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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-02

London, June 2.--Peace has been
declared after nearly two years and
eight months of a war which tried the
British empire to its uttermost and
wiped the Beers from the list Of ma
tions.
The war has como to an end with
Lord Kitchener's announcement from
Pretoria that he, Lord Miluer and
the Boer delegates had signed the
terms of surrender"
The announcement had been an
ticipatcd for several days and 1t was
definitely forecasted in these dis
patches, but its receipt Sunday af-
ternoon took the nation by surprise,
as everybody had confidently believed
that the house Of commons would hear
the first news today. The edge OF
anticipation with which Great Britain
awaited the promised statement in the
house Of commons from Balfour, the
government leader, was still further
dulled By the following message from
King Edward to his people, which was
issued after midnight;
1.-THE king has received the vel.
come news Of the cessation Of hostil'
tiles in South Africa with infinite sat
isfaction, and his majesty trusts that
peace may speedily be followed by the
restoration of prosperity in his new
dominions and that the feelings neces'
sarily engendered by war will give
place to earnest cooperation ON the
part of his majesty's South African
subjects in promoting the welfare Of
this common country"
How greatly King Edwards insist
ence that peace in South Africa be Sc
cured prior to his coronation influ-
enced the present agreement will prob
ably not be known until the private
memoirs of the present regime are
given to the public.
According to a dispatch to the Daily
ExTfkss from Utrecht, Holland. Mr..
Krugef>was informed shortly after 0
O'Clock last night that peace had been
declared. He had been asleep.
my God. he said, "is it possible %
Mr.. Kruger and his encourage, the
dispatch continues, hope to be per.
mitted to return to the Transvasl.
This, however, 10 quite unlikely.
The dispatches received here from
South Africa describe the rejoicing
in all the principal towns there
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-02
by that minister.

The wedding will come as surprise
to their many friends, and they will
receive the heartiest congratulations
from all sides. They will reside at
the residence of the bride on jackson
street.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-02
Circuit Judge Husbands Rendered
Judgement This Morning.
Nc Gives the Plaintiff Nearly all He
Sued for in the Brick Street
Case.
TtsrlAONY VERY vOluSlSOUs

The long-expected decision in the
Patterson brick street case came this
morning. when Judge Husbands 7 u.
dered his opinion in the circuit court,
giving the plaintiff, ". II. Patterson,
now city clerk OF Paducah, Judgment
for s7,9s2.4i, nearly the entire
amount sued for, ON the brick street
contract, against the city OF Psduoah.
The suit was one of the most volum.
iuous ever tried here. Tho evidence
covered many hundred sheets of type
written paper, and the dispositions
were the most lengthy ever taken in
this county. The suit grew out of the
contract to build four blocks Of brick
street on Broadway, let to Porteous
and Patterson when the work was bs'
gun.
Mr.. Portoous died several months
ago. and the suit has since been in
Mr.. Patterson's name. The city re-
fused to pay about $4,000 balance due
on the street because Of alleged de-
fects in material OF workmanship.
The council ordered certain places
raised or lowered, claiming they were
not up to grade. aud the contractors
refused TO make the alterations, result
ing in the refusal of the city to pay
the balance, for which suit was
brought
The case was first referred to the
master commissioner. who decided in
favor OF the plaintiff, and exceptions
were entered by the city and the case
brought then for trial before the cir.
cult court.
The Judgment rendered this morn
ing gives the plaintiff within sbo Mt
es0O Of the total amount sued for. Il
IL likely that the city will fight 1t
further.
Attorneys Bloomfield and Crice are
for the plaintiff. and worten and
Lightfoot for the city.
There was little done in circuit
court today other than the decision in
che Patterson case. In the same case
the commissioner was allowed $500,
the decision having been made while
Hon. William Reed. special judge,
presided.
Many other cases were called and
submitted and several minor actions
stricken from the docket but the Pat
terson Judgment was the only one
filed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-02
Sudden Summons Of a Well Known
Citizen of Paducah Yesterday.
He Was Found Dead Aboard the Dick
Fower-vicim Of Heart
Failure.
HAD PREstiTIMENT OF DEATH

