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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
They do not Like the Idea of no Hol-
iday Tomorrow.
Il Is Said They Will Go to School and
Then Leave in
Body.
REBUKE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD

A strike of school childien IS some.
thing that has occurred 4 few times
in this country recently, but there was
never anything like it IN Paducah.
The prospects for one tomorrow, how
ever, If reports are true, are good.
II has been customary for the school
board to give the schools a holiday on
Christmas eve, and is claimed by some
OF the older members that seldom. If
ever, did the board refuse to allow the
children the day before Christmas to
prepare for what is one Of the principal
events Of childhood. Last night there
were seven members of the board pres
ent, and majority voted down the
proposition to give the usual Christ
mas eve holiday. AS a result the chill
dren are mad and Trustee weille, who
is in favor Of allowing the holiday, is
mad too, and stated today that there
was talk Of general strike at all the
schools of Paducsh tomorrow.
"Some Of the trustees" he declared,
"seem to have forgotten that they
were ever children. Christmas eve is
almost Christmas itself. With the
busy times incident to Christmas. the
happy anticipation, and the general
good feeling which takes the minds of
the children of their studies and
makes school practically useless. it
seems to me that they should have
been granted holiday tomorrow, and
II | had time l should go out myself
and organize them into strike and
march them down town in body"
Many expressions of disapproval at
the action of the board were heard
today on the streets, aud it is not at
all unlikely that the children, If
enough go to school tomorrow, will
boldly march out and defy the pow
ers that be.
II they do it will be Paducsh's
first school children strike.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
BACKED FROM BRIDGE.

Dyersburg, Tenn. Dec. 2S-Cnptain
Young, young man from the First
district Of the county, came in to town
and after buying new buggy as q
Christmas present for his wife and
four jugs of warm whiskey for him
self, started out for home somewhat
under the influence of liquor. After
going out from town about two miles
he met large herd of cattle on Pond
creek bridge and his horse became
frightened ard unmsnagesble and
jumped or backed with him from the
bridge into the seething waters OF Pond
creek, now full to Overlooking from the
recent freshets. The horse and man
were both drowned The body of
Young has been recovered and will
he buried tomorrow at 3 o'clock.
Captain Young was popular and
well connected young man.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
The Retail and Wholesale Trade in
Paducah is Enormous.
The Increase Is From 80 to rs Per
Gent. Over Last Years
Record.
EVERYBODY IS JUBILANT

Yesterday and today have been the
best shopping days Paducah merchants
ever had. The Christmas buying is at
its climax and is the best in the his
tory of the retail trade. At the prin-
cipal stores yesterday and today il has
been a hard matter to get waited on.
The shoppers had simply to call on
their stock of patio nee and wait their
turn.
A very noticeable feature of this
holiday shopping is the great volume
of the better grade OF goods being
purchased. The furniture people and
the jewelry houses especially coming
in for big proportion of the bust
ness. The Paducah Furniture compa-
ny report their business, so far, just
double that of last year at the same
time, and the Rhodes Burford compa-
ny, give the same report. Wolfe, Ma
gel and Bleich, all report their business
surprising last season by about 30 per
cent.
With the big dry goods houses IL
is the same way. Our business. said
Mr.. Phillips, of the Rudy, Phillips
and Co., "is the biggest we have
ever done. We are satisfied indeed.
A gratifying thing to us lis that we
have yet to have a month, since seven
years ago, when our, business WAS not
ahead of the same month in the year
preceding"
Mr.. Rieke,o of Ogilvie and Co., Mr..
Eley of the Eley Dry goods 90. and
Mr.. Schwsb of 7. Sohwab give the
same cheering reports.
But this is not the case with tho
larger houses only. One finds it the
case with all lines of trade. the little
fellows and the big ones In wholesale
circles the report, the universal one, is
that never before have Paducah houses
sold the goods they have this sesson.
This lie certainly good news TO all Pa
ducahians. Il speaks well for the
hustling abilities of our merchants, re-
tail and wholesale, and shows as we'll
the prosperity of Paducah and West
Kentucky.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
A FLOATER FOUND

