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IN TURKEY

Thirty Persons Are Reported Killed

and Many InjuredBuild ¬

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Special to The Newst Feb 16 An

earthquake razed the governmentbuilding and residence at Sivas thecapital of Vilayet It is reported that thirty persons were killedand many injured

POWELL COUPLE

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SK Baird and Miss MattieUnited at Eleven Oclock

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S K Baird and Mattie Williamsof Powell county were married atthe BrownProctoria Hotel in this

i city at 11 oclock Tuesday night Atthis unseemly hour Mr S W PowellDeputy County Clerk was arousedfrom his slumbers A license wasrwanted quick Sam is always cleverThe next thing was to get a preacherElder J M Rash was prevaileduponto get out of bed and come to thehotel Mr Baird is bookkeeper forHardwick and Company at StantonMiss Williams is a daughter of MrJohn W Williams one of the mostprominent citizens of Powell countyThe romance about this wedding isthe fact that the parties have beenmarried to each other before A di-

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followed the result of a misun ¬

derstanding the bride taking hermaiden name After a period of someyears they found that they couldnotlive one without the other and theyare married again With manvfriends we wish them a happy futureazsrMRS LAIR DIES AS-

RESULTV OF BURNS

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and She Survives TenDays

PARIS icy Feb 16The deathof Mrs Sallie EL Lair following tendays of intense suffering froin0burnsabout the body asa result of herclothes becoming ignited from anopen grate fire came as shock tothe community Mrs Lair was agedabout 54 years und was the widowof the late Joseph Lair She is sur-vived

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by two children Mrs FrankCurrent and Mr Matt Lair Jr Thefuneral services will take fromher residence on the Clayand Rise rpike tomorrow morning at 10 oclockservices at the grave in the Pariscemetery at 1130 being conductedby Elder Carey E Morgan

The pall bearers will bew PHume John Morris Joe HoustonJas Steaphens A P Adair and Al¬

fred Batterton

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AT OPENING SALES

First Day of Fifth Annual WinterEvent Well Attended

LEXINGTON Ky Feb 16The-ofresults the opening days of the

Kentucky Sales Companys fifth an ¬

x nual winter auction of light harnesshorses was > everything consideredvery satisfactory Seventysix heawere sold yesterday for a total o16185 an average of 213 per head

The top price yesterday was 725paid for the fouryearold Jay Birdfilly> Eliza Jane by Hunter 0 Moodythe local trainer

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a handsome residence ons Easta Broadway near Highland street

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Tiv Bloomfield sold a building lotin his Lexington avenue addition toRichard Jones Saturday pphsider=

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GROCERY StOREi

Thief Robs Burch and Vice MondayNightGets 6 in Gohf

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The grocery store1of Burch andVice on East Broadway wairokeninto sometime1 Monday night andabout 6 in money was taken fromthe cash drawer and several boxesof cigars and other contents of thestore The thief effected an entranceby breaking out the glass in thefront door No arrests have beenmade yet but the police think they-have a clue to the guiltYarties-

tEXCftLNT SHOW AT

RINKsBackmans Wild Animals and Glass

Blowers Show PleasesLarge Audience <

The Bachmans wild animal andglass blowers show that is to ex

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hibit at the AuclitoriuntvRinkVali thisweek put on their first performanceMonday night to a large ifncl appre ¬

ciative audience The doors openedat seven oclock and by eight oclockwhen the wild animal performancebegun regardless of the weather theseats around the arena iri which theanimals perform were will filled Theperformance is interesting and in-

structive¬

and well worth the priceofadmission The doors open onehour before each performance andevery one has an opportunity ofsee ¬

ing the glass blowers iat work beforeand after 4Tio niiirtiilhsliow-

Adam Forepau it i his palmiestdays never had the pleasure of show¬

ing to the public a better educatedtroupe of wild animals than thesewith the Bachman shows Whilethey may not outnumber those of theFor sabshaitd other great rcircnses1they are equally as well trained andperform some feats that are seldomseen in the leading circuses of today

first on the program in the an=

eimal show js Joseph Gain with hiswonderful troupe ofsix educatedAustralian cockatoos The cocka ¬

toos afford mucli amusement by theirfunny antics acid this iSIIIH of thebest features on the prograh

