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Bectwlla Special Arency, Tribune huildln. Bat Asent lor Eastern advertisement. TEN PAGES' THURSDAY OCTOBER 80, 1808 "Business." Wednesday Evening, Oct. Th stock market was a purely professional on, wholly without characteristic feature today. Trading was Insignificant.

Money wee easy at 32 per cent, on call. Sterling" exchange was steady. Government were strove and railroad bonds steady. There, wer no Chicago grain market on account of th Peac Jubilee. Cattle wer steady to strong.

Hogs wer actlv and Ej 10c higher. Cotton and leaf tobacco were quiet and aster. Fighting th Big Trusts. The trusts do not seem to be sharing the rood fortune of other Industrialjen. terprlses.

New competition Is springing up on every hand, and everywhere wars art breaking out between the giant concerns and their Independent rivals. Contracts have Just been let in this city for with which to fight the spirits trust, which has barely succeeded In getting started In business. Another Independent dMIllery Is being built at Frankfort and a hlrd Is under way at Terr Haute. Within three or four months some of these will be ready for production, and will probably be cutting prices In order to obtain business. Prom Boeton comei the news that a valued official of the Rubber Trust has resigned bis position to take charge of a new factory which will fight his old concern.

Six other Independent factories are also the field. The trust bas Just bought out Hs most formidable competitor at an outlay of $1,000,000 to $10,000,000, but the uninterrupted posses, slon of the field seems to be just as far oft as ever. The American Tobacco Company, which Las just acquired ths control of two new competitive plants, it ht an notmced will have a fiercer trade war with the independent factories now than before. resources of the parties engaged In this struggle are greater than those In the rubber snd spirits distilling in- dustrles, and a long and costly struggle teems certain. The biggest of all the fights, the one Whose termination Is the moat unr.

tain and ths on likely to be longest protracted, la that Just begun between ue Bugsr irasi ana me new sugar refineries. Such large manufacturing concerns are involved and the article which they produce Is such a necessity of life that th greatest publlo Interest attaches to every movement of the contending- parties. Already there has been a reduction of nearly 10 per cent. In the price of sugar, which probably deprives the refineries of any proflta In manufacture, and there la no telling where the cut will stop. The first great war waged ny in lrust, wntcn began In March, 1890, lasted through two 'years.

The American Sugar Refining Company was then opposed by the Spreckels, the Franklin, the E. Knight A and the Delaware, Philadelphia, reflniiig companies. The struggle was complicated with various new conditions, among others the removal of the duty on raw sugar by the UcKlnley act. When this went Into effect all th refineries cut prices to cents a pound for granulated, but there came such an normous demand because of Increased cheapness that values were soon sd-. vanced.

In October. 1891, the cutting prices began again, and was carried on through all the winter and virtually until March. The difference between raw and refined sugar for a period of two months was only forty-eight cents on the 100 pounds, and there was a sever struggle for existence. The set- ilamcnf Atii tint wimA until th Amrknn Sugar Refinery issued $25,000,000 In new stock and bought out first th Sprockets and then all th other refineries. Th ISO War with the new competitors that had again sprung1 up was settled by a trade The Eusar Trust Is now in' a veiw strong financial position, having a surplus variously estimated at $21,000,000 to $30,000,000 In Its treasury, which by vote of the stockholders can be used at President Ilarcmeyer's direction In the fight, la addition, it has a capitalization of $74,000,000, The Arbuckles ar said to hav a capital of $40,000,000, and the Dercber refinery is also backed with enormous wealth.

The Independents will, when all the factories are running, bav b0 per cent, of the productive capacity of the United States. The sugar fight also complicated with a struggle between the -coffee roasters. Under the clrcfrmstanceSj rt seems Impossible that the Sugar Trust can either buy out its competitors or make a new trade agreement with them. It has been suggested that ultimately there will have to be either a grand combination of both sugar and coffee Interests, or else a Joint working agreement must arranged between them. It' would take a long time to carry out either of these plana, so uo early settlement of the war can be expected.

Altogether, the winter Is likely to be a hard one' on the big combinations that seek to monopolize production. Office-Seeking In Cuba. Horace incidentally remarks that If you drive human natur out of the door by the persuasive influences of a pitchfork It Is very Pt to reurn promptly through the window. This quotation may not be verbally correct, as we have no time to verify it, but it embodies the Idea. There la a good deal of human nature In all sorts and con Jit 1.7ns of men, and almost every day we have new Illustrations of the fact.

