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-1. THE COUBIEK-JOUBNAL, LOUISVILLE, FRIDAY MORNING. APEIL 29, 1904 8 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL BOND ISSUE WOUND LEXINGTON NOTES. the Harrlman-Fierce suit against the Northern Securities plan for distribution of railroad stocks, which was to have come before United States Judge Klrkpatrick, at Newark, t0-JaJh' again postponed, adjournment namg been taken until Monday, Ma J- Smith, of this city, led the devotional exercises. Mrs.

Milford White, of this city, delivered the address of welcome, while Mrs. Malcolm Thompson, of Pavne's Depot responded on behalf of the" delegates. Miss Hackley, of Georgetown, spoke of "Charities and Missions." and Miss Broadus. of Louis- The litigation Is over the gas fields of Meade county. A Hepcrt of Hussian Defep.t.

Shanghai, April 20. 2 p. m. It Is reported that the Russians have met a disastrous repulse afttrr twoMays' fighting on th-; river. The Japanese forces crossed the river and the Russians retreated.

"Will Not Accept Mediation. St. Petersburg, April 29. The official Messenger publishes a circular Issued by the Foreign Office to Russian representatives abroad, declaring categorically that Russia will not accept mediation to terminate the war, which the circular declares, was forced on her. NOTED MORDERCASE DEATH Penalty Is Given Custer Gardner At Mun-fordville.

JURY WAS OUT THREE HOURS. CHARGES WITH ASSASSIN AUNG SQUIRE AND DAVID OSBOUN. HE CLAIMS HE IS INNOCENT. Munfordville, April 28 Spe. ctal.

The trial of Custer Gardner, charged with the murder of Squire Os- born and his son. David Osborn, in their home at Plkevien- last Xovem- ber, was concluded at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The jury, after being out three hours, brought in a verdict of guilty, and fixed his punishment at i death. He heard the verdict read with- out a tremor except a nervous tapping of the floor with his riirht foot. He I then arose and said in a low but steady voice: "You have convicted me of a crime committed by another." arose and said to the court ho ready to be taken back to the was jail.

which was done. This is the first death sentence rendered by a Hart county jury for twenty-orie years. In February, 1SS3, a negro was sentenced to be hung for. murder, but he committed suicide by shooting himself in his cell two dav.q hefnrp fh tlm flvprl for The execution. The last legal hanging in the county was in the year 1859.

when Jaggers was hanged for the murder of his wife. ELABORATE BANQUET Given By Elder Carey Morgan, of Paris Christian Church: Paris, April 28. Special. The most extensive and elegant affair In the way of a church entertainment ever given in this city was a banquet tonight in the handsome parlors of the new Christian church, at which nearly four hundred persons were seated at one time. Six hundred invitations were Issued by Elder Carey E.

Morgan, pastor of the church, inviting the men of the church and congregation to be present. The banquet was in charge of the ladies of tne church. Elder Morgan presided as toastmas-ter, and1 responses were made by the following ministers: Burris A. Jenkins, of Lexington, "Masculine Christianity;" H. D.

C. MacLachlan, of Shelbyvllle, "Man's Preparation for His Work;" Hugh McLellan, of Richmond. "Massing the Forces;" A. J. Elliott, of Peoria, 111., "The Man Behind the Gun." WELLS GIVEN TWENTY YEARS.

His Victim, Miss Virginia Lee Husk, of Near Owensboro. Owensboro, April 28. The jury I 1 I I i Plice and Fire Commission Adopts New Rules SEVERALAPPOINTMiENTSMADE ROBERT NEAL, OF PENDLETON, GOES TO PENITENTIARY. MEETING OF BAPTIST WOMEN. Lexington, April 2S.

tSpscial.j A meeting of the Police and Fire Commissioners was held in the office of Mayor Combs this afternoon, there being four members present. Motions were made by Dr. Neely asking that the resignation of Chief Muir be accepted; that the appointment of W. A. Jesse as Chief be made to take effect May that the resignation of Mike Savage as a member of the detective force be accepted; that the appoint- men of John Ecton as his successor be confirmed, and that James Stewart be appointed a member of the police force.

All of these motions were adopt- ed by the commission. A set of rules for the benefit of the policemen and fl and adoDted. by wnIoh ali members of both departments are to be sober ana uprigni men ooui 3.MA,i.,t-. th ni nn' uu wm uil ui uuLJ. adhered to.

the member Is subject to dismissal by the commissioners. Another and most important feature of the new rules Is that each member must be between the ages of twenty-one. years and fifty years. Verdict a Disappointment. Robert Neal.

aged fifty years, a farmer of Pendleton county, who was convicted at the recent term of court in that county and given a term of five years In the penitentiary for Incest with his seventeen-year-old daughter, passed through here to-day in care of Deputy Sheriff Thomas Yelton. When seen at the depot this afternoon, Neal, who is rather a handsome man, protested his Innocence and said that his conviction was brought about by his deceased wife's sister in order to shield her son. Deputy Sheriff Yelton says the verdict in the case was a bitter disappointment to a majority of the p30-ple, who believed In the innocence of Neal. a Men's Club Banquet. The Men's Club of the Centenary Methodist church held Its monthly banquet at Glenn's restaurant to-night, there being about fifty members present.

