity Of the people. Bury
me If you will with partisan scorn
tonight, but think of me tomorrow
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18

ance Of seeking favors where the
other party was stronger than m,
own.
1T appeared to me that the only
fair and honest thing to do was to
speak my convictions in full council
and with open voice. In this belief
my speech, upon the request of the
Associated Press has already been
sent out to the newspapers of the
country.
Il have not one particle of dog
natism, nor any more pride of per-
sonal opinion in pressing this mat
ter, but the publicity already given
to my speech commits me to it SO far
that | cannot in courage or in con-
sistency suppress that part of my
speech around which the whole re-
wolves
II recognize the full right of the
committee, when they have secured
from unreleased copies of my speech
the trend of my remarks, to express
approval or disapproval of the utter
ance, and since |, on the request Of
the committee tonight must yield
full obedience to their wishes in the
matter. 1t is my misfortune to have
misconstrued the occasion as to find
Bryan ratification meeting where
| came to attend free and serious
party deliberation.
"There seems nothing lett me
than, save to withhold the speech
from the Bryan banquet, although |
cannot consistently ask the news
papers to which it has already been
given, to refrain from such use as
they may see fit to make of it.
"Of course, this was only an in
dividuai conviction submitted to
judgment of my party. | do not
need to say if Mr.. Bryan shall be
nominated in the wisdom of the
Democratic party as our next candi-
date for President, that shall give
him my whole-hearted and unquali.
fed, enthusiastic support.
IL thank the committee most cor.
daily for the courtesy of their invit-
alton and regretting to find myself
IN variance with that portion of the
club who have charge of the pro-
gramme, ! most sincerely wish them
a JOYOUS evening and profitable dis
cussion of the great issues Of impor-
lance to the party and people.
Very sincerely,
.sJOHN TEMPLE GRAVES"
Later Mr.. Graves was persuaded
to take his place at the banquet table
and spoke in part as follows:
The times may change, and men
may change as well, before the cam
pa,gn of 1905 begins. But if the
conditions then are as they are to-
day-if Roosevelt rides the storm
that is brewing in the realm of cor
pirate capital, then our way seems
open and our duty clear.
Speaking here deliberately for my
self, and, in my fair Judgment, of
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18
Beautiful Art Piano.

Manufactured by the famou. Krell
Piano Co, in Cincinnati, Ohio was
sold through their representative, {.
r. kiener, here to Mr. Felix Cox,
of Marion, who i, very proud of
possessing the finest piano in town.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18
Mrs. Woodson' S Burial.

The interment of Mrs. Maggie
Franklin Woodson, the young wife
of George WOodson. took place at
Rosebud church ten miles East Of
Marion Thursday morning. There
was no funeral service at the grave,
this being deferred, a. many members
of the family were unable to attend,
a song and prayer by the pastor. Rev.
II. {. Love, being the only observ
ance. Beside, her husband and two
little gIr.>, May eight wear, and
Georgia four year, of age She is
survived by her tresio,-Ar. and
Mrs. Ben frankMS, tour sisters,
Madame> Geo. DfiN +. +. DAVIS,
of Miss. Frank Martin. of Union
county. and Miss Attha Franklin
also two brothers, Jr. and James.
She was born Feb. 22nd. lSS1.
was married in 1883 and was CON
>i>tent christian woman much beloved
by all who knew her.
Monday morning Mr.. Rubie Hol-
der aud Miss Pearl Hornback, of
Dycu,brug vicinity, came up and
were married at the court house by
Rev. +. B. Blackburn.
They were accompanied by another
'ouplc also from 0ycusburg. Mad
dame rumor soon spread the news on
the street. and by the time the
licensed could be issued, quite a good
crowd had gathered to witness the
marriage.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18

J. 7. Hickiln will sell You -four
cheaper than any one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-09

the sections of the State which are de-
velopng most rapidly and the sections
therefore which protest most naturally
against The removal OF the State capital
to a farther point in an extreme corner
OF the State.
In the decade from 1890 to 1890. accord
ing to the twelfth census of the United
States, the population of Maine increased
Il Little more than 1900 or something
less than per cent. And of this total
amount, AroostoOk County the farth-
est removed from Portland. contributed
over IL 600 or more than 81 per cent
Naturally the county that through its
development furnished One-third of the
growth of the State for the last decade
with even greater promise for the futur.
To say nothing Of the larger section az
portant part Of the State Of Maine It's
wishes in matter affecting the whole
State. that is the removal of the capital
should receive a proper share Of consid-
eratf1n as compared to those of any in
dividual city.
Eastern Maine indeed, might well ba
justified in feelirg that We're the capital
to be moved at all. il should be moved in
its direction not away from 1T. AS COM
pared to such 4 step. the moving of the
capital into the largest city. the home Of
cOrpor1te Influences and the tendency
toward one city State, the retention Of
the present location in a neutral terri.
tory between the eastern and the west
ern sections is infinitely preferable
AroostoOk County with its contribution
OF one third % the growth of the whole
tiguous territory are certainly entitled
IL consideration in this matter, = cOnsd
Grafton of its belief in leaving the capital
where it is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-09
two others who are extremely popular
on the lecture platform.
PROGRESS in San Francisco.

