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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-23
gOPKINsvILLE LOSES.

boys defeated the "thilonders' yester.
day by the following score; Jackson.
1913, 8. Hopkiusyillc .. s. 3. Bat
teries, Colo and Petit Edwards and
Street.
Clarke. the left handed pitcher OF
the Cairo team, has been released.
John Pourgois, OF Cairo, has signedJ
with the Hopkinsvillo team and is
now in Jackson with them. He Is
said 10 be IN exceptionally good
catcher ani fret bsscman. Belts. the
Clsrksyillo pitcher. says Bourgeois IS
the best catcher he ever pitched Co.
Hopkipsyillc Is doubtless the posses.
scr o; more dyed IN the wool fans than
any other town in the circuit. says
the New Era old and young. big
and little, male and female, black and :,
white make n break for the big bulle-
tin board the first thing after supper,
when the team is out of town. II the
locals are defeated they show where
the fault was according to their ideas,
but invariably wind up with, well
we will beat them tomorrow. When
the team is at home they arc oil in nt-
tendance at every game. 10 is said
that more ladies attend the games here
than anywhere else in the hague, and
they not only attend bat they root
good and strong too -
Mayheld is much excited over y.
RES OF baseball games beginning today
between Mayfeld aud Lynnville for
the county championship There will
be three games Last year the most
intense interest was man Tested in the
games.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-23
Cairo Was Badly Beaten BY Clarks.
ville-Was a Pitchers
Battle.
OTHER NEss FOR THE FANS
THE STANDING.

SCHEDULE FOR TODAY.
Paducah at Henderson.
Hopkinsyille at Jackson.
Clarksville at.Cairo.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-23
TRIMBLE STREET.

Rev. J. W. lrion. Pastor.
DcleRates-C. W. Morrison, Silas
Mitchell, Jr., John b. Davis, John
Pearl, O. =. Houseman II. A. Ross.
Alternstes-B. J. Billings and Dan
Willis.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-23
CITY MISSIONS.

Rev r. J Owen l.. T.. Pastor.
Delega tel L. Henley.
Alternate. B. Steam.
Rev. 7. j. Newell Will represent
the board Of education.
Rev W. O. sellars will represent
the board Of missions.
Rev ]. II. Roberts Will represent
the hoard OF church extension.
Rev. j. W. Irion will represent the
Epworth league.
Rev. T. ). Harris will represent tho
joint board.
Rev. W. d. Pickons will represent
the Sunday school.
Rev X. ". Newsom will represent
the American Bible Society.
Mr.. john l.. Webb will represent
the district parsonage.
Rev. \. Holder will represent the
Advocate and take subscriptions
Mrs. ]. l.. Blaylock will represent
the women's Home Mission society.
Mrs. Amanda Wilhelm Will repre-
sent the womeus Foreign Missionary
society.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-23
THIRD STREET.

Rev. W. q. Sellars Pastor
Rev. A. n. Sears Superauuate.
Rev. Dan q. Holman l.. Il.
Delegates-A. j. Bamberg, J. b.
Mills, X. l.. Tyree, Arthur =. SEQ
field. George NJ. Alexander.
Alternates Cornelius Edwards and
Robert Sears
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
Fatal Church Row.

AS result of a row started at a
negro church near Texarkana, three
young negroes, Flip Hardy, aged 10,
VIII Hopkins, aged Is, and Will
Moore. aged IS, are dead, while Mat
Thol. Lynchy Wright and Ed Rodney
are in Jail charged with their murder.
The trouble took place on the Texas
side A number of Arkansas negroes,
known as the Arkansas gang" at
tended the gathering and their pres
ence aroused the jealousy of another
band known as "the Texas gang +"
Hot words followed and the Texas
negroes finally drove the Arkansas
gang from the grounds and were fol-
lowing them on their retreat to Ar
kansas when the shooting took place
The first negro killed belonged to the
Arkansas gang. the other two being
Texas negroes, and receiving their
death wounds Immediately after the
first man fell
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
lcvee Work in Arkansas.

