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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
SCHOOLS +
UP TO STANDARDS
Hours and Methods Approved
by Large Majority at Meet
ing of Superintendent "A
dOpted Here
PAYNE ATTENDS.

That Prof. C. NJ. Lieb superinten-
dentent Of the city schools, has pur-
sued the best policy in the upbuild-
ing of the schools during his three
years administration IS borne out
in the action taken by the Naional
Education association, which closed
Its annual session in Chicago Friday,
and which Prof. e. G. Payne, princi-
pal of the Paducah High school, at
tended. Prof. Payne returned yester-
day.
Two decisions reached by the as
ISOLATION which is composed of
superintendents from all over the
United States show that Mr.. Lieb's
methods are up-to-date and adopted
generally in this country and Cana
da.
The shorter hour plan was de-
feaed in the head by an oyerwhelm-
ing vote.
Inc second is In regard TO the
graded certificate as a basis of pay
for teachers. This feature was inaue-
urated by Prof. Lieb when he came
here and has been satisfactory to
teachers and beneficial to the pu-
pills.
The hours maintained in the Pa
ducah schools are similar to four Of
the most successful school cities in
the country: Chicago. Kansas City;
New York and Boston. The average
number of minutes of school work
weekly Is 1443. In Paducah the
number Of minutes is 1868. Kansas
City has longer hours.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
FEAR OF RABIES
FROM BITE OF DOG
Causes J, r. Chandler to go
to Pasteur Institute
Is Not Satisfied With Maidstone Treat.
ment and Goes TO New Orleans
at Once.
TAKES BODY ALONG WITH HIM

Not satisfied with the operation Of
the mad stone, ]. r. Chandler, OF
Birdsville, VINO came to the city Sat.
urday to have mad dog bite treated
with Frank Mantz's mad stone, left
Sunday evening for New Orleans
with his wife and child to enter the
Pasteur Sanitarium. Although the
stone showed every indication of do
ing its work. the conversation OF
some of the guests in the New Rich
mond House where he was staying
determined him to seek expert treat
ment to guard against going mad
himself.
The methods of the Pasteur In
stitute require that the dog which
bit the patient should be brought
there for examination. Accordingly
Mrs. Chandler caught the Peters Lee
last night at 2 o'clock to go to Birds
vile after the dead dog, which had
bitten Mr.. Chandler. When the Pc,
tiers Lee arrived at Birdsville, she
heard the whistle of the John Hop
kins only three miles up the river,
coming toward Paducah. AS she had
planned to catch the John Hopkins
coming back, it required energetic
work to get to her home, find the
dead dog. and bring her children
back to the wharf.
Mrs. Chandler found the dead dog
in gully back of her home, and
having placed It In a box hurried
with the children to the wharf just
in time to catch the John Hopkins
for Paducah, arriving here in time
for breakfast Sunday morning.
Friends of the Chambers secured
la new grip and placed the dead dog
in It, for them to carry along in the
train with them. And at 6:10 o'clock
Sunday evening. they left for New
Orleans.
At the Pasteur institute, where he
is going for examination, the dog
will be operated on to remove some
sort of secretion from the spinal col
umn. This secretion will be made in
to a serum and must be injected in
to the stomach of the patient for a
number of days. 1t will be an ex-
pensive treatment for Mr.. Chandler.
requiring several weeks. A local ply
sician was summoned and examined
Mr.. Chandler but found not the
slightest indication of the rabies.
None of the local physicians have
any confidence In the mad stone
treatment and rabies in human be-
ings Is rare. Mr.. Chandler, however,
was thoroughly frightened and de-
cided on the trip to New Orleans.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
Smith Case Set.

Louisville, March 4.-One week
from today the federal court here will
be convened. Among the most inn
portant cases to come up is that
against w. b. Smith, former presi-
dent of the Western National bank OF
Louisville. charged with having made
various false entries with a view to
defrauding the bank and creditors
One section of the indictment against
Smith reads as follows:
"Fraudulently Incorporating
$50. 900, to his own use.
The case has been continued a num-
Der of times.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
BENTON SCHOOLS
CLOSING EARLY
Patrons Are Dissatisfied And
Threaten to Institute Pro
ceedings Against Trustees
Individually
SPECIAL TAX FOR REPAIRS.

