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THE LAJUMVILLE, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, lWf- COMMISSIONERS POSTPONEMENT to agree upon tb form of order to tie Issued, and ech brouffct In copy to Judge Ball, and another tone arwutneut followed as to wiiloh form be leaued by tbe court. The Court's Order. PARTY SHOULD KEEP ITS POWER REACH DECISION OP I. C. MEETING Yet It Is absolutely true, on the bads of the protests that have come In by the hundreds and thousands, that farmers are only-second to the country merchants In conviction that the parcels post would be ruinous to the country.

In these circumstances It Is not remarkable that advocates of the change do not anticipate early action. Gaines On Warpath. House Coats Reduced $1.00 i For Him. 5c Favor Mean Market Values For White or Fancy Bordered H. S.

Handkerchiefs. For Turkey Red pr Indigo Blue Attorneys Unable to Agree, i 5c To Name Committeemen and Run Its Affairs. Judge Bell sold that Inasmuch as Om court order continuing the meeting to March 2 had not at that time Iw formally entered, the meeting would better be adjourned until noon to-morrow. This wae accordingly dona. After more argument on the transfer For Assessing Tax.

Judge Acts. To John Wesley Gaines, Democrat, Tennessee, fell the honor to-day of be Or 70c a doz. for Fine Cotton, Full-size Handker 6c I chiefs chiefs. ing the first Congressman to pass the Without reservation we have clipped -exactly $1 off the price of every House Coat or Smoking Jacket as a' stimulus to Friday's business. If you were intending' to buy "him" one of these comfortable garments, to-day's your Klmona Handker- OJ- For boo.

the foiwins draft of an order Expert Appraisers To List was agreed upon and formally issued oyt' chiefs; 200 patterns to se Court Fixes March 2 As the Date. Mistake To Give Minority Leader the Right, ne on me House noor me sixi e.u Congress. The House was considering a resolution for a deficiency appropriation of 550.000 to purchase free seeds to replace those of the Agricultural Department destroyed by fire. John Wesley, bristling with anger, got the floor for one minute. "I notice Insurance Securities.

lect from. Pure Linen 'White .1 UC Hemstitched Handkerchiefs. OX For New Hibernian Mer- 6 cerlzed Handkerchiefs, with white cross-barred effects or by Judge Ball: It Is ordered, adjudged and decreed that the same meeting be adjourned to tho second day of March, 1S0S, at 12 o'clock noon, without prejudice to such orders as have heretofore been entered herein, ex-copt as modified hereby; and that notice of said adjourned meeting shall be given. In due time and In tho customary manner; that the stock transfer books of the defendant. Illinois Central Railroad Company, shall be closed the dav before tho CoL Fish chance.

They are made of novelty serge, Scotch mixtures and double-faced cheviots in a generous line of colors. Powers Points Out Inequality of Laws, Wanted the Session Held At Once. that a local paper says that I yestcr- WaShingtOn RegretS Fight thlsppropla-T 41. tlon," said Gaines. "The man tint said ID ine HOUSe.

that is a liar an unqualified liar." shouted the Southerner. I His hair stood straight upon his head day of the decision of this court on said and he brought his fists down with a mouon. or which date or decision, trie court will cit-e due notleo to the counasl bans that almost split the Ud. COMMITTEEMEN GO HOME. VICTORY FOR HARRIMAN.

PRESIDENTIAL BOOMS BOOM. fancy corners. oS-t- doz. for Men's jt Pure Linen 'i-in. Hemstitched Handkerchiefs.

I Or Sac for box of fi Pure tOL Llnen( Hand-embroidered Initial Handkerchiefs. JC Or per doz. lien's COL Extra Fine Embroidered Initial Handkerchiefs. Or J3.75 per doz. for Very Fine Linen H.

S. of record, and said books shall remain closed until said meeting of March 2, 1S08, shall finally adjourn. It Is further ordered that this court re serves the right and full power on proper "Bang, bang," went the Speaker's gavel. Congressmen who had last session heard Gaines call a fellow-member a liar stood up. The "kid" members scooted for the lobbies.

Gaines had to sit down, however, without doing further damage, his minute for debate having expired. The' Committee of Insurance Commls- Washington, Dec. 19. motion nno nouoe, to examine and lnquiro Into the veracity, bonafides and realty of nil transfers made pendiiu? this action of any of the 2S1.231 shares of struck of the oners representing the national association, and wihlch Has been holding sessions at The Seelbach to consider Illinois Central Railroad Comwiny en Chicago, Dec. 19.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Illinois Central railroad was postponed tonight by order of Judge Ball, of tbe Superior Court, until March 2. The stock transfer books of the company Minor Washington Matters. I Or Jo.50 per doz. for Men's JLC Extra Fine Hand-em joined in thin cause; that this- order shall bo without prejudice to any of the rights of the parties heretofore with respect to $4.50 Coats, Friday $3.50 $5.50 Coats, Friday $4.50 $6.00 Coats, Friday $7.00 Coats, Friday $6.00 $8.00 Coats, Friday $7.00 Our 75c Silk Suspenders, with white kid tips, in a filr Christmas box; Friday, special If your husband needs shirts, and no man ever has too many, give him a supply of these. Plaited Bosom Negligee Shirts of solid blue chambray and of madras and percale In neat white and black figures and stripes; also In plaids and checks of white combined with black, lavender and blue.

