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tiliLYEAR KY JAN 26 1905

Publishes Record Showing Cap-

itol Made Con-

tract

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TO PAY 48000 FOR SERVICE

COULD HAVE BOUGHT FOR

28000

Frankfort Ky Tan 22Attornoy General flays today is ¬

sued a public statement in whichlie gives u detailed statement ofthe action of the Capitol Com ¬

mission in the election of F M

Andrews as architect and inthis statement Gen Hays quotesliberally from the record

Gen Hays has all along beentho minority member of the com-

mission the majority consistingof tho other members GovBeckham Auditor huger Sec-

retary¬

and TreasurerBosworth

Tho real point of divergence isbetween tho mnjority and

minority was the amount tobe paid an architect Gen Hayscontended till along that thopayment 5 per cent on the pro

the structure was

rotors to his dofcated efforts to pay an archi ¬

tect a salary not to exceed 1000a year with traveling expensesand lintel bills

Gen Hays publishes letters toGov Beckham from E E Myersof Detroit a widely knownarchitect in which Mr Myresmade an estimate of 800000 for-

th now Capitol and offered todo the entire plans for 2porcent or 10000 Br Ifor 1 percoat additional tothe construction of the Capitolmaking 28000 in allits against40000 to be paid to Mr An-

drews¬

and 8000 to 0 M Fleener of Oonstruc ¬

tion

KIDNAPED BY MOTHER

Young Lexington Bride of Two Weeks

Taken From Young Husband

Lexington Ky January 21After two weeks married lifeone of which was spent with herhusband Mrs Alonza Elliottwho was kidnaped by her motherMrs William Itoberts in thiscity several days ago has beenspiritod away nUll no trace ofher can bo found by the younghusband who is frantic over theoutcome of a courtship extend ¬

lug over a period of four yearsIho couple eloped to a Louis ¬

ville hotel and returning to thiscity the brido was enticed to herhome by the news that hermother was seriously ill from theshock of tho marriage and uponarriving at tho house the girlwas locked into a room audforbidden to see her husband Thiscontinued for several days whenthe husband finally succeeded ingetting his wife but again themothers tactics outwitted thehusband a n d securing helIdaughter last bothwomen dressed in deep mourn ¬

ing to preventboarded an intorurban car on the

lino and since that

and m boning induced by hermother through some stringo

power to run away

Little Fred was told of a now ivrrlyal In his uncles family Is thekid any relation to ino ho askod

Yes hoa your first cousin anflworetl Ills mother

think hUH m ilII1j y

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Kentucky Convention of Young Men

Wo have before us a copy ofthe of the Twen ¬

Annual State Con ¬

vention of the Kentucky YoungMens Christian Associations tobe held in the city of Owensboro Feb 1019 1005 These

are always lookedforward to with great interestand attract wide

tho State because otheir largo 0men from all parts of the Stateand the strong program pre ¬

sented Among the speakers forthis Convention are PresidentF W Himtt D D DanvilldFrank H Burt Chicago S DIGordon Cleveland 0 0 Michover Dr Geo J Fisher A 0Knebel Geo B Hodge ToniKoenan Now York City E WPeck State Secretary Minne ¬

sota President J C AchesonDanville and other representa ¬

tive men of the State Themusic will bo in charge or E WPeck of Minnesota and he willhave the assistance of the Hen ¬

derson Male Chorus and theBoys Orchestra of the Louisville

to be several newand important features of theConvention this year which willadd largely to its elllcieucY 1

three Normal Bible Classestaught by three expert instruc ¬

tors each class to meet threetimed during the Convention 2

a Stnt and AthleticContest in by thedelegates 8 thoexhibit will be given a place of

and will be veryhelpful to every student of theAssociation movement 4 AWomens Committee Conferencewill be held in connection withthe and attended bydelegates from the severalWomens Committees through ¬

out the State The educationalsocial physical and religious de ¬

partments of the Associationwork will be discussed under theleadership of men who areamong the best ex-