Benton, KY, March After the
people of Benton had voted a tax for
Ia graded school, the trustees spent
the money in improving the proper.
ty, and as a consequence, nine
months school can not be held this
year. The school will close in a few
weeks, and the citizens, especially
the taxpayers, are indignant They
voted the school appropriation al
most unanimously, but now they
talk of holding the trustees person
ally liable for the money they spent
on the building, that the patrons had
intended for the teachers salaries.
Benton at one time had an excellent
school. Then 1t returned to the dis
trict system; but recently a great de-
sire for better schools struck the com
munity and there was no trouble ex-
perienced in securing consent to a
school levy. The town has an excel
lent principal, and quite a number
of tuition pupils took advantage of
the opportunity to attend graded
school; but the fruit seems to have
turned to ashes In the mouths OF
Benton's citizens and they are an
CRY.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
THE REV. J. W. BACKYARD
Fills Pulpit at Broadway Methodist
Church.

The Rev. ]. w. Blackard, ID. D.,
presiding cider Of the Paducah dis
trict, held his regular meeting APP
pointment yesterday at the Broadway
Methodist church, preaching both
morning and evening. DR.. BACKYARD
is one of the strong men of the Mem
phis conference and his work in the
Paducah district has been especially
fine. His spiritual and mental cali
bre was never more strongly evidence
ed than in his last nights sermon on
"sin." 1t was scriptural, introspec-
tive, broad and vividly Illuminating
on many of the deeper problems of
mankind's prominence to evil. DR..
Blackard emphasized his truths with
some beautiful Illustrations CLEANED
when abroad several years ago. The
references to Michael Angeles mas
terpiece at st. Peters in Rome, and to
the collection of relics of John Wes-
ley in City Roads chapel Sunday be-
ing especially forcible.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
Fulton Minister breaches.

The Rev. Mr.. Boguell. of Fulton,
held services yesterday at Grace Epis-
copal church, in the absence from the
city Of the rector. the Rev. David @.
Wright. Mr.. Bognell has only been
in the Kentucky diocese a short time.
coming to Fulton from an Illinois
parish. and was stranger to the
congregation. He made a pleasant
impression on all who heard and met
him yesterday, and delivered strong
sermons at both the morning and af-
ternoon hours. He returned TO Full
ton today.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
STRUCK BY CAR
AND FOOT CUT OFF
Mr.. Lawrence Peter Meets
With Serious Accident In
Front of His House on Broad
Street
ODD OPERATION PERFORMED

Attracted by a frightened horse
and unaware of the approaching
street car, Mr.. Lawrence Peter, an
jagged resident of Broad street, was
knocked down yesterday afternoon
at o'clock near Fifth and Broad
streets and seriously wounded by the
street car.
Peter noticed a horse attached to
a buggy brighten at a car, which was
coming up behind him, and in the
excitement Mr.. Peter stepped back
to avoid the horses hoofs as it dash
ed by him and was struck.
He was knocked under the car,
his right foot being caught by one
wheel and the bottom taken off froin
heel to toes. He was badly bruised
about the body, being picked up half
conscious.
DR.. Carl NJ. Sears had to sew the
bottom of the foot on, and 1t is one
of the most painful as well as un-
usual injuries he ever attended. The
accident could not be avoided, so
state the street car men.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04

Unless the pressure of large vol
ume Of routine business prevents, the
new superintendent of the public
schools will be elected at the regular
meeting Of the school board Tuesday
night. The members of the school
board have held no caucus to deter
mine the humor of the board on this
point and no accurate prediction can
be made now as to the probable sue
cessor to Superintendent Lieb. AS an
bounced before in Use SUN. 1t seems
probable that local man stands the
best chance for securing the position.
Only the superintendent will be elect
ed. The principals OF the different
buildings vii be elected in April. and
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
TEMPORARY HOME FOR
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

Scarcity of vacant business houses
on Broadway may necessitate the
First National bank moving into a
side street building temporarily,
while its new building is going up.
The Hart building on North Third
street is available, but the bank will
not make plans to move before the
contract is let for the new building.
A vault Will be built In whatever
building 1t occupies, or movable
vault may be brought here from
manufacturers, who make speciality
of supplying them to banks.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
DONNA CLASHES.

