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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
TAFT HAS TALK
WITH PRESIDENT
Cabinet is Principal Subject Discuss
ed-NO Details Given
Out.

Washington, Dec. -. - President
Roosevelt and President-elect Will
liam H. Taft had an extended confer
ence at the White House. Many mat
tiers relative to the present and next
administration were discussed, not
the least important of which was a
general talk regarding the Taft cab
met. The conference began at the
conclusion of a dinner at the home
of Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. Winthrop, attended by
Mr.. and Mrs. Taft Before the con-
ference Mr.. Taft announced that 1t
would be entirely an executive ses-
sion and that he should decline to
give any details whatever, aside from
the advance announcement that he
should talk over many important
matters with the president.
Besides consulting with President
Roosevelt regarding various men
who may be available for cabinet po-
sitions, Mr.. Taft will today have
conference with Secretary Root IL
such an appointment is found conven-
lent, on the same subject
During an interview between Judge
Taft and Senator Aldrich the result
of the work of the monetary commits
sion was thoroughly gone over Sem
ator Aldrich, it was learned, Is
thorough believer in the efficacy of
q Nil sci ND 10
tic advocate of legislation which
shall place into permanent law some
of the recommendations which are to
be made.
Judge Taft heretofore has gone
over these matters somewhat in de-
tail with Representative Burton OF
Ohio, who is a member of the COM
mission, and from what was said by
those interested in the subject, the
prediction would seem a safe one
that the next administration will be
favorable to the enactment of at least
some of the recommendations which
will be made by this commission
looking to permanent reform in the
currency system of the country.
Judge Taft said that his interview
with Senator Aldrich did not relate
to the postal savings bank bill now
pending. Representative Burton will
have conference with Mr. Taft to-
day, at which time, it is believed, the
subject will be pursued further.
George A. Knight of California was
recommended for a cabinet position
by Representative Duncan B. Nc
knley of that state. Ohio politics
were discussed between Wade Ellis,
assistant United States attorney gen.
eral, and Mr.. Taft. Cardinal Gibbons
and Father Ketcham conferred as
special representatives Of Catholic
Indians in connection with matters
pending before the Indian bureau at
Washington
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
GRANITE BRICK CO.
DECLARES DIVIDEND
Four Per Cent TO Be Paid December
l5.-WiIl Increase Capac-
ity in 1909.

The Winchester Granite Brick
Company has declared a dividend
of 4 per cent on their stock, payable
December 10.
About the first of january the
management expects to begin the
erection of a lime kiln that will have
a capacity of about IS barrels of
lime per day. They have thorough
ly tried out their lime rock and find
it to be very superior quality. They
also expect to increase their facilities
for the shipping Of sand which al
ready is very large. They hope to
make improvements by which they
can furnish sands for any class of
building or concrete work.
The past year has been fairly a
busy one and the outlook for 1909 is
encouraging. Their brick is meeting
with favor and they have some very
excellent buildings to their credit
erected in the past year.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
COUNCIL REFUSES TO
CHANGE ORDINANCE
Old Kentucky Telephone Company
presents its Side of
Case.

A special meeting of the city cOun-
Gil was held Friday night for the par
pose Of hearing a complaint from
the Home Telephone Company ON the
ordinance passed at the last meeting
of the council offering for sale
telephone franchise prepared by the
East Tennessee Telephone Company,
but, after hearing Attorney Pendle-
ton, the council refused to change the
ordinance.
The new franchise fixes the rate on
phones higher than the present rate
and higher than the Home Company
is allowed to charge in its franchise.
Mr.. D. L. Pendleton, attorney for the
Home Company, asked that the fran
chise be made the same as that of
the Home and that one rate apply to
both companies.
Mr.. Pendleton made an earnest APP
peal to make the rates the same, but
the council refused to acquiesce. At
the close of his remarks a motion was
made to adjourn and this carried.
The records show that the East
Tennessee Company has about two
hundred subscribers and the Home
Company has between nine hundred
and one thousand. Under the ordin-
ance as passed, the Home Company
claims the foreign corporation has
the right to charge more for its SER
vice that the home institution, which
gives nearly three times as many con-
nections In the city.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
FAVORS AMENDING
STATE CONSTITUTION
Meeting in Lexington Declares in
Favor of Reform of Tax
System.

