The bee., 1916-08-22
KENTUCKY NEWS
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There are 2,1OO Kentucky troops at

| AntIt are otAuV henluCh1 NIOuNh AZ
J Ft. Thomas ready to move.
Kentucky ranks fourth among the
States in point Of internal revenue
collections
In a single week 1000 steers sold
on the Mt Sterling market for over
S135,OOO.
More than a dozen families we're
driven from their homes, property was
/ damaged to the extent of twenty thou.
sand dollars when Lake Minto flooded
part of Nicholasville.
The oldest brick house in Kentucky
stands near Crab Orchard and was
built in 1888. II was the home of Col.
VIM. Whitley, Indian fighter and man
Of affairs in pioneer Kentucky.
One of the negro strikebreakers en-
ployed on the L. G N. tracks between
Lagrange and Latonia was shot to
death by unknown persons and another
was badly wounded
For the purpose of listening to rea.
sons why a Federal farm bank should
be established in louisville, the Fed.
eral Farm Loan Board will conduct
hearing in that city Saturday, Sep
tember 23.
Col. R c, Oldham, OF Winchester,
was appointed a member of the Ken.
tucky State Board Of Election Com.
missioners, to succeed N. L. Holeman,
Of Dawson Springs, who resigned on
account of illness.
Overriding all superstitions, John
Sieber, widower, 80 years old, of
Stovall, and Miss Della Thomerson, Is
years old, of Glasgow, were married in
a pouring rain, while seated in a buggy
in front Of the home of the county
Judge at Glasgow.
An ordinance was passed in Mid.
dlesboro requiring license fee Of $500
for soliciting orders or distributing
order blanks for mail order liquor
houses, and providing a fine Of $40 for
each order solicited in violation OF
same.
Dr. Lauro Muller, Secretary of For.
eign Affairs in the Brazilian Cabinet
upon reaching, Cincinnati said; ii
motored through the bluegrass OF Ken.
tueky. While the country is very
beautiful l must confess that the
roads are very poor"
The Cooperative Tobacco Warehouse
Company, Of Lexington, has purchased
a controlling interest in the Farmers
Loose Leaf Tobacco Warehouse,at Glas.
gov. The latter is one of the largest
in the Black Patch district, having
capacity Of 100000 pounds.
A record which It Is believed will
stand for many years has been estab-
lished in Hardin county in the matter
Of securing marriage licenses. No
white people residing in the county
have been granted license since
July Is.
Guests at the Rudd House in Owens
boro, greatly inconvenienced, when the
bell boys and elevator boys went on
a strike and refused to work or to
permit any other persons to work, as
the result of having been fed liver
and cabbage at their tables.
Acting Police Judge James P. Reedy
in Louisville acquitted Harvey j. Dun.
can Of the murder Of Louis Fellers, de
claring that the "unwritten law" OF this
State entities a Kentuckian to acquit
tai of killing a man WHO entered his
home with designs upon his wife.
Col, John Chamberlain, Of the De
partment OF the East, finished inspec.
tion at Ft. Thomas, and returned to
Governors Island, leaving the impress
sion at Kentucky's mobilization camp
that he was pleased with the condt
tions,
Dir, ]. n. Mccormack, of Bowling
Green, formerly secretary of the Ken
tucky state Board of Health, has
| Voiced a theory that clothing from
Sweat shops" may have something to
do with the spread of infantile paraly.
sis,
Richard Freeman, 65 years old,
Paris, died as a result Of grief and the
shock received when he witnessed the
killing Of his youngest son by his elder
brother. The funeral took place at
the same time his sons examining
trial was held.
Thompson Roberts, OF Covingtonr
whose head was almost severed by q
| saw at luulbtI hullAB VIII ANNNANN
$4,000 from the Kentucky C0mpensa.
tion Board. He was the first to re
ceive benefits after the law went into
effect, having taken advantage Of the
new law the previous day
The merit of rating and inspection
system of insurance companies has
been approved by the Kentucky Com
pensation Board The general rate
fixed for mine operators is $4.2O pei
500 pay roll, but employment Of ply
sicians reduces tito S3.S2 and inspec
tion may reduce It to SO.
Representative Swagar Sherley hai
completed arrangements for placing {
carload OF fish in Beargrass Geek
Floyds Fork and Harrods Creek. Tht
fish will be bass. The car bearing thu
fish will be sent to Louisville durini
the week of the Kentucky State Fair
and will be exhibited.
According to a report just made pub
lie the payroll of the Illinois Contra
shops at Paducah Is S985000. Thi
amount went to shop employees solely
as trainmen and yardmen were no
included The shops are the bigges
industry in Paducah and they ar