Look for example at the Dowager Empress of China, and see what a fine illustration she furnishes of the afflourrt of human nature that may be found In one who was the spouse of the "Son of Heaven." as the Emperor of China la and bow readily and neatly she can dispose of a later Son of Heaven, wh4 does not happen to be her son 'also. We need, not be suf ptlsed, therefore. If we find a good deal of the same quality In the men of Cuba. That th Cuban "patriot" were anl mated by an Inextinguishable love of liberty we can not deny. Indeed, we dare not deny it, since we went to war in their behalf with that distinct understanding.

But we need not on that account deny that they had in them the usual amount cf human nature. Including a hatred of work. Some of them were candid enough to say that they went Into th Insurgent army for the express purpose of avoiding work, and were unwilling both to work and to fight In view of the number of our own people who are anxious to escape from work we need not wonder at the existence of the Sam disposition among th Cubans. Similarly. In view of the number of our own people who would tike to hav aa office, we heed not be surprised that there is a yearning of this Sort In the Cuban breast "it is a pretty safe guess that most of the discontent that la reported among the patriots Is animated directly or Indirectly with their prospects of getting office or perhaps we should say with the prospect of not getting one.

Those who think their chance? of not getting an office will be largety augmented by the American occupation are anxious that th Americans send no troops to Cuba, and that they Shall soon with 3 raw thos; that ar already there. This prejudice 'agalnet American interference In Cuban affairs, however, does not extend to our still Insisting on the withdrawal of the Spanish troops, even if it should become necessary to send half a million of men thither to enforce their withdrawal Nor does any part of their prejudice extend to American rations, nor to the payment of the Insurgent forces out of the Treasury of the United 'States. Th latter Is not claimed as a matter of right, but the theory is naively put forward that if each of the Insurgents was presented with a big wad of American money he would feel a good deal more like going to work than If he waa discharged without money. Unless he gets this money there is a rear among his friends that he may not be able to resist the temptation to become a brigand. As to the offices, there ar various sort of people who think they ought to have them.

The insurgent are disposed to claim them on the ground that they have fought for year for Cuban liberty. They are rather estopped from claiming that they achieved liberty by their unaided valor, but they may fairly say that if they had not taken the field the United States would not have come to their assistance and defeated the Spaniards for them. If they could have driven the Spaniards out of the island without help they would undoubtedly have taken possession of the office and divided them among themselves as far as they would go. Most of them, of course, would have gone to the officers of the army, and the spectacle of a prl- vate In a good office would have been a rare one. But the fact that American blood bought liberty for Cuba has not satisfied the office-seeking element among the Insurgents that they ought not to hav the offices.

Just the same as If they had conquered the Spaniards themselves. This was very clearly shown by the promptness with which the Insurgents appointed a Governor for Sa-ntiag and the anger they manifested at not being allowed to take possession at once of all the other offices there. Som of them have found It difficult to understand what business the trout; of the United States bad in Cuba except to pull hot chestnuts out of ibe fire for their consumption. Of course, th Insurgents sre not alone in this feeling that they ought to have th whole benefit of the American conquest The Spaniards who are to remain in th Island and that portion of the Cuban population that adhered to Spain ar equally anxious to get a large shar THE COUIUETS-JQUIzyAL. TIIUftSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1S9S.

of th offices. They hav been beaten In th fight of course, but from their point of view that makes no difference. They ay hold of th declaration that Cuba must hav a stable government and they claim that they are the ontx element In the Island that Is fit to govern. Their leader have, far as possible, made a business of governing heretofore and they consider that the public safety would endangered if the offices wer put In inexperienced hand. Rather than see th government turned ovtr to th Insurgents many of them would be willing to see annexed to th United States.

With themselves In office, and th power of the United States to back them, they would feel that the safety and prosperity of th island were assured, whereat If they wre left out they would expect to see nothing but chaos. Th proposition to discharge many of the Spanish soldiers and leave them in th island may not wholly unconnected with th hope of th Spanish and pro Spanish element to have a large share of the olficea It la hot the duty of the United 8tates to contribute to th campaign fund of either of these elements or of the minor groups Into which they ar divided. Whether Spanish troops ought to be left on the island or not may be a question. But the real people of Cuba, on whichever side Of the late conflict they may have been counted, wilt doubtless be consulted AS to the making of a Constitution and th filling of offices under It It Is not th business of th United States army that will go to Cuba to determine what that Constitution shall be, but It win be its business to see that the Inhabitants hav a fair chance to frame it and to establish a government Under it Th threats of office-seekers, on on side or the other, ought not to deter us from giving to Cuba tranquillity and a stable government. Having Incurred so much trouble and expense on behalf of Cuba, the United States will not be disposed, we must assume, to stand much nonsense from ambitious individuals who Insist that all the fruits of our sacrifices shall be turned over to them, and that tbey be allowed to succeed the Spaniards In oppressing th island for thefr own benefit.