Another campaign of education In
Kentucky was started in Lexington
Friday night, this time on taxation.
Representative citizens from all Cen
trail Kentucky gathered at meeting of
the Lexington Conmercfaf Club to
discuss the tax system. The follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this meeting that the Constitution of
the State shuold be so amended as to
permit the Legislature to deal freely
with our system of taxation and to
remedy the inequalities and injustice
of our present system.
Resolved, That this Amendment is
essential to our prosperity In order
to give Kentuckians opportunities
equal to those afforded by other
States to their citizens.
Resolved, That we respectfully
recommend to the next General As
sembly the submission of such an
amendment to the people, to be voted
on at the next general election, and
earnestly urge our Senators and Rep
sentatives in the next General As
sembly to use all proper means to Sc
cure the submission of such an
amendment.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
LOSES BROOMBALL
GAME ON A foul
Winchester Plays Hot Contest With
the NichOIaSviIe Team.

The Winchester Broom Ball team
returned home Saturday morning af-
ter playing two hard fought games
at Lexington and Nicholasville. The
game at Lexington resulted in tie,
neither side being able to score. The
game at Nicholasville was almost the
same as tie, neither side scored but
the Nicholasvile team claimed a foul
by the local boys and were given the
decision. The home boys protested
strongly against the decision, but
had to submit. The next game to be
played at home will be next We'd
nesday night with Lexington.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
ARMED FANATIC
CREATES PANIC
Pr0claimS Himself John the Baptist,
and Holds Up Several
Stores.

Edgewater, ~ j., Dec. II. = Pro
claiming himself to be John the
Baptist, come to save the world" an
armed fanatic, wrought up to a high
pitch of maniacal fury, terrorized
this village for a full hour, appearing
suddenly on the main street, waving
a big revolver, holding up the propri-
etors of several stores, exchanging
many shots with a hastily formed
posse, and at last being wounded
himself when the police and a mob of
citizens ran him down. In all the
fusillade no one was hit but the ma
MAC himself, and his wounds are not
regarded as dangerous.
In the midst of the excitement the
mailman Communicated a horse and
wagon and struck a reckless gait out
of town. 1t was from behind the i'm
provised bulwark which he made of
this vehicle when he alighted from
it near the palisades that he was
finally picked by the shots of the pur-
suing posse.
After he had been taken into Gus
tody the man, gray-whiskered and APP
parently about SIS years of age, said
he was A. S. Pomeroy, that his home
was in Nebraska, but that he had
been an inmate of private sani-
tarium in Stamford, Conn.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
ADDITIONAL SOCIETY.

Miss Minnie Haggard of Lexing-
ton who has been visiting her cousin,
Miss Maggie Green, of Ruckerville,
for several weeks, returned home
Tuesday and will remain here for a
fortnight with her father and mother,
N. B. Haggard and wife. She spoke
in glowing terms of the Ruckerville
people and regrets that circumstan-
ces were against longer stay in this
sociable little village. She will re-
turn sometime during the holidays.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
BREATHITT CITIZENS
HOLD GREAT MEETING
Movement For Law and Order is
Started With Enthus-
iaSm

JACKSON, KY, Dec. PA mass
meeting of the citizens of Breathitt
county was held at the court house
yesterday to discuss ways and means
of putting down crime and organize
+" Citizens League to support the Of
rs in the enforcement of the law.
The court room was crowded. Bus
mess houses were closed and the
schools dismissed.
County Judge Taulbee was the first
peaker, followed by W. c. Mcclure.
dge William Beckner, OF Winches-
ter. was the chief speaker of the oc-
casion and was introduced by A. H.
Patton.
treat interest was manifested In
TIE movement for the enforcement of
the law In Jackson and Breathitt
county.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12

Mercantile Agency Reports Indicate
Renewed Confidence.

New York, Dec. 12.-R. G. Dun &
Company's weekly review of trade
says: Retail trade is active in holt
day goods and winter wearing ap-
parel, while wholesale and jobbing
departments are seasonably quiet as
to new business, but there is a good
movement on old orders, and manu-
featuring operations are not cur
tailed. Inventories are in progress,
and those completed indicate no ex-
cessive stock. Ample rain in many
sections has started much idle ma
chinery, while statements of building
permits continue to show gratifying
gains, although operations in the
northwest are interrupted by severe
weather. Mercantile collections are
more prompt, and the steady gain in
production of pig iron is a most en-
couraging indication of confidence in
the leading industry.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
REGULAR MEETING OF
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Hears Report of Fire Committee on
Purchase of an Automobile
Hose Wagon.

