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f MJ WO kDopetr Inie Ohio Circuit Qoiirt Convened in

I1 court hall Monday Judge T F BlrkIbead presiding

Tina rolling named gentlemen wereempaneled as Brand jurors wtoo-

AVnasnes ages religion and party attnlaUions BoiUjTv Arch Lam > age 35

reUclOD none Rpublloan7bbs Wt-

lepiyage 20 religion none t Republic-

an JT Hoover age 44t r lglori Bi-

jtlst Democrat James Gantry age64 reldgton none DemocmtjThCAiWll

Sadie age 76 Biptlat Democrat JM3 Chlnn age 56 Baptist DemocratJoim Bowls age 48 religion noneDemocrat W H Taylor ago72Md11t

iodtet Denwcnat J M Wade age 49religion none Democrat Joe C Benhett age 1f 1 religion none pemixsratForeman Will Iglebeitage 43Daptist Democrat Sheriff James TMoore ago 63 Christian DemocratClerk

Jn the absence of CommonwealthsAttorney B D Ring County Attorney E M Woodward gave the principal charge to the grand Jury In anappropriate and well timed addressHe especially emphasized bribery andcorrupt use of money and whisky Irelections referring specifically to thecomlrig Republican primary He toldthe jury that be had been requested bythe committee of his party to ask themto make thorough Investigations of atcharges of corruption in connectionwith the Same Judge Birkheadi alsogave a generalltRlkW tfie Jury aJong

the lines of the of the publicservants etc

Hbe following named gentlemenwere empaueled petit junnr TL LbjdJlBUJVadeWS P JMoojrf Mil ¬

ton Parks Wl CSmlUi Claud Hud ¬

son W F Stevens Wayne Pirtle LM Smith Finis T Jackson B W

GloJr Allen Gentry RobortQuisenberry J P Harrison Felix WillisLate Knott G M Burdett Jesse C

Hill D C Brown Anther Chick WillT Greer Sol RhlUlps Elijah Ben-

der and W W BalsaAll the Gorath oases set for the

first diy wane continued for serviceof protest except Comth vs MinnieJarvis dismissed on nrotion ofComtband County Attorneys

Oomth vs Flora Burden law andfacts to ctnirt and fine to be assessed

Comtb vft James Bennett dismissed on motion of Comiht

Commth vs W P Midkiff andothers obirgcd with gaming verdictof Jury not guilty

Oomtih TCI Buck Allen and InnHallpassed to today

Oomth vs Mary Morton dismiss ¬

ed on motion of ComtbComth VB M 11 E R R Co

two cases passed i

The only three Comthi cases Ton

2nd days docket disposed of as fol-

lows Comth vs Okas Brown 2

cases and Claude Chapman contin ¬

tied to 2nd day of next MarchrtermVisiting attorneys Senator N T

coward Morgantowu Judge T JSparks Greenville S P Roby Fordsvjllej Judges 311 P3rter and D B

Rtosds Bi over Aim Jchn T ReneCeritertowu and b A Royal Roslno

Ordinary cases jury trials Wednesday 3rd day Fordsvlllc Planing MillCo Vf IC R R Co

Elijah S Fulkcnm vs McHenry

Coal G-oJJoKlth vs Frank AllenR B Tlwrnpacm vs I C R R Co

Trout KataTS EvansvllleBowling Green Packet Co

TrC ScUrcadfr vs AyerVLord TieCo y f

Henry Mihton vs SameThursday 4tti l

ctay Oaander AlIen

et ol vs L C R H Co

Eva Taylor vs I C R R Co

Proctor Herdmam ve E SMrMtt-

ban c >

L W Condor ire Mike CrahanFrlyrit1 day EdOaviBon vs Jno

A St Clair4 1ljahFUlket1iOnv McHenry Coa

cmpaIw yirdiot 6t jury r5Wjtbr thelptetetlft

Fer4a r1I1ePiittrg MIIl 0ompanyvsqtL O fe Iti verdict ot Jury 13500 for

pldMt4t l1I t i

ltlV T icon f CRdlsm-ires wjr >raieaCfor pWs4if1cost t1r t

r1eaalpelit pelllljw-YtK

WWt 4IRey Creme train IueI

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unable to emply counsel the courtappbnlted Rarnee A Anderson and Barnott Smith to defend

