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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
HOPE Nnr ARANnnNrn

st Petersburg, August "a While the
General STAFF does not conceal IL, anN.
ieiy. the best military authorities have
not abandoned the hope that Gen. Sto.
c-sel will be- able TO hold out. Thi.
more hopeful view j. somewhat borne
out by an unofficial dispatch from Lilac
Yang saying that In two days assault
ON Aug. ~ aud Aug. 20-thc attack
err. like their predecessors, were beaten
of with heavy losses
The situation at Lao Yang itself j.
quiet. but the improving weather pre-.
ccdc- the renewal Of military activity
II j. believed that II Gen. kuropatkin
j. contemplating diversion in favor Of
Port Arthur IL will not be- long delayed.
Conservative critic, while they are
not chary in giving the japanese due
military credit for past performances,
say In plain language that the pace l.
ton fast to last, and that every day Gen.
Stocsscl holds out will render the japan.
csc position about Lao Yang more pre-
carious.
Even the most -anguine admit the
gravity OF the situation from the Rus
sian point Of view, and the most seri-
ou- news from the front would not be
received with great surprise.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
William Brown, a Caulker, Com.
mits Suicide in Indiana.
He Formerly Worked in Paducah and
Married Miss Mary Jones
Here.
SHOT HIMSELF AT MADISON

News of the suicide of William Brown
a well known caulker, until recently of
Paducah, reached the city this morning
\ dispatch states:
Madison, Ind, August 22-William
Brown, a caulker, aged thirty five
years, borrowed 3s-caliber revolver
and shot himself dead at 6 o'clock this
evening in the door of the Washington
House, where he boarded He left a
wife in Paducah and two children here
by former marriage"
Brown worked in Paducah for some
time, and was well knoyn here among
the ship carpenters and caulkers. He
was employed for some time by Capt.
Baker, of the AyerLord Tie company,
and while here boarded at Mrs. Ollie
Benson's 2ls Adams street. He was last
here a few months ago, and went to
Madison, Ind, to work.
While in the city, Brown, who is a
resident of Madison, married Miss Mary
Jones, of near 18th and Broadway here,
and she has never joined him, having UNI
til recently been employed at a store
near Fourth and Broad. She is now in
at the home of her father
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
NOVEL POINT
Will be Decided by Judge Reed
i'm Gilbertsville Case.
Can Towns Keep a Railroad From
Passing Through?

Circuit Judge Reed will in . day OF
two decide the injunction suit
brought by the town of Gilbertsville,
Marshall county, against the Illinois
Central to restrain il from going
through a street in the town. It is
understood that Judge Reed will de-
eide in favor OF the railroad company.
1t is the first time the question has
ever been mp in its present shape, and
a great deal of interest is taken in
the decis as there are no proceed
ents by which to be guided. 1t seems
that in changing the /. O. tracks TO
conform to the new route taken in
moving the Tennt ssee river bridge
about mile from Gilbertsville it is
necessary to run thu tracks through
another side of the town instead of
where it now is. The citizens tried
to prevent 1t, and the question raised
was whether . railroad could GO
through q town without the towns
permission and contrary to the de-
sires of the town.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
japanese Losing Thousands in
Intellectual Assaults.
Christening Of Heir at st. Peters.
burg q Brilliant Ceremony
Today.
END OF THE SIEGE SEEMS NEAR

Cheioo, August 2l.--Advices indi'
cate that Port Arthur has all but TALL
en-. The information j. accepted how
ever. as confirmation Of previous re-.
ports that the Russians have been driv-
en- from ltzshan. and that the Japanese
are very close TO the southern forts aud
20 the eastern defcnses.
The local japanese. under the leader
ship Of their consul, are subscribing
money and preparing TO celebrate the
expected fall Of the fortress.
The Chinese who arrived today fur
thcr report that Russian warship was
hit By a she'll recently and sunk in the
hafbor.
A report was cabled several days ago
that gunboat of the Otyaini type had
been sunk This Is probably the vessel
referred 90
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
Says He Belongs to Secret Order
i'm Paducah.
He Is Believed TO be Harry Sewell
Formerly Employe Of Cordsge
Factory.
HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED

Who is the man in jail at Cincin-
natl who claims to DO Of prominent
family. and q member Of Paducah
Lodge Of Elks?
A few days ago two men were ar.
rested in the act OF burglarizing a
house in Cincinnati. They were
jailed aud one Of them claimed to be
George +. Spinner, and said that he
was a member Of Paducsh Lodge OF
Elks.
Newspaper correspondents here were
telegraphed TO learn something of the
mans identity, but the only name
similar on the lodge records was
George r. Spencer, an actor who be.
longed 10 the lodge and died In New
York two or three years ago.
The prisoner at Cincinnati. from
reports, seemed 10 know lot about
Spinner or Spencer, whore relatives
live in Cinncinnsti. but they all, in.
GLIDING a brother, confirmed the fact
that Spencer was dead.
Since then the man has given sew.
ersl other names, and one of them 10
said to be Sewell. Harry sewell was
formerly foreman Of the Cohankus
Company here. and member Of the
Paducah Elks. He lost his position
aud was next heard Of swindline
every body he could all over the coun-
thy on the strength Of being an Elk.
He forged checks, cashed worthless
drafts and borrowed money, and many
complaints were received by the lodge
from, various parts, Of the country,
Sewoll always giving Paducah as his
home. He did not remain an Elk
long, and the last time he was heard
from be was in Jail over in Murphys
boro, ILL.,, or some adjacent town, for
cashing worthless check. He was
still playing the Elk dodge to work
his schemes.
Sewell while here married a Padu-
cab girl, who is still living here. lie
has not been heard from in a year or
more. unless the man IN Cincinnati
is he. Owing to the lstter's e, ident
familiarity with Paducah, ana the
fact that he seemed to know so much
about the death of the Elk he was try
ing to impersonate, il Is believed it is
Sewell.
At present., however, the Cincin'
natl papers are at loss to know who
he is. II il is Sewell, he is wanted
in many parts of the country.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
CHICAGO CANNOT
INTERFERE BY REMOVING
STRIKE BREAKERS FROM
PLANTS.

Chicago, August 24.-Judge Bren'
tano this morning granted the appli'
cation of the packers for an injunc'
tion restraining the city of Chicago
from enforcing the order for the
evacuation of the buildings in the
stock yards, used as sleeping quarters
for strike breakers.
Ii is said the injunction was grant.
ed in the interest Of peace, business,
ana good order. If the men are re-
quired to leave the stock yards every
night riots will result, and it was q
matter of public expedieDcy to pre-
vent.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
Hugh j. Mann. a Hardware
Drummer, Shoots Himself.
His Pistol Accidentally Went of, the
Bullet Penetrating His
Heart.
OFTEN GAME TO PADUCAH

News of the tragic death of travel
ing man well known in Paducah is Civ
en- in the Louisville papers of yesterday.
Mr.. Hugh J. Mann, aged 81, who came
to Paducah for several years as a trav-
cling salesman for the Simmons Hard
ware company, and about a year ago
went with the Belknap company, at
Louisville, accidentally killed himself
with a pistol.
Mr.. Mann had not been in Paducah
for some months but had many friends
here. He was married about a year ago
to Miss Isabel Scanlon, of Louisville
His home was formerly in Harrodsburg
Ky. The facts relative to his death are
that he was sitting on his bed prepar-
ing TO retire when pistol he was play
fully handling went off, the bullet pierre
ing his heart.
Mrs. Mann's statement, according to
the Louisville Times, was:
MIR. Mann, Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Mann,
his brother and sister n-law,and l spent
the evening together in pleasant con
versation and talked of arrangements
for entertaining the sisters of our hus-
bands, who were expected the latter part
of the week on a visit. We retired ear
ly, Mr.. Mann desiring an early start
in the morning in order to attend to
some business down town. 1 was seated
on the bed at the side of my husband.
He placed a piece of candy in my mouth
and lay back on the bed. As he did so
he remarked that he did not think there
would be any burglars and he would
move his revolver from under his head
A moment later the shot rang out and
he rolled over with the death stare in
his face
The shot and the agonized scream
from his wife brought Owen Mann and
his wife to the room. They summoned
DIR. w. b. Young by telephone, but by
the time the physician arrived Mr.. Mann
was dead.
Mr.. J. w. Price, secretary of the
Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing
company, by whom Mann was employed
as private secretary, was seen this
morning, and said:
This is a very deplorable affair and
has affected me deeply. Hugh was one
of the brightest and most promising
young men | have ever known. He en-
joyed the confidence of his employers
and was held in the highest esteem. IL
was certainly an accident, for he was
cheer full when he left the store last
evening He could not have contem-
plated suicide. His domestic life was
happy. II is true he was in debt, but
not to any great extent. He lost in a
coffee roasting venture, and owed some
few hundred dollars, but he made
good salary and such a debt should not
have caused him any worry"
Besides his brother he is survived by
widow, his parents and three sisters.
The latter reside in Harrodsburg.
Mr.. Mann made his headquarters for
many months in Paducah, both before
and after he married. He was former
ly an assistant under Mr.. Hugh Larue
for the Simmons company.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
Governor Terrell Has Ordered
an Investigation.
John May Killed Over n Water
melon in Tennessee by
Neighbor.
SIXTY HURT IN A wREOR