The next on the program is Mrj T Bachman playing the I role asa ventriloquist with his two woodenfigures Tommy and Sarah Thus issomething that is enjoyed by the oldas well as the young aid producesmuch laughter

Madam JVfazzellV Marguerite withher troupe of teddy earsi the nextfeature on thy program The bearsate well trained and do man Y rrobatic and laughable stunts so char¬

acteristic of themBertine Lorenzo with his congre-

gation¬

of wild beasts including threegoats two bears one ape one mon¬

key two dogs and one German edu¬

cated hog perform pf the most won¬

derful tricks ever accomplished bywild animals The s and thebears do some very difficult acrobaticfeats such as tight wire performan ¬

ces trapese acting etc with theagility of an acrobat The Germanwild hog is one of the most importantcharacters in this featdre of theprogram and plays his FPart well MrBachman claims hi nito be the onlyeducated German in this coun ¬

5fThe of theprogram is Prof Paul JohanningNubianfof the entire program aricUit aloneis well worth the pricVof admissionEvery feature of the program wasentertaining and was watched withinterest by everyone in the audience

The glass blowers are always inoperation and every one of them areartists of Jio mean ability Theirexhibition is worth watching and isfascinatingto no small degree

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KENTOOKV DAY

July 30th has been set apart asKentucky Day at the Alaska

kOnPacific Exposition to be held atSeattle this summer phfee thousandKentuckians are said to reside in theala te of Washington

rAwoman who marries the second-time should not be toarried diiiwhite

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MRS JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHERMANMrs Sherman wife of the vice president elect

t has occupied a conspicuousplace In Washington society for several years Shells a peysonal friend ofMrs Roosevelt and Mrs Taft and belongs to the inner circle at the WhiteHouse She is an excellent entertainer sharing her genial husbands personalpopularity Their Washington home will be the sgenpof many importantsocial events during the present season

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ii MARTIN HAS

LEASED LARGER PLAGEj

Will Carry Larger Line of Farming

> Implements and Also

DeaLin1Seed J

TO meet fhe demands of a rapidlyincreasing business Mr J13 Martinthe Broadway Coal and Implementdealrhas leased the large buildingon Main street recently occupied byMcCord Track McCormick

Mr Martin will add a much largerline of farming implements and willalso deal extensively in field seedshis new quarters giving ample facili-ties for carrying a greater Variety inevery line He is one of our mostprogressive young business men andwill have the able assistance of suchexperienced men as Messrs TuttMartin Dudley McCormick andFrank Tanner

Mr Martin will also retain hispresent location on Broadway and isnow ready for business at either lo ¬

cationBENEFITS

OF USING

COLUMNS OF THE NEWS

MrJesse Owens Has Vefy Success ¬

ful Lace and Embroidery Sale

THe benefits of advertising in TheWinchester News is strikingly seenby the wideawake merchant MrJesse Owens put on a lace and em ¬

broidery sale Friday and Saturdayof last week The advertisements forthis sale appeared twice in the col¬

umns of The News Mr Owens re¬

ports that his store on North Mainstreet was crowded all day Fridayand Saturday and that he made over409hdividual sales

HOTELISlBURNED

CAMPTON Ky Feb 16At 2oclock Monday morning the oldCombs House in this city burned tothe ground This was one of theoldest buildings in Campton havingbeen built 30Jto 40 years ago Themain building was of brick and thebrick walls are all that saved all thefcenfcral pOrtion of Cam ton ifironrburning It is thought that the fire

Theilhotelat least 3500 and was the propertyol CL W Robinson of WinchesterKy

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Wr and Mrs SJ6vTracy Claim Thatv VK Baiyless Ran Ma

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In the Fayet CirbnCourt Satur ¬

day two suits w refiled by MrsBernice Treyan B Tracyof tins city

in tW JL Bay lessfor

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alleged careless and negligencein running an 4tmicibirei

