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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-06

COLLEGE DOING WELL-The
West Kentucky college at Lone Oak
has been opened for the winter season
with about one hundred pupils. There
are three teachers employed, among
them being Miss Emma Morgan, of
Psducah. who successfully taught in
the public schools here. The enroll
ment in the college will increase with
in the next week and it is thought the
institution will do even better than it
did last year.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-06
A GOOD BEGINNING
Large Crowd Visits the Carni-
val Grounds.
A Big Parade, lllumined by Red Fire,
Draws Out Thousands OF
People
COUNTY FAIR BEGAN TODAY

The festivities OF the Red Men fall
carnival were ushered in with spectsc-
ular confusion last night when Old
Padukc and his warriors landed at the
wharf and were met by Mayor Yeiser
and the CITY officials who turned the
city over to them after having buried
the Ratchet and smoked the peace
pipe.
The parade formed at First and
broadway and was headed by Deans
band followed by the Princess float
bearing the princess, her maids Of hon.
or, and Old Paduke. Following this
were the city officials and policemen
and then the cowboys, the Indians
bringing up in the rear. The parade
was little late in starting but its
gorgeousness made up for the delay
and the anxiety Of the waiting thous
ands to see it,
Red fire was burned the entire route
from the river to the carnival grounds
and the town was we'll lighted mp.
The merchants were in front Of their
stores, many Of them burning red fire
and so much was burned that the air
smelled strongly OF IL for hours after.
The carnival people are pleased with
the outlook and expect a rushing
week. The demonstration last nigh,
was sufficient 10 show that Paducah il
good carnival town and will contri-
butte her share to the attractions.
The crowd that saw the parade was
one OF the largest ever on the stree,
hore at one time.
The patronage of all the shows was
quite good last night, considering the
delay in getting started, and the fact
that the weather was threatening and
that It was the first night. Fifteen
hundred and thirty.three paid at the
gates, and the total number of those
who went in, including those with
passes and season tickets. was about g.,
200.
number that drew the ton Of
.osi is ala The second is 500 and tn,
third $40. The first number is goot
until p. m. today, the second unit
6p. m. tomorrow and tho third unit
6p. IN. Thursday.
Today the crowds turned out early,
od many people came from other cit
= to attend. The weather has mo-
en- very conducive to large attend
co but will probably not keep thu
owds away.
Tonight the confetti will be turned
loose. There is large quantity oil
hand and it will contribute q grea
/, deal to the fun. The lights hsve BET
placed IN and tonight there will be
plenty Of illumination.
Deals band:eave an other enjoyable
concert this morning. Tomorrow
(Coptinued ON fourth paQel
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-06
THE LIBRARY BOARD
May Now Hold the Building
Indefinitely.
Demand Made of the City for the
$500 Appropriated, Which Was
Refused it.
MUST PAY ALL BILLS

