FAMOUS FEUDIST IS SHOT 001 EX JUDGE JAMES HARGIS IS MUR DERED BY HIS SON. IN H'S STORE AT JACKSON. The Author of a Long Series of Trag edies in Breathitt County, Ken tucky, Is Slain—The Story of Hir. Career. Jackson, Ky. Ex-County Jtidgt> I -James Hargis, for years a mem ber of the stsite democratic executive ■committee, accusal of complicity in many killings and a prominent figure i in the feuds which have disrupted Breathitt county for years, was shot and instantly killed in his store Thurs- j <ia\ by his son, Beach llargis. The son fired five shots at his fa- | ther, who fell dead while his clerks . ■were waiting on customers. The ex .a.et cause of the murder has not been learned, but it is supposed to have been the result of differences which have existed between father and son for some time. Young Hargis was arrested by Tcwn Marshal Smith and Grover Blanton and placed in jail. He was raving like a maniac and the officers were compelled to drag him to jail. Judge Hargis has been for years a prominent figure in Kentucky in po litical and criminal circles. He has figured in the courts in the mountains for years on account of the murders •of Dr. Cox, Attorney Mareum and "Mini" Ccckrill. Judge Hargis was the political leader of the democrats -of the Tenth district and was the [boss of Breathitt county. For years his sway was not opposed, but some j years ago Mr. Mareum had the temer- \ ity to oppose Hargis in a law case. ' From that date Mareum was a marked man. Hargis had been on trial at various times for complicity in the murder of James B. Mareum, Jim Cockrill and J)r. Cox, but had secured an acquittal ion all the charges, lie was recently forced to pay a judgment of SB,OOO i 'to Mrs. Mareum in connection with the death of her husband, a verdict having been found against him in the circuit court at Winchester. The Ilargis-Cockrill feud, out of j which grew the innumerable tragedies with which Judge Hargis' name is linked, had its inception in a political i contest. The Hargis family had long j been dominant in Breathitt county, j •where they conducted a general store ; ami were engaged in the lumber busi- ! ne.-s. The brothers, James, Alex, and Elbert, were good business men and | accumulated what, in the mountains, is a great fortune. The trouble with the Cockrills i arose when the Cockrills opposed the ; 'Hargises at the polls. Feeling was ; bitter, when one day Benjamin Hat- ! gis, a younger brother of Judge James Hargis, met one of the Cockrill boys ,in a "blind tiger" near Jackson. There -was a gun play and Cockrill killed : Benjamin Hargis. TWO SETS OF DELEGATES. They Will Be Sent by Florida Repub licans to the National Con vention. St. Augustine, Fla. Florida re publicans stand conspicuously in j the limelight as being the first to hold i their convention to select delegates j to the national convention, and it is j ;said here that the exciting scenes en ] acted Thursday are a forecast of sim ilar scenes in other southern states, ! caused by the efforts being made by ! the anti-Roosevelt republicans for con trol in the national convention. The : 'convention here was one of the most j remarkable in some respects ever held {by any political party. It was really two conventions held at the same time in the same hall. The progress of business was frequently Interrupt ed by knock-down and drag-out fights. The officeholders' faction was called to order by the chairman of the state committee and they proclaimed them selves as the regulars. Resolutions were adopted endorsing William H. Taft for the presidency. On the other j side of the hall the contesting conven tion chose delegates untrammeled by instructions, positive assurance being given by Joseph N. Steipling, who led the movement, that despite the fact that, they were branded as bolters by the other convention, the delegates they named would be seated in the national convention. The anti-Taft convention adopted (resolutions condemning the attempts to control by means of federal pat ronage through government office holders the selection of delegates to the national convention in the interest of any presidential candidate. A dozen policemen were on duty in the hall and were frequently called upon to eject unruly delegates. Nine tenths of the men in both conventions were negroes. Congress. Washington.