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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-05-28
THOUSANDS STARVING.
British Government Feeding
$4,000 Natives In East
Africa.

Mombasa, British East Africa,
May 25.-More than 10000 deaths
have resulted from the severe fam
inc prevailing in the Usoga province
Uganda. The Government is feed
ing $4,000 of the natives. Crops are
a complete failure aud there is pros
pect of much suffering during the
next few months.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-05-28
Raid Failed.

Capt. Norman and three men of
the Frankfort military company re-
turned after guarding a farmers
property for three nights. A raid by
night riders was expected. but failed
to materialize.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-05-28
Graders and Salesman From
All Over the District
Present.
COL. EWING PRESIDED.
Condition of Tobacco in Hogs
heads Was a Subject of
Consideration.

The highest officials of the tobac-
co Association and practically all of
the graders and statesmen from the
Dark district met here Tuesday
night and an important conference
was held at Hotel Latham, which
was in session until late hour.
The proceedings were in executive
session and but little information
was given out.
Among those present were:
Felix B. Ewing, Gen. Mgr, Glen
Raven, Tennessee.
Joel B. Fort, attorney, Springfield,
Tennessee.
Jno. D. Scates, auditor, Guthrie,
Kentucky.
J. B. Swami, Murray, Kentucky.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
THOMPSON vETOEs
D UAkE DOTy
SCHOOL SITE
SAYS DISTRICT WHERE IT'S PRO-
POSED TO PUT BUILDING is
WELL SUPPLIED AND THAT 1T
SHOULD GO FARTHER NORTH.

After careful investigation OF the
situation, Mayor Thompson has We
toed the action of the board OF educa
ton In selecting as a site for the pro
posed Duane Doty school, property
west Of Hamilton boulevard and be-
tween Clairmount and Taylor-aves.
In his veto message the mayor says
In part:
ind that that part OF the city which
lies between the railroad tracks on Ia,
south and city limits on the north
really constitutes two sections. tlte
ratio OF whose population is approx
nately represented by the numbers "6'
and %. These two sections are sep
arated from each other by tract Vi
lana known as the Park Hill Subdi.
VISION, which extends from Oakland.
ave. on the east to Hamilton blvd. on
The west and from Atkinson and West
minister on the south to Glynn-ct. and
Trow bridge on the north. This tract
OF land is practically vacant .at the
present time.
The southerly section, which extends
from the railroad tracks north to the
Park Hill Subdivision. and which Is
bounded east and west by the city linn
Its. and whose population is. at the
present time, represented by the num-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
HEAD CRUSHED
IN MACHINE
VIM. GREEN, EMPLOYED IN Full.
TON BRASS WORKS, VICTIM
OF ACCIDENT.

William Green, aged 80, a machinist
employed In the National Fulton Brass
works. Brush and Woodbridge-sts.. was
probably fatally injured. Wednesday
morning. in peculiar accident. Green
was shaving large iron block on a
planer. He leaned over too far and
his head was caught between the
block, which was moving slowly
toward the knife. and an iron up
right.
Fellow workmen stopped the ma
chinery as soon as possible, but not
until Green's head had been frightfully
crushed. He was extricated in an I'M
conscious condition and removed In
East End ambulance to St Mary s
hospital, where II was found he was
suffering from a double fracture OF
the skull and several contusions OF
the scalp. The doctors entertain but
slight hope for his recovery.
Green lives at No. 3l3 Canfeld-ave
west He is married and has one
child. He had been In the employ OF
the National Fulton Brass works -four
years and was regarded as a careful
workman.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
CONVENTION IS
OULLEsT EVER
EVERYTHING so CUT AND DRIED
INTEREST Is LACKING, SAYS
NEWSPAPER MAN.

c. ID. Lee. of New York, secretary
OF the United Press association, one
of the great news reporting organiza-
tions OF the country, stopped over In
Detroit Wednesday on his way home
from the Chicago convention, where
he made the arrangements for his
association.
I'VE have 20 men on duty at the
convention. IL OF them occupying
seats In the press section said Mr..
Lee, but there Is not much for them
to do beyond bare routine. II is abso-
lutely the most featureless national
convention ever held. There Is no big
news In the delegations, no excitement
about the hotels. no sensational or
picturesque incidents. Its work has
been so completely predetermined
that nothing has been left to the rival
party leaders and strategists who
loom SO large In the national conven-
tons generally"
Senator Burrows speech upon TAX
ing the chair was worse than medi.
OGRE, according to Mr.. Lee. II was q
dreary recital OF party achievements.
and was heard by less than 1000 OF
the immense throng. But the speech
was In accord with the general dead
ness. the depressing listlessness OF the
convention.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18

