davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-17

In some old reports Of the treasury
department the discovery was made
this week that Kentucky ence had .
United States senator who refused 10
draw his mileage from his home to
Washington. and that money. $500, 10
still in the United States treasury to
his credit. says . Washington dispatch
10 the Louisville Times.
The senator was Joseph Rogers On
derwood. who represented Kentucky
in the senate from Is47 to 1858. Dur
ing his term Of Office there was called
session of the senate, which ran into
tho regular session Of the congress,
both houses. He did not return to
Kentucky between the special session
Of the senate and the regular session Of
congress, 80 when he received his mi.
leage he returned 1t to the treasury,
saying he vas not entitled to the Non
ey and would not take 1t.
The record of the account shows
that some years ago Senator Lindsay,
Of Kentucky, made inquiry concern
ing the disposition Of the money due
Senator Underwood.
Senator Lindsay, who was In Wash
ington this week when the old record
was unearthed. was asked about the
case, which officials Of the treasury de-
psrtment say is the most unusual they
have encountered.
"When l was in the senate" said
he, IL received le,t,r from one OF
Senator UnderwoOd's daughters in
Kentucky asking me II 1t was fact
that some money, from some source
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-17
Is THE ADAM AND EVE STORY ONLY A MYTH?

New York, Dec. Fin sermon on
the life of the late Herbert Spencer,
the Rev. DIR. Minot J. Savage, in the
Unitarian church OF the Messiah, has
given the theory of evolution credit
for having forever destroyed intelli-
gent belief on the part Of anybody in
she Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve OF
the fall Of man. Evolution" he as
serted, has forever removed those
stories, and kindred ones to the land
Of myth, where they belong"
In concluding his remarks, DR.. Saw
age said; Humanity has been on this
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-17
LYING EASY
Mrs. DOwie and Son are Enjoy.
ing French Luxury.
While Dowie Is Still Tearfully Beg
ging His Dupes for More Money.

Cannes, France, December 17-Mrs.
Dowie and Gladstone Dowie. the wife
and son Of Elijah II. !" who are still
living here IN the Hotel Paradise, do
not seem to be much affected by the
stories from Chicago about the trou.
bles Of Dowie and Zion. They refuse
still to see newspaper men. They
have assured the hotel keeper that
there was no truth in the story that
lions affairs are on the verge OF rule.
They seem TO have plenty Of ready
money. and sweep about the town in
victoria TO which is harnessed the
finest team in Cannes.
Mrs. Dowie has given orders that
she must be walked up at any hour of
the night for cablegrams, which arrive
half dozen hourly.
However. there seems no doubt
that the Dowies' protrscted stay in
Cannes is due to desire to await the
issue Of affairs At home. Having
heard that Mrs. Dowie is carrying
away large sums of money with her,
the servants of her suite in the hotel
look with curiosity on one piece OF
heavy baggage, which, they say, has
never been opened, but has been care
fully kept in mAdame's room.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-17
PURSES
Large st Assortment at Low
Prices

Our line is now completely stocked
with Auto Bags, Wrist Bags, Calling
Bags, Walking Bags and Chain Bags.
Alfsizes and colors and all prices.
Failure to see before buying is your
loss.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-17
BILLIARDS. HOREHOUND SYRUP

Immediately relieves hoarse. croupy
cough, oppressed, rattling, rssping
and difficult breathing. Henry u.
Stearns, Druggist. Shullsburg, wiscon.
sin, writes, May 30, 1901: al have
been selling Billiards. Horehound Syr.
mp for two years, and have never had
a preparation that has given better
satisfaction. notice that when sell
. bottle, they come back for more. l
can honestly recommend it. 25c, 900
and 81 at Dubois, Kolb a. Co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-17

Mrs. Dowie is deeply grieved be-
cause Of the charge that she took mon.
ey with her, Her heart is breaking
and she needs me to comfort her. Do
you want me to 60 to her? Answer
me-"
Yes" was the reply.
well, I'll see her in Australia in
February"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-17

earth two or three hundred thousand
years at least Humanity, however,
slowly has been evolving, claiming
from the far Off beginning there never
has been any fall. Evolution has
wrought out not the fall OF man. but
the ascent of man. That means the
complete reconstruction Of the entire
theology Of Ohristendom. 1t 10 com.
ing; it has got to come. There are
thousands of churches today in which
the Eden story is quietly referred to
% though 1t were poetry or allegory.
There are thousands Of others where
it is quietly laid to one side
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-17

