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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19
ATTEMPTED HOLD UP.

There may be on record in the ar
cbives of local legislative boards q res.
olu,ion requiring the city to reject
every bid under $500 for a franchise,
hut if there Is it is opposed to the prin.
ciples o our government, is absurd.
and detriment to Paducah as we'll
IL Is only another evidence of what a
few narrow men put In Office can do in
the way of legislating against the peo-
pie The charter says that all fran.
chises shall be sold to he highest and
best bidder. 1t does not say that all
franchises must bring $500, or any
other amount. The value of a fran
phise is presumed to be what people
are willing to pay for it when 1t is
offered in open competition and all
have a chance TO bny. If one man
wants it more than another he will
pay more for it. IL no one wants it
very badly, no one will offer much for
it.
Last night, however, the bid of the
Psducah Hallway company of f25 for
q small right of way on North 18th
street vrs rejected by the council 1t
was the only bid offered when the
fraAchse was put mp for sale, as no
one could use IL bat the street car COM
pany, and no one wanted il but the
street car company. Not a single
member Of the council voted against
tie bid, however, on the ground that
the privilege or right Of way was
worth more than $40 20 the company.
but simply beoasue there is said 70 be
q resolution on record requiring all
bids for such privileges to be at least
$500. il seems that whether right or
wrong, or whether the present coun-
Gil is bound by such an absurd and un-
just resolution or not, the members of
the council voted to stick to it. 1t is
only, how yer, sn effort TO hold up
the street car company, sspecies of le-
gslized robbery that no public official
should become a party to. Doubtless
ner . member of the council who
vcttd TO reject the only lid made for
q rau privilege, thought for mo-
Deit that IL was worth $500 to any
ol' and consequently they should
ha, gnored the resolution and voted
fus Common use and fairness, and
al the street car company to pro-
eo,t ith slight change in its route
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19

In some aspects the reptile Is SUI
perior 10 man. Vienna naturalist
named Werner has recently reported
the results OF observations that no
has been making for some time ON
the senses Of inferior vertebrates.
On certain points the conclusions
of NJ. Werner are very surprising, and
in all they are worthy of notice. Wer-
ner has observed 1876 individuals. OK
which one-third were at liberty, and
he took all possible precautions not to
let the creatures know that they were
watched. one general fact Is very
evident-reptiles and amphibians are
strongly attracted by water. They go
straight toward IL. even when they are
at distances so great that they could
not divine its presence by any Of the
senses known TO us. II seems really
that a sense OF which We have no
knowledge informs them OF the direc-
ton In which water may bo found.
There seems TO be sort ot
chemical attraction. says Mr. Werner.
But how does this act and on what
part of the creature? This remains a
mystery.
Replies also seek the light. but In
dependently OF heat. they are positive
ly heliotropic and In winter they often
leave comfortable and warm retreats
TO seek the sunlight Sight Is gener-
ally good with them. II is probably
the finest sense that they possess,
but IL would stlll appear TO be very
limited. The caymans and the eroco-
dies cannot distinguish a man at q
distance OF more than six times their
length. according 10 Werner. In the
water nshes see only st very close
range-about half their own length.
This will seem perhaps unlikely to
anglers. although some Of them can
cite instances showing that nsh can
not see far. Snakes seem To have .
very mediocre sense OF sight Tho
boa. for example. does not see at moro
than a quarter or a third OF its own
length. different species are limited
TO one fifth or oneeighth OF their
length Frogs are better OF, they see
at fifteen or twenty times their length.
Frog catchers know this from expert
ence.
Hearing is much poorer than sight.
II possible. Most reptiles are notice
ably deaf. except cRymans and crooo-
diles. the boa appears TO be absolute
ly 80.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19
This, it is Announced, Will be
Maintained by +. RehkOpf
No Further Developments in the
Strike Of Leatherworkers in
His Plants.
BOTH SIDES ARE INACTIVE