perts¬

in the country There willbe special

student county a twhie i ie of the problems inthese will be thoroughly discussed

Large delegations from the 70Associations of the State are ex¬

pected this year at OwensboroIn addition to these men mem ¬

boys of churches inlere there are no

Associations and who are inter¬

ested in Christian work foryoung men are invited to attendand in the Convention as membersA limited delegation ofrot overfive from such a commiiaity willbo entertained by the citizens ofOwensboro providing applica ¬

tion for credential giving nameandaddress of pastor or clerk ofchurch is sent to the State Sec-

retary by February 10thThe railroads of the State have

given a rate of one and onethirdfare for the round trip

For program of tho Conventioninformation about credentialsetc inquire at the local As ¬

sociation or address Henry EllOseyear State Secretary Thirdand Brqadway Louisville

j Died In Indiana

Mr Price Laffoou formerly ofSt Charles died last Moifdaymorning nt Jasonville Ind ofnophritis His remains worebrought to this place on No 58Tuesday and convoyed to StChary s MJuuo the iuuuruenttook place yesterday The Bor ¬

rowing relatives have the sympathy of the entire

IhAinan who puts heirt Into hiswont will always got filead In it

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GOVi HANLY WILL NOTSURRENDER TAYLOR

Indiana Congressman Makes This An ¬

no ncement at Washington

l Washington Dispatch to Tho Lou-isville

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Herald Jan 22JUpon the authority of an In ¬

diana member of the House ofwho saw Gov

Hanly at a short

honor a tor the sur ¬

render of former Gov W SITaylor and Charles F Finleyformer Secretary of State to theKentucky authorities Thegentleman furnishing this

personally discussedtho subject with the Governorand says it is absolutely correct

It was explained tonight thatGov Hnnly will base his refusalto honor Gov Beukham6 re-

quisition¬

on the ground thatMessrs Taylor and Finley wouldnot be accorded n fair and im ¬

partial trial in the Kentuckycourts and that he did not careto be a party to a scheme in ¬

volving Tiny of jus-

tice¬

Shot by Small Brother

Miss Annie Johnson of Cen-

tral¬

City sixteen years old diedJan 2H as the result of a gun ¬

shot wound received in thehands of her brothor ClydeJohnson aged fourteen Theboy was handling the gun andculled to his sister who wasacross the daredhum to shoot her She replied

Yes I give you leave Think-ing

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the gun was without loadshe raised the gunand shot at her

The charge struck her in theback lading soclose to thespinal column dint the doctorscould not probe for it Her suf ¬

fering was intense death beinga relief The boy is inconsol ¬

able and was heard to remarkthat if his sister died he wouldtake his own life The funeraltook place from the Baptistchurch

KUkdat Slaughters

Jno Bell the colored porteron thetrain was run over and killed atSlaughters Tuesday morningTheir train and the north bound

meet at Slaugh-ters

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and the porter it is said att-

empted to got on the engine toride up and open the switch forhis own train to leave town Hisfoot slipped and he fell on thetrackand was run over and hor-

ribly¬

mangled Death was al ¬

mostBell was formerly pocter at the

depot at this place and wellliked by his employers

Hindi Contest

Mr and Mrs J B Atkinsonwere uat house last Thursdayevening to a number of their

friends and most de ¬

lightfully did they entertainThe amusement of the eveningwas a flinch contest of the ladiesagainst tho gentlemen Nine ex-

citing¬

games were played bytheforty guests the ladies winning

a small score Delicious ¬

in four courses wereserved After a time of pleas-

ant¬

social intercourse reluctantgood bys were said at a late hour

ISheriffs Office

In Henderson

As a result of in ¬

stituted in the Henderson Ooun ¬

ty Court by tho Fidelity and De ¬

posit Company of Marylandasking to be released as suretyon the bond of Henry DixonSheriff of that county the officeof sheriff has been declaredvacant and the court will ap ¬

point to till the

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LIVES LOST

By a Mistake In Orders and Three En

gins Demolished

Middlesboro Ky January 22A headon colllson between

two freight trains one aon the Louisville and

Nashville railroad at ShawneeTenn today resulted in thedeath of four railroad men andthe injury of four others twoof whom may die