Cuffs attached, faced sleeves, made extra full. These shirts ought to cost you fl, but wo bought them umdorprlce, so that wtf re selling tiuem at 6Sc or two for CJ plan that the minority leader of the House should suggest to the Speaker the assignments of the members on his side was a mistake, and until the last two Congresses unprecedented. Such a system should have never been adopted. The party In power should be allowed A resolution Introduced to-day by uus or any otner oraer nereun. The Injunction proceedings will be resumed to-morrow morning.

Attorney Representative Garrett, of Tennessee, are t0 be closed on the day preceding calls upon the Secretary of- Commerce tn y.nn,i and Labor to furnish the House forth-. th uPn whleh Jud8e Bal1 18 10 han'' with all facta within his knowl-' down his decision in the Injunction suit broidered Initial Handkerchiefs. JC- 35c, 45c, 50c, 75c, $1.00 and COV up f0r pialn White 11. S. Silk Handkerchiefs.

TOYS. STORE OPEN NIGHTS to run Its own affairs, as they are re sponsible for the work that they have fnTofTontroTin pendln' and rM Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by until tne postponed meeting umuw rurrar taking up the thread of his argument -where he left off when interrupted to-day by th controversy of the annual meeting. GOVERNOR ASKS SPECIAL COURT the formulation and recommendation of plan for uniformity in assessing Insurance companies' securities for taxation, finished its work yeterday and adjourned. They recommended that Insurance commissioners. In deternilningf the valuation of securities Included in the financial statement of Insurance corporations, may ascertain the real market value by taking the mean of market prices on the first day of each month and the thirty-first day of December in the year 1907 and computing therefrom In the meantime transfers of Why Representative Williams should ana any information he may have Journe' nn- nnsltlon nf the 2R1.231 Shares Of care to choose among- his friends in the regarding any other firms or corporations engaged in the same business not controlled by said corporation.

stock affected by tho injunction suit can only be made subject to the right (Continued from FiiBt Page.) CaWKponted) lines of business. Everybody expresses 1 t0 average value for the year by dl minority side places on the various committees is a wonder. He could not hope to satisfy as many as half of them with their wishes, and that he would naturally make enemies on his own side goe3 without the saying. Mr. Williams Is an able and accomplished man and well fitted for the Democratic leadership of the House, and had he allowed Speaker Cannon to select all the members of the various of the court to inquire Into their genuineness.

The details of the postponement were arranged at a session of court which lasted until nearly 8 o'clock. For more than one hour the attorneys of Stuy-vesant Fish and E. H. Harrlman argued over the question of keeping the uae nope tnat sucn will be the result. A subcommittee of the Immigration Commission has been appointed to investigate immigration conditions In the South.

Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee will conn: In for a good deal of attention. Senator Lnttlmer is chairman of the subcommittee. Postmasters have been appointed in Kentucky as follows: Bayfork, Warren county. Lewis W. Reynolds: vlalng the aggregate of said amounts and ail are ready to acknowledge their by thirteen; provided, that in any par oeot to uov.

iilson if he succeeds In bringing about the end desired. home State or in the case of foreign companies the State where tho deposit was held. Commissioner Moore. Arkansas Could not follow Now York recommendations. ticular case whore exceptional facts warrant a departure, the rule shall not some one caught my arm and we wero separated." DEMOCRATS SIDE WITH MR.

WILLIAMS. 'lho Committee of tho Burley Tobacco Society, which is a branch of the American Society of Eoui'tv. held a rnet-tinc rn-ntirht rh Hatcher, Taylor county, William Mitchell. apply. A subcommittee was appointed con committees it would have been better Capital Hotel.

