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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-15

gle tow boat---over forty boats. John
Pearce and Henry Nye are her pilots.
The Finley is the acknowledged king
of towboats.
Captain George W. Elder, one Of
the Oldest Ohio and Mississippi river
pilots, died at his home in Louisville,
at the age Of Sc. He came to Louis
willie when boy, and followed the
river for sixty-hve years. He leaves
several grandchildren, among them
George W. Owens, Mrs. S. b. Tinsley,
Miss JEANETTE Owens and Mrs. +. r..
pomeroy.
Captain Samuel Sylvis and Captain
John A. Wood, says the Courier-J Jour
nal, some years ago raised the steamer
John a. Wood, which rank in the
river at n point about ninety miles be-
low New Orleans. II was regarded ms
one Of the cleverest pieces of wrecking
ever accomplished. Captain Sylyis
and Captain Wood were great friends.
Captain Sylvis was moderately veal
thy, and did not need to work. He
enjoyed raising sunken craft, and
river men mourned his loss. Captain
Hays states that Captain Samuel Syl-
Wis, who lost his life. was walking
into the pilot house when the boat
turned turtle. Other members Of
the crew saw him. At the same time
Captain Hays was going through the
sash Of the pilot house. Captain sylvis'
body was caught in the wreckase.
THE funeral Of Captain Sylvis will
take plsce today. The coal combina.
ton sent an anchor Of flowers to deck
his CONN.
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rHE MopEaNIz Eul Mlxspo.
He Has Abandoned the Ultra Excia-
siveness Of His Ancestors.

he HAS Abandoned the Ultra Exciu-
sivcness Of His Ancestors
The Mikado is the first Japanese SOW
ereign to emerge from the dignified
retirement in which his predecessors
lived. This step has only increased
the passionate loyalty of his subjects
toward him. and people are already
comparing him with the kaiser as re-
CARDS the prominent public role he
seems disposed to play.
During the army maneuwers his
majesty, who followed events with the
greatest interest and enthusiasm, or
dered two privates to be brought be-
fore him, and questioned them through
the medium of his chief-aide-de-eamp,
His questions were Of the parental
kind, such as the following;
How did they get on with the hard
ships of barracks life? Did they long
TO go home whenever they thought Of
their nearest relatives? Did they not
think their lot a hard one each time
their thoughts wandered back to the
ease and joys Of their home? Were
they not feeling the effects Of their
daily exertions in the maneuvers? Did
not the exactions Of the military ser
vice some times make them cry in
secret?
The young soldiers answered that
they were quite happy in the army,
and that their only desire was to do
their duty toward their beloved sover-
eign.
A few days before the mikado. while
travelling by rail. was cheered by a
number of very old people at Shiraishi
station. He sent them all presents
through the local government. an act
of kindness which moved the old peo-
pie to tears OF gratitude.
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CITY ELECTION.
VOTERS OF METROPOLIS ARE
TODAY CASTING THEIR
BALLOTS.

Today the voters Of Metropolis,
ILL.,, are casting their ballots for city
officers, and there is quite a number
of candidates. The contest promises
to be quite lively and in some in.
stances close. There are only two
candidates for marshal, while the city
clerk race is filled with candidates.
Flanagan, the present acting mar
shall, and MIR. Pergands, are the can
didates between whom the marshal's
office will be settled and both are
working hard for victory.
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EOIey's Honey and Tar
for children, safe. sgre. No opiafes.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS

SSe~SS
OF MINNESOTA,
winona, MINI April 15-winons
has extended . warm hospitality ia
the SCORES Of visitors who are here TO,
the annual meeting Of the Minnesots
Sunday school association. In the
Central Methodist church the conyen.
ton will be formally opened this
evening with addresses Of greeting and
responses and an attractive musical
program. The reduced railroad rates
has resulted in an unusually large
attendance and from all indications
the convention will be the most sue
oessful Of its kind ever held in the
state. Some Of the prominent parti-
cipants are Marion Lawrence, general
secretary of the International associa.
ton, Mrs. 3. n. Lamoreaux of ILL.
nois ana Rev. George R. Merrill Of
Minneapolis.
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The British house Of commons 10 the
largest legislative body In the world.
having q membership Of $40. The
French chamber Of deputies has .
membership Of 5s4; the Italian parlia-
ment. sos; the Hungarian house Of
Representatives. 453; the Spanish cor
ties, 431; the Austrian reichsrath. ABS:
and the German reichstag. the smallest
Of the European parliaments, 1917. The
membership Of the United States house
Of representatives is 357. The next
house Of representatives will be made
up of 1856 members. a small increase
when compared with the growth OF
population and the requirements for
each state as fixed by the federal con-
stitution. Each Of the four territories
will also have a delegate, bringing up
the whole membership Of the fifty
eighth congress to 800. The Canadian
parliament, under the apportionment
of 1892, consists Of 213 members. The
boule of Greece consists Of POI mem
bers, and the chamber Of deputies OF
Brazil has 2l2 members.
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MEASURING TINE AIRS DUST.
Ingenious Apparatus Devised by Noted
German Scientist.

