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."
"Yes," rejoined the pessimist, "but
the trouble is there are about nine
shadows to one sunshine." —Chicago
Daily News.
The Medico's Suggestion.
Mr. Hittemup—What shall I take,
doctor, to remove this redness of my
nose?
Physician—Take nothing for several
months.
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