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THIS rs 4 FOUNDER STORY.
If You Doubt How Joseph COwan Beat \
Rival at Fishing Just ASK Him.

There is the keenest rivalry between
Joseph f. Cowan. proprietor of Clason
Point, the new resort in The Bronx, and
one of his guests, banker, as to which
can catch the greater number OF fish. the
fisherman's word to be taken as sub
sanitation of his record. The rivalry has
led to some interesting discoveries, and
although the contest has been conducted
in a most amicable spirit, the guests and
employees took sides. and each OF the
rivals h ad his warm adherents.
All the ordinary methods OF catching
founders had been engaged in with tuc-
tuating results. and the founder season
seemed likely to close with the struggle
banker began to get ahead. Every night
he would return TO the inn with such quaint.
ties of founders that they were reckoned
by bushels rather than by weight.
1t took some pretty sharp detective work
to find out how it was done, but Mr.. Cowan
succeeded. Secure from observation in a
cl,'mp OF bushes, he SAYS he saw the banker
go to the shore and sprinkle bait along the
sand about two feet from the waters edge.
When after while the fish began to scent
the meal provided for them, the founders
would leap. from the water and while they
latest a sharp clip with baseball bat
and break his back.
Now the banker is not a light man, neither
is he as young as he once was; so it is not
strange that many Of the founders secured
their dinner and Topped back into the
water safely. Yet when his catch was
counted, he had eighty nice fish that filled
two bushel baskets.
Mr.. Cowan kept his knowledge OF his
competitors methods to himself, but re-
solved to beat him at his own game. The
next day he astonished the habit"es of his
hoe telry by bringing in 34s fine founders.
After he had been duly declared the victor
he told how he got the fish.
1T was the easier thing ever said he.
Il hired husky fellow, to helm me, and at
low tide we fenced in about 100 feet square
Of the shore. clo'e by the water with barbed
wire. Then with pincers we turned the
barbe into hooks and baited them. When
the tide rose the fish came in with II. and
say, they must have fought for chances on
that fence.
AT low tide every blessed barb except
two had q fish on it. The fellow l hired
owned up that he forgot to put bait on two
Of the barbs and I fired him on the spot.
! wouldn't stand for such careleesnese.
Only for that would have caught s45
founders that tide"
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FAST TINE WAS THIS ENGINEERS
MANIA.

, part. The needle stood oloee to tho 100
,, mark and the release valves were ready
Leary took on lock Of intense earnest.
threw of bis cap and ktksd bis seai irom
Gently s is' pulied out it, the throttle, notch @ bs By
nolch until 1t STOOD wide open; he hooked
up the reverse lever a. near centre -
possible.
Mile after mile was passed at the rate Of
sixty miles an hour, and on some straight
stretches the speed lar exceeded . mule
minute.
Leary stood leaning far out the cab VIM
dow. with his eyes glued 70 the track ahead.
When a curve hove in 81. ht he wo, Id apply
the air very slie htly and the full speed
was resumed when the air was releesed.
be made, but no unnecessary time was lost
at these stations.
Leary did not onoe change his position
until MoctezCma, the dinner station. was
was brought to a stop. Leary loo. I'd =, his
watch for the first time sincehe lett hihuAN
hua.
we have made the run Of iil nailss =
Moctezuma In two hours and thirty min.
Sss ;Ss and st.sn nj" inans sss . IN 1s
to Richardson US the, left Of tho cab.
The twenty minutes for dinner had ~
sooner expired than tho train pulled cut
on its journey to Fl Paso with Lssry tn III
old position In the cab.
'We'l put her across the river on dnno,
II you oan hold out. my boy was I'll h1
said.
The track was clear and the train vitx
Its load Of passeng efs was made to e.
over the road between Aootexl ma and
Juarez.
When passing through tho eand hirls
he slowed down little, but upon reaching
the fat near Juarez, he hooked up the engine
another notch and fairly tore into the bofSier
town. He brought the train into Juares
ten minutes late. but was In time TO oross
the river before the prohititory hour.
That's what call railroailng, but
expect I'll be on the carpet for Il, LeAry
said as he quit his engine at e paso snd,
ss he expected. he was @scharEsd The uAxe
day.
At the time Of his deAen Lazy was maxi
ing up time on tho Union Pacific. He
was q member Of Rooeevelt's regiment Of
Rough Nders and wss . personal friend
Of the President
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TOURS IN THE POOR MANS AUTO
and of Trle,
Many Poop Indulge in

