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The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
THE FUGITIVE CAUGHT.
Carman, Who Broke the Benton Jail.
Is Returned.

c. l.. Carman, who escaped Jail at
Benton Tuesday night by burning a
hole through the wooden partition in
the Jail and then dislodging brick
in the wall by using the poker as a
tool. was captured and returned to
the Benton jail last night.
Carman was in jail pending trial
for alleged assault on a young daugh-
ter and had waived examination and
been held to the circuit court. There
was fire in the stove Tuesday and
Carman heated the poker and burned
hole in the wooden casing about
the brick. He then knocked the
brick out and escaped.
Il. ii. Pace. of near Hardin. Sc
cured description of the fugitive
and yesterday afternoon discovered
him lettering about his farm He ar
rested and took Carman back to Ben.
ton, arriving last night. Carman is
being closely watched to prevent any
further attempt to escape.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
The Cumberland Telephone Compa-
my to Build More Lines.

wiih the coming or spring the
Cumberland Telephone company will
begin extensive repairs on its lines
both inside and outside of the city.
Five ear loads OF poles and two of
cross arms were received today from
the railroad and these will be distrib-
uted as soon as the weather permits.
Already poles have been delivered
along the new lines Jf Improvement
One line Will be run out the Hus,
bands road four miles; another out
the Houser road four miles. and 3
new circuits are being put in In the
Oak Level district. There will also be
new line strung to the New Hope
section.
Work will begin on the improve
monts with the first favorable wealth
err
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
THE COMMENCEMENT
SUPT. LIEB STILL PLANNING FOR
THE ANNUAL EVENT.
Matter of Door Fees Ono Which Is
Being Discussed Pro
and Con.

Supt. C. NJ. Lieb Is planning the
annual commencement and will
write today to more speakers, to Sc
cure one, if possible, to deliver a
lecture before the graduating class
on commencement night.
Mr.. Dieb is writing to college pres
idents with the hopes of getting some
national celebrity in educational cir
cles. The committee is also aiding in
likely be made with the speaker to
give him a percentage OF door re
ceipts.
This matter of charging admis
sion on commencement night has
brought up discussian among edu-
cational workers." Mr.. Lieb stated
this morning. There are many. per-
sons who do not go TO commence
ments who would like to but cannot
on account of their financial cohdi.
ton. 1t Is the belief of many that two
nights should be given for commence
ments, one for the public with no
admission charged, and the second
to the friends of the class and those
who can pay. Have anything that is
desired the first night, public night,
but let the features of the regular
commencement be reserved for the
night when admission is charged.
This is a plan being discussed by ma
ny and it has not been tried enough
to give it a full and thorough test.
As to its adoption here, I believe it
out, of the question. yet there is
some talk of il among those interest
ed in the work. ''N
"In tho matter of selecting the
principals for the next terms have
suggested this be done at the Tues
day night meeting or before the
schools close. Principals who have
been tried and not found wanting
are hard men to keep, and instead of
requiring the principals to apply for
reelection, | think 1t the duty of
the board to elect them without an
application and retain them; to
keep them from being induced by
other schools to leave the city. l.
think the board should take such
step at once and 'cinch, as the say
ing goes. the excellent force now
working in the schools"
There will be little OF importance
done at the school board meeting
Tuesday night as far as is known.
The matter of closing the term is oc-
cupying attention of the teachers
and nothing of especial interest will
be given in the monthly reports reao
TO the board.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Mayor Will Send i'm Veto of PO-
lice Ordinance Monday.
And the Council May Not Sustain Ii
Is the Present Indi-
cation.
OTHER CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

The mayor will. in all probability,
send in his veto of the police ordi-
nance passed by the council Monday
night. and II will, in all probability,
be passed over his veto That is the
present indication. The mayor has
never made a secret of the fact that
he was opposed to a reduction OF the
police force, or that he favored the
bill to Increase the number of pa
trolmen to 80. which passed the leg
islature. notwithstanding some of his
closest advisers warned him the peo-
pie were not with MIN ON tire propo-
sition
And they are not. Everywhere the
bill IL condemned in no mild terms
everywhere except In interested quar-
ters. Thirty pairolmen would mean
an increase In the apportionment for
police OF over $1,000 year. and the
people are not for IL at all.
From indications the mayors veto
will be run right over. as the council
says IL was put into Office to safe
guard and watch the city treasur,
and not disburse its funds extrava-
gantly. They say the new bill Will
not take effect until June and that
no law is retroactive. therefore their
ordinance reducing the force to 90
patrolmen is legal. and binding for
this year. They have received such
advice from excellent legal authority
and propose therefore TO override
the mayor on his veto and show the
people who is responsible in the mat
ter. Next year. of course. an appro-
priation sufficient to employ the 80
men will have TO be made.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Debate Postponed.

