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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-24
LITTLEFIELD
MAINE LEADER TENDERS HIS
RESIGNATION.
Unable Longer To Sacrifice Income
From Law Practice.

Rockland. Ne. March GA sem
sation was caused in political circles
here by the receipt by Governor VIII
liam r. Cobb, Of letter from Con-
gresham Charles Y. LittleGeld. ten
lerins his resignation as a member OF
congress 20 take effect on september
80 next
Ia the same mail was commuulca
ton 20 the chairman OF the Second
district Republican congress .onal com
mittee from Mr. Iiitloton IN which
The latter gave as the reason for his
resignation his desire 90 resume his
aw practice. which in a large degree
De has been compelled 10 abandon be-
cause OF his congressional duties.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-24


IN COINCIDENCE got me aboard
the Laughing Lass I'll tell
IIh you how II was. One evening
late | was just coming out of n
dark alley on the Barbary Coast. san
Francisco. You know--the water front.
where you can hear more tongues than
at Port Said. see stranger sights and
meet adventure with the Joyous GER
tainty OF medieval times. I'd been
down there hunting up man reported
by a wharf rat of my acquaintance 10
have just returned from two years
haied" aboard. and as a matter of fact
was worth nearly a million dollars.
Landed in the city without n cent.
could get nobody to believe him nor
trust him 10 the extent az Il telegram
east Wharf rat laughed nj his yarn,
but believe II was true. Good copy
anyway
Just ut the turn Of the alley nearly
bumped into two men. ON the Bar
barry Coast you don't pass men In mar
row places until you have reconnoiter-
ed little. pulled up, thanking for
tune that they had not seen me. The
first words were uttered in Il voice
knew well
You've all heard of DR. Karl Augtis-
tus Schermcl!Jgn. lie did some biz
things and hgtl in mind still bigger
I'd met him some time before in con
neCtlon wlthihis telepathy and wire
less waves theory. II was picturesque
stuff for my purpose. but wasn't In
II with what the old fellow had really
done. lie showed me well. tina
doesn't matter. The point Is. thai
good. staid. self centered. or rather
semicentercd. DIR. Schermerhorn wa
standing At midnight in dark alley
on the Barbary Coast In san francisco
talking to an individual whose facial
outline nt least was not ornamental
My curiosity or professional instinct.
whichever YOU please. was all aroused.
lluttened myself against the walt
The first remark | lost The replyi
came to me In a shrill falsetto. So.
grotesque was the effect OF this treble
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-24

Joe Cannon, grouchily remarks that
the tariff should be revised mot be.
cause any man orders it. but because
the people demand It," Good foi
Uncle Joe He will declare for Taft
for president before the convention.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-24

49, So $50
Personally appeared before me, this
March 2, 1908, r. d. MacMillen,
business manager of The Sun, who
affirms that the above statement of
the circulation of The Sun for the
month of February, 1908, is true to
the best of his knowledge and belief.
Ny commission expires January
10th, 1912.
PETER PURYEAR,
Notary Public.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-24
NEW TACK N ANARCHY.
Red" Wili Adout system of ESpion-
age Deer Private life.

st Louis. March "a -Anarchial
coercion IN a new form is threatened
against wealthy citizens of ST. Louis
and other large cities by lieutenant
OF Emma Goldman. the anarchist
leader \ system Of espionage over
The private and family lives OF per
sons prominent lu the social and bust
ness circles OF the community. 10 BE-
followed by exposures of scandal and
corruption. has been put In operation
as a substitute for the terror AMI
Lloodshed employed In European
countries 10 compel obedience TO the
re ds' demands for social reform.
TRY the sun for job Work
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-24
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT

Rvery dose makes you feeibetter. LsI.Po
Keeps your whole insides right Sold on tn,
nouey-bseE plan everywhere. Price ~ cents.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-24

When you see crowd of people
running madly In any direction turn
and 90 the other way.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-24

Certainly, it is proper to say Prince
de Sagan came to America to press
his suit" his goose" is over here.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-24
Daily Thought.