Troutand Kahn vs Evansville andBowling Green Packet Companyagreed Judgirietvt for 1800 and costfor plaintiffTe Scuroaicr vs JyeraudUJrd

Tie Cpuipany dlamissedsettledHenry Minton vs sahie same orderProctor and Herndraen vs E S

McQ llan et at continued to nextterm with judgment for defendant for

I defendants cost-Commonwealth va Murry Crowe set

for toduy and defendant being unableto employ counsel the Court appointed

I attorneys J < B Wilson C 3L Croweand R E L Simmerjnari to defend

I The grand jury had not made tinyr pcrt up to the time we went to pressbut it Is understood it will return alap go number of indlotments this morn-

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Squirrels Fight for NutsBound Brook N J Nov 16

ThU Is going to boa long underyIcold winter prophesied AbrahamPennymnn a noun Brook N4 JIfarmer The Bqulrrejs know it and

ahoy are laying in an extra store ofchestnuts

AboUt twenty squirrels attackeda farni band when lie was up atree picking chestnuts and bit tam

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BO badly he needed a doctor Squirrelsattacked a neighbors boy Ho killedtwo of them with a club but thesavagely

I Squirrels never attack ony oneunless too nut crop Iii small like tillsone and theres a hard winterahead

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ITo Ube Republicans ot Ohio cou1lJtyrIHaving Bometlmo agb pU acard my clams before the peopo for ToBominatlbn to the positionof County Judge I had expected to al ¬

low the matter to root to fur as anynewspaperpublication was concernedHowever I hive been reliably dnfonm

I cd that one of my opponents bus ibeeJi

saying to pereons in Ms canvass toutI am incompetent being only au honduI ¬

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sonally to counteract tliese mlsrepresenitatlons and ponce I am compelled

I to resort to the press I plead guilty

aarrnerlandi ono as It has been my supremo effortIn life to merit tile approbation of my

Ir limon as to honesty While Imay not be as competentttodetennlneIintricate Jaw points as my two op-

ponents who are both lawyers yetvery few of my decisions have been ovetruled or even appealed to a highercourt Besides it is a well knownfact that tile legal business coming be-

fore¬

a County Judge has steadily de ¬Icreased from year to year becauseof the fact that more terms of tiie

i Circuit Court are held than formorlYand because Jurisdiction of MagiMruto

sand Polio Courts bus been enlarged i

by recent acts of Use legislature I

Tie truth is thAt the County Courthas been reduced almost entirely topustJjig uixn toad cases probating ofwills Ii lid tfetUoinents of administrators

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While the importance of the OouctyJudgostdp lure boon lessened ire homeextent by the falling oft in legit bus ¬

iness It has increys d with rte gNwI

lag wealth and population of the coun-

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lu Its fiscal ivffaiis and it IB inthis flicto that tbo County Judge cxor l

clses too giyttcr influento for gosh d

W1Icounty and I Seal thtt I am far more i

competent now after three years ofi

expedience than any new man dposibly bo In tills place nowhat Ids legal abilities way bemutterI

entered office wjubout any exl1

If the farmers of Ohio county whortcrlyItax payers lit the decal affairs at the

9ttannerJhcuIforttray in my power to H erH It BhoQld ibeseaataate4 18-

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BLOODY TRAGEDY

AT STATE CAPITAL

Mother Slays Her Children and i

Cuts Her Own Throat With

Razor

Franfortk Ky Nov 15Lying Ingreat pools of blood with their throat I

cut from ear to ear Mrs Agnes Undoand titer two children aged five andthree years respectively were foundlu their home here this afternoon bynedghibora who were attracted by thepWful cries ot the children-

A razor while whlcli the crimeswere committed was found in thec nche l hand of the mother I

John Linder bite husband find fcultioi

Is a ghits blower in the employ of I

the Frankfurt Modes Glass WorksHo was not at home ut tio time of

the tnigedy but was soon located by

tte uollceund seemed greatly overcome I

at the tows from his bornehis wife he said shortly after dinnerIuudIother than that she may have been I

temporary insane I

Dr R if Cobllnwbo was summon ¬

ed immediately by the neighborfound loot life was extinct in Viathree bodies and that the windpipes ofmother and children had been severedby t3w keen mzors edge I