Following the supper a number of tajiks were given by members of the club upon topics of interest. The work of the club of this church has been productive of much good, and each member takes an active interest in every thing that Is beneficial to men. Woman's Missionary Conference. The Woman's Missionary Conference of the Elkhorn Baptist Association was held at the Upper-street Baptist church to-day, for the purpose of working up interest in the foreign missions. About fifty women were present at the meeting representing twenty-nine churches, and was called to order by Mrs.

G. W. Arga'brite, of Georgetown. Mrs. Roger 1 Of 35,000,000 Proposed By Norfolk and Western.

BONDS TO RUN FORTY YEARS. STOCKHOLDERS ARE CALLED TO MEET ON JUNE 17. TO AUTHORIZE A MORTGAGE. New York. April 2S A new bond issue of $35,000,000, to run forty years at not more than 4 per is proposed in a circular to stockholders.

Issued today by the directors of the Norfolk and Western railway. Authorization for the creation, of a new mortgage Is requested of the stockholders who are called for a special meeting at Roanoke, on June 17 to vote on the proposed new bonds. It is declared that there is no Intention to sell any 'of the new bonds at the present time, as the cash resources obtained from the sale of the consolidated mortgage bonds and equipment trust certificates are ample for all current The new mortgage, which is to provide future capital expenditures, will be a first lien on the extensions and branches not now covered by the first consolidated mortgage, and on such extensions and branches as may be acquired from the proceeds of tnese Donas, me Donas win aiso De a lien, subject to the first consolidated mortgage on all the other properties. MR. LAWSON WITHDRAWS From the Banking Firm of Arnold of Bbstsn.

Boston, April 28. It was announced on the Boston Stock Exchange to-day, I that Thomas W. Lawson has severed his connection with the firm of Lawson, Arnold bankers and brokers. The firm holds membership in both the Bcs- ton and New York Stock Exchanges. In a statement Mr.

Lawson said the rules of the Stock Exchange of which his firm is a member "forbid that degree of publicity" which a-t the present time he deemed necessary in. order to carry on his "contest against certain Interests." He said that he owed it to the public to vigorously combat those who, he thinks, have done tha public wrong, and that he owed the public the further duty of "telling them what he does and why he does It." To Develop Coal Lands. Middlesboro, April 28. Special. Maj.

E. C. Camp and associates, of Knoxville, are preparing to develop .1 some recently acquired coal lands this vicinity on-an extensive scale. The leases controlled by the capitalists ap- proximate 1,000 acres, and a five-foot vein of coal on Lick Fork is now being opened up. It will be necessary to construct a short line of railway in order to market the product.

Maj. Camp Is president of the Coal Creek Coke and Coal Company, the largest concern of the kind in Tennessee. Good Prices At Owensboro. Owensboro, April 28. Special.

The record was broken at the tobacco auction house to-day. The prices soared skyward this afternoon. The $10 m-ark was almost reached. The highest prices were $9.75 for leaf, $9.75 for lugs and S2 for trash. This crop was bought by W.

E. Whitley, an independent buyer. To-night the city is flooded with tobacco waiting to be sold to-morrow. Up until to-day the market has been extremely low. Bath County Burley Sold.

Owingsvllle, April 2S. Special. Peed Goodpaster, of this town, this afternoon sold their holdings of 130,000 pounds of tobacco to John W. Brown, an independent buyer of Louisville, at sixteen cents per pound, amounting to S20.SOO. This is one of the best sales ever made in the county, and Peed Goodpaster made a large profit, having purchased before the advance.

No Agreement Beached. Chicago, April 2S. Western traffic of ficers adjourned their meeting to-day after discovering that it vas impossible for them to arrive at a settlement of the grain rate war. After agreeing on through and proportional rates the lines split on the division of the 'hroue-h rates. The failure to agree on sugar rates also was announced.

Money Orders By Banks. New Tork, April 2S. Plans for issuing money orders by banks have been adopted by the Executive Council of the American Bankers' Association in-session here. The council authorized Chairman Branch to appoint a committee of five to make a contract with some surety company for guaranteeing the orders. Postponed To May 9.

New York, April 23. The hearing in MONETARY. Evening. April fl It Thursday the local money mantes any bt Is the same old story of dull bus- rvM. and Wr borrow tee demand anu for money remain shading going on all the time.

some shading -c York exchange is qu. ientitul fork exchange la qu but is reported to be in a little in ft lliue supply. for export to Additional sola New Tork to-day. the i shipments Saturday's steamer. Th.

report of the Clearing-house to-day as follows: $1,626,792 Pay's clearing. 466,479 Balance Repom or sales Indicate only a light invest-demand In the market --S whiu some lew fh. fradimr was of small were not reports oecial feature. Bonis volume ana sold to the amount of tlS.OOO. par value no change In prices.

There waa. no inquiry for tractions. A sale of Detroit United waa mad in New Tork at 02. The following sale, were reported to-day This paper published them only for what they may be worth, and does not vouch for their reliability: tt), COO SI. and I.

first 7s Milwaukee Electric Ry. 1.G00 Rochester Ry. cons, first 5... l.000 City of Louisville Is. due 1023 11,000 Louiavlllc Railway fa ICS 110 'ICOVj And interest.

The statement ot earnings of the St. Joseph Railway. Iilght. Heat and Power Company foi the first quarter of 10O4 Is an ioiio- 11)03. Gross 52 Net G3.921 40 interest 43.T.'.0 00 S123.7T0 21 50.393 0) Surplus J20.171 40 Owing to wire trouble the list of bond transactions In New York was not received to-day.