—On the 6th the house klevoted its session to consideration of the Indian appropriation bill. The senate passed a bill providing for a government exhibit at the Alaska-Yu kon-Pacific exposition. Senator Cul berson, of Texas, made a speech crit icising Secretary Cortelyou for alleged favoritism in lending government money to banks in New York City. Adjourned until the 10th. Highwaymen Shot Two Policemen. Woburn, Mass. Three highway men, heavily armed, appeared in /Woburn and vicinity last night and, after holding up two men at the point of revolvers, shot two police officers, one possibly fatally, shot and severely injured the driver of a police wagon, ■slightly injured a boy and fired at a (barber who attempted to capture one •of them. Three Men Asphyxiated. PJrie, Pa. —Three foreigners unused -•to gas were asphyxiated Wednesday might at their boarding house in this «ity. FROM NEW YORK TO PARIS AN AUTOMOBILE RACE WILL BE GIN ON FEBRUARY 12. Americans, Germans, Frenchmen and Italians Are Entered in the Proposed Contest. New York City. The first of the New York. Feb. 8. —The first of the foreign teiims scheduled to start in the New York to Paris automobile race on Wednesday next arrived Fri day 011 the steamship Kaiserin An- j guste Victoria and Us members were j met at the pier by a group of enthu siasts and officials connected with the contest. The team is to represent Germany in the daring enterprise and is composed of Lieut. Koeppen, of the Fifteenth infantry, imperial army, and Engineer Hans Knape, also of the tier man army. Four French teams and one from Italy are on board the steam er T.a Lorraine, which will dock today. With their arrival the last details of the contest will be decided upon. Four American cars have been entered. The route lies across the American continent to San Francisco, where the machines will be transported by steamer to Seattle and thence to Val dez, Alaska. Debarking at Valdez, tho racers will set out over the snow packed roads and ice-covered rivers of Alaska for a 1,100-mile trip to Nome. At Nome it will be necessary to ship on another steamer across the straits to East Cape. Siberia, where a stretch of 11,350 miles faces the drivers. Al together the journey will amount to about 20,000 miles, nearly 18,000 being made in the machines. The contestants will be accompa nied from New York by a great, caval cade of automobiles anil at various j points along the route across the i'ni- j ted States local drivers will act as pilots and escorts. Leaving New York the automobilists will pass through Albany, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Toledo, Chi cago, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Chey enne, Green River, Ogden, Winnemuc ea, Keno, Gold field, Santa Barbara and San Jose, the southern detour from Reno being made necessary by the im passibility of the Sierras at this timo of the year. TO MANAGE TAFT'S CAMPAIGN. First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock Will Resign His Office. Washington. I). C. —Announcement was made Friday of the approaching \ retirement from the postal service ot ! Frank H. Hitchcock, first assistant ! postmaster general. Mr. Hitchcock will assume the active management of the campaign of Secretary Taft for the republican nomination for th<; presidency. The exact date for the retirement lias not been determined, J but it probably will be about February i 15. .Mr. Hitchcock will be succeeded as first assistant postmaster general by Or. Charles P. Grandfield, who, for a little more than two years, has been chief clerk of the bureau over which Mr. Hitchcock presides. Dr. Grand field has been actively identified with the postal service for 20 years. Several weeks ago Mr. Hitchcock was requested by Secretary Taft to undertake the management of his campaign. The secretary desired to enlist his services, not only because he is widely known and has had val uable experience in campaign work, but because he felt the necessity of having a man in charge to whom he could refer questions that were arising J constantly and to which he was un able to devote the time they seemed i to demand. THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives. Washington.—On the sth Mr. Bev eridge made a speech in the senate in favor of his bill providing for a ! non-partisan tariff commission. The ; day in the house was devoted to speeches on tariff revision and the president's recent message to con gress. Washington.—On the oth the houso devoted its session to consideration of the Indian appropriation bill. The senate passed a bill providing for a j government exhibit at the Alaska-Yu- Ikon-Pacific exposition. Senator Cul j berson, of Texas, made a speech crlt ] ieising Secretary Cortelycu for alleged ' favoritism in lending government J money to banks in New York City. Washington.