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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-15
NO INTERVIEW.
With Tolstoi, Says the Russian Gov.
eminent.

st. Petersburg, June 1.-THE
government has declined to allow
Count Tcheritkoff Count Tolstoi's
representative in England, to have
an interview with the famous author.
He came from England to see Toll
stoi, but the decision of the govern
ment will prevent him from fulfill
ing his mission.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-15
RAIN INTERPRETED
With Confederate Reunion AT Louis
Vile Today.

Louisville. June i5.-Rain inter
fered with the Confederate reunion
today. The barbecue, the feature Of
the day, began at noon and contih
ued all the afternoon. The committee
ON credentials reported 22G5 dele
gates representing 703 camps
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-15
TWO IOSTOFFlCES
Entered by burglars Who Escaped
Into West Va.

Marietta. o.. June 1.-THE post
Offices at Reno and Newport were
burglarized last night and consider
able money secured at each place
The burglars stole rig and skin and
escaped into West Virginia
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-15
BODIES OF TWO
Found In the River Near Frceport,
Ill.-Suicidc Pact.

Freeport. H., June l5,-The bod
les of Mrs. John Young and Media
Pyle, young women, were found In
the river today. The theory is sui
eide in accordance with a compact,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-15
WANTED TO EAT BOY
Aud Three We're Killed aud Many
Hurt as a Result.

Vienna, June l5.-Three were
killed and eighteen seriously injured
and forty bruised badly and shaken
up in a free fight at the performance
of a travelling show at Derekgyhaz,
Hungary, The trouble grew out OF
an alleged cannibal In the show at
tempting 70 deyour a boy.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-15
HIRED SPECIAL TRAIN.
Did William Jennings Bryan "a Get
90 Lincoln.

Lincoln, Neb., June William
j. Bryan hiring special train on
the Rock Island road from the south
in order TO reach LineolH on time,
this morning delivered the annual
commencement Grafton before three
hundred graduates OF the Nebraska
University,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-15
STREET. BEGGAR
Shot aud Killed His Wife and Sui
cided.

Chicago, June l5.-Jacob Hart, a
street beggar. this morning shot and
killed his wife and fatally shot him
self, The tragedy was the result
OF quarrel
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-15
FINALLY OvERPOWERED.
Illinois Murderer Made Desperate
Resistance Hut Was Caught.

Edwardsyille. ILL.,, June 15.-Gus-
taye Markell. who killed Mrs. Jose
phine Hilla Monday, was landed In
jail here last night.
An eye is shot out, the flesh Is
lacerated by the bullets of his pur-
suers. lie made desperate resistance
but was oyerpowered,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-15
DESPERATE BURGLARS
Surrounded In the Woods and These
May BE Battle.

Chardon, o., June IA posse OF
farmers, heavily armed, has three
desperate burglars surrounded in the
woods near here. II is feared there
will be a bloody battle II the posse
succeeds in finding the men as the
burglars have SHOW" themselve.
willing to shoot.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-15

A large congregation was present
last evening at the Trimhle street
Methodist church TO hear the Rev.
j, " Freeman, OF Huntingdon, Tenn,
who delivered an earnest exhorta-
tion ON Come aud See" This SER
vice is growing in Interest aud the
singing is spirited, V
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-15

Ever girl imagines she would be a
queen Ia society but for the fact that
she'has more sense than beauty
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-15
THE WEATHER.

Partly cloudy tonight and
Friday. with probable occasion.
III scattered showers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
The Confidence of Russia.

