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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-21
Pony Trucks Broke.

San Francisco, May 21.-Two men
were killed and one fatally hurt
while three are missing, in a wreck
on the Oregon express at Pinole near
here. The engines pony trucks
broke, running 35 miles an hour. The
engine, tender, baggage and express
ears were piled up. The missing are
believed to be under the wreckage.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-21
MRS. VANDERBILT WILL
OBTAIN DIVORCE DECREE.

New York, May 21.-There is little
doubt that Mrs. Alfred Gwynne VAN
ierbilt will be granted a divorce on
her application. Justice Ogerman re-
ceived a report of the referee this
morning. 1t is understood a fortune
is provided by the father for their
son.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-21

for the discrepancy in the signature
as compared with others, by stating
that Mrs. Griffith signed it with a
glove on her hand. He said Attor-
ney Frank Lucas, then his law part
ner, was present when Mrs. Grifhth
entered his office. Lucas was present
but did not testify. Gilbert testified
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-21
WEST KENTUCKY
COAL STRIKE OFF
OFFICIALLY NOW

jacksonville, Ky, May II tSpe-
cialD The strike in the western
Kentucky coal fields was called off
and strikers were notified they will no
longer he given weekly benefits, if
they remain idle.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-21
EXPRESS TRAINS
CAME TOGETHER,
SCORES MISSING
Mistake in Orders Causes HOr-
ribe Disaster Near Antwerp
Hundreds Injured.
Pony Trucks of Engine Break
Near San Francisco.
PEOPLE ARE KILLED

Antwerp, May Glowing to a
of signals two express trains
colided at full speed at Antioch. The
trains were overturned and scores
were buried. Twenty-Five bodies are
recovered and II is believed the dead
will number GO. More than 100 were
injured, many fatally.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-21
S. W. KENTUCKY ASSN
MUST MEET ELSEWHERE

Hopkinsville, KY. May Ell
(Special)-The Southwestern Ken
lucky Christian association conven-
tion has been changed from Mayfield
to Princeton, May %, 90, 27. owing
to conditions at Mayfield.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-21
Nceley-Wclburn.

Mrs. Jennie Neeley of this city.
and Mr.. w. J. Welburn. of Green
willie. were married at Greenvllle last
night The bride has many friends
in Paducah. The Welburn family Is
prominent around Greenville
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-21
BALLOON EXPERT
FALLS 5000 FEET;
DASHED TO DEATH

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. May Ell
Lieutenant FOnseca, the French bal
loon expert, was killed in a fall of
3 900 feet from his balloon. He came
recently from France to demonstrate
.ballooning to the Brazilian army.
The accident happened on his initial
"trip.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-21
FELONIOUS HOMICIDE.
Coroner Declares Body Found In Fire
Was That of Mrs. Guinness.

Was That of Mrs. Guinness.
LapOrte, Ind, May 21.-Coroner
Mack rendered an official verdict de-
claring the adult female body found
in the fire April 2S to be that of Mrs.
Guinness and that she came to- her
death through felonious homicide, the
perpetrator thereof being to- the cor
oner unknown
Coroner Mack expects to file YER
dict in the other deaths In a few days.
This Is the first official verdict in the
Guinness case.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-21
Flames Damage Property $4,000, WHIP
ing Out Part of Block Before
Checked at an Alley.
VALIANT FIREMEN AND CITIZENS
FORM EFFECTIVE BUCKET BRIGADE
Twice Before This Same Territory Was Burned Over And
Two Houses Destroyed Had Replaced Ruins
OF Predecessors.

Mayfeld Transfer company loss $4,000. $4,000 insurance
Mayfeld Planning 300,
Dowdy Hamilton coal, loss 400.
modern residences Kennedy.
$500
Telephone $3.50, Camber and Telephone
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-21

Showers tonight and Friday. Cool
en- In west portion tonight. Coler
Friday. Highest temperature ycster-
day "a; lowest today, n.
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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13
DAY ON CHURCH GRILL.
Syracuse Chancellor Accused of Violat-
ing Rule in Attacking the
President.

