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The bee., 1908-04-09
Killed by Picking Up a Live Wire.

Isaac o. Lewis, a prominent
citizen, of near Bowling Green,
65 years of age, was instantly
killed Saturday afte rnoon by
picking up a live wire- During
a storm an electric light wire
which runs out the Nashville
pike to some of the suburban
residences was blown down.
Mr.. Lewis accompanied by sew
eral of his friends was walking
along the pike In front of his
home, which is located at the
city limits, and explaining the
break TO them. He took hold of
the dead end of the wire and
afterwards picked up the live
end, receiving a shock which
caused his instant death.
The bee., 1908-04-09
Barn Burned.

Augusta, KY, April 6.-To-
night at IL 80 the tobacco barn
of S. w. McKibben, on the out.
skirts of Augusta, was destroyed
by fire. The barn was full of to-
bacco grown by Caleb Atherton,
who came here from Ohio last
year and has refused to sign his
tobacco to the Equity society, but
who signed to cut out the 1905
crop. A short time after the
fire was discovered a band OF
twenty-five men rode through
Augusta firing guns and warning
citizens to remain indoors. Nc
Kibben is the father of John ID.
McKibben, who has been buying
tobacco at Madison, Ind, and
who had trouble with day riders
here about the first of the year.
There were about ten thousand
pounds of tobacco in the barn.
The bee., 1908-04-09
INDICTMENTS
IN MARSHALL.
Prominent Farmers Charged With
Night Riding And
Murder.
RESULTS or MURDERoUS
RAIDS ON BIRMINGHAM.

Paducah, KY, April 4. 4.-Sher-
if Pete Eley and his son, Will
Eley, one of his deputies, left
Benton early this morning for
the Birmingham section of Mar
shall county to arrest the eleven
men indicted by the special
grand jury, which adjourned
last Wednesday.
The names of the eleven men
have been given out and are as
follows:
DR.. John Champion, Sam Colley,
Fred Holden, Amos Stringer,
Wallace Stringer, Louis Chaudet
Nick Tarry, Tom M'Clain, Bur.
nett Phelps, Nick Terry, r. M.
M'Atee.
They are some of the most
prominent farmers IN Marshall
county, and are alleged to have
been members of the party of
night riders that visited Bir-
mingham few weeks ago and
shot into the negro cabins and
whipped several negroes. John
Scruggs, an aged darky, was so
badly wounded that he died the
following day. BIS grandchild,
a small baby, also was shot and
died.
The bonds vary from 81, 900 to
$1,000.
DIR. Champion is one of the
most prominent physicians in
Marshall county.
1t is understood that all the
men will deny the charges. They
will probably attempt to prove
an ahbi. The indictment of the
men has one good effect in
Lyon and Marshall counties, for
there has not been a single case
OF barn burning or whipping
since.
The bee., 1908-04-09
TAFT
AT LOUISVILLE
Mammoth Meeting Tomorrow Al.
ternoon and Evening Re.
csptiOn and Speech.
EVERY COUNTY AND DISTRICT
IN KENTUCKY WILL BE THERE.

