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CHAPTER ~.
Two Letters.

Ny Dear Mr. Ware:
My apologies for not replying 20 your
letter or nearly two weeks ago are weak
ened by the fact that / am now writing
20 you In great distress
Ny brother win be here day after to-
morrow, and it has just occurred TO me
that have made n most dreadful blunder
and ! nesd your advice more than ever
before.
You know. asked Miss Weston. my
old school friend, TO come here and stay
with me for time at least. and she did
so, understanding. as i have since
learned. that Jack was away and not 10
return.
She h here now and seems to me 70 be
quite III again. but the embarrassing part
OF IL IL that she and Jack was once great
sweethearts. and his going away TO Hon
oiuld was really due 20 some disagree
ment that they had nearly three years
ago. i never knew just what the trouble
Was- As Annie was my dearest friend
In school and afterwards. too. ! quite
overlooked tho whole matter In my anx-
iety 20 have soneone with me whom
was 20 swfully alone. You remember
merely telegraphed her to come. and she
did not sven know OF fathers death and
supposed, Of course, that Jack was away.
Now she IL too 81 to go home again.
and Jack Is coming 20 soon that don't
know ukat ia Ga "A - = --l==-f-ilx S-a-
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SAN FRANCISCO, May %. The
grand jury last night returned bribery
indictments against President Patrick
Calhoun Of the United railroads,
Thornwall Mutually, assistant TO Cal
houn; Attorneys TREY L. Ford and w.
NJ. Abbott OF the legal department OF
the United railroads. Mayor Eugene
f. Schmitz, Abraham Ruef, President
Louis Glass OF the Pacific States Tele-
phone and Telegraph company and
Theodore v. Haisey, formerly an
agent OF that corporation Ruef,
Schmitz. Calhoun, Mutually. Ford and
Abbott are charged with bribery In
connection with the fixing OF the gas
company's rate and with receiving S.
600 In the United railroads franchise
deal
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ri should hope so" returned. And
you think he viii reach the hotel
safely?"
mo doubt about that, sir" said
Bobbs. 'If he has any trouble or
should get-er- dizzy or anything,
he'll take cab. sir. The way ne can
keep his head is wonderful. sir"
He had risen 20 go as l asked my
last question.
"Bobbs." / said. earnestly, II want
you 10 tell me something. What. in
heavens name. does Mr.. Carney drink.
TO keep him In this condition."
What does he drink. sir?" exclaim-
ed Bobbs in a half frightened tone and
viewing me with evident and sudden
suspicion. why, I thought you knew.
sir I thought you knew" and before
! could stop him. he. like his master.
had rushed out of the office into the
street
ITO be continued.l
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tole US afterwards. he charged him
regular city prices. an the ole man
never knew the difference"
by the way. what made the men
leave the place so suddenly" / asked.
cautiously. thinking 70 divert the fell
lows gable into more profitable
channels. You know they have AL
gone. except the servants that were
brought from the city"
Wal" said the man with delibera-
ton. slapping the horses back with
the reins and wriggling uncomfortably
in his seat. they left fur two reasons.
! guess. In fac. the folks 'baout here
Amt over anxious to work up to the
place anyway. though they was allus
willin' 10 be obligin' an accommodate
ole Carney when they want nuthin'
else fur EN- TO do; but naow, it's com
in on haydn time. an s'pose they'd
rutbsr work at hayin'."
The man had turned bis back on me
completely and was urging the horse
forward At a rapid gait
Very generous OF them 70 accom-
nodate him when they had nothing
else to do. and then leave his dauKh-
ter as they have. just because hayInE
time is here" I commented. But you
said there we're two reasons. What Is
the otker?"
We rode on in silence for quite a
distance until. at length. the fellow re-
sponded In grufi voice and without
turning hts head.
wall IL may be true an II may be
noti All know is what heerd up to
Hoskins'. ] don't take no great notice
o ghosts an SIGH. But them men
knows what they seen the night after
the Wilder Bruce's boy died, an !
know that ye couldn't git one of 'em
on the place again with a team O.
steers! No. sir KNOWN as they do,
the character o. man that ole Carney
was. an the way he as good as muir.
dered that poor lad with his cussin'
an quarrelin' an fallin' OF his boss
stead o. goin' TO the stable an sad
din up himself. like any man would
that want too lazy TO take OF his
coat when ne eft, IL amt no wonder
they believed what the Wilder Bruce
tole EN- mors'n a year sxo,"
He paused here and licked 4 Ey
J from the horses neck with . dex
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BECKER KILLED GIRL
Elmhurst Suspect Alone Slew
Amelia Staffeldt.
He is POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.
Police Fosce Confession From Pris-
oner Held For the Murder of Fiji
teen-year-old Girl In wild
Flower Pntch.

