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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
|cARRANzA DEFIES
UNITED STATES
REFUSED TO ALLOW THE AMER
IcAN EXPEDITION TO EXAM
INE ENeLIsHMAN's BODY.
Defiance From Rebel Chieftain Gre
ates Grave Crisis in Mexican
Affairs.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
.Juarez, Mexico.-Gen. Venustiano
Carfanza, supreme chief of the Mex
lean constitutionalists, has thrown
doWr sie gauntlet to the United States.
The rebel chieftain refused to allow
the American expedition DO start for
Chihuahua to examine the body of
William Benton, British subject put
to death in Juarez.
Col. Fidel Avila, military commander
here, declined to permit the investi-
eating committee to board the regular
passenger train which was waiting. He
said he acted upon orders from Car
rama.
Whether the incident means delay
or the permanent prohibition of the
mission could not be learned. The
mystery thrown around the occurrence
led to many rumors of an apparently
exaggerated nature.
The defiance of the United States
by Carranza has created new and
grave crisis in Mexican affairs.
The commissioners, with their lug
gage were at the train in Juarez when
they were informed that they were
not to go.
None of the commissioners would
talk about the latest turn in affairs
Maj. Davidson said that the subject
was one which he could not discuss.
Perceval declined to be seen.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
FORWARD STEPS COUNTED
In State Institute, Farmers Endorse
Various Undertakings.

Frankfort, Ky.-In closing their
ninth state institute, farmers of Ken
lucky adopted resolutions indorsing
numerous undertakings which look to
agricultural betterment. Among recon-
mendations was measure to teaches
urging them ito prepare for the teach
ing OF agriculture and domestic science
in the common schools. as these sub
jects must ultimately become part of
our common school curriculum
The resolutions continue:
1--WE heartily indorse the work of the
county agents, and wish to express
our belief that every county in Ken
lucky would be benefited by having a
county farm agent. We desire to COM
mend the work of President Barker, of
the State university, and pledge our
selves to cooperate in the upbuilding
of this great university, >and now ask
that the agricultural department of the
State university be continued on the
high plane upon which President Bar
ker has placed it"
eve desire to express our apprecia-
ton of the work of the Kentucky ex-
pertinent station and of the two state
normal schools, and we are especially
anxious that the elements of agricul-
ture and domestic science be taught
in these institutions, and we would
regard as a backward step any cur,
tailment of the privileges now granted
any of these schools"
Members of the executive commit.
tees of the various live stock associa-
tons adopted resolution in favor OF
the appropriation by Kentucky for the
Panama-Pacific exposition.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
State Amends Insurance Bill.

The Glenn fire insurance bill.
giving to the state rating board
the power to supervise fire insur-
ance rates and contracts, and TO
employ experts to determine the fair
ness of these contracts and rates,
passed the senate by vote of % to
IS. 1t previously had passed the house:
AS amended the bill does not give the
rating board the right to fix fiat rates
The bill provides for levy of one pei
cent on the premiums collected from
fire insurance in this state to pay the
salaries of the experts. 1t will raise
revenue of $4,000, it is said The
regulation Of mutual employees liabil
ity insurance companies and giving
the insurance commissioner the right
to investigate all complaints filed
against life insurance companies are
provided in two measures introduced
by Senator Coburn.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
CINCINNATI MARKETS

