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The Washington times., 1906-02-08
sec mohair a yd. 39C
lengths 5 to 5 ydS

Mohair is a very sturdy
weave. and very DODular
for suits and separate
skirts. We have sold so
much of this mohair that
many short lengths have
accumulated. and these
have been put in the rem
nant section for quick dis
posai Friday.
Lengths are , to S yards.
Choice of grav. garnet.
navy, green and brown.
1t is 50 inches wide.
Twenty cents saved a yard.
Sd floors. Kann. Sons *
Co.
The Washington times., 1906-02-08

The Committee on Military Affairs, in
its bilI, Just introduced. making the
army appropriations for the next fiscal
year has made an effort 20 eliminate
certain abuses which have been stamped
By some as graft. In times Ta6t. il has
been customary for army o icers, the
charge says. to do. an abnorn ! and IN
excusable amount of traveIiL at Gov
ernment expense. This Is TO be cut on
Likewise, the use OF army transDO rs
for iunketing purposes is TO be ended
The military committee calculates tha
an immense saving will be possible
through the enforcement of these re-
forms.
The Washington times., 1906-02-08
Make Every Dollar Earn Interest

For you. Start a savings account with
banking dept. of Union Trust Co 1n4 +
St 90 interest paid on all accounts.
The Washington times., 1906-02-08
Friday a great
neCkWear daV

CUFFS AND COLLARS
Of embroidered Swiss -
some require a little stitch
ing 10 complete them
" Orth Soc a set. 1oIc
These so out at-----A 4 2
VENICE LACE col
LARS. finished with ruch-
ing at neck. Reduced o.
frGm 15c t0.-..----.------
LINEN BANDS, hem
stitched and some lace
trimmed Can be divided TO
make two turnover col
!ars-or two bands viii
make two collars and
pair OF cuffs Friday. &c
choice NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. -
First Floors. KGnn, Sons
& Co.
The Washington times., 1906-02-08
Most OF the remnant sections bargains are new
spring goods. Money to be saved on each lot

ne comparative prices in the following the regular selling the
sell the mill You'll
made BY Ibis SSafinn
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

hn. Yes, yes, child, but the mills kept me M 50
Tor tor tonight, anyhow. Naught'n trouble this
ieli0w down there, and he won't be apt to
wax OIL. Eth, Sadie? Light the candle, child;
the steps, are steep and the cellars black
this" ''N'- VI D"'A '"'' d '0u' evening HAe
will you cut and salt the meat now,
father" the housewifely Sadie asked.
the th %e as ree uTsSs to knew what to
the well-padded ribs of his prize. "The fact is,
l lowed to set to work on him right straight
but the SHOWS falling monstrous fast, and the
roads Is weary travelling already, so it pears
first and foremost.
It's pull she'd have; 50 it's time for her
to be on the road, I'll go meet her." the father
answered, resigning, with a sigh, his onslaught
upon the joints guarding the toothsome sau-
per; It's fearsome spell of weather for man
or beast, much less woman, to be out in"
!. wen have a good fire, never fear, father"
Sadie called after, him.. as she climbed up on
the cutting board to light the lamp.
her work in the cellar, yet she was shivering
with cold when she returned to the kitchen,
hearth, where Jamie was busted already split
ting pine knot for the fire.
In, I'm ! h1hlng to make the room warm for
"Yes" said his sister, 1--WE can do that; but
Pm afraid the room won't get very warm
with the cellar door open. But it's so cold
down there for father to chop the meat, |
thought we'd let some of the heat go down"
when he wakes up, l reckon" returned the
boy, enjoying the conceit. "He looked awful
1 naked and md. cold when father carried him
"If he's so cold, he won't be sorry if we
do warm bits of him on the Goals for supper to.
night" laughed Sadie, smaclnng her red lips
much to the enjoyment of Jamie.
So, with childish fun, they sought to be.
guile the time of waiting Meanwhile, the
drifts deepened and the ridges Of snow were
easement, lighted, by and by, only by the
CLEAN of the bright fire, over which the tea
kettle was singing and putting like miniature
steam engine.
Something's keeping em. I'll put the can
die in the window SOS they can see the lighj
and know we're watching for Them" said
the daughter, feeling restless and upeasy-,she
ened across those little. transparent space,
above the snow line.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

