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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
SOMETHING DOING
AMONG COAL MEN
Coal Combine viii Establish an
Agency at This Point.
Will Serve the River and Possibly
the City Trade Before
Winter.
MANAGER NOW IN THE CITY

The big Pittsburg coal combine is
to enter the Paducah market and
serve the river and possibly the city
trade. Captain A. ]. Donnell, of
Pittsburg, one of the company's man
ayers, is now in the city making ar
rangements for the establishment of
headquarters and an agency here, and
will remain several days. He has in
vestIgsted the local market, and il is
understood is well pleased with the
prospect.
The company will at present have
only river agency. 1t has had under
lease for several years over at the
islands several thousand feet off shore
for its barges, and will use that for q
tug and the barges Of coal to be used
in the local river trade, furnishing
coal to all steam boats that want it.
No definite arrangements have been
made to invade the city trade, but 1t
10 the intention of the combine, &C.
cording to good authority, to locate
docks here and sell both Pittsburg and
Kentucky coal before winter In order
to supply the local trade it will be
necessary to have . float. OF dock,
from which TO load the coal onto
bsrges, and it will be little trouble to
drop one Of the many owned by the
company elsewhere, down to Psducah
at any time the company desires to
sell the coal here.
This move is of great Impotence
here ana may affect the coal trade
considerably. Ii has been good many
years since the Pittsburg people had
an agent here, although Pittsburg
coal has been sold here in small guam
titles in recent years. The late John
O'Brion was at one time agent, and
later the st. BERNARD company handled
about two barges . season, but for the
past two or three years there has been
very little Pittsburg coal obtsinable
in Psducah.
The combine owns mines up about
Sturgis, Ky, and will bring Ken
tucky coal from there TO the local
market, thus furnishing both Ken
lucky and Pittsburg coal to the trade.
Il is possible that one effect the en-
trance Of the trust will have will be
the chespening of coal here. In past
years there has been very little coal
from either Pittsburg or the Illinois
fields sold here and the invasion of the
coal combine may not only serve to
reduce prices, but prevent coal fam
ines such as Psducah has had in q
mild form q number of times in recent
years.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
FROM LAO YANG.

Lao Yang, July 20-A general en-
gsgeuent began the 10th to the east
between the forces Of Lieutenant Gen
ersl Count Keller and General Kuroki
Il IL reported also that an engage
ment began simultaneously at Ia Tche
Riso from which the japanese for
some days had been only siI miles
distant
A Cosssek report Of the eIsminA.
ton Of Japanese camp shows that
the japanese troops are suffering
from dysentery. which IL now at its
worst stage.
The best information received here
indicates that the siege Of Port Arthur
h now being more closely pressed.
No foreign correspondent has yet
witnessed even the simplest military
cpsrstion, but the correspondents
have been notified that they may 20
10 TIA Tohe Kiao
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
SEIZED VESSEL LANDS.

Port said. July 20-The Peninsula
ana Oriental liner MAlsoca seized in
the Red Fsea by the Russian cruiser
Petersburg, arrived here today with
mauv indignant passengers aboard,
and the crew prisoners under an
armed guard. The passengers were
Transferred 20 the Marmora Of the
same line and will proceed to their
destination. They are. highly indig-
nsnt at the treatment by the Russians,
and have announced their intention Of
appealing to the British government
for redress. Captain Street. Of the
Mslaoos, who protested vigorously
against the seizure OF his craft, was
treated brusquely by the Russians.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
TOBACCO SALES
OVER 800 SOLD ON THE LOCAL
BREAKS TODAY.

The regular tobacco sales today
were well attended. and buying was
satisfactory. Over 800 hogshesds
will be sold, not quite as many as last
week, but IA good sale nevertheless.
Mr.. All Halle, a prominent tobacco
buyer of Bremen, Germany, was one
of the buyers on the brake, and
ought a number of hogsheads. He
is in this country for the purpose of
buying tobacco, and has been to q
number of other places.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
TRESTLE BURNED
AND DELAYED TRAINS MANY
HOURS ON THE ST. LOUIS
DIVISION.