The committee Is com sisting of Kolsey, of New York; Hardl- posed of Clarence Debus, nresident of for Mr. Williams as well as the Democratic party. It Is a great pity that FIST FIGHT ON FLOOR OF HOUSE The organization; S. T. Prewitt.

of transfer books open after Judge Bail should have. given his decision In the Injunction suit. In the end the court entered the ruling as above, announcing that he would give ample notice of tho date upon which he would render his decision. two Intellectual men like Representa Clark counts-; John E. Tiro-nn.

of Shel PARDON OF CONVICTED MAN KEPT SECRET SsArmond Said To Be Extreme! Jealous of Leader. by county, Claude Williams, of Wood- tlves Williams and De Armond should have lost their heads and engaged in lord county; Rhodes Thomas, of Scott (Continued from First Page.) son, of Massachusetts; Crouse, of Maryland; Potter, of Illinois; Beedle, of Wisconsin; Vandiver, of Missouri, and McDonald, of Connecticut, to act with Chairman Reau E. Folk, of Tennessee, and delegated It with the power to employ expert appraisers to make up a list of securities as deemed necessary, with the statement of tho market value ISSUED NOVEM- BY BECKHAM BEE 22. It was further decided Attorney Nelson Cromwell, representing the In "Washington, Dec, 19. Special "When the trouble commenced to-day between Representatives Williams and DeArmond, Mr.

Carlln, tie new Demo such a disgraceful exhibition of themselves. It was a regrettable and unfortunate performance in the Capitol of the nation, no matter what may have been the provocation on either side. Gas For Two Booms. county; K. B.

Hascotn, of Bath county; Fred Stucy. of Carroll county; Dr. J. A. Heel, of Mason county; Dr.

G. M. ilc-Miiien, of Pendleton oounty. President Lobtis uius not present at the meeting, having missed his train, but Che others, with former Congressman J. N.

Kohoo and several other growers who were in-vKed to be present, discussed the situa terests of Mr. Harriman, shall fllo his cratic member from the Eighth Vir brief in the injunction suit by January 10: that the brief In behalf of Mr. Fish hnil hi. filed bv January 20, and that CASE UP FOR ARGUMENT BEFORE COURT OF APPEALS. tion ami the posinon that the organization would take at to-morrow's The Taft and Hughes booms were ginia district, was standing only a few feet away.

He says that as soon aa DeArmond began to show that he was angry Williams sugigested that they had better retire from the hall to talk five years held the place of minority leader, a considerable element among Democratic members has favored Mr. DeArmond for that position. Reeuit-antly, there has been more or less rivalry between them, but the sins of it have been more marked among their followlnss than in the men In their personal relations they have been generally friendly, at least to outward appearances. The fact that Mr. Williams' recent election to the Senate, to succeed Mr.

Money in 1901', will make this tho last term In the House has encouraged friends of the Mlssourlan Representative to believe that he ACTION QUICKLY ENDED. Gibson Represents Trust the defendants must submit their re ply by January 23. Decision Date in February. both given a good deal more gas at the White House to-day by various visitors who came to talk business or politics with the President. Universal CoUee Percolator.

High-grade Green Enamel, white Inside; makes perfect coffee, free from bitter taste caused tutbailing; all sizes, 4 to 14 cups, $2.00 and up. BOMAR- in cash, and report to such commissioners as may request it as early as practicable after January 16. 1903. Completed the conference on valuation of securities and adjourned. Finished for the present the work of tho Taxation Committee and adjourned that committee subject to call, with, the 'It looks more and more like the Sec Frankfort, Dec.

19. Special. over their differences. DeArmond did not seem inclined to do so. He became more excited, finally telling- Williams that he lied.

"Oh, you certainly do not mean that," Mr. Carlin distinctly heard Williams retary of War," said Senator Fulton. While It. K. Smith and Junius Parker, of New York, are here for the American Tobacco Company and I.

N. Smith, of Clarksville. for the American Snuff Company, tho "trust" The granting of a pardon to L. Troutman, of Laurel county, by Gov. "I have no doubt that my State.

Ore It Is now apparent that no decision will be reached by Judge Ball until late in February. Tho annual meeting. tho democratic leauer Beckham on November 22, 1907, but which was never made public, resulted will have as Its spokesman Charles H. pr0bable date some time during March, of Louisville Mr. Gibson said In the bodv.

The position generally Eay, even laying his hand eently on the which was perfunctorily called to order Heard read ajid discussed a papor by Koes with the first Democratic assign- irate Mlasourian. Then DeArmond ex- in a great amount of unnecessary work gon, will bo for him, and most of the coast States will follow in line." "The trend Is for Hughes," said Rep- resentatlve Sherman, of New York, "and the tide seems to be getting stronger, There Is no doubt that ho is getting on the part of Assistant Attorney Gen ment to the Ways aiMeans Committee and DeArmond's rrlende find some to-day after adjournment from yesterday, will be again convened to-mor oral Charlea MorrUs, and the fsict of Col, J. D. Powers, president of the American Bankers' Association. Afternoon Session Completed Work.

