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The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02

All the hollows around Paducal
are full of the back water, which Is
not an unusual thing at this time OF
the year, however.
"Dogtown" is waste OF
water, and il the denizens
OF this delectable suburb desire to
leave Paducah, there Is now no ex-
cuse for them. Their boats are all
afloat, and it took no little patching
to render most OF them '.'seaworthy."
Some Of the boats have been beached
here for several years, the people
claiming that they could not get their
crafts into the river. The water Is
higher this year than it has been for
about three seasons.
Riverside Park, the Gun
Clubs retreat, is now
invisible. To scan the vista
around in that locality reveals moth
ing but the top OF the gun clubs
shed, and the bare roof Of the trap
houses. Some OF the members very
thoughtfully went down yesterday
and removed all the fine electric traps
and it is very unfortunate that they
did, for had they neglected ii, the
traps would have been ruined today
by the rising river.
The long, bleak sand bar will prob
ably not rear its familiar bank for
many weeks, and nothing but the tips
If the tree tops is left Of the towhead,
md were the solitary foxes still IN
labitants Of Owens Island, it would
,e a case Of ''sink or SWIM"
With steamboatmen it is always a
ase OF extremes. In summer they
re hampered with low water, and in
his season they are incommoded by
90 much OF 1t. l.
While the calamity howlers derive
treat satisfaction from predictions Of
Ugh water, river men are almost
unanimous in the opinion that the |
)hio will soon begin to recede. AT
ny rate II the river does overflow
Ike it did in 1884, the Democratic
apers can't charge it TO the McKin-
~ administration.
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
The RIVER.
Rand Rise OF the Feculen'
Ohio.
The Gun Club Rarely saves
Fine Electris Traps

The raging Ohio IS on a rsU water
,,o enough, and the turbulent "''''
s .ose S almost foot last night, ,,,,o M
r'S The stream is slowly craw S. ,so Tp
,na l nS and fourteen feet t,, NOR, q.
would submerge most 0, 'n w h u Al
!, lacks just fourteen tee ,oS o, '
y, ,he G" Niah water mark of 1854 NO, .p
tue River liver men, however, do nS WS III
urehendlmuch more wa'e ,he fall u
ihe rise is rapid here, the w ia"
E ,"U as great above. lns tribute ,ribut,
t el aa Of the most dangerous .r aS :,
p piSs u is heard from seldom, n anu WIN N
n ,"ture stage depends largely oA W"
II she e,, does s.;O here is not general, hen
a ln n;0 ,s above it will have little
III no effect ,,o are suffer-
,.a "a" the incipieut flood. Many any
no , ,hem ar, are entirely inundated S aau
ne ne , |e1conda .here is fear OF lS aans
:, Can't. Bauer's residence IS, IS I %s sta
D., D., G"ps. in that place, and ne S'O
' eH , ,6;s morning that SIX or Sc Se' cnor
more would bring 1t over '"'
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
p,lsIpLNr-ELECT ARRi\ -
Mr. Mckinley and Party ~ '"'
thbit House In Washing
ION.

Washington, March 2'-rr 'aI y,
.,.c, Mckinley and party arrived .-a AT
. sls't Capital at II o'clock this hi. T EShit
ing and went directly 70 r soo had
House where a suite OF roo"'
''s Mr. Mckinley seems to be ! S'I T"aS
and we'll. A big reception ""' psorl,
a arranged for this afternoon, rI nan
aIr arr atyiyins in large numbers h""
a nrc,,s coming by every train aim,
The leaders are kept pusy ,not;ne
.,.,es as their constituents, 'P 20 ~
s s"T office, are many OF them IN u"
aity
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
MARKETS.

Reported Daily by Lacy Grain COMPANY
Chicago, ILL.,, March l'-MSy
wheat opened at 1919 to 1913
highest point 1854 closed at -
May corn opened at PAS and
closed at 24lS. at 49,,
May oats opened at ia anu
closed at l7lss. 90 %
Nav pork opened at S. l:
and closed at sS.05.
May lard opened at 81 10 b an /.
closed at si.o5. .oo
NAV ribs opened at s4'22 an
lclosed at s4.l7. ooo IN
Worlds visible decrease 4,oo' w
last week.
Curb May wheat 10 "a,
| \. W. receipts, 1913 cars
Clearances PA 600,
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02