Corn-New corn is quoted as fol-
lows; No. white 68@69c, No. white
5000 :, No. white 64@65c, No. vel
low 64@65c, No. 8 yellow 6215 @631sc,
No. yellow $4,000, No. mixed GAO
CSC, No. 3 mixed 61@621ac, No. mix
ed 5S12 @63c, mixed ear 65067c, white
ear 65067c, yellow ear 65@68c,
Hay-No. 1 timothy $3.50, standard
timothy $3.50, No. timothy $3.50,
No. 8 timothy $14@14.50, No. 1 clover
mixed $15.25@15.50, No. clover mix
ed $13.25 @13.50, No. / clover S14, No.
2 clover $3.50.
Cats-No. white 4S0431sc, stand
ard white 421A @43c, No. white 40
42c, No. white $4,000, No. 3 mixed
4015 @41c, No. mixed 10000
Wheat-No. 2 RED occasion, No. 8
red $4,000, No. red S609Sc.
Poultry-Hens, lbs and over,
147@c; 319 lbs and over, 14hc; young
STACEY roosters, 12c; ROSTERS, 12c;
springers, under 21a lbs, zee; spring
ers, ~ lbs and over, 19c; spring
ducks, white, 4 lbs and over, Ice;
ducks, under 4 lbs, 15c; turkeys, toms,
OLD, 22c; young turkeys, 8 lbs and
over, &c.
Eggs-Prime firsts 26c, firsts 2515c,
ordinary firsts 24c, seconds &c.
Cattle-Shippers S6.75@7.75, extra
S7.S5@8.10; butcher steers, extra $7.S5
Q8, good to choice $7.250775; com
mon to fair $575@7; heifers, extra
S7.S5@S, good to choice S7@T75, com
mon 10 fair $5@6.75; COWS, extra $3.50
Q6.65, good to choice $5.75@6.4O, COM
mon to fair $S.50@5.65; Gamers S3.25
@4.25.
Bulls-Bologna S6.50@Z25. extra
$7.35, fat bulls S7@7.50.
Calves-Extra $10.75@11, fair to
good $S.50Q1O.50, common and large
$5.50@10.25.
Hogs-Selected heavy $8S5@S.9O,
good to choice packers and butchers
$8.85@8.90, mixed packers SS.75@S.S5,
stays $4.75@7.5G, extra $3.50, common
to choice heavy fat sows $5.75@S.4O,
extra $3.50, light shippers $S15@8. so,
pigs Clio lbs and less) $6@S.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
WEATHER PLAYS HAVOC

New York a heavy fall of wet
snow, weighing down wires, breaking
telegraph and telephone poles, block
ing railroad switches and signal levers
and impeding all kinds of surface
transportation, has caused what prom
ises to be one of the worst traffic
blockades of the winter throughout
New York, New Jersey, Eastern Penn
sylvania and Connecticut
The railroads managed 10 keep the
traffic moving approximately on sched-
ule time, but it is feared that if the
snow continues and freezes, as prom
ised by the weather bureau, there will
be tie-up. Thousands of men were
at work trying to keep switches clear
in the local yards. In Brooklyn the
situation was complicated by the fall
of king" pole, carrying 100 fire
alarm, electric light and telephone
wires.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
TWO SESSIONS
ARE PROPOSED
REPRESENTATIVE MCCORMACK
URGES STUDY RECESS BE-
TWEEN TERMS.
TO AMEND CONSTITUTION
Measure Provides That First Half
Shall Be Devoted To the Introdue-
ton of Bills and That No Legislation
Shall Be Enacted Within Period
Save BY Two-Thirds Vote.
(By Ernest w. Helm.


Frankfort-Among new bills intro
duced in the house is one by DIT. J. N.
Mccormack, of Bowling Green, looking
to a constitutional amendment where
by sessions of the general assembly
shall be divided into two terms OF not
exceeding 80 days each, not less than
80 days to intervene between terms,
members not to be entitled to per diem
during vacation. 1t is set forth in the
measure that during the first term no
act shall be passed without the ap-
prevail of three-fourths of the members
elected, and that no measure shall be
introduced during the second term
without the consent of two-thirds
of the members. The object of
the bill is to confine the first
term to the Introduction of bills and
the second to action upon them. The
vacation is to give the members an
opportunity to study the bills intro
duced.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
Hand Of Lobby susneceed.

Because of sensational charges made
by him on the floor of the house %
the effect that the makeup of various
house committees. bore the .earmarks"
of lobbyists. Representative Frank G.
Greene, of Carroll county, was before
the house lobby probe'' committee.
The inquiry developed the fact that the
name of Mr.. Greene was among a list
of rs that had been prepared by Rob-
ert E. Fleming, of the legal department
OF the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Co., for submission to Speaker Terrell,
with the suggestion that a house rail-
road committee made up of men whose
names appeared on the list would be
acceptable to the company Mr.. Elem
ing, when questioned by the "probers."
said he did not know whether this list
ever reached Speaker Terrell. TIE
speaker said he had received and well
coined various suggestions when max.
ing up committees. He said he would
produce all lists to the committee.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
NEW COURT LEVY UPHELD.

Brooksville, Ky-Attorney Charles
Carroll, of Louisville, argued before
Judge Newell in favor of the consti-
nationality of senate bill No. 1, lately
enacted by the general assembly
wherein fiscal courts are authorized
to levy tax to create sinking fund
for the construction Of courthouses
and other public buildings. A con-
tract was recently negotiated for the
construction of new courthouse here,
and the validity of the contract was
Immediately attacked. At the conclu-
sion of the argument Judge Newell
delivered an opinion sustaining the
constitutionality of senate bill No. 1.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
MINE DEVELOPMENT
Six Big Coal Operations in Full Blast
in Pike County.