Atlanta. Aug. 24.-On his return
from st. Louis yesterday Gov Joseph
NJ. Terrell, held conference with
Sampson ". Harrison, adjutant gen.
eral of Georgia, at which the recent
ststesboro lynohing was discussed.
The conference terminated with the
appointment OF a court OF inquiry to
investigate the conduct Of the militia
from which the mob took the prison.
ers.
The court IL composed Of the fol
lowing; Colonel A. X. Lawton IRE.
tired OF Savannah, president; Col.
onel W. Il. wooten of Albany Lieu.
tenant Colonel W. W. Parker Of At.
lanta Major W. L. WHY Of Thomas
willie and Captain Warren Gree Of
Hawkinsville.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
AN IMPOSING CEREMONY.

St. Petersburg, August 2i-With
pomp and ceremony the Czarcwitch's
heir to the Russian throne was baptized
in the Palace Pctcrhoir today. Assem-
blagc of diplomats and others who wit
messed the ceremony was brilliant. The
child was Amounted and Immersed in
Holy Water and after the ceremony
a manifesto by the Car on the birth OF
the son was published. This grants
many privileges TO the people OF Rus.
STA and attempts TO conciliate the PEG.
pie OF Finland.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
THE MALTA
CHARGED WITH BEING RE.
SPONSIBLE FOR A MURDER.

New York, August 24.-The police
have information which causes them
to behave that the Malta are RESPONSE
BILE for the deliberate murder of Sal
vatore Bossetto by Carlo Rossati, this
morning. A riot followed the muir.
der. which occurred in the Italian
quarters. IL is claimed the murdered
man gave information to the police of
plans of the Malta to rob Italians
passing through New York on their
way TO Italy.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
WITH FRIGHTFUL LOSS.

Lao Yang, August 2i-According to
the latest information from Port Ar
thur furious japanese attack through.
out Aug 10 and Aug. 20, was repulsed
with terrific loss. This news was re.
ceived here with the greatest joy.
There has been no serious fighting in
this region, but there has been a small
skirmish AT Anshanshan. where Japan
csc troops attacked Russian outpost
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
But few men have been injured by
the accidental discharge of their duty.

and were driven oil with a loss of six
killed.
Lao Yang has experienced two days
of bright weather, and there is "A touch
of autumn in the air. The rainy season
has apparently terminated.
The military inactivity is credited
here TO the fact that the japanese are
concentrating all their attention on
Port Arthur.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
ARMOUR LOSES
si0c, 900 DAMAGE DONE TO THE
GLUE FACTORY.

Chicago, August 24.-Fire this
morning caused the loss of hundred
thousand dollars at Armour's Glue
Factory near the river. This is not
in the stock yards district and the
police believe the fire was caused by
spontaneous combustion.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
STRIKERS STILL HOPE.

Chicago, Aug. 24.-President Don.
nelly declared today that the pros
poets of winning the stockyards
strike are bright. He based his hopes
on the demoralized condition OF the
packers business and the heavy losses
sustained. He said the packers were
compelled to sell meat below cost and
were being cut into by independent
packers.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
FIFTY FAMILIES
ARE MADE HOMELESS BY A
NEW YORK FIRE.

New York, August 24.-Fifty fam
lilies were made homeless by . fire
which broke out in the four story
tenement in Williamsburg this morn
ing and spread to the adjoining tene-
ments. A number of occupants were
rescued by firemen.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
SHOOTING OVER MELONS.

Cookeville, Tenn, August "a
John May was shot and killed by
Benjamin Harland, near Ravenscroft.
Harland had been missing melons
from his patch and il seems had &C
cused May Of being one of the . party
who had taken some Of them. May
went to Harland's this morning and
began abusing him. the latter bring
ing out . shotgun and emptying II
into Mays breast
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
MUCH DAMAGE WROUGHT.

