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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-08

Chief ShnltZ ot the Pune Bluff fire Light. submit to the city council the following report, which. it should be submitted by fire chief of Pine Bluff. The most remarkable feature of Chief Shultz.s report is that the decrease in losses dpring the last year amount to more than S35,O ,O0o. Following is the report in full:
 To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Pine Bluff, in common council assembled, Gen tlemen:
 Herewith I have the honor to sub init to you the annual report of the fire department for the year ending Apl!l 9. 1906, being my first of the paid fire department of the city of Pine Bluff.
 Equipments.
 We have now in service two hose wagons and one chemical and ladder wagon combined six good horses, g. 400 feet of good hose. During the past year there were four hundred feet of hose worn out.
 Water Supply.
 The following additions have been made to the water supply for fire purposes during the past year:
 Amount of 6=inch pipe laid, 17,93o feet
 Number of fire hydrants now in use in the city, 25S. The present force of the fire de partment is as follows: One chief, one assistant chief three drivers. three pipemen, one minuteman Expenses The expense of maintaining the de- rartment for the past year, including salaries and house rent, was sS,755 .Sa Number of Runs for the Year. Number of runs, S7.
 Number of fires 41.
 Number of f1ues, IT,
 Number of false alarms, 12.
 Number of fires out of water limit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-08
MRS. JACOBS DEAD.

sews has been received in this city of the death of Mrs B. A. Jacobs at Fl Paso, Texas, which sad event occurred last Sunday.
 Mrs. Jacobs will be remembered as Miss Clara Herlinsers of Searcy, Ark. She had visited in Pine Bluff several times, and was the guest of Misses Joseph and Ida Dreyfus. She had been in Toxas some time for her health,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-08
BIC DECREASE
Shown in iae Aggregate of Losses from Fires During the Last Year over the Year Before-.chief ShuIt Recommends New Station for Lakeside.


 Number of false alarms out of fire limit, ,.
 Number feet of hose lal, l5,3350, Number feet ladder raised, 4,512. Number of fires exinguishcd. with hose in water limit, 20
 Number of fires extinguishcd With chemical in water limit, q.
 Number of fires extinguished with chemical out of water limit, 6 Number of houses destroyed out of water limit. I.
 Losses and Insurance.
 Total loss on buildings and con tents. $52, ,09272
 Total insurance on buildings and contents, s47.i4272.
 During the year previous 10 this one tho loss on buildings and con tents was sS7,24o showing a decrease this year over last year of $35 14s
 Recommendations.
 As our city has Outgrown the pres ent force of the fire department, would heartily recommend that an other station be established on Lake side and four more men added to tho present force.
 Overhead Wires.
 would respectfully call your at tention 10 the serious obstruction the department has 10 contend with in l the network of overhead wires in the business center of the city II is al most impossible to raise ladders to reach the buiIdnes even In daylight, much less late at night. Something should be done as soon as possible to remedy the evil | Conclusion
 My acknOWledgementS arc hereby rendered to his honor, the mayor. and | the honorable city council and com mittee on fire department, for courte- cus treatment and support, and to 1 the members of the department I wish 10 extend my thanks for their l strict attention to duty. Respectfully submitted. R. w. SHULTZ, Chief Fire Department.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-08
FOUND NEGRO THIEF.

When Mrs. c. l.. Tucker of 1125 Eagt Third avenue returned home early Saturday evening from short visit with a neighbor, she found a burly negro in her kitchen ransack- ing the nenr-hin He had a partially >fllad sack. and was emptying the flour from the barrel into it. When he saw Mrs Fucker he ran from the house, leaving trail Of ho'
 across the yard Mrs. Tucker noti- fed the police, and Night Chief Cheek detailed a man to investigate, but the negro had made good his es- cape.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-08
When Advertising Pays.

When a merchant gives. his custom CT perfect satisfaction and better value than he expected. That is the principle We do business or. Try us OF your spring suit. Eisenkramer, Inc taller. Second avenue. corner Fine, above Citizens bank
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-08
MRS, BERRY DEAD.

