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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-10

way yesterday had an unique crutch
to use in supporting himself. Half of
these hobos use crutches because they
are too lazy to walk, not because they
are crippled, but this tramp seemed to
be bad off for one, as he was using
nothing but q common worn out broom
that looked as IL il had been discarded
by some housewife. He managed to
get along fairly we'll on it and the
nickles appeared to come in pretty fire.
quently becssue he looked SO poverty.
stricken. The quality Of his crutch
showed that he had keen perception,
and was only working the public.
A great many people doubtless
wonder what ever became Of Bill
Watkins, the editor Of the Psduoah
Moon. Nobody knew until few days
ago, when some Marshall county man
who had been travelling through An
derson county, Texas, wrote letter to
the Benton Tribune, saying that he
came across Bill down there, ana that
Bill has the usual number Of expe-
riences to tell. He is now planning
a trip to South America, having de-
veloped into veritable globe. trotter.
II Is somewhat interesting to re-
call the fact that Psducah, since be-
coming an incorporated city, has had
but eight mayors, Messrs. John G.
Fisher, Meyer We'll, Jesse II. Gard.
ner. John Sauner, Joseph II. John
son, Charles Reed, ID. A. Yeiser and
James Lang All of the above are
now dead except Messrs. Reed. Lang
and Yeiser, who are the living ex-
mayors. All Paduoah mayors have en-
joyed good health and long lives.
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BOY PAINFULLY HURT.

Whit, the IA year old son Of Mr..
W. A. wickliffe, was painfully in.
jured yesterday afternoon at Eighth
and Harrison streets while scuffline
with some of his playmates during
recess at school. His right leg was
found to be sprained and bruised.
and he was placed astride his bicycle
and carried home. Fortunately no
bones we've broken and he will be
out in few days.
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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RATES
OVER THE n, O. AND. ST.L. R'Y.


On December 90, "a, 20, 80, 81, 1909
and January /, 1908 the N. @. and st.
L. will sell holiday tickets to all
points east of the Mississippi and
south of the Ohio and Potomsc rivers
at one and one third fare for the round
trip. Tickets limited to January 8,
1908.
From December 16 to 90 inclusive,
tickets will be sold at same rate to
teachers and students of schools and
colleges, upon presentation and surren-
der of certificate signed by Superin-
tendent, Principal or President of the
institution. These tickets limited to
January 8. 1908. Take advantage of
these low rates and spend Christmas
at home or with your friends.
E.S.BURNHAM, Ticket agent.
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TO TOAST JUDGE MUM.

The frlen DIS and officials at Smith
land, KY, where Judge Num- is now
holding his last term of circuit court
before going to Frankfort to assume
his new position on the court of APP
peals bench, are preparing to give him
farewell banquet one night this
week. A pleasant occasion is antici-
pated.
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Important to
teachers,

We must respectfully ask the tesch-
ers Of Kentucky to take under consid-
GRAFTON the educational work that is
being done by the Southern Normal
School and Bowling Green Business
College. We shall have pleasure in
submitting for examination the class
recitations, the thoroughness of the
course of study, the able and literally
educated faculty, the policy of the IN
stitutions, the new buildings and mag.
nificent equipments,as well as our spe-
cial departments of Pedagogy and Lit
erature. We ask and appreciate pat
ronage to the extent we merit it. We
shall have pleasure in mailing you a
catalogue and Journal. Mention course
of study wanted. Address,
H.H. CHERRY,
Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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DOES NOT KNOW.
COMMISSIONER YERKES NOT
READY TO MAKE A
STATEMENT.

A Washington dispatch s.
Commissioner Yerkes is not yet l.eAtiy
TO announce whether or not he will be
a candidate. for governor Of Kentucky.
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Two Great Schools.