NEW YORK, March REV DR..
James r. Day, chancellor of Syracuse
university, is formally charged with VIC
Iation of the rules of the Methodist Epis-
copal church of which he is an ordained
clergyman.
The specification is that in attacking
President Roosevelt DR.. Day has trans
crossed the rule of the church which pro-
hibits speaking evil of magistrates"
According to the church law, the pen
atty for q third violation Of this or any
Other rule of the church is expulsion. 1t
is not believed the case against DR.. Day
will be carried as far as that.
The charges are made by Rev. George
A. Cooke of Brandon, VT, a member OF
the Troy conference of the Methodist
church, and are now before Rev. DIR. r
NJ. Walters of YOnkers, the presiding ell
der Of the New York district of the New
York conference, the judicial authority
provided by the law of the church in
such cases. DR.. Day, although serving
as chancellor of Syracuse university, be
ing & member of the New York confer
ence. is subject to its discipline.
Beyond admitting to a reporter that
he had received the charges, DR.. Wat
ters refused to discuss the case. The
procedure under the ecclesiastical law is
for the presiding elder to summon
committee of not less than five ministers
nor more than nine and hold a hearing,
at which accuser and accused shall be
brought face to face, the presiding elder
to act as Judge.
The result of this hearing will be re-
ported to the annual session of the New
York conference, which meets at St
James church, this city, on April l.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13
REACH REGISTER POINT.
Cozad, Neb.-Ita!ian Car on
Frozen Roads.

COZAD, Neb., March THE Ameri-
can car in the New York to Paris race,
passed here at S:25 this morning. 1t re-
manned one minute to register. The car
had made sixteen miles since starting
this morning. This is an official regis
tratiOn point in the race.
The Italian car left Woodbine, Ia,
this morning at $50. 1t will run on the
Illinois Centrs tracks six miles and then
go upon the highways because it is
necessary to register at Missouri Valley,
la. The roads are frozen and travel
ing is easy compared to last weeks.
LEANENWORTH, Kan, March T.
The army car, carrying a message from
Gen. Grant in New York city to Col. r.
H. LoughbOrough, commandant at Fort
Leavenworth arrived here at 11:32
o'clock this morning. The exact running
time from New York was Is days,
hours, 80 minutes.
CHICAGO, ILL.,. March French
car No. 2 in the New York to Paris race
left Chicago this morning at $3.50 for the
west.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13
The Wisdom of Experience.

There was no doubt in the minds of
the Hobart family that young James
had d remarkable gift 1t remained
for an obscure uncle from the Cane TO
drop a word of caution and of world
" wisdom
You say he's wonderful far-seefng
and can tell folks just how things are
going to turn out?' he inquired.
Yes, it seems So said James ador-
ing mother
We'll, now, if you want him to be
the most unpopular man anywhere
round, you just let him foreteu and
prophesy and forecast" remarked the
old uncle, grimly.
If you want him to keep a few
friends you must shunt him off onto
some other track. Let him work ont
sums in his head. That's a harmless
practice
But why?" faltered the mother
Just this" answered the authority
from down On the Cape. when ba
prophesies things'n go wrong and thav
do go wrong, the heft Of the bIamn,n
be laid straight on his shoulders Whom
he says they'll go right, and they do
folksli be too busy enjoying them.
selves to remember your James And
when he says they'll go wrong and
they go right, they'll call him fool
Now I'm above 20, and you mind what
l tell ye!''
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13
RAILROADS PLAN
TO DODGE DEBTS?
COMMERCE COMMISSION OFFICIAL
SAYS RECEIvERSHIPS GIVE
LAUGH TO CREDITORS"
BLUNT THINGS MAY BE SAID.
Action of Western Maryland and Blam-
ing Hepburn Act the Cause
of Talk
BONAPARTE WILL MAKE PROBE.

