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The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
M. F. ooNLEY, Publisher.
Of Local Interest.

w. J. Damron has returned from
Lawrence county, where he has
been prospecting for farm.-Pike-
vile item.
2. Meek, who recently sold his
property in the south side of the
city, has decided to move his family
to Louisa where they expect to re-
side for at least while. Mr.. Meek
is in the steamboating business and
his boat lies at Louisa at nights,
hence one may see why ii is more
convenient for the family to live
in that town than it would be for
them to remain here. The friends
of Mr.. Meek who recognize in him
an excellent citizen. wish him a
pleasant home at the Lawrence coun
capital.-Catlettsburg Tribune.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
RAILROAD EXTENSION.
Work Started on Extension Of the
Lexington { Eastern.

Contractors who have been award
ed contracts for the eighty-mile ex-
tension of the Lexington and East
ern railroad beyond Jackson are
now busy getting men and machiner
on the ground preparatory to start
ing work at an early date.
A carload of scolored laborers
from the South passed through Lex
ington a day or two ago en- route
to Jackson to work on the propos.
ed extension, and more are expect
ed to follow in few days.
Machinery used in railroad con-
struction is also being rushed to
the scene of the projected opera
tions, and it is expected that with
in the next ten days work will be-
gin in earnest by all five of the
contracting firms simultaneously.
The five sections for which con-
tracts have already been let aggre-
gate eighty miles, and next week in
Louisville bids will be opened for
still another section of the propos-
ed extension beyond Whitesburg to
near the base of the Cumberland
Mountains.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
JOHN DAMRON
Captured in Maryland and
Brought to Louisa.
Slayer Of Victor Capeton Arrested by
Detective James Rice and
Grover CapeTtOn.

Special c. and o. Agent James
E. Rice arrived in Louisa Wednes-
day morning having in his charge
John Damron, of this place, who is
indicted in the Lawrence Circuit
Court for the murder of Victor Cap
erton. 1t will be rememered that
during an alteration in front of
Geo. adkins barber shop, on Main
Cross street, this city, on the eve
ming of Saturday, July End, Dam
ron shot Caperton, inflieting a
wound from which he died a few
hours later. Damron Immediately
got away, and for a long time his
whereabouts remained unknown to
those who sought to capture him.
Some time in October Rice learned
that namron was at Cumberland, Md
where he had a job as brkeman on
the B. and o. Ii was also known
that Denny Damron, a brother, also
was at Cumberland. Rice at one
arranged his plans for the capture
Of his man II is said that he
was greatly aided in his work by a
woman. When Rice thought the
time was ripe for the arrest he and
Grover Caperton, brother of the
dead man, went to Cumberland and
arrested Damron last Mondy. He
was arrested and tried as being a
fugitive from justice and vas turn,'d
over to Rice. Damron at first
made a show Of objecting to return
ing to Kentucky without requisi-
ton, but the trial judge said he
would hold him until requisition pa
pers could be procured, and then
Damrop agreed to come without this
formality. So Rice started with
his prisoner, and exactly four
months from the day he killed
Caperton he was placed in the
Lawrence county Jail to await his
trial at the next term of the Cir
cult Court. .-.....
1t is not generally known that
any reward from any source had
ever been offered for the apprehen-
sion of Damron. On the 26th OF
October, so the News is reliably in
formed, Governor Wilson offered a
State reward of one hundred dol
lars for his apprehension and deliv-
cry to the jailer of l. awrence coun-
ty. Rice has met the requirements
and will receive the reward.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
Tom Henson Arrested.

Some time ago Tom Henson, of
Louisa, was arrested charged with
highway robbery, He gave the Off
GERS Of court the slip. and up to
last week he had eluded capture.
Last Thursday or Friday Dan Price,
a constable of Johnson county,
heard that Henson was at River,
johnson county, and going to that
place he found his man, arrested
him and brought him to Louisa and
put him in Jail, He had been in
dicted by a Lawrence county jury,
and would have been tried but for
his escape. Some of his friends
made Pharoah Marcum safe, and he
became surety for Henson who was
released and is now at large. ..
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
An Ugly Hurt.