Der &C." has four schools. which have
been wisely placed by your board In
relation TO the population OF the dis
II lct. These four schools in this south
erly district can be 80 re -districted that
no child need walk more than Ave
eighths or three-quarters or a mile 10
school. and a vast majority OF them
less than half a mile
The district west OF Hamilton blvd.
does rot need TO be considered at the
present time, as II is practically all
farm land.
This leaves the smaller OF the two
sections. which lies north of the Park
Hill tract. The nearest school to this
district is one at Mott-ave. and John
R.-st. The majority OF the children IN
this district will be Obliged To walk
from one mile To one and five eighths
Mules to attend this school or else pay
car fare on the Woodward ave. line 10
reach the school. at FIVE cents per trip
IL this new school can be located any
where north OF Calvert and Trow-
bridge -aves.. the sos children who are
now OF school age. and who reside in
this smaller section, can attend school
without any OF them walking more
thon three quarters of mile at the
outside.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
AON-PART|SAN
PEOPLE BUSY
ORGANIZATION OF FIRST AND
SECOND WARDS Is NEARLY
COMPLETED.

The Detroit Non-Partisan Precinct
Federation. In a meeting held la the
Office OF Gregory & Crosman. Wood
ward and Grummond-aves., organized
the ninth precinct of the Second ward.
with Edwin ]. Seward as chairman OF
the precinct: F. c. Shipman as Sec
rotary. and F. c. Osborn the third
delegate to the ward committee. About
dozen voters of the precinct attend
ed and each vas provided with a lib
eral supply OF pledge cards. with which
they will try TO enroll new members
The federation also perfected the
organization OF the tenth precinct OF
the First ward Tuesday night. George
A. Young is chairman. c. Fl. Royce
secretary, and DR.. K. c. l.. Miller the
third delegate.
Nearly a dozen precincts have been
organized thus far In the First and
Second wards and the federation will
carry its campaign into the other
wards within a few days. Those be-
hind the movement are greatly pleas
ed over the results up TO date. The
object OF the federation is to secure
the nomination and ELECTION of com
petent and honest men to the various
city, county and legislative Offices.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
CLERK ADMITS
STEALING LINEN

Alex. Wilson, aged Al and residing
with his wife and child at No. 1911
ConcorG-ave., was arrested by Detec-
tives Baker and Fenton. Wednesday
afternoon, In the J. l.. Hudson store
where he has been employed as a
clerk, on the charge of stealing linen
valued at $3.50.
The detectives say that Wilson. who
was arrested while at work. admitted
the theft, and said that he couldn't
just help stealing" He has worked
In the store since last January and
his offerings have extended over sew
eral months. the police say.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
1.-TWO ToPERs."
A Teachers Experience.

My friends call me The Postum
Preacher. writes a Mimi. school teach
er, because preach the gospel Of
Postum everywhere | go, and have
been the means OF liberating many
'coffee-pot slaves
IL don't care what they call me so
long as | can help others to see what
they lose by sticking to coffee, and
can show them the way to steady
nerves. clear brain and general good
health by using Postum.
While a school girl | drank coffee
and had fits OF trembling and went
through n siege OF nervous prostra-
ton. which took me three years to
rally from.
Mother coaxed me to use Postum.
but | thought coffee would give me
strength. So things went, and when
married | found my husband and
were both coffee topers and can
sympathize with drunkard who tries
to leave off his cups.
AT last in sheer desperation.
bought a package OF Postum. followed
directions about boiling IL. served II
with good cream, and asked my hus.
band how he liked the coffee
We each drank three cups apiece
and what a satisfied feeling 1t left.
Our conversion has lasted several
years and will continue as long as we
live. for II has made us new-nerves
are steady, appetItes good. sleep sound
and refreshing"
There's Reason" Name given by
The Road TO MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true. and full Of human
interest
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
aRlPMAN REALLY CHIEF.