Keep the worlf of worry from your
door and the rest will take care of
themselves"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-24

CANT0 TX
At last George NJ a merchant rich, W
As he'd said he was bound TO be.
"Fer which the Policeman says, 'fer which
He's indebted some TO me,
Fer made him quit his sidewalk oaIers
And keep DISPLAYS confined TO tie papers"
But GEORGE MADE GOOD because he wiser
Than most of his kind as an ADVERTISER.
The end)
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-24

VIII they drop Fairbanks in Ken
lucky and take up some one else?
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-24

CONTINUED from last Issue.)
CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER VIII.
. COINCIDENCE got me aboard
n the Laughing Lass. III tell
Ih you how It was. One evening
late was just coming out of n
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-30
The AIdrich Bill.

Washington, jan. 3O--The Aldrich
bill, as finally agreed upon by the
Senate finance committee, was reported
to the Senate TODAY. The following are
its salient features:
1t provides for an issue of $500, 600,
900 of emergency circulation.
The notes will be similar in appear
snce to those now in circulation, but
will bear upon their face the pledge
that thay "will be redeemed by the
United States in lAwfol morey upon
presentation at the Treasury"
Authority TO issue the notes will be
given to national banks upon applica-
ton, when the Comptroller OF the Cur
rency and the Secretary of the Treasury
sgree that business conditions demand
the additional circulation.
The notes are to be distributed among
the banks of the various States equit-
ably.
To assure this the distribution Is to be
upon the basis of the proportion of the
unimpairsd capital and surlus of the
banks of each state to the aggregate of
such capital and surplus OF the national
banks OF the entire country.
As security for the issue, banks may
deposit with the treasurer OF the United
States any of the following classes of
bonds:
Bonds or other interest bearing obi
CAUTIOUS of any State.
Bonds of sny city, town, county or
other legally constituted municipality
or district in the United States which
has boon 10 existence for ten years, and
which, during that time, has not de-
faulted in the payment Of principal or
interest, and whose net funded indebted
ness is not more than ten per cent Of
the valuation of its taxable property.
First mortgage bonds of any railroad
company which reports regularly to the
Interstate Comnlerce Commission state
ment Of its condition and earnings, and
which has paid no less than eur per
cent on it's entire cspitel stock for no!
less than five years.
The amount OF currency 10 De Issued
on these securities is fixed at seventy five
per cent Of The market value of railroad
bonds, and ninety per cent. OF the msr.
ket value OF any other bonds.
No bank is to have outstanding notes
at any time, whether emergency or
Otherwise, in excess OF lis unimpaired
capital and surpius
The emergency circulation is to be
taxed on half ofone per cent. per month,
and each bank is to make monthly re-
ports OF amount of such circulation out
standing.
The notes are to be prepared in blank
with advance, and deposited in the
treasury or sub-tressuries, so as to be
Immediately available on application.
The provision requiring national banks
located outside of reserve cities to main
tain a specified reserve is eliminated.
They are now required to keep a reserve
equal to fifteen per cent. of their deposit
liabilities, and the original Aldrich bill
proposed to Increase his to two-thirds.
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AN IMPORTANT BILL.
Blscksburg, Va, Jan. 80.