there en- to Boston. There are a great
many fine rides art und b stcn.
"One is up 10 Pe,'f I'd, and then beyc nd
t to howell Apcther A9 tn is ~ &C eq!hwest thrt ugh
ing bar came from b. ST n TO Worcester.
to Springfield, through L ng Meadow, into
Hartford, nth 10 eri en-, and 80 n.
~ re lleying up in New England is very
different thing from riGing in olleys in
New ftrk he pc pie ne m Gets are all
tors cut On tho Sc ng country runs are
glad Ct chan to chat with one
Down in Virginia, On the rides through
historic ground tne takes from Washing
tn, the &C n6urtors are regularly trained
fer guides. hey call cut explanatic ms Of
pro az hed, sell guide books to the Iassen-
ge's. and all that sort of thing.
N W that the last link connecting New
York with Philadelphia bytrolley has been
completed, | will take that ride ana T. ur
Pennsylvania. have al, eady ira avelled ex-
tensively through ut the CT al and mining
regi ms of that State. h viewer.
MY nexttrip will probably be to st. Louis.
or course l can't reach II entirely by
trolley; but. once there, ] suppose there
won't be much Of the adjacent sections
Of Missouri and Illinois that L don't see in
my favorite way.
What is the prettiest ride have taken?
Well, that would be hard to say. All up
through the Connecticut Valley is a favorite
part with me. 1t Is all open country and
farm lands. One passes through acres and
acres of tobacco.
4The people Of New York, however. need
not 60 up to New England for beautiful
rides. Even the Connecticut Valley, per-
haps, is not prettier than a trip by trolley
up through Yonkers, Hastings and GIBBS
Ferry into Tarrytown. That is delightful
section.
Then there is another trip UP to York
town. and one on the White Plains trolley
to Bedford, that makes a splendid run.
And through Pelham. New Rochelle and
Larchmont is pleasant, too.
"It's fine run up the Hudson to Pough-
keepsie. and from there one can take trips
to Highland Falls and to New Paltz, on the
other side OF the river. There are beau
tiful rides on Long Island.
.Ove' in New Jersey one can trolley out
to Elizabeth, and from there to Painfield,
or down to Perth Amboy. Another ride
j have taken is TO Enelewood and on to
Paterson. From Paterson there are nice
rides to Passaic and to Little Falls.
"Two's company on trolley trip.
never 60 alone il ! can get one OF my
nephews or some other congenial COM
panion to accompany me. And / never
go in large party, either. have always
found that when there are more than two
there "a always disagreement as to where
to stop and what to see. and tho pleasure
Of the outing is spoiled
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ness, and started to take the fresh air cure
by means of travelling. At first he patron
lied boats and the railroad.
Being bit of sport, he ran out TO San
Francisco twice to see the big prizefghts.
From there he toured the West prettiy
thoroughly and dropped down into Mexico.
There is little of our Eastern coast which
he has not visited by boat.
But trolleying beats all other ways
of travelling, both for health and pleasure. "
he says. "You get outdoor life all day long,
and no dust or smoke.
"Those spins through the open country,
when the trolley bounds along as quickly
as a locomotive. and you draw in long
breaths of the pure, sweet air. tell you
that's splendid travelling! A man can't
help being healthy who has much of that.
Then you see the best part of the country:
avenues Of the suburbs, and pass along the
finest streets of the towns. That's some
thing one can never do by rail.
Another advantage is that one can stop
Off along the route for lunch, dinner, or
sightseeing as one pleases, without addi-
tional expense.
aThe av to be comfortable when travel
ling by trolley is to wear a gray suit that
won't show the dust. and carry a suit case
containing several changes of linen and the
little things one needs. Inen plan 10 make
a days run at time. ALWAYS taking care
to have comfortable bunk for the night.
AOne does not want to simply cover great
number Of miles day. trusting TO putting
up in a small inn anywhere when night
comes on. If one would get real enjoyment
out OF trim. Usually go to large town
and stav there for a week or so, while
tour all through that part Of the country.
For instance. I went On 6ne occasion
up tn Sprinrfield, and took room at
gocd hotel there. J hen one day l made
a trip cut tn H lily Ike and Mount Tom,
where thev have a fine cbservatcry. and
ccul1 loo k all the way down int Hartford.
"Ancthe- day I went n Northampton,
and through Dee-feld into G eenfeld.
he next mcrning rode up to Sunderland,
ami arrr SIS to Amherst.
II hen / took an ther route to Green
field. by way ~ Sumo erland, and saw en-
tirely fiffe-ent ccuntrv. ] als' ro6o from
Springfield east int" Palmer, and Warren,
and en- into Brot kiield. That's a splendid
trip.
Every morning left. the hotel right
after breakfast. took my lunch and dinner
somewhere al"ne the route. and probably
wculf m { return tr Snringfielr' until ~ or
ctffk that night. Ser etir,es ] was cn
the tro lev all rev: but generally do quite
little sight SEEING al NO the wav.
when haf' taken all the trips there were
arcund Sprinefeld cnoe or twice. left
there and trolleyed to Worcester. and from
The sun., 1904-05-29
TWO HAWKS AND A SNAKE.
Battle in the Air Above New York, With
Snake the Victor.

