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Contemporary Comment
What Lies Before Russia.

Russia may go to war with Japan
IT she pleases.t but she can be under no
illusion as to<s the result. Defeat will
bring her much humiliation and GER
tain loss of prestige in the far East.
Victory will be. expensive in the ex-
treme, and will yield no harvest pro-
portionate to its, cost. If international
issues were determined by the dictates
of pure reason. Russia would not fight
Japan; but the history of the world is
deplorable record of failure to rec
ognize the most elementary facts
London DailyeT Telegraph.
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Consolation,

A poker player went to hunt.
For him most unusual stunt.
He found at last bruin grim
That stra1ghtway started after him.
Back through the woods he burnt the
wind
The savage bear a bit behind
1t really was tough luck he had,
But he remarked. well, this amt badv'
1T is the first time, to my name,
That / have been ahead o. the gamer
= New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Mira All eharza Khan In a Hurry.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Jan. 24.-Mirza
Ali Gharza Khan, prime minister of Per-
sia, who arrived here yesterday from
the Orient en- route for Mecca left today
for Chicago. He said he would be unable
to accept any attention from the authori-
ties at Washington. He said he would
sail from New York some time next week.
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Which VIII Be Proud?

Somebody has discovered that there
is a remarkably strong physiognomical
resemblance between Mark Hanna and
William ]. Bryan. People will know
which one feels the worst about this
when it is announced that one or the
other of them is raising a beard.-ln-
-dianapolis Journal 49, ...,.--,...
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Panic in Berlin Theater.

BERLIN. Jan. 24.-During the perform
tonight at the Deutsches theater the fall
of portion of the ceiling of the corridor
caused great excitement. With the ex-
ceptfon of an usher, who was slightly
hurt, no one was injured The falling
ceiling made great crash. and the audi
ence rose to its feet in panic. From the
stage an actor assured the people there
was no danger and quiet was restored.
F1remen came to the theater in great
numbers. After the excitement subsidized
the play was resumed
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Hanna's Great Honor.

Perry Heath's newspaper, the Salt
Lake Tribune, says. that Mr.. Hanna lis
truly a grand old man." and indorses
his candidacy for president. Mr.. Hanna
may never reach the White house, but
to be the presidential choice Of Perry
Heath is honor and glory enough for
one man.-Detroit Free Press.
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A Brooklyn man has invented an
automatic printing machine that may
do away with the printer, but we are
still looking for the party who is GO
ing to invent something to do away
with the something be-
side the ak.
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Had Better Get Together.

!, MARYLAND Democrats are. going to
make a determined effort to settle their
senatorial trouble. They remember
what happened to- the Maryland Re
publicans who failed to settle their diff
ferenceS.--WaShing Post.
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pone Sends MESSAGE 70 Diaz.

ROME, Jan. 24-Monsignor Serafino,
the new apostolic delegate in Mexico, has
been received in farewell audience by the
pope. and was entrusted by his holiness
to express to President Diaz and the Mex
ican government his satisfaction with the
measure of liberty granted under Presi-
dent DiaZ to Catholicism in Me: 10, which
has resulted in the prosperity of the
church there
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Koreans Start Small Riot.

SEOUL. Korea. Jan. 24.-An accident on
the electric street railway here today.
which resulted in the killing of Korean.
led to rioting on the part of the populace.
The marine guard at the American lega-
tion, however. without having recourse
to their firearms. succeeded in preventing
the trouble from assuming serious pro-
portions.
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Report VIII Favor prexfus.

PARIS. Jan. 24-There is good reason
to believe that the report of Attorney
General Baudoin besides favoring Drey-
fus, will recommend a further investiga
ton by the criminal section of the court
of cessation before the united sections Of
the court pass upon the case.
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Fire In Texas OIL Fields.

HOUSTON. Tex. jan 24.-Fire today
DESTROYED six blocks OF frame business
non Tract in the oil field, doing consider
able damage. The loss is placed at $780,
900 on first estimates. The fire was
placed under control with the assistance
Of aid summoned from Beaumont
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Nero and the Car. p

z Nero tfddledI while Rome was burn
ing, and certain English worthless did
not allow the advent of the Armada
to interrupt their game Of bowls. So
there is nothing to be wondered att
the czar and -czarina take this oppor-
tunity of learning the abanjo-London
Daily News. y
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Let us have a few more county
boards like the present, and even the
most inveterate believer in multiply
ing offices at the expense of the tax
payer will become converted to the
idea that our city and county govern
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The health of St Paul is becoming
just scandalous. DR.. Ohage shows in
his report that there has not been a
single death caused by our old col
lege companion arthritis deformans in
month.
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Things Have changed Some.

