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The Paducah sun., 1902-09-12
Officer James Collins Reconsiders
His Resignation as Chief.
The Commissioners Last Night Decid-
ed That Accused Officers We're
Not Drunk.
BOTH WERE ACQUITTED d

Chief Of Police James Collins, as
forecast in yesterdays paper, will re-
main chief, his resignation having
been withdrawn last night at a meet.
ing Of the police commissioners. Chief
Collins has his private business to look
after and did not like the reports that
some persons had been circulating that
the commissioners had created the po-
sition to give him place at the pie
counter.
Chief Collins said last night that
he did not need the place to live, and
did not care to hold it. The commits
sioners and numberless friends had
during the day insisted that he recon
slider, however, and the result was
that he consented to serve, at least
until the first OF the year.
One Of the commissioners said today
that the report that Chief Collins had
eNNh iue IL DC n lNhhlohoA WINS obauIus
Il believe In keeping a man in office
as long as he does the work in salts
factory manner, and no one else can
do it better" declared the commits.
sioner. IL don't care IL it is thous.
and years. Some people say that the
position ought TO have been given
to someone else because Chief Col
lins has been in public service so
long but that is all foolishness. /
believe in keeping a man in Office
who does the work we'll, and as long
as he does IL we'll. II anyone can
do it better than Jim Collins, I'd
like to see him."
The police OF the city seem to be
pleased with the termination Of the
affair, as they all like to work under
Chief Collins, although Captain Bailey
is equally rs popular and would have
made a good chief. II Is still Chief
Collins.
The Paducah sun., 1902-09-12
sTUPENDoUs FIRE.

Beaumont, Tex, Sept. i2-The
fire which broke out last night in the
oil fields near GLADYS. Tex, is still
raging. At Higgins 81 900 barrel tank
is burning The Woods gusher is
shooting fame 80 feet high. and gas
escaping from other wells is burning.
The fire has been confined to the
Keith Ward traction, Of which all the
tanks have burned. The loss thus far
Is estimated at tl0O, 900.
The Paducah sun., 1902-09-12

The only other matter considered by
the commissioners last night was the
charges Of drunkenness preferred
against officers Enoch Linn and l.. b.
Whitehurst last Friday night by Mr..
W. A. Dishon. A number Of witnesses
were introduced, aud the preponder-
ance Of evidence was strongly in favor
Of the officers. Two or three testified
that in their opinion the officers wero
drunk, but the officers themselves tes-
titled that they were not, and had an
abundance OF proof to show that they
were not, and that Mr.. Dishon was
mistaken.
Mr.. Dishon, his wife, his daughter,
Mrs. Holloway, and the latter's hus-
band testified against the officers, three
saying that they were drunk.
Captain Henry Bailey, Assistant
Lookup Keeper Joe Potter, VIM. Baker
and II. o. Farnham testified thas the
officers were not drunk when they
saw them, and the officers themselves
swore they were not drunk, Officer
Whitehurst swearing that he had not
even taken drink since his illness
several weeks ago.
Mrs. e. L. Holt testihed that
Dishon was drunk and struck the
officer after insulting HIM, while
Chief Collins, Lieutenant Moore,
Eugene Edwards and James Edwards,
Owen Donegan, Charles Collins and
Dave Levy testified that they saw the
officers on the afternoon in question,
and that they were not drunk.
The verdict of the board was: "we,
the police AMI fire commissioners,
after hearing the evidence in the case
of charges preferred against Policemen
e. E. Lynn and L. b. Whitehurst by
The Paducah sun., 1902-09-12

Commissioner Bonds voted against
even reprimanding the officers. A
motion was then carried that if any
officer reported for duty drunk or went
off duty drunk, he be reported at once
and suspended until the case can be
The Paducah sun., 1902-09-12
CANNOT BE ENJoINED.

Louisville, Sept. l2--The Southern
Athletic club has an opinion from
two Of the most eminent lawyers OF
the city, in which II is strongly stat
ed that the Corbett. MeGovern contest
TO take place In Louisville is clearly
within the law, and cannot be enJoin-
cd.
The Paducah sun., 1902-09-12
TAX INSURANCE GASES.

Frankfort, Sept. l2-The session Of
the Franklin circuit court is today
being held in the appellate court room
at the capitol, where Judge Cantrill
is hearing an argument ON whether
FIRE insurance companies are liable OF
not for taxes under the new franchise
tax law.
The Paducah sun., 1902-09-12

Mr.. Dishon, decide that the charges
have not been sustained and exonerate
said polioement. (Signed) NJ. W.
CLARK. Peter Rogers, Richard Suther.
land and John K. Bonds, Commission
ers.''
The Paducah sun., 1902-09-12
investigated.