COLDWATER. Mich. June IL
Especial THE city council. last
night. confirmed Mayor Moore's APP
pointment OF l.. j. Gripman as chief
OF police. which had hung fire since
May /. AS a result, there is a nice
"ruction" among the Republicans.
Gripman is a prominent politician of
that party.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
The Beet Pills Ever Sold.

After doctoring 10 years for
chronic indigestion. and spending
over two hundred dollars. nothing has
done me as much good as DIR. Kings
New Life Pills. consider them the
best pills ever Sold" writes B. r.
Ayscue. of Ingleside. N. C. Sold un-
der guarantee at E. C. KinsePs. Cen
trail Drug Co.. and Gray &c Worces-
ter's drug stores. 25c.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
stove Company increases Capital.

Stove CuHpdHy FHc'edses OspItdI
The Independent Stove Co. filed
with the county clerk Wednesday
morning a notice OF an increase OF
capital stock from 10000 to $4,000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
PHONE PLANT SOLD.

FLINT. Mich. June 17.-(Special)
Directors OF the Valley Telephone
Co. have signed papers selling the
plant TO the new Genesee Telephone
Co. The new concern will furnish
free service to the entire county and
will connect with the Detroit Home
Telephone Co
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
Suppressed Divorce Suits.

Suppressed suits for divorce we're
fled Wednesday by Sadie VS.. John
Stewart; Elizabeth VS.. George ]. Fab
ner; George II. VS.. Alice Thompson !;
William p. VS.. Edith Pearl Feneke !;
Christine K. VS.. Chester l.. Mcdonald;
Agnes vs.. Joseph Chardowski: Bessie
VS.. John w. Curry; Lucy vs. Harry M.
Gardner; Fred F. VS.. Ollie NJ. Bates,
and Frank VS.. Mary Betrose.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
Bennett PARK
THURSDAY
Detroit vS.
-IWashik1gf0H1
GAME CALLED $3.50
Reserved and Box Seats at
Harris Cignr store. 110 Wood
Uwnrd-nve.
ROB HOMES OF SMELLS
IN BATTLE CREEK

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, June H.
Especially Burglars held a carnival.
last night. In an exclusive residence
district. pillaging the homes OF Col.
w. s. Butterfield, l.. A. Dudley and
r. b. Hamlyn. The thieves helped
themselves TO Jewels. -silxerMare,
clothing and eatables. The amount
stolen Is not known
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
Save the Babies.

INFANT MORTALITY something fhth hardly
all the children born civilized countries twenty-five per cent? nearly
oneuater die before they reach year. seven
than onhrd before they f and ne-ha they
We do not hesitate that timely Oasa would
joy these precious lives Neither hesitate say many these
nne deaths ocoan by the ofnooO preparations Drops nc
and soothing syups sold for chdren complaints opium
morphine They considerable quantities. deadly psons In quantity
they sup re circulation and lead COMPOSITIONS Sickness DEATH Caso
operates exactly the but you must that bears the signature Of
Ca Fletcher Castoa the blood circulate properly opens the
pores of the skin and allays fever
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
..RivERViEW PARK.

THE PEOPLES PLAY GROUND.
THE MECCA OF VISITORS.
JUST EAST OF BELLE ISLE BRIDGE.
TAKE ANY CAR.
Vaudeville, Afternoon and Evening.
Always the auest. In the hill for
this week will bet COLLINS Il BAL
LARD. TOT QUALTERs. DIR. w. DEL
HAKTA, EDITH GLADYS FORD, FU-
TEkLCTE TRIO.
Douglas Island news., 1908-01-08

