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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
COMPETING WITH
ITSELF STRANGE
WAY In BUSINESS

New York. Dec 3.-The strange
story OF a great monopoly competing
within itself was told by Vice-Presi-
dent Percival NJ. Hill. OF the Ameri-
can Tobacco company, at the federal
Investigation OF the Tobacco trust to-
day. According to Mr.. Hill. the
American Tobacco company has never
acquired single independent tobacco
concern In order 20 stihe competition.
Competition Is the Life OF trade.
he observed with fine naivette. Eve
bought all the outside concerns be
cause we saw that we could run them
at greater profit"
Something like an incremest OF 20
per cent I'm profits has resulted from
this wise move. according to Mr.. Hill
The trusts alleged joy in unalloyed
competition received a little setback
later, however. when Chief Counsel
Reynolds for the government brought
Mr.. Hin to admit that Il cost the
American Tobacco company $90.S5S
TO run the Queen City company so far
out OF business that It was glad to
come into line"
But we drive just as hard bar
gains in our own concerns" went Oh
the vice-president. in palliation. 1--WE
control 81 per cent of the stock OF
the United Cigar Stores company
Yet we give them only an allowance
Of 5 per cent and cash discount.
He said the American gave allow
ances TO independent jobbers just as
they did to the United.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
MUTUAL LIFE co.
CARRIES POINT In
APPELLATE COURT

Frankfort, KY, Dec. 3. Especially
The court of appeals, in reversing
the Mutual Life Insurance company
of New York, VS.. Prewett, holds the
insurance commissioner cannot re.
woke the license on the company
without giving statutory reasons.
Prewitt revoked the license because
the company discharged Biscoe Hind
man as general agent. The opinion
OF Judge Hobson, decided that In
surance Commissioner Prewitt had
no right to revoke the company's IL
cense to do business in the state,
for the dismissal of Biscce Hindman
as manager. and efforts az the man
.agement to elect an administration
ticket for trustees.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
STATE TREASURER FAILS

Detroit, Mich, State Treasurer
Charles p. Glazier, president of the
Glazier Stove company the Chelsea
Savings bank and the Chelsea Grain
and Produce company. all of Chelsea.
Mich, failed today. His liabilities
are $1,000. 1000. OF $3,334.O0O In the
state treasury. 100000 was on de-
posit in the Chelsea bank. The state
banking examiners will determine II
Glazier used any Of the states funds
TO carry on his staggering stove COM
pany and other concerns.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
MRS. REGINA BERGER

Mrs. Regina Peter Berger, 60
years and Ave months old, died this
morning at3:45 O'Clock at her home.
91S South Fourth street. She was
a native of Germany and came to
this country in 1858. She was mar
ried in this city in 1865 to P. H. Ber-
ger. She leaves the following chill
dren: George, VIII and Fred Berger,
and Mesdames Fred Schmidt, T. o
August. / B. Coombs, /. G. Berry
and Lena Winfrey. Her brothers
are Leopold Peter, Leborous Peter
Lawrence Peter and p. G. Peter, OF
Bellingham. Wash. The funeral will
be held at 2 O'Clock tomorrow after
noon at the residence, the Rev. L. g.
Graham officiating.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
BAD MAN KILLED

Hodgensville, KY, Dec. 3. (Spe'
cial.) jim self-defense, it is believed
Thomas ]. Haas, reputable mer
chant of Hibernia, shot and killed
Joe Daniel Nelson, who invaded his
home late yesterday afternoon. Tht
coroner is holding an inquest. and
Deputy Sheriff j. NJ. Howell arrested
Haas. Nelson was known as a dan
gerous man. and served term in the
penitentlary for manslaughter. Haas
has never been in trouble before.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
FISCAL COURT CONVENES
IN REGULAR ORDER TODAY

The fiscal court met in regular
monthly session this afternoon and a
large number OF claims and bills were
allowed besides the regular salaries
OF the county officers. The keeper
OF the county sanitarium was instruct
ed not to receive any patients at tho
institution without an order from
either the county Judge or the county
physicians.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
SCHOOL BOARD MEETS

New faces will appear In the school
board tonight. ]. X. Bondurant sue
ceeds President ]. Il. Potter. of the
Second ward: DR.. c. G. Warner in
the Fourth ward, succeeds c. G.
Kelly. who in turn succeeds p. j.
Beckenbach. ]. c. Farley also takes
his seat from the Sixth ward. Vice
President C. G. Kelly will call the
meeting to order tonight, after which
the board may elect a president until
January /. when the new boards will
be organized.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
May Not Raise Burley.