The High School Debating club
did not hold the debate last evening
as scheduled. owing to the inclement
weather. The question to have been
debated was Student Government of
The Schools"
The postponement until next FRI
day evening viii give the members
more time to prepare on the subject
and an extra warm discussion should
take place.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Has New Lodge Room.

Olive camp, W. o. w. has leased
the Elk lodge rooms in the DeecG
building. on North Fourth STREET.
and moved its lodge room furniture
to the new quarters. The regular
lodge room has been located over
the Walker drug store at Fifth and
Broadway, but the constantly grow
ing order made 1t necessary to move
to larger quarters. The meetings
OF the Olive camp will not interfere
with meetings OF several other or
ders which use the same lodge room
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Much Water Up Tennessee.

The lowlands in Western Kentuc-
ky and Tennessee are largely sub
merged just now. Passengers who
came in on the ~. G. and st. l.. road
yesterday afternoon stated that they
never saw SO much water along the
line. There is stretch of water in
the lowlands from Paris, Tenn, on
up nearly to Paducah," passenger
declared. This will all go into Ten
nessee river, and with this and the
Increased volume of water from the
upper Tennessee and Cumberland
rivers, and with the Ohio booming as
It is, the outlook is anything but
pleasant to those who do not want a
high stage of water"
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31

Residents in Littleyille are COM
planning of the bad road to and from
that suburb and want the city to do
something towards making neces-
sary repairs. The part of the road
reported so bad is inside the city
limits. and the city is responsible.
This is the road which was dis
cussed in the council recently and the
reason improvements were not or
dered was because of a dispute rela-
tive TO ownership of the ground
The residents cant go 10 church
in rainy weather for the mud. and
will petition the council for relief.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31

Queen is preparing to leave her win
ter quarters at Cincinnati and go
South to begin her spring excursion
season, and local Elks expect to give
an excursion on the big boat prob
ably about the 18th of April.
The big excursion steamer will
first go to Memphis and work up.
The date of her arrival here is not
known, but is presumed to be about
the 10Th the usual time.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31

New York. March 31.-A leader of
the anthracite operators said today
''Mitchell's action in calling out the
miners while negotiations are pend
ing was indecent. but we will hear
the committee and give any new de-
mands they make full consideration" F"
A meeting will be held Tuesday.
Johnstown. Pa. March 31.-The
Stineman Coal company and the Ber-
win ID. White Mining company. two
of the largest In this district. posted
notices today that they would pay
the 1908 scale following action of
the miners convention yesterday.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Forty Foot Stage is Almost As
sured for Paducah.
General Rains All Over the Central
Valley Have Swclled All the
Streams.
NO DAMAGE IS YET REPORTED

Danger line in the river Is looked
for here now as certainty. The
danger line is 40 feet and the gauge
today registered 1872. The tributary
streams are pouring into the Ohio
vast volumes of water from the swol-
len channels, The Wabash Is still ris-
ing. and there is big rise now in the
Tennessee, the first, and 1t is expect
ed the river will reach the 40 foot
stage in four to six days. Yesterday
the storm center moved from Missis-
sippi northward into Southern Indi-
ana and as result light to heavy rains
were reported over the Central val
ley.
4 There is no snow in the mountains
around the headwaters, and this fact
will have tendency to check the
danger of a disastrous food. No dam
age has yet been reported. as the far
mers in the low lands, and the river
men have had ample warning. 1t on
ly requires few feet more rise to
put the water out of the banks on the
Illinois side of the river here, and
damage will then result.
The back waters, from which
source a good deal of damage is al
ways done around Paducah, have
caused no damage yet, but prepara-
tions are being made for 1t. Cairo
and lower points expect the danger
line to be reached and are also pre-
pairing for 1t.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31

