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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-09-23
GOOD MAN GONE.
Hon. VIM. Wharton Passes Away
at His Home Near Cadiz.

Hon. VIM. Wharton, one of Trigg
county's most highly esteemed cit
liens, died Sunday night at his
home near Cadiz, after an illness of
several months.
Mr.. Wharton was 81 years old
and had been actively engaged
in farming until few months age.
He was a leading Democrat and
represented his county in the Leg
islature two terms.
He had been a member of Rocky
Ridge Baptist church for many
years and it can be said of him
that ga good man has gone to his
reward"
Deceased is survived by five
children. They are George T.
Wharton, Of Daysville; Mrs. Ike
Sallee, of Caledonia; Mrs. Charles
Jackson, of Fredonia; Mrs. Alex
Grace and Miss Mildred Wharton,
of Cadiz.
Services were held at his late
residence yesterday by Rev. l. N.
IStrother and the interment took
place in the family burying ground.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-09-23
CAMPAIGN OPENS,
Hon. A. o. Stanley Addresses
Large Audience Here.

Hon. A. o. Stanley, Democratic
nominee for Congress in this, the
Second district, arrived in the city
yesterday morning and formally
opened his campaign here in the
afternoon, addressing a large and
enthusiastic audience at the Court
House.
He introduced and in an able
manner handled the leading issues
of the coming campaign.
His forcible and logical manner
of argument made fine impression
on his audience.
Mr.. Stanley is an orator OF abil-
ity and the campaign, as conducted
by him, promises to be one Of un-
usual brillia- &c and effectiveness.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-09-23
PANIC STRICKEN
Negroes Crush aud TrampIe
Each Other to Death.
Dead Number ITO and as riany
More Are Injured, Some
Fatally.

Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 20.-In
an awful crush Of humanity caused
by stampede in the Shiloh negro
Baptist church, last night, ITO per-
sons were killed and as many more
were seriously injured.
The calamity occurred at 9
o'clock, just as Booker T. Wash
ington had concluded his address
to the national convention of Bap
lists, and for three hours the scenes
around the church were indescriba-
BILE. Ore negro stepped on anoth-
er's foot and a quarrel ensued. The
words ''be quiet" and Eight" were
mistaken for "fire" and caused the
stampede to get out of the church,
which was on an upper floor and
about 1000 people packed in it.
DEAD BODIES sTREwN AROUND.
Dead bodies were strewnin every
direction, and the ambulance SER
vice of the city was utterly made
quate to move them until after l
o'clock a. m. The injured we're
first looked after, and dozens of
dead bodies were arranged in rows
on the ground outside the house OF
worship awaiting removal to the
various undertaking establish.
ments, while more than a score
were laid on the benches inside.
NO WHITES KILLED.
Investigation this morning shows
that no white people were killed il
the panic. A number of white Wis
itors were in the church at the tim,
and several of them were hurt in
the wild scramble. but none will
die. Policeman Elledge, who was
standing at the exit endeavoring tc
quiet the mad throng, was caught
between the moving multitude and
the wall in the narrow passage way
leading down to the stairs, and
nearly all his clothing was torn
from his body. His legs were also
mashed, but he will recover.
LIKE WILD CATTLE.
Efforts to quiet the crowd were
utterly futile and not until the fire
department and a large number Of
officers arrived on the scene was
anything like order restored. Then
! it was found that practically every.
body had gotten out of the building,
Those nearest the speaker S
stand seemed to quickly realize that
there was no fire and no occasion
for d panic, and the speakers anc
! leaders passed out a side door t
the rear of the pulpit, wnere they
addressed the wild mass of strug
Cling humanity in an earnest efor
to restore order,
CRUSHED AND SUFFoCATED.
An examination Of the bodies o
victims shows that many Of then
died of suffocation, the congestion
of humanity in the. yestibule anc
passage way, where the crush oc
Cured, being sogreat. Those who
received bodily injuries were the
ones who were crushed and tram
pied under foot. Many had broker
limbs, and one negro threw himsel
over the heads of the crowd and his
brains were dashed out against the
wall.
Ninety-three bodies Of the dead
negroes have been identified. The
total death list now stands at ITO
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-09-23
HANGED HIMSELF.
Little Boys Narrow Escape From
Death By Accident.

