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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02
WIFE NAGGED HIM
And Caused Him 70 Kill Her and
Their Five Children.

Independence, Ia, Dec. Any
wife nagged mn az day, and | go,
tired of 1t all" says William McWi'-
liams in his confession to the grand
jury which returned an Indictment
against the man for killing his wife
and five children November 22. He
knocked them down with hammer,
and then stabbed them with a butch
er knife.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02

Boys got into sacks of peanut
near the Western District warehouse
this morning and took quite guam
tity of the COOLERS. The police were
notified and went down to disperss
the urchins, who, it seemed, had ia
ken possession of the peanuts. The
peanuts were stored there by the fac
tory close by. the factory being well
filled with stock. No arrests were
made.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02
Goes TO Mayneld TO Deliver Eulog,

State Senator J. Wheeler Camp
bell leaves tonight for Mayfeld to
deliver the Elks memorial address
there tomorrow. Ma, peld has a thri-
wing order of the Elks and made q
wise selection In Mr.. Campbell, who
is one OF the brightest young lawyers
in tho state.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02
What the Jackies Aboard the Gunboat
Paducah Had On Thanksgiving Day.

tackles on the government waf
vessels fare about as well when II
comes to feeding as the land lubber,
as can be SON by the following menu
for Thanksgiving ON board Padu-
cah's namesake, the United States
Gunboat Paducah. whioIh was Ia the
Brooklyn navy yard on rhanlxsgiving
Day.
Cordial relations have sprung up
between the officers on the Paducah
and the mayor since they have been
exchanging letters and the city has
formally invited the vessel to visit
Paducah, and she is expected to be
here sometime next year.
Mayor Yeiser received the menu
this morning sealed In an official
cooking envelope. II Is a plain me.
niue except from the lettering on the
front of the work Menue. This is
embossed and gijded. The menu is
folded sha,t OF bristol board with
simple printing. 1t reads:
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02
Captain Williams Appointed.

Evansville. Ind, Die. Capt r..
II. Williams was today appointed IL
spec,or Of steamboat hulls. this dis
trict. TO succeed the late Capt. A1-
bot veach Williams, formerly OF Bow
ling G,cen.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02
Died of HemOrrhage.

Mrs. Johanna E. Davis aged ca,
of the CDark's river ferry neighbor-
hood, diad last night of hemorrhage
She leaves husband and five chill
dren. The remains will be shipped
tonight TO Craneyvillc. KY, for in
terment.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02
steamer Roanoko Lost.

San Francisco, Dec. Grave
fears are entertained for the steamer
Roanoke which was disabled in Sc
we're storm along the coast of North
ern California. The tug Defiance,
which went in search OF the vessel,
returned without sighting her.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02

London, Dec. 2.-Prlvate advices
received lis London from Odessa tell
Of most Interesting situation there
White there is no disturbance at
Odessa. the inhabitants are in d cad
OF the arrival Of one or more Of the
mutinous warships from Sebastopol
and are n9aring TO fire on sighting
these vessels.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02
Killed 8, Injured 4.

Jersey City, Dec. "A west bound
mail train on the Erie railway ran
into gang of track laborers near the
west end of Bergen tunnel this morn.
Ing, Killing three and injuring four,
two probably fatally
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02
5C,0OC BUSHELS OF
CORN Is DOOMED

Evansville, Ind, Dee. 2.-Over
$4,000 bushels of shelled corn
between here and Paducah will
be lost by the high water, as the
steamers cannot reach it in
time. The river is rising very
rapidly this morning and stands
at twenty-three feet.
A thirty foot stage will be
reached by Sunday. 1t is still
pouring rain here. A great deal
of lumber in tho Green River
section has been lost.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02
&. TO CONTROL THE
MAMMOTH COAL MINES

st. Louis, Dec. 2.-Sixty coal
mines on the Illinois Central
railroad within a hundred and
ten miles OF st. Louis, are being
consolidated into two million
dollar corporation, which will
be under the control OF the Illi-
nois Central.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02

Uncle John" Matthews, the color
ed porter at the Palmer house, is
thinking of retiring from the hotel
business and going into the grocery
business at Pembroke, Ky, where
he has relatives. He has worked for
prop. chas. Reed for thirty or forty
years
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02
Memphis Hotel Man Dead.

Memphis, Tenn. Dec. &c. b.
Galloway, for many years manager
of the Peabody Hotel, In this city.
died, aged oswenty years.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02
John Sharpe Williams Aeain.