No developments are reported today
In the strike at the +. Rehkopf plant,
the men remaining out and the pro-
prietor remaining firm in his decision
not to sign the new scale.
The scale had been filed with Mr..
Rehkopf, according to a leatherwork.
er's statement, since Saturday and he
had promised to give some answer by
Monday at noon. The committee
waited on him Yesterday resulting in
his refusal to sign.
Mr.. Rehkopf has stock of goods
on hand but not enough it is said, TO
last longer than one month. 1t is not
known what the lestherworkers will
do further towards attempting to set
tie the matter but it is apparent this
morning that they do not seem to care
aud will wait on the proprietor's
pleasure A member OF the firm to-
day said that hereafter L. Rehkopf
& Co. would maintain an open shop,
which means that either union or nom
union men Will se employed there
hereafter.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19

Uncle Sam continues to be taken for
an easy thing by some of the imperti-
nent and pugnscious little nations
that 90 about looking for trouble and
expect others then to help them out Of
1t. A dispatch from Toxic reveals the
information that in event Of disaster,
meaning no doubt the defeat Of Japan,
the Unit. States or England would
intervene 10 maintain the balance of
power in Asia" These people have
obviously been led to believe that we
are a bunch Of conceited suckers who
will send out our armies and warships
to espouse the cause of smaller nations
because some Of the smaller nations
see fit to hunt trouble. Look at this
TOXIC dispatch: There has been re-
markable growth Of pro- British and
pro- American sentiment. The union
jack and stars and stripes are dis
played everywhere. Songs are sung
reciting the glories Of the British lion
and Uncle Sam, and characters repre-
senting them are prominent in all pub
lilo dances. Oh fudge! II they did
MT want to work us, they wouldn't
carry on that way. These enthusiast
tic warriors will probably find before
they are through, however, that their
encomiums and songs Of our bravery
will not help them when they tackle
the buzz saw.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19

The stuff being sent out from Frank
fort about trouble among the Demo-
Gratis is getting disgusting, even to US
Republicans. Those who are out after
pie are not going to fail out too far to
get the pie. The same sort of talk
was exploited before the last election,
but the Democrats nevertheless man
aged 10 roll up bigger majority than
for several years. These Democrats
are sometimes sly dogs. They stand
around and snarl at each other while
they are gnawing the bone, but they
are really too busy TO do each other
any serious harm as long as each sticks
co his own bone. 10 will be we'll not
to sit hack and expect TO enjoy a
scrap. bccause while they are pretend
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

DAILY AVERAGE, 775S.
Personally appeared before me this
day E. J. Paxton, general manager of
The Sun, who sffirms that the above
statement of the circulation of The
Sun for the month of Dec, 1908, is tue
10 the best of his knowledge and belief.
PETER PURyEAR,
Notary Public McCracken County.
My commission expires at the end of
the next session of the senate.
Dec. 81. 1908.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19
CONvENIENCES FOR
TRAVELLING EAST

Via Cicinunati and Louisville gate
ways over Pennsylvania Short Lines
include every detail for comfort
Baggage is checked through from
starting point to destination. Pullman
drawing room sleeping cars run
through to New York from Oinoin.
natl, Louisville and Nashville. Ad-
dress u. II Hagerty, d. p. Agt.,
Louisville KY, for particulars.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19

Senator J. Campbell Cantrill came
in for a merciless flsying at the hands
of the governor yesterday. The letter
read in the house from the chief exec
utive leaves the latter decidedly the
master of the situation. The denial
that he is or will be . candidate for
the United States senate is a refuta-
tion of one grave charge that had been
preferred-that the governor was try
ing to build up political machine
for bis own advancement-if neoessa-
~ to the detriment of the state and
her people. The governors letter is a
blow from which Cantrill and his
crowd will not soon recover. There
is one thing about Governor Beck ham,
and that is that he always manages to
come out on top We are opposed to
him politically, but it must be admit
ted that thus far he has always with
out apparent trouble routed his enc
mics, even as he has routed CsntrilL
The charges against the latter, made
in return by the governor of the state
himself, are very plain, hsve strength
and leave Cantrill in anything but a
pleasant light before the people of the
state
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19
Chamberlaln's CHANCES.