An ingenious apparatus for estimat-
ing the amount of dust in the air has
Just been devised by Karl Arens 1t
consists of a glass tube loosely packed
with cotton wool and connected with
an aspirating apparatus on the prin-
ciple of bellows, says an exchange
After the tube and the wool have
been perfectly dried they are weighed.
and then a given volume OF the air
to be tested is drawn through, carrying
with ii its quota of dust and moisture,
The tube is then allowed to stand
over strong sulphurlc acid for twenty
four hours, or until the moisture Is ar
ttacted from the wool The tube and
its contents are now weighed again,
and the increase in weight represents
the amount of dust in the given vol
ume of air.
A great many experiments have
been tried with the new instrument.
and among the results are the follow
ing, which show in milligrams the
amount of dust per cubic meter found
in the air in the places mentioned:
Laboratory, Ia; schoolroom, 10; horse
hair factory. II; sage factory, II and
Is; wooden factory (picking-room), Z;
wooden factory (cutting room. 20;
-four mill, % and IS; iron foundry.
fifteen to twenty workmen). 2s; iron
foundry mot previously used). LIS;
Iron foundry (fsw workmen). ~; iron
foundry during intervaD. g; stun
factory u; snuR factory (bsfore grind
ins), 10; cement works during work..
214; cement works lin an iutsrvaD,
is6. an
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NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING

OF CREDITORS
In the District Court of the United
States for the District Of Kentucky,
in bankruptcy.
In the matter Of Guy II. Christy,
bankrupt.
To the creditors of Guy II. Otristy
Of PAduoah, in the county of Nc.
Cracker, and district aforecaid, q
bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that ON the
l2th day of April, A. d. 1902, the
said Guy H. Christy was duly ad.
Indicated bankrupt, and that the first
meeting of his creditors will be held
at my office In Paducah, Nc Cracker
county, Kentucky, ON the 26th day Of
April, A d. 1909, at O'Clock in the
forenoon, at which time the said cred.
itors may attend, prove their claim,
appoint a trustee, examine the bank
rupt and transact such other business
as may come properly before said
meeting.
EMMETT W. BAGBY,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Paducah, KF., April IA, 1902.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-15

A mosquitoes delight in music seems
now to be clearly proved. DIR. Jolly, a
naval surgeon, who has been expert
menting at Madagascar. where these
troublesome insects swarm, and who
has written a description OF their hab-
Its and mode of life. says positively
that they are affected in a strange
manner whenever they hear musical
instrument, especially a stringed one.
"If one plays in a ROOM" he says.
call the mosquitoes that are hidden in
II will begin to dance, and II the win
dows are open many more will dart In
and join the sport. Moreover, a per-
son who plays in the open air is soon
surrounded by so many of these in
sects that 1t is impossible for him to
give proper attention to his instru-
ment.-Stray Stories.
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The st. Louis pilots have all gone
into the pilots combine.
The steamer Charleston will leave
this afternoon at 8 o'clock for Ten.
nessee river.
The John 8. Hopkins arrived from
Evansville this morning. and left
about noon ON her return trip.
The Jim T. Duty. Jr.. of the Aver
. and Lord neet will arrive tomorrow
from Cumberland river with tow Of
10000 ties.
CAPTAIN Ed J. Howard and his
sons, Clyde and James. have gone to
Mound City 70 look ct the Mound City
ways, which they recently bought.
The Clyde arrived this morning
from Tennessee river with good trip.
both passenger and freight. She will
leave on her return trip tomorrow a..
ternoon.
1t is estimated that 1000, 900
bushels Of coal have been sunk on the
Monongahela, Ohio and Mississippi
rivers since navigation was resumed
last Novemb Der.
Chas. Grosshart Of the city, an en-
ploye Of the towboat Lydia, was injur-
cd Saturday at Peters Landing by
sticking tie pick through foot. The
injury is not necessarily serious.
The towboat ]. NJ. Bowel arrived
last night with tow of $4,000 ties,
and left today for Mound City to I'M
load the tow. She is working for the
Gray Tie and Lumber company of
Evansville.
The City of Memphis will leave St.
Louis for Tennessee river tomorrow,
and Will pass Paducsh Friday. The
Clifton will come out of Tennessee on
Friday en- route to st. Louis, passing
Paducah on Friday also.
The big J. B. Finley is on her way
up from New Orleans with q big tow
Of empties. She will return south
with one Of the largest tow of coal
that was ever taken south by sin.
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PRESIDENTS LIFE INSURANCE