Captain W. W. Phillips, the retired
lumberman, and for forty years resi-
dent of Paducah, was found dead in
his stateroom, No. "a, aboard the Dick
Fowler yesterday morning shortly be-
fore O'Clock.
Lee Stanfield, colored, one of the
cabin boys, went to call the Captain,
and received no response. An investi-
CATION revealed the fact that the man
was dead. He had peacefully expired
during the night, and no one knew he
was even ill.
Captain Phillips boarded the boat at
Mound City, Ill, Saturday night, and
was apparently in his usual health.
He retired early. and was not COM
planning.
Coroner Peal held an inquest, and
the verdict of the jury was that the
deceased died from old age and heart
disease. Captain Phillips fine watch
was found in a telescope, in an envel-
ope addressed to his grandson, the
little son of MIR. Elmus Carter of the
city, and his family infer from this
that he had probably been feeling i'll,
and had a presentiment that he could
not last much longer. captain Phil
lips had not been feeling in the best OF
health for a week or more, but it was
thought to BIZ only temporary indis-
position,
The deceased was born near Roch-
ester, n. T., and enlisted in the Union
army in Michigan. He served during
the Civil War as captain on various
gunboats. plying principally between
Cairo and Nashville. Once he was
shot in the shoulder, and swan the
Tennessee river near Johnsonville and
escaped, and another time was stabbed
while an effort was being made to take
him a prisoner The bullet he will
carry with him to the grave.
After the war he located In Padu-
cab, and for many years was connect
ed with the Langstan mill. He re-
tired a few years ago, sold his home
near Fourth and Broad streets and
went to Cairo two years ago to reside
with his son, Mr.. Howard Phillips.
He came to Paduoah to attend the
carnival, and left on his return last
week early, but started back Saturday
night for another visit.
Captain Phillips went to Livingston
county soon after the war and settled
there as farmer, remaining several
years. He came to Paducah to work
in the milling plant of Collier and
Mcknight and later worked in the
Langstaff -Orms plant as foreman, a
position he held for twenty years.
He leaves five children. Mr., Sher-
man Phillips, Mrs. Elmus Carter,
Mrs. Ed Yancy, of the city and Mrs.
Bert Fisher, of Chicago and Howard
Phillips, of Cairo. The funeral took
place this afternoon at 8 O'Clock from
the residence of Mrs. Carter, 5l3
South Sixth street, Rev. ". Z. Gave.
of the Presbyterian church, of which
the deceased was a member, otficiat-
ing. The burial was at Oak Grove.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-02
Negress Fires at Her Lover, Who
Was Behind Officer Jim Collins.
The Officer Thought He Had Fallen
Into the Hands Of the
Philstne.
WOMAN AND MAN BOTH ARRESTED

Former Marshal James Collins was
this morning treated TO bad fright,
and il is due solely TO the accidental
dropping Of his pistol that Coroner
Peal was not called today to hold. an
inquest or two.
About the time police court adjourn
ed this morning shortly after 10
O'Clock, Captain Collins, who is now
a member OF the day police force, was
standing on the city hall steps when
negro man rushed excitedly up to him
and seizing him about the waist
swung around behind him and in his
violent antics threw the officer down.
About the same instant negro
woman ran up, pulled 3s-pistol
from q paper she carried in her hand
and shot at the man.
By this tune Marshal Collins had
pulled his own pistol not understand
ing what was up, and shouted 70 the
woman to drop hers or he would kill
her. He was frightened aud had good
reason TO be, for the woman acted like
lunatic, and would doubtless have
shot again had not she accidentally
dropped her own pistol
Both man and woman were arrested
Immediately and locked up. The man
Is Hun Cannon. He has been "trus-
ty" in the lookup for some time, and
il seems was last night allowed to
spend the night away from the lock
up. He went to the home of Lulu Bau-
ter, the woman who shot at him this
morning, and she claims mistreated
and assaulted her while he was there.
This morning she came after him,
and they had little "spat" near the
city hall, and II seems the woman,
revenge ranking in her bosom, had
prepared herself for anything that
might come up and whenCannon start
cd to go up the steps into the city hall
shot ct him.
Marshal Collins says that he was so
startled by the sudden onslaught of the
negroes that II he hadn't dropped his
pistol he would have probably shot
them both. He knew the woman was
shooting In his direction, and did not
know what the man was doing, unless
both attacked him TO do him bodily
harm. II all happened so quickly he
had no time to think about it.
The woman's pistol was found to be
fully loaded and she doubtless meant
business when she went to look for
Cannon this morning
Both were locked up. the woman
for malicious shooting, and the man
to prevent his becoming "trusty"
again. 1t is wonder that Officer Col
Inns was not hit by the bullet. There
was quite q crowd about at the time,
but fortunately no enc was struck.
Manager J. b. Allen Of the Postal
Telegraph company YVES last night
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-02
LOST FINGERS.

