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He peered about. and instantly. as
though waiting for his voice. tall
figure rose not yard from him and a
long arm shot high above his head
and descended swiftly. They We're
close to the rail- and a roll of the ship
sent Armitage OF his feet and away
from his assailant. Shirley at the same
moment threw out her hands. defen-
sively or for support, and clutched the
arm and shoulder of the man who had
assailed Armitage. He had driven a
knife at John Armitage and was pois-
Ing himself for another attempt when
Shirley seized his arm. As he drew
back q fold OF his cloak still lay In
Shirley's grasp. and she gave sharp
little cry as the figure, with n quick
Jerk, released the cloak and slipped
away into the shadows. A moment
later the lights were restored. and she
saw Armitase regarding ruefully a
long slit in IT, left arm of his ulster.
"Are you Hhurt7 What has hap
pened?" she demanded.
at must have been a sea serpent,
he replied. laughing
The deck officer regarded them curl
ously as they blinked in the glare OF
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TWO MORE VICTIMS
CONTINUED from page ope.)


popular young man. This Is the third
narrow escape he has had. When the
steamer Golconda turned over about
ten years ago Mr.. Boulware was a
passenger on the Inflated steamer.
and saved several lives. Last Labor
Day he and a party were on the river
when a sudden storm caught them.
After a narrow escape the boat was
landed safely.
While under the barges his pres
ence OF mind to retain his breath was
all that saved him. He was so nery-
Gus from the shock yesterday after
noon that no one was permitted to
see him. after he had remained more
than an hour at the wharf and told
the story His neck and head are
bruised from humping the bottom OF
the barges
McDearmon was drowned just
above the foot OF the Island at the
upper end of a fleet OF empty barges.
The scene II about two hundred yards
above where Rhea Stanley was
drowned a month ago. Stanley was
diving from the same feet. The
river is deep on that side and the cur
rent is so swift that a skin In the
hands OF an experienced rlverman is
, in danger. The barges are lashed
four and five abreast. In the after
noon men were dragging for the body
land dynamite was used freely. The
current was so swift that rlyermsn
say he could not remain under the
barges unless drift caught him and
there was little rubbish when the
Harih moved the barges.
Mr.. Henry Meyer remained on the
scene all afternoon
/ This IL the third death from drown
I ing in Paducahs harbor In a short
time, and the riyermen's idea that
there are always three deaths is yeri-
fed. Rhea STANLEY was drowned at
the island and Waterman on a tow
boat stepped overheard.
Mr.. Marvin McDearmon. a brother
OF the drowned man. arrived early
this morning from his home In Tren-
ton. Tenn. With Mr.. Harry Meyer
they secured the GETAWAY II from
Captain Await and all day were pa
trolling the river as far down as Me-
= tropolIs in the hope OF finding the
body Of McDearmon. Rivermen say
at the present temperature The body
should come to the surface by this
afternoon.
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exhausted and sank in sight OF his
companions. They dlyed for the body
but II was not recovered until about
$ O'Clock last night when Il was dag
out OF the deep hole.
Young Weatberlngton leaves his
mother, Mrs. Adeline Weatherlngton'
and three brothers: AlonEo, LoraA
and william. lie was a bright young
man. a
The funeral took place this after
noon at 2 O'clock from the residence
on Mckinley avenue, with burial IN
Oak Grove cemetery. Weatheringion =
body was brought to the surface by a
lad named Cowen. who diyed for Il.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-17
RADICALISM.