st. Petersburg, March AL
most from the moment of con-
vening of the new douma tomor-
row, clashes are expected be-
tween the deputies and the gov
eminent of more serious ma
ture than those which led to
dissolution of the last parliament
The spirit being manifested by
deputies clearly indicates a bold
course will be taken i'm the
douma.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
win Name Superintendent
And Plan to Build Schools

the teachers in June. Among the
problems facing the board tomorrow
night Is the one of financing for a
new school building in the north
side. One member suggests that the
whole block of land owned by the
school board on Thirteenth street is
too large, and that half of Il might
be sold in LOTS. thus realizing more
than enough to pay off the amount
still owed on the whole block II the
school building and lot at Fifth
street and Kentucky avenue could be
sold now, the board would be amply
prepared to finance for two new
buildings. The board is holding the
property at s25 900 and as yet only
$50 900 has been offered.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
But Somebody Must Have Tip
ped Off the Raid
One Little Saloon Said to Have Been
Found i'm Full Operation and
Crowded Full.
MAYFIELD YOUNG MEN SOBER

Somebody must have tipped It off,
or else Paducah has been terribly
maligned, because when the police
under orders to close the town yes
terday made an. inspection, only one
proprietor of a little saloon at ITO
South Second street, Cal A. Waggo-
ner, was arrested. 1t is claimed That
Patrolmen James Brennan and wal
ter Shelby walked in his side door
and found al kinds of thirsts stack
ed up against the bar, and the bar
keep busy assuaging them. Waggo-
ner was presented in police court
this morning for not reading Fri
days SUN and his case was contin-
ued until Wednesday.
Continual complaints from May
field about the recurrent Sunday
jays of her coming generation, t,.e
tragedy of last Sunday, in which Gus
Morris lost his life, and the expos
ure in THE SUN of Friday afternoon
united to bring about an acute spasm
of virtue. The result was that Padn-
cab was as dry as dust and the May
field excursionists went home sober
for once.
1t is claimed That Paducah was
tighter closed than for many
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
Signs AIdrich Bill.
Grand Total.
.GRASPING CHAIN ABOVE
HIS HEAD SAVED THE LAD

BY his presence or mind in grasp
ing a chain when he came to the sur
face, Master Herbert Evitts, the
adopted son of City Jailer Tom Evitts,
saved himself from drowning at the
wharfboat yesterday afternoon. The
boy was playing in a moored skiff
under the wharfboat stage plank.
He was Knocked into the river by a
chain under which he ran the boat.
Several. persons saw the accident. BY
grasping the chain when he came to
the surface the boy managed to hold
until help arrived
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
SLAUGHTER CASE
viii BE Heard in Police Court on
Wednesday.

Wednesday morning the case
against Charles Slaughter for setting
up and operating a game of chance
will be heard in police court, and all
witnesses have been summoned to
appear. Judge Cross stated that he
was tired of continuing the case on
account of the absence of important
witnesses. This makes the fourth
time 1t has been continued. 1t has
been charged that witnesses have
skipped out or are avoiding the po-
lice to keep from testifying.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
IS CAUSE
OF MANY COMPLAINTS

Complaints against the offensive
odor alleged to arise from a dlstil-
lery on Mile street will be heard in
the meeting of the board of health
tonight. 1t is asserted that the mash
ell grain is thrown out into the ior
in, which hogs wallow. The odor of
sour and decaying grain is objection
able to the residents. other business
before the board will be routine.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
Roy MURDERER.

Ossing, N. ", March 4.-For
the murder of his aunt, Mrs.
Margaret Cetler, Fred Furlong,
known as the "boy murderer"
paid the penalty for his crime in
the electric chair this morning.
FurIong was only 10 years old
when he committed the crime.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
One Hour Increase.