The proposition being made to Louisville hLli ers of Birmingham Railway 5 per cent. which mature in 1051, to exchange them foi general mortgage refunding 454 per cent, bonds, the Issue of which will be sufficiently large ta retire all of the present outstanding bonds al or before maturity, and at the same time pio-vide whatever money Is necessary for the future development" of the property, is meetlnj with some favor here, and the statement li made that holders of more than half the amouni outstanding In Louisville, which Is placed al $500,000, have already agreed to the exchange. Holders are offered the general mortgage 4 4 per cent, bond on the basis of $1,100 for cacn $1,000 5 per cent, surrendered for exchange, ani In addition thereto 3r, per or $35 In cah, for each $1,000 bond exchanged. The comp-ny proposes to Issue ot 4ti. per Jess expenses and commissions arising from tha creation of the new mortgage, which will be sold for extensions and betterments.

There ar $1,230,000 Birmingham Railway and la Company bonds now outstanding, less these retired by sinking fund requirements, and Birmingham Railway. Light and Power Company consolidated 0s. making in all COO. It Is proposed to authorize in lieu of these. and for extensions and betterments.

$10,000,103 4Vj per cent, bonds, whlcn, allowing for tin difference In the rate, would increase the fixe! charges of the company $150,000 per annum when ail the bonds are outstanding. The holder Is asked to give up a senior security and accept a junior, the issue of which will be increase 1 $4,000,000, and on which he will draw 42 r.er cent. Interest instead of 5. In order that such proposition may appear attractive he lj of fered $35 cash on each bond deposited for exchange and of the 414 per cent. Issue.

Just how this will work out the holder will ha.ve to determine for himself. The maiket value of his 4fi per cent, bond will not be the same as the value of the 5 per and the question of security Is one that demands consid. eratlon. On the other hand, money spent In betterments would Increase the value of the property and probably have a very beneficUI effect on earnings. These have been Increasing rapidly and the growth of Birmingham ii steady.

The following table will show the growth In gross earnings for three years: Receipts In 1000 Receipts in 1901 031. Receipts In 1002 1.070.7(17 Receipts in 1003 1.311 .1 Mr. S. C. Hennlng, formerly of Louisville, but now a member of the New York Stock Exchange and a resident of New York, is htie to-day with Mr.

T. C. "Woodbury, of Thalman to arrange for the exchange of the half million Birmingham Railway 5 per cent, bonds for general mortgage 4l-Js is-ued by that company. In speaking of tho stock market Mr. Hennlng said: "I look for a dull trader's market for some little time, with opportunities to scalp profits.

After the cro( 3 are cssured. and it Is definitely known who the presidential nominees are. and the Issues ma.le up. I should not be surprised to see some Improvement in values. Whether this will ccma about before or after the election Is a question.

Wall street has a way of discountii things, rather look for a good bull mark either the latter part of the summer or In the early fall, but In my judgment it will ba nothing like the last one In Importance. The bond market shows signs of steady Improvement, and furnishes a keynote to the situation. Ultimately the undigested securities will be absorbed." The Cincinnati. Toledo and Detroit Short Lin, fir'C hs a mortgage represented In $0,000,000 of bonds to the Trust Company of America, of New York. Included is the rr-p-erty of the People's Rapid Transit Company.

The street car men employed on the Unite! Railways, which comprises nearly alt the lines In San Francisco, have voted to reject tho terms submitted to them hv UnIn demand, 0 Lo fr .0 unl Ma' t0r ant Providing that none but union men ahould be employed. The com-pany re used to grant these demands, and for two week, frequent conferences have been hel 1 SETS "Zy. 0fflC'aU and Men Unl0n" ln the endeavor to reach an amicable settlement. The company finally submitted an agreement to sttlnfTlnS.an lnC" ut In! "open-shop" policy. This propo sition has now been rejected by the union Te-agreement at present in force expire, Apr I TO As th.

company has served notice that no cl- strike. in There appears to be lltriA formation obtainable, that the VouUrsm? bacco Warehouse Company will plyTpi' on Its common stock year. company has made money, a. great money. In fact, out of the rise oC bacco.

It had an interest To ever, a very dull season Is comlnT tobacco trade, and after m. ln th crop year In November In the absence of remittance, such as v. fsr ECli i for the past two calendar T.nTJ were In i.io-i ew ork inni SCO In inno remittance; corner, and the gold faclfic. $52,030,000. It movement ot 1001 that the l.

8ro1'1 in any one month 1ST' umm wntn jrold In r. a ays that Anrll nra llirt-or I re larger Ior month In the three preceding "ngl8 vember, J001. ,15 "ara "cent No. May and June. 100.1.

In There wore n0 roM i- "ero laIo- 1nno ti ere certain to bo a months of urgent in. 11 remittance this with th, Panama payments connloa 1001. Admitting for the wo waa in the nscn "1 agent, of thn rU that ment. have accumulated PP- blll, for th, transmission 01 amount duo to th. oc the tho; "III not nert -TrT''." that th ot WlM BvaU follows that jLsv Wells, indicted fthflTjrp of assault, was out twentv Machinists' Strike Probable.

Topeka, April U. Mudge. general manager of the Santa Fe, said to-day that although the officials of road were hoping that the trouble lib the International Association Machinists had blown over, a strike seem-ed inevitable. Erankfort Is Growing. 28.

Special. -The census ordered by the Frankfort Cltv Council some weeks since i- ih citv enumerators to- day. The census snows. in nan United States census years ago tne showed 9.4S7. Treasury Statement.

