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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-26
Met an Indian King.

When the late shah of Persia was
in Paris in 1889, he visited the Wild
West show and there met the IA
NOUS Indian chief, Red Shirt The
latter was in his tent and was pre-
scented to the Persian monarch. To
the shah's establishment, Red Shirt
held out his hand as though to an
equal. The shah hesitated, but
when the Interpreter whispered:
HE is'a king" be took the Indians
hand and shook it. He was evident
~ immensely amused and interested
by the dignifed old warrior, with
his feathers and primitive surround
in6sgE fff8 byg fFta.tglu g4rBsg 81.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-26

Christian Endeavor Special to Washington
A complete vestibuled train Of
coaches, Pullmanysleeping cars, and
cars wilIileaves Louisville
KY, from Union depot, foot of 18th
street, $500 p. M, July 7th, 1896, and
from Cincinnatiat $50 pm. iie y
The Christian ~ Endeavorers can
travel to the Convention at Washing
ton, D. G. in greater comfort, and
over a more interesting route than
they have enjoyed on any similar oc.
casion The G. q o. is not equaled
by any other road in the stability and
smoothness Of its track, while in
points Of scenery and historical asso-
citation it SURPRISES any, Line of rail-
road leading to- Washington. The
Blue Grass Region, New River and
its mighty canyons, the picturesque
Greenbrier, with its rushing torrents
leapipg over rugged boulders, the
many famous watering resorts, iDclud-
ing 1.-The popular White Sulphur
Springs, and the beautiful Piedmont
Valley, where Is presented the. grand.
est landscape Of America, are a few
of the inducements offered the sight.
seer. ~ ~ - zarg gIrgc o.
All who go via the G. & o. are
landed in one square of Penn. avenue
and in half block of St, James Hotel
headquarters for Kentucky delegates
The rate is one fare for round-trip
and tickets will be on sale from 4th tc
7th of July, good on any train and
good until 18th, with privilege of ex.
tending until July 3lst., Sleeper $,0C
Louisville to Washington, or $500
Cincinnati to Washington and can be
occupied by one or two persons. Fol
sleeping car berth and additional in
formation. writegW. A. WILGUs, s. P
A., Hopkinsyille,s Ky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-26

i $50, sweet the blush OF bashfuI-
ness, even pity scarce can wish It
less. byron. .usiliiie bnr~s-.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-26
Our Flrsi Saving. Bank.

The first savings bank established
In the United States was in Phils-
delphia, which opened December 2,
1916. 1t said that the first deposit
made in this bank was the sum Of
3s, handed over the counter by .
boy. This bank was entitled .'The
Savings Fund Society Of -Philadel-
phiR. 2 The frstd bank of this kind
established nsibNeE York q was
chartered November Is, 1915, and
went into business July. 3, 1919. d
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-26
Eceeptfle Ricbara Tighe;e Geea, Ger
. Fobe Coming TO Eikht.~ w

