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Merchant Tailors113 1 South Main Street

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tBENCH WARRANT

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Served and Prisoner at Once Qave

Bondtr

Leslie Lewis a colored boy who

I vas recently indicted for maliciousI cutting was arrested Saturday on

4a warrant Bond was jicedat300 which was lujcnlstyed andLewis waa released

Hia case is set for the foufth dnyof the Rune term of Circuit Cdwrt

BOWUORD

Former Pembroke People Married

In Louisville Last Week

Miss Annie Hord ofMrs Henrietta Hord of Pembrokeand Dr Howard Bow son of RevJ G Bow formerly of the sameplace were married in Louisvillelast week The young couple havea host of friends in this City whoextend best wishes

DROWNED

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Kirk I11 i1 ville Youth Loses Uis

Life While Seiniit

lStepped Into Ten Foot Hole Rind

Sank to The Bottom Italy

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Dillard Powell a wlIinKnqwnyoung farmer of the KirkmABsvllleneighborhood wai drowned vVhiie

seining Saturday He and foiir orfive companions had been seining ina stream near that place and de-

cided¬

to try deeper water YoungPowell who wore a heavy overcot and boots waded out into thewater to test the depth and steppe-into a hole He sank in about ten-

feetuf water and despite the effbrtsof his companions to rescueiijrir drowned ay above stated Thebody was nut recovered for several

hoursPowellwas a son uf Mr Levi

1laatttelt and t iib titiyui eighteenyfeuha trld He wan a very popularyoung man and his untiinaly deathis a bounce ui much regret to hlahoBtOf friends V

The remains were laid twrest intfeu family burying ground Sugil ay

WANTS 5000 >

k r ijrav nistitn Asks DamtIJIJ

F W Jones a traveling salesman eltiuit here yesterday

8 for5000 damagesJonesaileges that

while Dr McCormick wan health

hepermlttcdplin which the gropriejor had beensmitten with smallpox and that ason of the proprietor lad the dis¬

ease and was permitted to remainin the house during its coursePlaintiff further states that he con ¬

tracted the disease was forced tspend 31 days in thepest houseandthat defendant intentionally con ¬

cealed from the public the tact ofthe prevalence of the disease hi thehouse when he entered it

MISSOURI CAPITALISTS

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Have Purchased Grand Rivers andand WJII Erect Factory

Capitalistsof St Louis have pur ¬

chased Grand Rivers a boom town17 miles west of Princeton estab ¬

lished in 1880 by MultiMillionaire eThomas Lawson of Boston butabandoned during a panic causingmanythousand dollars loss in 1892

The St Louis capitalists gave500000 for the property and will

begin the erection shorflypf a mam ¬

moth wire steel and nail factoryemploying thousands of peopleThe great iron furnaces have lainidle since Lawson abandoned theplace

INCISION IN SIDE

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Made By Surgeons and fluch PusWas Removed

performedontp remove the pus accumulationfrom his right side caused bv pluropneumonia The little fellow hadbeen in a very dangerous conditionfor several weeks but is now muchbetter and the chances for his re ¬

covery are considered good Hehas been ill for eight weeks

SECOND ATTACK

Of Typhoid Fever Causes DeathAfter Brief Illness

The wife of unkJones a wellknown farmer of near Kirkmansyule died Sunday afternoon of ty ¬

phoid tever aged 40 years It wasthe second attack of that dreadfuldisease She is survived by a hus ¬

band and six small children Theinterment took place yesterdayafternoon in the Hale buryingground

ASYLUM MUDDLE

Dr McCormick Asked to Resign

From His Position

Gives Out a Salty StatementCharging a Political Conspir¬

acy The Board Stands

By Himi

For some time there have beensigns of trouble in the WesternAsylum growing out of the factthatDr McCormick was disposedto run the institution according t-

his own ideas which did not attimes coincide with the notions oftroubledtwo weeks ago in-

formal charges brought by W JChiles and Mrs Chiles allegingthat Dr McCormick had been guiltyof immoral conduct with MissHannah York an attendant whohas since married It was allegedthat he spent several hours in aroom on the fourth floor with MissYork the charges being based onthis circumstanceI

The following signed statementwas given to the daily

unday afternoon by lei > McCor ¬

nickDr McCormicks StatementIn view of the fact that reports

ofcharges against me have ap-

peared¬

in the newspapers I deemit best to make a plain statement ofthe matters as far as toU9hed upoin the press dispatches and alsoinorder to show my reasons forcourting and demanding an rove s ¬

ti ation and to explain why I havenf resigned as urgedby State 1nJspector HTnes

Wise Hannah York now MrsC D Mason of Clinton Ind theattendant slandered by Chiles wasin the asylum when I took chargemy predecessor Dr T W Gardiner of Madisonville Ky recom ¬lado yof excellent character and a mqstefficient attendant I found her tobe such and no reflection upon herjcharacter had been heard from ausource prior to Chiles mendaciousassault On the day I called to seeMiss York on business she hadthat morning in the presence ofanother attendant asked to have aconsultation with me afterherdaysduties were concluded at 3 oclockAs I was going to be otherwise en ¬

gaged that evening I called at herward and was told by the atten ¬

dant who had relieved her thatshe could be found in another at¬

tendants room on the floor aboveI went to the room and held a con ¬

versation with Miss York lastingperhaps forty minutes She askedme not to allow her to be changedfrom the ward she then had chargeof it having been proposed to trans ¬

for her on account of her efficiencyto a ward id one of the cottagesShe also discussed the matter ofquitting the usylum as she was Iafterwards learned engaged to bemarried to C D Mason of ClintonInd an attendant under the formeradministration Nothing occurredin the entire interview in any wiseimproper It was purely officialaml relating to Miss Yorks busi-

ness¬

relations with the institutionAny statement to the contrary ismendacious and malicious