Washington, d. c.. Dc. AT a
caucus of democratic members of the
mouse at noon. John Sharp Williams,
OF Mississippi. was chosen for speak
err which means he will be minority
floor leader.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02
Nobody Knows VIII. is Happening.

st. Petersburg. Dee. 2.-The err
sls continues. The telegraph tle-lip
throughout Russia is practically COM
plete. and the government do's not
know what Is happening in tine IN
terlor of the empire. Emlssarles OF
the strikers have been Mt to Fin
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-12-02
Eleven Killed in wreck in Spain.

Madrid. Dec. 1.-Two railway
tralne colllded near Aranjuez, Spain.
today and eleven persons we're killed.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08
Moral Suasion.

OF course. moral suasion is a power
full agent, but 1t has TO be applied
while the subject upon which 1t IS
exercised is young. Efforts in the
direction of moral suasion often are
wasted because they do not reach the
ears of offenders The minister who
thunders from the pulpit rebuke
for the thief is not talking TO people
in need Of the rebuke. His congrega-
ton knows he is right, and Is III
hearty sympathy with him
Sunday a local minister was preach
ing on the subject OF crime, ana
spoke wisely. No nearer would have
the slightest impulse to take Issue
with him. During the discourse
thief was busy in the cloakroom. He
did not get much, but he got all that
was available. Now, this thief was
the nerson who needed such ser
mon as was being delivered, and he
missed getting it, as is the manner
of his kind.
The incident calls attention TO the
fact that moral suasion cannot COM
pletely cover the field. There is still
an element that is to be appealed TO
only through punitive measures, and
bv the authority of the police AS
this is true, the necessity for max
ing the measures effective, prompt,
and severe is plain. For youth, even
when caught in offending, moral sua-
sion may be well enough. but the
hardened sinner still requires the cor
receive club and the restraint OF
bolts and bars.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08
Triumph of Femininitu.

From Carson City. New, comes a
strange report Last year there were
fifty-fye births recorded in that place,
and OF the number but one was that
of boy. 1t would be pleasing for
science to take shy at this arithmet-
ical fact The disproportion between
the sexes. were 1t to become general,
would in the course of a few genera
tons utterly shift all social relations.
Men, now scerned, would become
highly priced, scarce, extinct; and
women after a brief season of single
blegsedness following, would, Of neces-
sity, and gladly at that, go, too, to
join the dodo.
Evolution. SO nearly as 1t may be
understood, is the expression Of ma
lures effort to supply that which Is
lacking. Thus the protoplasmic mass
acquires stomach as supplementary
TO the desire for food 1t wants 10
move, and a leg appears. 1t feels the
impulse to reach for something. and
10! the sprouting Of an arm. In at
tending to these and other details, ma
ture may have overlooked certain
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

District-whose money and homes are
alike involyed-that this course OF
funding these expenditures and pay
Ing for them at a fixed rate each year
is the Wisest course But the House
and the Congressional District Com
mittees have decided instead, in this
year of economy, to allow money only
for the regular running expenses OF
the government, for the continuation
Of work upon the permanent improve
ments, and for certain other lmpera-
tive extra needs, such as more pay
for the teachers in the public schools
and small allowance for play
grounds.
The sum allowed by the Senate
Committees to keep alive the perma-
nent improvements is S2,197 ,126. This
will suffice to protect the work al
ready done. But it will not keep the
workmen occupied until the next al
lowances become available. 1t will,
in fact, delay many Of these improve
ments several months.
The Senate would be merely full
filling manifest business standards II
it increased the allowances recon-
mended by its committee SO that the
constructions might go on without in
terruption: and in that increase The
Times is assured the Senate Commit
tee on the District would concur
heartily. But If the Senate cannot do
this, it can at least confirm the recon-
mendations Of its committee. So
much the people of the Nations Capt.
tai look to the Senate to do.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08
InCendiaTu ClamoT.