Washington, April state-. hsionces in the -To-da nalanci ment ot tne ireau fund, exclusive ot the 000 gold reserve in the division demotion, shows: Available cash bal ance S210.988.528; gold, STEADY MARKET FOR BURLEY TOB ACCO FURTHER SALES OE GREEN RIVER PRYORS TO SMALL MANUFACTURERS. The market for Burley tobacco was firm to a shade higher yesterday, and the competition continued good, it cannot be said, however, that there was a quotable advance. Offerings were very light -and gen erally of poor quality but outside prices realized The French buyer tooK nf n- nfferines The pjekett warehouse has In the past two da-3 dosed deals with vaiious man ufacturers for Green river Pryors, a total of 445 hogsheads having been sold, exciu-iv-o nf th nnntlnental's purchases. In und figures the purchases mately $50,000.

Anniversary Celebration. The twenty-first anniversary of the or- ganization of Louisville No. 1. of Ken tucky National Association of btationarj Engineers, will be celebrated Tuesday evening. May 10, by a large entertainment plans for the occasion are being made.

COTTON MARKETS. New York. April 2S. The cotton market opened steady at a decline of ltj'H point. The losses were under eelllns by room bears and liquidation as a resuit of rather disappointing Liverpool Commission houses had fif.me orders of over description for the late months and spot houses were said to be buying the near This Imparted the steady undertone and shortly after the call prices rallied or 4 points, bur there seemei little bull support, and.

New Orleans the local market soon brcke to a net loss of Ifrtrlfi points, with early buyers dumplnn weather. Rut reports were circulating that Jarpe exports from New York stock were pend- ir.ff. Ii was said that Fall River spinners were buying from local stocks, and with gasip to effect that May notic-s to-morrow would be stopped by exporters the market gradually rallied, and In the early afternoon turned firm. aiay. wnich had been down to l.i.45c.

sold up io j.j.,,c. a nei loss ot only '2 points, and July, reaching 13.Mc on covering of was net 2 points higher, while the late months did not fully join in the advance. Estimates for to-morrow's receipts at leading points were light, contributing to the afternoon's firmness. Trading, however, was comparatively quiet and, the demand sufficiently limited so that when room longd turned rcr profits toward the close they Fold the market off a few pclnta from the best. Prices were finally steady at a net decline of StiS points.

Sales were estimated at 300.000 baits. Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands 13.S0c; do gulf H.05c. Closed dull: middling uplands do gulf 14.10c; sales 2,790 bales. Receipts of cotton at the ports to-day were bales, against S.034 last week and O.fiM last year: for the week. 5O.0CO bales, against last week and last year.

To-day's receipts at New Orleans were 1.755 bales, against last year, and at Houston 1.0T5 bales, against 1.27C last year. The following is the range of futures on the New York Cotton Exchange: Open- CIos- High- Low- MONTII. ing. Ing. est.

est. APrIl 13.50 13.52 13.52 13.50 May 13 .47 13.51 13 07 45 June u.fj July. .13. 13. S4 13.67 13.31 11.82 11.35 11.2S 11.22 August 13.37 11.

SO 11.33 11.38 11.20 13.41 11. lit 11.41 11.30 11.2S 11. 2S 13.42 11.1)5 11.45 11.38 11.30 11. 2S September. October November.

December. January 11.28 11.21 ew Orleans. Alirll 'IS Sll rnllnn Mnl inquiry, out ractors reiuse to make concessions. Sales S0 bales, including 400 to Quotations unchanged; ordinary 11 good ordinary 13c; low middling middling He; good middling 14c; middling fair 14 11-lUc; receipt 1.755 bales; stock 217.101. Futures opened points lower under the Influence of unfavorable Liverpool and easier New The trading was largely professional and the bulls showed no disposition to operate, evidently being satisfied with prices.

The market was easier throughout the first part of the session and later showed slight recovery after the flrs-tleclincs. The closing was quiet, the list showing net losses of Sti 10 points on the old crop positions and 55f(l on the new. Liverpool. April 2S. Spot cotton In fair demand; prices unchanged to 2 points higher-American middling fair S.lEd: good middling i.sSd; middling 7.7Sd; low middling 7 ordinary 7.54d; ordinary 7.34d.

The sales of the day were 8.C00 bales, of which 200 were for speculation and export and Included 7 400 American: reoelpts 9,100 bales, all American Futures opened tteady and closed easy. Memphis. April 28. Cotton quiet and unchanged: middling receipts 431 bales; shipments 1.331 sales 500; stock 41.71D. Galveston.

April 28. Cotton fttm- mM.innv siuej uit-s. receipts stock 24.K8J. fcavannah. Aprtl 2S.

Cotton quiet: middling ruira nam. itceipts 1 SlOCk 3l.Ot3 St. Louis. April 28. Cotton nominal; middling receipts 310 bales; stock 12 118.

Koaton. April 2S. Cotton steady; middling ci iri.ci).ia xw uaies; KTOiS 4iU. Liverpool Grain. Liverpool, April ::8.

wheat Spot dull; No. 1 California 7s; futures steady -nay us 3d; July us 49sd. corn bpot American mixed quiet at 4s 2Hd; do old steady at 4s 7d lures steady; May 4s 4a; July 4s 3d. new fu ness; career of success, but that the edu cation will never spoil the man Dr. Penniman was entertained last night by the Rev.