After learning of Chiles chargesagainst me I laid the entire matterbefore the Board and asked an investigation and the Boaid officiallyrequested the Governor to order afull legal inquiry

This was not granted to-

me

Prior to this I had been inperson to see the Governor WhenI returned Chiles accompanied byDr W E Lackey first assistantphysician went to Frankfort andboth held an interview with theGovernor A member of the Boardat the same time called on the Gov-

ernor and laid before him the reso-lutions

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adopted by the Board andtold him that I was anxious for anopportunity to establish fciy Inqocence The Governor told this en

tleman that the charges against too

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II HEADQUARTERS iirt =letIIIt Black Silks Fancy Silks Black Dress Goodsr Colored Dress Goods Fancy Goods White Goods

IDress Trimmings Lace Curtains and everything >

Is to be found in an UptoDate store Firstclass i

15 ajinferiorF ways been the aim of this house to get the best g15and sell only the best that a given sum of money j

can buy Carpets Mattings and Linoleums in g-allJ the new colors and designs Dont you know

5It will pay you to buy from HeadquartersJ illJ T M JONES i

ItMain Street HOPKINSVILLE KY SjlJtSFl do not pay railroad fare but I sell goods so 2 t

that my customers can pay their own fares and jffll

5still save big money by trading with me < 1

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iwere not of a character to justifymy removal and Saturday night ini

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a talk to me over the telephone he

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Chiles and his wife Chiles had allalong proven to be a source of I

trouble in the asylum He hadbeen disappointed because he wasnot given an office his wife beingamong my appointments as matronAs no office remained for him herecnommended to me by the men whoare now trying to Secure my re-

moval He displayed so much hostility to me that I galled the atten-tion Inspector Hines to his atti ¬

tude and Mr Hines talked to hiin my presence and he agreed toichange his course and give me n

further trouble I then gave himmore desirable line of work and heexpressed himself as satisfiedThis was not long after a vacancyhad occurred in the supervisorsoffice Chiles wanted this placebnt I appointed Dick Robinson ofBowling Greeione of Inspectorwayto prefer the false charges as abovereferred to

About three weeks ago I obtainedundoubted evidence that a con-

spiracy existed to bring about myremoval A letter addressed toDr Lackey by Prison CommissionerGeo V Green was left lying in oneof the public rooms of the asylumIt urged Dr Lackey to stand firmand not weaken on his statementsand McCormick would soon be outof the way I took the letter andconfronted Dr Lackey with it andcharged him with doubledealingand an unpleasant episode resultedin the presence of several vitnessesAfter a long talk over the matter wecame to a friendly understanding again and I again thought mytroubles were to some extent overBut was not allowed to rest Thiswas just before Chiles and Lackeywent to Frankfort After I discharged Chiles the conspiratorsbegan anew and Inspector HInesappeared Wednesday with a re-

quept for my resignation Theadvisoryagain the Board met and adoptedstill stronger resolutions and re ¬

newed the demand that I be given achance to vindicate myself andshow the motives behind the con ¬

spirators to get me out of the wayI made a report to the Board explaining the imperative need of investigating the official misconductof some of the very men who arepersecuting me These mattersand their own belief of the con ¬

spiracy existing were referred toin the second demand for an in¬

vestigationIII am notonlydesiroustoestablish-

my innocence of the contemptiblecharge made against me for it notonlyaffects me and my family butthat of a woman whose virtue hasbeen her all but in order to showthe infamous conspiracy which hasbeen hatched against me It is in ¬

deed qp easy matjfer to slander tbe-roodtJ taand fatng fc

peciallyn

in my f7b aslong as justice sways the scepter fpower in our old commonwealth Ifeel that a man who has his aW atstake ought to at least be allowedto confront his accusers and dis-

prove¬

their charges if in an opedtribunal they can find sufficientcourage to speak them out

E B MCCORMICK

The Boards ActionThe resolutions referred to above

are here givenWhereas at a called meeting oi

the Board of Commissioners thQ

Western Kentucky Asylum for lfrInganehold on 15th day of Aprilremucaiui0 the Cokuinor JJ iLulituKandocertainacharges against the moral character of Dr K B McOorniickSupt ofsaid Institution ancl the President t

said Board being directed thereintofurnish a copy of same to His lisscellencywhich was there and whereasbestrudstice of this request and whereasthis Board is reliably informed thatthe Governor has requested the re¬

signation of Dr K B McCormickias Supt of said Institution andwhereas it has corn to the acknowl-edge

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of this Board that Charges ofa grave nature have been circulatedagainst other officeva of said Insti ¬

tution and whereas said rumoragainst the said Superintendentand other officers have beta circu-lated

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through the entire communitythereby injuring the Institutionindirectly casting a reflection uponthis Board and whereas thisBoard believes from all the facts ithas been able to gather that saidcharges against said Dr E BMcCormick are the result of a con ¬

spiracy to injure his character andcompel his resignation or removalnow therefore in view oi these pro ¬

mists be it resolved1st That this Board believes

said charges against the moralcharacter of Dr E B McCormickto be false

2nd That in justice to thisBoard to the character of the lustitution and its management au <S

to all parties concerned we insistthat a full and fair legal investiga ¬

tion of all the charges made againstthe said Superintendent and otherofficers be instituted by His Excel ¬

completionjtbe

made3rdThat the Governor be and

he is hereby requested to with-

draw¬

his request or the resigna ¬

tion of Dr McCormick pending suchinvestigation4th

the Secretary of thisBoard is hereby instructed to fur-

nish a copy ot these resolutions to i

His Excellency the Governor of tins >

Comon wealthThe Board is composed of ti e

following gentlemenCharles Knight President DeJames Breatbitt RepJ W Downer Rep