Sir Howard Vincent has written a
letter to the London Spectator giving
his impressions Of the war attitude of
Russia today, in which he says:
II do not find one single Russian In
favor of peace save on terms not like
~ as vet to be possible-no loss OF ter
ritory and, above all, no indemnity.
Even NJ. Witte, the statesman in whom
popular hope for the future lies, who
was known to be opposed to the occu-
patton Of Manchuria and Port Arthur
and to the war and who, like Count
Lamsdorff, makes no secret Of his de-
sire for peace, would never consent to
the paying, for the first time in the en-
pire's history, Of an indemnity. Rus
STA, it is urged, has been accustomed to
defeat in the earlier stages Of cam
paign and to a subsequent change In
the fortune of war. Every one believes
that history viii repeat itself. Much
depends on Admiral RoJestvensky. The
successful conduct Of his feet to the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
STRONG PROOF OF GOOD FAITH

''The attorney general of the state
Of Washington holds that the guards
at the state penitentiary are not guilty
of culpable registration frauds if they
acted in good faith"-Morning I'm
ion.
And certainly the fact that IA guards
chose to make their happy home in
two 1Ox12 bedrooms in Lewis precinct,
each man occupying a room one or two
nights in month, should be conclus-
i've proof that they acted in the ut
most good faith. The guard whose
family" according to the Union, Lives
in Walla Walla and whose children
were born within a stones throw of
the city half and VINO was denied
the privilege of a VOTE" has had no
family in Walla Walla for 10 years.
He could have voted in Lewis pre-
cinct if he had been willing to take
the oath. AS he never lived in that
precinct during his 80 years residence
here he hesitated about swearing in his
vote.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
CHICAGO SAvANT A HERMIT

Why Instructor In Chemical Re-
search Dvvells In . Hut.
With the dual desire of getting away
from neighbors who annoy with piano
playing and singing and of living a
life which he can fashion as he chooses,
Oskar Eckstein, an instructor In chem
ical research at the University of Chi
cago, has deserted the neighborhOod of
Midway Plaisance and now is living In
a fisherman's hut on the shore Of Lake
Michigan, where he prepares his own
food, chooses his companions from the
few fishermen that live near by and
wears the greater part Of the time a
simple bathing costume, says the Chi
cago Tribune.
Dislike for conventions Of all kinds
and a wish to be allowed to live his
own existence In his own way-these
are the influences which have led the
scientist to leave his pleasant apart
ments on Kimbark avenue for the lone
" hut beside the lake.
1T is practically an impossibility for
one living in city to choose his own
neighbors," said DR.. Eckstein recently.
Zone may get congenial roommate,
but he cannot regulate the people who
live on all sides Of him. Either the
neighbor on the floor above plays the
violin or the neighbor in the fat below
sings popular songs. When am alone
l feel that I am in good company.
Where 1 am living now there are no
persons except few fishermen. They
are congenial because they do not an
noy me. l have everything l need,
come and 60 as l please, and l never
am bothered by other people. The first
thing do in the morning is to take a
plunge in the lake. do not mind the
cold. Why, 1 began swimming this
spring as early as March 1. It did not
seem cold to me. l am fond Of rowing
also, and every Sunday row out to
Hyde park crib. The air near the lake
is clean and pure, unlike the dirty air
in the city" >.
The hut, or cottage, in which DR..
Eckstein lives consists Of one room,
twenty feet square. 1t is simply fur
nished, containing table, chairs and
bed There is also a bookcase, al
though the occupant does most Of his
work at the university. He rises early
and takes a plunge before breakfast
Laws governing the eating and living
habits Of the people, he declares, are
useless He makes no effort to cOnfine
himself to simple diet, but procures
whatever his fancy suggests and eats
it whenever his appetite dictates.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

Q The prospect is not a cheerful one
for high spirited statesman VINO be-
lieves implicitly in his country and
who has done more than any other
man to {nodernize it. M. White came
to America with a great reputation
and it has suffered none since his ar
rival. He has impressed the American
public strongly with a sense of his es-
sential greatness. While the Japanese
resorted to trickery, hiding credentials
and generally observing the cat-like
diplomacy which waits for a chance
to spring, Nj. White went into the con-
ference as an American would, frank
ly laying on the table his credentials
and candidly expressing his hopes for
peace and his fears that certain de-
mands cannot and will not be enter
tanned by his country. The American
people like this way of doing bust
ness and while the sympathy of this
country has been strongly with the
Japanese in the war, it is also true
that it is strongly in favor of M. Witte
getting a fair bargain out of his ad-
versaries' and getting peace without
unnecessary humiliation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
CITIZENSHIP AND VOTING.

