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, 1903-02-06
THE FIRST.
Believed DEVILS Gate Site Will Be
First Chosen Under New Law.

Washington, D. c.. Feb. 6.-(Special
to The Republican.-The geological
survey has just completed an examin-
alton of the foundation rock at Devils
Gate reservoir site, on the Sweetwater
river. and is now preparing plans for
the inspection of the secretary of the
interior department, which will be sub.
mitted at once.
The survey says that a storage reser.
voir can be built there at a cost OF
$500 900, and that a distributing sys.
tenn can be added for $780, 900 add
tional.
The officers of the survey believe
that this site will be the first selected
under the new irrigation act. and that
Wyoming will thus be honored in the
choice Of the first site.
, 1903-02-06
FIVE MEN DEAD.
Fatal Head-On Collision on the Rock
Island Road.

Ell Paso, Tex, Feb. Ga head-end
collision between two Rock Island
freight trains yesterday near Tecolate,
N. M, resulted in the death of five men
and the injury of several others. The
dead are:
G. Davis, Torrance, N. NJ.
Conductor, Kansas City.
Fireman Winderwall.
Two unknown men, burned under
the wreck.
Among the dangerously injured is
P. Hillburn of Torrance. N. NJ.
The wreck occurred at a sharp curve
and on a steep grade.
, 1903-02-06
CONCERT
BY IMPERIAL MILITARY BAND TO
PRECEDE THE CADETS
BALL TONIGHT.
Reception Committee Headed by Hon..
n Mrs. Burke Of Cheyenne and
Includes DR.. and Mrs. Stevens, Or,
and Mrs. Smiley and Captain and
Mrs. Yates.

The eleventh annual ball of the uni
versity cadet officers to be given at tn,
Maennerchor hall tonight promises tc
be a most brilliant affair, and one thai
will live in the minds of the partici
pants as one of the mos, pleasant so
cial gatherings for many years.
The music will be furnished by the
Imperial Military band, both for the
matinee concert and for the dancing.
The following excellent program has
been arranged by Prof. Ryley:
l Selection. Faust ......... .Gounod
2 Waltz, Under Southern Skies....
.......... ...... ......... Carlton
l3 March, Japonaise King
4 Overture. Poet and Peasant. .Suppe
5 Patrol, The Passing Soldier de
scrlptlVe) ..... Arnold
6 Ragtime March, In Ole Alabam..
........ ........ ...... Weisman
The reception committee will con-
sist of the following:
Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Burke of Chey-
enne, DR.. and Mrs. H. L. Stevens of the
executive committee of the board of
trustees, President and Mrs. F.. Z.
Smiley, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Sutphin,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Houston. Captain
and Mrs. William Yates, Captain julius
Merz and Miss Marguerite Mcintosh,
Adjutant Clyde Atherly and Miss
Blanche Davies, Sergeant Frank Reals
and. Cadet Captain Miss Cora Durn.
ford. Private Davis and Cadet Captain
Miss Belle Moore.
Floor Committee-Sergeant Reals.
chairman; Lieutenant Rice, Sergeant
Major Parker, Color Sergeant Smith,
Musician Clark and Corporal Camp.
bell.
The hall has been beautifully decor
ated in military. fashion, the swords be-
ing grouped upon the walls, the cell
ing f%estooned with flags and bunting
and stands of arms placed on the
stage. The decorations breathe the
military spirit thai has taken such
strong hold upon, the students,
The order of dances consists Of
twenty-five numbers. beginning with
grand march and waltz, Dress Pa
rade," and following with a two-step,
waltz, two-step. five step, waltz. Ian
ciers, promenade, waltz, schottische,
waltz. two-step, lanciers. waltz, two
step promenade, two-step, f1ve-step,
step promenade, two-step, five-step,
waltz. two-step and waltz in that or
der.
The dances in the first part have
these military designations: Dress
Parade. Companies A and B. Reveille,
Guard Mounting. Adjutant's Call, To
Arms. Charge, Recall, Brown and Vel
low, Companies c. and D and Mess
Call.
The second half embraces these dan
ces Assembly, Double Time, AS Skin
mishers, To the Color, First Sergeant's
Call. Officers Call. Captain Yates. Re-
treat, Tattoo, Call to Quarters, The
General, Field and Staff and Taps.
, 1903-02-06
PEOPLE
TO VOTE
ON PERMANENT LOCATION OF AG
RlCUlTURAL COLLEGE AT
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION.
Bill to That End Introduced in the
House at Cheyenne This Morning
Senate Took Recess Yesterday Aft
ernoon Until Monday-Proceed-
ings in House.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 6.-(Special to
The Republican.)-This morning Rep
resentative Snow of Laramie county
introduced a bill, house bill No. 126,
providing that the permanent location
of the agricultural college, now a part
of the University of Wyoming at Lar
annie, be submitted to a vote of the
people at the general election to be
held in November, 1904. The bill was
referred to the proper committee.
, 1903-02-06
SENATE TAKES ACTION.
Missouri Legislature After Get-Rich
Quick Concerns.

