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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-01
THE NEW AND THE OLD.

The year 1904 nay be one of unpre-
oedented Advancement in Paducah.
During the year Just passed much has
been accomplished, and much might
have been accomplished that was not !;
but withal the city's growth in area
and population cannot be hampered,
and her Advancement commercially
cannot be impeded. She is destined to
become great, and the cornerstone to
greatness has already been laid.
The year just finished was one of
confusion and uncertainty. 1t was
year OF politics and campaigns, and
such years are always bad for a city.
We did not know in the beginning
whether Paducah was to prosper or
stand still, but now we know she is GO
ing forward. We have done a great
many things and have a great many
things yet to do. The people have
struck the keynote. They have voted
bonds for building miles of brick
streets and erecting new market
house and modern city hospital. These
will be only beginners. The people
OF Paducsh may be slow to get started
but when they do nothing can stop
them. They have done their part TO
start the bail, and 1t is DOW up to their
representatives in charge of affairs 20
do the rest.
During the year we have added sew
ersl substantial manufactures, have
witnessed the erection of many new
buildings and have begun the paving
of several blocks of street in the bust
ness part of the city. We have put
politics away-or should-for two
years at least, ard nothing should
now be in the way for most prosper
Gus year.
The Sun has always been for pro-
gress, and will aid in every possible
way. 1t has had occasion to differ
with public officials in some of their
policies, and will in all probability
have occasion to differ with them
again, but it is for Paduoah above ev-
erything else What has been accom-
plished in the past is nothing to what
may be accomplished. Everybody
knows the resources and advantages
Of Padaoah, and all that remains to be
done is to utilize what we have. Pa
ducsh nov boasts Of one Of the finest
wsterworks plants in the country, OF
first class street oar system that is
far ahead of those In other cities this
size, Of good street lighting system,
but one that can be improved. OF q
first class commercial lighting system,
Of a sewerage system that would be OF
inestimabe benefit to the community
If il we're only used by all those who
reside in the district, and the best tele'
graph and telephone service We have
a steam heating SIXTEEN that will mi
prove and expand pd become great
Convenience to boil business men ago
the residentss2f the sher sections ~
She city. phi Y1 nakts9
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-01

st. Louis apparently has one honest
man. He has sent out anonymously
about 81, 900 in bills to various corpo.
rations to pay debts he owes, or imag.
ines he owes. The Future Great need
not felicitate, however. The man
will probably turn out to be crazy.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-01

The awful holocaust at Chicago
will doubtless have its effect on the
timid, and tend TO keep them away
from theaters for time, but there is
no reason 1t should have such an
effect. The same danger-thst of pan
ic-has always existed and will al
ways exist so long as there are public
assemblies. The principal danger is
from people losing their heads. While
it may have been impossible for some
of those in the Chicago audience to
escape. the general opinion is that
most Of them were victims of their
own folly. People at such times seem
to forget the exits. They rush for tine
entrance. Instead of holding back
from the crowd, they rush into it, add
to the pandemonium and are killed,
smothered or suffooated. Ii is strange
that with all the warnings that peo-
pie get about such things in the course
of life time, some of the Oldest and
ordinarily the most cool headed, are
the worst panio-stricken in a crisis.
Instead of there being as NJ uch danger
of such disasters as before, however,
there is now less. Extra precautions
will be taken in every theatre in the
country, il not in the world. The
managerial Of them may
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vest of death, unaware that his own
wife was among the missing. When
he went home he found she had gone
TO the thester. He hurriedly returned
and searched for her through the
morgues and in the hospitals, but to-
day had not found the least trace of
the missing woman.
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WIRE CAUSED 1T ALL.