There is a sentiment throughout
the land which voices itself in no
equivocal terms, when it says that ev-
cry American citizen of legal age is
entitled to the right to exercise his
franchise, and that to thwart or cir
cumvent that privilege is to strike in
the dark against the liberties of the
people."-Morning Union.
Yet the laws Of this state
provide that no American citizen
shall vote in this state unless he
shall have resided in the state one
year. in the county 80 days and in
the precinct 80 days.
Citizenship and the right to vote do
not always go together, as the woman
suffragists can tell us. Thousands of
American citizens are disqualified
from voting every year because of
their removal from one state to an
other, from one county to an
other, or even from one precinct to
another. Full panoplied American
citizenship fails the penitentiary
whenever it attempts to vote in
contravention of the laws of the
state.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
AN UNSAFE ASSUMPTION.

An editorial in the New York Jour-
nal of Commerce opposing government
rate making is sent out by the railroad
press bureau. The writer starts out
with the proposition that ''if govern
ment ownership of railways, it's next
door eighbor-government rate
proposals for an extension of federal
enterprise in the industrial world
come before congress in urgent form
next winter, it ought to encounter sew
eral fresh obstacles" Of course there
is no occasion for associating govern
ment ownership of railways with the
exercise of the power by the interstate
commerce commission to name a new
rate when an old one has been found
to be unjust. But conceding the as
ISOLATION which the Journal of Com
merce makes, it is interesting to fol-
low it's argument against rate-making
derived from the incidents of the cur
rent year which expose government
enterprises of various sorts in an unen-
viable light. The Journal Of Com
merce calls attention to the unfortu-
nate revelations wounding to our ma
tional pride with regard to the faint of
dishonesty in branches of the public
service-the leakage in the crop report
for instance, is cited, the frauds in the
land department, the sale of valuable
information by government scientists
for their private advantage and other
taints upon government enterprises
knowledge of the heads of the depart
ments. 1t is argued that this not only
shows the tendency toward dishonesty
on the part of government employees,
but that it is practically impossible for
the heads of the departments to be ad-
vised of and to prevent iniquities of
this nature.
OF course, a comment which natural
ly suggests itself is that private en-
terprise is no more free from faint. We
nave but to cite the Equitable Life
to furnish an example of crookedness
far in excess of anything revealed in
the government service, and this, too,
in a branch of private enterprise in
volving a more sacred trust than that
committed to any government depart
ment or bureau. The Journal Of Com
merce recognizes the propriety of this
comment and seeks to anticipate it by
the statement that it is no reply to it's
argument against the extension of
government control to say that these
recent revelations in private enterprise
have indicated as bad a state of af-
fairs if not worse,s because, it con-
tinues, the truth is that it is pre-
cisely those enterprises that approach
more nearly to governmental methods
il their acr- inistration that stand con-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
AN OIL KINGS $1O.98 SUIT.
First New Garments a Millionaire
Has Had In Five Years.

First New Garments q Millionaire
Has Had In Five Years.
"Spotty" McBride's enormous oil well
at Butler, Pa, the largest in America.
was shot for the first time the other
afternoon, says Pittsburg special dis
patch to the Philadelphia Public Ledg-
er. Immediately following the agita-
ton the we'll responded by increasing
it's output from 100 barrels an hour to
$50 barrels 1t continued to flow at
that enormous rate, and oil men, who
are astounded at the showing, believe
that it will go on at that speed for a
long period. 1t is considered by far the
most remarkable we'll ever discovered.
"Spotty" Mcbride, the principal owner
Of the we'll, few days ago poor man
and now a millionaire, recently pur-
chased his first new suit of clothes in
five years.
He was looking decidedly shabby for
a millionaire, and Peter McCool, his
business partner in the Marie, finally
persuaded him to accompany him to
tailoring establishment. McCool at
tempted to have him purchase suit
for about $50, but Mcbride indignant
~ refused. "Now that have the mon
ey." he said, II am going to try and
take care Of it for my family's sake, at
least"
The most expensive suit that he
could be induced to take was one
which cost $1O9S and is probably the
most expensive suit he ever owned.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
NJ. WHITES RESPONSIBILITY.

