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VOL XXIII NO 20 PADUCAH KY WEDNESDAY EVENING JANUARY 20 1908 TENrCENTS PER WEEK

WHAT RIVER WORK

MEANS TO TRAFFIC

OFWHOLECOONTBY

Nolto Toko Care of Future Butto Prevent Retrogression

of Volume

Railroads Reach Limit of Cap-

acity and Possibilities

JMST NOTI IXSK MOIIH TIMH

Staff CorroHpomliMioe6 iliigtOH > C Jan 29otterInt-

otMhtilUntOrynulratlotu thrdyphI

outIlly 0untry doubtlqMt havo takendue nollcti of thy setback tb theirplant for Immodhiie oi erntloim givenIII tho roKirt of Iho committee on ap ¬

propriations taut wICk ChnlrnmnTawnoy ctild In dlscunnlng tho urgentilitlclvhqr bill Hint the estimated oxIwndUuro of ono billion dollars forIho Vital year qf 190S dbll sot IncludoapproprtntlQiM for rivers and harboraand he Alto sold this expenditure Ifcarried out would leav a doik4tl ofI KWAAwOfrO This deficit howuvorho predicted could be nvolded byMinllng tho iBtlninte to that amountand the oflldomiy of thn differentbranch of the Kovwnnwnt wouldKllIMM1 unlmvalr l but by Iho closestUmirltiK ho duos not m how any npprojirlatton could bo nrade out of Ihortv mieHI of the govern njun I for rivoratrailI mrl orn more Ihnn Uu work al ¬

ready provided for by law

This wmewhitt bteek ouriook forIIIminedktlo river lniirovenifnU In furliter MihtuDPd by tho probabilitythat liofore the ywsr la out the dcllcltwill have grown enormously overwtint NOW opptnrs to be probable Infist omit nut only would no now upini rlnUfliw be nwifcj but H sharpI

curtailment in authorized exp ndlturtiwtrukl be necessary untoM the adminMmilotf mould drt rmhie to put theKov rftmiht urther In debt Theceases of the Rioady dcoreaM In rCI+ aI ore not hnrfl to find and thII

inori iMraiHlnent ones are tho ntiroachof s pr Mdentltil contt the pnmilof prolilliltknr and the effect of theNuke all of which villeontlnuu to

ofivraU adversely for many months ntthe IIHNU liberal otlnmt It W olnuwtan statist fact that the Panama Il

canal will have to ho nnlhel on borrowel monio and from oil cotmldernlloui any rlvwr ami harbor Improvenheuls thud may be decided upon will 1

Ih sve to bo flnone Hl dnMnrly1Ilio OnljH Mnuis

Prom these facts It ta evident thatonerRollc action on tho purl of Ihott

river Improvomont oruiinlwitldtm will I

IIIm liddedi to limiro any favorableIcntolnllon this > cr ir With no RlhMII hand or iwpocled to tturt the lur

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provriiHntB only n bill like SenatorNVwtamU provldlnx for IfOODOflOOIn bond to be roplenlnhwl by cxor4i

Continued on PUg Three

SHERIFF CALLED

BY NIGHT RIDERS

OVER TELEPHONE

To niako sure that n letter lidII

drts seal to Sheriff Ogllvlo and SUIcc

IKXcilIy written by a committee oftttnlKlit rldors ruutlieij him tin porafln

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mulling tho bettor at Paris fonntt

called tho sheriff up by long distancetelephone thlo J1lornlnGII

U that Sheriff Ogllvlo nt J > duII

rah 1 asked u gruff voice when IhoII

tlherln answered n call front the IonllII

distance operator of tho CumberlandTelephone this morning

Yes replied the sheriffWell did you gttit letter fromI

JPurl Tonn Ilust nightI

Yes who aro you anywayNever mind who I am you hnaI

bettor tako warning from that letternnd lieu the 1101011 hung up the rooIculver

Sheriff Ogllvlo mado mi effort tothud out from the operator at thoParlii exchange who tho person WON

