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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
OFFICIALS MET HERE
A Number of Prominent |. C..
Men Conferred Today.
The Road Will Endeavor to Do Away
with Annoying Delays in the
Trains.
TO BE CALLED TO TIME

Mr.. o. NJ. Dunn, assistant general
manager OF southern lines Of the l. O.,
willie division and ]. J. GAVIN, Tennes.
see division OF tho /. o., Master Ne.
chanio Barton and Trainmasters Lloyd
Grimes, Louisville division and John
G.. Dignsn, Tennessee division Of the
l. O.. held conference in Master Me.
chanio Barton's Office this morning
relative to the traffic on the Louisville
and Memphis division of the road,
and to better the running OF the
trains.
OF late, q number Of trains had been
late and the meeting was held to see
who was responsible and as conse.
quence several persons in the employe
of the road will receive . good Jack
ing up" The officials all seemed to
have tired OF the unnecessary delays
and will order the rules Of the road
more strictly observed and If possibl
better the service in every way. The
conference was held this morning and
this afternoon the Officials returned
home. Nothing further of import.
anee to the public was touched on.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
ELECTION BOARD
Capt. Ed Farley Selected for the
Republicans.
Complete List OF Commissioners in
First District.

Capt. Ed Farley has been chosen
Republican member OF the McCreck.
en- county election board. The state
commissioners met at Louisville and
made the selections, completing their
work yesterday. j. @. Flournoy wac
appointed for the Democrats. The
, chief member 10 the sheriff Of the coun-
ty who votes In case of a tie.
Tho boards for other counties in
this district are:
Democrat Republican
Trigg. +. r. Wash. John p. Tooke.
Ballard, l.. N. wilford, W. X. Witty
Livingston, @. q. Gresham. W. ID. Bishop
Lyon W. II. MoOarty. W. II. Long
Marshal g. T. Harrison, ]. p. Minter
Hickman En- yene Brooks. e. L. Reid
Caldwell Robert II. Akin. Eli Nichols
NCalloway L. Y. Woodruff, II. "A. Ridden
S|rittenden p. S. Maxwell.
~ william b. Yandill
Carlisle Lee t. Taylor, L. NJ. Davis
. Graves W. s. Cook, A. u. Carmsn
Fulton o. b. Kerlin, Ed Thomas
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
Cruel TREATMENT.
Is ALLEGED IN DORA SCOTS
PETITION FOR DIVORCE.

Dora Scott has fled a suit for di.
90 ce against her husband william L..
Scott in circuit court here.
She says they were married 10 this
county in 1900 and that the defendant
has acted towards her in cruel and
inhuman manner, and has not prop
erly provided for her support; also
that he hs5 contracted the habit OF
drinking and 10 confirmed drunkard.
She asks also for the restoration of her
maiden name Dora Timmons.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
Illinois Doctor Commits Suicide
in Jail.
Alfred Knapp Must Pay the Penalty
for Wife Murder-No Yacht
Race Today.
A BIG EUROPEAN BLAZE
DOCTOR COMMITS SUICIDE

Mendoza, ILL.,, Sept. DIR. Frank
NJ. English. who had been practic-
ing physician here thirty years COM
mitted suicide in Jail by cutting his
throat with pei knife. He had heen
arrested . few hours before charged
with being instrumental in causing
the death OF Mrs. Leroy Smith, eigh-
teen year of age.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
WILL BE ELECTRoCUTED.

Cleveland. o., Sept. ALFRED
Knapp. the confessed murderer Of his
two wives and three other persons vas
today denied new trial and ordered
to Columbus for eiectrocution.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
CAUSED BY JEALOUSY.

New York, Sept. 2-henry F. Ed
son, son OF former Mayor Franklin
Edison, this morning shot and killed
Mrs. Fannie Pulser at his home and
then uicided. He was insanely jeal-
Gus.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
KENTUCKIANS MARRY.

Un;on City, Tenn, Sept. 2-Yes
terday at the Palace Hotel. Rev. W
J. Mccoy united in marriage b. NJ
Williams of Sedalis, KY. and Mis-
Bessie Mcdonnell Of Boydsville, Ky.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
POSTMASTER MISSING.

Middlesboro, KY. Sept. 2-Link
Dyer, postmaster at New Tazwell,
Tenn, is mysteriously missing. He
has been absent ten days, and his
friends are alarmed at his absence.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
BROCKETT MAY GO UP.