The cause of the "jsmming" Of the
asbestos curtain, considered the cause
of the disaster, was explained today
by an inspector for the underwriters.
who made tour Of the house and
found that the wire on which the
queen of the aerial ballet flew out over
the audience in the second act, held
the asbestos curtain and prevented 1t
from being lowered. II was shown by
the inspector that the wire on which
the most spectacular feature OF the
show was made practically caused the
holocaust.
PRESIDENTS SYMPATHY.
The following message wasfeeeived /:
Washington, ID. o.. Dec Sl-To
Hon. Carter Harrison, mayor. Chics-
go: In common with all our people
throughout this land extend TO you,
to the people of Chicago, my deepest
sympathy in the terrible catastrophe
which has befallen.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
BASEBALL PLAYER ESCAPES
Charles Dexter, of Evansville, Ind.
. member of the Boston Baseball club,
and Frank Houseman, the old Chicago
second baseman. with their families,
occupied a box Both claimed that
but for the presence OF mind OF Eddie
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-01
GLOOMY BEGINNING
OF THE NEW YEAR
Continued from first page)

man was Eddie Foy, chief comedian
of the company. Before he reached
the center of the stage he had called
out to a stage hand: Take my boy,
Bryan, there. Get him out. There by
the stage way"
The stage hand grabbed the little
chap. Foy saw him dart with him to
safety as he turned his head.
Freed of parental anxiety, he faced
the audience.
Keep quiet P'he shouted. "Quiet. :"
go out in orderl'' he shouted
Don't get excited!'
Between ordinations he bent ever
toward Herbert Dillea, the orchestra
leader
"Start an overture l'' he command
ed. start anything. For Gods sake.
play, play, play, And keep on play
ing"
The brave words were as bravely
answered. Gillea raised his wand,
and the musicians began to play. Bet
ter than any one in the thester they
knew their peril. They could look
slsntingly up and see that the 800 sets
of the "Bluebearo" scenery all were
ablsze. Their faces were white, their
hands trembled, but they played, and
played
Foy still stood there, alternately
urging the frightened people to avoid
a panic and spurriug the orchestra on.
One by one the musicians dropped nd
die, horn, and other instruments and
stole away.
Finally the leader and Foy were
left alone. Foy gave one glance up
ward and saw the scenery all aflsme.
Dropping brands fell around him, and
then he fled-iust in time to save his
own life. The clown had proved
himself hero
LOST THE WHOLE FAMILY.
Clinton g. Meeker, a clerk in the
registry division of the postoffice, liv-
ing in the suburbs of hvlng Park, has
probably lost in the fire his entire fam
lily, consisting of his wife, two dangh.
tiers and two sons. A friend called
Mr.. Meeker up on the telephone at 4
O'Clock in the afternoon and asked
him il any Of his family had gone to
the theater. He answered that so far
as he knew none of them had left
home. When he reached the house,
however. he foAnd only his mother -in-
law there.
Where are Mabel and the chill
dren" he asked.
"They have gone to the Iroquois
theater," was the reply.
Today Mr.. Meeker had partially
identified the bodies Of his wife and
two daughters. lie failed to find any
trace Of his two sons.
A REMARKABLE INCIDENT.
Some Of the most remarkable ino;-
dents of the fire were unknown until
~ f. L. Donaldson, one of the
natoIs Of the Western Uni
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-02
TABLE TALK.
Experience of Robert Henderson.

The talk that evening began with the
fad of the vVegetarians" and their be-
liefs. It soon developed that the beau
tiful Miss Schuyler thought herself a
Vegetarian vBut," said DR.. Smith,
vwhat do you eat 2" vAll kinds Of
vegetables and fruit" said she, when
I drink milk, have eggs for breakfast,
besides at other meals I eat butter,
pudding, cheese and cake, and tell ev-
cry one they ought to do as do, I feel
SO much better" The doctor looked
=astonished. Wand you call that vege-
tartan? My dear young woman. don't
you know that butter, eggs and milk
are animal foods? Then, too, it is a
mistake to urge others to follow you.
What is good for y0u may not be good
for others. The Esquimo of the Arctic
regions couldn't support life on vege-
table diet. Some animal food is neces-
sary to keep heat in his body. On the
other hand, besides the individual pc
culiarities and the climate, the condi-
tons under which each person lives,
would make it "a mistake for you to
recommend to everybody to follow your
example" At the same time,O con.
tinued the doctor, 81 have come to the
conclusion that fully one-half Of thu
I chronic complaints which embitter lif,
are due to stomach disorders which
could just as well be avoided Nov
DR.. Smith," interrupted Miss Schuyler
4 81 know you're going to tell us all jus
what to do and that when our stomach
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-02
RUSSIA 1RlEADS'I
ON SWEDEN''S TOES
SWEDISH CITIzEN MALTREATED
BY PoLIcEIN FINLAND.
The People Demand Satisfaction from
Russia, but Sweden Is Not in Posi-
tion to Exact Tt Scandinavian Coun-.
tries Set a5Pace for European Nations
in Use of Skis.