cause for criticising the course of Mr. Williams in rtlrimr from that commit SUMMERS HARDWARE CO. (Incorporated) row and adjourned to March 2. The iiosanonement was made the granting of the pardon did not be come public until to-day. when the At to-nilit that his would have no proposals to make.

huv(; bt'L-n invitod here to a conference," said Mr. Gibson. "Wo do not know exactly vhat form it will take, but presume that representatives of tboso interested will state their several positions. The Anu-rlcan Tobacco Company has never snug-lit to fix the price of tobacco. The farmers do that.

claimed: "I do; you are a liar." Before Carlin could Interfere 'Williams had dealt DeArmond a stinging blow In the face. They fought furiously until separated. 9 DeArmond Condemns-. by tee on the eve of leaving the House torney General's olilce filed a brief in and putting in the place vacated Mr. Champ Clark, of Missouri, Mr.

DeArmond's colleague. 333 West Jefferson. I the case in the Court of Appeals. Troutman was convicted and stn-tenced to ten years in the penitentiary WTien Mr. Williams was reieaseo nu aront Immediately into the Democratic Democratic members generally talce It Is certainly to the interest of the company to see the farmers make money on their tobacco crops or else the aide of Mr.

Williams, and TniMTWi stronger. There Is no doubt that ho Is getting stronger In New York." Senator Bulkeley, of Connecticut, was for Taft, and said he believed Connecticut would be in line for the Secretary and stay there. "Mr. Taft will get the State," said Senator Bulkeley, "and he will run strong throughout New England." Col. Michael Dady, one of the Republican leaders of Broklyn, agrees with other New Yorkers that sentiment is running to Hughes, but says that there Is no at the February term of the Laurel Circuit Court for the alleged detaining of a female against her will.

On August 1 last he was granted an appeal cloak room at the rear of the chamber and while removing the strains of the combat made the fallowing statement of the trouble: Mr. Williams' Statement. to the Court of Appeals and on Sep tember IS was given sixty days by th explored at the earliest possible moment. The main office of the company te in Pittsburg and Immediately upon receipt of the news of the explosion olfl-cers hurried to the mine and are leading and directing the rescue work. Victims May Be Beached To-day.

Court of Appeals to file a brief, and Judge Ball after rh attorneys had at the morning session cf court that they were unable to resvjh an agreement. Judge Forrar, actlmr for Mr. Fish, desired tta tho meeting should he held at once, and that tho iiar-ji of stock controlled by the Union F.ix-dflc and the Railroads Securities Company, which have been enjoined, should be counted In accordance with the decision of JuJkc Ball. If the temporary Injunction was made permanent, the shares were not to be but If the injunction was dissolvod they sliould be countcxl as having been cant by tho Union Pacific and the Railroads Securities Company. After a lengthy discussion during "the morning, Judpo Ball, vainly st-eking to have Judge Farrar and William Nelson Cmmwell.

who repre as tbe time set by tho court expired the farmer will cease to raise and wo would no supply of raw material." Tho warehousemen here said tonight that they did not know what part they would be expected to take in the discussion. "We naturally want to see all tho tobacco Hold on the breaks," said I. P. Harnard. president of the i-jouisvllle Tobacco Warehouse Company.

"We have no proposition to surest to the meeting, but will take things as they come to-morrow." Burley Farmers In Evidence. them, in discussinsr the exciting and unfortunate affair, dol not hesitate to say chat DeArmond has befm very disagreeable for the past two years. He has been jealous of Williams, and, it Is pretty well understood here, would have opposed him for minority leader if he had ithought there was any chance. He Is also believed to have urged Jones, of Virginia, on in his attempt to prevent Williams from naming the minority members of the Hous committees. Jones, in his attempt, became the laughing stock of his party friends.

Williams was indorsed. Then, too. Williams took to-day, the Assistant Attorney Gen crystallization. He called on the President to-day. eral, who was conducting the case for the Commonwealth, appeared In the "The disagreement arose over a committee assignment.

Mr. De Armond called me to book for recommending his colleague, Mr. Bocher. to no more prominent committee than that on coinage, weights and measures. I replied that I had been given to understand by him that Mr.

Bocher would be well "I was one of the original Hughes men In Brooklyn," said Col. Dady, "and This constituted the work of the Insurance Commissioners yesterday at The Seelbach, and in the evening all departed for their hornet. Tho morning- session was open to the public, but In tho afternoon the commissioners desired to finish and went into executive session. They believed that they could work faster behind closed doors, and fo that was the programme. The paper by CoL Powvrs was the Important consideration at the session In the morning- because It was a comparison of the forms and methods of taxation of banks and insurance companies.