Mrs Bernice TiioyrIues for 2

500 She says that during April1908 she was driving on the Win¬chester and Lexington turnpike whenshe was overtaken by the defendantsautomobile which was being drivenat a speed pf more than twentymiles an hour andthe car collidedwith the horse and buggy drivenby plaintiff and she was thrown outand sustained injuries from whichshe has not nndPwillnot recoverShe says her cQUarbon t

was brokenand she was bruised andacrushedand vas confined to her bedfor more than thirty days and incur¬

red medical bills in the sum of atleast 100 her spectacles werebroken to the ofa20 and by reason of those injuriesand mental and bodily suffering en¬

dured she has been damaged in thesum of 2500

S B Tracy says on that date hewas the owner ofa fine iron grayhorse of the value of 250 and a bug ¬

gy and harness worth 50 that hiswife was drivwisame when the de¬

fendants car qljided the out ¬

fit and the bug y broken upsetand damaged to the extent of 25and the horse was frightened andran away and was damaged in thesum of at least 100 He says thehorse was a fine family horse gentlequiet and safe for ladies to driveprior to and up to the date of saidcollision and that sine that time hasbeen and is dangerous excitable andnervous and of no value for familyuse wherefore heprays damages inthe sum of 12ijt vy y

J Smith Hays ancLIJ H Haggardare attorney for tHe plaintiffs

HAVE MOVED HERE

Grover Anderson and family havemoved from Stanton o hgmsonthis-county ij

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Messrs George JBrpsf proprietorsotthe St George lIotel block havepurchased ofthd agan Gas EngineCo two tenr ioipis P9ijir enginesand dynamos fo furnishing light andrunning electrlctfF

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FLEET

1Advance Guard Arrives at Old Point

i aril All Hotel Rooms Arerat a Premium

Fort Monroe Va Feb 16The ad=

vance guard of visitors en route here-to view the notable naval demonstra-tion

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tof Monday next and to particibatJ ¬

tleships under command of Rear Admirah Sperry has begun to arrive Hotel accommodations at Old Point al-

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are at a premium and quartersare now being sought at NorfolkHampton and other cities borderingHampton Roads

The interest excited by the sailingof ittie fleet 14 months ago naturallyhas2 been accentuated many fold dur¬

ing the remarkable cruise and excur¬

sions are to be run from most of theeastern cities

The program of entertainment hereIs still indefinite as it is not knownas yet just how many of the shipswill be detached following the presi ¬

dents review and sent to the navyyards Some 3000 of the bluejacketsfrom the fleet are to be sent to Wash ¬

ington to participate in the inauguralparade of March 4 and the vesselsfrom which they are drawn undoubt-edly will remain here for the menare to be taken to the capital cn na¬

val transportsEfforts are to be made to have

President Roosevelt and his guests onthe Mayflower come ashore the even¬

ing of the review to attend the dinnerin honor of the flag and commandingofficers of the fleet by the Navyleague of which General Horace Por ¬

ter is president This dinner will befollowed by a ball and during thestay of the ships in the road therewill be a round of gaieties Officersof the army at Fort Monroe arte pre-paring to have a share in the wel ¬

come to the fleet > teThe ships are to anchor in > racti

cally the same positions from wliiciijthey started on their voyage of theworld Dec 16 1907 They were an¬

chored before sailing In two longlines but fell Into single column tofollow the Mayflower to= the reviewIng water off Thimble Shoal light

As understood here it Is AdmiralSperrys intention to bring the shipsin the capes and past the presidentsyacht In two lines of eight shipseach The anchoring maneuvers afterthe ships pass the government pierprobably will be the prettiest part ofthe fine spectacle

Just what formation is tp be takenby the escorting ships of the thirdsquadron under Admiral Arnold is notyet known These ships haVe Teenon detached duty and have had littleopportunity to drill They may how-ever be disposed in double line for-

mation to conform to the fleets sail-ing

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orderIn this way the line of ships which

in a single column would stretch overfive miles of water will be shortenedto first onehalf that distance A num¬

ber of the navy widows or officerswives who witnessed the departureof the fleet from here and since thattime have followed or preceded theships all the way around the worldhave arrived to see the close of thehistorymaking voyage

NEW MATRON NAMED

Mrs Smith of Sailors and SoldiersOrphans Home Indignant

Xenia 0 Feb 16 Trustees of theOhio Soldiers and Sailors Orphanshome have appointed Mrs Anna M

Punbar chief matron of the institu-tion succeeding Mrs J LI Smithwife of the racing superintendentwhose salary was stopped by Gover ¬

nor Harmon last week Mrs Dunbarwill act as matron until the appoint-ment of the new superintendent andhis wife

Mrs Smith denounces asUan infer ¬

nal He the report from Los AngelesCal to the effect that Mr Smith ar-

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there a week ago accompaniedibyra young woman whose identity hedefused to disclose