Gall at the Vienna Cream Bakery
and select your black cake for Christ
mas. Now ready, sos Broadway.
Phone 7a7 <A.A1
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-12-17

1.AX.EOS Cures S GO ion
troubles by removing the cause. Price soc
s. n. WlnSTEA0 MED. co. Paducah, ".
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-25
REPORT LACKS TRUTH WILD TIME AT A FIRE
Trumpetings of Fourteen Ele-
plants Added to the Excite
ment of the Occasion.

Bridgeport, Conn, Feb. 24.-Fire partial
ly destroyed the new brick car barn at
the new winter quarters of the Barnum
& Bailey circus here today and burned
a number of cars belonging to the cir
Gus. The loss is estimated at 100000. on
which there is insurance of $4,000 The
fire was caused by a lamp falling to the
floor in the midst of a quantity of ben
ZOine and other inflammable matter.
While the fire was at its height a cor
nice fell, carrying TO the ground with it
twelve firemen who were at work on
the roof. The men We're much bruised
but were not otherwise injured.
Excitement was occasioned during the
We're quartered in a building adjoining
the car barns. 1t was necessary to re-
move the elephants through a door fac
ing the burning building and across the
tracks between rows of burning and
smoking cars. In order to accomplish
this safely the four keepers took one
animal out at time until the entire herd
was removed
The loud trumpeting of the elephants
gave rise to a rumor that the animals
had broken loose. This rumor RAPIDLY
spread around the city and occasioned
much alarm. The other animals however
were at no time in danger. The fire was
under control in about half an hour.
Six new Pullman cars valued at SO. 900
each and two new flat cars valued at
$1,000 were destroyed. More than $50 feet
of the barns was burned to the ground
and ten stock cars. which were standing
outside the barn, were damaged.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-25
Sideboard Presented to Mrs.
Hayes Not In Possession of
Saloonkeeper.

Washington, Feb. 24.-ColoneI Theodore
Bingham, superintendent of public build
ings and grounds, has concluded an ex-
haustive investigation into the statement
recently published widely throughout the
country, that a SidebOard presented to
Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes while she was
mistress of the White House, by women
of the w. c. T. T.. has passed into the
statement was made that the sidebOard
was presented to Mrs. Hayes out of re-
gard for her determination not to permit
wine to be served at the White House
Colonel Bingham's investigation dis
closes clearly the fact that the published
statement practically had no foundation.
So far as the records and a recent volu-
minOus correspondence with interested
parties go. no such sidebOard ever was
presented to Mrs. Hayes by members of
women or by any OFFICIALS Two side
boards from the White House were re-
Gently sold at auction The offer of
these, as well as of other articles from
the White House. was made in accord
ance with the law. The investigation has
developed the fact that the one which WAS
purchased by a saloonkeeper was bought
Tor the WHITE House during the incurn-
bency Of President Arthur The other
was bought for use in the mansion at an
early date. Where it now is cannot be
dScertained.
The only article presented to Mrs.
Hayes for use in the White House was a
carved frame for her portrait II was
found unsuitable for its purpose and is
understood to be in the possession of the
Cincinnati school of design.
With respect to the criticism that the
portraits of former mistresses of the
White House were hung in the cellar OF
the mansion. IL is stated by the same
authority that the portraits are in the
corridor, through which ali guests of the
trait of Mrs. Roosevelt is hung directly
opposite to that of Mrs Hayes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-25