but Iho girl replied Hint lie was n

stranger and had loft the oldenUntil die telephone mcssngp had

PreenI received the sheriff was Inclined< o bollovo that the warring letter wassent by some friend who was Jokinghim and expected to find out who thoparty wast but the tojoptiono nionitnge

canned him to think nitro 6orlousl>

of the affair no-

wGrain MarketSt Louis Jan 29WkeTt 10U

corn 68 i oats B3V4 lr o g

Representative Eugene Graves is

of Opinion Deadlock Will Not be

Broken During Present Sessionu

I

Says That Prohibition Senti ¬

ment is Growing and Thereis Moro Than Nero Talkin Humor

lUiintuntnllve Eugene f raves cameIn front Frankfort last night to lookutter HOIIIO cases In circuit court Hinttworu down for trial tills week MrGraves IH iinlrcil with a Republican 1I-

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Ileprcsontatlvo null Ills absence willnot affect the senatorial race or anyother matter where ixirty lines ardrawer When asked regarding thosenatorial situation Mr Graves expreswd Iho belle that the dcndlocw-

111k

continuo throughout the tfesslon-II do not bellovo an election will

IIQ mndo unlent one side catches theother oft guard some day which la notprobable wild Mr Craves

The talk about a bill being passedto niako the state a unit In local op¬

lion VlcvtlonB Is not without founda ¬

lion and the sentiment among thomembers of both houses In favor ofIsuch a meaiuro seems to bo growingcvtry day

Mr Grave Is confident that theliHI to change tho order of holdingcircuit courts in the Judicial districtwill become a law ag Ithere IH no op-

Position from either county

TWO PRIMARY LAWS

Sj rlnpIUld III Jan 29TitoOglecby primary bill passed today

ITOilOka Jan 9Tho houio lpass

olectlonIIW H SMITII

Ir W IUp Smith 81 yvant ufagudied at Ilia homo of Mr Milton lluchnunnn two and onehalf lullon be-low latnoiit on tho Hlnklevllle roadlast night of old ago Tho funeralwill trtke I i4aco tomorrow nt 12 oclockwith burial In Oak Grove cumcturyMr Smith used to IK n resident of Pa ¬

ducah working In Uiu cariwnterbuslnoes He was a MasonI and nmumbtr otf the Christian church for-6o yours

Mr Smith Is survived by threechildren Mrs Tom Snumperoy andMrs BotMo Harrivon of Lamont andMr Wilt Smith Jr of Grahamvlllo I

The Mqunpt will have charge of thefunerul wjitch will bo held at the 1

home of Mr BucbitniKin whire Mr I

Smith died

AT

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Represent Sentiment That isOverwhelming ill County

and Other Places Will Havo

Similar Organintions

TnH tutitlmcnt Is so strong In the

supportersoflOubs In advance oftho state convert ¬

tion to work to secure a solid Tartdnlcgatlon Mother has 4ho distinc ¬

lieu of being limo Una place In Mobracken county to institute a clubalthough like organizations aro beingconsidered nt other places The Melher club starts with HE active enthu ¬

siastic members who say they onlyrepresent the unanimous sentiment oftheir district

They met teed organized with thefollowing officers J W Fry presi ¬

dent S W Simmons vice presideut

JD1 Miller secretary O W Husttreasurer John A S perry lecturer

They will meet every wrote andmany nevi names will bo added to theroster this wee-

kSTUIi11Y

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IS IAST IIYTO 1AY CITY LIGHXK12S

Although licenses nro coming stead-ily City Treasurer iDorlan says n

number of people have failed to payand ho tears they will neglect untilafter Saturday when tho 1penalty goes

on and delinquents quo liable to ar ¬

restI

1K I re Him TragedyNew Orleans Jan 29As thin re ¬

troll of wri election row here today atono of the polling places Canal andBasin streets Joseph G Sclacfcalugawas shot twice by Charles lPrados Thewounds may prove fatal N

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TEN RECRUITS

LEAVING TODAY

FOR ARMY POST

Like a small military companySergeant C A Blake and ten recruitsInornhmgttheyleftIwrecured at the local station were In ¬

