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His Tweuty-Third otfens..

When Policeman jackson OF the second
precinct saw William Donaldson uncer the
influence OF Iiqunr Saturday around the o
street market he remembered that it was
Donaidsnn's twenty-fhird oifense. according
to testimony in the PpIire Court today The
result OF the hearing was that Robinson
viii serve thirty days In the workhouse I'M
less he pays $40 fine Donaldson win re-
cetye hospital Treatment while ON the farm
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Army Orders.

By direction of the President First Lieut..
Gordon Johnston, Signal Corps, at his own
request is relieved from detail in the Signal
Corps.
Second Lieut. Horace NJ Munroe LIST
Cavalry. is relieved from treatment at the
Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot
Springs, Ark. and will join his proper sta
ton.
Maj. John M. Carson, jr quartermaster,
will proceed from West Point N. Y, to
Philadelphia, Pa. Boston and Middleboro,
Mass, on official business pertaining to the
work of Improvement at the United States
Military Academy, and upon the compile
ton of this duty will return to his proper
station.
Post Quartermaster Sergt. Peter N. Mer-
zig has been placed on the retired list on
his own application.
First Lieut.. Harold L. Snoddy, LIST In
fantry. Kansas National Guard. Is author
ICED By the President to attend and p,ir-
sue a regular course Of instruction at the
garrison school. Fort Crook, Neb.
Capt. Samuel Hof, ordnance department.
will proceed to the works of the Cambria
Steel Company. Jamestown. Pa. on Off
cial business pertaining to the inspection
of ordnance material in process OF manu-
facture.
Maj. Edmund K Webster, United States
army, retired. at his own request, is re-
Heved from duty with the organized militia
of the state Of New Hampshire, and will
proceed to his home.
Leaves of-Absence have been granted as
follows: Mai. L. H Strother. 18th Infantry,
four months. with permission to go abroad:
Contract Surgeon William g. Miller. one
month: Capt Aston Hamilton. Artillery
Corps. twenty days; Capt F. s. Lessen
ring, Philippine Scouts, extended to Feb
ruary 4, 1907; Contrac. Surgeon James e.
Shaiienberger, one month extension on ac-
count Of sickness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-10

Od3cers and enlisted men Of the organ
lied militia. in oficiai correspondence with
the War Department have been enjoined to
observe fthe regulations governing the con-
Duct Of correspondence in the army and
should. therefore. forward all commuuica-
lions through proper militia channels Of
dciai communications from a militia staff
department should be signed either by the
head of that department or by the officer
acting in his stead. and not by a subordi-
nate officer by order or by direction
OF the head of such militia staff depart
ment
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Naval Orders.

Commander G. w. McElroy. from duty
as inspector of machinery. Bath iron
works. Bath. Me-. to duty as inspector oil
machinery. Babcock & Wilcox Company.
Bayonne, N. J.
Lieut.. Commander II. Hall. from Ala
Dana, to duty es Inspector of machinery,
Bath iron works Bath, Me.
Lieut.. Commander R. H. Leigh. to duty
at navy yard. New York. N. Y
Leuts- E. H. Campbell and E. p lesson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-10