The fire department met in its reg
ular monthly meeting Friday night.
The fire committee from the council
reported that during the day they
had held a conference with the firm
In Columbus, o., whom they were ne
gotiating with for an automobile hose
wagon and asked for three months
trial before purchasing. This was
not granted and they had nothing
further to report.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
E. A. Edm0nds, of This City, Now
On the Battleship "CaIi-
fornia."

Mr.. E. A. Edmonds, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Edmonds, of this city, who
has been connected with the y. S. S..
Hancock at Brooklyn, N. Y, for sew
eral months, has been transferred to
active service on the Pacific coast
and will be on the U. S. battleship
California. Young Edmonds has
made rapid progress in the past few
in the naval department and
his promotion is gratifying to his
many friends in this city.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
SECRET SESSION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL
The News Reporter is Barred at At
ter-Meeting on Friday
Night.

After the special meeting of the
city council Friday night, the coun-
cilmen held secret session. The
reason of the secret session could
not be learned as nothing was given
out and The News reporter was bar
red. The News believes that all SEES
sions of the council should be open
to every citizen. 1t will take pleasure
in publishing what took place Friday
night if it can learn it.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
To Help Flood Sufferers.

Washington, Dec. 12.-As a result
Of the flood in the Cape Fear river in
North Carolina of August. 1908, Rep
resentative Goodwin of North Caro-
lima introduced a bill authorizing the
secretary of war to discharge food
supplies and clothing as is necessary
for the relief of destitute persons on
account of the flood in the counties
of Bladen, Cumberland and Harnett,
North Carolina. The bill provides
100000 for the purpose.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
Heqeman Goes Free.

New York, Dec. 12.-John R. Hege-
man, president of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company, was freed
by the court in a decision that, if it
stands, will serve to quash all indict.
ments now outstanding against local
insurance officials. Mr.. Hegeman
was charged with perjury in the veri-
fication Of report made by the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance company to
the superintendent of insurance of
the state of New York.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
Cincinnati Woman Is Treasurer.

Washington, Dec. 12-At the final
session of the women's national riv-
ers and harbors congress officers
were elected as follows: President,
Mrs. Herile Tommies, Shreveport,
La; vice president, Mrs. Lydia A.
Williams, Washington, D. c.; record
ing secretary, Mrs. A. B. Avery,
Shreveport, La; corresponding Sec
rotary, Mrs. Francis Shuttleworth,
Shreveport. La; treasurer, Mrs. j. F.
Ellison, Cincinnati, o.: auditor, Mrs.
John L. Matthews, Boston, Mass.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
PROGRAM OF FARMERS
CLUB ON SATURDAY
An Interesting Series of Addresses
Have Been Arranged
For.

The Farmers Club meets at the
court house Saturday at 2 o'clock
and an interesting program is ar
ranged for. 1t is as follows:
Prayer.
Address by President W. o. Hos
kins.
Secretary's report.
Remarks on the good of the Club.
Winter lambs by H. V. Thompson.
Back to the farm by President H.
K. Taylor.
One or more other papers will prob
ably be read and the meeting will
close with general discussion in
which everyone will be asked to par
ticipate.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
Tarrier Goes to Jail.

Columbus, o., Dec. IL. = John A.
Tarrier, publisher of Town Topics,
weekly paper, was sentenced by Fed
eral Judge Safer to serve eight
months in the Washington county
jail and to pay fine of $1,000. He
was convicted of misusing the mails
in sending his paper containing at
tacks on local citizens.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
FIVE CAR LOADS OF
1897 SHIPPED DAILY
Clark County Tobacco Will Be Sent
Out Regularly.

Starting Monday morning, five car
loads of Clark county 1907 tobacco
crop will be shipped daily from the
warehouse. There are about 5000
hogsheads of the 1907 crop which be-
longs to Clark county. The entire
crop will fill about 430 cars. The
money will be available almost i'm
mediately. AS soon as the society
has on hand enough to pay 25 per
cent or more it will be distributed.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
Seek pespondent Editor.