A strange struggle for life took place
In the air above the Borough of Richmond
yesterday. A large hawk captured q
snake which had been summing itself on
rock near the Bloomfield road. He carried
it, wrigglng, into the air. but had scarcely
SCARED above the treetops when another
hawk swooped down upon him, intent upon
robbing him Of his prey.
With much shrieking, battling OF talons
and beak and beating Of wings. they fought
for fully FIVE minu ties. At last the hawk
with the snake apparently came of VIC
torious. and his enemy few OF into the
woods.
The victor's meal was not to be enjoyed
vet, however, for the snake. which during
the struggle had been making desperate
efforts to twine itself around the hawks
neck. found the big bird completely ex-
hausted.
People who were watching this strange
aerial contest we're surprised to see the hawk
drop like lead to the ground. Going over
to where he lay, they found the snake coiled
around the birds neck in death grip,
though its body near the tail was still firm
in the hawks talons.
Once on the ground the hawk managed
to loosen himself, but in the effort he was
obliged to give up his prey. and only with
difficulty huttered of into the underground.
The sun., 1904-05-29

1T would surprise you to know how
many people there are who have acquired
the trolley habit" says George Vogt
Mr.. Vogt himself is one of the number.
Having retired from business, he has for
several years now spent his springs, srnl-
mers and autumns in touring the country
in the poor mans automobile, and among
his friends he has won the reputation Of
having taken more trolley rides, long
distance and short, than any other in
dividuel in New York.
And I'm not the only one who seeks
health and pleasure by this way Of travel
ling says Mr.. Vogt. "Oh, dear no. About
the women can't say, not having the OPP
portunity OF conversing with them. But
the men get talking to on the cars and in
the smoking rooms Of the hotels OF nights;
and tell you l am surprised to find how
many are taking advantage OF our great
trolley systems in order to see something OF
their country. Y6u hear some queer yarns
of their travels over the pipes of evenings.
al remember. on my frst summer OF
trolleying, when was up In Massachusetts,
I met an old fellow-S0, I think he told me
his age was-who had lately acquired the
trolley habit and who made me wise on
rides of the kind all over the country.
He adopted me as his son, being young
man Of only SO at the time, and we took
several thoroughly enjoyable trips to-
gether.
He was returning from Greenfield to
West Springfield when We met. A mar
ried daughter Of his. he told me. had been
living for thirty five years In West Spring
field. 1t was the first time he had been
down to visit her.
~That shows how the trolley systems are
lifting people In small towns out Of the rut
Of staying shut up in one place all their
lives and are inducing them to travel
about bit and have good time. That
old fellow said tn t he was growing young
again since he had taken to trolleying
when we parted he was going to attempt
to trolley from Springfield down to Little
Falls in New Jersey"
Mr. vogt certainly does not show his
sixty-one years, and he doesn't feel them;
a fact which he largely attributes to living
in tho open, on trolleys.
Il have been a surprise to good many
DOCTORS he explains.
It was because of his health. which the
doctors seemed to think in a serious con-
dition. that he retired from the meat buai-
The sun., 1904-05-29
CAVIAR VERY DEAR.
Few sturgeon Caught by the New jersey
Cosst Fisher men This Year.