AN interest In the cubject Of the adoption
of the new saber for the army.
Philippians Campaign Badges.
The issne Of the Philippine e--npaixn
badge prescribed in general orders. War
Department has been extended to snciude
service in the following expeditions:
Against Dato Ali and his followers, Min
ippine islands, April and May. 1905.
Against Datu Ali and his followers. Min
danao. Philippine Islands. October. 1905.
Against hostile Moroa on Mount Bud
Dajo, Jolo. Philippine Stands. March. 1906.
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y
be paid by the state. This decision was
based upon an opinion of the judge advo-
cate general of the army.
Candidates for Army Commissions.
The examinations of candidates for an
pointment as second lieutenant in the army
are now being conducted at Fort Leaven-
worth. Kan. As announced in general or
ders from the War Department the army
candidates will be given the preference
over candidates designated from military
institutions and from civil life. The nu-
merous candidates taking examinations
were thrown into a furry this week by
the report that they were to be examined
In solid geometry and spherical trigonom-
etry. 1t is understood that the candidates
will be given that examination for an
pointment to the Artillery Corps. but that
taflure to pass In those two subjects will
have no effect upon their appointment to
either the infantry or the cavalry arm.
Acqutttal Of Lieut.. Hazard.
The War Department is informed that
First Lieut.. Russell T. Hazard It'll In
fantry. was acquitted by general court
martial convened at Fort Wayne, Mich.
OF charges of absence without leave, and
conduct unbecoming an officer and q gem
tleman.
Troubles Of Naval Paymaster.,
The record of the court-martial pre-
ceedings in the case of Paymaster's Clerk
Alfred 8. Porter has been received at the
Navy Department from Boston. where the
court held its sessions. Porter was clerk
to Paymaster Dexter Tiffany and was
charged with embezzling government funds
intrusted to his care. Paymaster Tiffany
paid $14.e00 to balance his accounts, and
the fact that he was allowed to resign his
commission is accepted as generating him
from responsibility for the shortage
It Is understood that Porter was con-
victed of the charge for the court ami SEN
fenced to imprisonment for five years Paw
master Tiffany and Pay Clerk Porter were
attached to che batueship Rhode Island
Practical Tests Of Sabers.
The War Department is arranging for
extended tests OF the new sabers adopted
for the army. Some thousand of these sa-
bers for the use Of enlisted men wiz be
sent out to non-commissioned onicers Of |
certain infantry and cavalry regiments, in
Guiding troops e. f. G and H., 18th Cav
airy. at OFT Myer. The rest OF the sa-
bers will be sent to companies OF the 5th |
Infantry In Cuba; the troops Of the I3th |
Cavalry In the west. and to the LIST I'd. I
4fh and 9Th Regiments OF infantry and |
the LIST. 9TH and 9TH Regiments of cavalry
About 800 sabers Tor officers have been re- L
sssred. and these WIN be sent to certain regl-
mental. squadron and company ofi3eers 81 /
these Infantry and cavalry regiments aud /
the other omcers who are known To take
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-10

Money Loaned Salaried People
and others. without security; easy paymentSS
ofnces In g. principal cities: save yourself meaey
BY getting my terms first D. h. TOLAAN.
Room 500. 533 18th ct. nv. nolS-u.o
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
MURDER DOCTOR"
CAUSE RIOT IN ITALIAN QUAR-
T,R OF NEW YORK.
Experts Examine Eyes Of School
Children and the Parents Re
come Alarmed.

New York, Oct. Believing that
the murder DOCTORS" as they called
the board of health physicians. were
cutting the throats OF their children
in a public school in the Williams
burg section of Brooklyn, l,500 wo-
men. nearly all of them Italians,
stormed the school building in a
mad effort to reach the little children
today. Before the riot had been
quelled. several policemen had been
seriously injured by the Infatuated
women and one of the rioters had
been arrested.
For several days physicians from
the board of health have been exam
lining the eyes and threats of pupils,
4 contagious affection of the eyes had
spread from the homes of the Ital-
ians in the vicinity of the school. and
the doctors were directed to make an
investigation to learn the cause and
to exterminate the disease.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
REMARKABLE MAN
VIII Leave This section 20 Reside in
California.

Col. Latham Anderson. of Eddy
vile. Ky. will leave soon for Cali
fornia to live and west Kentucky viii
lose one OF It's distinguished citizens.
Col. Anderson has a vivid career be
hind him. BY profession he is a
civil engineer though now he has re-
tired from active life at the age OF
60 odd years. His father Governor
Anderson, founded the town of Kut-
tawa many years ago and the son has
taken great interest in the town all
his life. lie was graduated from
West Point and saw service in Mexico
in the war with that country. But he
particularly Is identified with the
great Grand Rivers bubble. He did
all the surveying for that dream city
and laid out the future city. IL was
Grand Rivers which Thomas Lawson,
the eternal protest to that which is,
so largely promoted. and doubtless
saw frenzled finance in furious oper'
alton.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
TORTURES
OF VICTIMS ENJOYED BY THAI
SHIA KING OF ASSAM.
Seven of His Wives Executed Before
His Eyes Under His Personal
Direction.

Paris, Oct. G.-Thai Shla, king of
AMMAN. according to stories reach
ing Paris from Indo-China, has
again been guilty OF such atrocities
that the French government may be
compelled to adopt rigorous jisci-
plinary measures. as 1t did several
years ago, when, on account of the
scandal caused by the barbarous
torture of the kings personal at
tendants. the French resident at the
head of the gendarmie entered the
palace to restore order. The mails
now report that in August the king
was seized with a homicidal mania,
ordered seven of his wives to be ex-
ecuted and looked on with delight
while they were slowly tortured to
death.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
SEVEN HUSBANDS
But NOT ONE HAS FIGURED IN
DIVORCE COURTS.
Investigation Into Domestic Affairs
of Michigan Reveals an Tn
usual situation.

