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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-06

District Of Columbia, IS:
l, J. GALES MOORE cashier Of the above
named bank, do Solemniy swear that the above
statement is true 20 the best Of my knowledge
and belief J. GALES MOORE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
Lay Of April, 1904 ALFRED b. BRIGGS,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
+. SOUTHARD PARKER,
$. W. WOODWARD,
II. HURT
GEO. H. HzRRIES
J. 3. WDiER.
JOHN B. LARNER,
1t Directors.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
Of the
NATIONAL BANK OF WASH
MOTION.

At Washington, in the District Of Columbia, at
the else of business sarUh =, 1904.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF the
NATIONAL METROPOLITAN
BANK


At Washington, in the District Of Columbia, at
the close OF business March D 1904.
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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06
Cincinnati Boys Win an Easy
Victory at League Park.
The Local Club, However, Is Not
in Good Form, and Will
Greatly Improve.
THE COLTS ARE HARD HITTBRS

The Paducah X. I. T. league base
ball team met defeat in the initial
game OF the season at Wallace park
yesterday afternoon at the hands of
the Cincinnati Colts by score OF al
to 4. The playing was not marked by
any very great enthusiasm on the part
of the several hundred fans Assem- bled
to root for the locals, but there was
some pretty fast work seen. and the
local sports are not dissatisfied with
the team Manager Ray has picked to
carry of the pennant for Paducab this
season.
The Colts did not arrive until two
o'clock in the afternoon and after din
ner at the Palmer repaired to the ball
park and Immediately started in for
the game. The game was called about
$40, and dragged perceptibly at
times, especially when the Colts per-
sistently hit out home runs, three and
two baggers, and made an uniuterest-
ing game. They damned out the ball
in any direction to any distance.
Ragon started in pitching for the
Colts, and made way for Elliott in the
sixth inning. Doyle was taken out of
the box in the last Of the third inning
and Hundson substituted in the first
of the fourth inning. Doyle's wing
seemed to be of, and he was easily
found by the Cincinnati aggregation.
Hudson was not touched up SO lively,
and what few balls were hit during
the first part Of the game were well
felded and nicely handled by the in.
field.
The game started out in the first in.
ming by scoring two runs on both
sides. Paduoah failed to tally again
until the sixth inning when Elliott
walked three men. forcing in one run.
One other run was made that inning
which gave Paducah her four runs.
Cincinnati seemed to be able to score
when the players desired it, but the
game did not loose real ginger until
the defeat of the home team was seer
to be inevitable.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06
NO STAGE CAREER.
Miss Blanch Buckner Will Come
to Paducah to Live.
This Is the Latest Report Regarding
Q Former Paduach Girl.

Mrs. James M. Buckner, Jr., of
23C6 West Walnut street, last night
denied. absolutely the story published
in an afternoon paper that Miss
Blanche Buckner, her niece, had sign
ed q fve-year contract with the
Whitney Opera company, says the
Louisville Herald.
my niece has signed q contract
with no company of any sort. The
published story that she had agreed to
serve for five years with the Whitney
Opera company, or IS . member Of
the Isle Of Spice company, is merely
an imaginative tale, which is un-
founded entirely. do not know
whether or not Miss Blanche had her
voice tested by the Isle of Spice
managers, but you can state positive
ly, SO far as known, and would be
certain to know, that there is nothing
in the story.
miss Blanche is now on the way
home from Ottawa, Canada, whore
she has been for some time with her
mother. They will both arrive In
Louisville tomorrow to remain in the
city several days. From here they
will 60 to Paducah.
MRS. Buckner has determined not
to let her daughter adopt profession.
al career, aud I do not think she will
change her mind"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06
Seized by Whitecaps and Whip
ped Near Pryorsburg.
Considerable Excitement in Graves
County Over Outrage-warned
to Take Dare Of Family.
BLOOD CUT FROM HIS BACK