Pikeville, Ky-Six welle9uipped
coai operations on Marrowbone creek,
now working full time, may well be
said to mark the beginning of the de-
velopment of the coal industry in Pike
county. A modern coke-producing
plant is located one mile above the lit
tie town of HELLER One hundred and
fifty coke ovens convert the entire coal
output of the company's mines into
coke and consumed within 200 miles
of the mines, and most of it within
100 miles. The ovens may be doubled
this year, making 800 in all This
plant is the largest coke-producing
plant in Eastern Kentucky, and is To-
Gated in the heart of the Elkhorn coal
field. The six companies own an ag-
gregate of more than $4,000 acres.
Electric plants have been. erected to
supply energy for the mines and tip
pies, and at the Allegheny plant three
separate trolley lines Zone on each
side of the line of ovens and one on
top do the work of loading the ovens
and cars.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
UT or 0DINARY
People v
JOSEPH c. S. BLACKBURN

Joseph G. 8. Blackburn of Kentucky
who was recently appointed to sue
coed former Senator Shelby M. Cullom
of Illinois as the resident commits
sioner in charge of the construction
of the Lincoln memorial in Washing
ton, is one of the best story tellers In
the country.
Speaking of the penchant OF poll
ticians to hold office once the germ
gets into the blood, Mr.. Blackburn
told one of Private John" Aliens
stories recently to illustrate his point.
Allen of Tupelo, Miss. was one OF the
historic wits OF congress. A number
of years ago Allen went to visit the
plantation of his grandfather and ris-
ing early in the morning went out
into the garden, where he found Aunt
Betsy" a negro servant Of his grand
father, whereupon the following con-
versation took place:
"Marse John, cherry time I sees you
l kyan't help thinking how much yuh
looks like yuh ole grandfahtah. Yuh
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
CONVICT KILLED ON TRAIN.

Lexington, Ky.-William Zeene,
negro convict, was shot and killed
on train between Lexington and
Shelbyville by Special Guard w. H.
Ballard. Zeene was one of eight
prisoners being taken to the Eddy
vile penitentiary. He obtained
revolver and started to fight his
way out of the train. Ballard at
tempted to stop him, and in an ex-
change of shots Zeene was killed.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
Budget Commission Endorsed.


The house committee on appropria-
tons submitted report recommend
ing that the economic. efficiency and
budget commission, called for in the
resolution now before the house, be
passed, thus creating commission
which will investigate the expenses
and methods of conduct of the various
state departments and institutions,
and recommend to the next legislature
how best such expenses may be re-
duced or the efficiency of state depart
ments or institutions increased" The
committee also reported a bill repeal
ing certain appropriations made to the
various state institutions and depart
ments, and re-enacting the same ap-
preparations for the same purposes.
Chairman Reed, of the committee, ex-
planned that no change had been made
in appropriations, the bill formulated
by the committee merely grouping the
various appropriations in one measure.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
TWO NEW SALES HOUSES.

Mt. Sterling, Ky.-Clay & Kirk
patrick, tobacco dealers, have made
arrangements to remodel their two
warehouses in this city and make them
into loose leaf sales floors for the COM
ing season. The remodeling will cost
$4,000, but when finished the houses
will have capacity of 100000 pounds,
raising the sales floors here to total
capacity of over 100000 pounds. With
the completion of this house the mar
ket will have four prizing departments.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
Go On House Calendar.

Go On House Calendar.
Representative w. B. Harvey's bill
providing for a constitutional amend
ment whereby the general assembly
shall meet every four years and repre-
sentatives shall be elected for four
instead of two years was reported
without expression of opinion, read
and placed in the house calendar. The
bill of representative Greene, of Car.
roll county, to distribute semi-annually
the state road fund collected as auto
mobile license fees, one-third equally
to each county, one-third in proper
ton to the relative number of miles
of free gravel and macadam roads in
the county, and one-third on the basis
of amounts collected from the coun
ties, was reported without expression
of opinion, read, and placed in the
house calendar.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
Jurisdiction Is ENLARGED.