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 6.-Seven hus-
bands, none of whom have ever been
figures in the divorce courts, have
more or less legal claims upon Mrs.
Hannah Brown-Chaffee, according to
the confession of her daughter, Mrs.
Emily Sherman, VIII resides in the
suburbs of Pontiac. The latest cere-
mony of the much-married woman
was with Francis NJ Chaffee, civil
war veteran of go. Shortly after
their marriage, his wife transferred
some of her property to a daughter,
and Chaffee took his protest to the
courts. The investigation which fol-
lowed resulted in the discovery of a
previously welded husband in Louis
Vile. He is James Moloney and he
married in 1885. Mrs. Sherman,
the daughter after a severe exam
nation, admitted that there had been
six husbands annexed by her mother
before Chaffee Joined the throng and
that there had never been a divorce.
The men are reported as living in diff
ferent cities. An investigation has
been ordered.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
ANNOUNCED
Is MARRIAGE OF MISS CORBETT
AND MIR. THOMPSON.
viii Take Place Wednesday Even
ing, October 81, at First Chris
tian Church.

Mrs. Rebecca II. Corbett announ-
ces the approaching marriage of her
daughter, Miss Rubie Corbett, to
Mr.. Charles William Thompson. The
wedding will take place on Wednes-
day. October 81. in the evening, at
the First Christian church.
Miss Corbett is one of the leading
society girls of the city. She is beau
tiful and talented, with the charm of
manner that characterizes her fam
lily, which is one of the most promi-
nent in Kentucky. She Is popular in
Frankfort and upper Kentucky,
where she lived when her father, the
late Thomas II. Corbett, held Office.
Mr.. Thompson is one of the fore
most business men of Paducah He
is the junior member of the Purcell
& Thompson firm and has been in
charge of the Paducah branch store
since its establishment here. He is
identified with the city's enterprises
and growth and has a wide circle of
friends both socially and in a bust
ness way.
The wedding will be one of the
social events of the autumn.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
TO GET BIG SUM FOR COLLEGE
Cumberland Prsbyterians Appoint
Field Agent 10 Raise $4,000.

Danville, H.. Oct. G.-The Cum
berland Presbyterian college commits
sion announced today the appoint
ment of Rev. George II. Turner, of
Pittsburg, as field agent to raise $50, >
600 in the synods of Illinois, Indiana
and Iowa to meet the conditions OF
the Scott Milliken contract, by which
Milliken University will secure an
other large gift, said to be nearly ST.
100000. The dropping from the
rolls of Rev. ]. X. Milholland by the
presbytery was sustained. Rev John
Malcolm Shaw, of Chicago, delivered
an address on the work of the evange-
distic committee.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
IN EMBRACE
TWO MEN FALL FOUR STORIES
TO THEIR DEATH.
While Fighting They Tumble
Through Open Window and
Are Dashed To Pavement.

Cleveland. o.. Oct. G.-Clutched
in each others arms two young men
fell from the fourth story window of
the Lake Shore railroad Office build
Ing and were hurled to death ON the
pavement below at O'Clock this ey-
enlng.
The dead men are ]. V. Bunts.
sged 80 years. and Harry Wilfred,
aged II years. Both were clerks in
the Office of the superintendent of
motive power of the Lake Shore
railroad. Bunts was killed instantly
and Wilfred died in an ambulance
on the way to the hospital.
The dead men had trouble pre-
viously and a renewal OF II this af-
ternoon led to an alteration.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
MUCH INTEREST
IN THE QUESTION
Farmers Come i'm to Talk
About Immigration.
Additional County Vice-Presidents
Have Been Named by Presi-
dent Hughes.
~! DELEGATES REGISTERED

Country residents of McCracken
county are awakening to the posi-
bilities of immigration since reading
accounts of the recent convention in
The Sun, and the Commercial club
quarters have been visited by a
number of farmers this morning, in
quiring about the plans of the asso-
citation and giving their views on the
question of securing homes for the
immigrants.
The convention and its results
have greatly encouraged its promot-
ers. There were 437 registered at
the Kentucky theater during the two
days. showing that the attendance
fell OFF only slightly from the esti-
mates of the Commercial club. Rain
the first day kept many away and re-
duced the size of the audience.
The following additional county
vice-presidents have been named by
President Hughes: Hickman county,
Charles Pedley; Christian county.
Robert Brown Fulton county, v.
w. Mcclure; Mound City. H.. AL
bert Williamson.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
DISORDER
ATTENDS SURRENDER OF REB-
Ell SOLDIERS IN CUBA.
Government Volunteers Refusing to
Give Up Arms Until They
Are Paid.

