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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
Finance Committee to Discnss
That Loan.
Mayor Says Money Gan Be Loaned
Charter Says IL Must Be Turned
over 10 Treasurer
COMMITTEE MUST REPORT BACK

Mayor ID. A. Yeiser has called q
meeting OF tine finance committed OF
the general council for O'Clock this
afternoon to take mp the question Of
losning out that part Of the money not
spent this year for streets, . new
market house and dty hospital.
Mayor Yeiser says be thinks tn,
city can loan out the money.
~ think there 10 10 question as &C
the legality Of the city loaning ou'
that part of the money abe knows she
will not use this year, and we will
meet this afternoon 10 settle the mat
ter" Mayor Yeiser stated this morn
ing.
my idea IL TO 60 to work on the
market house and city hospital at once
and tins, Of course will take $50, zoo
of the money, leaving $4,000 that
we can get nice interest on. Ny
plan 10 to take interest on the money
by daily balance, the same as mer.
chants do"
Last night Mayor Yeiser wanted
the council to relieve him from sign
ing the new bonds for the present. but
IL was voted down. The contract CALI
for them 20 be signed and delivered
by a certain time, and the mayors OBJ
ject in wanting it deferred w-s moi
clear.
He afterwards obtained a recDnsid
GRAFTON, saying that he council had
not understood him, and the "oolleo-
zion of the money was then referred to
the mayor and finance committee. to
report back 10 the council. Tnisreal.
ly means nothing and gives then nc
right 10 loan il, and it cannot beeven
conjeoturad what will be done at the
Meeting this afternoon. Local tank
ers have been invited to be present.
City Treasurer J. J. Dorian was
asked today what he intended to 10 in
case the mayor and finance committee
undertook to loan the money, but he
declined to make any statement. He
said that he had nothing to say until
he ascertained what the mayor and
finance committee intend to do.
The charter says that all fund tbe-
longing to the city shall be tuH Jed
over to the city treasurer and depdtt-
ed in the city depository, and it rs
not yet been made clear by the adm p.
istration how it is going to get aroJ Al
the provision. II
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
A DIVIDEND
1T ABOUT CLEANS UP THE HAIR
RY SHARKS ASSETS.

Trustee in Bankruptcy Arthur Y.
Martin today declared the first divi-
dend in the Harry NJ. Stark case. IL
amounts to about $1,000 and will
about clean up the available assets.
He will send out checks at once. The
Stark bankruptcy case has been hang
ing fire for the past several months
and a compromise has been talked of
but never effected.
Stark, it will be remembered,
claimed that he had gambled away
about $4,000 or more of the firms
funds, and the creditors wanted .
showing. He disappeared and has not
been back. An effort was made to
compromise. but 1t was unsucc sesfol.
II is said he offered about 81, 500 to
settle with creditors and be allowed
to return. The dividend declared to-
day surrenders all hope of comprom-
iaa
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
Bandits Made a Haul Near
Chicago.
A Large Number OF Passengers Re-
leved Of Their Vaiuables By
the Desperadoes.
NO ARRESTS YET MADE

Chicago. Aug. 2-Robbers last night
held up an Illinois Central passenger
train between Flossmore and Madison
about twenty five miles from Chicago.
Sevrsl OF the passengers were robbed,
and it is said that one person who re-
sisted was seriously wounded by the
robbers. The bandits, OF whom there
we're FIVE, had revolvers, and three Of
them were masked
The train left Chicago at 9:27
o'clock and consisted of two baggage
and mail cars. three day coaches and
two Pullman sleeping cars. At Hsr-
vey, or somewhere between there and
Madison, the bandits boarded the
train. One Of the men, believed to be
the leader, stood guard between the
last day coach and the forward Pull
man. Masked men entered the for
ward Pullman. aroused the occupants
anu lOtOcu tucuh W ~ W tuo Ichr
sleeper, where the passengers also were
aroused. Here they were searched for
valables, and it was here that one
man, who resisted, was struck on the
head with an AK and severely injured.
After obtaining the passengers
money and valuables the bandits
locked their victims in the cars. One
of the robbers then pulled the emerg-
ency bell rope and the train. which
was q special excursion train, bound
for IS. Louis, was stopped. When the
speed had been slackened sufficiently
the robbers lesped off and went west
in the darkness. The engineer was
not aware that his train had been
robbed until he went back to learn
why he had been sigualled to stop.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
HoPTowN GAS COMPANY.

