The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-02-04
NEWS NOTES

DIR. Thomas Kyle, aged ", Is dead OF |
paralysis at Harrodsburg.
The Danville Light, Power & Traction
Co. has been sold to the Light and De-
velopment Co. of St. Louis.
Mrs. Magdalen Herrodo was killed in-
stantly in New York while unwrapping
a package containing bomb.
Churches of Vincennes, Ind, raised
fund to prosecute managers who refuse
to close theatres on Sunday.
John Hurst. stock trader of Clinton
county, dropped dead of heart disease
in the Central Hotel at Albany.
Hosea B. Clark, former member of
the Kentucky Legislature from Chris
tian county, died at his home near Ora
cey.
Advance in the price OF crude oil. now
quoted at sI.32. have given impetus and
wider scope to operations in Kentucky
petroleum fields.
While handling a % caliber rife,
eightyear-old James Stephens, Mt. Ster-
ling, shot and killed his sister, two
years younger.
Four persons met death and another
is dying from burns received in Sacra-
mento, Cal, apartment house fire, and
ten are in hospitals.
Major Harris, his wife and two chill
dren and his mother were burned to
death near Richland, Ia, when their
farm home was destroyed by fire.
A boys cry of fire" when a moving
picture film exploded in New York
theatre started panic in which two
women were killed and eleven serious
ly injured.
At Savannah, Ga. wharves OF the
Merchants & Miners Transportation
Company and the Planters Rice Mill
were destroyed, entailing loss estima-
ted at 81, 500. 900.
The baby daughter born to the wife
Lieut. Charles Becker. condemned to
death in New York for conspiracy in
murder of Herman Rosenthal, the gam
bier, lived but few hours.
Before he quits Office Presid emit Taft
expects to send the Senate the nomina-
tion of five more Federal judges, max
ing total of ia during his administra
tion, record unequaled.
Parx-in. the-Pines, the famous tourist
hotel at Aiken, S. c.. was destroyed by
fire. There was no loss Of life. but ma
ny of the guests had narrow escapes and
nearly all of them lost their wearing ap-
oarel.
approximately $50 delegates TO the
Baptist Laymen's Convention had arriy-
ed in Chattanooga last night and nearly
B. 900 were expected for the opening ses-
sion this afternoon.
Guarantee OF bank deposits in some
form, it is stated, will be recommended
to the House as a part of the dem Ocralic
currency plan during the Wilson ad-
minlstration by the Glass Currency
Committee.
Thomas Butler, of Hinton, former
student at the Kentucky State Universi-
ty, entered plea of guilty TO burning
Prof. F. Paul Anderson's Office and was
nlenced TO the Frankfort penitentiary
for not less than one year nor more than
six years
The biggest fellowship plum of the
Harvard Divinlty School for the present
year has been won by Rupert Clinton
Foster. OF Lexington, KY, who has been
a ga ded the williams Fellowship OF
5000.
Steps looking toward the elimination
of the lawlessness that has made the
county Of Brea HIT notorious, were TAX
en- by Special Judge Allie W. Young
when he ordered the grand jury to in
vestigate s'olind tigers" and neglie ent
county officials.
Postmaster General Hitchcock's an
nual report suggests reduction of some
parcel post rates and increasing helm
it of weight beyond IL pounds: civil PEN
sions for postal employees; an increase 10
rates on second-class mail, which may
pave the way for l-cent letter postage,
and consolidation Of the third and fourth
classes and so books and papers may be
forwarded by parcel post.