Havana, Oct 6.-Reports of dis
order and apprehension continue, but
there has been no serious trouble
The American colony at La Gloria
petitioned Governor Taft for protec-
ton from marauding bands. Govern
ment volunteers at Canaguay re-
fused to give up their arms until
paid. They are acting disorderly. At
Pinar del Rio the rebel and gov
eminent forces are distrustful OF
each other. Both so far have re-
fused to surrender arms. In Santiago
province the government volunteers
deny the statement of their colonel
that they are willing TO give up
their rifles before being paid.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
GIRL FLIES IN MANS CLOTHES.
Leaves Home With Brother and Beats
Way on Freight Trains.

st. Louis. Oct. dressed as 2
man, a 17-year-old girl who gave hei
name as Asha Mead, and ssad he
home was in Terre Haute. Ind. wa
arrested at the Iron Mountain DEPOT
today. accompanied by William l.
Mead. 10 years old, who, she says
is her brother. They left home With
SAILS. In pocket of the girls
trousers were found the brown tress'
es which she had shorn before the
two left Terre Haute. They We're Or
their way to Reed Springs, Mo-, where
they say Mrs. Lottie Howard. an
aunt lives. From Charleston. H.,
to East St. Louis. the girl told the po-
lice, they beat their way on freight
trains. From Terre Haute to Charles
ton they rode first class. They had
spent most of the money with which
they left home.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
WATER COMPANY
SUGGESTS RATE
Water and Light COMMITTEES
Considering Terms.
Better Contract for City May BE Sc
cured Through Negotiations
Going On.
NO REPORT HAS BEEN MADE

Negotiations between the Paducah
Water company and the water and
light committee of the general coun-
Gil are now going on, with a view to
renewing the contract for furnishing
water to the city. IL Is understood
that in consideration of the extern
sion of the contract the company has
offered a considerable reduction In
the rate, although the figures have
not been given out, because the com
mittee and the company are still
considering terms.
This is the first time a contract
has been entered into since 1884
when the franchise was granted the
company. The ordinance stipulated
that the city was to pay for fire hy-
drants $40 year Tor the first $50
hydrants, $50 each for the next 80
and $25 each for all over that.
The length Of the contract and the
terms are to be stipulated in re-
port to be made the general council
by the committee.
1t is said the reduction proposed
will save the city 100000.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
Is HELD AS ELOPER
Pennsylvania Accused Of Leaving
Wife TO Wed Organist.

Columbus, o., Oct. g. Charged
with leaving his wife behind at Fas-
sett, Pa, while he eloped with the
former organist of his church, Rev.
George Lester Reynolds, Baptist, is
under arrest here. Miss Clara Els
Their Ware is also under arrest. The
two were married September "a. 81
love Lester, and do not regret what
have done" said Miss Ware, who
is now Mrs. Reynolds. Reynolds will
not discuss the affair. He is AZ, his
new wife is 23, and wife No. l, who
is Frustrated at her home In Fassett.
is eight years her husbands senior.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
ATTORNEY TO WED.
Mr.. Frank 4. Lucas Wins Glasgow
Belle.

Invitations have been issued an
nouncing the marriage of Miss Mary
Eugenia Ellison, of Glasgow, KY. to
Attorney Frank A. Lucas. OF this
city. The marriage will take place
Monday afternoon at o'clock. oc-
tober Is, 1906, in the Christian
church at Glasgow Miss Ellison Is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. T..
Ellison and is one of the charming
young women of that town. Mr.. Luz
cas- is one of the younger attorneys
Of this city and at one time was
state auditors agent. After a honey
moon in the west they will live at
317 North Seventh street.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
Idea OF Official Business.

Walton, KY, Oct. 6.-Congressman
Jos. Rhlnock wants to go back to tho
Seats of the Mighty" at Washing.
ton, and is sending thousands of let
ters to the voters of this district tell
ing of "what | done" during the past
session in congress. One of Rim
ock's letters has been shown to your
correspondent. and, strange to say, II
is in a government envelope marked
"Oflcial Business-Free-House OF
RepresentatiN es."
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
Maneuvers of Platts Interest
New York.
Old Senator Hustled Ont OF Hotel
While Wife Threads Maze OF
Milk Trains.
BOTH MAKE FORCED MARCHES