1leeyrtrdkDuma Coast artillery serviceGeorgo Collins of CavelnHock IIICharles Vaughftfi of CnvcliiJJockIlir Claud Hntchle of Wlngo Atlas0 Shelton of Padiicnh CavalryHrvlco Frecmon Iladgar of Glendale lit James MJ Davis of lx> laVirgil Durbln of PadUcah Cavalryservice In Philippines Walter S San ¬

ders of PaducahrCap William IL Heed of Evansvllle In accvptlng the men paid SeTRoant Blake many compliments onhis work and said they competed onoof the last squads of men he hadover examined for the army All arelargo muscular fellows and pausedtho phynlcal I examination without athaw They were quiet and orderlysuit ttecmtd eager to begin the dutiesof n soldiers life

Vlnynrd was a nK clmcn of jwrfectmanhood Per two years ho has beendeputy ulicrlrr noor KllzahcthtownIII and before serving as sheriff hadBXimrlence as n constable None oflimo men have hind any military experIon C

In closing the work for the monthat January Sergeant fluke roll shortof Januar 190G Last year he en¬

rolled 2S mun and thIs year the num ¬

bor was 19 However It was a goodthawing for Paducah and excellentprnapoctB are In store for FebruaryThla IH one of Die largest squads ofrecruit that liu a been sent to the barracks from Paducah and representsmuch work by Sergeant Blake

TWO BIG FIRES

Indianapolis id Jan ICob-llrus warehouse covering a cityblock was destroyed by flrq thismorning The loss fras a millionc

Kansas City Jan 9Tho eastmain building and box factory of Nel-

son¬

Morris company wore sacrificedby firemen l last night 4o save the en ¬

tire giant from burning Tho losswas a half million

TAFT CLUB ORGANIZED MELBKR

BY 35 ENTHUSIASTIC REPUBLICANS

CORTELYOU TELLS

SENATE ABOUT HIS

EMERGENCY ISSUEII

Washington Jan 29 SecretaryCortelyoii In statement to the son ¬

ate today JiiMtllled the rmUual methodsho employed In meeting limo recentpanic Ho said bo wns bound to haveregard not simply to operations of1

tho treasury but their effect on thofinancial condition of the country liewould bo glad to bo relieved U partby legislation froni such an obligationIn the future Ho defended the Issnoof now securities necessary to conwince doubters that the governmentwas alive to tho situation He saidonetenth of the mopes In circulationdisappeared after the closing of onerow York bank Ho met the chargeof favoritism In distributing bondsby showing the records that theywent to 10 shies and certificates to1IS states He declared public dopes¬

its were made to meet the public de ¬

munch The Panama bond Issue wasover subscribed morn than 14 times

LONDONS STORIES

PROVED ALLURING

Now York Jan 29Jnck London

In a letter sat tho failure ofbls crew

to meet adventures depleted In his

former books caused the crew to de-

sert

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the boat Snark nt Tahiti Lon ¬

don Is now nt San Francisco arId says

he will tot A new crew when t ie boatJeaVea Tahiti

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PORTER CHARGED

WITH LARCENY OF

12750 IN CASH

Boyd Manley Accused of Steal ¬

ing Money and ValuablesFrom J P Fowler

Key Returns to Place WhenSuspect Returns to Work

COX AltlWKTKI IJV IOMCI

Charged with grand larceny BoydManley colored was arrested by theKHco today It Is alleged that Manlley took 12750 In cash and othernotes of value from thyI J p Fowlersaloon Second street and Kentuckyavenue Sunday afternoon while no j

one was present Mr Fowler had themoney In his trunk In his room up-stairs and when ho went to supper < tII

C30 oclock the money was there-On

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his return at 7 oclock the moneyand notes wero inlfbliiK and alto apass key that hung In an accustomedtplace was prone

Manley has been imrtcr at the sa ¬

loon and the pass key was used toenter the rooms when cleaning Ihemrbut the key was not permitted to hoataken from the building Missing

