The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-10-31
NEWS NOTES

collars worth OF eggs year.
A census of the sheep in the United
States places them at SO, 000, 900.
Ice in Texas and three inches of snow
in Oklahoma have been reported.
Mrs. Eaton was acquitted of the muir
der of her husband, Admiral Eaton, al
Plymouth Mass.
There are 300, 600 dozen eggs in cold
storage at Maysville, holding for 40 cents
| in the Mastern markets.
The strike of l25 chauffeurs of auto
mobile trucks carrying mail in New
York caused no delay in the transpor-
tation of the mails.
Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin, of Connecti-
cut, at the closing session of the Con-
gregational convention in Kansas City
urged the passage of eugenic marriage
laws.
A suit attacking the legality of the
impeachment of Gov William Sulzer
of New York, and asking that Gov.
Glynn be ousted was filed in the United
States District Court at New York.
Representative Ben johnson, who is
acting majority floor leader in the alb
sence of Representative Underwood. is
the only member of the Kentucky dele
gallon now at Washington.
Joseph Kell, thir:y-nine years old, of
Williamtown, an insurance agent was
found dead in an alley. He had been
shot in the head. The authorities have
no clew. He leaves a widow and child.
In arguing at Chicago against the
appeal of thirty of those convicted in
the dynamite conspiracy District AT
torney Miller declared Frank NJ. Ryan
was the real head of the conspiracy.
w. T. Swango has sold his nice bunch
of yearling cattle, AZ head, average
weight of 760 pounds at $3.50, 10 Ohio
parties. These cattle cost Mr.. Swango
SIS per head one year ago.
Miss sophonisba Breckenridge, of the
University of Chicago, and Miss Mary
Mcdowell, head Of the Chicago Stock
Yards Social Settlement, both formerly
of Lexington. will run for Couucil-wo-
women of Chicago.
Miss Katharine Elkins, daughter of
the late Senator Stephen B. Elkins and
who once was courted by the Italian
Duke of AbruZza, was married TO Will
lam r. Hit son of the late Congress
man Hit of Illinois.
In freight wreck on the Southern
railway, five miles from Versailles. en-
gineer John Maurer, of Louisville, was
crushed beneath his engine, which tur-
ned over. w. r. Richardson. fireman,
and Thomas Fowler, brakeman, were
hurt.
On paper Mexico has fine constiti-
tuition, says the New York World, but
it would take a greater constitution
than any human being ever possessed
for a defeated candidate for President
of that republic to survive the treat
ment melted out to the underdog there.
Rev. Joseph Hall, minister of the
Baptist Church and former member OF
Joseph Hall & Company, merchants at
Sergeant, charged with alleged failure
to file schedule in bankruptcy proceed
ings recently instituted against him,
was arrested and lodged in Jail at
WhItesburg.
The Fayette Circuit Court has trans
ferred to the Federal Court for Eastern
Kentucky the Louisville & Nashville
suit against the Western Union Tele
graph Company for 800, 600 for the use
of its wires after the contract with the
Western Union Company had expired.
]. E. Burgher, editor and publisher
of the Clay City Times, who was n
Winchester Monday, is preparing to in,
stitute suit at Frankfort to have the
sale of the Lexington & Eastern railroad
to the Louisville & Nashville road an.
nuled. This seemed to be an effort
for some notoriety.
The menace of dogs is shown in the
fact that during the period between
January and October IL, this year,
dogs in New York bit 3, 72l persons, &C
cording 10 statistics compiled by the
health department. Resulting from the
bites, the report says that III cases OF
rabies were treated These startling
figures were given out by DR.. Ernst
Lederle, President of the department
of health, who had them compiled be-
cause of the unusual number of attacks
by dogs in the last few days.
The total registration in Louisville
for the election next Tuesday, including
948 voters who registered during the
last three days is So, sos, an increa Sc
over the last election of almost 5000
More Democrats have registered than
all the members of other parties and
Independents combined, their registra-
ton being 25, $50. The Progressive
registration totals 49, The Repub-
licans 1870 and the Independents 5,O24.
A North Carolina negro sent an o'pos-
sum to President Wilson with a note
saying II am an old slave darkey.
heard that some one sent you big sweet
potatoe. l send you a fat 'possum 10
eat with it,"
Mrs. @. w. Fairbanks, wife of the Elk
Vice President, died at Indianapolis.
Congressman are going to put up s.
apiece t0, buy a wedding present for
Miss Jessie Wilson, daughter of the
President. AS there are 432 of them,
the amount will be 81. 100.
The election in Mexico was a fluke,
less than 5000 voting. Huerta will re-
main dictator and he warns the U. S.
that Mexico can attend to its own af-
fRire