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° Woe for Kentucky. “She was bred in Old Kentucky, where the dow grass is blue,” she and vivacious, and a 1 when Mrs Lizzie Cecil sued Richard Langan, a $5,000 for yembracing her, a jury award- is handsor married | too, yet capitalist, for r only one cent as damages d this happened in Louisville, in Kentucky, the home of eawn whisky, we-hosses and fair women! One mecent! Two hugs. twocents! Viiree hugs—oh, but. this is abomin- thle, astounding! What has become e boa: ted chivalry of the lund of ce, Watterson and Jack Chinn, shen a jury of twelve sovereign rlonels deliberately decides that the a ‘air Ken- leasure of embracing tuckienne is worth only one cent to The consumer? The evil Jayshave fatlen upon Kentue “Otempora! O mores! and USS, » quart flasks will lie empty ted, the pistols will rust unused. aud the index finger of the ative colonel become stiffened and t eve the left hind ankle ofa spavined jade.-Post-Dispateh, Price of Hug Was One Cent. ille, Ky, April %&—A_ jury ided that an unweleome hug ustitutes damages to the amount Fone cent, and, accordingly render- Tiudgment for that sum against Richard Langan, who was sued by Mrs. Lizzie Cecil for forcing his” af- fections on her: Langan is a capitalist? Mrs. Cecil ind her husband rented) their home from him. On the pretense of having repairs taade Langan went to the made lLimself so erecable that the woman showed Cecil home and Nines small crucifix, Instead of putting Langan into a devout frame of mind the sight of the erneitix coused hi ow arm around Mrs, Ceeil’s Such is her story, Langan swore he merely brushed by her and begged her pardon for so doing aist, No Freedom for Philippines. Washington, April 10 —The Demo- cratic plan to establish gradual in- dependence in the Philippines} has been rejected by the Republicans of the insular committee, The Republican plan, prescribing a complete civil government system for the islands, is agreed upon. An amendment offered by Patter- son, Democrat, of Tennessee, annul- ing Gen. Bates’ treaty with the Sul- tan of Solo and providing explicitly for the abolition of slavery, was vot- ed down by the Republicans, Chair. man Cooper maintaining that the elause providing generally that slav- ery should not exist in the islands was sufficient. Lost in Java Seas. San Franciseo, Cal, April 9.— Word has been received of the loss of the American ship Iroquois in the Java seas. The lroquois was com- manded by Captain Thompson, of this city, and manned by thirty men. The dispatch does not report the salety of the crew, and it is feared that they were lost. The lroquois was bound from New York to Tsin- tau, China, He Ran While a Sheriff Slept. Topeka, April 9.—Sheriff Hurt, of Nashville, Tenn., fell asleep on the train here this morning and allowed a prisoner whom he was taking from Colorado to Nashville toescape. The prisoner was F, J. Deaver, who was charged with burgiary. The man had been handcuffed during the trip from Colorado, but the sheriff took the “irons” off the prisoner's wrists here and fell asleep. Tae train had not passed the city limits before Deaver was free. A careful seareh of the railroad yards failed to reveul a trace of him. —<<$<$<<______. \ An Explosion in a Powder Mill. Cleveland, O., April 9.—Two men were killed in an explosion of nearly 3,000 pounds of powder at the plant of the Austin Powder company at Glen Willow, near here, to day. The powder lant was wrecked. Thedead are Lemuel Evans and Charles Yon- kers, who were employed in the mill. The cause of the explosion is no Oem. GRIA, tears the Tho Kind You Have Bought ; a o PRAISE FOR THE SCOUTS Gea. Smith Urges Higher Military Rank for Men Who Captured Gen. Lukban in the Island of Samar. Manila, April 8—The official re- port of Lieut. Strebler, of the Philip- pine scouts, on the capture of the in- surgent, Gen. Lukban, has been pub- lished and is indorsed by Gen. Smith, who considers the report concise ‘andj graphic. It is impossible for anyone not acquainte@ with the island of Sa- mar, says Gen. Smith, to realize the lifficulties and hardships of the expe- lition. Strebler’s command is entitled to the highest praise for one of the most important captures ever made in the Philippines. Gen. Smith ree- ommends that Strebler be given a ‘ommission as first lieutenant of the native scouts. These recommenda- tions have been indorsed by Gen. Wade and approved by Gen. Chaffee. ONE COMBINE THROTTLED. Federal Court Prohibits the Chesapeake & Ohio Fuel Company from Buying Ex- clusively of 17 Coal Operators. 