They used to say, Il would rather
be right than president" West Vir-
ginia statesmen declare they would
rather be senator than governor
Baltimore Herald.
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PERSONAL MENTION

Windsor: Jane Remark, New York;
Alex. Turner, Hudson; e. r. Trippe and
wife. Sioux Falls; H. E. George and wife,
Fargo; III. w. Day, Winona.
Ryan: N. Hulsey, Peoria; A. FR.
So%elow and Miff, Toronto;A S, Stern.
p. R. Session. 8fbrna Lake; "A lex. Turner.
Birch. OskalooSas Iowa; George II, Shaw,
Winnipeg: W4lH. Highland and wife,
Kansas City; MEs. Page, Fargo; J. p. NJ.
Richards SpoKane; C. N. Bell, Winnipeg.
Merchants: James G. Frazel, NJ. F.
Loes, Billings; NJ F. Brown, Portland; !;
Fred Browning, W.. l.. Martin, Big Finn
man j. Black, winnipeg; H II. Honens
Harvey, N. D.; HI. Barnes, Des .Moines;
Robert L Crisp, Winnipeg; John Suther-
land, Pierre. S. D.; ". r. Kellogg: James
town. N. D.; H. J. Connor, Superior;
Clifford Ciack, Omaha; R. N. Brown.
Croekston. sess,.-5
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United States cruiser Renorted

LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, Jan. "a.
The United States cruiser Buffalo and
the torpedo boat destroyers Decatur Balm
bridge. Barry, Chauncey and Dale, under
command of Lieut.. Lloyd II. Chandler.
which arrived here Jan. 6, will sail for
Gibraltar Monday morning.
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Variable.

Gather We war-news while ye may,
Old Time is still a-fiying.
And rtHnors of peace we hear today
Tomorrow they'll be denying.
Philadelphia Press.
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The Result of Constant DeniaIs

If MIR. Hanna perseveres he may
finally succeed in persuading himself
that he is not a candidate for presi-
dent.--Kansas City Star. -
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Shah Promotes son.in.Law.

TEHERAN, Persia, Jan 24.-Prince Ain
Ed Daouleh. son-in-law of the shah, who
of the interior. has been appointed grand
vizier and prime minister of Persia.
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That's Where The TroubIe Lies.

Missouri's Republican editors are all
for Roosevelt, but Missouris electors
viii not be Philadelphia
Record s--f
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Now FIGURE II Out.

If Mr.. Hanna is not candidate, why
Is Senator Foraker making a fight for
"anti-H Hanna delegates" in Ohio?-
Washington Post
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If Senator Morgan insists on annex
Ting Panama we viii insist that it be
made satrapy of Alabama, to be gov
erned by the senate.
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A Little Esteemed Fury.

There are said to be no profane
words in the language of the Japanese.
But what then, do they call what they
are raising now,?-New York Mail and
Express.
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Congress is discussing the original
package proposition with such an air
of abstraction that one is apt to be i'm
pressed with the idea that none of the
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common. Sense VIII Win Out.

Senator German and his followers in
the Democratic party are going to be
hard men for the Populists and So
cialists to stampede Chicago Chron-
ic1e.
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WHY Didn't He Think of That7

Two thousand letters, Mr.. Hanna +?
You could have done better by writing
just one to the president-Boston
GLOBE. -sli -.s
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Can't Disiodge That One Idea.

Nebraska people explain that it
would be improper to instruct Dele
gate William J. Bryan. Also useless
Brooklyn Union.
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Herrid pepraxity.

: First Coionel-But what has the COM
munity got against him, sab?
Second Colonel-He made all his ill
gotten gains, selling saspriller, sahi-New
York Sun.
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People VIII Know 1t After Awhile.