Cheefoo, August 2i-latest advices
state that the majority Of the buildings
in Port Arthur remains unchanged. The
town hall and one Magazine were de
stroycd. II is further stated that four
large warships in the harbor were 50
badly damaged that they are useless and
only one war vessel has guns left
aboard
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
CAUSE or FAII,IRE.

Chefoo, August 2i.-The partial fail.
ure Of the japanese attack ON Port Ar
thur j. attributed TO the terrible fire
from the large number OF ground mines
placed by the Russians, which might
have wrought havoc among the Japan
csc troops.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
WALKED OFF ROOF
MARION YOUTH WAS FATALLY
INJURED TODAY.

Marion, KY, August sa.-Howard
Mcconnell, aged al. son of Rev r. T.
Mcconnell, while in 9 somnsmbu-
listic sleep walked off the second story
veranda at his home here and was
fatally hurt. He was found this morn
ing by his brother.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
sEvASTopoL STRIKES MINE.

Toxic, August 2i.-Admiral kataoka
reports that rs the Russian battleship
Sevastopol was emerging from Port Ar
thur Monday she struck mine, after
which she was seen to be listed to star
board. She was towed back into the har
Dor
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24

Great damage has been done to rail
and wagon roads in Arizona by rains.
The Russian section in the Art Palace
at the Worlds fair has finally been
thrown open to the public.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
NO REFORMS
ALBANIANs TO BE GIVEN PRO.
TECTION.

Vienna, August 2i.--Dispatches
from Belgrade say that az meeting
Of Albanians held at Ipek, il was de-
cidod to drive out of Albania all
Christian Gendarmes, and not permit
the proposed reforms to be put in
operation and also to insist upon the
release of the condemned Albanaia
leaders.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
GIVEN Until SUNDAY.

Washington, August 24.-'rhe State de
partment received cnblegram today
from Consul General Goodnow at Shang
hal stating that the Chinese Foreign Of
Zee Board has extended the time for re-.
pairs to the Askold until Sunday.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24

New York, Aug. 24.-The failure
of Page & 90, prominent members OF
the New Orleans and New York
cotton exchanges was announced to-
day. II is said the firm was caught
on the short side of the market.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
SHOOTING NEAR NASHVILLE.

Nashville. Tenn, August "a
Near Porterdeld, Cannon county, j.
4. Terrell was shot aud badly beaten
by persons unknown. lie was living
slone with an aunt, and was found un.
conscious on the floor Of his room,
with his double barreled shotgun
broken to pieces by his side. His con
dition Is critical. There is great sx-
citement In the neighborhood.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
SIXTY HURT IN WRECK.

Rochester, n. Y, August a.
Almost sixty were injured, some per.
hsps fatally. by a head-on collision on
the Rochester and Eastern Electric
railway today near Pittsford.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
TOBACCO SALES TODAY.

The regular tobacco sales are in
progress today, and about $50 hogs
heads will be sold, slightly less than
last week.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
JAPANESE STEAMER LOST

London, August 2f-Tho agent of
Lloyd's at Nagasaki telegraphs that the
Japanese steamer Akunoura Marn was
lost OIL Goto Islands and part of the
crew was saved and landed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24
DEATH IN TRIGG.

Cadiz, Ky, Aug. 24.-Mrs Ed.
Kelly Boyd. wife of George Boyd, Of
Tennessee, died at the home of her
sister at wallonia of consumption.
She was the daughter of Judge ]. 4.
Kelly, who died here recently.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24

Private Costello, a member of Com
pany |, Ninth Infantry, at Matertown,
y. v, threw pepper in scntry's eyes
and tried 10 escape, but was fatally
shot.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-24

Women admire a handsome man
when he has good sense-but there's
the trouble.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-10-07

