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IIIItIXXIII NO 97 PADUCAH KY WEDNESDAY EVENING APRIL 22 1908 TEN CENTS PER WEEK kk-

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AND TWO WOUNDED

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J D Wood Mine WorkersPresident Victim of Street

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Battle Last Night

IIlischarget1 Policeman HeldI

1 Guilty of CrimeI

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40 Contrn City Ky April 22sb ¬

cial Councilman J In Wood wasWlleil and his brother Tom Woods

i probahly fatally wounded In a strtet

5battle with John Magann JamesJonka and Walter Hardwlck lasti lght Magann wns seriously woundeL The shooting occurred abput 9

oclock at tho Intorrecton of tho Illi-

nois¬

Central nnd LouUvlllu J NashllIltli tracks and about CO shots were-

nredy Tho trouble Is supposed to hovo

nrlion over tbo dlschargo of the threemen from tho pence force and thounploymunt of CharJIo Woodbrotho of the councilman who waat hone asleep when the light oc-

curreda None ot the witnesses can ton ox

ffnetly how the shooting started butwhen It broke out revolvers spat fireand barked on all sides and thesound was Mlle a mighty battle for a

Irow moments When It was all overt IV I and two oftho former policemen hall

t hurried away from the scone CouoIIletlman Wood was found to bo dead

nod Charlo Wood nod Magannwounded

Councilman J D Wood formerlywas president of the district mineworkers radon and Is well known allover western Kentucky

Walter Hardwlck Is locked upTho trouble started In January whenthe newly elected council undertookto revolutionize the city governmentTwo wore threatened with death andone Pt them John Seder tiled fromttin effects of the threatening letterspant him

A truce wds later agreed upon mind

now officers were installed J Dtimeff only one wasI separated from his wife He was at4 one Elmo prrtldcnt of the United

4Hine Workers district 23 and Vnst organizer for tho A F of IL and a

member of tho city councilA number of Indictments are pend ¬

lag against him and vicro to IMS triedtoday In Greenville iMuch excite¬

ment prevails and some threats aromade but no further trouble Is an ¬t

I ticipatedItImpossible to tell Just who

began the shooting or how It startedJ U Wood lived but a few minutesand the body lies In tho Commercialhotel

Wnlto Hardwlck aim Mngnnn were

stalking together when approached bytho Wood brothers mid others Is theBtatoment ot Magann

GERMAN BUYERSJ

G Ifr iarnckcn a well known to-

bacco buyer of Clarksvllle Tenn antiII Ixnige of Bremen Germany re-

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t nscntutlvc of a big tobacco Importt Inc houre arrived yesterday and re-

turnedt t l to OIarks1Ue today Theys have purchased small quantities of

tobac ohero and clsowhoro

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MILLIONAIRESSON

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i FOR VAGRANCY

Plttsburg Xprll 22LivingstonHoe Jrt son of the Standard 011jiingnute was tined 10 In ponetaut today as n vagrant Ills ratherlives In New Jersey Time son hOC

been without food or1 shelter tfor threedays At ono tlmo ho hold a f 26001position as London ngcnt ot th b

Standard If floe receives tho prod<

Q Iso of assistance from his father boo

rrfore the day Is over the sentence willnot bo effective The son Is withoutnionoy and will have to servo time

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Troops Ordered Into Trigg County

to Bag Parent Organization oft

Night Riders East of Tennessee

Grand Jury of Calloway Coun ¬

ty Engaged on Other Busi-

ness TodayKirksey Law

and Order League5

Frankfort Ky April 22Spe

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1twIIluPIIHJlIHMurray Ky April 2SptclatDevelopments In time night rider

Rltttatlou at Murray were few yesteriday and this morning The grandJury probably will return some Indlctmontt tonight but not againstnight riders The county officials areseeking corroborative evidence forthe testimony of Murray HarrfH ItobDuncan ono of the lint neon Indict-ed gavu bond and was rnleaaedt 1 fromJail

KlrkMy Hits KimunliTime following eiaUiifoiit Is pub ¬

lished todayWe time undersigned citizens of

the KlrkFuy nelghlmrhood publiclyIendorse tine prompt nndi eftYctlvo ac-

tion¬

ofour County Judge wells awlother officers In putting a stop to nightriding in this county and pledge ourolllc s our earnest suiiport In theirattempt to drive It out of our midstfor we know that it Is detrimental toour country anti will be the ruin of theTobaottj nmoelatlon If continued