Frankfort Ky. Dec. g. Especially
Tobacco growers in session here
adopted a resolution requesting trust
buyers TO withdraw. Independents
and board of control of the Ameri-
can Society of Equity indorse the
position not to raise any hurley in
1905.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
vIsCOUNT AOKI GOING
TO REPORT TO MIkADO

Washington. Dec. 3.-The Japan
csc ambassador. Vlscount Aoki. will
leave shortly for Japan 10 make a
personal report of his work to the
mikado. The rumor that Aoki has
been recalled is denied.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
MORRIS HENLEY

Mornis Henley, the four-months-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Henley,
of Litt,e's addition, died last night of
pneumonia. The body was taken TO
Hardin county this morning. The
funeral was held this afternoon at
2 O'Clock.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
GIRL ASSAULTED

Hopkinsyille, Ky, Dec. 3.-(Spe-
cial) Ella Blanks, 9-year-old girl,
was assaulted in barn while on he,
way home near Cerulean Springs,
Tr!gg county. Her assailant was a
white man. Two men are under ar
rest, one answering a description of
the iend.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
THE STANDARD OIL CASE
GOES OVER TO JANUARY.

New York, n. Y, Dec. 3.-The
hearing in the governments suit to
dissolve the Standard Oil company,
of New Jersey, was continued today
until January 6. 1t was agreed that
testimony taken by the interstate
commerce commission in the Waters
Pierce OH company suits shall go in-
to record.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
BRIDGES WIN CASE

Frankfort, KY, Dec. 3.-(Special)
The court of appeals today affirmed
the judgment of the McCrao1en cir
cult court in the case of Thomas
Bridges VS.. the Evansville Pressed
Brick company.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
WHAT KANSAS HAS DONE
TO ADD TO PROSPERITY

Topeka, Dec. 3.-Secretary OF the
Agricultural Board Coburn's bulletin
estimates the corn yield in Kansas at
145,2Ss.326 bushels. The total pro-
duction Of this years crops of live
stock is s266,000,000.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
MRS. BRADLEY GOES ACQUIT
ON CHARGE OF KILLING SEN.
BROWN in WASHINGTON HOTEL
Jury Took Two Votes and Brought
in Verdict as Soon as Court Con-
uened This Morning.

and Mrs. Bradley pursued him to this
city, where she shot him in hotel.
The defense set up plea OF insanity,
to which she was subject, and which
was augmented by repeated criminal
operations, performed at the instiga-
ton of Brown.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
BERESFORD CANCELS

Harry Beresford's engagement. II
is stated this evening by the manage
ment of The Kentucky, is cancelled
on account of illness.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
BRING 26 BODIES
TO SURFACE FROM
GAS FILLED MINE

Belle Vernon, Dec. S.-Twenty-
five corpses have been taken from
the Naomi coal mine. II is believed
nearly so more are buried in the
mine.
Superintendent O'Neill now says
the death list will not exceed 81. AT
II o'clock preparations were made to
bring the 25 bodies already recovered
to the surface. 1t is stated the bodies
were hardly disfgured with three en-
ceptions.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry r
Brookshire, Of the county, a son.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-03
Grain Market.

st. Louis. Dec. 3.-Wheat. sS
,orn. G Il: cats, 49h. ~.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26
"a Shall Marry Only Where | Love-"