Hopkinsville. KY, Aug. a.
Articles incorporating the Hopkins
vile Gas q Electric Co., with s26,-
900 capital stock, $4,000 preferred,
were issued today to W. T. Tandy, w.
O. White and Jas. A. Young, Jr.
This is a reorganization of the Hop
kinsville Light s. Power Co., which
furnishes the city with electric light.
The company has new plant on the
site of the one recently burned, and is
now in operation.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
Survey Now Being Made to Co
lumbus, Ky.
Government Surveyors at Columbu.
Working on the Levee
Proposition.
OTHER LATE KENTUCKY NEWS

Columbus, KY, Aug. 2.-The
building of the levee in Mississippi
county will cause the guage Of the
water at Columbus to register deeper
channel, and government surveyors
are here to determine that difference,
in order that we may build our levee
higher and protect the city from over
flow. Rough estimates place the BODY
of water two feet higher, which
means the levee must be raised more
than two feet, and broadened at the
base. This will cost several thousand
dollars.
Surveyors are also in the field Sc.
Letting . route for q railway to run
from Msyfield to Columbus to inter
sect with our two railroads end river
route. The line will be built with
private capital, as Mayfield has sui.
fered for years on account of the op.
pressive freight charges it has been
paying, being on one line only. b.
A. Neal and Prosecutor Hester were
here Tuesday in charge of the survey
ing party, and they speak very en-
couragingly of the outlook, and give
1t as their opinion that the survey
plans will be accepted and the com
pany organized at once for the build
ing Of the road.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
Ben DOwner Said He Lost His
Head
Mad Because He Gould Not Ride the
Pilot of an Engine So He
Shot
HE WAIVED EXAMINATION

Ben Downer, the negro who shot
into the cab OF Engineer W. o. Burch
last week at La Center on the O iro
extension Of the l. O., waived exami-
nation before Justice J.w. Powell at
wiokliffe yesterday afternoon and was
held over to the grand jury under a
$500 bond, which he failed to give.
Dowper admitted having fred the
shot and in explaining stated he want
ed to ride TO Barlow and had gotten
on the pilot Of the engine when order.
cd of by the engineer. He got mad be-
cause OF the refusal of Il cliff" and
stated he had been drinking and sim
ply lost his head and shot"
Special Agent W.T.. Dineen, of the
Louisville division. Special Officer
rolbert. who worked mp the case and
arrested the negro; Engineer Burch,
his fireman and the express messenger
on the train, were all in attendance
at the trial but did not testify, the oe.
PENDANT waving examination.
II knows done wrony," Downei
pleaded, "and am sorry for it. Use
gwipe to beg de mercy of de cot and
get outen it as easy as ] KEN"
The witnesses reformed TO Paducsh
last night satisfied that Downer will
get no light sentence at the next sit
ting of the Wickliffe circuit court,
which will be held in . few weeks, as
drunk or sober, be came near killing
Engineer Burch and his fireman.
Horace Morrow, colored, the com
panion Of Downer, was reported to
have been killed by the marshal at
Barlow when the marshal and a possa
went after the two negroes, but this
report is erroneous.
Morrow and Downer went down
the tracks towards Barlow after the
shooting and Engineer Burch told the
marshal about the fair and warned
him of their coming. They were ar
rested, the story goes, and Morrow
ran. As he ran the officers began
shooting and struck him nine times
the negro going to the woods and dy
ing. The report further had the ne
gro's remains secretly buried the mex,
day.
The marshal at Barlow in q teie
J phone message denied tine report, and
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
A SURE GO
wooDMEN OF WORLD SIGNED A
CONTRACT THIS AFTERNOON.

