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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-07
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED.

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED.
A pleasant entertainment was given
on Wednesday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Martin Of
South Tenth street. 1t celebrated the
59th birthday Of Mr.. Martin, ard was
a most enjoyable occasion. The even
ing was most delightfully."- spent in
games and conversation, and an elabo.
rate supper was served. The guests
were:
Messrs. and Mesdames Dan L. Ad.
ans, ]. W. Barclay, J. G. Switser,
Mr.. q. W. Houston and family, Mr..
Clint Houston aud family. Mesdames
V. A. Hutchinson, J. b. Allison,
James Houston. Misses Nola Hall, Bir-
die Leonard, Emma Ciais, Lucy Ran
dali, Messrs. J. W. Hall, J. t. Nolan,
A. j. willett, II. q. Graham, A. @.
HarRrove, ]. f. Clements.
MISSIONARY TEA.
The Missionary tea of Grace Epis-
copal church was held at the home of
Mrs. Joseph Gardner on Friday after
noon. Miss Minnie Radcliffe presid-
ed Interesting reports were made on
various phases of missionary work.
Mrs. Muscoe Burnett told of "what
the Church Can DO for Rude People
-Esquimaux." Mrs. George Thomp-
son gave an account Of 1.-THE Mission
Work on Lost Mountain. Miss
Frances Gould, from THE Spirit OF
Missions. told of Bishop Hare's thir-
tieth anniversary among the Sioux In
diaps, and other notes of interes. in
1.-THE Progress of the Kingdom. /"
Light refreshments were served.
d. A. X. MEETING.
The DsuShte o. the American Rev
olution met on Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. Armour Gardner on Mari-
son street. II was the regular month
ly business meeting and nothing OF I'M
usual importance was considered
Two new members were received,
Miss Marie Boyd aud Miss Elizabeth
Boyd of Eddyville, applied to enter
the chapter here ana we're accepted.
Instead of The usual history study,
the proceedings Of the d. A. r. con-
gress recently in session at Washing.
ton City, was read and discussed. A
pleasant social time followed the bust.
ness session.
INEORMAT, TEA
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-07
Winners of Yesterdays
Prizes In Puzzle Contest.

Winners of yesterdays puzzle:
Miss Fannie Grossheart.
velyin Quarles.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-07
ENJOYABLE
SURPRISE PARTY.

A peasant surprise party was given
the Misses Puryear at their home az
Broadway and Eighth street ON Thurs
day evening by q number of their
friends. The evening was delightfully."-
spent and the occasion was very
hanny one.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-07
THE COMING WEEK.

The Delphic club will meet on Tues
day morning with Mrs. r. b. PHILLIP :
instead Of Miss Luoie Robiou.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-07
KNIGHTS OF PYrHIAS
TO ENTERTAIN.

The ladies' social to be given by the
Knights Of Pythias on next Wednes-
day evening at their hall promises to
be most delightful occasion. On
that evening the gallant Knights will
entertain IN honor Of their mothers,
sweethesrts, sisters and wives. The
Kentucky orchestra will play and re-
freshments will be served. IL will be
largely attended affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12
Anacostia and Vicinity.

Stepheny Hill, one of the best known and
most respected colored citizens of this sec
ton, whose death occurred at his home on
Sumner avenue, Hillsdale. Thursday last.
was buried yesterday afternoon from AL
lan's Methodist Episcopal Chapel. in Gar
field. The deceased was over seventy years
old, and had participated in the civil war.
He was a member of the Order of Salnari-
tans of Hillsdale and Garfield. His funeral,
which was largely attended, was conduct
ed by Rev. R. Il. Queen. pastor of Allan s
Chapel. The interment was made in
Moores cemetery, in Hillsdale. The de-
ceased is survived by widow and several
children.
George R. Bowie, a salesman, living at
GIT c street northwest, lost black leather
pocket book Saturday night before 10
o'clock, while driving along the Livingston
road between Oxon Hill, Prince George S
county, Nd, and Congress Heights. He
Immediately went to the police station in
Anacostia. where he reported the case to
Sergeant C. A. Stevens. Funds amounting
to between 500 and $50 were in the wal
let.
Robert Busch, colored, nineteen years
old, was last evening removed from the
Anacostia police station to Marlboro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12
MAGNETIC SPRINGS.
Interesting Experiments Made With
Waters in Indiana.