Congress is expected to appropriate the sum of S250,O00, as damages to the pelagic sealers of the Pacific coast who were driven from the sealing business by law passed in 1896 prohibiting them from catching seals in Alaskan waters. While the Americans were denied the privilege of hunting seals, the British vessels were engaged in the business, and no effort was made to stop them. This caused many Ameri- can vessels to change their flag to that of the British.
 Pete Monahan, the discoverer of Val deg creek, was recently wlned and dined at Valdez, at banquet, where there were fifty guests. In speaking of the new discovery he said: The richest ground so far discovered is on the Tammany claim bench on the right limit of No. ? above discovery. Good pay was found on this bench a year ago and this season was devoted to running tunnels on the rim to tap the old channel at it's greatest depth. Two hundred and fifty feet of drift was run from the rim and at the inner end a shaft nine feet deep was sunk. AS there was trouble with the water it was necessary to cut another tunnel of the same length to drain bedrock. The work was completed August 28, and between that time and October 4th when the freezeup came, Sl2,O00 in gold was taken out. Pans as high as S38 were washed from bedrock in this tunnel, and g pans were common. In order to try the ground four days test was made, with five men working one shift and S1,O00 per day was clean ed up. The gold from Valdez creek is fairly coarse, but there are few large nuggets. The largest piece taken from the Tammany was ST nugget.
 A Vancouver, B. C., paper contains the following: The fate of the steamer Discovery, which left Yakutat Bay five years ago with ono hundred passengers and large consignment of gold, has at last been discovered. The news was brought down by the captain of one of the last steamers to leave Val deg for Sound ports. He stated that the vessel must have been wrecked near the entrance to Prince William Sound, as on Montague large mum per of human bones have been found, and at low tide the boilers of the steamer are visible among the rocks. The cap tain says it is too late this season to do anything but next spring he hopes to take up a wreckiug outfit and eadeavor to secure the gold dust the wrecked steamer was known to have on board. Meantime he is endeavoring to secure the names of her passengers, which is a difficult matter as all the officers of the ship, and all her records, went down with her. So far as he has been able to find out not single soul escaped. The passengers were from the Kenai peninsula and from around Valdez with some from Yakutat Bay, her last place of call. It was in the fall of the year and the crowd of miners had with them their seasons cleanup. After she left Yakutat neither she nor any of her crew were ever heard of until the present.
 mn. a,,oIl Stora hoe inot rooaivad
Douglas Island news., 1908-01-08
The N0rthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

CordOva has been named the "City of Hopes"
 Valdez creek is 253 miles from Valdez.
 The mines of the world employ about 35,OOO,OOO men.
 Bogus ten and twenty dollar bills are circulating at Valdez. The subscription price of the Cor doya Alaskan has been raised to S3.5O a year, strictly in advance.
 Dan Pullen, Skagway boy, has been selected to an act captain of the West Point senior foot ball team.
 Robert Reid, of Wrangell, we'll known Alaska pioneer, died at Victoria, B. C., on Decemb Der, 18th, at the age of 6S years.
 District Attorney Harlan is accused of discriminating in favor of the Gug- genheims and standing in with the gamblers
 It is estimated that it will require S4,OOO,0OO to complete the Alaska Central railroad to the Matanuska coal fields.
 The report that the mayor and city treasurer of Ketchikan had skipped to Honolulu was groundless. They came back home.
 Dr. Fredrick A. Cook, conqueror? of Mt. Mckinley, in Alaska, is the man with hunch. He has bit on new route to the pole.
 A man died at Cordova last month and now they are going to start cemetery. We understand that Katalla is nice, quiet place.
 According to a census recently taken Valdez has a population of 1906 souls, which does not include a number of railroad corporations.
 The Mount Andrew mine, in the Ketchikan district, was closed down about the middle of the month. The company's finances are said to be in bad shape.
 The Wrangell garnet ledge is to be worked next spring. The property is held by the Alaska Garnet Mining and Manufacturing Company, an associa- tion of women.
 There are 130 camps and roadhouses in Alaska provided with telephones, in addition to many business houses, residences and cabins situated within the limits of the larger cities.
 George Burchey, miner adjudged insane at Valdez, jumped overheard from the steamer that was taking him to the States, and was drowned before help could reach him.
Douglas Island news., 1908-01-08