When Secretary of War, Will
liam II. Taft plants his feet on
Kentucky soil tomorrow, the
celebrated smile of the presiden-
tial candidate will be broader
than usual for a notable recep-
tion will be given in hls honot.
All day he will be toasted and
dined and every Fairbanks man
in Kentucky will be urged to
come and take a good look at the
"big un," sized him up, and get
into line with Ohio.
Secretary Taft will arrive in
Louisville Friday afternoon about
2 80 O'Clock. He will be the
guest of William Marshal Bullitt
at his home on Fourth avenue
Imediately upon his arrival
he will be given orders to "clean
up" as rapidly as possible and
will be driven to the Seelbach,
where a big, public reception
will be given him. Members of
the committee say that "all Re
publicans and independent vo-
ters" will be urged to pay their
respects to the Ohio man. Po-
lice arrangements will be so made
that evory voter who desires may
shake the hand of the Secretary.
Col. Morris B. Belknap, the
president of the Taft Club of
Louisville, will preside over the
meeting, which will be held in
Hopkins Theatre at 8p. m, and
will introduce the Secretary.
About 500 vice. presidents will
be named for the meeting and
the stage will be filed with the
Taft leaders in Louisville and in
the State. A
ut will be "a gathering of the
Taft Claims" said a member of
the committee on arrangements.
"We are sending letters through
out the State urging Republicans
to come and hear the real gospel
as preached by the next Presi'
dent. Every county and every
district will be represented"
The committees in charge of
the reception are:
'Hall, Decoration and Music
Allan Ramsey, Chairman; s. b.
Richardson, II. F. Monroe, DIR.
Bohannon and Henry Bennett.
Reception-William Marshall
Bullet, chairman; DIR. Thomas IL.
Baker, ii. I. McCulloch, John H.
Brand, ii. b Reager and Rich
ard Ernst.
Finance Col. Samuel II. Stone
chairman; O. p. Billiard, DIR.
Louis Ryans, @. O. Mengel, Her
man Volkerding, David Fair
leigh, j.. Ross Todd and O. O.
Stoll.
Invitations-H. FL. McOulloch,
chairman; Mark Gabhart and
DIR. Il. I'll. Baker.
The bee., 1908-04-09
GOV. JOHNsON's STAY
Win be In Louisville from 2,4S a. m. to
7,4S p. m. April 18th.

Gov. John A. johnson and his
staff, of Minnesota, will arrive
in Louisville at 2 :45 ann. on the
morning of April 13, from the
Shiloh, Tenn, battlefield and
will remain there until 7:45
O'Clock that night. The Jeffer-
son Day dinner to which Gov.
johnson was invited wall not be
given until the night of April ID,
and it is understood that Gov.
johnson will not be able to at
tend IT. However, while here
Lcuisville Democrats will accord
him all the courtesy and respect
due such distinguished men,
Der Of the party.
The bee., 1908-04-09
JUDGE WELLS
IS Determined.
Fearless Official Has Called
Troops Into Galloway And
Speaks Out.
WILL DEFEND HELPLESS EARAERS
EVEN AT THE COST or HIS LIEE.

Paducah, KY, April A. For
the first time in several nights
Galloway county was peaceable
last night, not a single case Of
night riding being reported.
The quiet was due to the pres
ence of soldiers in Murray and
the outlying county.
Lieut.. Wilburn refnses to
state how he will work his Sold
iers, but from an authentic
source it is learned that de-
tachment will be sent out each
night to patrol the county and
watch for night riders, a seuaG
being left at Murray to defend
the town. The first patrol duty
was inaugurated last night.
The night riders are not ex-
pected to take any chances with
the soldiers and have ceased
operation. Troops were request
ed principally to stop the Craah
work of this lawless band in the
county.
County Judge j. G. Wells said
this morning that he had been
misrepresented and Intentionally
so by some people by the state-
ment that he had called for
troops to protect the trusts re-
handling house at Murray. He
said that he wished The. Times
would state that he called the.
troops for the proteOtlOn Of the
farmers, and continueds
81 called the soldiers to stop
this whipping of isolated farm
ers, which was taking place al
most nightly. The whippings
were severe and some of the vic
Tins were hurt. i know what 4
am talking about, for l have.
seen them.
Farmers were called from
their beds and beaten with
heavy branches until they bled-
II
You can say that so far as it is
in my power l am going to stop
this kind of treatment, even if it
cost me my life to do it. Lies
have been sent out of here about
me, and some people have CEN
sured me for requesting troops,
but the county authorities were
unable to cope with the situa-
ton.
"Threats have been sent me
by the night riders. They have
warned me that they would kill
me, and they may do it, but 1
am going to give the farmers
protection at any cost"
Men who are intimately ac-
quainted with Judge Wells say
that he means every word he
speaks. He has been the county
Judge of Galloway for several
terms, and this is the first time
his nerve has ever been tested in
an Official capacity. He realizes
that his act may kill his politi-
cal aspirations, but they are a
secondary matter.
The bee., 1908-04-09
FIVE LYON COUNTY MEN
CHARGED WITH NIGHT RIDING
Said to Have Stoned Homes Of Negro
and Posted Warning Notes