Neighbors and friends declare thatthey know of no domestic trouble Intie Linder family and the cause ofher tragedy remains a mystery TheLindners chino to Frankfort severalmontiS ago from Brooklyn N Y I

Two Spud SellersOne FromOhio County

Deputy United States Marshal Amenreturned lust night from Leitctifleldwlti i7o federal prlwiners bofli whitemud bom charged witU retailing whis ¬

key without a licoiwe Tile men areE A Dockery of Roslne and FrankiSmallwood of Lwltchfleld Both mienwere given an examining trial beforeI11Whigltplaced In jail hero being unable togive the required bend pf 200Owensbjru Inquirer

Fourteen Horses Slot FromUnder Him

WorceSter Mass flaw 1C GeneralSamuel E Chamberlain of Barredied of paralysis tt St Vincents hoe ¬

pital after an Illness of six monthsHe was eighty years of age He hadbeen in the hospital three weeks

General Chamberlain wont to 1111

noise when ho was fifteen Years oldWhen seventeen ho enlisted in theMexican war After tine war he start-ed

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for California and upon reachingChihuahua inducements were offeredhim by the government to outer tdoRangers wuich he did Just Men be ¬

gan a campaign against the ApacheIndians Out of the forty survivorsGeneral Chodiiborlaln WHS the lust todie

When Lincoln culled for troopsChambehiln wont to till front as ucaptain lu 18C1 He steadKy 1lYathrough gallant and morlluous servicemid was finally bruvetted brigadiergeneral for coveting the retreat ofGreggu division of cavalry at the batto of St fII church Vu

General CfcambUlalu laid fpurteeuhorses shot from under him and wits

UlnesIFound Tripple Hoodoo

DoiUty Ooroner J E Murks blamesu trtplo hoodoo for too fiat toot ittodk tam nil mtgt to return Vj EdwurdsviJo from WiHbunsun Ho wontto Williamson Tllu1fJday to hold ant Inquest on tte body of Jo epli SaninakkHttl in u mine Afcor roturnlug ayoidrtct of occiflent ho Bturted for homoUpon pay > ng Ms tare tie found ranthe Lad but 13 centa leflj When hogot its far its haunt n Ute >OVer gaveout on the lnrterurbin system und Itwas not unfit dtiyillgbt PrJduy that l1e

reached homo Ho biainea the triplecomblnortdon of 13 cent and Frlduythe 13th for his unpleasant experlencerCllpped

Amdncvthe LodgesAt a recent meetlpg Of the Grand

ChapterEastern Star the local chap ¬

ter was ghren No 86 Thie chapterla doing Home good Vork cud ii tash

oeiQlagaex memberi t every meetingA atltilli1 Uoa eNhecotQ

> bykirrr 4 a atf beeaofteqeutsM will be ready for d4strlIratioa-

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among the members at the next meet-ing of the Chapter1

Hartford Lodge No 675 P A M

hold a regular session last Mondayevening and examined one candidatefor second degree which will be conferred to night Owing to the factthat St Johns day falls on Sundaythis year under the Masonic uw tin I

election of officers will take place 01 11

Saturday Dec 2Gthat 1 oclock p11m Every member should rememberthis and be on hand to help select theofficers for the coming year

Rough River Lodge No 110 K of Phad one of the best session Tuesdayevening which bus been held by thislodge for many days The Second Rankwas conferred in a splendid manner to

the supreme enjoyment of a largeassemblage of Knights The Chancel ¬

ors work was put on byS Tlnsley while the part IerfolmedIIby the Prelate way givendid form by Knight J T Moore Onnext Tuesday evening the Third Rankwill be conferred und a luncheon willbe served to the members and visitorsby the following committee KnightsE W Ford R D Walker and B LITaylor At tills meeting the nomina ¬

tion of officers for tile coming termwill also be

madeIIProf A

On last Sunday afternoon ot theresidence of Hie brides mother MrsJohn Mugun at Buford Prof EverettEllis led Miss Josle Magan to the bri ¬

dal altar whereIn the presence oltile family and only a few immediatefriends Rev O M Shultz pronouncedthem mnn and wife These young poope are both quite popular and promi-

nent¬

Prof Ellis having for the pastseveral years been connected with tieschools of the county and at presentis one of the faculty of Haw ford Col ¬

lege The bride Is a social favoritewith everybody Pine marrlnge was

somewhat of a surprise to their manyfriJrclis They W411 OCulthresldO-Jlce recently vacated by Mr WallaceRiley near the planing mill