Mr.. e. II. Simmons, of St. Louis,
the Grand Rivers furnace man, pass
ed through the city today en- route
TO Grand Rivers on business.
The Paducah sun., 1902-09-12
The RevOIutionists Approaching the
Railroad at Last Accounts.
A Big Fire Raging in the Texas Oil
Fiel1s in Which Great Dam
age Is Wrought.
LOUISVILLE CONTEST Is LEGAL
LATEST FROM
THE REVOLUTION.

THE REVOLUTION.
Washington, Sept. 12-Secretary
OF the Navy Moody this morning said
that he had received cablegram from
Commander Potter, Of the Ranger:
Panama received cipher message
this morning saying that the revolu.
tionists are near the railroad lines.
Situation serious. Transit across
the isthmus open. Potter"
The Paducah sun., 1902-09-12

MEETING CLOSED LAST NIGHT.
The revival that he'd been in prog
ress at Lone Oak ended last night,
Rev. g. W. Perryman accomplishing
great deal of good. There were
twelve or fifteen professions Of faith.
The Paducah sun., 1902-09-12
THE MARKETS..

Furnished by AreuE q Gilbert Of the Padueah
Commission Co.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
TERSE TElECRAMS

II Is announced at Berlin In a dis
patch from Port Arthur that cholera
is spreading in Manchuria and that the
mortality rate is very great. Out OK
396 cases at Inkau 33% were fatal.
A very heavy rain, amounting at An
thony almost to a cloudburst. fell over
ten counties in central Kansas July Z.
1t will delay harvest to a greater or
less extent.
Mining operators OF Michigan met
In Bay City Monday and presented an
ultimatum to the miners, notifying
them the scale. agreed upon at Saginaw
mast be accepted at once II at all.
.. Four and s~eventy-fve hundredths
iucbes of rain fell July in Webster
CITY, la. Boone river and White Fox,
lyon and Brewers creeks are fully
a foot higher Shan at ANY Prevtous
time this year. Hoboken, the city's
eastern suburb. is badly flooded.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
NEBRASKA NEWS
Bits Of information Conveyed by
Telegraph.
A W0MAN'S STRANGE hAllU0hATI0h
Thinks She Is Called tn Gathe all Ger
mans Together and Take Them
Back to the FatherIand-Mrs.
Russell Succeeds Husbaud.

Wilhelmina Ebert, q German woman,
aged seventy-six. residing near itha-
ca, Neb., vas taken before the eXamin-
ing board at Wahoo and adiudged in
sane. The unfortunate old lady Is
laboring under the Authorization that
she Is the second wife of the emperor
of Germany and has been delegated by
the Lord to look after her people in
this country and gather them together
for the purpose of taking them all
back to the fatherland.
Mrs H.. G.. Russell has been appoint
ed by the bondsmon OF her deceased
husband to take charge of the post
office at Schuyler in the place recently
made vacant by his death. Some dozen
or more applicants have been mem
toned for the appointment to the
place. prominent among them being
Capt. Il. II. Phelps. ID. e. Mcleod and
Harry Woods. II was Colonel Rus
sells last request that Mrs. Russell he
placed in charge until the department
takes some action.
The body of All Anderson. a farm
hand. was found in Logan creek. near
Bancroft, Mob. last night. The belief
is that he committed suicide the night
of the Fourth. by jumping from the
bridge and drowning.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
THROWS HIMSELF ON RAILS
Elderly Carpenter Had Domestic Dinicul-
~ and Suicide IL the Theory.

Elderly Carpenter Had Domestic Dih,cui-
~ and Suicide is the Theory.
John Vodava. a retired carpenter and
cabinet maker, aged GO years, was run
over by a Union Pacific train on a
bridge just west Of Schuyler under cir
cumstanccs that indicate suicide.
The engineer and fireman say Vo-
dava had hidden himself between tim
bers or the bridge until he train was
not over two ear lengths away, when
he suddenly sprang out and threw
himself across the rails. II was i'm
possible to stop the train In that short
distance and he was instantly killed,
his body being badly cut. The train
was a special going west and the arci-
dent occurred between s and 2 o'clock.
What is thought to give color to the
suicide theory, beside the strange con-
duct OF Vodava. is that he has had
some domestic trouble. About a month
ago his wife, an elderly woman. to
whom he was married last fall, had
him arrested for assault and battery,
committed through liquor.
Vodava has three daughters. all mar
ried. He left but little property.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
YOUNG WOMAN A RESCUER
Gertrude Dupee Of Chicago saves a Mans
Life.

