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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03


cent use. then il should be ceded to
the city OF Baltimore for park, so
that 1t will be of public utility and
its historic features can be preServ-
ed"
This Is a kind offer to rescue spot
so full of patriotic associations from
Dissertation and woul dbe entitled 20
consideration IL the bond OF attach
ment was purely local and limited to
Baltimore or Maryland. But 1t is
national. and from all sections of the
Union will come strong insistence
that 1t shall be preserved as a ma
tional monument to one of the most
beautiful and patriotic incidents in
our history. II was the lombard
ment of Fort McHenry by the British
fleet In August, 1914, that inspired
Francis Scott Key. who witnessed 1t,
to write the national anthem 1.-THE
Star Spangled Banner" II could
hardly be hoped that the American
fiag, which could plainly be seen
when night came on, would be found
still aHoat in the morning. But when
the morning broke 1t was still flying
and on the spur of the moment Key
wrote the poem which made him i'm
mortal.-Courier-J
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
FORT M'HENRY.

The people of Baltimore are very
much exercised over the neglect into
which Fort McHenry, around which
cluster so many patriotic memories
of the early days Of the republic, has
been allowed TO degenerate. II has
ceased to be maintained as military
station occupied by regular troops
and great indignation is expressed at
report that the war department is
about to permit 1t to be used as a
cattle pen. This has called forth an
indignant protest from the press and
people of Baltimore II is argued
that Jurisdiction over the spot having
been ceded to the government, ii Is a
question whether there is any au-
thority to use the property for any
other purpose than for military pur-
poses In addition to this II is con
tended that from its strategic posi-
ton II should be maintained as an
army post and as an inner defense to
Baltimore. II is a beautiful spot,
surrounded on three sides by water
and commanding the harbor of Bal
tlmore from the southwark. II would
seem quite as reasonable to dispense
with the forts which protected the in
ner harbor of New York or with Fort
Warren, which defends that of Bos-
ton.
But, apart from the military point
of view, there is a sentiment attach
ing to the place which would sem
sufficient to prevent II from being
aba ndoned as military post, much
less desecrating 1t by using 1t as pro-
posed. The mere suggestion by Sec
rotary of the Navy Bonaparte a year
ago to destroy the hull Of the old fri
gate Constitution by taking II out
upon the ocean and sinking It by the
discharge of heavily shotted guns,
brought down upon his head such in
dlgnant protests that the idea was at
once abandoned. And yet such dis
position OF II was proposed as a
mark OF honor instead OF Dissertation
az that suggested for Fort McHenry.
AS the Baltimore Sun feelingly says:
''To use this spot made sacred in our
history for a cattle pen would be such
dissertation as to use Mount Vernon
for a slaughter-house. or Plymouth
Rock for hospital for diseased poul-
try. II the United States cannot put
Fort McHenry to some proper and de-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
HITCHCOCK.

Every president has the right tc
arrange his cabinet to satisfy his
taste. A few presidents. in all oul
history, have subordinated their per
sonal hiking and antipathy. George
Washington. for the country's. good
used the services of his enemy
Thomas Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln
called to the war department a man
who had spoken of him openly with
contempt. lie kept in the treasury
an incumbent who plotted to supplant
his chief. He had as his secretary
of state a leader in faction of the
party which had opposed his nomina-
ton. Such magnanimity Is rare, and
when ii is combined with insight into
men. is most valuable in statesman.
William Mckinley had this attribute.
He saw deep into men. and he select
ed them, not from his private liking,
but for their suitability to the needs
at hand. Hay is dead The country
demanded his retention while he
lived. Root and Taft are working in
harmony with the successor of their
chief. Hitchcock is worthy to stand
with the other three in service TO the
country. No selection of Mckinley
showed profounder insight without
blare of trumpets, so quietly that his
personality is comparatively unknown,
but relentlessly, without rancor or
personal favor, this official has build
ed solidly toward the newer justice
by which rich and poor. enemy and
friend. senator and, obscure workman
are to have an equal hearing before
the dread tribunal of the right
From Golfers for November "a
1906.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
$4,000 FOR A CHINESE VASE.
Mrs. Potter Palmer Buys an Ancient
Piece Of Royal Palace, Loot.

Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. a. Mrs.
Potter Palmer. before her departure
for the Grand Canon and Chicago.
paid $1,000 for an antique porcelain
vase from the royal palace at Pekin.
believed 10 be more than 1000
years old..i The vase is known as
Black Hawthorne. II is about two
feet high and OF a design known to
connoiseurs as the Wal Tai II is ex-
tremely plain. being entirely black
and with hardly any decoration. Its
value rests on its antiquity and on
the facts that Il was one Of the art
treasures OF the royal palace whence
It Is supposed to have been taken in
the days OF the Boxer uprising.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
Relief for Rheumatism.

These damp days are hard on peo-
lie afflicted with rheumatism. and
'elief is sought In all sorts OF rene
lies.
There Is no doubt In the minds of
'eople who have suffered with the
Tread disease and those who have
studied 1t closely that probably more
'elief can be secured from the Osteo.
athic treatment than any other.
or course, some chronic cases
Won't yield to any treatment. but in
stances OF cases OF seven and eight
ears standing yielding to three
months treatments can be cited. II
YOU are suffering of rheumatism. |
should like to discuss your case with
'ou. examine you and tell you what
| can do for you. With the dry hot
air treatment that I use with osteo-
patty am having very gratifying
success with people you know well.
DR.. g. B. Froage. SIG Broadway.
Phone 1407.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
THE FARMER!

The man who wrestles with the
COW and learns the calves to suck
who casts the corn before the swine
Is now in the greatest luck, for but
ter's on the upper grade, veal's high
er than a kite, pork is climbing up
the scale and beef is out of sight:
eggs. he gathers every day from his
poland chicken coop are almost
worth their weight in gold and we
are in the soup. His corn brings
him a fancy price, IT'S rising every
day and he rakes in all kind of mon
ely for half load of hay. The farmer
is in the saddle and when he comes
to town the rest of us by right should
go way back and sit down.-Spring-
field, Tenn, Herald.
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WE NEED A COLLEGE.

Confident of her position as the
metropolis of west Kentucky and
the leader Of second class cities, II
she but keeps up the pace of the last
five years. Paducah should not per.
nit her attention TO be exclusively
engrossed In the accumulation OF
wealth and the development of ma
terial resources, to the degradation
of her social condition. With pros
perity should come increased re-
finement and more perfect culture
These elements are more surely at
tained and of more lasting quality
when cultivated In a scholastic at
mosphere. Paducah needs an lnsttu-
ton of higher learning. The effect of
one would be felt in the public
schools clear down to the primary
department. The life of the commu-
nifty would be revolutionized in a
decade. In city which possesses a
virile college, the institution
serves as an invigorator of the COM
mon schools. The pupils have some
thing to work up to. Their educa-
tional horizon is not bounded by the
Three RS, and they in turn in
fuse the community with their schol-
arly ideas. A college would bring to
Paducah the best from surrounding
cities to enter our social life, and to
spend their developing years in Pa
ducah. This would become the social
and intellectual, as We'll as the CON-
mercial center of western Kentucky
and southern Illinois. That the in
stitution for either sex, would pros
per, there can be no doubt. There
are enough boys and girls In Padu-
cab TO support 1t. II costs from ST.
900 to $4,000 to educate a child.
There are scores Of young men and
women who spend four years away
from Paducah acquiring an educa-
tion. which We should afford them at
home. Paducah has good public
schools and excellent private schools,
which may in time grow into some
Thing, the exeellencies of which will
be heard of outside the city, if prop
erly encouraged. This city offers un-
equalled opportunities for seat of
higher education. There is no promi-
nent institution in western Kentuc-
ky. West Tennessee or southern I'LL
nois. This is the largest city, the rail-
road and river center and the fastest
community, and Padueah
needs such a school
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03

Nothing is better tempered than
the American press as to its own
grievances. and this Is never better
displayed than in case of accidents,
which interfere with the pubhoa-
ton. A noteworthy example is the
BABY Messenger" a little yellow
colored sheet of four pages and
scarcely larger than handful.
which the Mayfield Messenger has
been publishing during the coal fam
inc. II is a newsy little sheet. con-
tanning only local news, and 1t is
printed evidently on a hand press
That is enterprise for you. A mere
matter'of fuel and mechanical powe
win not stop the free press. One
would have TO cut of the logs and
arms of everybody connected with the
establishment.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
Hotel Arrivals.