Mrs. Berry, we'll known resident of Pine Bluff. died late Saturday nmight at the family home on East Sixth avenue. Mrs. Berry had been i'll for some time. She leaves several children and a number of relatives iii this city. besides host of friends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-08

Mir. F. A. Tippitt has gone to Nal den, Mo, to visit his family.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22

Those who are working to force a
police department of thirty members
down the threats of the taxpayers of
Paducah, despite the appropriation
made for this year by the general
council. may be hoist by their own
petard," as it were. And those who
fondly believe that the police COM
missioners can keep as many men at
work as they desire and then sue and
collect salaries after the appropria-
ton has become exhausted, are in
vited to peruse this section of the
Kentucky constitution: Section
162. No county, city, town or other
municipality shall ever be permitted
to pay any claim created against it,
under any agreement or contract
made without express authority OF
law, and all such unauthorized agree
ments or contracts shall be null and
void" No appropriation, no sal
aries.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
Supt. Egan Gives Out Definite
Information Today.
Cairo and st. Louis Trains to Stop
mt broadway After Feb
ruary 26th.
HE MEETS COMMITTEE TONIGHT

The I. c. trains from Cairo and st.
Louis will stop at 18th and Broad
way to discharge passengers on and
after February &c. This announce
ment, the first definite information
given out by the Illinois Central, was
made this afternoon by Supt. A. II.
Egan. of the Louisville division of
the road, who arrived at noon from
Louisville.
The board of aldermen asked that
the road be petitioned to stop its
trains at Eleventh and Broadway
and the committee made the request
through Supt Egan.
He has arranged the matter salts
factorily with the officials at Chicago
and is here to meet the committee
tonight and deliver the Information.
The committee will meet him at I
O'Clock tonight at The Palmer.
The stopping of the trains at this
junction is for incoming trains. II
is done for the convenience of pas
sengers who live in the central or
northern portion Of the city.
The reason the road will not stop
the outgoing trains is that either
there would be no one to board them
as everyone would have to go to the
union depot for tickets and to have
baggage checked, or else an addi-
tional ticket and baggage Office
would have to be established at Elev-
enth and Broadway, which would
cost a great deal and benefit the road
very little.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
KeadiIy Gave Bond.

Sheriff John Ogilvie returned from
Hickman this morning. where he
took Dave Johnson. white. who is
charged in that county with assault
and battery. Johnson gave bond
very readily and seemed to be a pop
ular man. He would have returned
there without being placed under ar
rest II notified in time, he stated.
The case will come up at the next
regular term of Hickman circuit
court
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
MANAGER BLEECkER
Says Wires VIII BE Moved IL Agree
ment il Void.

City Solicitor James Campbell, Jr.,
reported to the board of works yes
terday that If the traction company
had strung its trolley wires on the
city's poles It was without permits
sion, and could be compelled to take
them of.
When asked about the matter to-
day Manager John Blocker, of the
traction company. said that the CON-
pany had the right to do so, under
an agreement it had with the city,
he thought, but that the matter
would be Investigated, and If this
was not the case the wires would be
removed promptly. Under an agree
ment with the city, the company
heretofore has been using the poles
and paying rental for their use.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
ALDERMEN MEET
BOARD MAY ADJOURN UNTIL
TOMORROW.
Vigorous Fight to BE Made Against
the Police Bill.

The aldermanic board will meet in
regular session tonight. Some OF
the members are in favor of adjourn
ing until tomorrow on account OF
this being a legal holiday, but the
mayor and the city solicitor have
both expressed the opinion that any
legislation passed will be legal. The
board. however. is DESTROYS of being
on the safe side, and will probably
adjourn without transacting any
business that could be affected.
The aldermen will pass a resolu-
ton at the meeting tonight or to-
morrow protesting against the pass
age of the police bill, which, having
passed the house of representatives
yesterday, is now up to to the senate
There promises to be quite fight
on this measure. as the general
boards construe it as a retaliatory
measure and will fight 1t. Some oil
the aldermen say the bill is uncon-
stitutional.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22

Irrespective of criticism of our pc.
stion from either friends or oppo-
nents, this paper will always be
found vigorously advocating what II
believes is best for the people of Pa
ducah. There are some who cannot
appreciate honest, straightforward
argument or adherence to public
policy. and we have neither time nor
inclination to please or placate them.
No person can expect a newspapers
policy or opinions to always coincide
with his. Those who do expect II
will find their expectations realized
in very few instances, If any. The
Suns position on the telephone, cleo
trio light and other questions affect
ing the welfare of the public, have
been based on a policy of the great
est good to the greatest number, and
those who will have patience will no
doubt find that our position in the
light question will be fully vindicat-
ed in time, just as it was in the tele-
phone question.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
INQUIRY To RE MADE INTO HEN.
DERsON GAS PLANT OPER-
ALTON.
Efforts Ia he Made To DIV late the
Annual Loss To- the Tax
payers.