Ralph, the 6-year-Old son of Mr..
William S. Henderson, of Sinking
Fork, while playing with a swing
Sunday, got the rope entwined
about his neck in such a manner as
to hang himself When found he
was unconscious, but he was cut
down in time to save his life,
The little fellow was unable to
speak for hours and it was at first
thought that he would not recover,
but yesterday he was reported bet
ter.
Mrs. e. p. Russell is visiting in
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-09-23
GOES TO FAIRVIEW.
Rev. Vaughn has Accepted Charge
of New Church.

Rev w A. Vaughn has resigned
the passionate of Oliyet church, near
Howell and Will shortly move to
Fairyiew, where he will take
charge of the Baptist church at
that place. He will fill two more
regular appointments at Olivet be-
fore leaving for Fairview.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-09-23

Mr.. L. Aubrey Tuggle has re-
signed his position with J. F. Dix
on at Howell and is now with T. M.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-09-23
HELD TO ANSWER.
Charge of Housebreaking Regis
tered Against Two Negroes.

Stone Gray and George Taylor,
both colored, were held over by the
court at their examining trial be-
fore Judge Fowler Saturday.
They are charged with breaking
open the dwelling house of Mrs. h.
B. Wells, near Casky, and taking
therefrom jewelry and other arti-
cles of value. The crime was COM
mitted on the night of July 80 last.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-09-23

Messrs. NJ. L. Elb and w. l..
Bamberger are back from the East
with more new goods for the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-09-23

MIR. Harry G. Tandy, candidate
for Secretary Of State, is here with
his family on a visit to his pa
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-09-23

Mrs. e, P, Russell is visiting in
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
Panama Canal for Sale.

Paris, March 1.-The oficials OF the
Panama Canal company are still without
an explanation of the dispatch from Co
lon, Colombia, announcing that the com
pany would not be allowed to transfer
its concession to another nation without
the assent of Colombia to a modification
of the stipulation of articles 2l and p OF
the company's agreement with Colombia,
and a cable message will be sent to 90
lombia today asking for an calculation OF
the matter. A hope is expressed that the
difficulty will be arranged, and in the
meanwhile the company will maintain its
ctler to sell its property to the United
States and will continue the negotiations
on the subject.
1t is not considered probable here that
Colombia will oppose the sale of the canal
property to the United States after CIV
ing its assent at the opening of the nego-
tiations and confirmation of its approval
of the negotiations has been received in a
letter from Senior Silva, the Colombian
minister at Washington, to Admiral Walk
or January IL. In view of this letter it is
considered that Colombia is offering an
afi'ront to the United States by now OPP
posing the transfer. The company's Off
Gals are annoyed at the anti-American
nonsense expressed at Saturdays meetings
OF the shareholders, and explain that the
speakers were noisy few who regularly
create trouble, but who only hold very
small number of shares.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
An Unfortunate I1.amnle

The present King of Italy has a sharp
tongue, which he is not slow to use If
he thinks the occasion demands il. Not
long ago he was bewaillng the fact that
1t was almost impossible for him to
know the real sentiments of his peo-
pie toward him.
That said one of the courtiers. OBJ
sequiously, would be easy If your ma
Jesty would disguise himself as a stu
dent and visit the cafes and gathering
places of the populace. That Is what
Peter the Great did"
Il know" replied the king, "but APP
parently you forget that Peter the
Great used to hang all those whom he
overheard speaking i'll of him. Don t
you think you'd better choose another
eXampleY"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08

but those Of Indian blood are allowed
to contribute to its pages. There Is
much literary excellence In the publica.
ton.
Miss Eddleman is "a sixteenth part
Cherokee Indian" fair and beautiful.
She is, like most OF her sisters, a bru.
nette of striking type.
Only 20 years Of age, her success as
writer has been remarkable. Under
the pen name of "Mignat Shrleber" she
Is known to many Of the leading mage
zine editors as the author Of "Ifzouk,
the Creek Girl" only all Indian GirV'
and "A Pair of Moccasins." These
stories contain remarkably accurate
descriptions Of civilized Indian life
which is little known in the outside
world.
The Twin Territories is a thirty-two
page magazine. illustrated by Indian
artists and scenes from Indian and
Oklahoma Territories Miss Eddie.
man goes among the Indians and en-
cages the cultured to write for her
columns.
She has on her staff all the various
chieftains, says the New York Times.
and they contribute with a thorough
knowledge Of the people. To the
stranger it Is more difficult TO secure
/ an audience with an Indian chief than
with the President of the United
States. They are wary of the white
man.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
An Oriental Wit.