When Minister Squiers returns to
Havana he will take up for settlement
the question of the possession of the
Isle of Pines. The indications are now
that the United States government will
not press strongly in this matter The
reason for the Indifference is, first, the
unavailability of the island as a naval
base, owing to the shallow water sur
rounding 1t, and, second, the really
strong sentimental attachment of the
Cubans for the place, which would
cause a feeling of resentment toward
the United States in the event that the
isle was taken away
1t is learned that the document is
not a treaty, but is rather in the nature
of an agreement under the terms of the
Platt amendment. Therefore, it viii
not be necessary to submit il to the
senate. President Palma, however,
deems it expedient to submit the agree
lnent to the Cuban senate, but from the
nature Of the report made by Secretary
Hay there seems 20 be little doubt that
such approval is already assured. In
fact, it is said that had the United
States so desired il might have includ-
ed the splendid bay of Nipe on the
northeast in its list of accessions as
cOaling stations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-25
NAVAL AND COALING STATIONS
United States Has Secured Guantanamo and Bahia Honda on the
Coast of Cuba Under the Terms of the
Plat Amendment
ITTAsHINGToN, Feb. 24-President {

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-President
w Roosevelt has signed the agree
ment drawn up under the terms
of the Plat amendment providing for
the acquisition by the United States of
a naval station at Guantanamo and
coaling station at Bahia Honda, both
In Cuba. The document had been pre-
Vlously signed by President Palma and
was brought to Washington by Minister
Squiers. 1t does not specify the price
OF the properties to be acquired by the
United States, and this detail is left to
be settled by the usual legal condemna-
tory proceedings after the navy depart
ment has decided exactly the amount
of land it wishes at each place.
With these two places properly forth
fed as naval bases. the Gulf of Mexico
would not be possible of occupation of
a hostile fleet, and the Caribbean sea
would be unsafe for an enemy At
Guantanamo there viii b erected ex-
tensive- coal docks, and perhaps Z. short
line railroad to connect the port
with the backbone railroad already fin
ished by private enterprise. Bahia
Honda will for some time probably be
used simply as a place for the storage
of coal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-25
HAS CAPTURED BERLIN
California Dancer Supplied With
S250,000 With Which to
Build a Theatre.

Berlin, Feb. 24.-IsadOra Duncan, the
California dancer, has been supplied
with $250,OO0 by subscriptions from her
admirers with which to build a theatre
70 be called by her name. Externally
it viii be ine he style of a Greek tenn
pie. and the interior viii be Greek. The
theatre viii be devoted occasionally to
Miss Duncan's dancing and at other
times to the reproduction of Greek
plays and concerts. The dancing Of
Miss Duncan has so attracted the Ber-
lin public that the prices charged for
admission to her performances are as
high as those of CoqueIin and Nine.
Bernhard. The academicians have ar
ranged for reduced prices to art stu
dents.
Herr Won Werner president of the
Berlin Artists society. has written a
letter refusing to accept such privi-
leges, and alleging that he is not will
ing to encourage immortality Count
ess Won BUelow, wife of the imperial
chancellor, and Countess Won Thiele-
Winckler, wife of one OF the leading
fnanciers of Germany, are among Miss
Duncan's patronesses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-25
SHOULD KNOW BETTER
Irrigation Company Fined 81, 600
By Judge Ross For Bring
ing q Suit.

San Francisco. Feb. 24-Judge Ross
of the United States circuit court Of
appeals upheld the decision of the Ida
no. district court in the case OF the
OWyhee Land & Irrigation company
vs. c c. Tautphas, and fined them one
tenth of the amount in litigation for
their too hasty procedure
Tautphas sued in the Idaho court
for $40,031, alleged to be due him from
the irrigation company as payment for
his engineering work in constructing
a canal. The defendants claimed that
the contract made with Tautphas was
signed by one not having competent
authority TO at. even though il was
the president of the concern who af-
fixed his signature TO the document
In his decision Judge Ross charac-
teried the appeal of the irrigation COM
pany as grOundless and frivolous. and
fines them 81, 900 for their lack of legal
acumen.
The following decisions were also
handed down: George W. Moore ct al.
VS. A 3. Hammond ct al, decision
of Oregon district court affirmed;
Northwestern Pacific Railroad COM
pany VS.. Wallace Mix. decision of Mon
tana district court affirmed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-25

