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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
Head of No. 3 Fire Company 10
Veteran With Long Record
Of Good Conduct.
Never "On Carpet" and Never
Suspended in That Time.
HE STARTED AS A VOLUNTEER

Backed by seventeen years of faith
iul work in the Paducah fire depart
ment, Captain John NJ. Slaughter, of
The No. 3 fire station, began his
eighteenth year of consecutive service
today. Although yet a young man,
Captain Slaughter is the oldest man
IN the fire department in point of serv
ice, and he has a record that scarcely
any fireman in the United States can
boast Of. In his entire seventeen
years OF service he has not been ION
the carpet" nor has he been laid off
day for any failure of duty. Neither
has he lost score of days in that
time from Illness.
Captain Slaughter entered the de-
partment June 1, 1891, when he was
10 years old. For twenty days pre-
2eding he was a runner" one who
slept at the fire station and answered
alarms without being on the pay list.
There were but four men on the sal
airy list, but Chief Billy Augustus, an
old fire fighter, saw his ability and
fNN ~ lllG utUdIlHltUl.
Soon afterwards 'he was made driver
Of the reel at the old No. 2 station.
which is the Central station now. In
1902 he was promoted to captains of
the station. and in 1904 when the two
new stations were built Captain
Slaughter was made captain of the
No. station. In his service he has
oeen under three fire chiefs. When
e entered Chief Billy Augustus was
serving and he continued until 1893.
when Chief Wood succeeded August
is. Chief Wood held the reins for
wo years and on his resignation was
succeeded by Charles Voight Chief
Wood returned to his old love in 1897
md has been chief constantly since
with an admirable record of twenty
years service.
Captain Slaughter has taken an acr
tive part in all the big fires in Padu-
'ah In his service, and barring few
minor injuries he has never been hurt
but had several narrow escapes. At
The fire of the Paducah Cooper-age
company in Mechanicsburg several
ears ago, Billy Augustus, Walter In
gram and Captain Slaughter had a mar
row escape from falling wall. Pos
sessed of cool head, Captain Slaugh-
ter stood still, and the wall came
down with crash, but fell over them.
The Old Department..
When Captain Slaughter entered
the service in its infancy, there was
only the old Central station, and it
was equipped with a truck, the run
ming gear of which is on the supply
wagon. A one horse reel was used,
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
ASCENSION SUNDAY
AT GRACE EPISCOPAL

Ascension Sunday services were
held at the Grace Episcopal church
yesterday morning, and the Knights
Templar. MasOns OF the Plain City
and Paducah lodges and the ladies of
the Eastern Star attended in a body.
The Rev ID. c. Wright preached an
able sermon on "The Guardians Of
the Temple" DR.. Wright took up
his subject and discussed the signifi-
canoe of the temple and various
parts. Besides knights Temp.ar a
large audience was in attendance.
Especially fine music was had under
the direction of MI. owen Tully. the
organlst. The choir sang Lloyd's
''Te Deum" effectively and the an
them. arise, Shine for the Light is
Coming"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
SERMON PREACHED
LAST NIGHT BY DR.. DAVID CADY WRIGHT

without an ideal, and they are like
boats on the sea without a rudder."
On his point Of hope, DR.. Wright
touched on the wonderful possibili-
ties of hope that inspired to every
thing above the common place.
''Never become discouraged. never
give up. Have faith and believe what
YOU are" were his sentences.
Love of friendship and the love of
family came in for discussion under
the topic of love. Similar to the ad-
vice of Polonius, DR.. Wright said:
THE dearest thing in life is a friend,
but let me exhort you to have many
acquaintances but few friends. AS
sociate with many, learn them and
see them, but have few confidants. 4"
On the definition of love he chose
to call 1t the principle down deep, the
foundation upon which your life is
built.
In his summing up DR.. Wright said
there would be days that would be
dark, and the graduates would won
der II they had a friend, with the
advice not to become discouraged for
the whole word is open to them to
choose what they will, remembering
Emerson's Glitch your wagon to a
star"
In his closing lines DR.. Wright
said; "lf any OF you have a failure
In life II is just because you choose
it. No one ever loses or is beaten II
he tries. II the curtain of time falls
and you step off onto the stage OF
eternity and failure is written oppo-
site your name, II is because you
chose t."
Judge Me, o God" by Dudley
Buck, was the evening offertory sung
By Mr.. Robert ID. McMillen.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
BILLY BUCK