Mr. Powers said that banks paid an ad valorem tax only, wMle insurance companies are obliged to pay an ad valorem tax not only city, county and State, but franchise taxes and taxes on their gross receipts as well, to say nothing of fees. He pointed out that the bank pays its depositors only common Interest, while the Insurance companies pay their policyholders compound Interest. Taxation Not Equally Distributed. Clerk's office with his brief and win preparing to argue the case when he was Informed by an attorney of Lau helped secure nearly all the delegates there for him.

But It's pretty hard to be for a man who Is not for himself. There are forty-five other States in this country outside of New York, and they are not likely to bubble over with warmth for a man who does not seem to care whether he gets support or not. If President Roosevelt were ftot om New York it Is probable that you sented Mr. Harrlman. reach an agree About 1,500 feet from the mouth of the mine a heavy fall of rcof was encountered by the rescuers.

It Is believed that most of the men will be found nearly a mile and a half beyond this point. How long It will require to remove enough of the fallen roor to open a passage to these remote workings can only be conjectured, as it depends upon how frequent these falls 'are' met with. It I3 hoped from the progress made up to this time, however, that the further section will be reached early to-morrow. There are several eide entries through which It Is expected some men will be reached. Women and Children Kept Away.

rel county, who was In the Clerk office, that Troutman had been pardoned by Gov. Beckham and was now out of 'all. -Mr. Morris Immediately hurried to tho Governor's office and inspected the pardon records and found where Troutman had been given a pardon by Gov. Beckham on November 22.

Troutman is a son-in-law of James Sparks, who was recently killed in the London courthouse. ment, the court announced tliat at satisfied with that assignment "Mr. De Armond answered to the effect that I could have gained such an Idea only by tho operation of my imagination, or by a deliberate wish to nils-understand. 1 suggested to him that the door of the House was no place for a quarrel or scene, and asked him to desist- "His answer was that he had never had any such understanding with me about Mr. Bocher as I had declared and he added that my subsequent action was the result either of error or untruthfulness.

I again suggested that tCte Houst.vwa.3 no place to settle a per o'clock in the afternoon ho wouia iaK--matters into his own hands and decide himself off Ways and Means OtKn-mltte and Champ Clark, a Mlasourian, wae promoted. DeArmond did not relish that- There Is a great deal of talk about Clark being a formidable candidate for Speaker of the next House in the event the Democrats control that body. With only four or Ave exceptions, Williams has the absolute confidence of the Democrats, and they are Incensed over the affair of to-day. There is a disposition since the list fight to stand by him moro loyally than ever. Practically no tobacco growers from the "Black Patch" reached Frankfort to-night, but the Central Kentucky farmers wure much In evidence, while the American Tobacco Company and the warehouse men of botii Louisville and Cincinnati were well represented.

Louisville warehousemen who arrived to-night were President I. Barnard of tho Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Company, and Henry Glover. MftJiy of the other prominent warehousenvfen of Louisville are expected to-nujrrow. T. H.

Gayle. of Now-port, and M. L. Klrkpairick. of Cincinnati, are here looking after the inter- whether the meeting should bo held or again postponed.

wouldn't hear a thing said about pres identlal politics at this time." Woodruff's Cigars. On taking the bench In the alternoon NO COMPROMISE Judfre Ball said: I think the stockholders' meeting Should be adjourned until some time in Col. Dady was smoking one of the big cigars being handed out by State Chairman Timothy Woodruff from his A remarkable feature of this disaster is the almost co.nplete absence of the harrowing scenes usuallv enacted February noxt. the date to bo agreed Mr. Powers added: "Banks may do business in other States without being subject to the franchise tax, or a tax for the rlirht to do business; every fo est of the Cincinnati warehouses, Of the growers here to-night many I are officers of ihelr conntj orguniza- WILL BE MADE WITH FEDEHA-TION OF MINEBS.

upon by counsel." Mr. by women, friends and ieiativce of the quarters In the Arlington Hotel. TOWN SHAKEN WHEN DYNAMITE LETS GO 1 tions or have some connection with the Transfers Under Court Supervision. Burey Tobacco Society, Clarence foreign insurance company trans- sonal difference of opinion. "He retorted that Is wns not a matter of opinion, but of veracity, and said that he did not beileve I had merely nude a mistake.

I then struck him. and we exchanged blows. It Is most regrettable that the floor should be selected for so unpleasant an affair." A De Armond Version. "Vl'K'v 525 i acting business In any State other than 1 would suggest." said Judge Far here to-night, a. wa.s Clnro M.

Bar-j Conference With Their Attorney Agreed To, But Will Be Fruitless. rar, that an iransioia TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS KIX.T.T.D nott, of Hartford, president of tho be made under the supervision of the victims on sucn occasions. Conditions preventing easy access to the mouth of the mine are for this r.ni these in charge of the work are doing everything possible to keep the women ar.d ch Mron away from the scene. The blacksmith shop has been fitted up as a temporary morgue anl a number of physicians nre In waiting to any services that may be required of them. tho one in Which it is organized is obliged to pay a rax for that purpose.