Captain Mikkelson reached Nome from Herschell Island on Dec. 3Oth.
 He will continue on to Seattle with the expectation of fitting out an expedition for the North Pole, to start next sum- mer.
 "Zaz," the cartoonist of the Nome Nugget, likens the territorial govern ment movement unto snail, which Congressman Sulzer and Delegate Gale are pushing forward from behind, while Governor Hoggatt in front holds back, until his boot heels plough the dirt. It's moving but slowly.
 Of the 100000 square miles forming the territory of Alaska, it is estimated that 12644 square miles are underlain by coal bearing rocks-that is, rock that probably contain coal seams-and that 128O square miles contain work able coal, ranging in age from carboni- ferrous to tertiary and in composition from anthricite of good quality through high-grade semi -bituminous coal to lignites of various characters. Many of the known coal deposits are of great thickness, especially where the coal carries a large carbon content; but, unfortunately, high grade of coal and great thickness of beds are as a rule accompanied by geologic structure unfavorable to mining.
 Kenney, roadhouse keeper at the mouth of Lake creek, in the Yentna district, has begun suit through his attorney, E. E. Ritchie of Seward, to recover damages from five miners who attem mpted to hang him. It appears a miner named Cone left poke contain ing S2,OOO in dust at the roadhouse, having forgotten it. When Cone noted his loss, he returned to the roadhouse, but the poke had disappeared. Sns- pician fell on KeEney, who denied the theft. A vigilance committee sat on the case and decided to use heroic measures. A rope was secured and Kenney was hoisted from the ground several times. He maintained his innocence of the crime, and was finally cut down. Kenney thinks he is entitled to S25,O0O for having his neck stretched without warrant of law. The case will probably come up at the first term of court to be held in Valdez.
 Discovery creek claim, Cleary, is without doubt the richest single 20- acre claim so far opened up in the Tanana valley. It's owner, Frank Man ley, and the Iaymen, the five Aitken boys, Webster and Ballard, have al ready divided up more than sl,000,0O0 of proceeds from the ground. During the season just closed, it is claimed, the ground yielded S500,000 and better, without counting considerable dump still standing. Though the cream of the pay has been taken out, no doubt, there is still a big part of the rich gravel body left; enough at least to furnish profitable working with big plants all of next season. An idea of the value of the ground can be obtain ed from the fact that a quarter of million was produced by one "spot" 80x4OO feet. One cleanup this summer for short run totaled S3o0oo. Men who know the ground predict that when the last shovel of gravel from it is sluiced the claim will have yielded very close to s2,oOoO0o.
Douglas Island news., 1908-01-08

The Cordova Alaskan of December 7th states that there are 400 men en- ployed there at railroad building.
 Those people who attended an Indian potlach and dance at Cordova are spoken of by the Alaskan as, "in society"
 It is reported that the Wrangell saw mill will this year pay only S4,5O per M. for logs as against S5, the former price.
 About 15O men are on Latouche island now in various places. Work has been suspended on the Girdwood and Barrack mine and on Buzard's property. About thirty men are work ing at Beatson's. At Murphy's camp on the east side and in other places development work is in progress.
 A winter wage scale at Nome gives miners in frozen ground 8 per day; point men, engineers and all skilled labor S4 per day; in wet ground S35O per day for miners. Leases and all working plans are made subject to labor conditions, and should any trouble occur in regard to wages, the mines will be closed down until next summer.
 The Guggenheim Exploration Go. is prosecuting extensive winter work at it's Bonanza mine in the Copper River country, to which section the Copper River & Northwestern railway is being built. Several hundred tons of sup plies are being freighted to the camp by the means of horses and dogs. h. cluded in the outfit is a 3O,00O-ft. capacity saw-mill.
 Less than one-fourth of the area of the territory of Alaska has been map ped and less than one.sixth has been surveyed geologically. It is worthy of note that although nearly half a mil lion dollars has been spent on Alaska surveys and investigations, this is less than one-half of one per cent. of the gold output during tho period covered by the surveys.-Mines and Minerals.
 The dog-poisoner, the most des- picable, cringing coward, is again at work at his nefarious practice in Wrangell, and during the past few weeks several canines have fallen victims to his inhumanity. It is really to be deplored that the beast-aye, worse than beast-who does this poisoning cannot be apprehended, so that an example might be made of him by crowding a goodly potion of his deadly poison down his dastardly throat.-Wrangell Sentinel.
 The yearly catch of cod both sides of the Peninsula of Alaska amounts to about 5000 tons, the half of which is caught from stations along the Pacific side of the peninsula west of Kodiak. The shore stations fish all the year around. The largest catches are made in the spawning season, from New Year to April. We are now importing canned codfsh from Norway, over 18,. 900 miles away, when our fish are just as good as theirs. Here is chance for some enterprising man on the southern side of the peninsula of Alaska where the fish are plentiful the year around and fine harbors for oannery sites, to engage in a business which should net him fortune in short time,-Ex.
Douglas Island news., 1908-01-08

The TreadweIl Store has just received a large line of New Clothing for Men and Boys.
Douglas Island news., 1908-01-08

Captain Mikkelson reached Nome from Herschell Island on Dec. 3Oth. He will continue on to Seattle with the expectation of fitting out an expedition for the North Pole, to start next sum- mer.