The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-02-19
NEWS NOTES.

In January Alabama produced 49,
40i tons Of pig iron against l46.sO3 in
December and Sc, 036 in January a year
ago.
The snow blockade still prevails in
the lake region. which is suffering from
demoralized communication and inter-
rupted traffic.
The new Grand Vizier. Hilmia Pasha,
made his first appearance in the Cham
Der Of Deputies at Constantinople. The
chamber voted confidence by acclama-
ton.
Gov. Wilson has issued a letter
thanking. on behalf of Kentucky, the
men who took prominent parts in the
Lincoln centenary celebration at Hodg-
enville.
At Campton, the Combs Hotel, the
Oldest hostelry there. was destroyed by
fire. The loss was about $4,000 with
81, 600 insurance. The origin of the fire
is not known.
In two years in Louisville the work.
house has decreased from an average
of 100 to l07 daily, though the city has
increased rapidly in population. The
Sunday lid is credited with the de-
crease.
Illinois Central train No. POS, south
bound from st. Louis to New Orleans,
was wrecked six miles east of Murphys-
boro. ILL., Three persons we're killed
and SO were injured. All the injured,
ii is believed, will recover.
With a bomb in one hand and re-
volver in the other, a thief entered the
home Of Lawrence NJ. Jones, a Kansas
City millionaire. and demanded $1,000.
Mr.. Jones overpowered the man and
turned him over to the police.
Major Gen. J. Franklin Bell will have
command of the inaugural parade on
March 4. and his chief of staff, Brig.
Gen. John A. johnson, is assisting in
rounding out the details of the pageant.
Miss Emily Virginia Mason, native
Of Kentucky. who won fame during the
Civil War as a nurse of Confederate
soldiers and who ministered to Union
soldiers at Libbey prison, is dead in
Washington.
Nearly 800 people were burned to
death Sunday when the Flores Theater,
OF Acapulco, Mex, was destroyed, sew
eral Americans being among the vic
tins. The telegraph office was also
burned and all communication was for
a time cut off.
The statement Of the New York
clearing house banks for the past week
shows that the banks hold 9.497, 800
more than the requirements of the %
per cent. reserve rule. This is a de-
crease Of $3.50, 900 in the proportionate
cash reserve as compared with the pre-
vious week.
The blind tiger keepers who have
been evading arrest by technicalities of
the law on the Kentucky-Tennessee
border line in whitley county, were
captured. Sheriff Crowley with seven
deputies, County Attorney Steely and
private detectives made the raid, cap
turing Ia white men, three women and
three Negroes.
The first number of the Jackson Ea-
gle has Just been issued from the press
of the London Sentinel. The paper will
| A.. l.,.,aa 40 tho iptarasta of lack son
county. which has never had newspa-
per. The Eagle will be republican in
politics and under the management of
Russell Dyche. editor of the London
Sentinel.
The grand jury of the District of
Columbia reported indictments charg'
ing criminal libel against the owners OF
the New York World and the Indian
apolis News on account of the recent
publications in those papers rejecting
on President Roosevelt. Secretary Root
Chas. p. Taft, Douglas Robinson anc
William Nelson Cromwell in connection
with the purchase of the Panama Canal
Mrs. f. w. Carmack. wife of the
| former Tennessee Senator, was the frs
witness in Nashville in the trial Of Col
Cooper and son and John ID. Sharp, ac
cused of staying her husband. Th'
widow was half carried to the witnes!
stand. She moaned "Oh, God - an'
for several minutes was unable to tel
when she last saw her husband alive
Former State Treasurer Craig and Mrs
Charles II. Eastman also gave impor
tant testimony. Mrs. Eastman gave
dramatic recital of the tragedy an
made strong witness for the prosecu
ton.