The t'ni'ed States 3vernment
laVees on the Arkansas side Of the
Mississippi river, between Helena and
Laconia Circle, will be enlarged dur.
ing the summer, fall and winter. to
the extent of approximately 379, 900
cubic yards, a total length of SO 500
feet, or more than ten miles, says
the Memphis Morning News This
work will be in the White river levee
district. All the work to be done in
the White river district is enlarginS
the existing levees. It will be divided
into six pieces. of various proper
tiOns. The first section begins at mile
324. south of Cairo, which is but a
few miles below Helena On that mile
the work will be 4,500 feet long and
contain 10000 cubic yards. Four
miles below. at mile 800, there will
be 13.000-foot piece, containing 1885,
600 cubic yards. The fourth section
will contain $4,000 cubic yards and be
$500 feet long, at mile 364 At mile
356, the smallest piece of the work.
only 700 feet long, will be done 1t
will contain 10000 cubic yards. The
largest piece of work will be at mile
366 1t will be 27,900 feet long and
contain 120 900 cubic yards. The i'm
provements will extend through a
stretch OF county fortytwo miles long,
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
Conductor Wright Killed by Stray
Bullet Fired by a Drunken
Negro.
EVENTS CT AWEEk BRIEFLY CHRoNICIED
Quarterly Report of State Land Com.
issioner-Section of Game Law
foroIdding Non-Residents Hunting
on Their Own Lands Declared In.
constitutional.
Conductors Sad Death,

q. l.. Wright, a conductor on the
lower end of the Valley Route, was
accidentally shot and killed by John
Goodwin, a negro, as passenger
train upon which himself and family
We're en- route to Little Rock entered
the station of McGehee. Wright was
standing near the door of the bag.
gage car. Goodwin, who was in the
colored coach, had become bolster
Gus and drew a pistol. The train
porter grappled with him and in the
scuffie Goodwins revolver was dis.
charged The bullet went through
the glass door of the colored coach
and on through the wooden door of
the baggage car. striking Wright in
the neck. His wife and two children
were also with him in the baggage
car and the unfortunate man ex
pired in his terrified wifes arms with
out uttering a word, the bullet break
Ing his neck. The train porter sue
ceeded in showing Goodwin from the
car platform, ard when it became
known that Wright had been killed a
posse started after the murderer. He
was located in a house about four
miles from McGehee and upon his re.
fusal to surrender, was shot to death
WriGht's remains were prepared for
burial at Little Rock and forwarded
to Fort Smith for inte-ment.
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
GUESTS AT OYSTER BAY.
Company of Distinguished People
the Guests of President and
Mrs. Roosevelt.

Oyster Bay, L. L., July s.-Presi-
dent and Mrs, Roosevelt had a com
pany of distinguished people as their
guests at luncheon Tuesday. Early in
the day Senator Hanna, of Ohio, ar
rived at sagamore Hill on the private
yacht Alvina, owned by Clement A.
Griscom, president of the Internation-
al Navigation Co. Accompanying him
were Mrs Hanna and their friend.
Miss Phelps; Mr.. and Mrs. Griscom
and Miss Griscom. Later, Senators
Fairbanks. of Indiana. and Kearns,
of Utah, joined the party. While the
statement is made by authority that
the presence of this company, several
of whom are notably prominent in
current political history, was of no
public significance. and was purely a
social assemblage, it il known, among
the men, politics was the principal
topic of discussion
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
EDWARD AND LOUBET DINE.
Hospitality shown President LOubet
Returned by Dinner Given King
Edward at French Embassy.

London, July s.-France lavishly re-
turned Great Britain's hospitality by
dinner given by President Loubet to
King Edward Mt the French embassy.
The scene around the embassy was
most animated. King Edward and
President Loubet both arrived there
with military escorts, and other dis
tlnguished guests drove up in hand
some private equippages. A great
great crowd of people outside gave
his majesty an ovation. The king was
met at the door of the embassy by
M. Loubet, who had arrived there a
little earlier than his majesty; Ambas-
sador Cambon and the staff of the
French embassy.
The interior of the embassy was
profusely decorated The white
walled banquet hall was transformed
into bower of roses. compliment
to King Edward. The table, which
was oblong, was open at one end. NJ.
Loubet sat at the closed end with the
king on his right and the prince OF
Wales on his left. The center of the
table was mass of heliotropes and
rare orchids, fianked by silver can
delabra. Overhead were massive in
candescent chandeliers, made more
brilliant by numberless crystal pend
ants.
The guests included Premier Bal
four. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain.
Foreign Minister Lansdowne, United
States ambassador, Mr.. Choate; the
Spanish, Italian, Russian, German and
Turkish ambassadors, the Portuguese
minister, Count Mensdorff, the Aus
trian charge d'affaires: Lord Roseber-
ry, the duke of Devonshire, the
French consul general and the presi-
dents of the principal French societies
of London
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
BRIEF MENTION.