The Southern Normal School and
Bowling Green Business College are
two of the greatest schools Of their
kind in tine south. During the year
just closed more than 1, 900 boarding
students matriculated and the general
manager of the institution is now GER
tain th't the daily enrolment next
year will reach twelve hundred stu
dents. The institutions are magnifi-
Gently equipped and the work is thor
oughly organized. Specialists are in
charge of the various departments and
the institution is high-class and thor
ough. The Normal School operates
the schools Of Law, Music, Elocution
and Oratory, Pedagogy, Preparatory,
Scientific, Scientific and Classic
courses. The expenses for attending
the schools are very low. The Bust
ness College does the finest work of
any in the south in securing lucrative
positions for its worthy graduates.
Twenty Of these graduates have been
placed with enc firm in MIssissipI.
Catalogue ami journal free. Address,
CHERRY,
Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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Sleeping
Volcanoes

A thin, vapory smoke, lazily ascending
from Its crater may be the only visible sign
Of life in the sleeping volcano, but within
70 raging sea Of fire, molten rock and sui
phurous gases. Those who make their
homes in the peaceful valleys below know
the danger and, though frequently warned
signs Of impending eruption 20 UNDECIDED.
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ment the external symptoms oil the
disease disappear. and the deluded
victim is happy In the belief OF a
complete cure, but the fires Of conta-
gion have only been smothered in the
system, and as soon as these min
erals are left of will blaze up again.
Occasional sores break out in the
mouth, a red rash appears on the body,
and these warning symptoms, IL not
needed. are soon followed by fearful
eruptions. sores, copper colored
splotches, swollen glands, loss OF hair
and other siekening symptoms.
Mercury and Potash not only fail
to cure blood poison, but cause Mer-
curial Rheumatism, necrosis OF the
bones, offensive ulcers and inflamma-
ton Of the Stomach and Bowels.
The use of S. S. S. Is never 70
.f..Is..A -. g.. NIa 1
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Mr.and Mrs. Harry Pixler of South
Eleventh, are parents Of fine girl
BABY born last night.
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Graduates Secure
Positions.

The graduates CT the Bow ling Green
Business College universally secure
positions.
writo or information.
Menti 4 course wanted.
Address,
R.H. CHERRY,
Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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Bowling Green, Ky,
Maroh "a. 1000


March 81, 1909.
oentiemsni For over four years
suffered greatly from . severe case
OF contagious blood poison. went
to Hot Springs, staying thors four
months at O big expense. I then con-
suited physicians, who prescribed
Mercury. Nothing did me any good,
in fact, the treatment proved more
harmful than beneficial. I mentioned
my case to q friend, who told me that
s. 3. s. had certainly cured him. I at
once commenced its use, and in six
months could ind no trace OF the dis
ease whatever. This was about two
years ago. I continued 8. 8. q. for
some time to make sure OF q perma-
nent cure, and I can truthfully say
ID. M. SANDERS.
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ncd security when the with denng
beneath dwnpou rock and scadng ashes
blood poison sufferers living
taking chances for under the Mercury Potash
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19
HN6RY CITIZENS
AGAIN USE TAR
Pe0DIe Cf an Illinois Town Fail to
Welcome Returning Woman
Put Out of Town Hgain.

ROCK FALLS, H.. Aug. 19.--Mrs.
Florence Wolfe of Mount Morris. who
was tarred and feathered a few months
ago, received a >similar treatment last
evening.
Mrs. Wolfe hurriedly left the little
city when she received the first coat
but returned. Her appearance <en-
RACED the citizens of the town, and
boys and girls said ugly and unpleas-
ant things in her presence about her
She appeared before a justice of the
peace to swear out warrants for the
arrest of her tormentors. This en-
RACED her enemies still more.
Last evening they surrounded her
house and bombarded it with rocks
and stones, and several shots were
fired. Every window was broken,
and she was finally driven from the
house. She was captured and taken
to the edge of the city and there tar
and feathers were placed on her.
With the taunts and jeers of the popu-
lation she was driven from the city
The cause of all her troubles arose
from an alleged report that she made
love to the husband of her dead sis
ter while the body lay in another
room.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19
SAVED f PIGS LIFE
KENTUGKIHN'S PLUG
The Shodt Fell Into a Cist6rn and
the Man Followed it at Risk of
Life.

PETERSBURG. Ky, Aug. 19.-
George Hitchfeld, formerly a hotel
man at Lawrenceburg. now farming
at Garrison Heights, had a narrow
escape from death today caused by his
humane efforts to save drowning pig,
and the long hours he remained in the
water unable to help himself, will
deter him from any strenuous action
on behalf of porcine property again
Early this morning one of Hitch
fields pigs fell into the cistern, in
five and half feet of water. The
farmer saw its plunge and leaned far
over to lasso the squealing shoat.
The cistern caved in, taking Hitchfeld
along, and it was here that his man
hood asserted itself He Strengthened
out his six feet of body and rose above
the water. Then he grasped that pig,
held it high and free from dampness
and begged for help. No one heard
him. In a voice that could be heard
far beyond the hilltops he kept yell
ling and five hours afterward, when
Mrs. Hitchfeld was returning from
neighbor's She heard the plaintive
voice of her husband and hurried 10
his relief She threw a board across
the chasm and in few more minutes
man and hog We're on dry land.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19