A.Swede is agitated over the story Of
mistreatmentO fsa naturalized Swedish
citizen by Russian police in Finland,
and the people are demanding that prop
er amends be made by the Russian gov
eminent, altho they do not expect their
government to be very brusque in deal
ing with the matter. The affair grows
out of a call by the police upon Johan
Ekholm of Hernosand, Sweden, who was
on a business trip to Vasa, in Finland.
and tho Finn BY birth, is a Swedish
citizen. Without any warrant being
presented he was seized one evening by
a police officer, and dragged to police
station, where the was accused of snug
Cling prohibited literature into the
country. He protested against being
searched unless the Swedish consul was
present and for this was struck twice
ION the head BY, staff in the hands Of
an officer. When the staff was raised
the third time Ekholm resisted, which
precipitated an.z attack by the, whole
guard. He was then manaeled and
locked up in a cell where he remained
from 8 in the evening until noon the
next day, when he was released without
further explanation@or or apology.
Sweden can ask for satisfaction, but
the whole country knows that it can
not exact satisfaction from such a. great
power as Russia, which has always been
i inclined to treat Sweden with as little
consideration as it's own provinces. q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-02
NORWAY CLOSES DOOR
Foreign Patent Medicines knocked
by the Doctors. & SIS

By the Doctors. SIS
Consul General Henry Bordewich at
ment of labor and commerce., says that
the attention Of the N orwegian medical
faculty has for some, time past been di-
rected to the increasing importation of
patent medicines and other medicinal
preparations into Norway. Such prep
arations have always been looked upon
with distrust by the physicians, and the
increasing demand has brought them
into disfavor with the druggists.
At the instigaticn Of the medical di-
rector of the country the matter was
laid before the storthing last April, and
a law was passed May. l6, 1904, provid-
ing that the, king 5or his deputies be au-
thorized to forbid the sale of certain ar
cana and Of medicinal preparations for
which the prices asked stand in dispro-
portion to the true value Of the singre-
dents. >5@s ~ Gs
Under this law it was decreed ~
that certain arcana and patent medi-
| cines named be excluded; (2) the publ
cation of advertisements in, Norwegian
newspapers to further the sale Of any
and all foreign patent medicines is for
hidden; (3) the importation of all ar
cana and medicines is forbidden except
by druggists. and private persons under
5 5000 kr yul $500 may be imposed
for violations Of any Of the above en-,
actments. ri 5l
Under the provisions Of this new law
other DEGREES will soon follow, and there
is reason to believe that the imports
into and sale in Norway of nearly al
patent medicines as we'll as Of arcans
will ultimately be stopped.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-02
SKI CORPS POPULAR
Italy Is the Latest Country to Organize
Snow Walkers.