Billy Buck, Paducah's peerless
trotter, will start Friday against Mr..
!. T.. Turner's fast mare. Cora.
2:19A. Prominent Memphis horse
men pronounce Billy Buck one crthe
purest gated trotters in the world
and his phenomenal speed easily out
classed the fastest steppers in the
Memphis Matinee club. The local
Matinee club management have ar
ranged a fine card for the first races
of the season and every attention
will be given the comfort of spec
tators. Programs will be furnished
tree, the band will play and every
race will be closely matched con-
test.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
Tobacco In Independent Prizing
House at Hazel Destroyed by Fire
of Unknown Origin Last Night
WRESTLING REVIVAL.

Mayheld, Ky, June T.
Especial. )-WhistIing is an i'm
novation In church music inau-
gurated in MayfcId ny the Rev.
James Small, the noted IRISH
evangelist, who yesterday began
a revival at the First Christian
church. II was at the first SER
vice yesterday that the minister
requested the congregation to
''please whistle" and the re-
Spouse was n chorus of male and
female whistles" the air being
coronation" Though the Rev.
James Small never held n meet
ing here before, he was well
known by reputation to Mayfeld
churchmen and the large new
Christian church. where the meet
ings are held, Is filed to over
flowing AT every service. The
minister is assisted by the Rev.
Mr.. 81. John, n noted singing
evangelist.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
Standard Oil Tanks Menace CITY,
is Opinion of Chief Wood, of Fire
Department, and Fire Commission

rated with oil, making it impossible
to stop fire should 1t get the advan.
tage of our department. SO if it Is
in the power of the general council
| would recommend for the safety OF
lives and property in that vicinity
that this plant be removed to some
where in the suburbs of the city
where the danger will not be Sc
great. Respectfully,
81. ]. WOOD,
"Chief Fire Department"
Fire Commissions Report.
ITO the Mayor and General Council,
Paducah, Ky:
"As you are probably aware, the
Standard Oil company has a number
of supply tanks existing on its prop
.erty on Monroe street, in the city of
Paducah. These tanks contain large
quantities of oil stored there for
purposes to be used by the Standard
Oil company in its business.
ION yesterday a fire broke out in
the buildings operated by the Stnad-
ard Oil company, and but for the
timely action of the fire department,
there would have been a very serious
condition, which might have proved
very disastrous and fatal to the city
of Paducah. A serious catastrophe
was narrowly averted, and it seems
to the board of police and fire com
missioners that some steps should be
taken by the general council to avoid
If possible repetition of such a catas-
trophe.
eve have been advised that the
general council could by appropriate
ordinance limit the amount of the oil
to be stored by any person or COM
pany in tanks in the city limits OF
Paducah, to such an extent that 1t
would be dangerous. and we there
fore in view of the conditions which
exist urge you to take immediate
action, penalizing the storage of oils
in tanks in quantities not exceeding
an amount which could be handled
and controlled in the event of con-
"This condition seems to us to re-
quire immediate attention and we
therefore ask you to refer this to
the proper committee to bring in an
ordinance relative to the matter.
Respectfully, Board of Police and
Fire Commissioners. Per John X
Bonds"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
FAVORABLE IMPRESSION

Trial sermons were preached al
the Tenth Street Christian church
Sunday morning and evening by the
Rev. Charles L. Jackson, OF the Lev
ington Bible college, and he made .
favorable impression on the congre-
CATION. Today the Rev. Mr.. Jackson
left for his home in Georgia to spent
the summer and probably will come
here September 1 as pastor. He hai
not given the congregation definite
answer, however.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
COMPANY
ORGANIZED TONIGHT