Richard Tighe, who for years and
years was the owner. and untilfliis
death, early,ips June, Che sole occp-
pant 81 the only private house now
remaining N Union square, turns
out To have been a millionaire. D
man like John d. Jones and Ruszits
the-fur nlans who dicd,in seeming III
fortune, though each possessed a
milton.
1T was known when Mr. Tighe
died that he had some money, but
everybody except his very intimate
friends supposed it was D Small Tor
tune left him by his wife, who was
the daughter Of Robert j. Cheese
brough, the first president of the
Fulton NATIONAL bank. Even vhis
relatives did not think that his 6or-
tune exceeded 0,OO0, though be
had always been so eccentric and Sc
secnetiye titheyCwcreprepared to
believe ANYTHING. "a
II was stated the other day that q
search among his. papers had re-
vealed that the old man had .three
strong boxes Ii The vaults Of as
manyssafe deposit companies, and
that an examination of these boxes
had brought to'siight si,73O, 900 II
bonds Of the Lake Shore, the New
York Central, other roads, an6
In Uuited States bonds, an gilt-edge
securities The coupons Of some d
the bonds had not been Clipped, for
more than ten years. Y
Cup tosthe time OF the death Of
Mrs. Tighe the eeeentficities OF the
old man were known only to his
friends, but after her death he be-
came one Of the characters of the
part Of the city in which he lived.
His clothing became shabbier and
shabbier until he looked almost like
a tramp, He was seen every day
IN Fourth avenue and in Union
Square park. He would sit by the
hour In the park. watching the
crowds. He was shy Of strangers,
and 1t was seldom indeed that any
one could engage him in converse
tion. 4f''s S4''
One day In the fal Of 1893 Sun
reporter succeeded In having half
hours talk with him, and he reeled
off story after story about old New
York, when Chamhers street was up
town. The town had outgrown him,
the old man said, and be guessed he
had already lived too long. He was
ready TO die, 05
His clothing was threadbare then
and he was the picture Of misfortune.
The idea Of his owning a lot of prop
erty in sight Of where he sat would
never have occurred to anyone. He
did own several buildings on the east
side of the square, He collected the
rents himself and he invested the
money in giltledge securities. This
collecting and investing was a side
of his life about which the people who
saw him daily and felt sorry for him
knew nothing,-N.sY. Sun. (
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-06-26
when rosralss rSnr v.sst,ao

It will be borne in mind now that
those whopra about Sound money"
are quoting from the Republican
platform.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
PovERrxs APPALLING ARMY.

POVERTX5 APPALLING ARMY
From the New York Journal
TT is stated that there are now in this
city 100000 men out Of employment-not
mendicants and tramps, but men eager
to work for a livelihood. Tt IS also
predicted that 1000 viii be added 10
this appalling army Of the idle before
the holidays The mind shrinks from
admitting pictures Of the human suf-
ferlng which these frightful figures
force upon it, OF course there will be
efforts to provide work for a proper
ton Of the unemployed, and the rich,
who as a rule are generous in their re
Spouse to the cry of want, viii pour out
money in charity.
But charity is no cure for poverty.
The worlds experience has demonstrat-
ca that. What is the cure2 Who
knows2
That in a new and rich country like
this there should be one willing man
asking for work and not able to get 1t
is an Indictment of our industrial con-
ditions But what shall we say of those
conditions when every city in the Uni
ted States has always with 1t its con-
tingent of men existing in enforced idle
ness on the edge of Starvation And
many of these men stand for hungry
women and children as well.
There is something wrong at the bot
tom of things when our civilization
yields such pitiable results. In our pol
itics we wrangle and grow excited over
the tariff and the currency, which pos
sesses importance certainly, but they
are mere wavelets on the surface.
No man with a heart can think of
the poverty cursed crowd that suffers
wherever a city grows without suffer-
ing in sympathy and confessing that
the social machinery needs mending.
Tt works excellentIy for the well to do,
but it fortunes the unluczy and the less
capable who are punished for their
want of. capacity as if it were a heinous
crime
While we have poverty there viii al
ways be justification for the appear
ance of the social reformers the man
so constituted by nature that the mis-
cry of others hurts as if it were his
own And our fashion IS to stone the
reformer and call him evil names, and
cry out for his crucifixiOn. Yet 1t is to
The social reformer that we must look
for the remedy, if poverty is to be cured
or even greatly alleviated. If we trust
optimistically to evolution as the ulti-
mate solvent of the problem, it is yet
the social reformer on whom we must
rely 10 give to evolution its upward Oil
rection.
Why should there be 10000 r7en idle
or any rnen at ali Idle in the great and
rich city CT New York;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
CANADAIS EAGER.
Anxious for Renewal of Reciprocit
Treaty With the U. S.

