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VOL XIX HARTFORD OHIO COUNTY KY FRIDAY OCTOBER 26 1906 No 15

GOVERNMENT ANXIETY

About Fate of Troops and

Valuable War Vessels

Prrsldent Roosevelt Will Be Off

to Panama Immediately

After Election

ISixclnl Till UrrC LIUWashington D C Oct 21

During the last few days the Gov-

ernment

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has been exceedingly unx ¬

ious as to the fate of the many

American troops and valuable war ¬

ships now on duty in and aroundCuba For fortyeight hours afterthe hurricane struck the Island thiscountry was as entirely cut off fromCuba as though the Jsland had been

wiped off the map Considerable

damage was done in the South and

every wire south of Jacksonville was

down The Navy Department put on

t as good a face as it could in the natp ter and said there was no

apprehended At the samedangerI

with ail the cables gone and

the land wires wrecked frantic ef-

forts

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were made to get into com ¬

munication with Havana by wireless

Charleston was the furthetest pointsouthon the coast where there was

n wireless station that could be

reached by land lines For two

days and nights she tried unavailingly to get either St Augustine orPensacola but naturally in such a

severe storm the wireless masts wereone of the first things to go down

After long effort Charleston gotPensacola and after a still longerwait a message was relayed to Key

West whence it was flashed to Ha

vana just about the time that cablecommunication was reestablishedand the grounding of the Brooklynwas known Very meagre news hasbeen received by the Department so

far as to the damage done to Amer4 ican property in Cuba but it is

known that there arc over 100 deadthat more than 100 houses have been

idestroyed and considerable damagedone the American warshipsHow serious the damage to theBrooklyn will prove is not yetknown but it will be a curious fatality if after bearing the brunt ofthe seafight off Santiago she lays

her iron bones under the Moro as theresult of an ordinary hurricane

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Arrangements have been made forthe Presidents trip to Panama and itIs announced that he will start onNovember 8th Secretary Rootsreport of favorable conditions theremakes the President more than everanxious to take a look at theIsthmus He will be accompaniedby thanes cruisers the Washingtonand the Tennessee while the President himself will journey on thegreat battleship Louisiana Secre

yr tary Taft will not accompany him onthis trip but he will stay in Wash-

ington¬

ready to deal with the Cubansituation as the Presidents deputyshould occasion arise

The reports that have been givenout of Secretary Tafts refusal to goon the Supreme bench may be takenabout as seriously as other newspa¬

per predictions two years in advanceof an event The event of course isthe Presidential election and the in ¬

ference is that if the Secretary re-

fuses¬

the Supreme Court it will bebecause he considers himself in line

for the next Presidential nomina ¬

tion It is entirely too far ahetfd tojudge as to this combination of cir

1 cumstances There are a greatthings to be taken Into con-

sideration¬

There are other Presi ¬

dential possibilities including evenPresident Roosevelt himself It isknown quite well that PresidentRoosevelt has the highest regard forMr Tafts ability as a lawyer andit is quite possible that he can havethe Supreme Court appointment anytime that he wants it in the nexttwo years if his inclination shouldpoint that way

FrleOllsDisappointed

Benton Ky Oct 23 GovernorBeckham spoke here today to sever-

al hundred people He spoke along

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his usual line of defense against

admlnlsI ¬

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new manyof his friends are sorely disappoinedthat he made no reference to thecharge that he received a check

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for 3500 from the brewing inter-est

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t during his last campaign forGovernor Some of his friends hadconfidently asserted that he wouldrefute this charge in his speechhere Gov Beckham made an at ¬

tack on the CourierJournal sayingit never loses an opportunity of misrepresenting him

ANSEL PATTON

Arrested in ArizonaWantedHere on Seduction Charge

Sheriff at Globe Wires Informa ¬

tion to Ohio County

Attorney

Some time ago a warrant was is ¬layIlor ¬

Sam P Rowan charging Ansel Patton with the seduction of LizzieRowan under promise of marriageMiss Rowan is the daughter of MrJ B Rowan a prominent citizenof the Heflin neighborhood and isunder age

WI d lesday the following dispatchwas received by County Attorney EM Woodward

Globe Arizona 1021 190G

District Attorney Ohio Ci

Ansel Patton in jail Wire war ¬

rant and au aunt of bailW G STANLEY Sheriff

The offense is not a bailable oneand the authorities at Globe havebeen requested to hold Patton pend ¬

ing the arrival of an officer withproper requisition papers

It is understood that exSheriffC P Keown will be appointed StateAgent and that he will leave forGlobe to bring Pattton back as soonthe necessary papers can be securedfrom Frankfort