The known dead areJames Klutz fireman Mid ¬

dlesboroGeorge Mooney of Corbini en-

gineer¬

Will Harris of Oorbin fire ¬

manBrakeman Lau hley of Nor

ton Va-Those believed to be fatally

injured are Will ¬

gineer of Corbtu internally in ¬

jured Will Killioger conductor of Oorbin leg broken and

Imashed L P Larue engineerof Corbin scalded

Those seriously injured areFory Oakley flagman of Oor ¬

bin Lon Sprinkler fireman ofCorbiu Stotzer of

Gap Va injuredabout the head

The southbound train shouldhave met the whichwas a double header at WheelerVa The trains met 800 yardseast of the statiqn at Shawneeon a slight curve and came to-

gether¬

with terrific forceAll three engines were com-

pletely¬

demolished and Fire ¬

man Klutz Engineer MooneyFireman Harris and BrakemanLaughlby were buried under anavalanche of eteel The north ¬

bound train was carrying twen+ M t

Eaton of Corbjn and his brakeman saw what was coming andescaped by cutting loose the ca-

boose¬

before the trains came to ¬

gether

Death Warrant for Owensboro Murderer

Frankfort Ky Jan 20GovBeckham today issued the deathwarrant fixing February 17 asthe date for the execution ofRoy Green under sentence tohang at Owensboro for a mur ¬

der committed at the Owens ¬

boro fair grounds

Dr Young Dead

Dr Jno Wiley Young abrother of Miss Francis Youngso well and favorably known inthis city died at Richmond VaJan 21st

He leaves a father and motherColonel and Mrs W M Younga sister Miss Francos A Youngand two brothers Messrs HenryA and Robert 11 Young

The funeral was preached byDr J P Smith editor of theCentral The floraldecorations were beautifulFour of his classmates acted as

viz Ors Murrell1 B Irwin D A Farrow andBaggerJy The other pallbear ¬

ers were Messrs Miller PalmerJoynor and Tarltpn

Dr Young was much belovedby a largo circie of friends and

all of whom trulymourn his untimely end

K Pays to AdvertiseYes str declared Ming Host-

IIthls If tho boat restaurant in townEverything Is firstclass and ourcook is the boat in the businessDont go elsewhere If you want agood meal Well I must be coing

But where are you going at thistime of day

II Why greatScotsman I its nearly 7 oclockIm going over to the hotel to din

Leader

You your taxes hero>y talking about your citizenship

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qiI SIXTEENTH EAKUNGTON HOPKINS COUNTY THURSDAY 4II

ATTORNEY

GEN HAYS

Commission

McChegnoy

posodcoatof

excessiveGen

superintend

Superintendent

Wednesday

recognition

Georgetown

lostEliotunnatural

uHuhoxp1niniodFredl6bould

announcementtySeventh

Conventions

recognitionthroughout

representations

AssociationThere

Gymnasiumparticipated

Association

prominence

Convention

Associations

conferencescity-ad

departments

evangelicalcommunities

participatecorresponding

community

RepresentativesIndianapolis

announceddfAcquisition

inf-

ormation

miscarriage

Jtreetifshe

deliberately

EvansvilleProvidence

accommodation

instantaneous

Earlington

re-

freshments

DeclaredVacant

proceedings

vacancyi

IfOUR

double-header

Terryen

BrakemanPennington

northbound

1aem

Presbyterian

pallbearers

acquaintances

Wherdamlirolmj

uor0lovoiandcannot

CATHOLIC PRIEST DIES

Father Rjley Injured by Falling Down

Stairs at the Getrwemane Abbey

Louisville Ky J n2LTbe-Rev Father Thomas Riley whowas injured by falling down thestairs at the Gethsemna Abbeylast Tuesday died at St JosephsInfirmary yesterday morning at11 45 oclock The fall resultedin a fracture of the skull and un ¬

consciousness from wInch henever rallied

Father Riley belonged to thediocese of Alton 111 and on ac ¬

count of ill health he was takinga vacation at the abbey when theaccident occurred He was fiftyfive years of age and had been aIpriest for thirty years He wasprominent in Catholic eccles¬iastical circles and his deathwill be widely mourned

