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VOLUME XVI MT STERLING KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13 1907 NUMBER 31

OFFICES

for Uncle Sams Law Makers

Detached Wings to Capital

for Use of Legislators

Uncle Sam is preparing to sup ¬

ply his lawmakers with individualoffices Two of the most magnif ¬

icent buildings in the country are-S feeing put up by the National Gov

fWnment for the exclusive use ofsenators and Representatives inCongress Each will occupy ablockand will cost 2500000They will form detached wings to

CapitolHeretoforeCongressmen had no

regular oflices There has been nosystem about the accommodationsNow each branch of Congress will

c have a handsome office buildingwith uniformed attendants a postoffice and telephone and telegraph

serviceThesouthern building for the

House will have 420 rooms onefor every one of the 410 Represenmives and tISII for future growth inmembership The Senators willget the better of the bargain inspace every Senator having a roomfor himself one for his Secretaryand a bathroom

Though onlyI four stories higheach of them will have as great a

quantity of hollow tile brick in itas many a skyscraperI the heightof which makes lireproofing anabsolute necessity

The character of Washington ar ¬

chitecture demands that the build ¬

ings be low Fire will have nochance against them

The exterior of these Capitalwngs will be white marble

Is Your Cow a Fine Milker

A worthsqU ll had a cow thatalways kicked and reared whenmilked He decided to get rid ofit and calling one of the farmhands told him to tajce the animalto market

Sell the brute he saidHhutmind you tell no lies Ive beenunlucky in my purchase but thatsno reason why I should deceiveothers

Two hours later the man re ¬

turned from market with a largersum than the squire had expected

Innsure you lied about thatcow he said

Not a bit of it replied theman Every time I was asked ifshe was a good milker L simplysaid Youll get dead tired ofmilking before you get all hermilk They asked no more ques-

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so that I didnt volunteeranymore answersv

Lexington Post Master

Postmaster General Cortelyouhas decided upon the LexingtonKy post office case and the normination of Tom L Walker Secre ¬

bury of the Kentucky RepublicanState Central Committee has beenrsent to the Senate

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Acquitted

At Campion H J Ewen wasacquitted charged with perjury

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LAWS

fOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

Effort to Stoptthe Sale of

Whiskey

The District of Columbia inwhich Washington is situatedis unfortunate in some respectsit has no elective franchise andthe Congress of the United Statesis its common council For thatreason mummy good people alloverthe country flood that body withpetitions and memorials urging theenactment of this or that sort o

legislationAtthe people of the dis-

trict¬

are being enlightened as towhat settlement should he made ofthe liquor question The impres ¬

sion must have gone abroad thatWashington is the wickedest cityin the land und that the runs shopsform the greatest industry of thenational capital From ColumbusOhio there recently went into thecapital an enormous batch of let ¬

toms and petitions urging Congressi

to prohibit time sale of liquor in thdistrict Iowa contributed itsshare to administer to the moralIcondition of the capital city

The xcise laws are rigid andl

the side of liquor which is in thelauds of three commissioners notfbeholden to otlISIIS there areno voters is regulatetiso strictlythat complaint is often made thatpersonal liberty in that regard i

interfered with-

Iyspepsimi is our national ail ¬

ment Burdock Blood Bitters iisthe national cure for it It strew ¬

gthens stomach membranes pro ¬

motes How of digestive juices purifics the blood builds you up JiO41

Said He Would Kill HimselfH Ift you do not consent to see

me I will commit suicide writesCount Castellane to his formerwife Helen Gould If there wasever a good reason why MadamGould should not see the little i

count it is furnished lby the prom ¬

ise to commit suicide if she doesnot see him But there is no morechance of his keeping that promisethan there was of his keeping hispromise to love honor and diem ¬

ish the American girl who boughthim with her fathers millionsLexington Herald

Williams Carbolic Salve With Ar¬

nica and Witch Hazel

The best Salve in the world for cuts liniiwChllllllllfulldI

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to Itlc ntlsrRCllolI or money refunded5o liy dnijl3tH Sold bylhon IKennedy lIClI

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Improved Roads In Bourbon

The Bourbon Fiscal Court haspurchased one tenton steam rollerone 300gallon sprinkler and on C-

rock scatterer to be shipped April2 ready for immediate use on thecounty turnpikes There areabout 800 miles of macadamizedroads in the county which sincethe roads were bought and madefree of toll here cost the texpmmyc

approximately +3000 a year tokeep in onlyI fair condition

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Ij Has brick building which holds tobacco in case regard Sless of atmospheric changes conducts daily sales offers competition on sales furnishes suitable