The Grand Duke-Bah! (Swears
softly on his way to the stables.)
But the princess had in her mind
a plan which, had it gone through
safely, would have added many gray
hairs to the dukes scanty collection.
1t was a mighty ingenious plan, too,
for woman to figure out.
In his attitude toward the girl the
duke stood alone. Behind his back his
ministers wore out their shoes in wait
ing on the caprices of the girl, while
the grand duchess. half-blind and half
deaf, openly worshiped her willful but
wholly adorable niece, and abetted her
in all her escapades. So far as the
populace was concerned, she was the
daughter of the favorite son, dead
these IS years, and that was enough
for them. Whatever she did was right
and proper. But the hard-headed duke
had the power to say what should be
what and he willed it that the Prin-
cess Hildegarde should marry his old
comrade in arms, the Prince of Dop-
pelkinn.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26
CHAPTER N.

AS l have already remarked, l used
frequently to take long rides into the
country, and sometimes l did not re-
turn till the following day. My clerk
was always on duty, and the work
never appeared to make him round
shouldered.
l had ridden horses for years, but
to throw leg over good mount was
to me one of the greatest pleasures in
the world. 1 delighted in stopping at
the old feudal inns, of studying the
stolid German peasant, of drinking
from stems mcracked these hundred
years, of inspecting ancient armor
and gathering trifling romances at
tached thereto. And often ! have had
the courage to stop at some quaint,
crumbling Schloss or castle and ask
for a nights lodging for myself and
horse. Seldom, if ever, did | meet
with a refusal
/ possessed the whimsical habit Of
picking out strange roads and riding
on till night swooped down from the
snow-capped mountains. | had a bit
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26

of poetry in my system th"r had never
been completely worked out, and l was
always imagining that at the very
next Schloss or inn | was to hit upon
some delectable adventure. | was
only 2S, and inordinately fond of my
Dumas.
rode in gray whipcord breeches,
tan boots, blue serge coat, white
stock, and never hat or cap till the
snow blew. | used TO laugh when the
peasants asked leave to lend me a cap
or to run back and find the one / had
presumably lost.
One night the delectable adventure
for which | was always seeking came
my way, and | was wholly unprepared
! for it.
had taken the south highway: that
which seeks the valley beyond the
lake. The moonfilm lay misty upon
everything: on the far-off lake, on the
| great upheavals of stone and glacier
! above me, on the long white road that
| stretched out before me, ribbon-wise.
| High up the snow on the mountains
resembled huge opals set in amethyst.
| was easily 25 miles from the city;
that is to say, had been in the saddle
some six hours Nobody but a kings
messenger will ride a horse more than
five miles an hour. | cast about for a
place to spend the night. There was
no tavern in sight, and the novels
had passed during the last hour Offer
ed no shelter for my horse. Sudden
ly, around a bend in the road, saw
the haven | was seeking. 1t was a
rambling, tottering old castle, stand
ing in the center of a cluster of frs;
and the tiles of the roofs and the ivy
of the towers we're shining silver with
the heavy fall of dew.
Lady Chloe shifted her kind, whin-
MED and broke into trot. She knew
sooner than / that there was life be-
yond the turn. We rode up to the
gate, and | dismounted and stretched
myself. | tried the gate. The lock
hung loose, like a paralytic hand.
Evidently those inside had nothing to
fear from those outside. / grasped an
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26

