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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-05
MORE FACTS
ABOUT MURDER
Develops That Governor Had Been
Asked to Offer a Reward.
INTERESTING RUMORS IN THE CASE

Mr. J. o. Lyons, Of Louisville,
whose visit to the city yesterday to
investigate the death OF his cousin,
Mr.. Stanley p. Lyons, whose sup
posed suicide occurred at the New
Richmond hotel on January 20, 1899,
left today.
Mr.. Lyons learned much Of an in
teresting character, but did not di-
vulge what step he will take, il any,
TO further ferret out the mystery.
There are many, especially those
about the hotel, who do not credit
the rumors Of murder, but il was
learned after The Suns account yes
terday of the case, that there had been
rumors of a murder almost ever since
the death Of the young man.
Mr.. W. L. Walker, the electrician,
and brother-in-l of Charles Sex
ton. the bartender, who shielded by
jumping in the river because, it is al
legged, what he knew, or imagined,
about the case drove him insane, ar
rived in the CITY last night from
Brooklyn, and corroborated what was
said in regard to Sections claim Of
knowing that the man was murdered.
Sexton had often told the story Of the
crime as recouuted Yesterday, and al
WAYS told il the same way.
Another interesting bit Of history
connected with the case is that an
effort was made to have the governor
offer a reward for the apprehension OF
the murderers soon after the tragedy,
but without success.
Ii is said that another effort was
made recently TO have Gov. Beckham
TO offer n reward. Ii appears that
none of those who profess to know
ANYTHING about it are willing to reveal
ANYTHING until reward is offered.
A well known local detective had
heard the rumors in the case some time
AGO. and had himself done some work
ON it. and il is probable that IL a re-
ward is offered. will be able to tell
something.
There are several peculiar things
about the death Of young Lyon, but
the most peculiAr is why he killed
himself SO suddenly after writing a
letter to his mother, telling her that
he would send her some money in a
few days, and where he was going
from Paducah. The letter was ad-
dressed and stamped, and unsealed,
and he probably wrote it the last thing
before retiring, intending to mail it
the next morning.
II he was murdered, the most mex
plica ble.. thing Is how the murderers
got into the room. The door was
locked from the inside. The room is
IN the third story, and while it has a
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-05
WAS ACQUITTED.
A MAN CLEARED OF AN OLD
CHARGE OF MURDER.

Richmond, KY, Dec. 5.-Mr. A.
L. Kirby, who came here from San
Francisco and surrendered for the
murder of John Graves twelve years
ag o. was acquitted at his trial this
morning.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-05
NO CHARITY
FUND NOW
The City Is This Year Unable to
Assist the Poor Of Paducah.
OTHER NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST

Mayor d. A, Yeisor this morning
stated that the calls for assistance
from destitute people were as numer-
Gus a. ever, which is 10 say thst there
are many Of them. This year, how
ever, there is no money in the treasury
with which to dispense charity, and
someone will have TO suffer unless the
various benevolent organizations take
mp the work and collect money In
some manner for carrying IL out
Charity balls. entertainments and other
ways might be devised. aud a liberal
patronage from the public would
doubtless result in the accumulation
Of suiiicicntt funds to relieve much Of
the suffering incident TO the cold
winter months
The evidences Of destitution have
been marked enough already. despite
the fact that there has yet been nc
cold weather. Il is suggested by May.
or Yoisor that the proper department
Of the Civic Federation take up Tho
work and all the city in taking care
o. the poor and needy. The coal that
Is donated by Bornheim Bros help
some, bus It Is claimed that much Of
it goes 60 unworthy persons. mostly
colorcd, and leaves little for the de-
serving white, among whom are many
too proud 20 ask for aims or aid II J.
probable that a. soon rs this state Of
Affairs becomes known the ladies will
not be slow TO respond.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-05
INDICTMENTS AT MAYFIELD.