Treaty w it'll the v. -
Montreal. Quebec. Nov. 1.-THE state
ment made in New York by Hon W.
s. Fielding. Canadian finance minister,
that efforts will be made by the Canad-
ian government to secure treaty Of
reciprocity with the United States as
soon as Presidential-elect Mckinley as
sumes office at washington, has al
ready awakened the greatest interest
among business men in Montreal and
throughout Canada
The commercial interests of the Do
minion, regardless of politics, are al
most a unit in favor Of renewal OF
WHAT'S known as the 'ElgIn reclpfOc-
ity treaty of 1854, and it is believed that
when the representatives of the Canad-
ian government visit Washington next
spring, they will endeavOr to secure rec
iprocal legislation along the lines OF
that treaty The principal provisions OF
the Eigin treaty were as follows;
It removes the three mile limit i'm
posed by the convention OF 1913, ana
gives to the inhabitants of the United
States free liberty to take all kinds of
fish except shell fish along the shores
and in the bays and harbors OF the FRO
vinces of Canada. Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and Prince Edward island,
and adjacent Islands, with permission to
land for the purpose of drying nets or
curing their fish All shad and river
fisheries were, however, reserved eX-
liberties with similar reservations were
given to all British subjects to fish on
the eastern sea coasts of the United
States, north Of the 36th parallel of
north latitude.
The following articles were to be ad-
mitted into each country respectively,
free Of duty: Grain. flour and bread
stuffs Of all kinds; fresh, smoked and
salt meats, cotton wool and vegetab les,
fruits, dried and undried: hats, furs,
skins, or tails undreSsed, butter, cheese,
tallOW, lard, horns, manures, pitch, tar,
turpentine, ashes, and lumber of all
kinds, round, heWed, sawed, unmanu-
featured in whole or in part, rice, broom
CORN and bark, gypsum, ground or IN
ground heWn. or wrought or un-
wrought, burr or grindstones,, manu-
featured tobacco, fish of all kinds, pro
ducts of fish or of all other creatures
living in the water, poultry, eggs, stone
or marble in crude or unWrOught; states,
ores, of metals of all kinds, coal, fire
wood plants, shrubs, trees, pelts, wool,
fish oil, dyestuffs, flax, hemp, and tow
manufactured rags.
1t gave to the inhabitants of the Uni
ted States the right to navigate the
river st. Lawrence and the canals of
Canada as freely as British subjects,
subject to the same tolls and a similar
right to navigate Lake Michigan so
long as the privilege of navigating the
St. Lawrence should continue. No ex-
port duty was to be levied on timber
cut on American territory and hOated
down to be shipped from New Bruins
wick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
GRoVER,s PIETY.

LF'rom the New York Journal
Thanksgiving proclamations are not
usually popular reading, but the one
issued by President Cleveland should
not be skipped by those in search of
matter that is at once improving and
entertaining. The tone of active. not
to say hortatory. piety which perme-
ates it is rare in public documents Of
the nineteenth century. Were it not
known that Mr. Cleveland has a good
opinion of the literary style of his com
positions, and therefore win let no one
relieve him Of the labor of the pen, the
suspicion would be justified that the
presidents dear pastor wrote the proc
lamation 1t viii be long before we see
another like it. for though Major Nc
Kinley is a faithful churchman, he pre-
tends to no talent as a writer Of ser
mons The people of the United Staes.
the proclamation reminds them. with
equal truth and fervor. should never
refuse to acknowledge with contrite
hearts their proneness to turn away
from Gods teachings and to follow
with sinful pride after their own de-
vices
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
FARMERS FOR BIMETALIsM
Resolution introduced at Their Con-
gress to Take Steps at Once.

Indianapolis Ind, Nov. 11.-At a
meeting of the farmers convention to-
night, Judge Williams of Ohio urged
thorough organization on behalf of the
farmers in all sections and a co-Opera-
ton on all questions of nOn-pOlitical i'm
pOrtance. He urged incidentally a re
stOra ton of the wool tariff.
One thing he especially urged was
fight to reduce the salaries Of county
officials as a means of lowering the
taxes.
At the conclusion of the discussion of
Judge Isawrence's paper, John G. Offut
Of Indiana offered the following resolu-
ton. which was Immediately referred to
the resolution committee without act
ion:
Whereas The products of the farm
ers are measured by the amount of re-
demption money that is in circulation;
and,
Whereas, The price of the farm pro-
ducts is below the cost of production;
Resolved That the Farmers National
Congress is in favor of the equal use Of
both gold and silver coin as money of
ultimate redemption, and that we do
request the incoming president of the
United States to call a conference Of ma
lions that are willing for the use of
both gold and silver as money with the
free and unlimited coinage of both gold
and silver in a ratio to be agreed upon
The committee on location has prac-
tically decided to recommend St. Paul,
Mimi, as the next meeting place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
STILL cRoAKrNa