Senator Foraker never misses an op-
portunity to make it clear that he is
the administration, senator from Ohio.
Atlanta Constitution.
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Polar Yarn,

The explorer was entertaining his
friends with yarns of the Ice country.
And once he related, 4 was cor
nered by polar bear and didn't have a
bullet to protect myself. Tears came in
my eyes as / thought of home"
"What them" asked his breathless
friends.
why. the tears froze as hard as rock
and, ramming them into my gun, 1 fired
and killed the bear. Chicago News.
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OUGHT to Run Well.

EFF de devil wuz ter run fer Office. you
reckon he'd git any yoteS?"
Go long. manl-ain't de sinners in a
overwhelmin' majority? y?''-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
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Reduced to a Cipher.

sK?
that, answered the Asiatfc statesman
Il am strongly of the opinion that in a
few years, in describing Korea it will be
necessary to use only the %. Washing
ton Star
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Even Stands Without Hitchinq.

Mr.. Bryan exhibits a asgentleness and
good humor which prove conclusively
that his vacation did him good
Washington Star. -. -S9-..
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An Exclamation Necessary.

Mrs: Bridges.How long. were you in
your last place?
Applicant-Two weeks.
Mr. Bridges (from adjoining room)-
Mary, ask the lady what delayed her
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And Going Away Closer.

Hanna and Roosevelt are getting
further together every day.-Memphis
Commercial Appeal
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Lucid.

b Ebenezer-Say, Gawge, wlaar wuz yo'
gwine tuddeE day when 1 saw yo gwine
ter mill?
George-Gwine ter mill OBJ cos Whar
wuZ yo' at? I didn't see you.
EbeHezer-I neber seed yo' nudder till
yo' got clean outen sight, an den, eff /
hadn't a-seed yo', 1 wouldn't "a node yo'
-.Tudee
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Among the Merrymakers
Tales From Homer.

Ulysses was off for the wars.
L do hope" murmured Penelope, "he
won't get mixed up In that Japanese
Russian affair; he doesn't speak anything
but blank verse
Anxiously unraveling the shroud, she
waited the extras.
Achilles was bemoaning his vulnerable
heel
It's the only part of you that steps on
tack in the dark" he explained be-
tween yells.
Tenderly extracting the instrument, he
hopped back to bed on the other foot
New York Sun.
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But what's the use of the Chicago
building inspector closing the churches
of Chicago, anyway? They are only
used by the unhappy visitor who can't
get aWay.-St. Cloud Times.
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The Wabasha Herald wants reduced
railroad rates to the editorial conven-
tion. A paradox! A paradox!-Orton-
vile Herald Star.
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Every gubernatorial candidate seems
to have a Woodworking press bureau
these days. Something reaches our
sanctum every day relative to one of
the andidates.-Dawson Sentinel.
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: ssunHigh

washington time q p. m. st. PauD.
Below zero.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-04

The governor of New York did right
In not giving mp Zeigler, the alleged
baking powder boodler who was want
ed at st. Louis. The supreme court
of Missouri has already clearly demon
strsted its indifference to how much
boodling has been done, and there is
no use in putting Mr.. Zeigler to the
trouble of going there to stand trial
Let Missouri set good example by
convictipg and Furnishing some Of her
own boodlers, before asking other
states to turn over their citizens, per-
haps to be made examples Of because
they are not residents of the state and
have no political pull to help them,
like Butler and some of the other king
boodlers.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-04
HAD NO THOUGHT OF SUICIDE
Clerk at Gun Counter Had Sized His
Customer Up.

A seedy looking customer, with an
Arkansas mustache. a Wild West
beard of three days growth and an
Indian Territory look in his eye was
buying a six-shooter, in an uptown
firearm store, says the New York
Press.
This one Is s475." said the clerk.
"and it's a good gun for the money"
Cant you come down a little on
that?" Queried the buyer. looking up
under his shaggy eyebrows and rusty
sombrero. Being answered in the neg
alive, he paid the price. thrust the
gun loosely into trousers pocket. got
n supply of cartridges and went out.
Il don't care what he does with that
gum" carelessly remarked the clerk,
but | know very well he has no In
tention of suicide. He wouldn't have
cared anything about the price, II he
had. He says he boards on the Bow
cry: place is tough looking, but the
best he can afford, and he wants the
gun to protect himself. I'm quite sure
anyway, there's no idea OF suicide run
ming through his head. Folk of that
sort are easy to pick out. They have
an eager, excited manner that gives
them away. and they are mostly wo-
men, too. | refused to sell gun to
one only the other day. Oh, there's
not so very many OF them, but it's
dead easy to know them when one
has little experience"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-04
HOT AIR OLLIE.