= nc hieA piheh pStWttu Clty OillCihls
and the public library trustees is now
about to occur. The board Of trustees
has decided to hold on to the library
building until everything about it is
paid for if they have to keep it five
years.
Last night there was . meeting Of
the trustees and . resolution was in
troduced to turn over the building to
the city at once, together with the
bill of $1,000 for the book racks. This
was voted down. and instead it seemed
to be the sense of the members of the
board that the library building be
held indefinitely, or until the city
comes up with the $1,000 appropriated
for the library and promised the pres
emit board, so the building can be
turned over to the city entirely free
from debt.
The building is now about complete,
and there is only one bill for which
the trustees have no money. This is
the bill Of $1,000 for the book racks,
and the trustees claim that they would
have never contracted this indebted.
ness had it not been for the assurance
of the council that $1,000 would be
given the trustees by the city. All
the other bills have been paid except
this $1,000. The board has enough to
pay ii should the city give mp the
$1,000, and Will have S25 or $40 besides
TO turn over to the city.
Yesterday, it is said. President G..
W. Perryman, Of the board, went to
the city hall to secure check for the
$500 appropriated for the library
fund. 1t was refused him. 1t is I'M
derstood the reason given by city Off
cisls was that the $500 was ordered
by resolution turned over only to the
permanent board of trustees, those
trustees to be appointed by the mayor
after the building is turned over to
the city by the present board, which
is virtually only building commit
tee.
Rev. Perryman last night made re-
port to the trustees that the money
was refused him and it was then de
cided to hold ON to the building unit
the $500 is paid.
1.-The building" said trustee to
day, twill accordingly not be turned
over to the city until the $500 i
turned over to the board.
The records OF the library boart
show that June II report was mad
to the board that Rev. Perryman ha'
appeared before the council and de
manded $500 for this year as the par
the city agreed to appropriate towards
the maintenance Of the public liorar,
when Mr.. Carnegie donated the s35,
900.
The CITY refused to give this amour
but agreed to give $1,000. On thu
strength of this, the trustees CLAIM
they proceeded to contract for the booi
racks, amounting to $1,000, and nov
the city refuses the $1,000 promised
although it is due and has been appro
priated.
1t would seem that the library Is a
last to get into politics. One explana
tion made for the city's action is tina
the mayor and administration are q
loggerheads with some Of the trustees
particularly the president of the boar'
Rev. G. W. Perryman, who has beef
prominent in the reform movemen
directed against the Yeiser admins
tration, and former Mayor James M
Lam, who put Mayor Ysiser in ofiic
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-06
WILL Be THE WIND-UP
Fifteen New Indictments in
Post Office Cases.
Men Under Charge All Well Known
Additional Indictments
Against Others.
END OF THE INQUIRY

!, Washington, oct. 6-Fifteen new
indictments were returned late yester-
day in the supreme court for the Dis
trict Of Columbia, as the final result
of the investigation in the postoffice
department. Several of these findings
were against persons who have ale
ready been indicted The new indict-
ments involve James N. Tyner, for
merly assistant attorney general for
the postoffice department, and his as
sistant, Harrison j. Barrett; James T..
Metcalf, superintendent OF the money
order system of the postoffice depart
ment; Norman Metcalf, son Of James
T.; Harry O. Hallenbach. president
and general manager Of the Wynkopf-
Hallenbach & Crawford company Of
New York, the firm which for several
years supplied the department with
its money order blanks, and William
Doremus, who is connected with .
house which has been supplying
stamp cancelling machine.
There were additional indictments
against August W. Maohen, formerly
superintendent Of free delivery George
W. Beavers, formerly chief of the sal
airy and allowance division; W. Scott
Towers, who was in charge of a sub
station of the Washington city post
office and State Senator George A.
Green of New York. In some cases
there were several indictments against
one person
Concerning the Indictment against
Tyner and Barrett. the following
statement was made by the postotiics
department;
"Three indictments charge Barrett
with agreeing, while still in Office, to
receive fees for services rendered or to
be rendered in cases penang before
him as officer. All the indictments
are founded upon the treatment by
Tyner and Barrett of the so-called
bond investment companies.
1t is charged that il was the duty Of
Tyner and Barrett, assistant attorney
general and assistant attorney for the
postoffice department, to investig ate
the methods of concerns charged with
the improper use of the mails, and in
case Of guilt to report to the postmas-
ter general and recommend the issue
Of a fraud order; that they investigat-
ed the business of the bond investment
companies and learned that they were
all carrying on business that in
volved fraud or lottery or both; but
that instead Of recommending to the
postmaster general the Issue of an or
der that would prevent the delivery Of
mail or the pay meut Of money orders
to these concerns, Tyner and Barrett
conspired to give them unobstructed
use of the mails in order that Barrett
might profit thereby
Mr. Payne said today that all the
evidence secured in the investigation
had now been placed before the grand
jury and that approximately thirty
persons had been indicted. He said it
had not been determined whether
there were any administrative reforms
needing legislation by congress. but
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-06