Some foolish talk is still being fndulg-
ed ia by those who have been disap-
pointed in the outcome of the election
in Kansas. They insist that Kansas is
ruined; that not another dollar viii be
loaned or invested in the state. If this
is the policy to be pursued by the hold
ers OF capital toward states which vo-
ted for silver it VIII shut them out of
nearly half the states of the Union and
more than half of the entire territory.
In many of the states which voted
for the maintenance of the gold stand
ard there is all the money needed and
little room for profitable loans or in
vestments. What then viii the capi-
talists do with their money! Unless
they do something with it by
which ID viii be placed in
circulation there can be no
return of prosperity as promised either
for them or for the country. If on the
other hand they put their money into
the channels of business and restore
the lost prosperity does anybody mag
inc that Kansas can be prevented from
sharing In the general good Of the coun-
try
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
PRIZES FOR POSTERS.
Designs for a Cycle Show Catalogue
are Bid for.

New York. Nov. IA special feature
of the national cycle exhibitions that
and th Grand Central Palace Of Indus
try, this city, respectively. in 1897, viii
be an exhibition of poster designs. as
the national board of trade has decided
to give away what they declare to be
the handsOmest souvenir catalogue is
sued in connection with any exhibition
The designs to be submitted, for the
catalogue cover win be on exhibition in
Chicago and New York The board viii
offer TWO first prizes OF $3.50 cash, and
two second prizes of $50 each for the
front pages Of the two catalogues to. be
issued in connection with the cycle
shows of 1897.
fore Jan 10, 1897, and the competition
viii be conducted and decision render
ed by a jury Of award
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
30 YEARS FEUD no END.
An Illinois County Seat War is Near
an End.

LeWistOWn, Ill. Nov. 1.-THE Fulton
county seat fight that has been going
on for so years, seems to be in a fair
way to be settled at last.
The board Of supervisors met in spe-
cial session last night to consider the
proposition Of Lewiston to erect a new
building and to present it to the county,
and passed a resolution to accept the
same without a dissenting vote.
The building is to cost not less than
$40 900 exclusive of heating, light. and
other fixtures, which the county is go
ing to be asked to furnish.
There has been for years one of the
fercest fights going on between this
place and Canton, that has led to bitter
feelings between the two towns. and to
no end of litigation
Occasionally Cuba, a small town. but
more centrally located than either of
the others, has taken a hand and tried
to get the court house, but without sue
cess.
County seat elections have occurred
in this county every ten years, just as
often as the law allows. since 1910. The
next one would take place in 1898, and
to prevent this, Lewiston has agreed to
build a new court house, the old one
having been destroyed by fire in De
cember, 1894, for the burning of which
three LewistOwn citizens We're arrested
but were afterWard acquitted.
The most historic of these county seat
elections was the one between Canton
and Lewistown in 1878. That year Lew
iston built the Fulton county narrow
guage railway. go miles in length, run
ming from Havana to Galesburg, through
the center of Fulton county.
The cost of this was $1,000 Lewis
town and Canton both put many thou
sands of dollars into their county seat
campaign that year.
The arrangements now making are
expected to end the ancient feud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
ANSWERED AID. FOR WIFE.
The Young Woman Got a Husband
and Husband Got Her Cash.