Palmer: G. l.. Trant. St. Louis; n.
3. Smith, Butte. Mont; NJ. Mooney
louisville; F. T. De Shong. Burton
Vile. Ark; c. J. Singleton. Mattoon.
Ill.,; G.. NJ. Green. Nashville; H. n.
Bohn. st. Paul. MINI: F. NJ. Fry.
Philadelphia; r. l. Bishop. Louis
VILE; r. J. Kohn Chicago: A. f.
Schear. Cincinnati; c. G. Winston.
Richmond. Va; w. @. Darlington.
Farmvile. Va; VIM. Moutrose, st.
Louis; w NJ. Mason. Hazel.
Belvedere: J. b. Pool, Omaha: u.
Murphy Evansville Ind; W. p.
Boyler. st. Louis; l.. samuels. ST.
louis; e. S. Curtis. Atlanta; @. W.
Neary. Louisville.
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traitors. Not content with taking I'M
lawful possession of the city, terror
izing citizens. destroying property
and putting, as well as was in their
power. the whole city at the mercy
of the flames they started, the ruff.
fans fired into the postoffice and
thus gave the federal government an
opportunity to take hand in the
investigation. Providence may thus
have shaped some frenzied instru-
ment in the crowd to effect its ends
of retribution.
Capital Is timid, they say, and no
ons couid blame capital for being
timid about entering a state in which
competition lis carried to the extent
OF destroying the property of compete
tors. What owner Of property will
feel secure against the malice of his
enemy If this dastardly outrage is
permitted to go unpublished Wheth-
or or not the members of tobacco
planters organization are implicated
In the affair makes no difference, the
fact remains that 800 outlaws took
possession of the city of Princeton In
the night and for the time belng am
archy was supreme. II one set of
men, for what they consider a seri-
Gus grievance dare to commit crime
and suspend the law. what is TO him
der any other set of men doing the
same thing, when their grievance in
their own estimation warrants the
deed?
1t will not do for people on ac-
count of sympathy for the cause to
shield the perpetrators, because the
example of this act of lawlessness
going unpublished will encourage
others to initiate 1t, and the very
men, who think they may profit by
Princeton's shame, may be the vic
tins of the next crime.
Governor Beckham is pursuing the
right policy and he should bring the
'mfght riders" to justice If It takes
every cent in the state treasury.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03

That there may be a deficit at the
end of the year in the city budget. nc
one now doubts. but what that deficit
will be is question no one can an.
swer. as the December collections are
still to come in, and they have
amounted 30 far to $4,000. Any
broad, unamplified statement that a
deficit will exist. conveys to the mind
of the casual reader the impression
that the general council has either
mismanaged or squandered the city's
funds, and yet there rs not one. who
even in the heat of municipal cam
paign, dared question the ability and
honesty Of its members. No man can
sit down and compute the expenses
of city for the ensuing twelve
months. All that is expected of a
general council Is to approximate the
ordinary expenses and provide the
money therefore. This general council
did that and reduced the tax rate
from si.S5 to s1.65. Had there been
no unusual expenses, the city would
have come out whole at the end OF
the year. OF this deficit, which is
estimated at hess than $50, 900. the
cost of installing new machinery in
the municipal lighting plant will ac-
count for something over $12 900.
There existed a deficit In the hospital
fund before any of the present MEM
bers were elected. and judgments
and costs. for which no allowance
was made. accounts for some $4,000
more of the deficit. Taken as a
whole this council has made won
derfuf record for economy.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
WOMAN WRECKS BANK; To CELL
Mrs. Lingefelter, Of Newark. Ohio, l.
Sentenced 10 THREE Years.

