The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-08-17
NEWS NOTES.

prominent business man of Nicholas
vile, is dead.
A lone man secured $500 in curren-
cy from the cashier Of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank at jacksonville,
Ill.
Three survivors Of the Mexican War
live in Warren county. They are: Hon.
William fish Cook, Judge John A..
Kemp and Rev. Lon Arnold.
Southern railway train, westbound
vestibule No. al. was derailed near
Bulls Gap, between Knoxville and
Bristol. and seven were injured.
Mrs. May Spindle, wife Of 7. W.
Spindle. Louisville attorney, shot and
killed herself at her home there in a
moment Of temporary mental aberra-
ton.
China notified the American legation
at Pekin Of the appointment Of Chang
Yin-Tang to succeed WI Ting Fang as
Minister at Washington. This appoint
ment has been pending since the fall Of
Yuan Shat Kai
For the first time since the beginning
OF the general strike at Stockholm, the
strikers are attempting to damage
property. A stick Of dynamite was
placed on the track Of one of the street
railways, but il was discovered before
it exploded.
The mob spirit among the striking
dock laborers, which resulted in pitch
ed battle with the police was effectual-
ly broken by the presence on the streets
OF Fort William, Ont, Of an armed
force. All the rigors of martial law
are being observed.
Taking advantage of a heavy fog
which enshrouded the Ohio River, the
Pressed Steel Car Company landed
aboat 400 new men at Mckees Rocks.
Pa. whom they succeeded in getting
into the plant before the strikers pick
cts were aware Of the move.
All the vessels of the Spanish navy
have received orders to concentrate at
Melilld. where a Spanish force of some
IS. 600, under Gen. Merina, is threat
ened by strong gathering of Moors,
who resent SPANS punitive expedition
for the murder by the Moors of eight
Spanish laborers.
Miles Anglea. lineman for the East
Tennessee Telephone Company, came
in contact with live wire while de-
scending a telephone pole at Franklin
and fell to the sidewalk. distance of
about % feet. His right leg was bro
ken by the fall, while his neck and back
we're burned by the wire. He is not
expected to recover.
The old Courthouse at Washington,
Mason county, was struck by lightning
and completely destroyed by fire. The
building was one of the county's Oldest
landmarks, having been built in 1894 by
Louis Craig, pioneer Baptist preacher.
IL was built of limestone, and was the
scene of many historic occasion in the
early days of Kentucky.
kentucky's new 81. 900, 900 Capitol at
Frankfort is about ready for the State
officers, and in fact some of them have
already moved in. The Capitol has
been four years in building. and we are
assured that ''it is credit to the Com
monwealth. 1t is fair to assumefro
this that the work has been honestly
performed. and that there is to be no
afterclap of great revelations. such as
appeared in Harrisburg to shame the
State of Pennsylvania.
BY actual bank count at the vaults Of
the Farmers National Bank at Pitts
burg. it was found that Peter Leibauch,
an aged German hermit, who was ar
rested for his queer actions. had hoard.
ed in his shanty home in small change
Sl3. l6s, not including Sc bags of I'M
counted coins or bank deposits in eight
North Side saving institutions. 1t is
thought that before the search is ended
Leibauch's fortune will total over $50, =
90.
The longest pipe in the world is that
which extends from the Oklahoma oil
wells to New York harbor. At the
present time the oil field of Oklahoma
is the most active in the United States.
1t is not likely that the line will be put
t. immediate use for conveying oil over
the whole distance. The completion of
the system is regarded rather as a pro-
vision for emergency, and to meet the
future conditions, when the Pennsylva-
ma and West Virginia fields shall have
been depleted.