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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-05

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL Ia
koma Park. Md, October 4, 1904.-Notice is here
by given that In the judgment of the mayor and
council OF the town of Takoma Park, Md, the
public safety and comfort require that a certain
part of Elm avenue of said town he improved by
constructing thereon a cement sidewalk, and said
mayor and council will meet in the basement of
the PRESBYTERIAN Church, in said town, the
NINETEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1904, AT
EIGHT O'CLOCK PM, when and where the own
ers of the property described In the following ord
nance, passed October 8, 1904, may be heard in
regard to the improvements therein proposed:
ORDINANCE NO. 112.-BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF TAKOMA PARK. MD: Section l. That in
pursuance of and in accordance with the authority
conferred by the act of the general assembly of
Maryland, approved March 8, 1904 authorizing the
mayor and council of the town of Takoma Park,
Md. to improve the streets of said town. side
walk four "a feet in width be constructed on and
along that portion of Elm avenue in said town
which is contiguous to and abuts on the following
described lots in said town: Elm avenue the
to Pine avenue. on that portion abutting on lots
Nos. l, T. s, 8, 1G and H. block F. and lot No. Is,
posed of cement, gravel and sand. mixed with
water In the proper proportions to construct
cement pavement similar to those on Vermion
street between Piney Branch road and Blair road,
IN Takoma Park, District of Columbia. Section 8.
That the real property deemed to be specially ben
Gifted by the said improvements, and which will
provements, and the approximate cost thereof
which each OF said parcels of real property may be
assessed therefor are as follows: In block F-Lots
No. l, Sis; No I, s51; No. S, SOL; No. o. SOL;
No. 10, s107; No. IL. S154. In block No. 16-Lot
No. Is, 500. That the total cost OF the improve
ments herein provided is estimated at S142. Sec
TakOma Park, Nd, meet in the basement Of the
Presbyterian Church, in said town. on the 10th day
OF October, 1904 at O'Clock pm, when and
where the owners of the property hereinbefore de-
scribed may be heard in regard to the improve
ments hereinbefore proposed. J. b. KINNEAR,
Mayor. Attest: BEN. G. DAVIS, Town Clerk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-05
COLDER THURSDAY.
Fresh southerly, Shifting to Brisk
Westerly Winds.

Forecast till pm. Ihursoay-for 'he
District of Columbia delaware ana MARY
land. showers late tonight or Thursday
morning; colder Thursday; fresh sou'herls'
shifting to brisk westerly winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight, warmer IN
southern portion Thursday showers and
colder increasing southerly winds, shifting
to brisk westerly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-05
Up-River Water.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, October s.
Both rivers are clear here today.
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Condition of the Water.

Temperature and condition of water at
8 am: Great Fails temperature, g.; con-
dition, 81. Dalecarlia reservoir, tempera-
ture 65; condition at north connection, SO;
condition at south connection, SO. George
town distributing reservoir, temperature,
81; condition at infiuent gate house, SO; con-
dition at effiuent gatehouse, &c. Washing
ton city reservoir, temperature, 81; condi-
ton at influent, SO; condition at effluent, &c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-05
The City Lights.

The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tingushing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-05
Perfection i'm Roof Work.

You'll find US capable of remedyng all roof trou-
bles and every job is guaranteed from to years
Washington Song GS ans 7cI bSfs 1922
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Emanuel M. Hewlett.

SUBD1STRICT NO. 10.
Hecht & Co. plaintiffs, agt. Albin Talbot,
defendant; debt, $29.23.
George w. Shoemaker, plaintiff, agt. E.
N. Richards, defendant: debt, $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-05

David Murphy,
President.
jus. F. keenan,.
Vice President.
Nicholas II. Shea,
Treasurer.
James F. Shea.
Secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-05

Maximum temperature past twenty-foul
hours, 70; year ago, 81.
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SUBDISTRICT NO. 9.
Dr. Emory w. Reisinger, plaintiff, agt.
Catharine Whitesell. defendant debt SAL;
dismissed by plaintiff.
Galveston G. Campbell, plaintiff, agt.
LYMAN Dodak and Samuel Berman (co-
partners), trading as Dodak & Berman; dis
missed upon settlement; ]. G. Bigelow,
plaintiffs attorney.
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Robert II. Terrell.

