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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-22
The Annual Tournament of the
Gun Club Ends.
A Shoot Between Nose Starr of Padu.
cab, and o Former State Cham
pion Arranged.
THE WINNERS OF YESTERDAY

This is the last day of the Paducah
Gun Clubs annual shoot and is to be
the most interesting Of the series, a.
il will be characterized by the live
bibd shoot for . purse OF $500. Sew.
eral additional marksmen are here to
participate.
Yesterdays results out of possible
$50 targets were:
LeOompte, s3s; Gilbert, 240; Mar.
shall, s26; Hughes. 235; Spencer,
29S; Phil, 2l5; Waters, 213; Mead
ers, 2a6; Prouse, 22s; MoKinnon J
1876; Ben Starr, 22s; Robinson, 145;
Armstrong, 205; Rouse. 21y; Moses
Starr, 22s; Brady, 22s; Mercsr. asl
and Hills, i62. Nt
Yesterdays money winners and the
sums taken are: MoKinnon, $40. II;
Ben Starr, s2O.07; Moses starr, $50;
Alexander, 81; Brady, ga. rs;
Prouse, $50. SO; Page, s4.7a; Robin
son. 50. 81; Meaders, s21; Armstrong,
$3.50; Rouse, 1885; Mercer,
$3.50; LeCompte, e4s; Moore, 90. is
and Davis, t1.20.
There are several crack marksmen
here today, late arrivals to the tour
nament, who have come to participate
in the live birdie events and among
them is Mr.. Bud Page, Of near Hop
kinsville,t the ex-ohampion of the state.
Mr.. Pages friends and the friends
of Mr.. Moses Starr have arranged a
match shoot between the two which
will be 100 live bird event, to be
shot off tomorrow. This match is not
a challenge shoot but merely match,
the challenge sent out BY the Starr
brothers not having been accepted.
NJ sssrs. Starr stated this morning
that they would still hold their chal-
lenge until the tournament is over but
after that they would consider them
selves the champions AND any one
wishing to shoot for the amateur
championship, would have to issue the
challenge to them. I'm other Words"
MIR. Ben Starr stated, I'VE think we
are it, no one having accepted our
challenge
The traps for the live birds events
today were tested yesterday and .
short practice shoot held. They are
in excellent condition and the shoot
ing promises to be good.
The cups shot for during the two
days were won as follows:
The experts cup, by Fred Gilbert,
of Spirit Lake, La.
The Amateur cup. by O. o. L.
Compile, Of Eminence.
The home cup by Nose Starr, of Pa
duoah.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-22
MARRY AT MARION
MISS ESTELLE GILBERT AND
MR.. ERNEST OARNAHAN WE'D.

Miss Estelle Gilbert. the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert. of West
Broadway, was married Monday night
to Mr.. Ernest Carnahan, of Marion.
KY, at that city. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Carnahan arrived in the city yester-
day to visit.
The bride went to Marion several
weeks ago to visit and there met her
husband, who is . popular and ener-
geti, young business man Of that CITY
during her visit. The marriage will
ocme - surprise to their many
friends. They will return to Marion
tomorrow to reside.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-22

rendered an opinion that the council
could not pass . law that confiicted
with the state law. ana that ~ the
Wholesale company on payment Of the
specified license could do wholesale
business as prescribed BY statute the
council could not revoke the present
license except for illegal sales, and Of
ter fair hearing of the defense. This
ends the controversy for time ct
least.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-22
First Dismissals Resulting From
P0st-Office Inquiry.
Supt. of Supplies NJ. ". Louis one OF
them-Fatal Football Game
ct Annapolis.
FOUR DIE IN EXPLOSION.
PosToFFICE DIsMIssALs.