WASHINGTON. u. c.. March T.
The allegation that the Western Mary
land Railroad company. one of the Gould
lines, has been forced into the hands of
Il receiver by the provision of the Hep
burn rate act prohibiting carriers from
transporting products owned and con-
trolled by them has reused the interstate
commerce commission to a point of say
ing some blunt things about receiver
ships in general.
One of the members of the commits
sion, speaking with reference to roads
that recently have been placed in re-
ceivers' hands. declared shat railroad
managers are merely seeking way to
give the laugh to creditors"
There would be fewer recciverships
of railroads" said this official, If courts
were forbidden, as they should be, to
name officials of railroads as receivers.
The International x Great Northern
went into the hands of receiver the 9th
er day not because there was real need
but because it didn't want to make GER
Texas commission. That was Gould
road and one of it's officials was made re-
ceiyer. Now the Western Maryland has
its president named rs receiver and
charges 1t to the opera tons of the coal
mine-railrOad divorce provision. l don't
think there was any good reason for the
receivership or that it would have taken
place if the law provided that officers
should not be named as receivers.
Says Law Is Needed
THE Seaboard Air Line went into q
receivers hands not because there was
real occasion, but apparently because
two factions thought it the best way,
and the president was named as one of
the receivers. SO in the case of the Chi
cagO Great Western. It's all wrong
and should be stopped by law. \ re-
ownership is Il means of giving the laugh
to creditors; then they blame it on the
laws.
The Baltimore & Ohio found means
to dispose of its coal properties imme-
dia tely after the law passed. The Louis
vile & Nashville did the same, and SC
have some other roads. Now some of
the lines that have not done this are
asking that a case be made up in court
to test the law, and the department of
justice is looking into the matter"
Ronaparte VIII Probe.
Attorney General Bonaparte has en-
gagged l., Allison Wilmer, a Baltimore
lawyer, as special counsel to investigate
this matter of dealing with the coal
roads. The law goes into effect May l.
The attorney general dissiputed any i'm
Western Maryland receiver is part of
government and coal-carrying railroads
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13

bond Of affection was both strong and
deep.
Mary, his only daughter, married,
and went abroad with her husband.
Their return was a week or two be-
fore the date appointed, and owing to
a series of misunderstanding and err
rOrs the professor was not informed,
and met them first at the house of a
neighbor, where they had gone to in
Quire about him.
A reception was in progress there.
and he arrived some time after them,
as a guest, and still unaware of their
return. Strolling into his friends Ii
brary, away from the crowd he became
aware, as he was inspecting the books,
of SOME ladies in conversation on the
other side Of portiere, one of whom
displayed an astonishing amount of
knowledge of his own particular hobby.
He was surprised and delighted.
There's a lady in the next room YOU
must positively present me to-" he said
eagerly, to his host, who had Joined
him. "a most intelligent woman! She's
been talking of the prehistoric races in
a surprisingly discriminating manner
Who is she?"
"a Mrs. Smith, / believe" replied the
host, much amused. since he knew who
the lady was. Come will present
you now
They passed the curtain, and the pro
fessor, who had failed to connect the
| name of Mrs. Smith with his Mary
vas duly introduced for the ladies
had overheard his inquiry and the re
ply, and were disposed to keep up the
joke. Peering shOrt-sightedly through
his big glasses, which, by his usual mis-
take, were his reading glasses when
they should have been his object glasses
he did not recognize Mary when he
saw her, and the father and daughter
actually opened a conversation on pre-
historic man, and carried it on for sev-
eral minutes before the strain proved
too much.
Then the listeners broke down in
laughter, and Mary, with cry that she
| could not keep it up any longer, caught
the old gentleman round the neck and
kissed him.
Bless my soul, Mrs. Smith," he
gasped, beWildered. "Why-Mary ~
Youths Companion
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13
ENGAGE ROBBERS
IN WARM Battle
FARMERS AND TRIO OF DESPERA-
DOES HAVE PITCHED FIGHT
IN WOODS.
POST0FFlCES ARE BLOWN UP.
New Jersey Is Startled by CrackSmeu
in Series of Daring Rob-
berries.
EXPLOSION WRECKS BUILDING.

