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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-19
WANTS ROOT TO
STAY IN CABINET.
Judge Taft Praises Secretary's
StateSmanship-Cann0n To
Be Speaker.

Hot Springs, Va, Nov. 19.-There
was a conference at the Taft cottage
on New York politics, general polit-
ical affairs, and especially regarding
persons and measures pertaining to
the next administration. The con-
ferees were President-elect Taft,
Vice President-elect Sherman and
William Ward national Republican
committeeman from New York.
While no one at the conference
wished to be quoted on the subject,
it may be stated as the opinion of all
that Secretary Root will be the sue
cessor in the United States senate Of
T. c. Platt. This, of course, is based
upon the understanding that Mr..
Root wishes the place. Judge Taft
has had no hesitancy from the first
in giving positive expression to his
desire to make Mr.. Root the premier
of his cabinet He has also stated
that if his persuasion could prevail,
the present secretary of state would
retain that portfolio despite his senar
torial ambitions.
Mr.. Root is pre-eminentlya states
man." said Judge Taft, in referring
to his cordial friendly feeling and
admiration for the secretary of state.
''He has the most wonderful faculty
for planning in detail for the future,
both with respect to domestic affairs
and international relations, of any
one l have ever known. He has
such a plan for the development Of
our relations with the South and Gem
trail American countries. Such plans,
as indeed must those Of true states.
manship in any direction, be worked
out step by step, with patience and
time"
1t is understood that Mr.. Sherman
gave it as his opinion to Judge Taft
at the conference that Speaker Cam
non would continue to hold that Office
In the Sixty-first congress.
President-elect Taft sent this ca
blegram extending his hearty con-
nor Magoon, on the conduct and re-
suit of the recent election there: IL
congratulate the Cuban people on the
supremacy of law and order in the
crisis of national election and upon
the peaceable choice, after an honest
ballot and a fair count, of the candi-
date Of the majority. l congratulate
you, Colonel Crowder, and the cleo
toral commission. upon the success
full execution of the electoral law pre-
pared by the commission and super
vised and executed by you con-
graduate General Gomez upon his
election to be president of Cuba I'M
der such favorable auspices wish
for him a successful administration
and for the Cuban republic long life
and prosperity"
Judge Taft expressed doubt that he
should go to Cuba to witness the
withdrawal of the American and the
Inauguration of the Cuban admins
trations. This function will take
place just at a time when Mr. Taft
says he will be decidedly engrossed
with the affairs of his administration.
There is also another view Of his
visiting Cuba which has been adj
vanced, and that is that his presence
as the next president of the United
States would have a tendency to dis
arrange the details of the affairs and
perhaps also overshadow to some ex-
tent the real event and personages
| directly concerned therein.
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FALLING OFF IN TOBACCO.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 49,
The'Department of Agriculture's pre-
liminary estimate of the average
Weld per acre of tobacco is 1852
pounds, as compared with the ten
year average of 1916 pounds. Total
production of 629,634, 900 is thus in
Dictated, as compared with 696, 126,-
900 pounds in 1907. The average as
to quality is $40 per cent, agains'
900 one year ago; $40 in 1906, and
a ten-year average of 85.8.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-19
MUCH INTEREST IN
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
Mass Conventions to Be Held Sat
urday TO Select Precinct
Committeeman.

A great deal of interest is being
taken among the Democratic poll
ticians in the mass meeting that will
be held Saturday in each precinct
In the county for the purpose OF Sc
lecting a committeeman for each pre-
cinct who will be a member of the
county committee.
Mr.. Lee Baldwin who has for a
number of years been chairman OF
the committee in this county will not
accept it again as he is candidate
for sheriff and as to who will be his
successor is a matter that is now be-
ing greatly discussed among the
Democrats.
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Taf. to Address southerners.

New York. Nov ia Program
For the South" will be the general
subject of the addresses at the an
nual dinner of the North Carolina
society of New York at the Hotel
Astor Dec. Z, at which William H.
Taft will be the principal speaker.
Announcement to this effect was
made by the society, which is arrang-
ing for the presence of other speak
ers Of note upon this occasion Mr..
Taft's speech, it is expected, will be
Of Q character to command national
attention, and of particular interest
70 the people of the southern states.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-19
POLICEMAN ESCAPES
After Being Arrested For Burglary
and Is Pursued by Posse.