iron bar and pushed in the gate, Chloe
following knowingly at my heels.
could feel the crumbling rust on my
gloves. Chloe whinnied again, and
there came an answering whinny from
somewhere in the rear of the castle.
Somebody must be inside, I reasoned.
There were lights in the left wing,
but this part of the castle was sur
rounded by an empty moat, damp and
weedy. This was not to be entered
save by a ladder There was a great
central door, however, which had a
modern appearance. The approach
was a broad graveled walk. l tied
Lady Chloe to tree, knotted the
bridle-reins above her neck to prevent
her from putting her restless feet into
them, and proceeded toward the door.
Of all the nights this was the one on
which my usually lively imagination
reposed. ! was hungry and tired, and
l dare say my little mare was. l
wasn't looking for an adventure; |
didn't want any adventure; l wanted
nothing in the world but a meal and a
bed. But for the chill of the night air
the breath of the mountain is cold
at night should have been perfect
ly willing to sleep in the open. Down
drawbridge, up portcullis!
l boldly climbed the steps and groped
around for the knocker. 1t was broken
and useless, like the lock on the gate.
And never bell could / find. | swore
softly and became impatient. People
in Barscheit did not usually live in
this slovenly fashion. What sort of
place was this?
Suddenly l grew erect, every fiber
in my body tense and eXpectant.
A voice, lifted in song! great
penetrating yet silbiIy mellow voice; a
soprano; heavenly, not TO say ghostly,
coming as it did from the heart of this
gloomy ruin of stone and iron. The
jewel song from Faust, too! How the
voice rose, fell, scared again with in
toxicating waves of sound! What per
meatlng sweetness! | stood there,
solitary listener, as far ) / knew, be
wildered, my heart beating hard anC
fast. | forgot my hunger.
Cro BE CoNTINUEDl
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26

OF American make, and the manufac-
turers wrote to me personally that
they considered themselves grossly in
suited over the action of the duke.
Diplomatic notes were exchanged, and
l finally prevailed upon the duke to
state that he held the wheel harmless
and that his anger had been directed
solely against his niece. This letter
was duly forwarded to the manufac-
turers, who, after the manner of their
kind, carefully altered the phrasing
and used it in their magazine adver-
tisements. They We're so far appeased
that they offered me my selection from
the private stock. Happily the duke
never read anything but the Fliegende
Batter and Jugend, and thus war was
averted
Later an automobile agent visited
the town-at the secret bidding of her
highness-but he was so unceremo-
niously hustled over the frontier that
his teeth must have ratified like a
dancers castanets 1t was great
country for eXpeditiousness, as you
Will Hnu, IL you 10 me IHe HOnOE W
follow me to the end.
So the grand duke swore that his
niece should wed Doppelkinn, and the
princess vowed that she would not.
The man who had charge of my horses
said that one of the palace maids had
recounted to him a dialogue which
had taken place between the duke and
his niece. AS | was anxious to be off
on the road l was compelled to listen
to his gossip.
The Grand Duke-In two months
time you shall we'd the Prince of Dop.
pelkinn.
The Princess-Wbat! that old red
nose? Never, | shall marry only
where love.
The Grand DukeOnly where you
love! (Sneers.) One would think, tC
hear you talk, that you were capable
of loving something.
1 The Princess-You nave yet tC
learn. l warn you not to force me.
promise to do something scandalous
| will marry one of the people-a man
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26
Truly 1t Is "Everybody for Himself" in
New York.

There were six in the seat of the
Broadway surface car, which was too
many. However, everybody who board
ed the car seemed to take fancy to
that particular seat, so some We're also
standing. A very small man sat
crouched on the end seat, pretty girl
next to him. The small man seemed
to be very restless, and no wonder,
for all the rest were pushing the pref
ty girl, who necessarily pushed him in
a way that seemed to infer that his
room was better than his company. At
length, unable to endure it any longer.
he all at once showed his shoulder
under the rail and fell out, apparently.
Mercy" screamed a nervous pas
senger, has he committed suicide?"
Il don't know" answered the pretty
girl, but. anyway, I've got the end
seat. IN. Y. Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26
Nlcknames for War Vessels.

We had a ship called the Muriel,
says the New York Press, and the
sailors promptly dubbed her the Mer
ry He'll. The Georgia, as everyone
knows, is the Jaw-Jaw The Pennsyl-
vania is the Billy Penn. The Kearsarge
is the Cuss-Age. The Washington is
Papa George, and, singularly enough,
is commanded by John Adams. The
Indiana is RED Annie. The Terror is
the Tear Her. The Cleveland is Gro
yer. The Des Moines is The Mine.
The Galveston is Shirtwaist-a clever
hit. The Amphitrlte is the Ample
Tight The Solace is the One Ace.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26
New in Natural History.