Men, who signed the application for
a charter for military company at
Paducah will assemble in the police
court room at the city hall tonight at
:: 80 o'clock to be mustered in by
Capt. A. G. Chapman, STAFF officer of
the Third regiment, who will come
here from Hopkinsville for that pur-
pose. Officers of the new Company
will be elected tonight.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
NEW CEMETERY ENTRANCE

Lot owners OF Oak Grove Gene
terry propose TO have handsome en-
trance erected at the gateway to cost
S2.50O. The present entrance viii
be placed at the colored cemetery.
Mayor James =. smith. Mrs. Joseph
Post and Mrs. Emma Noble are pro-
meters OF the idea, and Mayor Smith
has started the movement with a con-
tributlon of 500. A sketch of the
proposed entrance is framed and
hung in Mayor Smiths Office.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
PADUCAH'S SLICE
OF POSTOFFICE
PIE WAS $4,000

Washington. ID. c., June 1. (Spe-
cialD Among the amounts set aside
for Kentucky postonice buildings dur
lag the next fiscal year is SIS 600 for
Paducah. secured through the instru-
mentality of Congressman James on
Tie initiative Of Postmaster F. NJ.
Fisher.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
JUNE TAXES DUE

Mr.. George Oehlschlaeger has the
honor OF receiving the first tax re-
ceipt for June taxes from City Treas
urer Dorian this morning. The first
rush to pay taxes was unprecedented
aud II receipts throughout the month
continue al this rate the collections
will exceed former years in prompt
ness.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
DEAD
AND WAS REVIVED
He WILL RECOVER

Fulton. KY. June Especial y
After hours of work by physicians.
w. p Taylor .ex-county clerk and
bank president, who drank an ounce
OF carbolic acid and was pronounced
dead yesterday, was revived. He will
recover. III health caused the deed
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
RIVERSIDE STAFF

The visiting staff of physicians for
Riverside hospital for June and July
Is: Surgical-Drs. II. 7. Rivers and
c. NJ. Sears. Medical-Dr. Thomas
Crice. Female-Dr. Della Caldwell
0bstetrics-Drs. j. w. Bass and b. b.
Griffith. Genito urinary-Dr. b. A,
Washburn. Eye, nose and throat
DR.. ii. G. Reynolds.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
Both Make Reports, Which
Will be Submitted to Board
Of COuncilmen Tonight by
Mayor Smith.

Mayor Smith will lay before the
board of councilmen tonight the re-
ports of the board of police and fire
commissioners and of Fire Chief
Wood on the Standard Oil fire at
Tenth and Monroe streets, which for
a time jeopardized the heart of the
city. The mayor will recommend to
the general council that the company
be ordered to move its tanks outside
the city limits or to some less dan
gerous locality.
The reports follow:
Chief Woods Report.
ITO the Honorable Mayor and Gen
eral Council of the City of Padu-
cah:f
81 beg to report to your honorable
body the condition of the Standard
OIL company plant located at Tenth
and Monroe streets, this city. On
May 2S the plant was accidentally
fired by an Illinois Central railroad
switch engine that was switching cars
in the vicinity. The entire frame
part of the building with about IL
barrels of oils were destroyed and by
hard work and luck of the fire de-
partment, We succeeded in stopping
the fire where 1t started. If the wind
had been blowing there is no telling
where it would have stopped. The
neighborhood in that vicinity is most
y settled with residences on the west
side. The Fooks AGREE Lumber COM
pany and T. j. Stahl Tobacco COM
Dany on the north, the Paducah
Brewery company on the east side.
Anheuser-Busch Brewing company on
the south side, with the Illinois Gen.
trail tracks running through the
block. thus making it very dangerous
The Standard Oil company has four
j00-barrel oil tanks and one gasoline
-ank on the ground and from 200 to
300 barrels of all kinds of oil in
store. and 200 to 500 barrels piled
On the lot. The ground is well satu-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
WASHINGTON DESERTED

Washington, June This city is
deserted today. Following the adj
journment saturday night OF all con
grcssmen, that possibly could, left for
their homes. Speaker Cannon and
Representative Lands. of Indiana. are
making the trip home in Cannon
automobile. The Congressional Rec
ord today is extremely bulky. Nearly
every congressman avalled himself of
the leave to print" and got in
speeches for campaign use.
There's n world of difference be-
tween attention to details and absorp-
ton in trifies.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
Dixon Mob Shoots Mcdowell.