Eddyville, KY, April 4.-COun
ty Judge Crumbaugh has issued
warrants against five young men
who are charged with going to the
homes of Jim Carter and John
Garnett, both colored, posting
notices warning them to leave
and storming their cabins. The
warrants are against Robert Peek
Thomas Henry, john Lee, Char
ley Doom and Jimmy Henson.
The warrants are in the hands a
the Sheriff.
The bee., 1908-04-09

Commencing with this issue
it is the desire of The Bee TO
publish the brief history of each
church in the city. The differ
ent pastors have been asked to
ssist us in the matter which we
hope wall be of interest to the
readers Of our paper and a bene-
fit to the organizations.
About the year 1S47, Simon
Fegan settled in Hopkins county,
and it was at his house that the
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was
celebrated for the first time In
Hopkins county by the we'll
known pioneer priest of Wes-
tern Kentucky, the Rev. E j.
Durbin, whose mission extend
ed from lear Vincinnes, Ind, to
Nashville, Tenn. For twenty
five years Father Durbin offered
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at
Simon Fegan's house once a
year. In the. sixties Father
Dunn, who was then Father Dur
bins faithful assistant, offered
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at
a farm house which stood near
the present Darlington railroad
depot.
The railroad from Henderson
to Guthrie was then being con-
structed and Father Dunn said
Mass for those who were build.
ing it.
In 1871, Father jenkins, al
present pastor of New Hope,
KY. and at that time pastor OF
Henderson, offered the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass fora few OF
those who had then begun to
work in the mines.
On December 11th, 1872, the
congregation of Darlington, un.
der the title of the Immaculate
Conception, was formally estab-
lished by the Right Rev. Bishor
McOloskey, and the Rev. AL.
phonsus Maria Coenan appointed
as It's first pastor.
The first church, a frame
building, so K 20, was finished
and dedicated the last Sunday OF
August, 1873.
Simon Fegan quarried the rock
and built the foundation of thai
first church free of charge. The
st. Bernard Coal Co., donated
the three lots on which the
church was built.
In May, 1876, the Rev. Father
Coenan resigned as pastor OF
Henderson and took up his resi-
dence at darlington.
The following September, q
Parochial School was opened with
four Sisters of Loretto for teach.
ers, the auditorium of the
church was used for the pur.
pose, being separated from the
sanctuary by folding doors. The
The bee., 1908-04-09

sisters OF Loretto taught until
June, 1890, when change was
made, and the Sisters of Charity
of Nazareth took charge SeDtem-
Der, 1890, and are still teaching.
In 1882, true benefactor,
Bernard N. Farren, Esq, of
Philadelphia, built the present
two-storied brick school house,
still IN use. He has always
taken a pride in the Parish of
Darlington.
On October 10th, 1886, the Rt.
Rev. Bishop McOloskey Land the
corner stone of the new church,
and one truly to be proud of.
Father Dunn preached on the
OCCASION. Many Of the Rev.
Clergy were present and took
part in the ceremonies. There
were also present B. N. Farren,
Esq, who so generously donated
the brick and slate for the build
ing, and Mr.. j. b. Atkinson,
president of the ST. Bernard
Mining Co., whosfwassSso kind
and good, as to donate an entire
square of ground, that is, eight
town lots for the new building,
and who, to the present day, can
be depended on as a true friend.
Another benefactOr donated $3,-
600, for the completion of the
building, the congregation fur
nished the balance, amounting
to about $1,000, and the new
church was finished and solemn
lvi consecrated by the Rt. Rev.
Bishop McClOskey on May 81.
1889, it being sentirely free from
debt.
In October, 1888, the town of
darlington, at their own ex-
pense, placed in the tower a
very fine clock for the benefit of
the town, being allowed the use
of the bells for the striking of
the quarters and the hours.
The three bells, the Stations
of the Gross and the pipe organ,
were donated by some reverend
gentleman residing at Antwerp,
Belgium.
The number of Catholics in
Darlington and the other mis-
sions belonging to the Parish, is
about 459 souls.
The pastors who have been
and are in charge of the church
of the Immaculate Conception,
are as follows: The Rev. Father
Ooenan, founder of the congre-
CATION of the Immaculate Con-
ception May Goth, 1875, and who
for thirty long years labored
zealously for God and souls,
never tiring of doing good and
promoting the honor of God. He
departed this life February ID
1905.
The Rev. Father Welch, pas
tor at Hopkinsville, kindly at
tended the Parish until the ap-
pOintment of the Rev. Father
O'Oonnor who, on July 22nd,
1905, took charge as pastor, re-
naming until March %, 1906,
when he was made pastor of st.
Michael's church, Louisville, KY,
On April 9th, 1905, the Rev.
j. +. Mcfarland. the present
pastor, took up his duties as pas.
tor of the church of the Immacu
late Conception.
The bee., 1908-04-09