Secretary Joseph Chamberlain
tooters stu insist that he Is going to
win. In this connection they are re-
calling what a British sailor said 10
his mate when Nelson died: Jack. do
you think that the admiral is in hea-
ven?" asked the mate. Il don't know. 3"
said Jack. but you can bet your life
Il he wants TO go there no one can
Keep him out"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19

The Democrats have displayed rare
nerve in thinking that the National
Educational association, which six
months ago decided to hold its nation
al convention in st. Louis. would
change its date to suit the National
Democratic convention, which will
meet at the same time and place The
teachers representatives say that if
there is any changing Of dates done
the Democratic national committee
can do it, as they knew of the other
convention before they voted to hold
their own at the same time and place.
This seems to be right The Demo
cratic party is far from being the most
important thing in the United States
lust now.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19

1t probably never struck the sapient
members of the Psducah city council
that those who voted recently TO in
dorse the viva voce system Of voting
wers voting to go back about Is or 20
years. II they were rs we'll versed in
the history of their state as they
should be, they would know that one
of the main reasons the people of Ken
lucky wanted new constitution was
TO get the secret ballot. But no mat
ter what the council here had done,
there is no danger Of the absurd move
amounting to anything. Before the
present system of voting could be
changed il would have TO be voted on
by the people and it will never get
that far And if it did nobody but q
few machine Democrats would vote
for it, and the people Of Kentucky
would summarily squelch the effort to
return to the old days of having men
stand about voting places on election
day with jug of whiskey and sack
full of money buying votes. Yet this
is what the general council of Padu.
cab Endorsed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19
DAILY THOUGHT.

God wastes no history. In every
hge and every land He is working for
the calculation Of some moral truth,
Bome ripper culture for the character Of
man. Phillips Brooks.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19
NOTICE.

Subscribers are requested TO notify
MS at once II any change or correction
is desired in our next directory, copy
for VIII ich is now in preparation. IL
you are not already subscriber. send
in your subscription at once that your
name may appear in this directory.
Peoples Independent Telephone %.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19

which will benefit the people, but ben
eft the company very little, if any.
Even if the resolution exists as
claimed. it should be repealed and put
a stop to these efforts to gouge public
ntilities
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19
The Umpire Problem.

TOO bad they can't train cats TO
understand baseball" remarked tho
fat fan to his nelghbor on the bleach
ers. "They's make ideal umpires. one
life for each inning
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19

John o. Reavis 40
Jno Saunders "a
Resident of the county.
Henry Houser 4s,279
@. X. Lamond 20, 364
Richard Bell lib
J. W. Harris 4,729
Henry Temple 1864
Sam Brookshire $40
Ed Willis 226
J. =. Mcqueen 1876
Theo Hovecamp 4
Clint Randle 2
Retail or wholesale clerk
Mr.. James Sirks 61.7l4
Miss Ruth Cremeens 25, 225
Harry Hinkle 2i,447
Mrs Ollie Elliott 5,l60
Miss Birdie Lenhard 4,430
Hannah Peter 1898
Miss Emma Mix 244
Miss Maggie Williams 207
Bonnie Sullivan 1863
Miss Mamie Baynhsm IS
Miss Augusta List So
Mr.. Roy Culley 40
Mr.. Fred Smith 32
Mr.. James Scott 81
School teacher.
William Lawrence 80, Os3
Miss Jessie Rocks 24,04o
Miss Jessie Byrd 22,694
Miss Lizzie Singleton 7.s42
Miss Lora Brandon 1850
Miss Ellen Willis $40
Miss Mabel Roberts 30s
Ella Larkin 1856
Miss Maggie Acker III.
Miss Ada Brszelton i69
Prof A. NJ Rouse 1903
Miss Eta Ware 100,
Miss Hannah Bonds 30,
Prof. J. 7. Ross al
W. b. Mason s.
Miss Morgan o.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19
THE WEATHER,

Fair and warmer tonight. Wednes-
day fair.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19
SENSES OF REPTILES
IN SOME ASPECTS THEY ARE ST.
PERlOR TO MAN.