Walter Curnutte, a brakeman on
the c. and O., sustained very Sc
we're injury while at work last Mon.
day morning. AS his train, No. SS
neared Catalpa he was in the act of
getting of when his head came in
contact with the sign post at the
bridge. A cash about three inches
long was cut on the left left side
of the head which required several
stitches to close. He came to
Louisa on the train and his injury
was dressed by DR.. G. w. Wrotne,
the company surgeon. Curnutte
went to his home at Muddy Branch,
near Paintsville, where he will re-
main several days.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
Fire at Nolan.

There was fire at Nolan. last
week, the origin of which is not
known. 1t was first discovered in
the residence of DR., Upton. The
residence of Mr.. MIN Thompson, and
the store building of Elbert Thomp-
son, were burned to the ground All
the buildings were completely de-
stroyed and only few of the house
hold goods being saved. The entire
stock of goods owned by Ebert
Thompson, was complete loss
The loss will probably reach $4,000
there only being about $1,000, in
surance on all the property burned,
Nolan, be it remembered, is op-
posite the mouth of Big Creek,
Pike county.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
Fatal Results From a FelOn.

Chillicothe, o., Oct. 2S. - About
three weeks ago Mrs. j. R. Compton,
Jr., developed a felon on the middle
finger of her left hand. 1t was lane
ed and seemed to make rapid re-
covery. Last Wednesday Mrs. Comp
ton was taken with pain at tho
base Of the brain and DR., Hickey
was summoned Her condition re-
mained about the same until late
Saturday evening when she sudden
ly grew worse and DR.. Leach of Col
umbus was Immediately called and
operated upon Mrs. Compton Satur-
day night at the Chillicothe hospital
After trephining the skull a large
abscess was found at the base of
the brain. She did not recover CON
seriousness and passed away Monday
evening at five O'Clock.
Mrs Compton and f,r husband
were telegraph operators on the N.
and w. Railway at Chillicothe. The
remains accompanied by the grief
stricken husband and his two broth
ers, Lafe and John Compton and
Mrs. Grossman, sister of the de-
ceased, were taken to Rockbridge
Baths, Va, at which place the place
the funeral services will be held.
Mrs. Compton was native of
Virginia, while her husband was
born and reared at Buchanan.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
Mrs. Julius Diamond Dead.

Mrs. julius Diamond, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Pickerel died
at her home on Two Mile last We'd
nesday, after long and painful i'll
ness of tubercular trouble. She
was buried near the home of her
childhood, on the Pickerell place,
not far from Louisa. The funeral
service was conducted by the Rev.
II. B. Hewlett. Mrs. Diamond was
a good woman, and she leaves a
large number of relatives
to mourn her death.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
AVerted a Big Fire.

What might have been a disas-
trous fire was narrowly averted last
Sunday afternoon. Some one saw
flames in a room in the hotel kept
by Jasper Vanhoose, near the Fort
Gay depot The alarm was given
and many hastened to the place.
1t was discovered that a lounge or
couch in one of the bedrooms was
in blaze, threatening to set fire
to the building. No water was han
dy, but a husky fellow picked up
the couch and threw it out of a
window.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
Inspecting Work.

Mr.. b. F. Thomas, of the U. S.
Engineer Office, Cincinnati, was
here this week, looking after the
work being done at Chapman and
saltpeter, At the former place the
construction OF lockkeepers house
is all that is being done. At Salt
peter a large amount of stone is
being quarried which viii be used
in riprapping at the site of the
lock and dam. About 5000 yards Of
this work is to be done.
The experimental drilling being
done for number two lock on Leyisa
is In progress nearly opposite old
Peach Orchard. Five men are al
work at that point under the dlrec.
tion Of Junior Engineer Day.
Three holes have been drilled tc
a depth of 80 feet, and no rock
The rock is shallow on the Peach
Orchard side OF the river, but Il
has not so far been reached By
the drill on the opposite side,
All the work except house build
ing now being done at Chapman ant
Saltpeter, including the boring, Il
done by laborers hired by the gov
ernment--nothing by contract.
As soon as It can be spared from
the Kentucky river or dredge boa
viii be sent to the Big Sandy ant
Leyisa and Tug forks, where &
will be kept busy for sometime.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
A Numerous Family.

Members of "the famous Hat
field feudist band" are getting to
be as numerous as the body SER
wants of General Washington or
the intrepid patriots" who captur-
ed jeff. Davis, The latest one to
come to the front-or in this
case to the rear-was Jim" Hat
field, who was shot to death in
saloon in Henderson, Ky. He had
first stabbed his slayer through the
left arm and breast.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
Signs.