NEW YORK. May %. - Telling .
story OF sinister detail and revealing
an almost unbelievable depravity Of
character. Henry Becker. who has been
under arrest on suspicion FOR three
days, confessed he had murdered Anne
liza Charlotte Staffeldt, fifteen years
old, ina a field I'm the outskirts OF Elm
hurst. where she was picking dande-
lions.
In the hope he would escape the cleo
trio chair. despite the fact he had been
arrested before on the charge Of at
lacking a girl he admitted that the
story he told on Friday beside the cof-
fined body OF the murdered girl was q
myth and that he had not met "ths
other man." whom he had accused OF
the murder. until within few feet OF
Mrs. Emily Simonson's home I'm Train
Meadows road. A charge OF murder
was made against Becker i'm the Flush
ing court this morning
Talking 20 Detective Calvin. Becker
said:
well. 1 do not want 20 go 20 the
electric chair for telling the truth.
What will you do 10 me IL tell just
what happeaedf"
"Oh," said Calvin. "you will be sent
20 n hospital for the insane. You won't
go 20 the electric chair"
Then I'll tell you" said Becker Slow
". II killed her" With that he
shrank back and eyed his captors.
"That story about my pal killing the
girl was a lie No one was with me
when I struck the girl"
why did you lie about TT" he was
asked.
well. because was afraid would
be sent 10 the chair. You see. was
tired that morning. and after I got TO
Elmhurst from Mnspoth I went up into
the meadow and lay down. do not
know how long | slept. but l was
awakened by the blowing OF a whistle.
I guess Il was l O'Clock. As 1 rolled
over / saw the girl not far away pick
ing daudelions. I watched her awhile.
She looked very sweet and pretty. aud
! thought would like to kiss her.
Il went over aud spoke TO her. but
she was much frightened. Then I tried
10 put my arm around her. and she
struggled She said she would call the
police, but said: Now. don't be
afraid l won't hurt you With that
she yelled once. Then l grabbed her
around the neck, and, reaching down,
picked up a stone and struck her once
on the head. She fell 20 her knees, ana
I pushed her face down into the mud
I noticed the knife. because when she
struggled with me she had tried to
strike me with IL. but 1 had knocked 10
from her hand.
''She groansd as she lay there. and I
was afraid she would call the police, so
I picked up the knife and struck her
several times in the neck. looked
around. but | was sure no one saw me.
when l got on the road I met n
stranger. l told him I had been fight
| ing. and when I saw Mrs. Simonson's
house l knew there was a pump there,
where I could wash or my hands.
| About dark went TO Corona. and I
slept all night In the station"
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~ Tx = Ne--C A~FNF~0Nfit ~
left school and rs only beginning 70
get back her strength"
The day after the funeral I returned
20 the city and. rather than subject
Miss Carney 70 any Inconvenience by
accepting her orfer Of the only car
riage at her disposal since the stable
hands had deserted the place. rode
70 the railway station ia the trap that
had brought me down
so you're old Carney's lawyer. be
ye?' inquired my driver, with rustic
familiarity. crossing his legs and lean
ing one arm carelessly over the back
OF the seat In front OF me.
I admitted that I was. with monosyl-
Liable brevity, and we proceeded in
silence for a few rods
Spose he left plenty O. money!"
was the next query.
Enough for The needs OF his fam
ily." ! replied.
"Pshawl" he returned. IN evident
disgust that's all ye'd say II be was
worth ten thousand dollarsi"
Another short period OF silence
elapsed, and then he began abruptly:
Powerful strange 20 me haow a drink
in man like him could accumulate so
much money an hold 20 IL so tight"
Il never knew that Mr.. Carney was
a drinking man, I replied. with a sud
den interest in my companions Cos
sip. 81 mean" ] continued. Il never
knew that be drank 10 excess.
Drink" exclaimed the man. Why
they want nuthin' be wouldn't do
Drink. smoke. gamble an cuss. be-
sides THROWN away his money on
most wasteful things, When Sam
Hoskins boy was workin' up 60 the
place he seen him an another Teller
frum the city. = friend o. his'n. a-play-
I'm poker one day. an one or tother Of
'em I fergit which twas. lost seven
dollars an so centsi An as TO drink
In. while he done most OF e In the
haouse. he want above takin' a glass
az Hoskins' hotel every naow an then.
too,
II reclec'. one day. a-settin' en- the
stoop az Hoskins' waitin fur a shaow.
er 90 blow over. when 7 was a-gittin'
In my hay. an ole Carney drove mp in
his buggy. We was all a-talkin' abaout
Freemasons. an as he climbs aout
SEE 90 him. SEE 7. BE you a Freema-
SON? SEE l. No SEE he. 7 hain't. seq
he. but I'm a free thinker ser he.
an I think I'll take a drink SCI he.
'Ye won't be a free drinker.' SEE Hos
hns. under his breath and winkin' at
me. as he follers him into the barroom
20 walt on him, an sure enough, he
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100 ss.hg posieI0n 70 DC pisosI n, $50
e sally as there was 50 much mystery over
You see. under the circumstances. 1
cannot possibly adopt your suggestion to
close the house and come TO town for
ought 10 stay here I'm Jack comes to
keep an eye on fathers things.
III TO be SoSsa and 1 VIM Mr.. asss s9o
our old housekeeper. feel perfectly safe.
Please write me at once and advise me
IN my present predicanent
iFLoRENcE CARNEY.
cor, !. h rnsre Is IA rsmos that H. Cs i,Ys
people even 30 so FAR as 10 say that you
saw a ghost when you were here. Have
ridiculous. OF course. but Il makes me
nervous. f. G.
My Dear Miss Carney:
Your letter OF yesterday is at hand.
would not worry, q l were you. about
probably some childish anair that they
have both forgotten by this time.
a., AN sorry 70 hear that Miss weston Is
materially. but as you have told me that
AL your house servants are reliable and
trustworthy / suppose you are managing
expect your brother in town to-day or
tomorrow and he VIII probably stay here
over night and go on 20 Carney-Croft the
next day. Either ne or I viii telegraph
you as soon as he arrives
/ thouEht you Knew ABOUT the ghosts
or J should have written you before.
There were two iarce pieces Of mosquito
netting In my room which were apparent
~ Intended for covering portraits.
threw them over a chair-back near the
window and they blew out during the
night and caught IN the branches OF the
trees IN front o. the house. I knew that
some Of the men from the village had
seen them and taken them for ghosts,
but as I myself saw your butler pulling
them down early the next morning I sup
posed the whole story had been eK-
planned 70 the satisfaction OF everybody.
Very sincerely yours.
ERFDFTRfC.K WARE
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CHAPTER ~.
Little Bobbs.