Ben Davis, colored. was shot and
killed in Jefferson county by two com
panions while on a drunken spree.
John Madding, aged 20, was drown
ed in Old river, Jefferson county He
was in bathing and was seized with
cramps.
A rural route has been established
at Fort Smith, effective August l,
with VIII Mckinley carrier and Brit
Corner substitute.
Town Marshal Taylor shot and killed
a negro prisoner at Ashdown Tay.
lor was on his way TO Jail with the
negro and he resisted and was about
to best the officer when he shot in
self defense.
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
Ruling on DeRossit Law.

Circuit Judge Hughes of Crittenden
county. in the case of Capt Mallory
of Memphis, has declared section Of
the DeRossit game law passed at the
last session of the legislature to be
unconstitutional. This section forbids
non-residents from hunting or fishing
on lands owned by themselves in this
state The court held that the rest of
the law. which seeks to prohibit non
residents who own no land in the
state, from hunting and fishing in the
state. is valid The case will be ap-
pealei
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
Land Commissioners Report.

Below is the report of State Land
Commissioner Conway for the quar-
ter ending June 80: Fees, S1,491
swamp land sold, 1868 acres, 81,
4S317; internal Improvement land
sold, 27957 acres, $34946s Saline land
sold. CAT acres. ss0S.75; real estate
bank land sold 40 acres. $500; for.
feited land sold, 12.243.63 acres. S15,-
BOAST; forfeited land redeemed T.
1888 acres, $1.452; town lots sold
$63797 forfeited land donats1. g.
395S7 acres; donated to actual set
tiers, 6,1O534 acres; total, 34.296.79
acres, S21.927S9.
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
Died Alone in Woods.

The badly decomposed body of w
K. Mitchell. a painter, was found in
the woods about two miles from
Brinkley Mitchell recently arrived
at Brinkley to visit his brother and
was not in the best of health. Sew
eral days before his body was found
he started to walk to Jonesboro. Ii
is believed he was taken i'll and was
unable to proceed, dying alone in the
woods, as there was no evidence oil
foul play.
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
MADE A DARING ESCAPE. {.
William Rudolph, Alleged Bank Rob.
Der and Murderer, Escapes
From St. Louis Jail.
APPARENTLY A WELL PLANNED AFFAIR.
The Fugitive, Who Ii of the Tracy
Type, is Expected to Put Up n
Desperate Fight II Brought to
Bay-A Minute Description of the
Desperate.

st. Louis, July William Rudolph.
alleged murderer of Pinkerton Detec-
tive {. j. Schumacher. and one OF the
men charged with the Union (Mo.)
bank robbery, escaped from the city
Jaii at 4:45 o'clock Monday afternoon,
and had several minutes start of the
officers before it was fully realized
what was taking place. George Col
Inns, the other alleged bank robber,
had no opportunity to escape.
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
n. LOUBET IN LONDON.
The President of the French RepuS-
lie Puts In Strenuous Day
In the british Capital.

London, July S.-Presiient Loubet
was early astir Tuesday and began
extensive round of functions. calling
at the French hospital and visiting
the home for French governesses.
Passing through the ancient ward of
rhe hospital he stopped to condole
with a corporal of detachment of
life guards forming his escort, who
was injured by falling from his
horse outside the hospital. The pres
ident returned to st. James palace at
about ten o'clock.
\ reception of a deputation from
the diplomatic corps filled up the
rest of his time until noon. shortly
after which the president, aceompa-
MED by Ambassador Cambon and For
eign Minister Delcasse started in
semi-state to visit the CITY
At the Guild hall the visitors were
received by royal party, the lord
mayor, Premier Balfour. cabinet
ministers. judges and aldermen, and
listened to an address from the cor
poration. A luncheon followed, at
which the lord mayor toasted the
president of the French republic. In
reply, NJ. Loubet said he was happy
to bring to the heart of the city of
London cordial greeting from the
French people.
NJ. Loubet returned to st. James
palace at $3.50 p. m, and spent the
afternoon in a round of visits to mem
berS of the royal family
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
Killed With a Brick,

Will Petty. Little Rock street car
conductor. has been arrested on the
charge of murder. Petty and a fel-
low workman named Ellis had a diff
ficulty about three weeks ago. when
the latter was struck in the head
with a brick. which caused his death.
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10