nor in the scheme of the universe
individuals who do not form legal
ties with the opposite sex will form
illegal ones. The world does not
want that kind of ties Marriage is
a good thing. The great men and
women of the world-the ones whose
lives were symmetrical and whose
works were best for posterity-have
been married.
DR.. Andrews found fault with the
tendency of the age-the tendency of
the bachelor man to use his worldly
gain for his own selfish enjoyment and
the tendency of the bachelor maid to
leave the family penates and go and
hustle for herself. He advocated
getting back to the good, old fashioned
ways of the pioneers, when men
shaped their lives and their affairs
primarily for the marriage state and
the girls demure and hopeful waited
for them to come along to their fa-
theirs house and propose A return
to that idyllic method he thought
would give the individual the nice
mental and physical balance the ere
ator intended he should have.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19
4 HOT SHOT FOR BACHELORS
GOII6O6 President hndr6WS Does SOme Plain
TALKING to MlX6d Hudl6nC6

CHICAGO, H., Aug. Bachelors
are moral degenerates From them
emanate most of the sin and shame of
the world. They are lacking in mental
and physical poise The life of no
individual is complete unless he or
she have life companion of the op-
posite> sex"
Here in nutshell is the condemna-
ton pronounced upon the unmarried
individual by DR.. E. Benjamip An
drrews,, Chancellor of the University
of Nebraska, in a lecture before the
students and friends of the University
of Chicago. Bachelor men in the
audience listened and looked foolish.
Bachelor girls gasped in embarrass-
ment The married folk present
smiled approval, while the brand of
the erudite doctor was being applied.
providence intended that men and
women should marry" continued the
speaker. ''The world was made for
the family and not for the Individual
The unmarried individual of mar
riageable age has no place in society
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19
JUDGE HOLMES LIKELY
TO BE WITH THE PEOPLE
Anti -ImD6riaIists Do Not Know,
However, What Are His Views
on Colonial Extension.

BOSTON, Mass, Aug 1870 far as
is known by the anti-imperialists of
Boston, Oliver Wendell Holmes, the
new justice of the United States Su-
preme Court, has not placed himself
on record either in writing or speech
as having an opinion in the matter Of
colonial extension and imperialism"
They have looked through his works
only casually, but have run across no
reference to the question of colonies or
dependencies.
Secretary Erying Winslow, of the
New England Anti-Imperialist League
when interviewed on the matter, said
that he could not tell anything about
Judge Holmes position recording i'm
perialism. He said:
His radical position on Industrial
questions, in which he always takes
the side of the laborer anG the people
at large, leads us to believe that on
the question of imperialism he would
be more likely to be with the people
than with the administration"
On the question of labor combina-
tions, Judge Holmes has declared that
IF workingmen may combine for get
ting the most they can for their labor,
just as capital may combine with a
view of getting the greatest possible
return, it must be true that when COM
bined they have the same liberty that
combined capital has to support their
interests by arguments, persuasion and
the bestowal or refusal of those advan-
tages which they otherwise lawfully
control, so long as they do no vio-
lence"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19
THE new CANnL COMMISSION
Jones Of arkansas, 1t Is Said, VIII Be d M6nl'
b6r OF the Board