Washington, Oct. 22--Postmaster.
General Payne hes removed from office
Michael W. Louis, superintendent OF
supplies Of the postof,ice department;
Louis Kempner, chief Of the registry
division OF the third assistant postmas
ter generals office and y. B. Terry, .
5000 clerk in the postofiice department
and directed the postmaster at New
York to remove Otto weis, . clerk.
These removals are the first result
Of Fourth Assistant Postmaster. Gen
eral Bristow's report on the Irregular
ties in the postofiice department. The
postmaster. general made an official an
nouncement Of his action as follows:
Michael W. Louis has been re.
moved from tho Office Of superintend-
ent OF the division OF supplies because
the recent estigation shows that he
Influenced the awarding Of contracts
for supplies to favored bidders; that
he has been extravagant and wasteful
in the administration of his Office, and
that he has paid excessive prices for
supplies to favored contractors.
Louis Kempner. superintendent OF
the registry system, has been removed
for incompetent and negligent admin.
istration; for wasteful and reckless ex-
trsvagance in sending expensive man
fold registration books to large
number OF small fourthclass postoifices
and for violating the revenue laws by
system OF petty smuggling.
&c. b. Terry. 9 clerk in the divis
ion Of supplies has been removed for
making false afiidavits, attempting &c
obtain money from clerks under the
guise that he could influence their pre-
motion, and general inefiiciency."
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-22

LICENSED TO MARRY - Dan
West, oolored, age 20, of the county
and Bette Holland, county, age 90.
were licensed to wed today. 1t will
make the first marriage Of both.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-22

Mr.. e. W. Granger, formerly OF
the city but now of Needles, CAL, ID
in the city on . visit
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-22

ducah.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-22
FOUR KILLED IN EXPLOSION.

Elkins, W. Va, Oct. 22-Four peo-
pie were killed and several injured by
the explosion Of boiler of the West
Virginia Central railroad locomotive
in the yards here. Mrs. Kate Babbett,
one Of the victims, was in her home
500 feet from the scene Of the explo-
sion. A piece of flying iron struck
and killed her.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-22

ONE MORE RECRUIT-Fred l..
Fowlkes Of Fulton was enlisted % .
recruit at the local recruiting office to-
day.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-22

Mr.. J. n. Walton returned from
Mayheld this morning after short
business trip
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17
SOMETHING ON HIS MIND.
While Sheriff Told a Story the Jail
Prisoners Escaped.


I found the sheriff of an Alabama
town sitting under shade tree near
The postoffice and after an Introduction
md some general conversation the talk
fell upon a negro who had stabbed a
man in town that day and escaped to
the swamps.
The official was telling how he
was planning to go about next day
after the man, when a negro boy came
up and, addressing him by his title
said he wanted to speak to him.
Don't you know better than to in
terrupt me, Joe?" exclaimed the
sheriff and after a growl or two re-
sumed his talk.
The boy retreated in confusion, but
five minutes later he reappeared to
say:
"Mars Green, 1 dun want to speak
to YOU
You here again. shouted the
sheriff. Take yourself off and III
teach you manners later on"
The boy disappeared, but the story
was not half ended when he returned
and excitedly stammered:
Mars Green, If you don't come
away
Hang it. boy, but what do you
mean?" Numbered the sheriff as he
half rose.
His attitude was so menacing that
the boy fell over himself to get away
and ran across the street. We noticed
him standing there for the next ten
minutes, but it was only when the
story was finished that he slowly cross
ed back and said
Mars Green, ken l speak to you
nowY
THAT you, Joe. What is it?"
"I'ze bin waitin' to tell you bout
de Jail, sah."
"Well, what about the Jail? You
should know better than to interrupt
gentleman"
But all the prisoners dun got away
half an hour ago, sab. I wanted to
tell you, but you"
The sheriff was off like wild loco
motive, but he was too late. His seven
prisoners had filed the bars and gone
out by the window"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17

Andrew Carnegie has denied with
great indignation any insinuation in
London that he is member Of the
port. Carnegie has been accused Of
almost everything in his time, but he
never before protested with such heat
ed vigor. And, as usual when he talks
warmly. he had something to say Of
substantial good sense. "In America,
more than anywhere else" he said, lit
is three generations from shirtsleeves
to shirtsleeves.' There is no single
hereditary fortune in America that is
not being split up. Aristocracy cannot
exist without primogeniture and en-
TAIL and our laws know neither" This
earnest statement has all the more
force because Of the fact that Carne-
gle himself is one Of the finest exam
pies the world has of the man who be-
gins In his shirtsleeves and ends with
more money than he knows what to
do with. Few Of our rich and really
forceful men began otherwise. The
whole list of Americas multi-million-
aires contains scarcely the name Of
single man VINO did not start in life
comparatively poor. They began work
in their shirtsleeves, and 1t was the
work, with the strength of aspiration
and the quickness of intellect that
work promotes, which made them
masters. And there Is an even longer
list of men who began life rich and
are ending it poor. 1t is unwritten
but almost infallible law that the boy
pampered in wealth has a poor chance
in the contest with the poor boy
whose mind and muscles have been
trained to toll. We talk about class
es' in this country without knowing
the words meaning. We have social
grades, educational levels and ranks
of riches, but fixed classes, in society,
learning or wealth are absolutely i'm
possible. The way up is open to all,
and new men are constantly climb
ing upward. while others, weakened by
wealth, sink back to common service.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17