A trestle burned on the Illinois
Central road two miles south OF
Ozark, III, this morning and delay ed
the morning train from St. Louis,
No. 1916, due here at 1880 until Z 80
p. M. 1t requiresd 10 hours of hard
work to repair the damage so trains
could pass over the tracks.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
FOLK In CHARGE
AT JEFFERSON CITY
Plucky Attorney Shows His
Strength From Start.
Sam Cooks Delegates Reported in
Revolt-Folk the Center Of
Attraction.
NOISY NIGHT SESSION

jefferson City, Mo-, July 20-The
first days session of the state Demo-
cratic convention closed last night
amid a wild demonstration, after the
temporary organization had been com
pleted with the selectio n Of Congress
man W. ID. Vandlver as temporary
chairman and ]. p. Nelson of La
grange as temporary secretary.
The entire night session was ocou-
pied by delegates in creating as much
noise and confusion ss possible. The
delay in the report of committee on
credentials, without which the con.
vention could not proceed, was re-
sponsible for confusion.
The first show Of strength OF the
Folk forces was made when the CUES
ton of the temporary secretary wa'
brought before the convention. The
name of ]. p. Byrnes, who is gen
eIally credited with being closely
identified with the machine interests
was proposed by the state centra
committee in ITS report.
The mention of Byrne's meme wal
the signal for Delegate j. @. Jonel
of St. Louis to leap to his feet and
move that Nolen be substituted fol-
Byrnes. The result of the vote, taker
by roll call, showed that the Foil
forces have a clear working majority
The ouly development Of Importance
was the undertaking Of an organized
opposition to the denomination OF
Sam b. Cook, for secretary Of state,
among the delegates instructed for
him.
Mr. Cook said:
Il do not believe it. / heard moth
ing of it, and place no credence in
such stories. That is all the answer l
have to make"
Mr.. Folt said that the stories were
a surprise to HIM. and that all along
be had &C iced delegates not to oft
instructions.
II feel certain there is no disoord, "
said Mr.. Folk. Everything is nicely
arranged for the temporary organ
izaticn, and the outlook seems prom.
ising."
Mr.. Folk had small opportunity to
talk, as he was constantly kept busy
shaking hands with an incesssnt
stream of delegates who passed
through his headquarters. Several
delegates would seize him at the same
time, and their felioitstIon often bore
the semblance to . wrestling match.
The convention will not make any
nominations until late this afternoon
OF this evening.
The platform declares for the
eradication Of bribery, the paramount
issue in Missouri and announces that
there is no room in the party for
boodlers and repudiates their support
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
GEN. BUCKNER I'LL
HIS CONDITION CRITICAL BUT
RECOVERY Is LOOKED FOR.

Louisville, KY, July 20.-General
Simon Bolivar Buckner, former gov
ernor and confederate soldier, is seri-
ously i'll at this home in Hart county.
He is suffering from dysentery, and
his condition has been critical but it
is believed he will recover.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
DEMOCRAT DESERTS
OSCAR STRAUSS COMES OUT
FOR ROOSEVELT.

New York, July 90. Oscar Strauss,
who was minister to Turkey under
Cleveland. refuses TO support Judge
Parker. He says the refusal of the
Sc. Louis convention to incorporate a
sound money plank in the platform
until after it received Judge Psrker's
Telegram, was Bryan victory, lie
has sent a letter to President Roose-
welt saying he will support him.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
MRS. MAVERICK
NOTED PRISONER HAS SAILED
FOR FRANCE.

Truro, England, July 20.--Mrs.
Florence Maybriok, the American
who has served fifteen years on a
charge of numbering her husband. left
today on her way to France and will
soon sail for America with her mother.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
CHANGE IN THE JAPANESE
PLANS.

ST. Petersburg. July 2O-As an out.
come Of Lieutenant General Count
Keller's engagement At No Tien Pass.
the military experts are convinced
that there has been n Encouragement
Of the japanese forces. and a change
in the Japanese plans in favor Of a
Hanking movement ON IiAo Yang
rather than a direct movement on tn
Tohe Kiao This change coinoiding
with the arrival OF Field Marshal
oysms leads the experts TO attribute
the responsibility to the commander.
in chief.
The developments Of the campaign
in the near future are bound TO be-
greatly influenced by a new factor,
the lururisnoe Of vegetation. follow
ing the few days rain and by the
rains themselves, which are due any
day. The tall grass efrectuslly con-
oealing an enemy, renders the prospect
Of an advance 20 the valley Of the
Lao river too hazardous, and, there
fore, il has probably been abandoned
by the japanese, thus explaining the
delay in the occupation of Yin Kow.
Details of the fighting at Mo Tien
Pass disprove the wild rumors that
Grand Duke Boris has been cxiled to
Arch Angel, as It has been shown
that he is serving under General
Keller.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
The Saloon Smasher Now Tour
ing Kentucky Cities.
Speaks Tomorrow Evening in
the Court House at
Mayfield.
SHE WILL NOT STOP HERE