Ithe key from Its place Mr Fowlersaid nothing when Mac fey went towork Monday morning but soon afteriihis arrival It Is said that Mr Fowlerfound the key hanging In the rightplace

All that was taken front the trunkIs valued at about 12S0 The doorsleading to the room show no evidenceof having been forced and the trunkdoes not appear to have been brokenoloen It Is thought the thief used a-

key to the trunk also Nothing hashen recovered In lance court thisuoralng tile case of Manley was continued until Friday mornl-

hgFOURhBNYEAR

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OLD GIRL MAKESI

UGLY COMPLAINT

After a questioning of Gertrude I

Dill a 14yearold girl by Police I

Judge Cross and Chief of Pollco Col-

linsI

a warrant was Issued late yester-day afternoon for Sim Walker nwuilkcr charging him with detainingt girl against her will Walker Is

bout CO years old and was arrestedII y Patrolmen Dugan nnd Doyle andbeing unable to give bond was placedIn jail

Walker denies knowing anything ofho charge and his only statement

was I am not guilty of the chargeThe girl asserts that Walker mado

imny advances to her to como to so

ludcd places Sho told her fathernit nothing was dono It Is said asthe girl was returning hone with aran of oil that Walker approachedher near Island creek about a weekago The girl says Walker urged hernot to tell anything hut her fatherhind her before Judgo Cross yesterdayafternoon and after an examinationthe warrant was Issued It Is saidthere have been rumors of a similarnature In Mechanlcfburg1 aboutAalker for some tune Walkers i

rlomls say there Is nothing In thecharge and they believe he will cone s

clear

Fire and Police Commissioner MannW Clark 4s quite ill of limo grip at hishome at Sixth and Adams streets I

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WItllIImII

F nFair and solder tonight ThiuMUiy4

Wrtly cloudy mid not sat told HlKli

l t tctnjarsiUm4 yextetdny1 I lowt1 lay =

ft Ii

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Beckham and Bradley are TiedandAll Bolters Vote for John R Allen

New Man Votes for J J C MayoI

ARCHITECT WILL

PEACH IN PENNSY

CAPITOL FRAUDS

Harrisburg Pa Jan 29ThalJoseph M Huston lthe architect whosupervised the construction and equip ¬

ment of the state capitol has decidedto turn states evidence seems to boconfirmed by tho appearance of Illsformer assistant Stanford B Lewisas a witness for the njosecutlon whenthe trial of the first four of the ac ¬

cused officials opened

Todays session of tho trial wastaken In by the opening address ofthe prosecution and the introductionof various records which arc to formthe basIs of the case for the stateagainst the officials who aro accused othaving obtained 13000000 of graftduring the building of tho capitol

James Scarlett attorney for thocommonwealth explained that thoregular schedule of 1004 contained aSpecial capital furnishing schedule forall tho Items upon which Sandersongot the contract under the per tootnd per pound system Taking up

the payments In the case Mr Scarleltexplained that Sanderson contracted I

to supply the furniture under onoItem acid was paid under another

lie said that In this case furnitureworlh 10000 was chared for andJJ

paid for at the rate of 53000 andthat nil five defendants Joseph MHuston John H Sanderson James HShumackor William R Snyder andWilliam L Mathucs wero Involved

Architect Huston and Superintend ¬

ent Shumacker he saW knowinglycertified the fraudulent bills of ConItractor Sanderson while Snyder nOauditorgeneral and Olathueg as statetreasurer ordered them paid knowIng that they wero fraudulent

EPIDEMICS IN COUNTYi

Physicians In the county are find-

ing¬

much Illness among the childrenAround Sharp there is an epidemic ofII

whooping cough and although school I

la In session regularly only abouthalf tho pupils are present In theGrahamvllle and Maxon Mills neigh-

borhoods¬

the doctors are busy attendIng chicken pox cases and In other I

parts of the county there are mumps IIi

iMiiynr Wnttn Improving I

Mayor A W Watts of Mayflold Is l

reported much better today

TMr Smith Was Awaiting WithShotgun Robbers Entry But

Ho Ibis QuarryWho Ran

Pollee ore busy today looking for aburglar who attempted to enter theresidence of Mr J Smith awollknovt blacksmith at tho railroadshops who lives at InS Guthrlo avo-

flueTwo shots from a double barr lelt

shotgun were fired at the form of theburglar who started to rm when hodiscovered that Mr Smith was comlug toward him ills tho shots weretired at close range It Is believed theman was badly wounded and for thatreason will bo forced to seek mcdlcajassistance and will bo found out