Louisville, March 81. The river
here is rising at the rate of three inch
es an hour, and Indications are that
the stage will rise two feet above
danger line. Reports from up the riv-
er districts are that rain Is still fall
ing and that the river is rising rap
idly. However, no danger Is antici-
pated here. At the present stage of
the river 1t will take nine feet more
to reach the danger line which Is 2S
feet. The stage of water at Louisville
at IL O'Clock this morning was IS
feet 6 inches on falls, go feet 2 inches
in canal and 40 feet inch at foot of
locks. River has risen six feet and
half since noon yesterday and today's
rise is increasing each hour over
that of yesterday.
Capt. Dan Garrity. OF Monongahe-
la River Coal and Coke company, re-
ceived telephone message from Gin
cinnati this morning saying the river
at that place was As feet and rising
three to four inches an hour. Danger
line at Cincinnati Is so feet.
The rainfall along the upper Ohio
river and tributaries has been gener-
al. and according to reports this
morning it is still falling.
All mountain streams are putting
out great volumes and many of
these rivers are out of their banks.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Miners Of West Kentucky to
Work at Same Scale.
Decided to Await Settlement Of the
Wage Scale Which Relieves
the Situation.
CONFERENCE IN LOUISVILLE.

The press dispatches yesterday
stated there would be no coal strike
in the West Kentucky coal fields. the
miners having agreed to work until a
decision is reached on the wage scale.
This was a suggestion of President
Mitchell, of the Miners union.
This will be good news to the con-
sumers in West Kentucky and Padu-
cab. There has been a good deal of
interest evinced in the strike here,
and also a good deal of uneasiness,
and it is hoped that the miners will
abide by their decision. which is
indeed good one.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
School Census Enumerators.

The school census enumerators
will start to work Monday and take
the census of all children in the city
of school age, from six to twenty. r.
H. Mcclure, for the First and Second
wards, II. p. Num- for the Third and
Fourth and James Wilcox for the
Fifth and Sixth, are the enumerators.
The census last year showed 6,195
children of school age in the city and
it is expected this year 1t will run to
$500.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Tobacco Report.

The tobacco market opened up
this week in Paducah and the first
sale of the season was held at the
Graham warehouses.
The report OF Tobacco Inspector
Ed Miller for the week ending the
30th shows:
Receipts week, 1903 hogsheads.
Receipts year. 1910 hogsheads.
Offerings week, so hogsheads.
Offerings year. so hogsheads.
Reflections week, hogsheads.
Pr. sampling week, 6 hogsheads.
Pr. sales week, 10 hogsheads.
Sales week, 62 hogsheads.
Sales year, 5si hogsheads
The monthly report ending the
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
THE WEEKS MEMS IN
THE COMMERCIAL WORLD
Bank clearings this week. s5GG,141|
Same week last year ..... 56S,593

Business has had setback in all
lines the past week on account of the
rains. The general tone is healthy.
however, and all wholesale houses
are satisfied with trade conditions,
Collections are fair. Manufacturers
local plants are all running full time.
and full handed. with plenty OF or
ders for the future.
Plans will be perfected at an early
date for an enlargement of the Pa
ducah Furniture company's plant on
South Third street. Already big in
stitution, 1t is the intention to dou-
BILE its capacity.
Retail trade has been hit hard by
the weather of the week. With Easter
but two weeks off, the merchants
were anticipating big week. Many
OF the houses had their opening but
the rains kept the shoppers at home.
A few pretty days, however, will sti-
mulate trade. A big spring season is
looked for by everyone, as the cond!-
tions are sound.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
PADUCAH KY. SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH 81 1906.
RUSSIA Is TOO SLOW.
In Moving Soldiers From Manchuria,
Say Japan and China.

Birmingham, Eng, March 81. -
The Post states that the japanese are
complaining to Russia that they are
not moving troops fast enough from
Manchuria. China is supporting ia
pan in this complaint. IL is asserted
that the Russian troops being with
out available military supplies, have
been living on the natives. 1t is said
by Russia that the withdrawal of
troops will be completed by the end
of May.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
GOOD ATTRACTIONS.
Manager Roberts Books Good Shoy
for Next Season. n

Manager Thomas w. Roberts, of
The Kentucky, today booked the
Beauty and the Beast" for January
IL and ben Hur" for February Is,
16 and II. These attractions are
about the best and biggest Klaw and
Elanger have on the road and their
coming to Paducah is a recognition
of the city as a good theatrical town.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Later Reports Not So Cheering.