"The effect of Democracy on intelli-
gence, science. and government is a
topic to which these editorials have a
persistent tendency to recur, says
Golfers. Forty-one years ago Lord
Macaulay wrote to an American:
"T have long been convinced that
institutions purely Democratic must,
sooner or later, destroy liberty, or
civilization, or both. -. Either the
poor would plumber the rich. and civ
ilization would perish; or order and
property would be saved by strong
military government, and liberty
would perish
1.-THE great historian then proceed
ed to make this definite and gloomy
prophecy:
"sThe day will come when, In the
state of New York. a multitude OF
people. none of whom has had more
than half a breakfast, or expects to
have more than half dinner, VIII
choose a legislature. Is II possible to
doubt what sort of legislature win
be chosen? On one side Is a states
man preaching patience, respect for
vested rights, strict observance OF
public faith. On the other is dam
agogue ranting about the tyranny OF
capitalists and usurers, and asking
10y anybody should be permitted to
ing champagne and to ride In car
rlkge while thousands Of honest folks
ore In want Of necessaries. Which OF
the two candidates Is likely to be pre-
ferred by a working man who hears
his children cry for more breath
AT Denver we were depressed es-
pecially by one speech. becaus II
was made by a man of high cultivation
who has done much work for. his fell
low men. His talk about champagne
and automobiles was a fiery as Lord
Macaulay prophesied. and he in
cluded a fierce diatribe against Judge
Taft for that now famous answer TO
the questioner who wished to know
what man should do II he and his
family were starving. God knows
said Taft. Nov that answer showed
honesty. II meant that while Judge
Taft would take every step he could
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the saloon deck unobserved. A second
cabin passenger might do so, however.
and he sought among the names In the
second cabin list for a clew. lie did
not believe that Chauvenet or Durand
had boarded the King Edward. He
himself had made the boat only by a
quick dash. and he had left those two
gentlemen at Geneva with much TO
consider.
IL was. however, quite within the
probabilities that they would send
some one to watch him. for the two
men whom he had overheard IN the
dark house ON the boulevard Froissart
were active and rcsourceful rascals he
had no doubt. Whether they would be
able to make anything OF the cigarette
case he had stupidity left behind he
could not conjecture. but the impor
lance OF recovering the packet he had
cut from Chauvenet's coat was not n
trihe that rogues OF their callber would
ignore. There was. the purser said. a
sick man In the second cabin, who had
kept close TO his berth. The steward
believed the man to be a continental
OF some sort. who spoke bad German.
He had taken the boat at Liverpool,
paid for his passage IN gold, and. com
planning OF illness. retired, evidently
for the voyage. His name was Peter
Ludovic. and the steward described
him In detail.
big fellow. bullet head. bristling
mustache. small eyes
THAT will do" said Armitaee. grin
ming at the ease with which he ldenti-
| fed the man.
You understand that Ii Is wholly ir.
regular for us to let such a matter pass
without acting, said the purser.
1t would serve no purpose and
might do harm. will take the re-
sponsiblliy."
And John Armitage made a memo
randum in his notebook:
"Zmai -; travels as Peter Ludo-
vie"
Armitage carried the envelope which
he had cut from Chauvenet's coat pin
ned into an inner pocket OF his waist.
coat and since boarding the King Ed
ward he had examined IL twice daily
to see that II was intact. The three red
| wax seals were In blank. replacing
those OF like size that had originally
been affixed TO the envelope. aud at
once after the attack on the dark deck
be opened the packet and examined the
papers, some half dozen sheets Of thin
linen written In a clerks clear hand In
black ink. There had been no mis-
take IN the matter The packet which
Chauvenet had purlolned from the old
prime minister at Vienna had come
again into Armitage's hands. He was
daily tempted to destroy It and cast
II In bits 10 the sea winds. but he was
deferred by the remembrance OF his
last Interview with the old prime min
lister.
do something for Austria-some-
thing for the empire" These phrases
repeated themselves over and over
again I'm his mind until they rose and
fell with the cadence OF the high. wa
verIng voice OF the cardinal archbishop
OF Vienna as he chanted the mass Of
requiem. for. Count Ferdinand Won
| Stroebel.
Ito be contiH-ed I'm next issue.)
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DIR AKEp AND THE CHURCH.