BAYs1pg, N. j.. May 2s.-The catch OF
sturgeon last year was small, and this srring
the fishermen have been eveI less successful.
Many OF the fishermen have been at work
for three weeks without catching single
sturgeon. The entire company OF 600
fishermen are not averaging six sturgeon
day
There have been seasons when the ship
ment OF caviar from Bayside 10 the European
markets has amounted to more than 500
kegs; but anless there Is big run OF fish
shortly, less than one-third Of that amount
will be produced this year.
At the rate at which caviar Is now ad-
vancing In price all previous records promise
to be broken. The present price Is o5 cents
pound on the wharf, which is equal to $40
keS
The sun., 1904-05-29
THE LONG ENDURING OYSTER.
Capt Reeves Finds . Few in Fine Shape
After Five month"; In His Cellar.

SEA ISLE CITY, N. j., May 2l-Cspt
Joshua Reeves. keeper Of the Ludlam's
Beach lighthouse. tells this story of the
lon gevitv Of bivalves,
Last Thanksgiving day he captain took
a quantity of oys' ers 10 his home from an
adjacent bay. The oys' ers were placed in
a Cellar and in a few days all but half a
dozen were used.
short time ago while passing through
the cellar Reeves noticed he bivalves lying
on the floor and decided to throw them
away But on picking one of them up he
noticed hat he shell was tightly fast tened.
Prying he shell open vii h knife he found
that the oyst er was not only alive, but
in prime con dition. Every one of the
six was The same.
They had been lying In the cellar for
more than five mon, hs.
The sun., 1904-05-29
HONOR FOR A
FRONTIER HERO

ARLENE. Kan. May 2s,-This city will
m Memorial Day do something no Western
town ever did before-devote the principal
mart Of its ceremonies TO the laudation OF a
man who was never in war and whose
fame rests on the fact that lie subdued the
COWBOYS when they were rulers of this old
time cattle town.
A huge granite boulder found in Okla
homa has been shipped here and in, its top
j. fastened u bronze plate which reads:
4
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-14
THAT new ROAD
A FEEDER FOR THE l. O. hAS
BEEN FINANCED.

Harrisburg. ILL.,, Jan. IA deed
was filed by the Harrisburg and South
ern railroad company for the construc-
ton of its line from Harrisburg to
Marion, from Harrisburg to a point
on the Ohio river in Hardin county
and from Harrisburg to Galatia, in Sa-
line county, TO connect with the ILL
nois Central railroad The enterprise
is financed by the Hartford Life In
surauoe company of Hartford, Conn. {,
which takes the entire issue OF bonds,
amounting to $4,000, 600, The bonds
run thirty years and bear per cent
interest, payable semi-annually, and
will be sold one each with an endow-
went policy OF the insurance company.
IL is now believed that the railroad 10
Ii has been under considera.
ton for nearly four years, and the
parties have been laboring under many
difficulties.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-14
SenatorC campbell Cantrili Scores
the Administration.
A Noted Prisoner Dies in the Eddy
willie Prison-Hickman College
Clutches Fire.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRE

Frankfort. Ky, Jan. IA feature
Of the senate session today was SEN
sational speech by Senator Campbell
Cantrill, Of Scott, who arose in de-
Tense and explanation OF his position
on the school book bin. He spoke OF
his course In the past as Democrat
and member of the assembly. He
charged that Governor Bockham and
the administration had fought him in
the Democratic caucus for the chair
manship Of the senate caucus, and that
later the same forces attempted to hold
MP the presiding officer Of the senate
in the matter Of committee assign
ments.
He oomplimented Governor Thorne
for refusing, ~ he said. to be dictated
to in matter OF these appointments de
scored Governor Beckham for ingrat
itude to him for his work for him in
the past.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-14
POLICE COURT
WIFE BEATER GETS
HEAVY FINE.