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Every, country in which there falls
After Norway and Sweden had proved
that the skis could be very valuable
adjuncts to the military service under
certain conditions, Russia and Germany
followed thelead and organized ski
corps. Later on Italy. introduced skis
in it's Alpine organization, and now the
British demand a ski corps, and the
matter has been taken under advise
ment.- i
The Norwegian ski infantryman
wears a uniform Of .iwater-tight ma
'terial, grayish green. in color, and Just
heavy enough to keep him warm. His
sole equipment besides his rifle is a bag,
which when fully loaded weighs thirty
six pounds. 1t contains some provi-
a sleeping bag, an Iceland sweater,
and one or two other items Over
the boots he wears, a cloth protector
made out of old military capes SO that
his feet. cannot get wet and subse-
quently frozen. ~
On coming to halt he begins to
pitch his TENTH He cuts down some
branches. Five poles 90 to form a
tens, being tied together at the top
with wire, The three-cornered canvas
that each man carries is then fastened
together with hooke and eye, a ahole
being left iH Jhe top for the smoke to
escape Willis the 9 blottom is held down
by the ssnoW being banked UP. round the
sides. The inside wall is formed of
branches of trees which give charm
ing aromatic odor to the lhabitation be-
sides "a warm floor and bedstead. A
hire. is built in a., wire netting e,srls.
pended two feet from the floor, and a
| temperature Of SO degrees, Fahrenheit
| is easily kept up even on the coolest
nights. It takes two hours to pitch 8
tent of this kind for sixteen men with
ing a tunnel is shoveled out, the skis
being placed to form a portal. - .
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begins to- trouble us and we have dys-,
.pepsia or what not, we are all, to march
in line, one after the other, into your
office and have our stomach pumped
out. No thank you, tried that when
i had dyspepsia, heart palpitations and
dizzy spells so bad I thought I'd
go mad, and then when struck the
pump treatment I thought I'd go mad
der! But fortunately Just about that
time I saw something in the paper
which made me stop and think. I
said, if hundreds of others can be cured
by such simple treatment as taking
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
three times day, think I'll try. I
-did try, and in two months was sound
and well again-without those horrid
stomach pumps, and then best of all, l
wrote to DR.. R. V. Pierce, at Buffalo,
IN. Y, and asked his advice in my
case, and he told me how to care for
myself, how to exercise, diet, etc., and
that didn't cost me cent. Then l
bought his book, the Common Sense
Medical Adviser and now / know just
exactly how to live to be hundred in
the shade"
can't dispute your, statement, for
it is undoubtedly true, /" said the doctor.
ri have seen many cases in my prac-
tice of dyspepsia and other diseases Of
the stomach, cured by that Discovery
/ of DR.. Pierce. 1t seems to assist in the
4 digestion and assimilation of the food
in the stomach, and not only that but
a it builds up the general health by en-.
riching the blood and stimulating The
i liver into healthy action. Nervous feel
i ings of desDondency and the blues arr
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-02
swEDE DEFIEs RoCKEFELLER
Sturdy John Melin Won't Sell His
Property to Magnate.

John j. Melin, who runs the little tav7
ern in Briggsville, N. Y, and who with
property to the mighty John D. Rookie
Teller, is a Swede, and his stubborn
ness is doubtless an inherited virtue.
The tavern is on the road to the Rookie
teller manor house near Tarrytown, and
has for years been obnoxious to the fam
lily. For three years the oil magnate
sought to buy Melin g property without
success He also failed IN his 3 effort to I;
engaged in buying up the village of
Briggsville, so that the patrons Of the
tavern will move elsewhere and deprive
it Of custom. Unless Melin has a bank
roll, he will be forced to deal with Mr.
Rockefeller in time.
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In CANNED Svenskby.

The Swedish inha b9itants Of CANNED
Svensky in Russia who have maintained
Lutheran church organization in CON
junction with neighboring German set
purely Swedish epngrega on. Miss En-
ma Skarstedt who has been engaged in.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-02
ANCIENT GOLD CHAINS FOUND.
New York Sun Special Service. 49,.

Stockholm, Dec. 1.-Two laborers, dig
ging in a ditch near Skofde, southern
Sweden, yesterday unearthed gold chains
weighing sixteen pounds and dating from
500 AID. The metal value of the find is
$4,000 kroner ($4,S6o). The government
has offered the finders 10000 kroner
(s5,360), as it wants to include the chains
in the national collection in the govern
ment museum. " 49,, p:
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charitable work in the old Swedish col
ony has returned to her home.
COSMOPOLITAN Drama.

"Gurli," Christiernsson' IS Swedish
comedy, has been turned into French for
the benefit of the favorite Pansion act
ress Mme.: Wiehe-Bereny, who will pro-
duce it at the Renaissance theater. It
will be quite cosmopolitan production
with a Swedish play, by. a Danish act
ress at French theater.
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in pursuit of Brady and the duel which
resulted in the fatal wounding of the
latter. The jury held that Brady met
his, death while resisting arrest. This
will practically =. annull the criminal
complaint filed by Thomas Brady,
charging the officers with the murder Of
his brother.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-02
Life Of Garborg.

Arne Garborg's latest book Knuda-
heibrev is understood to be Q history Of
the authors life. It portrays in graph
ic language Garborg 8 narrow unhappy
life on Jaederen, the most desolate part
Of Norway's coast, his growth and de-
Characteristic Of Garborg and highly
interesting on that account.
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Army Changes.