Mrs. Carrie Nation, tine Kansas
saloon smasher, the woman who has
made the hstchet famous and attracts
almost as much attention wherever
she goes as IA circus parade or the
president, will pass through Psducsh
tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock en-
route from Pembroke, Ky, to May
field, where she will tomorrow night
speak under the auspices of the Ladies
Aid Society Of the Presbyterian
church in the court house.
IL will be Mrs. Nations first visit
to Paducah, even If it is only q flying
one lasting no longer than the train
stops She was billed for the fair last
fall, but cancelled the Engagement,
and was also billed for a date at the
Kentucky theater and cancelled that
Mrs. Nation has been in Kentucky for
sometime. She was in Louisville day
before yesterday. but upon being re-
fused permission to speak in the pub.
lie PARKS, she took the first train out
Of town. She telergsphed the minis
ters at Bowling Green to provide her
with a place TO speak yesterday, but
they ignored her and she had to speak
ON the commons when she got there.
1t is supposed she will 90 south
from Mayheld. She wanted to go to
Fulton. but they claim they have nc
saloons and do not need her.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
HOBNOBBING NOW
JUDGE PARKER AND HIS RUN.
MING MATE TOGETHER.

Esopus, JULY 20.-senstor Davis,
the Democratic vice presidential can
didate. arrived here today to confer
with Judge Parker. They will prob
ably remain In conference for some
time.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
FIRE AT WHITEHALL
BARN OF THE LATE CASSIUS
CLAY STRUCK AND MAN
CREMATED.

Richmond, KY, July 2o-Light-
nIng last night struck the stock barn
Of the late Csssius M. CLAY, OF White
Hall, burning it and cremating
Charles Asher, who was in the build
ing'a he.time. The charred remains
were found an hour afterward.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
The Wet Weather May Result
in Cessation Temporarily.
Russian Vessel Reported 10 Have
Chased and Overtaken q
japanese Vessel.
BELATED NEWS OF BATTLES

CHASING A JAPANESE VESSEL.
Toxic. July 20-The vladivostok
feet was sighted today passing
through the Tsugsru strait IN pursuit
OF . japanese vessel, name unknown.
The Russian warship overheavod the
japanese ship. but there is no further
news OF her fate received.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20

Captain ]. NJ. White, OF Nashville,
who has been visiting here. returned
home today at noon. He had been to
the st. Louis fair.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20

Mrs. J. W. Harris of Kuttawa, is
visiting her son, Mr.. Henry Harris,
the well known conductor of Madison
street
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
THE CREW PUT OFF.

London, July 2O.-It is reported
the British crew OF the Malacoa was
landed at Port Said and mono but
Russians are now aboard the vessel
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
GUNS COVERED WITH CANVAS.

London, July 20-The Constants.
nople correspondent OF the Daily Mail,
in . dispatch dated July rs, says
"A Russian cruiser mas just passed
through from Odessa with several
guns covered with canvas en- her
decks She also carried torpedo
tubes.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20

A crisis in the butchers strike at
st. Paul is looked for today.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kiger went
to Dawson today at noon.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
DETAINED BY CRUISERS.

London, July 20.-It is rumored on
stock exchange this afternoon that the
Malsccs is detained at Port Said by
two cruisers Of the British Mediter-
rsnoan feet, which arrived this morn
inc
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
RUSSIA READY 10 APOLOGIZE

RUSSIA READY TO APOLOGIZE
Paris, July 20-It il learned from
q high diplomatic source that Russia
is prepared to at least in part, dis
ayow the actions Of the Red Sea feet
because, II IL claimed, the com.
msnder misunderstood orders. Russia
Is disposed 10 give satisfaction both to
England and Germany, provided the
approximations are made discreetly
through diplomatic channels.
However, she will risk open rupture
Father than yield. Should either ma
ton present protests in the nature Of
= demand shat would imply backing
down on part OF Russis.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
HELD FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

London, July Gothic correspond
ent of LlOyds 81 Port Said wires that
the steamer Malacca is detained there
by the authorities, pending the arrival
Of instructions from England.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20

The japanese repulsed . desperate
assault on Maotien Pass by the
Russians.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-20
Both England and Germany to
Demand Redress.
Russia May Disavow Red Sea Out
RACES, But will Stand Firm II
Not Handled Tenderly.
SITUATION GROWS SERIOUS

London, July 20-The situation
growing out of the sction Of the Rus.
sian governments insisting on right
to search vessels passing through the
Sucz Canal bound for the east is de.
oidedly more ominous today. From
botn press and people comes the un.
animons demand that the British
wArships retako Mslscoa from the
Russians.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-07-31
Therapeutics
of Electric Currents