Thieves Get 18653 50South Bend Ind November 15

The biggest robbery in tho history ofSouth Bendand one of the biggest postoffice hauls ever made In this pant oftoo country was pulled oft last nighttie Pst Office being robbed of 18

65330 The post office hispeoors andpolite are witoout a clew on wblchto conduct tU sir investigation TinI under was till in stumps

Found Guilty of DesertionFrankfort Ky Nov 1GTno find-

ing of the courtmartial in tbo case ofPrivate G C Epps of Ben county wasmade known this morning He wasctuirged wlht desertion and Ills punish ¬

ment was fixed at toll lays in Jail unda fine for all the pay that sus duo

him for active service up to 0e timelie failed to report back for duty

Goy Wlllfion remitted tae Jail partof tile sentence because Elgas Is te solesuppOrt of Ills nlotlier mud sister Titocourtinnrtial has idjouriieil until No ¬

vember 23 und luwijuJjno t iolr findingin iie bb er cases wll be made knownwham trite Goverhvr nrnivtvea or UlKip

proveei them

Womans CuriosityWomans curiosity raid Mrs

Fielder is a ciunlKy of mind beyondhuman uudoiwUnutlng-

YosI mid Mrs Fletcher Whatmade you think of that

l The fool actions of a woinun thatI saw down town today Sho follnwnIt mat ln squires Just to gee to read

l a i> xcunl Hat was fkuMcwd to ifsInwk Silo spotted Itiui at Twentyfourttt rtieet Tibat was rcnlly Veend of her tripi made Utwl out front-

someing She mid to another womanwoo was too fut to join in tfto oiatw

but when she caught sight of Unitflaming red poster tied to the mansback let curry got the lHUer of

I her and s lio shot out after him HeI

lei her qulvi a chase across town andsheIajong <close eqough to Tend that notice

Mrs Fletcher reflected a momentWhat did it eayrBhe askedIt advertised her to get her tooth

pulle4 Bomowhere on Tenth streetWhere were you ail the time she

via trying io ftad tfeabretrMlat said Fletokeri Oto I 1uSollowingthewcaaeiv rwaste totIf she flaaSy augitt1u wish fte

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1908 TOBACCO SOLD

AT A GOOD PRICE

Finance Committee Trades With

Imperial Tobacco Com ¬

pany

The Finance Committee of the Amercan Society of Equity for Ohio coun ¬

ty met at Hartford November 14th1908 with live members present Tlie

bYIchalnnancropIof tobacco at too pricey offered by theImperial Tobacco Company the com-

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and buyer to agree on the rent ¬

ples The committee asked tae chum- ¬

ty President to cull a meeting of thetobacco growers

OllmnIIt is understood that the pricesagreed upon are 900 and 300 Thisia regarded as a splendid sale und is en ¬

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be paid upon delivery and the tobaccoto be received at the nearest factorycontrolled by tile A S of E peopleand delivered from tlo wagons

Found 100 in an Old VestPahucah Ky Nov HAfter a

negro had returned an old vest toI

Chris Berger as too poor even forhim to wear Mr Berger found a crisp I

100 bill In the pocket where he hadleft It when lie discarded the garmentlast summer Mr Berger wore thevest to the bUlk late one afternoonand deposited some checks forgettingto place tine bill among them liewore tne vest constantly to work inand when the weather became cold hehung it away and never looked at itagain until a negro beggar ulked forsome clothes The negro took Utevent away and tnen curried it back I

declaring Itwiw afro worn tobe ser ¬I

viceable While taking the vest backMr Berger noticed the bill

FOR THE BUSY READER

t William L Calhoun a former Mayorof Atlanta died Sunday

Dr J A Averdlck of Covlngton Inn

announced that ho will be u candidateI for Prison Commissioner before theDemocratic caucus of the next JJectelaturo