New York, April i5-Sinoe he has
become president CT The nation, Prssi.
dent Roosevelt has become one Of the
most heavily injured men in the Unit.
cd States. The president has taken
out a policy for $4,000 in q New
York company. besides continuing
policies for smaller amounts which he
had taken out long before he was
elected governor of New York. Pres
ident Roosevelt's policies, it is under
stood, exceed by $4,000 or $40, 900
those held by President Mckinley.
Mrs. Mckinley was paid about $780,.
900 on policies on her husbands life.
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SYRACUSE AND BROWN
IN DEBATE.

Providence, R. /, April 15-Rep-
resentatives Of Syracuse University are
here to meet those Of Brown univsr-
sity in debate tonight. Brown will
have the affirmative and Syracuse the
negative side of the question, Re-
solved, That the government should
assume control over great industrial
combinations similar 20 the control
over national banks, with the addi-
tional power of determining ON reason
able prices"
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FOIey'S Honey and Tar
cures colds, prevents pneumonis.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.

Pasadena, Cal, April l5-Many
parts of the state are represented by
the delegates and other visitors who
are here for the annual State Sunday
school convention, which Will be in
session during the next two days. The
convention will be formally opened
this evening with an illustrated lee.
ture BY Rev. william Horace Day.
For the succeeding sessions an inter-
esting program of music, papers and
addresses has been arranged.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-15

NEW COPPER RULES IN EFFECT.
New York, April l5-The new cop
per rules of the New York Metal Elk.
change, which provide for trading in
the STANDARD copper contracts, went
into effect today: The form Of the
new contract is the same as''that Of the
London Metal Exchange.
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THE RIVER NEWS.
Cairo, 27.7-2.2 fall