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug, 19.-Ac-
cording to reliable information from
Oyster Bay, the President has decided
on the personnel of the commission
which will have immediate charge of
the construction of the isthmian canal.
The only new member who will be
appointed is Senator Jones of Arkan-
sas who, it will be recalled, threw his
vote and influence for the Spooner
Panama bill and thereby assured the
passage of that measure. Three
members of the present commission
will not be reappointed. They are
Professor Emery Johnson, Louis M.
Haupt and former Senator Samuel
Pasco of Florida. All of their col
leagues the President has decided to
re-appoint, after the fullest possible
consultation with political friends and
advisers
Rear-Admira1 John G.. Walker,
chairman of the present commission
who is nephew of Senator Allison,
will be retained as chairman of the
new commission. The President was
| inclined at first to drop Walker, but
acting on representations by Senators
Hanna and Spooner he changed his
mind. They said Walker had done
more for the isthmian canal project
than any other man in public Office.
and to deprive the commission of his
services at the inception of the actual
construction. Operations would be
serious blunder The President was
persuaded to take this view of the
matter, and Walkers retention is now
settled fact
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19
WOMAN PhLLBEHRERS
WERE BHDLY SCHRED
Hodrs6 Drivers We're Drunk and
DIsorderIy and the Horses
Ran AWau.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 19.-Six
women pallbearers had been selected
to escort the body of Mrs. John Luth,
whose husband is agent for transfer
company, to the burial grounds this
forenoon. The driver of the pail
bearers carriage was found to be in
toxicated, and a telephone message
was instrumental in securing another
driver. who also. as alleged, had been
drinking too freely.
When he reported the other driver
refused to surrender the lines, and
there was fight, during which the
team attached to the carriage started
to run away, and crossed the street
before, they could be controlled, while
the women pallbearers rent the air
with their screams.
Both drivers, registering as Charles
Wilson and Harley Ryan, were arrest
ed and another was substituted to
handle the reins.
After the burial. and the first thing
upon returning home, the husband
seized an ak and destroyed the sign
which portrayed him as an agent for
the transfer company involved.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19

The other members of the commits
sion who are to be retained are George
S. Morrison, the famous engineer;
Lieutenant Colonel Oswald H. Ernat
of the Corps of Engineers, United
States army; Alfred Noble, Colonel
Peter c. Haines, also an army engin-
eer, and W. H. Burr With the drop
ping of Pasco, Haupt and Johnson
one vacancy was left in the new COM
nilsson. and tbs will be filled by Sen
ator Jones. Curiously, the influence
behind his selection came from the
Republican leaders of the Senate in
Guiding Senator Hanna, chairman of
the Republican National Committee.
Jones is chairman of the Democratic
National Committee.
The position Of secretary with the
present commission is filled by Lieu
tenant Sidney A. Staunton, who first
became known to fame as the author
of SIMPSONS celebrated dispatch MAX
ing the Fourth of July present to the
nation of the Spanish fleet destroyed
at Santiago. Staunton was Simpsons s
flag lieutenant.
Whether the Office of secretary will
continue to be filled by naval officer
will depend on circumstances. The
chances are. however, that inasmuch
as the commission is to be a perma-
nent body a civilian will be selected
for the place. No candidates have
yet appeared, but the President Is
said to favor the appointment of a
we'll known Washington correspond
ent. who was identified intimately
with the campaign for the selection of
the Panama route.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19
MRNy FEET LONG.
Has a Head as BIG as a HdIf BusheI
Basket and Can Show Its
Teeth in a Strenuous Way
When approached

SOUTH BND, Ind, Aug 19-Great
excitement exists at koontz's Lake,
south of this city, over the appearance
of mysterious looking animal. No
one has so far got close enough to
give an accurate description of the
monster, but, whatever it may be, it
is of immense size. One man. whose
imagination possibly may have got a
little the better of him, says he saw
the monster the other day, and it was
70 feet long. had a face something
like that of human being and wore
a mustache and whiskers. This NAV
be slight exaggeration, but that
there is a strange monster in Koontz's
Lake there is no longer any doubt,
and already crowds are focking there
to get a glimpse if possible of the
waters strange inhabitant.
1T has been seen few times in pre-
ylous years but people have general
Iy seemed inclined to regard the sto-
RES about it as being of the
sea serpent variety. People who
would not misrepresent or stretch the
truth, have seen the animal during the
past few days, and credence is now
given to these reports.
On Sunday Samuel Koontz and 9TH
ers, pursued the animal in boats. but
1t proved swift swimmer, and could
dive out Of sight before the party
could get a good square view of it.
but they saw enough to know that It
was OF moastrous size. A portion of
ITS body was exposed, and what they
saw was at least IL feet long. They
could not see the head The anima,
was seen in the small lake near the
mill race. but it evidently keeps in
oeep water most of the time. and for
that reason rarely makes itself Wis
1ble. The lake in parts is very deep.
IN some places so deep that the bottom
has never been sounded, and there
doubtless is where the animal makes
its home
Mr.. Koontz got his first good look
at the animal four years ago while he
was rowing boat on the lake. He
at that time got a fairly good view
of its head. which was nearly as large
as half-bushel measure and some
what resembled a bulldogs head. At
sight of Mr.. Koontz the animal fero-
ciously displayed it's teeth. but with a
quick dive disappeared under the wa
ter and made it's escape, although Mr..
Koontz felt in no humor or condition
to give it battle Mr.. Koontz did not
come across it again until the other
day. The animal seems to have a
penchant for giving regular exhibi-
tions, and fills an engagement about
once in every three or four years. it
never having been seen oftener than
that.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19
WESTERN CONGRESS
CONVEN6S HT ST. Paul
Representatives OF the Trans
Mississippi Country Meet for
Conference