Ixx> V nnblc Will Wother IrntoPatton 11 S Miller W V McCallon< II Ilroach S VJ Uouland D VKdmondsJ W P Dulancy W S Shoomaker J IX Flnney H B MillerN M Uobortd Sam Jones W IIIIline J a Broach S II W DuInney J K TIbbs John IP non G

L GlBglcl U W UOIIi B 11 RossT 0 Hiighog J L Tabor OrhinderMcRnos Pat Perry It T Peak 1 K

Turkwr E J JUihgslon Ih Stark A

V Story O T Broatm S D BroachR U dark 0 N Hold I W Car ¬

ton S BJ race J It Tucker O OGingU JI V Hays Sum Smith PnrkeHarrell W C Tabors I1I F M ltonII IL Smith II F Chapman T OGanders T J IMIoy J U Miller JoeOvtirby KI liI Chapman II J HughesL H Sanders H P King S B Mil ¬

ler X A Uedwvll CJ Baoh II FRiley O W 1Edmonds W U Iad ¬

gett O P Clark C IL toss M Chartton It A Heath W II KlllobrewIIt JB Hadford James Wllpon A J

jTurnbow It9windl6Tont J W Law ¬

rence J J Had ford JK McCalon Mrs Alice GlngU J CSanders It II Marino W M Stager

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Victim of Night Riders Say

lie Knows Who Whipped

Him anti Will Go Before

Grand Jury

That the Law and Order league ofHopklnsvlUe Is on top Is testified to-

by J W Wicks tho tobacco buyerwho was pulled off his horso andwhipped by night rulers during a tripthrough Christian count Ho sayssentiment In the capital of ChrUtlanhas completely changed and night-riders can now be brought to justiceHo told friends here that ho knowsthe men who pulled him from his

Ihorse and held It And ho knows per-sonally the thou who whipped himlie will testify before tho grand Jurythere and tho authorities lave souldent evidence to indict at least 50or 76 people Ho said many of themOil who raided time town andburned tho warehouses live In HopkliiHvlllo IJko night riders every¬

where inspired by tho incendiaryspeeches or thelr leaders they considered themselves Jmmune through po ¬

litical Influence and talked too muchConsequently they nro well known

Henry llonmlts VurpoKO

Oire of the amusing pastimes oftho guests at the St Nicholas hotelIS to hear Henry Hennett tho tobaccobuyer who was whipped at DycusJjurg badger mqn ho considers nigh Itrlclcrg Bennett was hindo bitter b >

his exporjencd the night ot tho raidand hols determined now to brjnihis assailants to justice Ho has iII

body guard of three men and theynit sleep In one room Ho meets ni

11113rlI from the illlack Patch anti thnho proceeds tp denqunco Uom and tiechiro he knows wltatthylhave donE

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HIXUUS ILl 1 >AVS

Efforts were made nt thoolllic of the county clerk thisniomliiK to Icloriiilnit tho uitc ofn colored nuns iianuil Jlnr Coleman Ho IIs n MnNl iuT and IIH

looking for nu IIICICUKO from 91to 9IBt ublfli the low providesshall lio ImltJl lu liter overi7Iyiiirs old In IK1H tlio negrowas sold mill a inortKiiKi wlilHishould hnve Ixxn rcconlcd WON

taken tin the sale No rimed ofMich mortgage could In rotundI

nt tho court house and as thucasi now MnmU there seems tolin no way for tho negro to rslabllsh his ngy

c 0 cc = = = = = dHurnle Kdmonds W H GIngles I GDunn H iP McBlrnth a U Alexan ¬

dee TF Carson J n Klllebraw ILF ChanibvB I10 Lynch H MI MoCallon Jl F Xorsworlhy

Judge Wells icimispCtmnly Judge A J n Wells re-

turned¬

from J iulsvlllo at noon to-

day¬

but declined to say anythingabout his trip or his mission lieadmitted that sposlal counsel will as ¬

slat the prosecution but would saynothing further

WOOD PULP CASE

Washington Aytrl22Time cornmlttet appointed by Speaker Cannonto nventlgato the price of wood ptilpland punt ixiiwr will begm Us workImtiKHllatoly Hepresentatlve MannIntroduced A iVsolutlon to appropriatefunds for time Investigation

DAY RIDER AFTER

UNION FARMER TO

BREAK CONTRACT

Morganfleld Ky April 22 Spe ¬

ctalA lone masked tiny rider wentto W W Davis a tenant onthe farmv f Lloyd HarrIs tt II1l1hy f farmer i

tind warned him If he did not breakhis contract wllh Harris by tho end oftime week he would be shot or whiphid He said tho riders were deter-mined there nhotild be no tobacco inthe union this year