It Is reported to be uncertain whether Gen. Brooke is to remain In Porto Rico. "He has stated." says a dispatch, "that, urrters additional troops, sufficient to make an army commensurate with hi rank, were sent to th Island he would ask to be relieved. "Commensurate with bis rank! One of the misfortune of army life Is that It begets in many officers an Utterly false and absurd estimate of th flummery of Military rank la only valuable for the maintenance of organisation and discipline. When It 'is carried beyond that, even most punctiliously Into one's personal and social relations outside th army, it simply marks th retrograde of th man and the American toward the flunkey and the European.

None of which observations may fit Gen. Brook In particular, not indeed being offered as such. But everybody know officers whom they do lit. Secretary Alger talks glibly In wanting "it to be understood distinctly that any officer or, man In the army may speak freely and unretwrvedly concerning his observations of the war without the slightest fear of possible consequences, Whil 1 am Secretary ot War no man shall be th sufferer for speaking what he believes to the truth." Truly 1 But when Roosevelt, for th sake of his men, dared to tell Alger the truth from Santiago, it waa this same Alger who not only made Roosevelt's private communication but did so In order to administer a sharp publlo rebuke. Senator Foraker says that the objection to the Paris Peace Commission Is not In the manner in which It proceeds, but In the fact that It was ever created at all.

That an objection which the Courier-Journal filed within twenty-four hours after the President proposed such a commission. If Mr. McKlnley had known his mind when Spain sued for peace and had had the courage to make Spain know it also, there would have been no Paris commission and th settlement with Spain would have loner ago been reached. A report of a duel between two editors In an Ohio town, who fought over "personal editorials," says that the hand and arm cf one were badly bit ten and the face of the other was scratched. Teeth and nails are about the proper weapors for belligerents who indulge in "personal editorials." They seem to be gibbering in Madrid about referring to arbitration ths differences between this country and Spain.

It is too late for that Those differences have already been fully arbitrated. Spain will carry out the finding, or we will carry It but without her help. are importuned by Spain to assume the Cuban lebt on th plea that otherwise Spain will have to repudiate It That Is none of our lookout and It will not be Ihe first time that Spain has shelved her "honor" long enough to repudiate her honest debts. Why all this clamor for the bestowal by Congress of appropriate honors on Dewey? Can any higherhonors be given him? Has not an honorary degree already been conferred on blna by a Pennsylvania college? i "Measured by theoretical standards," says the London Engineer, "the marksmanship of American' gunners at Santiago was incredibly bad." It was, for the Spanish squadron. Wore thos post-offices alleged to hav been Bold In Pennsylvania some of Uie fruitot Shaker Quay's plum trees? MATTERS IN KENTUCKY.

Mrs. It. Q. Petrle, of Elkton, haa In her possession a valuable relic in th shap of a letter from Abraham Uncoln, siven to her by a friend. Th letter waa written In President tihcdtn'i own handwriting and addressed to Hon.

Sam Haycraft, of EUsabethtown, who was rov fifty years County Court Clerk of Hardin county. The letter bears date of May 23, 1M0, and was from Mr. Uncoln' bom, at Springfield. Ilk By permission, the Elkton Progress prints the letter In full as follow: "Springfield. 111., May 28, 1SS.

Hon. Sam 'Haycraft Dear Birr Tour recent letter, without date. Is received, also the copy of your speech on th contemplated Daniel Boone monument which I have not yet 'had time to read. In the main you are rtsrht about my history. My father was Thomas Lincoln, and Mrs, Sally Johnston was his second wire.

Tou are, mistaken about my mother her maiden name was Nancy Hanks. I waa not born at Elisabeth town, but my mother's first child, a daughter, two year elder than myself, and now long sine deceased, was. I was born February 1809, near where Hog-glnsvIUs now Is, then In Hardin county. I do -not think I ever saw you, though I very well know who you are so well that I recognised your handwriting on opening your letter, befor I saw the signature. My recollection Is that Ben Helm was first Clerk, that you succeeded him, that Jack Thomas and William Farlctgh graduated in the same office, and that your handwriu Ing wer all very similar.

Am I right? k'My father has been dead ten years, but my stepmother (Mrs, Johnston) is still llv-ing. "I am really very glad of your letter, and shall be pleased to receive another at any time. Tours very truly, LINCOLN." There are two towns In Marshall county where negroes are not allowed to reside. One of these la Calvert City, on th Illinois Central railroad, and the other Is th comparatively new town of Hardin, on th Nashville, Chattanooga and 8c Louis road. Th Murray Times says: "A brother In black concluded he would like) reside at Hardin and moved his household goods in the other day, but they were scarcely unloaded when he received word to and he got.

and was not very slow about it either. Th climate thereabouts Is not suited to any but Caucasians." Some museum manager ought to commit nl cat with th man mentioned In this Item from the Glasgow Newss "Mr. W. C. Vance, who live In the Cav City country, has been greatly annoyed for several night past by a singing mouse at bis house.