Parsons, Kan, Nov. 19.-Five thou
sand dollars worth Of silks, furs and
other articles, stolen from Straaber-
gers general sore here, were recov-
cred in the rooming house of Mrs. E.
James. Mrs. James later confessed,
duplicating Paul Weggen, a police
man, and Harry Cloughley. Weggen
was arrested, but was granted per-
mission to go home to see his wife,
and escaped. Several posses were i'm
mediately formed and started a
search for the policeman. Weggen
is heavily armed and may not surren-
der without fight. He shot negro
here some time ago and confessed to
the police that he had served SEN
tence in the Kansas penitentiary to
q crime committed in Oklahoma
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Sells Nice COTTAGE.

Mrs. Bette Hardwick has sold to
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilson her
frame cottage on Clay street for So.
600, equal to cash. Possession given
January 1. The purchasers will i'm
prove the place and move to it.
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PANAMA BONDS
To the Amount of $50, ooo, 900 Will 30
Offered For Sale Dec. 5.

Washington, Nov. 10. = Secretary
Cortelyou made public announcement
that he would receive bids up to the
close Of business ON Dec. next for
$50, 100000 Panama canal bonds or
any part thereof, to bear 2 per cent
interest. The bonds will be dated
Nov. 1, 1908, thus making this a new
issue, and interest will begin an Of
that date. The bonds, by the terms
of the law authorizing their issue,
will be redeemed in gold in ten years
from their date, and payable in 30
years. AS an evidence Of good faith
the secretary requires each bid to be
accompanied by a certified check
payable to the secretary of the treay-
ury. for 2 per cent Of the amount Of
the bid.
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STOCK BROKERS' ASSIGN.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 49,
The firm of John A. Boardman &
Company, stock brokers, assigned
today. They have branch Offices in
New York.
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REAL ESTATE FORGER
GOES TO PRISON
PeterVan VIissingen Landed at Joliet
Penitentiary Thurs
day.
Special to The News.

Special to The News.
JOLIET, ILL.,, Nov. 19.-Peter Van
Vlissingen, the Chicago real estate
leader and club man who recently
confessed to forgeries amounting to
100000, aud who was sentenced
four hours after his arrest, arrived
this morning and was placed, in pris-
on here.
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all of the transactions were made
with his consent, that he received
every penny that he is entitled to-
it is stated that the proposed com
pany that was to operate the street
railway in this city should have a
capital stock adequate to finance it
and that the securities which made
up part Of the $4,000 which Mr.
Lougee alleged were received for the
securities were not worth exceeding
$4,000 and that the actual-consid-
Grafton received by these defendants
for the sale Of the street railway
was 100000 in cars and that added
to this sum the value of the secur-
tiles at $4,000 the actual value re-
ceived was not exceeding 100000.
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JAMES NJ. P|CKRE[L MAKES
SWEEPING DENIAL OF CHARGES
Says That There Was No Conspiracy In Frankfort Traction Matter And
That W s. LOugee Got All Money That Was Coming To Him.

FRANKFORT, KY, Nov. 10
Sweeping denials are made by Jas.
M. Pickrell, of Clark county, John
7. Buckley, John c. Noel and Rolla
D. Armstrong to the charges of w.
S. Lougee, of Cleveland, that they en-
tered into a conspiracy to prevent
him from getting any portion of the
money coming to him from the sale
of the Frankfort Street Railway to
the Versailles and Frankfort Trac-
ton Company, which was brought by
the Central Traction Company. In
a sensational petition filed In the
Federal Court several weeks ago,
Mr.. Lougee alleged that these gen
tlemen owed him more than $125,000
and he sued to recover that sum, OF
aAy part of it that the court decided
was coming to him.
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Mr.. A. R. Baldwin has returned
home from business trip to Gin
cinnati.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-19
Paid Out the Money.

They say, too, that at the time of
the sale in order to release the bonds
of the company which were held in
pledge by the various banks it was
necessary to pay out of the money
received from the purchasers $40,-
900 to the Farmers Bank of this city,
$500 to the Springfield National
Bank, leaving the total net sum real
lied at $4,000, and of this sum there
were numerous outstanding claims
against it which amounted to more
than $4,000, so that the defendants
did not receive more than So, 200,
and if Mr.. Lougee is adjudged to be
entitled to any claim at all it is a
part of this sum.
The defendants deny in toto that
Mr.. Lougee is entitled to any por-
ton of $4,000 alleged to be promised
out of the sale of the ALLEGED bonds
Of the company.
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Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Barnes are vis-
iting in Flemingsburg.
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A Lengthy Answer.