The hydro-econOmic expert of the United
States Geological Survey, Mr. M. O. Leigh
ton, has recently Investigated three waters
in the state of Indiana and has found
them to be magnetic. imparting magnetic
power to needles, knife blades, etc This
controverts the opinions of the ma jority
of chemists and engineers who are nearly
always skeptical on this subject. One of
these waters is at Cartersburg Springs
Hendricks county, Indiana, another is de-
rived from a driven we'll a Lebanon, while
the third is from a driven well at Fort
Wayne, Indiana.
Experiments were made by Mr.. Leigh
ton at Cartersburg Springs. Knives and
needles were carefully tested both pre-
vious to reaching the springs and subse
quent thereto, and before emersing in
water magnetic properties were pres
ent. After the knife had been emersed
in the water for period Of five minutes
needles were readily held edge to point
Two needles emersed for two minutes were
actually attached by the points and held
for a period of four minutes in the face
of a strong breeze. The knife in question
maintained it's magnetic power thirty
hours after EMERSON. There is no ques-
ton concerning the magnetic property i'm
parted to steel. 1t is not explained by the
presence Of the iron pipe, for in that i'm
mediate vicinity there are many other
springs and iron cased wells which do not
impart any such property to knife blades
and needles. The needle of the compass
is readily DETECTED toward a body of this
water. These waters contain large pro-
portions Of carbon dioxide gas, which is
slowly released upon exposure to the air.
While the water retains this gas 1T con-
tinues to 1mpart magnetic properties to
STEEL but as soon as the gas escapes,
heavy precipitate forms on the bottom of
the container consisting of magnetic oxide
of iron. All magnetic properties are lost
after this action takes place. The iron in
solution is believed to be in the form of
ferrous carbonate.
The magnetic water at Lebanon comes
from a driven we'll owned by the Big Four
Railroad. When this well was first sunk
the water was used in the locomotives
and it was found to be the most corrosive
water along the line; in fact it's use was
almost fatal to the subsequent usefulness
of the boiler Examination by Dr. John
N. Hurry, chemist for the Big Four Rail-
road, showed absolutely no amount of any
ingredients which would in any way ac-
count for this corrosive property. Upon
examination in Lebanon, however, DIR.
Hurry found that this water had the pow-
er of imparting magnetic properties to
needles, axes and knives, and suggested
that 1t be allowed Ossrand for a short
period in a large tank before turning in
to the locomotive. This plan was adopted
and since that time the water has given
no trouble on account of corrosive proper
ties, although more recently the magnetic
oxide is reduced by introducing a jet of
steam into the tank rather than by resort
ing to the slower process.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12
Railways in Great Britain.
From the London Telegraph

Technical journals have recently drawn
attention to the fact that, despite the rapid
extension of tramways and enormous in
crease in the number of passengers carried,
the railways have also had an augmented
passenger traffic In the last seven years,
according to Engineering of London, the
aggregate number of railway fares has
risen by III millions. while in the same
period tramcar fares have increased by
1862 millions. British tramways last year
conveyed 1894 ,OOO, 600. which was % per
cent more than the railways. The figures
seem to demonstrate that what the rail-
ways have lost on suburban and short-dis
lance traffic they have more than made up
on their long-distance fares; and further
that facilities for travel increase its
amount, and doubtless that lesson will be
anew illustrated when the railway COM
panies connect their outlying areas with
the trunk lines by their own electric motors
or branch tramways. Though we have had
seventy odd years of railways, the science
of locomotion Is still in Its infancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12

