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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
POISONED BY TACKS
A YOUNG LADY AT METROP-
OILS HAS A MARROW
ESCAPE.

Metropolis, ILL.,, Dec. ia mouth
full of tscks, in which someone hal
put strychnine, came near killing Miss
Birdie Woodward, an empioye in J.
N. Roberts basket factory. Miss
Woodward had been in habit of keep
ing her mouth full of the tacks with
which she fastened the ends of the
basket bands. The tacks were in q
dish, on a bench and it 10 thought
someone put strychnine in the dish
yesterday after the employees had gone
home.
Today. after using a few mouthfuls
of tacks. Miss Woodward became VIC
lently i'll. A doctor arrived in time
TO save her life. No clue to the pois.
oner has been found.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
PARTIAL RESPONSES
ALL CONCERNED SEEM TO FA-
voR ARBITRATION IN
vENEZUEL4N AFFAIR.

Washington, Dec. l9-Secretary
Hay has received partial responses
from the governments Of Great Brit.
ain, Germany and Italy respecting the
PROPOSAL to .arbitrate the Venezuelan
difficulties. Great Britain Is favorable
to arbitration, with proper safeguards;
Germany accepts arbitration in prinoi.
pie, but finds a multitude Of small ad.
Justments to be made before entering
into an agreement ;Italy,s as Junior part
ner Of the allies, declares that she is
favorable to arbitration, but she will
be bound probably by the action of the
senior partners.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19

A great deal is be ing said about the
city light plant and the bad lights.
II ought not to be very difficult to
find out the cause, and IL the cause is
known the city officials ought to OFF,
cially announced what it in order that
no injustice may be done anyone. IL
is understood that the plant hes been
filed with second hand machinery,
and that il is overloaded and not
properly equipped to furnish the me-
cessary lights for the city. 1t seems
from reports that the Democrats have
managed the light plant on the cheap
plan that they have managed every
thing else belonging to the people,
and in Justice to the officials Of the
plant they ought to tell the people
that it Is the plant itself and not the
men running it who are to blame.
So far as is known the city has . COM
petent superintendent, and experience
cd engineers, firemen and other en-
ployes, and IL this is true it seems
that the light system is faulty because
of the kind and limited amount Of ma
chinery, and not because Of the men
in it. II this be true the Official
boards ought to admit it.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
DIR. DUNCAN INDICTED.
HE MUST ANSWER AT PITTS
BURG FOR MALICIOUS
SHOOTING.

A special from Pittsbug states that
DIR. Ellis Duncan of Louisville, WAS
indicted by the grand jury there on
the charge of felonious assault and bat
terry. He must stand trial or forfeit
his bond Of s20, 600
Head was driven TO the courthouse
ina carriage. The special says that
he looked worried and was pale. II
is reported that he testified that Dun
can shot him without provocation.
He returned to the construction camp.
where he is employed.
Heads wound is practically healed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
Messrs Ed Bonds and Henry Roster
Have a Close Call.
Charcoal Fumes Caused Them 60 Reel
Over Unconscious Early
Last Night.
BOTH NOW RECOVERED

Mr.. Ed. TX. Bonds, the Second
street commission merchant, and
one of his clerks, Henry Roster, were
overcome last evening about 2 O'Clock
by charcoal gas, and had q narrow es-
cape.
The cellar at Mr.. Bonds place,
which is ON South Second near the
market, has been damp from the
recent rains, and Mr., Bonds had a
charcoal furnace in it to dry 1t out.
Early last evening he had some
writing to do, and took the furnace
into the office. He wrote awhile, and
presently became too hot. He re-
moved his coat and vest, and still re-
manned too warm. In q short time he
had to leave the room, remarking that
he was too warm and he had to go
outside and get some fresh air.
Roster, who was at work with him,
had to do the same thing. In a few
moments they felt better, and re-
turned to work, thinking they had
become too hot, and not ascribing
their condition to the charcoal
fumes and gases.
II was not long until both became
i'll again. and started out. Mr..
Bonds fell unconscious just outside
the door. Phil Roster. who was
coming from the cellar with some
bananas, reached the head Of the
steps just in time to see him reel
and fall. H.
He called to Henry Roster to
bring some water, but receiving no
response, looked around ana saw
that he was overcome also. Both
men were worked with for quite q
little while before they recovered. Il
was an hour or two, however, be-
tfore the effeci of the gas entirely
passed away. Both are able to be
out today.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
JUsTIoE STILL ON TOP.