,ho prisoners little queeriy for two
or three days, and the sheriff was
little anxious in regard to him. anu
DESTROYS to get him off his hands .,,
The prisoner hanged himself from I'M
tho ton of the cage. The rope ne
" ue Was a ouarter.inch cord. When
the body was discovered hanging az =,
o ouarm was raised and physician
sent for. Upon his arrival he pro
S nnnnced tie man dead. His necI
was not broken, but he died OF s'ra ~
gulotion. His feet rested on !.
, door of his cell. DIR. Stevenson q
omined him after death
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
Thrilling Rescue Of Manager A.
l.. JOynes.
RECEIVED 100 VOLTS.
And On Top of u Tall Pole, Sus.
pended by His Coat Tail.
RlS INJURIES ARE NOT SERIOUS

Manager A. l.. Joynes, Of the Eas
Tennessee Telephone Company, ha
a miraculous escape from death abou
fifteen minutes before 2 O'Clock thi
afternoon on a tall telephone pole a
thelnortheast corner OF Broadway anC
Fourth streets, in front Of NJ cPher
sons drug store.
lie assembled the pole to look aftel
some telephone wires, the colored
lineman, Taylor Craig, remaining al
the bottom to await the manager
descent.
Soon after the latter reached the
net work Of wires above, Craig heard
an agonizing cry, and looked up. He
saw that Mr.. Joynes had hold Of a
live wire, and climbed hastily to.
wards him. As he was going up he
could see the soles OF Manager
Joynes' shoes burning. They rested
on the telephone cable, which is
grounded and completed a circuit.
When Craig got to him he at once
seized his coat tail and pulled him
loose. This evinced remarkable
presence OF mind, for had he touched
him anywhere else he might have
himself received the current.
There the two men were precari-
ously suspended, at the perilous
height of forty or fifty feet, while a
Mortified crowd Of helpless people eI-
citedly assembled beneath the pole
and vsinly cried for help.
Supt. Davis, OF the City Electric
light plant, was nearby and also
climbed the pole, rendering valuable
assistance in extricating Mr., Jones
and assisting him to the ground.
lie descended without aid, but
when he touched ground If there had
not been strong and willing hands
there to receive him, he would have
fallen in a dead faint, DR.. Reddick
took charge Of him, and
while Manager Joynes insisted
that he was all right, he could not
walk. and was pale and frequently
pressed his hands 10 his -hss,t' IL
ir6s,e :; Given medical attention
nr Jeff Robertson made an eN-
animation of him. -o
lila hands and lower limbs were
bodly burned, and he was very "eaN
lint soon recovered greatly.
lie state to aSUS reporter afterwa,u
that he had gotten hold OF the faou
cab Electric Company's "alteruator
ond had his feet on the cable OF
telephone wire. ,, .
Jas soon as l touched it, n
said al knew what 1t was, ana me-
) or expected to get down awe.
e knew nothing else until ! got zoos
I suppose received about l'i'
h volts o,,d L
;. This in two minutes, woula
a the average man, but Mr.. Joyn
d probably did not get the current VI
e. long. ,o ,wo m
ut who saved him deserves great co
is mendation. They not oniy l'ss
1t. their own lives, but saved tha' U
fellow man. hama {,
Mr.. Joynes was taken home !, J
zee carriage about 3 o'clock.
IT. orowd at Fourth and Broadway
cd not entirely disperse for nearly
To hour
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02

local paper, stating that DIR. Gardi-
ner, Of Madisonville, had been Of
fered and accepted the superintend-
ency of the Western Kentucky Asy-
lum for the Insane. He declined to
discuss the matter. II is positively
known that he has written a letter 10
Gov. Bradley refusing to resign.
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
JUDGE FULLY QUALITIES.
His Commission Arrived This
Morning.
Was Sworn In by Deputy Clerk
Smedley at 10 a. m.

County Judge-elect j. c. Tully to-
day received his commission from
Frankfort and about 10 o'clock was
sworn in by Deputy County Clerk
Hiram Smedley.
b~1o itty Judge FULLY then proceed
Coz. old quarterly court, which he'd
are Messrss- - ..----------
Rock and +. Il. ellison.
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
N.v Time Card.

On the new time card on the Nash i,
v;,lo Chattanooga and st. LOUIS ran
s vn effective February 49, the
morning train will leave I'VE m'n n,,ar'
earlier, or at $40 a. M tue S'e'
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
ur,,a W. IL. e.. u.

