The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1915-07-23
WHATS GONG ON IN
STAN AND NATION
News Boiled Down for Benefit Of
Busy Readers. a Little
About Every Ming.

Mack Coed Dad Turner DekauH.
prominent citizens OF Mercer, are
dead.
Mrs. Samantha u. Alexander. Of
thi. cousty, has been granted a Goa
federate pensioH.
The viii Of LILLIAN NortHca was adj
mtted to probate yesterday follow
ing am effort by her husband to pc
vest it.
Oscar House, near Elizabethtovn.
drained the contents Of a can Of con
centrated lye and died from burns re-
ceived.
billiard Smith, Of Montgomery
county. was mangled by q self-bind- |
er while cutting wheat. The team
ran away.
1t is estimated that the damage
TO crops, buildings and Land in Grant
county by tire recent storms will
reach neagly S10s,0sO.
A New York subtreasury clerk has
been arrested on the charge Of en-
bezzling $500 by substituting pen
MES for nickels in coin bags.
Owners of timber lands in Harlar
county have eNployed forester, part
Of whose duties it shall be to Instruct
the people in the science of forest
fire prevention.
BrooChns over the death of kis mo-
ther which occurred as a result of an
operation which he insisted on hav-
ing performed, RoIla Ferguson killed
himself at Loursa.
Theodore Roosevelt urged univer-
sal military service for this country
in an address Oh preparedness for
war he made yesterday at the San
Francisco Exposition.
Charging shortage of $4,000 i'm
his accounts. the State revenue agent
has brought suit against Lewis NJ
Hit, former Circuit Court Clerk of
Nashville, for recover on his bond.
Marshal Bowes. of Corbin, shot to
death Ed Perkins, who was robbing
j. Fl. Stamper's store in that city. Per-
kins fired en- the officer when he
caught him in the store, bat his aim,
was not good.
Creditors of the Wabash railroad !
bought the entire system paying
100000 and assumed all of the
Liabilities. Robert GOelet and Henry
Rogers Winthrop were the purchas-
ing committee.
Four fires started almost simulta-
neously in the Standard Oil plant
at Bayenne. where a strike is now
in progress. A striker was killed
and many persons were injured in
riots yesterday
Representatives ID the tobacco
trade have been invited to confer
with Government officials with a view
TO unifying the reports issued by the
Treasury, Commerce and Agrieul-
ture Departments.
John Carson. formerly of George
town, KY, is under arrest at Jack
son. Mich. charged with the MUIR
der of Mrs. Mary NJ. Palmer, his
mother-in-law, and her adopted son,
Edward Madden.
Gov. Whitman, If New York, said
yesterday that Charles Becker's
statement and appeal ror a reprieve
had not changed his opinion of
Becker's guilt Analysing the state
ment, the Governor said it contained
hut one piece of evidence new to
him and the nan who could testify
70 that was dead
Two men were kilec and others
Ntl iOuStN tllluitN III CLASHES DelWtSU
strikers and armed guard. at the
Standard Oil COmpany's plant at Ba-
vonne. n. j. Troops were asked for
by the sheriff but last night after
personal investigation the Adiutant
General Of the State reported that
the presence of the militia WAS not
necessary to preserve order.
Beaumont College, at Harrodsburg
ore OF the oldest Institutions for the
education of women IN the State. has
been restored to the name it bore be-
fore the war, Daughters College,"
II has been purchased from the es-
tate Of Dir. 7. II. Smith by j. ID. Bru-
ner. of Harrodsburg; DR.. Ben L. Bru-
ner, of Louisville, and Minnie l.. Nc
Daniel and incorporated with cap
ital stock of $40. 900.
Five men were shot and painfully
wosnded at Frankfort by Leo wills.
10 years old, while Wills was shoot
ing at birds. The injured are Bob
ert Pulliam, a clerk, shot in the right
hand; Louis Rosenstein. "A merchant,
shot in the right lee; Milton Mef-
ford, a clerk. shot in the leg: Jack
Mitchell, city emnoys, shot in the
nose, and Frank Garrett. a Negro
shot in the breast. Wills was fully
three squares from the scene of the
accident and was not aware of what
his bullets were doing.