Uhrichsville, o., Dec. 12.-Friends
and relatives of E. w. Spidell, 4S, ed
itor of the Strasburg Record. are
searching the surrounding country
for some trace of the editor, who has
been missing. A note was found in
dicating that he intended taking his
life. Spidelps mind is said to be UNI
balanced.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
New Works. Debt Limit.

New York, Dec. 12.-Placing the
city's debt limit at 1872, 100000,
which is 10 per cent Of the taxable
real estate, Comptroller Herman
Metz, in a statement to the legisla-
tive committee now investigating this
city's finances, declared that the
margin remaining for further borrow
ing is only S3S,O00,00O. -
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
new SPRING SUITS
Manufacturers at Toledo Today De-
eide Upon HipIess Effects.

eide Upon HIpiess Effects.
Toledo, o., Dec. 12.-Half hun
dred delegates are here attending the
annual meeting of the National
Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers
association Manufacturers from st.
Louis. Chicago, Milwaukee, Cincin-
natl, Toronto and elsewhere are in
attendance Four living models are
displaying new styles.
The official decree of the style
makers, issued today, calls for new
spring suits along these lines: 1t
must be three-piece suit with hip
less effect, and in one of these col
ors: ashes of roses, green, taupe.
electric blue, reseda, stone gray, ca
tawba, cedar or wisteria.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
EVACUATION PROGRAM
War Department Tells How Troops
Will Leave Cuba.

Washington, Dec. 12.-At the war
department the first details regard
ing the withdrawal of the American
army of pacification, which has been
on duty inCuba since the fall of 1906,
were made known. The movements
of the troops will begin on Jan. and
will be completed by April 1. The Off
GERS and civilians on duty in connec-
ton with the provisional government
will sail from Havana the day after
the inauguration Of President Gomez.
and the troops remaining in the isl
and after that date will be withdrawn
as rapidly as transportation facilities
will permit.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE
TN THE WINCHESTER NEWS
Lost Watch is Returned to Owner
After One Insertion of Ad-
vertisement.

Nothing pays like advertising i
The News. VIII Trivers, colored.
who works for Mr.. Henry Fl. Hall.
lost watch the other day. A small
classified advertisement in The New
caused it to be returned to him the
next morning after the advertise
ment appeared.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
COUNTY TEACHERS
PAID SATURDAY.
Superintendent Tanner Distributes
During Day $5,077.56.
Fifty-Six Cents.

Saturday was pay day for the
county school teachers and County
Superintendent Tanner has been busy
all day making out checks. .$5,077.-
So will be distributed among the
teachers.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
SHOPPERS.

Carry home your small bundles
yourself Remember the merchants
and their employees are over-WOrked
from the holiday trade. Be thought
full of others.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
Town DESTROYED by Fire.

Boone, Ia, Dec. 1.-THE town of
Patton was destroyed by fire. Eleven
buildings were burned. There was
NO fire protection. Loss $4,000.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-12
WEATHER.

Partly Cloudy Tonight and
Sunday; Not Much Change
in Temperature.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