Y w. Il. C. u. will meet a. III.
Cumberland Presbyterian eh''rct
"Wednesday, March B. at 4 ?, m,
and we hope that all young ladies
."..os,od in this cause will make al
effort To be present.
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
Governor Long Accepts

washington, March O. News ",
,.om Roston is to the effect tha'
Governor John d. Long vii, syo ',p,
the naval portfolio in the Mch'n'e'
cabinet.
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
Another Riot Imminent

X,oxyille, March 2.-Anothe'
.,roet car riot is threatened this al
,arnoop. and there is great excite
meut.
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
Remains Still Held.

The remains of Latt Hale nc
,v.s murdered in Aliens livery ST.
bile Yesterday by Tom Hodges re
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02

noon train will go through to Jack
son, Tenn, instead OF stopping AZ
Lexington.
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
Cabinet Photos

at l,iley's cgndg1 saplie i%h few
day, al S}I55 perdoC S4ftf
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02

still at Nance's undertaking estab-
lishment. They will probably be
taken TO Newburn tomorrow.
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
DIR. LETCHER DECLINES
r,pss,cn the superintency oil the
Asylum.

.,oc;d to the Courier-Journa'
,.a "A IIPIo ' says Dr. Ben f. 7 !,
from a,ar WAS surprised this afternoon
, ,.Son he was shown a dispatch 10
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
BoyLE WITH BRADLh''
T., Close Consultation This Alter
moon On Senatorshir.

noon oh
Frankfort, March 2.-Goy Gov rnOl
Bradley has today been sen, in s close G1 t%.
s saSsc9 undoubtedly being tS. , ssa
s s',Ssr Boyle or Holt will be appT1Iph, c
e, CIV # = believed the matter VIII DC
settled today.
Frankfort, March - : p .,,. ut :,
The Governor has intimated tnls al ~
ternoon that he will not make Make, an a,; ON
pointment and that the &c, oSn ,%o s~,r
Concern the date for which the eA''
session shall be called. 49,. morniu
A conference was this horn .sa
held at which were presen, pes'''
Mt Boyle, Judge Feland' A. :
Wood and WILDER SMITH
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02
STOCKHOLDERS Meet
Thirty Paducah Losers III the
United States Building
and Loan.
,,e,d a Meeting at the City nan
Yesterday Afternoon

An unusual sort OF meeting n was
held Yesterday afternoon IN inc cry
noru room at the city hall a.
oo .OIoct 1t was of the unfortunate
= paShcah stockholders of the un,teu
states Building and Loan Association y,
that went under a few days ago ~
Louisville. Alan, :, ot,en
dance, and all lost, many he"'''S' y
the collapse. owoa fror
the association and built house s
> while some had deposited their mohe
5 in il "a a savings bank Some
t this will likely be lost, il not coh'''
cradle of 1t. ,.,, talk,
= The stockholders simply ta's :,
lie ,ar the matter, and appointed N
is G. C. Rose to secure copies Oh !
b, napers of assignment, etc ,n,
a. Another meeting will be held ao'
he the latter part of the week 10 u
at further action. -. 81,
One young man who lost V" %
zee news agent on the l. T. VINO =
or s9O6 into the association.
The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-03-02

There is nothing so good LOT 'nt
.onghs and colds Of the children ano
babies as Dr>Baps f'pe7 ! ar' ao',Gb
It cures croupA whocNng eoas ~
~ ao,d in the head Ssd gives sweet re
treshing sleep. Children iove ~,
old people like it. \SDod or's"'
cell it, "
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
He Meant Well.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t happens occasionally that pupil will
swear by his teacher. but. sad to say. such
cases are all too rare. The boy who car
ries out his teachers wishes, both at school
and outside. is an exception to the general
rule, more's the pity.
A certain lady in one of the lower grade
public school rooms recently gave her
class some excellent lessons in politeness
telling the children among other things,
that young gentlemen-these were young
gentlemen of very tender years-always
tip or raise the hat TO lady acquaintance,
or to elderly gentlemen. who recognize
them upon the streets.
One little fellow took It all in and re-
solved in his little breast that his dear
teachers instructions should be carried
out to the very letter. On his way home
that afternoon came his first opportunity.
He met an elderly gentleman who nodded
to him and presto! Off went the little
chaps hat.
But there he stuck. His dear teacher had
said nothing about the disposition of the
hat after it was taken off, He was sure
she hadn't mentioned putting 1t on again.
So the innocent little fellow trudged all
the way home with his hat in his hand
His head may havo been cool, but his
heart was all right. and his conscience
certainly told him that he had done the
best he knew how.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
NOT TILE KAysAs PRAcTICE.