IL is reported that Brockett. tie
crack Cairo pitcher, has been made Al
offer by the management Of tho New
York association league team for naxS
year. Brockett is q good pitcher ed
will no doubt make good with tbs
big gun" il he goes.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02

Rev. T. J. Newell. Of the Broadway
Methodist church, has returned from
Hot Springs, Ark, where he spent .
ysclticn o. several weeks.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
MISS GOBLET TO WE'D.

London, Sept. 2-The engagement
is announced of Miss May Goelet, of
New York, to the Duke of Boxburgh.
Miss Goelet is an heiress to millions.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
GRAVES COUNTY COUPLE.

John Dupree, Of Graves county, q
telephone lineman, and Addie Hefiiins,
Of Graves county, age IS, have been
licensed to wed. II will make the
first marriage Of both.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
QUARRELLED IN WRITING.

QUARRELLED IN WRITING.
Chicago, Sept. 2-William Sches, a
deaf mute. had quarrel in a written
conversation with his wife, and at the
climax shot her five times, infiictine
wounds from which she will die.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
MINING TROUBLE SETTLED.

Knoxville. Tenn, Sept. 2-The
trouble between the Fraterville miners
and the Coal Greek company was set
tied today, and two hundred men went
back to work.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
NO WIND TODAY.

New York, Sept. 2-The yacht
race was today declared off % there is
no wind,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02

LAST MONTH-Thirteen marriage
licenses each ware issued to white and
colored people in McCraoken county. ,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
ANOTHER BIG FIRE.

Belgrade, Sept. 2-An unconfirmed
report is again published here that
Adrianople is in flames.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02

Mrs. p. II. Lunn has returned iron
Dixon, Tenn, where she bad been o.
q visit to friends ard.r yes.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-02
DEAF MUTE MURDERS
Quarrels With His Wife and
Then Shoots Her.
Another American Girl Is to Marry
Into the British
Nobility.

MINING TROUBLE IS ENDED
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
DRIFT.

Only thirty women took advantage of the
right to vote for candidates for the school
board nomination at the republican prima-
ries in Cincinnati, The number Of men who
voted was in excess of $4,000.
There have been only three republican
mayors of Chicago in twenty-five years
John H. Roche, elected in 1887 H. Wash
burne, elected in 1891. and George B.. Swift,
elected in 1895. None OF them had a second
term.
One member of the United States senate
is so, ten are over 20 and only seven are
under so. OF the S57 congressman in the
Fifty-seventh house there were only fifty
seven under 60. One was so. another 76 and
another II.
NJ. E. ingalls,, president of the Big Four
railroad, is the candidate for mayor Of Gin
cinnati on the big four ticket-citizens' in
dependent, democratic and fusion ticket.
His opponen is Mayor FIeishman, whose
ability to raise the dough" is an impor-
tant element of success.
The chaplain Of the Utah house of rep
resentatives, who prayed especially for the
salvation OF democratic members, scooted
for the timber line to escape their wrath.
The intentions Of the chaplain were lauda-
~ bNS AN ohbuAu nave hhoNh ina nv hi7
nority would not take kindly to prayer as
a means of salvation.
There are sixty-three committees in the
house OF representatives at Washington.
and only one of them was entirely exempt
from the effects Of last falls election. That
is the committee on expenditures in the
Treasury department. Of which Bob
Cousins of Iowa is chairman. Every other
committee lost from one to five members
through defeat in convention or at the
polls.
Senator Morgan Of Alabama has achieved
additional lame as the long distance talkeI
OF the senate. Up to the close Of his pre-
liminary remarks on the Panama canal
March 2, he had filled 1926 pages Of the
Record will PIG, 900 words. Since the extra
session began he has been in a continuous
state OF eruption. but the overflow has not
been gathered into the Record, and history
is likely to lose the sequel to his serial. II
Is a matter for congratulation, however
that while Alabama has the long distance
record. Nebraska's eminence for continu-
Gus performance remains unsullied. sena-
tor Aliens achievement a. yet has no rival
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
CONCESSION TO PUBLIC OPINION.