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drivers and teams FREE open day and quartersIITERMS 2 per cent commission and 15cr

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utlds when price is satisfactory no charges on re

1J4tions

YOUR BUSINESS IS SOLICITEDff

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THIRTEEN

Causes for Grievance By Com ¬

mittee of Negroes

Thirteen causes for grievancewere tiled with the chairman of theState Railroad Commission C CMcChord by T C Dean chair ¬

man of the committee of coloredmen selected to present the protestsof colored patrons of the railroadsagainst inadequate traveling ac ¬

commodations The committeewere instructed to submit theircharges in writing

coloredfmen recites the fact that they arehuddled together in a portion ofone coach only partially dividedfrom the rest of the sumo coachand that the coach at best is asecondclass one They aver thmt

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the compartment is often used assmoker bwhite passengers iis

used by newsboys and train em ¬

gloves anti that it is often used as-

II dressing room 1by white passen ¬

gels They complain that time

other portion of the conch is inva ¬

viably used as a smoker and thatulwayl sfilled with smoke The lack oftoilet rooms und poor sanitary con ¬

ditions are proclaimed in lengthyparagraph ami rowdyism is said tobe permitted to go on uncheckedI

by the railway employes

Senator Expelled on Bribery

ChargesAt Denver Colon Wednesday

Senator Richardl W Morgan fiepublican was expelled from theState Senate by a vote of twentynine to one life expulsion wasrecommended by the majority ofla special committee of the Senatewhich found him guilty of havingaccepted bribe

2000000 To Remove Lake

The United States Steel Corpo ¬

ration is preparing to spend nearly2000000 in training Trout Luke

near Grand Rapids Minn and1

reducing what is now a beautiful1

hodof water four miles long andI

a mile wide to a mere mud holeTrout Lake is near the CanistcoMine Into the deep shafts thathave been sunk water from thelake pours constantly making iti

necessary to work the pumps dayand night So the Trust decidedto get rid of the lake

THIEf ARRESTED

Gobbler Settles Question o

Ownership at Owensboro

At Owensboro when Mrs Eo

L Lyons of Yelvington culledHGob to r 00 turkeys in a pen ata produce house a big gob ¬

bier ran from the bunch and ateearn from her humid With this asthe principle evidence a warrantwas taken out against Jesse Mclntyre and he is now under bond toanswer in Circut Court on a chargeof larceny 2

rsLyons who is a farmer went tou produce house and identifiedgobbler mind three turkey henswhich he said hud been stolenfrom him The proprietor doubt-

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his ability to identity his tur ¬

keys among so manyHVellsuid Lyons my wife

cats come here mild call that gobgler mud he will answer TheI

test was tried anti it worked MrLyons was told that the turkeyswere brought in by Jesse Mclntyre and the warrant followed

noughaJ1 F Clark of Clinton Mo

w1 tesHChllnge my address toIndian Fields Ky Old Kentuckyis good enough for me

Delight in duty softens its se ¬

verities

WOMEN BARREDI

from Catholic Choirs in a Cir¬

cular Letter Issued by Arch-

Bishop Moeller of Cin-

cinnati

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An official announcement bar ¬

ring the ladies from the choirs ofthe Catholic Churches of the arch ¬

diocese of Cincinnati has been pre ¬

pared by Archbishop Moeller andwill be read in all the churchesnext Sunday morning at high mass

According to the order of theArchbishop the ladies must leavethe choir on the first Sunday inLent which is on February 17Next Sunday therefore will bethe lust one for mixed choirs inthis archdiocese

tFortunate Author

The Boylesays1ithe famous young author who re¬

cently located in Danville is her ¬

ing marked success The YouthsCompanion has accepted twelvestories from his pen at SlOO eachAinslees accepted short storySaturday at the sane price and1

Lippencotts accepted the WhiteSepulcher last Wednesday atacceptI¬

requests OI morestories than he is able to linish

Kentucky Wagons for PanamaThe IKentucky Wagon Works

of Louisville is filling a contractfor United States escort wagons ofa high type to be used in Panamathe contract calling fur their de ¬

li vei by May 11 The wagonsweigh from I1000 to I1800 poundsand will be used to transportfreight and infantry

In conversation recently with apolitician who knows Kentuckylilts a book this was given us toponder To be frank with you I I

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do not haw much faith in thecohesiveness of the temperance

1Sate Political prejudice runs1much deeper than temperance

convictions and men will refuseabsolutely to support their manwhen the prejudice strings arepulled Kentucky Issue