followed him as rapidly as posi-
bic, hoping TO overtake him and. at
least persuade him to return TO my
once until his excitement had cooled
somewhat. but / reached the street
only In time to see him turn the cor
ner and mingls with the busting
crowd.
At the same instant little man, not
over i've feet In height, and dressed
In coarse drab, Norfolk jacket and
tightly hitting trousers. turned In hur-
riedly from the opposite direction and
collided with me with some violence.
Beg pardon, sir" he painted, recov-
ering himself with an effort and pull
ing or his cap respectfully. Beg
pardon, sir. Tn looking for Mr.. Wares
ofsices, sir. Mr.. Frederick Ware. sir.
Is this the place. sir?" and he placed
his hand on his chest and gasped
noisily in his endeavor to catch his
breath.
Mr.. Wares ONCE Is upstairs" re-
piled, and am Mr.. Ware. Who are
your"
Thank ye. SIR" he said gratefully.
an expression of relief lighting up his
face. I'm Bobbs. sir. Little Bobbs
they calls me. SIR" Still holding his
cap in his hand he pulled his fcrelock
and bowed with the grace OF an east
side dancing master.
VERY well. Bobbs," said, com
pletely puzzled. Now what do you
want?"
why. I want Mr.. Carney. OF course
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SALEM, Mass, May 27.--Edgar wes-
ton Msikle, the seventeen-year-old lad
who has been on trial here on charge
OF numbering his father. Charles s. G..
Meikle. by shooting. was found not
guilty by the jury at $50 o'clock in The
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slar Irwin mnrrie. Her Mannrer-

CLAYTON. n. Y. May 2S.-May Ir-
win, the actress, was married at her
summer home on Irwin island, In the
St Lawrence river, yesterday after
noon TO Kurt Eisfeldt. for three years
her manager and press agent. The GER
emory was performed by Rev. Theo-
dore Payden, rector OF Christ Episcopal
church
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CHICAGO. May 2s.-The condition OF
Miss Ethel barrymore. who Is I'll Of a
cold on the lungs at the Auditorium
hotel. is said TO be much improved.
Her physician believes that danger OF
pneumonia is past and that Miss Bar
rymore will be able to leave her room
within day OF two.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-07-05
Florica Vecetactes