Dr. and Mrs Peyton II. Hoge and Miss Lilly Kollock, teacher of science In the Female High School Tne reception was given at the home of Dr. Hoge. The colors of the University of Pennsylvania, red and blue, were promi nent in all parts of tho house.

The reception room was arranged with American Beauty roses, tied with broad blue ribbons: the was in white and green with Easter lilies on the mantel nnd bookshelves, and the dining-room was dec orated with Liberty roses tied with blue ribbon. In the hall red carnations were used around the frappe bowl, which was 3TISSES. Mary Hoge, Salile Carr, Dora Phillips, Alice Spindle Nellie McDonald, Mary Lyman'. Dr. and Mrs.

Hoge were assisted In re. ceivlng by the following: MESSRS. AND MESDAMES. Morris Belknap, Charles Godfrey R. W.

Knott, Strater. Cooper Parker, Helm Bruce. Byron Baldwin, Dr. Penniman will speak to the pupils of the MaJe Hisrh School this morninc n. 9 o'clock.

He will remain In Louisville un til Sunday, and will be entertained in a number of homes. Watchman Wickham After Robbing Wsreheuse. BURGLARS ARE DETECTED CARRYING 4,000 CIGARS FROM C. C. BICKEL'S STORE.

ELUDE CROWD BY ARTIFiCE. Patrick Wickham, merchant policeman, was shot and painfully, though not fatally wounded last night while trying to intercept burglars who had robbed the warehouse of the C. C. Bickel Co. of about 4,000 cigars.

He was taken to the City Hospital. The burglars made their escape In a sensational manner in the midst of a crowd of excited onlookers and the police are scouring the city for trace of them. Shortly after 9 o'clock last night Merchant Policeman Wickham passed down the alley in the rear of the Bickel cigar establishment, at 534 West Main street, and, noticing that the gale in the rear of the Bickel building was unlatched, his suspicions became aroused and he. started an investiga tion. As he stepped inside the gateway he saw two men each carrying two large bundles passing down an iron stairway on the outside of the building occupied by the Bickel firm.

He or-dared them to stop. By way of an answer he received a volley of shots from their revolvers, and one bullet struck him In the hip and knocked him to the ground. Realizing that they must act quickly, the two men dropped booty and ran past the prostrate officer and made for the gate. Wickham, while lying on his side, unable to stand because of the wound he had received, again ordated them to halt, and when they did not do so he raised on one arm and shot at them two times, but without effect. Ran Out Sixth Street.

The men ran down the alley to Sixth street and out Sixth to Market, where a crowd of onlookers who witnessed their flight started in pursuit. At Sixth and Market streets the men wheeled about, facing the crowd and pointing toward Main street, cried: "There they go." The crowd turned as if by one Impulse and as they did so the two men jumped on a passing street car and went down Market street. So neatly were the pursuers outwitted that for several momemts they were unable to collect their thoughts, and in the ume tne street car carrying the fugi- tlves getung iartner down tne street WilJ Not Be Crippled. Within a few moments after the shooting Patrolmen Lawler and Foley were on the scene. Wickham was taken In a cab, accompanied by his brother, Lieut.

Stephen Wickham, of the Police Departmant, to the City Hospital, and it Is said that he will not be crippled for any great length of time. Sergt. Mike Sullivan, with several patrolmen, made a search of several saloons, where it was reported the burglars had been seen, but were unabie to locate them. The four bundles dropped by the burglars contained in all 4.000 cigars, and they wera last night turned over to C. C.

Bickel, who was summoned by the police. The robbery, it is believed by the police, was committed by persons familiar with the Bickel establishment, as the entrance was forced through a rear door on the second floor and was evidently the work of individuals acquainted with Che interior of the building. GRAIN CARRIERS CONSIDER THE REVISED RUL INGS FOR RESHIPPUSTOr. Traffic Officios of Southeastern and Western Meet At the Gait Housa. Grain-carrying railroads of the Southeast and the West were represented yes terday at a meeting' held at the Gait House to revise the reshipping rules in the territory traversed by the Unes.

Southern railway, the FHsco, the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, the Mobile and Ohio, the I.ouisvllie and Nashville and the Illinois Central were lhe roads having officials at the meeting. No rate changes affecting Louisville or any of the Ohio river crossings were considered, the discussion being mainly on the question of rules. The modifications were formulated, but not formally adopted. Tho meeting was in session for the best part of the day, and the highest traffic officials of the companies were present.

The nature of the changes In reshipping rules wna not disclosed. Tho officials at the meeting were J. M. Gulp, tourtli vice president; T. C.

Powell, freight traffic manager; H. B. Spencer, general manager: Lee McClung, assistant freight traffic manager, R. L. McKeiiar and Maj.

Edwin Fitzgerald, assistant general freight agents of the Southern; A S. Dodge, third vice president; E. K. Vorhees, -assistant genera! freight agent of the Frisco; H. F.

Smith, traffic manager of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St -Louis; C. S. dark, general iniinager; T. Poe, traffic manager, and Haiden Miller, general freight agent of the Mobile and Ohio; Walker D. HInes, tirst vice president, and C.

B. Compton, traffic manager, of the Louisville and Nashville, and C. C. Cameron, general freight agent on the Illinois Central. B.eal Estate Transfers.

Charles Schuff to Victor N. Medcla, 91 acres, Jefferson county, $13,000. Jeremiah Spencer to Mary E. Hoben, cfrio Ma-in street. 01 reet of Cabell.