In the course of an article upon the re-
cent attempt to involve the Santa Fe H.
| litigation, the Financial Chronicle says the
Kansas practice of appointing receivers
for property without giving notice to the
defendant in the case is very much in
| reed of reform. 1t will be remembered
| THAI Judge Myers appointed a receiver for
| the Santa Fe without hearing argument or
testimony or without even giving notice to
the Santa Fe that it had been sued, and
from this the Financial Chronicle has
| falsely assumed that such a procedure is
part of the regular Kansas practice.
That it is not a regulation proceeding
viii! be readily affirmed by every lawyc.
or judge within the borders of the Sun
flower state. Indeed, so unusual is it that
it is doubtful if an exact parallel could be
found in the records of Kansas jurispru-
derce. There are many cases in which
Kansas judges have appointed receivers
without the hearing of testimony and ar
gument but they were cases of foreclos-
ure of mortgage, or something of that ma
ture in which the pleadings of the plain
tiff were accompanied with notes or other
evidences Of Indebtedness and where the
property in no likelihood would pay the
judgment prayed for; but it remained for
Judge Myers to be the first TO appoint a
receiver without a hearing or notice in Il
case where the Interpretation of new
law was involved and where the plead
ings of the plaintiff did not contain prima
| facie evidence of his rights to the relief
contained in the appointment of a re-
ceiver.
The fact that Judge Myers dismissed the
case and the receiver after a hearing is an
acknowledgment that the order should
not have been issued in the first place BY
this act Judge Myers has admitted that if
he had given due notice to the Santa Fe
| and heard the argument of it's attorneys
the receiver would never have been ap-
| pointed. If. in other words, he had pur-
sued the path marked out by the usual
Kansas practice he would not have fallen
under the necessity of reversing himself.
il is a serious matter to throw a great
corporation into the hands of a receiver,
and more particularly when that corpor-
atior is entirely solvent and in the en-
| joyment of public confidence, and it is a
grave injustice that the impression should
go abroad that such is the custom of Kan
sas judges. While in almost every pro-
cedure the appointment of receivers is en-
| tireiy discretionary with the judges, it
has not been the habit of Kansas courts
TO toke snap Judgment upon defendants,
after the fashion introduced by Judge My
ers. without notice and a hearing, and
therefore. the Chronicles suggestion of re-
form in this direction cannot apply ex-
| cept to the gentleman who sought TO in
| troduce the innovation.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
The Glasgow Plan.
ON the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
The announcement that on and after
January /. 1887, the city of Glasgow, Scot
land, will levy no taxes on its citizens, be-
cause it will have a sufficient revenue from
it's public works, has produced a marked
effect in this country. This illustration of
what is deemed the success of municipal
ownership of public works is cited with
clemorous applause by those who advocate
the general adoption of that policy. In
Boston, where the extremes of radicalism
ana conservatism are always contending
there is strong movement for municipal
ownership of the street railways in imi-
tation of the Glasgow plan In other
American cities the subject is being vigor-
ously discussed on the theory that any
city can pay its expenses out of the profits
to be derived from municipal ownership of
street car lines, illuminating plants and
water works.
II is worth while, in the first place, to
note that the conditions of American and
British cities as to the matter of taxes
are so different that plan adapted to the
one might be total failure in the other.
Our cities pay for the maintenance of the
public schools, but that is not the case
with our cousins across the water Most
of the school expenditures in Glasgow are
betrayed from the national treasury. 1t
is stated that in 1890 out of sc. .2OOOO0 spent
OIL schools in Scotland, 81, 400 900 came from
London.
But supposing it to be quite practicable
for any and every city to get rid of direct
taxation on the Glasgow plan. would it be
eXpedient? Supposing that we could raise
all the money needed for municipal uses
by owning and selling Transportation
light and water would that be an improve
ment on the existing way of getting reve-
nues? We can well understand that the
rich residents of a city would be delighted
with the exemption of their real and per-
sonal property from any share of the pub
lie burden, but the proposed change would
be fearfully hard on the poor. The greater
part of the income of street RAILWAYS
comes from persons who are not rich
The day laborer or washerwoman in Wash
ington is much better patron of the
street railroads than men or women who
are able to keep or hire carriages. Would
1t be wise to let the latter go free from
taxation on their houses their building
lots their stores. and other property. and
make up the deficit by charging an excess
i've profit on car fare? The same line of
argument is equally applicable to light
ard water. the absolute necessities of the
poor. as well as the rich. The support of
municipality by the Glasgow plan mean,
simply n transfer of taxation. and a trans
fef that taxes the poor for the benefit of
the rich. This is one of the many reasons
why the Glasgow scheme will not do for
American citieS
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
Whnt AiIs IIinnis,