To the Editor OF the Alexandria Gazette.
Friends OF the Virginia Poly,echnis
Institute will be glad to learn that bin
has been introduced before Congress by
Mr.. Mckinley, Of Illinois, 10 provide for
the establishment at lsnd-grant colleges,
Of engineering experiment stations. The
object OF these stations shall be "To aid
In acquiring and diRusing among the
p.ople OF the United States useful aud
practical information on subjects con-
nected with the mechanic arts and the
science of engineering" In short, such
experiment stations bear the same rels-
tons to the engineering side, as the
existing stations bear to the agricultu-
raj side of education.
In this bill are enumerated the vari-
Gus experiments that shall be made.
Needless to ssy, this list provides for the
investigation of every conceivable sub
ject pertaining to engineering. More
specifically: ut shall be the object
and duty Of said experiment stations to
make such original researches or to
verify such experiments as relate TO the
properties OF materials employed in
manufacturing, building, and construc.
tioDal operations; the properties, physi-
cal and chemical, of fuels, fluid medis
lubricants and other substances or ma
terisls used in the generation or trans
mission Of power; the efficiency and
economic vslue Of mechsnicsl devices:
the generation, transmission aud utiliszz
ton of electrical energy" etc.
The amount of thirty thousand dol
lars is to be appropriated to each State
annually for the maintenance Of these
stations. ''Out OF the first five annual
appropriations so received by any station
an aggregate amount not exceeding
thirty thousand dollars may be expend-
ed 10 the erection, enlargement or re-
pair Of building or buildings necessary
for carrying on the work of such station;
and thereafter an amount not exceeding
Eve per centum Of each annual appro-
pristion may be so expended"
At glance, 1t is evident what the
establishment Of such engineering ex-
pertinent stations 10 each State would
mean. The vas! resources now lying
idle or be;ag used in a most wasteful
manner, could then be developed most
economically. 1t would be OF especial
benefit to The landowner and the skilled
mechanic ofinyentive talent.
Now that the matter is before Con-
gress, it Is earnestly to be hoped that all
concerned may use every sfiort to bring
about the passage OF this bill which
would mean so much to the industrial
development. Of our country, and which
would sl:o tend to further harmoDizs
theory an practice.
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expects 10 receive his vote. II Is fair 10
observe that the objection that Mr.. Cor
don has everywhere encountered relative
10 bis candidacy, Is tul the generous Ak
pression of honest, fair minded people,
who feel that after having been subjected
to the labor and expense Of nomination
for the uuexpired term of Mr.. Rixsy,
Mr.. Csrlin is Justly entitled to another
nomination and election, ITO show what
he can do" Thus far he has showu
that be can do fully as we'll as POSSIBLY
q little better thsr) Mr.. Gordon could Dc
under ike circumstances.
Mr.. Gordon Is courtly, nice gentle
man, for whom we entertain very high
regard, but we believe he is making
mistake in runaing at this time, and
that he will be overwhelmingly defeated.
He is asking the people to reverse the
time-honored policy 10 this district OF
giving faithful member of Congress the
reasonable endorsement OF st least enc
reelection. - Fairfax Herald.
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WANTED TO HANG NEGRO.

Guarded By Sheriff Meade aud by
his deputies and other trusted aids, oil
armed heavily, the negro. who when ar
rested gave the name of John Jones,
charged With the assault Of Mrs. Mary
Buggy Ward at Mount Harmony, Nd,
early Monday morning, was last night
prisoner in private dwelling on the
Hunting road, near the Pstspsco river,
while the men of Calvert county, who
have openly expressed their determi-
nslion to lynch the negro, are looking
in vain for the hiding place.
The prisoner, who is supposed TO be
Arthur Baud, an escaped convict from
Rand's Mills, N. O., where such a man
was serving 9 term of eight years, wac
also known as John Horton, will be
sent to Baltimore today.
Sheriff Meade has had to exert him
self to the utmost and to express with
all the emphasis he could command ID
prove to those who want 10 lynch the
negro that they will make the attempt
q their peril. In spite of the great re-
spect in which the Sheriff Is held he
is no. willing to take further risk By
keeping tie man In Calvert county any
longer than necessary.
During and sf-er the hearing today
8! the home OF Mrs. Ward, the victim,
there were moments when 1t seemed
that 'bs climax, which scores OF men
snd youths seemed eager to bring on,
essa at great risk to themselves, was
sbeu. to be reached.
The most thrilling incident Of yester-
day, which has been one Of constant
high tension 10 this immunity, was
reached when at the sight OF the negro
Mrs. Ward herself exclaimed:
"Kill the brutel That Ia be. Here
Is the rope to do 1t with"
The rope tied with a moore, which
was her conception OF what was needed
Io hang the negro, was handed by Mrs.
Ward TO J. W. spicer, one of the men
who seemed to have most influence over
The gang that came slorniug up the
read when the word had circulated that
The negro was at her home.
Sheriff Meade promptly took charge
II the rope and gave stern reprimaud
o those whom he thought we're disposed
% use IL,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-30