CAMDEN, n. j., March IA pitched
battle between farmers and three rob
oers. in which two of the latter were
wounded. followed the daring robbery
early today of the postoffices ut pedrick-
town and BRIDGEPORT. about thirty miles
south of this city. The three men were
captured.
The robbers first appeared ut Pedrick-
Town shortly after midnight, and stole
a team from a livery stable. They then
went to the postotiice, blew open the
safe and stole $500 i'll money and
stamps The force of the explosion
wrecked the building and the place took
are The robbers then He'd with the
.eam.
Postmaster Is Aroused.
1t was nearly 3 o'clock when they at
lacked the postotIice mt bridgeport. 4
,amlly named Brown occupied the upper
portion of the building. The robbers
forced an entrance and inserted 4
.harEe which almost wrecked the build
ne. William Brown, the head of the
samily, rushed down stairs with Il re
Ioiver. When he reached the postotlice.
ne was confronted by the three robbers
who levelcd their rcvolveTs at him and
ordered him to retreat upstairs. The
'obbers then packed up stamps to the
AMOUNT of $500, took 500 in cash and
tl III the uHtttlou OF W OotbutN.
Shortly after : o'clock this morning
the men were seen nj WeenOnah and
within Il shore time Il score of farmers,
we'll armed, gave chase and soon had
them penned in the woods near by. Both
sides opened fire. One of the robbers
fell and the second threw up his hands
and surrendered. The third man held
his ground for some time but fled furth-
or into the woods.
The wounded man and the one who
surrendered We're taken into custody.
The third man was finally captured two
hours later.
Face Filled with BuCkshot.
One of the men, William Mccoy, who
says he has no home, had his face liter
ally ridded with buckshot. He was ar
raigned before Mayor Ladd at Woodbury.
and committed to Jail. The other in
jured man is at Sewell under care of Il
physician and it is thought he will die.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13

There is remarkable painted by the celebrated English
it
o olowt them n
to
behind
Surprising carefully the
follow them in
they
of
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13
THOUSANDS LIKE HIM.

An American SO characteristic of life
in the United States that he might
have come from any part OF the country
is amusingly described in Daily Notes
of a Trip Around the World" receut
book by E. w. Howe, the editor OF tue
AtchisOn Globe.
Here at the King Edward Hotel IN
Hongkong, writes Mr.. Howe, L am
much interested in a Mr. Richardson OF
Iowa. | don't know that his name IS
Richardson, or that he is from Iowa,
but he is al elderly American, ana L
know his history as well as L know my
own. see him in the halls ana III the
dining-room, his little fat wife pattet-
ing round after him.
Richardson is not having a good time
and he wants to go home, but Martina
his wife wants to continue the jour
hey, and Martha will have her way.
know her name is Martha because
Richardson calls her that.
Martha" l have heard him say
.1et's cut out the rest of this trip ana
90 home on the Minnesota. I'm urea
of this fOolishneSs.
have never heard Martha reply FOR
she always speaks in low tones, aS oil
persuasive women do, but l can tell
YOU. she is opposed to going nome oy
the shortest route; so Richardson Will
he compelled to go through India ana
Egypt, and play the game out. For the
newt two or three months he Will De
compelled to pay high prices Tor Iooa
bo cannot eat and for trips he cannot
enjoy.
Richardson is so bald that he at
tracts attention, for bald heads are not
the rule here. l know nothing what
ever about him, but here is his history
as | guess it:
He was a farmers boy, and attended
q district school in the winter. When
fifteen or sixteen years old he went to
the county seat and entered a store. lie
know enough to be honest and indus
trious. so he prospered slowly; prosper
ity is always slow.
lie knew eiiOuSA I"
TOWN. so when times became dull in
Iowa instead of running away to an
other town, he picked up little prop
ertv at low prices. When prosperity
rot1rned-and it always does, every
where-he sold a little, and bought
bank stock.
In time he was elected to a county
office: then he got into the bank as
director. Later, he was made vice
president of the bank, and then presi-
dent. He gradually accumulated farm
lands and these gradually increased in
value.
am not certain, but l think one of
his daughters is married to a Congress
man and another to the district judge
He also has three or four good sons,
who are prospecting.
IF Richardson is not from Iowa, then
he is from Illinois, or Ohio, or Indiana
or Wisconsin, or Minnesota, and his
history is about as have stated.
There are many Americans who are
lust like him. The only remarkable
thing about Richardson is that he had
sense enough to be honest and indus
trious. and wait for prosperity in one
town
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13
IS DEPRIVED OF HONOR
GERMAN COURT FURNISHES PRINCE
PAL IN BERLIN SCANDAL.
Gen. Count Won Hohenau Will Lose All
His Orders and DeCora-
tons.

BERLIN, March Cen. Count Will
helm Won Hohenau, former commander
of the guard corps and at one time adju-
tant to Emperor William, has been sen
fenced by a military court of honor to
be deprived of his rank i'll the army and
to surrender all the orders and decora-
tons that had been conferred upon him.
The finding OF the court has been con
Grmed by Emperor William.
Gen. Won Hohenau was accused of be-
ing one of the so-called Court Camaril-
Ia" recently exposed by MaXimilien Har-
den, and his name was brought constant
y into the testimony during the Harden
Won Moltke trial 1t was in connection
with this scandal that the general was
BROUGHT before the court of honor.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13
THE COAL SACK.
Astronomical Mythology of the Aus
traiian Black feIlow.