Attorneys for tho alleged night rid ¬

ers of the Rcelfeot Line rekglon aresecureUnion City Tenn

Convicts In a coal mine near Birmtngluim set the mine on fire In the

ihope of milking their escape and nlnn I

of them were suffocated The fire di

no serious dumuge II

Former Gov Robert Burns SmltJiMonnuiu died yesewliiy ut Kallspellof ureinic poisoning Mr Smith wns anative of Hickniau county Ky Ho

located in Mtontnim In ISSi I

Six men were instantly killed an

bother was badly hurt and three moreIsud narrow cwapofl from death in III

mine cage accident at ElswortU MineI

No 1 in Washington county Pa

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rEliuu Root formally announced JCon

day rtiit lie would nccopt too setI atorshlp from New York if elected

hand it is known that toe Adiwiiirstralion tea leleriiiliiud to force CJB oluc-

tfcn

ILotters arc being sent out by theNavy Department to about 1000 employoa of envy yards throughoutU lted States notifying them of till toIcrease in salaries ranging from 4

10 per centI

President Roosovetune approved tIle

iresume of the proceedings of the Nowport conference of the question of bat¬thegenlI

issued to the navy

As tt result of urgent representationmade by the Powers the Servian GO-vernment

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has withdrawn Its special mil-

Itary guards on the AustroHungaryfrontier and discharged the reservesrecently called to the colorsSSAt the annual meeting of the stockholdersoftite Baltt lore and Ohio Rat

I roidOemptinyhelb reenUythe out

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going board of directors was reelect¬

ed with the exception of Charles Steelewho resigned L F Loree was choserin his plaice

The joint annual convention of theNational Municipal League and theAmerican Civic Assoclatlonbeld underthe auspices of the Pittsburg Chamberof Commerce opened in that city Monday will continue in session untilThursday evening

55The physicians who are attending

Francis J Heney in San Francisco saythat ho la improving rapidly and willbe able to resume his duties in a fewweeks Judge Ltiwlor yesterday over ¬

ruled the motion of Abraham Ruefslawyers for a change of venue

Felix Ewing general manager of theDark Tobacco Planters Protective As¬

sociation in a reply to the 500 Lyoncounty farmers who protested againsttile present method of selling tobaccosaid it was not practical to permit each

IndependentlyIin the Laniphere trial at DaporteIndMonday when tHree letters from MrsBella Guinness to A K Helgeleln abrother of Andrew Helgeleln one ofher victims were read In the letterthe woman spoke of Lamphero ashalfcrazed

Judge Walter Evans in his charge tc

the Federal grand Jury at PaducahgoernlngIsecases growing out of testimony lathenight rider damage suit tried at thelast term will be called to the jurysattention

The Supreme Court of tile UnitedStates Monday decided adversely outhe habeas corpus petition of Albert TPatrick the New York lawyer who Isserving a life sentence in the Stateprison at Sing Sing N Y on toocharge of having murdered the mllllionalto William M Rlc >

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According to a sweeping decision bythe Commissioner of Patents any labelbearing the inscription guaranteed un-

der the pure food and drug acts June30 1906 where such Inscription is in ¬

tended to imply that the GovernmentIs responsible for the purity of thegoods will be refused registration

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that over took place in tills sectionwas last week when Uncle John Hatfield aged 86 years led to the bridalalter Mrs Maggie Grayson who la postseventy Doth of the paroles live Inthis section and are quite popular

Whiskey in TabletsSpokane Wash Nov 1C Whisky

In tablets and In the form of slickcandy to be dissolved in water orchewed made its appearance ut NorthYakima WashWest ot Spokane nfew days ngo rule Innovation wasintroduced by representatives of astayITho prohibition people are wroughtup over the invasion and will taketho matter up with the county uuthorltles witli tho view to banishingthe deceptive jig tableau In the diatrlct

Inspection of Company IIThe Adjutant General of Kentucky

laud his Assistant Lave boguntlerogu ¬

tar nnutinl iiibpectioii of the StateGuard fTJio ditto fixed for robo lutpecHon of Co 11 is December 4tli lopsAs moit of Company H Is now on du-

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hi Wostorn Kentucky nud tOJ beenfor nearly ex nn > ni >w It is nut knownwBotter the iiiKporttoii will be heldwhore they tore livc ted or at Hurtford

ExplodesISlus

sor widow of Fred Sleeker motet firein a wood cooking etove to get break¬hoIasidesiserlouslytookIcause of the explosion is a mystery

To Whom it may ConcernHartford Ky Nov 14 1908

Editor Republican Please say forme that the report that I caused theRevenue agent to advertise any landsales In Ohio county or that I haveany connection therewith IB absolutely false Respectfully

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