The woodmen of the World csrni-
val this fall Is a sore go. A committee
this afternoon signed a contract with
the Brown Amusement and Carnival
company, and the fsir will be given
from September $40. The location of
the grounds has not been fully deoid-
ed on. but 1t will probably be near
Eighth and Tennessee streets. The
committee has gone out this afternoon
10 MEASURE the ground, and II it is
large enough, it will be selected.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
NO DECISION YET.

Justice ]. S. Young has decided that
Charles Norwood, who sued Jim Via
holeas for 800 damage for refusing
to let him sell sandwiches at Wallace
park after he had contracted with
him to have this privilege, is entitled
to some damage but has no yet deter
mined how much. He will render his
opinion in Q day or two.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
Novel Ruse Adopted TO Elude
Mob.
The Chicago Packing Plants Are
Running Smoothly-.Gen.
Miles Wife Dead.
GIRL SUDDENLY GOES INSANE

= Charleston, W. Va, Aug. "A
threatened riot last night was pre-
vented by troops aud the police keep
ing the crowd moving. The prisoner
George williams was last night
struggled from Jail 10 the court house.
He is now under guard in the court
house steeple. All the saloons are
closed until the trial, which began
today, ends. Only the ofiiciah and
witnesses are admitted to the court
house.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
TO NOTIFY DAVIS
COMMITTEE TO MEET AT WHITE
SULPHUR SPRINGS AUGUST IL.

New York. August 2-Secretary
woodson of the Democratic national
committee today sent kilograms TO
Chairman John Sharp Williams and
other members Of the committee TO
notify Henry G. Davis Of his nomina-
ton as vice president, to meet at
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va, Au-
gust II. The arrangements for the
notification are in charge of John 7.
McGraw, member of the national COM
mittee for the state.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
THROUGH THROAT
BODY OF WHITE MAN FOUND
IN FAIR GROUNDS AT ow-,
ENsBORo, KY.

Evansville, Ind, August 2-lhe
body of white man was found in
the fair grounds at Owensboro, ~,
last night dead with a stake drten
through his throat. There is no Jew
to his identity or as to his murdesrs.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
BEERINE SET BACK.

Fulton, KY, Aug. 2.-Twenty-
three cases of beerine which was to
have been sold in Fulton was shipped
back TO Paduoah, the dealers no
longer daring to sell it. A test will
be made in few days TO ascertain
what per cent of 1t is alcohol.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
SIXTEEN DROWN

Liverpool, Aug. 2-The steamer
Aigburth, of the Leyland line. has
been wrecked of the coast Of New
Guinea. The captain and seven of the
crew were saved, but sixteen are
missing.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
LOOKS LIKE RUSSIAN DEFEAT.

Toxic. August 2-Kuroki reports
that the Japanese occupied Ysthuiini.
~ and YangtEu Pass. 25 miles west
Lao Yang. Monday after two days
aghting. They drove two divisions OF
Russians out Of YuEhulintzu and pur.
sued them four miles. The Russians
fed towards Amling. At Ysngtzu
Pass two and . MALT divisions and -four
batteries OF Russians were dislodged
Monday morning. The Russians fed
toward Tang Hoyen. japanese Gap
tured some field guns. The casualties
are no, yet Asoertained. The temper.
allure during the battle was over 100
degrees.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
TURNS UP ALIVE
A NEW YORK LAWYER CLAIMS
TO HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED.

Los Angeles, August 2-Judge d.
ID. Mexican, the New York lawyer for
whom the police of the entire country
have been looking since July is, has
arrived here. He tells weird tale OF
kidnapping, transportation to Mexico
and that his csptors robbed him Of
$500.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
PACKERS JUBILANT.