Not 50 much has been heard or late
about conditions in San Francisco ana
that is 4 pretty good sign that thingS
are going on better there. The Call
formal Promotion Committee sends
eastward little bulletin of the prog
ress made along various lires.
Conditions in San Francisco, so far
as building operations and commerce
are concerned. are eminently satisfac-
tory More than $50 900, 900 "Xpendi-
ture is called for by the 1,1@4 building
permits that have been issued since the
fire 1t is estimated by architects
and contractors that fully $100,OO0OOO
will be expended in buildings during
the coming year. One hundred ana
fifty buildings are now being erected
or have been completed and occupied
since the fire that are between five and
% stories in height, and the total num-
Der of permanent buildings erected or
in course Of construction is more than
1000.
CALIFORNIA; hop and raisin crops
have been exhausted at the largest
prices paid in many years, and it is es-
timated that the orange crop will
amount to 10000 carloads, which bring
top prices in the eastern market.
The following summary shows San
Francisco's condition:
January building permits issued, 1851.
Value, &c. 500 900.
Total building permits since the fire,
1874. Value, $3s,621 1868.
January permits for permanent build
ings, $40.
Total permits for permanent build
ings since the fire, 3,629.
January real estate transfers, 40.
Value, $4,00000O.
January postal receipts. $149,292.G9
January customs receipts, So, 253.31.
january, 1906, 5000, 734.O2.
january bank clearings. $199, 352, 12d. H..
January, 1906. $780, 1857.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-09
Portland Contention is Absurd,


1t looks as though Portland had ex-
pected to rush the capital moving project
through the legislature before the people
could be heard from or the matter given
the consideration 1T deserves If this waq
the case they We're defeated by
the postponment, and will, we be-
licve. be defeated when the question
comes to vote. This talk about MOTEL
accommodations is absurd. Only a small
percentage of the Legislators stop at the
hotels as 1t is. The writer heard several
OF the members say that they were per-
fectly satisfied with their accomm oda-
tons at the Augusta House Outside of
the hotels there are numerous boarding
ard lodging houses designed expressly
Tor the accommodation of members and
10 meet the various requirements A
room or rooms can be had with or with
out hoard. and at reasonable prices. With
the Augusta House remodeloG and mod
ernlZed for the accommodation of those
wiling to pay for luxurious accommoda-
mons. Augusta can care for all who so =.
]ourn at the State capitol as well and as
cheaply as they can be cared for else
where.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-09

Tho Sultan of Turkey has issued a
new edict aimed at the hated infidels
who persist in invading his domain.
This latest edict forbids the removal
from Turkey of all archaeological
objects. In Italy similar law served
in some measure to check the pro-
miScuous plundering of buildings and
collections much admired by an appre-
ciatiye public. Perhaps the Sultan
wants to guard and save the clay
tablets and tumblcd stones Of Nippur
and Babylon 50 that the loving eye of
the wandering son OF the desert may
gIoat over, them as they lie forty feet
below the surface of sandy solitude.
More likely the prohibition simply
means that the hated foreigners will be
required to fix" the Turkish officials
whenever an old tablet is consigned to
England or America.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-09


DiSmaycd by tn. Kcnncbec Journals
interN Jews from governors and public
men in all parts Of the country in favor
Of small cities as state capitalist pol
icy as old us our government and re
sulting in So of our states having their
capitals in small cities though vigor-
GUS attempts have frequently been
made by the larger cities TO capture
thcm.-the Portland Press now makes
the plaintive plea that while Portland
is the largest city in Maine it is not
50 awfully large after all. 1t is posi-
BILE. however, that the Press will admit
that Portland has Il habit of throwing
out its chest at times and feeling rath
or large. And the Press will probably
not deny that in its Utmost heart
Portland cherishes fond ambition to
grow year by year until it becomes a
really big city. 1t is a worthy ambi-
ton and everybody in Maine wants 70
see il realized.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-09

