The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-10-12
NEWS NOTES.


dent OF the Monon.
Saturday will be Bryan day" at the
Alaska Yukon. Pacific Exposition and
W. J. Bryan will speak.
Los Angeles is preparing TO spend
1923. 900, 900 to pipe pure water from the
mountains 223 miles away.
Seventeen persons were killed and
10 were severely injured in collision
on the Santa Fe near Topeka.
J. G. Hickey, whose only claim to
fame rested in the fact that he shaved
Abraham Lincoln, is dead at Blooming
ton, H.
Trouble over a dog caused Joe Smith
TO kill Jack Irwin in Hardin county.
The men met on the roadside and be-
gan quarreling.
The will of the late Col Thomas II.
Swope was probated at Kansas City.
The bulk of the estate goes to relatives.
those living in Kentucky being hand
somely remembered.
Frederick Schlieman and Carlo Giro
were sentenced to execution at Sing
Sing during the week beginning No
vember 10, for the murder Of Mrs. So
, phia Staber, in New York.
! Frightened at large rat that ran
under her feet. Grace Field. aged Is. of
Evansville. Ind. leaped upon chair.
! In her excitement she fell off the chair,
> broke her arm and was badly injured
internally.
The dedication Of the monument to
7 the heroes of Kings Mountain, which
! was to have occurred at Fort Watauga,
near johnson City, Tenn, was post
! poned on account of the incompletion
; Of the monument.
Detroit won an easy victory from
Y Pittsburg in the second game of the Sc
D ries Of the worlds baseball champion
I ship. the contest resulting in a score of
i to 2 in favor of Detroit. Each club
e has won one game and have five more
{ to play.
Mrs. Lucy Alexander. widow of II.
A. Alexander. died suddenly at her
home near Versailles, of angina pee
toris. She was beloved throughout
, Woodford county for her philanthropic
work. Her latest gift was $4,000 to
the Versailles hospital.
The Kentucky Coal Mining Co.. which
had operated near Owensboro. has gone
. to the wall, with the approximate in
debtedness above assets of $500, 900.
Besides many Kentuckians. capitalists
of Cincinnati and Dayton are stock
holders in the company.
, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt. daughter
of William Jennings Bryan, has turned
. down a princely offer to go on the lee
ture platform. She will go to Germany
to educate her children. On her for
egn journey she will accompany her
:, parents as far as Cuba.
a Mrs. Alfred Langdon Rives. mother
of Princess Troubetzskoy, the author.
9 died at her home. Castle Hill, Able
. marie county, Va, after a long illness.
Mrs. Rives was a Miss Mac Murdo. of
Richmond, and connected with many
of the best and oldest families of Vir-
'e GINA.
p John W. McKinnon. a member Of the
x board of reorganization managers of
v the Metropolitan Steamship Company
y bid in the company for 50. 500. 900 at the
D. foreclosure sale in Boston. and il the
lie plans of the board are carried out. the
z line will pass at once to Charles W.
lie Morse and affiliated interests.
10 Confessing that he had made anC
is passed counterfeit money. William b
ly Pettus, former school teacher of Car
lie ter county, was sentenced by Judge Sa
5. ter in the Federal Court to 80 month:
in Leavenworth. Kan. prison. Pettu'
told the court that he entered the coun
,r terfeiting business because he wanted
ne to get into Jail Ito keep from starv'
r. ing
"a The opening session of the lnterna
l. tional Peace Conference at Brussels
II was devoted to addresses on the sub
=, ject o. peace. Among those who SPOKE
st were English and German delegates
Q. who favored rapprochement between
their countries and reduction in arma
ments. Miss Anna Eckstein, of Boston
: represents the United States in tn,
congress.
20 The funeral of Col. Thomas II
Swope. the Kentucky millionaire, VIII
died in Kansas City, took place Their
Friday. Thousands lined the streets h
view the funeral procession and pa,
their last tribute Of respect. The pro
cession was headed by police. troops
secret societies. labor organizations an,
city officials. The body was temporar
lily placed in vault. The final resting
place will be in the park which Col
n Swope gave to the city.