Attorney W H < Barnes has beenretained to aid in the prosecution Iffound guilty the punishment is fromone to five years in the penitentiaryIf a marriage should bo resorted toin order to stop the prosecutionunder a late act he must live withher two years in order to avoid aa revival of the prosection

Surprise Birthday DinnerenjoyabLAocial function was

the surprise 1jfrthda dinner givenMr and Mrs Uriah Coppage at theirhome near Sulphur Springs last Saturday by their many friends

Those present were Mr and MrsNattie White Mr and Mrs WorthLloyd Mr and Mrs John LloydMr and Mrs Vester Neighbors Mrand Mrs Robert Quisenberry Mrand Mrs Charlie White Mrs E WNevitt of Owensboro Mrs DebbieWedding Mr Arthur Petty MissElender Petty and Daniel Midkiff ofHartford Miss Eva Duke Mr Murry Coppage Mr John Bobbit ofMagan and Mr Tom Barrett ofDawson Springs They all enjoyed apleasant day and Mr and Mrs Coppage received many presents

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Thug Knocked DownPaducah kyOct 23Stopped

by holdup men and ordered to de-

liver¬

Walter Sights clerk in a lo-

cal bank let drive at one of the menwith a piece of brick knocked himdown and made his escape to his ap-artments Young Sights workedlate in the bank and the men whoattempted to hold him up werestanding across the street when heemerged Ho suspecfed somethingwrong and armed himself with thebrick which he laterused so effect-ively

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K of P LuncheonOn account of the entertainment

given llt the Court Hall Tuesdaynight by Miss Nannie Barbee theK4 ef P luncheon was deferred un1tll next Tuesday evening Everymember Is expected to be present as j

there will tie plenty of work to dobefore the feast is spread

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PARKER

Hits Hearst lard In New

York

Late Democratic Candidate For

President Pays Compliment

to Republican Candidate

At a meeting held in New YorkCity Tuesday night by the judiciarynomination committee Judge AltonB Parker paid his respects to Hearstand Murphy in the following vigor-

ous¬

languageMrr after saying that he

had left the bench never to returnpaid a tribute to his former associales and the present members of theState courts and appealed to his au ¬

dience to vote for Judges who wereknown to be free of political binsand political bosses

A machine he said is not theproper place from which to selectJudges and the reason of it is veryplain A political machine other ¬

wise an organization which receivesits sole control and direction fromone man and the will of one manIsaitnachinc organized on this princi ¬

pie That the men within it give tothe machine in order that they mayreceive and the boss in turn gives tothem in order that he and the mem¬

bers of tho machine may receive in

returnNowthere is no difference be ¬

tween a Republican machine and aDemocratic machine but in this par ¬

ticular canvass our work is directedagainst a combination of a Demo ¬

cratic machine and IndependenceLeague machine

MAKES A COMPARISON

Our Republican friends wbilenot able to indorse our ticket alto-gether have nevertheless indorsedtwelve out of the thirteen candi ¬

dates and I suppose we ought to besatisfied with that But if the gal ¬

lant leader of the Republican ma¬

chine himself a man of learning ofcharacter of great ability and as I

believe lofty patriotic purpose wasunequal to the opportunity to ariseto that full height which the occa ¬

sion offered him what I should liketo know could you expect of a ma ¬

chine that was dominated ba Mur¬

phy or a Hearst or both in combina ¬

tionTheevidence is unmistakablecontinued Judge Parker that theleader of Tammany Hall realizedthat the only opportunity he wouldhave for patronage this year wouldbe in this judicial ticket Did youdream or did Idid anyone sup-pose for a moment that there couldbe any inducement which would leadhim to place his hand in the handsof the man who had denounced himas a corruptionist and as a criminaland had pictured him with stripesupon him and a ball and chain at hisfeet

OUGHT TO BE A CRIME

And yet he did it He did moreAspiring to be the leader of his par¬

ty in the State he nevertheless wentto a convention and there by his willand by his force by his ability tocommand this and that man to breakhis promise he turned a minorityinto a majority He made a conven-

tion¬

which had a valid title a fraud ¬

ulent one Those things which weredone which in business constitute acrime ought to constitute a crimein politics Was there any rewardto come to him except the JudgesNone at all v