Mayfeld, KY, Dec. 5.-The
grand jury has adjourned after being
in session three weeks and three days.
during which time they found and re-
turned into court ITO bills. There
were no indictments. for any serious
offenssa Over one hundred were for
violating the whiskey laws
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-05
OLD FIDDLERS
AT JACKSONVILLE.

jacksonville is to have an old i'd
dlers' contest on December 10. These
contests have been held at Hopkins
vile, Owensboro, Guthrie, Russell
vile. Paduoah and many other places
and people have gone wild with fun
everywhere.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-05
FATHER OF 20 CHILDREN.

jackson, KY, Dec. 5.-James
Fletcher, who lives ON Twin Greek. in
this county, IL the father Of twenty
two children. the Last two Of which
are named. respectively, Twenty-one
and Twenty-Five. ~
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-05
rHE ANARoHY DIsoUssIoN.

Warrington, Dec. "a big nrowd
In the Senate heard Mooomas inaugur.
ass the discussion on supprsssins an
srohy.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-05
THE WEATHER.

Snow or rain and warmer tonight.
Friday. rain or snow.
NJ. p. and II. NJ. Futrell deeds to ].
W. and Lucella Magnor, for 1850 prop
erty in the Norton addition. .
f. Norton deeds to Henry Allcock
for $3.50 property in the county,
Mrs. Mary Thompson, of Eleventh
and Madison streets, Is very i'll.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-05

Attorney Given OF Henderson has
written TO ascertain how may police
officers there are IN Paducah. and what
salary is paid them. lie was informed
by the city clerk that there were ~,
and they are pal eco a month. There
is a probability Of an increase before
ths new appointments are made,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-05

Money'll make the mare 90, an the
jackass, TOO.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-05

Marshal James Grow AMI his dep
uty, Mr.. Will Grow, are rapidly get
ting ON TO things about the city hall
while Marshal Collins is engaged in
looking after the INES that were levied
during his term and not yet paid. tie
is enjoying something OF a vacation
before he gets a new Job on the police
force.
speAiing of Marshal Grow, a good
joke Is told on him, A small clock
aiorns his desk, ani the other day
some practical joker set the alarm.
and when IL went Off the marshal
was sitting with Ia few feet Of il.
Hc jumped up and ran to the tele-
phone in another office. thinking the
alarm was the telephone bell.
Mr. l.. A. Washington, now with
the Gulf and Ship Island road. but
formerly chief constructing engineer
OF the Illinois Central on .he Louis.
vile division, has applied for the
position Of city engineer of Paducah.
As stated in The sun some time ago.
IL is understood an effort is to he
made to increase the salary to 81, 800
a year This is the reason no city
engineer was elected when the other
officers were Monday night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
RATHER DIsGRUNTLED.

The Tuscumbia Dispatch is just little ruffed over some recent comments in The Advertiser upon statements contain ed in The Sheffield Reaper and Leighton News, in which those papers charged that there is virtually no such thing as justice in the courts of Colbert county, and that it is not possible to punish q man in that county for crime if he has money. The Advertiser expressed the hope that the papers which had so sc- verely arralgned the judicial system and practice in Colbert county had over drawn the picture. or were mistaken in their conclusions.
 The Dispatch does not really deny the charges or deductions of The Advertiser, | but tries to break the force of the state ments by charging tfat there have been occurrences in the courts of Montgomery, as well as other counties, which were not by any means above criticism, That may all be true enough, but it does not | alter the facts or detract in any degree from the force of the comments of The
 Advertiser. We certainly had no inten- i ton of singlng out Colbert county as the only part of the State where justice somt times miscarries neither do We claim that the courts and jui ies of this city are | always blameless or above criticism. | That is not a defense or excuse for the conditions which prevail in Colbert, if the papers from which We quoted were wholly correct in their charges.
 The Advertiser rep. ats what it said in a previous article. If the charges made are tIue It reflects not only on the judi ciary of Colbert county. but is d refiec- | tion on the State itself. If conditions are worse in one county than in others it is A fact to be regretted, and tho evil ought 1 to be re m di d. Neither life, liberty nor property are safe in any community
 where the laws are not fairly and i'm partially executed, and if that is the case
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
AN ABSURD PROIECT.