In the senate not a dissenting vote
was cast against the Moody bill seek
ing to increase the Jurisdiction of In
ferior judges in misdemeanor cases.
Under the provision of the measure
county and probate judges and magis-
trates have jurisdiction, exclusive sof
circuit courts, in all penal cases where
the punishment does not exceed a fine
of $40, and jurisdiction concurrent
with circuit courts in all cases where
the punishment does not exceed fine
of 500 or Imprisonment not in excess
of so days, or both. 1t also provides
that county judges shall have concur
rent jurisdiction with circuit courts in
all misdemeanor cases where the pun
ishment is not over fine of 800, i'm
prisonment for SO days, of both. The
law is designated for the trial, by
county judges, of prisoners in jail
waiting trial or indictment in circuit
court.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
GAME FISH FOR KENTUCKY.

Frankfort, Ky.-Ten million fish of
the game varieties will be sent to Ken
lucky in a special consignment April
Is. Senator James has been conduct
ing the necessary negotiations with
the United States fish commissioner,
and the majority of the fish will be
sent to stock state streams designated
by him at the instance Of residents of
the neighborhood. The mountain
streams are to be particularly well
taken care of, for in these the game
fish thrive especially well.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
HosE-cuTTINe VERDICT UPHELD.

Frankfort, Ky.-A verdict for $500,
awarded in the Jefferson Circuit Court
to R. M. Cunningham against the
Louisville Railway company, whose
street car ran over line of hose ex-
tending from fire hydrant to Gun
ningham's barn and garage, was af-
firmed by the court of appeals. The
barn was on fire and Cunningham
claimed damages because the cutting
of the hose prevented prompt action
in putting out the fire.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
TREADWAY'S WASTED ENERGY

81 think I'm rightfuIly entitled to
the presidency of the Wasted Energy
club" remarked Representative Allen
Treadway Of Massachusetts at Wash
ington, the other day. In closing my
campaign last fall with a tour through
my district l sailed forth gayly one
morning, after telephoning my lieu
tenants at the town of B that l
would arrive there punctually at three
o'clock that afternoon to deliver an
address.
AN hour later, as my car topped a
hill, 1 saw a most charming valley
stretched off to my right Turning
down into it commenced my election
eering work.
Never had 1 met such genial folk.
Every one seemed ready to listen to
me with smile as soon as l made
known my mission. Charmed with this
reception, l forgot the flight of time
until 1 suddenly found it was after
four o'clock and 1 was a dozen miles
from B.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
Measures GET Through House.

The anti-tipping bill passed, 50 to %.
The Mount bill, increasing the license
of retail saloons from 5000 to $500, was
amended, to provide that the extra
$500 of revenue from each license
shall be placed in the Confederate pen
sion fund. 1t passed by vote of AZ
to 22 The Greene bill, making it a
felony to sell, give or lend a pistol or
other deadly weapon to a man, intoxi-
Gated, or under the age of Is years,
passed by vote of rs to 4.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
Federal Inquiry asked.

The house adopted joint resolu-
ton, offered by Representative John c.
Duffy, of Christian county, calling upon
congress and the department of justice
of the United States to investigate al,
legged conspiracies and combinations of
fire insurance companies operating in
Kentucky, formed with view to main.
tanning rates, and to take such action
as may be necessary to bring about re-
lief to the people of the state.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
Many Passes for soIons.

That hundreds of passes have been
given to members of the legislature
during the session of the legislature
was testified to before the house probe
committee. Robert Fleming, of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad, and
Garrett Wall, of the C. & o. railway,
testified that they had given so many
passes to the members that they could
not estimate the number. They were
ordered to produce the stubs of the
pass books. Representative Guthrie
Coke, chairman of the committee,
stated that steps will be taken to make
public the number of passes given.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
BIG SIGHT UNSEEN" TRADE.

Shelbyville, Ky-S. C. Blackwell
has sold the Pleasureville hotel to ].
C. Bright, at $4,000, taking in part
payment a 517-acre farm in Hardin
county at $4,000. The deal was made
sight unseen neither of the parties
having seen the property for which he
traded.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
TOWN THREATENED BY FIRE.

Lynchburg, Va.-The local fire de-
partment was asked to send assistance
to Big Island in an attempt to prevent
the town being destroyed The fire
started in the big mill of the Big
Island Pulp and Paper Co. The latest
advice is that The entire plant is DOOM
ed. The fire was spreading. The fire
men will have a bitter night, for the
temperature ip Lynchburg now is 20
degrees, with a northwest gale blow
ing. Big Island is IS miles west of
Lynchburg.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
Educational Bills Killed.