A band of men went to the resi-
dence of Mr.. Andrew J. Martin. who
lives one ard a half miles southeast Of
Pryorsburg, Tuesday night, and took
him from the house and gave him q
severe fiogging, says the Mayheld
Messenger.
Mr.. Martin was in the city Friday
afternoon to see the officers and to re-
port the "whitecapping" to them.
Mr.. Martin was seen by the Messen-
ger man at the Office of DR.. M. W.
Rozzell and made the, following state
ment: II was in bed at home when
about 10 O'Clock Tuesday night l
heard noise outside and got up and
went to the door to see what was the
matter in the yard. l saw ten or
twelve men at the gate and several Of
them came up to the door where
was. They grabbed hold Of me and
carried me distance of about 800
yards from the house and began whip
ping me across the back and legs.
When they got through, they threaten.
cd me and told me il didn't stay
away from a neighbours with swhom l
had been preaching and stay at home
and take care of my family they
would visit me again and give me
more of the same kind. They then
left They had the upper part Of their
faces covered with black clothes. ]
have plenty Of provisions for my fam
lily and take good care of them. !
have . wife and three children, q
daughter, IA years old, and two boys
aged nine and one year old. l am a
preacher and preach the oneness OF
Gods people. 1t is true am away
from home sometimes but take care
of my people.
Mr.. Martin is brother Of Mr.. J.
B. Martin, south, Of the city, ana hal
been hard working man. Blood was
cut from his back and legs in various
places and so or go lashes must have
been given him. He says he recog
nized several of the men.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06
Telephones Have Accomplished
the Result.
The First Telephones Are RESPONSE
bic for the Position OF the
Receiver.
NO ONE USES RIGHT EAR

Telephones have created a race of
left cared people. and as a result the
large majority of persons can hear
better over telephone with the re-
ceiver to the left ear. Nine out OF
every ten persons who use telephone
hold the receiver to that ear, and
many find il impossible to hear over a
phone through their right ear.
The fact that the majority OF men
and women are right-handed and that
the constructors of the first telephones
took due notice of this fact is response
BILE for this new condition Of left-eared
people. Watch a telephone for half a
day, and it will be seen that almost
every person that uses that instrument
will place the receiver to the left ear.
Or, even if the instrument is resting
ON table, the left ear will be the one
used. This Ia, accounted for by the
fact that the receiver hangs on the left
side of the instrument, but why was
this done' Why not put 1t on the right
side?
Many cities have . telephone
now where il is not necessary to ring
any bell in order to call central, I"
but IL has been only in the last few
years that this kind has been in use.
The first telephone was constructed
with o small crank at the top Of the
box, which had to be turned to call
"oentral." This .crsnk was put on
the right side of the box because the
makers knew that the large majority
are right handed, and it would be
awkward to turn the crank with the
left hand. This made it necessary
to put the receiver on the left side.
When the new instruments, which
were made without bell and crank ar
rangement, were constructed the re
oeivers were left on the left side, as
rs users had become accustomed t.
this and would not have it on the 9th
or side. All this has created a race
of left-eared people, for, having be
come accustomed to using the receives
at the left ear, it was found that thu
hearing in the that ear was better ant
more sensitive. Every telephone CIR
in the exchanges has the receiver oil
her left ear, and the man who uses hi
right ear is unusual.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06
HEALTH Is YOUTH.

Disease and Sickness Brings Old Age.
Herbine. taken every morning be-
fore breakfast, will keep you in robust
health, At you toward of disease. 1t
cures constipation, biliousness. dys-
pepsia, fever. skin, liver and kidney
complaints. 1t purifes the blood and
clears the complexion. Mrs. d. W.
Smith, Whitney. Texas, writes April
3, 1 sos: II bay, psed Herbine and
find it the best medicine for 'constipa-
ton and liver troubles. 1t does all
you claim for -, 4 esn highly recon.
mend IT," 500 a.bottle.
Sold by Dubois, Kolb g. Go, Padu-
cab, ny. ..d, ,s rs
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06
BODY FOUND
UNKNOWN MAN MURDERED AT
CAIRO, ILL.