The mouse begins to make a humming noi just about the tints-th family is ready to reUr ami keep It Up all night Th family had been annoyed by the humming before discovering that It emanated from a littta mouse that played about the room after th family had retired. Any doubting Thomas can have bis doubts removed any night by calling at Mr. Vance's and hearing the mouse himself." Th Glsndeane neighborhood Is developing Into ths banner com belt of' Breckinridge county; Th Brecklnrldg News says: "A contest was held at Olendaan last week; In which W. R. Moorman, Judson Owen.

Priest Moorman and David Moorman vied with each other as to who could show ths best com. ach contestant was allowed to enter three ear as samples, and th on that weighed most was to decide th test Davs Moorman was fortunate enough to capture th first prise. He had one ear of yellow corn that weighed five pound and two ounces. Priest Moorman was next best and exhibited aft ear that weighed five, pounds. All ths corn raised In that sectton last year Is exceptionally Brecklnrldg county is also reaching out In other lines, as the following from th News will indlcat: "Col.

Rldgley Cayce, general lsnd and development agent for the Henderson Route, was In the city yesterday with a party of quarryman from Blooming-ton, Ind. Th party came in on the "Katy." and consisted of P. K. Buaklrk. H.

V. Perry, O. K. Perry, Fred Matthews and J. B.

Lyon. All ar prominently Identified with the famous Perry-Matthews Btono which controls some ot the finest stone properties in th Indiana oolitic region. Th gentlemen Inspected the sandstone quarries below town and wer very favorably Impressed with th ledge. It Is probable that tbey will acquire the property and develop ltaon a large scale." a KENTUCKY NEWS AND NOTES. The Baptist of Elkton have decided to build a parsonage, and plans ar now being suggested.

Ths Flemingaburg Gasette is eighteen years old and. judging from Its appearance, has had a career of unvarying prosperity. A. J. Casey, long connected with th Kentucky press, is now publishing th Merchant and Manufacturer, a trad paper, at Nashville.

Mr. Mario Moss Wheat daughter of former Attorney Oeneral Thomas E. Moss, of Paducah, has applied for license to practice law at the "Purchase" metropolis. Scarlet fever has broken out at Independence, and the spread of ths disease has become so alarming that the Board of Trustees of the public schools called a special meeting Monday and dismissed the A. H.

Wear, probably the oldest druggist In West Kentucky, rounded out his eightieth birthday at Murray last Friday. He been book-keeper for his house nearly fifty years, and spent the day at work on the books as usual. A relic of the burning of the steamer Boston in 18rt7 on the Aberdeen bar was found a few days ago, and Is now on exhibition at Maysvtlle. It is the works of a gold watch of Elgin moke, and Is numbered S5M28. The work are In a good atat of preservation.

Madlsonvllle Hrtlers Mr. J. G. Rash stepped Into our ofhc last Saturday, pulled out a piece of home-made tobacco and presented it with his compliments. Informing us at the time that It was eleven years old.

It had been laid away, and was found the other day when he was repairing his house. Hopklnsville New Era: Chris Moore, a young man of means snd education who was sent to the asylum from Marlon, Crittenden county, several months ago, died Friday night at th Institution. Young Moor was a nervous wreck, and his condition was attributed by the asylum physicians to th incessant use of cigarettes. The Dean Tie Company, operating In Brecklnrldg county, has secured a contract for tod cars of cross ties which must be furnished Eastern railroads during the coming winter. The contracts th company already have on hand for cross-ties, ship timber and wagon stuff have necnaitated th operation of eight aaw-mllla.

The company gives employment to about JU) hands. Madlsonvllle Mall: Jule E. TefTt of Norton vllie, well known In Madlsonviil and Hopkins county, has mysteriously disappeared. Jule was employed with the bridge gang on the Illinois Centra), with headquarters at Paducah. The crew went Into Paducah Monday night a week, and young Tefft has not been aeen nor heard of since that time.

Every effort has baen made to trace him, but up to th present time nothing ha been learned. If 1 feared that the young man has met with foul play at the hands of Paducah thug. BITS FROM THE NEWS. Zanfprill la a New Bole. Mr.