The Amer of Afghanistan, of whom
they are still telling anecdotes, was a
man Of great shreWdness and strength
of character. And he was not without
a dash of humor, which found its ven'
IN illustrating stories, which he relat'
ed as opportunity presented.
When the amount of the British sub
sidy came up for discussion. and the
ENJOYS insisted that he must live VI
TO great number of requirements,
answered.:
This reminds me of an old Pers
story. A man took a piece of cloth III
a tailor saying, Make me a morniHE
dress out of this, and an evening dres
and while | think of it. a works. I
coat as WE'LL The tailor discharged
MS obligation as successfully as pos
slble' but when he took the clothes to
the man-behold, they were of dolls
SIZE! What more could he do with the
insufficient cloth?"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08

gambling building. is the most Deauti,
ful spot I'm Monte Carlo. Constructed
Of white marble. the Casino is en-
bedded in grounds filed with palms
rubber trees great as oaks, flowers'
parti-colored In all the splendor or Sc
lected nature, artificial lakes and
fountains in which the lights OF COLO
and silver fish flash; Grecian senior
cular benches. fashioned after shells
and of charming grace; lawns Of deep
est greens, thick as moss as soft as the
check of a child. All this beauty rests
upon terrace which falls sheer to and
raises itself above the sea. The top OF
the terrace is edged with dainty open
wall. a succession symmetrical and
graceful, of dainty pillars, "stone lace
work" 1t has been called.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
Prince Mt Chicago.

Chicago, March 3.-The run of
Prince Henry's train from st. Louis to
Chicago was without incident and the
train arrived at the Chicago & Alton
station on time. From the station at
Chicago, after Prince Henry had been
formally welcomed by Mayor Harrison
and the members of the general recep.
ton committee, the prince rode to the
Auditorium hotel, through streets
packed with dense multitude, whose
cheers compelled the distinguished Wis
itor to bow continually to right and
left. Every building along the line of
route was gaily decked with bunting,
the prevailing scheme being the Ameri-
can and German flags intertwined.
with the black eagle of Prussia over
ALL
No hint of the decorations in cleo
trio light Examinations was given to
the prince until after his carriage had
rolled over Jackson boulevard bridge
and was descending the gentle slope
that leads toward Michigan avenue.
Then, almost in the same second, the
lights were turned on, and what had
been but one second before a lane be-
tween dark and towering buildings.
was an avenue of dazzling light. The
torch bearers, who were German SOL
diers, lit the torches at almost the
same instant and came to the end of
the boulevard, between the bridge and
Michigan avenue two thirds of n milo
away, when there was an instantan-
eous blaze of fire from both sides of
the street
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
Killed in SnoVySIides.

Sale Lake City, Utah, March Ga
special to the Herald from Boise, Idaho,
says:
\ party of prospectors has reached here
after terrible IA days journey through
the SHOWS from Thunder Mountain dis
trict, bearing with them the bodies of
Bert Tullis, formerly resident of Tel
luride, Col, who was killed in a snow
slide at Thunder mountain about month
ago, and men named Campbell and Sykes,
who were also victims of snowslide. The
bodies, hozen and wrapped in hides, were
drawn over the snow of the noun ain
passes, the prospectors undergoing al
most incredible hardships to bring out ii e
bodies of their friends.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
Microbes on Playing Cards.

A distinguished specialist of Nantes,
DR.. Rappin, has been investigating the
haunts Of the members OF the germ
tribe. He states that microbes are
very fond of playing cards, and that
any card which has been played with
reasonably often viii be found to be
pretty well impregnated. Working on
cards played by patients (consumptives
and others) at the hospital at Nantes.
he found no fewer than 6.160 bacteria
ON a square cendmeter of the card.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
The Danish West Indies.