Not all English children are well
posted on live stock. The following
"howlers" are from essays exhibited
at a recent show: "The young horses
have long legs, so that it might keep
up to it's mother when wild lions like
the lion and tiger are after them to
devour them "The fowl" declares
still another, when alive is used for
ceck-ighting and when dead for it's
beautiful feathers" "The pig gets
it's wool coat off in summer. Then
we get the wool of it. The pig is re-
garded as a bad creature"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26
DislIlusion.

The American contractor stood at
the base of the great pyramid and
looked at the venerable monument in
disgust.
Its big pile, all right" he said;
"and it may do we'll enough for Egypt,
but If man in the United States
should turn out job of stone work
like that the papers would roast him
from Hoboken to Hegawisch."
Turning away disappointed, he con-
soled himself by taking a ride on a
camel, which animal he found fully up
to all the descriptions he had read of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach the dis
easeL portion of the ear There is only one way TO
cure deafness and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inhamed condition Of the
mucous lining of the Eustachan Tube. When this
tube is inaamed you have rumbling sound or tm'
perfect hearing aud when It IS entirely closed Deaf
ness is the result and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored It's normal cOndt
ton hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out Of ten are caused by Catarrb which Is nothing
but an ntamed condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case OF
Deafness tcaused by catarrhl that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free
+. j. CHENEY " CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggist 75c.
Take Hais Family Pills for constipation.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26
No Grace.

Four-year-old Anna was invited to
take luncheon with the family of ons
of her little friends Before they par
took of their meal. the head of the
house asked blessing upon the food,
during which time Anna chartered con.
stantly. Not wishing to reprove the
child, her hostess said. Il suppose you
don't have grace at your house"
"Oh. nc" the little girl replied. we
have Bessie. ."-Harper's Magazine.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26
(Copyright. 1905. Bobbs-Morrin Coz
SYNOPSIS,

The American consul to Barscheit, a
principality of Europe. tells how the
reigning grand duke had tried TO find a
husband for his rebellious niece, the
Princess Hildegarde, finally decreeing
that she must wed the Prince of Doppel-
kim, an ugly old widower, and ruler
of the principality of Doppelkinn. Though
he had been in the country six months
the American consul had never seen the
princess. and when at last they met it
was very much of a surprise to both.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26
Her Idea of a Wooden Leo.

Hewitt-Is your wife a woman OF
practical ideas?
if lost leg she would think that the
vacancy could be filled by taking one
of the legs out of a pine table that we
no longer use. Judge.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26
Product of the Lnullv Hen

Washinston's monument is 555 feet
high. The eggs shipped from so coun.
ties in this state, leaving 81 yet to
hear from, if placed end on end would
build monument 221,S times higher
than the Washington shaft,-Kansas
City Journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26
His,n.

Patient-If you'll allow me to speak
that tooth you insist upon pulling is
not the one that aches.
Dentist-Confound it, sir-who's do
ing this job-you or me?-Harper's
weekly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-09-26
TRAGEDY OF A BROADWAY CAR.

CHAs. NJ. GERTs AND FAMILY.
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(TO BE CONTINUED
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-29

Another timber deal was consum-
mated In Corvallis yesterday where
by M. b. Rankin of Portland became
the possessor of nearly 1000 acres of
the best timber land in Benton coun-
~. This is a deal of considerable
as Mr.. Rankin Is consid-
cred the timber king of western Ore
gon and as Benton county contains
some of the best timber In the Coast
range. his recent purchases make him
an important parsonage In this
neighborhood and our people may
hope for some early developments
along this line. He now owns nearly
10000 acres in this county alone
and the new railroad will increase
its value and put II in easy access OF
market, as much OF this virgin forest
will be penetrated by the new road.
IL would take several years for saw
mills to manufacture all this timber
into lumber, but when once cleared
OF the land would be almost as valu-
able for agricultural and grazing
purposes as II is now for timber, as
the soil is rich and very productive
Times.