Gertrude Dupee Of Chicago saves q Mans
Life.
known well in Chicago society cir
cles several years ago then as an
actress of ability, Gertrude Dupee
gained new renown July . for an ex-
plot at Atlantic City. n. J. When j..
Milton Stenson, a broker of Cincinnati.
who had ventured too far out into the
surf. was sinking for the last time.
Miss Dupee. after a rae through the
water, reached him in the nick of time
and by heroic efforts kept his head
above water until the life savers ar
rived and effected a rescue.
A great crowd gathered around them
when they stepped on the beach and
1t was with difficulty they made their
way to their respective lighthouses.
Before they separated Miss Dupee gave
Mr.. StensOn her address.
An hour or two later she received a
short note and "a check for 5000. MIR.
Stenson begged her to accept the
check not as payment for rescuing him,
but as a remembrance. Miss Dupee re-
turned the check, saying she did not
wish any reward.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
TAKE THRILLING RIDE
Kids Ride Down steep Grade on II Ham

Kids Ride Downs steep Grade on n Hand
Car.
The four small sons of G.. B. Harris
had a thrilling ride on a hand-car
down the Galena narrow gauge en-
tension of the Burlington at Galena.
). ID. They ran onto the ear while ont
on the road, and after much effort. got
II onto the track. The grade is very
steep. being often as high as 6 and s
per cent, and the ear was Dol going
at a terrific speed. One boy rolled of
the side and down a twenty-foot bank
into a c.eek. Another jumped of be-
hind when he became alarmed. and
was severely bruised On the ties. The
other two became afraid to jump. The
car soon struck a sharp curve. and.
leaving the rails, jumped clear across
the small creek and plowed its way
into the hill beyond before stopping.
The boys stayed on and escaped in
jury. 1t so happened that the line
was clear and a collision was avoided.
although several pedestrians narrow
ly escaped being hit by the car. which
was making sixty miles an hour.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
0 MUCH
Rainfall Excessive. and Crops 81 rering In
C~onseuuence

rainfall Excessive. and Crops Suffering In
Consequence
The weekly bulletin of July 3 by
Mr.. Loveland. of the Nebraska crop
and climate section of the United
States weather bureau. tells a plain
tale of too much moisture. Crops or
all kinds are already damaged and al
though the harm is not believed to be
serious as yet, still relief must come
soon from the foods or else thfRart
vest cannot hope to rome up to Sarly
expectations. A summary OF the bull
letin follows:
The past week has been cool and
wet. with less than the normal amount
Of sunshine. The daily mean tempera-
ture has averaged . degrees below the
normal.
The rainfall was above normal
throughout the eastern portion Of the
state and quite generally exceeded 2
inches. while in a few instances il en-
cecded q inches. In the western part
of the state the rainfall was generally
light.
The continued heavy rains in the
southeastern counties have been un-
favorable for crop interests. Crops OF
all kinds on lowlands have been in
jured by water. Harvesting has been
seriously delayed and considerable
damage has resulted to ripe but uncut
wheat; the early cut wheat is sprout-
ing in the shock. and comparatively
little has been stocked. Oats have
made a very rank growth. and in some
southeastern counties are lodging bad
ly. Corn has grown fairly well and
although small. is in a healthy and
promising condition; cultivation has
been delayed and some cornfields are
weedy. Potatoes promise a large crop.
but in a few placesa re commencing
tD rot.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
PLUNGE TO DEATH
Passengers on New York Electric
Road are Killed.
MOTORMAN lOSfS CONTROL or CAR