statehood bill as buffer to prevent
trust discussion and legislation For
the Democrats now, having stood al
most solid body for the admission of
the three territories, to accept the pro-
posed consolidation would be to have
played into the hands of the Republi-
can trust caDal.
1.-The people of Arizona are unani-
mously opposed to consolidation with
New Mexico and the people of both
the territories should be consulted.
THE provisions in the consolidation
bill for ultimate separate statehood are
a snare. The question of separation
into two states must be submitted to
the voters of the entire state and ex-
perience has taught that after the in
terests of any area have been con-
solidated as single state majority
cannot be secured for separation.
The Democrats have stood for the
statehood bill as it passed the house
They believe that each is entitled to
statehood, and they have stood loyalty
by the Republican minority in their
efforts to give them statehood, but
they viii not infiict the injustice. that
probably never can be repaired, of
forcing the people of the two terri
tories into a state so large that it
would forever continue a burden they
could not bear"
Fight Is Hopeless.
After the adjournment of the caucus
the Democratic members of the COM
mittee on pOstoffices met the Repub-
lican members of that committee who
have been friendly to statehood. They
decided to ask the chairmen of the
two committees on postoffices and
agriculture to withdraw the statehood
riders which the committees have
placed on two appropriation bills.
They also decided to continue the fight
for the omnibus bill as it came from
the house, without amendment, but not
to antagonize appropriation bills or
executive business with it.
The Republicans have decided to
present their compromise bill to the
senate.
The indications are very strong that
the question VIII receive very little if
any consideration during the session,
and even the best friends of statehood
generally admit that there is no chance
for success at this time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-25
SMOOT HOLDS
RECEPTIONS
Utah Man Making the Acquaint.
ance of Senators.
EXPECTS TO GET HIS SEAT
CAPTAIN MERCER INSTALLED
AS INDIAN AGENT.
Special 70 The Hsra1dA

II AohANG1ON, Feb 24-Senator-
w elect Smoot continues 10 hold
daily receptions in his rooms at
the Raleigh, and to extend his acqaaint-
ance with members Of the senate. He
has brought letters of introduction to
many senator's, and IS rapidly beeom-
ing personally acquainted with his ex-
pecJed future associates Many of them
nave assured him without reserve that
they expect him 10 be seated without
controversy or delay. In today's Times
MI Smoot is quoted as saying:
am more than gratified with condi-
uons- Members Of the senate seem to
be more satisfied each day that there
Is no argument against my being seat
ed, and l have been assured of a care
Iul consideration of my case"
Perry s Heath Of the Salt Lake Trib-
une mas been invited to speak at the
National Republican Editorial assocfa-
tlon meeting in this city Feb, 20 on the
subject Newspaper Editorial Work in
Politics.
The recommendation of the secretary
of the interior that Captain W a. Mer-
Ger be detailed to act as agent at IJin-
tab and Ouray Indian agency has been
approved and the detail made
In the semi-annuaI examination Of
1ourth-class midshipmen at Annapolis.
w lHlam g Barker, jr., of Salt Lake
City stood second in his class.
Senator Rawlins has fled with the
secretary OF the interior a petition from
clIlzens Of MarySvale asking to have
the Wasatch forest reserve made a per
fnanent reserve and recommended that
the petition be granted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-25
HEAVY JUDGMENT FOR
MRS. A. D. HUNTINGTON

White Plains. y. Y, Feb. 24-Judg-
ment for $723,S23 was entered today in
the supreme court for Mrs Arabella D.
Huntington and Charles H Tweed, as
executors Of the will OF the late Coils
P Huntington, in a suit brought by
them against Sylvester H Kneeland
and Isaac H Gates ct al. Suit was
brought on agreen ent between Knee
land and Huntington by which large
tract of land in Yonkers. FOrdham and
Greenburg was to be held as security
for 100000 loaned by Huntington to
KneeIand. In 1881 Kneeland executed
a deed to Gates and others for the land
Mrs. Huntington brought suit to recov-
er the amount with interest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-25
CANAL TREATY MATTER
Cabinet Spend a Lerge Part of
Yesterday Discussing
the Situation.

