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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
JUDGES FIGHT SHY
OF STANDARD CASE
Lands and Bethea Present Ex-
cuSeS to Sims.

Chicago, Jan. THE distinction of
hearing the retrial of the. Standard
Oil case, in which Judge Lands fine
of 29,240,000 went against the rocks
in the United States appellate and
supreme courts, went begging. Unit
ed States District Attorney Sims
went before Judge Lands and an
bounced that he would like Ito begin
the new hearing on Monday next.
Judge Lands answered that In, view
Of his convictions in the case-funda-
mentally that each car lot constituted
separate offense-he did not care
to sit again in the case.
But" continued the. court, "T'Il ask
Judge Bethea about it and maybe hs
will take it,
But Judge Bethea pleaded some
slight connection with the matter
even before it reached Judge Landis.
and asked to be excused.
We'll" Judge Lands pursued after
his telephone conversation with his
colleague. Judge Anderson is coming
up here to try a case for me soon:
wait till he arrives and Wen see
what can be done"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
HUSBAND AND BROTHER
OF WOMAN ARRESTED
Former Accuses Latter of Shooting
and Killing Sister BY
Mistake.

DANVILLE, KY, Jan. THE
murder of Mrs. Annie Major at Buena
Vista last Thursday is still shrouded
in mystery, although her husband,
Charles Major, and her brother, An
drew Broughton, are in jail at Lam
caster charged with the crime. At
the court of inquiry held Yesterday, a
large number. of witnesses testified.
Half of them involved the husband
of the dead woman and the other half
her brother. Squire Major, who was
in the house when the killing occur
red, stated nthe witness stand that
he had heard no shot at all.
Charles Major, the husband, testi-
fed that Andrew BroughtOn, his
wife's brother, was attempting to as
sassinate him and instead killed his
sister. Broughton and Major were
held in Jail on the charge of wulful
murder. Broughton testified that
Major fred the shot which killed Mrs.
Major.
Other witnesses are being summon
ed and the examining trial will be
held! next Saturday, when an effort
will be made to unravel the mystery
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
Mad Doos Attack Refuoees.

Messina, Jan. Dogs now constf-
tute one of the dangers to the earth
quake refugees. These animals
starving and often rabid through lack
of water. gnaw the corpses like n.y.
enas and frequently attack the refu-
gees themselves. Among the wound
ed who left for Palermo was a young
man whose eyes and right cheek had
been horribly mutilated by dogs.
After the earthquake he was buried
in debris up to his neck, and while
thus unable to move was attacked by
three of the animals and seriously
hurt before his cries attracted help.
Vagrant dogs are shot at sight.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
PLEADS FOR AcQUITTAL
Attorney For Mrs. Erb Denounces
Philadelphia Detectives.

Media, Pa, Jan. T. Frank B.
Rhodes, counsel for Mrs. Florence
Erb and Mrs. Catherine Beisel, charg-
ed with the murder Of J. Clayton Erb,
in his address to the jury ridiculed
the commemorative case and said
not one scintilla of evidence had been
adduced to show that Mrs. Erb was
in any way connected with the muir
der of her husband, and that Mrs.
Beisel, the other defendant, had shot
Erb that her own life and that of
her sister might be spared He I'M
mercifully scored the philadelphia"
gang, as he termed them, for the part
the Philadelphia detectives and Cor
oner's Physician Wadsworth took in
securing evidence and testifying
against the accused. He G. ed with
pathetic plea for the al .dittal of
the defendants.
District Attorney Macdade followed
Rhodes and resented the attack on
the philadelphia gang, and referred
with whitening sarcasm to the ''inno-
cent wife who had blackened the
character of a man kind enough to
give her an honored name" He ap-
pealed to the jury for a first degree
verdict.
Judge Johnson's charge to the jury
consumed an hour in the delivery,
after which they retired for deliber-
alton.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
OUR CRIMINAL POPULATION