public speakers who have spoken mere
in recent years.
But to return to Senator'S Tillman
and LaFollette. The former started on
the lecture platform two or three years
before the latter did and therefore has
accumulated a heavier bank account
from that source. But at the rate he
has been going lately Senator LaFon-
cite will not be long in catching up.
He is said to have contided to n friend
in the senate recently that he made
son. which was a short one. as congress
did not adjourn until July and the
I political exigencies in Wisconsin de-
manded most of the senator's time in
that state. Senator LaFollette will re-
sumo his lecture tour early in the
spring and keep at it until the close of
the season. He expects to make n1t
less than $4,000 on the platform this
year.
4 half dozen other members of Con-
gress are considered top-liners on the
lecture platform, although none earn
as much as these two. Senator Dubois
of Idaho, whose term expires with the
close Of this Congress. will probably ac-
cent a flattering offer from an eastern
lecture bureau to deliver a series of adj
dresses ii the East on the Mormon
question with which he is better ac-
quainted than any other man in public
life. from Utah. Champ Clark of Mis-
souri, ana Senator Doliver Of Iowa are
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-09
COUNTY NEWS
SAGADAHOC
TOPSHEM,

\ narrow escape from fire occurred in
the tenement mousse owned by g. b. Rid
ley and occupied by the families of Mrs
Frank Storer and Fred Orr. During the
absence of Mrs. Storer her two children
aged and 5 years while playing house
used lantern and matches and set ire
to a bed. Being unable to put cut the
fire the children gave the alarm and the
prompt arrival of John Jack and VIII
Wilson who threw the burning bed and
carpet ont of the house prevented a seri-
Gus fire.
Miss Marion Stetson of Brunswick is
visiting at Mrs. A. II. Merrimans On
Elm street
There WIS no session OF the schools
Tuesday on account Of the severe storm.
The young son Of Walter Foster who
has been very sick with bronchial pneu-
mCnia is much better.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-09

in very big headlines the Portland
Express complains that the representa-
tivos of that city to the Legislature dc
not even attend committee hearings on
various matters of vital interest to
their city. Well, the Portland states
men are doubtless too busy chasing the
will-of-the-wisp of capital removal to
do anything else. Incidentally it may
be remarked that in their hope of get
ting the State to spend it's money
building q new capitol to adorn Port
land these Portland members are re-
ported to be lined up solidly in oppoSi-
ton to the good roads measure for
which the Maine Grange asks and for
which over $4,000 Maine farmers arc
pctitioning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-09
Public Men as Lecturers.

OF all the public men who appear
occasionally on the lecture platform e
is said that Senator Tillman of South
Carolina and Senator La Toilette of
Wisconsin, are the most popular. That
is. they command the most money and
have the most calls. While the lyceum
record for money earned by single
lecture is held by William ]. Bryan,
who received s2,056 for an hours adj
dress at Carthage, Mo, a few years
ago. there are several men in public
life who are close seconds to Mr. Bry-
an as a lyceum and Chautauqua at
traction. Shortly after the nomination
of Captain Hobson to Congress and his
attendant boom for the presidential
nomination, one of his enthusiastic
workers made the declaration thai
Hobson was more popular the country
than Bryan for the reason that his
Chautauqua engagements attracted
larger crowds. An audience which had
TO nay % hear IIObson crowded the
Augusta Opera house to its capacit.-.
while there Iwas room to spare in City
hall when Bryan spoke there with no
admission charged. Bryan, however. is
unquestionably an eloquent and inter
csting speaker and Augusta would Le
glad to hear him again, as it would
President Roosevelt. Senator Beverage.
Senator CarmaCk. E"urkc Cochran.
Speaker Cannon and other emmincnt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-09

Still the cases multiply in which two
brothers have been in the Maine Leg
islature at the same time. The latest
eastern contemporary and curiousy
enough it relates to the Legislature
now in session Nobody seems to have
realized that Senator Geo. VI. BarroWS
Of Penobscot and Representative Rob-
ert q. Barrows of Hampden are broth
ers. 50, with the Irving brothers of
Aroostook, the I3d Legislature can
boast of two pair of brothers. Probably
il is safe to say that this is a unique
record in Maine political history.
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People who plan to visit the James
town exposition next summer need not
build their hopes upon visiting the spot
where the first English settlement in
America was made May >. 1907. The
exposition which promises TO ne a
success and well worth visiting-is not
to be held at jamestown for the good
and sufficient reason that there is no
jamestown. jamestown island is al
most wiped off the face of the earth
by the relentless action of the James
river: and the federal government IS
irving to save the remnant of the
historic place by building breakwaters
around it. Nothing of the original
settlement remains. except the ruins or
the foundation tower of the old steeple
of the. first church erected there. The
exposition is to be held on the shore
line of Hampton Roads. in front OF
Newport News, where battleshirs are
built.