Quincy Ill, Nov. IA week ago
there arrived here from Toronto June
ton Ontario Miss Clara Johnson. She
came here to meet Harry P Warwick,
who had advertised in a Chicago paper
for a wife.
Warwick represented himself as be
ing connected with a New York life in
surance company. Miss Johnson was
favorably impressed by the letters he
wrote and came on.
He met her at the Occidental hotel.
and told her a hard luck story about
being robbed of $500 in St. Joe, Mo.
He induced her to give what money
she had to him They were married at
Palmyra, No. where the husband de-
serted the wife
Miss Johnson had to leave her jewelry
as security for an unpaid board bill.
The postmaster here says that War
wick received letters under seven dis
tinct aliases. He has had headquar-
ters at Dubuque, Davenport, Burling-
ton, KeOkuk, Quincy, St. Joe, Sioux
City, Council Bluffs and Omaha.
1t is believed that he is one of the
gang in the matrimonial business for
the purpose of despoiling and robbing
victims, and that the headquarters of
the organiza ton is at St Joe, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
BLUNDERs TO BE AVOIDED.

The manner in which the rumored
appointment of Judge Foote to the po-
sition of assistant attorney general was
received Will serve to call the attention
OF the new state administration to the
competent subordinates in their posi-
ton is by no means all there is in civil
service reform.
There viii be no objection to filing
administrative Offices with members OF
the party in power but the people have
a right to expect that they shall be
appointed on their merits and with due
regard to their fitness for the position
An applicants record as q. campaign
worker should not be permitted to in
iuence the administration If his record
as a citizen is not clean or his qualifca-
lions are questionable. Thus on of the
blunders of the Lewelling administra-
ton viii be avoided.
Another blunder of the first Peo-
pies Party government on earth was
the appointment to places III the pub
lie service of an officials entire family
Although the members of an officers
family may be competent to perform
certain duties in the public service their
selection is at least considered to be in
bad taste and is generally disapproved
by the people.
A new party coming into control is
watched much more closely than an
old one 1t may be unreasonable that
this should be so. but it is true and
the new administration cannot afford
to ignore it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
running THE WELLS.
Charge tn. t The Sioux C. ty Street Car
Companies are Respons- bile.

Sioux City. Nov. 11.-Superintendent
Carlin Of the local waterworks depart
ment is making trouble for the street
railway companies because, as he as
serts, the diffusion of currents from
their lines is running the piping of the
wells on which the city depends for its
water supply. He bases his assertion
on a similar condition which has been
found to exist IN other towns through
out the country, and where on investi-
cation, it was found that the street car
lines were responsible for the mischief.
The wells here are several blocks re-
moved from the nearest electric line, but
Mr.. Carlin's theory is that instead of
combining itself to the rails, the current
passing through them is drawn off by
gas and water pipes, and, reaching the
wells, its corrosive action on the piping
is SO injurious that the pumps are soon
rendered unservicea bic. Twenty-six
wells have been ruined within a few
weeks.
Now the superintendent wants the
council to submit the case to a jury Of
experts, and if their decision is in line
with his own, to require the street car
company to take steps towards keeping
its lightning on its own premises
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
KANSAS A DUMPING GROUND.

A company of children from the Chill
dren's aid society of New York viii ar
rive at PaOla, Kansas, Friday NOvem-
Der 10. to find homes among the citizens
of that community--A Miami Republican.
Here is an idea that might be adopt
ed with profit BY the people Of Kansas
In this state more particularly ia the
cities there are large numbers Of chill
dren, some homeless. some parentless,
some friendless, some incorrigible and
even criminal.
Industrial reformatories have been
provided and are maintained at great
expense by the state but they are full
Homes have been established and are
maintained by private contributions;
they, too have all they can care for. Yet
the number Of the uncared for does not
seem to diminish.
If the criminal and pauper children
Of New York are to be shipped into the
state by the car load what is to become
of our own outcast and criminal un-
fortunates. Shall we send them "out
vest as the New Workers do?
1t has long been a favorite manner Of
dealing with undesirable grown-up
outcasts. by the police of the cities to
send them on to the next town. Is a
similar method to be adopted in deal
ing with undesirable children. If that
is to be the programme why not begin
by sending these foundlings of New
York's sIums back where they came
from
If this thing is tolerated how long
viii it be before the east viii be ship
ping its blind. its idiotic and its insane
citizens to Kaneas2