For a man of presumable intelligence enc Terrence V. Powderly has some de- eidedly queer ideas. His views on all subjects connected with labor and labor unions are well known, but lately he has given birth to a theory which is not less Utopian than the most extreme vagaries of the Socialists. His plan Is, in brief. that the Federal government shall enact a law, with or without the consent of the States" as he puts it, for the pur- pose of distributing the alien working population of the country to such places as the laws of supply and demand shall indicate. In other words. when foreign CTS land on our shores they shall, under the operation of the proposed law, be sent to whatever section of the country is in need of laborers.
 The absurdity of such a law can only be equalled by it's injustice and imprac- ticability. It totally ignores all individ- way of States regulating or controlling it's own domestic affairs. In the first place. foreigners who land on our shores may have some choice as to the part of the country they desire to settle in, but under the operation of such a law as taken from them and they would be sent wherever the officials chose to send them Miners from the tropics might be bun died off to Cape Nome, or immigrants from the high Northern regions of the old world sent to the extreme Southern States. They would simply go. where they were ordered. without reference to their fitness or their SWishes.
 Then, again, if such a law were en- acted and enforced no State would have any right to object to being made the dumping ground for whatever number or character of new arrivals the officials | would see proper to send. Neither the State nor its citizens would have the right to protest against such an invasion | or the power to prevent it, however ob-
 noxious and undesirable such newcom- CTS might be.
 l It is not hard to foresee what strife, | confusion and contention would result from such a law, or from the attempt to enforce it. The people of Alabama for
 example, might object very seriously to
 having ship load of foreigners quarteret
 on them, and their objections would be | likely to take a form which would be I unpleasant to the immigrants and bring
 on a clash between Federal and State
 law. From any point of view the pro, | ject Is so impracticable and unwise that
 1t is hard to understand how a man ot 1 ordinary sense would advocate it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
ILL-FoUNDED FEARS.

An Alabama correspondent of The Nashville American voicing the views of these who are determined in advance to condemn the new Constitution, says:
 The really great and serious danger is this-that the black belt Democrats, 10th to give up power. may proceed to regis ter the neg oes as voters and then pro- ceed to use them as they have hereto fore done--viz.. for the purpose of count ing fictitious votes.
 The man who wrote the letter from which the above is taken has been a leader of the opposition to tho Democ- racy of this State and his county gave a large majority against the new Constitu- ton. Nothing better than abuse and dis trust of the people of this section of Ala bama can be expected from a man of his antecedents. but The Advertiser begs to inform him that his fears are ill founded. Teh people of the black belt want the requirements as to suffrage and registrar ton rigidly enforced and they will be in favor of prosecuting to the utmost extent any man who seeks to nullfy the chief object for which the recent conven- ton was assembled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1901.
A GOOD PLAN.

Referring to the case mentioned in The Advertiser of the Northwestern College at Chicago setting young men back be- cause they couldn't spell. The Leaven- worth Times9 saays:
 The fact is. we will have to go back very close to the little country school house in some of our educational ideas Not all the young men who are attend ing the colleges will be able to hire stenographers and typewriters to do their spelling for them. Moreover, who Is to do the spelling for the stenographers and typewriters?
 Whether or not We go back in our edu- cational practice to the little country schoolhouse'' no one car successfully deny that the children learned to spell at those schools. They had not the same oppor- tunities for acquiring a higher educa- ton about which we hear so much, as the youths of this day enjoy. but when it comes to laying the foundations for a solid and useful education, especially for the children of the poor, the old methods have not been improved on. Turning some of our higher scholars back would be a good plan in other places. perhaps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
STICK TO YOUR TRADE.

It was a saying of Apelles that "a shoe maker should give no opinion beyond shoes,' from which expression we have the familiar saying: "The shoemaker should stick to his last,' and an instance from Michigan would indicate that a doc tor would sometimes do well to stick to his profession. A Kalamazoo physician undertook to criticise a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Michigan on the subject of vaccination, and in the course of his remarks he said:
 Persons fortified against smallpox by vaccination have the right to demand that they shall not be exposed to conta- zion by the presence of those not so for tified.
 The average reader will wonder how a person who is fortified against small pox" can be in danger of catching it. The doctor probably thinks there may be some big holes in the Qualifications, or that the smallpox microbes will crawl under or jump over. At any rate this one had better fortify his English before tackling the courts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
The Laugh Was on Bailey.