A body Of q man was found floating
IN the river this morning at Living
ston Point on the Ohio river side, by a
fisherman and brought to the city to-
day at noon.
The body had lodged in a lot Of drift
and probably mad been in the water
for weeks, rs all the flesh was eaten
or the arms from the elbows to the
shoulders. The bones of the fore
arms were gone from the body. The
legs of the fioster were enclosed in
pants and the shoes were still on the
feet Nothing was found in the pocK-
letsL The hair and all flesh of the face
were gone. There was no way to de-
termine the color but Justice Young,
who is acting in the place of Coroner
william Peal. who is Ill, thinks the
man was white, judging from the shape
and size Of the shoe found on his feet
The body was packed IN wooden
box and buried in the potter's field.
No inquest was deemed necessary.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
Attorney Attempts to Get Him From
the County Jail.
Judge Husbands Says There Should
Have Been Jury, But There
Was Not One.
1T IS AN IMPORTANT CASE

pinokney Childers will spend
Christmas in jail, after all. He has
been bcarder Of Jailer Jones for the
past several months, serving twelve
months sentence for selling of lot
Of furniture belonging to a man at
whose house he had been living The
charge against him was petty larceny,
and when County Judge Lightfoot
tried him he made an example of
Pinckney by giving him the limit,
twelve months.
Judge Lighttoot announced soon
after going into office that he would
make petty thievery serious thing
for the offenders when they came be-
fore him, and he has kept his word.
He seldom gives them under three
months, end has imposed several six
month sentences.
Last night Attorney J. s. Ross, for
Childers, sued out q writ Of hsbeas
corpus In Judge Husbands court for
the purpose of releasing Childers He
claimed that Judge Lightfoot should
have tried Childers by jury, and did
not do it. On this plea he hoped to
free the prisoner.
Judge Husbands decided that Judge
Lightfoot should try all persons charg-
eu with misdemesnors by jury, and
while Childers was not tried by jury,
his redress was in an appeal to circuit
court, which should have been taken
within sixty days and was not. Judge
Husbands therefore declined to grant
the writ or release Childers, but his
decision is OF great Importance in the
city, as IL will neoessitate all petty
larceny cases hereafter tried by the
county Judge being tried by jury, and
il the first time the question has ever
been passed on.
The law prescribes that when pris-
oners charged with misdemeanors do
not get q trial in circuit court, tine
cases may be transferred to the
county court for trial before the
county judge, and Judge Husbands
says this should be by jury.
In most cases tried by Judge
Lightfoot. however, the prisoner is
held over from police court, and
rather than remain in jail for per-
hsps months, until circuit court con-
venes, he is allowed to go before the
county judge and plead guilty,
waving all rights, among them jury
rights.
Judge LiRhtfoot said today in re-
gard to the cases that the prisoners
when he tried them waived jury
rights.
Childers. the man who received
twelve months for selling four dollars
worth Of furniture has been pardoned
from the penitentiary once, and has
been in twice. and was recently re-
fused a pardon for the offense for
which he is now doing time. His at
torney says he may take out a writ of
habeas corpus in another court, pre-
sumsbly federal court.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
BIG TOBACCO SALE.
LOUISVILLE CONCERN TO SELL
OUT FOR OVER TWO MILLION.

Louisville, Dec. 23-Harry Weis-
singer and John s. Middleton, presi-
dent and vice president respectively,
Parry weissinger Tobacco company,
are in New York to close a deal for
sale of their plant to New York capt.
tslists. Negotiations for the purchase
of the plant have been under way for
some time. Only the final details re :
main to be passed on today and the
price is said to be in the neighborhood
Of 81, 500, 900.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
LOOKING FOR SANTA CLAUS
BOY GOT LOST AND WAS NOT
FOUND FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

Forrest Anderson, the little son Of
Mrs.J. A. Anderson, Of Eleventh and
Clark streets, slipped away yesterday
afternoon late and started down town
''to see Santa Claus" He didn't know
the way and wandered about quite a
great deal until he was found at
Fourth and Adams street by young
man who took the little fellow to the
court house, where fortunately he
found some one who happened to know
him and take him home.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
FOR EDDYViLLE
PRISONERS WERE TAKEN AWAY
TODAY.

