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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-15
Hops Grow Wild ia English Countie

Hops Grow Wild in English Countiei.
 It is a somewhat remarka ble fact that the hop, although only cultivated in few districts in few English counties, yet grows freely in a wild condition in very many places. It is a perennial, Towering in July and Au gust, and to be found in hedges and thickets. The plant is only cultivated. for instance, in the northeastern DOT tions of Hampshire. and about Peters field, and even there it does not cover 5000 acres in all It grows and flour ishes, however. in wild state ali over the county, including the Isle of Wight London Express.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-15
LITTLE ROCK & HOT SPRINGS
 WESTERN RAILROAD. New line to Hot Springs, Ark Only one change of cars between PINE BLUFF AsL HOT SPRINGS, ARK.

Take the Ircn Mountain train at 4:45 m a'.d get to Hot Sprirg> for breakfast You can leave Hot Springs ot 6:15 D m and get home at 1923 D. m Pullman service through. Ask the ticRet ayprt fer ticket via L. R, & H. s. w. R. R.
 F. v. 42E3oxY, GPA.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-15

speCiaity. All work guara<s' teed. It will pay you to see
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
GOBLET DoDGED HIS TAXES.

New York, Jan. l5.-The report Of
the appraiser appointed by the surro-
gate to establish the valuation of Ogen
Goelet's property, has been made
public and shows that it was worth
nearly 81, 900. 600, instead of being a
trifc over $500, 900, the estimate fur
nished by the family.
The full value of the personal estate
is placed at sG.6, 54l3. Items allowed
BY the executors and for administer
ing the estate reduce the personally
to 81, l69, 4s3. While the value of the
real estate has never been determined,
It is said to exceed s455, 100000 The
executors estimated it as lover So
600, COO.
Some time this week $500, 900 will
be paid over to Robert Goelet, the
Gully son of the late Ogden Goellet,
who came of age last Wednesday.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
BEARING ON OTHER CASES.
BELIEVED SUPREME COURT
DECISION IN Nicely CASE
FORECASTS PUERTO
RICAN DECISIONS.

Washington, Jan. il-Tho unani.
nous opinion of the supreme court,
delivered by Justice Harlan, holding
the law passed last session for the ex-
tradition Of such offenders as Nelly,
to be constitutional, because in ac-
cordance with the treaty of peace, is
regarded as having most important
bearing upon the questions now before
the supreme court, which involve the
question whether the constitution ex-
tends to annexed territories. II con
gress can legislate for Cuba, foreign
territory, it seems that it should be
able to legislate for annexed territory.
In other words, the first impression
made by the decision is that the
United States has all the rights of a
nation, and consequently holds and
governs territory colonies in the way
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
PoRro RIools ADvANCEMENr.

@N@NNf - - AANNNtaA L.
Porto Rico. has entered one phase
Of the territorial stage, but II is not
content to remain in this condition
permanently. II wants a delegate in
the house of representatives. The is.
land has a moderate share Of home
rule. Il has made its start on the
road to statehood, but il has long
way to go yet before it completes the
journey. Its immediate aspiration is
to secure the same sort Of a govern.
ment which is possessed by Oklahoma,
New Mexico and Arizona, and have a
representative in the popular branch
Of congress who can speak though not
vote. Its commissioner in Washington
does not have this privilege
It is evident that Porto Rico has a
future of which the United States can
be proud. The islands commissioner
in Washington says that "all that is
required to make Porto Rico the most
productive country in the world is the
introduction Of American capital, "
and he declares that the investment
will take place just as soon as the is
land gets full territorial form of
government. There are two parties in
the island, the Republican and the
Federalists, the former Of which want
a territorial government Of the adj
yanced class at the earliest practicable
moment, and the latter Of which
would stop just short representation
in congress, and preserve the condi-
tions already existing. The Republi-
can party Of the island, il is certain,
is the one which has the future ON
its side.
Porto Rico is little larger than
Connecticut, and has a population a
little short Of that state. II is one Of
the richest in resources Of the islands
Of the Gulf OF Mexico. OF course,
most OF its inhabitants, outside Of the
native and largest element, are Span
iards. In the past year, however,
there has been a considerable immigra-
tion Of Americans and Europeans other
than Spaniards into the island, and
this movement is likely to increase
Although the island is more thickly
settled than any Of the other pieces Of
territory in the Caribbean or Gulf Of
Mexico, its resources have never yet
been developed in any intelligent way |
Undoubtedly there is a chance for
great industrial and commercial exran.
ZION in Porto Rico, and the chances
,re that this will lead to that local..
US political advancement at an early 4
Law.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
RFELF00T LAKE.
TWENTY-EIGHT FEET ABOVE
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