II wish they'd come" said Jamie, less
patient. I'm ever so tired and hungry"
Father and mother must be tired and hun
CRY, too, dear, and SO lots of other people
ing how dreadful this weather was on men
and beasts"
II wonder" said Jamie, his thoughts divert
ed for a moment from himself, what birds
and wild beasts and things like that do for
Sadie shook her head.
"They suffer sometimes, maybe. But most
like, God let's 'em find food somehow. They
can smell things to eat long ways, folks
say"
'I'm glad there's none Of 'em close enough
to smell us out, said the boy, pressing closer
to his sister.
She stopped and threw pine knot on the
fire.
blaze shot up the chimney. At the same in
slant, queer, wailing cry came from with
out.
Both the children turned white, staring
faces toward the window.
what is it, sister," Jamie asked, In a
whisper.
Sadie got up and went across to the win.
dow, pressing her forehead against the glass
in her effort to peer into the realm of black
ness lying beyond the narrow range of light
the talloW candle made on the world of snow
outside. She could neither see nor hear any
thing.
She caught up the suffering candle and
held it closer to the window, thus widening
the visible space without
Again sounded is the 2 strange, wailing cry i
sounded to Sadie SO like the cry of woman
that she thought il might be her mother
in need of help, and the thought nerved her
heart.
She set the candle back on the table and
went to get her shawl
ut may be mother, jamie" she said, trem-
bling 81 must go see;
He did not answer her at once, for he had
taken her place, and was fattening his white
face against the window. Suddenly, he utter
ed a low cry, starting back in alright. Then
cts only great dog bowling out there,
after all, sister" he said, 81 saw him yondeii
shake the big ounce bush, as he jumped from
It out into the snow, Queer / can't see Yes
there he is now; He's long, strange shaped
| Look-look, Sadie" II.
But it was hardly necessary for him to hob
Bile aside on his crutches to give her a glimpse
Of the strange beast proving about the house
for, as she moved quickly forward, into tn,
space Of light outside stepped 1.-the, grace
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

tul animal, standing there motionless, but fCf
tne restless swaying of the long, slender 1aii
over the surface of the snow. Sadie uttered
sharp cry of terror and shrank back, drawing
Jamie with her.
Instantly the beast crouched and the snow
was lashed into cloud about him.
I'M Kun, Jamie, run! Open the woodshed door.
l, IN come, too, If he jumps. Wen be saie|
Jamie obeyed, and from the secure shelter
OF the woodshed he implored his sister to re-
treat eat also from her dangerous position, ~.
Hush,, Jamie, hush!" she answered MINI
IN shrill whisper. ut is no dog. 1t is PAM
ther. But panthers are afraid Of fire. and he
blaze"
It did seem, indeed, as if the creature wa,a
o aed b at pay by Shs gmmer Of the
movement, he writhed himself nearer, and jus )
for an instant Sadie saw the glare OF two
fiery eyes, framed in the pane OF glass through
which she had herself gazed but few minutea'
before.
She caught up the blazing pine knot FROM
the hearth, and rushed forward, whirling the
fiery brand within an inch Of the glaring eye
balls and the double row of cleaning teeth.
Above the moaning of the wind, the swish
plainttive cry, as the great creature made o.
tumbling leap backward into the darkness.
Now, however, the candle was but a rim Of
tallow in the socket, and her pine knot was ex-
while the candle Aickered and fared fitfully:
but, appearing and vanishing on the borders
of the rayless night beyond passed ever her
patient, watchful foe. With shiver Of fear,
she listened to the craunch craunching of the
snow under the stealthy footsteps.
Sadie! Sadie!, called Jamie, frantic witt
terror for her. run! run! He's STOPPING
jump"
In truth, the panther, grown desperate viii
hunger, was crouching for his spring. Sad
tossed her pine knot on the hearth, and dar
ed for the woodshed. Nor had the dooN
more than closed upon her retreat, when there|
was splintering Of glass and the thud Of Z
soft yet heavy body on the kitchen floor.
Once or twice they even felt the pressure "A
the furry body against the door, and hearGI
the creature scratch at the partition shutting
them off from the kitchen. Then the cat-like
steps retreated from their vicinity. ~
"Get back further, dear. / must open the
door a little ways, to see." the sister said,
| in whisper.
Father and mother might come in without
knowing, jamie" she reminded him, gently.
! Continued ON Following Page
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