Fred Bell, colored, an employe Of
the Chamblin and Murray brick
yard, met with serious accident this
while at work at saw used
in the saw mill department Of the
yard. He got his hand tangled mp in
the machine and drawn into the saw.
T wo fingers OF the right hani were
cut of and two badly cut.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-02

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The demand for accom- modation in
the house of commons this afternoon
TO hear the statement Of the first lord
Of the treasury and government leader,
A. J. Balfour, was unprecedented.
Mr.. Balfour arose and announced the
terms of peace in South Africa as fol-
lows: Burgher forces lay down their
arms and hand over rifles, guns and
munitions of war in their possession
or under their control, All prisoners
are to be brought back to South Africa
as soon as possible, without loss of lib
erty or property. No action is to be
taken against prisoners except where
they are guilty of breaches of the rules
Of war. Dutch is to be taught in the
schools II desired by parents, and used
in the courts II necessary. Rifles are
allowed for protection. Military 90.
cupancy is to be Withdrawn as soon as
possible and self government substitut-
ed. There Is to be no tax on the
Transvaal to pay the cost Of the war.
The sum OF three million pounds
sterling is to be provided for restor.
ing Boer farms.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-02
COMESATLAST
The Boer War, After Two Years
Duration, Has Ended.

which followed the announcement Of
peace yesterday, and say that Mon
day has been proclaimed a general
holiday.
In an editorial on the news from
South Africa the Times points out
that there can be no treaty, but
merely. as Lord Kitchener names it,
"a document containing terms Of
peace"
The Times is confident that the
terms offered General Botha a year
ago have been virtually maintained.
The newspaper is equally certain
that the interests Of the loyal colon
lists, whether of Dutch or of British
blood, have not been overlooked in
the settlement.
The Times pays a tribute to the
sagacity and conoiliatory diplomacy
of Lord Salisbury and Lord Lans-
downe, the foreign secretary, which
has built up an amicable understand
ing, it declares, with the United States,
and which has done so much to sober
the reflections Of less friendly states.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-02

The ls-months.old child Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Wolf fell down the
stairs at Third and Adams this morn.
ing and painfully hurt a leg. DR..
.Coyle attended IL.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-02

There will be meeting Of the
Knights OF tine Golden Horseshoe this
evening to take some steps to dispose
Of the funds on hand.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-02
ATTORNEY f1ARRIfS
MR.. JOHNSON HOUSER AND
MRS. vITURA THOMPSON
Welded.

Mr.. johnson Houser, the we'll
known attorney of the firm of Houser
and Cross, and Mrs. viturs Thomp-
son. the widow of Monroe Thompson.
were married last night at O'Clock
at the residence of Rev. william Boaz
of the Tenth street Christian church,
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
STATIONS REQUESTS.
Bulk Of Great Fortune for Home for
Sick Persons.

Colorado Springs, Colo, Sept o.
The will of the late w. S. Stratton
was filed for probate this afternoon.
He leaves slO00,000 to build the My
ron Stratton home for sick persons in
this city, and bequeaths the residue
of his estate, after being turned into
cash. to the maintenance of the home.
Carl S. Chamberlain, of Brooklyn, n.
Y; d. II. Rice, of this city, and Tyson
s. Dimes are the executors. The will
bears date of August 8, 1902.
The will of Mr. Strattun leaves $780,
900 each TO dozen or SO relatives.
The will then reads: ITO my son, |.
Harry Stratton, of Toulon, ILL.,, $50 900,
in case he does not contest or cause
to be contested this will" This son
has lived away from the father ever
since he was born. Concerning him
there has been much speculation, as
Mr.. W. S. Stratton was divorced from
his wife Immediately after the birth
of the boy. The son visited the father
but two or three times in his life, and
arrived in this city only after the
death OF the multimillionaire He Is
still in the city.
The objects oil the Myron Stratton
home are specified to be the erection
of the home for persons physically
unable to earn their livelihood, who,
either through advanced age, physical
debility, or otherwise are handi-
capped" The will expressly shuts out
all those who by reason of loathsome
diseases, gross indecency or insanity
would imperil the health and happi-
ness of other inmates. For the sup
port of this home it is supposed the
income from about S2O,000,0O0 left by
StrattOn will he available
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
WHEAT PRICE JUMPS.
Shorts Alarmed Over Prospect of Be-
ina Unable to Fill Contracts.