The engineer in charge Of the Reel.
foot Lake levee district, says:
According TO request, have run a
preliminary level line from the Miss
issippi river at Tiptonville to Roelfoot
Lake, and found that on the 10th Of
November, 1900, the date Of the
work, the elevation Of ReeDoot Lake
was rs feet above the Mississippi riy-
er and IA feet above the top of bank
Of slough below Tiptonville. II is my
opinion that the large body Of water
in Reelfoot Lake is, in great meas
ure, responsible for the oaving Of the
bank at Tiptonville, as the country be-
tween the lake and the river is resting
on a bed of quicksand through which
the water of the lake is draining to-
ward the river, and in so doing il will
carry of a considerable quantity Of
the sand and weaken the foundation
and cause the caving Of the bank. BY
draining the lake, l believe that the
caying Of the bank at Tiptonville will,
in a great measure, be remedied
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
A Burglar Visits County Clerk
Charles Graham's Office
In the Night,
GOES THRO' EVERYTHING
Attempted to Break Into The Big Vault,
But Was Unsueesssful-0bject
Only Snrmised,
THE TRACKS INDICATE A WHITE MAN


From Tuesday, Daily.
The most mysterious burglary that
has occurred in Paducah since the
vault in the circuit clerks Office was
rified several years ago and all the in
diotments stolen, was committed last
night.
Comfy Clerk Graham's Office, in the
southeast corner Of the court house,
was visited and every paper in the
office examined and left ON the floor.
When Deputy County Clerk smed-
ley opened mp about O'Clock he was
amazed at the spectacle that greeted
him.
Every drawer, box and receptacle
outside the vault had been thoroughly
ransacked, and the papers were open
ed, inspected and consinged in the
middle of the floor, where they lay in
a most confusing mass.
Entrance to the office was gained
through one Of the windows on the
east side of the Office. Not being fas.
tened down, it was comparatively an
easy matter to hoist it and climb in.
A systematic search through the
papers was then instituted, with what
object is not known.
An effort was made to gain en-
trance to the big vault, but without
success. A key was broken off in the
lock, and Deputy Smedley's scissors
were ruined in a fruitlses attempt to
manipulate the lock.
No papers, so far as is known, were
either stolen or destroyed, and it is be.
lievel that the would-be thief was I'M
successful in his quest, whatever 1t
WAS He was evidently in search Of
some paper or record Of Importance TO
himself and did not seem disposed to
modest any OF the things to which he
had access.
County Clerk Graham would prefer,
however, that whenever burglars visit
his Office hereafter, they leave things
more orderly.
Tracks were foun inside the win
dow, where the msraudor jumped
FROM &, and they indicate by size and
shape that the man was white.
Thus far there is no clue to the per-
petrator, and the affair bids fair to re-
main as much a mystery as the al
most forgotten robbery of the safe in
the circuit clerks office.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
THE PRESIDENTS TERM

In suggesting two reforms in tn,
electoral system-one providing fol
extending the presidential term and
the other insuring that the presiden.
tial candidate with the largest popu.
lar vote shall get the office-ex-P Pres
ident Clevlenad touches on problems
which very likely will have to be solv-
ell during the century, says
the New York Sun, which adds; LAS
the new system of government grows
in the extent of its operations and as
the burdens resting upon the govern
ment become more and more oumber-
some the need for such changes will
increase Already, as Mr.. Cleveand
points out, the four years term gives a
president little more than a chance
to inaugurate policies Of state. OF
they four sessions Of congress in the
term, two are so brief as to admit Of
little more than the passing of the
necessary appropriation bills. The
first comes at a time when the presi-
dent is new in his office and has many
incidental problems to consider. The
last falls at a time when political con-
sideration as to the forthcoming cleo
tion tend to hamper legislation.
Neither of Mr.. Clevealnd's sug-
gestions is new, but as time goes by
new reasons for considering them
arise Whatever may be thought of
the proposition to make the election
Of the president dependent upon the
popular vote, there is now, more than
ever, good reasons for weighing the
advantages to be gained by a length
ening Of the presidential tenure. A
president holding Office for six or sew
en- years, say, and ineligible for re-
election would have time to formulate
and carry out definite policy. The
nation would be spared the recurrence
every four years of the disturbances
created by national campaign. Far
more than all, perhaps, is the fact
that the incentive to defer to ques.
tions of political expedienoy would be
removed. The highest personal am.
bition of the president would be TO
make his one term of office the best
possible for the interests of the coun-
try, even if his course met the disap-
probation of the leading party bosses.
He would have no inducement to cur
~ favor with partisans for partisan
purposes, and they in turn could bring
10 bear far less influence upon him."
That the need Of "a constitutional
amendment permitting this extension
If the presidential term is steadily
growing is the opinion Of many care
'ul observers of American conditions.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
FREIGHT TRAINS
cOLLIpED AND THE WRECK.
AGE TOOK FIRE.