We've found a preacher, who ad-
mits he doesn't earn his salary.
within the next century, unless
the present course of events changes,
the churches of the country will be
deserted and archaeological eminaries
will be bowling wildernesses," Is the
statement with which the Rev. Chas.
F. Aker. pastor OF one Of the wealth
lest of Fifth avenue congregations,
and the one OF which John ID. Rookie
Teller is a member. heEins series OF
articles which are to appear in Apple
tons magazine.
"The only thing that can save the
churches, in DR.. Akedis opinion, is
to bring them into closer touch with
the practical AFFAIRS of life. The
church which has nothing to say to
social problems. he will declare In
the August Appleton's, has in our day
no claim to existence. We may con-
template with poetical rapture the
pearly gates and golden streets, but
they must not so I'LL our minds that
we have no thought for the tenement
district. Religion Is not a thing OF
the stars but of the streets"
IL the church is wrong 1t ought to
perish. II 1t isn't wrong. even the
half baked utterances OF DR.. Aked
won't hurt it. All ages, no doubt
have produced men like DR.. Aked,
who lose patience with the eternal
plan of Him, who ordained the stars
in their courses.-men who want re-
Iligion to accomplish some practical,
material reform that they can see. on
who would use the elements of its
faith as a specific for chilblains OF
lcroup.
IL may have escaped the observa.
ton OF DIR. Aked. but many church.
men assert IL is the pervading infiu-
ence OF the church that has brought
men to a realization of tenement
evils and the importance of the in
dividual. The fact that men OF to-
day are demanding greater humanity
land better homes, Is a tribute to the
growing, rather than the waning,
power of religion.
How DR.. Aked expects the church
any church-to clean up the tene-
ment district or handle the social
lproblems", he does not say. Whatever
lis wrong the church condemns by
teaching men to know the right; but
when a church turns from the purity
of it's inspiration to contemplate CON-
lparative social conditions with pat
ronizing eye. it is retrograding into a
worldly institution.
What church people ought to do,
land what the church organization
fought to do are very different things.
The doctor Is Of the opinion that
lEvangel.calism Is weakening and de-
caying, yet the fact that he offers nc
practical substitute, indicates that he
has reached no definite conclusion as
to the proper course of action. and
we are left to wonder whether his ar
Igument discloses a mental process oil
merely the condition of his liver
Giving him the benefit OF the doubt
we warn the doctor that thinking
aloud is a bad habit.
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MAYFIELD ELKS
WIN FROM PADUCAH ELKS AT
LEAGUE PARK.
First Inning Gave Visitors Lead OF
Four, 20 Which They Added Two
More.

Mayheld Elks defeated the Padu-
cab Eiks in a finely played game OF
baseball at Wallace park Sunday after
noon before a good crowd. Errors
by Lloyd. Robertson and Allen In the
first inning gave Mayheld a lead OF
four runs. and that team added two
more runs in the last inning. Padu-
cab managed to score In the eighth
inning on two bases on, balls and
Goodman's hit. Mayfield's last runs
were made on errors by Porteous and
Albritton's single. The features OF
the game were Adkins pitching and a
fast, double play by Robertson and
Barringer. The score was:
Mayfield .............
Hits by Padneah-W!lliams I Rob
ertson 1. Goodman 2, Lloyd /, Wolf
/. Atkins /.
Hits by Mayheld-Howard !. Al
brtton /, II. Albritton 1, Eel l.
Errors by Mayfeld- Boswell /,
Cook 1.
Errors by Paducah-Willams |,
Robertson 2. Goodman I. Lloyd |.
Struck out by Atkins, 8.
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panir Lot Rarpain.

Five lots slst street. just west o.,
Oak Grove. listed at 1850 each. all
for tGO0 cash; 20 per cent pront
guaranteed in p months. Now Is the
time to bny real estate. II has already
started upward
W1IITTEMORB real. ESTATE
AGENCY Fraternity building Both
Phones S35.
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4 poor LADY, she other day hasiened
10 the nursery and said 10 her little
daughter:
Minnie, what do YOU mean by
screaming and shoutinrg Play quiet
b. IKE Tommy. See. he doesn't
make "A sound
"Of course he doesn't" said the 1T
tie girl That Is our game lie II
papa coming home late. and am
YOU. - Eyerybody's Magazine.
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THE JOKE8SnTH.