department in the Holstein Wooden
Mills some distance up the river, and IL was
necessary that their home should be nearer
to the place of her daily labor.
The same river turned the wheels OF botn
mills, however, and, as its course took IL put
twenty PAGES or SO from their own door,sii'
the parents could but feel that it linked them
in perpetual intercourse with their two chlio-
rem, whom they had, unwillingly, to leave SO
much alone in the isolated house on Its
banks. -, :,
They trusted, confidently, also, to the pru-
dence of their daughter, Sadie, who was an
uncommony bright, intelligent girl of thirteen cen
years, and who, to the housewifely cares left
on her young shoulders had added the care
of her brother, Jamie, their crippled boy, ten
years old
Miller DUNCAN was a bountiful provider for
his household. The toll of his mill kept the
-four bin in Sadie's neat kitchen well filled;
and the first freezing spell usually gave her
and Jamie brisk employment in making lard
and sausage from the well-fatted pig that the
father promptly secured. But, in the winter
duced to us, the first freeze was SO sudden
and violent that not only were the farmers
caught unprepared for slaughtering their hogs,
but the wheels of both the grain and wooden
mills had to be kept in motion night and day
to be prevented from ice-clogging and stop
After several days of the intense cold, a
raw blast from the northeast brought, one
morning blizzard of driving snow and hail,
ploughed his way back to them, coming into
the kitchen white like snow man, with q
large, dressed pig, white, too, as snow could
make it, borne on his stout shoulders.
an" he said, cheerily, to Sadie, as he dumped
his burden down in the doorway, drawing a
long breath. "He's bouncer, and nigh about
a pound too much for me, with the snow
banking the road. Have you the cutting
board all ready, Jamie~
tits as clean as sand and soap can make it.
father" Jamie answered proudly. "And we've
"Ony the door, father" Sadie interposed
ing. 1t let's down crooked, because the hinge
y broken, and there's broken board that
leaves a crack"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
Copyright by James Elverson

Copyright by James EMERSON
ILLER DUNGAN'S house, at the
base of White Pine Bluff, was re-
mote from the mill, for the reason
that the miller's thrifty, sensible
wife was forewoman of the weaving
danartnent in the Holstein Moolen
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16
LIBRARY OFFICERS
WE'RE ELECTED LAST NIGH
BY CARNEGIE BOARD.
A Great Improvement, II Noted in the
Taste For Good Literature
Here.

Last night the annual election of
officers was held by the Carnegie Ii
brary board.
The old officers with one excep-
tion were reelected. The following
Is the list of officers.
f. w Bagby, president
Harry Savage, vice-president.
Charles Weille. secretary.
The trustees are Mayor ID. A.
Yeiser, b. w. Bagby. Harry Savage,
Mrs. l.. NJ. Rieke. Geo. C. Wallace
and Mrs. A. R. Meyers.
The library has progressed won
derfully and its success has been
surprising. President Geo. D. Nc
Broom, of the councilmanic board,
was in favor of allowing the library
as much money In the apportion-
ment ordinance as possible. stating
that he had, personally investigated
the working of the library, and
thought 1t to be one Of the best in
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16
TOO SMALL
IS THE POLICE APPROPRIATION.
THINK OFFICIALS.
Force May Have to BE Cut to Come
Within the Amount of Money
Allowed.

The police commissioners and
Chief Collins are disappointed over
the appropriation for the police de-
partment. at is not enough, not
near enough to properly police this
city said one of the commissioners
today. 81 don't know just what we
shall do, but it looks as il we shall
have to take some of the men off the
downtown beats and throw the bur
den of policing that part of the city
onto the merchants. We shall have
to cut the force some to come with
in the appropriation, and this is
where it probably will be done"
Chief Collins says instead of cut
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16

stitutions in the city.
''Out of the 1900 new books re-
Gently received" Councilman Nc
Broom declared, $500 have been
listed and last Saturday every one
of the 500 books was out of the IL
brary. This shows that the library
is we'll patronized and that the taste
for better literature is growing in
Paducah."
The board of trustees is also great
ly encouraged over the success of the
library and especially note the fact
that a great deal of heavier reading
is done among the juveniles. The
public Interested in an improvement
of literature read in Paducah, is
greatly encouraged over the results.
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16

Let for 1896 damages was
in the case of Cora McMa-
nst the Paducah City Rail
for personal injuries sus-
an accident at Sixth and
S streets.
Iaintin alleges that she was
rom a car at that place and
injuries which disabled
some time. She asked for
amages. The case went to
late yesterday afternoon.
der of sale was filed direct
Rudolph and Cecil Reed to
erty in the Home Purchas-
lry this morning returned
for $3.50 damages in the
Laura Hammers against the
City Railway Co. The
claims that she was thrown
car at Sth and Trimble
and severely injured. nee
her confinement in bed for
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16
The Committee Has About
Agreed On This.
The Other Two May BE Established
al Some Future Timc-tppro-
priation Cut.
PROVISIONS OF THE NEW BILL.