The answer is a lengthy one, con-
tanning in all about 5000 words, and
every feature of the case is discuss
ed and every allegation answered.
The trial will probably come up in
the next term of the Federal Court
and Judge Cochran will have the OPP
portunity to decide who is right in
their contention. The defendants are
represented by Attorney E. S. Jou-
EFT, of Winchester, and Judge Hazel
rigg and Attorneys Cbnault and
DYKE Ha zplriOo
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Prf,HAFu

Prudery.
Prudery IS the senatorial, courtesy
.-r * N6ws.
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In First Part of Answer.

In the first part of the answer it is
alleged by the defendants that every
transaction that was made in dispO-
sing Of the securities of the Frank
fort Street Railway was entered into
and known by the plaintiff, and that
The Washington herald., 1908-03-29
SOCIALIST RIOT.

Continued from Page One.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-29
NIGHT RIDERS AT BAY
Ringleaders Nay Soon Be
Under Arrest.
KENTUCKY GOVERNOR BUSY
Declares State Officers Know Man
Behind Disorders-Offer of Big Re-
wards Results in Bringing Out
Detectives from Various Parts of
COuntry-Sixten Reported Killed.

Lexington. KY, March 2S-It is believed
here tonight that a climax in night rid
ing in Kentucky is at hand, and that
within forty-eight hours the ring leader
and his two chief lieutenants will be un-
der lrrest.
Since the offer OF big rewards. a num-
Der OF detectives from various parts OF
the country have made their appearance
here. and some OF these have been busily
engaged about Frankfort this week
II is believed they have put Gov. VIII
son in possession Of information which
Will result in the breaking up OF the
band which. it appears. according 70 this
information. has been operating through
orders from one source, the messages and
directions having been sent by trusted
Heutenants. Gov Wilson. before leaving
his Office to-day for New York. had a
conference with three strange men. who.
IL is said. came from the scene OF the
murder OF Hiram Hednes in Nicholas
County. where the two accused men were
yesterday acquitted OF the charge against
them.
Gov Wilson is quoted as saying:
Ny men practically have their hands
upon the man who is behind al cnese
disorders. and when the time is right. he
and his lieutenants will be arrested"
Gov. Wilson is quoted further as say
Ing that the sixteen night riders had been
killed by the soldiers
The Washington herald., 1908-03-29
WATSON LEADS RACE
House Whip" Candidate for
Governor of Indiana.
CONVENTION ON WEDNESDAY
Roosevelt Personally to Be IndOrsed,
but the Administration Will Not BE
So strongly Praised-Beveridge TO
Present ResoIutiOn-Tariff to BE
Left to the National Body.

Indianapolis. March &-The Republican
campaign for positions on the State ticket
which will be chosen here on Wednesday
and Thursday next. closed throughout
the State to-day with Representative
Watson in the lead for governor
There are four candidates for this Office.
and Watson is the candidate OF the state
organization. which is controlled by
friends of Vice President Fairbanks The
friends of Senator Beveridge are backing
former Attorney General Miller. who will
enter the convention with the second
largest instructed vote.
Interest in the platform to be adopted is
marked and there have been frequent
conferences of the leaders. but what has
been determined upon cannot be definitely
announced. as great secrecy has been
maintained. II is known, however. that
there is a division among the leaders on
the tariff question. some of them favoring
a revision plank and others opposing It on
the ground that the tariff is a matter TO
be considered by the national convention.
There is also opposition 10 fulsome
eulogy Of the administration Of Roose-
welt, while there is a strong sentiment in
favor of an Endorsement Of the President
himself. Ii is understood here that Sen
ator Beveridge viii bring the Roosevelt
resolution with him and that II not writ
ten at the White House. II has been sub
mitted to ard approved by the President.
The terms of the Endorsement resolution
will be decided upon by the committee on
resolutions and care is being taken to see
that the committee does not contain too
many Of the Presidents friends.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-29
MANAGER VORYS OPTIMISTIC
Believes Taft VIII Be Nominated
on First Ballot.
Declares In Weekly Bulletin Ohioan
Has More than Two-hlfths of
Votes Necessary.