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug, 19.-The
Trans Mississippi commercial congress
was called to order here this morning
by President John Henry Smith of
Salt Lake, with representatives of the
entire west present.
In outlining the work of the congress
for the present session Mr.. Smith said:
The object of the Trans-Mississippi
congress is to crystalize the opinions of
the western country in regard to mat
ters of national legislation, and bring
them before Congress In such a man
uer as to effect the greatest good"
The congress was opened by an in
vocation by Archbishop Ireland.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19
SHAW HT OLD HOME
HTTRR6TS ATTENTION
The Secretary of the Treasury Re"
turns to Vermont to Surprise
thS Natives.

MORRLSvILLE, VT, Aug. 19.-F'ive
thousand persons listened to Secretary
of the Treasury Leslie NJ Shaw, who
was the principal speaker at a Repuo-
lican rally here today.
Secretary Shaw lived here when
boy, and went to school here, and the
residents of all the sections round
about came to hear him.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19
I'm HRMy OFFICER
THROWN FROM HORSE
Accident TO a CdV0Irumdn in Wvo-
ming that Game Near Costing
His Life.

LARAMIE, WYO., Aug 19.-Captain
Foster, Thirteenth cavalry, United
States army. was last evening thrown
from his horse while out with a de-
tail Of men near Hermosa on the line
OF the Union Pacific, sustaining very
serious injuries. His leg and should
er blade were broken and he was al
SO hurt internally
The officer was found by a section
hand whose attention he managed 70
attract He had been lying on the
ground for several hours and suffered
untold agony He was so helpless
that he could not even reach his can
teen for a drink of water.
The railroad men conveyed him to
their handcar and then pumped up
Sherman hill with all haste possible
to Hermosa, a distance of eight miles.
Here freight was tagged and the in
juretd man taken to Cheyenne. When
the horse threw him the captains foot
caught in the stirrup and he was
dragged considerable distance.
Sergeant Ihmsen, who was with him,
managed to catch the frightened
horse and at once rode to the nearest
ranch for assistance, In the meantime
the section man luckily came to
Captain Fosters assistance.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19
The KILLING OF Il STRIKER BY ONE
OF THE COAL DEPUTIES L,HST NIGHT
ENDANGERED PBHGE OF THE TOWN
State Troops Arrived at t'th6 SC6n0 TOd0U and
There Has Been No HCt Of VIOI6DC6

LANSFORD, Pa. Aug. 19.-The
killing of Patrick Sharp, a striking
miner, by a deputy sheriff last night,
created immense excitement here, and
the people remained awake all night
in expectation Of general riot.
The strikers insist that the killing
of Sharp was willful murder, while the
deputy sheriff and his associates assert
that the killing was justiiable.
Five deputies were on their way to
shat No. l of the Lehigh Coal COM
pany when they were met by num-
ber Of strikers. There are conflicting
stories as to what brought on the
clash, but just before the deputies en-
tered the place a shot was heard and
Sharp fell, shot through the heart.
The strike leaders spent the night
among the strikers, trying to keep
them in peace, and they so far succeed
ed that the night was passed without
the commission of any overt act of
violence.
LANSFROD, Pa. ug. 19-With all
lights out, a train bearing General Co
bin and staff and the first battalion Of
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19
THE YELLOW FLHG
IN CHICAGO HHRBOR
Smallpox on Board a Lumber Boat
Will Result in Burning OF Her
CARGO

CHICAGO, H., Aug. 19.-F'or the
first time in many years the yellow
flag of smallpox quarantine is flying
from ship in Chicago harbor.
Early today the Huron City, big
lumber freighter, arrived in port from
northern Michigan, and the officers
notified the authorities that smallpox
had broken out on board
The boat will be held one week, and
cargo will probably be burned.