This morning bulletin was post
ed announcing an increase of from
9 to 10 hours for the work day in
the local Illinois Central car depart
ment. This will mean big increase
in the monthly pay roll. An order in
creasing the work day in the machine
shops is expected shortly.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
J. ". M'KNIGHT Is
OUT FOR TREASURER

]. w. Mcknight announced mis-
for the nomination for
city treasury on the Democratic tick
ct today. He is the second entry,
Capt. William Kraus having previ-
ous.y announced Mr.. Mcknight Is
the well-known hardware dealer and
a popular business man.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
spooner win Retire.

Washington, March 4.-Jonn G.
spooner. of Wisconsin. has resigned
his seat in the United States senate,
to take effect May 1. Mr.. Spooner,i in
a letter to Governor Davidson. says
he wishes to resume the practice OF
law.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
DAVIS CASE.

DanvilIe, ILL.,. March Al
ter over three years delay, Will
j. Davis, manager and principal
owner of the Iroquois theater,
OF Chicago, i'm which almost 900
persons lost their lives, was
placed ON trial today, charged
with manslaughter. The case
was brought here from Chicago
ON change of venue. Almost 500
witnesses will be sworn. The
taking of evidence will occupy
the court at least a month.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
/. o. o. F. ENCANIPsfENT
WILL INSTALL OFFICERS

Canton Atkins. No. 1, will Install
the officers recently elected in the
reorganization, Wednesday evening
at the Odd Fellows hall Fifth street
and Broadway. They are P. J. Beck.
enbach, captain; H. L. Judd. lieu
tenant; G. 2. limbaugh. ensign; c.
C. Kelly, clerk; o. T. Anderson,
treasurer.
Union encampment. No. 10. also
will meet Wednesday evening to
have work in all the degrees.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
TAX LEVY ORDINANCE
INTRODUCED TONIGHT

Special interest in the meeting OF
the lower board of the general coun-
ell tonight centers around the intro
duction of the ordinance. levying a
tax of $1.S5 for the city. an in
crease of 20 cents over last years
rate. The anti-roller skating ordi-
nance probably wild be introduced.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
INSPECTOR KILLED.

st. Petersburg, March A.
Revolutionists today shot and
killed Police Inspector Kobe for
alleged cruelty to political pris-
oners. One of the three assas-
sins was captured, with a trunk
containing 50 bombs. Alexis
vincocksky, revolutionist, was
arrested at Berclansk.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
ARCHIE RETTER-

Washington, ID. @. March A.
Archie Roosevelt, who is suffer-
ing from diphtheria. passed a
good night, according to DIR.
Rixey, the attending physician.
his condition being as well as
can be expected today.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
EIGHTY-FrvE BURIED.

Bona, Algeria, March A.
Eighty-five persons were buried
by a landslide on the mountain
side at Sedrata. Fifteen square
miles of earth gave way.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04

The c. w. B. NJ. Of the First Chris
tan church will meet on Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. f.
l.. Scott, OF 1913 North Ninth street.
Mrs. John Harth is the leader for
the afternoon.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04
NO SHIP SUBSIDY
BY THIS CONGRESS
Senator Gallinger Withdraws
His Measure When Filibus-
tering Begins In the Upper
House
RAILROAD BILL IS THROUGH

Washington, March 4.-The SEN
ate today unanimously agreed to the
conference report on the bill, limit
ing the hours of work of railroad EN-
ployes, adopted by the house. 1t only
needs the signature of the president.
The bill provides for not more than
ten hours for train crews, and nine
hours for railway telegraphers.
Ship Subsidy Dead.
The ship subsidy bill is dead.
When the senate assembled today
Senator Carmack resumed flibuster-
ing, when Gallinger, of New Hamp-
shire. in charge Of bill, withdrew the
measure.
Signs Aldrich Bill.
The president has signed the Al
drich financial bill thus making It a
Jaw. 1t goes into effect immediate
ly.
Grand Total.
The grand total OF appropriations
carried by the annual supply bills
passed by at the second session Of
the Fifty-ninth congress is $947,-
s55,971.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-04

W. c. oBryan to Mary H. Bottom,
property in the Vaughan addition
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-03-20
Friday.