NJ. White understands the gravity of
his situation. He is wholly responsible
for the outcome of the conference at
Portsmouth. The car has given him
full powers and has pledged his word
of honor to approve any treaty of peace
which M. White will sign. And there
which he may sign will not be subject
to review by any other powers. 1t is
extremely unlikely that the terms will
be subject to a European conference
because when Japan has obtained what
she wants England will bar the way
to any interference.
The fact that King Edward is today
counting France and isolating Germany
marks him as the dominant factor in
the political situation of the CONT
nent. He will be strong enough as
the ally of Japan to prevent any move
to modify he terms. The assurance
that the treaty, if made, will stand,
adds to the solemnity of M. Whites
position. H.
What can he do? If he rejects the
Japanese terms as inadmissible he is
responsible for the continuance of the
war. If the war continues to go
against Russia, the japanese terms will
peace for Russia will have harder
task than M. Witte.
1t may be that the Russian envoy is
banking somewhat on Linevitch's
chance of hurting back Oyama in the
next encounter. Of the probabilities
of this the world knows little But it
may surmise much. 1t may surmise
that the Japanese have thrown in
double the reinforcements that have
been sent to Linevitch, and it may
surmise that the Japanese. recogniz-
ing that it is now or never. will make
such furious onslaught upon Line
witch at the next encounter as will
appal the world. The japanese showed
at Port Arthur of what sacrifices thew
are capable to carry their point.
1t is practically up to M. White to
gay whether this contest shall take
place or whether ne will recognize
that Russia is for the present COM
pletely defeated and take what he can
get.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
Time Tab at Prayer Meet,ne.

Two minutes is the length Of time
any one member Of the Temple Baptist
church, at Los Angeles, CAL. may here
after have on the floor in the Wednes-
day evening prayer meetings, says q
Los Angeles dispatch. Rev. DR.. Rob-
ert ]. Burdette, pastor of the church.
conducted services the other night and
will so conduct them hereafter with
watch in one hand and bell in the
other. That night no one had to be
rung down save the preacher.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
Indiana Eiks in Convention.

MUNCIE, Ind, Aug. 1.-THE annu-
al convention of the Indiana associa-
ton of Elks opened it's two days ses-
sion here today. Every district Of the
state is we'll represented and many of
the members are accompanied by their
wives and families. An elaborate pro-
gram for the entertainment of the WISH
tors has been prepared, including sew
eral excursions to interesting points
in the vicinity.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

victed of irregular practices-enter
prises where there is 4reedom from
competition, where there are routine
methods in business and where favor
itism, whether of the family or politi-
cal type, produces evil results"
Why, isn't it an answer? Why
doesn't it show conclusively that the
circumstance Of governmental control
is a factor of no Importance affecting
the honesty or the dishonesty of men
in charge of large enterprises? Why
doesn't it appear from the very in
stances which the Journal of Com
merce cites that private enterprise is
just as rotten as governmental, and
that both can be purified only by the
elevation of the standard of individual
life and conduct and that in so far as
these private companies approach the
character of monopoly, the more Sc
rious become the effects of the abuses
complained off? Competition is de-
stroyed, monopoly controls, and there
is left no avenue Of escape from these
abuses except governmental interview
ton. This is inevitable, and the special
pleaders for maintenance of this con-
dition uninfluenced and unaffected by
the higher power Of the state simply
shut their eyes to the facts and as
sumo that everybody else will do the
same. Which is an unsafe assumption.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

The man who saved Lord Roberts
life in Afghanistan and who received
the Victoria cross from the queen her
self has been sentenced to ten years
for burglary in Utah. A man Of his
GOODNESS should have been a better
burglar.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
George M. Beard states it thus:

That longevity depends not a little
on the will, no one will dispute. OF two
men every way alike and similarly
circumstanced, the one who has the
greater courage and staying force will
be the longer lived"
1t may depend something on the
will, but the man who wills and also
looks over his shoulder in this automo :
bile age, will stand a better chance of
longevity.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

Barney Oldfield is still alive, but
there are stout fences and telegraph
poles all over the country that are
calculated to hold an automobile no
matter if it wears climbing irons.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

Dave Francis says he is willing to
take the democratic nomination for
president provided Mr.. Bryan does not
want it. This scarcely solves the NOM
ination, since Mr.. Bryan may not want
it and not want Francis to have it
either
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

The Milwaukee Sentinel sapiently
remarks that the senate is not respon
sible for Mitchell, inasmuch as it did
not choose him. But on and after the
first Monday in next December it will
be responsible if it does not refuse him.
BY the same token the senate will be
time
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

Judge Hosmer of Detroit has just
ruled that religious disputes are no
grounds for divorce. The judge can
not appreciate just how obstinate wife
can be on religious matters when hus-
band tries to dispel her mental dark
ness
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

China sea against the opinion Of every
naval expert in Europe, to say nothing
Of the admiralty Of st. Petersburg. en-
courages the Russia trust that the tide
will turn"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

Standish, Mich, reports parasite
eating the Russian thistle. Do you
remember the Russian thistle scare"
in the northwest several years ago? 1t
came to nothing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

bowling success, and that the difficult
ties between Norway and Sweden
would be wisely adjusted. The kings
speech seems to have been stronger
on general than local topics. His
city editor, Mr.. Balfour, has not been
Juggling IN any scoops to speak of
lately.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

The governor Of Kansas cannot con-
scientiously "hoch' either Lawson or
Jerome Inasmuch as both of these
gentlemen went west for the express
purpose of solidifying themselves with
the governor of Kansas, their chagrin
may be imagined.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

A Georgia man, VINO has served
twenty-one years Of life sentence for
a murder that another man has con-
fessed, has just been released. Per-
haps even this is better than execut-
ing the man twenty-one years ago, but
even here there is a question.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

The Kansas City Journal objects to
Governor Folk on the ground that he
"enforces the law with all the stage
thunder available" The Commoner
suggests that the Journal could have
stated it's objections as well by cutting
out all after the word law.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
A Cure For the Remedy.

A farmer In western Kansas has
discovered that artichokes will crowd
out Canadian thistles. Now it is up
to some other farmer, says the Kan
sas City Journal, to find something
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
Will DESTROY Explosives,

VIENNA, Aug. lit is reported
that the great fire at Kishineff will
result in the explosion of the ex-
plosives collected by the revolution
lists.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

Il am not" says Governor Penny
packer of Pennsylvania, a newspaper
nater" The admiration is mutual. The
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
Bad Crops in japan,

TOXIC, Aug. 17-Bad weather mas
delayed the maturing of crops in the
whole country and has disturbed the
favorable outlook.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
Boycott Declared Off.

YOKOHOMA, Aug. 17.-Japanese
merchants have rescinded their action
boycotting American goods.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17

NJ. White fell down in his bathtub
and sprained his ankle. Did some Jap
anese sympathizer grease the tub?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-17
WHICH IS SAFE AND SANE?

Il haven't any 1T should be
doubt that these source of great
men could not comfort to the
obtain resi- peni ten t a r Y
dence here by guards,
the methods they throughout the
have adopted state and the
Every one Of northwest, TT e
these. men sign sane and the rea-
ed what he knew sonable OF every
was false. They party and of no
knew they could party, find no
not gain any grounds for sus-
residence here picion of irregu-
while serving the larity or politi-
government in cal subterfuge in
public capacity. an honest pur-
/ am surprised pose to exercise
that men occu- their inalienable
pying the posi- right to Vote
tons that they Morning Union.
occupy should
attempt a fraud
upon the election
laws of this city
and this state.
I am amazed at
it."-Judge T. H. ...
Brents.