The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-12-03
NEWS NOTES


George McGuire, known as the Faith
er of Labor Day." died at Manchester,
n. Ii.
Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch, daughter
of Gen. Tecumseh Sherman, died at
Gulfport, Miss.
The Rev. James A. Scott, Representa-
tive ect for Greenup county, died of
typhoid fever.
The output of the paper mills of the
United States this year is estimated at
Sl75, O00, 900 at wholesale price
Edgar H. James, brother of Senator
Ollie Jane, was named U. 5. Marshal
for the Western District of Kentucky.
Upward of $4,000 pounds of turkeys,
valued at $500, were condemned in
PHILADELPHIA last week by health officers.
Pre-. ident Wilson and his family and
mt mbers o: his Cabinet had Kentucky
turkeys for their Thanksgiving din
ner, presented TO them by Hon. South
Trimble.
Gov. Hooper, of Tennessee, has issued
a statement to Indedendent Democrats
urging that they maintain their organi-
zation as fighting instrument against
liquor domination.
Prohibition forces in Chicago will
start campaign Immediately 10 vote
out the city's saloons in April 1915, the
plans including the election OF a dry"
Mayor at that time.
Over 5000 rabbits have been confis
Gated and destroyed in Cincinnati and
large numbers in other cities by health
officers as unfit for food, on account of
the unusually warm weather recently.
Miss Sallie Farmer, daughter Of Jail
er Dink Farmer, of Lincoln county, pre-
vented wholesale Jail delivery by hold
ing the prisoners at the muzzle OF a
shotgun until the sheriff arrived.
Mrs. Jessie Scott, wife of County
Judge J. Percy Scott died in Lexington
last week. Her funeral was largely at
tended, County officials and members of
the Fiscal Court attended in a body.
Bruce Jarboe, young man working
in a spoke factory at Somerset, was in
stantly killed by becoming entangled in
belt. Before the machinery could be
stopped, his body was horribled man.
gled.
A Japanese steamship company will,
it is reported, inaugurate a service
around The world via New York after
the opening of the Panama Canal. The
first vessels for the new service are now
building at Kobe, Japan.
The Democrats of the Senate have de-
cided upon extreme measures to force
the Currency Bill to an early vote. De-
termined to prevent curtailment of bus
mess activity, the Democrats agreed to
make the bill party measure at once
and to have no Christmas recess unless
the measure has been passed before the
holidays.
Seven thousand five hundred deers have
fallen before the onslaughter of hunters
in Minnesota in the season which ended
Dec. according TO estimates made by H.
Rider, of the State Game and Fish Com.
mission. He says it has been the best
season for hunting the animals in de.
cade, despite the absence of snow in the
Northern woods.
Copenhagen is the most law abiding
city in the world, according to statistics
concerning homicide. In the year 1910
among its population of 554, 400. there
was but one murder, This was at the
rate of o is to 100000 population. The
rate of homicides per 100, 900 in Paris in
the same year was SO; in New York, 9.
in Chicago, 90.
One half of the world is trying TO gel
its name in the newspapers and the
other half is trying to keep its name Out
of them. In the latter class must be
included, as a 'headliner," the person
who has just given $3.50, 600 to Columbia
University, New York City. Not even
the trustees Of the University, it is said
know the name of the giver.
There are one hundred and sixty three
clubs in the Kentucky Federation of Wo
mems clubs. Richmond furnishes four,
of that number Life mem bershIp is oper
to any Kentucky club woman who gives
as much or more than s25 to the FEEDER
alton. Life members are delegates tc
all annual meetings, with all privileges
of such, including the vote. Mrs. Thos
j. Smith, of Frankfort, is life member