Cairo, 27.7-22 fall.
Chattanooga, 7.3-0.2 fall.
Cincinnati, AZ. 2-I.0 rise.
Evansville, 24s-3. 1 rise,
Florence, 60. fall.
Johnsonyille ll.6--i.G fall
Louisville, l3.9-i.4 rise.
Mt. Carmel, 40 fall,
Nashville, $500 fall.
Pittsburg, ii7-3.l fall
Davis Island Dam, ll.9-2.5 fall
st. Louis, 9.l-0.2 fall.
Psducah. 2l.7-i.0 fall.
Observations taken at a. m. Xiv
er, 2i.7 on the gauge, fall Of 10 il
last twenty.four hours. Wind. north
east. light breeze. Weather, cleal
and colder. Rainfall in last twenty
four hours, o. 10 inches. A ligh. fros,
this morning. Temperature, as de
grees. Pell, Observer.
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DROP CURTAIN FINISHED.
The drop curtain for La Belle park
theater has been finished, and is =
work of art. 1t was painted by Mr..
Alex Mcdonnell.
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room. Bell Boy-All right, boss. What
is your limit?-Judge.
"And she didn't think she would like
golf at allr mo. She had a strange
idea that plaids would not become
her."-Puck.
do you always tel your wife the
TRUTH" "Bless you, Of course | do.
even tell her more than the truth
New YORK Herald.
Clara-How long will your engage
ment to him last? Maud-Nny. I
don't know how much money he has
saved up.-Detroit Free Press.
He-"Do you suppose you will ever
get tired of my making love to your"
She-'There's no reason why |
shouldn't. detroit Free Press.
IN. de Blowltz claims he invented
the interview" Nonsense. Mrs.
Caudle had the start of him by half a
century. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Eyes. when we visited the Winnie
bago camp they offered us baked dog"
How do they prepare 1t, with the
bark on or on?"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Mrs. Brown-Charles. why do they
call 1t a bucket-shop? Mr.. Brown
Because, my dear, it is outside the pale
Of respectable gambling. = Boston
Transcript.
81 am a self-made man." said the
pompous individual with his chest ex
banded. The other looked at him crit
ically. "Your excuse Ia satisfactory"
he said.-Brooklyn Life.
an individual so infamous. that your
services could not be obtained? Law
yer (thoughtfully)-I cannot say, off,
hand. What have you been doing?-
The King.
Famous scientist (exctsdly): Some
thing must be done to stop the spread
of the opium habit among women"
Great editor Calmly: Every we'll,
sir. I'll put in paragraph saying that
a hankering for opium is a sign of old
age."-New York Weekly.
How queerl" exclaimed Miss Pertie
Goodwin at the Wagner recital. MY
foot has gone to sleep-and in all this
noise. too!"-Chicago News.
II is a terrible thought that a man.
after fighting Mother Hubbards while
on earth. will have to wear one when
he becomes an angel in heaven.-Atchi-
son Globe.
Rusty-Where'd We git de quarter?
Dusty-I struck up an acquaintance
wild a trained dog wot was goin' to the
bakery for two bits worth of bread
Indianapolis Sun.
Mr.. johnson: Don't you fink It am
eaSior W cooA "ohAoh uen W utiNo
her?
Mr.. Jackson-Dunno; but I ind II
am . derned sight safer.-Puck. ~
81
"A little quarrel now and then helps
. love Affair.""
Yes, the lover leaves on buyins
roses. and gets q chance to catch up
with the tailor's bill."-Tit-Bits.
Mrs. Hiny-Is Mrs. sw.sser At
home?
servant-No, ma'am. she went out To
call on you.
Mrs. Hihy-How very fortunate for
us both!-Boston Post.
"Dickie, when you divide those FIVE
caramels with your little sister did you
give her three?"
"No. ma, thought they wouldn't
come out even, so ate one fore be- |
gan to divide. What to Eat.
why don't you go to work." asked
the well-meaning friend.
81 don't dare to-" answered Willie
Washington. People would think my
father had disinherited me. and It
would ruin my credit Washington
Star.
Paul-Percy, what is your idea Of
suecess2
Percy-My idea of success? Well, II
Is having people rum after me who used
to run away from me.-Detroit Free
Press.
What is an inventor" asked the
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-15

nliMOND DIES True to name and color.
SsAmvNS ~iAS Nothing can equal them.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-04-15
FOley'S Kidney Cure
makes Kidneys and bladder right

See Janes' column for farm loan
terms.
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Granger-l am looking for the ante
room. Bell Boy-All right, boss. What
Is your limit?-Judge.
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do you always tel your wife the
TRUTH" "Bless you, Of course | do.
even tell her more than the truth. -
New YORK Herald.
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"And she didn't think she would like
golf at all." mo. She had strange
idea that plaids would not become
her."-Puck.
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Clara-How long will your engage
ment to him last! Maud-Nny,
don't know how much money he Ia
saved up.-Detroit Free Press.
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Been fishing on Sunday. hav'
your" Nothing Of the kind. sir.
set the lines on Saturday night ant
took these fish of on Monday morn
ng."-Chicago Tribune.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-01

by the Gamewell Fire Alarm Tele-
graph System. So interfering boxes,
20 of which are to be of the keyless
pattern. The last Legislature made an
appropriation for the installation of
the fire-alarm system and the contract
calls for its completion in working
order ready to be handed over to the
department by April l of the present
year. Such a system has long been
needed IN city of the size of Honolu-
lu with it's cosmopolitan population and
the inflammable character of most of
the buildings. With this alarm system
completed, the new fire station in Pa
lama equipped and ready for work, and
an aerial hook and ladder on hand.
such as L hope to see connected with
the department this year, Honolulu can
feel proud of its up-to-date system.
The last Legislature appropriated the
sum of $4,000 for the purchase of an
aerial hook and ladder truck. but failed
to provide for its maintenance in com
mission. With such equipment we will
be in a position to handle any ordinary
fire within the city proper.
The department consists of the fol-
lowing paid companies: Engine No
l, housed at the Central station; En-
CINE No. 2, housed at Central station:
Engine No. 3, housed at Makiki; Chem
iCal company, housed at Central sta
ton. There are 81 men on the pay
rolls at present, to which number will
be added ten men for the Palama sta
ton. The department is managed by a
Board of three commissioners, appoint
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-01