Among the startling figures Civ
en- by Mr. Harry A. Sommers IN his
article on Illite1acy in Kentucky
none ought to attract more atten-
ton or cause more profound thought
than those on our convicts.
OF the 1, 1850 prisoners confined in
the Frankfort penitentiary SAT had
no education, according to the re-
port of the Prison Commissioners.
Our Is per cent illiterate population
produces 40 per cent of the crimi-
nails in our penitentiary, while the
80 per cent that can read and write
only produces 60 per cent of the
convicted felons.
Every 800 of our illiterate popula-
ton has produced one felon in the
Frankfort penitentiary, while only
one felon is to be found in every
$500 of our population which can
read and write.
If all our. population was illite1ate
there would be more than two and
a half times as many criminals in
the Frankfort prison, while if there
was no illiteracy, the number would
be reduced from 1, $50 to 900. These
figures should make us think.
And when we remember that out
side of State taxes for our schools,
the individual citizen contributes
Is cents per year for the education
of his child, it is enough to make us
despair for education.
We pay for jails and penitenti-
aIies| judges, commonwealth attor-
neyss constables and police many,
many times what we contribute to
the school fund and yet we are too
short sighted to see that if we in
crease our educational tax a little
we would save far more on these
other expenses. :, .
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
GRIscoM LEAVES ROME
Starts Today For Messina to Wei
come BattIeship Fleet.


Rome, Jan. 7.-Ambassador Girls
com left here today for Messina to
meet the American squadron, which
is expected to arrive there on Satur-
day under Rear Admiral Sperry, on
the flagship Connecticut.
The steamer Bayern, the American
relief ship, flying the Red Cross en-
blem, sailed for Messina today. This
steamer with its great cargo of sup
plies will be able to take care OF
thousands of sufferepE There are
three surgeons aboard and so nurses,
of whom three are American and
three English. Fifty-eight thousand
dollars has been spent for the med
ical outfit, provisions and clothes for
distribution ashore. There is an inn
mense supply of the necessaries of
life aboard for women, men and chill
dren, particular attention having
been paid to the selection of food for
little ones. In the past As hours $751;
600 has been spent in Rome and S10,-
600 in Genoa for clothing alone. The
cargo includes 1,450 blankets, 1850
underclothes, LOO pairs of shoes,
LOO hats, 600 heavy overcoats, ESQ
capes, LOO shawls, 700 suits Of
clothes, 300 extra trousers and a
great quantity of shirts, stockings
and handkerchiefs.
There are also medical supplies
sufficient for the establishment Of
three complete camp hospitals
ashore. Those in charge of the expe-
dition have $4,000 in small bills for
careful distribution.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
J TRIAL NEARS END
Jury Expected to Have hight Rider
Case Before Tonight.


Union City, Tenn, Jan. Tt is ex-
pected that before tonight the case
against the eight alleged night riders
will be in the hands of the jury.
In closing his argument to the jury,
Attorney Pierce of the defense made
a bitter attack on Governor Patter-
son, charging him with having bribed
three of the prisoners to perjure
themselves and send honest men to
the gallows by promising them I'M
conditional pardons and agreeing to
see that they were permitted to leave
the state in safety. =
For this attack the attorney was
severely reprimanded by Judge Jones,
who informed the jury that there was
nothing in the evidence to show that
the men who turned states evidence
had been bribed
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
ALLIANCE PROVES WINNER

Democrats and Republicans Elect
Speaker Of Illinois House.
Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. Edward D.
Shurtleff Of Marengo is the speaker
Of the Forty-sixth General assembly
of Illinois, elected by the votes of "a
Republicans and 81 Democrats, after
the same number of Republicans vot-
ing with so Democrats had made him
temporary speaker over Edward J..
King of Galesburg, the candidate IA
fored by Governor Deneen and the
nominee of the Republican caucus.
1t is said that the success of the
alliance in favor of Shurtleff is inim-
ical to the success Of Senator Albert
]. Hopkins in his race for reelection.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07

