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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06
RACE RIOT in EVANSVILLE.
Mobs Swarm the Streets Until Day.
light---Troops Called Out.

from the bsttering rams of the mob.
At 1;20 O'Clock the.crowd swa-med
in and began search for the muir.
derer. Police. Captain Brenneck tried
to check their advance by turning the
hose upon them. When he appeared
at the window, holding the nozzle, a
rain Of bullets was sent through tie
window. The captain retrested.
At l:45 a mob Of white men, heavily
armed, marched through the streets
and at O'Clock the crowds on the
streets increased and firing could be
heard in all directions. Disorder and
deadly rioting were everywhere, and
every one of the thousands on the
streets carried his life IN his hands.
Everything is comparatively quiet
today sfter the riots of last night.
The mobs dispersed at daylight and
no further trouble is anticipated until
tonight. The national guard is mobi-
liziDg and is expecting active work.
The police and firemeu are arming
with rifles in anticipation of repeti.
tion OF the scenes of last night. 1t il
reported that negroes are arranging
for general gathering this evening
in portion Of the city inhabited by
most of them. There have been nc
killings, although several were report.
ed last night.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06

ISL ran into the first section and just
before the crash both engineer and
fireman jumped and saved themselves.
Smith did not alight right and injur-
ed hip. He was brought to the city
this morning and placed in the hos.
pitsl for treatment.
Engine 2S, of the second section,
was badly damaged and the caboose
and several cars of the first section
also damaged. J. II. Roark, a flag
man, was slightly injured in jumping
but is able to be up and about the hos
pital.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06

Evansville, Ind July 1.-THE shoot -
ing OF Patrolman Massey Friday by
Lee Brown, colored, eliminated in .
race riot here last night in which sew
eral lives were reported lost and the
heavy walls of the Jail were battered
down. Troops have been called out
At O'Clock this morning that city
was in the hands of q mob. Troops
were ordered out by the governor to
protect the Jail, which was surrounded
by 1000 men.
The crowd around the Jail, incensed
at the murder of patrolman by a
negro, shouted death to all negroes.
The negro had been secretly removed
to vincennes, but the mob refused TO
believe it and attempted to tear down
the Jail. Stonemssons in the mob
chi.eled out the bars of the windows
sGd . battering ram was used.
A company of negroes armed with
Winchesters marched through the
streets threatening to kill all white
people.
Almost every hardware store in the
city was broken into by the citizens
ana not man was on the streets who
was not armed.
At l:l0 the mob broke into the Jail
The steel bars OF the Jail windows
could not Withstand the rain Of blows
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06
COUNTY COURT.

Charles Mckinney, aged 35, of the
county, and Maude Lee Goad, aged
2S, Of the county, have been licensed
to we'd. II will make the second
marriage OF the groom and the first OF
the bride.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06

not come in until last night, and yes
terdays mail is still due.
Drummers are experiencing much
inconvenience from the delay, whie b
affects the business interes of mrie
than one city. Trains will be irregu-
lar until the bridge is repaired sufii-
ciently to allow trains to pass over Il.
Saturday when the news reached
the city the East Tennessee Tslepbcne
Co., which has its wires strung on Tie
bridge, sent out crew at once, q
the Illinois Central gave them q
cial train. They went post hs/
the scene and in an hour after
ing there had all the wires
again, and also put mp II
wires.
1t is estimated there =. .ud
at work sssout the br :. -, ~.
had hard time sae " S. -.
yesterday. They y ~ ''
sosne as rapidly ana no pro.
them after the or inc" " -.
vision had besp| 10 ''Ana ''o'n'
., .,sSp' 'nS l.ilro.a wa. bus, J
Yesterd& supplies there. ard
aw = miniature armyiY
- cost Of provisions toy
au p1ill co. thousands OF dd
sH&AoHia being bQpghy
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06
FREIGHT WRECK.
BUT ONLY ONE MAN WAS IN
JURED.