Chicago, H., Sept. 23.-Frightened
over the prospect Of not being able to
I'LL their contracts, shorts in Septem-
Der wheat today cast aside all thought
of the ban which the courts recently
placed on corners" and proceeded to
cover in the pit, with the result that
prices of the cereal shot up rocket
wise amid great speculative excite
ment.
September wheat closed at 75isc on
Saturday and sold again at that price
on the opening transactions today but
within an hour after trading began it
reached 7Sc, and the excitement which
ruled in the vicinity of the pit rapidly
spread TO all the down town brokers'
offices. Later the price touched soc.
The advance was believed by the
majority of spectators to mean that
Armour & Co. had the shorts in a tight
place. as has been the talk in specu,
lative circles recently.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
strikers FIRE ON DEPUTIES |
LAWLEssNEss REPORTED IN THE
MINING TOWN OF EDWARDS
WILLIE, PENNSYLVANIA.
Another Outbreak lmmnent-Soldiers
at Shenandoah and Manila Park Are
Held in Readiness for Any Elmer.
eency.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. Sept 22.-The
mining town of Edwardsville, near
here, was the scene of much lawless-
ness last night and early this morn
ing. A crowd of men, said to be strik
ers, went in search of man named
James Mcclure, who had gone to work
in the mines last week.
They fired stones at several houses,
broke down doors in the dwelling
where Mcclure was supposed to live
and committed other depredations.
The mob also fired on the deputies
at the Woodward mine The officers
returned the fire, but no one was
wounded. Early this morning three
men were arrested charged with
being the ringleaders who threatened
McGuire's life. They gave their
names as John Sherbemah, George
Streiker and Michael None. In default
of $1,000 bail each they were commit
ted to Jail.
Both civil and military authorities
fear the week will develop the most
serious violence since the Inaugural
ton of the coal strike. Starting with
the dynamitng of Thursday night, the
continuation of it Friday night and
tho attacks and violence which have
since occurred the temper of the law
less crowds has been aroused to the
point where a serious clash with the
authorities is feared.
To guard as best they can against
violence troops will be sent in the
morning into the Panther Creek Val
ley to protect the workers at the No.
and No. 70 mines of the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company and to Ma
hanoy Valley, where threats are made
that workers at the North Mahanoy
colliery will be killed. Last night the
bridges and trestles near these points
and others close to working collier
les or washeries are being guarded
by officers to prevent further dynamit-
ing.
The temper of the strikers is such
that an outbreak is imminent. The
fact that they have been unable to
stop the reopening of cOllieries and
washeries and that daily gains are be-
ing made in the production of coal has
incensed the strikers and it is this
feeling that has led to attacks upon
workers and the dynamiting of the
bridges in an effort to prevent the
shipment of coal.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
DIES MONIES LAUNCHED.
Miss Elsie Macomber, of Iowa, Be.
slows Name on New Cruiser.

Quincy, Mass, Sept. 22.-The cruis-
err Des Moines was launched from the
yards of the Fore River Ship and En-
CINE Company.
Hundreds saw the ship plunge into
the water, and their cheers echoed
along the river banks.
Miss Elsie Macomber of Des Moines,
with Governor Cummins, of Iowa, and
Mayor Brenton, of Des Moines, stand
ing by her side smashed the tradition
al bottle of champagne against the
steel PROV of the cruiser, while Miss
Clara N. Carleton of Haverhill, Mass,
cut the ropes which held the last keel
block and started the ship down the
ways.
The Des Moines is the largest vessel
ever launched in the waters Of Massa-
chusetts Bay, and is the first of the
Government ships under construction
by the Fore River Company.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
COLLAPSE of Rebellion.