The decision of the court of up.
peals In the Jim Howard case Ia an
other direct reproach on the Demo-
cratic party Of Kentucky. When the
court of appeals, the integrity and
intelligenccs Of whose members nc
man will be justified in questioning,
decides rs many different times that
. man has not had fair chance for
his life at three different trials, il
is time that the unscrupulous politi-
clans who have charge of the prose-
buttons should come to . halt. The
decision Of the court Of appeals on
Towards last trial shows that politics
ana prejudice played a more impor-
tant part than anything else. The
prosecutors in all the Goebel trials re-
lied principally on political prejudice
to secure q conviction. They had ju-
ries from special venires summoned by
Democratic sheriffs, and the political
proportion OF those accepted to serve
shows that few besides Democrats
were summoned to serve.
The trial Judge was notorious as q
partisan and an intimate friend Of the
deceased, and could not give the pris-
oner fair trial, but he insisted in
hearing the cases. His rulings were
almost invariably in favor Of the prose-
cntion. They were bound to have
been, for it was only human nature.
The courts have several times virtu-
ally decided that they were, and it has
become evident to the people of Ken
tucky, apparently, or soon should be-
come SO, that the only conspiracy in
the Goebel case is the Democratic con-
spirscy to convict innocent Republi-
cans of the assassination.
In each trial everything possible
was introduced by the commonwealth,
and was permitted by the judge to
be put before the jury. tending to
create a prejudice in the minds of
the latter against the prisoner. These
trials have all been reversed when
taken to the court of appeals. It is
time the Democrats were coming to
their senses. Senator Goebel was
foully murdered but nobody has yet
been proven guilty of it. and no one
has confessed to doing it. hence IL is
claimed that nobody knows who did
II. The Democrats have secu red con-
victions in political courts only on
prejudice and perjury and the official
records of the state show it.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
CRITICAL CONDITION.
WIDOW OF A MINISTER WELL
KNOWN HERE ILL AT
LOUISVILLE.

The Louisville papers announce that
Mrs. G. W. Crumbaugh, widow Of Rev.
@. W. Crumbaugh, formerly leading
Methodist minister, and who died in
Paducah a number Of years ago. is in
critical condition at the home of her
daughter, Mrs E.s Barnard, at Louis
vile. She is stepmother of Mr.. G.
O. Orumbsugh, of Psducah, and mother
of Mr.. will Crumbsugh, formerly in
the newspaper business here but later
of Ashland, Ky. She is suffering from
heart disease.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
PRACTICAL JOKE.
owENsBoRo WEDDING COUPLE
MUCH CONGRATULATED.

Miss Ada Gray Mitchell and DIR. X.
L. Griffin, prominent young people
Of owensboro, were married and
went to Louisville. DR.. and Mrs.
Griffin were the victims OF a unique
joke on the train to Louisville and as
result of receiving an unusually
large number Of congratulations
were much fatigued on their arrival.
The most of the congratulations were
due to the following, 500 printed
copies Of which were distributed on
the train and at the stations;
You are requested to step ill the
parlor car and congratulate the bride
and groom. They are expecting you,
and it will be disappointment IL
you fail to CO."
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
CAUGHT QUICK.
NEGROES ATTEMPT TO STEAL
TROUSERS AT POAGE's.

will Strickland, Henry Minor and
George Smith, all colored, were arrest.
ed today at noon by Officers Potter
and Gourieux for the theft Of q pair Of
pants from tine Poage clothing store
on Broadway. Mr.. Posge and the
cashier were the only persons in the
store at the time, all the clerss having
gone TO dinner. The three negroes
entered while Mr.. Poage was trying
to see several customers, and the young
lady waited on them. Strickland took
a pair Of pants and wslked out with
them leaving the other negroes in 90
keep the clerk busy. Mr.. Poage who
had been keeping an eye open, saw the
act and ran after Strickland and pulled
the pants from under his coat and
placed him under arrest. Later On
GERS Potter and Gourieux arrived and
arrested the other two who had been
kept in the store by guard hastily
summoned. They arc charged with
petty larceny and aiding in petty lar
ceny.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
BADLY INJURED
A. E. HIBBs STRUCK BY
TRAIN NEAR BARDwELL.