There was freight wreck in the
Illinois Central Fulton yards yester-
day morning and James Smith a
young man Just Learning the road
preparatory to firing, was injured in
jumping from the cab
The second section of freight No
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06
The Glorious Fourth Passed off
without Serious Mishap.
Farmer of Carlisle County Killed in
Runaway-Mr.N ewhouse
is Better.
BRIDGE MAN SERIOUSLY HURT

In the sham battle Saturday Co rpo-
raj Davis, of the Murray company,
fell from an embanbment at the gun
club grounds and broke rib, and al
so. had his back powder burned. Sar-
geant Havers, of the Paducah compa-
ny, was overcome by heat. but soon
recovered. The Clinton and Mayfeld
companies, on account of the train be.
ing late, did not arrive in time to
participate.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06

MEET THURSDAY-Next Thurs
day afternoon the willing Workers, Of
the German Evangelical church will
meet with Mrs. l.. +. Kolb.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06

Mr.. Sol Dreyfuss, Of Jeffersonstreet,
while firing q sky rocket Saturday
night, got hand badly burned by
the rocket failing to leave the ground
quick enough.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06
WILL MAKE ANOTHER APPEAL

WILL MAKE ANOTHER APPEAL
Lexington, July-Mrs. +. O. Obi
en-. who has bean here and at Frank
fort attempting to have her SON.
death sentence commuted, will 60 to
Frankfort and make another appeal to
the governor. IL is now claimed that
O'Brien says he did not fire the shot
and his mother has made public his
letters to her saying so.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06

ALMOST REIGN OF TERROR.
Clarksville, Tenn, July 5.--There
is almost a reign of terror in the vi
cinity OF Trenton, Todd county,
where Bud Garth killed Younger
Watkins a short time ago. The deed
is said to have been cold blooded
murder and Garth. not content, went
back and attempted to shoot brother
of his victim. The sheriff and posse
are making diligent search for him,
but TO no purpose. The Watkins fsmi-
ly has become frightened and gone to
a neighbours for safety.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06
THE POPE DYING.

London, July 6.-All the Rome
dispatches agree that che Pope
death Is q matter of but few hours.
MANY KILLED IN CLOUDBURST
Piusburg. July GA telephone
message from Jeanette says from nifty
to seventy Ave men. women and chill
dren persisted by the cloudburst at
oskforde Park yesterday. The MAORI.
~ were drowned or their lives were
beaten ont against TIE rocks in Brush
Greek. but . number were elecrocut-
ed.
At least 500 persons were Mt the
park.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06

Isle county, took load of merchan-
disc out of Paducah Friday in a large
wagon. His team was found Satur-
day near Melber, this county, with no
one in the wagon. and the body OF
Cain was found at Sandy Point Hill,
near May field Greek with neck broken
and shoulder badly crushed. The
breast yoke is supposed to have bro
ken and caused the horses to run
away, the driver being thrown out
and run over. The deceased was 40
years old, an owned a store and farm
ct Cunningham. He had three cousins
here. 8. r. Robertson, 1921 jackson
street, and j. B. and II. r. Robertson.
Proprietor Bakers three year old
daughter, at the Commercial house.
Third and Jefferson streets, found some
morphine powders used for tooth a,he
Saturday and swallowed some Of
them becoming very ill. DR.. d. T.
st uart attended her and she was soon
cut of danger.
Mr.. L. Newhouse, VIII o was injured
in runaway last week, is better to-
day. He is resting easy and will re-
cover.
Mr.. Walter Ledford, who was hurt
BY q fall from q car sew eral days ago,
is improving slowly at the home of
his brother in Trigg county. He still
complains of pains in his head, but it
is thought is on the road to recovery.
Mr.. @. e. Smith, an Illinois Cen
trail bridge carpenter, became over
heated this morning while supervising
the bridge work at Tennessee river
bridge On the l. T., and fell: forward.
striking on his chest He was rem.
dered helpless for some time and was
brought into the city on special
train and taken to the hospital where
treatment was administered. He is
we'll known here having superintend
ed the building of Clarks river bridge
and several other bridges on the |. y.
near this city.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-06