Henderson. Ky. Feb. 22.--The
common council at It's regular meet
ing, took up the matter of the losses
through the municipal gas plant. and
committee OF five members OF the
council and the council advisor were
appointed TO make a thorough inves-
tigation OF the plant and its manage
ment during the past few years.
II appeared that eight members OF
the body were In favor OF consider
ing all propositions to purchase or
lease the plant to private interests.
A letter OF w. b. Mcdonald. OF
Evansville, Ind, relative TO purohas-
ing or leasing the plant was read and
motion to table the correspond
ence was voted down by a majority
of eight to four.
A majority OF the members are al
ready in favor N sounding the mat
ter TO the bottom and learning Just
what the situation really is.
The committee will investigate
the gas plant and try to learn new
methods by which the losses can be
curtailed and the system improved.
That committee will receive and
consider all propositions relative to
selling or leasing the plant to prl-
vate interests.
After appointing the committee
Mayor Harris addressed the mem
bers, and all members of the coun-
Gil, 70 take some action relative TO
the gas plant. He said that Il was
a matter OF great interest and should
be looked into at the very earliest
moment.
IL is the general opinion that
among the authorities that there IL
no graft of any nature connected
with the department but that the
system is poor.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
A New Magazine.

Frank A. Munsey. that genius In
magazine publishing. has added an
other publication to his long list OF
excellent magazines. He calls this
one "The Scrap Book" and the title
is indeed happy one. Its contents
consist Of just those things one
would save for scrap book It is
wide in its scope. and as Munsey
says contains everything from a bit
to battleship." The price is ten
cents, and the sales have justified
Mr.. Munsey in his Judgment of what
he could do with such a publication.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
Two SHINING EXAMPLES OF WHAT
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP ACHIEVED
CITIZENS OF LOUISVILLE ASK
RECEIVER FOR WATER
WORKS.
Waste and Nismanagcment Arr
Charged-LouisviIlc Owns the
Plant.

Louisville. Ky. Feb. 22.--Suit has
been filed here asking for the imme-
date appointment OF receiver for
the Louisville water company.s The
citizens of Louisville own the water
company.
IL is claimed that the bill now
pending in Frankfort will not posi-
bly, affect the suit, and that. In fact,
the only course now possible Is for
the appointment of court receiver
preceding the acquisition and active
MANAGEMENT OF the water company
by the city. II. F. Wiener. w. b.
Lucas and other citizens are plain
tins.
The suit Is chiefly based on the
ground that the water company is
now being operated as a corporation.
while. in fact. Il has no corporate ex-
istence. Wastefulness and neglect
are also charged. and It is claimed
that the interests of the people call
for change in management
The attorneys for the plaintiffs
cite the fact that none of the water
company directors owns any stock In
the water company. and they claim
that every act of the water company
directors since September 2S. 1897.
has been illegal. They charge that
the present directors have no power
to fix water rates or to fix salaries
for employees. and that the whole
company is being operated in plain
definance of the law.
There is no eonoealment among
the local allies OF the water company
that the suit is a dangerous one. The
language OF the statute seems to sup
port the contentious of the plaintiffs.
The attorneys for the plaintiffs
say that nothing can be done now
but TO appoint a receiver, and that
the proposed act cannot go into effect
until a court receiver has adjusted
the affairs of the water company and
made a report to the people as " It's
true fiscal condition.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22

II Is unfortunate that a council OF
as good business men and citizens as
Paducah's, cannot do its work with
out provoking so much. misrepresen-
tation. Sunday the News-Democrat,
in an effort to make it appear that
the people here have to pay higher
licenses than in Lexington, stated
that wholesale merchants have to
pay $500 year in Paducah. The
fact is that they have to pay only
s35 a year, and there was never a
time that they had to pay $500. Yet
the News-Democrat. after making
such an inexcusable blunder. has
never corrected it. ..4 8a.~
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
u. ID. G. PRIZE
Will BE Given For the Best Paper
Written.