Mrs. H.-"My husband is out Of
work and out OF money. and | am
going to get a divorce from him"
Mrs. B.-"And then how are you
going TO get along?"
Mrs. Hon the almony, OF
course. Puck.
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1--WE say again. the worst money
panic that has ever been known In
this country is still upon us, and rs
growing worse everyday, says the
Mayfield Messenger.
Who is editing the Messenger
while our cheerful friend, James
Lemon, Is away. Calvert City
Times.
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light and asked whether anything was
wrong Armitage turned the matter
on
Il guess II was a sea serpent" he
said. 1T bit a hole in my ulster, for
which I am not grateful" Then In a
lower tone TO Shirley: That was Ger
tainly a strange proceeding. am sor-
~ you were startled. and ! am under
greatest obligations 10 you. Miss Clai-
borne. Why, you actually pulled the
fellow awayT
"Oh, no." she returned lightly, but
still breathing hard; 1T was the In
'stinct OF self preservation. ] was I'M
steady on my feet for moment and
sought something TO take hold Of. That
pirate was the nearest thing. aud |
caught hold OF his cloak. I'm sure IL
was a cloak. and that makes me sure
he was a human villain OF some sort.
He didn't feel In the least like sea
serpent But some one tried to inJure
you-lt is no TESTING natter
"Some lunatic escaped from the steer
age probably. shall report II TO the
officers"
"Yes; 1t should be reported" said
Shirley.
lit was very strange. Why. the deck
OF the King Edward Is the safest place
In the world. but it's something to
have had hold OF n sea serpent or
pirate! | hope you will forgive me for
bringing you into such an encounter.
but Ii you hadn't caught his cloak
Armltage was uncomfortable and
anxious to allay her fears. The Incl
dent was by no means trivial. as he
knew. Passengers on the great trans
atlantic steamers are safeguarded by
every possible means. and the fact that
he had been attacked In the few min
utes that the deck lights had been out
Of order pointed to an espionage that
was both close and daring. He was
greatly surprised and more shaken
than he wished Shirley to believe. The
thing was dlsquleting enough. and II
could not but impress her strangely
that he. OF all the persons on board.
should have been the object OF so IN
usual an assault. He was In the dis
agreeable plight OF having subjected
her to danger. and as they entered the
brilliant saloon he freed himself OF the
ulster with Its telltale cash and sought
to minimize her impression Of the In
cldent.
Shirley did not refer TO the matter
again. but resolved to keep her own
counsel She felt that any one who
would accept the one chance I'm a thou
sand OF striking down an enemy ON a
steamer deck must be animated by
very bitter hatred. She knew that to
speak of the affair to her father or
brother would be to alarm them and
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-17

Hussien Fiezzam Bey, the new
Turkish minister, has a name SUM-
GENTLY suggestive of a lullaby to quiet
hostilities.
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hdnie on He pdsseIl- found ArmItage
ger list. unprepared and
on guard. but with swift reaction hts
wits were at work. He at once sought
the purser and scrutinized every name
on the passenger list IL was unlikely
that q steerage passenger could reach
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-17

After carefully persuing reports
from Springfield, H.. we are con-
vinced that the Illinois national guard
needs reorganizing.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-17

II you want TO spring surprise
on yourself sit down some evening
and count the number OF white lies
you have told during the day.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
County Court Clerk.

County Court Clerk.
ne Sun is authorized to announce
Hiram smedley candidate for re-
election to the once OF Clerk OF the
neCracken County Court subject to
Ne action OF the Democratic party.
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prejudice teen;
against J o b II
Armltage. about
whom her broth
eratleast haden
tertalned doubts.
And II Is not re-
assuring as TO a
man OF whom
little or nothing
Is known that
he is menaced
by secret enc
mics.
The attack had
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Increase :. .......... ....' sfo
Personally appeared before me
mis- Aug. 1, 1908. Z. ]. Paxton,
general manager OF The Sun. who
afirms that the above statement OF
the circulation Of The Sun for the
month OF July, 1908, is true to the
best Of his knowledge and belief.
My commission expires January
10. 1912. w. +. PAXTON,
Notary Public, McCracken Co.
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yoU ipON'r HAVE TO WAIT