SUBDISTRICT NO. 8.
The Friedlander Clothing Company unc),
plaintiff, agt. Robert Blakey, defendant;
debt. 50.
c. B. Stewart, plaintiff, agt. c. E. Finch,
defendant: debt $3.50
Walter E. Colwell. trading as Stacks -Au-
tcmobile Company. plaintiff, agt. Camille
H Machinek. defendant: debt, s149. Il;
Brandenberg & Brandenberg, plaintiffs at
torneyS.
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each. payable monthly.
CE. CAB La. ave. NV.
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1--WE Make a Speciality of
Emergency Plumbing Re-
pairs. JUST PHONE OR POSTAL Us.
Hutchinson & Mccarthy,
$40 10th 443
i
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with interest; Bendheim q Rothchild.
plaintiffs attorneys.
r. P. Bayly, plaintiff, agt. A. Tennelly.
defendant; debt, $685.; judgment for
plaintiff.
A. T. Matthews, plaintiff. agt c. H.
Rouse. defendant; debt $1,000; judgment
for defendant.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30

which to find out what was required.
and thousands of dollars that have
been squandered during that time
might have been applied to the build.
ing of one. Judge Sanders, who is a
sensible, seeing man Of sound
Judgment, has time after time urged
the CITY to build . workhouse, and ON
numerous occasions pointed out the
necessity and the advantages of having
one. His advice, as most of the other
good advice given the city, went by
the board, spd now Paducah is con-
fronted with the prospect of over half
"a million dollars in damage suits be-
cause the peoples interests have not
been properly looked after.
The Sun IS for Paducah and her peo-
pie, and sincerely hopes these suits
and prospective suits will come to
nsught. A newspaper with the inter
ests of the people at heart could not
do otherwise. But that makes no
difference What "a newspaper, official
or individual. many think or hope will
not change the verdict of jury.
We cannot help, however, pointing
out to those citizens who were time
after time through these columns urged
to elect good men to office, and who
didn't in every instance do it, the
mistakes that have resulted from
their choice. The administration
has had nothing but trouble-and
there are over three years more of it
ahead 1t seems to have no stamina
or stability. 1t flops and founders
around like a fish out of water.
II is hesitating, suncertain, and
has no more confidence in itself, ap-
parently. than the people are begin
ming to have in it. Until the board
of public works appeared to lift it out
of the quagmire there seemed abso-
lutely no hope Of the taxpayers ever
getting anything except skinned, and a
chance every year to pay their taxes.
We need men who do know some
thing or will take the trouble to find
out something. Ignorance and in
difference are costly. If the costs fell
on the officials themselves and they
had to pay the money out of their own
pockets, they might lind out some
thing. They would probably dispense
with indifference and incompetency
and If they couldn't deliver the goods
expected of them, get out aud let
somebody get in who could. This
much is expected of public officials,
and not unressonably so.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30
MUCH INTEREST
IN DAMAGE SUITS
Continued From Page One)

city ought to have a workhouse, and
while was never asked officially for
an opinion ON the subject, did sew
eral times discuss il with the mayor
and others, and as l say, informed
them that the city would be running
risk if she undertook it later than
year after the second class charter be-
came operative. You know the law
gives city q year, after changing
class, in which to make its govern
ment conform to the new charter.
"Well, for time the city did not
work its prisoners on the streets.
After l made this suggestion as many
citizens remember the prisoners were
taken from the street, and the city
established q rock pile back Of the
city hall aud kept the prisoners break
ing rock. ] did not know that the
prisoners were again put TO work on
the street until about q month ago.
The claim that never advised the city
is ill-founded. I did not have to, so
far as that is concerned, and was
called down a time OF two for Offering
advice to the boards when IL was not
asked, but I certainly informed city
officials, among them the mayor and
Councilman Hummel. that prisoners
in my opinion could not be worked on
the street, and Councilman Hummel,
at one time. / remember in arguing
for workbouse, said, why, gentle
men, Covingtou, Newport. OF Lexing-
ton, KY. wouldn't work a prisoner on
the street for a thousand dollars an
hourl'
Former Council man Hummel was
seen and said that he remembered the
matter of building a workhouse dis
cussed number of times, but did rot
remember anything special about
working prisoners on the streets. He
said the workhouse proposition came
up many times in committee meetings,
board meetings, and in private con-
versations between officials. He said
his recollection about the rock pile
the city had for a time. is that il was
simply the result of buying stone
cheap and having it broken up for use
on the streets and levee, and not be-
cause of any fear of working prisoners
on the street. The councilman, how
ever, said he would not say he didn't
mako tho statement Attorney Worten
ascribes to him. He lsughingly id
mitted that he guessed he said about
everything there was to say when he
was in office, and among the bunch Of
other things he, might have said what
the attorney said. or ON the other hand
1t might have been one of the few
things he didn't say while he was in
Office.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30
Delivered the Memorial Address
at Gettysburg Today.
It is IA Scholarly and Timely Ebert
and Was Heard by
Thousands.
GOES TO WASHINGTON TONIGHT