$1,25. Jacob Imhoff to Alex. L. Hupc 66 feet, t-) ni-nmm c-iu Urn-net Bfd Kimtle'-tfi'. J.

Kirwan, $05 feet, northeast corner Fulton and Adams Kirwan to Board Trustees Hazelwood Baptist church, tract of land BlS to George ScMegel. 30 ft-ef weS "side Pope street. 190 feet south of to Charles Ott. 26 feet south side Gelger, 31o feet east of and 8, DIOCK -ry William ftillcuM. SSSTufr feet wet of Twenty-sevemh.

'ate Hall to J. Louis Doll etc. 62 feet MUtfi Sde Main street, 210 feet west of Hancock, $2,500. VZesTof the mssinn delivered by Miss Julia K. Mackensie, who has recently returned from mission work in China.

Decision of Importance. A decision which was handed down in the Clark Circuit Court at Winchester by Special Judge J. Smith Hays is of much interest to people In this city and the State generally. The decision was In favor of T. G.

Stuart for about 327.C03 against W. M. Beckner and Archer Harman, the, greater part of the amount being against Harman. The case has been pending since 1892, and has twice been won in the Court of Appeals by Mr. Stuart, and the final decision by Judge Hays is another victory for him.

Large land interests ware in-vclved in the suit which was hotly contorted hv tmrtles on both sides. Har man is a resident of New York, and 1: a wealthy railway contractor in South American railway. Elower Seed Distributed. Over tw thousand packages of flower seed have bean distributed by the Civic League of this city to be planted in the school gardens recently established in connection with the city schools of the city. The gardens ara in charge of the pupils of the school, who devote two afternoons each week to the work.

Owing to the extreme bad weather the progress was made 3 Tir.i liv the little gardeners on Wednesday but the class will assemble on Satuiday morning and will devote the entire day to the work. Church Banquet. The Men's Club of Central Christian church gave a banquet in the dining-room of the church to-night, at which several addresses were made by prominent membera of the club. Among those who answered to toast were Mayor Combs, the Rev. Preston Blake, Prof.

J. W. Porter, Judge Matt Walton and Mr. James P. Allen.

Miss Nell Frost, a member of the church choir, rendered a very beautiful solo, as did also Mr. W. E. Grooms, of Wilmington, and Prof. Oscar Ehrgott, of Cincinnati.

The banquet was largely attended and was a great success. News In Brief. Mr. J. T.

Lconey, of the firm of Shouse Looney, who has been quite ill at his home on Spring street for several days with pneumonia, is improving, and his physicians believe he will be able to leave his bed within a few days. Mr. William Rlddell, salesman for the Heinz Pickle Copany, of Pittsburg, who was severely burned in a gasoline explosion on Monday, is rapidly improving at his boarding-house on South Broadway. Mr. W.

H. King. Constable In Magistrate Oldham's court, was taken quite ill while at his duties in the courthouse and was removed to his home in the country. It is not thought his illness will result in anything serious. The Woman's Guild of Christ Church Cathedral held its regular meeting today and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Mrs.

James Todd; first vice president, Mrs. R. C. Morgan; second vice president, Mrs. J.

Jones; secretary, Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap Potts; assistant secretary, Miss Mamie Ott; treasurer, Mrs. J. D. Pur-cell.

stock of fij.000. R. C. Lynch, president, and T. B.

Bradford, secretary and treasurer. A private bank has been organized at Strawn. to be known as the Bank of Strawn. The People's Bank of Murfreesboro $10,000. D.

C. Barnes, president; Uriah Vaugiian. vice president and Paul Jenkins, cashier. The People's Bank, Kershaw, C-CapUal JMOOO. s.

w. Heath presient. Blaekmon. vice president, and Clyburn, cashier. B.nk,.of 'rulsa- Ten-Capital' 30.000.

k. Danby, president- Greenwood Savings Bank of tw. .1" Jones, Vice nrPKiriotit- 1 cashier. cbnane. commence bufci- eidh Gllead.

Mount bee" "S1" th a cap- "3 iw.ii io. Of $10,001 calhiS U- ch0-ning, assistant The Union Bank and Trust 's being organized at Aiken PuZ a capital of Jiu.oo,) Ae-. b- with Persimmons, Okla Ter "oocus, lhe larmers- and iounta View Ok-Ii 'iC A ot COO. IncornorStert r.1..?2?'' bv it ilves'' of Knld- es View, Okla. Ter E.

Givens, of Mountain i im Homa Savin, B.arnk of Danville. idem- bouthall. nrw. capital 550,000. W.

H. Barker! -J. uiiumji i.i. 'icsiuent Directors consists ot I ri 'le Board or Mitchell. berts.

it lkArI J. Tile Bank- tf -capital $50,000. XV II TlarVi dent; J. Clav Harrison, P- Towner: cashier lres'dnt. and R.

Miss. vnSlt tches. dent; c. iv SHan- Pi-si- V. Shields1 ca's'hfer" and "Slry of State? SSiSVSrW FT a president; V.

rTmiii vice ingot in, Bank J. R. cashier. 1 nn ana dent; J. E.

Hill an1 Ailen- Presl" P.resident. Thi "3 ToIe. vice cnosen yet been cftjJSft Danvliie. dent- if A- J.r- Southall, nresi- Lann, president: E. Sykei H- 1J-dTo deKrSsf 1S1 PreS'- -CaS3 fames' secretary.

and Porter Finl it2'lga nIvf Garrison M. Love. Vice nvPr-Ssldenti cashier, and OC. TlQl 1 circuit couRrr convenes at RISING SUN MONDAY. JAMES GILLESPIE TO BE TRIED jTVith Mrs.