Former Pen Manager DiesColumbus 0 Feb 16 Colonel

Thompson Burton 70 former memberof board of penitentiary managers isdead at Sheboygan Mich accordingto a telegram received here Hishome was at Youngstown OFormany years Colonel Burton was alsoelated with Ohio papers His son hasbeen prominently connected withNew York and London Eng news ¬

papers

Declare Wilcox Is IneligibleSandusky 0 Feb 16Major C B

Wilcox mentioned as a possibility Inconnection with the local collectorship to succeed Charles A1udsoniiIneligible it is declared by legaFauthoritles because he is an importerThis means in the opinigni pfypoliticlans another +actional squabble theoutcome ofwnich ii problsmatlcaL

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IN THEATRE FIRE

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Mexico City Feb 16 Between 250and 300 people were burnedto deathand many were Injure in a firewhichdestroyed the Flores theater IIithe city of Acapulco

The Flores theater was a v oodenstructure and over 1000 peopledcrowded into it to witness a specialperformance given in honor of GOY¬

ernor Damian Flores of the state ofGuerro who was visiting the post atthe time One of the numbers of theprogram consisted of a series of mov ¬

ing pictures While operator was It

exhibiting these a film caught fireand a blaze was quickly communicat-ed to some bunting which had beenused for decorative purposes-

In an Incredibly short time theflames spread to all parts of the struc-ture There were but three narrowexits and the panicstricken audiencerushed to them many falling to b3crushed to death their bodies chokrag the way to escape to others

The screams of those Imprisonedwere terrifying Owing to the rapid-ity with which the fire spread and itsintense heat it was impossible io att-empt rescue work and those imprIsoned were literally roasted alive asthe fire burned with little smoke andsfew were suffocated

Pitiful scenes of grief are being en-acted on the streets of the little westcoast port Men women and childrenare wandering from place to placehunting for relatives or friends Manyof the dead are from the first familiesof the state the affair at the theaterbeing a social event of considerableimportance

In some instances entire familieswere wiped out of existence Themunicipal authorities caused large

be dug and into those theremains of the dead were laid Ac scording to the telegrams receivedfrom there recognition of any of thendead has been an impossibility owingto the fact that the bodies were burn¬ed in most cases to a crisp

Telegrams aent to the Ainericajrconfu1at asking for the

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RECOMMEND MEMORIAL SITE

Fine Arts Council Tells PresidentWhere to Erect Lincoln MtmlinrifWashington Feb 1111 aletter7to

President Roosevelt the council offine arts recently appointed by thepresident recommends as a site forthe proposed Lincoln memorial in this µ

city the west end of the maliODSline with the Capitol and the Wash¬

ington monument at a point near thePotomac river

The council Is of the opinion thatthe site between the Capitol and theUnion station provided for in the MeCall biUlsan architectural impossibility because the relative positionof the Capitol and the station andstheir marked difference in scale otdesignI

The Battleship FleetWashington Feb 16 Admiral

Sperrys Atlantic battleship fleet Is v

within 1500 miles of the Americancoast according to the reckoning ofthe officials of the navy departmentbut no wireless communication hasbeen received from the admiral Thewireless telegraph stations of the gov-ernment along the coast have beenendeavoring to get in communicationwith the vessels of the fleet but theyhave been unsuccessful for the pastcouple of days

Bishop Hoss Operated OnBaltimore Feb 16 Bishop E B

Hoss of the Methodist Episcopalchurch South underwent a surgicaloperation at Johns Hopkins hospitalfor intestinal trouble He was uponthe table for nearly two hours whichwas an hour longer than anticipatedant was due to the fact that the sur-geons

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found his condition much ¬

worse than had been expected Thedoctors said so far as they could tellat this time he was resting fairly sat-isfactory

Abandoned at SeaHavre Feb 16The American

schooner Mary Sanford CaptainStone from Wprgan City La forNew York was abandoned at seadismasted Jan 31 All the membersof the crew were taken off by theBritish steamer Mineola CaptaiKScott from Galveeton Jan 23 forHavre and landed here

Mike Kahoe FinedCincinnati 0 Feb 16 A fineofs

2dOof which 150 Is suspended irasfiassessed against player Mike Kaho fof the Washington American letgti >

team by the national bebafl GOBI

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