Coshocton. o.. Dec. q Judge
campbell today sentenced Mrs. Mary
J. Hngefelter 10 the penltentiary for
three years for forgery. Mrs. Linge-
felter was charged with wrecking the
Newark Bank. Judge Campbell sus-
pended the sentence for fifteen days.
that appeal might he made TO the
circuit court. Mrs. Ltngefeltcr most
dramatically denied her guilt. She
was taken In charge by Sheriff
Browning. but win be released tomor-
row under 81 900 bond.
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general stan. and Andrew Carnegie
looks after the payroll" writes HUI
go Munsterberg, Harvard's eminent
psychologist, in the November Nc
Cures.
In one of the most brilliant and
timely articles that has appeared on
the subject, Professor Munsterberg
throws down the gauntlet to this for
midable array. and as a foreigner. a
psychologist, and an educator he ar
raigns the whole Simplified Spelling
movement.
His satlrical protest on behalf of
the foreigner whom the Simpliied
Spelling is especially designed to
benefits amusing and to the point.
"Let us take an illustration refer
ring to a large proportion of the
lthree hundred words destined for
humiliation" he suggests. For the
school boy. who begins with the con-
jugation. nothing is easier than to
learn that the ending ed indicates
the participle. Nothing. perhaps, gives
to the eye of the foreign reader such
feeling of safety. That is now gone;
1.-THE poor boy will have simply to
learn by heart the SO new verbs
whose participle goes in future with
out this 'ed'-ifcation. hear whole
classes reciting sadly, Exceptions
from the rule OF led" are adjrest,
affixt. blest, blusht, carest. chapt,
clapt, clip comprest, contest, and
so forth And II the grammar cop
les its information from the Circular
of the Spelling Board itself, those
poor children will read the list Of
exceptions in paragraph which IT.
self contains the participles spelled.
mentioned handicapped, ignored.
and others which seem to them OF
the same order"
Professor Munsterberg sums mp.
clearly and precisely the psychology
Ical objection to simplifying our
spelling. "Just as we'll might we
propose to close one eye in reading, ="
he declares. "for the reason that the
nervous processes in the second open
eve and In the corresponding half OF
1.-THE brain are a shameful waste Of
lneuron-activity. 80. Simplicity and
uniformity are the only real waste.
because they demand from us an
amount of attention which is ruin
GUS in its emulation; they perhaps
reduce the expense for printers
ink; but they increase neurasthenia
among the millions of newspaper
readers.
Professor Munsterberg utterly
condemns the boards argument
that our present spelling is the rea-
son for the backwardness of Ameri-
can school children. The spirit oil
this statement" he writes, con
tains grave but subtle danger for
our whole American school work. If
this fairy-tale becomes dogma, then
every forward movement of serious
educational progress is side-tracked
again for a long while
Professor Munsterberg' article is
challenge to the leaders Of Spell
ing Reform. Coming from a source
OF unquestionable authority, and
striking with force at the very roots
Of the movement, It will give a new
turn to the discussion of this much
debated question.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
COMMITS MURDER AND SUICIDE.


GAINESVILLE, o., Dec. s.-Benjamin
Scott. aged as, was shot and killed
in the little village OF Middlebourne
by James c. Nlco.s. aged so. who
then committed suicide by taking car
bol,c acid. Niools also fired three
shots at Mrs. Scott, but she escaped
them all. Two months ago Mrs. Scott
was granted divorce from Nloois
on a charge OF cruelty, and within
three weeks she was married 10 Scott.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
LET THE LAW PREVAIL.

We are glad to hear a disclaimer
OF responsibility for the outrage al
Princeton. so promptly announced by
the American Society OF Equity
That any body of supposedly reputa.
bic farmers would conspire to com.
init such a wanton deed against a
rival, however bitter their hatred. is
almost unthinkable. The whole af-
FAIR Is blot on the good name OF
kxentucky. and no cost should be
pared ~ running down the perpe-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
New Club House Opened.