jefferson City, Mo-. Eel. 6.-By an
almost unanimous vote the state sen
ate yesterday passed II resolution or
dering an immediate inquiry into the
"Get-Rich-Quick" e of st,
Louis. A committee will be named
and its members will proceed to st,
Louis and begin an official inquiry of
the National Securities company,
owned by Brooks of the e. J. Arnold &
Co. concern, which has offices in st,
Louis and in the Cooper building, Den
terprises.
, 1903-02-06
Missouri Editors Defiance.

A Missouri editor who is abou. to
pull up and leave for lack of support
sarcastically remarks in parting that
editors don't need money. Don't
worry about the editor" he says. He
has a charter from the state to act as
doormat for the community. He'll get
the paper out somehow. and stand up
for you when you run for Office, and
lie about your pigeon-toed daughters
tackey wedding. and blow about your
big-footed sons when they get a s4-a.
week job, and weep over your shriv.
eled soul when it is released from
your grasping body, and smile at your
giddy wife's second marriage. He'll
get along. The Lord only knows how
but the editor will get there some
how."-kansas City Star.
Wnok1v por,h1Ioo- o-1u .
, 1903-02-06
FOUR YEARS FOR DRAKE.
One Of the Gang of Union Pacific
Trainmen Sentenced at Cheyenne.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 6.-(Special to
The Republican. il. G. Drake, of
the Union Pacific trainmen caught a
few days go for robbing box cars
pleaded guilty in the district court
yesterday afternoon and Judge Scott
sentenced him to -four years in the pen
itentiary at Rawlins.
Drake has been married but three
months and his bride sat in the court
room while sentence was being pro-
nounced. She is almost h]eartbroken.
, 1903-02-06
EX-SENATOR ILL.
Frank J. Cannon Of Utah Victim o;
Appendicitis.

Salt Lake. Utah. Feb. 6.-Former
Senator Frank ]. Cannon lies critically
i'll at the Holy Cross hospital in this
city. He was brought from his home
in Ogden last night and hurried to the
hospital. where he Immediately under
went an operation for acute append
citis.
, 1903-02-06
GAME BILL AS 1T
PASSED THE HOUSE.

A. r. Waldo brought with him from
Cheyenne yesterday a copy of the game
and fish law as it passed the house, and
has it at Settele's drug store, where
sportsmen are asked to call and read
1t. Some amendments were adopted
and there are said to be several feat
ures Objectionable to true sportsmen,
among the others one that prohibits
1.-THE killing of wild duck after the first
of March, and 1t is asserted that ducks
do not come in large numbers earlier
than that date. The Objectionable
features will be sought to be eliminat-
REACHES that body.
, 1903-02-06
Yeste rday in the Senate.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 6.-(Special tc
The Republican.)-In the senate yes
terday afternoon, in committee of the
whole, the bill providing for the re.
moval of the soldiers and sailors
home from this city to Fort Mckinney
near Buffalo. Johnson county, was rec.
commended for passage, the vote stand.
ing II to II. Among those absent was
Senator Bramel of Albany county.
Senate file No. 10, Z amend and re.
enact section 1913 of the revised stat.
utes. relating to the employment OF an
assistant water commissioner, was rec.
commended for passage.
House bill No. 33. to regulate the
driving Of logs in the streams of the
state, recommended for passage.
House bill No. 80, relating to final
proof of conditionally conceded lands
of the state. recommended for passage.
House bill No. Is, to provide for the
completion of the erection and fur
nishing of a residence for the governor,
was made the special order for Mon
day.
House bill No. 80, by Mr.. Hardin, pro-
viding for the erection of a general
hospital at Sheridan. a branch Of the
Rock Springs hospital. was recon-
mended for passage.
Senate, file No. 81, providing for the
appointment of an oficial court stem
ographer in each judicial district of
the state, recommended for passage.
Senate Ale No, %, relating to the
Sreeafng Of waste ana prasses from
journal boxes. was passed. % to 0.
~ Senate file No. II, re;ating to the re-
ports of the state superintendent of
public instruction, was passed, Il to O.
Senate file No. 10, providing for the
keeping Of the record of convicts in
the state pe%nitentiary by the state
board Of charities and reform, was
passed, 22 to o.
House bill No. 81, providing for the
qualifications of Jurors, was passed,
% to O..
House bill No. 20, providing for a
bailir for the supreme court and fix
ing his salary at 5000 a year. was
passed. % to O..
House bill No. 81. providing a tax
on express companies. was passed.
The senate in committee of the
whole considered the following bills:
Senate file No. 81, providing for the
publication of the proceedings of city
councils and boards or trustees, was
recommended for passage.
Senate file No. 90. relating to the
state board Of health and state board
of examiners, was recommended for
passage.
Senate file No. 81, 70 regulate and
restrict the sale of delirifacient drugs,
and regulating the restriction thereof
by physicians, was recommended for
passage.
House bill No. 20. providing for stat
ed meetings Of county commissioners,
recommended for passage.
House bill No. IS, providing for Of
ices for Justices Of the peace in cities
having a population of more than
1000, recommended for passage.
House bill No. q, providing that the
county commissioners and the county
, 1903-02-06
Passing Of Dawes.