: correspondent NO = -a.s.l= @.
1oT-@s South. ass MA vegetables
c22 - 5at he-@ a ne p-es~-. time.
There ara Zo~ found i or markets
and gardens Tie following vegetables.
which are = their tes-. All k wound
add thai many OF hem ara such a.
can . found ready fo- Use from De-
ceR-o@7 Unit. July, o. later There are
20" b7e-s. beans, snap and shell.
corn. cabbage. ccess. carro-s. cvcvu..
oers- cushaws. endive. ruskue,oDs
ohTa, onions. parsley peas. peppers.
Ead.sheS, sQUaShes, tomatoes. -urn.ps
waIeTne.ols, aat for berries. muIbe-.
res. dewberries and strawberries
Grapes are :Ist beginning - ripeu
and viii soon b p.epci:u..-Panama
Pilot.
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/; : Gained Cha, :. -a>c> >c,c.
acres = American whe5c ~ gay s,-
he sugar grown oc one atrr IN III
rope With sugar bees Tn,. lrap,y
taCc7 y he best sugar midas
t-y II his country should rvcv,s,
he consideration o, every taruarr
Sugar : AZ article FOR which wc hS>.,
market =, our doors American
Fertilizer.
When The Everglades ar, 1,a:"rA
here Nil De H. need tIr yae .mprt-
tN.on o beet sugar r,rrsla vs.,
produce SUGAR enough ~ s"rtsru loe
world
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-01
COAT OF WHITEWASH FOR
FIFTEEN PASSENGERS

New York, Aug. 1. Fifteen pas
sengers, generally we'll dressed, were
whitewashed last night while riding
through the Fourth-ayenue tunnel In
an open car.
Whitewashers of the tunnel roof
and walls are using pneumatic
spraying system, and as the car in
question came along something went
wrong and the spray was directed to-
ward it. The motorman. according to
the passengers. stupidity stopped his
car. He was drenched. Then he start
ed the car through the stream and as
il slowly began to move there was am
pie time to drench every one of the
passengers.
The angry passengers declared
their white suits would become dam
age suits.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-01
AUDITORIUM PLANS
ARE READY FOR BIDS
Something About Interior Ar
ransement Of Big Structure
at Tenth and Broadway.

Blue prints for the skating rink
and auditorium at Tenth street and
Broadway, were completed. today by
Architect o. ID. Schmidt, and they
have been given to contractors, and
bids are expected to be in by We'd
nesday. The rink proper will be COX
20S feet, and on each side there will
be seats for 400, making the seating
capacity 500. A partition encloses
the rink from the lobby, which is
large enough for 800 people, and
there refreshment stands and other
amusement provisions will be ar
ranged. On the lower floor will be
the mems smoking room, and on the
second floor the women's waiting
room, which will be absolutely priv
ate. Paper for correspondence and
everything for ones convenience
will be found.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-01
PRINTERS NEW SCALE
SIGNED BY PAPERS
Three Year Contract is En-.
tered Into With the Typo
graphical Union.

The local newspaper and job offices
today signed up new wage scales
with the typographical union for a
period of three years. The wages
for foremen on day work was in
creased from s15 to SIS, and night
work from SIS to 500, and on day
linotype operators from s14 to SIC
and night operators from SIC to SIS.
The hand compositors' scale was in
creased from s13 to SIC. The en-
ployers agree. too, to increase each of
these scales fiat 81 next year, and
that rate will obtain for the two
years succeeding. The local papers
have been employing union printers
since 1900 The scale at that time
was $40 a week for a ten-hour day,
while today the printers work eight
hours. This is an advance in wages
of 90 per cent. and reduction in
hours of 20 per cent. There has
never been at any time any differ
enees between the newspapers and
their employees, and this is the first
increase in the scale in three years.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-01
Fisherman Enraged Because He Lost
Catfish, Threatens to Shoot Engineer

large catfish when the Brownie"
passed. Waves from the tug swamp
ed the skiff. and caused Rowland TO
lose his fish. In a fit Of anger the
fisherman procured a shotgun and
when the tug swung into the barges
at the foot of jefferson street, he
called the engineer out. Rowland did
not atttmpt to use the gun after
Mann had talked to him and ex-
piained that the accident was due to
his own carelessness and not to the
boat.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-01
VI. a o. Fireman Killed.