A. e. Hibbs, an Illinois Central
track walker. was struck by train
and seriously If not fatally hut north
Of Bardwell. He was on duty look
ing after bad tracks and when he
heard the Cairo and Fulton sccommo-
dation approaching north he stepped
on the soutbbound track to let it pass.
It happened that the passenger was
proceeding from Bardwell to wiokliffe
on the south route track. Hibbs
arms were broken and one whole side
is paralyzed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19

II prizes were offered for suckers,
our afternoon contemporary would
get the biggest In the bunch. The
way it bites at everything has become
pitiable. The manner in which it got
roped into taking part in the morning
papers primary Monday night has
made 1t the laughing stock of every
body. That primary was only to
boom the alleged Democracy of q few
people and candidates. and the after.
noon paper went away with the bork
and all.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19

has caused IL, for 1t was only short
time ago that we saw some very ugly
things about its politics in our morn
ing collsborator, and hated to believe
IL. We hope that 1t has made secret
promise to do better, and that as re-
ward it is allowed to take the same
side Of the primary question that our
morning contemporary has taken. We
congratulate them both, and hope they
will ever travel the peth Of serene
righteousness together.
Perhaps II our afternoon companion
will improve still further it may
shortly be allowed to hold mass
convention Of its own at the city hall,
as our morning friend did the other
day, elect its managers and officers
to preside and pass any resolutions that
it may choose. II 1t decides to do this
we trust and feel confident that il will
receive as much assistance and oo-ope-
ration from our morning neighbor as
the latter did Monday night from it.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
BROKE AN ARM
A THIRTEEN YEAR-OLD BOY
HURT AT SCHOOL YES.
TERDAY.

Master Claude Walters, Of Tenth
and CLARK streets, age 1S, met with a
serious accident yesterday afternoon
late while paying at school.
He accidentally fell to the ground
and in aighting caught his left arm
in such position as to break it. DR..
b. B. Griffith was called and admins
tered to the injury. The fracture is
bad one and the little fellow will be
disabled for many weeks.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
NO LIMIT.
DIsTILLERS WILL NOT BE RE.
sTRICTED NEXT YEAR.

The distillers in Kentucky will not
make an agreement to limit the pro-
duction Of whiskey the coming year.
All are opposed to it, and the matter
will not even be discussed. The pro-
duction was limited lass year to 27,-
500, 900 gallons, and in 1888 all but
one or two diss.,'ors agreed not to
make any whiskey. Iscsc however,
who did not enter into the Agree.7ent
made more whiskey than ever beiors,
and about 100000 900 gallons were
made that year. Distillers say there
are other reasons why no effort will
be made to limit the production. The
demand for whiskey has been good for
several months, and the demand is
about equal to the supply. 1t is
also alleged that certain ompound-
ers, who have distilleries in Ken
lucky, buy whiskey from Illinois dis.
tillers and sell it as their own prod
not
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
OF PROMINENT FAMILY.
MALLORY DAVIS LIVES IN LOU.
ISVILLE, KY.

Dispatches from Louisville indicate
that once well-to-do young man was
a day or two ago in the lookup here
charged with vagrancy. He gave the
name of Mallory Davis, and said he
came here to get work on the iron
furnace and was disappointed.
The Louisville papers claim that
he is q sol in-law of A. r. Cooper,
of the Gait house there, and that he
had not been heard from in months
The young man was released yester-
day.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
DIED OF PNEUMONIA.

Nancy Ann Cole, age So, q resident
of the county, died yesterday afternoon
at 1880 O'Clock Of typhoid pneumonia
and will be buried tomorrow at Gar
ter's graveyard. The deceased lived
out on the Husbands road and was
we'll known in that section. She leaves
n husband and four children, all girls.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
MUCH LAND INVOLVED.

Mobile, Ala, Dec. l9-The supreme
court of Alabama has affirmed the de-
oision of the Mobile circuit court in
favor of the city against Mary l..
Turner, the city's claim to riparian
lands being disputed by Mrs. Turner,
she claiming interest in certain lands
for possession of which the city had
gained a suit in the lower court. The
act incorporating Mobile gave to the
city certain lands to the water line
and in years that have passed the
river has moved eastward and the
exposed land has been built upon,
wharves erected. etc. 1t is said that
enough value will be realized to ex-
tinRuish the old city debt, amounting
to 90, 400, 900.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
She Is
Cured-Enjoying tho
Best of Health
After Years of Heart
Disease.
DIR. Niles Heart Cure
Cured Her.

