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compensation act which becomes
effective August 1.
Fred W. Weitzel, receiver Of the
First National Bank, Of London. was
arrested by Deputy United States Mar
shall r. NJ. Young, on the charge OF
embezzlement Of funds and held to the
Federal grand jury at Covington under
IS, 900 bond.
Chief OF Police X. II. Reach and X.
D. Rogers, both of Dawson Springs,
we're shot and killed in an affray in
that city. Reach fred only one shot,
which was fatal to Rogers, and NJ MI
Logan, also of this city, fired the fatal
shot at Reach. The trouble began
when Constable Ferguson sought 70
arrest Keach. A warrant had been
sworn out by Rogers.
After he is said to have raised a
check from S4 to SIS to defray ex-
penses of his elopement to Jefferson
vile, Ind, with Miss Myrtle Brown.
Of Hobbs Station, John Perkins, OF
Clairmont, killed himself following his
marriage. Fear of prosecution is said
to have caused him to borrow a shot
gun and shoot himself through the
heart.
An experimental farm on Is acres
Of land at the rear of the Capitol, and
owned by the state, will be operated
by Nat S. Cohen, Commissioner OF
Agriculture The land will be plowed
up and planted in alfalfa. A rock
quarry will be opened on the land
owned by the Capitol, which slopes
to the Kentucky River, and the crush
ed rock will be used as a fertilizer.
After having been sentenced to life
Imprisonment for the killing of Tom
Stafford, in 1895, and after having
been a fugitive for nineteen years,
Martin Franklin, of Louisa, surren-
dered to the reformatory officials in
Frankfort He had been a member OF
the L. S. army during all the years
He was Immediately pardoned by Gov.
Stanley.
Kentucky was well represented at
the International Rotary convention,
held in Cincinnati. Louisville, Lex
ington, Paducah and Owensboro each
sent large delegations of Rotarians
The Paducah delegates made decided
hit with a colored band with which
they entertained visitors from all parts
Of the country, Canada and several
foreign countries.
]. s. Eshelman, of Ohio, is the first
oil man to invade Clark county and the
Bluegrass with a view to prospecting
for the rich product that just now Is
being pumped out of the ground ia
two adjoining counties, Powell and
Estill, in paying quantities Mr. Eshci
man has just leased 1000 acres in ths
southeastern part Of the county and
will begin drilling as soon as a rig
can be put in place.
The city Of winchester will, throu-h
Congressman ]. Campbell Cantrill, III
troduce a bill in Congress at once hy
which it hopes to secure permiszi n
to use the vast amount of water power
that is going to waste over the dam
at Lock No. 10, Kentucky river, near
Winchester, at Ford. The city is nego-
tiating to purchase the Winchester
company, and will extend the mains 10
the Kentucky river, a distance Of eight
miles.
D. T. Matlack, Of the firm OF MAJ
lack & Shropshire, horsemen, OF Lex
ington, closed a deal whereby he puT-
chased from Hub L. Stevens, thor
oughbred breeder, his entire lot OF
brood mares. Mr.. Matlack will cross
them with his high-class saddle stall
lions and endeavor to produce a suit
able cavalry horse for the United
States army The inability to secure
good cavalry horses recently prompted
Mr.. Matlack to try the new cross.
The appointment of Senator d. IL
Feake, of Trimble county, to be bust
ness agent of the University of Ken
lucky, probably will result in a third
vacancy in the State Senate. He SAID
that while he understood the two Of
fees are not incompatible, it is a ques-
tion Of expediency and discretion.
Senator Robertson, Of Louisville, was
appointed revenue attorney and re-
signed, and Senator George G. Speer.
of Frankfort, is State Banking Com
missioner.
B. E. Choate, a wealthy farmer, re
siding near Wingo, gave bond in Mays
vile in the sum of $2,50O for his ap-
pearance August 16 to answer a charge
of having manned Henry Campbell.
who, Choate alleges, has been too
friendly with a relative, Choate, 1t is
said, met Campbell recently on the
road near Wingo and held him at the
point Of a revolver, while Campbell
chose between death and being MAIN
ed. Campbell chose the latter course
and submitted to the operation.
Heavy inroads have been made re-
Gently on Kentucky insurance agents
by outside brokers, writing in unau-
thorized companies, and field men and
local agents of the state are becom-
ing stirred up. The assistance OF the
state insurance departments is being
invoked in the fight. A recent loss has
also showed up some overhead writ.
ing, authorized companies having writ
ten business without the knowledge