Gettysburg, Pa, May 80. The
address Of President Theodore Roose
Welt was today heard by thousands Of
people who attended memorial exer-
cises;.
The president arrived at Gettysburg
about 8 =. III. He was accompanied
by Mrs Roosevelt. Miss Ethel Roose-
welt, Miss Csrow, Secretary Loeb,
Surgeon General Rixe, Stenographer
81. O. Latta and Major Charles ID. A.
Loeffier.
The president and his psrty travel
a. the guests of committee represent
ing the veterans who will conduct the
ceremonies at Gettysburg. The com
mittee was also accompanied on the
trip by Commissioner and Mrs. Ware,
Miss Ware and General Daniel T..
Sicles
Upon arrival at Gettysburg the
party was taken for drive about the
battlefield. The exercises will begin
at 1880 O'Clock with "a procession to the
cemetery, where the graves were deco.
rated in accordance with the custom
of the day. The party will leave Get
tysburg for Washington at p. IN. lie
said:
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30
KENTUCKY SALARIES.
FOR POSTMASTER AS ANNOUNO.
ED FROM WASHINGTON.

Under the annual re-adjustmeni
these changes IN salaries OF Kentucky
Pcstmasters are announced from
Washington: Increase-Augusta,
81, 400 to $1,000; Bera. Central City,
Leitchfield, 1900 to 81, 400; Glover
port jackson, 81 100 to $1,000; Fair
mouth. $1,000 to si,4o0; Fulton
81, 900 to $4,000; Hickman. 81 800 to
sI,600; Louisa $1,000 to 81, 800. De
cresses-B arboursvillo, sl,4oo to
$1,000; Bardstown, 1000 to 81 800
Cattlettsburg, 81, 800 to 81, 200.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30
MORE MUNICIPAL BLUNDERs.

Trouble continues to pile up for the
city. There is nothing to rejoice over
In the prospect of IS or more damage
suits of several thousand dollars each
against the city, which means against
the taxpayers. A judgment against
the city means a Judgment against the
tax payers, and Judgment against
the taxpayers means that money that
might otherwise be expended for
municipal comforts and improvements
must be spent to make good the mis-
takes Of municipal officers, and in
directly the mistake of those whose
votes put them in Office.
The legal liability of the city in
these suits for working men on the
streets, without authority of law it is
claimed, will have to be determined
by the courts. Attorneys who have ex-
amined the law say there is no legal
authority for it, and it is certain that
other second class cities do not work
prisoners on the streets. 1t may be
shat the administration did not know
1t had no right to work prisoners on
the street. This is no excuse IL was
its business to find out. That's what
officials are paid salaries for, and
what the makers of the laws and the
people who placed them in Office and
pay them for service expect them to
do. Ignorance Of law is no more ex.
cuse for an official than for q private
citizen. ~
1t is claimed, however, that Psdu-
cab officials did know they had no
right to work prisoners on the street.
AZ least they were so advised two
yeazs ago when Paducah passed into
the second class.
II they were so advised, as claimed.
they ignored the advice, and with a
sublime indifference to results or
whom results would affect, continued
~ before. If they received no advice
they are equally o. culpable for not
finding out their duties and powers
for their mistake, if they have made
one. means that the taxpayers must
foot the bills. This is possibly no bet
ter than those who helped put them in
Office deserve; the injustice is that the
burden must fall alike ON men who
foresaw the danger of putting the
same old crowd back in ffice and did
what they could to place in charge of
affairs men whom they believed would
give tbk people more satisfactory
oily gdternment.
Y e fhA second GLASS charter requires
nrkho} Fe for prisoners fined in the
1eou>, chs city should have pro-
ned. two years 10
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30
COSTLY DELAY
Many Merchants are Having to
Pay High Rates.
While the City "Pokes Along" Get
ting Its Fire Stations Ready.