Columbus. Ohio. March 2S.-. Secretary
Taft will be nominated on the first bal
lot, II not by acclamation. in the Chicago
convention, declared Z. Arthur Vorys.
manager of the Taft campaign. to-day
His words had reference 70 the prog
ress of the Taft Presidential campaign
and the showing Of Taft's strength made
in the last week which Taft headquar-
ters. in its weekly bulletin to-day, de
clares shows Taft to have more than
two-ifths Of the votes necessary to his
nomination.
The bulletin announces the capture Of
enough votes in the last week to swell
the Taft instructed list to ls4 out OF 26l
selected OF the others elected. Fair
banks has Indiana's 26: Cannon. Is in IIi-
nois and y are uninstructed. OF the lat
ter. the Taft headquarters asserts a ma
jority are for Taft. this being the basis
Of the claim OF more than two-hfths OF
the 41 votes required to nominate
OF the forty-twO contests thus far made
necessary by bolting conventions. eight
cen of the contests, the Taft manage
ment declares will not affect the Taft
campaign, only Taft delegates being in
voived
OF the forty delegates named this week.
the Taft managers count twenty as
pledged by Taft instructions, With ten
Illinois delegates pledged TO Cannon and
sixteen delegates uninstructed
The Washington herald., 1908-03-29
GUIDE NEEDED--TA
Secretary Says Nation Wants
Good Man at Helm.
FAvORs DISREGARD OF MONEY
Declares Awakening of Spirit Must
BE Carefully Watched TO Keep
DemagOgues from Going Too Far.
Clear Thinking Necessary TO Keep
Country from Going Beyond Depth.

Philadelphia, March 2S.-"In the past
four years.. declared Secretary of War
William H. Taft at the annual banquet
Of the Local Yale Alumni Association at
the Bellevue-Startford tonight, there
has been an awakening of the spirit and
conscience of the people OF this country,
resulting from the thought that in the
hurry and struggle for wealth all other
considerations had been forgotten.
las the spirit of the people awakened.
they began to feel that they should have
more influence and control in the matter
Of their own government and great re-
forms were evolved. by those had in view
a more direct control by the people OF
their own affairs
There has never been a movement OF
this kind that did not need careful guild
ance 70 keep it from going too far, and
20 keep shallow and excitable men or
vicious demagogues from carrying the
country beyond its depth And at such
times as these clear thinking is needed
to assure mOdtration
College life promotes disinterestedness,
and. therefore, If the college man car
ries out the spirit that is instilled into
him, he may make himself the servant
Of the people in the true sense Of the
word Without regard TO accommodating
fortune or winning luxury. he can serve
the people and do much for the public
good. And I believe that We have this
spirit at Yale
The Washington herald., 1908-03-29
SWANSON IS DETERMINED.
VIII Put Down Disturbances and Use
state Militia.

Richmond, Va. March 2S - Renewed
rumors Of violence in the fobacco-growing
district have caused Gov. Swanson TO
issue a manifesto in which he promises
to punish TO the fullest extent Of the law
any and all reprehensible acts of every
description.
For the past ten days the agitation in
Southern Virginia has been increasing
on account Of the nightly posting on
barns and Outhouses CT independent to-
bacco growers of notices Of violence TO
their property and persons by those whose
sympathies are aligned with the Tobacco
Growers Protective Association.
The governor. in speaking Of the more
recent developments in the situation. to-
day intimated plainly that he will protect
the independent planters. He states in
unequivocal terms that he will use every
resource Of the State 20 prevent and quell
disturbance Of any kind.
He states privately that he will even
patrol the district with the military, if
necessary.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-29
ROOSEVELT PARTY EMBARKS
Presidents Wife and Children on
Board the Mayfower.
Syrian Arrested for Running To-
ward Crowd. Denies Evil
Intent.