—The iiouse on the 7th j passed a war claim bill carrying a to ! tal appropriation of $325,000. A nuni ■ ber of private claims bills were passed I and the house adjourned until the ! 10th. The senate was not in session. BUSINESS BULLETIN. The Few Changes Noted in the Situa- I tion Are in the Right Direction. New York City. —K. G. Dun & j Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Little change appears in the com mercial situation, but progress is in the right direction in so far as any difference can bo discerned. Recent gains are maintained in almost every j instance, and a few further encourag- I ing symptoms appear; notably the smaller decreases in railway earnings : and larger forces at work in leading j industries. The iron and steel industry is in ?. j better position than a week ago, al- I though new contracts are placed with much caution and each order is the subject of extensive negotiations. City Will Give Work to Idle Men. Pittsburg, Pa.—The city govern ment lias completed plans for furnish ing work to the unemployed and next Monday ",200 men will go to work on half time. There are 35,000 men out of employment and 9,000 of this num ber have taken out civil service appli cation blanks, wanting to work for tha city. Three Men Killed by a Train. Pittsburg, Pa. — While walking on the trae.ts of the Allegheny Valley railroad at Kittanning Friday, Samuel Salliday, John Miller and August Hett ler were killed by a train. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1908. ( Picked Up in 4K> I I -##* Pen nsy I van ia J WOMEN WEhE PRESENT. Man ? s Politeness Prevents Shedding His Burning Trousers. Beaver. —His trousers afire, but too polite to remove them in the presence of feminine spectators, Frank Shell drake. employed in a meat-shop here, faced an embarrassing situation re cently. Leaving the cold shop he had entered living rooms in the same build ing and stood in front of an open grate with his back to the fire. En joying the warm glow, he was ignorant that his apron strings had ignited, set ting fire first to his trousers, then to the tail of his coat. Finally discover ing the situation, Shelldrake tore off his apron and coat, but had to stop there because there were women in the room. They tried to help him, but didn't do much good. With the fire eating into his flesh, Shelldrake finally made a dash for an adjoining room, where he rid himself of the corduroy "pants" he was wearing for the first time. Aside from blisters, Shelldrake was uninjured, although he is not able to sit down. A Doubly Fatal Collision. Pittsburg.—Fourteen passengers 011 a Homestead, Braddock & East Pitts burg street car were seriously cut and bruised Tuesday when the car was struck by a Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston railroad passenger train at the Sixth avenue crossing in Home stead. The car was thrown some dis tance and two persons were fatally injured. They are Miss Mary Gedak and Miss Kate Early. The 12 other passengers were badly cut by glass and trampled in the panic which fol lowed the collision. Wants Decision Changed. T'niontown. —Mine Inspectors W. J. Neilson, I). R. Blower and Henry I.outhitt have filed a petition here to have the court strike off the appeal of the Pittsburg Coal Co. from the decison of the several mine inspect ors filed recently. It is held that the appeal is based on the fourteenth section of the 1891! act of assembly, and does not apply. The inspectors also say that if upon notice the dan gerous condition is not removed the remedy is by injunction. Fight Liquor Licenses. Butler.—The Butler Ministerial as sociation lias opened the fight against granting liquor licenses in Butler county by employing William 11. .Mar tin as attorney. Remonstrances are being prepared against granting wholesale licenses, and when license court opens it is expected to have 10,000 signatures against the whole sale privilege, which it has been de nied by Judge James M. Galbreatli for four years. Unemployed Men Stormed City Hall. Pittsburg.—With immediate work for only about 2,000 men in sight, the city hall was stormed on Wed nesday by the "unemployed" and fi,ooo application blanks were issued by the civil,service commission. The re lief measures provided by the ordi nance appropriating $220,000 for pub lic improvement in order to employ the idle men appear inadequate, but much good will result, notwithstand ing. • Railroad Builder Dead. Linnsviile. —Victor H. McCord died recently. He spent several years building railroads in South America, and was convicted of conspiracy against the government of Peru. He was sentenced to be shot, but the United States government interfered. He sued the Peruvian government and received $40,000 damages. He was 67 years old. Awarded Contract. Chester.