Prince Georges county. Nd. by Constables
Day and Webster, who will charge him
with stealing the sum of 1916 from Fore
man j. d. Gibson of John Z. PowelrS place
at OXon Hill, Prince Georges county, Nd.
about ten days ago. Robert Thompson and
Basil Busch, young colored men, were also
held at Oxon Hill yesterday by the officers
named for alleged completely in the rob
berry. The money. as reported at the time
in The Star, was stolen from Mr. Gibson IS
trousers in a downstairs room in his house.
Since the commission of the crime Day and
Webster have been at work upon the case,
and finally they secured information allaS-
ing that the three men named above Were
concerned in the affair. Busch protested
his innocence. Constables Day and Web
ster were confident last evening that they
had the right parties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Funeral of Dr.. Edward Stonestreet-
Sudden Death of John Murphy.
Correspondence of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE, Md, October II, 1903.
The funeral Of DR.. Edward E. Stone
street, prominent physician of this place,
who died early Friday morning of heart
failure, took place this afternoon from the
late residence of deceased The services
were conducted by Rev. w. F. Locke, pas
tor of the Rockville NJ E. Church South.
Prof, E. B. Prettyman, DR.. William MI
sruder, DR.. c. II Nourse, DR.. Edward An
derson, Messrs. William P. Mason, Wash
ington D. Waters and John E. Wilson acted
honorary pallbearers, and Messrs. Hat
tersly w. Talbot, Philip D. Laird, II. Mau-
rice Talbot, Cooke D. Luckett, Arthur
Stonestreet, John L. Dawson and DR.. C. II.
Mannar served in an active capacity. The
iEterment was at Rockville cemetery The
floral tributes were unusually numerous
and very beautiful
Mr.. John Murphy of Olney, this county,
died suddenly yesterday morning, supposed
ly of heart failure. He was found dead in
an clubhouse near his residence. At first it
was thought possible he had met with foul
play. but an investigation by a coroners
jury showed that death was due to natural
causes. He was siXty-eight years of age.
Mr. Robert Welsh, who has been in the
west for the past year or more, is in Rock
vile visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William w. Welsh.
Mrs. Virginia Humphrey. wife of Mr.. John
Humphrey. former resident of this place,
died yesterday morning at Brunswick, Md,
aged twenty-eight years. An attack of
cramps is given as the cause of death.
The interment will be at Brunswick.
Secretary S. r. White of the county pub
lie school board has announced the APP
pointment of the following committees for
the Montgomery County Teachers Asso-
citation:
Executive-F. w. Watkins, chairman; Ed
ward 0. Ziegler, John II. Baker. Misses
Lmma Williams and Hattie ]. Montgom-
cry.
constitutional. r. Watkins, chairman;
Clinton M. Moore, James F. Byrne and
Misses Nora Rabbit and Lille NJ. Green.
Bylaws and rules of order-F. A. Pearre,
chairman; James E. Duvall, Forest Gott
and Misses Beulah Dove and Carrie Young.
Methods of teachings A. Lehman,
chairman; Frank T. Griffith. w. o. Rhodes,
Misses Ida sherwood and Beulah Hender-
son.
Socialists liberia Rice, chairman;
Theodore Benson and Misses Lucy Garrett.
Margaret Schaeffer and Gertrude Barnes.
Music-J. L. Burdette. chairman; Vernon
D. Watkins, H. M. Davis, Misses Lula
Clark and Helen NJ Monroe.
Historical-E. L. Amiss, chairman; Tru-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12
Ocean City is Deserted.

A dispatch from Ocean City, Md, says:
This city is practically deserted tonight
Owing to the hurricane and high tides,
the greater part of the city has been SUBJ
merged since Thursday night, and many Of
the residents have sought shelter on higher
ground. In addition to the damage report
ed in last nights dispatch, another section
of the front Of Congress Hall, q leading
hotel. about 100 feet in extent. was torn
away today. The entire ocean front of the
Windsor Hotel collapsed. A large number
of cottages were also either washed from
their foundations or destroyed. All day to-
day Sunday residents were busily engaged
removing household goods to the main land
No loss of life has been reported.
At o'clock this evening the wind was
blowing at the rate OF forty miles an hour
from the north, and 1t was feared by the
few citizens who remained in the city that
on tonight's high tide the water will again
cause damage to the buildings which re-
main standing.
Besides the lifesaving crew stationed
here, not more than twenty-five or thirty
men and women have remained to protect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12
gene Aud, Cooke D. Luckett, E E. Crockett

gene Aud, Cooke D. Luckett E. E. Crockett
and Julian Griffith.
The annual meeting of the association will
be held at Rockville on November Z.
Mr.. John o. Houston, who with his family,
has resided near this place for the past
three years, has sold his property and re-
moved from the county.
The case of Mr.. William II. Pope of OF
terbourne, this county, against the board
of registry for Bethesda district which was
decided adversely to Mr.. Pope in the cir
cult court here Wednesday, has been taken
to the court of appeals and Will be heard
next Wednesday. The case was brought to
compel the officers of registration to regis
ter Mr.. Pope, Notwithstanding his failure to
declare his intention to become cit zen of
the state, as required by the election law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12

Mrs A j. Smetena. wife of the night
taller in police headquarters at Cedar
Rapids Iowa, hanged her one-year-old
daughter and then hanged herself Insanity
caused by i'll health was the cause
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12
A Phenomenal Sale of
Linens.