Cairo, Ill. April 6.-The remains
az an unknown white man were found
bv Officer Nichols in the locality
known az wild Cat- Ohute." From
All appearances the man was murder
ed. He had been stabbed in the left
arm and had two stabs in each breast.
A knife was found in his hands, bat
This was identified by negroes who
were arrested "a. be one owned BY OF
Al tho possession of one Frank Lewis,
Who has so far escaped arrest.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06
CURES COUGHS AND COLDS.

Mrs. o. Peterson. 625 Lake street,
Topeka, Kansas. says: "Of all cough
remedies Billiards. Horehound Syrup
= my favorite; it has dcne and will
do all that is claimed for ito speed.
lily cure all coughs and colds-and 1t
i 50 sweet and pleasant to the taste. "
25c, Soc. 81 bottle.
Sold by Dubois, Kolb q Co., Padu'
cab, Ky.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06


Earned runs, Paducah 2; Cincin.
natl 10.
Stolen bases, Barlow 1, Kellum 1.
Two base hits, Gillegap 1, Bateman
/. Ritz /, Woodruff 1, O'Neil /, Ra-
gan 1.
Three base hits. Oldwell 1, Kerwin
Home runs, Oldwell 1, Kerwin 1,
Harper 1.
Double plays, Harper unassisted,
Woodruff to Harper.
Base on balls, by Hudson 1, by Eli
OFT 8.
Struck by ball, by Elliott 1,by Hud-
son /.
Struck out, by Hudson 1, Doyle !,
Raglan and Elliott 4.
Hits of Doyle IL, 2 being home
runs, three base hits, two base
hits and 8 singles.
Hits of Hudson, 10, one being "a
home run. 1 . three base hit and
singles.
Hits of Raglan, 8, one being two
Dagger.
Hits off Elliott 4, one being q two
Dagger.
Left on bases, Paducah 8. Cincin.
natl L.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06

Terre Haute. Ind. The man muir.
dered week ago by William Hsw-
kins, because the victim had been
talking with IA woman in whom Haw.
kins was interested, was identified a.
ogle Isabel, q coal miner of Pleasant
VILE.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06

Grover Land caught an excellent
game yesterday and can discount
Street, Hoptown's fast catcher. He
has style and energy and is ginger"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06
through and through.

Potts arrived last night and is ready
for work. He Is in good shape and
ready to show the people what kind
of ball playing tho Kitty league sup
ported last season.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06
MARRIAGE AT FULTON.

Fulton. April Cat the home Of
Mrs. 8. O. Fields, Miss Willie Fields
was united in marriage to Mr.. Fred
B. Greene, Rev. Eldred officiating.
Mr.. Greene is . contractor and paper
hanger and his bride is the daughter
of Mrs. 9. O. Fields.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06

Umpire hit by Kellum.
Time OF game, two hours and Eve
minutes.
"Chief" Lloyd, umpire.
L. O. Rolls,on, official scorer.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06

z Montevideo, Uruguay.-A hurri-
osne has caused considerable damage
20 property here. Several vessels were
driven ashore in the harbor.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06

