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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
8
D S Gay was awarded 450 dollars after suing to recover goods stored in a freight depot destroyed by fire. In a separate case, D S Bowden sues Lexington and Eastern Railroad for 10000 dollars for injuries from being struck by a passenger train at Pendleton street crossing. evidence had not begun at press time.
In Cincinnati a group of independent tobacco manufacturers who bought 25 percent of the barley tobacco crop for 1906 07 discussed apportioning 26 000 000 pounds under the Equity Society selling agreement. A committee from Louisville Lexington Cincinnati and other cities will sample and allocate the product at a Friday meeting hosted by Frishmuth Bros. & Co. of Philadelphia.
Milwaukee Wis Dec 3 The wilderness of northern Wisconsin is said to host Kentucky colonists making moonshine whisky Rev R P Hutton assistant State secretary of the Wisconsin Anti Saloon League reports that Kentuckians settled near Crandon and have secret stills US authorities have been alerted but a marshal allegedly avoided pursuing the matter.
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts around 21 000 with steady to slightly lower prices across categories. Hogs receipts about 38 000 with buyers pushing prices higher. Sheep receipts near 30 000 with steady values from native and western flocks.
Wheat prices on the Chicago local exchange topped prior records with December at 1.03, May at 1.105, and July at 1.034. Deliveries all sold at the season’s peak, signaling strong demand as winter supplies tighten.
The Winchester City Council holds its regular monthly meeting tomorrow night with no major items expected. The agenda focuses on routine business and standard city matters.
Beattyville Ky Dec 3 Geo Williams the oldest man in Lee county died at his home five miles from town aged 94 He was a Mason for fifty years and will be buried by that fraternity.
John N Smith magistrate of Practor precinct Lee county was adjudged insane by the Lee Circuit Court yesterday and was removed to the Lexington asylum by Drs Evang and McDonald.
Mrs E M McCarney of Lexington is the guest of Mrs William McCarney. Mrs Wm McCarney spent a few days in Lexington this week.
At the American mining congress session in Pittsburg on December 3, leaders said within sixty days Congress will likely establish a bureau of mines in the interior department. They plan public fraud protections and renewed mine safety laws with both federal and state measures urged. Senators Burke and Dick voiced the bureau’s imminent creation и James H. Douglas and George Otis Smith addressed mining and wealth distribution.
Toledo reports the United States Telephone Company and independents suit against the Bell system to halt independent exchanges merger has been postponed indefinitely. Judge Robert W. Taylor was to hear it Friday but Bell interests requested more time for defense. Rumors of out of court settlement arose but lack foundation.
The late Chinese emperor’s envoy Tong Shou Yi delivered a letter to President Roosevelt at the White House blue parlor thanking the United States for remitting 14 million dollars of the Boxer indemnity. Prince Tsai Fu and a small delegation attended as Roosevelt spoke briefly in acceptance.
Grand Rapids, Dec 3 Judge Knappen fined Stearns Salt and Lumber Co of Ludington $10,000 for rebating on six counts after withdrawing a prior guilty plea on 20 counts. United States district court found the company guilty of accepting rebates from Pere Marquette railroad on shipments from Ludington to Toledo.
Greene thirsty souls who think they can go over into Montgomery or Clark counties for their liquor will have rough sledding, according to an order of the Dayton and Xenia and Springfield and Xenia Traction companies, that they will carry no drunken men on their cars. The order was made after the county was voted drunk.
James Hardy was instantly killed when the motor car he operated ran out of control near Crooksville Ohio. The vehicle dashed ahead and collided with a loaded coal car, crushing Hardy between the two. a companion leaped clear and saved himself.
In Marietta Ohio on December 3 the murder trial of Ed Brock a colored man charged with killing Earl Waderker a colored farmer began. Jury selection is expected to take a couple of days as prosecutors outline the fatal shooting at the door of Waderker’s home on October 11.
Hartford officials report W. E. Kibbe and W. H. Phair, chauffeurs, admitted guilt in a manslaughter case after reckless driving caused two deaths. Phair received a prison term of three to four years. Kibbe’s sentence was postponed for later.
In Peking on December 3 the young emperor Pu Yi was enthroned with a ceremony that saw princes and high officials kowtowing to memorial tablets. He then offered a sacrifice, shed mourning dress, and dressed in a dragon embroidered imperial robe before receiving bows from princes and officials.
In Memphis Tennessee P P Van Vleet a wealthy wholesale drug dealer received a letter signed Destroyers of the Rick and the Black Hand of New York demanding 10000 dollars be placed at a point on his lawn under threat of death. Police hid nearby and arrested an 18 year old youth named Norman Thurman as he tried to reach the specified spot.
In New York a bid to depose Senator Patrick H. McCarren as Brooklyn Democratic leader failed at the Kings County general committee meeting. A resolution to postpone officer elections until January to seek harmony was defeated 231 to 82, reaffirming McCarren’s grip on the organization.
In Toledo Ohio on December 3 193? Harvey Hazel a 17 year old on trial for murdering his mother faced a resumed common pleas court case after prosecutors and defense could not agree on a plea deal. The state pressed for murder in the second degree while the defense sought manslaughter with a Mansfield reformatory term. Jury selection stall and opposition to capital punishment hindered proceedings as Hazel faces first degree murder if convicted.
Impressive impresario Schurmann recalls odd clauses from contracts with Tamagno and Caruso. Tamagno insisted on thirty seven candles per night, later found to be sold off. A diva demanded duty free baggage, a cache of rice later found sold for profit in France.
General J. H. Sharer commander of the department of Ohio G. A. R. died suddenly at his home in Alliance. He was 66 and served in the 115th O. V. I. during the Civil War.
John G. Jenkins Jr formerly president of the Jenkins Trust Company of Brooklyn was found not guilty by a Brooklyn jury of larceny of $50,000 of the firm's funds.
Berlin reports the United States and Germany set a two cent rate for letters between the nations, replacing five cents. The new rate takes effect January 1.
Kobe Japan December 3 The Japanese steamer Ginsei foundered off Wei Hai Wei China. The entire crew and all passengers aboard were lost.
J. D. Armstrong & Co of Pittsburg assigned to Chapman & Rainbow for creditors. A blaze destroyed Goff Brothers stable in Charleston West Virginia. twenty horses cremated and several firemen injured. President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt marked their 22nd wedding anniversary. Mrs. Wardell, wife of General Wardell, died in Los Angeles County General Hospital. President Thompson of Ohio State University reportedly awaiting gallstone surgery.
A vivid ethnology note describes Dyak head taking as a means to acquire a conquered soul boosting courage and fame. Smoking severed heads in rattan crates and hanging them as grape like trophies shows their sacred status and vigilant guarding. The observer, H L E Luering, recalls interactions with Anakoda Unsang and battles past.
J K Friedman in Chicago News explains that the spy system used by Japan in the war with Russia traces to ancient bush i and a Chinese text. The article outlines five kinds of spies with the top type feigning loyalty to a commander to win enemy trust and betray them from within.
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