Horn to Mr and Mrs P L Wel ¬

IIngton of J210 Monroe street a boy

SENTIMENT IN HOPKINSVILLE TURNS

TOWARD LAW AND ORDER ONCE

i11bringjustlcoIhln1when they first catch sight orhim but tho crowd quickly meltsaway as hilt language and nuinnebecome more vehement

ITALIANS KILLED

j Wllllamsport Pa April 22Attar a wild run of a mile caused by

falling an ri glno and Hat carjot the I<nquln Lumber companys loigroad todnj Jumped Ute track pour

tlireeratnllyiIIlIurllllhl to

22llaronGo to Home

HayashIJapanese minister to China lips beer

iordered hopio front Pekln and will1

be sent to Rome Baron lulu nowcounselor of the Japanese embassy pl

Jlxndon will succeed to the vacantplace In Peki-

nHENRY CAMPBELLI

BANNERHAN DIES

OF HEART DISEASE

London April JSr lion 11

CampbollBannprman foniioi premietiled this mornlaig of heart diseaseHe was Ill ninny weeks and reslgnci

agobaunenuoi In 186 Hwas the first Liberal prime ninlsto

IloBeberryjnurrciidcradd vcopervatlve wings tOl1 etlier oijresignede1

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CAIRO GOBS WET

BY BIG MAJORITY

INCREASED VOTE

Ilcturus Indicate That NobodyForgot to Go to Polls in

Siiiewater Town

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Election Held in Other Cities

In Illinois

iUTTIK CIIAXOR IX CONDITION

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112TodaysChlcnKti snot

fthows au out of I12 cities and IIIWIIN

toted to Iflulll till Wllooim III J1Kt TstluetlIiMIIIIM Is time Mcond bIg

routes of the year In the state

Wft MajorityOne of tho most exciting cam ¬

paigns ever held In Cairo and whichIs likely to leave inure sore sptts oflonger duration than any closed lastevening There wore somo very un ¬

I

pleasant Incidents yesterday but ontho whole and considering time feelIng that had been aroused there was l

little disorder reported I

Two questions were before the I

voters The leading Issue was prohi ¬

bition embodied In the question onthe ballotsISha11 This City Be¬

come AytlSaloon Territory Theother related to the passing over themayors veto of certain Interufbanrailroad ordinances and was reproseated pro and con by candidates foraldermen In five of tale seven wardsof the city Both propositions weredefeated the result In detail being astollows

ProhibitionFor Against

First Ward 45 CC5

Second wardlip 2G2Third Ward D3 475Fourth Ward Ja41 52 °

Fifth Ward 83 97Sixth Ward > 1411J 14ISeventh Ward 2CC 989

Total 152 4002Fifth Ward Frank dorman 424

Peter Kobler 240tSixth WardFrank Cannon 345John Snyder 202 Earl Ford 57Thomas A Fuller 45

Seventh wardW P Greaney908 01 Kasterday 284

Of the socalled Interurban alder-men

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B A Burke was tho only oneelected

Prohibition MovementIn the prohibition movement some

of tho ministers and women and clilNdren of Cairo were deeply Interestedand they hind x made an imposingstreet demonstration the day beforpas a climax to a hard campaign ofspeechmaking and sermonizing onthe streets In the pulpits and else ¬

where also housetohouse prayermeetings VeAerday squads of womOil were gathered at the variousofEthese gatherings that ono of tho mostunpleasant Incidents of tho day oc¬

curred One party of ladles weregathered at Fourteenth street andWashington avenue and had beenthere but a little white when a party

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CANT CARRY FREE

Chicago April 23 Federal JudgoKnlilsaal granted a tolniorary In ¬

junction restraining exiireis commnlea front carrying merchandise

free of charge for their agents 0111 ¬

coma or famlllea or those on otherlines which Is held to be In violationo the Hepburn net DJstrlct Attor-ney Sims brought the cult against tiecompanies for the government

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4 CIil JOUIJYrrs Piully cloudy tonight nnd ThursI day No derlditl duuiKO In temiKm

d11 lure IIIhllltt temiMitttUre yusterduy75t IOlsttuduYIii

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BROTHER ARRAYED AGAINST BROTHER AND

WOMEN ACCUSED OF TAKING HAND IN CALD ¬

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TOM JOHNSON IS

WINNER OF FIGHT

FOR 3 CENT FARE

Cleveland April 2 2The press lodays saya Mayor Johnson won hiseight year light for the threo centfare Tho victory camo when theClevelend Electric Railway companythrough a mediator offered to acceptf 55 per sham for its stock as a basisof settlement the city and a holdingcompany to take over the stock