Snakes Of Every Sort Can Readily
Find Water When Human Beings
Fail--sight is Generally Quite Good
With Them.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-19
THE SUMS
CONTESTS
Today a Repetition of Other
Days Heavy Voting.
Over Sixty Thousand Votes Cast for
One Candi-
date.
NOTES OF THE CONTESTS

One of the candidates in The Suns
contests, Mr.. James Sirks, has over
sixty thousand votes TO his credit.
The totals in the other contests have
assumed big figures and much guessing
/ is being made as TO the vote Of the
candidate who at the close Of the con
tests has the largest number of votes
These contests are attracting atten
tion from everywhere and The Sun is
kept busy answering questions relative
/ to some of its details.
The proposition is to send Eve people
to the Worlds Fair at st. Louis next
summer free. Who they will be 10 to
b. decided by the Suns readers In
each issue Of the paper will be found
ballots to be used In voting and these
ballots must be used within ten days
Of their date.
Each ballot counts one vote.
With subscriptions In advance .
special coupon is given, calling for .
wide range Of votes.
For instance 400 pays for The Sun
one month and calls for . special cou-
pom OF 100 votes II the subscription is
sent in this month.
The same amount paid next month
calls for . special coupon for l2o votes
and paid in April to only 40 votes
Yearly and six months subscrip-
tions call for 2,2oo and LOO respect
lively If paid this month and 555 and
275 If paid in April Thus il will
seem a great advantage is to be gained
by sending in your subscriptions this
month.
The standing follows:
Most popular federal, county OF
city employee.
uaprv psiIav "a -IQ
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-30
The BLINDNESS OF ENGLAND.
Trying to Make Her See That Her
Interest Lies With
Russia.
AMERICA is A COMMON ENEMY.
Sooner or Later European Countries
Will Recognize This, Declares the :,
ST. Petersburg Oracle. |

81. Petersburg, March 30.-(4:2S p.
m)-The Novoe Vremya today exc
cuted face about, strongly supporting
the idea OF Russo British understand
ing in an editorial entitled "The Blind
ness OF England" In which the paper
argues that the success OF the Japanese
would be more injurious to Great
Britain than any other European ma
ton and points to the United States
as the common rival of both. 1t de-
scribes Japan az Americas sharp
shooter and says:
Remember that nation, In the per-
sen Of the commander Of one of It's
men-of-war at Chemulpo, refused TO
Join In the collective protest OF the
other foreign commanders before the
japanese destroyed the Variag and
the Koriet2
Remember whose flag alone among
all di1 not take on board the crews
OF our perishing ships To the honor
Of England, the ally OF Japan, II was
not her representative but the COM
mander Of an American ship.
THE Americans wish to convert the
Pacific into an American Mediterran-
can Would that be to the advantage
Of England? Does England not under
stand in her blind policy and hatred to-
ward Russia that she is turning this
ocean into an American Mediterran-
can? Sooner or later the European
countries will recognize that America
II their mutual enemy. Why should
not Russia and England, In view OF
their possessions outside Of Europe,
combne?"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-30

his feet Immediately and started to
speak, but was interrupted by MIR.
Stoddard, who said with great EN-.
phasis that Mr. Bryan was hiding be-
hind subterfuge In this important
matter" and that It was about time
Mr. Bryan said something. Mr.. Stod-
dard referred to certain letters which
are said TO have passed between Mr..
Bryan and Mr. Bennett, but while Mr..
Bryan was still trying TO get an OPP
portunity to speak, the court ruled that
all reference to the letters mentioned
was inadmissible at this time. MIR.
Bryan insisted on being heard, however,
saying, Your honor, Judge Stoddard
has made a statement that Is contrary
to a fact and | wish to repudiate II.
II must be stated right"
The court replied; mfr Bryan,
should think that you ought to know
that when the court has made q ruling
you cannot go and break It, Please
SIT down.
Mr.. Bryan thereupon seated himself
and Judge Stoddard was allowed an OBJ
lection. The letters referred 10 are said
to contain an announcement of the IN
tention OF Mr.. Bennett 10 withdraw the
letters he had written In which he eX-
pressed wish that MIR. Bryan should
have $4,000 from his estate.
In the hearing In the probate court II
was stated that although MIR, Bennett
at one time desired Mr., Bryan to have
$4,000 In accordance with the terms OF
the sealed letter" he had changed his
intention, and had believed he would
sooner or later have withdrawn the
letter which is now IN controversy,
When Judge Stoddard had concluded
his address he was followed by Attor-
ney Hewitt on behalf OF the appel
lants, who quoted from several cases
in which he claimed the same cond-
lions existed as IN this case and made
a strong plea for his side.
Attorney Newton, one Of Mr. Bryan's
counsel. argued for the admission Of
the sealed letter" as evidence. He con-
tended that Mr., Bennett certainly In
tended that the sum OF $500 should
60 70 MIR. Bryan.
Should Mr. Bryan refuse H." he said.
MIR Bennett intended that the money
should be divided FOR educational and
charitable purposes, We protest against
the charge that Mr., Bryan Is trying TO
get this $4,000 for himself, and as his
attorneys, II is our duty 10 say that Il
has been his purpose TO fulnll the trust
made by Mr. Bennett to the letter"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-30
City Chemist Harms is lnyeStigat'
ing Another Supposed Case of
Knockout Drops.
WAS {, RAUSCH POISONED |?
DR.. 7. b, Beatty Believes Prominent
Bingham Mining Man Met
Foul Play Here.