Louisville, March ST. From re-
ports here from the Western Kentuc-
ky coal fields there will probably be
$500 union miners who will refuse
to go to work again next Monday.
Should joint meeting at Indianapolis
fail entirely in its purpose of settling
wage scale.
The union counties are Mullen
berg, Ohio Hancock and Henderson
and a portion of Union. The non-un-
ion counties are Webster, Hopkins,
Christian. and a portion OF Union.
BULLETIN Operators at Louis
Vile agreed to give miners a five
cent increase. There will be no strike.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Kentucky Operators and Miners Con.
ferring.

Louisville, KY, March al The
coal miners and operators of South
western Kentucky are sanguine that
they will reach an agreement proba
bly, this afternoon on scale of wages
for the coming year. A joint scale
committee has been appointed to
reach an agreement, il possible.
The operators it is believed will
resist any demands for higher scale.
The miners decline to give out any
statement in advance of meeting this
afternoon, but a prominent member
OF the miners union, who would not
allow the use of his name. said the
miners would ask for the 1903 scale
and 1903 eight hour day and other
provisions of contract relating to con-
ditions in the mines.
Miners will not insist on the pro-
visions embraced in bill which pass
ed the lower house of legislature, pre-
venting inexperienced miners from
working in mines without assistance.
The scale of wages in 1903 was
so 1-2 cents a ton for screened coal
for miners and 25 an hour for other
mine laborers. The scale last year
was rs "a cents ton screened coal
for miners and 22 "a cents an hour
for other mine laborers.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31

Contractors building the new no
tel at Benton have installed con-
crete plant at Benton and are manu-
featuring their own concrete blocks.
The weather has not permitted any
building work lately, but the contrac-
tors are manufacturing concrete
blocks and will have a large supply
on hands when the weather opens.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
HUNGER AND COLD BOTH
Make the Rescued Lens Miners
Great Sufferers.

Lens, France, lMarSh : 81 Great
dificulty is experienced in caring
for the men rescued from the Cour-
rieres mine, where they were buried
twenty days. The difficulty ARISES
from the mems hunger, which is
pitiful. Many are only able to take
nourlshment by the spoonfuls The
rescued men are cheerful as can be
expected, but complain of being cold
after their long sojourn under the
ground.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
-sixty-eight children were pres

-Sixty-eight children were pres
ent at the Carnegie library yesterday
afternoon between and O'Clock to
hear Mrs. Hal Corbett's delightful
reading Of Joel Chandler Harris Uu-
Gle Remus stories. The next Chill
dren's Hour" will be held on the af-
ternoon OF the second Friday in
April. and Miss Aline Bagby will be
the reader.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31

indianapolis, Ind, March I.-
Many expressions of willingness to
sign the 1903 scale are being re-
ceived from individual mine opera
tors by the miners delegates still
here. Besides the PENNSYLVANIA op-
orators the Iowa operators have
agreed to the scale. II certain oper-
ators in the Northern Illinois field
will sign the great Devline mines In
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31

Washington. March 31.-Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt's determination TO
take no hand in the coal strike. un-
less the condition of affairs APP
proaches a nationak calamity, Ms
meeting with general approval. Even
the Southern members of congress,
who are always ready TO criticise
the executive. admit he has taken a
wise course.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Many Operators Offering to. Meet
Miners Demands Forecasts Peace

the Southwest will make a contract.
Trouble Is expected with the South
ern Illinois operators. The suspen-
sion In the Ohio field Is expected to
last longer than elsewhere.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31

The members of the fiscal court
have asked County Attorney Barkley
for an expression whether the bill
passed at the last session of the leg
stature giving cities of the second
class authority to donate TO colleges
is constitutional. and although he
has not drawn up his opinion he
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Pattison Resting Easily.

Columbus, o., March 81 Cover
nor Pattison is resting quietly today.
Now believed he is about out of at
least any immediate danger.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Suit for Divorce

Emma Mays filed Suit against
her husband. Jack Mays. this MORN
ing. in the circuit court, alleging ha-
bitual drunkenness and the wasting
of his estate.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31

II all men who thought them
selves funny were really so. there
would be more women who would
laugh.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Can Not Donate for Sectarian College
Probably Opinion of County Attorney

stated today that he does not think
the county can donate anything for a
sectarian college.
This would leave the county out
of the Commercial clubs calcula-
tons for ass:s::<.ues On TIC ,tsthotsstf
college propositions ana the O.
Disappointing.
The Paducah sun., 1906-03-31
Local Markets.