Frankfort. Ky, Jan. 1G.-After
looking over the situation carefully
the executive committee of the edu-
cational Improvement association has
decided that this is not the psyche
logical moment TO ask for $l50,00O
and three normal schools in Ken
lucky. 1t is likely that they will
scale down their request to SEQ. 200
and one normal school. This was
practically decided on at a meeting
of the committee with Chairman
Hume, of Frankfort; Prof L. II,
Mark, of Louisville; Prof. II. II
Cherry, of Bowling Green; Prof. Flu
qua. state superintendent of public
instruction, and Prof. Sharon, of
Paris, present. Another meeting OF
the committee will be held tomorrow
to take final action on the proposition
and to discuss the location of the
school should one be established.
Already bills appropriating nearly
$500 900 have been introduced and
the capitol committee has not yet
made up its budget. The committee
looked over some of these bills and
found the following staring them in
the face:
Three Normal Schools and
maintenance, .......... $22o,0OO
A. and NJ. College, .... 100000
Predetermined Institute, 100000
Restore Clay monument, =. 10000
Improving Western Kentucky
Insane Asylum, .... $4,000
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16
J.R. Roberts, 325 Broadway

ting down the force, it should be in
creased, if anything. He says it is
all right to contend for a good, or
derly city, but it is highly essential
that he be given the means to make
and keep the city orderly.
There are 20 patrolmen, and 10
are on at a time. Two men police
the city from Broadway and the riv-
er out to the limits in the west end,
and all that portion of the city north
of Broadway. In emergencies, the
police commissioners say. they have
found the present force inadequate,
and under normal conditions no
more than necessary.
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16
CHICAGO OFFICIAL.
Mr.. j. G. Neuffer and Clerks, Visit
Local Shop.

Mr.. ]. G. Neuffer, assistant super
intendent of machinery of the I. c.,
and corps of clerks, from Chicago.
were in Paducah yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Neuffer was en- route to Chica-
go from the south, and made an in
spection of the local /. c. shops. The
shops have a great deal of work and
are working an exceptionally large
force, considering the season of the
year. In the spring the force will be
increased to the fullest capacity of
the shops.
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16
IMPORTANT GATHERING.
Delegates Arriving for the Mine
Workers Convention.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 16.-Dele-
gates are assembling for the conven-
tion of the United Mine Workers of
America which promises to be the
most important for sometime, as the
demands of the miners upon the op-
orators will be agreed upon. A strike
under present conditions. it is agreed,
would surpass the great anthracite
strike of 1908.
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16
APPROPRIATIONS In
THE NEW ORDINANCE

The apporionment last night by the
by council regular subsequently,
in the appropriations published eday in the SUM-
police $1,000
plant
$1,000 ppropriated
is
in
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16

The bill under which the Normal
Schools are to be created provides
for three schools, one in the eastern
part of the state. one in the western
and one in the central portion. An
appropriation Of $50,0OO is asked
for establishing each of these schools
and $4,000 a year is wanted to
maintain each of them.
Each county will be allowed to
send six teachers free each year, and
no relative of any of the regents can
secure employment in or be a teach
er of any of the schools. Paducah
is after the Western Kentucky
school.
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16
RIVER Ne rs
RIVER STAGES.

Cairo, 27.4-0.1, fall.
Cincinnati. 24.0-5.5, rise.
Florence, 60, stand.
Johnsonville, 11.5-O.7, fall.
Mt. Carmel, IA, stand.
Nashville. 21.0-0.S. rise.
Pittsburg, 1871, fall.
Davis Island Dam, 9.0-1.2, ris
st. Louis, rs, stand.
Mt. Vernon, 1S.S-1.2, fall.
Paducah, 21.9-0.9, fall.
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16
Pay Train Tomorrow.

The Illinois Central pay car will
arrive In Paducah tomorrow and
make business good for the remain
der of the week.
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16
The Texas Wonder

Cures all kidney. bladder and rheumat
ic troubles: sold by J. II. Oehlschlae-
ger. COL Broadway. Or. q. w. Hall.
'once 2s26 Olive st., st. Louis, No.
The Paducah sun., 1906-01-16

peace; Mamie Caldwell, colored, ma.
liciously shooting her husband, con
tinued until Tuesday. q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-04
WHEAT BUYERS TAKE
ALL THE OFFERINGS