Colonel E. W. A. M. Krohn has been
promoted to major general in the Nor
Wegian army and placed in, command
Ct ths T b End len brigade: col 9n
recentlK4la lat Levanger@ of heart disease
aged s72syears. A. {
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earthquakes for the time being and
when Professor Mohn was advertised
to- lecture on this subject in. Christiana
described the late shake in Norway
which he said was not Of volcanic ma
ture, but was due to sliding or change
of position of a considerable area Of
land on the earth IS crust. ~
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Mrs. Charles Smith Of Jimes, Ohio.
for sick headache I could hear of for
the past fifteen years, but Carter g
Little Liver Pills did me more good
than all the rest. 80 s.
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longer cry out for their proper food.
No man or woman can be strong or
feel happy who is suffering from indi-
gestion, because when the stomach is
diseased there's a diminution of the
red corpuscles of the blood-thisS lis
why one don't sleep well, is languid,
nervous and irritable"
Robert Henderson, Secretary Fra
ternal Army Of Americans, Of 2O31
First Ave-, Seattle, Washington, says:
HYour Golden Medical Discovery is
a great medicine to restore lost health
and strength. - Having suffered for
months with indigestion l suddenly
broke down during the heat last sum
mer and was unable to continue my
work. The Doctor insisted that must
take vacation, but I could neither
be spared from the work nor could il
afford the time, and as his prescriptions
did not help me any, and a neighbour
ing druggist advised me to take your
Golden Medical Discovery, assuring
me that it was an eficacious remedy, I
decided to try it. Within three days I
felt a change for the better; my food
no longer distressed me; the medicine
stimulated my appetite, have enjoyed
good health ever since, have recon-
mended your Golden Medical Discov-
cry to a large number of friends, and
willingly make this public acknowl-
edgement Of the healing virtue Of your
medicineD
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abled Ito withdraw her troops from the
German border. ..4>=.~a
Bjornson also said it was the duty
Of German peace advocates to solve
the rAlsatian problem and to work
againstssthe suppression Of the Danish
and Polish languages in German pro
vinces.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-02
SLAYERS OF BRADY
Montana Officers Exonerated for Killing
an Outlaw.
,eoial TO Tho Journal,

Special TO The journal. -g
Helena, Mont, Dec. 2.-The coroner's
jury at Philipsburg has exonerated Of
ficers @. K. Wyman and Harry Morgan,
who killed the outlaw, Frank Brady,
last week near that place. Wyman and
Morgan related their chase Of a week
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-02

/ See Stockwen soon-That life insur-
ance-The Penn Mutual, Andrus Bldg.
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What Caused the Earthquake
Norwegians are much interested i
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A PERFECT BALANCE

Of mind and body was the Roman idea
Of perfect health. They defined this
balance as "a sound mind in sound
body" A weak or sickly body tends to
drag down the mind to it's own level.
Keep the body in health and the mind
will take care of itself. The health of
the body depends mainly on two
things: A sound stomach and pure
blood. Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. preserves the balance of
health because it makes the stomach
strong and the blood pure People
who had not had a well day in years,
nervous Of body, depressed of mind, &
have been perfectly cured by the use Of
vGolden Medical Discovery"
Forty years ago, DIR. r. v. Pierce,
chief consulting physician to the Inva-
lids Hotel and Surgical Institute, at
Buffalo, NY, found that certain herbs,
barks and roots manufactured, without
the use Of alcohol or opiates, into a
concentrated extract, which he called
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
made stimulating tonic for the stom-
ach, helped the digestion and assimila-
ton of the food and eradicated poisons
from the blood. This is NATURES cure
for indigestion, and by correcting the
& stomach, and thereby feeding the blood
+ on pure materials, the red blood cor-
3 puscles are increased and the body es-
q tabished in a healthy state.
Constipation and bilious attack GO
hand-in-hand. DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
}, Pellets are a sure and speedy cure for
/. both. One little vPelletn is gentle
!, laxative and two mild cathartic.
Nothing else is vjust as good.
: covers, is sent free on receipt Of 81 one.
j cent stamps to pay expense Of mailing
} onzy. Address DR.. r. v. Pierce, No,
, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.