Congressman Ollie James, Of the
First Kentucky district. who is a very
big mau expressed in pounds), tried
to start something in congress yester-
day py making a speech in regard to
the bill for extraditing former Cover
nor Taylor, who is now in Indiana. IL
was a very able speech, judged from
the quantity of not air expended, but
it fooled nobody unless it was a few
unfortunstes who are not familiar
with the facts. Mr.. James may fool
them, but in the exuberance of his
youthful ardor he can't pull the wool
over the eyes of the people Of Kentucky
about this Goebel business.
The Democrats as we'll as the Repub
licans know that there is no real gen.
uine evidence against anyone in the
Goebel assassination. In every trial
the members of the juries have been
Goebel Democrats, which none of them
ever denied, and every conviction
was the result of perjury and appeals
to the political prejudice and passion
Of the 10 men picked out because it
was known beforehand what their YER
dict would be. We in Kentucky all
know this. The Democrats know it
but they are afraid or ashamed to ad-
init it. The Republicans know it,and
will never hesitate to say so.
Speaking of the speech, however,
according to a Washington dispatch:
"Mr. James said it had been four
years since Goebel's death and, yet his
murderers were living, protected by
Republican officeholders. He declared
that Taylor had not only been indorsed
by Roosevelt and by Durbin, but by
the Republican party Of Kentucky in
state convention at Louisville and by
the Republicans of the nation in state
convention at Philadelphia.
Accept this as true. and it is some
thing to be proud Of. Former Cover
nor Mount, ot Indiana, refused to hon
or . requisition for the alleged slayers
of Senator Goebel, and the Republi-
cans who backed him mp were sus-
tanned by the people Of Indiana who
elected Governor Durbin, also Re.
publican, who has since followed the
example of his predecessor.
President Roosevelt before he be-
came president, expressed his disap
prevail of the attitude of Kentuoky
Democrats, and he was elected vice
president as easily as he will be- elect
ed president next November. His
election shows that a majority Of the
people of this nation unequivocaliy in
dorse him and his acts, and the acts
of those who have offered help to the
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-04

II the city had to put up automatic
gates to protect the public il would be
. long time before there would be any
of them. But Is the railroads will
have to pay the bills, some Of the men,
bers Of the boards hsvs waxed quite
enthusiastic over them. II the mem
bers Of these boards really have the in
terest Of the people 30 much at heart,
why don't they require people to con-
meet with the sewerage, to keep their
premises clean and take other preoau-
tions to preserve health, and why
don't they require the city to keep the
streets and cutters free from filth, and
do other things so sadly neglected in
Paduoah? We need protection for the
public at railroad crossings, but we
need a great many things worse than
we need gates there.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-04
STOP PRODUCING AWHILE.

A weakley county, Tenn. man who
has raised tobacco all his life, takes q
sensible view Of tho tobacco situation.
He does not take seriously the asser.
tom that the tobscco trust is entirely
responsible for the prevailing prices
of tobacco and the inability to sell.
The trust may have knocked some Of
the SPECTATORS ont Of Jobs, but it has
not hurt the growers, ana 1t is not the
trust that has made the supply so
much greater than the demand.
To quote from the weskley county
mans letter to . Fulton paper. he
says:
There being much TeIed ques-
ton agitating the minds Of our farm
ing people, and many who are not far
mers, as to the cause Of the present
lew prices of tobacco, known in the
tobacco circles as dark tobacco, and
grown principally in West Kentucky
and northern tier of counties in West
Tennessee. l propose to name the
cause. or the most paramount cause,
that has brought about the acknowl-
edged low prices. Namely, overpro
duction, and it being of an inferior
quality. And l further propose to
give the only remedy to bring about
better prices. Namely, reduce pro-
duction and improve quality. Now,
IL there be any of your readers who
may think they can show my position
to be wrongfully taken, and no justih-
able grounds for same. the writer will
be glad to hear from them"
This is along the line explained in
The Sun several days ago. The to-
bacco growers should not allow them
selves to be deluded into believing
that the tobacco trust has caused the
trouble. It Is simply their own over
production. and when the superfiuous
supply is used mp, prices will be bes-
ter than ever for the grower, because
the trust can afford to pay better
prices, and in fact will have to pay
them il it gets the tobacco, which 1t
will have to do to stay in business
owing to the fact that much Of the
cost heretofore paid to middlemen has
been done away with by dealing d.
rectly with the grower. The trouble
is overproduction and a poor grade;
the remedy, patience and q better quail
ity hereafter.
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imbued with the same kind of ideas.
Il should be borne in mind, however,
that public funds are collected to be
expended only for value received. and
not to distribute among q lot of coun-
try papers and political grafters sim.
ply because they Support the ticket
when election day rolls around. A
paper 10 entitled to what it earns, and
no more. Any law giving it more
than it deserves simply holds mp the
tax payers. Il robs the many to en-.
rich the few, ~ most Of the Demo
cratic laws do.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-04