The equipment of the Honolulu fire
department consists of a Central Fire
station built of Hawaiian lava rock
two and a half stories high which cost
$37, $50; Makiki fire station, built of
wood, two stories high, which cost
S3,969; and the Palama station, built
of brick, in course of erection, which
will cost s1S,954. The apparatus con-
sists of one first size Metropolitan en-
CINE, built by the American Fire En-
CINE Company, with capacity of 1000
gallons per minute; one second size
Clapp & Jones fire engine, with a ca
pacity of 500 gallons per minute; two
second size Amoskeag engines of 1.400
gallons capacity per minute; one third
size Amoskeag engine of 600 gallons
capacity per minute; one fourth size
Clapp & Jones engine, drawn by hand,
of 500 gallons capacity per minute; one
double 60 gallons Champion chemical
engine: eighteen horses; three two
horse hose wagons; one singlehorse
feet rubber hose, together with all the
other necessary equipment in the mat
ter of tools for fire fighting.
AS for water supply there are 200
three-way standing and fifty ground
hydrants distributed throughout the
city, and provision was made for an in
crease of hydrants by an appropriation
of $4,000 by the last legislature. Al
the present time there is being installed
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She -Ef0n0/uM Sire oOeDn1'tu1
By CHARLES H. THUR5Ton Chief Engineer:

With the growth of the city of Ho-
lulu has come the increased protection
against fire, and today Honolulu stands
ready to respond to any alarm with a
drilled fire corps. The evolution of the
old volunteer department into the pres
ent paid system has been gradual, sys-
tematic and thorough, none but the
best equipment being utilized and none
but the pick of men placed upon the
payrolls. In many respects the Homo
lulu department with its two stations
is a model integral part of the govern
ment and one which will stand we'll the
searchlight of comparison with the de-
partmentS of other cities.
There have been disastrous fires in
Honolulu which the department fought
ard curbed and the value of the sys-
tenn has been demonstrated on more
than one occasion. Last year the de-
partment was called into action almost
to prevent the spread of the fires start
ed in various sections of the city by the
Board of Health as a measure for
stamping out the plague, and the de-
partment then showed the stuff of
which it was made. The equipment for
the city has been gradually increased
since then and by April of he pres
ent year the three main portions of the
city-Honolulu proper, Makiki, and Ka-
lihi-will have ample protection.
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ed by the Governor. who serve without
pay.
Since I was chosen as chief engineer
of the department to succeed the late
Chief Hunt on June 10, 1901, there
have been thirty calls for the services
of the department, among them notably
being the fires in the Hall block ana
Honolulu Stockyards, two of the larS-
est the Honolulu department has had
to contend with, outside of the plague
fires. The heaviest losers in these fires
were the first to thank the department
for its services in attempting to save
their property. which indicates that
everybody is satisfied with the work
irgs of the department. There Is
house drill for all the companies
three times a week. consisting of bed
drill and floor alarms. The bed drill
trains the men for responding quickly
at night when they are asleep in their
dormitories They arise. don their
clothes. slip down the sliding poles and
take position for getting out of the
stations The average time for this
drill is about 20 seconds. Hitching up
from the floor and getting out into the
street takes about ten seconds, al
though 70 attempt is made at fancy
exhibitions Every man belonging to
the department sleeps in the dorml-
tories. They are given "a hours lib
erty every twelve days, and never more
than three at a time are off duty.
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Charles II. Thurston, Chief Engineer
OF the Honolulu Fire Department, was
born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, No
vember q, 1870. and is therefore just
81 years of age. He came to Honolulu
about IL years ago, and has been con-
nected with the fire department in var
icus capacities for the past five years.
He was foreman of Engine No. 1, when
the station was located on King street,
from where he was transferred to the
Central Fire Station and promoted to
the rank of Assistant Chief Engineer,
holding that office for a year and a
half. During Chief Hunts illness last
spring Mr.. Thurston assumed temper
airy charge of the entire department as
Acting Chief Engineer. The death of
Mr.. Hunt opened the way for his pro-
motion to the highest rank in the de-
partment, the Fire Commissioners APP
pointing him as chief on June 10, 1901.
He has a splendid record in the depart
ment as a brave, energetic fireman and
one not afraid to risk his life to save