A great many complaints are being
made in regard to the time the city
is taking in getting the new fire
stations ready. The city has worked
several mouths now, apd it is not yet
certain when the demands of the in
surance underwriters will be
sufficiently complied with to justify
. removal of the pink slip"
II suppose" remarked a prominent
business man today, that the city
has been oblivious TO the fact that we
merchants aud others are losing hun
dreds of dollars on account of ITS poky
methods. but we are doing it just the
same. l had to renew policy the
other day and pay one fourth more
than usual, and every merchant in the
city has had to do the same thing.
While the city is taking its time
hundreds OF tax payers are having to
pay 25 per cent. more for insurance
than they should have to pay, or
would have to pay If the city had
provided the proper fire protection at
the proper time"
1t will be good news TO the mer-
chants, however, to learn that the
city expects to have the new fire sta
tions really for use inside few weeks,
at the most.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30

The Democrats have stopped scrap
ping with each other long enough to
send abroad between rounds the state
ment that President ,Ro osevelt is wor-
rying over the Republican situation
in New York, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
The president is not the kind to worry
without cause, and not the kind to
tell it IL he were, hence the Demo.
cratic claim lacks conviction.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30
THE EQUITABLE LIFE PAYS
FIRST.

1t is the custom of the Equitable
Life TO pay its losses ss soon rs the
proofs of death are made out. No de-
lay, no contest and no repudiation
whenever its policy holders have kept
their premiums paid. 1t is this Gus
tom that has made this company the
strongest in the world and has
brought it more business in Paducah
than any other company and made IL
so that practically all the large hold
ers of life insurance in Paducah carry
more of their insurance in the Equit-
able than in any other company.
Colonel W. r. Howell, special sgent,
and Edgar W. whittemore, local agent,
paid today 10 Mrs. Hannah Levy
widow Of Mr.. will /. Levy, sl3.s00.
Within 10 days after the death OF Mr..
Levy the Equitable was the first to
pay. Its surplus Is the largest Of any
company in the world and it is able,
willing and anxious to pay its losses
promptly and will be for generations
to come. The most important thing
for holder OF life insurance policy
to know IL that not only is the COM
pany good now but that 1t will be
eq ually able twenty years later. Any
one-lsdy or OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to
know more of this company, its kind
of policies and rates can do so by call
ing on Colonel W. r. Howell, special
agent, Reuben Rowland or Edgar W.
Whittemore at their Office in the Fra
ternity Building. Both phones, 1856.
The representatives will call at your
homes il you prefer.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30
FOURTH STREET
WILL BE TORN UP THIS WEEK,
PROBABLY TOMORROW.

When Contractor Il. u. Terrell
finishes the two blocks Of street paw
ing on Fifth street, Inc will have but
two other blocks TO build. from Ken
tucty TO Jefferson, on Fourth street.
He will begin work on these tomor.
row or Wednesday il the weather is
good, City Engineer Washington stat
ed today.
AS street car tracks are on 10th
blocks, and 1t is an important business
center, it is likely that every effort
will be made to have the work rushed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30
ADDRESS:

Tho place where we now are has
won double distinction. Here
was fought one of the great battles Of
all time, and here was spoken one Of
the few speeches which shall last
through the ages. AS long ~ this
Republic endures OF its history is
known. so long shall the memory Of
the Battle Of Gettysburg likewise
endure and be known; and as long
ss the English tongue il understood
so long shall Abraham Lincoln's Get
tysburg speech thrill the hearts OF
mankind.
The civil war was great war for
Righteousness; n war waged for the
noblest ideas, but wsged also in
thoroughRoing, practical fashion. II
WAS one Of the few wars which mean.
in their successful outcome. lift
toward better things for the nstions
OF mankind. Some wars have meant
the triumph Of order over anarchy and
licentiousness Incorporating a. lib
erty; some wars 5ave meant the
triumph Of liberty over tyranny
masq AS order. the triumph
of orderly liberty, the bestowed of
civil rights upon the freed slaves, and
at the same time the stern insistence
on the supremacy OF the national law
throughout the length and breadth OF
the land.
Moreover, this was one Of those rare
contests in which il was to tho i'm
measurable interest of the vanquished
that they shonld lose, while at the
same time the victors acquired the
precious privilege of Transmitting TO
those who came after them. as u
heritage OF honor forever. not only
the memory Of their own valiant
deeds, but the memory Of the deeds Of
those who. no less valiantly and with
equal sincerity Of purpose, fought
against the stars in their courses The
war left to us all, as fellow country
men. as brothers, the right 10 rejoice
that the Union has been restored in
indesiructible shape in country
where slavery no longer mocks the
boast of freedom and also the right to
rejoice with exultsnt pride in the
courage, the self-sacrifce. and the
devotion, alike of the men who wore
the blue and the men who wore the
gray.
He is but Q poor American who,
looking at this field, does not feel
within himself deeper reverence for
the nations past and higher purpose
to make the nations future rise level
to her last. Here fought the chosen
sons of the North and the South, the
East and the West. The armies which
on this field contended for the mastery
were veteran armies, hardened by
long campaigning and desperate fight
ing in such INSTRUMENTS Of war as
no other nation then possessed. The
severity of the fighting is attestod by
the proportionate loss--a loss upriyal-
ell in any battle of similar size since
the close Of the Napoleonio struggles
q loss which in certain regiments was
from three-fourths to four-fifths Of
the men engaged. Every sport on
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30
NO PROSPECT OF PEACE.

There does not seem to be any rea-
sonable ground for forecasting q
speedy ending of hostilities between
Russia and Japan. because of Russian
reverses. Suppose Russia should be
driven from Korea and Manchuria en-
tirely, and every soldier and ship she
hiss there annihilated? Japan might
be satisfied, but would Russia be?
IL does not appear likely that ma
tion of such vast resources would be
willing to draw off and acknowledge
defeat. Instead of that, Russia would
be all the more eager to retrieve her
prestige and regain what she had lost.
Smarting under the humiliation of bs-
ing licked by a smaller power, she
would doubtless redouble her effors to
win, instead of cringing in a corner
and whining enough"
Russia has very small part OF her
army and navy at the scene of hostili-
ties, as has probably Japan. The pres
emit engagements do not bring into
play anything like the power of either
nation. They are only skirmishes for
temporary advantage. aud the real
conflict is likely yet TO come.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30
STATE DRUGGISTS
HAVE PRACTICALLY AGREED
ON A MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY.

The druggists of Kentucky are pre-
pairing to Organise mutual insur-
snce company on account of the high
rates charged men in their business
by the regular companies. 1t will
have IA capital stock of 5000. 600.
Local druggists have been notified of
it, an il has been fully indorsed by
nearly all druggists in the state.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30
BASEBALL RESULTS
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Cincinnati 2, st. Louis /.
New York z, Brooklyn 8.
Chicago 8. Pittsburg 1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago 4. Cleveland 3.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus 10, Toledo 3.
Milwaukee /, Kansas City 2.
Louisville 8, indianapolis /.
st. Paul /, Minneapolis 0.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Memphis 1, Montgomery 0.
Shreveport 8. Birmingham /.
New Orleans s, Nashville 3.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30

Question: II il takes contractor
one year to pave seven blocks of
streets in Paducah under the present
administration, how many taxpayers
will be alive to witness the completion
of the so blocks to be paved under the
bond issue?
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30
PARK OPENS TONIGHT.

Tonight marks the opening of Wal.
lace park under the new management
the opening bill being" A True Ken
tuckian" by the Gross-Lyall Stock Go.
Large crowds are expected as the
plan of free theater tickets to street
car patrons with some seats reserved
at 10c, will doubtless prove very pop
ular with the public.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30

Following the announcement that
the whiskey output has been curtailed
this year, comes the report that two
train loads of Louisville men are going
to the st. Louis exposition. The editor
of the Hardeman Free Press had bet
ter lay in "a supply before it is too
late.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-05-30

Same old story. The mayor was
instructed two or three weeks ago to
sign for the city an option on the old
fort property desired for new city
hospital. The last report was that he
still intended to "sign it shortly"