Fur bearing animals h ave long
coats, muskrats are building their
homes larger and higher; bears are
making their dens in the most pro-
tected places they can find; corn
husks are very thick, and mast is
heavy. People who call themselves
weather-wise say all these are
signs of hard winter. Next spring
we can tell what kind of a winter
we had, no human creature can tell
what kind we will have.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
Would Not Receive Her.

Ida Sweeney, a 17-year-old girl
and her 5-weeks'-old baby, who pass
ed through Louisa last Sunday week
en- route to the State Reformatory
School by the Judge of the Pike
Circuit Court for perjury, were re-
turned by the superintendent Of
the school. OF course the hopless
the school. OF course the hopeless
there is no law to separate it from
its no less hopeless mother.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
New Examiner Named.

Prof, T. c. Cherry, of Bowling
Green, has resigned member
of the State Board of Examiners of
teachers and his place had been TAX
en- by Prof. H. o. Sluss, princi-
pal of the city schools of Covington.
Prof. Cherry found that he did not
have the time to devote
to the work of supervising examina-
tion papers of applicants for license
to teach. The other member OF
the board is Prof. ]. W. Welsh, of
Henderson.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
Is Now in a Hospital.

Miss Paralee Clark, well known
music teacher who at one time
taught in this city, is now in Gin
cinnati hospital for treatment for
an injury sustained by fall in
Pikeyille, She passed through Lou
lisa last Thursday en- route to Gin
cinnati. Miss Clarke has many
friends here who will be sorry to
learn OF her misfortune.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
After Many Years.

Mr.. ]. w. Yates had fo- his guest
this week his brother-in-law, Mr..
Mordecai Summers, whom he had
not seen for many years. Mr.. Sum-
mers married Mr.. Yates youngest
sister, who died many years ago.
He is 81 years old but looks much
younger. Mr.. Summers left We'd
nesday morning for his home in
Hodin, Mo.
Mr., Lycurgus Handley, of West
Virginia, also visited the Yates fam
lily this week.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
Have Returned to Camel City.

On Sunday last Mrs. F. F. Freese
and her grandchildren, Morton and
Mary Freese, met Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Freese in Catlettsburg as they re-
turned from New York. From Car
lettsburg Mr.. and Mrs. Freese and
their children went to their home
at Camel City and Mrs. Frank
Freese returned to Louisa.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
To Count Mail.

Commencing November 7th all
the mail clerks will count all mail
sacks and each piece of first, sec
ond, third and fourth-class mail
which they handle for a week. This
is done so that the government may
know how to base contracts with the
railway companies.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
Only Idiotic.

The Jokes" perpetrated on Halo
ween night were neither funny nor
smart-just idiotic, The efforts put
forth Monday night in a sick at
tempt to be humorous would, II
properly directed, enable the gang
to feast on cigarettes and gum for
a month. Their mental machinery
would not stand anything stronger.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
Resigned the PastsTats.

R, B. Neal has resigned as pastor
of the Pikeville Christian church to
take effect January 1, 1911. He
does this that he may devote him
self more fully to "the work of an
Evangelist"
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
The Meeting Closed.

The evangelistic meeting at the
Christian Church closed wednesday
night with -four additions to the
church. One person. Miss Bertha
IWellman, was baptized.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
A Prize Sweet Potato.

Mr.. ]. B. Spencer has presented
the News with the finest specimen.
Of the sweet potato product VIZ
have seen. 1t weighs five pounda
and is perfectly formed.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04
The First Great Grandchild.

Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Moore went
to Olive Hill Sunday to see their
first and only great grandchild. The
mother Of the infant is a
daughter of Mrs. Cecil Hudgin.
The Big Sandy news., 1910-11-04

Ed Gray is telegraph operator at
Chapman. eight miles south OF
Louisa. He is son OF G. B.
Gray, formerly agent at Louisa.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
MISSION SOCIETY
TO OCCUPY Home
Mayor Mccarthy Will Deliver
Completed Structure to
Members
Building, Modern in Every De-
tail, Represents an Outlay
of 100000