The exact cause Of the death OF En-
anuel Rausch, a prominent mining man
OF Bingham, who died at St. Marks
hospital on Saturday, has not yet been
determined and will not be known un-
Ill City Chemist Harms completes the
analysis OF the dead mans stomach at
a late hour this afternoon, Some OF
the symptoms indicated poisoning and
DR.. T. b, Beatty, who attended Mr..
Rausch, thought 1t advisable 10 have
an analysis OF the contents Of the stom-
ach made to determine whether or not
Il contained any poison.
Mr., Rausch was picked up on the
sidewalk at the corner OF Second South
and Commercial streets a week ago yes
terday in a semi-cOnscious condition,
and was removed TO the hospital IL
was found that his collar bone was
broken and he was also bruised lie
could tell but little of where he had
been before he met with the accident
and II is thought by some OF his friends
that he might have been attacked by
persons contemplating robbery and they
might have given him poison to accom-
plish their purpose, az 1t was known
that he generally carried a consldera-
bic sum of money on his person.
Dr. Beatty accordingly Is having Mr..
Harms make an analysis OF the con-
tents OF the stomach and 1t will be COM
pleled M about o'clock this afternoon.
The remains OF deceased will be ship
ped to Indiana for burial, as he has no
relatives In this city,
Should the analysis show the pres
ence OF poison there will undoubtedly
be mystery for the city and county
officials 10 unravel In order to locate the
party or parties responsible for the
mans death,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-30
RUSSIA PROTESTS
Against Destruction Of Quaran'
tine Station at SanshamtaO.

Toxic. March 3d. y. m.)--The Rus
sian government, through the French
minister here. has lodged protest with
the Japanese government against the
destruction Of the quarantine station
at Sanshamtao during the fourth ia
panese attack on Port Arthur.
The protest Is based on article Is OF
The Hague international peace conyen-
ton, a copy Of which is submitted with
Il.
Responding to the protest Baron Ko-
mura, minister Of foreign affairs. in
formed the French minister that the
japanese government had received no
report from Vice Admiral Togo con-
corning the destruction Of the duaran-
tins station but, whether the station
had been destroyed or not, the article OF
TbA Hague convention quoted related
only to land battles. the convention
having left the question Of naval bonn
bardments unsettled,
Japanese military and naval officers
who are familiar with Sanshamtao de-
clare that the quarantine station there
did not exist before the war.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-30
WAITER STABBED.
Bad Cutting scrapo in a Second South
Lunch Room This Morning.

Burt Leroy, a walter In q lunchroom
on East Second South street, had q
narrow escape from being stabbed to
death shortly before 2 o'clock this
morning by joe Brown, an employe OF
the place, Tho two had been close,
warm friends for some time, but this
morning they became engaged In row
over some trifing thing and Leroy
struck Brown In the face. The latter
became enraged beyond self.control,
and selling sharp butcherknlfc, as.
saulted Leroy and cut a fearful cash
In the latter's back. The wound was
about four inches long and an inch
deep, Leroy bled profusely and for
time II seemed that he would bleed 10
death. Dr. Giesy was summoned and
dressed the wound and closed II. Brown
was placed under arrest by officer Arm
strong and lodged In JAIL A complaint,
charging him with assault with dead
ly weapon will be filed against him. At