The adoption by the United States
senate of Senator Allison's resolution,
authorizing the committee on rules to
re-eXamine the rules of the senate, with
the view to ascertaining what changes,
If any, are necessary, and especially to
make Inquiry whether it is e~xpedient to
in any way limit debate in the senate,
and if so. to what extent, is clearly a
concession to public opinion. At the
same time Senator Plat of Connecticut
gave notice of a proposed modification
of the rules by which three-ffths of
the senate could make an order fixing
the time for n vote on a pending ques-
ton and also the limit of time any SEN
ator could occupy in debate pending
such final vote.
Since the speech Of Mr.. Cannon in re-
gard to the unanimous consent prac-
tice Of the senate there has been very
general discussion in the press of the
rules and methods Of that BODY and
they have been disapproved in almost
1921 II liz buDltCl Is IN
no means new there was never before
quite as much interest taken In It as
was aroused by the proceedings In the
senate during the closing DAYS of the
last congress and it appears that this
made an impression upon senator's. II
such men as Mr.. Allison and Mr.. Platt
Will earnestly endeavor 10 reform the
senate rules it is not to be doubted that
they can accomplish it, backed as they
would be by an overwhelming opula
demand for a change. The committee
on rules Of the senate consists of
Messrs. SDooner, chairman, Aldricb.
Hoar, Elkins, Teller, Cockrell and
Bacon. Most Of these are strong stick
lers for the traditional parliamentary
practices of the body, but they may not
be disposed to wholly disregard popular
sentiment.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
MURDERS HIs WHOLE Family
Missouri Farmer Stays wife and SIX
children with sIedEehsmmer-
Cuts HIS own Throat.

ST. LOUIS, March 1S.-Adolph Krauss, a
German farmer living twenty-one miles
west OF st. Louis, last night killed his wife
and six children with a sledgehammer. 1t
is believed Krauss suddenly became insane.
After killing his family Krauss cut his
throat and died today, but did not injure
himself with the hammer, as first reported.
The coroner will hold an inquest today.
The dead in this tragedy are:
AUGUST KRAUss, Ss years old. father
and murderer.
MRS. AUGUST KRAUss, 81 years old.
the wife and mother.
CARRIE, aged II.
AMY, aged Q.
PHILIP, aged Z.
GEORGE, aged 8.
MARY, aged 8.
BABY BOY, aged 8 months.
B. F. Andre. postmaster at Bellefontaine
received a letter from Mrs. Krauss stating
that her husband had been acting strangely
and that she feared violence at his hands.
She asked in the letter that the local
lodge Of the Modern Woodmen take steps
to protect her.
In his more cheerful moments Krauss
frequently told his wife, neighbors say, to
keep all weapons out of his reach, as he
feared in times of dependency he might
use them upon himself or on the members
OF his family.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
JUDGE ORDERS A VERDICT
Says that Indiana Coal Operators
Have violated No Law of
Illinois.

CHICAGO, March 13.-Judge Chetlain to-
day instructed the jury in the case Of the
Indiana coal operators TO bring in a verdict
OF not guilty. The jury was then dis
charged.
The court held that IL there was any VIC
lation Of law by the operators It was.a vlo-
lation of the interstate law and not the
statutes OF Illinois. Such being the case the
offense should come before a federal jury.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
WIFE IS NOT IN THE WILL
Burdick Gives Small sum to other
Relatives, but Bulk to His
Children.

BUFFALO, N. Y, March 13.-The will OF
the late Edwin L. Burdick, murdered in his
home here Friday, February q, was made
public today. He cuts off his wife, whom
he was suing for divorce, without a cent.
He leaves $4,000 to relatives and the rest Of
his property to his three children, share
and share alike.
The will was made December 8, 1902. Mr..
Burdick names as executors Augustus b.
Kellogg, George H. Dunston and George C.
Miller. He names Charles Parke and Risley
Tucker. his business associates, as guar
dams of his children.
The petition for the probate cites the
following as the heirs at law and next kin
OF Burdick: Alice H. Burdick, widow; Ma
rion Burdick, aged Is, daughter; Carroll
Lewis Burdick, aged 70; Alice Hull Bur-
dick, aged 10, daughter.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
TIRE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL @,

THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.
Although the presidential contest of
1904 is more than a year distant those
who take an interest in political affairs
are already looking forward to 1t and
calculating the chances. The Washing
ton correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, who may fairly be as
sumed to look at the situation impair
TALLY, from a careful review of the DO
litical field reaches the conclusion that
never before In the history of the re-
publican party were its prospects of
success, twenty months before the presi-
dental election, so good as they are to-
day. He says the republicans are ap-
parently in control of all the states of
the north except Nevada. I'm Rhode
Island the results were divided, but no
one supposes that this state would be
lost to the republicans in a presidential
vote. Montana has recently given a
republican majority of 10000, Idaho of
5000 and Colorado of 1000. MARYLAND.
in spite Of its election of a democratic
senator in the person of Mr.. German
and its new ballot law. gave n sub
stantial republican plurality on the re-
cent congressional vOte. 1t will require
a series of political explosions to dis
lodge the republican, party from its pres
ent position in season to affect the result
in 1904. The democrat capable Of
charging the mine and touching the
match has not yet been spied out by
observers In Washington"
The republican party continues strong
with the people because it has kept faith
with them and because the policies and
principles for which it stands have been
fully justified by results. All that IT
promised when restored to power has
been more than realized and every
pledge since made in regard to the mat
tiers which affect the interests and vel
fare of all the people has beer kept.
Republican policies brought the country
prosperity and are maintaining IL. An
other reason why the republican party
continues strong with the people is that
they have had, in the course of the
democrats in the last congress, renewed
proof OF the unhtness and incapacity of
that party for the duties and response
bilities of government. Strictly speak
Ing there is not now a democratic party,
but factions each calling itself demo
cratic and getting ready for a desperate
struggle for supremacy in the next ma.
tional convention. A party so divided
j and dsmOralized. and whose representa-.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
HIS LAST II

w. d. Nesbit in Chicago Tribune.
(John T. Mason, "a years old, a veteran OF
the civil war was heard during the night
Through Georgia" Next morning he was
found l~ifeless In his bed, his eyes wide
open. A physician who was called stated
that the old man must have died about the
time the song was heard by the others In
the house.-Local news item.)
Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing
He heard the far-of chorus as his COM
rades marched along;
he heard the ol3nk OF sabre, and the jang-
The rumbling of the cannons, where his
shouting messmates were;
he heard the hurried hoofbeats Of the
horses mettlesome;
And high above he saw the flag that
He saw them swing along the road-no.
graybeards, slow and bent,
An no; He saw the boyish ranks OF his
With rhythmic tread IL held it's line. with
hfers piping shrill;
He saw the Tasged c%oiors, that were wav-
And calling1calling-calling came the roll.
ing Of the drum:
Fall in! Fall in for dress parade! The
ranks are waiting. Comet"
The line wheeled when 1t neared him. and
as in the light of noon
He saw the forms of comrades who across
the South were strewni
He saw the brave companion who had
battled by his side
tears welied up again Just as they did
the day he died.
Then, HATH the bugles sounded, and he
heard his wartime chief
Call in his kindest, ~clearest tones: This
Is the last relief"
March on The flag was waving and
the soldiers marched away;
And he went singing with them, far be-
yond the Gates of Day,
The bugles pealing gladly and the line with
no more gaps
The bugles singing sweetly in that eniso
of TAPS"
And flies were mad and merry, and the
drums were laughing, too,
For he marched beside the colors as he led
the grand review!
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14

II the Elkhorn had not been absorbed
In a timely n by the Northwest.
ern the attempt to smuggle through the
legislature a bill to take the limit of in.
debtedness Off railroad corporations
would not have been suspended. The
purpose Of the bill was unquestionablv
to make way for the absorption of Ne.
braska railroads by controlling or oper-
ating roads'in the nature of the North
ern Securities company. If the utipa.
ton still pending should turn out disas-
trous to the merger interests an OMEN
door incorporation law in Nebraska
would come in handy for them to start
out with anew. 1t will be well for the
members of the legislature to keen n
weather eye out anyway just to make
sure that the bill in question is not res
directed before the session closes.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
LEGISLATURE IN A FIGHT
Missouri Speaker Makes Sensational
Charge and Blows Follow
in Chamber.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, March 49,
Speaker White Cotton took the floor today
when the discussion of the Davidson school
textbook bill was on in the house and made
the charge that Doodle was being used to
defeat the bill.
AS the discussion proceeded Representa-
tive c. NJ. selph of St. Louis and Door
keeper ]. E. Clark became involved in con-
troversy because the doorkeeper demanded
Selph to keep quiet. Clark struck Selph
and the house was in an uproar. Several
members jumped on desks and yelled for
order.
Some moved to adjourn, while at least
a dozen others rushed to the doorkeeper's
station and took part in the row. Order
was finally restored, after the appoint
ment of a committee to assist the sergeant
alarms in clearing the lobby and seating
members. s..
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14

tives in congress have shown themselves
so Incompetent and unpatriotic, cannot
hope to win the support of a majority
of the American people. The veteran
democrat ex-senator Vest Of Missouri,
recently expressed doubt as to whether
the democrats Will get together by
1904. II is perfectly evident that they
will not, for union between the radical
ism of Bryan and the conservatism
which is best represented by Cleveland
is out Of the question.
The republican party will go into the
national campaign Of 1904 with as
strong a claim to popular confidence
and support as it has ever had and with
most substantial assurance of success.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
MEXICO ASKS AMERICANS HELP
Smelter and Trust officials and Cor
nell Professor Aid in Estab-
fishing Currency.