CHICAGO. ILL.,. Feb. 3.-Wheat closed
7tQlc higher; corn was up 4q2sc: oats
1&4sc. and hog products 5a32izc' better
Many wheat shorts were run under
cover ana there was excellent buying
by leading houses on investment ac-
count. ST. Louis reported unfayorable
crop reports from Nebraska. Kansas
City, and Illinois. and said that con
siderable wheat was covered there.
Late messages from Minneapolis report
ed Henry /. Little on the bull side OF
wheat there.
Corn held up well. Oats we're strong
and hog products were excited and quite
active Cash sales were two loads
wheat. five loads Of corn and 50. 900
bushels oats at The seabord: 5000
bushels wheat and 5000 bushels corn
as well as $500 bushels oats at Chi
cago.
All classes OF buyers were In the
market toward the close. and when
wheat was at its best Minneapolis re-
ported the worst blizzard OF the season
coming from the Northwest The same
MESA &c said that Watson. Lewis. Lake.
Brown, Tracy were leading buyers up
there.
J. r. Wrenn. who is known 10 act for
Watson. was a seller Of wheat here
The following were the quoted prices
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-04
BEARS RUN TO COVER
AND COTTON REBOUNDS

NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-There WAS re
sumption of pressure at Liverpool and
in this market early toCAy.
The market opened rather weak. with
general selling movement. and first
prices starting with decline of 10 10 II
points from last nights closing, with
March at about 10S2. May Il cents. and
July ranging from ILL 10 u.O9. There
was considerable pressure from the old
bear element who ATTACHED the market
rather vigorously in the effort to start
renewed general liquidation. There was,
however. such good buying from the
larger and more important trade inter
ests. and Wall Street and Southern COM
mission houses. that all offerings were
readily absorbed. and later, when the big
spot dealers and the former bear lead
ers turned up heavy buyers. and con
tlnued 10 take everything offered AT ad-
Yancing prices. the market advanced
sharply. Prices went up Il points from
the opening. and about points over last
nights closing before 1880 O'Clock, with
May selling at Ills, and July u23,
against 1896 for March, with the mar
ket closing firm on that be- sis.
Spot markets throughout the South
while prices were firmly held at yester-
days quotations on the b1sis Of II IS
cents per pound for middling.
The follwoing were the quotations Of
the day:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-04
Aftermath of a Big Bluff.

For brief moment on Monday las,
financial f street took seriously the re-
markable proposition made to exchanges
3,OO1 shares of Capital Traction for
10000 shares of Washington Railway
common.
As there are less than a half dozen
holders OF as much az 1900 shares OF
The Traction and as the number pos
sessing l00e0 shares of the other is
equally small It can be easily seen that
a proposition of the kind is practically
an impossibiIity as neither party would
be willing TO go short even an approx
mate amount OF either stock. What
would be done to any broker known to
be largely short OF either of these IL
too pa ,sul for contemplation How
ever, IL furnished subject for gossip
and general discussion which was wei
come relief to week otherwise barren
OF any matter OF local financial interest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-04
STEEL AND PENNSY
STAR SECURITIES
Railroads Profits, Owing to B. & O. Hold
ings, Reach High Water Mark Wall
Street Kept on Jump by Shifting.

paving no diviGSnds The great good tc
me Faliroad industry brought about by
the establishment of harmony between
large systems is not adequately meas
urea however. in the mere advance N
the price OF Norfolk and Western stock
ana OF other purchased seq titles.
When the practical control of the
roads IN question was taken over un-
productive competition had forced rites
GOWN 10 the lowest levels ever reached
ana had concentrated every railroad en-
efgy upon the problem of how to avoid
oankruptcy-a problem unsolved Nv
many of the roHds which failed in con
sequence. HAD such a condition cor
tinued, there would have been little
OF the progress Of the last seven years
IN reconstruction and undermining and
hence less industrial prosperity. II was
pennsylvania Initiative in community
OF interest that changed this whole sit
uation and helped to produce our pres
ent marvellous prosperity.
Rates have not been raised nv tho
operation nearly as much as the cost
OF materials and supplies has been
raised oy attendant prosperity. The
cost of conducting transportation has
not actually been lowered, because the
service has improved. But the improved
service Is produced at about the cost
OF The Anticipated service, and all rail-
roads. for all have followed the exam
pie If The Pennsylvania, are able 10
carry vastly greater quantity of
freight at greater speed and with less
delay sometimes il seems as though
our material prosperity is dependent
upon the ability OF our railroads 10
transport our productions. But as
bearing upon railroad values, the abfl-
ity TO carry more traffic at reduced
profits per item is the determining fac
tor I'm reckoning the stability of earn
ings.
Hence il is fair 10 contend that a
large measure of the enormous in
ereases in earnings which have been
scored in recent years, viii be held
even If business should recede from IT'S
great activity. BARNABY.