York of the Newt Jersey cities within
the metropolitan Sdistrict would still
leave It a hundred and fifty thousand
short of London'sS four million Eve
hundred and eighty thousand popula~
ton, and more than\ two millions short
of the population of the London metro
politan police DISTRICTS. The other cit
les Of the world come, long way after
these two great EnglIlsh-speaking COM
munities Of the fourteen cities which
have more than a million population,
three are in the UnitAd States. Two
are In Russia and two n CHINA, II the
estimates of the populatlon OF Pekln
and Canton are trustworthy. NO other
country has more than Gre. This fact
will not justify boastful attitude on
the part of Americans, for It takes
more than big cities to make q great
nation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17

If the world persists in it's persecu-
ton of the Jew he will eventually and
surely rule the world. Persecution-as,
In other cases-instead Of crushing the
Hebrew race has raised it. In the
early years Of the Christian propagan-
da its votaries suffered bloody and
cruel persecution. And yet i'll 300
years that religion was enthroned tri-
umphant in the Roman government.
The blood Of the martyrs became the
seed Of the church. You cannot kill
a great cause or great people by OPP
position. Under the persecution Of
more than 1000 years the Jew has
way. The autonomy Of the race is
one Of the marvels Of history. Sub
jected to prescription and injustice the
Jew has cultivated endurance and ten
acity Discipline has but made him
strong. Like the oak tree he has
leaned against the storm and sent his
roots down deeper. No other people
has thus held it's own. Nations and
tribes and tongues have been swal-
lowed up by the stronger and the
filter Race after race has lost Its
identity, merged into other types. The
Jew lives on, magnificent in his indi-
viduality. To-day the scattered but v1r-
lie children Of Israel are everywhere.
In every nation the Jew Is potent
remnant. From Greenland's icy noun
tains to India's coral strand you will
find them-resourceful, strenuous, pow
erful. He has made every river his
Jordan, every mountain top his Zion,
every city his Jerusalem. More and
more are the resources of the world
coming into his hand. More and more
are the forces of civilization controlled
by him. His are already the marts.
And slowly but surely will he gather
the agencies that make and mold the
worlds public sentiment Foolish per-
secutors! If you will but keep up your
racial hatred and remorseless perse-
cution long enough the Jew will be
master of the world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17

the pleasure homes Of politicians, are
on either side. Here on holidays meet
the upper classes, the old conserva-
tives, the wealthy tradesman and the
successful politician. The pampered
favorite of the latter drives here, too,
lolling back in her victoria. The peO-
pie bow to one another or give the cut
direct, as their acquaintanceship die
tates or their position in the social
scale may give them privilege or not.
At the eastern end used to be the gay
quarter, the dancehouses and the fan
dangoes. A little park is at the west
ern end, where there is also, strange
to say, a base ball field. A hopeful
sign for the future is that small per-
centage of the youths and boys have
taken up outdoor sports, this within
the last four years. This mile or more
Of good road is all that is worthy Of
the name Of driveway" in a country
bigger than the State of Texas! The
people are very proud of it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17
Fellow Countrymen.