MEXICO CITY, March 13.-J. w. jerks of
Cornell, Charles A.. Conant, vice president
Of the Morton Trust company o. New
York, and Edward Brush, vice president
Of the American Smelling and Refining
company, invited by Finance Minister Linn
antour to study the silver situation and
aid in forming a plan for giving Mexico a
stable currency, were formally presented
to the minister today.
The conviction grows that the country
will soon adopt a modified gold standard,
giving stability OF value to the silver
peso.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14

The Peter Cooper club has formally
endorsed the fusion members of the Ne
braska legislature for loyalty to the peo-
pies interests as against the corpora
lions. 1t is to be feared that the club
will have to revise its blanket endorse
ment before the members go home and
specify more distinctly by making ex-
ceptiOns Of a few corporation fusionists
who vote wrong or dodge conveniently
by getting into the absentee column.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
SAY JUDGES HAVE MANY WIVES
Utah Press Statements Lead Special
Grand Jury to Probe POIyE-
amy Charges.

SALT LAKE CITY, March 10. At the
request of County Attorney Westervelt,
three judges of the district court today
called a special grand jury to investigate
the charges recently made OF the practice
Of polygamy in this city and county.
Statements in the press that local
judges recently contracted plural marriages
is believed to rave been instrumental in
bringing about the proposed investigation.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
EARTH ROCKS IN FAR WEST
Seismic Disturbances Alarm Olympia,
Tacoma and Seattle Res
Iaents

OLYMPIA. Wash, March IAN unusu-
ally perceptible earthquake was felt here
at 6:25 tonight. Buildings were shaken so
that occupants ran into the streets in
alarm.
The principal shock was preceded by a
tremor of a few seconds and followed by
a slight tremor, the entire disturbance
lasting nine seconds.
Two distinct shocks were felt in Seattle
about $40 tonight, and Tacoma also felt
the tremors.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14

The present average yearly

The present average yearly consumption
of tea is about one pound per capita, or
less than the consumption of thirty years
ago. But the per capita consumption Of
coffee in the same time has nearly doubled
and that of beer and ale has more than
doubled. AS the use of wines and distilled
spirits is about the zane relatively as
thirty years ago. it is evident, from the
malt liquor statistics. that the consunip-
tion of intoxicants generally has increased
materially.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14

thirst-duenching stations are to be
closed promptly at 10 o'clock every night
and conform to Sabbath observance
rules. IL is worthy of note I'm this con
n%ection that the street cars between
Omaha and Council Bluffs run every
dav in the week and until 1 o'clock ut
night.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
Basis of Prosperity.
st. Louis Globe-D

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A free trade paper puts this conundrum
'If our exports to Porto Rico can be ex-
panded six times in four years by free
trade, why won't a more reasonable tariff
increase our exports to all the rest of the
world?" Porto Rico has the benefit OF an
untaxed traffic with all the United States,
and the advantage also Of being part of a
protective country. Porto Rico's pros
perlty, like that Of the nation generally,
is on a protectionist basis.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
Hummins with Prosperity.
New York Tribune.

Present conditions are not favorable to
corners in wheat, in coal or in anything
necessary for the comfort and sustenance
Of Americans. Every conspiracy to raise
prices of food, fuel or clothing to exorbi-
tant figures ought to fail. and is likely to
fail. But in spite of the effects OF the
coal strike and the high prices Of meats
this republic in the main is buzzing and
humming wit prosperity. There are not
nearly enough engines and cars for the
rapid handling Of the large quantities Of
goods which are pressing upon the rail-
roads.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
FIFTEEN DIE IN COAL MINE
Explosion Wrecks Illinois Pit, Stay
ing Thee Outright and
EntOmbinE Others.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, March ls.-Fifteen
men may have lost their lives in a mine
explosion at Cardiff.
In a telegram received by Secretary Ryan
OF the United Mine Workers. three bodies
are reported as being recovered so far.
There is little hope for the twelve other
men who we're working ia the mine.