The duke OF Devonshire. leader of
the Conservative party in the house
OF lords, has resigned the office Of lord
president Of the council. and the king
has accepted his resignation.
The duke wrote Mr.. Bslfour, giving
his reasons for his resignation. which
he attributed, among other things, to
the premier's speech at Sheffield and
his pamphlet ON insular free trade.
OF the new appointments announced
tonight the most surprising is that Of
the Hon. Alfred Lyttleton as secretary
for the colonies. Mr.. Lytleton is a
man of acknowledged ability, and a
good speaker, but he has had no min
isterisl experience whatever. He is
better known TO the colonies as n crick-
eter than n politician. He was for 10
years the champion tennis player and
has won international football honors.
Mr.. Lyttleton is related to Mr.. Bal
four by marriage. He has been twice
married. His first wife was a daugh-
ter Of Sir Charles Tenant, and his
second is daughter of Sir Archibald
Bslfour. He is cousin of Herbert
Gladstone and his brother, Sir Neville
Lyttleton, is commander of the forces
in South Africa. Mr.. Lyttleton pre-
sided over the commission sent to
South Africa to deal with the Boer
claims, and he also took . prominent
part in the Reid Newfoundland arbi-
trAtion.
Although his appointment is likely
to be keenly criticised, the new colo
nial secretary is almost sure of hear
ty reception in the ministerial ranks.
He 10 credited with being in full sym.
pa,hy with Mr.. Chamberlain ooloni.
al policy and Lord Miners South Az
rican ideas.
Austen Chamberlain appointmert
to the chanoellorship Of the exchequer
has been fully discounted.
Mr.. Broderiok's transfer to the In
dia office will probably evoke the fierc-
est storm and much resentment in In
dia. where the feeling will be that he
has been sent to the India Office be-
cause he was failure at the war office
Arnold Forster has always been a
student of the question of defenses,
and q strong critic of war office meth
DDS. IL allowed free hand he should
introduce drastic reforms.
Only one opinion is expressed in the
editorials this morning on Mr.. Bal,
four's letter, namely, that it is man
Hesitation of his dismay and disappoin'
ment at the loss of his most importan
colleague. and his sense of the damag
ing effect that the duke Of Devon
shire's withdrawal will have on hi,
ADMINISTRATION. The CONSERVATIVE
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-06

Standard voices the party regrets that
within six months great party and
strong government have gone to pieces
leaving only chaos, and it expresses
surprise that MI. Balfour has the
idea of facing parliament with his
cabinet SO grievously weakened.
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Continued on Fourth Page)

two years ago and would give his head
now if he hadn't done ii.
The board will probably have rep
resentative before the council o. its
meeting tomorrow night to again d.
mand the $500. II was to have been
done last night but the council did nee
meet.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-06
NEW YORK TAX RUSH.

New York, Oct. 6-The city tax re-
ceipts for the first day Of the annual
collection amounted to $1O,225, 900.
The rush was due to an extra allow
ance in way Of rebates.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-06
VACANCIES FILLED
The New British Cabinet is
Formed.
Cham berlain's Son Receives a Promo
tion and Broderick Goes
UP.
Mr.. BALFoUR's HOT LETTER.

London, Oct. 6--Tho new cabinet is
composed as follows;
Mr. Broderick. formerly secretary
for war, succeeds Lord George Hamil-
ton as secretary for India.
Austen chamberlain, postmaster
general, succeeds Mr.. Richie as chan
cellor Of the exohequer.
Alfred Lyttleton. recorder Of Ok
ford, succeeds Joseph Chamberlain as
secretary for the colonies.
II o. Arnold Forster, secretary TO
the admiralty. succeeds Mr.. Broderick
ss secretary for war.
Graham Murray, lord advocate of
Scotland, succeeds Lord Balfour OF
Burleigh o. secretary for Scotland.
Lord Stanley, financial secretary of
war, succeeds Austen Chamberlain ss
postmaster general.
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JUDGE DENTON wITHDRAws.

Danville, KY, Oct. 6-Judge Den
ton announces he will not be in the
race to succeed Boreing. His decision
is in the interest of party harmony.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-06
DISMISSED THE CLERKS.

Louisville, KY, Oct. 6-The Louis
Vile and Nashville railroad has dis
missed forty freight clerks at the local
offices because they joined the orde' Of
railway clerks recently organized un-
inn
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-06
BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

Henderson, KY, Oct. 6-George
Watkins, aged 10 years, was acciden-
tally shot in abdomen by q companion
while hunting. His condition is criti.
cal.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-06
PROMINENT WOMAN DEAD.