Zangwlll possesses a whimsical taste In the matter of being photographed, and delights In assuming unusual poses befor the camera. He has posed with a mum my's head In his hand: has had his fore- ISRAEL ZANQWILL AS A KITCHEN QEMU3. head and hair taken, minus the remainder of his head, and here we have him stirring the ingredients ot a cske, in the kitchen, during a visit to his friend. Judge Suls-berger, In Philadelphia New Toik Truth. Th Valley of Roses, Where Otto of Roses Is Made.

Th rose (Rose damascena) from which th famous otto of roses is distilled depends for Its successful cultivstion on certain climatic and other condition which exist to perfection only in Bulgaria to wit In that delightful valley between the Balkans on th north, and the lower range Of hills, called th Sredna Gora, on th south, which is known ss th "Valley of Rosea" Her- there is shelter from th cold north winds, and a porous and sandy soli, and here also is an abundance of water and wood for distillation. Every year, from th middle of May to the middle of Jun. when the bushes are in flower, the Valley ot Roses resembles one vast garden. Gathering begins at daybreak and ROBE GATHERING ar AN OTTO OF ROSES DISTILLERY. seldom lasts so late as I o'clock, for otto made from roses gathered in th heat of th day Is always of inferior quality.

Women and children do- most of the pick. Ing, and are paid about a penny for every pound's weight of blossoms they gather. A garden of on acre will produce 100 pounds of rose every morning for three weeks or so. As soon as picked, the flow, era are carried off to be distilled In rough sheds, with th simple apparatus shown la th photograph. Th first distillation produces Only rose-water, which Is again put Into retorts and reduced to about a tenth of It volume of a stronger essence.

This is set aside to coot, and finally a thin Jayer of a yellowish oily substance 1 skimmed off, which is the otto. Otto of roses sells for about to an ounce, but then It take rose to maka a single pound of it Th total amount produced in Bulgaria In an average year is from 4,800 to 8.000 pounds. New York World. Toledo's Curious Mayor. Samuel M.

Jones, the "golden rule" May. or of Toledo, Is trying his best to" apply the, ethics of Christ to everyday business lire. As Mr. Jones says Of himself, he was "fortunato enough to be born of parents who were very poor." At eighteen he went to Pennsylvania, became interested In the production of crude petroleum, invented a clever apparatus, snd now owns a big factory In Toledo in which ths only regulations for the workmen ar big sign on the wall bearing In print th words of the golden rule. The way Mr.

Jones modernises the grand words of the Saviour Is: "Do unto other a it you wer the others." His employes work eight hours a day, with numerous holidays, on which he entertains them In plendKl style. At Christmas he shares with them the profits of the past year. ays th present system of production and distribution Is unjust and he does all he can to equalise things between himself and those whom he employs. When he ran for Mayor he had all the saloons, ail tb4 politicians and all the machines, against him. He had nobody with him ea- Xw cent the wage-workers, but they elected him handily.

Mr. Jones Is strong advocate of municipal ownership of publlo services, and the basts of his proposed reforms is Christian ethics. Call. Ultw French Telescop. An enormous telescope, which scientist believe will lay bare the secrets of Mars and the moon, is rapidly nearing completion at ths astronomical observatory of the French Government at Paris, whr It will form one of the features of the bis; Exposition of two years hence.

Bo gigantlo Is this telescope that It Is Impossible to have it rest upon revolving pivots, as ail other telescopes do. It has been placed horizontally on a bed of masonry, where it will lie Immovable. th stars snd planets being reflected upon a large circular mirror and from this reflected through th lenses of the telescope proper. The telescope is IDT feet In length, and It bas a diameter of 4'4 feet Its largest glass technically known as It objective-measures 4 feet 1 Inch in diameter. New Turk telegram to the Chicago Tribune.

King- of th Klondike. Alexander McDonald, the King of th Klondike, who arrived hers last night, is worth over He own all or part of seventy-five claims in th Klondike district Four years ago left Tacoma with Just enough money to reach Juneau. Later hs went to the Tukon, determined to Be cur gold enough to make hi parents and himself comfortable. Ha reached Dawson from Forty Mile too late to locate a claim on the El Dorado or Bonansa, but Invested his savings in on which proved very rich. Gradually he bas acquired his other Interests by purchase.

Last spring he sold part of his El Dorado and Bonansa holdings for tl. 600,000, receiving halt cash. This summer an expert representing an English syndicate Inspected McDonald's remaining claims, for-whlch an offer of about had been made. McDonald is en routs London, but appears unconcerned whether th deal Is consummated. He IB one of the most modest, unassuming men who has returned from the Klondike.

Before coming out he gave IIUO.UUO to a Catholic church hospital and other Dawson charities. McDonald's advice is that only healthy younir men should go to the Tukon. They will succeed, he ear If determined. -Tacoma telegram to th Bt Loui Globe-Democrat. A Morse Watch.