Mr Smith stated this morning thatthe man tried to enter the housethrough a front window and madofour attempts to got In the house be ¬

fore ho discovered that ho was bclnvwalled for on the inside Mr Smithhaving secured his shotgun and sta ¬

tioned himself near tho window wattIng for tho burglar to got Into thehouse that ho might arrest him as htdid not care to kill tho man which hocould easily have dono In changinghs position Sir Smith made a slightnoise und tho burglar turned to runwhen ho was fired upon The gunwas loaded with number four and five

shotTheshot caused excitement In the

neighborhood and several men joinedMr Smith In searching for the manbut failed to find him The policewore notified and officers were do<

tailed on too case but as yet hamfailed to find any trace of the burglar

Bill Placing Tobacco Interestsin Hands of Board of Agri ¬

culture Adjourn UntilTuesday

Frankfort Ky Jan ¬

committee on agricultureof the house approVed McChords billplacing tobacco Interests under thocontrol ol the board of agricultureand putting police Interests of thestate practically In the hands of thegrowers Both houses agreed todayto adjourn over until Tuesday In or¬

der to allow committees to visit theprisons and asylums of tho state

Representative Wilson Introduceda resolution which was adopted providing for the appointment of a com ¬

mittee of three Democrats and twoRepublicans to Investigate the newcapitol Wilson said he wanted thisas an answer to campaign charges

On Joint ballot today Deckham re¬

ceived 57 Bradley 67 John II Allen7 and J J C Mayo 1 All the for ¬

mer bolters voted for Allen todayHopkins of Johnson Democrat votedfor Mayo Hopkins said he voted forMayo to compliment him and wouldvote for Beckham whenever his ballotwould elect

In the senate the legislative nndsenatorial reapportionment bill pre-pared

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by exStato Senator Bennettwas introduced

NIGHT RIDERS BURN

TWO TOBACCO BARNS

Adalrvllle Ky Jan 29 SpecialTwo large barns on the farm of

Jess Burr near here were burned bynight riders last night The barnswere the property of tenants Therewere 30 or 40 masked men In theparty They shot at the house ofBurr but did no other damage

PARLIAMENT MEETS

Ixndon Jan 29Iarllamentwhich will consider much legislationof interest to the poor man met to-

day¬

Tho kings speech had nothingmuch out of tho ordinary

KvSennlor 11 BankruptNow York Jan 29Former Unit-

ed¬

States Senator Warner Miller todaymade an assignment for the benefit ofhis creditors Mr Miller Is largelyinterested In gold and copper miningIn the United States and British Co¬

lumbia being an officer or directorseveral mining companies ofII

BURGLAR CHASE ON GUTHRIE AVENUE

WAS WITHOUT REWARD LAST NIGHT

Frightened

9Spe-clalThe

ARGUMENT BEGUN

BY THAW DBFENSB-

THIS MORNING

Now York Jan 29 hlttlolon forThaws defense began his address to

the Jury today In the case of Harry

Thaw charged with killing StanfordWtlte Mrs William Thaw Evelyn

and Mr and Mrs George Carnegiewere In the court room which wascrowded Around tho court the gen ¬

eral opinion favors disagreement ornot guilty on ground of Insanity

MINE WORKERS VOTE

Indianapolis Ind Jan 29With-out doubt the canvassing coinmlttcowill report tonight that the UnitedMine Workers have elected ThomaIIt Lewis president John P Whitevice prosldont and W D Ryan scoretarytreasurer