Ever since the local ball park was
built there has been hue and CRY
from the players and public alike Of
the bad infield. There are few base
ball parks in the state infield as bad
as Paducsh's. and it would cost but
little to rake 1t over, roll it thorough
ly with horse roller and place it in
the best possible condition. but this
matter has been Invariably neglected
until the season is well on and then il
is too late" The public wants to
see fast ball playing and realizing that
a good infield is absolutely necessary
and essential to attain this end, has
urged the management to better the
condition Of the grounds. The better
the ball playing, the better the patron
age, and every possible means to pro-
mote the patronage should be adopted
Of all, this is the least expensive, and
is the first thing that should be consid-
cred.
Freeman, of Dyersburg, who devel-
oped into the fastest curve pitcher In
the league last year, aud who had the
record for strikeouts, has been signed
by Manager Ray. Freeman was re-
served by Jackson, Tenn. but as that
team will not be in any league, the
players are signing out with 9th er
teams. Freeman telephoned here last
night and was Immediately sigped.
The local fans will be pleased to see
him in PsducAb uniform again.
Great things are expected Of Dick /"
Brahic, the local twirler, and when
he comes out in his best form will
show what Paducah can turn out in
the way of base ball material Bra
bic is good fielder as we'll as pitcher.
He has excellent speed and wide
curves and Manager Ray has set his
best men to work on the youugser to
train him down and give him the ben.
eft of the best coaching in the game.
Ed MoGrew, who caught for Cairo
several years ago. has been sentenced
to two years imprisonment in the pen
itentiary at New Madrid, Mo-, for
robbery. MoGrew was catcher in the
famous battery Of Boylan and No
Grew, which did such excellent work
for Cairo several years ago.
This afternoon there was no game
between the Paducahs and Cincinnati
Colts on account of bad weather and
the bad condition Of the grounds,
which were rendered very soggy by
the rain.
The patronage at the game yester-
day was good considering the weather
but when the team gets in good con-
dition and pretty day comes. just
watch the people fill the grand stand.
The Colts, left at noon over the /. O.
for Cincinnati and have abe ut finished
training for the season. The boys are
in excellent shape and ready to go In
for fast league ball Immediately.
Bateman, Psducahs third baseman,
was with Terra Haute in the Central
league in 1897 and Kellum, who
played with Cincinnati yesterday was
pitching for Washington, Ind.
The next game here will be played
Sunday between Paducah and Nash
vile and if the weather is favorable,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06

I am compelled by a sense Of gratitude 10 toh
you OF the great good your remedy has done
me. Among other symptoms i was seNer"iy
afflicted with Rheumatism. and got almost past
going The disease got a firm hold upon nv
system my blood was thoroughly poisoned
with tho virus, as characterized by tho usual
symptoms. lost in weight was run do~n,
had sore throat. eruptions. splotches and other
evidences OF tho disease l was truly in bad
shape when began $. s. g.. but tho persisteni
use of IL brought ne out Of my trouble. safe ana
sound and have the courage 10 publicly los
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06

will see . big attendance on the
grounds TO witness the sport.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06

LAX-FOS liver ass ' asd K ssossess
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06

The Pafucah aggregation has not
worked much together, aud the men
are not in trim. Manager Ray booked
the games simply to give the people
some kind OF sport to keep their pa
thence sllayed, and the public can not
justly Judge the team from what was
seen yesterday. AS soon as these Sc
ries Of games are over, the team will
be worked hard until the regular sea
son begins, and then Paducah will
come to the front with the best team
in the league.
Jack Bolan, the pugilist is training
the locals. and takes tho men out each
morning fora sprint and rub down.
He has them worked out as far as sore
ness Is concerned. but there remains
much to be done yet in training them
down.
Yesterday afternoon turned of so
bad that few had the courage to
venture out, but the crowd on hand to
see the game made 1t evident that Pa
ducah fans are ever ready to patronize
the national game, and all that is
asked is u strong team. This once Sc
cured the park will be filed daily
the season through.
Elliott, who pitched the last three
innings for Cincinnati yesterday, was
with Milwaukee last season and work
ed with Hedges. He says Hedges is
the proper stuff" and will make a
star with the proper coaching. Eli
oft has much speed and excellent
curves. II Is said he will make one of
the fastest youngsters" in the ma
tional league this season. He did ex-
cellent work for the Wisconsin team
last seen and was Immediately snapped
up by the bigger league team at the
close Of the ball season in 1908.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06

n impaired
usefulness destroyed and he becomes burden to himself and an oeG p
all diseases each'rous and elusive the serpent Under W
land eli menta al
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-06