Washington, Feb. 24-Discussion of
the Panama canal situation consumed a
large portion of the time of the cabinet
at today's meeting. Just prior to the
meeting Attorney General Knox had a
conference with Attorney Cromwell,
who represents the Panama Canal
company in this country. The details
or the conference were not disclosed.
The matter was brought to the cab
inets attention by Mr.. Knox 1t is un-
derstood a reply has been received
through Mr.. Cromwell to the commune
cation recently made to the Panama
Canal company by the attorney gen.
eral, but it is understood also that the
reply is only such as to keep alive the
negotiations now pending with respect
TO the option this government holds on
the canal company'S property. The
subject was discussed thoroughly by
the cabinet, but at the conclusion Of
the meeting il was stated that no in
formation could be made public at this
time regarding the negotiations
Some apprehension was expressed lest
the two important treaties now pending
in the senate might not be ratified at
the present owing to the tangle in the
senate, but the informal ton received to-
day by the president makes him more
hopeful of a solution of the entire leg
islative problem now confronting the
senate.
1t was announced at the meeting ts7at
an agreement or convention had been
concluded with Cuba providing for
United States coaling stations on the
island.
The western trip to be taken by the
president next spring was alluded to
briefly. The president desires that
some of the members of the cabinet ac-
company him. but who will go has not
been determined. No definite arrange
ments Will be made until after the ad-
Journment of congress. The goth of
March has been fixed as the time of be-
ginning the trip, but the time will de-
pend entirely upon the presidents Off
ciaI uro
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-25
REPUBLICANS NOT SINCERE
IN FIGHT FOR STATEHOOD
Omnibus Bill Was Used as Buffer to Prevent Dis
cusSion and Legislation Upon Trusts.
No Hope For the Admission Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico
at This Session of Congress-

w AsHINGToN, Feb. 24.-The Dem
w ocratic senatorial caucus has re-
jected the two-state proposition
for the admission of new states sub
United by the Republicans.
Senator Blackburn was authorized to
bring up the Littlefield antitrust bill
and at least to obtain a vote on the
question of its consideration.
Speeches were made in the caucus
by Senators Clay. Bacon, Teller, Du-
bots, Simmons, Foster Oa0, Bate.
Morgan, Pettus. and others. All the
speakers took positive grounds against
the compromise possibilities and sew
eral Of them spoke emphaticaIly
against the proposition to put the
statehood bill on any of the appropri-
alton bills as a rider. At the same
time they favored placing the future
course of the party with reference to
the statehood bills as such, and also
as rider, in the hands of the Demo-
cratic members of the committee on
postoffices.
The Democratic Position.
A Democratic member, who is a
member of the committee on territories
on being asked for a statement of the
reasons for rejecting the compromise
proposition, wrote the following. which
after submitting it to several of his
colleagues, he gave out for publica-
ton:
The Democratic caucus rejected the
proposed compromise statehood bill for
the following reasons:
When Arizona and New Mexico
were made territories their areas were
established for ultimate statehood pur-
poses. and all the interests and ex-
pectations of the people of the two
territories have been in anticipation
of the two states.
1t would be gross injustice to the
people of both to join them in one
state. From east to west, as railroads
must be built, it would be LOO miles
across them. The proposed state
would be as large as Texas, and Texas
is too large for its convenient govern
ment.
Republicans Not Sincere.
Many Democrats feel that the Re-
publican fight for statehood has not
been sincere, they having used the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-25
TRANSIT DUTIES ABOLISHED.
Another Step Toward Settlement of
Acre Dispute.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Record of the
settlement of another phase of the
Acre dispute that promised a one time
to involve three South American coun-
tries in war is contained in a short
cablegram received at the state de-
partment today from United States
Consul Seeger at Rio, dated Feb. %.
He says:
Amazon transit duties formally
abolished. Cash settlement has been
made by Brazil with syndicate
These transit duties were imposed by
Brazil while the title to the territory
of Acre was in dispute in an amount
sufficient to equal the customs duties
that ordinarily would have been levied
upon imports into Acre The agree
ment reached between Brazil and BO-
livia to submit the question of title to
The Hague tribunal has made it pos
sible to abolish these transit duties.