Lexington Leader.
 One evening some time ago there was an imIromptu gathering of story tellers in the rotunda of the Phoenix Hotel, in cluding Senator Joseph w. Bailey, of Texas, ex-Governor James B. McCreary of Madison County, and Jacob T. Pat rck of Salyersviile. a weil-known noun tain Republican. Governor McCrea-y several times addressed MT. Patrick as Judge" to which the latter finally re- piled;
 Governor l am not Judge and ner- CT was; and more than that, I have no title, military, judicial or professional. am plain Jake Patrick, the only strictly D 'ivate citizen in the entire Common wealth of Kentucky. 1 am not evcn Mister.
 Well sir" spoke up the Texas states man, you are unique; I should think yCu ought to be at least a Colonel as I have always understood that in Ken lucky it is the easiest and cheapest thlng in the world to be Il 'Colonel.'
 ''TLere is something in that" was Pat rick < quick response it is almost as easy and cheap to be 'Colouel in Ken lucky as to Ee a Congressman in Texas. ''
 The laugh was on Bailey and he squared the matter bv asking the crowd to refresh itself at his expense.
 You never miss the political orator till the ''harl'' runs dry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
Racial Preiudice in New England

Portland Oregonian. ~
 A barber was fined the other day go by Judge Almv of Cambridge, Mass, for drawing the color line in refusing to shave Thomas s. Bruce dlVinlty stu, dent in Harvard College, A long ana very interesting letter rom deorge ., It R. Stetson. of Washington, D. C, IS print ed in I he New York Evening Post which clearly that not only 1tsase Wss efferx manifested in New England before the G but that it exists ,n bogon nsFe fdfSadc 5GaSy any merchant or mechanic to take col ored cler apprentice ssd in not Bos3oS i4og c9mnIainad of uniust discrimination by merchants. manufacturers. benevolent associations, private landIorus. that no color. intelligence, character, department or means. that, while MassacnuSetts opens her schools to the negro; she shuts her shops. As late as Ie49 separate schooI' for whites and blacks 9 were main man after 1S4O Massachusetts had her negro"
 pews. negro" cars and negro stages
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
An old-Time Nanny.

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Aain't this the place where yer git
 The question was asked by an old black nanny. The time was in that perfect yesterday afternoon. The place was the station of the Country Club. The ques- toned one was man of some conse- quence, a member of that club
 "Ain't this the place where yer git oM?'
 The man answered yes, after ascertain ing of her whither she wished to go.
 "Sho l knowed 1t was" she said, and gathering a whole armful of packages, she left one she couldn't carry and ths | one the man took for her and assisted her from the trolley ear, acting towards her a respectfully as if she had been an Empress.
 she asked.
 "Yes-but why do you ask?' he said.
 'I thought so-you seemed so kind like to a ol nigger oman. You see, we nig- gers of de or times ain't uster meetn' in Birmingham w!te folks what treats us like you does. I jes knowed you wus from where I come from-that you wus homefolks-ies by de way you treated me; and l clare to God I blieve you had a ol' black mammy when you wus chillun-one like me, thank de Lord-an' you ain't forgot your raisin'-you ain't fergot your ol' nanny is you?'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01

In Colbert county it is no defense Or pal liation to say that certain other counties are not wholly blameiess.
 The Advertiser has no beam in its eyes which will prevent 1t from seeing any faults which may be committed by courts and juries nearer home, and we beg to remind The Dispatch that it can do more by using it's influence in correcting than it can by pointing out those which exist elsewhere, Our Tuscumbia contem- porary is both good paper and a strong one. and can do much to bring about a correction of the evil complained of. if it really exists as intimated
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
The Prattville Progress says:

It is the idea here now to do all in our power to make the new Constitution as great success as possible. Even the Republicans in this county have silently agreed to throw no obstacles in the path Of the operation of the new instrument; in fact, most of them want it enforced to the letter. They believe it will be d good tfing for all our people.
 This would indicate that the Autauga Republicans are more patriotic than the Johnston, Shelley combine which Is al- ready seeking to undermine confidence in the new Constitution. even to the extent of perfecting an organization whose dis tinctive claim to recognition is it's desire to prevent a fair trial of the new or ganic law
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01

The London correspondent of The New York Tribune says that the trend of public cpinion in England remains strong iy in the direction of the settlement of the canal question on any terms which will enable the American government to construct the waterway and promote the welfare of the world. England seems to be agreeable these asys2, 10 anything that Americans pIoposes 'vEee do not get along with our English cousins, 1t will be our own fault.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01

The New Bedford (Mass.) Standard points out the changes in our Constitu- ton and adds:
 Alabama doubtless has, on the whole, a bitter Constitution than before, though perfection can scarcely be asserted of 1t.
 We believe no one has claimed perfec- ton for the new instrument. but all who are not swayed by prejudice and who have compared the two will agree with The Standard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Interesting Notes of Some of Those
 in the Public Eve.


 Miss Emma Whitmore, station agent at Wantaugh. L. l.. has been q ralroader for twenty-five years She not only sells tickets. hut takes care of the freight and baggage.
 Mrs. John Jacob Astor wore lately at a ball crown which was an exact repro duction of the one worn by Queen Vic toria on her jubilee day; and Mrs. Clar- ence Mackav has one closely resembling it.
 The appointment by Mayor Elect Low , of George l.. Riyes as corporation coun- sel of New York has elicited the infor- nation that he is an M. A. of Cambridge University. England, and as d member of it's council has vote in eleCting the | members of parliament for that tniver- | sity.
 Miss Alice Roosevelt, eldest daughter of the President. is at the home of her l grandfather, G. c. Lee. at Brooklne, l Mass. Some part of each year Miss Roosevelt has spent with her grandpar- ents. and she loves to visit the places 1 that her mother was fond of when a girl. l A little way beyond the Lee estate is sit uated the small wooden Unitarian Church l where her mother was married to the I President
 was once asked to write newspaper no- tice of play written by friend. The playwright. begged him to discuss the acting and scenery. but to say little dDOut the drama itseII' Wnicn was eNl- dentlv not proving much of success, About did as requested. told the plot at length and gave much detail as to access sories, winding up with this sequence; About midnight tbe curtain fell. and with it the piece.
 A German friend having invited Carl SchurZ to spend the remainder of his life in Southern California, MT Schurz replied gratefully, but says the literary projects he has on hand preclude the idea of his 5iN hinGpIf n hp ap iTN~r ,1f nature. MT. SchurZ. by the way. was among the guests at dinner given to the staff of The New York Evening Post on it's one hundrcdth anniversary. In his speech he paid the paper the high com pliment bv saving: Tt is not even afraid nf friends ''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
The Woodpile Runs Low.

MarlOn ptanUaru.
 Mir Bryan is getting down to conven- tional journalism with his Commoner. He is now devoting space telling his sub scribers to "come-across." That reminds us this is the season that delinquent readers should remember the woodpile runs low and bills fall due. and The Standard hopes Mir. Bryan's hint will fall like seed on good ground hereabouts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
How He May Succeed.
Choctaw Advocate.

ChOCtaW AdVOcate.
 The Montgomery Advertiser says Gen. eral Uribe- Uribe in trying to cross the on the boundary line and was caught again. We would suggest that he try it next time on horseback and hang his name across the horse like pair of saddlebags.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
Will Not Want It Known.

Jasper Eagle.
 Editor Wilson of The Marion County News. is taking upon himself much of the credit for that County going anti-ratiti- cation. Perhaps he deserves it. but in five years from now, we are satisfied, he will not boast of his position in that campaign He will not want it known where he atond-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
Should Reverse It.

Anniston Hot Blast.
 There have been many definitions of drunkenness of late and wide differ ence of opinion rendered. The latest Is that of Judge Sherman of Taunton. who says q man is drunk when "he is not able to control his faculties He should have said that a man is drunk when his fac ulties are no longer able to control him.