These islands are small in territor-
ial extent, in population, and in re-
sources; but they have strategic value
and our government has preferred that
they should not pass from the control
OF Denmark to that of an ambitious
European naval power. The harbor
of Charlotte Amalie is probably the
most frequented port in the West In
dies, many vessels of various nationali-
ties using it for coaling purposes. The
group consists of the three principal
islands of st. Thomas, st. John, and
Santa Cruz, with numerous smaller
islands and rocky points. The total
population of the group is said to be
about thirty-two thousand, of whom
perhaps only one-sixth are of pure
white blood. The negro population,
however, is said to be exceptionally
intelligent. The English language is
commonly spoken in the islands. and
general conditions are reputable and
orderly, the climate being healthy and
the productions those of the West In
dies in general. The island of St.
Thomas is important solely on account
of the great excellence of the harbor
of Charlotte Amalie The island of
Santa Cruz, however, has an agricul-
tural character, and at one time it's
sugar plantations were prosperous
From "The Progress of the World" in
the American Monthly Review of Re
views for March.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
MORE LINCOLN sroRlr.
he Always Had ar Aneo.,
trate HE n ose 70 lin

nau an Anecedote ~.
Monn - trate His Point. 70 illa.
Many of the anecdotes in .
P paun book about Abraham recently
nave to do with Mr. Lincoln'a LlncON
h ,,,"t.o FACULTY of telling a store .snaft-
auserate a point. At one time O. . :. 70 D.
complained to the Presidant trlend
certain Cabinet officer No. mat d
tering his office with upus~ ~ 'aOmlnh
wiz WIN the hope of securing the n,e energy
tial nomination. '-e prestdea
mat reminds me-" said Mr. ~,
.hat my brother and woa n'ucOn,
plo"lng field with law ho.s Oace
Out at times he rushed across tho out out
50 fast that l could hardly to e ueld
win him. AT last found an ano MP up
emily on him, and knoc,oa Az noOs
NOW am not going to make tbo4 OIL
take a second time. If tho soa. . nilS'
has a chin-hy on him am no et'e'ar'
TO KNOCK 1t off, if it will only no,us
his department go" make
men 1t was complained that IN :,
ing possession of Ship Island c. @A,
Fhelps had issued a bombastic nroa,a "
nation freeing the slaves Mr. Iinaa,'
said: -'iucOlA
l feel about that good doa, ., !.
man l once knew felt about his wiz"
lie was meek man, and had tho nas
eral reputation of being hennoopoa
one day, when his wife was switob,n@
MIN out of the house, a friend COM
to him and demonstrated with H..
concerning his lack of dignity ana
spirit. "HO
Now don't! said the man. IT dldr,
hurt me any, and you don't know who,
a power of good it did Sarah Ann"
What to do with jefferson Davis
should he be captured, was problem
that was puzzling the government In
speaking of it to General Grant ono
day, the President remarked:
There was once an freshman who
had signed the Father Mathew fem.
perance pledge. Going into saloon
to get o glass of lemonade to ouench
his thirst, he leaned over and wbis.
pered to the barkeeper:
And couldn't you put a little bran.
dy in it unbeknownst to meselfp
80" continued Mr.. Lincoln. ''let Da.
Wis escape all unbeknown to yourself
If you can"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08

ago he failed for $4,000.
Had he succeeded in breaking the
Monte Carlo bank he would be able to
set up again In a style BETTING an En-
glish noble The winnings of that bank
are enormous. In 1900 the gambling
profits totaled S4.9OO,0O0, which. with
the income from the hotel rentals, af-
forded gross income for the year S.
10000. OF course the expenses are
heavy. but after deducting the outlay
on this score for 1900 there remained
$3.3O0OO0 to be divided among the
stockholders of the concern.
Monte Carlo. the seat of the little
principality of Monaco, situated few
miles northeast OF Nice. is the most
beautiIuI spot on either the French or
Italian riviera. and the Casino. the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08