A Mr.. Murdoch, whose citizenship
is one of the adornments Of Kansas,
has been making a few remarks. He
is persuaded that the country is go
ing to destruction so fast that moth
ing but the hanging of the wicked
people who have given it the fatal I'M
pulse will check the downward course.
He would open the refornlatory ball
by hanging a few Rockefellers and
other kinds Of busaards, and pendant
from the gaIlows-tree have fringe
of high court judges While Mr.. Muir
dock has not set a date for the spec
tacle, he declares that he would like
to see the hangings begin tomorrow.
Why not today, outraged brother
Why this unseemly delaying OF good
thing?
Continuing his critical comment
Mr.. Murdoch AYERS that all we eat
and all we drink is either controlled
by a trust or adulterated. Alas, and
alasi Some of it is both, There can
be no denial The case is even worse
than pictured forth by the truculent
Kansan. But the Murdockian remedy,
drastic though il must be admitted TO
be, does not appeal to the judgment
as hitting the spot. There really IS
not much that the gentleman can do
about it by himself. Yet TO shut up
is not beyond his power, and this
would help some.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

phases of existence as manifest IN
Nevada. In that region the lack OF
women has been felt most sadly. Men
have pinned for the companionsh1p
they had known In youth. They have
gone long journeys just to see the
futtering of a petticoat. They have
fought over ladies' whose titles be-
longed between quotation marks.
They have married squaws.
Nature is trying to restore the bal
ance. II fifty-four fifty-fifths of the
local increase continue to be OF the
sweet and lovely variety, nature will
be doing we'll, indeed.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08
The Districts Finances.

The budget of appropriations for
the District Of Columb ia for the fiscal
year 1906 IS now before the Senate.
The allowances made by that bud
get viii affect, disastrously or favor
ably, the whole system Of District
finances
It will be well, in view Of these cir
cumstances, for the people of the
District and the members of the Sen
ate to look fairly on the present con-
dition of the District treasury and
consider the needs of the District in
their relation to its funds.
The District debts are:
Actual 6. Indebtedness on June ., 90
A%aii abb balances OF anpro- ''''O1 "
priatiens still subject TO re-
QUESTION g, s56, 3I4 ~, ofwhich
the Districts share ISL 1878, 1913 Il
Total ......................... 3,82s, 49, 20
The District needs for the fiscal
year 1906, conservatively estimated
by the Commissioners, are;
For extraordinary improve
nm en ,,e;,: 81 Ky w 80
Total ...-..-..................12 u. as. 456 60
The allowances to meet these needs
fixed by the House of Representatives
are.
For extraordinary improve
Fn en n,,sraIf exrsrsas 9S9 2 27S ~ ~
Total ............,............e, 394, e3s co
The allowances fixed by the Senate
Committee on the District of Column
bia and the Senate subcommittee on
appropriations are:
For extraordinary improve
fnentS y, iSl 10 w
For current expenses. .......... Z, 742, 399. 81
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $685., 52o 81
The anticipated revenues of the Dis
trict for the fiscal year 1906 are:
From taxes collected by the
From the National Govern
ment OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 5.462,52o w
Total ..................... 1o.924. $50 90
The relation of the anticipated reve-
nues, then, to the highest Congress
ional allowance is:
Total anticipated revenues. SIG, s24, $50 90
Total Senate recommends
tons ......-...........-.....,'. 9,sSS'Szo ez
Excess of anticipated rev
enues ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1851 s.
None Of the figures include the
Water Department, which is se1f-sus-
taining)
In the past ten years the population
Of the District of Columbia has in
creased by q per cent. Probably half
OF that increase has occurred within
the past five years. It is certain that
with every point of increase the cost
Of the Government has increased also.
Yet the Commissioners estimates and
the Congressional allowances for the
current expenses of the District gov
eminent have grown very slowly, as
the following table will show:
The Washington times., 1905-02-08
DINNERS GALORE
IN OFFICIAL DON
President Guest Of the Post
master General.
MRS. SHAW Is a HOSTESS
Miss Roosevelt's Birthday Observed by
Party to Ten of Her Girl
Friends.
MRS. SHAW is A HOSTESS