A new telegraph instrument known a a "Mors watoht" has been put on th market Outwardly It looks Ilk an ordinary timepiece, but In reality. It la a transmitting and receiving telegraph instrument' a key and a sounder, inclosed in an ordinary watch case. This typs of Instrument Is known to the telegraph craft under the general till of IN BULGARIA. "secret sounder." The Morse watch is SO constructed that the click of the Instrument can be adjusted loud enough to be heard In any part of a comparatively large room, or be adjusted to a point wher th click is Inaudible unless th Instrument Is held in contact with the ear. The Mors watch I accompanied with a suitable flexible head band to fasten th instrument In place on th head over th ear, leaving both hands fre for transcribing messages or other work.

It also has A MORSE WATCH. a very neat silk conducting cord, with specially designed terminals, so that th instrument can be conveniently and quick ly attached to or disconnected from ths or dinary Instrument of a telegraph line. Th employment Of the art of telegraph Ing has so far developed at ths present time that th telegraph operator Is found In on corner of many brokers' as well a newspaper offices, police stations, and In such places it is desired to maintain for th transaction ot other business aa much quiet as possible. The Morse-watch secures that end by permitting the tele graphing to go on to all intents and pur- posse in perfect silence. Probably the most Important us, bow.

ever, that the Morse watch will serve is In connection with the military telegraph axd alt offices whcie absolute- eecrecy on ot th urst requirement. i WEDDING Of EtisJgn Hines and Miss Mary Breckinridge IN THE SKILLMAN MANSION, WHtttt BRIDE'S MOTHES WAS A-a-R TTTi TEARS AGO. OTHER KENTUCKY MARRIAGES. Lexington. Oct Mary Dudley Breckinridge, th eidest daughter of Msj.

Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, and Ensign John Fore Hines, of the United BUte navy, stationed at Washington, wer married bar to-night at o'clock In the Identical room of th bom of her aunt Mrs. H.

M. Skiliman. in which her mother was married to Gen. Brecklnrldg more than a quarter of a century ago. Th stately Skiliman mansion, located on North Broadway, th most fashionabl street of Lexington, was decorated with palms and flowers.

The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Ratcliff. of Washington, and after th ceremony a supper was served by a Washington caterer. Th bride wore a gown made In Paris of heavy white silk, cut high, sleeves long, trimmed with orange blossoms and rar old point lace, which was worn by her mother when she was married, and which has been In the Scott family for over on hundred year.

Th groom's best man waa Lieut. EtheU bert Breckinridge, brother of th bride, and the maid of honor was her sister. Miss Lucy Hasol Breckinridge. A fancy of th brid was to have all her younger relatives. twenty la number, follow her Into th room, and stand grouped around th bridal couple whil tb oeremony was being per formed.

Among the guests were the officers of Gen. Breckinridge staff. Gen. Sanger and staff, th commanding officers at Camp Hamilton and several friends from Wash ington. Johnson Gaines.

Eminence. Oct la (Special To day at noon th Baptist church was tb seen of on of th prettiest weddings ever solemnised here, the contracting parties being Rev. Thomas A. Johnson, ot Lexing ton, and Mia Catherine Gaines, th daughter of Norman Gaines, of Eminence. The wedding party entered the right aisle of th church in th following order: Miss Annl Johnson, of Virginia, sister of th groom, followed by two of the ushers, F.

B. Adcock. of Carrollton, and W. P. Stuart of Thomson.

Next cams Miss Elisabeth Gat ton, of Eminence, and Miss Lilli Thomaa, of Bhelbyvtlle, followed by th other two ushers. Rev. J. M. Guriey, of Louisville, and William J.

Calloway, of Eminence, and after them Miss Blanch Dorland. of Louisvill. Th brida. on th arm of her sister, Mrs. Karr, advanced to th altar, wher ah was met by th groom, who had entered from a doer at th rear ot the cnurca with hi best man, Fontaine D.

Johnson, of Virginia, followed by the Kev. J. N. After prayer ths holy vows wer taken, and th party left th ohurr-h In order. At 4 o'clock Mr.

and Mra Johnson boarded th LouisvUl and Nashvill train for Washington. Baltimore aod other East ern points. After the wedding trip they will In Lexugton, until November IB. sfter which they will go to Hagers-town, their future home. Mr.

Johnson has accepted a call to the First Baptist church of that place. Grave Saffarran. Lexington. Oct 1. Special.