An English actor tells story which
NJ. A. p. repeats, Of an 1rishman
named Flanag gan, who had been out Of
work for some time, and at length ap-
piled to a circus proprietor for q posi-
ton.
There were no regular places open,
but the manager looked Flanagan over
and said:
Our largest lion died last week, but
we kept his skin, and if you like to get
into it and be shown as a lion, you can
have the job"
Flanagan agreed. At the first show
the proprietor stepped into the cage
and said: Ladies and gentlemen: To
prove the docility of this roaring lion,
| shall order him into the cage with a
ferocious tiger"
Flanagan hung back. but the circus
proprietor prodded him with a sword
and threatened to run him through,
and the 'lion" was driven Into the
same cage with the tiger. There he
backed into a corner and cried: "Shpare
me!'
Then the ferocious tiger jumped to
his feet and answered.: "Ye needn't be
afraid o. me! I'm an Irishman me-
caIfv
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17

was the chief executive Of the nation
with tb" good qualities Of the steed
that he remarked that when 1t came
to endurance and gait Ragalong was
one of the most remarkable horses he
had ever ridden.
The citizens Of Douglass had previ-
ously decided that if horse could be
found that the President liked they
would Immediately buy the animal. SO
Ragalong was purchased for $500 and
presented to the President by Senator
Warren. Requesting permission so to
do, the President promptly rechristen-
ed the animal Wyoming.
Now that Wyoming has overcome
his nervousness at street cars, auto
mobiles and bicycles, he has found
high favor with the Roosevelt family
from the President down to Quentin,
and he seems to be quite satisfied with
his life at the national capital.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17
She Had Lost Her "Child."

A sweet old lady, of the sort that is
always young, went shopping the
other day with her daughter. They
visited a great department store, and
there, by some chance, became separ-
ated. 1t was bargain day." and an
immense crowd was surging back and
forth. The daughter had the memo
randa and the purse.
The dear old lady grew distracted.
She ran this way and that peering
into strange faces and following false
clues.
What Is it, madam" asked sym
pathetic foor-walker. Can | help
your
"Oh. I don't know she cried. But
I do wish you'd try"
Have you lost something's
'I've lost my child!'
How old was it!'
"Fiftytwow
Then they both burst into laughter,
and a minute or two later the we'll
grown Child" came into sight.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17
IN THE LAND OF STANDSTlLL.
Interesting Description of Caracas by
Writer Recently in Venezuela.


Writer Recently in Venezuela.
Such is the name given to VeneZ-
uela by James Barnes, who went there
during the recent difficulty as the cor
respondent of Outlook. Here is bit
from his picturesque description of
Caracas in the Outlook:
There are the barracks; the one of
the north with its single gun present
ed to the Venezuelan government by
the Empress Eugene, and with all
it's loopholes frowning at the city, like
all the other "defenses.' There is an
other near the center of the town,
where the small brown soldier boys
stand guard at the door, armed to the
teeth. At night both places are given
wide berth and the unknowing stran-
ger who might not understand the per-
emptory Halle, qui vive"' Is in no lit
tie danger. Much afraid Of these
places are the peaceable inhabitants,
and much right have they to be so, for
the soldier that supports the reigning
government is a privileged person. 1t
does not do to complain of him. The
keeper of a cafe frequented by the
troops once spoke to the colonel of an
Andino regiment and said that his sol
diers borrowed his knives and forks
and did not return them. do you
mean that the soldiers of my govern
ment are thieves?' replied the colonel.
The restaurant keeper replied that 1t
might look that way to the casual OBJ
server, or words to that effect; where
upon the colonel shot him dead, and
that was the end of the matter.
Leading out of the city to the south
and crossing the shallow river Is the
far-famed Iron bridge" 1t joins at
its farther end with a broad road
about a mile in length. Beautiful gar
dens and well-kept little villas. mostly
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17

ty, this State, ana
he went west at tender age. He spent
his early life on farm in Wisconsin,
later became printer in Kansas, and
when the Civil War broke out he Or
ganized Company G, of the Third Wis
consin Cavalry, and served through
the Civil War as captain and finally as
major in the regiment He was one
Of II survivors Of a band Of us in the
Baxter Springs massacre, executed in
1863 by the guerilla chief, Quantrell.
In 1873 Maj. Pond was working on
the Salt Lake Tribune, the first Gen
tile paper ever published in Utah. 1t
was as manager of Ann Elizabeth
Young, one Of Brigham Young's wives,
who lectured throughout the country
opposing the Latter Day Saints, that
he first became prominently connected
with the managerial field. For 30
years he had been lecture manager
and among those whom he toured at
different times were Henry Ward
Beecher, Wendell Phillips, Ralph Wal
do Emerson, John B. Cough. Susan b.
Anthony, Robert G. Ingersoll and Sir
Edwin Arnold.
Maj. Pond was rich in "reminiscences
OF the great men and women with
whom he was associated A few years
ago he wrote d book, 'Eccentricities Of
Genius" in which he related interest
ing incidents of those with whom he
had to do in the course of his profess
sional career.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17
How Lightning Kills.