" "iisLi8s-h bolIft.
The guards in the Jail were locking
up the prisoners and clearing the ex.
ercise areaway for the night. AZ if
by prearrangement, fight was start
ed by several of the prisoners. All
the guards hurried to the west por-
tion of the inclosure to quell the dis
turbance.
Rudolph, meanwhile, scaled the
third tier of cells, and quickly
reached the top, directly under a sky
light leading onto the Jail roof. An
Iron bar two inches thick extends
across the lower part of the sky
light frame two feet from the glass.
Rudolph grabbed the bar and drew
himself up. He was then out of view
of the guards. They heard the crash of
breaking glass. and then had the first
mixing of what was taking place The
guards rushed TO where they could
get a view of the skylight, and saw
John Burke, a prisoner, held on a
charge of burglary. clamberng to the
top of the cell over which Rudolph
had climbed
They leveled their revolvers on
Burke and ordered him down.
Rudolph had meanwhile let himself
down from the roof, and found his
way from the Jail yard through the
home of Jailer Dawson. He then ran
down Eleventh street toward the rail.
road yards and disappeared.
1t is believed that the fugitive sue
ceeded in crossing the river in sto-
len skiff about 11:15 Monday night
from a point in South St. Louis.
Description of the Fugitive.
william Rudolph, alias Bill Flu
dolph, alias VIM. h~derson. Charge
murder and bank robber; 30 years
old, feet ia inches high, weight
$50 pounds, fair complexion. red
blotches on face, IA gold teeth, dark
hair, wore green coat and pants. no
vest, four small cuts on back of left
index finger, cut on back of left mid
die finger, two cuts on back of left
thumb, scar on palm of left hand
mole on upper right arm, cut be-
tween right thumb and index fing-
er, cut on right index finger, cut on
right little finger, scar on left side
of forehead, two moles on right cheek
and one on left, scar on second toe
of left foot"
II il certain the young desperate,
who is a criminal of the Tracy type,
will make desperate resistance, al
though, so far as known, he was not
armed when he left the Jail. Rudolph
is not yet past his majority, but he
has shown himself cold -blooded. des-
perate and with no small ability in
scheming out his deyiltry. Gov. Dock
cry has offered a reward of $500 for
his capture.
The head of the Pinkerton detective
cation to Chief of Police Kielv, Tues
day. through the local Pinkerton of
fers a reward of $500 for the capture
Of William Rudolph.
This. ,with the $500 offered Tues
day by Gov. Dockery, makes total
of $500 which will be distributed
among the captors of the bandit.
Clews as to the whereabouts of the
escaped prisoner have been flooding
the local detective department and
the Pinkerton Office.
Two Pinkerton men were last night
dispatched TO Irondale. go miles south
of 81. Louis. on information received
over .he long-distance telephone from
that place.
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
Three BOYS Drowned.

Three boys, Curtis Brown. John
Brinkley and Albert Harvey. were
drowned in Little river. near Cero
Gordo, Little River county. The boys
were seining when their boat was
overturned and they became entangled
in the meshes of their net
The Forrest City times., 1903-07-10
HAS FILED A DEMURRER.
Files Demurrer to the In
dictment Against His Client.

New York, July s.-Counsel for ex-
Congressman Edmund H. briggs, who
is under indictment for alleged viola
ton of the law in accepting money
for services rendered to a cash regis
try company in its dealings with the
post office department, has fled de-
murrer to the indictment. Three rea-
sons are set forth. Argument will be
heard Thursday next.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-05

Iec for choice of Mems Shirts white and colored
slightly mussed during quit sale close in day
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-16
Plymouth Rock,

DJy excursions are now being made
TO Hvincetown and large numbers Of
tea&ers who have been In attendance
uIB the national convention went down
tthroviencetown to discover that other
RI which is said 10 antedate the rock
4 he Plymouth landing and VIII ch the
Avincetown people now declare is the
thing.
lProvincetoWn is to establish Its. claim
! building Pilgrim monument to cost
no 900, half of which will be done at the
Expense of the State. The Provincetown
Ieople say that all the great things
Which are alleged to have happened at
Plymouth, including the signing of the
Jew world Magma Charta, were done in
he hBrbor OF Provincetown.
After, all was Wendell Phillips cor
'ect when he characterized history as a
treat collection of things that might
rave happened but didn't?
Plymouth Rock is already too small
Will not Provincetown leave US Burial
I'LL?
The chief reason we can fild for
'rovincetown's claims is that Plymouth
) no harbor and that il takes a veteran
n the business to find its harbor alleged.
= Boston Journal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-16
Mainstream.