Mr.. L. Newhouse, VIII o was injured
in runaway last week, is better to-
day. He is resting easy and will re-
cover
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
CHRISTMAS TIMES IN ALABAl

sojered win old Jackwall stOneson, CT f
 with Bob Lee"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

two of bis sons, Joseph and James, rode proudly away to take part in the glorious hattie of Kings. Mountain. James sevier was only l6 ct that time. and 1t was through the earnest intercession of Mrs. Sevief that he was allowed to 70 on that expedition.
 During the next two or three years se- vier was alternately engaged in lighting the Indians down the border, or the Brit ish and Tories across the mountains in North Carolina.
 Then came the ili-starred little State of Franklin, running through a stormy period of almost four years; ending in defeat for Colonel Sevier, who was taken to Morganton for trial. These were Bark days, indeed. for "Bonny Kate." But with the coming of I7ss there came a rift when her husband. who year before had been taken to North Carolina a prisoner. now went to Fayetteville a State Senator from Greene County. The year 17e0 was one of joy and sunshine for Mrs. Sevier. It was then she saw her husband return to his home in Greene bearing d Brigadier Generals commission from the Governor of North Carolina. In June of that year he took his seat in the Con- gress of the United States, and that same fall he was commissioned as Brigadier of Washington District by President WaS:,- ington. M
 John sevier was now firmly seated in the saddle and there was no power that could unhorse him. These were happy years for "Bonny Kate"-years when in 1796 she saw her husband as first Cover nor of the new State of Tennessee, and saw him elected again and again-six terms in all.
 But these years of great honor were also years that taxed her ingenuity to the ut. most. It required no little degree of tact and good management to do, the honors of the Governors mansion, and entertain the great crowds of company coming and going-all. too, when the Governors sai- ary was only $75o per annum
 She saw her husband step from the chair of State to seat in the State Sem ate. then round out his grand and sio- rious career with two full terms in The United States Congress-dying September. 1915. soon after being elected to a thiri term.
 Then followed her twenty-one years of widowhood. dying at the good old age of s2. octobertS 1886. at Russeilvliie, Frank. lin County, Ala. It is a remarkable com. cidence that tho name of the county in which she lived and is buried should be the same as that of the iii-starred little State her husband once vainly attempted to establish.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

St. Louis Globe Democrat.
 ''1t Is a hoodoo knife," said one '.Tnan and brother to another. You can never make 1t sharp" Such was the expiana- ton rendered in behalf of one of thOss contrary pieces of pocket cutlery on which it seems impossible to bestow a cutting quality. Spend hours in whettng such a specimen, blister your fingers in the effort, aply to it scythe stone. whet- rock, oilstone. razor stone, anything com monly used for the purpose of imparting an edge to cutting utensils, and, after all your efforts, 1t remains, or soon becomes, as dull as ever. You doubt the quality of the steel and seek expert advice. Your expert tests and solenmly proncunces the metal of excellent quality. "No better made" he says, and yet the knife Will not cut If there ever is . hoodoo. it Is certainly found attached to such . knife, and no wonder that superstitious persons attribute to- the unlucky blade maliSn influence which forbids its usefulness.
 And yet the explanation of the ineffi- ciency of the unlucIy knife is perfectly simple. The blade Is too thick. The angle formed by the steel at the cutting edge is too obtuse, and the result. of course, is that the edge is blunt, and cannot be made to cut properly. A razor blade is always thin, so is a scythe blade. or any other blade in which a smooth-cuttlng quality of edge is desired. A thick blade no matter what pains may be taken with it. can never be given a keen edge, the blade quickly returns to it's former condi- tion of exasperating dullness. Even, the intelligent owner. not familiar with the principles of blade making. will often be mystified by his own inability to keep hig knife in good condition. while the super stitIous finds in supernaturalism an ex- planation of a phenomenon he can not otherwise explain.
 A hoodooed knife is but one of the my riad superstiions which haunt our steps by day and disturb our rest at night. None of us are free from them. We may deem ourselves to have reached a point of education and culture which raises us quite above the vulgar herd. We compli- ment ourselves on the fact that education Is dissipating the supersutions of past ages, and we look back on the dreadful old days when men believed in signs and wonders, in omens and prodigIes, with a feeling of self-satisfacti0n at the fact that at least we have escaped all that; we have outgrown the superstitious fol- lies of our ancestors; have abandoned their pet superstitions. with their plum colored coats, and have no more use nor taste for the one than the other. We have risen to 8 point where reason relgns triumphant. where we are no longer nub- ject to the fanciful delusions that an- noyed our ancestor. We know that the laws of science are immutable. unehange- able; that all nature, animate and inani- mate, Is governed by law, and, knowing this. we are quite free from the hobsob- lns of superstttious belief, which once
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
TREATY MAKING Toa CANADA.
Minister Prsfontaine 1raintalna a.nat