Essy doss mAses you ieeibesisf. Lss-ros
sesps yosr -hols ,n.idss right soid on the
m,-sy- tack plsr everywhere. rues " esnts.
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DAILY Thought.

selnshness is the suicide of happi-
ness.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-17

Mechanics Building and Loan stock.
The fory-fourth series h now open
for subscription of 100 shares of
stock.
FRANK VI. FISHER, sec'y.
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WHAT THE BIRDS DO.

Ito be contIw-ed I'm next issue.)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-10
DENEEN PULLS THROUGH.

Chicago, Aug. AT / o'clock tonight
the indications were that Governor
Charles S. Deneen had received the NOM
nation for governor and that Senator Al
bert ]. Hopkins had obtained the Repub-
lican endorsement for United States SEN
ator. The result. however. is not defi-
nitely established.
The returns available at o'clock con-
sisted of the vote of eighty-seven out of
102 counties in the state for senator. and
sixty-two for governor. Chicago and Cook
county were included in both sets of fig
ures. The vote on senator was:
Hopkins, 9I,051: Foss. SS,573. Mason, g.
596
On governor the votes were:
Deneen, 167.151; Yates. 154. 1876.
Senator Hopkins declared late tonight
that he believed that he would be endorsed
for the senatorship by a plurality of
5000
The situation on the Democratic ticket
outlined early in the night was confirmed
by the late returns. Lawrence 3. Stringer
has been endorsed for senator and Adlai
f. Stevenson has been nominated for gov
ernor 1t is generally believed that. ire
spective of the popular vote on senatorial
endorsement. bitter fight will be precip-
itated at the next session of the state Leg
stature between Foss and Hopkins.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-10
PROMOTION FOR PERKINS
California Senator Likely to Become
Chairman of Senate Commit
tee on Naval Affairs.

Washington. Aug. 9.-With Senator Per-
kins as chairman of the senate commit
tee on naval affairs, as all concede he
will become through the committee
changes which will result from the death
or Senator Allison, the Pacific coast will
be given a position of advantage and his
probable advancement is favorably ac-
cepted by those who regard recent devel-
Opments in the Pacific as of a nature to
render necessary the greatest watchful-
ness in that quarter. While the western
coast has generally been given represen-
tatiOn on this important senate commit
tee, it has never been awarded the place
at the head of il.
That Senator Hale will leave the COM
mittee with reluctance is understood on
all sides. but it is quite certain that he
will yield to what Ii is believed will be
the almost general demand that he trans
fer the center of his committee opera
tons to the committee on appropriations
where he has so long been Senator ALI
sons first lieutenant. He will then be
permitted if he so desires, to retain his
membership on the naval committee and
probably resume second place on that
committee.
The Maine senator will doubtless con-
tinue to exert a conservative influence IN
the work of the committee.
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NOW ACCUSING EACH OTHER
Former Ministers and Palace Off,
Gals of the Sultan See No
Hope for Themselves.

Constantinople, Aug 9-Discord reigns
among the former ministers and palace
officials detailed at the ministry of war
Men Dough Pasha, former minister of the
interior. is at loggerheads with Tahsln
Pasha, the sultan's former secretary, who
reproached him with not having adopted
his advice three months ago to solicit the
sultan to grant amnesty to political pris-
oners. The secretary, who is suffering
from acute melancholia, replies that il
were better to have died than to witness
the present state of affairs.
Kekhi PaSha, who. was recently dis
missed as inspector of military schools
is also reported TO be a prisoner at the
ministry of war, half demented and con-
stantly requesting a revolver with which
to end his life.
To this request the response was made
that he must live and render to the ma
ton an account of his dOings. He has
contributed 5000 toward fund to pur-
chase two cruisers to be named after the
heroes of the revolution.