Belleyille, Ill, Jan. 1I.-A disas-
trous wreck occurred at West Belle.
vile at 80 m, SATURDAY in which
two men were killed outright. They
are Condctor w. A. Wing, of Sparta,
ILL.,, and Brakeman Edward Ring, Of
DuQuoip. Illinois Central freight 2s5
was waiting for orders in the yards.
In the caboose Conductor Wing, who
was returning home to see his sick
wife, was asleep, and Brakeman Ring
sata waiting the trains departure.
An extra freight of the same road
approached from East st. Louis, un.
heard, and suddenly crashed into the
waiting train. The caboose was split
almost in two. Four other cars were
wrecked. Under the debris the two
men were found terribly mangled.
Engineer Pope and Conductor Nc
Quay of the extra jumped and escaped
While the luckless victims were
pinned beneath the cars the wrecksge
took fire and added to the horror.
The two helpless victims were slow
ly burned to death and no one was able
to help them.
No cries were heard from either
Wing or Ring, but it is thought that
they must have suffered horrible
agonies by being slowly roasted to
death.
The body OF Ring was found near
the boiler, both legs were nearly burn
ed Off below the knee. The body of
Conductor Wing was badly burned.
Both bodies were mutilated so that re-
cognition was almost impossible, but
Ring was identified by a Masonic
charm.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
A BRITISH TRIRuTE.

Alfred Harmsworth, the London
publisher who is visiting the United
States and creating very much of a
stir, is great admirer of America and
Americans. In recent interview he
said:
ION the mechanical side of every
day life you enter upon the twentieth
century so far ahead of the world that
l doubt whether we will. ever catch
up with you. In the great matter Of
surface transit, surely one Of the most
important features of modern life, you
are leading the universe.
"You gave us the Morse telegraph,
the telephone, the phonograph, the
incandescent lamp, the Maxim gun,
the Hoe printing press, the linotype
typesetting machine, the electric auto
mobile, the typewriter, the sewing
machine, the model office building,
the Westinghouse brake and motor and
numberless improvements ON existing
inventions which testify in every land
to the force of American genius.
You are giving your young people
an education which, in my, opinion
as expressed freely in my own news
paper at home as well as in this-is
altogether more suited to the require
nents of the twentieth century than
hat we provide. Your public school
ystem is the admiration of the
world. "
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
STATE CONVENTION.
TWO HUNDRED DELEGATES EX-
PECTED AT THE Y. NJ. @. A.
MEETING.

Two hundred delegates are expected
at the State convention of the Y. NJ.
@. A., to be held at Louisville Feb
ruary 2i-2i, inclusive. The business
mems reception and entertainment
will bs held at Warren Memorial
Church February %. The button
adopted for the delegates consists Of
the emblem of the association, sur
rounded by a blue and white ribbon.
\ general mass meeting will be held
on the Sunday of the convention week
in some central hall The singing
during TIA sessions will be led by a
male chorus Of forty voices.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
MILLIONS IN 1T.
NEW JERSEY HARVEST AS
HOME OF TRUSTS AND COR.
PoRATIoNs.