Vicksburg. Miss, March 2S-Mrs
Roosevelt and her party arrived here
over the Queen and Crescent Railroad
this morning. and were met by Mayor
p. T. Harding and Gen. stephen D. Lee
eomnander-in-chief OF the Confederate
Veterans
After a greeting by the mayor. the
start was made for drive 10 the Ma
tIonal Military Park. Gen. Lee rode With
Mrs. Roosevelt. who had expressed de-
sire to hsve the head of the Confederate
Veterans with her to explain the inter
esting locations and incidents in connec-
tion with the park.
Gen. Lee said the members OF the party
said that the national cemetery here
was more beautiful than the A1sagton
Cemetery.
Mrs. Roosevelt and the party registered
In the government register at the ceme-
terry with the same pen President Roose-
vent recently used. it having been pre-
srved by Mai Thornton. in charge Of
the cemetery.
The party left while a large gathering
of men waved good-bys from the oier
20 MIS- tooSeNet- IL IS expected the
Mayfiower will reach New Orleans on
Monday at noon. The boat will run in the
day time only.
A Syrian running through crowd in
the railroad waiting room toward Mrs.
Roosevelt and her party created some ex-
citeIaent. but was arrested and locked up.
He said he was George Shadid. OF
Wichita, Kans.. and explained that he
was en- route to Greenv.lle and ran toward
the party simply out of curiosity
He was ordered detained until Mrs.
Roosevelt, her sons. and party boarded
the Mayfiower to leave.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-29
QUEER LIGHTS IN HEAVENS
Spectacle Looks Like Swinging CT
Huge Whitewash Brush.
Wrong Why TO Be Northern Lights.
Battle-ship Fleet L. Too
Far Away.

New York, March 2.-There were un-
usual happenings in the heavens on Fri
day night which up to the present writ
ing have received no scientific explana-
ton
In the heavens. which all dogs worth
their biscuits study with frequent and
profound searchings. were spIashes Of
white light segments OF circles being
drawn by separated splashes which were
shot in q direction AT right angles 10 the
segments.
It looked as il someone standing on a
step ladder had, with broad and rather
ragged white wash brush. daubed half
circle in the sky by short strokes of his
brush across the arc OF the half circle.
That may not be giving much for sclen-
tihc patter, but can catch the figure
The whitewashing operation took place
a little below the dome Of things. little
south Of west, as II the man handling the
brush could not quite reach the top.
Someone suggested searchligEts This
was quickly voted down. because Magde-
lena Bay is too far from the Bowery.
and anyway, the rays OF a Seacchsight
don't go whisking about in curly lines. no
matter how much shore leave the opera
tor may have been enjoying
Then northern lights were suggested.
This made a sound like pretty good sense.
until Il was pointed out that Jhe lights
were i'm the west and little south Of
west at that.
Whatever power was running. the light
was showing of a lot OF tricks. The
splashy marks Quivered. faded. bright
ened. shifted. and trembled in a really
dramatic manner. and gradually sIoped
down the starry side OF the dome toward
| the western horizon.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-29
ODELL FIGHTS HARD
Ex-Governor After Control
of New York Machine.
PRIMARIES SET FOR TUESDAY
Persons and Ckdfrman Woodruff Ina
Desperate Struggle in Mrny ASSEM-
bly, DiStricts-Former State Execu-
tive Fosters Contests In Every Dis
trict Where He Thinks He Can Win.

New York. March 2S-The primaries
for the election Of delegates to the as
sembly and Congressional district con-
ventions. which will in turn eleet dele
gates TO the State and national conven-
tions, viii be held on Tuesday next.
In this country there will be no contests
at the Democratic primaries. but on the
Republican side. there Is plenty of ex-
citement in sight.
In at least fifteen OF the assembly dis
tricts of the county there will be con-
tests between the Odell and the Parsons
factions. and it is acknowledged that il
will depend on the outcome Of these con-
tests whether or not Chairman Woodruff
remains as the actual or nominal head
of the Republican State committee. and
whether or not Herbert Parsons will be
ousted from the chairma aship Of the Re
publican county committee at the fall
primaries, when the new executive COM
mittee Of the local Republican organiza-
ton viii be elected.
Ex-GO-. odeII Working.
Ex-Gov odell has probably never
worked harder than ir the last three or
four weeks. Despite the fact that he is
only reeuperating from the illness which
attacked him before Christmas, he has
been busy night and day on the fight he
has planned to secure onee more the con
troll Of the State and iOcfaI organizations.
He has fostered fights in every district
in which he believes he has a chance OF
eleeung his own delegates Instead OF
those nominated by the Parsons leaders.
and as Odell leaders are now IN COM
mand OF about ten OF the thirtfy-five as
sembly districts Of the county, he has
only 10 win eight OF the contests tha.
are 10 be fought out next Tuesday TO get
back into his hands once more the dOnli-
nation OF the county committee and 10
retain through that influence the control
Of the Republican State committee.
That Chairman Parsons IS aware Of the
seriousness Of the situation is shown by
the fact that for the last two weeks he
has neglected his duties as a member OF
the House of Representatives 10 remain
In this city TO conduct the fight.