Washington. Sept. 23.-The follow
ing important dispatch was received
at the Colombian Legation here last
night from Governor SalaZar of the
Department of Panama: Panama,
Sept 22.--Rebcls have retreated to
Aqua Dulce. Railway traffic perfectly
free The interior of Colombia com
pletely pacitiod To-day additional re
endorsements reached Colon from Bar
ranquilla Rebels admit hopelessness
OF their cause The Legation officials
assert that ,he retreat of the rebels to
Aqua Dulce marks practically the col
lapse of the rebellion
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
IDENTIFIED AS YOUNG.
Prisoner Admits He Is the Nan
Wanted.

New York Sept 23.-The quest for
the supposed murderer of Mrs. Anna
Pulitzer was ended last night when
news reached police headquarters in
this city that the man claiming to he
Bert Edwards. and who was arrested
last night near Derby, Conn, had ad
mitted that he was William Hooper
Young, after he had been positively
identified by Mac Levy, a professor of
physical culture in whose establish
ment in Brooklyn Young was at one
time employed.
Detectives sent to Derby today re-
ported that they were positive the
prisoner was Young, but the identified
tiOn was not positively established un.
til Young was confronted with Levy,
who instantly recognized him. While
admitting his identity, it is understood
that Young made no admission of
guilt. The police announce that
Young will be brought to this city to-
day, his counsel in this city having
said that he would waive examination
proceedings, which might delay his
surrender to the New York authorities
for a day or two.
The articles of feminine apparel
found in the trunk brought back from
Chicago were positively identified as
belonging to his wife by Joseph Pulitz-
err, who was deeply affected when
shown the little bag of cakes his wife
had bought for him when she went
out on Tuesday night last. The trunk
was also positively Identified by Alfred
Dolby, the hall boy, as the one which
he had helped Young to carry out Of
his fiat.
Capt Schmittberger held n confer
cncc with the Mormon elders who
lived in the house where the murder
was committed. The captain after
ward said he was satisfied the Mormon
elders were in no way connected with
the crime
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
HABEAS CORPUS DENIED.
Doodle Prisoners Fail to Secure Their
Release.

st. Louis, Sept. In the case Of
the four cN-members of the House of
Delegates now in Jail under charges of
bribery and perjury, Judge J. E.
CAN'T, of the Missouri Supreme Court,
yesterday denied the application for a
writ CT haboas corpus, remanded the
prisoners to the custody of Sheriff
Dickmann, and refused to fix the
amount of bail at a figure less than
that fixed by Judge Douglas of the
Circuit Court. Judge Gantt's opinion
is complete victory Tor Circuit Attor-
ney Folk on all points in dispute. The
men in questlon-John Helms, Otto
Schumacher, William NJ. Tamblyn and
John II. Schnettler-must, therefore,
remain in Jail until tried, unless they
can contrive to raise the amount Of
bail, which is SIS, 900 in the case of ali
except Tamblyn, whose bond was fixed
at $4,000.
Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-25
Morgan In Politics.
Trust Maenate Against Roosevelt and
For Cleveland.

Washington, Sept. 23.-Defeated in
his efforts to prevent the New York
Republicans from indorsing President
Roosevelt, IL is now the announced
determination of J. Picrpont Morgan
to defeat the nomination of Mr.. Roose-
welt for President in 1904. If he fails
to accomplish his purpose by securing
the defeat of Mr.. Roosevelt in the Re-
publican convention, he will try to Sc
cure the nomination by the Democrats
of Grover Cleveland, or some Demo-
crat of that school, and will throw him
his support and that of the interest
he represents. This is his plan to
punish Mr.. Roosevelt for his antitrust
policy.
This Is stated on the authority of a
friend of Mr. Morgan. man who
stands high in politics and finance,
who says that Mr.. Morgan made this
deliberate statement to him:
"Hc must be defeated for nominal
ton and safe man must be nomi-
mated in his stead. If he can not be
defeated for nomination, then we must
see that the Democrats nominate
safe man like Cleveland. whom che
business interests can support, and
beat Roosevelt at the polls"