Oilner parties and at homes, with q
large reception in the evening at the
residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. William 7.
ooafoInan. gave an impressive social
program yesterday.
The Postmaster General and 5sra
WyEne gave their first dinner in honor
or the President and Mrs. Roosevelt
me table was beautifully decorated
Win orchids and hlacs, and Mrs.
"shne. who has now almost entirely
recovered from her recent nIness wore
gown OF embroidered chiffon an6. lace
invited 10 meet the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt were Sneaker ne ~.
House and Miss Cannon. Senator and
Mrs Lodge, Vice President-eIect and
MRS. Fairbanks. Mrs William Sheffield
Co"ies. sister OF the President; Miss
Aean, Miss Lucy Kean. the Hon. VII
nam 4. Chandler. the Rev. D. J. Stat
IoFd, and Representative Robert Adams.
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
SHAW entertained at dinner Last night
count CassiHi. the Russian Arnbassa-
dor; the Mexican Ambassador and Sc
nora DE Azpiroz, Senator and Mrs Bur-
rows, Senator and Mrs. Wetmore. Mr..
and Mrs Wayne MacVeagh. DR. and
Mrs. Coffee. OF Des Moines, Iowa.
Assistant Secretary of the Urea urv and
MRS. Taylor. Miss Patten, Miss Shaw.
and Mr. Allies
secretary and Mrs. Morton had to dine
"Rh them last evening, Senator and
MRS Hopkins. General and Mrs. Drauer.
sr and Mrs. Perkins, Mr. and Mrs.
w II Slater, Mr.. Willard, Senator
warren, Mr. Scott. Of New York: Repre-
sentative Foss, Mrs Cromwell. Mrs.
sheridan. Mrs. Hobson, and Miss
Gw.nn
The Washington times., 1905-02-08
No Whipping Post.

In the way of an inexpensive favor,
Congress could not do better than to
shield the District against the menace
Of whipping post. No such agency
is wanted here It's presence would
be disgrace.
Not that anybody would protect
against punishment the man who
beats his wife He should be sent to
Jail and kept there long enough 10
learn better. It is true that in theory
his family would, during his stay, be
deprived of his support, but it is true
also that the biped brute who beats
his wife is far more apt to be sup
ported by her than to be her support.
No consideration is asked for the
fellow. He does not deserve the
slightest protection against the re
suits of his own viciousness. Protec-
ton is asked for society, that does not
desire the stain that would be in
ficted by the lash. Somebody would
have to WELD the lash. The curious
would s.SSw the spectacle. And the
man would not be reformed. That
type capable of beating woman
would be aroused by the sting of the
cat to new excuses, and probably to
murder.
One of the chief advocates of the
whipping post is bachelor. Let him
try to have one of these instruments
set up in his home town, and see
what his constituents think about it,
The next election would show him.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

The Districts share of this total
the payment TO the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, is charged to its reve-
nues exclusively-is So, 211 900.
It would be entirely practicable,
therefore, for the District to under
take the obligation OF paying a fifth
part or tenth part of this cost every
year in addition TO its reasonable
current expenses. II 1t were to pay
a tenth part the whole debt would
be eliminated in ten years. The life
Of permanent improvements is esti-
mated under ordinary conditions at
twenty years. The District would
thus more than keep abreast OF It's
obligations.
1t is the judgment OF the Commits
sioners and the whole people OF the
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Rev Dr. George W. Izer assisted by the
Rev. Dr., Linn Bowman. at the home
of the brides uncle, Ezra A. Bartlett.
MT. HOLLY. n. J., Feb. S.-Anthony
Pisosky. a resident of Washington. y.
c., and Mary Shafer, widow of the late
Oscar Shafer, were married at 7:30
O'Clock this morning at the brides home
in Lumberton by the Rev. John Baxter.
rector of the Episcopal Church.
They were driven to Mt Holly, from
which point they will start on an ex-
tended bridal trip.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08
TWO WEDDINGS
OUT OF TOWN

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb, 81 Law
renee Perry, teller Of the Alexandria
National Bank, was married IN Phiia-
deIphia last night to Miss Lorimia r.
Pattison, daughter Of ex-Gov Robert f.
Patt.son OF Pennsylvania
The ceremony was performed by the
The Washington times., 1905-02-08
Points IN Paragraphs.

Another American has been appointed
dentist to the Kaiser. The American Of
this profession seems to have both push
and pull
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Mr. Oden. of New York, must scan the
papers closely these days to find men
ton of himself, yet there was a time
when a page without his name would
not have been considered suitable for
circulation.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

The conductor who says step lively
there" is not only rude but foolish II
he thinks that people desire 10 do much
loafing in this weather, 1t is q wonder
he has sense enough to make change.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Colorado courts have decided that the
law prescribing capital punishment Is
constitutional Its provisions, however,
do not apply TO ballot box suffers
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

San Francisco is getting after police
men for grating from the Chinese. How
times are changing. This was once re-
garded as form Of legitimate enter
prise.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