8—The federal as aftirmed Cincinnati, April cireuit court of appeals the United States district court, which had issued an injunction against the trade agreement entered ke & Ohio Fuel ) nl operators in anawha district of West Vir- vinia whereby the fuel , company vreed to handle the output of these 17 operators and not handle any other from the Kanawha district, Both vourts held that this agreement was in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law and constituted a combination in restraint of trade and therefore it was permanently enjoined, TAFT OUT OF HOSPITAL. He Must Take a Rest, However, Before Re- suming Duties That Precede His Re- turning to the Philippines, Cincinnati, April 8—Although Gov, William UH. Taft has been released from the hospital and has been walk- ing out and attending to correspond nee at the house of his brother, he is not yet entirely recovered and his surgeon has advised him to wait it deast until April) 15 before begin- ning the duties that,precede his re turn to the Philippi He_expects now to be able te go to St, nis en the Ith or 16th of \pril to sult with the officers of the St. Louis ex position concerning an exhibit: from the Philippine ishinds, Omaha Youth Appeared in Court and De- clared Himself Guilty of Crime Charged Against the Parent, Omaha, Neb, April 8—Charles LL Kaufmann, son of e Charles Kaufmann, created a sensa- tion in the county court Tuesday by wnexpectedly appearing and pleading guilty to the embezzlement of nearly $3,000, on which charge his father Young Kaufmann’s father had just pleaded not guilty te the charge, when his son apepared suddeniy and exclaimed: “Iam = the gulity party. | took the money and want to plead guilty. This has gone ar enough and 1 want to stop this worry. «Councilman was on trial. NOT A BRITISH CAMP Gov Dockery at Lathrop, sapply ry. Jefferson City, Mo. April s.—Gov Dockery's attention svas called to the alleged British st camp at La throp, Mo., 40 miles northeast of Kan sas City, The governor said he knew nothing about the operations of the British there, other than a market had been operated at Lathrop for the past ten years by private individuals He says that it is the largest horse and mule market in the world and that they supply the United States government with horses and mules as well as the British government. To Testify Against Her Child. Ottawa, Kan., April 8.—Mrs. Mary McCoy and Miss Bessie Browning, twe of the defendants in the James Booth murder case, were discharged by the county attorney with the understand- ing, it is alleged, that they will turn state’s evidence against Mrs. Mary Stanley, daughter of Mrs. McCoy and sister of Miss Browning. Incident of an Atkansas Feud. Little Rock, Ark., April 8.—Ex-Gov. James P. Eagle has declined to tender his resignation as a member of the state capitol commission, as request- ed by Gov. Davis. Gov. Davis ten- dered bis resignation as. vice presi- dent of the Baptist state association to ex-Gov, Eagle, as president of the association. His Pies of Insanity Accepted. OkJahoma City, Ok., April 8.—W. T. Peoples, a wealthy cotton mill own- er, was acquitted of killing E. F. Me- Laughlin, a druggist. People yers sét up the plea of nity for their client. It was proven that he was driven to desperation by the fact that MeLaughlin was intimate with Mrs. Peoples. Fillpinos Chafe at Quarantine. Manila, April 8.—One hundred and seventy-five cases of cholera and 137 deaths were reported up to noon. The natives are making great efforts to break the quarantine established here. One native has been killed. 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