Prizes have been offered by the
Kentucky Division United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy for the best
paper written by a boy or girl, l6
years or younger, on "The Causes
Which Lead to the Civil War" The
offer is open to all boys and girls OF
Kentucky and will be awarded In
October at the next annual conyen-
ton. The state committee is Mrs.
Matte Bruce Reynolds, of Coving-
ton, chairman; Mrs. A. J. Casey, of
Hopkinsville; Miss George Price, of
Fulton; Mrs. Thomas j. Chenowith,
of Maysvlle.
Mrs. Joseph w. Thompson. of Pa
ducah, is chairman of the McCrack-
en- county committee.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
A FALL FAIR
Is ImprObable-Horse Show Will
BE Repeated.

Mr.. Robert b. Phillips has re-
turned from business trip to New
York city, and in few days a meet
ing OF those interested in the pro-
posed fair and race association, will
hold meeting to decide IL anything
will be done this year about holding
a meet in the fall. 1t is probable
that nothing will be done toward
holding fair this fall, but it is pro-
posed to give the horse show again,
instead. The committees will be APP
pointed early this year and work
started early in the summer to adj
vertlse the show.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
COD LIVER OIL.

1t almost makes you
sick to think of it, but it
isn't nearly as bad as it
used to be. The improved
method of refining it
makes it much easier to
take, and when made into
SCOTS Emulsion almost
every one can take 1t.
Most children like it and
Ill children that are not
robust are benefited by it.
When the doctor says
Take cod liver OIL he
generally means SCOTS
Emulsion; ask him if he
doesn't. They know it is
more easily digested and
better than the plain oil.
-,.Dr-,, o. pn,r>r - nj c,..., Nev Vol
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
KENTUCKIANS IN THE HAIL OF
FAME.


The effort to put statue of Will
liam Goebel in the hall Of fame Is
being opposed on various grounds,
and the Greensboro Inquirer, indie
pendent, says on the subject
There should be some reason for
all things, but there is none for the
placing of the statue of Goebel in the
hall of fame. The things that he
did would not, but for the glamor
that surrounds his memory on ac-
count of his murder, have entitled
him to any consideration whatever.
If he had been governor. and had
served out his term and died in his
bed, 1t is very probable that not one
of those now seeking to honor him
at the states expense would have
thought of doing so.
'In making the selection of the
two statues some regard should be
had to the wishes of the people of
the state. Several newspapers have
secured expressions from their read
ers on the. subject. Every one of
these has resulted in the selection of
the name of Henry Clay There are
half a dozen other Kentuckians about
whom the people agree or could be
brought to agree, but only a frac-
ton of the people agree as to the
qualifications of Goebel for a place
in the hall of fame. There is not a
Republican in the state who will say
that he possesses this qualification,
but the republicans are held by the
Goebel partisans to have no rights
which they are bound to respect. and
may be left out of the calculation.
Then there are a great many demo-
Gratis who have never worshipped at
the Goebel shrine and another vast
number who once might have done
so but who now see with different
eyes. These reduce the Goebel ad-
herents to very small proportion of
the people of the state, and surely
the legislature will awaken to a
sense of propriety and stop short of
bringing this thing upon the COM
monwealth.
and besides all of this, Goebel is
not eligible to a place in the hall OF
fame. 1t cannot be believed that the
committee which has the acceptance
of statues in charge will ever be
brought to see the matter in the light
in which it is viewed by those who
are attempting to carry this conspir-
acy against good taste and the wishes
of the vast majority of the people of
the state. The rule of admission. to
the hall of fame provides that the
recipient of the honor shall have
been dead ten years, and Goebel has
been dead but six years. This SHOULD
settle the matter among all but the
most contumacioas of the Goebel par
tisans, and surely If the legislature
will not see that 1t is asked to do a
foolish thing il cannot fail to per-
ceive that II Is asked to do an i'm
possible thing. Better by far 1t
would be for the reputation of the
state if it should have no representa-
tive in the hall of fame than that 1t |
should have a statue of Goebel.
which could never be viewed except |
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
SALVATION THE THEME
OF Bishop Charles Il. WOodcock This
Evening.