New York, Jan. l4.-In the annual
report of the state board of assessors,
which has just been submitted to the
New Jersey legislature, it is stated
that 6,O65 corporations organized un.
der the laws of the state of New Jer-
sey have paid into the treasury during
the last year the sum of s2,O5I, 200.
As the corporation tax rate in this
state is ono-tenth Of one per cent. ON
the paid in capital stock, or 81 tax for
every $1,000 capital paid in, the
6,O65 corporations must have paid tax
upon s2,Osi, 200, 900 paid in: capital
stock.
The state corporation department es-
Inmates that the 6,065 corporations as
sessed have paid in capital stock if
90 per cent, of the authorized capital
stock If the tax of 81, O51, 900, which
represents s2,05l2, 90, 900 paid IN CAPT.
tai stock, is 20 per cent of the auth6-
rized capital stock, the authorized
capital stock must be five times e., o.
05i, 200, 600, or the sum of $40, $50, e
047,000. The increase IN the num-
Der Of miscellaneous corporations as
sessed during the year over that of
1899, is 1.l36, although in reality l..
sO7 new companies were added to the
list in 1900.
The difference Of 67i companies
represents those whose charters were
forfeited by the proclamation of Gov.
VOORHEES, in May last for nonpayment
Of taxes.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS
WHICH SHOW THE SCI.
ENCE is GROWING.

Consul Roosevelt at Brussels reports
to the state department that a station
has been established at La Panne, Bel.
gium, for the exchange of wireless tel
egraphic, messages, between Belgium
and England la Panne was selected
on account Of its being the point of
the Belgium lattoral nearest the Eng
fish coast and a mast Of the Marconi
system 1870 feet high was erected
there. The Dover Ostend mail boat
Princess Clementine was fitted up
with temporary apparatus for use in
experimental trials An additional
mast was affixed to the foremost of
this vessel, increasing its original
height about sixty feet. From that
extremity the Geographic waves are
projected toward each coast. A spe-
cial room has been fitted up on the
steamer for the instruments and from
that room the cable is carried to the
top of the extended mast. 1t is con-
idently expected to maintain oommu-
nication between ship and shore for at
least thirty miles, which is about half
way across With stations at La
Panne and Dover those ON board the
vessel will be able to keep in touch
with the land during the entire trip
across.
Recent experiments showed that re.
plies arrived with the same regularity
and celebrity as ordinary kilograms.
When about forty miles from Ostend
the captain was able to telegraph the
station master ct Ostend the probable
hour of his arrival. Various kilograms
were sent from the vessel to Ostend,
Brussels, Dover and London, and the
reception Of each message was ,ao-
knowlegded promptly. subsequently,
the consul adds, a message was sent
from the vessel to the station at Dover
court, Essex, a distance of nearly
ninety miles, including many miles Of
cliffs and sea.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
DEFINITION OF HOME.

A beautiful definition of home was
given by Lady Aberdeen in the adj
dress delivered by her before the re-
cent meeting at Toronto Of the ma
tional council Of women. "What Is
tn 1t indefinable something that makes
home; that reveals itself in the
books and pictures, in the arrange
ment of the rooms, in the preparation
for a guest, in the tones of the chill
dren, in the expression of husband and
wife. We cannot describe it, but we
recognize it at once when it is PRESENT,
and no house can be truly a home
some measure of it. We do
not need just houses where we can eat
heartily and sleep well, but we want
ZONES, full of rest and peace and beau
y and refreshment.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
The Burlington Route.
3 GREAT TRAINS,

NO. Al, AT A. NJ, from St. Loui.
for Knasas City and entire Northwest
to Puget Sound and Portland. "The
Burlington Northern Pacific Express, -
solid through train, st. Louis to Port.
land, Of chair cars (seats froe), stand
ard sleepers; through tourist sleepers
from Kansas City or ST. Joseph.
NO 8, AT 2:05 p. NJ, from st.
Louis; 1.-THE Nebraska Colorado Ex.
press" for Denver and the Pacific
coast. lone night train to Denver"
also for st. Paul and Minneapolis.
NO. 10, AT9 p. NJ, from st Louis
for Kansas City, St. Joseph, Omaha,
Council Bluffs, Nebraska, Kansas,
Colorado, Utah, Pacific Coast
CALIFORNIA EXCURSIONS in
tourist sleepers, personally conducted,
from st. Lonis Wednesdays at o a. m.
the most successful overland excur-
sions, The route is via Denver, seen.
ic Colorado, Salt Lake City.
Through trains are wide vestibuled,
Pintsch lighted, and comprise the high
standard Burlington coaches, chair
cars (seats free), Pullman modern
sleeeprs, dining car service.
Writa for ,nattar doacriptiva ~ ans,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
GIRL STOOD OFF MEN.