Deputy sheriffs William Lydon and
II. f. Lyons assisted by Messrs. Will
wesson May Trice, John Hall and
Sam Beadles, lett at noon for Eddy
willie with the following prisoners con-
victed in this term of criminal cir
cuit court: White prisoners are Eli
Hutchinson, Fred Edmonds, lobe Dem
mis-, Jim Riley, Joe Bennett. Hutch
inson got eleven years, the heaviest
sentence. Colored prisoners are viii
Hamilton, Jim Anderson, Sardus Hart,
Jerry Cook, O. W Wilson, Hartmann
Matthews and Andrew Petty.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
$500 KILLED
AND MANY HOUSES ARE DE-
STROYED BY AN EARTH IA
QUAKE.

London, Dec. pa dispatch from
New Marghelan, Russian Turkestan,
reports that the earthquake at Andi-
jan killed 1880 people, in and near
that city and destroyed 16, 900 houses.
The rumbliDgs continue. The author
titles so far have not been able to cope
with the destituticn Of the starving,
unsheltered people.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
This Is What an Indiana Congress
man Claims Now.
Says Six Feet of Water Is All Needed
in the Ohio
River.
DOES NOT FAVOR NINE FEET

The opposition to q nine foot stage
in the Ohio river seems to be growing,
and prospects ara just now not very
bright for any early action on the gi-
gantio project.
in a statement made yesterday Con-
gresham W. T. Zenor of Indiana said
he believed the Pennsylvania coal iu-
terests were behind the movement to
give the Ohio river q nine foot stage
of water the year around and declared
that 1t was step towards securing
monopoly Of the coal business, to
the disadvantage of Kentucky and
other states touching the river, says
yesterdays Courier Journael. Mr..
Zenor advocates six foot stage. His
position is unique and he is the first
congressman of Kentucky or Indiana
to take this stand.
Congressman Zenor was at Rulers
hotel yesterday. He says the action
of the Ohio Valley Improvement asso-
citation in asking for an appropriation
TO make the stage nine feet may en-
danger the chances Of securing an sp-
preparation for any improvement. He
says there is not boat ON the river
that draws over three and one-half or
four feet of water, and that a stage Of
six feet will be ample.
at looks like the coal men Of
Pennsylvania are behind the move.
ment advocated by the Ohio Valley
Improvement association" said Mr..
Zenor, For this reason several Of
the congressman from the Ohio valley
do not look with as much favor upon
the proposition as they otherwise
would. A water stage of nine feet
would almost give them a monopoly
in the coal business, and in my opin-
ion this is just what they are looking
for. They would have great coal
barges built that would draw seven or
eight feet of water and put thousands
of tons of coal upon them. Thus Ken
lucky and other coal states on the
river would be Disseminated against.
for the tributaries to the Ohio have
been improved only for stage of six
feet. The coal people in these states
would have to have much smaller
barges than those in Pennsylvania,
and consequently would have to ask a
higher price for their coal. Mr. Brom-
we'll of Cincinnati is one of those
who look with disfavor upon the
proposition.
1.-THE river has been improved to
Cincinnati, and has a depth of six
feet. Now. according to the present
proposition, the looks and dams al
ready made would have to be improv-
ed. There would be no end to the
cost, and it is doubtful IL congress
will agree 70 give the money. l
think il the people of the Ohio
valley are reasonable money will be
provided for improving the river. IL
will cost about $40. 900, 900 to provide
a stage of six feet from Pittsburg
to Cairo, and to provide . stage Of
nine feet would, of course, take a
great deal more. In fact, no estimate
has been made of the cost, and those
behind the movement want several
appropriations, making the improve
mant Qraduallvb
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
ON A.
BENCH WARRANT.

Otis Blick. white, was arrested this
morning by Officers Dugan and Rogers
on . bench warrant from Lyon county
charging breach Of the peace. The
marshal Of Lyon county had been af-
ter them for several days, and after
chasing him through Marshall county
lsnded him here and effected his ar
rest. He left at noon with his man for
Eddyville.
The aaugh, >of Mr.. Clarence Ham
ilton of 1880 s tn Seventh street is
i'll OF malaria.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
CHARGED WITH LARCENY.

A farmer was arrested this after
noon by Officers Evitts and johnson
for theft, and being drunk and disor-
derby. He was caught stealing. it is
alleged, in the Noah's Ark store on
broadway. He was too drunk TO give
his name, but . receipt was found
on him bearing the name Arthur
Storrie.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
PROMINENT MAN
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
Is DEAD.