Mia Elisabeth Saffarrans, of this city, and Frank Norton Graves, of St Louis, wer married here this afternoon at the residence of th bride's aunt Miss Margaret Woolfolk, on East High street, by th Rev. Alex. Hensley, of the Versailles Epis copal church. Th bride wore whit Paris muslin over wnit silk, with tulle vail, and carried bride's rosea. Her mother.

Mm. Daniel Saffarran, gave the bride away, and Miss Ada Meade Saffarrans. sister of th bride, was maid of honor. The bride is on of Lexington's most beautiful young society women and comes of a distinguished family. Eloped To Jeff ST son villa.

Versailles. Oct It. (Special. L. O.

Duncan, a well-known business man of this city, and Miss Tint Burgln, th pretty eighteen-year-old daughter of W. J. Burgln, eloped this svening to Jefferson-villa, wher they expect to ha married. Miss Burgln left home this afternoon for the ostensible purpose of spending ths night in the country. Instead sh was driven to Lawrenceburg, wher she met Duncan, and they boarded a Bouthern train for Louisville, Duncan Is thirty-flv year old.

Weddings In Tennessee. Nashville, Oct I Special. William Ridley Wllla. Aaslstant Insurance Commissioner of Tennessee, and former, ly of Brownsville, and Miss Jessie Ely. daughter of the late Jess married here to-day at noon.

J. F. Hagerman and Mlsa Ruby Dicker-son, both of Bowling Green, wer married at the Maxwell House this morning. Harold Kertley and Mis Nettle Jen-kin were beat man and maid of honor. Lamb Hamilton-Georgetown, Ky.t Oct 19.

Special. Horace K. Lamb, of Cincinnati, and Mlsa Bell Hamilton, ot this city, wer married this afternoon at the residence of tb bride's mother, Mrs. Virginia Hamilton. The wedding waa a very quiet one, only the relative being present.

The ceremony wa performed by the Kev, W. O. Shew-roaker. Mis Hamilton has lived In Lou-isvllle the past ten years. Mr.

and Mra. Lamb left for Cincinnati at once. Bright Maddoz. Shelbyvtlle. Oct 19 Special.

Newton Bright son of ex-Repreeentaw tiv Bright of this county, and Miss May Maddox, daughter of the Hon, Joseph H. Maddox. were married this evening in the Christian church by Elder Hugh McLel-lan. They left on a short bridal tour, atd In a week will at home on West Chest nut street Louisvill. Stark Strickler.

Lei tch Held. Oct U. Bpeclal. Jas. L.

Stark, of Bowling Green, and Mis Lissl A. Strickler. of this place, wer married at the M. E. church.

South, at o'clock to-night, th Rev. George Cundiff officiating. The young couple left at 7:36 o'clock over the Illinois Central for Louisville, and thenc to 8t Louis on a bridal tour. Married In Cincinnati. Stanford, Oct 19.

Special. Mia Bessi Woods, of Stanford, and 8. M. Allen, of Ml'lcesburg, were married to-day In th parlcrr of the Grand Hotel, Cin cinnati, the Rev. A.

V. Blamore, of New nort officiating. Miss Wood Is a daughter of E. P. Woods, a wealthy farmer.

Mr. Allen la a banker In Millers- burg. Lochridge Frost Mayfleld Oct 19. 1 Special. J-W.

Lochridge, one of Mayfleld's leading hard- war merchants, and Mis Cordis Froat, evening at ths home of the brldes latBer. Th Rev H. C. Roberts, pastor of th Baptist church In Mayfleld. officiating.

ewsssassSBsssaasaaaSBSBsSBSSsV Allen CockilL Mlddlesboroogh. Oct tPclal.l The marriage of Mies Annl Cockill. daughter of President E. CockilL of th Bryeon Mountain Coal Company, to Hugh AII.n. manager of the local I Western Union telernph ottlce.

was solemnised her today The parties are prominently known throughout Kentucky. T.ajMie, Osvorne. Hopklnsville. Oct Layn and Miss Levy Osvorne wer married to-day at th horn of th bride, near Lsytonsville. Thomas Shsw, of Elkton, snd Miss Llz sl Allen, of Trigg county, sloped to Dover.

Tenn and were married. Ijiwrence CarrttlteTS. Shelbyville. Oct 19. Special.

Dr. Graham Lawrence and Miss Mamie Csr-rithers. daughter of Squire Adam Carritb-era, wer married st 9 o'clock to-night at-th horns of the bride's parents. PATHETIC LIFE STORY OF A PATIENT AT WESTER 2T LUNATIC ASYLUM. Death of Mis Carry Camming Recalls th Perfidy of Man Which Blighted Existence.