1t is known that those killed by the
explosion on the French battleship
Jena at Toulon will not exceed 120.
1t was announced that Mrs. Sage
would take an active part in the man.
agement of the Russell Sage charity
foundation.
More legislation against the railroad
systems instead of a cessation was
foreshadowed as a result of President
Roosevelt's coming conference with
the heads of the great lines.
Otto Kelsey, superintendent of in
surance. declared through counsel that
he retained Messrs. Hunter and Van
derpoel in the department at the re-
quest of the late Governor Higgins.
District Attorney Jerome pilloried
Harry Thaw as woman beater during
a strong appeal for the admission in
evidence of the Hummel affidavit said
to have been sworn to by Evelyn Mes
bit.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-03-20
Thursday.

Captain Won Bercken, victim of a
duel in Berlin, died in the Virchow
hospital, says cable dispatch.
Followers of John Alexander Dowie
refused to allow his son to take part
in the Zion prophets" funeral.
More than s2,OOO,OOO was lost in the
collapse of Nevada-Utah copper when
Thomas w. Lawson announced that he
could not stand sponsor for the prop
erty.
Eleven hundred boiler makers and
their helpers struck at the plant of the
Chicago Shipbuilding company in SYM
pathy with their fellow workmen in
Cleveland and other cities.
Washington officials displayed great
interest in the coming conference of
railroad heads with the president, in
which the latter, it was declared,
would ask an appralsement of values
and regulation of capitalization.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-03-20
First Negro Rhodes Scholar.

The Rhodes scholarship for the state
of Pennsylvania has this year been
awarded to a colored man. He is
Alain Leroy Locke, 712 South Twelfth
street, Philadelphia, a senior at Har-
ward university.
In the will of the late Cecil Rhodes
it Is provided that color or religion
shall made no difference in the selec-
ton of the candidate, and Locke was
chosen on his merits. There were five
who passed the examinations which
were held at Lafayette college on Jan.
II and IS, and of these Locke was
deemed the best fitted to receive the
award.
Locke will be the first negro to get
one of the American Rhodes scholar
ships.
u intend to devote myself to study
while in England" Locke said at his
home, "and on my return to this coun-
try | will devote myself to the better
ing of the condition and general edu-
cation of my race"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-03-20
Saturday..

Hondurans were beaten by revolu-
tionists near Tegucigalpa and by Mic
araguans at Maraita.
Pittsburg and Western Pennsyl-
vania West Virginia and Eastern
Ohio are suffering from the worst
flood in many years.
Secretary of War Taft is hunting for
a well equipped railroad engineer to
handle transportation problems in the
Panama canal work.
President Roosevelt has, at Mr.,
Bryan's request obtained the program
and outlines of plans to be considered
at the coming peace congress, at which
he and w. J. Bryan will speak.
Friends of the Merritt water stor-
age bill packed the conference called
by the Albany chamber of commerce,
but John G. Agar thwarted an attempt
to commit the meeting to the measure.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-03-20
Safe Blowers Held Up Village.

Troy, n. Y, March 19.-Three safe
blowers held up the village of Eagle
Mills, about five miles outside of this
city, early yesterday morning and
terrorized the community. Two of
the number stood guard outside the
general store and postoffce while the
third used dynamite to blow open the
safe and ransack the place in general.
When Postmaster Mullin, who heard
the explosion. reached the store he
was driven off at the point of pistol.
Other residents who gathered were
kept at safe distance by bullets.
For all their daring effort and hard
work the burglars received nothing.
They escaped, presumably taking a
trolley later to Albany.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-03-20
Loss by Flood In Plttsburq.

With the rapid receding of the wa
ters in Monongahela, Allegheny and
Ohio rivers, conditions are fast assum-
ing normal proportions and the great
est and most destructive flood in the
history of Pittsburg is at an end.
Ten square miles were inundated.
The loss in actual dollars will probably
never be known but an estimate thus
far in Allegheny county may be sum-
married. as follows: Loss in output of
steel mills, $3,OOO,OOO; loss in output
of other industries, $2,000,O0O; loss in
wages of employees, S1,S37, 900; estimat-
ed damage to industrial plants, So,
100000; total, s9,3S7,0 900.
Excitement was caused by several
fires, One which swept the Mt. Wash
ington district had to be dynamited on
account of shortage of water in the
mains. The loss from both fires will
not exceed $225,000.