New York, Oct. g. Mrs. Thomas
Collier Plat is somewhere in the
mldriff of Manhattan moving so rap
idly that her watchful foes. headed
by Frank n. Plat. the son OF her
ancient husband, United States Sen
ator Thomas c. Plat. have been
pretty well circumvented.
They hustled Senator Plat out OF
his hotel today at an hour that was
unseemly for a very elderly. weakly
man, and bore him to his offices
down town. But they were still In
darkest doubt regarding the mode OF
attack that would be tried by the
woman, whose wits are pitted
against theirs in this game OF matri-
monlal cross purposes. They did not
know where she would strike first
at the Hotel Gotham or at the Plat
oaices-and their main concern was
to keep Plat away from her at all
hazards.
81 expect to see my husband to-
day" Mrs. Plat was quoted as say
ing upon her arrival in the hostile
territory. MY place is by his side"
Mrs. Plat arrived IN New York
al 1880 a. m. an. hour earlier than
her usual hour for rising. She had
left her country estate Of Togo
Lodge. In Highland Mills, at day
light. driven eight miles in the cold,
gray chill OF the dawn to the little
railroad station Of Turner'S. thus
outwitting the reporters who watch
ed for her In Highland Mills. and
while the right OF way was still cum
bered with the hardest of the milk
trains she had started for New York
over the Erie railroad.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
STREET LIGHTS
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS DE-
CIDES ON LOCATIONS.
Make Tour Of City and Recommend
Placing Twenty-Four New Lamps
anand Changing Others.

Members of the board of public
works made a tour of the city yes
terday and will recommend placing
the twenty-four additional street
lights at the following corners:
Powell and Clements streets, Hays
avenue and Sowell street, Benton
road near the school house, south
end of Sixth street bridge spanning
Island creek. Tenth street, one block
south of Husbands, Norton at Sew
enth and Ninth. Caldwell and Eighth,
Littlevlle avenue and Paxton, JET
ferson and Nineteenth. Jefferson and
Twenty-third. Tenth street and
Broadway, Nineteenn street and
Clay. Seventeenth and Trimble.
Twentieth and the Hinkleville road.
Thirteenth and Cairo road, Twelfth
and Faxon, Twelfth and Fern. Ninth
and Burnett, Sixth and Flourno,
and Twelfth and Trimble. The
board decided to put light at Foun-
tain avenue and Broadway, and the,
re-arrange all those going out Broad.
way from Fountain avenue to TWEEN.
ty-fifth street. The light now hang
ing at Bloomfield and Thirteenth
will be moved to Langstaff and Thir-
teenth streets. A nearby light viii
be moved to Thirteenth ana Salem
avenue.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
COAL DOCKS INJURED.
West Kentucky suffers Slight Loss
In New Orleans.

Mr.. c. NJ. Budd. local manager of
the West Kentucky Coal company.
received a telegram this morning
from New Orleans saying that the
companys docks. the largest coal
docks In the south, were slightly
damaged by the tornado. which
swept over New Orleans and the ad-
jacent country yesterday. The dam
age will not interfere with the busl-
ness, however.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
ENGINE FAILS
And Morning Train is Delayed Sew
eral Hours.

While pulling out of Central City
this morning the engine pulling
train No. 1903. the fast Illinois Gem
tral acknowledgements passenger
train, failed and caused a delay of
three hours and fifteen minutes. An-
other engine was not available at
that time and a dead one" was
steamed and prepared to haul the
fast train through to Paducah. IL
arrived ate7:3O O'Clock.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
TROUBLE WITH LAUNCH.
Governor Beckham Nearly Missed
Smithland Date.

Governor Beckham came near
making the address, he way to de-
liver at Smithland. Thursday after-
noon, to the woods and birds. With
several gentlemen he left Thursday.
morning in a gasoline launch for
Smithland, and the engine broke
down near Ledbetter After an hour
the break was repaired and the party
reached Smithland just in time to-
start the speaking.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-06
HEADS IOWA FOES OF LIQUOR
Rev. II. T. Hagerman Elected Presi-
dent OF Anti-Saloon League.

Des Moines, Oct. g. Rev. +. T..
Hagerman of this city was today
elected president of the Anti-Saloon
League in place of 5. n. Fellows of
Iowa City. who resigned. A new dis
trIct was added with Or. II. Hilton in
charge. at Cedar Rapids. DR.. |. n.
McCash reported that 500 injunction
suits 10 stop the Illegal sale OF liquor
had been won or were pending. He
suggested that the Dial OF Progress
be made monthly instead of a
weekly publication. and the recon-
mendatlon was adopted.