Pitts1eld. Mass. Feb. 6.-Ex-United
States Senator Henry Laurens Dawes
died at 5:15 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing in his home in this city. He was
86 years of age.
, 1903-02-06
Zero collar listers. Woodruff 6
Terry.

The best physic. "Once tried and
you will always use Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets" says VIII
liam A. Girard. Pease. W. These Tab
let's are the most prompt. most pleas
ant and the most reliable cathartic in
use. For sale by F. H. Eggleston, drug
gist. 8
, 1903-02-06

An ad. III The Republican briuxs n.
uihs. for the paper 10 read BY ali the
people
, 1903-02-06

Daily Republican Soc per month,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
DEATH in COUNTY.
MR.. JOHN BEYER A VICTIM OF
PNEUMONIA.

Mr.. John Boyer, age 90, Of the
county diod last night ut 10 O'Clock
of pneumonia after an illness Of only
one week. lie resided several miles
out on tho Mayfeld road and was a
highly respected resident of the coun-
ty He leaves a wife and several chill
dTen. The funeral will be held tomor
row afternoon at ESQ O'Clock at the
Lutheran church. Burial in the Lu-
theran flag. Rev. Rupprecht, OF the
Evangelical Lutheran, Of which the
deceased was a member, will conduct
the services. delivering two addresses,
one in German and one in English.
The deceased was trother-in-law
of Mr.. Fred Kamleiter, of the city.
All friends are invited to attend the
funeral without further notice.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
IS EXTENDED.
OWL SERVICE RULES TO IN,
CLUDE OTHER POSITIONS.

Washington. March 30--Under re-
vision of the civil service rules to take
effect April IS, the classified service is
extended to all positions which are
subject to classiiications under the CIV
il service act. The classified service
hereafter will embrace all places which
are not mere laborers or workmeu or
are not subject to confirmation by the
senate.
The number of places excepted from
examination has been reduced, omit
ting q large number of private secreta-
RES and confidential clerks, although
two private secretaries are allowed to
all heads of departments. Shipping
commissioners, various superinten-
dents, engineers. examiners and mis-
cellaneous positions also have been
made subject to examination. Tempo
rary appointments will be restricted
both in number and duration.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
A WoMAN's PAPER.

Chicago, March S0-Plans are al
most completed here fer launching the
daily newspaper to be owned and
operated exclusively by women, and
which shall "dare to print everything
and anything exactly ms it really is. -
A company has been formed, with
Mrs. Alice Blount at its head. Con-
siderable advertising has been ar.
ranged for, it is said, and the compile
ton Of the project is question of but
a few weeks.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
POOR TROLLEY CAR CONDUCTORS HARD LOT

Their dag is ten hours long and
sometimes twelve or more IL there has
been a blockade.
They earn from s13 to SIS per week
Of seven days.
A conductor on q busy line collects
fares from perhaps 500 passengers in a
day. He has to deal with all kinds
and conditions of human beings, from
the Chesterfield to the car hog. the
ratio Of the courtesy extended to him
to the abuse of which he ia made the
target we all know. And knowing,
we must render him his Just due as
a patient and long suffering public SER
want not easily provoked TO loss Of
temper.-New York Evening World
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
EXPRESS CHANGES.
MR.. L. O. SPENCE, WELL KNOWN
IN PADUCAH, GOES UP.