mittes on election Of president and vice
president and give bis ideas as to pub
licity of campaign contributions,
William Jennings Bryan sodsy made
vigorous appeal to the members OF the
House committee on election OF the
president, vice president and members
in congress from legislation 80 prevent
the sale of elections on the public auc-
ton block" Samuel Gompers was also
present. In brief, Mr.. Bryan con-
demned the secret use of money either
to advance the cause Of or defes. any
candidate for Office. "There is class
of men," he exclaimed, "who contribute
largely. They will buy the democratic
party. They will just as quickly buy
the republican party. These Uen have
no politics, They are 10 business for
money and in politics for busin ess."
It developed today that the House OF
Representatives, through its committee
on appropriations, has quietly put iis
d sapprovsl Of the equipment OF the
hospital ship Relief with civilian crew
under command of q surgeon, by reius-
ing to appropriate one cent for the
maintenance of the ship. As result,
the Navy Department hss put two col
lies out Of service, 10 order to secure
funds to carry out the departments
anti Brownson plans When Chairman
Tawney, of the appropriations commit
tee, explained to the House what had
been done by the committee he seemed
proud of bis course and not member
arose to protest. 1.-The depsrtn eat sub
mitted an estimate Of $22, 500 for the
employment OF a civilian crew and navi-
gators on the hospital Relief ship" ex
planned Mr.. Tawney. Some question
arose as to il there WAS any law for the
employment of civilian crew upon a
naval vessel, under command OF an
officer OF the medical corps, or of the
s!sff, and the estimate was withdraw.
Governor Msgoon returned from Cuba
at 10 q. 10. and drove to the State De-
psrtment aud White House where ne bad
had short conferences with Secretary Root
and the President. 81 do not expect 10
be in the United States more than two
weeks" said Governor Msgoon, sand
will then go back 10 Havana. There is
not foundation for the stories that l am
to leave there in the near future"
The President today sent the following
nominations to the Senate: Celonels to
be brigsdier general, Charles E. l.. b.
Davis, corps of engineers; Ramsay ID.
Potts, fifth field artillery.
The Comptroller of the Currency to-
day announced the appointment OF
Charles A. Hanna, as temporary receiver
of the New Amsterdam National Bank Of
New York.
Senator Nixon, of Nevada told the
President today that the new State con.
stabulary was uowebeing organized, and
that within three weeks the federal troop:
could be removed from Gold6eld.
Lucy E. Shackelford has been appoint
ed postmaster at Lskola, CulpepeI
county Virginia vice G. E. Douglas, re-
signed.
President Roosevelt had conference Thu
afternoon with delegation from the Amer
| n Civil Association during which ways END
means we're discussed for preserving the
beauty of Niagara Falls from the enoroach
ments of power users
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-30
THURSDAY EVENING. JAN. 80, 1868.

THE democrats 10 the House OF Rep
ressntatives yesterday called turn on
The republicans during debate on the
urgency deficiency bill and put them to
fight. The House had come to the
item jn the bill carrying an emergency
appropriation of 81, 900, 900 for coaling
the bsttleship feet to It's voyage to the
Pacific. Mr.. Little6eld, of Maine, at
tackled the democrats for crippling the
American merchant marine by killing
the subsidy bill. When he had con-
cluded seven democrats were On their
feet, with Messrs. Sherley, OF Kentucky,
and Gaines, of Tennessee, in the lead.
Before they had finished with the Con-
Vressman from Maine 1t was generally
admitted that he had been driven
sfuto a hole" Mr.. Sherley wanted
10 know whether the republican party,
aimee it claimed for Itself all Of the
prosperity that had been in sight
and attributed it to the protective
tariff, would be willing also to bear the
responsibility for all of the injuries
caused by the workings of the high
tariff system. Mr.. Sherley truthfully
declared that the high tariff was the
one thing that had destroyed the once
Furnishing merchant marine OF this
country; that the tariff wall around the
country shut out materials needed for
ship construction. Mr.. Gaines said he
could, if necessary, read from the speech
made BY Speaker Cannon 10 the House
against ship subsidy. CHE condemned
ship subsidies as an act Of insanity"
continued Mr.. Gaines, "snd yet Tor
come reason the Speaker slipped his
bride, broke hiskicking Strap and let
that monster 10 here few hours before
ihe Fnty.ninth Congress died. Speaker
Cannon is msn who holds that sue
csssfuI politician cannot afford to be con-
sislent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-30
The ThaW Trial.