Conditions have reached a point wiicio i the people will soon say with Daniel, of old 'A raiser ot taxes, standing up in AND HUNDRED INJURED BY TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. court. The court can men the transfers are real or fictitious." Mr. De Armond remained In the Woodruff came here last night with I Mrs. Woodruff upon invitation nf the President to be a guest at the Cabinet dinner to-night.

He will see the Pres- idem this afternoon and have a long talk with him about politics in N'ew York. During the day Mr. Woodruff, who talks enigmatically about the Hughes boom in New York, had conferences with Speaker Wadsworth, of the New York Assembly; John A. Mer-ritt, formerly postmaster of this city, now Collector of Customs at Niagara Falls, and other New Yorkers who are here. Mr.

from well jumped to his feot and the State for the giory of the Kingdom. hr" said: he subsequently returned, and then Palermo. Dec. 19. A terrific exrn11-' sion occurred tins evening in tho mill- 'This is a now angle entirely, your made a statement of the circumstances honor, and it is from tho fertllo brain kading up to the affair from his point tary powdermagazine, where a largo American Society of Kquity.

but neither arrived. Mr. I.ebus was registered at the Capital Hotel and a rooai was re-served for him by a friend, but he evidently missed ills train and was therefore imabie to attend the meeting of the KxtfUtlV'' Committee. Among the growers registered were. S.

H. Mitchell and Bon Lnngnlcker, of I Muson county; June W. (layle and R. i G. Knox, of Owen county: .1.

R. Bas-com, of Bath county; C. C. Patrick, of Fayette county; S. T.

Prewitt. of Clark county: former Congressman .1. X. Ke-I hoe. of Mason county; Walter Sharp, of Sharpvburg; O.

A. Brooks, of Clark county; R. H. Elllston and R. L.

Conrad, of Grant county; Claude M. Moro Stringent Mining Laws: Charleston, W. Va, Dec 19. It was announced authoritatively to-day that Gov. Dawson will, within the next few days, call an extra session of the West Virginia Legislature, to convene "here January 28, for the consideration of more stringent mining laws.

President Wants Parcels Post. shall within a few days be destroyed, but not in anger, nor yet in battle, but his glory shall bo stripped from him' In the name of Justice, honesty and fair dealing. "From a sentimental standpoint the present system of taxing insurance companies is llttlo less than a tariff cn foresight, prudence, affection and frugality." William B. Smith and Robert Cox, of New Tork, spoke, and their remarks were indorsements of the views as expressed by Col. Powers.

At 12:30 o'clock the commissioners took a recess until 2:30 o'clock, and when they reconvened they went Into I of view. According to Mr. De Armond's quantity of dynamite was stored, M- version the episode arose over the ques- I lowed by a number of less explosions, I tlon of the correctness of a conversa- rhe whole torwn being badly shaken UP tion between him.sclf and Mr. 'and the people thrown into a panic about ten days ago regarding tho com- Almost immediately flames shot Mgh mittee assignments of some Missouri I in the air and spread to the ruins of members, and particularly of Mr. houses that fallen, adding greatly I Bocher.

to the terror of those wSio were In the i Mr. De Armond said he had spoken Immediate neighborhood of the dis- highly of Mr. Bocher and tne ot.ier aster. members as being competent to sit on i It Is estimated that about twenty-Are any committee, but that he had not i persons were killed and a hundred oth- specified to Mr. Williams any special era Injured.

committee on which he would like to I of my friend Farrar, who nover knows when he Is dead." "You refer to the stock of tho Railroads Securities Company and the Un'ion Pacific, do you not?" asked Judg-o Ba'll of Judge Farrar. "1 do." replied Judge Farrar. "An order should be drafted containing- restrictions, pending the decision of the court in this matter." Mr. Cromwell Objects. Goldlleld.

Dee. 19. The mine-owners of Goliifield will listen to tne that O. N. HI I tun.

acting 6ir the Western federation of -Minms, nils to present, altiiough there is remote possibility that any compromise can be made. A letter was received by the Goldfldd Mine-owners' Association to-day from Mr. Hilton, asking that a meeting at which he may be present be to present the proposition of the Western Federation. No reply to tills has bten sent by tne association, bu't Presideivt Dowlen state! to-night that a reply will be sent in ihe morning, and fiiat it will be favorable to such a meeting. The are emphatic in th'-jir ptutcintnt that no comproniCsa lurking to the abandonment of the position r.iken by them, tnat any miner why uxies to work must renounce tu-e Fed- r.Ujun, will be accepted.