Bishop C. e. Woodcock spoke this
afternoon at the Grace church mis-
sin on "Sins of the Tongue. His
sermon tonight will be salvation"
The sermon last evening was
heard by the largest congregation Of
the week. 1t was most forcible
presentation of the subject "Atone-
ment and Forgiveness" and was the
strongest sermon of the series.
There will be an especial service
tomorrow afternoon at 4:15 for chill
dren and young people.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
TO CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY
fake LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine Tablet,
Druggists refund money II II falls to cure X
W, GROVES signature on each boz zsc.


Chicago, Feb. 22.-When Judge
Humphreys, court convened this
morning the announcement was
made that commissioner Garfield
was ILL., Consequently there was no
hearing of packers case. and court
adjourned until Friday morning.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22
COMMERCIAL CLUB
VIII Meet Tomorrow-Chicago Trim
Not Yet Arranged For.

The directors of the Commercial
club will meet tomorrow night at
1880 to consider several matters be-
fore the board. The date for the
visit of the committee of the Chicago
Commercial club has not been set.
but the committee has asked that IL
be deferred to some time next month.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22

slowly. The gauge today registered
s feet. A fall of 2 since yesterday.
The Dick Fowler got away for
Cairo with a fair trip this morning.
The Peters Lee will pass up from
Memphis for Cincinnati this after
noon or tonight.
The Kentucky is due out OF the
Tennessee tonight and will leave on
her return trip Saturday night.
The Nellie Wilett left today with
two loaded barges of coal from the
West Kentucky Coal Co., for Mem
phis and will bring back a tow of
10 empties.
The Kit Carson came out of the
Tennessee with a tow of ties yester-
day.
The Sprague, with a tow of 81
empties and two loaded barges is
expected up tonight or early tomor-
row morning en- route to Pittsburg.
The John b. Finley is day behind
her.
The Hopkins was the Evansville
packet today.
Capt. Cal Wagner leaves today for
Hickman to look after his boat, the
Charleston, which is high aground.
Ii is not believed that she will be a
total loss.
Twenty-Five years ago today the
big "a food began to subside. after
almost the entire city had been un-
der water for some time.
No railroad in the country affords
so good a service as the Paducah and
Evansville packets give to this city.
The two fine boats, the John S. Hop
kins and the Joe Fowler are thor
oughly reliable conveyances and are
manned by crews trained to the high
est standard of efficiency Evans
willie Courier.
The New Orleans Picayune says;
Capt. A. NJ Halliday. who Is a can
didate for the state senate from his
district. is SURE Of election, he hav-
Ing no opposition. Capt. Halliday
steamboated for many years between
Cincinnati and New Orleans, last on
the steamer Paris c. Brown. and
when he retired from that trade he
settled down here, became connected
with the Union Ferry Company and
developed into one of the most wide
awake and progressive citizens OF
New Orleans. Although not now
connected with any packet trade he
continues TO take lively interest in
the steamboat business, and can be
counted on to look after the welfare
of the steamboats, whenever the oc-
casion presents itself"
Capt. II. w. Pell left yesterday
morning for Vicksburg, Miss, to take
he steamer Vernie Swain from that
point TO Marietta, Ohio. The steam
er has been purchased by the Cooley
& Hagans floating theatre company.
Capt. Frank Phillips return
ed yesterday from Hickman, Ky,
where he has been looking after his
interest in the steamer Blanche,
which burned at that place a week
ago He states that the steamer is a
total loss The boat had been trans
porting corn in that vicinity this
winter. She was owned by Phillips
Bros. and had made frequent trips
to this city. $50" Capt. w. II. Ley
he master of the Grey Eagle. has
gone to the Eagle packet company's
fleet near Paducah.-Globe-Demo-
crat.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22

When you find a person who blat-
antly declares that he favors the city
operating its light plant, even if it
does lose several thousand dollars a
year, you usually find one who pays
no taxes. Talk is cheap.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-22

a, The gang that has had Paducah in
its grasp for many years is dying
hard, but il is dying fast. 1t must
give way to progressive men who
have only the interest of the city at
heart.