Fftzmaurice: and Mr.. Walter Cranes portrait
of his wife fills vacant place Mr.. John Law
ery's group OF five Whistlertsh portraits, with
faces shaped IN light, is on the same WALL Miss
Edna May the handsomest among them; and
there is also q notable group by Mr.. Charles
Shannon, with Mrs Patrick Campbell in fetch
ing blue dress, Miss LiIlah Mccarthy in the
theatrical costume of Dona Ana, and strongly
painted sculptress. There is long parade OF
attractive women, the majority OF them ar
rayed In dark or dull colors. with faces IN a
quiet key Of flesh tinting: but here and there
are brilliant exceptions to sombre tones and
reticence of treatment Mr.. Wilson Steers por-
trait OF Mrs. HammersIey lacks vitality, but is
highly decorative with its harmonies OF green
and white: NJ Reaoirs Mime. NJ" is aglow with
yellow light; NJ Carolus Duran's Mrs. Sackville
West is d commanding blend OF white and
blue; and Mr.. Mancini's two ladies. Mrs. Charles
Hunter and Mrs. Fritz Williamson. sparkle and
glitter with lavishness of paint pointed up with
bits Of metal. Mr.. J. J. Shannon. as great a
favorite IS a painter of fair women Romney
was in his time. is well represented by the
Duchess of Rutland Lady Marjorie Manners
and Lady Ulrica Barring. Rossettfs little
"AIonna Pomona" is at the centre opposite tha
Watts group. and il is fanked by water color
sketches by Burne-Jones-interesting remns-
cences of an order of poetic painting which is
passing out of mind when there is so much hard
prose and realism and cleverness OF technique
It IS not often that playwrigtts go TO New
England OF The Scarlet Letter for scene and
incident for entertaining London audiences, and
consequently Matt of Merrymount," presented
at the New Theatre, has the advantage of nov
city. There is. however, slight adventitious aid
from local color. for although the action is set
down for Massachusetts in 1855 and Colonial
caps and Puritan costumes are worn, the setting
for the story might have been any English vii
iage of the same period, where stocks and whip
ping post were in use and magistrates and con-
stables were terrorized by narauders and
witches in the hills. II IS not plausible play,
with serious treatment of Colonial life, but q
romantic rignarole. with picturesque scenes and
fantastic admixture OF meIodrama and senti-
rnent The main object OF the playwrights was
to supply Mr.. Fred Terry with a buoyant. light
hearted part as outlaw with chivalrous
habits and a pretty turn for love making; and
this IS secured by an impersonation, not per
hans so versatile as The Scarlet Pimpernei,, ,
but lively, ingratiating and agreeable Another
part that Of the mas gistrates Puritan daughter,
was written for Miss Julia Nelson, with song
and dance: but her place has been taken by
Miss Alice Crawford, whose acting is less
vfvacious. although she does not lack personal
charm. There is a full bIooded. dark eyed witch
in Miss Miriam Lewes, but not the orthodox
New England type TO make the flesh creep. It
is the witch of romantic opera, and not the
s1nernsturaI enemy whom Jealous Puritans
considered a brand fit for village bonfire.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
PEI NAMES.

The terms employed by the people 6r one m en-
a. rbo choicest phrases their VocaouidIy % 81
a rrnenT are often employed for quite the OPPOSITE
purposes BY other peoples One or tle mos o-lr-
ne French for instance. is MY httIe pIs an
NV Iitts puppy dog is also rluch a. pre- E
-, .. t'renrh husband calls his wife "a caL sue
5,Is not Ily into passion OF FeSenlLe aS a az
fIfsb speaking wife might do under th- seIio CIt
butt takes it gentle comp
~ +be other hand. If he were 10 call her a duchi; ;
a. the British husband might his wl1e sue "0u4"
be very much offended ,.. r+ta, h..
some time ago, in Germany letters ia gSeta w. ~
Count Moltke To his bstFottleu were
a,IIis1'.d In these the great soldier frequently
PpiiaJ the lady MY little kernel OF coffee. rms
+-ji,ss one AS "a very queer pct name. ana mas sue
asted 10 a cynical authority that In view OF Tue
sSISeT,s profession. My little grain or powder OF
NJ Ii,,ia Gmp Of Lead would have been more
appropriate. ,,.,., ,,.,-,,, and occ7,na+fon fire.
- u s1,rpJv him with OF endearnlent y
tr,1er sometimes calls his little girl his colt ahd
Ia I'll yy,ovn fisherman. whom the creatures OF
LTcolr were as the apple of his eye USED 10 pc
Gin his letters to his wife when ne was on ms ms
isbus. expeditions with the NordS' Ny uSHL Ii'eiS
rInd If'.,-Il TITS.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
GEYETY At PINE FOREST INN.

h7,-nerE--e. S. 49, Tel. -1.-5E ashIngtpl's Birth
car- -s.,. Rll Iol- 1a re.--ra1ered by the guests
~ 'e Pine Forest Eau and taa village Of Summer
'+-e Lne forenoon was devoted TO the golf tour
-a--s-- fer tae George washington Cup. presented
e. the management oe the I'm. and there were
-1i7r-ere entries. Tho winner was John Mclean
: ILra- 3 y, and 1hs second man vas Horace
ra-lns. of ST. Louis. 8ajo. Trimble was thiEd. In
s afternoon caGl--s sports Rere enjoyed by about
-'e hundred people. = danc- was wen attended IN
~ evening Among the late arrivals are V. \.
vi Alr- end zIr~ G. Glen WoIaer. 3fr and Ms
= H. Raves. 8Ilss T. q. Hayes 1Ir. and Ms
-l'e'ocre I.ede-larn. AIr and Mrs. 3. q. Clark,
= z Burroughs aad kaLs sanboru. of New York