Lexington, KY, Jan. 15.-Rankin
Clemons, a farmer, six miles from
town, was assaulted and robbed at the
door Of his home Saturday night and
he will probably die. His daughter
IN law barricaded the house and stood
tho burglars Off. Clemons, miser,
oyns . 500 acres of land and has
much other wealth. HIS son, Robert,
committed suicide because Of the
dsuGging he was forced to do, and one
Of bis daughters committed suicide be-
cause she married against her fathers
will en9 was disowned.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
BENTON NOTES.

Bent VI, Jan. 14.-Mrs. Sarah Parks,
aged i5., and a highly respected citi
zen, died from pneumonia, after an
illness of two weeks.
The defendants won the case of W.
S. Griffith and J. ~. Johnson against
N. p. McElrath and others for the 7.
+. Barnes storehouse. The case was
tried in Judge Shemwells court.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
STRENGTH IN WOMAN
Is ADMIRED

is ADMIRED.
Strength in woman is admired by
a strong man always" writes Helen
Watterson Moody in the December
Ladies' Home journal "Of course,
| mean by the phrase strong man a
man who has some experience Of life.
It occasionally happens that a very
young man of rare strength lof char.
acter falls the victim in early life 10
the destinations Of n clinging, sweet
inefficient creature, as David Copper.
field did 10 his Dora. But the older
and the stronger and the wiser a man
is, the more he is sure to admire the
deep strength Of character in woman
that springs from the large and easy
ability TO do things well "
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17

Some Of the most magnificent ana
historic jewels in the world are in the
possession of Americans. Mrs, Brad.
ley Martin has some Of the French
crown jewels, some Of which are also
the property of Mrs. Astor, who has
a diamond ornament which once be.
longed to Diane de Pointers. The
Duchess Of Marlborough has the IA
nous Orlof pearls, once the property
Of Catherine Of Russia; Mrs. Clarence
Mackey has some curious rings which
formerly adorned a Hindoo rajah :;
Mrs, George Vanderbilt has a wonder
full rope Of rubies unsurpassed by any
thing of the kind, while Mrs Webb
has rope of pearls which rival in
beauty those OF Queen Margherits.
Mrs. ogilvie Haig has some magnif-
cent jewels, and those of Countess
Boni de Castellane and Lady Curzon
IF Kedleston are also very fine.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
DIDN'T DIE AFTER ALL.

Margaret Wicker, wife Of Louis
Wicker, Of Sandy Bottom, near May
field, got mad at her spouse satur
day and drank two ounces Of lauda.
num to prove how mad she was She
then ran out and lay down to die, but
some neighbors ran over and soon had
her so copiously dosed with lard that
death would have been a blessed re-
lief She has now recovered.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
HERE'S COMMON SENSE.

Lexington, Ky, Jan. 1.-THE
board Of health here has adopted reso-
buttons that in future regular weekly
statements Of the presence Of smallpox
in the community snail be publisehd
over the signature of the president of
the board and that a warrant shall be
issued against any physician failing to
report a suspicious case. This action
grew out Of the recent exaggerated ru-
mors Of smallpox in the city, caused
by attempts TO suppress the fact Of
smallpox in the city in the interest Of
the holiday trade.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-01-17
GREATEST IMPROVEMENT.
THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL Chill
DREN IN CUBA AGAINST A
FEW THREE YEARS AGO.

New York, Jan. ia. f. Frye,
of Highland, Cal, who has Just re.
turned from Havana, where he spent
two years as superintendent Of public
schools in Cuba, said last night:
"There has been a great improve.
ment in the condition Of schools in
Cuba. While there were not more
than 10000 pupils in 1897, there were
$4,000 in May, 1900 The highest
number ever registered before the war
was 234, 900, and the attendance never
exceeded 1900. There were no pub
lie schools, in reality, under spanish
rule, and the school property had lit
tie or no value. Recently General
Wood got the idea that many of the
schools reported by me, and for which
money was being drawn, did not ex-
list He gathered this by information
submitted by subordinates. In my
reports ! re ported the number of au.
Ius, school rooms, while the military
counted only the escuelas,
school honses, thus confounding mat.
.ers. But soon explained the facts
TO the satisfaction of Gov. Wood.
Under the system have inaugu-
'ated no fraud is possible in the
chools Of Cuba. Under the old sys.
en- there were ninety-four professors
lnder pay in the University Of Ha-
ana, where there were only 1856 stu
ents. 49,
Mr.. Frye says that the Cuban chill |
ren are very apt pupils and learn
With great rapidity.