May God in His infinite mercyand goodness incline the hearts ofthese His people to fight for ourindependent ticket as they several ¬

ly would fight for their birthrightsfor then the dreadful calamity with I

which we are threatened will pass byI

on the other sideor

Beckham to Speak HereGovernor J C W Beckham can ¬

dilate for nomination for United121Ibe a good many people out to hearhim

It will no doubt be of considerableinterest to a majority of those whohear him If he will explain why he

approved the act of the last Legislahire placing Ohio county in a Legis-lative district composed of threecounties and having a population ofover 53000 when the constitutionof Kentucky provides that not morethan two counties shall be joined forsuch purpose and 22000 being themaximum population fpr such dis ¬

trictHemight enhance his chances for

nomination should he explain to thesatisfaction of his hearers why heapproved bills providing for thecreation of new offices and raise insalary of old ones which will increasethe burden of taxpayers 50000 an-

nually¬

and vetoed a bill providingfor the paymentfor one dayto coverexpenses of travel to the courthouse of persons regularly summon ¬

ed as jurors and not usedThe Governor might clear up his

befogged temperance horizon by ex ¬

plaining why he waited until he be ¬

came on active candidate for thenomination he is now seeking beforehe attempted to close up the saloonsand theaters in Louisville on Sunday I

when he has been Governor sixyears and had as much authority toact during that entire time as he nowhas He might add one jot or tittle tohis illustrious temperance crusadeby giving good reasons why he re ¬

tained in office as one of his ap¬

pointees Wingate Thompson specialpolice for the new State Capitol aft¬

er he had been accused and indictedfor running a blind tiger on the newCapitol grounds while acting assuch police

Mr Beckham may say that Repub ¬

licans have no interest in this polit¬

ical scrap which is probably true insome particulars But Republicansand all good citizens are interestedto the extent of desiring good gov ¬

ernment and sincerity in the admin ¬

istration thereof

HENRY CLAYTER

Gets 20 Years In the P nnel-

1tlaryExcltement

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in

Court RoomI-

ltrctrurldhr UrnwrrntlHenry Clayter the Irvington ne-

gro who eloped to Chicago with a15 year old white girl was given 20years in the penitentiary yesterdayin Breckenridge circuit court Hewas tried upon the charge of carnal ¬

ly knowing a female under the ageof sixteen years

On being formally arranged thedefndant entered a plea of guiltyDuring the progress of the hearingof the Commonwealths evidenceand during and after Mr Laymansspeech there was much feeling de¬

monstrated by those in the crowdedcourt room When the girl testifiedthat the intimacy was forced by thedefendant there were many firmglaces turned in the direction ofwhere Clayter was seated Thecourt experienced some trouble insecuring a jury most of the partiesavailable having formed or express¬

ed an opinion concerning the caseThe jail has been guarded since Clay ¬

ter arrived herebut there has been nodemonstration that wouldsuggestmob violence That the people werewilling to let the law take its courseis no more than should be and wasexpected of them but mob violencewas predicted and our citizenshiphas made another demonstration ofits character Clayter was taken toEddyville Thursday night

At the HotelThe following is the roster at the

Commercial Hotel for the weekE R SmithNashville A B Gun

ther Owensboro W S Trunnell°

Livermore JF HopeMorgantownD Poodles county S H DentLeitch field J J Bracken PrentisN E Anderson Evansville John I

B Moseley Owensboro J W

Ament Livermore B SheppardLouisville Miss Nannie BarbeeDanville J Frank Baker Beaver DamGeorgelGeorgeIelBrownr

TROUBLE MAY FOLLOW

Says President Dunn If To ¬

bacco Is Taxed

Says Farmers Will Not StandFor City Tax On Pooled

Crops

Whitesville Ky Oct 22As somuch is said just now about the citytax on the pdoled tobacco it mightbe well for me to give a few wordsof warning I do so to keep downtrouble I do not want any war be ¬

tween the A S of E and Owensboro and it will surely come if theypersist The people declare it un ¬

just and public sentiment is so bit ¬

ter that trouble will follow and ifthe four counties take it up as theyundoubtably will anybody can seewnat it will lead to The order cancommand fourfifths of the fourcounties If these should decide toquit Owensboro it may hurt Owensboro more than the tax will do it

becauseIto happen I am in better positionto know than anyone else and Iknow that the best men in the fourcounties will take this up Now wehave many warm friends in Owensboro and they condemn the tax Ido hope this can be settled withoutany hard feelings

On the first of November the com-

mittee¬

on the pledging papers meetin Owensboro I will call all thenew chairmen of the finance committee and the old finance commit ¬

tee to meet me atOwensboro on thatday at the Columbus house at 9 a mLet both the new and old financecommittees meet on that day Ifany districts have not elected theircommittees by that day they will beappointed You have until thatdateto elect Please see to it atonce I want to elect our graderand must do it at about the first of