Belle Seward, Myron Bar-I bour and Wife Charged With the Killing of Elizabeth Gillespie. I Rising Sun, April 2S. The May term of the Ohio Circuit Court will ds- eln Jl0rday siding, and uext. Judge DowneyKpre-the cases against James Giilespi? Barbour Mrs. Belle Seward and Myron i and wife, charged with the murder Elizabeth Gillespie, will be palled on the first day.

Eoth sides are ready for trial. Capt. Coles, leading counsel lor tne aeiense. nas recovers from his long illnesa. As a result of a conference with Congressman Griffith, it has been decided not to ask for a change of venue.

Judge Downey has ordered a special venire of 200 names to be drawn, from which jurors will be selected. DYING AT LOS ANGELES. Relatives Called To Bedside of Lieut. James Gray. Evansville, April 28.

Special. Relatives of Lieut. James Gray, of this city, have been summoned to his bedside at Lbs Angeles, where he is believed to be fatally ill. Mr. Gray is suffering with Bright's disease and went to the coast months ago for his health.

He Is a member of the Indiana Senate and served during the last Legislature. He pledged himself during his campaign to try and secure free school books for the children of this State. He is one of the very wealthy men of Southern Indiana. Henry Brummett Drowned. Vincennes, April 2S.

Special. Henry Brummett, of Monroa City, was found drowned in a creek a mile from his home this morning by a searching party. He was thirty-one years old and leaves a wife. It Is surmised Brummett fell into the creek yesterday while suffering an attack of epileptic fits. Coroner Buley, of this city, will hold an inquest to-day.

Given Prison Sentence. Canneiton, April 28. Special. El! McCallister was tried here on a charge of bigamy and sentenced to serve from two to five years in the Reformatory at Jeffersonvllle. LIKE A DEAD MAN.

PRISONER SAT MOTIONLESS WHILE BEING SENTENCED. Judge Had No Precedent To Guide Him In Case of An Insane Murderer. Bluftton. April 28. Special.

Action without precedent was taken by Judge John M. Smith here to-day when, though admitting that he believed John W. Terrell insane, he sentenced him to a life term for murdering his son-in-law, Melvir. Wolfe, last July. Judge Smith stated that he was prompted by humanity to take such action, as he could find nothing In law to guide him.

Terrell sat motionless during the pro ceedings and did not utter a word. He was carried into the courtroom like a dead man. Terrell was adjudged insane during the interval between his convic tion for murder and the time of his sentence. He was pronounced insane by a jury, but as the State asylums do no harbor criminals and as the penitentiary need not take lnsano men, the Judge found himself in a peculiar predicament. The 'law requires that a prisoner must be present when sentence is pronounced and must know what is transpiring.

The sentence to life Imprisonment was given as affording the best physical protection for Terrell. Terrell's attorneys fought every Inch of the ground. LIVELY INCIDENT AT TERRITORIAL PRISON. Phoenix, April News from Yuma reached here to-night that an attempted prison break occurred at the Territorial prison at that place. Superintendent William Griffith was saved from death by a life termer.

Assistant Superintendent U. C. Wilder was stabbed and badly beaten. Five convicts were stabbed and shot, one fatally, but none escaped. CORPORATIONS FILE ARTICLES AT FRANKFORT.

Frankfort, April 28. The following corporations filed articles with the Secretary of State: Union Burial Company, of Hickman county, capital $12,000. Kentucky Fishing and Shooting Club, of Kenton county, capital $15,000. Dwelling Barely Saved. The residence of Robert Haight, 823 Eighth street, was damaged by fire last evening to the extent of about J50, and nothing but the prompt action of th Fire Department saved the nouse from destruction.

A gasoline stove in the kitchen exploded while the evening meal was being prepared, setting fire to the rear part ofthe house. No damage was done other tnan that caused by the flro. I i I NEW STATE DEPOSITORIES SPRINGING UP RAPIDLY minutes and returned a verdict of guilty, fixing the punishment; at twenty. years in the His victim. Miss- Virginia Lee Husk, at the time of the deed, was less than fifteen years old.

Wells enticed the girl from home under promise of marriage and kept her In the woods all night. Lucas Piles More Suits. Shelbyvllle, April 28. State Auditor's F. A.

Lucas, of Pa-ducah. has just filed three suits each against the following Shelby county banks: Citizens' Bank, Farmers' and Traders' and Bank of Shelbyvllle, of Shelbyvllle, Bank of Waddy, Wad-dy, People's Bank, of Bagdad, Mt. Eden Bank, Mt. Eden, Ky. The bank at Simpsonville had not been in business long enough to collect back taxes due the State and was, therefore, not included in the suits.

Choked To Death. Owensboro, April 28. While eating supper last night at his home near Panther, E. M. Petrie, one of the wealthiest farmers in the county, choked to death.

He was seventy-six years of age and was partially paralyzed, his throat being seriously affected. Every effort was made to relieve him, but he died before medical aid could reach him. He came here from Todd county twenty-five years Rural Route Inspected. Versailles, April 2S. Special.