Louisville, March 30--Prominent
officials Of the Southern Express 90.
were IN Louisville yesterday arranging
division of territory necessitated by
the taking over by the Southern OF the
express business on the Cincinnati,
New Orleans g. Texas Pacin railroad,
heretofore In the hands Of the Adams
Express Co. Mr.. +. w. Leary of At
lanta, general manager of the COM
pany, Mr.. G. W. Agee, superintendent
at Memphis. and Mr.. W. s. McFar-
land, superintendent at Chattanooga,
were here, and were entertained by
Mr.. A. O. Sommers, the local general
egent.
The addition of the Queen and Cres-
cent route increases the territory Of
tho company, and it has been neces-
sary to create the position Of assistant
superintendent for the Chattanooga
territory. TO which will be added the
new route and the Southern railway
from st. Louis to Louisville and from
Louisville to Lexington. Mr.. Nc
Farland's assistant will DO Mr.. Z. O.
Spence, formerly route agent for the
company.
The Southern railway from st.
Louis to Louisville has heretofore
been in the Memphis territory, and is
now taken from Mr.. Agee's superin-
tendency. The Memphis territory
will now consist of the Southern lines
out OF Memphis.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30

Bishop Potter, speaking Def ore the
Peoples Institute, said he had "never
found any one who loved a car con.
ductor. :"
perhaps the conductor from long
experience with slings and arrows. has
grown used to the captious attitude Of
the public towards him and does not
takehis troubles to heart. AS matter
of fact he is entitled to sympathy. As
we learn from the statistics of M.
Robert Erskine Ely, the trolley con-
ductor and motorman:
Work seven days week, without a
vacation, from years end to years
end. If they take day of it is de-
ductsd from their wages.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30

New York. March 30-President
Nicholas Murray Butler. of Columbia,
hes aroused considerable discussion
among the students of that university
and elsewhere by q statement in an
Undergraduate paper that athletics
nowadays is being overdone.
"Twenty.one years ago, said Presi-
dent Butler, 1.-THE proper proportions
between work and play were better
observed than now, and athletics were
genuine sports not occupations.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
LINCOLNSFATHER SHAVED WITH THISRAZOR

Hodgenville, KY, March S0-W. p.
Lamkin, formerly of this plsce,a trav-
cling salesman, has in his possession
an old razor which has quite an inter-
esting history. The razor is relic Of
President Lincoln's father and was
owned by Thomas Lincoln when the
family lived on the Lincoln farm, near
Hodgenville. II was presented to Mr..
Lamkin by Young Enlow, Of this
county, who tells an interesting story
of the old relic which was handed
down by his great grandfather, Abra-
ham Enlow. who purchased the razor
from Thomas Lincoln.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30

During the war n band Of northern
guerillas visited the home one night
and burned it down. The razor was
lost and was never found until last
summer. When blowing in an old
field Young Enlow unearthed the piece
of metal on the spot where the dwell.
ing had been burned during the war.
The handle was burned Off and the
steel was badly rusted. but in its
present state OF preservation, after
having gone through the fire and hav-
ing been buried in the ground for for
~ years, shows that it is the finest of
metal.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
HAS SIXTEEN CHILDREN ALTHOUGH ONLY 26

Chester, ILL.,, March 3O-when Pres
ideut Roosevelt comes to st. Louis in
April his attention should be invited
to the fact that no trace suicide" ex-
lists in this portion Of the great Missis-
sippi valley. He should be cited to
the instance Of report Of birth that
has Just been filed in the office OF
County Clerk Thies at Chester by Ma
poleon B. Phegley. showing that his
wife, Mrs. Mary Ellen phegley of
Roots, in this county. has become the
mother of her sixteenth child, though
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
NEW MINES
HOPKINS COUNTY WILL SHORT
LY ADD TWO MORE.

Madisonville, March 30-Hopkins
county is soon to have two more coal
mines. W. W. King of MoIton's Gar
is opening a new shaft between Oak
Hill and South Diamond, and says he
will employ only union miners.
The Buffalo and Tradewater Rail-
road 90. has bought a tract Of land
from Eph. Hanks ON the Illinois Cen
trail railroad. near Underwood. and
are now engaged in sinking a shaft /.
1t is also reported that company has
been organized to open mining plant
at Depoy, Muhlenberg county.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
HAS LIVED AND CHEWED TOBACCO 1OOYEARS

and thatI have never drunk liqaor or
smoked. l have chowed tobacco, how
ever, since was . boy. / have al
ways taken full hour to each meal,
sometimes more. II people nowadays
would only take time to masticate
their food properly there would not be
so much trouble from indigestion and
dyspepsia and they would live long
er."
Mr.. Price cast his vote in 1925 for
John Quincy Adams for President and
has voted in every presidential election
since.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30