1 DELAY EXPLAINED

Detective Moore has received wordfrom the secretary of state at Frank ¬

fort that the guvesnorof Nevada didnot understand tho expression thatW E Johnson wanted hero forswindling Is at large In that statean expression In the blank used forrequisitions DeWtlvo Moore hascommunicated with tho authoritiesGoldfleld where Johnson IIff held atII

the matter will be straightened upthe PadUcah police can get theirprisoner

DOG CRUSADE STARtS

Acting under the advice and thesuggestion of Mayor Smith ChiefPolice Collins Is getting ready to orII

an active crusade againstdogs A dog pound has beenon the river front bolow the IllinoisCentral Incline and several wagonshave been especially equpled for theofficers who will undertake to chaseand capture all the stray dogs In thecity Tho officers will bo armed withdogcatching nets and any unlicensedand untagged canine that Is foundroaming time streets will be caught upand carried to the iwund Two orthree days will he allowed for the dogowners to reclaim their animals pro ¬

viding they are willing to pay the taxLast year only 17C dog licenses wereIssued and since January 1 of thisyear only 52 have been Issued

CADETS ATTEMPT

TO ASSASSINATE

PREST CABRERA

Washington April 22Tlle official

account of tie attempt to assassinate

President Cabrera of Guatemala sentby Acting United States Minister

lUlmke aays Cabrora entered his 1palaoo to receive Helmko In puoilc audlence Five cadets of the mllltaTjacademy forming a part of the body-

guard attempted to assassinateCabrera In the melee Cabrera wasbayonetWd through tho left handwhile an officer of Lila staff It Is saidwas killed Just utter the attackHelmke obtained the Interview withCabrera at tho palace where he 1isguarded it Is said tho five cadetshave been killed All stores areclosed The city Is quiet Tile popu

lace Is astounded ami condemn theattack

MRS STOREYj WiNS

Wathlngton April 22ACter atour hours deadlock In the meetingof tho Now York state delegation offthe Daughters of tho American Revo-

lution tile opposition or antladmlhlsration party achieved an overwhelm-Ing victory by electing Mrs WilliamC Storey of New York as state re

gentTho auditing committees reportread In todays session showed a balance on hand and Invested torailroad and other securities of 921C7I9 or nn Increase of over 17000 above that of last year

Other Interesting reports wbr

those of the hlstorian general MrsJ Eakln Gadsby tho assistant historlangenoral Mrs Heiiry S flowroaramid librariangeneral MrsHenry Boynton

the editor the bustIIThoreporllor the magazine coo

t American tonthlMagazine the official organ of thesociety were listened tto withgreatInterest

Grain MarketnmSic Wheat 97

corn C oats 53 iS

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Plaintiffs Declare They Were Driven In-

to

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t Exile to Prevent Their Telling of

Raid on Princeton December 1

1906 and Other Depredationsof Night Riders

Defendants Affirm That Mrs Mary Hollowell Was Fugitive From Justice Be

ing Indicted for Destroying PlantBed Belonging to Her Brother

in =law John E Hollowell

MRS HOLLOW LL GIVES BOND HERE 4

ATTORNEYS EXPLAIN

WHAT THEY CAN PROVE

tHow the disturbance In the fllacl

Patch has divided families arrayingbrother against brother In deadliestennjlty and stirring women to overtnets of revenge Is dearly shownforth In tho 100000 damage suitsof Robert and Mary Hollowell againsttheir neighbors IIn Caldwell countyfor the alleged brutal treatment ofthe plaintiffs and driving them fromthe state The suits are on trial Inthe federal court here

While the plaintiffs assert that theband which whipped Robert Holloiwell and kicked and shot his wifeMary Holloweli the morning of May2 1907 was led by Roberts brotherJohn E Holloweli and his cousinJohn W Hollowell and that Johfr BHolIoweUs wife was present becausethey feared Mary Hollow 1t wouldtell of their connection with tho raidon Princeton tile defendants aroequally positive that they are accusedthrough malice and that Ilpbert andMary Hollowell lied from the statebecause she was Indicted for scrap ¬

ing John E nollawells tobacco plarjtbed They offer to establish alibis

The plaintiffs retort that the In-

dictment¬

Is part of the scheme tokeep them In exile and that It wasfound while they were living InOklahoma and they returned to Ken ¬

tucky and lived at Paducah for sixmonths afterwards Tho bench war-

rant¬

was served on Mrs Hollowelljesterday afternoon and she fur-

nished bond In the sum of 2GOTho allegation Is that after Robert

HolIoweUs plant bell was scrapedabout a week before he was whipped c

Mary Holloweli Incited two negroesto scrape John E HolIoweUs Plantbed Tho negroes were convicted