CARNATIONS WORN IN

HONOR OF McKINLE-

Today Is McKinley day and cams ¬

lions the favorite flower of WilliamMcKinley arc seen In almost everybutton hole Tho patrolmen of trocity aro not an exception to tho ruleThis morning they were surprised toreceive a largo box of carnations fromCv L Brunson the florist and every

e apse as ho reported to work wasde oral d with one of the flowers by-

ofe111os4 <

TENNESSEE GETS

TWO AND ONEHALF

CENT R R RATE

Southern and Queen CrescentAgreeIllinois Central and

L vSt N Refuse

Another Session Will be Reidto Arrange Agreement

EAST HAM STATE IJKXEFITS

Nashville Tenn tan 29AIIofthe lines controlled by the Southerninterests Including the Southern theMobile and Ohio and the Queen andCrescent accepted time 2 Y cent flatrate The Illinois Central Loulsvllle and Nashville and the NashvilleChattanooga and St Louis refused to

agreeItIs expected that a conference of

the traflc managers of trje three lat ¬

for roadsswill bq held with the railroad commission with a view lookingto a satisfactory adjustment of limocoupon question If the couponcheck Is accepted the commission willnot Institute mandamus proceedingsfor the enforcement of Us order ef-

fective¬

April 1 but will abide by theagreement which put Uicno threeroads on practically the same tootingas that of the Southern Interests Ifthe railroads do not agree to the cou ¬

pon check the mandatory powers ofthe commission wlllbo exercised anda rate of 2114 cents flat will go Intoeffect and President Smith statesthat If this Is persisted In the courtswill be called upon to dccldo the quest-ion at Issue In the event tho cou ¬

pon attachment Is accepted It will beeffective only until tho supreme courtof the United States renders a decis¬

ion In the Georgia roseAmong the officials present at the

conference were President Thomas ofNashville Chattanooga and St Loutsrailroad President Smllh of the Lou 1

Isvlllo and Nashville Tho presidentof tho Illinois Central and Southernwore represented by high traffic offi ¬

dais and members of the legal departmcnt President Finles of the South-ern was represented by Vice Presi ¬

dent J Til Culp Vice President A B

Andrews and Henry Foude generalagent President Harahan was represented by Messrs C N Burch ofthe law department A II Hansonpassenger traffic manager and li ffFritch assistant to President IIariihan T C Powell vice president otthe Cincinnati New Orleans and TexasPacific A R Smith vice presidentand traffic manager of the Louisvilleand Nashville II F Smith vice pres ¬

dent and traffic manager of the Nashvllle Chattanooga and St Louis WJ Murphy vIce president of theQueen and Crescent W C ninearsongeneral passenger agent of the Queenand Crescent John Bell Kccble dtthe legal department of the Louisvilleand Nashville

RAM ATTACKS BOY

AND MOTHER BUT

IS BEATEN AWAY

Maxon Mills Jan 29Spoclalwhere was an exciting time hero

yesterday afternoon nt the countryhomo of Charles Leake of Paducahwhen a large ram ljuttod little CharlesToof three years old When airs EdToot ran to the rescue she oleo foil avictim to the rums wrath The child

had gone to the front yard and whenho was attacked Mrs Toof went to

the rescue but she could not carrythe child away Mrs Blanche Coryell daughter of Deputy United StatesMarshal Elwood Noel was passingand hitching her horse she took thobuggy whip and bravely Joined In thetight Sho struck tho ram severalsharp blows across the face and pickIng tho child up placed It over thofence Then she kept tho ram at adistance while Mrs Toot soughtsafety When the ram saw it wasvanquished It tried to Jump the fencenail pet to the cuts but a laborerdrove tho animal to its pent with aclubjMrsj loot and the child wereandYiON HOUSKMAX iII w AND

1UIKAKS LEG AT SCHOOl

While plavlng at the High schoolyesterday Don Houseman tho 11i

year old son of Mr and lrsC PHouseman fell and broke his rightleg abovo the ankftv The boy was re-

moved to his parents home on IJarrltson street where he Is resting welltoday