Especial Jake Mcdowell
ed Smith Chdress, marshal Jail by
Mcdowell Jail
while the Mcdowell the night
the killing that Louisville
leading the mob. killed during fusilade
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
CENTRAL CITY FIRE

= Central City, KY, June 1.-(Spe-
cial. ALBERT Anderson's saloon and
Mary Rankin's billiard bali were
burned at loss of $4,000.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01

Miss Mamie O'Brien, 1901 Jeffer-
son street. returned last night from
Tenn, where she has
been on a three months visit to
friends and relatives.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
JUDGE COOKS CHARGE

Hopkinsville, KY. June 1. (Spe-
cial In the charge to the grand jury
Judge Cook denounced both the
trusts and night riders and urged tho
indictment of both where possible.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01
VATERLAND SAFE

London, June 1.-The steamer Vat
erland. reported wrecked with GOO
people aboard. is safe at Antwerp.
Fog forced her return. She sails this
afternoon.
Harry Clogs left this morning for
Union City to visit relatives.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01

Partly cloudy with probably show
crs tonight or Tuesday. Warmer
Tuesday. Highest temperature yes
tertlay So; lowest today S3.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-01

The Evening sun-ioc a Week.
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CONTINUED on Page Four.)
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-08

Surrounded by Foulbrood, ]. E. Ly.
on; discussion by A. I. McClanahan,
r. d. Bradshaw, H. G. Dudley and
others.
A Rancher's success with Bees,
Mr.. Mailett.
Hives. Supers and Methods OF
Work, Mr.. Hale.
The present status Of Foulbrood
In Idaho and Oregon. by f. r. At
water; discussion by H. 4. Crowther,
J. d. Lyon. T. II. Waale.
Best Arrangement of an Extract
ing House. BENZ. Paine.
How Many Colonies In One Yard.
R. D. Bradshaw. H. c. Dudley.
A Substantial Honey House. F. R.
Fouch.
Swarm Control and the Production
of Comb Honey. H. c. Dudley.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-08
THE METHOD TO PURSUE.

A number OF small sheepmen of
Idaho have asked The Tribune to in
form them as to the method to pur-
sue in order to get range allotment In
the forest reserve. The Tribune has
made diligent search and has finally
located the method. We have the
method bottled and the cork is In
he bottle. We will let It out for Just
few minutes by telling how one
Goung man with eleven or twelve
hundred sheep worked 1t. He ap-
Plied for range and was turned down
old. He had friends, however, and
hese friends were friends OF the
foise Statesman or it's proprietor;
nd OF course the Statesman u q
fiend of "Piushot" Granjeau. The
balm was started and the young man
as provided for. forthwith.
The instance shows the present re-
Prve policy in all Its glory, and Sol
non was never so arrayed. Sup
psing this young man had not pos
ssed those friends? He would have
en- herding some body slse's sheep
stead of his own. This one in
ance shows the pernicious vicious
IS OF this un-American policy. The
Icy is an exotic to American soil.
has no place In this country. It
the child of q faddist's mind;
,kled ct the breast Of the blue
3d." flag end aristocracy OF Boise;
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-08
MISS EGLESTON PLAYS.

A Salt Lake paper in speaking of
Miss Egleston's performance with the
Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra last
Sunday says:
Miss Egleston scored heavily with
the audience. The tremendous task
of committing to memory and play
Ing with an orchestra a IS minutes
concerto like Tschaikowsky's. ID lit
tie short OF astonishing. She played
with a vtgor all masculine and a
tenderness all feminine, and showed
herself in nearly every part OF the
great number to be mistress OF her
instrument. She made a beautiful
appearance a. well and had a big
recall.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-08

and reared by the loyal subject of an
alien king. It can never become
Americanized. What American citi-
zen wants such a policy? What
American citizen feels like bowling
down and worshiping at the shrine
Of Clifford Ptnchot In order to enjoy
the privileges that he Ia entitled to-?
We think that the time win come, and
that. right soon, when some change
will be made In the forest reserve
policy that will parslize, some Of its
devotees.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-08
FOR CONGRESSMAN.