Minister Prefontaine Maintains That It ts Necessary for the Dominion. Toronto tontario) Mali ana Empire. The Hon. Raymond Prefontaine. the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Is the
 most outspoken of all Sir wiIfrfd L.au- l rier's colleagues since The Alaskan f1asco
 in demanding the treaty making power for Canada. When seen on this point ih
 Toronto on Monday by The Mail and Elm pire, Mir. Prefontalne did not care to say much. simply stating that his views were fully expressed in his recent spueech on the subject in Montreal
 Asked If he did not think that such a power might prove the thin end of tho wedge of complete separation from the empire, MT. Prefontaine replied: Certainly not, because the more liberty
 this country enjoys the more grateful 10 the mother country 1t win be-" "Wen," he was asked, "why have the treaty-making power when we have neitla- ar the army nor navy Co enforce our
 rghts?'
 "That would be a, matter to be con- country would be bound to help Cam ada" ''But would you favor Canada having the power to make treaties without stab-
 hitting them to Great Britain for appro- val?' he was asked.
 well. they might be submitted to the
 British Parliament. but all these points
 could be settled later by discussion"
 Asked as to tho objections that the giving of such individual powers might | tend to prevent Canada from caring to enter any scheme of imperlad federation, | the Minister said:
 T do not understand how such a scheme could in any way sacrifice Can ada's rights. I cannot see what we would
 sacrifice by entering into any imperial federation scheme If however, we were | to become absolutely Q part of the empire
 In that sense. it would mean abolition of
 our Parliament and a general empire government by 0 central Parliament, and,
 of course. we are not disposed to do that.
 Canada before an must preserve It's au-
 tonomy."
 'NWell." Mfr. PrefOntaine was, asked. do
 you think the treaty-maiEing power for
 Canada is essention to our Autonon1y?~
 'fMOre or less, yes," was the guarded
 reply.
 ''FEas not this whole question been pre- cipitated by Lord Alvefstona's eonrss re- garding the Alaskan boundary" was the next question.
 ''Not exactly" said Mir. Preeontatne. ~It
 has been precipltated by that, of course, but 1t has been under discussion for . number of years. Recent events have simply brought the matter to a focus." Asked tf this matter was not IikeIy to play prominent part ln the next session at Ottawa. the Minister relapsed into his
 native French, and replied, 'Je ne saIs pas"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
Catherine Sevier, Wife of Gov. sevier, of Tennessee. Died Oct. 6. 1S26.
 Aged S2 years.

It is an excellent picture and shows the grave with the headstone and footstone- on which can be traced the letters C. s. with the trees and scenery all around very distinctly.
 The first mention made of Katie Sher- Till in Tennessee history was in connec- ton with a little incident at the battle of Fort Lee on the Watauga. July. l1I6, when fleeing from the Indians she was rescued by John Sevier. her future hus- band.
 And for sixty years. dating from the above mentioned incident. she worked m the light of the public presence; four years as the heroine of this remarkable escape from the Indians. thirty-five years as the faithful and devoted wife Of John Sevier and twenty-one years as tho hon. ored widow, of Tennessee's first and nsost popular Governor.
 August II, 1870, Katie Shsrrill was mar ried to Col John Sevier, Rev. Samuel Doak officiating The first ten years of her married life were full of trials if not hardships and privations.
 In little over a month after their mar riage, Colopei sevier bads farewell to his newly welded wife and, accompanied by
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
NOTHING PERSONAL INTENDED

It Is a historical fact. protruding like a pot leg from the musty archives of Ala bama's past history that the Senate of Alabama in the year of Our Lord ISIS, and during the Christmas of that year was composed of one man. MT. Titus of Madison.
 What 6 complication of circumstances this aggregated individual must have but ted up against! Think of the honorable Senate of Alabama arising in a night shirt with an abbreviated narrative to ex- anime the comet of 1Sls-a plain forty dol lar comet, northwest by nor about three feet above the horizon with its tail ever the dashboard! My concentrated friend Mfr. Titus may not have known the dif- ference between an enrolled bill and the erysipeias but I'll bet four dollars he had more dignity than a nigger preacher.
 Understand now. eh-er, do not misap- prehend me; mean absolutely nothing personal to the late Senate of Alabama in thus grubbing up old baldheaded, histori- cal reminiscences-far different! I'm a timid, nervous man who became quite satIated with human gore during the ses- sion of the late bloody Constitutional Convention--and 1t may be that this Christmas ISIS session of the Senate of Alabama Is yet alive and handy man with a shot gunl
 It fs not my intention to indulge in per- sonal, invidlous remarks about a legis- lative body when that man is trying to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
THE NEW ts aa ssSa International Encyclopedia