A special agent of the Post-office Department made a trip of inspection over the proposed rural mail route from Wil-niore to Troy, thence via Nonesuch to Mundy's Landing, and back to Wil-more, and a favorable report Is expected to be made. The establishment of this route will greatly improve the mail service In the southern end of Woodford county. Was Not Slander. I Paducah, April 28. The DEFENDS THE COLLEGE MAN IN COMMERCIAL LIFE The organization of banks has been brisk this month, and new State depositories are especially numerous.

The report of R. G. Dun local branch for the first two weeks of April follows: Applications Filed. The First National Bank of Mill Creek, Ind. Ter.

Capital $25,000. A. B. Dunlap, J. M.

Browning, B. H. Graves, S. W. Frost and W.

C. Hooser. Blanks sent to the State Bank of Mill Creek. The Farmers' and Merchants' National Bank, Eastland, Tex. Capital 5,000.

G. H. Connell, president; E. P. Davenport and T.

E. Dowtain. pice presidents, and E. C. Edmonds, cashier.

Applications Granted. The State National Bank of Albuquerque, New Mexico Capital $100,000. O. N. Matron, president; D.

A. Macpher-son, vice president; J. B. Herndon. cashier; Roy McDonald, assistant cashier.

The First National Bank of Dunn, N. Capital 125,000. Will H. McDonald. president.

The First National Bank of Madison, Fla. Capital $50,000. M. C. Drew, president; L.

A. Fralelgh, vice president, and T. C. Smith, cashier. This is a conversion of the Bank of Madison.

The First National Bank of W. Va. $23,000. Creed Collins, president; Richard Wanless and L. P.

Wilson, vice presidents, and E. M. Carver, cashier. The Morris County National Bank of Naples. Tex.

Capital $33,000. J. H. Mathews, president; J. C.

Martin, vice president; D. A. Cook, cashier, and W. W. Robison, assistant cashier.

The First National Bank of Mill Creek, Ind. Ter. Capital $25,000. A. B.

Dunlap, president, and J. M. Browning, cashier. The First National Bank. Shaw, Miss Capital $30,000.

Henry Dugan, president; F. M. Hanks, vice president, and J. K. Meadow, cashier.

Will begin business May 1. The First National Bank of Tallapoosa, Ga. Capital 525.000. W. S.

Wlltham, At-Itnta. Rowe Price, George W. Shep-pard. J. C.

Tumlln and J. T. Tuggle. The First National Bank of Mansfield, Tex. Capital $25,000.

S. T. Marrs, president; Troy Hackler, vice president, and H. P. Mabry.

cashier. The First National Bank of Martinsville, Va. Capital $50,000. E. 1,.

Williamson, president; H. C. Lester, vice president; J. C. Greer, cashier.

This is a conversion of the Farmers' Bank of Martinsville. The First National Bank of Lafayette Ga. Capital $25,000. W. S.

Wltham. T. A. Jackson. J.

L. Rowland, H. P. Lumpkin and A. R.

Steele. Blanks sent to Earl Jackson. Lafayette, Ga. The First National Bank of Gate City, Va. I.

P. Kane, president; N. M. Horton, oashier. This Is a conversion of the Bank of Gate City.

The First National Bank of Berwyn. Ind. Ter. Capital $25,000. G.

W. Youmr. president: F. W. Fisher, vice president; C.

W. Herndon, vice president, and Chas Bohnke. cashier. New State Banks and Trust Com panies. The Planters' Bank of Cotton has been organized with a Plant, capital Dr.

Josiah H. Penniman, of Pennsylvania University, Speaks To Large Crowd Entertained At Hoge Home. $5,000 damage suit brought against Rev. Fa- ther Charles Auer, of the St. John's Catholic church, in the county, was dismissed on demurrer in the Circuit Court this morning.

Mrs. Florence Feast claimed he alluded to her from the pulpit as "a dirty, vile woman," and the demurrer was that this was not slanderous. Which the court sustained. State Capitol Commission. Frankfort, April 28.

Special. Architect Copeland, of Copeland Dole, New York, noted architects, was before the Capitol Building Committee this afternoon two hours. He presented plans and gave the committee Information on proposed building. The committee meets to-morrow hear architects and consider other plans. Rendered Unconscious.

Owingsvllle. April 2S. Special. While on his way home from this town a horse driven by Elliott Tollver. wealthy Carlisle contractor, took fright and ran away.

Toliver jumped from the buggy, striking on his head and shoulders, rendering him unconscious for over an hour. He is in a serious condition. Change of Venue Granted. EHzabethtown, April 2S. Special.

The suit of the Kentucky netting Company vs. the Louisville Gas Company, for in Meade county, has been transferred to Hardin county on a change of venue. "Culture heips the business man as well as the professional man, and the college graduate iho falls in business faiis not because of the education, but in spite of it," said Dr. Josiah H. Penniman.

dean of the college of the University of Pennsylvania. In a talk -which he delivered yesterday afternoon at the Woman's Club building. He spoke on the relation of business to the college, and his remarks were Intended to show that the business Tha man snouia nave u. wucso lecture was well attended and was inter esting. It was given under tne auspices of the Current Events Committee of the Woman's Club.

Dr. Penniman said that the impression was formerly current that a college education was actually a handicap to a man in business, and that it -was in no way an assistance. He said this idea Is fast being dispelled, and the people are coming to know thit a college education merely makes a man better able to cope with the business, quickens his Intel-tort and sharpens his brains, giving him information and culture which will prove of benefit to him. He said a co.lege education vr.U not fit every man for a busi remitter..