The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-02-16

a fright amongst the city memOeIs'
but after Mr.. Smith said he would
agree to so amend his bill as to ex-
empt cities of the first four classes,
the baseball fans" felt much easier.
Anyway, it is assured that no bill
will pass that will interfere with le-
climate games in big towns and
cities where they are properly con-
Quoted.
The monument to Governor VIII
liam Goebel in the Frankfort GENE
terry. erected with funds raised in the
year 1900 by popular subscription,
was unveiled Thursday, Feb. 3, that
being the tenth anniversary of his
death. The monument cost $4,000,
and a thousand or so dollars is left
in the fund and the interest on this
is to be used to keep the monument
and the plot of ground surrounding 1t
in good condition in the years to
come. The day of the unwilling the
weather was horrible, being cold and
showing and raining by turns, and
the ceremonies, except the actual un-
yelling of the bronze statue, had to
be held In the opera house, where
addresses were made by ex-Governors
Beckham and McCreary and by JUS
tus Goebel. A sad feature of the oc-
casion was the burial of Arthur Goe-
bel, the younger brother of the dis
tinguished man who was assassi-
nated-just before the monument was
unveiled. He was laid to rest beside
the body of his brother to whom he
had been so devoted all his life.
So much has been said about the
famous fund of 100000 that was APP
Dropriated 10 years ago for the pur-
pose of apprehending and furnishing
those who were guilty of the assassi-
nation of Governor Goebel, it will be
of interest to know how much of that
fund has been expended and for what
purposes. The reward commission
held a meeting here last week and
requested the state inspector and ex-
aminer to go over all the accounts
and vouchers and report to the legis-
lature the amounts paid out. This re-
port has not been made yet, but it is
known that the total amount drawn
from the treasury under this appropri-
alton is $l4,500, and of this sum
something like 81 800 is still IN bank
to the credit of the commission. Sew
eral detectives were employed for
several months after the assassina-
tion and paid by the day to ferret out
the guilty ones. and a considerable
part of the $4,000 was thus expend-
ed, but probably the largest part of
the sum expended was paid out dur
ing each of the 10 trials of the vari-
Gus persons indicted for the assassi-
nation, to pay the expenses of distant
witnesses. No rewards have been
paid at all, though several detectives
have at various times asked to be
paid. The report to the legislature
will show how all the money went.
A bill passed the senate last week
by a unanimous vote almost increas-
ing the annual appropriation to be
used by the state board of health in
preventing the spread of diseases
from $4,000 to 100000 A similar bill
was passed two years ago. but was
vetoed by the governor
In this connection it will be of in
terest to state that Kentucky has been
giving less each year to help eradi-
cate disease and improve the health
of the people than almost any state
in the Union. Pennsylvania gives
81 900 900 year for that purpose,
New York $4,000, Massachusetts
$14O,5OO. Ohio $131 900, Indiana $l17,-
600, Kansas $4,000, Louisiana $780,
600, Florida $4,000, Virginia 100000,
Texas $4,000, and so on down the
line. 1t has been said that Kentucky
pays more every year to keep up the
health of it's fine live stock than it
does to prevent diseases from en-
croaching on the human family, and
it looks like there is some truth in
the statement. 1t is understood that
if the bill passes the house. the gov
ernor will not veto it this time
The biennial report of Secretary of
State Ben l.. Bruner contains some
very interesting statistics about
banks and about the revenue arising
from the receipts Of his Office. Ac-
cording to this report there are 473
banks and trust companies in the
state, which have a combined capital
stock of a little less than $20,0O0000
and a surplus of over $4,000
Their deposits amount to over $685.
900 900 and their total assets to over
$100000,000.
In the corporation department of
the secretary's office for the past two
years there has been collected as fees
from banks, recording articles of in
corporations, ETC., the sum Of $16,-
7S494, and expended for clerks SER
vices $12.96954, leaving a net balance
for the state of $3,S15.40. During the
same period, in the assistant secre-
tary's Office the sum of $3.50 was col
lacted including 80 niece for COM