Dan McCreary, colored, had an al.
tercation with his wife and gave her
q thrashing. judge Sanders, not ap-
proving of such punishment. fined
McCreary $50 and costs in the police
court this morning.
The case against Will Hamilton,
white. for fighting Herbert whitnell,
was continued again.
The warrant against Billy Grace,
colored, charged with gaming, was
filed away with leave to reinstate.
The case against Dick Hill, colored,
for gaming, was dismissed.
Woods Joues and Charles Summers,
white, were arraigned for fighting and
the case continued. Woods was not
before the court.
Ed Ross was fined 81 and costs for
drunkenness.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-14
Plunged Several People TO Their
Deaths i'm st. Louis.
The Gate Gave Way While the,
Waited for the Elevator
to Come.
ABOUT

81. Louis. jar. Icrowd Of
employees pressing against the elevator
gate last night on the sixth floor of
the Brown Shoe company building. ut
Eleventh street and Washington ave-
nue.. caused the gate 10 give way and
ten persons were plunged down the
shaft six were taken out dead and
Of the other four two died at the city
hospital. The dead:
Joseph Provssznik.
George Rothannn.
Frank weinberRer, died at hospital
Lorenzo Gisooma, son.
Three unidentified.
Injured-Tony Kirschner internal
~, will die; William Pearson, inter
nally, will die.
The employees had assembled at the
close of work in the corridors on the
different floors waiting for the ele-
vator to take them down.
The elevator wac at the seventh
floor receiving passengers when those
on the sixth floor, eager 70 get near
the door and be first into the cage, be
gan to push toward the gate. 1t il
alleged that suddenly the gate gave
way Just as the elevator started TO de-
oend. Ten of the employees plunged
head first down the shaft.
James johnson, the elevator opera
tor, was taken into custody by che
police pending an investig alton.
johnson said the elevator gate did not
break, but that it had been raised
by employees while waiting for the car
to descend to the floor, and suddenly
employees in the rear OF the crowd be-
gan pushing. precipitating them down
the shaft. Factory Superintendent
Fray oorroborated Johnson's story.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-14
The Wallace Park Theater Will
be Run.
Street Oar Company Will Have Charge
OF 1t and Organize .
Circuit
VAR OF THREE OR FOUR CITIES

The Paducah City Railway compa-
by is preparing to form . circuit Of
three cities for show companies play
ing the summer park theaters this
summer, and will next week insert an
advertisement in the Clipper" and
Mirror" the well known theatrical
Journals TO- some live and up-to-date
Snowman to manage the Padscah sum
mer theater at Wallace park.
Superintendent Gus Thompson, Of
the street car company, stated this
morning in regard to the management
of tn. park thester this summer:
1--WE intend to have show at the
park this summer whether we can get
Q capable manager or not. The COM
pany has decided to take charge Of this
matter. push it through and have the
park running early. We do not know
what will result from our attempts to
complete q show circuit but will begin
Immediately to correspond with other
towns and attempt to get them to take
up the idea. This is done in the east
and has been successful. Some circuits
embrace as many as twenty cities and
keep companies going the rounds the
summer through. many times one
company staying in one town no longer
than week. or course il we form this
small circuit the shows will necessa-
rily have to remain in one city sever
al weeks, but il will be change and
will draw better business.
"we intend to have the company
opening the Wallace parx theater this
season here by May i5, and will be
governed relative to the opening of
the playho by the weather. II we
have clear, warm weather, we will
open early. We expect to be we'll open
by June 1. The first three weeks will
probably be vaudeville and we will
get the best possible.
The 2lst of this month the stock
holders of the street car company will
meet and some action will be taken in
regard to the theater matter. 1t will
require several weeks to complete the
arrangements Of opening the theatei
but the street car company has fully
decided to run the theater itself.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-14

CASES
Joe COthran Adiudged Of I'm.
sound Mind Today.
King Crawford, Colored, May Recov-
er in Few Days.

Joe Cothran, the young man who
has been confined in the county Jail
several days awaiting trial tor lunacy,
was this morning tried before Circuit
Judge william Reed and adjudged q
lunatic.
Oothran is a bartender by trade and
had been drinking hard for the past
several years. He discontinued the
use uf intoxicants entirely six months
ago and since had been steadily break
ing down until his mind gave way. 1t
is further said he also suffers from q
disease that affected his brain.
Constable Alex Patton was selected
as q committee TO take Oothran to the
Hopkinsville asylum and will leave
with him tonight on the $50 train.
Cothran is not violent.
King Crawford, the negro who was
placed in Jail several days ago for lu-
macy, will not be tried for . week or
ten days.
County Physician Pendley stated
this morning that ne had made thor
ough examination Of the patient and
found that his mind was only slightly
affected, probably from the use Of
drugs, and that possibly he would get
alright in that time. He will be let
alone for ten Gays and if not cured
will be tried for lunacy.