The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-10-15
NEWS NOTES.

M. Il. Pennington. a drummer with
headquarters at London, is dead.
John c. Roberts, Of Louisville, was
given six years in the Federal prison
for counterfeiting
The Antarctic expedition Of Lieuten-
ant Shackleton is said to have cost be-
tween $3.50, 900 and 5000, 900.
DR.. Frederick Cook is making on an
average Of SO. 900 per night telling how
he discovered the North pole.
The home Of John Frances, in Perry
county. was destroyed by fire and his
little son persisted in the flames.
Burnley tobacco pool leaders believe
rs per cent Of the crop in Shelby coun-
ty will be pledged before October 20.
The mercury dropped to IL at Nor
folk. Neb. Wednesday Considerable
snow has fallen IN the North and West.
Four passengers were killed and a
number wounded by a train on the
Houston & Texas Central running into
burning bridge.
Several thousand miners have been
given employment by the resumption Of
the operation Of coal mines in South
eastern Kentucky.
Hon. II. J. McLsurin. former State
Senator, and brother of United States
Senator A. J. McLaurin. is dead at
Rolling Fork. Miss.
William Remonoski. recently released
from Lakeland Asylum. was stricken
with insanity again at Covington, and
beat his aged mother with his fists.
Four men were killed, one was fatal
ly injured and others were less serious
ly hurt in collision near Greenville,
Tex, on the Missouri, Kansas and Tex
as railroad.
Mrs. Jennie Hussey. widow of Alex.
Hussey. committed suicide at Caney-
vile, shooting herself in the temple
with revolver. She left eight child
ren. No cause is assigned for the act.
The legs Of woman were found in
dress suit case near Tiverton, X. |.
The legs were wrapped in New Bed
ford newspaper of Sundays date. The
authorities believe the woman was muir
dered in New Bedford.
Judge Z. X. Gates. of Curryville,
Mo. has whiskers " inches long. which
he keeps tucked inside his shirt, with
the ends tied about his waist. For pub
lie display he keeps out a second set
that comes down his shirt front.
A gulf hurricane swept Key West,
the Florida coast and Havana. Key
West is filled with wreckage and the
property loss there is estimated at 81
100000. The damage at Havana is
placed at 81 ,000.0 600 Several lives were
lost.
Binding and gagging the night chief
clerk and his assistant and carrying
them to an unoccupied part of the build
ing lone hold-up man robbed the Of
fee Of the Great Northern Express
Company. at the King. street station.
| Seattle.
The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals affirmed the decision of the
lower Federal Court sentencing Charles
w. Morse, the former banker and
steamship capitalist, to Is years i'm
prisonment in the Federal prison at At
ianta. Ga.
Under this terms Of the will Of Mrs.
Sarah Morris, widow of Nelson Morris,
Chicago packing house magnate. who
met her death in an automobile acci-
dent on the continent September l6. be-
quests Of nearly $500, 900 are made to
charitable institutions.
Stockton. California, voted to repeal
the ordinance passed year ago for the
Sunday closing of saloons. BY n ma.
jority Of GO 1t was decided that the sa.
looms should be closed on Sundays. AT.
ter more than II months of Sunday
closing the majority in favor of open
ing the saloons is 5S5.
The commissary general of the army
finds that as compared with last year
the cost of the soldiers ration has
gone up from 1866 cents to 2l.5 cents
a day, an increase Of l.s5 cents, OF
nearly 10 per cent This means that
the United States will pay out more
than 81, SOC, 900 for food for its army
this year than it did last.