London, Dec. 23- Most Rev. Fred
erick Temple, archbishop Of Canter-
bury and primste of all England. who
has been i'll for some time past, is
dead. Archbishop Of Canterbury
passed away quite peacefully at s:l6
O'Clock in the presence of his wife
and two sons.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
BODY ARRIVES FROM TEXAS.

The boty of Mrs. Joseph Kisser ar
rived at noon from Gutfey, Tex, and
will be buried this afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock from the residence of Mr..
Jake OehlSohlaeger at Tenth and Jack
son streets. Jnterment will be at
Oak Grove.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
KENTUCKY GOAL MINES.

Louisville, Dec. 23-Negotis
have practically been oonsum
whereby an Eastern syndics
whi,h J. Pierpont Morgan is a !,
tor, has obtained control of a.
coal mines and coal properties !,
Green river in Kentucky exec
owned by the st. Bernard -
pany. The considerr spr>r =
1000.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
BROKE AN ARM.

Efie Smith, aged 10 years, fell from
door at Fourth and Jefferson this
afternoon and broke both bones in her
right arm. DIR. Coyle attended her.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23

Mr.. Alex Patton. the tpst.ble, !,
bettef> ,oday. ~ ~
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-23
THE MARKETS.

FURNISHED BY ARKNz n GILBERT or rHE
PADucAH COMMISSION Co.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-22
SCIENCE SETTINGS.

The amount Of blood in the human
body is thirteenth of the body
weight.
Sound moves 1,142 feet per second
light $4,000 miles a second and cleo
tricity 2SS,00 miles second.
The rotation of a waterspout at the
surface of the sea has been estimateu
as 354 miles an hour, or nearly six
miles q minute.
The suns light is equal to 5,5G3 wax
candles at one foot from the eye. 1t
would take 100000 full moons to equal
cloudless sunshine.
1t is probable that the temperature
Of the moons surface at its midday is
$50 degrees F. The drop at night is
probably 1000 degrees, to $50 degrees
below.
Vesta is the only one of the smaller
planets which can be seen with the ma
ked eye. Its diameter Is only 300 miles
and it's whole surface but one-ninth
that Of Europe.
Crystallized nitrogen is one Of TIE
greatest chemical curiosities. By cool
Ing nitrogen gas down to 367 degrees
below the freezing point and then al
lowing it to expand solid, snowlike
crystals are formed.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-22
Brain-FOOd Nonsense,

Another ridiculous food fad has
been branded by the most compe-
tent authorities. They have dis
PEELED the silly notion that one
kind of food Is needed for brain,
another for muscles, and still an.
other for bones. A correct diet
will not only nourish a particular
part of the body, but 1t will sustain
every other part. Yet, however
good your food may be. Its nutri-
uent Is destroyed by indigestion or
dyspepsia. You must prepare for
their appearance or prevent their
coming by taking regular loses ;
Green's August Flower, the favor
lite medicine of the healthy millions.
A few doses aids digestion, stimu-
lates the liver to healthy action,
puri6es the blood an: max IS you
feel buoyant and vigorous You
can get DR.. Green's reliarl EN-
dies at D. A. Hendershot's.
Get Green's Special Almana>.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-22

Summer complaint Is unusually
prevalent among children this sea
son. A we'll developed case In the
writer's family was cured last week
by the timely use of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera ane Diarrhoea Rem
edy-one Of the best patent medi.
cines manufactured and which Is
always kept on hand at the home
of we scribe. This Is not intended
as free puff for the company, who
do not advertise with us, but to
benefit little sufferers who are not
within easy access of physician:
No family should be without a bot.
tie of this medicine In the house,
especially In summer time.-Lan-
sing, Iowa, Journal. For sale by
G. W. Grier.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-22
A Gigantic Goddess of War.

In the Japanese capital, there is gi-
gantic image Of a woman made of
wood, iron and plaster. The time of its
erection and the name Of its designer
are In dispute, but it Is known to have
been dedicated to Hachiman, the god
Of war. In height 1t measures fifty
four feet, the head alone. which is
reached by winding stairway In the
interior of the figure, being capable of
holding company of twenty persons.
The goddess holds sword in her right
hand and a huge painted wooden ball
in the left. Internally the statue Is the
finest anatomical model In existence,
every bone, joint and llgament being
represented on a gigantic scale In pro-
portion to the height and general size
Of the huge figure itself. The large
eyes are magnifying glasses, through
which q fine view Of the surrounding
country may be had.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-22
Snake Bite and whisky.