The switch board in the Home
Telephone Co.'s exchange at Elk
ton burned there friday night,
causing loss of $500 covered by
insurance. Several men passing
by saw the light and awakened
the operator. He had no sooner
arisen than the lamp standing
by his bed exploded.
The bee., 1908-04-09
Thlsvs, Al Work.

Thieves we're at work at the
L. Il N. Station at Evansville
Sunday night. Some one crawl
ed over a transom and gained
entrance to the dispatchers'
office where they stole a small
clock, that because of its deli.
cate mechanism was valued al
$50. A coat " as stolen from the
ticket office down stairs.
The bee., 1908-04-09
A GUTTER.

He didn't like his job bit,
He didn't like his boss
He said if he shoHld e'er be fired
1t wouldn't be his loss.
He grumbled oer his wages till
1t filtered through his mind
That life was far from good to him,
The world, forsooth, unkind
He watched the clock hands moving--when
He got a chance to shirk
He soldiered with vengeance while
Another did his work.
The years went by, he,didn't rise,
His pay was still the same.
And do you know, that fool declared
That Ne was not to blame? s.s.r~.
-Birmingha@ Age Herald,
The bee., 1908-04-09

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with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
canot reach the seat OF the disease
Catarrh Is a blood or constitutional
disease, and I'm order to cure It you
must take internal remedies. Halls
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acts directly on the blood and mu
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is not a quack medicine. IL was
prescribed by one OF the best physi-
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CURRENT TOPICS AT CAPITOL
ANOTHER PAPER MILL MERGER

Mr.. Ridder might have added that
the reduction in the size Of newspa-
pers, due to the high cost of print
paper, is throwing newspaper work
ers of every class out of employ
ment He might have pointed out
also that the increasing price OF
newspapers to the purchaser is OF
interest to newspaper readers And
hc finally might have adycrtcd to
the fact that If the high price OF
print paper is due to a trust this is
supposed to be, and by IT'S defenders
declared to be. trust busting ad.
ministration, while IL 10 is dut to
the tarin there are bills sumbcring
in the house and in the senate. i'm
troduced at the request Of the pow.
crml American Newspaper Publish.
ers' association, which are not likely
10 emerge from committee rooms
during this session. What are the
publishers going to do about 60?
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(By Willis j.. Abbot)