Cairo, H.. Aug. l. Fireman Ed
ward Williams. Of Jackson, Tenn.
was instantly killed, Engineer Wilde.
also Of Jackson, was fatally injured,
and many passengers were slightly
hurt, at 1880 o'clock this afternoon
lat Whitehouse, a water station be-
tween Mill Creek and Jonesboro. when
Mobile and Ohio fast passenger train
No. 1 turned over on a sharp curve
while running at fast rate of speed.
The engine. No. 307. turned COM
pletely over, followed by the tender.
the express. baggage and mail cars.
and all the coaches following except
the sleeper and dining cars.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-01

New York. Aug. John Arm
strong Chanler. the former husband
of Amelia Riyes. must take the
chance OF again being sent 10 an asy-
lum for the insane, Il he comes 10
New York next October to prosecute
legal action now pending Chanler
is a lunatic In the state OF New York
under commitment OF the supreme
court and at the same time Is a sane
man under the ruling OF the courts
OF Virginia.
Thomas T. sherman sometime ago
was appointed a committee OF Chan
ler's person and as such has control
OF CHAMBERS big estate. In the trial
set for October Chanler will seek to
have his property restored TO his
keeping.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-01
SECRETARY TAFT MAY
COME TO KENTUCKY

Washington, Aug. l. Advices
from Secretary Taft at Murray Bay,
Canada, indicate that he has made
several changes in the itinerary of
his transcontinental trip to Seattle,
on his way to the Philippines, early
In September.
According to plans at present he
will arrive in Washington on August
~ and dispose of all public business
requiring his attention so as to be
able to leave this city on the 18th
and keep an engagement to address
the Republican clubs at Columbus,
O., on the evening of the 18th. He
is considering an invitation to make
an address in Kentucky, preferably
in Louisville. August 22, and prob
ably will do SO, but that is not yet
Isettled.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-01

William Rowland, better known as
Catfish" Rowland, was fined $50
and costs in the police court this
morning for fiourishing a gun at r.
l.. Mann, engineer on the tug Brow
ME, Of the West Kentucky Coal COM
pany fleet. He threatened to shoot
the engineer because the tug was re-
sponsible, he thought, for the loss of
a s"hovelbill' catfish. BOwland had
his skin moored at the foot Of JEFF
ferson street, and was lifting up a
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-01
PATROLMEN INVITED
TO BIRTHDAY DINNER

Patrolmen Aaron Hurley and Hen
ry Singery, of the depot beat" re-
ceived an invitation to a social func-
tion to be given August 8 by Robert
Crider, colored, who will on that day
be SO years old. Crider will cele-
brate the day with big dinner and
among those invited are many color
ed ministers and the two policemen.
Each person who attends is asked to
bring with him a chair, as Crider
is not in a position TO furnish seats
for all on the ground.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-01
Parts of McCracken and Bal.
lard Are Visited.
Two Tobacco Barns Go Down In New.
ton Creek Neighborhood be-
fore Terrific Blow.
CROPS AND TREES SUFFERED.

Woodville, Ky, Aug. 1. Especially
Wind and hail played havoc with
crops and trees in this section and
destroyed partly two tobacco barns
shortly after dark last night. Frank
simmons, half mile above Newton's
creek, lost his barn, and T. w. Waf-
ford's barn was unroofed and twist
ed. Numerous trees fell in that
section. The hail did considerable
damage throughout the western Me-
Cracker and part of Ballard county
but in the section visited by the
storm, it was terrific and tobacco
and, especially corn, were chopped
down by the pelting drops Tele-
phone wires are down in the New
ton creek neighborhood.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-01
COL. A. N. HUGHES SON
PLACED UNDER ARREST

Nashville, Aug. l. Neil n.
Hughes, senior clerk at the Columbia
post office, and son of Postmaster
A. NJ. Hughes. has been arrested by
government inspectors. charged with
the mails. The arrest was
the result of a decoy letter. Hughes
waived examination and gave bond.
The arrest was the elimination Of
number Of alleged petty robberies at
the Columbia post Office OF amounts
ranging from one to ten dollars and
of stamps. Hughes refused to talk.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-01
STRANGERS ARRESTED
BY CAIRO, ILL.,, POLICE

Four suspicious looking strangers
last week were given hours to leave
the city by Chief of Police James
Collins They left and when heard
from again were under arrest in
Cairo. They had in their possession
shoes and trousers thought to have
been stolen. One or two pairs OF
Trousers and shoes were sold by
them before they were arrested. No
store had been robbed at Cairo and
Chief of Police Egan. of that city,
has written Chief Collins to know II
Amy Paducah store had been robbed.
The men gave their names as Daniel
MCGOWAN. John Wagner. William
Barnett and James Murray. but re-
fused to tell where they were from.