New York, March 30-Born in 1902
in this city, Isaac B. Price has oe lie =
brated his 10lst birthday. During his
life Mr.. Price has only once been out
side the city limits; he has never been
out Of the state; he has never ridden
on a trolley car, and, although he has
crossed the East river many times he
has never been over the Brooklyn
bridge. He taxes great pride in his
long life.
II think it is DUE" he said, "to the
fact that l thoroughly masticate food
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
CHILDREN's COUGHS AND COLDS

Mrs. Joe McGrath, 327 +. Isl
street. Hutchinson, Kan, writes: IL
have given Billiards. Horohound Syr-
up to my children for coughs and colds
for the past four years, and find it the
best medicine l ever used" Unlike
many cough syrups, it contains no
opium, but will soothe and heal any
disease of the throat or lungs quicker
than any other remedy. ESQ. SOC, and
81 at Dubois, Kolb & 90.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
LCCATlS IN LOUISVILLE.
Mr.. MAT RAWLS TO OPEN
SHOE FACTORY THERE.

A concern that Paducah for a time
stood a chance of securing will be
located in Louisville. Saturdays
Post says:
"Mr. Mat Rawls of Columbus, o.
has completed arrangements for the
ests blishment in this city of shoe
factory with capital of $3.50, 900.
OF this amount 500, 900 will be paid
up and the remaining $4,000 will be
issued in stock, which it is said will
be placed immediately. A site for
the factory has been selected, but its
location Is kept secret pending final
arrangements as to its purchase. The
factory will be devoted exclusively 10
the manufacture Of ladies' shoes OF
general qualities. TIE factory will
employ between 100 and 100 hands,
and 1t is expected to have it in opera.
ton by fall.
"Articles Of incorporation for the
new company are being prepared and
will be ready for fling in about three
weeks"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
THERE IS TOO MUCH ATHLETICS NOW ADAYS

He goes on TO say that the athletics
are too much in the public eye; that
they rush to the newspapers with their
squabbles and their successes, and tina
their achievements are laudod like the
lAbors of Hercules.
"He is taught tor a few brief
years" President Butler continues
ito look at life through a msgnifying
glass. and when the glass is taken
away from him on the opening of COM
mencement day things look small and
tame indeed. -
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30

she Is but go years of age. Two Of
her children were twins.
She has been twice married, having
had twelve children By her first hus-
band and four by her present husband,
according to the story told BY Mr..
Phegley. who is prosperous and re-
pu.sble citizen and 81 years of age.
Mrs. Phegley is . native of Perry
county. No, and was q bride at the
early age of IA years. Only a short
time interviewed between the death OF
her husband and her second marriage.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
MUCH TOBACCO.
A BIG BUSINESS BEING DONE IN
PADUCAH AT PRESENT.

A large amount of tobacco is being
brought to the city at present, aud to-
bscco men say that business was never
better. This morning there were 90
or more hogsheads unlosded from the
Joe Fowler and Buttorff, and every
trip they bring large numbers of hogs
heads for local warehouses. Tobacco
men claim that Louisville and Paducah
are doing a bigger business than any
other cities in the country.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
A PHYSICIAN WRITES.

~ am DESTROYS OF knowing If the
profession can obtain Herbine in bulk
for prescribing purposes? 1t has been
of great use to me in treating cases Of
dyspepsia brought on by excuses or
overwork. have never known it to
fail in restoring the organs affected, to
their healthful activity" 500 bottle
at Dubois, Kolb g. Co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30

81 have faith in volition. I believe
that, by means Of a strong will, a
rerson. not physically or morally in.
aapacltated for particular pursuit,
III eventually succeed in the voca-
lion, to o.,fztat2g excellence in which
ae or che ~ set himself or herself
with all his or her soul and strength.
do not believe in failures-accidents.
II course. always excepted-in the
Ease Of those who work hard, indefat-
lGably and hopefully.-G. A. Sala.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
SOME NEW
THINGS ELEY
DRY GOODS co,

Handsome line Of ready-made shirt.
waists, including the new Monte Car
10. prices 81 to $3.50.
A new thing in corsets is Salin's
Perfect Bust Form and Corset COM
bined, price 81. This is something
you MUST see.
Our new line Of underwear is our
best yet-complete in all details. See
it.
Our Hosiery line is our pride. We
have all the new things in blacks and
colors, drop stitch and fancy hose for
women and children, and at right
prices.
Our dress patterns are all pretty.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-30
TO CHARGE FURNACE.
MR.. LLOYD BLOOMFIELD LEFT
TODAY FOR NASHVILLE.

Mr.. Lloyd Bloomfield, president of
the new Flux concern that has pro-
cess that reduoes time and nost of iron
moulding, left today for Nashville,
where he will charge one Of the lsrg-
est furnaces of the South with the
new substance order TO demonstrate
its work.