Guthrie, KY, oct. 6-Mrs. Rebeccs
Manion. rs, died suddenly this morn.
ing. She was promiennt.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-06
WAS DECLARED OFF
No Review by the Governor at
West Point.
Delegates to River Improvement AS
sociation-Senator Plat
to Wed.
REVIEW is OFF.

West Point, KY, Oct. 6-Today's
review, has been declared off on &C
count of the mud. Beckham will re.
view tomorrow il the ground is fit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04

English's by Jameson Lee Finney and an
intelligent company of players. The piece
was one of last seasons successes, when il
was produced at the Madison-square The
alter in New York, and the dramatic review
ers there pronounced il one of the best of
its class. In the comedy Mr.. Finney as
sumes the character of a scion of industri
Gus plutocracy whose good nature and want
Of something to do cause him to be done"
by others. His practical, self-made father
surprises him one night while he is banking
a game of roulette, and in spirit OF rough,
paternal kindness tells him few truths.
The young man then gets on his mettle,
decides to make his own living, and asks
his father to disinherit him. The next day
on the golf links the announcement of his
disinheritance is made, and all his friends
fade away. In the third act the hero and
a poor French painter are discovered in
cheap bachelor quarters, where many of
the plays amusing incidents occur AT the
end the hero wins back fortune with an
invention, and everything terminates hap
ptly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04

Funny Mr.. Dooley." The purpose of the
production is not to tell a story, unravel a
plot or turn moral. 1t starts with merry
making and ends with rollicking fun. 1t is
said that one may find the beginning of
plot by diligent search, but before going
far it is lost in tangle of songs, specialties,
the antics of the comedians and the musical
numbers by the chorus. The chief char
acter is Mr.. Dooley, an Irishman of homely
type, with a fund of philosophy, who, with a
German friend, falls into many complica-
tons while in the hands of DR.. Sinem, a
get-rfch-quick sharper. Paul Quinn takes
the character of Mr.. Dooley. He won favor
as an Irish comedian in Happy Hooligan"
last season. Charles Smith plays the part
of DR.. Skinem. In the cast, too, are May
Walsh, Nellie Bertram and Alice Palmer.
The chorus is said to be made up of tall
ented singers, who form composite pictures
and give dash to the numerous musical
numbers. Among the numbers that will be
heard are: THE Spirit of 1776,' Irish, Come
All Yes, 81 Love Them ALP and when
Johnny Comes Home Again. The chorus
gives drills, dances and lively marching
maneuvers. One of the features will be a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04

The star attraction of the Grand's vaude-
vile bill this week, opening tomorrow aft
ernoon is Edmund Day and his company,
presenting Mr.. Days original sketch. "Ship-
mates," which has met with great success
wherever it has been seen this season.
There are six people employed in the little
play, which runs for about half an hour.
and "Shipmates' is said to be one of the
best and brightest things in vaudeville. An
other important feature of the programme
will be the temperance at the Grand o.
Eva Nudge, the clever little artist who
scored a pronounced hit in this city last
season with her character songs and light
ming changes OF costumes. The best record
of Roberts, the London change artist. was
seven seconds Miss Nudge makes ono Of
her changes in three seconds. She sings
military songs in her double tent, disap-
pears from one and in a twinkling almost
Immediately walks out of the other in a
completely changed attire. She takes but
four seconds to change from a private sol
der to a Red Cross nurse, three seconds in
getting out of the nurses dress and into
the blouse and trousers of a sailor, and
then disappears only nine seconds to re-
appear as a Confederate general, booted and
spurred. The final change from the soldier
to a conventional soubrette is even more
surprising, as she must not only get out
OF the mans garment and into the girls,
but rearrange her hair and encase her feet
In French slippers. Tive maids assist her
and she literally jumps Into her clothes.
Inez Mecusker, who was for two seasons
the soprano soloist with Sousa's band, will
be on the programme. Size has had
complete musical education and her songs
are all of the best class. Smith and Fuller,
the instrumentalists, will contribute
musical act of the better sort and others
on the bill will be Curtin and Blossom,
1.-THE Acrobat and the Soubrette," Marvelus
Frank. from Europe, who is billed as a
"Unipedal Gymnast that is
Hanley and Jarvis, the eccentric comedians.
and McCue and Cahill, singers Of topical
songs. The bioscope will have some good
pictures.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04
starred in twenty different plays. only two
of which proved failures.