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
The fine people of this part of the coun-
try have amused themselves vastly with
Kansas for five or six years When the
editor of the Emporla Gazette published
an editorial leader called What Ails Kan
sas?" shout of appreciative laughter
went up in that particularly blissful and
virtuous section of Already that lies east
of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio
But supposing the people of Kansas were
TO take a day off and retaliate how long
would it be before we should be defend
ing the roofs of our own Conservatives? :?
An "old hoopskirt of man. has been
elected to the most important office in
Kansas. and kansas started in to raise
he'll and is suffering from overproduction, ="
but are there no other states that have
gone to the ash barrel for their political
leaders or reaped eternal torment where
they sowed only Indifference and negli-
gence?
In New York the laws are dictated. the
government controlled, the sentiments of
decent people ignored by a boss who has
been charged openly in the newspapers
with personal dishonesty. In Pennsyl-
vania another boss is bandying charges of
corruption with League of business men,
and has even involved a former member
of the cabinet. In Illinois political ma
chine has gone to the refuse of municipal
politics and after raking it thoroughly has
presented to the people as a candidate for
United States senator the most odious type
of official faithlessness that has ever dis
graced the history of Chicago.
What ails Kansas? Madness. uneduca-
ton. hunger. despair. But what ails New
York? What ails Pennsylvania? What IN
the name of popular government. ails Illi-
nOiS?
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
Postal Savings Banks.

From the chicago POST.
Owing to the recent failure of few
banking institutions there has been a re-
vival of the agitation in favor of postal
savings banks. Although bills embodying
this scheme have often been presented in
congress. the absence of any great popular
interest back of them accounts for the in
difference with which lawmakers have so
far treated them. 1t is possible that here
after more sympathy and attention will be
bestowed upon the project, but the alarm
list talk of those who try to create public
sentiment for it by sweeping expressions of
distrust with reference TO private enter
prise Is TO be strongly deprecated.
There is bill now pending in congress
which provides for postal savings. Under
its provisions any person may take his
savings, however small, to the nearest
postoffice and deposit them with the
postmaster. When the amount thus de-
posted reaches the sum of $50 a 2 per cent
bond is to be issued by the government
which is TO draw interest so long as the
owner cares to hold it. The bond can be
cashed at any time.
1t appears that most of the congressman
of this state are heartily in favor of pass
ing this or a similar measure, and Post
master Hesing's enthusiasm for it betrays
him into the rather strange statement that
he could conduct q savings bank without
any additional expense to the government
for clerical hire. The scheme is not as sim
pie as its more impuisive champions ap-
pear to imagine, although it appears to us
that a qualified approval may be safely
and consistently expressed even by the
most vigorous believers in the beneficence
of private enterprise. The fact that postal
savings banks would take the government
into a new form of banking business at n
| time when the most intelligent financiers
| and legislators are considering the pro-
priety of retiring it from the note-Issuine
| business cannot fail to appear somewhat
| puzzling but there is no intention on the
| part of the moderate adherents OF the pos
| tai savings bank principle to antagonize in
| any way the safe and sound and powerful
savings banks maintained by private enter
| prise. Indeed, if every section of the coun.
| try had as many and as stable and secure
| institutions as the East and the Central
| West there would be no necessity whatever
| for government savings banks. but in the
| South and far West. where the condition
| of trade and commerce does not warrant
| the profitable establishment of private saw.
| ings banks, the government institution
4 would obviously subserve a real and i'm.
| portant need without any substantial in.
| jury to private enterprise. There is no rea.
son to appreheud that in industrial center.
| where safe savings banks exist depositor.
| would withdraw their funds from thes.
and transfer them to the postal banks al
| a sacrifice of per cent interest. The mis-
| chief intended to be remedied is confined