IMPORTANT to the literature Of
medicine in this country is the re-
cent addition made TO it by the
translation from the German Of DR..
Toby COINS "Electro-Diagnosis and
contemporaries" a standard ref
erence among German specialists upon
the curative properties of electricity
since its Erst appearance.
As DR.. Cohn explains, in his preface,
the appeal of this work is to students
and practicing physicians, who are al
most wholly ignorant of the subjects
OF which Il treats, owing to the method
ia which these have hitherto been pre-
scented. Students and physicians"
says DR.. Cohn, have in general an
aversion TO all mathematical explana-
uons and technical discussions with
which text books Of electro-therapeu
tics generally begin" Therefore he be-
gins with an object lesson, the de-
scription of a single apparatus. a sta
tionary apparatus for galvanic and
faradic currents. Having presented in
the simplest and briefest fashion the
physical principles, a statement of
which is demanded Of any discussion.
the author at once introduces the read
er to the subject proper, actual dag
nosis. In setting forth the physiologi-
cal and pathological conditions to be
DR.. Cohn rigidly confines
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-07-31
When Children
Went on a Crusade

n LADY whose masculine nom-de-
~ plume, Sheppard Stevens, has
already appeared on the title
pages Of several historical novels. gives
us in THE Sign of Triumph another
story of the same genre. In nearly
every essential her new book fills every
requirement of the romantic tale; some
Of the weaknesses usually so gIaring in
the typical busldn- -longsword ro-
nance are herein avoided, and for that
sincere thanks are due Sheppard Ste
vens.
The chiIdren's crusade, that ryttiful
phenomenon Of thirteenth century ac-
tivity. gives the background to Stevens
book. Truly does the author state in
her brief introduction that it is remark
able that such marvellous event as the
T'arch of three armies of children for
the relief of Jerusalem should have
passed into the limbo of forgotten
things unheralded in fiction. The field,
then, is a new one for the writer, the
material is rich and the opportunities
for strong tale manifold. But, unfcr-
tunately, Sheppard Stevens has only
SKINNED the possibilities. Instead of
following further the fortunes of that
forlorn band OF infants that sailed from
Marseilles to oblivion under the crazed
youth Simon, the author has contented
herself with picturing only the initial
phases of this strangest of all crusades
in France. With the devoted little en-
thusiasts sailing away from their ma
tive shore TO foulest treachery and sub
sequent slavery under the yoke of the
very fnfidels they had set forth to con-
quer, the teller Of this tale confesses
her inability to rise to the opportunity
by breaking off the thread of her his
tory here. The tragedy that might be
evoked from further pursuit of the
subject she does not attempt
From the sin Of too much blood-let-
ting-that CORY specter which makes of
so many historical novels mere liter
airy shambles-the writer has so sue
cessfully held herself secure that her
story suffers somewhat from a lack of
any action at all. The whole recountal
CT the march Of the children from ST,
Denys to the sea says through its own
weight for want of the props of liven-
ing incident. Again, suffering her plot
to become unruly, Stevens has let the
action become detached. Throughout
the major portion of the story the two
centers of interest are widely apart,
and a connective only coniectured by
the astute reader exists.
THE Sign of Triumph" is better than
commonplace withal, and written with
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-07-31
Trop C KerSa
By One Rei8carHafed

TcRALDED by the fulsore praise
~ Of none other than Eta Wheeler
Wilcox comes the book of love
poems. 'Desire.'sf from the thrcbbing
quill Of one Charlotte Eaton, The
feminine reincarnation Of walt Whit
man" rings Ella Wheeler's announce
ment Of this new light in the field Of
poems of passion; "one of the new sing
ers who has come TO stay" Good kor
the syndicate noetess. say we. for If
anybody is calculated to find the gem
of raw serene in the breathings OF the
erotic Tyre Mrs. Wilcox is, indeed, that
one.
Now, to take exception to the dictum
of one so inspired with the divine fire
of poesy as Ella Wheeler Wilcox would
be TO display a temerity bordering upon
rashuess. The passive reviewer can
only venture. the opinion, then, that
until posterity is decided upon the mer-
its of Walt Whitman's outbursts il is
extremely cornplicating, not to say dele
FERROUS, to the interests Of his name
and fame that any reincarnation mani
Testing itself in verse such as Char
lotte Eaton's should come to us out of
astral reaches. The shade of Whitman
should have voice in the matter, at
least.
When kiss your lipsl
am ripening nectarine. that is warmed
through and through by the SUM- RAYS
Becoming more delectable both TO the eye and
to the palate.
Now, is that Whitman or Mary Mac
Lane?
Kiss my hand again with apture o Midas
Holding my fingers close to your warm lips
breathing sweety uron therl;
For in this, more than in precious gifts do
feel the love Of your strong heart for me-
And know myself 70 he happier than they
who. lacking such homage
Have worn upon tt.eir fingers the large white
gem OF the Orient
Is II effusions ike this that touch the
sentient soul OF Mrs. Wilcox? The re-
viewer dares not pursue his quest far
ther He feels that those delectable
isles OF poesy-
Where burning sappho loved and sung.
must pale into gray Oblivion before the
tropic loveland of this reincarnated
Whitman. y
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