The old=established and well=known firm of
Lloyd l.. Jackson & Co., Baltimore, disposes of
thousands of yards of high=grade linens to the
Hecht Stores.
Every orekeeper knows the great firm of Lloyd L. Jackson
Co., the Baltimore importers and obbers fortunate
stance resulted closing from this great several
lines OF the finest Table and Bath Linens There
best German Irish and Scotch productions of the desirable
kinds Housekeepers hotels and boarding houses will find it
rare chance tor saving Read the items carefully
promptly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12

Silver Bleached Table Linen, Dr.
80 inches; SOC. value .. EON
wi liable ssc. p SaGael 20 inches 39c
Silver Bleached Table Linen, hh,
40 inches; SOC. value . TTS
All-linen Table Damask, 20 RTNc
inches; Sc. value. WV
All-linen Silver Bleached, % RI
inches; soc. value. .. WV
Extra Fine All-linen Damask, zrno
40 inches; 81 value. ....... ~
German Table Damask, all 0Mc
linen, p inches wide. ~ Wv
All-linen Irish Table Dam en- I'd
ask, y inches; S1.4J value. " A'
All-linen Irish Table DAMS No
ask - inches; S1.9S value. W
Double Thick Russia Towel n6Nc
ing; 15C. value. .......... wv
Unbleached Turkish Towels, OzAc
fringed; &C. value ZA8S
Red Border Huck Towels, OK,
hemmed: 122c. value. .......... CYSS
Large White Huck Towels, \ Ec
1SX36; &c. value. . wv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-30

The most solemn and significant of all
American anniversaries is that on which
the graves of Union soldiers are decorated
with flowers and their services and sacri-
fees for our country are commemorated
by appropriate exercises. 1t is a legal holi-
day in ~thirty-fve States-in all the States
except Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho.
louisiana. Mississippi. North Carolina.
South Carolina. Texas and Virginia. Even
in the States where it is not a legal holi-
day it is observed every year wherever
there are soldiers graves. After the civil
war the government took upon itself the
work Of providing and preparing national
cemeteries where Union soldiers who fell
in battle, those who died on the field or in
temporary hospitals from wounds and dis
ease, and those who persisted from wounds.
disease and hunger in Southern prisons.
might receive honorable burial, and, as far
as possible, recognition. To these ceme-
t%eries, laid out and adorned by the govern
ment, the bodies Of Union soldiers who
died or were slain In the vicinity were
transferred, and in some instances all who
had fallen in the State where the cemetery
was located The Gettysburg Cemetery
and the Antietam Cemetery contain only
the bodies of soldiers who fell on those
bloody fields or who died later from wounds
received In the battles. OF other national
cemeteries there are five near Washing
ton. including the famous Arlington Gene
terry, eleven at different points in Virginia.
two in North Carolina, one in South Caro-
lima, two in Georgia, including the Ander-
sonville Cemetery, which contains nearly
1900 bodies, one in Tennessee, two in
Mississippi, two in Arkansas. one in
Louisiana. one in Kentucky. and others. In
all these cemeteries more than 3O0,0O0 SOL
diers are buried. besides a great number in
local and private cemeteries. A very large
majority of these graves will be decorated
to-day, as they have been on every Decora-
ton day for many years past. 1t is a sacred
ceremony and beautifully typical of the
affectionate remembrance of the relatives
of those who died that the Nation might
live n OF the gratitude of their surviving
countrymen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-30
FISHERMAN'S SCARE.