NovemberIof tobacco buyers

Let each local appoint one man ineach school district to see that noman sells who has pledged and anyman who sells report him to thechairman of your district Let himgive the man who buys and in thepresence of witnesses notice not todeliver the tobacco and if alreadydelivered notify the man who hasthe tobaccothat we will enter suitagainst him These contracts arelegal and we will enforce them bylaw We can protect ourselves Anyman selling under a false name willbe dealt with under the head of mis¬

representation We will catch it alland we propose to do so

Some are asking the address ofour county secretary Send allmoney to W P Wathen PhilpotKy It will reach him He is onthe rural free delivery but I do notknow his number He will soon givehjs number Let all dues be sent in

promptlyDontthe call for the first

of November Let all the new andold finance committee of the countybe at the Columbus house at 9oclock J W DUNN

County President A S of E

Finance Committee to Meet I

The finance committee of the A I

S of E composed of the five coun ¬

ties of the Green River district will I

meet in Owensboro next Saturday at1 oclock The purpose of the meeting is to make arrangements forhandling the ijj06 crop j

The finance committee was givenfull central of all arrangements forthe handling of the 1906 crop and itsmeeting on Saturday will be for thispurpose It is not expected that thearrangements will differ materially j

from those of taut rIMrs Annie Coffman DeadThese words came to us like a

thunderbolt from a clear sky Anniethe childfriend of our youth Howdare the ruthless hand of deathclaim this subject for his victim Isee her as but yesterday prattlinglittle child of four frail in bodybright beyond her years a favoritechild the sunshine of a home Oft

is the time when our days workwas done have those little handsdone us a kindness those childishlips unconsciously spoken words ofcheer and comfort I behold herlater in life a kind considerate andaffectionate girl grown into woman ¬aIwatchful mother Later still I seeher the companion and helpmate ofmy friend the life the light thehope and inspiration of anotherhome Amid these scenes the exitcame The void the aching heartsan unfinished life Why this cruelfate The Infinite alone may

answerHusbandfather mother friends

be not displeased with the Masterswork Annie lived in this world tomake it brighter and better shedied to leave us an example to emu ¬

late May we all meet her in thathome beyond the realm of death

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TO GIVE THANKSV

President Roosevelt Issues Proc ¬

lamation Fixing Novem ¬

ber 29

Washington Oct 24The presi ¬

dent has issued a proclamation nam ¬

ing Thursday November 29 as aday of thanksgiving-

The text of the proclamation is as

followsAproclamation The time of

year has come when in accordancewith the wise custom of our foref-athers it becomes my duty to setaside a special day of thanksgivingand prayer to the Almighty becauseof the blessings we have receivedand of prayer that these blessingsmay be continued Yet anotheryear of widespread wellbeing haspassed Never before in our historyor in the history of any other nationhas a people enjoyed more abound¬

ing material prosperity than has oursa prosperity so great that it shouldarouse in us no spirit of recklesspride and least of all a spirit ofheedless disregard of our responsi-

bilities¬

but rather a sober sense ofour many blessings and a resolute jpurpose under Providence not toforfeit them by any action of our

ownIMaterial wellbeing indispensablethough it is can ever be nothing ti

but the foundation of true national s

greatness and happiness If webuild nothing on this foundationthen our national life will be asmeaningless and empty as a house A

where only the foundation has beenlaid On our material wellbeingmust be built a superstructure of in ¬

dividual and national life lived inaccordance with the laws of thehighest morality or else our pros¬

perity itself will in the long runturn out a curse instead of a bless ¬

ing We should be both reverentlythankful for what we have receivedand earnestly bent on turning it in ¬

to a means of grace and not of de-

struction¬

Accordingly I hereby set apartThursday the 29th day of Novem ¬

ber next as a day of thanksgivingand supplication on which the peaple shall meet in their homes orchurches devoutly acknowledge allthat has been given them and to praythat they may in addition receivethe power to use these gifts aright

In witness whoreof I have here-unto set my hand and caused thQ

seal of the United States to be affixed

Done at the city of Washingtonthis 22d day of October in the yearof our Lord one thousend nine hundred and six nndof the Independ-ence

iof the United States the onehundred and thirtyfirsttt

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

By the presidentELIHU ROOT Secretary Stateeg

Announcement-The newBaptist church at Baize

town Ky will be dedicated the 4thSunday in October 190S Rev A B

Gardner of Hartford will Breachthe dedicatory sermon at 11 oclocka m There will be dinner on the

ground and the public in general isInvited to attend

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