TEN, and when he had bankrupted
Monte Carlo he was to turn to the re-
sorts at Nice and Ostend, and do the
same for them. He failed, as others
had failed before him. And just as he
had lost his last penny another man
was playing the bank and winning.
This latter was Charles NJ. Schwab,
the president of the billion dollar steel
trust. He had gone to Monte Carlo for
recreation and had tried his luck in the
gambling room merely as a diversion.
While 1t might be too much to say that
he did not care whether he lost or won,
1t certainly Is true that he had no great
hopes Of winning, and yet he stood
$4,000 to the good on the same day
that the Earl of Rosslyn had lost his
last sou and had quilted Monaco in dis
gust.
The scheme of Lord Rosslyn was we'll
advertised He had. he claimed, learned
the secret of breaking the bank from
a man who had made life study of
trente-et-quarante the game to be
played. The reason the SCHEME was
not tried before was because no one
person could manage 1t and beside it
required Il good deal of capital. When
Lord Rosslyn acquired the secret he
formed a company and invited the pub
lie to buy shares. He then secured six
expert players who were initiated into
the secret under the eyes OF Lord Ross
Ign himself. Six players were selected
because of tie great strain entailed
owing to intricate mental calculations
and the plan of operation was that
when one player became exhausted an
other was to take his place. And yet,
the much-advertised scheme failed mis-
erably.
Lord Rosslyn has led a varied career.
He has been a rancher in Australia. a
sugar planter In the United States, a
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08

Cleveland, Ohio, March 3.-The fourth
floor of the Cleveland Baking company's
plant on Cenral avenue fell beneath the
weight of a large number of barrels of
four, crashing through the three under
floors into the basement. Five persons are
missing, four girls and a man. They are
buried beneath the mass of debris in the
basement and are undoubtedly dead
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
Grows Serious.

Norfolk, Va, March 6.-Street cars
guarded by troops are running at long in
tervals here today, but no passengers are
being carried All is quiet and Mayor
Beaman stated that there is no necessity
yet for declaring martial law.
-Four additional companies of the Seven
ty-first infantry have been ordered out and
this will place the entire command in the
field. The strikers were busy last night
barricading the tracks, but this morning
the distractions were removed by the
troops.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
Trains are Blocked.

YORK Pa, March G-The heaviest
snoWstorm of the season set in here and
the ground IS now covered to depth of
II inches. All trains on the Frederick di-
vision OF the Pennsylvania railroad have
been annuled. Between Hanover, Pa. and
Frederick, Md, the entire road is practi-
cally blockaded.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
Leader Was Killed

Belgrade, Seryia, March 6.-An extra.
ordinary attempt to start revolution
was made this morning at the frontier
town OF Shabab, under the leadership OF
Aia'antlcs, a relative of Prince Kara
georgelch, the pretender to the Servian
throne The only result was that Alavan-
neS was Killed and his adherents were ar
rested
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
Beers Were Driven OF.

London, March A dispatch from
Pretoria contains details of the disaster
to the escort of the convoy of empty
wagons at Vondonop, southwest of Klerks-
dorp, Iransvaal colony. The British
casualties in killed, wounded and men
made prisoners reach the total of 632. In
addition the Beers captured two guns.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08

European gambling
resort. when two
men, the very OPP
posite to each other
In almost every
quality, tried their
luck in wooing the
goddess of chance.
Lord Rosslyn, one
of the proud but
poor peers of En-
gland, had jour
TO Monte Car
In with tho an
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08

tea grow e r in
China, a soldier, a
war correspondent,
an editor, author
and actor. He was
Il [ one tim e
wealthy, but lost
his money on the
turf and In numer-
Gus other ventures.
and then he began
his checkered ca
reer. Five years
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
sympathetic Strike.

The electrical workers have gone out on
sympathetic strike. All other employees
OF the Norfolk railway and light com
panies. gas, electric light and other plants
have been ordered out by the Central La
Dor union and the city may be in dark
ness tonight.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
New Swimming Record.

Boston, March 5.-Harry Lemoyne, of
Brooklyn, made a new worlds swimming
record at Sportsmen's show by covering
the 60 yards in 35 1855 seconds. The
worlds record was So As seconds, and the
American record SO seconds.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-08
London Hospital Patients.

More than million people are treat
ed in the hospitals OF London each
year.