mercury anu pOtdSH llSa'iuSht al
external evidences of it may disap-
pear, and the victim misled, be
buoyed up by false hopes of cure,
while the disease may even then
have fastened its fangs in some
vital spot within the system, where
it is doing its destructive work I'M
seeil. Mercury has arrayed against
it thousands upon thousands OF
physical wrecks and chronic inva-
lids who have been dosed for years
and their systems saturated with
these powerful drugs, only to be
harassed by constantly returning
symptoms and confronted with unr
your blood is tainted with this aw
who come i'll contact with you, and
contagion. AS long as there is III
as any signs of Contagious Blood !
crushing out the life of this loaf
known does this SO thoroughly a
peculiar virus that spreads throu
hea1tbv tissues and threatens ever
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-17
SWEPT BY FLAMES.
Fire in Business District of Minneap
oils Causes Loss of Millions
Three Men Killed.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 14-With
100000 to S6,00000O worth of prop
erty destroyed and three men known
to have been killed, the worst fire
ever known in the history OF the city
of Minneapolis ragged in the thiclily
built business section OF the city.
The entire city fire department
fought valiantly, but were unable to
check the roaring flames, and at one
O'Clock relief companies which had
been asked for came from st. Paul.
The local and St. Paul firemen ex-
erted every possible effort to battle the
flames, but on account Of the strong
wind and cold experienced great diff.
Guilty in their work.
One of the three men believed killed.
a bystander, met death through a
fallen electric wire. The other dead
are firemen, who were entombed in
the ruins of falling wall at the Peck
building.
Boutell Brothers and Peck's stores are
total wrecks and are still burning fierce
ly, and though the Powers Mercantile
store has been saved from the flames it
has been damaged to the extent OF mil
lion or more by water.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-17
SHOOTING ON BATTLESHIP.
Negro Seaman on Illinois Wounds
Two--Fights Pursuers in
the Water.

New York, Dec. is. "A double fatal
ity on board the United States battleship
Illinois in the New York navy yard was
narrowly avcrted Wednesday when
George Washington, a negro seaman,
shot and wounded two others of the Illi-
nois crew. Henry More, an apprentice,
received a bullet in the arm, and Sea-
man Shap another in the back. Shap is
seriously wounded.
More and the colored man occupied
adjoining hammocks and Washington
was said to be inoffensive till MOres
tantalizing got the better Of his temper
and he drew revolver and shot More in
the arm. Shap interfered and was shot
IN the back.
Pursued by crowd of sailors and
with his revolver in his hand Washing
ton fled down the gang plank to the Cob
dock and tried TO enter the ferry
to reach the mainland. On the
way it is said that Washington fired
several shots at his pursuers, but they
never halted. A corporal stopped him
at the ferry, whereupon Washington
jumped into the icy water and tried to
swim ashore. The sailors promptly fol-
lowed and struggle ensued between the
swimmers. The negro finally yielded to
force OF numbers and was made pris-
Oner.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-17
QUEER SURVEYING IN CHINA
Quick Measuring and Computing Of
Land Areas Done in Sim
gular Fashion.

Chinese land owners carefully mark
their fields so that the boundaries of
the latter may be identified, but they do
It in accordance with strange system.
The granite posts erected for that pur-
pose are placed, not at the corners, but
nearly in the center of the fields JUS
tin Burns talks about this queer method
in the Engineering Magazine. He
says:
"Defore proceeding with the purchase
OF lands it was necessary to employ
Chinese surveyors to demonstrate to
the land owners that no error in meas
urament had been made by the for
eigners. These native surveyors, with
the right-of-way maps of the railway
plots of ground and mark out the ex-
terror by stretching a string around
the boundaries of the lots TO be meas
ured. Then, taking large wooden
dividers between whose points was ex-
actly five Chinese feet, the surveyor
proceeded to step their spacer around
the exterior of the plot. This meas
uring was done in rapid manner, the
result carefully tabulated in field books,
and the areas Immediately calculated
upon the abacus. 1t was never thor
oughly understood by us engineers
how the Chinese so quickly measured
and computed these areas, since it had
taken the foreign engineers days to per-
form the same work Gone by Chinese
in hours. 1t is in1eres ting to add that
the Chinese always checked the maps
exactly"