WhistIer's Arrangements Of the Pic
lures Joke on the Artists.
Late in life, when people had begun
to'realize the genius of the man, Whis-
tier was asked to arrange the annual
Liverpool exhibition, and here, in his
Gown words, is how he did it, according
to Heinemann's Life of Whistler"
:, "You know, the academy baby by
the dozen had been sent in, and / got
them all in my gallery, and in the CEN
ter at one end l placed the birth of
the baby-splendid-an opposite the
baby with the mustard pot and oppo-
site that the baby with the puppy and
in the center, on one side, the baby
Ill, doctor holding its pulse, mother
weeping; on the other, by the door, the
baby dead-the baby's funeral-baby
from the cradle to the grave-baby In
heaven, babies Of all kinds and shapes
all along the line; not crowded, you
know, hung with proper respect for
the baby.
''And on the vanishing day in came
the artists, each making for his own
baby-amaZing! His baby on the line
nothing could be better! And they
all shook my hand and thanked me-
and went to look-at the other mems
babies-and they saw babiesoin front
of them, babies behind them, babies to
the right Of them, babies to left of
them. And then-you know-their
faces fell-they didn't seem to like it
-and-well-h ha, they never asked
me to hang the pictures again at Liv-
ernOolP,
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
WINCHESTER DEFEATS
MT. STERLING TEAM
Local Boys Win Bowling Match in
Close and Exciting
Game.

In close and exciting match be-
tween the Winchester and Mt. Ster-
ling Bowling Teams Wednesday eve
ming at Smiths bowling alleys, the
home team defeated the visitors by a
score of 2 games to 1. Garland of
the home team bowled the best game
milking an average of 167 %, while
Wyatt. Of the Mt. Sterling team bowl
ed tffeRbest ON his team with an av-
'efage ,0fg155. i ~
i ItEwas noticeable how hard it was
for the boysDto "get 'em ALL" The
issthe score by innings.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
Stay of Proceedings Denied.

Columbus, o., Jan. THE supreme
court has refused to grant the mo-
ton for stay of proceedings in the
hearing of the case in the Putnam
county common pleas court involving
the wet and dry election contest. The
circuit court ordered the case tried
in the common pleas court instead of
in the probate court for the reason
that the probate Judge had taken an
active part in the election and in so
doing disqualified himself for sitting
in the case.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
New Phone No. 81.
THURSDAY, JANUARY J, 1909.
OUR NEW PRESS.

We have to thank our etseemed
contemporary, the Winchester Dem
.oerat, for our ability to issue a pa
Per yesterday and today. In the mid
die of yesterdays run one of the cog
wheels on the press broke and we
were ont of business temporarily.
When Messrs. Beihn and Donovan
heard of our predicament they ten
dered us the use Of the Democrats
press and we made half of our We'd
nesday's run and all of today's on
&heir machine.
We have been anticipating some
such catastrophe for some time.
When our circulation grew so rapidly
and touched the 100 mark so soon.
we found that we did not have the
facilities to handle it. Our press
which Is a first-class one, am ideal
machine for a country weekly, was
seyer built to print 100 papers daily.
We might have handled up tos,a
Thousand subscribers fairly well for
a time. But making an eight page
paper, necessitated two runs day on.
the press. The consequence has been
that it has been going all day long
six days In the week.
When we realized our predicament
sEe stopped extending our circulatioD
took our travelling man off the re6d
and began to investigate the question
Ief a new press. Two courses were
Rpep. Either to put a couple Of
Thousand dollars in a machine and be
ffempeEed to replace it in year or
E&wo, IL business grew as it promised,
" to, take. the plunge at once and in
$ta1lsa press that would handle the.
circulation for the next twenty years.,
We hesitated some time because
the latter course meant the expendi-i
fRre of $4,000 or $1,000. On Decem-
her Is, after The News had been in
existence about two and one-half
months, we struck a balance and
- - 4
6Oand that the daily was an assured
success, that it was here to stay.
We have purchased the very latest
machine on the market, a Cox-Duplex
press, at cost of $4,000. When we
have built concrete foundation, and
added the other necessary equip
ments, The News will have added ov-
er $1,000 to the value of its plant.
The Cox-Duplex press prints four,
six or eight seven-column pages at
the rate ofsoeer 5000 an hour. 1t is
asef- feeder. The paper is on
roll From the time the press starts
until the run is finished, the pressman
has nothing to do except watch the
machine run. The entire paper is
printed at once and is delivered fold
ed ready for the delivery boys to
take on their routes. The present
cireulation of The News can be print
ed in twenty minutes.
The company has promised to de-
liver the machine before February /.
The News will do all in its power to
hasten that delivery.
We thank our friends for the cor
dial support they have given us so |
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
New York PubIisbers Indicted.