Hopkinsvillft Nsw Era. Th death of Misa Carry Cum Ing. which occurred at th Western Asylum Friday night after a brief Illness of-pnj monla. recalls th most palhetio and hf manUo story associated with any patisnt or the institution. Thirty years ao Miss Cummin gs was one of Warren county's most beautiful and accomplished women.

Her family had means and she and her younger slater, ao ies attractive and accomplished, had ev ery advantage which wealth could bestow. Then her ideal In th form of a dashing and bandeocn young maa cam Into her Ufa wood her ardently and sh gave her heart to him. Ths evening of the day fixed for th sealing Of their mutual vows cam on. Tb bom was brilliantly lighted and th wedding feast was spread. Th guests wtth light hearts and congratulations ready to be showered upon th bride and' groom, had gathered.

Th bride, arrayed in her wedding gown, sat wattng for her lover to com and lead her to tb altar. Th hands of th clock pointed to th hour of th ceremony, surely som unforeaeen event had delayed him! An other revolution of tlx hand upon th dial. And still cam not in ugnts in tn nous were just as bright but th joyous laughter bad ceased. Tb gut tried to be merry, but th effort waa very painful. The blushes had gone from th cheeks of the bride, and a pallor almost as ot daath bad succeeded.

Another hour want by. Investigation followed. The groom had eloped with th brid' younger slater. They wer never heard ot by any of the family after this. Th heroin of this palhetio story from real Ufa swooned when tb facts were made known to her.

They nursed her tenderly! tbey brought her beck to life; the meshanisra of the body resumed It normal course. but that mechanism more Intricate and mysterious, whos force is not supplied or revived by an "ounce of civet" from earthly apothecaries, was Irreparably shattered. When Miss Cummlngs recovered from the shock Incident to the perfidy of her lover and sister, it was with the sweet delusion that it waa still her bridal day. Every evening she would array herself la her bridal, trappings and gather fresh roses for her hair. Then she would sit by th window gasing out into tn gathering sTloom.

waiting, waiting vainly for her lover's coming. Thus she would wait far Into the nisbt then disrobe and lay her wedding garments carefully by. to repeat the same operation on the following night When they brought car to tne asyiuna here, years ago, they brought tb treasured trousseau with her, and placed It la her room in th Eastern wing. And every evening at the same hour during all th years or her con no men so went throuah with the same sacred perform ance. Attendants and patients felt for her th tender st sympathy, in spring and summer tney wouia onng ner rose to wear, whil sh kept vigil at th grated window.

The bodv of Miss Cummins- was sent to Bowling Green Saturday, and Sunday was laid to rest in airvlew cemetery. Puts a Jok To 81ep. Boston Journal. Gen. Henry's ttibut to th excellent service In Porto Rico of th First Kentucky should silence for a whil th historical jok that attributes to th Blue-grass Country mora Colonels than private.

Defective Constancy. Detroit Fre Press. "Ten years ago that woman vowed sh would lov forever." "Well?" "I called on her last night and she asked me what my middle nam Tim To Buck Blanco. Austin Statesman. Blanco has been bucking th center for a long time.

i Questiona Before th Presbytery. An adjourned meeting of the Lo jis vlller Presbytery of the Bouthern Prsby terian Church will be held this morning at the First Presbyterian church. Th regular fall meeting of this Presbytery was held soma weeks ago, but so groat was the press of business before th Presbytery that it was decided beet to transfer matters of Importance that could not then be attended to to th adjourned meeting to be held this morning. There will be about eighteen or twenty delegates present, who expect to complete all the unfinished business in th course of a few hours. Millions Prom th Klondika Seattle, Oct 19.

Th steamer Roanoke arrived to-day from St Michael With about 600 passengers, and gold dust estimated at two million dollars, and of this the Canadian Eank of Commerce has. the Bank of British North America $750,000.. To Vot On Local Option. Somerset. Oct 19.

Special. County Judge William M. Catron today decided to hold an election In Somerset December 10 to decide whether or not the city shall hav open saloons. Local option was voted in th county about three years ago. Mad-Dog Scar At Brannon.

Richmond. Oct 19. (Special) Brannon, Jessamine county. Is afflicted with a mad-dog scare. Earl Ramsey, son of George Ramsey, was bitten fiv times by a rafcld dog, and the cltlxens ot Brannon have inaugurated a crusad against canines.

Lewi At Shelhyrill. ShelbyvlUe. Oct 19. Special The Hon. John W.

Lewis spoke her this afternoon at the court-hous to enthusiastic audience. An effort wa made to get Mr. Gilbert to reply, but dld-not do so. Think th Worst Over. Washington, Oct 19.

Th Secretary of War received the following telegram from Gov. Clough, of Minnesota, thl afternoon: "I agree with Gen, Baooo that th Indian war 1 at an nd," A.