The bill of Representative Hill,
which sought to give to the state SUI
perintendent of public instruction au-
thority to recover Incorporated
school funds, and which carried with
it a penalty for the misuse of such
funds, was tabled in the house, killing
1t. An effort to Representative Judy,
of Montgomery county, to have his bill
making white women eligible to the
Office of sub-district school trustee,
and providing that negroes may not
vote in white school elections, met
with failure. When the bill of Repre-
sentative Webb, of Graves county, Civ
ing to county boards of education the
right to fix the time for holding cleo
lions for voting special taxes for con-
solidated school districts, was called
from the orders of the day, it met with
such opposition that it finally was
recommitted.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
UNEMPLOYED INVADE cHuRca

New York.-The unemployed in
yaded Fifth avenue and stormed >
fashionable church on that thorough
fare. As the choir of the First Pres
byterlan Church was singing the open-
ing hymn one hundred men entered,
and marched down the center aisle.
Rev. Howard Duf1eld stopped the serv-
ice and made the newcomers a littIo
speech of welcome. He told them N
ne was glad to see them, and ASKED
theIo to be seated. Their leader arose
ane said wewant place to seat and
sleep -
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03

The house went into committee of
the whole to hear DR.. N. A. Palmer,
DR.. w. E. Arnold, and Mrs Frances
Beauchamp, president of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union. They
submitted ffty-foot banner, upon
which were attached petitions asking
for the submission of the question to
the people.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03

looks in, i'm and him."
a compliment"
other
politician, like
Is new
a politician
al de
AuntB he
de
kin he was a
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
MRS. MORRIS SHEPPARD OF TEXAS

The woman in public life who re
mains enthusiastic and unwearied
throughout a Washington season, with
its round of official and private enter
tanning, is rare. The woman who not
only accomplishes this feat, but who
finds time to read with her husband
the good old books that a certain Mr..
Dickens, a Mr.. Thackeray and other
gentlemen of their time used to write,
is a paragon. She has achieved both
poise and a sense of leisure.
One finds on the library table Of
Mrs. Morris Sheppard, the young wife,
of Senator Sheppard of Texas, not
only these standard works of fiction
that show she treads the conventional
and well worn paths of literature. Be
sides these, there is always some rarer
volume at hand, such, for instance, as
an Autobiography of Benevuto Gel
iini," or it may be, an exquisite
brochure by some little known, little
read author, which proves its owner
and reader to be a connoisseur of
books.
MY husband and /" says Mrs. Sh
not allow it to interfere with our favor
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
Lenathenina School Term.

Lengthenlng School Term.
So amended to provide that when
the state superintendent of public
instruction declares per capita of
S4.75 for school, purposes the common
school term in the rural districts shall
be increased from six to seven months,
and thatwhen he declares per capita
OF sa.35 or more the term shall be .ex-
tended to eight menths, the bill of Rep
resentative Coke, of Logan county, pro-
viding for an extension of the rural
school term, passed the house by the
vote of &c to, The present per capita
for school purposes is 81.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
REPRESENTATIVE HUMPHREYS FIRST CASE

When Representative w. E. Humph-
rey of the First district of Washington
isn't in congress he practices law for
a living-but he has been in congress
for II years. However, he spent long
years at the bar, but they and the sub
sequent service in congress, have
failed to dim the recollection of his
first case. He doesn't tell it; one has
to get Mrs. Humphrey to do that. Here
It is:
1t was back in Indiana, the state of
the nativity of most far western states
men, where they breed politicians as
Massachusetts breeds highbrows. Mr..
Humphrey had just hung out his shin
gle when he was retained in small
case before a county justice of the
peace.
This justice was an old friend. Mr..
Humphrey and he had sat on the
same bench in country school and
gone swimming together in the OF
swimming hole.
"WilI" aid the Justice seeking him
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03
THEATRICAL MAN IN TOLLS.

London, Ky.-Harry ]. Palmer, the
theatrical manager, who was arrested
few days ago on a charge of white
slavery, had his examining trial before
United States Commissioner Geo. c.
Moore and was held over for final trial
at London May II.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-03

A resolution was adopted. express
ing regret over the death of c. L.
Shawler, who served twice as mem
Der of tie general assembly, and who
was the father of w. A. Shawler, of
Hardin county, member of the present
house of representatives.