Five years ago. my wife was a constant
sufferer from weak heart and fainting spells
that would cause her heart 10 hutter violently,
leaving her IN a very weak condition. She
was extremely nervous, had little appetite,
could not sleep well and was unable to do
her household duties. She began the use Of
DIR. Miles New Heart Cure, and after the
FIRST bottle felt great relief. She has nov
used hive bottles and can say she is cured
and enjoying the best OF health. She goes
out great deal, does all her own work and
she thinks all the credit belongs to Dr. Miles
Heart Cure, and we take pleasure in giving
you this testimonial hoping II will he oil ben
eft to others. | will add that l used the Re-
storative Nervine this spring as a spring
tonic and II made a new man Of mes. G.
SrAPLEToN. Greenville, Texas.
The heart when exhausted relaxes just a.
does any weakened or exhausted muscle,
causing the circulation 10 wholly or partially
cease, when the person becomes weak, or per-
haps faint Should the relaxation continue
for a minute or two sudden death is the con-
sequence. II yourt is weak, II Il hutters, PAL
pilates, tires easily, you should Immediately
begin the use Of DR.. Miles Heart Cure. Lbs
great blood and heart tonic has been uncl
formly successful in the Treatment Of PC
disehse. IL enrichcs the blood, strengths
the ksaIt nerves, regulgts the pulse
pro9es the circri ltiou/
r<XU a. 49, A.X. I"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19

While the city auditor is explaining
things to the public for the benefit Of
the administration, he might tell the
people how much there ought to be and
is, in the sinking fund. created and
required under the new constitution
to pay off city bonds, and what the
city has done with it.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
FAvoRITE FAMILY REMEDY.

Frequently accidents occur in the
household which cause burns, cuts,
sprsins and bruises; for use in such
cases Billiards. Snow Eminent has
for many years been the constant
favorite family remedy. 25c, SOC
and 81 at Dubois and Co. g.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
LIKE THE LAMB AND THE LION

II there is anything most people
like to see 1t is each other dwelling in
peace and harmony. We were just
thinking the other day that perhaps
the age of miracles has not passed, af-
ter all. We find evidences in support Of
such atheory tight here in Paducah. For
there are our two local contemporaries
now standing shoulder to shoulder
valiantly fighting the same battle.
They are lamb-like and peaceful, and
we trust that it is permanent refor-
nation of our afternoon mel ghbor that
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
BITTEN BY A MAD CAT.

Lawrence, KY, Dec. I9--John the
ten year old old son Of John b. Will
lis, of Thorne. this county, was attacked
by mad cat and severely bitten on
the face, and hands. He was brought
here and maidstone applied.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
MAY BE SIGNED TODAY
SALOON ORDINANCE READY TO
BECOME A LAW.

Mayor Yeiser stated this morning
that he thought no would sign the ss-
loon ordinance some time today. II is
all ready for his signature, and when
he signs it will become a law, and
the Saloons will probably be notified
to comply with its provisions.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19

The report that Youtsey had made
a confession is now finally refuted by
Commonwealth Attorney franklin
himself, who is annoyed by the persis-
tent reports circulated for political
effect.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
DEATH IN THE CITY HOSPITAL.

Dan Drain, aged 22. formerly q
waiter at the st. Nicholas hotel, died
last night in the city hospital from
dropsy, after three months illness.
He came from Newberg, Tenn, and
the remains will probably be buried
here.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
THE SAFE BLOWERS.

O'Neal and Russell, the alleged safe
blowers who cracked the safe at Con-
federate, KY, will not be taken away
today. Inspector Vickery. of the post
office department, has been in New
Orleans and is expected here as soon
as he can get here, and 1t may be decid-
ed to keep the men here and prose-
cute Them in feaersi court for robbine
the DestolIiee u Oohfederate, which q
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
DAILY THOUGHT.

feel the need of reading. II Is Q
loss to man not to have grown mp
among books.-Lincoln.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19

A very fine assortment of Low
ney's candy for Christmas just ar
rived at Stutz's.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
IMPORTANT CHANGE
REPORTED THAT 10. MAY MOVE
GENERAL FREIGHT OFFICES.

Today's Memphis Commercially
peal says: II was learned from unoffi-
cisl sources last night that the Illinois
Central railroad is contemplating NOV.
ing its general freight offices from
Louisville to this city. This. follows
so closely on the announcement of the
chang es in Its passenger department
that 1t has more than the color Of
truth.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19
UNCLE SAM ASKS
'COREA TO PAY.