Siiref.iry Erli issued a statement tonight declaring tha. while riie association is willing to receive Mr. HGan Maxwell Foster's Sale cf Paintings now going cn at 216 ourlh Ave. The amount of antagonism which has been stirred up by the parcels post proposal is causing remark. It now develops that there is an alliance of the express companies, the big associations of retail merchants cf the country' and the American Protective Tariff LeUc'i-e, In opposition to the eslablishu.ent of a parcels post.

Postmaster General lltyo'r tins 1 have Mr. Bocher or any otner memueri i DAMAGING EVIDENCE Thomas, of Scott county: Conrad, a. W. McMillen. T.

J. Gulick and J. T. MeReery. of Pndlernn county; X.

J. Ftroub. E. A. Cosilp and M.

Hargett. of Bracken county, and John E. Brown, of Shelby county. Joe Brow-dor. of Fulton county, and J.

H. Burney. of Greenville, Muhlenberg county, were the only growers from Western Ken-ttucky here to-night. LEWIS Y. JOHNSON.

AGAINST PETTIB0NE. executive session, wnn "The sug-gesflon is outrageous." sold Mr. Crom-well. "Suppose we wtuit to borrow money on our stock. My clients have ito intention of doing so, but you GUNBOAT PADUCAH COMING FOR THE SILVER SERVICE.

4:30 o'clock. placed. This, Mr. De Armond said. Mr.

Williams to-day denied, saying it was I a matter of recollection between them, Upon Mr. De Armond's insisting that ho had not specified any committee or committees to which he desired to have his colleagues assigned Mr. Williams. he said, brusquely repeated that it was assured that the President is with him Full Ratification Expected. I.

is and asccss tne pUuati.ui with Idm, the in his demand for the siv am depriving them of ten right of using worth of stock." General canno: reconsider the the opinion of the Postings! DARK TOBACCO MEN Bolso, Idaho, Dec. 19. New and dam-! aging testimony was presented by the State to-day in the trial of George A. 1 Pettlbone for the murder of ex-GoV. I Steunenberg.

Charlie Neville, the sev-! omeen-year-old son of John Neville, ion It has taki n. Mr. Hilton has that no more defense need bo made of simply a matter or recollection between the two. .1 to make im- the proposition than waj required for ei tnat he is au'-irriz eould be used for borrowing money, and i OPPOSE PUBLIC CONFERENCE "He said this," said Mr. De Armond, the railroad when its introduction w.is poriunt concessions, even to the remov-first undertaken.

If quicker, Letter and al of some of the. members tae cheaper transportation was a so Western Federation who may be con-thing 100 years ago ami justified the sldered by the mine-owners as ugitat-great canaj-buiiding enterprise of that ors from the camps, time, it ought to be good now. If it The mines have lccn in operation to-was a good thing sixty years ago. and day and are working to-nlghn with Telegraph Gov. Willson Declining Invitation To Meeting.

justified railroad building in the face about the same number of men as were it-it of much opposition among the paople at work yefteruay. uen. uioston Paducah, Dec. 19. Special.

Word was received to-day from Havana, Cuba, that the gunboat Paduiah Is there and wlil start for New Orleans December 27, arriving December SO. Commander Griffin will then communicate with Mayor Yciser, and the time and place of the presentation the silver service will be set. Alayor Yeiser'B daughter, MiS3 Anna Mae Yeiser, christened the.boat. and it was through the unremitting efforts of Mayor Yeiser that the appropriation of the silver service was made. He then hurried up preparations in the tiope that he might eee the presentation made during his administration.

He goes out In January. The will take place under the administration of Mayor James -P. Smith. It probably will take place at Cairo. the nearest point to raducah to which the boot can ascend at this stage.

who seriously feared It would disar mis morning lor runoisco. RECEPTION FOR RETIRING MANAGER AND SUCCESSOR. range business adjustments, it is a good thing now. That is about all the argument the Postmaster General thinks Is necessary. The advocates of the measure think most of the things urged aga.rut the parcels post are erroneous and misleading.

They say that tho express companies represent the most serious opposition that 'Is really intelligent, though the rurai retailers are much the most Influential section. From all over the country petitions against the par "In such a way as to leave no other w-nom urclrard said he was dlrecieo oy inference than the one I suggested, and Mosor to kill because "he know too I told him I believed him to bo a liar. much," was the ohlef witness of tbe He thereupon struck me, and I think day. telling of his hunting trip wtth bis I gave him as good. The next thing fattier and Orchard.

SU-F-F-I-C-I-E-N-f For the day is the worry thereof. Do not add to your Christmas worry tho unpleasant annoyance of having your coal run out Order now a supply ot "CAMDEN" High-Grade Pittsburg SoaS Ignites Quickly Burns Brilliantly Lasts Long CAMDEN COAL CO.J Both Phones 585. Main Office W. C. WILLIAMS, The action of the commissioners is only the crystallization of the sentl-menit among tho commissioners of all the'states, or a majority of them.