AOuA y CCaAo SaAV AcaoI
being removed. The surviving men,
Der of the Davis cabinet is ex-senator
John H. Reagan, of Texas. He was
postmaster general of the confederacy.
The five members of the confederate
house of representatives are Judge
John V. Wright, of Tennessee, now an
attorney in the general land Office of
the interior department; Messrs At
kins and Colyar, of Tennessee; Judge
John Goode of Virginia, and ex-United
States Senator James L. Pugh, of Ala
bama
There are a number of ex-confeder-
ate soldiers in public life here and
thousands of them, of course, in pri-
vate life, but the confederate congress
and cabinet has about passed away.
Many of the ex-confederate soldiers
found good positions with the federal
government eventually, republican ad-
ministrations taking care of some of
them. One of the most noted was Gen.
James Longstreet, the famous corps
commander, who for years drew a
handsome salary under republican
administration as commissioner of rail-
roads.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-10-07
ruled the place with rod Of iron. It's
vote was padded to illegal proportions
ard aac4 I>.,-tl,i,,n 3 hu. ono mon Hia

ruled the place with rod of iron. Its
vote was padded to illegal proportions
and cast Ivy him as by one man.. His
power once decided the election Of a
president Of the United States. His Jail
bird lieutenants were the hotel keepers
of the island. 1t got bad name and
kept it when McKane and others went
to jail. Only recently business men woke
to the fact that beach resort ten miles
from the center of population OF
100000 people, with 100000. more
near, and withal served by 20 lines of
trolley and steam cars and by 80 huge
excursion boats, was worth cultivating.
The "Pike" at st. Louis may be finer.
than the medley which was the re-
suit of that discovery but In
size Coney Island beats the Pike
ten times over. 1t draws Sunday
crowd bigger than the whole exposition
has yet seen, and quite as orderly.
Coney Island has reformed. The bust
ness men will not have sinful games of
chance, they will not tolerate any dis
order. 1t does not pay. If it did pay
but-well, it doesn't. And that Is
enough for the carnival crowds who
throng the busy streets of summer
city as populous, on pleasant days, as
Turin or Edinburg.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-10-07

cred and decided upon, but the. funeral
took place in New York city before
the proper authorities were prepared
to notify the family. Mr. Thomas Her.
ran, son of the late diplomat, said that
the family considered it best under the
circumstances to have the body in
tered in this country, although the
honor suggested by the state DEPART
ment would have been deeply appre-
ciated.
DR.. Herran was one of the most pop
ular diplomats in Washington, and had
the confidence and respect of every
body in the government, from the
president down. He was grievously
disappointed at the failure of his gov
eminent to ratify the canal treaty,
which he and Secretary Hay had nego-
tiated. His efforts to secure the rati-
fication of that instrument put him I'M
der some suspicion in Colombia, where
the faction that was endeavoring to
squeeze $10,000,000 more from this gov
ernmert were angered because Dr. Her.
ran insisted that the treaty gave COL
ombia all that she could justly ask for.
For awhile it looked as though DR..
Herran would not dare show himself
in his own country, but he made a
visit to Bogota and succeeded in re-
establishing friendly relations with the
United States after the Panama revo-
LUTON, and was again Colombia's rep
resentative here
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-10-07
Gold and Silver Plate.

Valuations on gold and silver plate
in Hennepin county was raised 100 per
cent by the state board of equalization
while Ramsey county suffered an in
crease of 300 per cent On the returns.
The board went after this item in the
schedule savagely, as the total returns
for the state were only $16l, 70t this
year against $3.50, 1903 last year. Hen
nepin furnished nearly half the valua-
ton, 70,677, but this was low compared
te last year, when Hennepin paid on
$147,465. Ramsey returned only $33,-
$50, compared with $13e,s12 last year.
H. w. Fagley, the St. Paul member,
declared that two families alone owned
as much as the return, but he protested
against the increase because it hit the
honest ones who had made returns.
Some counties reported nothing I'M
der this item, while Olmsted, contain
ing the city of Rochester, reported on
ly $25. This valuation was not tuuch-.
ed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-10-07
Cigar Almost Deadly.

A most peculiar case of nicotine poi
soning nearly caused the death of E.
R. Lynch Of St. Paul.
Mr.. Lynch was enjoying an after-din-,
ner smoke at the grocery store of a
friend. The cigar did not draw we'll
and he punched hole in the end with
a match, and a considerable guam tity
of nicotine accumulated in the hole of
the cigar. -.x,
He laid the cigar down, and when he
relit it. it again drew hard. Mr.. Lynch
gave two or three vigorous puffs,
which loosened the accumulated nico-
tine, and he swallowed a large part of
it. The effect of the poison was al
most instan1ous. He became dizzy,
suffered from nausea and in a moment
fell to the floor apparently dead. He
was finally resuscitated.