men whom the Democrats Of Kentucky
would make political martyrs % they
have those already caught This is
sufficient. The Democrats of Ken
lucky may have the support of the
south, but they will never get the
sympathy and support of the best and
the greatest number Of people in this
great nation. in their nefarious work
of persecuting innocent men to crafty
the political animosity of the men
who put and keep them in Office to
continuously rob the people. and get
rich at the expense of the state.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-04
Mentana's PetrIfIee forests.

The curator of geology OF the ma
tional museum at Washington, DR..
Merrill, has just returned from tour
OF Montana and tie northwest, where
he gathered one of the most instruc-
tive collections that has reached the
museum in years. Nearly everyone
Arizona, but that in Montana. which
DR.. Merrill has been exploring. is
hardly known. though It is believed
to be at least equal in extent. The
northern forests have. curiously
enough, turned 70 opal instead OF agate
by the action OF the elements.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-04
SCHOOLS AND HIGH TAXES.

Says local contemporary:
ION being asked what he thought
of the recommendation of Superinten-
dent Leib Of the public schools, taat
the second class city charter as it now
stands, be amended so the schools could
get so cents on the 800 property as
sessment, Mayor Yeiser said yesterday
that Mr.. Leib surely did not under
stand how high the tax rate has been
already for the past few years, also he
would not advocate increasing the pro
rata allowed the schools"
Yes, Superintendent Leib, although
he has not been in Paducah long. has
doubtless heard about the high taxes
under Mayor Yeiser, and has probably
found out that while 35 cents on the
800 goes towards ed ucation in Padu-
cab, the other 65 cents goes to the city
and large part Of it is wasted by the
legislative boards. The people would
much rather, if money has to be
wasted, that it be wasted on the
schools, for IL spent on the latter, it
is seldom wasted. The custom of
throwing away $4,000 or $50, 900 a
year on the streets, of raising salaries
every year, of spending as much mon
ey on an electric light plant furnish
ing 1877 street lights, as other places
spend on one furnishing 2S2 street
lights. private lights and lights for all
public buildings-all are a sheer waste
and IL the city officials took as much
interest in education as they do Of
their friends in office, we would have
larger and better school facilities.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-04
The Maytield Messenger objects

n
The Maytield Messenger objects to
a certain bill recently introduced in
the legislature to stop the printing
graft, out OF which the Democratic
papers in the state are getting vast
sums of the taxpayers money every
year. practically for nothing. The
Messengers objection is that the pres
emit law affords the papers a means of
making little money. This is about
the ,extent of the average Democrats
patriotism in Kentucky. The Mes.
senger seems to avhink that robbery Of
the people is Justified because the pa
pers need the money. Nearly every
Democrat in Kentucky seems to be
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-04
TOOK STRYCHNINE.

Lexington, KY, Feb. ELLIS Kir-
kead, aged "a son of Warner 8. Kin
kead, vice president and general man
sger of the ]. K. Pepper Distilling
company, committed suicide by TAX
ing strychnine. II IL believed that de-
preston superinduced by the excessive
use of cigarettes caused the. rash act.
The young man retired about 10
O'Clock and about Q O'Clock his sister
was awakened by her brothers. cries
for his father. The family quickly
rushed in and found him writing in
agony on the floor.
He said that he had taken poison
with the intention Of ending his life.
Physicians were unable to be of any
help, and the young man died War
ner Kinkead, the father, was United
States consul to Southampton, En-
gland, under President Cleveland's adj
ministration, and the son was his as
sistant.