The Sultan OF Turkey Is said to be
dangerously Ill. but he always was
disappointing sort of chap.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

New York is trying TO get street car
yestibules by declaring the companies to
be robbers Doubtless there are better
WAYS.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

People who file incorporation papers
in the District of Columbia must show
that they are engaged in something
else than a practical joke on the eredu-
foiIS
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Millions of tons Of priceless" radium
are said TO underlie Pennsylvania 1t
won't long remain priceless.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08
RECEIPTS
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS

The estimated revenues for the next
fiscal year-which will be twice the
sum OF the tax receipts-are nearly
81 900, 900, II Congress were to allow
for current expenses the whole sum
recommended by the Commissioners,
which is s8.811, 456. So. there would re-
main for extraordinary improvements
the sum of S2,113. 1874 Were the Com
missioners TO have their way, then,
this would be the fund available as a
payment toward the following per-
manent Improvements authorized by
Congress:
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Cab drivers over In Philadelphia state
that morally they are opposed TO tips
but financially they need them In their
business. The financial side rules the
situat ton.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Perhaps the Philadelphia officials who
protect vice regard this course as a mere
nhase Of self protection.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08
UNSUITABLE SLANG.

He did his wooing by letter.
In one his picture was sped;
He thought this surely would get her
Not on your tintype' she said.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Mrs Squicr and Mrs. Francis Moflun
Phelps viii be at home at the Portner
today and the remaining Wednesdays in
February
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Legislators III Illinois having been ac-
cused OF boodling are going ABOUT
armed, daring the accuser to prove IL
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Addicixs can't win, but his yelp IN
the capacity of manger dog is still to
be heard
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Journalists should quit praising Bat
Masterson for having killed 50 many
men, or he viii be apt TO get out the
old gun in the hope of winning more
glory.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Mrs. Warner and the Misses Warner.
Of 200 Massachusetts avenue. Will be at
home this afternoon for the last time
this season.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Cassie Chadwick will take her revenge
bv continuing to owe that 5000, 600.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Somehow in their struggle for equality
women fail to realize the value OF the
privilege of being hanged when they
happen TO deserve this.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

No Russian officer In Finland need he
surprised at the process Of his assassin
alton.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

The Misses Dapray Will receive for the
last time this season from 3 to 6 tss
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

Mrs. Francis Nash will not be at home
today. but will receive the remaining
Wednesdays IN February.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

In the meantime the District reve-
nues obtained from taxation, licenses,
and other exclusively District sources,
have increased according to the fol-
lowing table:
The Washington times., 1905-02-08
Mrs. Hazen in City.

Mrs. John Cunningham Hazen. first
vice regent of the Mary Washington
Colonial Chapter. of New York city, who
has recently been nominated for vice
president general from New York State,
is at the New Willard, attending the
meetings Of the Memorial Continental
Hall building committee, of which she
is Il member.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08
D. Ar. MEMBERS
ENL|vEN SOCIETY
Tea Today in Compliment
to Mrs. Fairbanks.
OEBUTRNTE DANCE TONIGHT
General and Mrs. Funston Return.
Admiral Dewey IIl-Other
Important Items.
DEBUTANTE DANCE TONIGHT

The meeting of the D. a. r., which
has brought many prominent women 70
Washington in the past few days, Will
lend color to the social affairs OF the
city. Mrs. I. Dewitt Talmage's tea this
afternoon. when she viii be assisted bS
Mrs. Mellon. of Pittsburg, both of them
receiving in compliment to Mrs. Fair
banks, the outgoing president general OF
the society, will be a leading event for
today. A number of the prominent
women connected with this patriotic
orga nization Will assist Mrs. TaImuge
and Mrs. Mellon in receiving.
The Lieutenant General Of the Army
and Mrs. Chaffee will give dinner to-
night, and Representative and Mrs.
Henry Kirk Porter Will entertain in the
same way.
The Washington times., 1905-02-08

The Saturday Evening Post explains
that people are poor because they throw
money away. This hardly covers the
case of those who have no money to
The Washington times., 1905-02-08
Funstons Will Return.

General and Mrs. Funston will return
to Washington today from visit TO
New York and will again be the guests
of Lieutenant General and Mrs. Chat
fee
DR.. and Mrs Thomas Hawley
Rockwell. of New York. have just re-
turned from four years residence
abroad. and will visit Lieutenant Cen
aral and Mrs. Chaffee next week.