Daniel Frohman's management. he has
starred in twenty different plays, only two
of which proved failures.
XXX
Local theater-goers who expect to wit
ness this week Virginia Harned's produc-
ton of the tragic drama, Iris" will be
interested, no doubt, in learning something
of the gifted author of this much-discussed
play. Arthur Wing Pinero, the foremost
of modern English playwrights, was born
on May "a, 1854. Pinero is a Portuguese
name and was formerly written Pinheiro.
For several years in the seventies Mr.. Pin
ero was an actor in the company of Sir
Henry Irving, but he tired of life behind
the footlights and began writing plays. His
dramatic work was successful from the
very start. AS far back as 1894 he lived
in handsome house in Hamilton Terrace.
London-a house which he designed himself.
Quietness and comparative solitude are in
dispensable to Mr.. Pinero while at work.
After tea he writes until late and spares
not the midnight oil. He takes a nap
every afternoon and when he feels so in
clined INDUCES in a game of cricket, which
he plays extremely well. The great dra-
matist is of an unusually observant nature,
as may be seen from his plays, and when
he takes a walk he jots down in note
book, which he always carries with him,
any striking name, thought or feature of
anything he may chance to see. In old
fashioned places possessed of antique grave
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04

tention is called TO the fact that the curtain
viii rise at sharp each evening. owing
to the length of the drama.
Mr.. Sothern's new play, The Proud
Prince" by Justin Huntley Mccarthy. au-
thor OF IF Were King" received its in
ftial presentation last Monday night i'm De-
troit, and from all accounts met with great
success. II will be seen at English's
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday nights
Whatever E III. Sothern has performed in
the past has born the stamp of the thor
ough and sincere artist Each season he
has put forth some production greater than
the year before. That facetious Lord
Chumley could successfully become the in
tense Hamlet is only an example OF the
great stride that this player has made
Knowing Sothern's increased effort each
season, the announcement that this new
play win be the greatest dramatic produc-
ton he has ever brought to Indianapolis.
and that his own role in it furnishes him
with remarkable opportunity, can not prove
otherwise than Of the deepest interest to
local theatergoers.
The new play like IF Were King" Is a
love story laid among dramatic and pic
turesque surroundings and unfolded in the
poetic manner which made McCarthy's play
or last year notable from a standpoint OF
literature as well as it's dramatic interest.
In The Pround Prince" however, in addi-
ton TO the love theme, Mccarthy enters
into the realm OF the supernatural and the
play Is therefore called miracle play"
The story follows the love adventures of
King for one OF his subjects, the daughter
If Ia nt1h 10 10 Il
King the action takes place in swiftly
changing stage pictures showing gradua-
tons from the humble populace to the rare
puppies OF royalty. thus allowing a varied
wealth OF picturesqueness and artistic en-
semble. Reversing the story of IF Were
king" In which a man of lowly parentage
IS raised to position equaling the King
IN the new play King is lowered to the
condition OF dwarf and an outcast. Like
I'm IF Were King" the hero of 1.-THE
Proud Prince works out his salvation and
becomes ennobled through the influence OF
love and a worthy woman.
The company is by far the largest that
sothern has ever had in his employ. Over
15o people will be upon the stage. counting
Eothsrns own assistants behind the scenes
numbering over thirty people. The leading
female role is played by Miss Cecilia Lotus
and. as the role was written especially for
her. IL gives her abundant opportunity.
This II Miss Loftus's last season as lead
ing lady. as next year she becomes a star
herself. Miss Mary Hall. well and favor
ably known here. has an important role.
and Rowland Blackstone and william Hsr-
IFS. along with Mr.. Sothern, are In the long
list OF principals. as well as Sydney c.
! afather. L. Rogers Lytton. Malcolm Brad
ley. John Findlay. Percival T. Moore. Pedro
de Cordoba. Ethel Howard. Estene Web
ster. Florence worden. Maude Mills and
many others.
Y George II. Broadhurst's present-day COM
edy, - Fool aud His Money.' win be pre-
enta1 sAfnrdRx afternnans and eyepiax at