The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-04-13
NEWS NOTES.

another violent earthquake shock has
been experienced at Messina, Italy.
A pot containing $3.50 was found by
men digging foundation in Lexington.
Msysville's new s75. 900 High School
building will be dedicated during the
Summer.
At the present rate the excavations
at Pompeii will not be completed until
the year 1870.
In a tit Of despondency, Arthur Hunts
man, Of Southwestern Kentucky, sui
cided at Frankfort.
There will be SO Sundays in this year.
an occurrence that will not happen
again for 40 years.
+. Marion Crawford. the novelist, is
dead at Sorrento, Italy. after a long i'll
ness. He was born in 1854.
+. b. Cooke, a Montgomery county
farmer. committed suicide by blowing
his head of with a shot gun.
August Hunicke. a st. Louis chemist,
committed suicide by lesping from
third story window of hospital.
Nine. Helena Modjeska, the noted
actress, died at her home in Bay City,
Cal, after a long Illness of Bright dis
ease.
A factory is TO established at Cor.
dele, Ga. to make a practical test of
manufacturing paper out Of cotton
stalks.
Mrs Fanny Van Zandt, known as the
Mother of the Texas Republic, is
dead at Fort Worth. Tex. She was %
years old.
Miss Mary Rogers Chiles, of Mont.
gomery county, is paralyzed as the re-
suit of fall. caused by stumbling over
her pet cat.
Fire at Midland, Tex caused a loss
of 5000. 900 in the business section of
the city. One hotel, two banks and
many stores were burned.
Mrs. Cynthia Hardy is dead at Au.
gusta, aged 80. She was born in Brack.
en- county and was never outside its
borders, nor was she ever on a train.
The jury which tried Mrs. Georgia
Allyn Sampson at Lyons. N. Y. on the
charge that she murdered her husband,
Harry Sampson. brought in averdict Of
not guilty.
Mrs. Mile Jarvis and young son were
burned to death near Olive Hill. The
boys clothing caught from CRATE and
he mother lost her life in attempting
% save him.
The bridge between Jackson and
South Jackson was leased by the
Breathitt Fiscal Court to Curt Hagins
'or an annual rental of 81 500 for the
oils collected
Joel Payne. a Negro. was hanged in
Bedford City. Va, for the murder of
Reed Swain. his father-in.law. a year
lgo. He was convicted before the cleo
.rocution law went into effect.
John Jackson was convicted in the
Marshall circuit court and sentenced to
me year in the penitentiary for being
implicated in the famous Birmingham
aid. DR.. Champion was convicted on
he same charge last year. His time
expired this week.
The jury in the case of Jas. II. Par
-ish, the Greensboro banker. whose trial
has been in progress at Hawesville for
10 days, found him guilty of the charge
IF knowingly receiving deposits at his
bank when it was insolvent. and fixed
his punishment at five years in the pen
Tertiary.
Ben. alias Booker" Brame, a Ne.
gro. Is years of age, was lynched by a
mob of between 200 and 800 farmers
or attempting to assault Miss Ruth Gee,
7.year old daughter of William Gee. a
prominent Trigg county farmer. After
IN all-night search the mob located
3rame. who was carried before the
Misses Gee and positively identified
The mob carried Brame to Flat Lick,
rear the Trigg and Christian county
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