A Gloversville. n. Y, dispatch says:
A wreck which occurred on the Noun
tain Lake railroad caused the almost
instant death of ten persons and one
victim died in the hospital later.
u Is believed that several victims
will sICcumb to their injuries. The
bodies of many of the victims were
crushed almost beyond recognition and
the sccnes about the wreck were hOr-
rifying.
h accident was caused by n com
binatiOn baggage and passenger car
getting away from the motorman and
rushing down the mountain side at
terrific speed. Tho brake refused to
work and at the end Of the grade the
heavy a crushed into n loaded open
car. also descending the mountain. The
latter was hurled from the track and
turned on It's side and over 80 per cent
of the passengers were injured. Those
who were pinned under the car were
crushed to death and in some instances
terribly mutilated. The combination
car also left the track and turned on
It's side.
As the scene of the accident Is re-
mote from the city. II was w hours
before appliances To raise the open car
and release the victims were secured.
The accident happened AT n sharp
curve. where the track turns to make
the climb up the steep mountain side.
The wreck occurred at the end of a
day of pleasure at the resort AZ the
top of the mountain and the cars were
loaded with cXcursionists.
The car on which the dead and in
jurcd persons were riding was an open
me. in charge of Motorman Arthur
Perkins and Conductor James Cameron
and the car which was responsible for
the wreck vas In charge of Motorman
William Dodge. According to Conduc-
tor James Cameron of the open ar.
the closed car ran away while coming
down the grade above the curve and
cOllided with the open car as the lat
ter was rounding the curve. Both ears
then went down the grade at lightning
speed. At the foot Of the hill the cars
came together again.
Just before the rear ear had reached
the one ahead the lights in the first
car went out and added darkness to
the horror. The heavy double a
struck the other with such force that
II raised the rear end of the first
into the air and over the right en-
bankment side. Both ears were de-
rallied and passengers were thrown in
every direction. Many were instantly
killed and others died from their in
juries Immediately afterward.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
THE NEWS CONDENSED

July corn reached 80 cents at Chi
cago Tuesday.
Hugh Glasgow, of Odell. Neb., a dep
uty oil inspector. has been asked to
resign. His style is displeasing.
All Jews have been prohibited from
settling in Manchuria, or even travel
ing through the province except with
special support, which is almost i'm
possible to obtain.
Prosecuting Attorney G. w. Ossen-
ton OF Fayette county, West Virginia,
was in Charleston, w. Va, July I to
see Governor White to ascertain IL
something could be done to check the
federal officers in the enforcement of
in1unetions. Ossenton reports a reign
OF terror in the mining district.
At Roxbury, Mass, Herbert Hill
aged twenty-one, shot and instantly
killed his sister and probably fatally
wounded his mother, Running from
the house he boarded a trolley car for
Boston, but was captured by the
police.
e. The general session OF the nationN
educational association convention he
gan Tuesday afternoon at Minneapolis
In the ing convention hall. 1t is esti-
mated that the opening was attended
by 1900. delegates, and rev arrivals
were pouring in on every train. Presi-
dent Bradshaw Is sick, and Vice-Pres-
ldent Green OF Trenton, N, j, pre-
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
FREIGHT TIED Up
Nine Thousand Men on Strike in
Chicago.
ROADS RffUSf ANY CONCESSIONS
wouldn't Agree to Terms Demanded by
Men aud strike Precipitated -Chica-
go and other Points Affected
Leaders Order strike.

A Chicago. July :. dispatch says:
Every union freight handler in Chi
ago went on a strike this morning,
completely tying up the freight traffic.
not only in Chicago. but affecting it in
every center Of the country for which
Chicago is the distributor. The order
Ia walk out was given by President
Curran OF the freight handlers union.
after a number of early conferences
with the agents of the railroads. The
situation as It was left last week was
gone over thoroughly, but neither side
showed any disposition to make con
cossiOns.
The railroads Immediately notified
the police and all reserves. in anticipa-
ton of trouble. were ordered to report
To the stations. Squads were sent to
the freight houses.
The strike. the handlers say, was
preCipitated by the knowledge that the
railroads had. for n week past been
employing men to take their places.
Estimates as to the number of men
belonging TO the freight handlers
union vary between seven and nine
thousand. The rank and file all along
have been anxious to test their
strength with the railways. but have
been held in check by their officers
and a federation of labor leaders, who
have sought to avert hostilities.
The strike is without official sane
ton of the federation of labor, but the
freight handlers believe they are
strong enough to win without 1t.
Their executive committee is in con
ference with the officials of the team
sters' and longshoremen's unions with
a view to persuading them to join in a
sympathetic strike.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11

The colored people of Newport. II. T.,
have won a notable victory in bringing
about the election of Miss Louise Van
Horne a teacher in the public schools.
The school board held a secret session
last night and the result "a not
known until today. Miss Van Horne
is refined and educated and the daugh-
ter of Rev. Mahlon Van Horne, Amer
lean consul at st. Thomas. ID. w. /.
She graduated from the local high
school and from the state normal
school. Her father was a member OF
the school board for years. This is the
first time a colOred teacher has ever
received an appointment in Rhode
Island.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
FEEDS lONDON'S POOR
Halt million red at tho Kings Corona
ton Dinners