—The report of the Scout Cruiser Chester committee, which was adopted by city councils, awards the contract for furnishing the silver serv ice to be presented to the warship here on June 15 to Tiffany & Co., of New York. It will include a punch bowl, tray and ladle, at a cost of $2,- 000. There were five bidders. To Satisfy Creditor. Lebanon.—To satis?* an execution for SBOO Sheriff Gerli3--t will, on Feb ruary 2!), sell the p'operty of the Reinoehlsville MethoiTist church in North Lebanon township. The execu tion creditor is George H. Krall, exec utor of the estate of the late Carolii.'v Runkel, of this city. Claims He is Heir to Fortune. York.—W. B. Hoyt, serving six months in jail for false pretense, de clares that he is heir to from SBO,OOO to SIOO,OOO. lie says he is a brother ! of the late Charles lloyt, the play- I wright, and that the fortune was left by his father to he divided by them. He has two more months to serve. Baptized ir: Icy Water. Norristown.—Witii the thermometer registering 12 degrees below freezing : and a cutting wind from the north j west, two girl converts to tho Men nonite Brethren in Christ were bap tized in the icy creek at Hatfield. Dynamiters Caused Much Damage. Greensburg. A dynamite bomb was exploded on Wednesday un der the store of Samuel Letsovie, at. Export, near here, demolishing the building and causing a fire which damaged adjoining property to the ex tent of $16,000. Recently Letsovie rt ceived threatening letters from a Black Hand society. Typhoid Epidemic Cost $121,000. Pittsburg.—According to an aver age established by investigations, typhoid fever cost Greater Pittsburg the enormous sum of $721,436 for the year ending June, 11107. Iv'any Candidates for Congress. Kittanning.—The most surprising contribution to the Pennsylvania con gressional situation, Kennraily spook ing, is tho announced candidacy of Representative Samuel B. Cochrane, of Armstrong county, who thinks he would like to represent the Twenty seventh district, composed of Arm strong. Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson counties. Major Joseph G. Beale, also of Armstrong, is now serving his first term as the representative of the Twenty-seventh district. He is a can didate for re-election; so is W. (). Smith, whom Beale succeeded. J. H. Langham. of Indiana, and George F. Arnold, of Clarion county, will also contest for the nomination. Suggests that It be Left to Vote. Philadelphia.—Because of opposi tion to placing a statue of the late Senator Quay in the rotunda of the new capitol at Harrisburg, David H. Lane, of this city, chairman of the re publican city committee, has sug gested that the question be put to a vote of the people of the state. The legislature appropriated $20,000 for the erection of a statue of the late senator in Capitol park, Harrisburg. and there has been more or less criti cism of the action of the legislature. Mr. Lane was appointed a member of the commission to carry out the ac tion of the legislature. He wants the statue erected in the capitol ro tunda. Chicken Thief Was Murdered. Pottsville,—lsaac Bevan, of Shen andoah, Pa., was found on Thurs day riddled with bullets from two revolvers which his pursuer, Anthony Sinkiewicz, emptied into his body as he lay helpless in a snow bank. Twelve shots took effect. Sinkiewicz had been annoyed by chicken thieves and fixed up a burglar alarm. He was awakened by this alarm and he and a boarder at his home gave chase to the intruder. The chase continued for more than a mile, when Bevan dropped from exhaustion and was shot to death. Seven chickens were found in a bag which he carried. Sinkie wicz lias been formally charged with murder. Pickpockets Sent to Jail. Reading.—John McCay and William Roth, giving Philadelphia as their home, were sent to jail recently by Mayor Gerber as suspicious charac ters. It is alleged that they are pick pockets, who have been following William Jennings Bryan. Albert Thalheimer, a manufacturer, who had a S3OO diamond stolen, appeared against them. Detective Tate arrived from Philadelphia and declared that McCay was one of the greatest dia mond crooks in the country. He said that the prisoner had just finished a three-year terra in the Eastern peni teneiary. Roth, lie said, was a mem ber of the 1 ne gang. An Order for 55,000 Tons of Rails. Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. on Thursday placed orders with steel manufacturers for 55,000 tons of rails to be delivered during 1008. These rails will be rolled under entirely new specifications. Most important of these is the plac ing more upon the manufacturer tho responsibility for the character of the rail produced. Considerable latitude is to be alio ■red in the methods of manufacture so long as the result is a sound rail. Will Develop Rich Territory. Pit's burg.—The completion of the Pittsburg, Harmony, Butler & New Castle railway this spring is expected to have more than usual bearing on the development of the rich and pop ulous territory through which this road passes, and already it has been responsible for the promotion of an additional line between Beaver and New Castle Junction, which will give fast service between these two points and Pittsburg. Sheriff Seized a Bank. Philadelphia.—Following the dis appearance of Giovanni Bersani, of the Banca Provinciale Romana, in the • till an settlement, the contents of The bank Were on Wednesday seized b t the sheriff on a note of Daniel S..jssi, a patron. The bank has about 1,)00 depositors who clamored for tt-eir money and hung about the of fices throatening vengeance upon the beads of the Bersarj brothers, who h.u the institution. Found Frozen by Grave. Pottsville. —W. W. Williams was found frozen to death by the grave of his father by adoption. He had not been seen in this vicinity for five years. Williams left Cressona five years ago after separation from his wife and their three children. His adopted father was his wife's father. Mrs. Williams and her children live in Reading. Murdered His Friend. Sharon. —Because he was jealous ot his wife, John Miller shot and killed Gable Moard, his friend, Monday night. The men had been drinking, | became involved in a quarrel over | Mrs. Miller and Moard was ordered to S leave. He refused togo and Miller j shot. Miller was arrested. Train Wreckers at Work. Pottsville. —At the inquest into I the. death of Grant Siegfried, the I Pennsylvania railroad enginerr who j was killed on Monday when his I engine plunged over an embank l I rnent at Franckville, it was developed ! Wednesday that the accident was the | result of a deliberate attempt to j wreck the train. Cold Weather Caused Suffering. Philadi Iphia.—Reports from points in eastern and central Pen' ivania tell of much suffering because of the extreme cold. Wednesday was one of the c 'M'-st days in many years. All Tastes Suited. New Clerk —I notice some of these barrels of apples are marked X and some SC. Are they different, kinds? Dealer —No; same kind, but differ ently packed. Some customers want a barrel opened at the bottom and some at the top.—N. Y. Weekly. AMBIGUOUS. She —Who's your fair friend? He —I really forget her name, only a bare acquaintance. She—Hardly that. She had her opera cloak on. Mother Goose a la Newport. Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet Playing "bridge whist" all night; But a society shark Found she was a mark— And won all her cash ere 'twas light. —Chicago Daily News. The Little Brother Again. Bobby—My sister will be down in a few minutes, Mr. Softly, she's up stairs rehearsing. Mr. Softly (who has come prepared) —W-what is s-she rehearsing, Bobby? Hobby—l don't know, exactly, but she's standing in front of the mirror, and blushing and saying: "Oh, Mr. Softly—er—this is so sudden." —Royal Magazine. No Cause for Complaint. Irate Customer —See here, I've worn these new trousers only a week and they already bag at the knees. Dealer —Yah, dot vas recht. Dose are our new padent pious pants vot makes beoples dink our gustomers go to ghurch dree dimes effry day.—N. Y. Weekly. Deduction. Bobby—Sister's got a beau, all right! Tommy—What makes you think so? Hobby—She used to say: "Bobby, see who's calling," when the "phone rang. Now she runs to it herself, in stead of telling me.—Cleveland Leader. Changed. Mr. Dun—But, my dear fellow, this account has been running seven years. Scientific Debtor—That's right, old man. But you know every atom of a man's system changes in seven years. I am not the man who bought the goods.—Royal Magazine. An Advantage. Patience —Don't you like that opera? Patrice —No, I don't. There's too much soft, low music in it to suit me. "That's the reason I like it. It doesn't interfere with the conversa tion." —Yonkers Statesman. Sunk. Wall —What business are you in now? Broad—l'm a stock broker. Wall —They say there's a good deal of money in that business. Broad —Well, there's a good deal of my money! Pessimistic View. "Life," remarked the optimist, "is made up of sunshine and shadow." 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