OoREA TO PAY.
st. Petersburg, Dec f9-It is an
nounced from Seoul that the United
States minister had demanded the pay.
ment of 81. 500, 900 due to the build
ers Of the electric railroad.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19

Get your candies from Stutz's.
They arc wholesome and fresh.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19

See Stutz's elegant assortment of
pure and delicious candies.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-12-19

Mrs. OBJ. Randall and aon, Clyde,
have teturn4d 60 their homo u Little
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-04-26
COPYRIGHT 100, ev CHARLES W. HOOKE.

The work began, and the sittings
were in the studio. Mrs. Brockwcl, as
grim as a gargoylc, would drive up in
her carriage of an afternoon, accumpa-
MED by n maid, and there would be
trouble for Hardy for the space of
some hours.
He found Mrs. Brockwcll to be, upon
the whole, The most cantankcroua per
son he had ever met, She always want
cd everything different. Mir. Brockwcll
could have told Harry this, without
doubt, but their relations were not con
tidcntial, so he had to discover it for
himself.
ingly At an old bell muzHlcd blundcr-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-04-26
| RTISTIC Bohemia, which, despite
| all assertions to the contrary,
\ still exists in New York, is land

II still exists in New York, is land
of myths and troubaiours' ro-
mances. Models that fit about from
studio to studio make themselves
agreeable in the oriental fashion by
telling stories which pass current read
lily, though few have any basis in fact
Yet so strange are the actual happen
ings among the talented and crratic
Bohemians that the most improbable
tale of all is likely to be the true one
Therefore beware how you raShly
doubt the reality of the adventure
which l am about to relate. My infor-
nation is obtained from the most UNI
trustworthy sources, yet | have occa-
Sionally known the truth to come from
the same quarter.
Young Mr. Edward Hardy is an art
ist of such versatility that in the seven
years since he came out of an art
school he has probably drawn every
thing that any man can draw except Il
salary. He has GuakCl 1T the land
lords knock, and he has known hunger
but not recently. 1t is now almost n
year since he sucCeclVl--aud how no
man knowcth-in having his portrait
of Nine Alba, the primu donna. hung
in the parlor of Il very swell hotel
The portrait was made from photo
graph, and it looks no more like the
real Nine. Alba than il Goes like Ngui-
naldO, yet it suggests lvr in Il curious
way, and, though the lady Is. to sryal,
truly Il somewhat cumbersome and
mature person, the picture is the
SprightlicSt thing tnaJ ever charmed an
eye.
1t had not been upon the wall marn
than Il week when Il lady OF society
whose present style OF beauty requires
very much the same sort Of artistic
treatment that Hardy had given MD.
engaged the voting artist ~ paint hen
portrait. lie promptly borrowed = suit
of clothes from Il friend and rssa-ri
his task. Ills work WAS highly Sa,is-
factory and really mcgitCd praise lie
unqucstionably possesses the technique
that gives life 10 Il portrait, and h" has
n supCrhuman comprehension Of Il III
dy's IDEAS Of hersclf-that mcrciful de
fusion that 10 mirror can diSpcl.
From this beginning Hardy gained
some acquaintance with persons OF
wealth and position. and thus he came
to know Mir. and Mrs. Albert c. Brock
well and their charming daughter
Edith. 1t was Mr. Hrocliwcll whom
Hardy first encountered, and in Il man
ner most unfortunate. The gentleman
called at the studio under Mrs. Brock
wells orders. He is Il self made man,
and lis clothes have Il habit of looking
as if they, too, had made themselves.
Hardy unhappily mistook his visitor
for an ornithorncus (Which is a beast
with bib and treated him with that
hautcur which man just beginning to
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-04-26

MISToOK HIS VISITOR FOR AN oRNITHoE-
NfCUS.
with his daughter, and he probably had
a vision of the consequences, yet he
lacked the cunning to avert them. The
best device that he could think Of was
to insist that Hardy should paint Mrs.
Brockwclrs portrait before attempting
that of Edith.
This arrangement finally prevailed.
Hardy secretly approved it, vowing in
his heart that if iattery on canvas or
In spoken word could win the favor of
woman he would have Mrs. Brockwell
on his side before many days had
passed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-04-26

Continued Oh pe - D.