There is not on record an authenti-
Gated case of snake bite cured by
whisky. Plenty Of individuals bitten
while under the influence Of liquor
have died, and large amounts Of alco-
hol have failed to save life in many
cases. Only about one in six Of those
bitten by venomous snakes dies. The
remaining five are cured by anything
they happen to have taken. Stimua-
ton is excellent, but the giving OF
whisky to drunkenness by lowering the
resistive vitality has undoubtedly been
a causative factor in many deaths sup
poSedly from snake bite that would
otherwise not have occurred.-Ameri-
can Medicine.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-22
BIRTH OF AN ICEBERG.
The Dramatic Experience of Two
Antarctic Explorers.

The Dramatic Experience of Two
Antarctic Explorers.
Mr.. G.. L. Borchgrevink, commander
of the antarctic expedition of 1893,
nearly lost his life by an accident of j
nature so peculiar that it is probable
no other man could duplicate the eI-
perience. At the foot of Mount Terror
in February, 1900, he landed from his
ship with Captain Jensen and three
other men. Then, wishing to take q
picture of the shore, he sent his boat
rack to the vessel to get camera, and
he and Captain Jensen were left alone
on the rough beach. Before the boat
returned a strange and awful thing
happened. Mr.. Borchgrevink told the
story in the Outlook:
A roar and rush, with tremendous
explosions, shook the beach. The
thought came to us that the perpendic-
ular rocks above US were falling. Then
we realized what was taking place.
The mighty glacier Immediately to the
west of us was giving birth to an ice
berg.
Millions Of tons Of ice plunged into
the ocean. We could see nothing be-
yond an immense cloud of rolling
snow. The water rose from the plunge
Of this antarctic monarch. l sang out
to Jensen, "Now we shall have to face
the wave"
We rushed to the highest point of our
limited beach, four feet above the sea.
We saw advancing on us dark green
ridge with white crest. / called to
Jensen to struggle for dear life. We
clutched the uneven rocks, with our
backs toward the advancing water. Al
though it could not have taken more
than seven minutes the time seemed
long before the water closed over our
heads.
Floating upward, scrambling upon
the rocks, 1 tore the nails from my
flesh in my endeavor to keep from be-.
ing dragged out. After the second
wave we again felt the rocks under
our feet.
At the place where Jensen ana l nrst
stood the rock was wet twenty feet
above our heads. 1t was somewhat
lower when 1t struck us. Where the
wave had struck with full force the
face of the rock had been altered, and
rocks were still falling when the three
men in the boat found us, bleeding and
torn.
Two facts had saved us. To our right
9 small peninsula Of ice protruded
some five feet from the rock, and the
rock itself bent toward the west. From
the moment it struck the curve Of the
mountain rock to the west Of us the
wave took a course more easterly than
where Jensen and stood.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-22
At John KnOX's Grave.

The guidebooks unite in telling III
visitor in Edinburgh to see the graz
Of John Knox. 1t is situated in Parl;"
ment square and is marked by snIa:
rectangular slab Of stone su.h in l.
cobblestone paving Of the street. Wit
the chiseled inscription, u. X l"..;.
But It Is odds against even tie acut,
tourist that he finds the great REFORM '
at once, for only five feet away fco:..
the holy ground there Is a simila!
sunken slab. and many times a day
parties of tourists may be seen ap.
preaching on tiptoe the second stone
and bending over it with keen interes'
only to read, "Wilking Patent Hy
drant," and find themselves face to
face with the water supply system OF
a modern town instead Of the bones o.
the eminent clergyman
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-07-22
piles, letter, Eczema.

Boro Carbol Salve will cure blind,
bleeding or itching piles where all
other ointments have failed. 1t
absorbs the tumors, allays the Itch
Ing at once, acts like poultice
and gives instant relief. Boro Car
boil Salve Is prepared expressly for
piles, letter, eczema and all itching
skin diseases. Sold on a positive
guarantee-No cure, No pay, pric.
IS cents per box. For sale by D
A. Henderson,.