The formal opening Of the Mission
turn verein hall in Eighteenth street.
near Valencia street, viii take place
next Thursday night, when Mayor p
II. Mccarthy viii make the address
OF the evening and on behalf of the
building committe Of the turn verein
association deliver, by symbol, the
completed structure 10 the members.
The building. which is complete in
every modern detail. represents an
outlay Of SI0O0 000 and viii be the
headquarters for the Mission turner's
and Germanic societies.
On the occasion of the opening of
the structure the committee which has
had charge Of the work. composed of
Emil LESS, Fred Herten, William Gerk-
en- and Fred Houser, win be host TO
the turner's from Los Angeles. Sacra-
mento Oakland. Seattle. Tacoma, san
Diego and other coast points. The Pa
ciac saeng gerbund viii be In attend
ance and render vocal numbers with
q chorus Of 100 voices. Following the
opening there viii be inaugurated a
three DAYS fair, during which a sea
son Of merry carnival viii be en-
5oyed-
At the conclusion of the literary and
musical exercises Thursday evening a
ball viii be held. Saturday night
when the festivities viii close, a grand
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
JUSTICE IS QUICK
FOR THIS ROBBER
John Sterbok Held to Answer
IL Hours After Holding
Up Saloon

The determination of Police Judge
Deasy to deal summarily with the VISIT
ing horde of criminals was exemplified
yesterday when John Sterbok was held
to answer for robbery. Sterbok Friday
night held UP William Fedderson In
his saloon at Bryant and Kate streets,
and emptied the till of 1920. Within
IL hours of the crime he was arraigned.
Bail was fixed at SIS 5000.
Judge Deasy said the season for
eastern criminals was approaching, and
that he intended to deal severely with
all cases that came before him Ster
box says he came from Chicago.
r. ]. Madden, staying at the Harbor
hotel, was held up and robbed of $14
in broad daylight Friday morning at
Pine and Stockton streets, by a negro
and negress. Madden told the police
that the man came up from behind and
overpowered him while the woman
went through his pockets Madden
says he can identify his assailants.
Henry H. Emerson, $50 Octavia
street, was knocked down and robbed
by two men near the corner OF Leaven-
worth and Turk streets Friday night.
Two dollars was taken.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
FUGITIVES FROM
VALLEJO CAUGHT
Alleged Thieves Make Break for
Liberty, but Are Cowed
by Detectives

Two men. supposed dangerous GRIM
tectives Purcell and De la Guerra. who,
with revolvers drawn. went into a
room in the Sierra house, McAllister
and Cough streets. and captured VIII
Schaffer, alias Jacobs, Browne and Nc
Donald, and Donald McFadden, alias
Fish, Smith and Reed.
The men hid in closets, and woman
in the room denied that they had been
in the house When discovered the
men made break for liberty, but after
q struggle were cowed
The prisoners are wanted in Vallejo
for robbery, and reward was posted
for their apprehension. Revolvers and
shotguns were found in their room.
The police here had been warned to
be cautious when making the arrest.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
VOYAGER WALKS
OFF ship TO JAIL
R. A. Malone, Who Disappeared
With $4,000, Is Arrested
in New York

Robert A Malone, confidential clerk
for the Metropolitan light and power
company. wanted in this city for the
theft of $4,000, was arrested in New
York as he stepped from vessel that
had rounded the Horn from San Fran
cisco, according to advices received in
police headquarters. Detective Tom
Murphy will be sent east to bring him
back.
Malone is % years old. and was en-
pIoyed as confidential clerk and as
sistant cashier. On February he left
the Office of the light and power COM
pany with $4,000 in gold for local
bank and disappeared with the money.
reward of $3.50 was offered for his
capture.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

reception and ball will be held by the
members of the Mission turn verein.
Among the features Of the three days
fair will be exhibition drills by the
members of the Mission association
under the able direction Of Robert
Barth, director of gymnastics and physi
cal training, who has long been asso-
ciated with the organization.
The actual building of the new home,
a four story steer and brick building
of mission design, was in the hands
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
PETALUMA MEN TO ACT
FOR DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Delegates to Irrigation and Wa.
terways Conventions

L. A. Rankin and John Camm. both
of Petaluma, will represent the Cali
fornia development board at the United
States land and irrigation exposition in
Chicago and the lakes to gulf deep
waterway congress in st. Louis The
former begins November 10 and lasts
to December and the latter Is in ses
sion November 25 and 26. Lectures on
California will be given at both con-
crosses and the delegates will be shown
in stereopticon views on the wealth Of
agricultural and mineral development
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
RIG yoTE wILL HELP