Chicago, Aug. 2-Four trains II
non union men from the east arrived
at the stock yards today. There was
no disorder and the packers plants
are now in operation with so to 20
per cent Of their full capacity. Many
negroes who woro undesirable were
discharged.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
NEARING LAO YANG.

~. Petersburg. August "A dis
patch from General Kuropatkin states
that the Japanese have occupied IL.
hsvuen east of Lao Yang and Yang.
tsu Pass, thirty miles from Liao Yang.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
CUT TO PIECES
NEGRO PREACHER USES KNIFE
WITH FATAL EFFECT.

Union City, Tenn, August 2-Bill
Marley, colored, WAS cut to piecss
and killed by Henry Hill. negro
preacher whom Marley accused Of
partly being the cause OF the later
parting from his wife. Hill escaped.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02

Dallas, August 2-The Missouri,
Kansas Order Of Railroad Telegraph
ere operators in Dallas walked out,
obey ing the orders for STRIFE Of all
the telegrsphers employed on the Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Texas system. The
number Of men engaged In the strike
could not be- sscertsined, but locally
less than half dozen are affected.
Al the office Of Superintendent Mo.
Dowell of the Katy it was stated that
the trains were running all right and
that no interruption in the service
was anticipated. II Ia stated that the
plao, = vacated by the strikers are be-
ing allied rapidly.
The order for the strike seems tc
have been unexpected by the local o.
II. 7. men. but IL Is stated that 1t IL
the elimination Of n disagreement
which was begun about ak months
ago. The wage schedule IL said to be
one subject of disagreement and pay
for overtime and shorter hours are
other matters which require adjust
ment. The promotion according to
seniority of telesrspbers to be station
agents is also demanded by the strik-
ers
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
Reported That the Russians
We're Defeated Yesterday.
The Battle Was One Of the Piercest
OF the War In the
Far East.
NO DETAILS YET RECEIVED

Toxic. August 2-After two days
fighting General Kuroki yesterday de-
feated the Russians In two separate
actions. The first was at Yushulitzu.
and the second AZ Ysnsuiling. The
Russians suffered great loss.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
WELL RECEIVED
MENELIK SENDS PRESENTS I
THE UNITED STATES.

Rome, Rugust "A telegram rom
Djibouti says that King Menelik tsat-
ed Ellis, the American envoy, fifth
great houors. He gave him yang
lions and other presents for President
Roosevelt.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH
HURT.

London, Aug. 2 The Duchess Of
Marlborough, formerly Miss Consuela
Vanderbilt, was thrown from q horse
at Blenheim park Monday and badly
bruised, but not dangerously hurt.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
RAISING MORE ARMIES.

Hardin. August "A new army Of
80. 900 men 10 being raised TO rein.
force General KuropatKin. Two Jap
anese divisions are reported within
ten kilometersrf Mukden.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
The 0utrages by Turks Con-
tinue.
Duchess Of Marlborough Hurt
Ship Wrecked on New
Guinea.
SIXTEEN MEN ARE MISSING

London. Aug. 2.-The correspondent
Of the Daily News wires from Van
Turkish Armenia, that 5000 male
Armenians have been killed in the
districts Of Mush ana Saassoum.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
GEN. MILES WIFE DEAD.

New York. Aug. 2.-The wife Of
Gen. Nelson A. Miles died at West
Point last night She had long suffer.
ell from heart disease.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02

Any young man who can save mp
money during his engagement can
afford to marry.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02

NJ. witte has accepted the post of
Russian minister of the interior, sue
ceeding the sssassinated Won plehve.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
OPERATORS QUIT
BIG STRIKE INAUGURATED ON
THE KATY.

south McAlester, l. T., August q
The railroai operators ON the entire
Katy system quit work at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, alleging that
their request for an increase in wages
had been refused.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
THE BATTLE RACED.