This is shown in the following expressions received by Chairman Folk: Commissioner Wolf. CailfornlE Ap proved valuation by committee of cx- PCCommls9loner Cunningham. Montana-Agreed to follow action of meeting. Commissioner of Insurance. New MexicoAgreed to follow action of meeting.

Commissioner Cooper. South Dakota Unfavorable to December 31. 1D0C. as a specific date, but favored liberality. Commissioner Schorr.

West Virginia Will follow action of meeting. Commissioner Wright. Georgia Hoped equitable basis of valuation would be Commissioner Pierce. Nebraska Will value only as of the market December 31 1907 Commissioner Gray. Rhode Island Believed in fair valuation without reference to specific date, but rejected the right to discard individual quotations where ho believed the valuations to be excessive.

Commissioner McGlvney, Louisiana In sympathy with the Idea and would cooperate with other commlsisonera. Coaimlssionor Julian, Alabama Expressed sympathy with movement and hoped that satisfactory basis would bo arrived at. Commissioner Barnes, Kans33 Favorable to the movement. Commissioner Toung. North Carolina.

Favorable to. the movement. Commissioner Rlttenhouso, Colorado-Would accept th valuations msd by also as a pledge, and Cromwell asserted warmly that such action by tho court would deprive Mr. Harriman of certain rlsrhts. He declared also that there would be no transfer of the stock until Judge Ball hod made his decision.

"is there any objection to the closing of the books on the day tho decision is rendered?" asked Judge Ball. "It mifrht be Impracticable," Mr. Cromwell would suggest an Interval of ten days." Attorney Leman, for Mr. Pish, asserted that while Mr. Cromwell might give a pledge, and do his utmost to aBMe by rt, his client.

In the absence of a restraining order, would still able to transfer the stock. "I understood," Judgo Ball replied, "that any pledge Mr. Cromwell might make will apply to all defendants." "That Is rlgst, your honor," said Mr. Cromwell. The court then suggested that tho attorneys draw trp tho form of the order, and than It direct the books to be closed on tho date on wMch the decision regarding the injunction is given.

Tiae attorneys, however, were unablo Fully 350 employes of the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company attended the reception tendered to Managers Ben S. Read, retlrlns. and J. D. Temple-man, succeeding, last night at Baldwin's Hall.

The principal address 01 the even Clnrksvllle. Dec. 19. After a conference with members of the Executive Committee of the Dark Tobacco Growers' Association at Guthrie. to-day.

President Charles H. Fort and General Manager F. G. Ewlng telegraphed Gov. Wlllson.

of Kentucky, declining the invitation to meet with representatives of the different tobacco Interests In Frankfort, to-morrow for the purpose of taking steps to settle tho differences between buyers and sellers of tobacco. The officers of the association say they fee that It Is not advisablo for them to join In a conference which would bo Immediately public, but that they are ready to join In a secret conference with the Governor and others whom ho may choose to meet with him at any time. ing was inade by Vlll J. Elchorn. and "HAM" LEWIS WOULD LIKE TO BE GOVERNOR.

cels poet are pouring in upon Congress, several musical selections were be ween the resses. Th A Keoresentauve wno ruuy Dei eves wn-w tne parcels post saia tnere was no chance for the proposition In this Congress. I -Farmers, especially, arc strong lif titloning against parcels poit, and the petitions generally bring a smile to the faces of people who think they know that the farmer, of all men, certainly has only one interest In the matter and that Interest Is to secure tfte cheap merry-maklns; continued until a late hour. When the "handshake" came every one was loath to leave. Mr.

Read has been local manager for about three and a half years, having come to Louisville ram Chattanooga, where he held the position of local manager. He goes to New Orleans to become manager In that city. J. D. Templeman, manager of the telephone company at Nashville, will succeed Mr.

Read as local manager for the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company. Both are well New York. Doc. 19. J.

Hamilton Lewis, ot Chicago, announced last night that he would accept the nomination for Governor of Illinois if it were tendered him. He said: "I am not seeking the office, but will accept the nomination and make the fight for Democratic supremacy if I am- liven the platform of principle I stand (or. 452 W. Jefferson. Pres and (Upon request Chrjstmas cards will he tant with gifts of ChriabMi OnlT One "BROMO Ql'IMNE" Thit 1 LAXATIVE BROMO QL'ININE.

Look for th of E. W. OROVE. tld th World over to Cur Cold In On Dr- est and best transportation, as near to ASCW V( aVI ilia door as possible, from all the world. 1 known In Louisville,.