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Show "BLOODY BREATHITT." Kreathitt county, Kentucky, should not be overlooked because all Europe is plunged into war or on account of the. troubles in Mexico and Haiti, for the Kentuckians continue to firo their pistols at the drop of tho hat and unwind un-wind the mortal coils of their neighbors with the utmost .sang froid. Jhe slaying slay-ing of Judge Hargis, Sheriff Ed Callahan Cal-lahan and other actors in "Bloody Breathitt's" series of tragedies has not served as a . warning to the citizens down there who are quick on the trigger." trig-ger." The political game is responsible for most of the Breathitt county , killings, and last Saturday 's primaries furnished the excuse for the latest battle between the opposing faction? and the consequent conse-quent fattening of the, local cemeteries. The dispatches tell us that in an election elec-tion fight over the state primaries on the day above mentioned "Grover Blan-ton Blan-ton shot and killed Martin Clemens and was himself killed by Flihu Allen. Blan-ton Blan-ton shot Allen just as he fell, mortally wounded. Allen is badly injured."' The ruling passion was strong in death with Blanton, for he was able to wing Allen in his last moments and probably died thinking he was entitled to another notch on the handle of- his trusty six-shooter. But this was only one of the election fights in Kentucky last Saturday. From Hickman, the name of the town seems familiar, conies the news that "Bert Wallace was killed, Walter Allison is dying and three others, one a woman, were shot in an election fight at Sassafras Ridge voting precinct.'" We have heard of Sassafras Sassa-fras Ridge before and are not surprised. sur-prised. While Stanley, Morrow and Prexler have undoubtedly been selected as the i three candidates for governor, and while ! state-wide prohibition seems to have received re-ceived a black eye at the primaries, complete returns as to the vote on the various candidates and the liquor question ques-tion are not at hand. The casualty list is also incomplete and we expert to chronicle other tragedies resulting from Saturday's primaries. It. is certain, too, that feuds have been started that will result in more killings in November. Why interfere in Mexico and Haiti when missionary work is needed at home? PACKERS PROTEST. The American meat packers arc not favorably impressed with Sir Kdward Grey's recent communications defending defend-ing the orders in council, under which authority British warships seize merchant mer-chant vessels loaded with products of this country, owned by citizens of the United Staten and bound for neutral ports. The packers have good rta.-.un to be dissatisfied, for their European trade has been paralyzed by British in terference. As a natural result they have again protested to the Mute do partment, and it is said their protest will be considered in the pr-par at ion of the American reply to the British note. This is cold comfort for the packers, who called special attention to the five ships loaded with American meat prod )i:ts en route to neutral conotri" wlii' lt were captured by BriKnh cruisers ;(1!d sent to the pri.e courts for H'-tion. It there was a ny prospect that the prize courts would ever render a decihion the situation would not he so bad. although according to the American dew the ieizures were clearly a violation of in ternational law. Great Britain was forced to pay this country $ I .",H)O,0i.0 for acts committed during the civil war. She may be t-ompelled to pay a much larger sum for seizure of American vrn i-;els during the pat year. |