The statement of tho attorneys foithe plaintiff gives a hint of InterestIng details In connection with the I

Princeton raid of December 1 130Cto bo recited inlthe testimony o ftheir witnesses

i Tim Princeton MasksAccording to time statement olf

John G Miller Sr opening the casti for tile plaintiff the masks worn bjthe night riders who visited Prince-ton were copied front a theater masktort at Robert HolIoweUs boardinghouse Iii Princeton and carried by hhs

little boy when they moved Into thecountry near LamascoVln his statement Mr Miller1 sai-dthat tho day before Thanksgiving190C Mrs Lola HcJtowell he wifeof Join E HolIowellS called at Hobert HolIoweUs house and asked fothe maskI to use at a masquerade

0Lamasco The night of November 2

Princeton wall raided ho said andthen John E Hollowell appeared nltRobert Hollowells house and awakened them to beg Mrs Hollowell nolto tell about the mask Miller saidhe told her all the facts about thePrinceton raidbantereIngly when the next fire was goingto be and hovmentloned the name olfa man In Princeton who had talkedtoo much before Ward Ileadlcy one

of tile attorneys in the case auiiI

John B HolloweJl She declared IItthey burped that mans house sh°thiny ttlmo the attorney said no fires hayoccurred In Caldwell county

Christmas week they wevo all at

the homo of Robert and John E Hollowclls mother find John E ilollowell made tame Infilling rt markabout Hfirnillles and Many llollowedeclared she wduld rather bo a HU

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WITNESSES BEING

EXAMINED TODAY

Robert Eu Holloweli Me jilaintlffwas time first witness called IlIlhl1tlDOOOO damage suits In federalcourt against 2S citizens of Caldwell y

countyr charged with whipping Robertand Mary Holhjwell and driving themymoutHe said The first I heard pf theapproach of tho mob was the shootingup of the houio of tenants on mylplace The mob drew nearer and Iheard orders to close to around myhouse MyI wife and 1 were orderedto corn but We stayed in time houseuntil we heard some one Bay Bringthe coal oil1 When I Wentout I saw

I George Brown John B HoUqjgeJl ane-

llanothermunon the back porch All

us go nit In the yardhis fist In my wlfea taco

landI told her she hind beeL before onehavelaassociation canio here to win and 1-101l would win

The witness said he recognized allthe defendants in the mob Some weroon top of the house he said 3

John Ew Holloweli Is his brotherv

and John W Holloweli U his cousinThere were about 80 and they werendt masked They said We did notcome here masked Wo wnnt you torecognize us

George Brown said You havaworked against tho association butyou must Join It We will give jouOne week to do It If you tell who Ishere wo shall kill youdJohn t ray held a pistol and Miltand Wallace Oliver took hold of hisarms pad carried him to the woOllyard he said and made him take offhis coat He was led 75 yards furJiieVLimo men kicking and cursing hintlandcalling hIm a plant bed scraper Theyvoted to give hint fifty

He said Marion Brown and MalachlPickering whipped Mm and John OrgyhId a pistol over himsWhen he went back to the househo heard someone say 0 d IItJim shoot her V

After all had left whllo he and hiswife and child were sitting on thofloor crying ho said Brother Johnand the Olivers and Jim Hyde re ¬

turned and ordered hIm to Gave thocountry He sofa ho begged hisbrother to leave them alone and hocried on the stand as he recited thostory I

Urownt ho said ordered him to Join1the association and the next day he

went to Joe Mirpuys and signed theassociation pledge

He could yet Ho on Ma left sldo fortorwork for three monthsWhen ho returned to the house his

wifes face was bleeding and she had aa bruise where oho load been kickedIn tho side He lost a crop nod soldlls fatm and stock at a sacrifice

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e n by Ward Heatjley of PrincetonMr Holloweli denied having toldArch HolIowelU George Pett > t Ieolioberteon of Padueaht and othersthat the mob was masked and ho didnot recognize any of them Ho saidsome In the rear ho did not recognizebut he stuck to lice original story thatGeorge Brown was In chargo iiisaid he has been gqlng back to Oald rrwen county oh buelnoss lie said herefused to tell the names of the mob

t to the county attorney of CaldWellcount bosausohe feared lie would haWiled In 3C hours ufter he did 50-

1rlen lliiilovellwie-

II Pries IlollowPlJ 12 y arsod son1 oi the plalntllla said ho heard the s

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