Observations in Brief

William J BurtscherIAll money °misers

Roosevelt has been hit by aStqne and from Missouri at that

Even the statue of a foreignruler is not immune from assas ¬

sinationTheL Duke affair in

New York might be termed

DukesmixtureThesalary i-

to be increased about 2600 perThat will make a Fairbank ac-

count¬

A dramatic critic has been ex¬

eluded from a New York theatreBut such is Life

A boy with two stomachs hasstarved to death at Kokomoj IndWelcome the day when it ivilbe as fatal to have two faces

If John L Sullivan Dont regr f> Iitg spent amllin dole

lare why is he lecturing over thecountry in the hope of rehabili ¬

tating itA French Chaff recently

ran his auto at highspeed speedwhich came high in police court

Some people may go to hetthro ignorance but it is safe tosay they will not be too green toburn

If we really could know asmuch as some people think theyknow we would probably notthink much of their capacity tothink

Tho horse represented asuuotafraid of thecars it will befound isonly afraid of the loco ¬

motive

Tile farmer is the only manwho realizes anything from run ¬

ning things in the ground

The devil is a magician aconjurer who adroitly and desterpusly deceives his audience

MAJ HEHSEY GOES EAST

Popular Weather Mans Transfer to New

York Feb Ii

Major Horsey the very popu ¬

lar weather man who has hadcharge of the Louisville BUreA-

for six years is to bo transferrerto New Yorkstate on February1 His headquarters are to be-

at Ithica Major Hersey isknown here having been theguest of Mr John B Atkinsonoft occasions of inspecting thelocal voluntary observation sta ¬

tion Major Hersey has been inthe weather service for twentyyears Ho was a major in thefamous Rough Rider regimentduring the SpanishAmericanwar

When you come to say goodbyeto old sins it Is unwise to bold n farwell meeting

>When a man wears his piety as

an ornament you can depend oultsbeing iniHttf

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T POWDER KILLSJl

Miner at Victoria Drops Lampin Open Keg

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ONE MAN KILLED AND TWO OTHERS

INJURED

Tuesday night between lland12 oclock a fatal explosion oo

curved in the coal mine operatedby the Victoria Coal Comparnear here in which one mankilled and two others serionburned All three men w

colored andconsideledrelia1BImen

Ike Gibbon was killed Rickard Bates was the most serious tly injured having swallowedthe fire besides other injuriesAlex Nisbet was the third maninjured All had their clothesblown or burned off of them

Alex Nisbet was the head ofthe shooters gang and after theexplosion he walked to the bott-om of the shift about four hun-

dred¬

yards and was hoisted tothe surface He told of the ex¬

plosion and said he saw Bateslamp falling into the keg of pow¬andathat he fell back to avoid theawiysHe d not know what had hap¬

pened to the other men Therewere two other men shooting inanother part of the mine butnone near where the explo ¬

sion occurredInstector John Eades whoso

duty it is to make the rounds atseolmine and Was going toward the

siQpRccuireplace he found the dead body ofGibson and Richard Bates theinjuredman Batas with hisaid walked to the shaft Hisstory to the inspector confirmedwhat Nisbet had told when heiilIHe did not know what had be ¬

come of Nisbet and Mr Eadesdid not know until he reachedthe surface whether Nisbet hadescaped

Both the injured men are in xserious condition and may diethough every effort is being

fmade to save them and every effort to alleviate their suffering

The readera of TilE HER willremember a similar accident inthe Arnold mine some years agogwhen Ligo Fritchett was killedam Qfiorge Miller badly burnedPritchettii lamp fell from hisscap into the keg of powder andhe was instantly killed Millerwas badly burned and almostsuffocated rOOed tQCJlwlout and roe d

CLOSE SHAVE

Wagon Wheel BroKe and Saved theDrivers tile i

lHnlvey Parker who hauls coalfor the city tradehuda narrowescape from death or injury lastSaturday noon He was ap ¬

proaching Main street crossingwith a load of coal and his muleswere on the track when an en-gine

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with a cut of cars camebacking down the siding Thocrossing flagman tried to stop theteam before it reached the trackbut he was unable to do so Inorder to avoid leaving himself orhis team killed Parker turnedthem short around began back¬vtenoneon the inside of tho tAil and wasbroken oft By this time theengine had been stopped nnrl

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