New York, Jan. S0.--This was Je-
rome's day 10 the Thaw trial. 1t is
Justice Dowling's intention, unless the
prosecution should conclude much
earlier than usual, TO defer charging the
jury until tomorrow morning.
Thsw will probably know his fate by
nightfall Friday. The general opinion
is that this jury will not bubble over
technicalities.
A blunt demand for Thau's life was
the climax Of wonderful summing up
speech by the prosecuting attorney.
Jerome then riddled the evidence IT
the witnesses who told Of Thaw'S
early eccentric acts. He declared the
evidence all showed his actions those OF
The usual spoiled, head strong child
which could have been whipped out
of him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-30
General stoessel,s Trial.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 90.-Excspt for
the closing arguments, the trial of Gen
ersl Stoessel for surrtnderiDg Port Ar
thur to the japanese, is ended. Most
persons who have watched the hearing
closely think there has been some kind
Of compromise between sthe general on
one aide snd the court and officisldom on
the other. The general opinion is that
the Generals threats alarmed the court
so seriously thst it offered immunity to
the accused as the only means Of pre-
venting a tremendous scandal. Most
people think the general will be &C
quilted or st most, mildly censured.
Feb. has been set fer the 6nal srgu.
ment Of the case.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-30

DURING the eleven months ended
November 80 the exports Of structural
iron and steel from the United States
amounted to 129, O41 tons, of the value
o. 81. 2S9, O6l. II these official figures
b, correct the export price of these
b1ildiug materials is nearly if not quite
~ 10 the price paid BY American con-
sumers. When structural iron and
steel con- be thus pFo6tsbly exported to
the neutral markets Of the world, from
Canada and Mexico TO South Africa and
South America, what is the need of pro-
testing them uiih a duty of $40 ton Z?
The Philadelphia Record asks: els a
tariff commission necessary 10 instruct
Congress as to the reduction that ought
to be made in duty that is msnifestly
Tot at all requisite for protection OF
American Industry"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-30
The Closed Banks.

New York, Jan. S0.--As was init
timated, the New Amsterdam National
and the Mechanics and Traders State
Banks did 70. open for business today.
Officials of the Mechanics and Traders
are extremely bitter against the Clearing
House, and say 1t directly forced them
10 close. The institution claims to have
Sc, 900, 900 of approved collateral de-
posited with the Clearing House and
against which has been drawn but
81, 900, 900. They declSre the bank is
perfectly solvent, has q large supply Of
marketable securities and that the only
reason for closing is to protect all stock
holders equally.
Thi. bank was one of the founders Of
the Clearing House and Is over three
quarters of q century old. Before the
panic ii had totsl resources OF $26. OOO,-
600 but these have been reduced co.,
siderably.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-30
TOday's Telegraphic News.
CHINA Preparing for War.

Pskin, Jan. S0.-China is rushing
war munitions to points where they will
be readily available in the event of sn
invasion Of the middle island territory.
Troops are slso being quietly con-
centrated at strategic points, snd the
general opinion among foreigners here Is
that the government is determined to
resort TO extremes in support Of lite
claim to the disputed area.
The middle island region has long
been claimed by the Chinese. Korea
also professed title to it and while the
hermit kingdom preserved its seperste
entity the question was suffered to crift
along without much effort an either side
to settle it. As soon as Japan assumed
the direction of Korean Affairs, however, 1t
pushed troops into the region aud openly
claimed 1t as part of It's mainland
possessions. The territory is of great
agricultural and mineral value.