The case of death by lightning is
the sudden absorption of the electric
current. When thunder-cloud which
is highly charged with positive cleo
tricity hangs over a certain place the
earth beneath it becomes charged with
the negative electric current, and a
man, animal or other object standing
or lying directly beneath comes also
under this influence. If while the
man, animal or other object is in this
condition discharge takes place from
the cloud above, the restoration of the
equilibrium will be sudden and violent,
or In other words, the negative cur
rent from the earth will rush up to join
the positive cloud current. and in pass
ing through the object which separates
the two currents, If it be an animate
thing, will do SO with such force as to
produce almost invariably instant
death. According to this, a person Is
really struck by the ground current,
and not by the forked fury from above
at all.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17
YOnthfnl Deduction.

Marcus M. Marks tells this story of
his 4-year-old boy, who. noticing for
the first time lock of gray hair on
his fathers head, asked:
Papa, why are some of your hairs
grayy'
Thinking to drive home a moral les
son, the father answered. Papa gets
gray hair every time his little boy is
naughty"
The child seemed lost in thought.
but after short pause said naively
We'll, then, grandpapa must have
had awful naughty boys. New York
Times
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17
PreCept and Examine.

Johnny had come in with q story of
a remarkable automobile he had just
seen. He declared that it was las big
as a house!''
Now, Johnny" said his father, Sc
verely, you know it was not as big
as a house. Why do you exaggerate
things SO? I've talked to you mil
lion times about that habit of yours.
and it doesn't seem to do a bit of
good
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17

At a recent convention of alrbrake
men an interesting report was present.
ed showing how the distance required
for the stopping of trains had been re
duced by the new higb-speed brake
4 train running eighty miles AN hour
was stopped in 2,240 feet by the high.
speed brake at no pounds, where or
binary pressure Of seventy pounds
took exactly half mile to bring it tc
Il stand. Other train speeds and re
auctions in stopping distances were
these: Fifty miles an hour, from SAC
to 700 feet; fifty-fve miles, 1880 feet
sixty-fiye miles. 1855 to 1900 sect
seventy miles, 2,o1o TO 1880 feet; sew
enty-fiye miles, 2,295 TO 1,S40 feet.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17
Literary Gossip.

81 see you have new bonnet" said
the president Of the literary club to
the secretary of the same.
YES" cooed the secretary. Don't
you think it is a poem?'
"Humphr' shifted the president. IF
l am to judge by the materials used
and the general style of the plot,
should say it was n historical novel. .
And then they glared and glared
and glared.-Judge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17
THE PRESIDENTS GIFT HORSE.
Handsome Animal Presented Him by
the Citizens of Wyoming.

AS every one knows one Of President
Roosevelts pet hobbies is horseback
riding His favorite horse at present
is a handsome thoroughbred, which
was presented to him during his re-
cent Western trip by the citizens of
the State of Wyoming. When the
President rode from Laramie to Chey-
enne, Wyo., on horseback, one of the
horses in the relays was a beautiful
animal called Ragalong. SO impressed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17

Many prophets have been saying that
that this will be the wSman's CEN
fury. AT any rate, it looks as if the
old maid would disappear before its
close. The bellies of n generation or
two ago We're sixteen or eighteen years
old, and woman of twenty-five was
regarded as hopelessly stranded If no
man had won her. To-day the .unmar-
ried women do not begin to call them
selves bachelor maids'-the most re-
cent euphemism for 'old maid"-un-
til they are past thirty.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17

It may be a more swell event when
walters from u hotel or club are en-
gagged to pass the refreshments at a
party. but we prefer party where
the hostess or a neighbor girl urges,
do have some more" The hired
waiter can't get that personal note
Of appeal In his voice If he wears n
dress suit and costs 81 for the evening.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-07-17
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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