The Thanksgiving badl given b,
the Jolly Shamrock club of Mechan-
fcsburg was quite a successful affair
The new hall was chris*ened with Q
graceful speech by Miss Lula A. Lam.
beth. of Memphis, Tenn. who is this
guest of Miss NJ. v. Conn. Of Glenn
ents street. A large number OF
guests enjoyed the occasion.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
PROFESSOR MUNsrERBERG
CHALLENGES.

"The Simplified Spelling Boart
has every reason to spell Success
with capital. President Roosevelt
marches in front of the army. bril-.
liant scholars carry the colors. emf.
nent authors beat the drum, great
dictionary-makers belong to the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03

hood or pre-empt a new neighbor-
hood, let us be ready with the proof.
and vigorously use IL when most
needed. Let every ward In the city
join In the fight.
DAVID C. WRIGHT. ,
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03

The Sun was among the pioneers
In the movement to compel the
evacuation of Kentucky avenue by
the habitues Of the red light, and
The Sun entered on this crusade
well knowing that the result must be
a protest from citizens OF other sec
tons of the city against the location
of the red light anywhere else, and
the ultimate eradication of the evil
presence from the city. The Sun has
done all 1t could to foster the agita-
tlon against the location of the red
light on other streets, and we be-
lieve the citizens of the north side
have hit upon the right plan In pre-
pairing TO prosecute landlords for
renting houses to the women. This
plan pursued all over the city will
keep out the evil as far as 1t is a
menace to the community life.
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Personally appeared before me,
this. Dec. 1, 1906, e. ]. Paxton, gen.
eral manager of The Sun, who af-
firms that the above statement of
the circulation of The Sun for the
month of Nov, 1906, is true to the
best of his knowledge and belief.
PETER PURYEAR, Notary Public.
My commission expires January
22, 1908.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
Daily Thought.

Patience is general who has
conquered more battles than all the
armed warriors of earth"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03

YOU oON'TsHAvE TO WAL
Every dose makes you feel better. Lar. Pos
Seeps your whole insides right. Sold on the
aoney-bset plan everywhere Price So ,u,s
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

TOTAL ............. 1O2,SSS
Average for November. 1906 1857
Average for November 1895 ..s71s
Increase ........-........ 23s
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Marriage License.

B. C. Nance. 32. city. to Nina
HUMPHREYS. city, 22.
Marshall Yates, AZ years old, to
Nancy Whitehead, as, both of Tun-
nell Hill. III. They were married by
Magistrate C. w. Emery.
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Increase
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27
Indiana attorney
IS A0RsEWH|PPED
Refuses to Elope. with "Exiled
Countess and She Publicly
I.ashes Him.

Fort Wayne, Ind, May 26.-Attorney
Howard Hawthorne was publicly horse
whipped last night while standing in
front Of his office, opposite the court
house.
Minna Hbertius, who says she is an
exiled German countess, rushed UP to
him, letting fall the whip on the attor-
ney's neck and shoulders. She raised
a welt on the lawyers neck before he
grabbed her. She tripped and fell as
Hawthorne rushed into his office.
Hawthorne says the woman has been
begging him to elope with her. A few
months ago she sued Paul Tibertius, a
mechanical engineer, for support. The
case was compromised. Then she sued
Tibertius for divorce. He proved that
he had never married her. She at.
tempted to commit suicide later by the
morphine route. A stomach pump
saved her.
Hawthorne, as her lawyer, sued a
constable for goods seized for debt
while she was in the hospital. Since
then Hawthorne has been pursued by
her, he, says. He will call commits.
sion of lunacy tomorrow. Hawthorne
has a family. .s:<.I ....s.. KIT.
Nina says she belongs to the house
of Won Sc haumburgh, Halle on the
Saale, and is Of royal blood. She has
lived here two years. She escaped the
officers tonight. -,