 must
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

lead different life. end wien the afore- said is reckless with firearms. Of course. a Senate's .oficial recopd ts the property of the public; sun. it has never been my policy to attack the ofscial acts ef the upper house of great State. when that individual might. in a rash moment of anger vaccinate Leading Church work. CT. and also an Heir to an Immortal Grown, with the entrails of a forty-inch bust-measure shot gun!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
THE HoRRORS OF WAR

When duly sober, which seldom hap pened, old Bill Sanders was mute. But after imbibing about three Snifters or corn juice, William was squirting foun" tain of war "reminiscences.
 At the prayer meeting in Jayvtlle on Christmas evening. 1Sz8, this oid Com" pany K veteran was a locker on. A member had just spoken of the harcships and poverty of a religious life. The pas tor asked any one who felt disposed to make a talk.
 Old Bill arose, and steadying himself by holding on to the bench in front, re- marked:
 'Brethrin and Sisterin, you all know my main holt ain't public orations, and I don't claim to have more reiiggun than you could punch in a doodle-hole with CT begging awl-but when it comes to hard ship and hunger and privashuns, us Boys Yes. sir, ain't no mistake about that. have eat hard-tack and sow-bosom, and thought it was better'n pound cake. Why. we fellers 'ud eat anything. One day when I was skirmishing for buttermIlk fin ther Shenendoer Valley I run ercross one of these here noisy Poll Parrots. gathered in that bird and plunged off to camp diffusive, and fried 1t in three shakes of a sheep's tail. ain't no copy. cure, but I'm a purity good 1edge of chit tins and chicken hxings: and I tell you fried parrot giEzard ain't bad eatin', tho I admit she Is a lee-tle rank! But, my Christian frenS. the conserkences of dis tributing that bird In my midst was to say the least of 1t. onlooked for A few days arter digestin the fowl begun to have CT ungodly hankering to cuss dogs and hatch aigs. The Chaplain of the .Raggiment had to set up with me O nights to keep me from incubating on a dozen grape-shot An, my Chrisshun frens. I shuder to this day when I ra- fleet on the language I'd use when I'd sec spotted pup, CT drap CT hard tacl, cracker. None of you'uns will ever real. Ike the horrors of war, ceptin you had
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
Mixed Dates.

FOur-year-old Helen has 6 passion for celebrating anniversaries and holidays. Her birthday in January always naettna a party. said tS her, Next month ia No- vember, and that's when Thanksgiving comes" She nodded eagerly. I contln- and what comes thenY' "Christmass~ ehe replied promptly. went on. ''The month after that is January and what comes tnenT She cried In Lrivrnapn. Y soqisn, 9k
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
EBONY KATE" SEWER,

Photograph of Her Last Resting k Place ct Russellsiliss Ala Jonesboro Letter to Knoxville Journai
 and Tribune.
 Your correspondent has quite recently come into possession of a very interest ing historical curio--a photograph of ha- lie sherriIrs grave at Russeiiviile, Frank lin County, Ala.
 On the tombstone is the following epi- taph:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
IN LABAMA's HILLS.

In grey blue haze, your brows upraise,
 Co meet the kiss of sky bent down. In piiiared pine with song divine, wind.
 harps thrill solitude with sound When sun and shade shall wane and fade
 when storm and gloom give way to
 calm:
 LulI me to rest. on thy brown breast
 dear. Mountains brown of Alabaml Down emerald aisles, where twilight
 smiles, let cross and loss be changed to crown. Let Fairy-sleep my body keep, till Time
 shall cease Oh Mountains brown; But when the feet of Angels fleet shall
 flash on thee like oridamme, Let me arise to fatrer skies from Noun
 tains brown of Alabam!