New York, jan IA grand jury
indictment charging criminal libel
was filed here against the Star Pub
fishing company, which prints the
New York American. The complains
ing witness was John d. Rockefeller,
Jr- The complaint is based on a
newspaper article connecting Mr..
Rockefeller's name with the alleged
practice of peonage in a stockade
near Chicago.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
Arrest Two on Murder CHARGE.

Danville, KY. Jan. IA sensation
was caused here by the arrest of An
drew Broughton and Charles Major,
brother and husband respectively of
Mrs. Annie Major, who was myster-
iously shot at family reunion at
Lancaster last Thursday, each charg-
ing the other with the crime. The
arrests followed an investigation
which has been in progress since the
tragedy. Both men were charged
with murder and placed in Jail at
Lancaster.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
Art Treasures Burned.

Chicago, Jan. THE Illinois club,
constituting with its splendid art gal
lery one of the most historic land
marks of Chicago, was totally de-
stroyed by fire at loss estimated at
s325,0O0. Starting in the art gallery,
supposedly from crossed. electric
wires, the flames swept rapidly
through the building, and in less than
an hour the structure with all its art
treasures was mass OF ice-covered
ruins.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
DREAM COMES TRUE
Italian Sailor Finds Sweetheart Alive
In Ruins.

Messina, jan IA curious case of
telepathy has occurred to a sailor on
board the Italian battleship Regina
Elena. He was granted leave to
search for a girl in Messina to whom
he was engaged to be married. After
having sought for her during four
days he returned to the ship exhaust
ed and fell into deep sleep, during
which he dreamed of his fiance say
ing to him, II am alive; come, save
me-" The sailor walked, obtained
fresh leave from the commander Of
the ship, gathered together several
friends and went to the spot of which
he had dreamed. The party penetrat-
ed the ruins of house and found the
girl uninjured.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
Rad Hero 8 props Dead.

Mortified, Mimi. Jan T. Anselm
r. Manning, the hero of the Younger
James brothers raid here 81 years
ago, dropped dead of heart disease.
When the raiders began shooting,
Manning took a gun from his hard
ware store and wounded Cole Young
er and shot Bill Stiles through the
heart.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
TENANTS IN PANIC
Contraction From Cold Gives Sky
scraper Earthquake Vibration.


Chicago, Jan. Tenants of the
Stewart building, history structure,
were thrown into panic by a shock
which swayed the building and which
was supposed to be due to sn earth
quake. The shock was from east to
west. Search for the cause of the
tremor was made, and in the absence
of any evidence of an accident it was
attributed to earthquake Scores of
tenants left the building.
The engineer Of the building put an
end to the sensation by declaring
that the SHOCK" was rather a sharp
report made by the contraction of
the material in the building, due to
the intense cold.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
Steamer Goes Ashore

Norfolk, Va. Ian. T. = Losing her
bearings in the dense fog, the British
steamer Anglo-African, with a cargo
from Tocopila, Mexico, bound for Bal
timore, got out of her course and
went ashore on Smiths island, off
Cape Charles. There is little wind
ard only a moderate sea running, and
she is reported in good condition.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
EertiIIzer PLANT pamaned

Chicago, Jan. IA spectacular fire
at the stockyards destroyed a large
part of the fertilizing plant of Oar
ling & Company, and after burning
large stores of chemicals, causing ex-
plosions and injuring a number of
firemen by falling walls, caused a to-
tai loss of 100000.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
Thirty-four Lives Iost

Odessa, Jan. z. The Russian
steamer Sviatoslav, with crew OF
3S, came into collision near Novoros-
sisk, with the Greek steamer Posei-
don. The Sviatoslay sank within
three minutes Four of her crew
managed in the moment Of the COLI
sion to get aboard the Poseidon and
were saved The "a members Of the
crew were lost.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07

Two Dead and One Made III by Mys-
ferrous Package.

Baltimore, Jan. John Serein and
Michael Maslyn, stevedores, are dead,
and Mrs. Sophia Kraciczka is serious
ly i'll from the effects of the fumes OF
a poisonous substance, resembling
washing powder, contained in a can
which the men had picked up in the
harbor. Several others suffered from
contact with the stuff When the can
was opened at the woman's house
powerful fumes issued from it, caus-
ing those present to gasp for breath
and making them sick.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
Perkins Committee Will Re-
port Tomorrow.
WARM DEBATE PROMISED
Representatives Tawney, Smith, Fitz-
gerald and SherIey Grid Their
Lons For OratoricaI Battle With
Friends of President Roosevelt In
Lower House-May Refuse to Ac-
cept Objectionable Portion of Pres
dent's Message.