Midways Expenses Less Than

Receipts

During the year the amount o750665 was received from diff ¬

erent sources with expendituresleavingf r

began the year with on overdraftof 69184 and during the yearspent nearly 900 on improvementsto streets and the city jail in ad-

dition¬

to the regular expenses

GRAND JURY

Indicts Democratic Leaders in

Lexington

The Fayctte county grand jurywhich has been probing the al ¬

leged election frauds perpetratedin Lexington at the last Novemberelection returned indictments lastTuesday against several prominentDemocratic city officials and mem-

bers¬

of the police meld fire depart ¬

ments charging them with viola ¬

tion of time election laws in con-

ducting¬

the election on November6 1106 Time list follows

Moses Kaufman City AuditorexKeprcsentative and Chairman ofthe City Committee

Fred Lazarus Alderman haul exmember of the Board of Education

III tJJ11eagan Chief of Police-D J McCarty member of the

Detective DepartmentRunes Grant and JJ L Dincen

members of the Police Depart ¬

mentWilliam Sullivan member of

Fire DepartmentThe indictment against Mr

Kaufman charges that acting asi

judge of the election in time Merinostreet precinct in the primaryelection for State oflices held onlust November j5 he willfullyand unlawfully marked and stamp ¬

ed the ballots of livers electors inthe presence of other voters andl

of the election ollicers timid thatsaid electors were not blind audid not so declare themselves o

oathIInd were not in any way

1I1l1lldng1thecontrary and in violation of theelection law

Fred Laarus who was clerk finthe Jefferson street precinct iischarged with the same offense

The indictments against the otherIfive charge them with being andremaining within fifty feet of tIllelection booths in violation of theelection law

That Tag

Look at the yellow tag on yourpaper The date on it shows thetime to which your subscriptionhas been paid if that late doesnot agree with your receipt youwill favor us by reporting to us

If it shows that you mire indebt ¬

fed you will favor us by payingamount due When friends arein your home and they see Olll1

paper you do not like for them tosee that you owe the editor especif you owe for several years

We have written to some andthe letters have been destroyed ii-

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FRISCO

LOSING ITS ALASKA TRADE

earthquake Diverted it to MoreNorthery Ports and it Will

Not Come Back

Seventyfive per cent of limeAlaska trade has been lost to SanFrancisco by the earthquake anddiverted to Seattle and Tacomaaccording to the statements ofBenjamin D Crocker Collector ofInternal Revenue for Washingtonand Alaska in an interview inNew York City When every¬thing was ruined in Sun Franciscotrade naturally sought the morenortherly ports maul there is noreason why it should be ever en ¬

ticed back to its former channels1i b aCORRESPONDEtti c J

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STOOPSeToo Lull fur IMH Week

T B Hamilton is out againNimrod Byrd still continues se ¬

riously illAlex Jackson hits been ill with

lpneumoniaOllie

of Fleming> fewith his parents here

A large number of kv huuaoawere tilled recently

llDlrecowcreifdttI

ttbeam a bad spell of gripJoe Crouch ofl liar Creel has

rented Mark Kcrgusons farmr

Stone 1Crithaunl of Bethel +were here last week buying tobacco

Tom Warner visited relativesnear Sudith Menifee county last

weekKhnLyons wi 1IInd son of

Fayette county are visiting rela¬tireshereIJHarrison Cumin moved last weekfrom Fleming county to PrewittYoungs farm-

Lieutrellt

Fassett returned toKansas City Monday after a visitto relatives here

The fellow who makes drinkingrwhiskey part of hisl business isconducting a losing business

Thomas McQuithey has rented Itime blacksmith shop here and willtalc possession March I

1IYnI McCray of North Middletown bought Tom Warners cropof tobacco 20000 pounds at Ilicwith 2000 pounds at fie amid TI IL

l tathOBSERVATIONS

The chances are that 11j Itcall hard luckor f is

1against you is soim tV 11I t r ssome vicious habit wlI i iwi M > U

teracting all your effort and keep¬fug you down

The strength of will is the testof a young mans possibilities

There is a divinity in the mean-est

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man

Kvory man stamps his own slutupon the coin of his character inhis own mint tool he cannot ex¬

pert to puss for more and should1not be disappointed if people do

not titled it for more than iits facevalue

It is a grander thing to be noblyremembered than to be nobly born

The dour between us und heaven<

cannot be upon while that betweenus mend our fellowmen is shutSuccess

To one who is given to naggingshould be compelled to hastenthrough life with the speed of arace horse