Astronomical Mythology of the Aus
traIian BIackfellow.
Immediately below tie lower stars
of the group which forms the Southern
Cross there is a black patch in the
sky, dark, sack-shaped and mysterious,
says Macmillan's Magazine. Scientific
ally accurate astronomers explain that
1t Is not patch but rather something
which becomes visible by reason Of the
anomaly that it contains nothing that
is visible. The lay mind, prefer,ing
bald reality to abstract truth, is some
what startled to learn that an object
is seen because there is nothing in il
to see, but no one can dispute the fact
the coal sack is visible because it con-
tains nothing that is visible. In other
words, 1t is vast hole in the stellar
system in which there is not even a
pinch of stellar dust to shed a flicker
Of luminosity. 1t is typically and abb
solutely the qulntessence Of blackness.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13

Because it Is so, and in contradiction
eye can see it without the aid Of tele-
scope or other instrument. Between
the stars of the Milky Way there are
many little holes in the stellar system
little by comparison, that is to say
but one must have telescopes and pa
thence to find them. One need only
cross the line to the southern hemIs-
phere and locate the Southern Cross in
order to see the coal sack.
With the wealth Of legendary tale
and fable woven around the northern
stars by the highly gifted races gazing
on them through the ages that are
gone, one is tempted to speculate what
tales would not have been constructed
around that fathomless mystery had
it appeared north instead of south of
the equator. When it rouses the poeti-
cal impulse within the brain Of abor-
iginal Australians. what might it not
lave done with the ancient Greeks or
still more ancient Egyptians? But
they were denied it. The aboriginal
uses it. as he uses most things. in a
topsy turvy fashion. To him the world
Is fat plain crowned with a dome
shaped roof
When a man dies he las to go I'D
to the roof and slowly journey over it
till he can Chamber down to the fat
again and squeeze through, once more
a man. The coal sack is the hole he
goes through to get onto the roof, and
to get up to 1t is a very long climb
The journey over the roof is also very
long, and it IS hard to squeeze through
when he reaches the fat again So
long does it take that by the time a
man has completed the journey not
only his hair but the skin has grown
white with age. Wherefore the black
fellow who has made the journey re-
joins his tribe as a whitefelIow. Thus
it was that when the white man first
came TO the land the aboriginals re-
garded him as a long-lost comrade
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13

he had lived there only since last Sep
TENDER. In preparing his body for
burial it was found that he wore a steel
chain with sharp points adjusted to
pierce his flesh constantly. He came
from Paterson, n. j., to which city the
remains were sent for increment. In
Paterson Father Heinrichs had charge
for three years of st. Bonaventura's
church. Previously he had been in
charge Of an Italian congregation at
Crogan n. Y. He was born in Koeln.
Germany, Aug. 10, 1867, entered the
Franciscan order in 1886 and was or
dained in 1901
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13

gratifed our affairs the embroiled, olsen
tangle and clarity as If by magic; the people meet
have only amabe things to tell the letters
pect arrive, charged with everything DESIRE it
these days that should ask, for to
ceivc seek, because in seeking find.
Good humor is often nothing but the consciousness of
being loved When in position where feel
ourselves loved know that all are pleased and we
in Joyous umOr. AS general rule order produces
good humor, disorder embitters Make every day
what it ought to be; do remit let accumulate
the necessary obligations In order be il a good hui
nor it is necessary and it is enough that do
duty.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-13
AUTOS IN COLLISION.
Edward C. McCurdy of Pittsburg in Ac-
cident-Several Seriously
Hurt

PITTSBURG, Pa, March An au-
tomobile driven by Edward c. McCurdy
crashed into a car owned by Willis l..
King, vice president of the Jones and
Laughlin Steel company, on Center ave
nue., today and the following persons
were seriously, but not fatally injured
Edward c. McCurdy, head and back in
jured; John L. McIlroy, scalp wound
Carl d. Collier, back and limbs injured
M R. Stepry, head and body cut; Rob
ert Arnold, proprietor Hotel Dorset, lee
broken; Harry Hogan, legs crushed.
Mr. King was not in his automobile.