Chickens-35c to 60c.
Eggs-15c a dozen.
Butter-30c 10.
Irish Potatoes-Per bu. soc.
Sweet Potatoes-Per bu. 60c.
Country Hams--14c 10.
Green Sausage-12 1-2c 10.
Sausage-15c 10.
Country Lard-10c n.
Onions-3 for &c.
Radishes-5c a bunch.
Connecticut western news., 1906-11-29
General Markets.

New York. Nov. 27.
 FLOUR - Steady. with a slow trade; Minnesota patents. S4loa440; winter straights. ss. .5Oas.eo: winter extras. s2.soa BIO: winter patents. S3.75a4
 wHEAT-Indifferent cables. fine weath- er easier northwest markets. together with larger receipts at Minneapolis and Duluth caused wheat to rule lower. with trading quiet; December. dhaakc.: May, s4 3-16aS4 5-l6c.
 BUTTER = State. dairy. tubs. fresh. fancy. Z7a2Sc.: frsts. 24a26c.; seconds. z1a 23c; thirds DOC: creamery. extras. 2eika SOC frsts. 26a2SIzc.: seconds. s3a25c.: held. extras. esc: firsts. 24a25c.: renovated. ex- tras. 22lsa23c.; frsts, aa2lc.: packing stock. No. l. 1ec.: No. 2. 1Sa1sISc.
 CHEESE-Stnte, full cream, large and small. September. fancy, 14c.; october. best, lsc: fair to good. 124a12Ac.; half skins, best small. 1oAalo1c.. large. 1o.c: part skins. prime. sha91kc.: fair to good. TlzaSI1c.: full skins. 2a4c. EGGS-Fresh gathered, extra, per doz- en. s5c.: nearby. fresh gathered, firsts to extra frsts. 3sa33c.
 POTATOES - Steady; New York and western. choice. per bushel. 5oassc.; do.. fair to good. per bushel. fSaiSc.: Pennsyl- vania. choice. per bushel, 55a5Sc.
 LIVE PoULTRY-Firmer and in good demand: fowls. 11haIshc.: old roosters. sjsasc: spring chickens, Halle: ducks. 11is a12ikc.: geese, l2al3c.; turkeys. l6al7c.
 DRESSED POULTRY - Firm and in good demand; fowls. choice. lSizc.: do.. fair to good. 12al3c.; old roosters. slEc nearby chickens. 14a16c.; western do, IF a1pkc: turkeys, choice. 1ed Hc.: do.. fair to good, l7alSc.: ducks, nearby, 14a15c- do., western. 13al4c.
Connecticut western news., 1906-11-29

He stated that Gillette had told him that he and the young lady wished to take ride on the lake in the steam boat. The hotel man, Andrew Morri- son, told Gillette that if he went by steamer he would mot be able to re- turn in time for dinner. Morrison de clared it was he who suggested to Gil lette that he and the girl take a row. boat.
 Attorneys For Defense Pleased.
 Gillette's attorneys seized upon this point as showing that the alleged mur- der of the girl could not have been planned in the manner the district at torney has asserted to the jury if he had no thought of the rowboat and the lonely ride until the hotel proprietor had suggested that method of seeing the lake rather than by steamboat.
 It was shown that during forty eight hours following the girls death Gillette rambled about the Adiron- dacks with other young persons, ap- parently enjoying the outing as much as any of them.
 The twelve foot rowboat in which  Chester Gillette and Grace Brown ven- tured forth upon the waters of Big Moose lake was an interesting witness produced against Gillette.
 Clinging to the cleats in the bottom of the boat and twining about the braces which hold the rear seat in place were a score of strands of long dark hair.
 District Attorney Ward contends that the hair was torn out in Gillette's alleged endeavors to throw the girls body overheard after he hit her with a tennis racket. Witnesses testified that the girls face was bruised when the body was found. .Gillette's tennis racket, which was broken when it was found, was also produced.
 It Is generally expected that the claim will be set up by the defense that the mill girl committed suicide. The letters from the girl to Gillette and which the prosecution read in court are expected to play a part. In some of these letters the girl express ed the wish that she should die, in others her belief that she would not live long. while she intimated that her death might be desirable end to all their troubles.