Every once 10 q while some news.
paper or some politician springs q
new candidate for Congress. Major
Reed had his day and 10 forgotten
as q possible candidate. The. Major
Is a good man and Is doing good
work. but he 10 not the right kind Of
material. Colonel Hsmer 10 now In
the lime-iight. The Colonel Is %
honest. energetic man: bright, eio-
quent and popular. But his boom il
drifting away. Other favorite sons
are mentioned from time to time by
local papers. but there is nothing do
ing. Congressman Burton L. French
Is not being doomed by anyone
particular we know Of. He does not
need It. The people are with him
and will renominate and re-elect
him. For I'VE years he has served
the people and they are satisfied; He
has ably represented Idaho. He has
been honest. energetic and faithful.
The people of Idaho can not expect
that Mr.. French can do az much az
man like Speaker Cannon with FL
or 20 members behind him. He
might be twice a. able and not have
u tenth Of the influence. Cannon has
been In Congress for hundreds of
years-yes. more than that--ever
since the crime Of '73. French has
been In Congress- 6 years and we dare
say that he has done more In that s
years for his constituency than Can
non did In his first ten years.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-08

The Humansville. No.. Leader has
unearthed an old sale bill which
reads little odd at this time and ID
as follows:
State OF Missouri. County Of Pike
To Whom 1t May Concern:
The undersigned will Tuesday,
September 20. A. D.. 1916. sell at
public cutlery for cash on premises,
where Coon creek crosses on the
Missouri road. the following chattles.
to wit: Nine yoke oxen with yoke
and chain. two wagons with beds.
three niger winches, four buck mig
gers. three niger boys. two prairie
piows. twenty-five steel traps, one
barrel picked cabbage, one hogshead
Of tobacco. one lot niger hoes, enc
spinning wheel. loom. three for
hounds. a lot OF coon. mink and
skunk skins and q lot of other arti-
cles. Am Ewins to California.
- John Doe.
Richard Roe. Cryer.
Free Headcheese. apples and hard
cider at noon.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-08

An Evening with Riley Next Tuesday
A treat Is In store for those who
admire James whitcomb Riley. Oh
Tuesday evening next. February IL
Judge J. D. Flenner will give one OF
his famous Riley readings In the
parlors Of the Commercial Club.
!, Those who love the delightful
poems Of the Hoosier poet will have
O. feast of good things by attending
Mr.. Flenner's recital. "The Ole
1wimmin' Hole" "Out to Old Aun,
Mary's." Down to the Capital, .
"'Rastus Wilson," "ole John eleven.
ger on Buckeyes" "Grigsby's Sta
tion." When the Frost Ia on the
Punkin." "A Listown Humorist,' q
Dot Leetle Boy o. Nine" and other
selections will be rendered.
? The following are some of the
complimentary things the press Of
the country had to say with refer
snce TO the Riley recitals Of Mr.. Flen-
nes:
y "out-Rileys Riley" Washington
70. CO. Times.
THE best that has come down the
Pike" st. Louis Republican.
.. "A great success az O Riley inter-
prefer" Findlay. Ohio. Republican.
Nothing affected about Mr.. Elem.
nsr's Riley readings. To use a
Riley expression, he 10 "as natural a.
the violet" Toledo Blade.
He moved his audience alternate
~ to laughter and tears. A literary
treat" st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Mr.. Fienner was In Washington,
D. c., and the press Of the nations
capital referred to him a. follows:
Judge F1enner. Of Idaho. enter
sained the blind people Of Washing
ton and vicinity at the Congressional
Library building yesterday afternoon.
There was In the audience quite q
Of senators and repre-
who had heard Of Mr..
Flenner as a Riley interpreter and
wanted to hear his recital. There
10 nothing affected about Mr.. Elem
ner; he uses the conversational tone
but there 10 about his renditions an
pathos and flashes Of hu-
NOR that completely capture an aud
|encs.
Admission. SOC. Tickets of Mr..
Riddle. Electrical Supply Company's
,fncs.