Washington, Jan. Z. = The special
committee considering the. reference
to congress and the secret, service in
the presidents annual message is to
report to the house tomorrow 1t is
expected that there will be consider
able debate on the report of the COM
mittee, which will be presented to the
house by Representative Perkins of
New York, the chairman. Represen-
tatives Tawney of Minnesota, Smith
of Iowa, Fitzgerald of New York and
Sherley of Kentucky, who were re-
ferred to by the president in his spe-
cial message following the action of
the house in resenting the objection
able portion of the presidents mes
sage, will take the opportunity to re-
ply to the president.
Representative Griggs of Georgia
on Monday moved that the special
message of the president be returned
to the chief executive, but withdrew
his motion on the advice of some of
his Democratic colleagues. 1t is I'M
derstood that the report of the spe-
cial committee, however, will be a
rebuke nearly as severe as would
have been the action proposed by Mr..
Griggs, if it is not more so. 1t is
said that the report Of the committee
will recommend either the refusal by
the house to receive that portion of
the presidents annual message which
it is claimed reflected on the house,
or will severely rebuke the president
in some other manner The sugges-
ton that the committee will report in
favor of laying on the table the OBJ
jectionable portion of the message as
well as the special message which
followed the action taken by con-
gress on the annual message, is not
being given much consideration by
many members of the house.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
Winchester.
Interference.

Magistrate Ito burglar)-Look here
my man, if you don't mend your WAYS
you are sure to come to grief. What
made you take to such a miserable
business? Prisoner-The business is
good enough, only between your wor-
ship and the police it has been ruined
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
Broke the Rule.

Creditor-Say, l sent you my bill a
month ago. Editor-Yes, but you wrote
across the back of it, PLEASE call and
settle" We make it a rule to pay nc
attention to manuscripts written on
both sides.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
Some HEAVY sweIIs.

Society is like wave" comments
contemporary He then explains
why, but misses the main point. which
is that there are some heavy swells.
San Antonio Express.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
HARMON IN NEW YORK
Visits Bankers In Relation to Rail-
road ReceiVership.

New York, Jan. Judge Harmon,
governor-elect of Ohio, was in New
York comforting with banking inter-
ests regarding the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & Dayton road, of which he is re-
ceiver. There is some question as to
Mr.. Harmon's desire to continue in
the capacity of receiver following his
inauguration as governor next week
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07

Uncertain ways unsafest are and
doubt greater mischief than despair
'-DenhaIn.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
Soak Lamp wicks in vineoar

Soaking lamp wicks in vinegar "a
hours before placing in lamp insures
clear fame.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-07
HANGING. The BABIES.

IN TETP ~
Carrizozo news., 1909-04-16
AN AFTER.plNNER pELIcAcY.
Macaronl the Chief ingredient OF the
"Roman Pudding

Line n well buttered pudding dish
with strips OF cooked macaroni. laying
the pieces close together In circles In
bottom Of pan and against the sides 10
look like logs" when pudding Is
turned upside down to serve. Cook
one-fourth OF cup OF bread crumbs
In cup of milk Ave minutes; add two
tablespoonfuls OF butter and two cup.
fuls OF Brussels sprouts that have
been boiled tender In salt water and
we'll drained. Add a tablespoonful
each OF chopped parsley and grated
onion, two well beaten eggs, and pep
per and salt TO taste. Nix and turn
into prepared mold: sprinkle over the
top three tablespoonfuls OF grated
cheese and cover with chop ed cooked
macaroni. Put on a lid and bake In
a pan OF hot water for 30 minutes.
Turn out carefully on dish. bottom
uppermost, and pour over or around
II the following tomato sauce:
Boil tomatoes and onions together.
add salt and red pepper whole cloves.
When done strain through colander
and thlcken with -four as for gravy
and add a piece of butter.
The dish may be garaished with
sprays of parsley