Washington Feb. 4-Special--A
press dispatch recently reported
meeting at Appleton, Wis, Of print
paper manufacturers representing the
paper mills of Minnesota, Wisconsin
and Michigan. Two distinguished
trust promoters OF Providence and
New York were also present. 1t is
understood that the meeting was for
the purpose of forming merger Of
all the paper mills in these three
states,
This intelligence should be of in
terest to newspaper publishers, to
the men who work for newspapers i'm
the mechanical, the business or cir.
culation department. to newspaper
readers and emphaucally to people
who observe the course of American
politics Taking up the last class
first let us consider this paragraph
from the official text book issued by
the republican congressional commit
tee i'm 1906. It deals with the pro
ceedings brought against the General
Paper company and certain other i'm
dependent paper companies. all com
posing what is known as the paper
trust In a burst of enthusiasm
the republican congressional commit
tee declared that they had destroyed
the trust:
The supreme court overruled the
defendants contention. This decision
practically disposed of the paper
trusts defense, for there was none
on the merits and it submitted with
out further proceedings. The trust is
now dissolved. the benefits of free
competition are being received, and
it is reported on reliable authority
that news print and fiber paper are
now being supplied to the consumer
at the substantial reduction of 30
per cent
or course, the facts are that the
trust has never been dissolved, de-
spite the claims of the republican
| congressional committee, and that
news print paper is higher today
than it has been in fifteen years. \
newspaper publisher who was shown
the statement Of the republican te,
book remarked that there was only
one thing lacking. They ought tC
have followed" said he, the exam
pie OF Artemus Ward and printed
at the end of that paragraph, ~ b
| This is wrote sarkastikul "
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natural causes, the loss Of business.
whether 1t proceeds from unwisc leg.
islation, or finally. and this is i'm
portant, whether It is due to miscon.
duct in the past financial or other
operations of any railroad" The
presidential queries are we'll put.
particularly the last one
The one trouble with the prcsi.
dents request is that It involves an
investigation which will not end un
til long after the nominating con.
ventlon. and possibly after the clec.
ton. hut this is unfortunate chiefly
to the president as u politician not
10 the people for whenever the infor
nation is obtained it will be- of pub.
lie value. II Is. Of course. mat.
ter OF uotoricty I'm Washington that
this presidential letter was merely
another card played In IT, game for
Taft. For whatever reason. IL is a
fact that the railroads, not only i'm
the south but throughout the couu.
try. are laying on men, reducing
train schedules aud cconomizing at
every point Indeed. railroad men
throughout the country are referring
to idle locomotives and To empty
freight cars as Teddy bears Mr
R,,..,.Tt lfg,.v,,.. o., ttt. ..tt..,. ..,.
the part of tine railroads a sinister
conspiracy TO discrcdit his admins
tration ana to hurt his chosen sue
cessor He purposes to find out all
about It, ana every opporunity
should be given him TO learn the
facts. Most people will say that the
fact is that the collapse OF In,
boastcd republican prosperity has
produced such contraction of bust
ness that the railroads no longer ar,
pressed for cars to carry their
| freight, but have not the freight e
hll their cars The average man VIII,
| finds wages decreasing and business
deteriora;ng will say that the enc
OF twelve years of republicanism ant
/ seven years of Rooscveltism ha,
| made him too poor TO travel, there
fore the railroads are laying of
passenger trains and the employei
| who run them. There IS no polite,
in this-it is just the legitimate re
suit of commercial depression du,
to the republican policy during tina
. partys period of unrestricted power
Mr.. Roosevelt cannot find out thes,
facts too quickly for the good of Tn,
country It will be we'll If he use
the interstate commerce commission
or the department of commerce an,
labor or his own common sense an,
intelligence to discover these facts
when he has discovered them, It /
to be hoped he will be man enoug
not to talk about conspiracies to di,
credit my policies" or to injure hi
imperial heir.
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The President and the Railroads

President Roosevelt has sent 90
the interstate commerce commission
a demand that it look into the rea
sons for recent reduction of wages
by railroad corporations. The rail
road TO which he particularly refers
is the Louisville & Nashville. a
road which covers all that part of
the south in which the antagonism
to Mr. Taft as a presidential candi-
date is most apparent. This road
has reduced wages very materially.
The president says that it has eX-
planned its action by the plea that
the drastic laws inimical TO the in
terests of the railroad that have In
the past year or two been enacted
by congress and the state legisla-
lures are chiefly responsible for the
conditions requiring the reduction.
Very properly the president asks
that the commission investigate for
the purpose of discovering whether
the need for these reductions in
wages exists whether it is due to
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The Perfect Woman Is not a Fa,
One,

Artists say the !deal proportion OF
weight in a woman is 20 pounds for
every foot of her height. This would
make a woman of five feet four in
ches weigh 1876 pounds ounces.
II you weigh more than this in
proportion you are on the danger
line and are likely TO get too fat in
a few years. Check 1t by taking a
teaspoonful after meals and at bed
time OF this receipt: IL ounc" oi
Marmola. l2 ounce Fluid Ey
Cascara Aromatic and 3 ID ounces
Syrup Simplex. Get the armola
sealed and mix It with the other in
gradients at home. This mixture is
harmless, will not cause wrinkles
and has been known to take off sew
en- pounds OF fat n week without any
help from exercise or dieting. 1t is
inexpensive.
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