Considerable excitement was caused yes
terday afternoon by the report that the
body of a woman had been found in. White
river, near the Big Four bridge at River
Park.
c.. D. Johnson, Of 1o14 Eugene street, was
fishing at that point yesterday afternoon.
and, thinking he had a bite" he pulled
his line into shore. He said he knew there
was something on the hook, and when he
had pulled the line in a little closer he saw
a human body in the water. He became
frightened, he said, and ran away. The
police were notified, and, Wit Coroner Tute-
wiler, dragged the river at that point for
several hours. They found the fishing line
lying on the shore with a piece of cloth
.similar to the material used in women's
clothes attached to the fishing hook, but
the body could not be found. There have
been so many girls missing from their
homes lately that it was thought 1t might
be one of them. The search was continued
until dark, and will be resumed this morn
ing, but the river is so full of rocks and
underbrush that it is almost impossible TO
use the nets or graphing hooks to any ad-
vantage. Captain Kruger said last night
that he did not think there was anything
in the report, and Coroner Tutewiler was
of the same opinion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-30
COAL men OF TWO STATES
MICHIGAN AND INDIANA RETAIL
DEALERS WILL MEET HERE.
Ninth Annual Convention Will Open
Next Thursday-PrOgramme of Adj
dresses and Business.

The ninth annual convention Of the Mich
igan and Indiana Retail Coal Association
will be held in this city Wednesday and
Thursday Of next week. The headquarters
of the convention will be at the Claypool
Hotel. and the sessions will be held in the
assembly hall on the eighth floor.
Mayor Bookwalter will welcome the coal
men TO the city at the opening session
Wednesday forenoon, and President Robert
Lake. of Jackson, Mich. will respond, after
which he will deliver his annual address.
The reports of the other officers will be re-
ceived and committees appointed.
Wednesday afternoon r. A. Hobbs, of
Benton Harbor. will deliver an address on
The Advantages of a Fixed Rate to Both
Wholesaler and Retailer" r. c. Wharton.
of Columbus, will lead the discussion. I.
W.. Davis. commissioner for Michigan coal
operators, will deliver an address on "Ad-
vantages of Association" the discussion OF
which will be led by j. w. Landrum. OF
Terre Haute. II the evening the visitors
will be given a trolley ride about the city.
with stops at Fairview Park and Fair Bank.
Thursday forenoon the business Of the as
ISOLATION will be taken up. and proposed
changes In the constitution and bylaws
will be considered. Officers will be elected
and final adjournment taken. In the after
noon the visitors will be taken around the
city by the Belt Railroad, viewing man.
ufacturing industries and visiting the stock
yards and Atlas engine works, and in the
evening they will be given a dinner and
vaudeville entertainment by the, Indianapo-
lis dealers.
The officers of the association are:. Pres
ident, Robert Lake, Jackson, Mich; first
vice president, Walter Brooks, Detroit; Sec
ond vice president, ]. M. Modderwell. Fort
Wayne; treasurer. E. w. Staebler. Ann Ar
Dor: secretary, j. T. Faman, Detroit; chair
man executive board. j. W. Ryder, Kala-
mazoo. M. S%teinhauer. of Indianapolis, is
a member Of the executive board.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-30

A band Of fifty mounted ranchmen rode
into New Castle. wyo.. a few nights ago
and proceeded to break into the Jail and
lynch a murderer They were too busy to
attend to the matter during the day. Be-
fore tie man was pushed from a bridge
with a rope around his neck the ranchmen
pinned -he following note TO his clothing:
We think the law too slow in hanging
this most cold-blooded murderer, who took
the lives of our dear friends and neigh
bors, and we take Ii upon ourselves to re-
n in behalf Of the parents. Hoping
that the action on our part will meet the
approval of the community at large, we
remain THE MOB.
This polite message was well received
md thus far the community at large has
not expressed any disapproval. They con-
duct these affairs very politely in wyo-
ming.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-30

One OF the local telephone companies,
which has been having trouble with its
connections. notified it's patrons of a sus-
pension of twelve hours. after which, If
you have any difficulty. please call up the
trouble clerk" The world has known
troubles from time immemorial. but a
trouble clerk is a new idea. There is
none in the Weather Bureau nor in any
newspaper office. as far as the Journal
knows, though both receive many com
plants If the universe could be provided
with a trouble clerk authorized and en-
powered to settle troubles as fast as they
arise it would contribute materially to
mitigating the asperities of life.