New York. August 2-Followins
their enveloping movements, the jap
anese generals, Kuroki. Modal and
oku. are opsning q tremsnd Gus attack
on the Russian main army along the
valleys near Hal Oheng and Liso
Yang. Dispatches from the front re.
port heavy lighting in which the Rus
SLAMS have more than held their own,
although thu battle still RACES and the
final outcome cannot be foretold.
General Coun, Keller was killed In
the attack on his force near Lila Yang
just A. the Siberian infantry com
msnded by him and repulsed savage
assault MORALLY wounded by Jap
snese shell. General Keller lived lonG
enough TO realize that his defense had
been successful and that the enemy
had failed back.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
RUMoRED DISASTER

TO RUSSIANS.
London, August "A dispatch to
. news agency from Toxic says there
10 reason to believe that after two
days fighting the japanese occupied
simoucheng, thus cutting off General
stakelberg from General Kuropatkin.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
SUDDENLY GOES INSANE.

Bethel, KY, Aug. 2-Miss Pearl
ROLES, q prominent young lady, sud
denly became insane yesterday and st
the asylum today 10 very violent.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02

Mrs. Ellen DELPHI. widow of ]. NJ.
DELPHI, former mayor of Louisville, ID
dead.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02

Morrow is still in Barlow but will
not be prosecuted, as he did not par
ticipate In the shooting.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02

ARTILLERY DUEL ALL DAY.
Hal Cheng, August Am artillery
duel ragged all day Yesterday along the
whole front, but the Russians still
hold their positions.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
INVESTIGATE SINKING.

London, August 2-Balfour has in
formed the house of commons that
the English minister at Toxic has
been ordered to investigate the sinh
ing OF the knight Commander.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-02
RAIDING SQUADRON BACK.

vladivostok. August 2-The raid
lug squadron safely returned Monday
aud reported that 1t sank the Knight
Commander and two other steamers
carrying oontrsband, because they
were nearly out of coal and could not
be sent to vlsdivostok. During the
raid no Japanese warships we're sight
ed. The squadron will be ready for
another cruise as soon as IL 10 coaled.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-04-15

cat least one paper in Vermont is buying
its paper in Canada, paying the duty on it
and then getting it laid down at its Office for
S22o. How many papers in the state buying
of the trust are paying less than s2.752 And
the trust has no tariff duty to pay."-Barre
Times.
Why not let us all into this? If Cana
dian paper can be delivered in Vermont
for $3.50. the Canadian company will
have lots more business if the contem-
porary will be kind enough to locate it.
Bellows Falls Times.
1t should be understood that the Free
Press buys paper in car load lots. and
uses about ten cars a year. The State
papers, as rule, buy in 80 to 100 ream
lots, and the difference in freight alone
between car lots and small lots is from
II to % cents per 100 lbs, according to
point reached, which would make the
price to the smaller papers $2.37 to $40
per 100 lbs. if they could buy in Canada
at the same rate as the Free Press. We
all want good newspaper cheap but we
can at least be honest in figuring even
against trust.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-04-15
Arbor Day, April 20.

Saturday, April 90, is Arbor Day. Fol-
lowing the usual custom Governor Nc
Cullough has issued proclamation in
which he says: "Vermont, however, is
a natural park. The elm, the maple, the
oak, the ASH dot its hillsides and its val
legs. Its mountains are covered with
spruce and hemlock and pine and beech
and birch and chestnut. This park
needs pruning and preserving even more
than planting. Improve its system of
drives and of highways. Stop the van
dals, in the persons o. linemen, from
disfiguring and destroying the trees
growing on our roadsides and in our
streets. Teach the lumbermen and the
pulp makers that, in their own interests,
they should cease recklessly denuding
our mountain slopes of their forests
Teach them to regard their wooded pos
sessions as mines of inexhaustble wealth
as also of bcundless pleasure and beauty
if only so treated and cultivated as tc
renew themselves continuously"
1t is sincerely to be hoped that many
will heed the excellent suggestions of
! Gov. Mccullough and make Arbor Day
of practical benefit to the State.