Having in this section will be well
uoder way by the middle OF the week
The prospect for crop is not as good as
last year.
The lumber mills OF Libby & Fuller are
to run with small crew during haying'
a Single machine is now being set and
crew is soon to CONNER ce the constrnc-
ton OF dam above the mill.
Miss Lillian Hurd left. last week. tor
Mouse Island where she has position ior
the summer at the Somerset House.
The farm owned for several years by
Fred Stafford has been purchased by
Frank Linnell
Mr.. Andrew Merrill has recently sever
ed his connection with the s. q M. X
as night Waterman in their yards
Tuesday evening, July 7. lawn
sociable and entertainment was gwen at
the M. f church by the members OF the
Sunday school. The stage OF the church
was prettiy decorated with evergreens
and the doorways and 'front.' oil the church
were lighted by lanterns, surrounded by
brightly colored crepe paper. The pro-
gram was short, but thoroughly enjoyed
by all present. The program was as
follows; Opening voluntary. Miss Maude
Cole OF Cambridge; recitation, Miss
Bertha Beane, Hartand academy; reci-
taiion, Miss Grace Merrill, MainsTeam
cornet solo, Miss Louise Horne. Cam.
bridge; defamation, Walter S. Merrill,
S. Fl. S. 'o4. Miss Horne responded to
an encore and both selections were
greatly appreciated. Miss Horne is con-
sidered by many the best lady cornetst
in this country, and all were greatly
pleased to greet her. The attendance
was about eighty, among whom were
people from Dexter, Cambridge and
Hartland The proceeds amounted to
SIC and 60 to the pastor of the church.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-16
lockwood.

All the inhabitants of lockwood at
tended the races at Kineo on the 9th
except two; Peter Calaghan and the
teacher The lockwood boating club
took the second prize.
Octave Claire Is building barn on
the farm occupied by the late John
Rosberri and intends at some future
time to erect a house there.
Mrs. Gribben of Portland and her
daughter, Mary, have been visiting Mrs.
Gribben's brothers, John and Fred
Calder, during the past week.
Sporting men in canoes pass up the
river almost daily for the sporting
camps of Chas. Moore near Lake
Brassua.
Johnnie Bernie, Sadie Richie and a
small child of Edelbert Arsenaults are
quite sick. Mr.. Bernie will take
johnnie to the Sanitarium at Greenville.
Mr.. Fred Parent found a valuable
dairy COW sick in his pasture, last
Thursday. Saturday, veterinary from
Greenyile was summoned and he hopes
TO save her life.
The good results of the formation of
the Blaine Branch of the School I'm
provement League are already apparent.
The bushes on the river bank have been
cut, the rocks and other debris removed,
the yard we'll raked, a huge pine stub
eighteen feet high taken ont by the
roots, and fine flag with truck, eagle,
etc, secured. Thursday afternoon,
Fred Parent came with two men and a
pair of horses and dug out the last OF
the big stump to help the boys In their
good work Several of the parents have
become members of the Branch, others
have promised to do so.
Saturday, July II, Mrs. John Holden
Mrs. John Calder, Mrs. Fred Calder,
Mrs. Fred Parent and Mrs. Philios But.
Ter met at the Blaine school house and
gave it thorough cleaning, the first il
has received since it was built.
Sylvere Arsenault cut his hand quite
badly last week, but is able to attend
school now.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-16

National Educational Association, prac-
tically closed in Boston, Friday night,
after an interesting and instructive week
for the some 10000 teachers from all
parts of the country who visited Boston,
The great army of educators began to
dispense Friday night, aud by Saturday
night, the great majority of the visitors
were on their way home.
A current item has it that Maine will
see this summer the largest fleet of
United States war vessels ever assem- bled
in these waters. That is doubtless true,
and it might be added that there will be
the largest number of soldiers of the
regular army ever assembled in this
state At the rate troops have been
pouring into Portland, with still more
ordered to come in correction with the
August war manoeuvres, it almost seems
as if they would ge the whole army
here yet.
Duu's Review SAYS: Business again
responds to improved conditions. Re-
tail distribution of merchandise is ac-
tolerated by more seasonable weather
and fewer labor controversies, while
wholesale and jobing trade, especially
at the interior, slows the encouraging
effect of brighteragricultura prospects,
There is the stomary excessive de-
mand for farm lands, in one extreme
case labor sold 1 auction for Sc a day.
while train lads of men have been
seized before reaching their original
destination.
Figures giVn out at the Office of the
State treasure, show that for the first six
months of dis year the sum of $50, 780
was receive from the organization of
new competitions and 81, 100 received in
fees from Operations already organized
in increastg the amount of their capi-
talization Maine began the making of
corporatits for profit in the year 1887
and sincshat time the State has cleaned
up overhaul a million of dollars in this
line, folthe making of new and the en-
largingbf old companies. Figures for
the tirf six months of 1908 show that
the yer will eclipse all others in the
amour paid at the treasurer's Office.