Half Million Red at tho Kings Corona
tion Dinner.
Half a million OF London's Stun
dwe'lers were King Edwards guests
on the afternoon of July 5. They were
scattered in about 400 halls. schools
and parks in varying numbers. the
greatest number of the royal bene-
ficiarics being at Stepney. where no
less than 5000 enjoyed q dinner such
"a they seldom partake of.
At every gathering was read a mes
sage from the king, signed by his pri-
yate secretary. to the poor. sent
through the lord mayor of London, Sir
Joseph G. Dimsdale. as follows:
Buckingham Palace, 1i:2O a. nj
nm commanded by the king to inform
your lordship that his majesty and tho
queen had intended visiting some OF
his coronation dinners today and he
deeply regrets that his illness prevents
their doing 81. The king has depu-
tied members Of his family to- repre-
sent him at as many of these dinners
AS possible. | am further commanded
by the king to express his hope that
his guests are enjoying themselves and
passing "A happy day. KNOLI.fS.
Saturday mornings bulletin an
%nouncing that King Edward ia out OF
danger was also circulated. so that
half a million poor folks drank his
majesty's health in M unrestrained
enjoyment out of the coronation cups
presented to each of them as a souve-
mir of the occasion. The Prince and
Princess of Wales traversed the me-
tropolis from end To end in semi-state,
the carriages being escorted by a de-
tachment OF the Horse Guards, and
appeared at central gatherings in sew
pral districts.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
IN WESTERN IOWA
Crops and Railroad Property suffer
Greatly.

A Council Bluffs. Ia, dispatch says:
Damage to railroad property and
crops will undoubtedly be great in
western Iowa as a result of an almost
continuous rain during the past sew
cnty-two hours. Railroadt racks are
under water in dozens of places and
hardly any trains have gone out Of
this city toward the EAST. The Illinois
Central. the Rock Island and the
Northwestern tracks are washed out
In many places. Between Missouri
Valley and Logan 1000 feet OF track
is ont and near Battle Creek a train
stands in the country with washouts
on either side. The damage TO crops
on account OF rain has not been
eQualled IL twenty years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
Soldiers Attack bandits.

A detachment of Turkish troops re-
Gently surrounded a band of Bulgarian
br!gands at Patilli, in the Vilayet OF
Monastir. Thirty Bulgarians were
killed. The remainder were made pris-
opers.
Brisandage is spreading at alarming
rates In Monastir.
Turco- Bulgarian complications are
threatened in consequence OF the forci-
BILE removal Of the flag and coat OF
arms from the Bulgarian agency at
Series. Rumelia. Bulgaria has de-
manded satisfaction within three days.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
Find a Human Head.

The head Of a man. the features we'll
preserved. was found on the bank OF a
creek that flows through La Iona
park. Berkeley. Cal. The head was
that OF a middle-aged man and had,
according to medical experts. been sew
cred from the body by someone not
familiar with surgery. However. as II
has the appearance OF having been pre-
served'by 1uid. II is believed the head
had been used by some medical insti-
tite for medical purposes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
Pullman slespers ON Missouri Pacific

A new innovation was introduced by
the Missouri Pacific leading out OF
Lincoln, July lst. hat of adding Pull
man sleepers. This Inauguration will
be highly appreciated by Kansas City
and through passengers. The train
leaves Lincoln at 1905 p. IN. and ar
rives in Kansas City at Cos a. m,
passengers having the privilege of re-
naming In the car until 1880 II they 50
desire. Berths and reservations can
be had by addressing F. d.. Cornell.
passenger and ticket agent, 1889 o
street. Lincoln.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11
FELL ON LIGHTED LAME
Death Caused by = Peculiar Accident at
Nebraska city.

A Nebraska City. Neb.. July G. dis
patch says: Mrs. Martha buchanan. an
aged lady who lives with her son met
with an accident that cost her life.
She was subject to e%pilcptic fits. Dur
ing the night she vas sick and got mp
20 get something. Lighting a lamp she
started into another part of the house.
She was taken with a ft and fell On the
lighted lamp. breaking II and covering
her body with burning oil. She vas "a
mass OF flames when her son vas
awakened by her screams and went to
her rescue. over half OF her body was
burned over and in many places the
flesh was so badly baked that II
dropped off before the fire was ex-
tinguished. DIR. Stockert. who was
called. did everything to alleviate her
sufferings. but pronounced the injuries
al fatal. She was kept under an Opiate
all of the time until her death this
afternoon. The lady has been a resi-
dent Of this city for many years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-11

Aroused by the odor of gas, Herman
Slower broke down the door OF a fell
low boarder at a hotel in Chicago.
The ~out-rushing gas was ignited from
a burner in the hall and an explosion
followed, probably fatally injuring
Slower. John GundersOn. who occu-
pied the Don was dead in bed. evil
IDENTIFY having committed suicide.