Don't fail to vote for charter amend
ment No. /. We want that exposition
we must have it-and big vote will
help us get it.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

of President Fred Houser, who was
the contractor as we'll as member of
the committee. The Mission promotion
association and Mission merchants as
sociation will participate in the exer-
ctSeS
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
FORMER CHEMIST OF
HEALTH BOARD DIES
c. B. Beaver Passes Away in
Ashland, Ore.

c. B. Beaver, formerly chief chemist
of the San Francisco health board,
died Friday night at Ashland. ore.
The body will be buried in Salem.
Beaver was "a years old. wife is
his sole survivor
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-08-13

Troops from the National Guards
OF Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Montana, and from the regular
army regiments stationed in those
STATES and IN California, are in camp
this week at American Lake. on
the prairies south of Tacoma,
Wash, where the bi annual man
euvers of the army for the Depart
ment of the Columbia are being
held. This citizen soldiers and the
regulars are participating in the
marches, drills and battles of a
mimic warfare, which IS teaching
the men the conditions of actual
service. The Montana troops were
the first on the ground, arriving
with some of the regulars. The
Idaho troops cane into camp a few
days later, followed by the Wash
ington and Oregon regiments.
There are also a few regulars sent
north from the Preside at San
Francisso. In all about 5000 men
are sncamped and will be divided
into the armies of the Browns and
the Blues, which will contest in the
big BATH that will conclLde the
sncampment. Long practice march
es ere being INDUCED in and the
officers are being put through the
tests in endurance and horseman-
ship which Elk president Roosevelt
inaugurated during his term of
Office, and which so greatly discom-
fitted some of The older and stouter
officers who had grown unused To
the saddle from many years of peace
and quiet at comfortable army
posts.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-08-13

S. j. Ellison, General Passenger
Agent of the Great Northern, who
is on tour Ct the northwest, is
another railroad official who testi-
fies TO the excellent record of tour
ist and homeseeker travel of the
present season in the northwest.
Mr.. Ellison states that the travel
to the north western states in 1910
is far ahead of that in 1908, which
was considered big year and COM
pares favorably with the traffic of
1909, which was greatly stimulated
by the A-Y-P- Exposition. He
says that the large sums spent in
the east by the railroads to adver-
tise The northwest are not being
wasted, but that the railroads be-
lieve they are accomplishing much
in settling up the uncccupied lands,
and making more business for The
railsoads and more prosperity for
the country.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-08-13

The fight of the Anti-Saloon
League and the opponents OF the
liquor business to pass a state wide
prohibition amendment in Oregon
and a county INIT local option law
in Was hin gton, are proving an
important phase of the political
situation In those two northwestern
states, although in neither state are
tbs snti-liquor people meeting with
the same enthusiasm that they did
when local option laws under the
township and precinct unit plan
were passed. Both states now
have local option. and there are
many dry" districts in each, both
town and county elections result
ing in many cases favorablv to the
Anti-Saloon League. The people OF
Oregon, however. are little Glow
to snthass over prohibition, bsliey-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-08-13

Eighty acres of best ranch or
fruit land, l mile from side-tract,
store and pos'office' Nearly all
level. About 100000 feet of saw
timber, mostly white and yellow
pine. Lots of ties and cord wood
to work on while clearing land.
Price $4,000, half down balance in
easy terms. Look this over.
LEE FRwKEs, Moravia, Idaho. If
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-08-13
Call for Bids

Bids will be received till IL
O'Clock Wednesday, August "a, for
conveying children to and from
school on the Bruce and Moravia
road; also the Paradise road. The
school board will furnish the wagon
for the same. The board reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
School District No. 4,
G. d. RowELL, Clerk.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-08-13

ing that if some cities want to re-
main Wet" they have a right to
do SO, as long as the dry" COM
munities can please themselves. In
Washington the QUESTION is not up
to the voters direct. but to the
legislature, and the Anti-Saloon
League is working hard to elect its
friends to office. The Republican
convention failed to mention local
option or county unit in its plat
form, and it is not thought likely
that the Democrats will. In the
Democratic conventions in Nebras-
ka and Minnesota, county unit
planks were voted down. even the
elequence OF William J. Bryan fail
ing to carry the day for dry" in
his state. Probably the Anti
Saloon workers will have to make
their fight without the support OF
either party, but they gre not dis
couraRed and will do their best in
any cast.